CSKA Sofia Re-Appoint Bulgaria Legend Penev

Top Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia have re-appointed legendary coach Dimitar Penev as their fourth head coach of the season.

Penev, who led Bulgaria to the semi-finals of the 1994 World Cup, returned to CSKA earlier this month as a “supervisor” but the club confirmed he was the new head coach after their 1-0 win over Litex Lovech on Wednesday.

"Yes, I'm the new head coach from now on… until the end of the season."" Penev, who also won seven league titles with CSKA as a player and three more as coach, told reporters.

CSKA began the season with former striker and crowd favourite Luboslav Penev, Dimitar's nephew, as coach, but he resigned in January after failing to guarantee he could deliver the league title.

Romanian coach Ioan Andone replaced him, only to resign two months later after guiding CSKA to only two wins in six matches. Andone's assistant Adalbert Zafirov then took over on an interim basis.

CSKA are third in the standings with 51 points from 26 matches. Litex are top on 58, followed by Lokomotiv Sofia on 52.

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