2016–17 Bulgarian Cup

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.

2016–17 Bulgarian Cup

Country	Bulgaria
Teams	32
Champions	Botev Plovdiv (3rd title)
Runners-up	Ludogorets Razgrad
Matches played	33
Goals scored	104 (3.15 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	João Paulo Claudiu Keșerü (6 goals)
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

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.

Levski Karlovo (II) v Vereya Stara Zagora

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)

Spartak Pleven (II) v Pirin Blagoevgrad

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)

Etar Veliko Tarnovo (II) v Neftochimic Burgas

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

Botev Galabovo (II) v Montana

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)

Botev Vratsa (II) v Ludogorets Razgrad

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)

Chernomorets Balchik (III) v Lokomotiv Plovdiv

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)

Vitosha Bistritsa (II) v Dunav 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

Nesebar (II) v Pomorie (II)

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)

Bansko (II) v Sozopol (II)

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)

Septemvri Sofia (II) v Beroe Stara Zagora

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)

Lokomotiv Sofia (II) v CSKA 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)

Pirin Gotse Delchev (III) v Botev Plovdiv

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)

Rozova Dolina Kazanlak (III) v Cherno More Varna

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)

Litex Lovech (III) v Slavia Sofia

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)

Tsarsko Selo Sofia (II) v Levski Sofia

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)

Oborishte Panagyurishte (II) v Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa

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.

Septemvri Sofia (II) v Dunav Ruse

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)

Lokomotiv Plovdiv v Oborishte Panagyurishte (II)

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)

Montana v Ludogorets Razgrad

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)

Litex Lovech (III) v Lokomotiv Sofia (II)

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

Levski Sofia v Cherno More Varna

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)

Sozopol (II) v Pirin Blagoevgrad

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)

Vereya Stara Zagora v Pomorie (II)

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)

Botev Plovdiv v Neftochimic Burgas

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.

Pirin Blagoevgrad v Botev Plovdiv

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)

Litex Lovech (III) v Cherno More Varna

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

Lokomotiv Plovdiv v Ludogorets Razgrad

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)

Vereya Stara Zagora v Dunav Ruse

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

Ludogorets Razgrad v Litex Lovech (III)

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)

Vereya Stara Zagora v Botev Plovdiv

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

Botev Plovdiv v Vereya Stara Zagora

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)

Litex Lovech (III) v Ludogorets Razgrad

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

Main article: 2017 Bulgarian Cup 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
	Claudiu Keșerü	Ludogorets Razgrad
3	Virgil Misidjan	Ludogorets Razgrad	4
4	Todor Nedelev	Botev Plovdiv	3
	Dimitar Velkovski	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
6	10 players		2

Notes

1. Including 3 goals for Botev Plovdiv.

References

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