Movatterモバイル変換

2025–26 Bulgarian Cup

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Football tournament season

2025–26 Bulgarian Cup
Sesame Купа на България
Tournament details
Country	Bulgaria
Teams	47
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	119 (3.84 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Konstantin Pavlov Aykut Ramadan (3 goals each)
← 2024–25 2026–27 → All statistics correct as of 30 October 2025.

The2025–26Bulgarian Cup is the 44th official edition of theBulgarian annualfootball knockout tournament. It is sponsored bySesame and known as theSesame Kupa na Bulgaria for sponsorship purposes.^[1] The competition began on 11 October 2025 with the preliminary round and will finish with the final on 21 May 2026.^[2]Ludogorets Razgrad are the defending cup winners. The winner qualifies for thefirst qualifying round of the2026–27 UEFA Europa League.

Participating clubs

[edit]

The following 47 teams qualified for the competition:^[3]

2025–26 First League
16 clubs

2025–26 Second League
15 non-reserve clubs

Winners of 4 regional competitions
16 clubs

Arda
Beroe
Botev Plovdiv
Botev Vratsa
CSKA 1948
CSKA Sofia
Cherno More
Dobrudzha
Levski Sofia
Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Lokomotiv Sofia
Ludogorets Razgrad
Montana
Septemvri Sofia
Slavia Sofia
Spartak Varna

Belasitsa
Chernomorets Burgas
Dunav Ruse
Etar
Fratria Varna
Hebar
Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa
Marek
Minyor Pernik
Pirin Blagoevgrad
Sevlievo
Spartak Pleven
Sportist Svoge
Vihren
Yantra

from North-East zone:

from North-West zone:

from South-West zone:

from South-East zone:

Preliminary round

[edit]

The draw was conducted on 26 September 2025.^[4] In this stage, the participants are 15 winners from the regional amateur competitions and 15 non-reserve teams from theSecond League. The games were played on 11 and 12 October 2025.^[5]

Zagorets received abye to the Round of 32.^[5]

Rilski Sportist (III) vBelasitsa (II)

11 October 2025 (2025-10-11)	Rilski Sportist (III)	2–1	Belasitsa (II)	Samokov
15:00 UTC+3	Panchev 74' Dokovski 87'	Report	Bozhinov 80'	Stadium:Stadion Iskar Referee: Antonio Antov (Kyustendil)

Yambol (III) vVihren (II)

11 October 2025 (2025-10-11)	Yambol (III)	2–1	Vihren (II)	Straldzha^{[note 1]}
15:00 UTC+3	Bozev 24' Prindzhev 57'	Report	Bashliev 72'	Stadium:Gradski stadion Referee: Stefan Gurkov (Sliven)

Metalurg Pernik (IV) vHebar (II)

12 October 2025 (2025-10-12)	Metalurg Pernik (IV)	1–8	Hebar (II)	Pernik
15:00 UTC+3	Mitkov 44'	Report	Angelov 8' Petrov 17',22' Pavlov 37',68',82' Radev 52' Haydarov 82'	Stadium:Stadion Metalurg Referee: Murad Adem (Sofia)

Germanea (III) vFratria Varna (II)

12 October 2025 (2025-10-12)	Germanea (III)	0–4	Fratria Varna (II)	Sapareva Banya
15:00 UTC+3		Report	Brikner 64' Druiventak 78',85' Manolkov 88'	Stadium:Gradski stadion Referee: Ivo Ivanov (Sofia)

Benkovski Isperih (III) vDunav Ruse (II)

12 October 2025 (2025-10-12)	Benkovski Isperih (III)	0–4	Dunav Ruse (II)	Isperih
15:00 UTC+3		Report	Kelyovluev 40' Statev 56' El Bakkali 61',76'	Stadium:Gradski stadion Referee: Krasimir Krastev (Shumen)

Septemvri Tervel (III) vMarek (II)

12 October 2025 (2025-10-12)	Septemvri Tervel (III)	0–3	Marek (II)	Tervel
15:00 UTC+3		Report	Yordanov 35' Dzhadzharov 45+2',56'	Stadium:Stadion Septemvri Referee: Kristiyan Todorov (Varna)

Vitosha Bistritsa (III) vLokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa (II)

12 October 2025 (2025-10-12)	Vitosha Bistritsa (III)	2–1	Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa (II)	Bistritsa
15:00 UTC+3	Sarafski 87',90+4'	Report	Kolev 90+6'	Stadium:Stadion Bistritsa Referee: Lyubomir Vushovski (Sofia)

Haskovo (III) vSpartak Pleven (II)

