2017 Bulgarian Cup final

2017 Bulgarian Cup final
Event	2016–17 Bulgarian Cup
Date	24 May 2017
Venue	Vasil Levski, Sofia
Referee	Nikola Popov (Sofia)
Attendance	9,800
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The 2017 Bulgarian Cup final was the 77th final of the Bulgarian Cup. The final took place on 24 May 2017 at Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia. It was refereed by Nikola Popov, from Sofia.

The clubs contesting the final were Ludogorets Razgrad and Botev Plovdiv.^[1] This was the second time the final was contested between these two teams. The first one being in 2014 won by Ludogorets 1-0. Botev won the match 2–1, claiming their third Bulgarian Cup and first since 1981.^[2]

Route to the final

Ludogorets			Round	Botev
Opponent	Result	Legs		Opponent	Result	Legs
Botev Vratsa	4–0	away	1st Round	Pirin Gotse Delchev	6–3	away
Montana	4–0	away	2nd Round	Neftochimic Burgas	3–0	home
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	4–0	away	Quarter-finals	Pirin Blagoevgrad	1–0	away
Litex Lovech	11–0	4–0 home; 7–0 away	Semi-finals	Vereya	2–1	1–0 away; 1–1 home

Match

Details

24 May 2017

18:30

EEST

Ludogorets Razgrad	1−2	Botev Plovdiv
Keșerü 80'	Report	Kossoko 44' Vutov 52'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 9,800

Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia)^[3]

Ludogorets

Botev


GK	33	Renan
RB	4	Cicinho
CB	5	José Palomino
CB	27	Cosmin Moți	26'
LB	6	Natanael
DM	18	Svetoslav Dyakov (c)
CM	10	Campanharo		55'
AM	84	Marcelinho		67'
RW	88	Wanderson
LW	93	Virgil Misidjan
CF	22	Jonathan Cafu		55'
Substitutes:
GK	29	Daniel Naumov
MF	8	Lucas Sasha
FW	11	Juninho Quixadá	75'	55'
MF	12	Anicet		67'
DF	19	Aleksandar Vasilev
FW	28	Claudiu Keșerü		55'
DF	32	Ihor Plastun
Manager:
Georgi Dermendzhiev


GK	99	Ivan Čvorović	90+4'
RB	2	Tsvetomir Panov
CB	18	Radoslav Terziev
CB	4	Viktor Genev	90+4'
LB	24	Lazar Marin
DM	14	Yaya Meledje
CM	17	Lachezar Baltanov (c)
AM	20	Omar Kossoko	32'	70'
RW	8	Todor Nedelev
LW	25	Krum Stoyanov		84'
CF	39	Antonio Vutov	50'	64'
Substitutes:
GK	21	Martin Dimitrov
DF	5	Kristian Dimitrov
MF	7	Felipe Brisola		70'
FW	9	Fernando Viana	86' 90+2'	64'
MF	10	Serkan Yusein		84'
MF	26	Radoslav Apostolov
MF	77	Milko Georgiev
Manager:
Nikolay Kirov

MATCH OFFICIALS

Assistant referees: Georgi Todorov & Martin Venev
Fourth official: Stefan Apostolov (Simitli)

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

^ "Лудогорец - Ботев Пловдив е финалът за Купата" (in Bulgarian). offnews.bg. 27 April 2017.
^ "Феноменален Ботев развенча Лудогорец, взе пак Купата след 36 години!" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 24 May 2017.
^ "Повериха на Никола Попов финала за Купата на България" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 22 May 2017.

[1] "Лудогорец - Ботев Пловдив е финалът за Купата" (in Bulgarian). offnews.bg. 27 April 2017.

[2] "Феноменален Ботев развенча Лудогорец, взе пак Купата след 36 години!" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 24 May 2017.

[3] "Повериха на Никола Попов финала за Купата на България" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 22 May 2017.

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