2009–10 Bulgarian Cup

The Bulgarian Cup 2009–10 was the 28th official season of the Bulgarian annual football knockout tournament. The competition began on September 16, 2009 with the matches of the Preliminary Round and ended with the final on May 5, 2010. Litex Lovech are the defending champions.

The winners of the competition qualifyd for the third qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.

Participating clubs

The following teams will compete in the cup: (Teams in bold are still active in the competition)

A PFG 2008–2009 all clubs	West B PFG 2008–2009 all clubs	East B PFG 2008–2009 all clubs	Winners of regional cup competitions best eight teams
Levski Sofia CSKA Sofia Cherno More Varna Litex Lovech Lokomotiv Sofia Lokomotiv Plovdiv Chernomorets Burgas Lokomotiv Mezdra Slavia Sofia Pirin Blagoevgrad Minyor Pernik Sliven Botev Plovdiv Vihren Spartak Varna PFC Belasitsa Petrich1	Montana Sportist Bansko Chavdar Etropole Balkan Botevgrad Rilski Sportist Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo Pirin Gotse Delchev Botev Krivodol Kom-Minyor Belite orli Etar 1924 Marek Dupnitsa Chavdar Byala Slatina2 PFC Spartak Pleven3	Beroe Stara Zagora Chernomorets Pomorie Kaliakra Spartak Plovdiv Dunav Ruse Lyubimetz 2007 Svetkavitsa Svilengrad 1921 Minyor Radnevo Lokomotiv Stara Zagora4 Rodopa Smolyan5 PFC Chernomorets Balchik Volov Shumen Nesebar	OFC Devnya from North-East Zone FC Tryavna from North-West Zone Lokomotiv 1925 Septemvri from South-West Zone Maritsa Plovdiv from South-East Zone Dobrudzha as Winner in North-East V AFG Brestnik 1948 as Winner in South-East V AFG Botev Vratsa as Winner in North-West V AFG Septemvri Simitli as Winner in South-West V AFG

¹ Belasitsa Petrich was removed from West B PFG due lack of funding.
² Chavdar Byala Slatina declined its participation on the tournament.
³ Spartak Pleven was removed from West B PFG on 10 March 2009 due lack of eligible players.
⁴ Lokomotiv Stara Zagora was removed from East B PFG on 3 August 2009 due lack of funding.
⁵ Rodopa Smolyan declined its participation on the tournament due lack of funding.

Preliminary round

In this round entered 4 winners from the regional competitions as well as 3 teams from B PFG (second level) decided by random draw. There should have been 4 teams selected from B PFG, but since this year's league features only 31 team, 3 teams were chosen. The matches were played on September 16 and October 8, 2009.

OFC Devnya v Nesebar

16 September 2009	OFC Devnya	1–5	Nesebar	Devnya
16:00 UTC+3	Nikolay Kateliev		Vasil Stefanov Martin Kokaldzhiev , Ventsislav Hristov  pen.' Ivan Ilyanov	Attendance: Unknown

Maritsa v Balkan

16 September 2009	Maritsa	3 – 2 a.e.t.	Balkan	Plovdiv
16:00 UTC+3	Yuseinov  47',  95' Krachunov  119'		Ralchovski  85' P.Petrov  105'	Stadium: Maritsa Attendance: Unknown

Lokomotiv 1925 Septemvri v Botev Vratsa

8 October 2009	Lokomotiv 1925 Septemvri	1–3	Botev Vratsa	Septemvri
15:00 UTC+3	A. Petrov  36' (pen.)		D. Petrov  14',  45' Romanov  60'	Attendance: 300

Note: Roman numerals in brackets denote the league tier the clubs participate in during the 2009–10 season.

First round

In this round entered winners from the previous round together with the remaining 28 teams from B PFG. The matches were played on October 21, 2009.

