CSKA were formed in 1948 and they are the official 'army' club of Bulgaria.

THEY have won the Bulgarian title a record 28 times.

OVER the years they have beaten teams such as Liverpool, Ajax, Juventus, Nottingham Forest, Parma and AS Monaco in European competition.

BULGARIAN football legend Hristo Stoichkov is probably CSKA's most famous player ever.

KRIM Milev is the most successful coach in the club's history after winning 11 league titles

CURRENT manager Stoicho Mladenov was part of the Bulgarian team who competed in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico.

MLADENOV was also coach of the national team during qualifying for the 2002 World Cup.

CSKA were recently voted Bulgarian's number one club in the 20th Century.

THEY are expected to bring between 300-500 fans to Thursday's game at Ewood.

THEIR home ground has a capacity of 22,015.