2018–19 Bulgarian Cup

The 2018−19 Bulgarian Cup was the 37th official edition of the Bulgarian annual football knockout tournament. The competition began on 25 September 2018 with the first round and finished with the final on 15 May 2019.^[1] Slavia Sofia were the defending champions, but lost on penalties in the round of 16 to Ludogorets Razgrad. The final was contested between Lokomotiv Plovdiv and Botev Plovdiv, thus being the first final to feature the Plovdiv derby. Lokomotiv won the final with the score of 1–0 and clinched their first cup title. They also qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League.

2018–19 Bulgarian Cup

Купа на България
Tournament details
Country	Bulgaria
Teams	32
Final positions
Champions	Lokomotiv Plovdiv (1st title)
Runner-up	Botev Plovdiv
Tournament statistics
Matches played	33
Goals scored	90 (2.73 per match)
Attendance	74,230 (2,249 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Ali Sowe (6 goals)
← 2017–18 2019–20 → All statistics correct as of 15 May 2019.

Participating clubs

The following 32 teams qualified for the competition:^[2]

2018–19 First League 14 clubs	2018–19 Second League 15 non-reserve clubs	Winners of 3 regional competitions 3 clubs
Beroe Stara Zagora Botev Plovdiv Botev Vratsa CSKA Sofia Cherno More Varna Dunav Ruse Etar Veliko Tarnovo Levski Sofia Lokomotiv Plovdiv Ludogorets Razgrad Septemvri Sofia Slavia Sofia Vereya Stara Zagora Vitosha Bistritsa	Arda Kardzhali Botev Galabovo Chernomorets Balchik CSKA 1948 Sofia Dobrudzha Dobrich Kariana Erden Litex Lovech Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa Lokomotiv Sofia Montana Nesebar Pirin Blagoevgrad Pomorie Strumska Slava Radomir Tsarsko Selo Sofia	from Northern zone: Spartak Varna from South-East zone: Atletik Kuklen from South-West zone: Hebar Pazardzhik

Matches

Round of 32

The draw was conducted on 29 August 2018.^[3] The games will be played between 25 and 27 September 2018.^[4][5] In this stage all of the participants started their participation i.e. the 14 teams from First League, the 15 non-reserve teams from Second League and the 3 winners from the regional amateur competitions.

Hebar Pazardzhik (III) v Beroe Stara Zagora

25 September 2018 (2018-09-25)	Hebar Pazardzhik (III)	1–6	Beroe Stara Zagora	Pazardzhik
16:00 EEST	Mihaylov 78'	Report	Tsvetkov 3' Alfredo 11', 17', 75' Tsonev 54' Firțulescu 67'	Stadium: Stadion Georgi Benkovski Attendance: 610 Referee: Petar Grigorov (Sofia)

Botev Galabovo (II) v Vitosha Bistritsa

25 September 2018 (2018-09-25)	Botev Galabovo (II)	0−0 (a.e.t.) (8–9 p)	Vitosha Bistritsa	Galabovo
16:00 EEST		Report		Stadium: Stadion Energetik Attendance: 150 Referee: Blagoy Manov (Blagoevgrad)

Pomorie (II) v Lokomotiv Plovdiv

25 September 2018 (2018-09-25)	Pomorie (II)	0–1	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Pomorie
16:00 EEST		Report	Taushanov 84' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadion Pomorie Attendance: 80 Referee: Valentin Zhelezov (Burgas)

Kariana Erden (II) v Septemvri Sofia

25 September 2018 (2018-09-25)	Kariana Erden (II)	0–1	Septemvri Sofia	Erden
16:00 EEST		Report	Budinov 80'	Stadium: Sporten kompleks Kariana Attendance: 200 Referee: Dimitar Burov (Sofia)

Dobrudzha Dobrich (II) v Lokomotiv Sofia (II)

25 September 2018 (2018-09-25)	Dobrudzha Dobrich (II)	0–1	Lokomotiv Sofia (II)	Dobrich
16:00 EEST		Report	Krstevski 82'	Stadium: Stadion Druzhba Attendance: 540 Referee: Dimitar Zhelyazkov (Silistra)

Strumska Slava Radomir (II) v Tsarsko Selo Sofia (II)

25 September 2018 (2018-09-25)	Strumska Slava Radomir (II)	2–1	Tsarsko Selo Sofia (II)	Radomir
16:00 EEST	Zyumbulev 6' Tasev 78'	Report	Kaloyanov 90+1'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 400 Referee: Ivo Andreev (Sofia)

