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Ivan Zafirov

Ivan Zafirov /Kopata/
Ivan Georgiev Zafirov

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Nationality

Bulgaria

Date of birth

30 December 1947

Date of death

15 October 2025 /age 77 years/

Relatives

father of Adalbert Zafirov
father of Martin Zafirov
grandfather of Ivaylo Zafirov

career in cska by season

Season	Matches	Goals
1965/66	20	1
1966/67	16	1
1967/68	0	0
1968/69	24	1
1969/70	33	0
1970/71	35	1
1971/72	41	0
1972/73	41	1
1973/74	32	0
1974/75	25	0
1975/76	27	1
1976/77	18	0
1977/78	29	0
1978/79	28	0
1979/80	32	0
1980/81	22	0

Honours as player at cska

9×	Champion 1965/66, 1968/69, 1970/71, 1971/72, 1972/73, 1974/75, 1975/76, 1979/80, 1980/81
4×	National cup 1968/69, 1971/72, 1972/73, 1973/74
1×	Cup of Bulgaria 1980/81

Playing History

Period	Club
Jan 1966 – Jul 1967	CSKA „Ch. zname“
Jul 1967 – Jul 1968	Sliven (Sliven)
Jul 1968 – Jul 1981	CSKA „Septemvriysko zname“

Career in the club

423[1]

Matches

36478[1]

Minutes

6[1]

Goals

3[1]

Yellow cards

0[1]

Red cards

	Matches[1]	Minutes[1]	Goals[1]	YC[1]	RC[1]
Championship	341	29232	4	2	0
Cups	44	3796	1	0	0
International	38	3450	1	1	0

[1] The stats are not correct before 1970

Matches for:

CSKA

Matches as:

unofficial matches

Friendly games 1974/75

Slavia
(Sofia)

2:0

13 February 1975 15:00

Septemvri, Sofia

CSKA „Septemvriysko zname“
(Sofia)

Friendly games 1974/75

CSKA „Septemvriysko zname“
(Sofia)

1:0

8 February 1975

Tsvetko Radoynov, Kazanlak

CSKA
(Moscow)

Friendly games 1974/75

CSKA „Septemvriysko zname“
(Sofia)

2:1

20 November 1974

Akademik
(Sofia)

Friendly games 1974/75

Kom
(Berkovitsa)

0:3

20 October 1974

Mramor, berkovitsa

CSKA „Septemvriysko zname“
(Sofia)

Friendly games 1973/74

CSKA „Septemvriysko zname“
(Sofia)

0:4

13 February 1974 15:30

Septemvri, Sofia

Dunav
(Ruse)

Friendly games 1973/74

Olympiacos
(Piraeus)

2:2

26 December 1973

CSKA „Septemvriysko zname“
(Sofia)

Friendly games 1973/74

CSKA „Septemvriysko zname“
(Sofia)

1:1

29 July 1973 17:30

Narodna armiya, Sofia

Vardar
(Skopje)

Cup „Zaragoza“ 1973 — Final

Borussia
(Mönchengladbach)

2:0

31 May 1973 20:00

CSKA „Septemvriysko zname“
(Sofia)

Cup „Zaragoza“ 1973 — Semifinals

CSKA „Septemvriysko zname“
(Sofia)

3:0

30 May 1973 22:45

West Ham
(London)

Cup „Joan Gamper“ 1972 — Semifinals

CF Barcelona

0:2

22 August 1972

Camp Nou, Barcelona

CSKA „Septemvriysko zname“
(Sofia)

Friendly games 1971/72

CSKA „Septemvriysko zname“
(Sofia)

2:0

12 February 1972

Septemvri, Sofia

Pernik
(Pernik)

Friendly games 1971/72

CSKA „Septemvriysko zname“
(Sofia)

2:0

9 February 1972 15:30

Septemvri, Sofia

Slavia
(Sofia)

Friendly games 1971/72

AEK
(Athens)

0:3

2 February 1972

Nea Filadelfia, Athens

CSKA „Septemvriysko zname“
(Sofia)

Friendly games 1971/72

Vardar
(Skopje)

1:2

30 January 1972

Gradski, Skopje

CSKA „Septemvriysko zname“
(Sofia)

Cup „Palma de Mallorca“ 1971 — Final

CSKA „Septemvriysko zname“
(Sofia)

2:1

15 August 1971

Lluís Sitjar, Palma de Mallorca

CF Barcelona

Cup „Palma de Mallorca“ 1971 — Semifinals

CSKA „Septemvriysko zname“
(Sofia)

2:1

14 August 1971

Lluís Sitjar, Palma de Mallorca

Athletic
(Bilbao)

Friendly games 1971/72

Trakia
(Plovdiv)

2:2

1 August 1971

Hristo Botev, Plovdiv

CSKA „Septemvriysko zname“
(Sofia)

Friendly games 1970/71

São Paulo

0:2

1 February 1971

Morumbi, São Paulo

CSKA „Septemvriysko zname“
(Sofia)

Friendly games 1970/71

CF Barcelona

1:4

25 December 1970

Camp Nou, Barcelona

CSKA „Septemvriysko zname“
(Sofia)

Friendly games 1970/71

FC Carl Zeiss
(Jena)

4:2

7 October 1970

CSKA „Septemvriysko zname“
(Sofia)