12 October 2025 (2025-10-12)	Haskovo (III)	0–4	Spartak Pleven (II)	Haskovo
15:00 UTC+3		Report	Velkov 35' Trifonov 57' Tairov 85' Antonov 90+3'	Stadium:Stadion Haskovo Referee: Petar Asparuhov (Burgas)

Botev Novi Pazar (III) vSportist Svoge (II)

12 October 2025 (2025-10-12)	Botev Novi Pazar (III)	1–4 (a.e.t.)	Sportist Svoge (II)	Kaspichan^{[note 2]}
15:00 UTC+3	Shyukryu 79'	Report	Monteiro 83' Gelin 103' Ivanov 110' Pinheiro 119'	Stadium:Gradski stadion Referee: Boris Popov (Ruse)

Lovech (III) vChernomorets Burgas (II)

12 October 2025 (2025-10-12)	Lovech (III)	0–5	Chernomorets Burgas (II)	Lovech
15:00 UTC+3		Report	Essouma 3' Kostadinov 20' Chavorski 52' Tsonev 54' Hyusein 86'	Stadium:Gradski stadion Referee: Petar Dimitrov (Sofia)

Kom (III) vYantra (II)

12 October 2025 (2025-10-12)	Kom (III)	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Yantra (II)	Berkovitsa
15:00 UTC+3		Report	Angelov 118'	Stadium:Stadion Mramor Referee: Vladimir Kirilov (Pleven)

Partizan Cherven Bryag (III) vMinyor Pernik (II)

12 October 2025 (2025-10-12)	Partizan Cherven Bryag (III)	0–2	Minyor Pernik (II)	Cherven Bryag
15:00 UTC+3		Report	Mihaylov 70' Vutsov 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium:Gradski stadion Referee: Bozhidar Todorov (Sofia)

Chernolomets Popovo (III) vSevlievo (II)

12 October 2025 (2025-10-12)	Chernolomets Popovo (III)	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Sevlievo (II)	Popovo
15:00 UTC+3	Remzi 40' Georgiev 62'	Report	Makaveev 50' (pen.),94' Ganev 53' Kolev 109'	Stadium:Stadion Stamo Kostov Referee: Stanimir Todorov (Gabrovo)

Bdin Vidin (III) vEtar (II)

12 October 2025 (2025-10-12)	Bdin Vidin (III)	2–1	Etar (II)	Vidin
15:00 UTC+3	João Stocco 38' Zahariev 59'	Report	Ivanchov 75' (o.g.)	Stadium:Stadion Georgi Benkovski Referee: Hristofor Petkov (Lovech)

Spartak Plovdiv (III) vPirin Blagoevgrad (II)

12 October 2025 (2025-10-12)	Spartak Plovdiv (III)	2–1	Pirin Blagoevgrad (II)	Plovdiv
15:00 UTC+3	Bakalov 83',85'	Report	Vangelov 45+2'	Stadium:Stadion Todor Diev Referee: Stanislav Apostolov (Pazardzhik)

Round of 32

[edit]

The draw for this stage was conducted on 26 September 2025.^[4] The participants are the 16 preliminary round winners and the 16First League teams. The games will be played between 28 October and 30 October 2025.^[6]

Spartak Pleven (II) vBotev Plovdiv (I)

28 October 2025 (2025-10-28)	Spartak Pleven (II)	0–4	Botev Plovdiv (I)	Pleven
12:45 UTC+2		Report	Iliev 11' (pen.) Kalu 40' Soldo 50' Mitkov 77'	Stadium:Stadion Pleven Referee: Mihael Pavlov (Veliko Tarnovo)

Bdin Vidin (III) vDobrudzha (I)

28 October 2025 (2025-10-28)	Bdin Vidin (III)	2–7	Dobrudzha (I)	Vidin
13:30 UTC+2	Zahariev 27' João Stocco 88'	Report	Cuero 7' Ramadan 14',52',80' Angelov 53',55' Cardoso 59'	Stadium:Stadion Georgi Benkovski Referee: Ivaylo Nenkov (Sofia)

Rilski Sportist (III) vLokomotiv Sofia (I)

28 October 2025 (2025-10-28)	Rilski Sportist (III)	2–3	Lokomotiv Sofia (I)	Samokov
13:30 UTC+2	Hristov 6',60'	Report	Dembélé 30' Galchev 66' Cauê Caruso 90'	Stadium:Stadion Iskar Referee: Ventsislav Mitrev (Sofia)

Yambol (III) vSpartak Varna (I)

