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Derry City 1–2 CSKA Sofia

First Round · 2nd Leg - CSKA Sofia advance 5-3 on aggregate · Thu 16 Jul 2026
StadiumBrandywell StadiumDerry, Republic of Ireland
Attendance4,155

Match events

Minute by minute
  1. 45' Substitution: Nick TwiskOff: Kévin David Nogueira Carvalho Santos Derry City
  2. 46' Yellow card: Ángelo Martino CSKA Sofia
  3. 47'1–0 Goal: Ellis Chapman Derry City
  4. 74'1–1 Goal: Ioannis Pittas CSKA Sofia
  5. 75' Substitution: Joël ZwartsOff: Santiago Godoy CSKA Sofia
  6. 75' Substitution: James Eto'oOff: Petko Panayotov CSKA Sofia
  7. 77' Substitution: Cameron DummiganOff: James Olayinka Derry City
  8. 77' Substitution: Jamie StottOff: Christy Grogan Derry City
  9. 80' Yellow card: Teodor Ivanov CSKA Sofia
  10. 82' Yellow card: Facundo Rodríguez CSKA Sofia
  11. 84' Yellow card: Christy Grogan Derry City
  12. 90+10' Substitution: Jean-Philippe GbaminOff: Isaac Solet CSKA Sofia
  13. 90+10' Substitution: James ClarkeOff: Ellis Chapman Derry City
  14. 90+13' Yellow card: Stefano Sensi CSKA Sofia
  15. 90+16' Substitution: Mohamed Amine BrahimiOff: Ioannis Pittas CSKA Sofia
  16. 90+18'1–2 Own goal: Barry Cotter own goal CSKA Sofia

Line-ups

Confirmed
Derry City4-3-33-4-1-2CSKA Sofia
  • 1 Maher
  • 19 Fleming
  • 3 McClean
  • 2577' Grogan
  • 22 Barr
  • 1490+10' Chapman
  • 2877' Olayinka
  • 2 Cotter
  • 2145' Santos
  • 7 Duffy
  • 8 O'Reilly
  • 25 Evtimov
  • 17 Martino
  • 32 Rodríguez
  • 14 Ivanov
  • 8 Sensi
  • 6 Jordão
  • 3075' Panayotov
  • 2 Pastor
  • 9490+10' Solet
  • 975' Godoy
  • 2890+16' Pittas
Derry City bench
  • 15James Clarke90+10'
  • 17Nick Twisk45'
  • 4Jamie Stott77'
  • 23Cameron Dummigan77'
CSKA Sofia bench
  • 10Joël Zwarts75'
  • 11Mohamed Amine Brahimi90+16'
  • 5Jean-Philippe Gbamin90+10'
  • 99James Eto'o75'