CSKA stands for Central Sports Club of the Army (Bulgarian: Централен Спортен Клуб на Армията).
Since then, the club changed its name several times before settling on CSKA in 1989.
Currently the sports club's departments are autonomous and are separated as of 1992.
Nevertheless, in the moment all of the clubs who have a connection to the sports society are incorporated into one joint society called United Sports Clubs CSKA, which is currently а successor of the previous disbanded organization.
Currently sections which belong to CSKA Sofia are football, basketball, volleyball, tennis, wrestling, athletics, ice hockey, chess, gymnastics, handball, taekwondo, boxing, weightlifting, judo, cycling, and rowing.