2016–17 Bulgarian Cup

2016–17 Bulgarian Cup
Tournament details
Country	Bulgaria
Teams	32
Final positions
Champions	Botev Plovdiv (3rd title)
Runner-up	Ludogorets Razgrad
Tournament statistics
Matches played	33
Goals scored	104 (3.15 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	João Paulo; Claudiu Keșerü; (6 goals)
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016−17 Bulgarian Cup was the 35th official edition of the Bulgarian annual football knockout tournament. The competition began on 20 September 2016 with the first round and finished with the final on 24 May 2017.^[1] CSKA Sofia were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Lokomotiv Sofia. Botev Plovdiv won its third cup, after winning the final against Ludogorets Razgrad. Botev, thus, qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League.

Participating clubs

The following 32 teams qualified for the competition:^[2]

2016–17 First League 14 clubs	2016–17 Second League 14 non-reserve clubs	Winners of 4 regional competitions 4 clubs
Beroe Stara Zagora Botev Plovdiv CSKA Sofia Cherno More Varna Dunav Ruse Levski Sofia Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa Lokomotiv Plovdiv Ludogorets Razgrad Montana Neftochimic Burgas Pirin Blagoevgrad Slavia Sofia Vereya Stara Zagora	Bansko Botev Galabovo Botev Vratsa Etar Veliko Tarnovo Levski Karlovo Lokomotiv Sofia Nesebar Oborishte Panagyurishte Pomorie Sozopol Spartak Pleven Septemvri Sofia Tsarsko Selo Sofia Vitosha Bistritsa	from North-West zone: Litex Lovech from North-East zone: Chernomorets Balchik from South-East zone: Rozova Dolina Kazanlak from South-West zone: Pirin Gotse Delchev

Matches

Round of 32

The draw was conducted on 7 September 2016.^[3] The games were played between 20 and 22 September 2016.^[4] On this stage all of the participants started their participation i.e. the 14 teams from First League, the 14 non-reserve teams from Second League and the 4 winners from the regional amateur competitions.

20 September 2016	Levski Karlovo (II)	0–2	Vereya Stara Zagora	Stara Zagora
16:00 EEST		Report	Andonov 44' (pen.) Kostov 63'	Stadium: Trace Arena Attendance: 120 Referee: Vihren Manev (Sofia)

20 September 2016	Spartak Pleven (II)	2–3	Pirin Blagoevgrad	Pleven
16:00 EEST	Gadi 64' I.Ivanov 79' (pen.)	Report	Mujeci 48' Bengyuzov 60' Mladenov 88'	Stadium: Stadion Slavi Aleksiev Attendance: 100 Referee: Tihomir Aleksov (Sofia)

20 September 2016	Etar Veliko Tarnovo (II)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Neftochimic Burgas	Veliko Tarnovo
16:00 EEST	Abayián 27'	Report	Hazurov 70' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Ivaylo Attendance: 830 Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Shumen)
	Penalties
	Skerlev Genchev Todorov Plahov Tsvetkov		Hristov Hazurov Valchanov Rumenov Hadzhiev

20 September 2016	Botev Galabovo (II)	2–3	Montana	Galabovo
16:00 EEST	Halil 40', 51'	Report	Toshev 59' Atanasov 69' Petkov 74'	Stadium: Stadion Hristo Botev Attendance: 400 Referee: Vangel Vangelov (Sofia)

20 September 2016	Botev Vratsa (II)	0–4	Ludogorets Razgrad	Vratsa
16:00 EEST		Report	Sasha 33' Campanharo 45+1' Terziev 60' Anicet 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Hristo Botev Attendance: 750 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich)

20 September 2016	Chernomorets Balchik (III)	2–5	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Balchik
16:00 EEST	Popov 38' Aleksandrov 90'	Report	Marchev 12' Velkovski 42', 43' Raynov 70' Rashid 89'	Stadium: Stadion Balchik Attendance: 600 Referee: Ivelin Zanev (Ruse)

21 September 2016	Vitosha Bistritsa (II)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (7–8 p)	Dunav Ruse	Bistritsa
16:00 EEST	Vasilev 88'	Report	Kostadinov 53'	Stadium: Stadion Vitosha Attendance: 140 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia)
	Penalties
	Petrov Kochilov Vasilev Sadula Hristozov Amzin Uzunov Krastev Andonov Otofe Radev		Budinov Atanasov Dimov Milchev Ognyanov Shopov Davronov Patev Kolev Antonov Petkov

