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Bulgarian Cup
Bulgarian cup 2007-08
Sport	Football
Founded	1924
No. of teams	number varies
Country(ies)	Bulgaria
Most recent champion(s)	PFC Levski Sofia (2006-07)
TV partner(s)	BNT Channel 1

The Bulgarian Cup (Bulgarian: Купа на България) is a Bulgarian annual football competition. All officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it.

The tournament's format is single-elimination, with all matches except for the final being two-legged. The Bulgarian Cup final is usually held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia. The competition's winner achieves the right to take part in the UEFA Cup. If the winner has already secured a place through the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group, the team that has come fourth in the championship substitutes it.

Contents 1 History 2 Winners 2.1 Tsar's Cup (1924-1944) 2.2 National Winner (1945) 2.3 Cup of the Soviet Army (1946-1990) 2.3.1 Official tournaments (1946-1982) 2.3.2 Unofficial tournaments (1982-1990) 2.4 Bulgarian Cup (1980-present) 2.4.1 Official tournaments (1983-present) 2.4.2 Unofficial tournaments (1980-1982) 3 Performance by club 4 Titles by city 5 2007 Bulgarian Cup final 6 Current Champion 7 External links

The Bulgarian Cup has its roots in several cup tournaments held in Bulgaria through the 20th century, simultaneously or successively. The first one is the National Cup or Tsar's Cup (Bulgarian: Купа на Царя) that existed between 1938 and 1942, in which the champions of the country's oblasts played in a one-legged single-elimination tournament, the host being determined by lot.

During the Communist rule in Bulgaria, the National Cup was superseded by the two-legged Cup of the Soviet Army (Bulgarian: Купа на Съветската армия) tournament, which was held between 1945 and 1990. After 1981, it lost its importance due to the revival of the Bulgarian Cup tournament in honour of the 1300th anniversary of the country, but continued to exist until disbanded in 1990. Levski Sofia, as the club to have won the trophy most times, were awarded the original Soviet Army Cup to preserve it in their collection.2006-2007 national cup final will be played in Stara Zagora.

• 1924 — not finished
• 1925 — Vladislav Varna
• 1926 — Vladislav Varna
• 1927 — not finished
• 1928 — Slavia Sofia
• 1929 — Botev Plovdiv
• 1930 — Slavia Sofia
• 1931 — AS-23
• 1932 — Shipchenski Sokol
• 1933 — Levski Sofia
• 1934 — Vladislav Varna
• 1935 — Sportklub Sofia
• 1936 — Slavia Sofia
• 1937 — Levski Sofia
• 1938 — FK-13
• 1939 — Shipka Sofia
• 1940 — FK-13
• 1941 — AS-23
• 1942 — Levski Sofia
• 1943 — Slavia Sofia
• 1944 — not finished

• 1945 — Lokomotiv Sofia

1946 — Levski Sofia 1947 — Levski Sofia 1948 — Lokomotiv Sofia 1949 — Levski Sofia 1950 — Levski Sofia 1951 — CSKA Sofia 1952 — Slavia Sofia 1953 — Lokomotiv Sofia 1954 — CSKA Sofia 1955 — CSKA Sofia 1956 — Levski Sofia 1957 — Levski Sofia 1958 — Spartak Plovdiv 1959 — Levski Sofia 1960 — Septemvri Sofia 1961 — CSKA Sofia 1962 — Botev Plovdiv 1963 — Slavia Sofia 1964 — Slavia Sofia 1965 — CSKA Sofia 1966 — Slavia Sofia 1967 — Levski Sofia 1968 — Spartak Sofia 1969 — CSKA Sofia 1970 — Levski Sofia 1971 — Levski Sofia 1972 — CSKA Sofia 1973 — CSKA Sofia 1974 — CSKA Sofia 1975 — Slavia Sofia 1976 — Levski Sofia 1977 — Levski Sofia 1978 — Marek Dupnitsa 1979 — Levski Sofia 1980 — Slavia Sofia 1981 — Botev Plovdiv 1982 — Lokomotiv Sofia

1983 — Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1984 — Levski Sofia 1985 — CSKA Sofia 1986 — CSKA Sofia 1987 — Levski Sofia 1988 — Levski Sofia 1989 — CSKA Sofia 1990 — CSKA Sofia

1983 — CSKA Sofia 1984 — Levski Sofia 1985 — CSKA Sofia 1986 — Levski Sofia 1987 — CSKA Sofia 1988 — CSKA Sofia 1989 — CSKA Sofia 1990 — FC Sliven 1991 — Levski Sofia 1992 — Levski Sofia 1993 — CSKA Sofia 1994 — Levski Sofia 1995 — Lokomotiv Sofia 1996 — Slavia Sofia 1997 — CSKA Sofia 1998 — Levski Sofia 1999 — CSKA Sofia 2000 — Levski Sofia 2001 — Litex Lovech 2002 — Levski Sofia 2003 — Levski Sofia 2004 — Litex Lovech 2005 — Levski Sofia 2006 — CSKA Sofia 2007 — Levski Sofia

Cup of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (Купа на НРБ) 1981 — CSKA Sofia 1982 — Levski Sofia

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning Years
Levski	26	9	1942, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007
CSKA	19	13	1951, 1954, 1955, 1961, 1965, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2006
Slavia	7	3	1952, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1975, 1980, 1996
Lokomotiv Sf	4	2	1948, 1953, 1982, 1995
Litex	2	5	2001, 2004
FK-13	2	-	1938, 1940
Botev	2	8	1962, 1981
Spartak Plovdiv	1	2	1958
Spartak Sofia	1	2	1968
Shipka Sofia	1	-	1939
Septemvri Sofia	1	-	1960
Marek Dupnitsa	1	-	1978
FC Sliven	1	-	1990
AS-23	1	-	1941
Beroe	-	4	-
Levski Ruse	-	2	-
Sportclub Plovdiv	-	2	-
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	-	2	-
Spartak Varna	-	2	-
Pirin Blagoevgrad	-	2	-
Napredak Ruse	-	1
Stamo Kostov Popovo	-	1	-
Slavia-Chengelov	-	1	-
Akademik Sofia	-	1	-
Minyor Pernik	-	1	-
Dunav Ruse	-	1	-
Chernomorets Burgas	-	1	-
Naftex Burgas	-	1	-
Velbazhd Kyustendil	-	1	-
Cherno More	-	1	-

City	Titles	Winning Clubs
Sofia	62	Levski Sofia (26), CSKA Sofia (19), Slavia (7), Lokomotiv Sofia (4), FK-13 (2), Spartak Sofia (1), Shipka Sofia (1), AS-23 (1), Septemvri Sofia (1)
Plovdiv	3	Botev (2), Spartak Plovdiv (1)
Lovech	2	Litex Lovech (2)
Dupnitsa	1	Marek Dupnitsa (1)
Sliven	1	FC Sliven (1)

2007-05-24 17:00 EEST
	PFC Litex Lovech	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	PFC Levski Sofia	Beroe Stadium, Stara Zagora Attendance: ~10,000 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ
			Cédric Bardon  111'

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