The Bulgarian Supercup () is the trophy won in a football match held between the football club that has won the Bulgarian first football division in the season that ended in the year of the match and the holder of the Bulgarian Cup at that time. In case the champion of Bulgaria has also won the cup, the Bulgarian Cup finalist competes with the champion in the match for the trophy.
The Supercup match is usually held during the weekend before the start of a new season. Since 2004, the Supercup game has been an annual event. The most successful club in the event is Ludogorets Razgrad with nine Supercup titles and four times being runners-up. Ludogorets is also the club that has participated in most seasons of the Supercup with thirteen appearances.
History
Inaugural Event 1989
The first match for the Bulgarian Supercup was held in 1989. The match was proposed by Kiril Zaharinov, sports editor at the Bulgarian News Agency and secretary of the union of the Bulgarian sport journalists at that time.
The match was held at 9th September Stadium in Burgas, opposing 1988–89 Bulgarian champion and Cup holder CFKA Sredets (now CSKA Sofia) and the runner-up in the 1988–89 edition of the Bulgarian Cup Chernomorets Burgas. CSKA won the match 1-0 thanks to a goal by Hristo Stoichkov.
The first Supercup trophy was made in Italy and was 80 cm tall, weighing 15 kg. Today it is kept in the CSKA Sofia museum.
Since 2004
After the political changes of 1989 in Eastern Europe the Bulgarian Supercup match was suspended. Fourteen years later the Bulgarian Professional Football League in association with the Bulgarian Football Union decided to restore the event organising a Supercup match between the champion of the 2003–04 season, PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv and the 2003–04 Bulgarian Cup holder, PFC Litex Lovech. The match was held at Naftex Stadium in Burgas and Lokomotiv won 1–0 after a last-minute goal by Ivan Paskov.
Since the restoration of the tournament in 2004 ten teams have participated in the event and eight of them have managed to win the trophy – PFC Litex Lovech (winners in 2010), PFC Beroe Stara Zagora (winners in 2013), PFC Cherno More Varna (winners in 2015), PFC Botev Plovdiv (winners in 2017), Lokomotiv Plovdiv (winners in 2004 and 2020), PFC Levski Sofia (winners in 2005, 2007 and 2009), PFC CSKA Sofia (winners in 2006, 2008 and 2011) and PFC Ludogorets Razgrad (winners in 2012, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2021).
In 2021 the winner of the cup Ludogorets Razgrad became the single most successful team in the event, winning their fifth trophy as they beat CSKA Sofia with final score 4–0. Also, as of 2021 Ludogorets Razgrad has participated nine times in the Supercup match – most of all other participants.
From 2004 onwards a brand new trophy is made for every event as it was decided by the organisers that each Supercup winner should retain the trophy in perpetuity. However, three designs have been used for the trophy as of 2004 – one for the Supercups of 2004–2006, another for the trophies of 2007-2010 and the third from 2011 onwards. The current trophy was designed in Italy in 2007 and is 100 cm tall.
Supercup finals SeasonDateWinnerScoreRunner-upVenueAttendanceReport198915 July 1989CFKA Sredets (1)Winner of 1988–89 A Group and 1988–89 Bulgarian Cup1–0Chernomorets Burgas Runner-up of 1988–89 Bulgarian Cup9th September Stadium,Burgas20,000Report1990–2003200431 July 2004Lokomotiv Plovdiv (1)Winner of 2003–04 A Group1–0Litex Winner of 2003–04 Bulgarian CupNaftex Stadium,Burgas4,300200531 July 2005Levski Sofia (1)Winner of 2004–05 Bulgarian Cup1–1 CSKA Sofia Winner of 2004–05 A GroupVasil Levski,Sofia9,894200630 July 2006CSKA Sofia (2)Winner of 2005–06 Bulgarian Cup0–0 Levski Sofia Winner of 2005–06 A GroupVasil Levski,Sofia9,751200726 July 2007Levski Sofia (2)Winner of 2006–07 A Group and 2006–07 Bulgarian Cup2–1 Litex Runner-up of 