Lyubimetz 2007 v Brestnik 1948

20 October 2009	Lyubimetz 2007	0–5	Brestnik 1948	Lyubimets
15:00 UTC+3			Atanasov  18',  41',  69' Gemedzhiev  65' Stoychev  75'	Stadium: Unknown Attendance: Unknown

Minyor Radnevo v Kom-Minyor

21 October 2009	Minyor Radnevo	2–1	Kom-Minyor	Radnevo
15:00 UTC+3	Pavlov  29' Kurtev  60'		Kolev  70'	Stadium: Unknown Attendance: Unknown

Volov v Chernomorets Balchik

21 October 2009	Volov	0–2	Chernomorets Balchik	Shumen
15:00 UTC+3	Cvetkov  85'		Filipov  72' Tanev  89'	Stadium: Panayot Volov Attendance: Unknown

FC Tryavna v Vihren

21 October 2009	FC Tryavna	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Vihren	Tryavna
15:00 UTC+3			Abushev  93' S. Georgiev  75'	Stadium: Unknown Attendance: Unknown

Botev Vratsa v Spartak Varna

21 October 2009	Botev Vratsa	2–0	Spartak Varna	Vratsa
15:00 UTC+3	Valeriev  25',  85' Borisov			Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: Unknown

Chernomorets Pomorie v Botev Krivodol

21 October 2009	Chernomorets Pomorie	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Botev Krivodol	Pomorie
15:00 UTC+3	Bozhinov  120' (pen.)			Stadium: Unknown Attendance: Unknown

Svilengrad 1921 v Akademik Sofia

21 October 2009	Svilengrad 1921	1–0	Akademik Sofia	Svilengrad
15:00 UTC+3	Hristov  44'			Stadium: Kolodruma Attendance: Unknown

Maritsa v Vidima-Rakovski

21 October 2009	Maritsa	4–1	Vidima-Rakovski	Plovdiv
15:00 UTC+3	Yuseinov  3',  5' Plachkov  48' Enchev  80'		Pavlov  32'	Stadium: Maritsa Attendance: Unknown

Dunav v Spartak Plovdiv

21 October 2009	Dunav	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Spartak Plovdiv	Ruse
15:00 UTC+3	Dimov  25' Dzharnaliev  120'		Chernev  72'	Stadium: Dunav Attendance: Unknown

Belite Orli v Dobrudzha

21 October 2009	Belite Orli	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Dobrudzha	Pleven
15:00 UTC+3	Petrov  74' Georgiev  102' (o.g.)		Angelov  24'	Stadium: Belite orli Attendance: Unknown

Septemvri v Svetkavitsa

21 October 2009	Septemvri	2–0	Svetkavitsa	Simitli
15:00 UTC+3	Lyaskov  39' Kosturkov  43'			Stadium: Unknown Attendance: Unknown

Marek v Nesebar

21 October 2009	Marek	4–0	Nesebar	Dupnitsa
15:00 UTC+3	Sokolov  40' Vladimirov  55' Valentinov  76',  90'			Stadium: Bonchuk Attendance: Unknown

Bdin v Rilski sportist

21 October 2009	Bdin	0–1	Rilski sportist	Vidin
15:00 UTC+3			Marinov  26'	Stadium: Unknown Attendance: Unknown

Pirin Gotse Delchev v Etar 1924

21 October 2009	Pirin Gotse Delchev	2–0	Etar 1924	Gotse Delchev
15:00 UTC+3	Lapantov  72' Yusev  90+2'			Stadium: Unknown Attendance: Unknown

Chavdar Etropole v Bansko

21 October 2009	Chavdar Etropole	1–0	Bansko	Etropole
15:00 UTC+3	Valov  47' Paziyski  80'			Stadium: Unknown Attendance: Unknown

Second round

This round featured winners from the First Round and all 16 teams from A PFG. The matches were played on November 24, November 25, December 2, December 3, December 9 and December 10, 2009.

