2019 Bulgarian Cup final

The 2019 Bulgarian Cup final was the final match of the 2018–19 Bulgarian Cup and the 79th final of the Bulgarian Cup. The final took place on 15 May 2019 at Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria.^[2] It was refereed by Nikolay Yordanov from Sofia.

2019 Bulgarian Cup final

Финал за Купата на България 2019
Event	2018–19 Bulgarian Cup
Botev Plovdiv Lokomotiv Plovdiv 0 1
Date	15 May 2019 (2019-05-15)
Venue	Vasil Levski, Sofia
Man of the Match	Alen Ožbolt
Referee	Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia)
Attendance	20,500
Weather	Partly cloudy 14 °C (57 °F)[1]
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The clubs contesting the final were Botev Plovdiv and Lokomotiv Plovdiv, who traditionally take part in the Plovdiv derby.^[3] Both teams have met on multiple occasions in the competition but never in the final itself.

Lokomotiv won the final with the score of 1–0, claiming their first ever Bulgarian Cup title.^[4]

Route to the final

See also: 2018–19 Bulgarian Cup

Botev			Round	Lokomotiv
Opponent	Result	Legs		Opponent	Result	Legs
CSKA 1948 Sofia	4–1	away	1st Round	Pomorie	1–0	away
Beroe Stara Zagora	0–0 (a.e.t.) 4–3 (p)	away	2nd Round	Dunav Ruse	2–1	away
Cherno More Varna	1–1 (a.e.t.) 3–1 (p)	home	Quarter-finals	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	1–1 (a.e.t.) 7–6 (p)	away
CSKA Sofia	6–5 (agg.)	3–2 home; 3–3 away	Semi-finals	Septemvri Sofia	4–0 (agg.)	4–0 home; 0–0 away

Match

Details

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)^[5]

Botev

Lokomotiv

GK 22 Daniel Kajzer RB 2 Johnathan  46' CB 3 Dimitar Pirgov CB 5 Kristian Dimitrov LB 24 Lazar Marin DM 18 Radoslav Terziev  77' RM 66 Ebert  19'  53' AM 17 Lachezar Baltanov (c) AM 8 Todor Nedelev LM 7 Aleksandar Tonev  88' CF 39 Antonio Vutov Substitutes: GK 99 Ivan Čvorović DF 6 Kostadin Nichev FW 10 Férébory Doré  53' FW 11 Kristian Dobrev MF 16 Vasil Shopov  77' MF 26 Radoslav Apostolov DF 28 Filip Filipov  46' Manager: Nikolay Kirov

GK 71 Martin Lukov  82' CB 15 Dimitar Vezalov CB 6 Stephen Eze CB 50 Josip Tomašević RM 91 Abdelhakim Bouhna CM 20 Miloš Petrović  60' CM 34 Igor Banović LM 7 Momchil Tsvetanov AM 14 Dimitar Iliev (c) CF 12 Alen Ožbolt 73'  74'  78' CF 77 Ante Aralica  53'  89' Substitutes: GK 1 Ilko Pirgov DF 5 Asen Georgiev  89' MF 9 Bircent Karagaren  78' MF 10 Parvizdzhon Umarbayev MF 13 Edin Bahtić MF 29 Yanko Angelov  60' MF 61 Eliton Junior Manager: Bruno Akrapović

Assistant referees: Veselin Mishev (Sofia) Georgi Todorov (Sofia) 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, with a fourth allowed in extra time.