2025 Bulgarian Cup final

The 2025 Bulgarian Cup final was the final match of the 2024–25 Bulgarian Cup and the 85th final of the Bulgarian Cup. The final took place on 22 May 2025 at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia.^[3] On 24 April the date and venue has been confirmed.^[4]

2025 Bulgarian Cup final

Финал на Sesame Купа на България 2025
Event	2024–25 Bulgarian Cup
Ludogorets Razgrad CSKA Sofia 1 0
Date	22 May 2025 (2025-05-22)
Venue	Vasil Levski, Sofia
Referee	Georgi Kabakov (Plovdiv)
Attendance	37,455[1]
Weather	Fair 22 °C (72 °F)[2]
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The clubs contesting the final were Ludogorets Razgrad and CSKA Sofia.^[5][6] Both teams have met on multiple occasions in the competition but never in the final itself. For Ludogorets, this is the third consecutive Cup final after winning the trophy in 2023 and losing last year. CSKA reached the final for the 36th time and the first since 2022.

Ludogorets won the final 1–0 for their fourth cup title following their triumphs in 2012, 2014 and 2023.^[7] As they were already assured of a participation in the UEFA Champions League as 2024–25 First League champions, their berth for the first qualifying round of 2025–26 UEFA Europa League was passed to the First League runners-up, Levski Sofia.

Route to the final

See also: 2024–25 Bulgarian Cup

Ludogorets			Round	CSKA
Opponent	Result	Legs		Opponent	Result	Legs
Chernolomets Popovo	6–0	away	1st Round	Dobrudzha	4–0	away
CSKA 1948	3–2	away	2nd Round	Spartak Varna	3–2	away
Botev Plovdiv	0–0 (a.e.t.), (4–2 p)	home	Quarter-finals	Arda	2–1	home
Botev Vratsa	3–0	1–0 away; 2–0 home	Semi-finals	Cherno More	2–1	0–0 away; 2–1 home

Match

Details

22 May 2025 (2025-05-22)

19:00 UTC+3

Ludogorets Razgrad	1−0	CSKA Sofia
Caio Vidal 34'	Report

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 37,455

Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Plovdiv)

Ludogorets

CSKA

GK 1 Sergio Padt  74' RB 17 Son CB 15 Edvin Kurtulus CB 24 Olivier Verdon  68' LB 3 Anton Nedyalkov (c) CM 23 Deroy Duarte CM 18 Ivaylo Chochev  90+1' CM 20 Aguibou Camara  90+6' RW 77 Erick Marcus  76' CF 9 Kwadwo Duah  85' LW 11 Caio Vidal  32'  90+2' Substitutes: GK 39 Hendrik Bonmann DF 4 Dinis Almeida  90+2' DF 14 Denny Gropper DF 16 Aslak Fonn Witry MF 82 Ivan Yordanov  90+1' FW 19 Georgi Rusev  76'  77' FW 25 Emerson Rodríguez FW 29 Eric Bile  85' FW 37 Bernard Tekpetey Manager: Igor Jovićević

GK 21 Fyodor Lapoukhov RB 15 Thibaut Vion (c) CB 4 Adrián Lapeña  18' CB 5 Lumbardh Dellova LB 18 Mica Pinto  75' CM 99 James Eto'o  75' CM 26 Marcelino Carreazo RW 73 Ilian Iliev  70' AM 8 Stanislav Shopov  63' LW 7 Olaus Skarsem  71' CF 28 Ioannis Pittas Substitutes: GK 25 Ivan Dyulgerov DF 3 Sainey Sanyang  75' DF 6 Liam Cooper DF 19 Ivan Turitsov MF 9 Zymer Bytyqi  71' MF 10 Jonathan Lindseth  63' MF 16 Georgi Chorbadzhiyski  75' MF 30 Petko Panayotov FW 11 Matthias Phaëton  70' Manager: Aleksandar Tomash

Man of the Match: Assistant referees: Martin Margaritov (Plovdiv) Martin Venev (Sofia) Fourth official: Radoslav Gidzehnov (Plovdiv) Video assistant referee: Dragomir Draganov (Varna) Assistant video assistant referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia)

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.[note 1]

Notes

1. Each team will be given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.