21 September 2016	Nesebar (II)	1–2	Pomorie (II)	Nesebar
16:00 EEST	Mirchev 25'	Report	Lemperov 60' Stoyanov 67'	Stadium: Stadion Nesebar Attendance: 60 Referee: Stanislav Stavrov (Veliko Tarnovo)

21 September 2016	Bansko (II)	0–1	Sozopol (II)	Bansko
16:00 EEST		Report	Peshov 21'	Stadium: Stadion Sveti Petar Attendance: 80 Referee: Angel Bayaltsaliev (Sofia)

21 September 2016	Septemvri Sofia (II)	2–0	Beroe Stara Zagora	Sofia
16:00 EEST	Stoichkov 42' Tonchev 57'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Dragalevtsi Attendance: 230 Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia)

21 September 2016	Lokomotiv Sofia (II)	2–1	CSKA Sofia	Sofia
16:00 EEST	Georgiev 6' Hristov 71'	Report	Pedro 54'	Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv Attendance: 960 Referee: Angel Angelov (Sofia)

21 September 2016	Pirin Gotse Delchev (III)	3–6	Botev Plovdiv	Gotse Delchev
16:00 EEST	Hazurov 38', 69' (pen.) Mehremski 77'	Report	Brisola 40', 75' Nedelev 53', 71' (pen.) Paulo 55', 64'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 700 Referee: Ivan Penchev (Stara Zagora)

21 September 2016	Rozova Dolina Kazanlak (III)	1–2	Cherno More Varna	Kazanlak
16:00 EEST	Rachev 85' (pen.)	Report	Kokonov 20' Yoskov 80'	Stadium: Stadion Sevtopolis Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Valentin Zhelezov (Burgas)

21 September 2016	Litex Lovech (III)	2–0	Slavia Sofia	Lovech
19:00 EEST	Seliminski 72' Pisarov 83'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Lovech Attendance: 680 Referee: Ryustem Karagaren (Asenovgrad)

22 September 2016	Tsarsko Selo Sofia (II)	0–2	Levski Sofia	Sofia
16:00 EEST		Report	Adeniji 76' Deza 90+3'	Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Stefan Pavlov (Burgas)

22 September 2016	Oborishte Panagyurishte (II)	2–0	Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa	Panagyurishte
16:00 EEST	Shterev 61' Aytov 74'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Orcho Voyvoda Attendance: 550 Referee: Martin Stoimenov (Sofia)

Round of 16

The draw was conducted on 27 September 2016.^[5] The games were played between 25 and 27 October 2016.^[6] On this stage the participants will be the 16 winners from the first round.

25 October 2016	Septemvri Sofia (II)	0−2	Dunav Ruse	Sofia
15:00 EEST		Report	Atanasov 13' Shopov 18'	Stadium: Stadion Dragalevtsi Attendance: 310 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Plovdiv)

25 October 2016	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	6−0	Oborishte Panagyurishte (II)	Plovdiv
18:00 EEST	Raykov 12', 61' Valchev 18' Kamburov 45' Karageren 83' Velkovski 86'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv Attendance: 430 Referee: Stefan Pavlov (Burgas)

25 October 2016	Montana	0−4	Ludogorets Razgrad	Razgrad
20:00 EEST		Report	Keșerü 9', 79' Natanael 32' Misidjan 90'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 350 Referee: Georgi Davidov (Veliko Tarnovo)

26 October 2016	Litex Lovech (III)	1−1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Lokomotiv Sofia (II)	Lovech
18:00 EEST	Pisarov 51'	Report	Bonev 54'	Stadium: Stadion Lovech Attendance: 700 Referee: Martin Stoimenov (Sofia)
	Penalties
	Petkov R. Ivanov I. Ivanov Grozev Seliminski		Peev Viyachki Goranov Bouzoukis

26 October 2016	Levski Sofia	2−3 (a.e.t.)	Cherno More Varna	Sofia
19:00 EEST	Adeniji 63' Pirgov 79'	Report	Tsvetkov 3', 101' Bacari 31'	Stadium: Stadion Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1,190 Referee: Volen Chinkov (Sofia)