Sliven v Pirin Blagoevgrad

24 November 2009	Sliven	1–0	Pirin Blagoevgrad	Sliven
13:30 UTC+2	Vandev  2'			Stadium: Hadzhi Dimitar Attendance: 1,700

Botev Vratsa v Chernomorets Balchik

25 November 2009	Botev Vratsa	2–0	Chernomorets Balchik	Vratsa
13:30 UTC+2	Rangelov  16' Romanov  24'			Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 2,500

Vihren v Slavia

25 November 2009	Vihren	0–0 (3–4 p)	Slavia	Sandanski
13:30 UTC+2				Stadium: Sandanski Attendance: 1,300
		Penalties
	Djorov V. Georgiev Trenkov Petrov Kabranov		Mladenov B. Georgiev Junior Popara

Chernomorets Pomorie v Dunav

25 November 2009	Chernomorets Pomorie	3–0	Dunav	Burgas
13:30 UTC+2	Kostadinov  10',  42' Bozhinov  73'			Stadium: Pomorie Attendance: Unknown

Marek v Belite orli

25 November 2009	Marek	2–0	Belite orli	Dupnitsa
13:30 UTC+2	Valentinov  18',  57' (pen.)			Stadium: Bonchuk Attendance: Unknown

Svilengrad 1921 v CSKA Sofia

25 November 2009	Svilengrad 1921	0–1	CSKA Sofia	Svilengrad
13:30 UTC+2			Michel Platini  76'	Stadium: Kolodruma Attendance: 3,000

Rilski sportist v Chavdar Etropole

25 November 2009	Rilski sportist	0–2	Chavdar Etropole	Samokov
13:30 UTC+2			Nikolov  31',  80'	Stadium: Iskar Attendance: Unknown

Lokomotiv Sofia v Botev Plovdiv

25 November 2009	Lokomotiv Sofia	2–1	Botev Plovdiv	Sofia
13:30 UTC+2	Garov  44' Kamburov  62'		Yordanov  5'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 500

Kaliakra v Lokomotiv Plovdiv

25 November 2009	Kaliakra	2–0	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Kavarna
13:30 UTC+2	Petkov  5' Raychev  48' (pen.)			Stadium: Kavarna Attendance: 2,200

Maritsa v Minyor Radnevo

25 November 2009	Maritsa	3–1	Minyor Radnevo	Plovdiv
13:30 UTC+2	Uchikov  22' Tanev  55' Bayrev  85'		Kyosev  72'	Stadium: Maritsa Attendance: Unknown

Lokomotiv Mezdra v Sportist

25 November 2009	Lokomotiv Mezdra	3–0	Sportist	Mezdra
13:30 UTC+2	Bamba  2' Popov  20' Todorov  89'			Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 300

Chernomorets Burgas v Cherno More

25 November 2009	Chernomorets Burgas	0–2	Cherno More	Burgas
16:30 UTC+2		(Report)	Bornosuzov  45+1' Eli Marques  90+2'	Stadium: Lazur Attendance: 350 Referee: Georgi Yordanov

Septemvri v Minyor Pernik

2 December 2009	Septemvri	0–0 (4–5 p)	Minyor Pernik	Simitli
13:30 UTC+2		(Report)		Stadium: Unknown Attendance: 400 Referee: Angel Bayltsaliev
		Penalties
	Lyaskov Luleyski Shumantov Petrunov Dimitrov		Vitanov Janković Krumov Zlatkov Ashimov

Pirin Gotse Delchev v Litex

3 December 2009	Pirin Gotse Delchev	0–4	Litex	Gotse Delchev
13:30 UTC+2		(Report)	Sandrinho  14' Saidhodzha  37' Cvetanov  69' Milanov  90'	Stadium: Gotse Delchev Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Kalin Lyudmilov

Brestnik 1948 v Levski Sofia

9 December 2009	Brestnik 1948	0–2	Levski Sofia	Plovdiv
13:00 UTC+2		(Report)	Hristov  24' Miliev  69'	Stadium: Lauta Attendance: Unknown Referee: Tasko Taskov

Montana v Beroe

10 December 2009	Montana	0–1	Beroe	Montana
13:30 UTC+3		(Report)	Atanasov  65'	Stadium: Ogosta Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Stanislav Stavrev

Third round

In this round entered winners from the Second Round. The matches were played on December 12, 2009 and December 13, 2009.