Atletik Kuklen (III) v Levski Sofia

25 September 2018 (2018-09-25)	Atletik Kuklen (III)	0–6	Levski Sofia	Plovdiv[note 1]
16:00 EEST		Report	Kabov 41' Buș 44' S. Ivanov 72', 76' Gyuzlev 74' (o.g.) Nascimento 85'	Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv Attendance: 1,430 Referee: Stefan Pavlov (Burgas)

Litex Lovech (II) v Etar Veliko Tarnovo

25 September 2018 (2018-09-25)	Litex Lovech (II)	0–2	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	Lovech
17:00 EEST		Report	Petkov 8' I. Stoyanov 40'	Stadium: Stadion Lovech Attendance: 110 Referee: Petar Kirilov (Dobrich)

Montana (II) v CSKA Sofia

25 September 2018 (2018-09-25)	Montana (II)	0–2	CSKA Sofia	Montana
19:00 EEST		Report	Evandro 52' Sowe 90+2'	Stadium: Stadion Ogosta Attendance: 3,370 Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov (Plovdiv)

Arda Kardzhali (II) v Cherno More Varna

26 September 2018 (2018-09-26)	Arda Kardzhali (II)	0−1	Cherno More Varna	Kardzhali
16:00 EEST		Report	Fennouche 51'	Stadium: Stadion Druzhba Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Ryustem Karagaren (Asenovgrad)

Nesebar (II) v Ludogorets Razgrad

26 September 2018 (2018-09-26)	Nesebar (II)	1−3	Ludogorets Razgrad	Nesebar
16:00 EEST	Pyuskyulyu 25'	Report	Paulo 36' Terziev 64' Lukoki 87'	Stadium: Stadion Nesebar Attendance: 300 Referee: Georgi Ginchev (Veliko Tarnovo)

Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa (II) v Dunav Ruse

26 September 2018 (2018-09-26)	Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa (II)	1−1 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p)	Dunav Ruse	Gorna Oryahovitsa
17:00 EEST	Yurukov 46'	Report	Stanoev 41' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv Attendance: 450 Referee: Nikola Petrov (Lovech)
	Penalties
	Kanev Petev K. Trifonov T. Trifonov Penev M. Nikolov Kitov Chalakov Kalchev Yurukov Siemonov Kanev		Patev Stanoev Ahmedov Popadiyn Baldzhiyski N'Diaye Petrov Mensah Kovachev Ben Aicha Dimitrov Baldzhiyski

Chernomorets Balchik (II) v Botev Vratsa

26 September 2018 (2018-09-26)	Chernomorets Balchik (II)	1−0	Botev Vratsa	Balchik
18:00 EEST	Bankov 66' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 280 Referee: Ivelin Zanev (Ruse)

CSKA 1948 Sofia (II) v Botev Plovdiv

26 September 2018 (2018-09-26)	CSKA 1948 Sofia (II)	1−4	Botev Plovdiv	Sofia[note 2]
19:00 EEST	Gushterov 19'	Report	Yusein 4' Baltanov 45', 67' Petkov 69'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski Attendance: 100 Referee: Georgi Nikolov (Sofia)

Pirin Blagoevgrad (II) v Slavia Sofia

27 September 2018 (2018-09-27)	Pirin Blagoevgrad (II)	0−2	Slavia Sofia	Blagoevgrad
19:00 EEST		Report	Chunchukov 30' Yomov 59'	Stadium: Stadion Hristo Botev Attendance: 460 Referee: Vangel Vangelov (Sofia)

Spartak Varna (III) v Vereya Stara Zagora

27 September 2018 (2018-09-27)	Spartak Varna (III)	1−1 (a.e.t.) (4−5 p)	Vereya Stara Zagora	Balchik[note 3]
19:00 EEST	Rusev 82'	Report	Vušurović 71'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 520 Referee: Stanislav Stavrov (Veliko Tarnovo)
	Penalties
	Boev Yovchev Marinchev Veselinov Iliev Rusev Ivanov		Vušurović Iliev Ivanov Malek Kouroupis Vasilyev Alichkov

Round of 16

The draw was conducted on 28 September 2018.^[6] The games will be played between 30 October and 1 November 2018.^[7][8] In this stage the participants will be the 16 winners from the first round.

