The 2025 Bulgarian Cup final was the final match of the 2024–25 Bulgarian Cup and the 85th final of the Bulgarian Cup. The final took place on 22 May 2025 at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia. On 24 April the date and venue has been confirmed.
The clubs contesting the final were Ludogorets Razgrad and CSKA Sofia. Both teams have met on multiple occasions in the competition but never in the final itself. For Ludogorets, this is the third consecutive Cup final after winning the trophy in 2023 and losing last year. CSKA reached the final for the 36th time and the first since 2022.
Ludogorets won the final 1–0 for their fourth cup title following their triumphs in 2012, 2014 and 2023. As they were already assured of a participation in the UEFA Champions League as 2024–25 First League champions, their berth for the first qualifying round of 2025–26 UEFA Europa League was passed to the First League runners-up, Levski Sofia.
Route to the final
LudogoretsRoundCSKAOpponentResultLegsOpponentResultLegsChernolomets Popovo6–0awayFirst roundDobrudzha4–0awayCSKA 19483–2awaySecond roundSpartak Varna3–2awayBotev Plovdiv0–0 , homeQuarter-finalsArda2–1homeBotev Vratsa3–01–0 away; 2–0 homeSemi-finalsCherno More2–10–0 away; 2–1 home
Match Details
GK 1 Sergio Padt RB 17 Son CB 15 Edvin Kurtulus CB 24 Olivier Verdon LB 3 Anton Nedyalkov (c) CM 23 Deroy Duarte CM 18 Ivaylo Chochev CM 20 Aguibou Camara RW 77 Erick Marcus CF 9 Kwadwo Duah LW 11 Caio Vidal Substitutes: GK 39 Hendrik Bonmann DF 4 Dinis Almeida DF 14 Denny Gropper DF 16 Aslak Fonn Witry MF 82 Ivan Yordanov FW 19 Georgi Rusev FW 25 Emerson Rodríguez FW 29 Eric Bile FW 37 Bernard TekpeteyManager: Igor Jovićević GK 21 Fyodor Lapoukhov RB 15 Thibaut Vion (c) CB 4 Adrián Lapeña CB 5 Lumbardh Dellova LB 18 Mica Pinto CM 99 James Eto'o CM 26 Marcelino Carreazo RW 73 Ilian Iliev AM 8 Stanislav Shopov LW 7 Olaus Skarsem CF 28 Ioannis PittasSubstitutes: GK 25 Ivan Dyulgerov DF 3 Sainey Sanyang DF 6 Liam Cooper DF 19 Ivan Turitsov MF 9 Zymer Bytyqi MF 10 Jonathan Lindseth MF 16 Georgi Chorbadzhiyski MF 30 Petko Panayotov FW 11 Matthias Phaëton Manager: Aleksandar Tomash
Man of the Match:
Assistant referees: Martin Margaritov (Plovdiv) Martin Venev (Sofia) Fourth official: Radoslav Gidzehnov (Plovdiv) Video assistant referee: Dragomir Draganov (Varna) Assistant video assistant referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia)Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.
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