27 October 2016	Sozopol (II)	0−1	Pirin Blagoevgrad	Sozopol
16:00 EEST		Report	Mladenov 72'	Stadium: Arena Sozopol Attendance: 410 Referee: Angel Bayaltsaliev (Sofia)

27 October 2016	Vereya Stara Zagora	1−0	Pomorie (II)	Stara Zagora
17:00 EEST	Dikov 42'	Report		Stadium: Trace Arena Attendance: 90 Referee: Petar Dorovski (Sofia)

27 October 2016	Botev Plovdiv	3−0	Neftochimic Burgas	Plovdiv
20:00 EEST	Terziev 8' Paulo 25' I. Stoyanov 28'	Report		Stadium: Futbolen kompleks Botev 1912 Attendance: 1,170 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich)

Quarter-finals

The draw was conducted on 2 November 2016.^[7] The games will be played between 4 and 6 April 2017.^[8] On this stage the participants will be the 8 winners from the second round.

4 April 2017	Pirin Blagoevgrad	0−1	Botev Plovdiv	Blagoevgrad
20:00 EEST		Report	Baltanov 27'	Stadium: Stadion Hristo Botev Attendance: 3,650 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia)

5 April 2017	Litex Lovech (III)	1−1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Cherno More Varna	Lovech
17:30 EEST	Kostov 25' (pen.)	Report	Venkov 34'	Stadium: Stadion Lovech Attendance: 1,750 Referee: Volen Chinkov (Sofia)
	Penalties
	Kostov Balakov Genkov R. Ivanov Baychev		G. Iliev Tsvetkov Venkov Kokonov

5 April 2017	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	0−4	Ludogorets Razgrad	Plovdiv
20:00 EEST		Report	Marcelinho 32' Wanderson 59' Vidanov 62' (o.g.) Misidjan 78'	Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv Attendance: 3,650 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich)

6 April 2017	Vereya Stara Zagora	2−0	Dunav Ruse	Stara Zagora
20:00 EEST	Eugénio 22', 73'	Report		Stadium: Trace Arena Attendance: 325 Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Blagoevgrad)

Semi-finals

The draw was conducted on 7 April 2017.^[9] The first legs will be played on 18 and 19 April and the second legs are scheduled for 26 and 27 April 2017.^[10]

First legs

18 April 2017	Ludogorets Razgrad	4−0	Litex Lovech (III)	Razgrad
19:00 EEST	Misidjan 2' Campanharo 26' Vasilev 29' Quixadá 34'	Report		Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 630 Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Shumen)

19 April 2017	Vereya Stara Zagora	0−1	Botev Plovdiv	Stara Zagora
19:00 EEST		Report	Nedelev 90+6' (pen.)	Stadium: Trace Arena Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Volen Chinkov (Sofia)

Second legs

26 April 2017	Botev Plovdiv	1–1 (2–1 agg.)	Vereya Stara Zagora	Plovdiv
18:00 EEST	Vutov 34'	Report	Kaloyanov 61'	Stadium: Futbolen kompleks Botev 1912 Attendance: 2,900 Referee: Angel Angelov (Sofia)

27 April 2017	Litex Lovech (III)	0−7 (0−11 agg.)	Ludogorets Razgrad	Lovech
18:00 EEST		Report	Paulo 12', 52', 82' Keșerü 24', 68', 90' (pen.) Misidjan 38'	Stadium: Stadion Lovech Attendance: 300 Referee: Georgi Davidov (Veliko Tarnovo)

Final

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)^[11]

Bracket

Round of 32			Round of 16			Quarter-finals			Semi-finals				Final

1	Ludogorets Razgrad	4

2	Botev Vratsa	0
			1	Ludogorets Razgrad	4

			1	Montana	0
2	Botev Galabovo	2

1	Montana	3
						1	Ludogorets Razgrad	4

						1	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	0
2	Oborishte Panagyurishte	2

1	Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa	0
			2	Oborishte Panagyurishte	0

			1	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	6
3	Chernomorets Balchik	2

1	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	5
									1	Ludogorets Razgrad	4	7

