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| Founded | 1989; 37 years ago (1989) 2004; (restored) |
|---|---|
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Confederation | UEFA |
| Number of clubs | 2 |
| Current champions | Ludogorets Razgrad (9th title) |
| Most championships | Ludogorets Razgrad (9 titles) |
TheBulgarian Supercup (Bulgarian:Суперкупа на България) is the trophy won in afootball match held between thefootball club that has won theBulgarian first football division in the season that ended in the year of the match and the holder of theBulgarian 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 isLudogorets Razgrad with six Supercup titles and four times being runners-up. Ludogorets is also the club that has participated in most seasons of the Supercup with ten appearances.
The first match for the Bulgarian Supercup was held in 1989. The match was proposed by Kiril Zaharinov, sportseditor at theBulgarian News Agency and secretary of the union of the Bulgarian sportjournalists at that time.
The match was held at9th September Stadium inBurgas, opposing1988–89 Bulgarian champion andCup holderCFKA Sredets (now CSKA Sofia) and the runner-up in the1988–89 edition of the Bulgarian CupChernomorets Burgas. CSKA won the match 1-0 thanks to a goal byHristo 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.
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After thepolitical changes of 1989 in Eastern Europe the Bulgarian Supercup match was suspended. Fourteen years later theBulgarian Professional Football League in association with theBulgarian Football Union decided to restore the event organising a Supercup match between the champion of the2003–04 season,PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv and the2003–04 Bulgarian Cup holder,PFC Litex Lovech. The match was held atNaftex Stadium inBurgas andLokomotiv won 1–0 after a last-minute goal byIvan 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 in2010),PFC Beroe Stara Zagora (winners in2013),PFC Cherno More Varna (winners in2015),PFC Botev Plovdiv (winners in2017),Lokomotiv Plovdiv (winners in2004 and2020),PFC Levski Sofia (winners in2005,2007 and2009),PFC CSKA Sofia (winners in2006,2008 and2011) andPFC Ludogorets Razgrad (winners in2012,2014,2018,2019,2021).
In2021 the winner of the cupLudogorets Razgrad became the single most successful team in the event, winning their fifth trophy as they beatCSKA Sofia with final score 4–0. Also, as of 2021Ludogorets 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.
§Note: The 2016 Bulgarian Supercup was meant to be the 14th Bulgarian Supercup, an annual Bulgarian football match played between the winners of the previous season'sA PFG andBulgarian Cup. The game was to be played betweenCSKA Sofia, winners of the2016 Bulgarian Cup, andLudogorets Razgrad, champions of the2015–16 A PFG. However, prior to the matchCSKA Sofia went into bankruptcy, followed by taking another team's professional license. As a consequence, the 2016 Bulgarian Supercup final was not held.
| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Year(s) Won | Year(s) lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ludogorets Razgrad | 9 | 4 | 2012,2014,2018,2019,2021,2022,2023,2024,2025 | 2013,2015,2017,2020 |
| CSKA Sofia | 4 | 2 | 1989,2006,2008,2011 | 2005,2021 |
| Levski Sofia | 3 | 3 | 2005,2007,2009 | 2006,2022,2025 |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 2 | 2 | 2004,2020 | 2012,2019 |
| Litex | 1 | 5 | 2010 | 2004,2007,2008,2009,2011 |
| Botev Plovdiv | 1 | 2 | 2017 | 2014,2024 |
| Beroe | 1 | 1 | 2013 | 2010 |
| Cherno More | 1 | – | 2015 | – |
| Chernomorets Burgas | – | 1 | – | 1989 |
| Slavia Sofia | – | 1 | – | 2018 |
| CSKA 1948 Sofia | – | 1 | – | 2023 |
| City | Wins | Clubs |
|---|---|---|
| Razgrad | 9 | Ludogorets (9) |
| Sofia | 7 | CSKA (4),Levski (3) |
| Plovdiv | 3 | Lokomotiv (2),Botev (1) |
| Lovech | 1 | Litex (1) |
| Stara Zagora | 1 | Beroe (1) |
| Varna | 1 | Cherno More (1) |
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