2008–09 Bulgarian Cup

2008–09 Bulgarian Cup

Tournament details
Country	Bulgaria
Final positions
Champions	Litex Lovech (4th cup)
Runner-up	Pirin Blagoevgrad

The 2008–09 Bulgarian Cup was the 27th official Bulgarian annual football tournament. The competition started on October 15, 2008 with the preliminary round and ended on May 26, 2009. The defending champions were Litex Lovech, who successfully defended their title against Pirin Blagoevgrad.

Preliminary round

In this round entered 4 winners from the regional competitions as well as 3 teams from B Group (second level) decided by random draw. There should have been 4 teams selected from B Group, but since this year's league features only 31 team, 3 teams were chosen. The matches were played on 15 October 2008.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
15 October 2008
Slivnishki Geroy (III)	3–0	Akademik Sofia (II)
Brestnik 1948 (III)	1–3	Pirin Gotse Delchev (II)
Dorostol 2003 (III)	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Chavdar Etropole (II)
Almus Bier (III)	bye

Note: Roman numerals in brackets denote the league tier the clubs participate in during the 2008–09 season.

First round

In this round entered winners from the previous round together with the remaining 28 teams from B Group. The matches were played on 29 October 2008.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
29 October 2008
Etar-1924	1–3	Pirin Blagoevgrad (1922)
Belite orli	0–2	Balkan Botevgrad
Slivnishki Geroy	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Pirin Gotse Delchev
Botev Krivodol	1–0	Beroe
Marek	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Minyor
Almus Bier	0–3	Vidima-Rakovski
Spartak Plovdiv	1–0	Dunav Ruse
Chavdar Etropole	3–1	Kom-Minyor
Sportist Svoge	1–0	Lokomotiv Stara Zagora
Svetkavitsa	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Montana
Lyubimetz 2007	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Svilengrad 1921
Spartak Pleven	0–2	Chernomorets Balchik
Nesebar	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Naftex
Chavdar	2–0	Rilski Sportist
Maritsa	2–1	Shumen
Rodopa Smolyan	2–1	Kaliakra Kavarna

Second round

This round featured winners from the first round and all 16 teams from A Group. The matches were played on 11, 12, 13 and 26 November 2008.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
11 November 2008
Lyubimetz 2007	1–2	Vihren Sandanski
Minyor	0–2	OFC Sliven
12 November 2008
Balkan Botevgrad	1–0	Lokomotiv Mezdra
Spartak Varna	1–2	Pirin Blagoevgrad (1931)
Vidima-Rakovski	1–0	Chavdar Etropole
Litex Lovech	2–0	Botev Plovdiv
CSKA Sofia	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Chavdar	1–2	Spartak Plovdiv
Pirin Gotse Delchev	3–0	Belasitsa Petrich
Maritsa	2–0	Sportist Svoge
Nesebar	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Chernomorets Balchik
Montana	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Pirin Blagoevgrad (1922)
13 November 2008
Botev Krivodol	2–1	Slavia Sofia
Rodopa Smolyan	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Chernomorets Burgas
26 November 2008
Lokomotiv Sofia	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Levski Sofia
3 December 2008
Minyor Pernik	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Cherno More Varna

Third round

In this round entered winners from the second round. The matches were played on 7 December 2008.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
7 December 2008
Montana	0–2	Pirin Blagoevgrad (1931)
Spartak Plovdiv	2–3	Vihren Sandanski
Maritsa	1–5	Litex Lovech
Balkan Botevgrad	0–5	CSKA Sofia
Vidima-Rakovski	0–3	Minyor Pernik
Rodopa Smolyan	1–3	Botev Krivodol
Nesebar	2–1	Pirin Gotse Delchev
Levski Sofia	2–1 (a.e.t.)	OFC Sliven

Quarter-finals

Vihren Sandanski v Levski Sofia

4 March 2009	Vihren Sandanski	0–2	Levski Sofia	Kyustendil
14:00 EET		Report	G. Ivanov 13' Tasevski 28'	Stadium: Osogovo Attendance: 1,630 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

Botev Krivodol v Minyor Pernik

4 March 2009	Botev Krivodol	1–4	Minyor Pernik	Byala Slatina
14:30 EET	Vladinov 87'	Report	Hazurov 17' 33' Janković 63' Rumenov 78'	Stadium: Chavdar Attendance: 2,750 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

Nesebar v Litex Lovech

4 March 2009	Nesebar	1–5	Litex Lovech	Nesebar
14:30 EET	Hristov 9'	Report	Popov 28' 71' Doka 60' Bibishkov 75' Cvetanov 77'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 680 Referee: Angel Angelov

CSKA Sofia v Pirin Blagoevgrad (1931)

4 March 2009	CSKA Sofia	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	Pirin Blagoevgrad (1931)	Sofia
16:00 EET	Marquinhos 58'	Report	Delev 70'	Stadium: Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 2,130 Referee: Anton Genov
	Penalties
	Todorov Saidhodzha Toshev Marquinhos		Nakov Hazurov Peev Palankov Galchev

Semi-finals

Minyor Pernik v Litex Lovech

29 April 2009	Minyor Pernik	0–1	Litex Lovech	Pernik
14:00 EEST			Bibishkov 57'	Stadium: Minyor Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

Pirin Blagoevgrad (1931) v Levski Sofia

29 April 2009	Pirin Blagoevgrad (1931)	1–0	Levski Sofia	Blagoevgrad
16:30 EEST	Peev 56'			Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Georgi Ignatov

Final

Main article: 2009 Bulgarian Cup final

26 May 2009

20:30

Pirin Blagoevgrad (1931)	0–3	Litex Lovech
		Niflore 20' Doka 72' Bibishkov 86'

Georgi Asparuhov, Sofia

Attendance: 9,500

Referee: Stefan Spasov (Pernik)

External links

• bulgarian-football.com (in Bulgarian)