2018 Bulgarian Cup final

2018 Bulgarian Cup final
Финал за Купата на България 2018
Event	2017–18 Bulgarian Cup
	Slavia Sofia won 4–2 on penalties
Date	9 May 2018
Venue	Vasil Levski, Sofia
Man of the Match	Georgi Petkov
Referee	Nikola Popov (Sofia)
Attendance	32,000
Weather	Clear; 25 °C (77 °F)

The 2018 Bulgarian Cup final was the final match of the 2017–18 Bulgarian Cup and the 78th final of the Bulgarian Cup. The final took place on 9 May 2018 at Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia. It was refereed by Nikola Popov.

The clubs contesting the final were Slavia Sofia and Levski Sofia.^[2] The match finished in a 0–0 draw, but Slavia clinched their eighth Bulgarian Cup title by winning 4–2 on penalties.^[3]

Route to the final

Slavia			Round	Levski
Opponent	Result	Legs		Opponent	Result	Legs
Chernomorets Balchik	2–0	away	1st Round	Botev Galabovo	1–0 (a.e.t.)	away
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2–1 (a.e.t.)	home	2nd Round	Montana	1–0	away
Etar Veliko Tarnovo	3–1	away	Quarter-finals	Dunav Ruse	2–0	away
Botev Plovdiv	2(a)–2 (agg.)	1–0 home; 1–2 away	Semi-finals	CSKA Sofia	4–2 (agg.)	2–0 away; 2–2 home

Match

Details

9 May 2018

19:30 EEST

Slavia Sofia	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Levski Sofia
	Report
Penalties
Minchev Angelov Dimitrov Velev Yomov	4–2	Nascimento Thiam Procházka Vutov

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia)^[4]

Slavia

Levski


GK	1	Georgi Petkov (c)	11'
RB	8	Slavcho Shokolarov	37'
CB	6	Kostadin Velkov
CB	55	Andrea Hristov	25'
LB	77	Stefan Velev	43'
DM	10	Yanis Karabelyov
CM	23	Vladislav Uzunov
AM	73	Ivan Minchev	41'
RW	33	Galin Ivanov		120'
LW	14	Ivaylo Dimitrov
CF	9	Tsvetelin Chunchukov	80'	90'
Substitutes:
GK	32	Antonis Stergiakis
FW	7	Nasko Milev
DF	13	Stefan Velkov
DF	25	Sasho Aleksandrov
FW	29	Milcho Angelov		120'
MF	35	Georgi Yomov	98'	90'
MF	71	Toni Ivanov
Manager:
Zlatomir Zagorčić


GK	21	Bozhidar Mitrev (c)
RB	15	Roman Procházka
CB	28	David Jablonský
CB	5	Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson	56'
LB	4	Ivan Goranov
DM	14	Khaly Thiam	35'
CM	13	Jordi Gómez	12'	43'	82'
AM	20	Filipe Nascimento	59'
RW	32	Gabriel Obertan
LW	7	Paulinho		120+1'
CF	9	Sergiu Buș		100'
Substitutes:
GK	89	Nikolay Krastev
DF	3	Aymen Belaïd
MF	8	Antonio Vutov		100'
DF	19	Miloš Cvetković		82'
MF	26	Jerson Cabral		120+1'
FW	29	Stanislav Kostov
MF	71	Vasil Panayotov
Manager:
Delio Rossi

MATCH OFFICIALS

Assistant referees:
- Ivo Kolev
- Petar Dzhuganski
Fourth official: Georgi Kabakov (Plovdiv)

MATCH RULES

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Seven named substitutes.
Maximum of three substitutions.

References

^ "History for Sofia, Bulgaria". Weather Wunderground. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
^ "Slavia vs Levski is the Final of the Bulgarian Football Cup". novinite.com. 26 April 2018.
^ "Slavia win Bulgaria Cup of football". xinhuanet.com. 10 May 2018. Archived from the original on May 10, 2018.
^ "Никола Попов ще свири финала Славия - Левски" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. 8 May 2018.

[1] "History for Sofia, Bulgaria". Weather Wunderground. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.

[2] "Slavia vs Levski is the Final of the Bulgarian Football Cup". novinite.com. 26 April 2018.

[3] "Slavia win Bulgaria Cup of football". xinhuanet.com. 10 May 2018. Archived from the original on May 10, 2018.

[4] "Никола Попов ще свири финала Славия - Левски" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. 8 May 2018.

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