									3	Litex Lovech	0	0
1	Cherno More Varna	2

3	Rozova Dolina Kazanlak	0
			1	Cherno More Varna (a.e.t.)	3

			1	Levski Sofia	2
2	Tsarsko Selo Sofia	0

1	Levski Sofia	2
						1	Cherno More Varna	1

						3	Litex Lovech (a.e.t.)	2
2	Lokomotiv Sofia	2

1	CSKA Sofia	1
			2	Lokomotiv Sofia	1

			3	Litex Lovech (a.e.t.)	2
1	Slavia Sofia	0

3	Litex Lovech	2
													1	Ludogorets Razgrad	1

													1	Botev Plovdiv	2
1	Vereya Stara Zagora	2

2	Levski Karlovo	0
			1	Vereya Stara Zagora	1

			2	Pomorie	0
2	Nesebar	1

2	Pomorie	2
						1	Vereya Stara Zagora	2

						1	Dunav Ruse	0
2	Septemvri Sofia	2

1	Beroe Stara Zagora	0
			2	Septemvri Sofia	0

			1	Dunav Ruse	2
2	Vitosha Bistritsa	1

1	Dunav Ruse (a.e.t.)	2
									1	Vereya Stara Zagora	0	1

									1	Botev Plovdiv	1	1
1	Pirin Blagoevgrad	3

2	Spartak Pleven	2
			1	Pirin Blagoevgrad	1

			2	Sozopol	0
2	Bansko	0

2	Sozopol	1
						1	Pirin Blagoevgrad	0

						1	Botev Plovdiv	1
1	Neftochimic Burgas (a.e.t.)	2

2	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	1
			1	Neftochimic Burgas	0

			1	Botev Plovdiv	3
3	Pirin Gotse Delchev	3

1	Botev Plovdiv	6

Top goalscorers

As of 24 May 2017

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	João Paulo	Ludogorets Razgrad^{[n 1]}	6
1	Claudiu Keșerü	Ludogorets Razgrad	6
3	Virgil Misidjan	Ludogorets Razgrad	4
4	Todor Nedelev	Botev Plovdiv	3
4	Dimitar Velkovski	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	3
6	10 players		2

Notes

^ Including 3 goals for Botev Plovdiv.

References

^ "Календар на сезон 2016/2017г" (in Bulgarian). Bulgarian Football Union. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
^ "Bulgarian Cup 2016–17 - Final Phase". bulgarian-football.com. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
^ "Две столични дербита на 1/16-финалите за Купата". Gong.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 7 September 2016.
^ "Решение СТК 12.09.2016 г". bfunion.bg (in Bulgarian). Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
^ "Левски - Черно море е дербито за Купата, вижте всички двойки". Gong.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 27 September 2016.
^ "Решение СТК 03.10.2016 г". bfunion.bg (in Bulgarian). Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
^ "Локо Пд - Лудогорец и дерби на новаците за Купата". Gong.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2 November 2016.
^ "Решение СТК 07.03.2017 г". bfunion.bg (in Bulgarian). Archived from the original on 8 March 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
^ "Лудогорец срещу аматьорския Литекс на 1/2-финал за Купата". Gong.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 7 April 2017.
^ "Решение СТК 07.04.2017 г". bfunion.bg (in Bulgarian). Archived from the original on 8 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
^ "Повериха на Никола Попов финала за Купата на България" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 22 May 2017.

[12] Including 3 goals for Botev Plovdiv.

[1] "Календар на сезон 2016/2017г" (in Bulgarian). Bulgarian Football Union. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.

[2] "Bulgarian Cup 2016–17 - Final Phase". bulgarian-football.com. Retrieved 25 October 2016.

[3] "Две столични дербита на 1/16-финалите за Купата". Gong.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 7 September 2016.

[4] "Решение СТК 12.09.2016 г". bfunion.bg (in Bulgarian). Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2016.

[5] "Левски - Черно море е дербито за Купата, вижте всички двойки". Gong.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 27 September 2016.

[6] "Решение СТК 03.10.2016 г". bfunion.bg (in Bulgarian). Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.

[7] "Локо Пд - Лудогорец и дерби на новаците за Купата". Gong.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2 November 2016.

[8] "Решение СТК 07.03.2017 г". bfunion.bg (in Bulgarian). Archived from the original on 8 March 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.

[9] "Лудогорец срещу аматьорския Литекс на 1/2-финал за Купата". Gong.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 7 April 2017.

[10] "Решение СТК 07.04.2017 г". bfunion.bg (in Bulgarian). Archived from the original on 8 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.

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

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