Strumska Slava Radomir (II) v Chernomorets Balchik (II)

30 October 2018 (2018-10-30)	Strumska Slava Radomir (II)	3−1	Chernomorets Balchik (II)	Radomir
14:00 EET	Asparuhov 21', 82' Yanev 22'	Report	Aleksandrov 67'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 230 Referee: Georgi Nikolov (Sofia)

Dunav Ruse v Lokomotiv Plovdiv

30 October 2018 (2018-10-30)	Dunav Ruse	1−2	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Ruse
17:30 EET	Aleksandrov 90+1'	Report	Aralica 64' Karagaren 68'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 650 Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Shumen)

CSKA Sofia v Vitosha Bistritsa

30 October 2018 (2018-10-30)	CSKA Sofia	3−1	Vitosha Bistritsa	Sofia
19:00 EET	Pinto 15' Sowe 74', 76'	Report	Milchev 90+2'	Stadium: Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 930 Referee: Petar Kirilov (Dobrich)

Lokomotiv Sofia (II) v Septemvri Sofia

31 October 2018 (2018-10-31)	Lokomotiv Sofia (II)	2−3	Septemvri Sofia	Sofia
14:00 EET	Vasev 1' Petkov 67'	Report	Budinov 51' (pen.) Galchev 57' (pen.) S. Nikolov 83'	Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv Attendance: 300 Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov (Plovdiv)

Cherno More Varna v Levski Sofia

31 October 2018 (2018-10-31)	Cherno More Varna	2−2 (a.e.t.) (5−4 p)	Levski Sofia	Varna
16:00 EET	Zehirov 12' Bozhilov 90+1'	Report	Cabral 10' Thiam 78'	Stadium: Stadion Ticha Attendance: 3,900 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich)
	Penalties
	G. Iliev Bozhilov Panayotov Vasilev Andrade Dimov		Cabral Jablonský Cvetković Thiam Nascimento Reis

Etar Veliko Tarnovo v Vereya Stara Zagora

31 October 2018 (2018-10-31)	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	3−0	Vereya Stara Zagora	Veliko Tarnovo
18:00 EET	Rumenov 51' I. Stoyanov 82' K. Stoyanov 86'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Ivaylo Attendance: 600 Referee: Georgi Ivanov (Sofia)

Ludogorets Razgrad v Slavia Sofia

31 October 2018 (2018-10-31)	Ludogorets Razgrad	2−2 (a.e.t.) (4−3 p)	Slavia Sofia	Razgrad
19:00 EET	Świerczok 35', 74'	Report	G. Ivanov 14', 77'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia)
	Penalties
	Świerczok Sasha Lukoki Campanharo Keșerü		Shokolarov Uzunov G. Ivanov Gamakov Yomov

Beroe Stara Zagora v Botev Plovdiv

1 November 2018 (2018-11-01)	Beroe Stara Zagora	0−0 (a.e.t.) (3−4 p)	Botev Plovdiv	Stara Zagora
19:00 EET		Report		Stadium: Stadion Beroe Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia)
	Penalties
	Alfredo Gadzhev Angelov Firțulescu Raynov		Nedelev Petkov Pirgov Johnathan Yusein

Quarter-finals

The draw was conducted on 7 November 2018.^[9] The games will be played on 2, 3 and 4 April 2019.^[10][11] In this stage the participants will be the 8 winners from the second round.

Etar Veliko Tarnovo v Lokomotiv Plovdiv

2 April 2019 (2019-04-02)	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	1−1 (a.e.t.) (6−7 p)	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Veliko Tarnovo
18:30 EEST	I. Stoyanov 73' (pen.)	Report	Iliev 81'	Stadium: Stadion Ivaylo Attendance: 3,300 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich)
	Penalties
	Batrović Sarmov Artjunin Angelov I. Stoyanov Rumenov K. Stoyanov Vasilev Kolev Galabov		Iliev Eliton Georgiev Karageren Ožbolt Tsvetanov Vezalov Bouhna Petrović Eze

Ludogorets Razgrad v CSKA Sofia

3 April 2019 (2019-04-03)	Ludogorets Razgrad	0−1	CSKA Sofia	Razgrad
18:30 EEST		Report	Pinto 30'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 5,800 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia)

Strumska Slava Radomir (II) v Septemvri Sofia

4 April 2019 (2019-04-04)	Strumska Slava Radomir (II)	0−2	Septemvri Sofia	Radomir
16:00 EEST		Report	Tilev 44' (pen.) Rusev 85'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 450 Referee: Vladimir Valkov (Plovdiv)

Botev Plovdiv v Cherno More Varna

4 April 2019 (2019-04-04)	Botev Plovdiv	1−1 (a.e.t.) (3−1 p)	Cherno More Varna	Plovdiv
18:30 EEST	Doré 52'	Report	Minchev 79'	Stadium: Futbolen kompleks Botev 1912 Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Shumen)
	Penalties
	Nedelev Pirgov Vutov		Andrade Dimov Panayotov Kiki

Semi-finals

The draw was conducted on 4 April 2019, immediately after the conclusion of the quarter-finals.^[12] The first legs will be played on 16 and 17 April, while the second legs are scheduled for 23 and 24 April 2019.^[13]

