The 2024 Bulgarian Cup final was the final match of the 2023–24 Bulgarian Cup and the 84th final of the Bulgarian Cup. The final took place on 15 May 2024 at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia. On 2 May the date and venue has been confirmed.
The clubs contesting the final were Ludogorets Razgrad and Botev Plovdiv. This was the third time the final was contested between these two teams. Previously, Ludogorets won the first duel in 2014, while Botev won the second one in 2017. For Ludogorets, this was the second consecutive cup final after winning the trophy last year and a fifth final overall. Botev reached the final for 14th time overall, the last one being in 2019.
Botev won the match 3–2, claiming their fourth Bulgarian Cup and first since 2017. As cup winners, they will receive a place in the first qualifying round of 2024–25 UEFA Europa League.
Route to the final
LudogoretsRoundBotevOpponentResultLegsOpponentResultLegsBalkan Botevgrad 4–0awayFirst roundStrumska Slava3–0awayLokomotiv Plovdiv 4–0 homeSecond roundEtar4–2awayCSKA 1948 3–1homeQuarter-finalsSpartak Varna2–1homeHebar9–04–0 home; 5–0 awaySemi-finalsCSKA Sofia 3–01–0 away; 2–0 home
Match Details
GK 67 Damyan Hristov RB 17 Son CB 26 Noah Sonko Sundberg CB 4 Dinis Almeida LB 3 Anton Nedyalkov (c) CM 30 Pedro Naressi CM 8 Claude Gonçalves RW 77 Caio Vidal AM 6 Jakub Piotrowski LW 7 Rick CF 9 Kwadwo DuahSubstitutes: GK 69 Plamen Pepelyashev DF 5 Georgi Terziev DF 14 Denny Gropper DF 24 Olivier Verdon MF 18 Ivaylo Chochev MF 88 Todor Nedelev FW 10 Matías Tissera FW 90 Spas Delev FW 99 Rwan Cruz Manager: Georgi Dermendzhiev GK 1 Hidajet Hankić RB 17 Nikolay Minkov CB 5 Joonas Tamm CB 19 Antoine Conte LB 38 Konstantinos Balogiannis CM 15 James Eto'o CM 20 Antonio Perera RW 31 Umeh Emmanuel AM 10 Ivelin Popov (c) LW 7 Mohamed Brahimi CF 9 Martin Sekulić Substitutes: GK 32 Matvei Igonen DF 4 Ehije Ukaki DF 18 Dimitar Papazov DF 42 Ivaylo Videv DF 79 Atanas Chernev MF 28 Yanis Karabelyov MF 30 Lachezar Baltanov FW 16 Samuel Akere FW 40 Christian NwachukwuManager: Dušan Kerkez
Man of the Match:
Assistant referees: Hristo Hadzhiyski (Varna) Dimo Valchev (Varna) Fourth official: Georgi Ginchev (Veliko Tarnovo) Video assistant referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich) Assistant video assistant referees: Nikola Popov (Sofia) Diyan Valkov (Varna)Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Nine named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.
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