2006–07 Bulgarian CupVasil Levski,Sofia14,00020083 August 2008CSKA Sofia (3)Winner of 2007–08 A Group1–0Litex Winner of 2007–08 Bulgarian CupVasil Levski,Sofia8,95020091 August 2009Levski Sofia (3)Winner of 2008–09 A Group1–0Litex Winner of 2008–09 Bulgarian CupVasil Levski,Sofia2,300Report 201012 August 2010Litex (1)Winner of 2009–10 A Group2–1 Beroe Winner of 2009–10 Bulgarian CupVasil Levski,Sofia1,700Report201130 July 2011CSKA Sofia (4) Winner of 2010–11 Bulgarian Cup3–1Litex Winner of 2010–11 A GroupLazur Stadium,Burgas12,620Report201211 July 2012Ludogorets Razgrad (1) Winner of 2011–12 A Group and 2011–12 Bulgarian Cup3–1Lokomotiv Plovdiv Runner-up of 2011–12 Bulgarian CupLazur Stadium,Burgas2,730Report201310 July 2013Beroe (1) Winner of 2012–13 Bulgarian Cup1–1 Ludogorets Razgrad Winner of 2012–13 A GroupVasil Levski,Sofia1,070Report201413 August 2014Ludogorets Razgrad (2) Winner of 2013–14 A Group and 2013–14 Bulgarian Cup3–1Botev Plovdiv Runner-up of 2013–14 Bulgarian CupLazur Stadium,Burgas4,400Report201512 August 2015Cherno More (1) Winner of 2014–15 Bulgarian Cup1–0Ludogorets Razgrad Winner of 2014–15 A GroupLazur Stadium,Burgas1,810Report201620179 August 2017Botev Plovdiv (1) Winner of 2016–17 Bulgarian Cup1–1Ludogorets Razgrad Winner of 2016–17 First LeagueLazur Stadium,Burgas3,800Report20185 July 2018Ludogorets Razgrad (3) Winner of 2017–18 First League1–0Slavia Sofia Winner of 2017–18 Bulgarian CupTrace Arena,Stara Zagora850Report20193 July 2019Ludogorets Razgrad (4) Winner of 2018–19 First League2–0Lokomotiv Plovdiv Winner of 2018–19 Bulgarian CupVasil Levski,Sofia3,800Report20202 August 2020Lokomotiv Plovdiv (2) Winner of 2019–20 Bulgarian Cup1–0Ludogorets Razgrad Winner of 2019–20 First LeagueHuvepharma Arena,Razgrad0Report202117 July 2021Ludogorets Razgrad (5) Winner of 2020–21 First League4–0CSKA Sofia Winner of 2020–21 Bulgarian CupVasil Levski,Sofia8,800Report20221 September 2022Ludogorets Razgrad (6) Winner of 2021–22 First League2–2Levski Sofia Winner of 2021–22 Bulgarian CupVasil Levski,Sofia21,342Report202310 February 2024Ludogorets Razgrad (7) Winner of 2022–23 First League1–1CSKA 1948 Sofia Runner-up of 2022–23 Bulgarian CupStadion Ivaylo,Veliko Tarnovo1,344Report20244 February 2025Ludogorets Razgrad (8) Winner of 2023–24 First League3–2Botev Plovdiv Winner of 2023–24 Bulgarian CupStadion Hristo Botev,Plovdiv6,777Report20253 February 2026Ludogorets Razgrad (9) Winner of 2024–25 First League1–0Levski Sofia Runner-up of 2024–25 First LeagueVasil Levski,Sofia14,000Report20269 September 2026CSKA Sofia (5) Winner of 2025–26 Bulgarian Cup4–2Levski Sofia Winner of 2025–26 First LeagueVasil Levski,Sofia27,345Report § Note: The 2016 Bulgarian Supercup was meant to be the 14th Bulgarian Supercup. The game was to be played between CSKA Sofia, winners of the 2016 Bulgarian Cup, and Ludogorets Razgrad, champions of the 2015–16 A PFG. However, prior to the match CSKA Sofia went into bankruptcy, followed by taking another team's professional license. As a consequence, the 2016 Bulgarian Supercup final was not held.
Performance
Performance by club Club Winners Runners-up Year(s) Won Year(s) lost Ludogorets Razgrad 2012, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 2013, 2015, 2017, 2020 CSKA Sofia 1989, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2026 2005, 2021 Levski Sofia 2005, 2007, 2009 2006, 2022, 2025, 2026 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2004, 2020 2012, 2019 Lovech 2010 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 Botev Plovdiv 2017 2014, 2024 Beroe Stara Zagora 2013 2010 Cherno More Varna 2015 – Chernomorets Burgas – 1989 Slavia Sofia – 2018 CSKA 1948 Sofia – 2023
Performance by city City Wins Clubs Razgrad Ludogorets (9) Sofia CSKA (5), Levski (3) Plovdiv Lokomotiv (2), Botev (1) Lovech Litex (1) Stara Zagora Beroe (1) Varna Cherno More (1)
External links Bulgaria Cups Overview - Super Cup, RSSSF.com