Minyor Pernik v Sliven

12 December 2009	Minyor Pernik	1–0	Sliven	Pernik
13:00 UTC+2	Janković  41'	(Report)		Stadium: Minyor Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

Chernomorets Pomorie v Botev Vratsa

12 December 2009	Chernomorets Pomorie	1–0	Botev Vratsa	Pomorie
13:00 UTC+2	R. Vankov  47' (o.g.)	(Report)		Stadium: Gradski Stadion Pomorie Attendance: 50 Referee: Dimitar Andreev

Marek Dupnitsa v Kaliakra

12 December 2009	Marek Dupnitsa	1–5	Kaliakra	Dupnitsa
13:30 UTC+2		(Report)		Stadium: Bonchuk Attendance: 200 Referee: Georgi Ignatov

Maritsa Plovdiv v Chavdar Etropole

12 December 2009	Maritsa Plovdiv	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Chavdar Etropole	Plovdiv
13:00 UTC+2		(Report)	P. Tonchev  97'	Stadium: Maritsa Attendance: 800 Referee: Atanas Dimitrov

Lokomotiv Sofia v Slavia Sofia

12 December 2009	Lokomotiv Sofia	1–2	Slavia Sofia	Sofia
13:30 UTC+2	Baldovaliev  14' Bandalovski  25', 44'	(Report)	Du Bala  41' Ivanov  59'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

CSKA Sofia v Litex Lovech

12 December 2009	CSKA Sofia	1–0	Litex Lovech	Sofia
16:00 UTC+2	Delev  48'	(Report)		Stadium: Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Aleksandar Kostadinov

Lokomotiv Mezdra v Beroe

13 December 2009	Lokomotiv Mezdra	0–3	Beroe	Mezdra
13:30 UTC+2			Atanasov  10',  48',  74'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 300 Referee: Angel Angelov

Cherno More Varna v Levski Sofia

13 December 2009	Cherno More Varna	4–1	Levski Sofia	Varna
13:30 UTC+2	Iliev  29',  50' Georgiev  45' Dyakov  88'		Milanov  39' Rabeh  15'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Stanislav Stavrov

Quarterfinals

Chernomorets Pomorie v Minyor Pernik

31 March 2010	Chernomorets Pomorie	2–0	Minyor Pernik	Pomorie
16:00 UTC+2	Pehlivanov  56' Petkov  88'	(Report)		Stadium: Pomorie Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov

Beroe v CSKA Sofia

31 March 2010	Beroe	1–0	CSKA Sofia	Stara Zagora
16:00 UTC+2	Pisarov  73'	(Report)		Stadium: Beroe Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Stefan Spasov

Chavdar Etropole v Slavia Sofia

31 March 2010	Chavdar Etropole	0–0 (4–2 p)	Slavia Sofia	Etropole
16:00 UTC+2		(Report)		Stadium: Chavdar Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov
		Penalties
	Nikolov Ruskov Petrov Valchanov		Junior Peev Petrov Popara

Kaliakra v Cherno More Varna

31 March 2010	Kaliakra	0–0 (3–2 p)	Cherno More Varna	Kavarna
19:30 UTC+2		(Report)		Stadium: Kavarna Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
		Penalties
	Raychev Kyuchukov Sadula Petkov		Yurukov Aleksandrov Bachev Domakinov Bornosuzov

Semifinals

Chernomorets Pomorie v Kaliakra

28 April 2010	Chernomorets Pomorie	1–1 (3–0 p)	Kaliakra	Pomorie
13:00 UTC+2	Filipov  33'	(Report)	D. Stoilov  13' Raychev  71', 88'	Stadium: Pomorie Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Georgi Yordanov
		Penalties
	Filipov Mitev Bozhinov G. Kostadinov		D. Dimitrov Kyuchukov Sabev

Chavdar Etropole v Beroe

28 April 2010	Chavdar Etropole	0–1	Beroe	Etropole
15:30 UTC+2		(Report)	A. Atanasov  39'	Stadium: Chavdar Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

Final

Main article: 2010 Bulgarian Cup Final

Chernomorets Pomorie v Beroe

5 May 2010	Chernomorets Pomorie	0 – 1	Beroe	Lovech
18:00 UTC+2		(Report)	D. Atanasov  90+2'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 5,250 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

External links

• bulgarian-football.com (Bulgarian)