28 October 2025 (2025-10-28)	Yambol (III)	1–3	Spartak Varna (I)	Yambol
13:30 UTC+2	Dinkov 82'	Report	Pahama 8' Halachev 18' Aleksiev 55'	Stadium:Stadion Tundzha Referee: Stanimir Todorov (Gabrovo)

Fratria Varna (II) vArda (I)

28 October 2025 (2025-10-28)	Fratria Varna (II)	1–2	Arda (I)	Varna
15:45 UTC+2	Marinov 50'	Report	Hüseynov 42' Shinyashiki 64'	Stadium:Stadion Spartak Referee: Denislav Stalev (Plovdiv)

Dunav Ruse (II) vLokomotiv Plovdiv (I)

28 October 2025 (2025-10-28)	Dunav Ruse (II)	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Lokomotiv Plovdiv (I)	Ruse
18:45 UTC+2	Apostolov 89'	Report	Itu 90+7' Perea 115'	Stadium:Gradski stadion Referee: Stoyan Arsov (Sofia)

Minyor Pernik (II) vCherno More (I)

29 October 2025 (2025-10-29)	Minyor Pernik (II)	0–3	Cherno More (I)	Pernik
12:00 UTC+2		Report	França 52' (pen.) Celso Sidney 70',80'	Stadium:Stadion Minyor Referee: Martin Markov (Sofia)

Marek (II) vMontana (I)

29 October 2025 (2025-10-29)	Marek (II)	1–4	Montana (I)	Dupnitsa
13:30 UTC+2	Nikolov 83'	Report	Vitinho 59' Dimitrov 62',72' Tsekov 75'	Stadium:Stadion Bonchuk Referee: Volen Chinkov (Sofia)

Spartak Plovdiv (III) vSlavia Sofia (I)

29 October 2025 (2025-10-29)	Spartak Plovdiv (III)	1–2	Slavia Sofia (I)	Plovdiv
13:30 UTC+2	Dimov 35'	Report	Balov 28' Georgiev 49'	Stadium:Stadion Todor Diev Referee: Dragomir Draganov (Varna)

Sportist Svoge (II) vSeptemvri Sofia (I)

29 October 2025 (2025-10-29)	Sportist Svoge (II)	0–2	Septemvri Sofia (I)	Svoge
13:30 UTC+2		Report	Fourrier 8' Ivanov 42'	Stadium:Stadion Chavdar Tsvetkov Referee: Gero Piskov (Sofia)

Sevlievo (II) vCSKA Sofia (I)

29 October 2025 (2025-10-29)	Sevlievo (II)	1–2	CSKA Sofia (I)	Sevlievo
13:30 UTC+2	Petrov 66'	Report	Sanyang 38' Brahimi 60'	Stadium:Stadion Rakovski Referee: Stanimir Trenchev (Sofia)

Vitosha Bistritsa (III) vBeroe (I)

29 October 2025 (2025-10-29)	Vitosha Bistritsa (III)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3p)	Beroe (I)	Bistritsa
13:30 UTC+2		Report		Stadium:Stadion Bistritsa Referee: Antonio Antov (Kyustendil)
	Penalties
	Spasov Charlov Yanakiev Petrov Bakalov		Salomoni Alarcón Caio Lopes Pineda Costantini

Zagorets (III) vBotev Vratsa (I)

29 October 2025 (2025-10-29)	Zagorets (III)	1–4	Botev Vratsa (I)	Nova Zagora
13:30 UTC+2	Stoilov 47'	Report	Stoyanov 79' Smolenski 80',88' Genov 84'	Stadium:Stadion Zagorets Referee: Kristiyan Todorov (Varna)

Hebar (II) vLevski Sofia (I)

29 October 2025 (2025-10-29)	Hebar (II)	0–3	Levski Sofia (I)	Pazardzhik
16:30 UTC+2		Report	Serafimov 2' Petkov 29' Bouras 61'	Stadium:Stadion Georgi Benkovski Referee: Lyuboslav Lyubomirov (Pernik)

Chernomorets Burgas (II) vLudogorets Razgrad (I)

30 October 2025 (2025-10-30)	Chernomorets Burgas (II)	2–3	Ludogorets Razgrad (I)	Nesebar^{[note 3]}
13:30 UTC+2	Staykov 8' Dramé 90+1'	Report	Shishkov 19' Yordanov 60' Chochev 90+4'	Stadium:Stadion Nesebar Referee: Krasen Georgiev (Varna)

Yantra (II) vCSKA 1948 (I)

30 October 2025 (2025-10-30)	Yantra (II)	0–4	CSKA 1948 (I)	Gabrovo
16:30 UTC+2		Report	Tsonev 8',50' Rusev 83' Zé Vitor 88'	Stadium:Stadion Hristo Botev Referee: Vasil Minev (Sofia)

