1956 Bulgarian Cup final

1956 Bulgarian Cup final
Event	1956 Bulgarian Cup
Date	18 November 1956
Venue	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Referee	Georgi Hristov (Sofia)
Attendance	40,000

The 1956 Bulgarian Cup final was the 16th final of the Bulgarian Cup (in this period the tournament was named Cup of the Soviet Army), and was contested between Levski Sofia and Botev Plovdiv on 18 November 1956 at Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia. Levski won the final 5–2.^[1]

Match

18 November 1956

Levski Sofia	5−2	Botev Plovdiv
Atanasov 18' (o.g.) Iliev 21', 69' Yordanov 37' Georgiev 77'		Karadaliev 24' Sotirov 44'

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Georgi Hristov (Sofia)

Levski

Botev


GK	1	Georgi Kekemanov
DF	2	Rayno Panayotov
DF	3	Dimitar Raykov
DF	4	Ivan Atanasov
MF	5	Aleksandar Bahchevandzhiev (c)
MF	6	Ivan Delev
FW	7	Rangel Rangelov
MF	8	Ivan Zanev
FW	9	Ivan Sotirov
FW	10	Zhivko Karadaliev
FW	11	Angel Popangelov
Manager:
Georgi Genov

Bulgarian Cup
Previous names: Tsar's Cup (1938–1942) Soviet Army Cup (1945–1982)
Seasons	1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Finals	1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026