1976–77 Bulgarian Cup

The 1976–77 Bulgarian Cup was the 37th season of the Bulgarian Cup (in this period the tournament was named Cup of the Soviet Army).^[1] Levski Sofia won the competition, beating Lokomotiv Sofia 2–1 in the final at the Vasil Levski National Stadium.^[2]

1976–77 Bulgarian Cup

Tournament details
Country	Bulgaria
Final positions
Champions	Levski Sofia (13th cup)
Runners-up	Lokomotiv Sofia
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Nikola Hristov (Dunav) (7 goals)
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First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
15 December 1976
Zavod Iskra	0–3	Rodopa Smolyan
Zagorets Nova Zagora	0–5	Levski Sofia
Svetkavitsa	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Chepinets Velingrad
Haskovo	0–3	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Pirin Blagoevgrad	7–2	Chernomorets Balchik
CSKA Sofia	4–0	Shumen
Dimitrovgrad	6–1	Trakia Stamboliyski
Nesebar	0–4	Beroe Stara Zagora
Lokomotiv Mezdra	5–3	Rozova Dolina
Lencho Yakimovo	1–3	Akademik Sofia
Chirpan	3–1	Litex Lovech
Spartak Varna	4–0	Veselinovo
Beloslav	3–0	Yantra Gabrovo
Sliven	3–1	Cherno More Varna
Levski Karlovo	1–3	Minyor Bobov Dol
Gigant Belene	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Akademik Svishtov
Botev Ihtiman	3–0	Chernomorets Burgas
Dorostol Silistra	2–0	Preslav
Dunav Ruse	4–1	Asenovets Asenovgrad
Slivnishki Geroy	2–0	Botev Vratsa
Arda Kardzhali	0–3	Dobrudzha Dobrich
Botev Plovdiv	2–1	P. Hitov Tutrakan
Spartak Pleven	6–0	Kom Berkovitsa
Lokomotiv Sofia	2–0	Chavdar Troyan
Balkan Botevgrad	6–0	Montana
Belasitsa Petrich	3–1	Marek Dupnitsa
Orlin Pirdop	0–0 (a.e.t.) (6–4 p)	Pavlikeni
Etar Veliko Tarnovo	2–3	Slavia Sofia
Tundzha Yambol	4–2	Lokomotiv GO
Benkovski Isperih	3–0	Maritsa Plovdiv
Velbazhd Kyustendil	3–1	Bdin Vidin
Ludogorets Razgrad	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Minyor Pernik

Second round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
18 December 1976
Rodopa Smolyan	0–2	Levski Sofia
Svetkavitsa	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Pirin Blagoevgrad	2–0	Dimitrovgrad
CSKA Sofia	4–2	Velbazhd Kyustendil
Beroe Stara Zagora	6–1	Lokomotiv Mezdra
Akademik Sofia	2–0	Chirpan
Beloslav	1–2	Spartak Varna
Sliven	4–2	Minyor Bobov Dol
Akademik Svishtov	3–2	Botev Ihtiman
Dorostol Silistra	1–4	Dunav Ruse
Slivnishki Geroy	2–0	Dobrudzha Dobrich
Spartak Pleven	4–1 (a.e.t.)	Botev Plovdiv
Lokomotiv Sofia	3–1	Balkan Botevgrad
Belasitsa Petrich	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Orlin Pirdop
Tundzha Yambol	3–0	Ludogorets Razgrad
Slavia Sofia	5–0	Benkovski Isperih

Third round

Team 1	Score	Team 2	Place
12 February 1977
Levski Sofia	4–1	Lokomotiv Plovdiv||style="text-align:center;" |Blagoevgrad
Beroe Stara Zagora	1–0	Akademik Sofia||style="text-align:center;" |Velingrad
Pirin Blagoevgrad	3–2	CSKA Sofia||style="text-align:center;" |Pazardzhik
Lokomotiv Sofia	2–0	Belasitsa Petrich||style="text-align:center;" |Kyustendil
Sliven	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–2 p)	Spartak Varna||style="text-align:center;" |Haskovo
Dunav Ruse	3–0	Akademik Svishtov||style="text-align:center;" |Sandanski
Spartak Pleven	1–0	Slivnishki Geroy||style="text-align:center;" |Stara Zagora
Slavia Sofia	1–0	Tundzha Yambol||style="text-align:center;" |Sopot

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2	Place
27 April 1977
Lokomotiv Sofia	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–0 p)	Slavia Sofia||style="text-align:center;" |Sofia
Levski Sofia	3–1	Pirin Blagoevgrad||style="text-align:center;" |Plovdiv
Beroe Stara Zagora	1–0	Sliven||style="text-align:center;" |Nova Zagora
Dunav Ruse	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Spartak Pleven||style="text-align:center;" |Gorna Oryahovitsa

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2	Place
4 May 1977
Levski Sofia	3–0	Beroe Stara Zagora||style="text-align:center;" |Veliko Tarnovo
Lokomotiv Sofia	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Dunav Ruse||style="text-align:center;" |Pleven

Final

Main article: 1977 Bulgarian Cup final

Details

12 June 1977

Levski Sofia	2−1	Lokomotiv Sofia
Voynov 15' Yordanov 51'		Zdravkov 76'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Atanas Mateev (Varna)

Levski

Lokomotiv