2018 Bulgarian Cup final

The 2018 Bulgarian Cup final was the final match of the 2017–18 Bulgarian Cup and the 78th final of the Bulgarian Cup. The final took place on 9 May 2018 at Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia. It was refereed by Nikola Popov.

2018 Bulgarian Cup final

Финал за Купата на България 2018
Event	2017–18 Bulgarian Cup
Slavia Sofia Levski Sofia 0 0
Slavia Sofia won 4–2 on penalties
Date	9 May 2018 (2018-05-09)
Venue	Vasil Levski, Sofia
Man of the Match	Georgi Petkov
Referee	Nikola Popov (Sofia)
Attendance	32,000
Weather	Clear 25 °C (77 °F)[1]
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The clubs contesting the final were Slavia Sofia and Levski Sofia.^[2] The match finished in a 0–0 draw, but Slavia clinched their eighth Bulgarian Cup title by winning 4–2 on penalties.^[3]

Route to the final

See also: 2017–18 Bulgarian Cup

Slavia			Round	Levski
Opponent	Result	Legs		Opponent	Result	Legs
Chernomorets Balchik	2–0	away	1st Round	Botev Galabovo	1–0 (a.e.t.)	away
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2–1 (a.e.t.)	home	2nd Round	Montana	1–0	away
Etar Veliko Tarnovo	3–1	away	Quarter-finals	Dunav Ruse	2–0	away
Botev Plovdiv	2(a)–2 (agg.)	1–0 home; 1–2 away	Semi-finals	CSKA Sofia	4–2 (agg.)	2–0 away; 2–2 home

Match

Details

Slavia Sofia	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Levski Sofia
	Report
Penalties
Minchev Angelov Dimitrov Velev Yomov	4–2	Nascimento Thiam Procházka Vutov

9 May 2018

19:30 EEST

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia)^[4]

Slavia

Levski

GK 1 Georgi Petkov (c)  11' RB 8 Slavcho Shokolarov  37' CB 6 Kostadin Velkov CB 55 Andrea Hristov  25' LB 77 Stefan Velev  43' DM 10 Yanis Karabelyov CM 23 Vladislav Uzunov AM 73 Ivan Minchev  41' RW 33 Galin Ivanov  120' LW 14 Ivaylo Dimitrov CF 9 Tsvetelin Chunchukov  80'  90' Substitutes: GK 32 Antonis Stergiakis FW 7 Nasko Milev DF 13 Stefan Velkov DF 25 Sasho Aleksandrov FW 29 Milcho Angelov  120' MF 35 Georgi Yomov  98'  90' MF 71 Toni Ivanov Manager: Zlatomir Zagorčić

GK 21 Bozhidar Mitrev (c) RB 15 Roman Procházka CB 28 David Jablonský CB 5 Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson  56' LB 4 Ivan Goranov DM 14 Khaly Thiam  35' CM 13 Jordi Gómez 12'  43'  82' AM 20 Filipe Nascimento  59' RW 32 Gabriel Obertan LW 7 Paulinho  120+1' CF 9 Sergiu Buș  100' Substitutes: GK 89 Nikolay Krastev DF 3 Aymen Belaïd MF 8 Antonio Vutov  100' DF 19 Miloš Cvetković  82' MF 26 Jerson Cabral  120+1' FW 29 Stanislav Kostov MF 71 Vasil Panayotov Manager: Delio Rossi

MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Ivo Kolev Petar Dzhuganski Fourth official: Georgi Kabakov (Plovdiv)

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.