2011 Bulgarian Cup final

2011 Bulgarian Cup final
Event	2010–11 Bulgarian Cup
Date	25 May 2011
Venue	Vasil Levski, Sofia
Man of the Match	Spas Delev
Referee	Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich)
Attendance	17,500
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The 2011 Bulgarian Cup final was the 71st final of the Bulgarian Cup. The match took place on 25 May 2011 at Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia. The match was contested by CSKA Sofia, who beat Litex Lovech 2–1 in their semi-final, and Slavia Sofia who beat Pirin Blagoevgrad 7–6 on penalties after a 1–1 draw after extra time.^[1] CSKA won the final 1–0, claiming their twenty Bulgarian Cup triumph, with forward Spas Delev scoring the only goal of the game in the 39th minute.^[2]^[3]

Background

Up to the 2011 final, CSKA Sofia had reached the Bulgarian Cup Final 32 times, winning nineteen of them, while Slavia Sofia had won seven of their ten finals.

Route to the final

CSKA Sofia		Round	Slavia Sofia
Sliven 2000 A 3–1	Yanchev 56', Delev 72', Sheridan 90'	Round Two	Ludogorets A 2–0	Bozhov 18', 45'
Malesh A 3–0	Delev 60', 73', Sheridan 64'	Round Three	Etar A 1–0	Dimitrov 40'
Cherno More H 2–0	Delev 34', Marquinhos 67'	Quarter Final	Chernomorets A 4–4 aet 5–3 pen	Bozhov 16', 90', Kushev 69', Moldovanov 102' Penalties: Bozhov , Kushev , Mansharov , Dimitrov , Jose Junior
Litex H 2–1^[4]	Delev 27', 87'	Semi Final	Pirin H 1–1 aet 7–6 pen^[5]	Peev 45' Penalties: Hristov , Bozhov , Peev , Mansharov , Jose Junior , Filipov , Dimitrov , Moldovanov

Pre-match

Match ball

The match ball for the 2011 Bulgarian Cup Final was the Puma PowerCat 1.10. The ball has an irregular 20-panel configuration. The ball will be used only for the final.^[6]

Officials

Petrich-based referee Ivaylo Stoyanov was named as the referee for the 2011 Bulgarian Cup Final on 23 May 2011. His assistants for the 2011 final were Nikolay Angelov and Ventsislav Gavrilov, with Tasko Taskov as the fourth official.^[7]

Match

Match statistics
	CSKA Sofia	Slavia Sofia
Goals scored	1	0
Total shots	11	5
Shots on target	4	3
Ball possession	65%	35%
Corner kicks	6	1
Fouls committed	23	19
Yellow cards	3	4
Red cards	0	1

Summary

A goal six minutes before the interval from right winger Spas Delev gave Milen Radukanov’s team victory. The goal capped off a remarkable achievement from Delev, who found the net in every round of the competition. Delev finished smartly for his goal in the 39th minute, placing home from six yards. Slavia striker Nikolay Bozhov should have equalised two minutes later, only to be denied by a good save from CSKA goalkeeper Ivan Karadzhov.

There were several chances in the last 20 minutes and CSKA should have gone 2-0 up when Gregory Nelson was played through, but he missed his chance. It nearly proved costly as Karadzhov spilled a shot soon after, but Radoslav Dimitrov missed in the goalmouth scramble as CSKA lifted the cup for the first time since they beat Cherno More Varna 3-1 in the 2006 final. Slavia ended the game with 10 men after Brazilian defender Josias Basso was sent off in the closing stages.

Details

25 May 2011

19:00 EET

CSKA Sofia	1–0	Slavia Sofia
Delev 39'	Report

Vasil Levski, Sofia

Attendance: 17,500

Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich)

CSKA

Slavia


CSKA:
GK	12	Ivan Karadzhov
RB	11	Ivan Bandalovski
CB	6	Giuseppe Aquaro
CB	19	Apostol Popov
LB	8	Rumen Trifonov
DM	5	Todor Yanchev (c)
DM	18	Boris Galchev
AM	28	Marquinhos	82'	82'
RW	7	Spas Delev	90+3'
LW	29	Gregory Nelson	90+1'	90'
CF	9	Michel Platini		76'
Substitutes:
GK	88	Blagoy Makendzhiev
MF	21	Kosta Yanev
MF	22	Petar Stoyanov		82'
MF	23	Emil Gargorov
MF	24	Aleksandar Tonev		76'
FW	26	Cillian Sheridan		90'
FW	27	Stanko Yovchev
Manager:
Milen Radukanov


Slavia:
GK	1	Emil Petrov (c)
RB	18	Filip Filipov
CB	4	Josias Basso	55' 89'
CB	35	Diyan Moldovanov
LB	22	Viktor Genev
DM	27	Tom Mansharov
DM	8	Pavle Popara		58'
AM	7	Iliya Iliev		53'
RW	44	José Júnior		78'
LW	20	Radoslav Dimitrov	21'
CF	17	Nikolay Bozhov
Substitutes:
GK	12	Stefano Kunchev
MF	5	Spas Georgiev		53'
FW	9	Georgi Hristov		58'
MF	10	Yordan Yurukov
FW	19	Martin Kushev	89'	78'
DF	25	Victor Deniran
MF	77	Daniel Peev
Manager:
Emil Velev