First legs

Lokomotiv Plovdiv v Septemvri Sofia

16 April 2019 (2019-04-16)	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	4−0	Septemvri Sofia	Plovdiv
19:00 EEST	Iliev 14' (pen.) Eze 18' Tsvetanov 28' Banović 87'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Shumen)

Botev Plovdiv v CSKA Sofia

17 April 2019 (2019-04-17)	Botev Plovdiv	3−2	CSKA Sofia	Plovdiv
19:00 EEST	Nedelev 14' (pen.) Vutov 26' Doré 84'	Report	Sowe 33' (pen.) Pinto 69'	Stadium: Futbolen kompleks Botev 1912 Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia)

Second legs

Septemvri Sofia v Lokomotiv Plovdiv

23 April 2019 (2019-04-23)	Septemvri Sofia	0−0 (0−4 agg.)	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Sofia
19:00 EEST		Report		Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski Attendance: 270 Referee: Valentin Zhelezov (Burgas)

CSKA Sofia v Botev Plovdiv

24 April 2019 (2019-04-24)	CSKA Sofia	3−3 (5−6 agg.)	Botev Plovdiv	Sofia
19:00 EEST	Sowe 49', 85' (pen.) Evandro 74'	Report	Nedelev 22' Baltanov 27' Dimitrov 88'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 12,700 Referee: Petar Kirilov (Dobrich)

Final

Main article: 2019 Bulgarian Cup final

The final took place at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia on May 15, 2019.^[14]

Botev Plovdiv	0–1	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
	Report	Ožbolt 73'

15 May 2019 (2019-05-15)

19:00 EEST

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 20,500

Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia)^[15]

Bracket

	Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals						Final
	3	Hebar Pazardzhik	1
	1	Beroe Stara Zagora	6
						1	Beroe Stara Zagora	0 (3)
						1	Botev Plovdiv (p)	0 (4)
	2	CSKA 1948 Sofia	1
	1	Botev Plovdiv	4
											1	Botev Plovdiv (p)	1 (3)
											1	Cherno More Varna	1 (1)
	2	Arda Kardzhali	0
	1	Cherno More Varna	1
						1	Cherno More Varna (p)	2 (5)
						1	Levski Sofia	2 (4)
	3	Atletik Kuklen	0
	1	Levski Sofia	6
																1	Botev Plovdiv	3	3
																1	CSKA Sofia	2	3
	2	Nesebar	1
	1	Ludogorets Razgrad	3
						1	Ludogorets Razgrad (p)	2 (4)
						1	Slavia Sofia	2 (3)
	2	Pirin Blagoevgrad	0
	1	Slavia Sofia	2
											1	Ludogorets Razgrad	0
											1	CSKA Sofia	1
	2	Montana	0
	1	CSKA Sofia	2
						1	CSKA Sofia	3
						1	Vitosha Bistritsa	1
	2	Botev Galabovo	0 (8)
	1	Vitosha Bistritsa (p)	0 (9)
																						1	Botev Plovdiv	0
																						1	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1
	2	Litex Lovech	0
	1	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	2
						1	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	3
						1	Vereya Stara Zagora	0
	3	Spartak Varna	1 (4)
	1	Vereya Stara Zagora (p)	1 (5)
											1	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	1 (6)
											1	Lokomotiv Plovdiv (p)	1 (7)
	2	Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa	1 (6)
	1	Dunav Ruse (p)	1 (7)
						1	Dunav Ruse	1
						1	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2
	2	Pomorie	0
	1	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1
																1	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	4	0
																1	Septemvri Sofia	0	0
	2	Strumska Slava Radomir	2
	2	Tsarsko Selo Sofia	1
						2	Strumska Slava Radomir	3
						2	Chernomorets Balchik	1
	2	Chernomorets Balchik	1
	1	Botev Vratsa	0
											2	Strumska Slava Radomir	0
											1	Septemvri Sofia	2
	2	Dobrudzha Dobrich	0
	2	Lokomotiv Sofia	1
						2	Lokomotiv Sofia	2
						1	Septemvri Sofia	3
	2	Kariana Erden	0
	1	Septemvri Sofia	1

Top goalscorers

As of 15 May 2019

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ali Sowe	CSKA Sofia	6
2	Alfredo	Beroe	3
	Lachezar Baltanov	Botev Plovdiv
	Rúben Pinto	CSKA Sofia
	Ivan Stoyanov	Etar
6	eight players		2

Notes

1. The match took place at the Stadion Lokomotiv in Plovdiv instead of Atletik Kuklen's home stadium.
2. The match took place at the Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski in Sofia instead of CSKA 1948's home stadium.
3. The match took place at the Gradski stadion in Balchik instead of Spartak Varna's home stadium.

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