1981 Bulgarian Cup final

1981 Bulgarian Cup final
Event	1980–81 Bulgarian Cup
Date	5 May 1981
Venue	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Referee	Yordan Zhezhov (Sofia)
Attendance	20,000

The 1981 Bulgarian Cup final was the 41st final of the Bulgarian Cup (in this period the tournament was named Cup of the Soviet Army), and was contested between Botev Plovdiv and Pirin Blagoevgrad on 5 May 1981 at Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia.^[1] This was Botev's sixth appearance in a final, while it was Pirin's first. Botev won the final 1–0 with a goal from Mitko Argirov, to claim the cup for the second time. Their first triumph was in 1962.^[2]

Match

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5 May 1981

Botev Plovdiv	1−0	Pirin Blagoevgrad
Argirov 43'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Yordan Zhezhov (Sofia)

Botev

Pirin


GK	1	Dimitar Vichev
DF	2	Rumen Yurukov
DF	3	Atanas Marinov
DF	4	Blagoy Blangev
DF	5	Slavcho Horozov
MF	6	Kosta Tanev
FW	7	Kostadin Kostadinov
FW	8	Georgi Slavkov
MF	9	Krasimir Manolov
MF	10	Petar Zehtinski (c)
FW	11	Mitko Argirov	89'
Substitutes:
DF	--	Trifon Pachev	89'
Manager:
Dinko Dermendzhiev


GK	1	Hristo Hristov (c)
DF	2	Metodi Andreev
DF	3	Krasimir Bezinski
DF	4	Dimitar Tasev
DF	5	Yordan Samokovliyski	61'
MF	6	Yordan Murlev
FW	7	Kostadin Kabranov
FW	8	Ivan Petrov
FW	9	Vasil Popov
MF	10	Metodi Stoyanov
MF	11	Hristo Denchev
Substitutes:
MF	--	Rumen Stoychev	61'
Manager:
Sergi Yotsov

References

^ "В Бухово Хаздай обухва Левски" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 24 March 2016. Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
^ "Преди 33 години Ботев спечели Купата" (in Bulgarian). tribunaplovdiv.bg. 5 May 2014.

[1] "В Бухово Хаздай обухва Левски" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 24 March 2016. Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.

[2] "Преди 33 години Ботев спечели Купата" (in Bulgarian). tribunaplovdiv.bg. 5 May 2014.

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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
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1980–81 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	A Group B Group V Group
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup ()
European competitions	European Cup UEFA Cup Cup Winners' Cup Balkans Cup
Related to national team	1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group 1) Atanas Purzhelov
List of transfers

Match

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