The 2014 Bulgarian Cup final was the 74th final of the Bulgarian Cup. The match, contested by Botev Plovdiv and Ludogorets Razgrad, took place on 15 May 2014 at Lazur Stadium in Burgas. Ludogorets won the final 1–0, claiming their second ever Bulgarian Cup title.
Route to the final
BotevRoundLudogoretsOpponentResultLegsOpponentResultLegsNeftochimic Burgas9–06–0 home; 3–0 awayRound of 32Dunav Ruse6–24–1 home; 2–1 awayCherno More1–00–0 away; 1–0 homeRound of 16Beroe Stara Zagora3–22–1 home; 1–1 awayLevski Sofia3–3 (a)1–3 away; 2–0 home Quarter-finalsLitex Lovech4–2 2–1 away; 2–1 homeLokomotiv Sofia4–13–1 home; 1–0 awaySemi-finalsLokomotiv Plovdiv2–12–0 home; 0–1 away
Match Details
GK 1 Adam StachowiakDF 11 Yordan Hristov (c)DF 83 Civard Sprockel DF 4 Srdjan Luchin DF 14 Veselin Minev MF 16 Tomáš Jirsák MF 7 Marian Ognyanov MF 8 Alexandru Curtean MF 17 Anicet Abel FW 3 Férébory Doré FW 9 Hamza Younés Substitutes:GK 27 Iliya NikolovDF 6 Alexandru Benga MF 10 Vander Vieira FW 15 Luís Pedro FW 19 Ivan Tsvetkov DF 28 Filip Filipov MF 88 Georgi Sarmov Manager: Stanimir Stoilov GK 21 Vladislav Stoyanov DF 80 Júnior Caiçara DF 55 Georgi Terziev DF 27 Cosmin Moți DF 25 Yordan MinevMF 18 Svetoslav Dyakov (c)MF 8 Fábio Espinho MF 7 Mihail Aleksandrov MF 93 Virgil Misidjan MF 84 Marcelinho FW 9 Roman Bezjak Substitutes:GK 91 Ivan ČvorovićMF 10 Sebastián Hernández FW 11 Juninho Quixadá DF 15 Aleksandar Aleksandrov MF 23 Hristo Zlatinski DF 77 Vitinha MF 95 Jeroen Lumu Manager: Stoycho Stoev
MAN OF THE MATCH Roman Bezjak
MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Krum Stoilov Ivo Kolev Fourth official: Ivaylo StoyanovMATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.
Supporter disturbances
The match was affected by a number of disruptions due to unruly spectators. On the one-hour mark, shortly after Bezjak had opened the scoring, the advertisement boards near the stadium sector with the Botev ultras caught fire, necessitating the interruption of the match for 17 minutes until fire brigades could enter the pitch and extinguish the flames. On two occasions (around the 60th minute and following Vander Vieira's dismissal for a dangerous tackle on Mihail Aleksandrov), small groups of Botev supporters attempted pitch invasions, but were successfully restrained by footballers Veselin Minev, Tomáš Jirsák and Adam Stachowiak as well as the arriving police officers. A number of objects were also thrown by fans of the "canaries", with one of them hitting Ludogorets defender Georgi Terziev. Officials affiliated with the Razgrad team have been critical of the general preparations prior to the match and the insufficient policing. Botev owner Tzvetan Vassilev promised to compensate Chernomorets Burgas in full for all the stadium damage inflicted.
See also 2013–14 A Group
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