Published: 2 November, 2009, 15:50
Edited: 2 November, 2009, 16:34
Nine CSKA Sofia players have been barred from training with the first team following reports of inappropriate conduct the night before a key league match against Litex Lovech, the club's official website says.
The period of suspension has yet to be specified.
CSKA were beaten 2-0 in Lovech and a major reason for the fiasco, according to the club’s head coach Lyuboslav Penev, was that nine first-team players had been seen partying away late on the night before the match, breaking curfew.
The “delinquents” are: Ivan Karadjov, the starting goalkeeper for all but three league matches this season; defenders Kiril Kotev, Pavel Vidanov and Ivan Ivanov; and midfielders Marquinhos, David Silva, Yordan Todorov, Todor Timonov and Svetoslav Petrov.
Five of the players were in the starting eleven, with four of them – Karadjov, Ivanov, Todorov and Kotev – also Bulgarian internationals.
Chernomorets Bourgas top the current league standings with 26 points after 11 games, with Litex and CSKA being just a point behind. However, Litex have a match in hand.