Round of 16

[edit]

The draw for this stage was conducted on 5 November 2025.^[7] The participants are the 16 Round of 32 winners. The games will be played between 11 and 15 December 2025.^[8]

Levski Sofia (I) vVitosha Bistritsa (III)

11 December 2025	Levski Sofia (I)	v	Vitosha Bistritsa (III)	Sofia
17:30 UTC+2				Stadium:Stadion Georgi Asparuhov

Cherno More (I) vArda (I)

12 December 2025	Cherno More (I)	v	Arda (I)	Varna
17:30 UTC+2				Stadium:Stadion Ticha

Slavia Sofia (I) vCSKA 1948 (I)

13 December 2025	Slavia Sofia (I)	v	CSKA 1948 (I)	Sofia
12:00 UTC+2				Stadium:Stadion Aleksandar Shalamanov

Spartak Varna (I) vBotev Plovdiv (I)

13 December 2025	Spartak Varna (I)	v	Botev Plovdiv (I)	Varna
15:00 UTC+2				Stadium:Stadion Spartak

CSKA Sofia (I) vLokomotiv Sofia (I)

13 December 2025	CSKA Sofia (I)	v	Lokomotiv Sofia (I)	Sofia
18:00 UTC+2				Stadium:Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski^{[note 4]}

Dobrudzha (I) vBotev Vratsa (I)

14 December 2025	Dobrudzha (I)	v	Botev Vratsa (I)	Dobrich
13:00 UTC+2				Stadium:Stadion Druzhba

Lokomotiv Plovdiv (I) vMontana (I)

14 December 2025	Lokomotiv Plovdiv (I)	v	Montana (I)	Plovdiv
16:00 UTC+2				Stadium:Stadion Lokomotiv

Septemvri Sofia (I) vLudogorets Razgrad (I)

15 December 2025	Septemvri Sofia (I)	v	Ludogorets Razgrad (I)	Sofia
17:30 UTC+2				Stadium:Stadion Lokomotiv^{[note 5]}

Notes

[edit]

^Yambol played their preliminary round home match atGradski stadion,Straldzha, instead of their regular stadium,Stadion Tundzha inYambol.
^Botev Novi Pazar played their preliminary round home match atGradski stadion,Kaspichan, instead of their regular stadium,Gradski stadion inNovi Pazar.
^Chernomorets Burgas played their Round of 32 home match atStadion Nesebar,Nesebar, instead of their regular stadium,Stadion Ivan Pritargov inBurgas.
^CSKA Sofia play their home matches atNatsionalen stadion Vasil Levski,Sofia, instead of their regular stadium,Stadion Balgarska Armia,Sofia, which is undergoing a major reconstruction.
^Septemvri Sofia play their home matches atStadion Lokomotiv,Sofia, instead of their regular stadium,Stadion Dragalevtsi,Sofia, which does not meetBFU requirements.

References

[edit]

^"Купата на България има нов генерален спонсор, турнирът сменя името си" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. Retrieved28 February 2022.
^"Календар сезон 2025/2026"(PDF) (in Bulgarian).Bulgarian Football Union. Retrieved21 September 2025.
^"Bulgarian Cup 2025–26 - Final Phase". bulgarian-football.com. Retrieved21 September 2025.
^^a ^b"Жребият за Купата: Левски може би срещу Николай Митов, ЦСКА чака развръзка в Попово".dsport.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved2 October 2025.
^^a ^b"Решение СТК 02.10.2025 г."bfunion.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved2 October 2025.
^"Решение СТК 13.10.2025 г."bfunion.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved17 October 2025.
^"Левски с огромен късмет за Sesame Купа на България, столично дерби за ЦСКА".dsport.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved5 November 2025.
^"Решение СТК 13.11.2025 г."bfunion.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved13 November 2025.

v t e Bulgarian Cup
Previous names: Tsar's Cup (1938–1942) Soviet Army Cup (1945–1982)
Seasons	1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Finals	1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

v t e 2025–26 in Bulgarian football
« 2024–25 2026–27 »
Domestic leagues	First League Second League Third League Women's League
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final) Bulgarian Supercup
European competitions	Champions League Europa League Conference League
Related tonational team	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group E) Ilian Iliev Aleksandar Dimitrov
Club seasons
First League	Arda Beroe Botev Plovdiv Botev Vratsa Cherno More CSKA CSKA 1948 Dobrudzha Levski Lokomotiv Plovdiv Lokomotiv Sofia Ludogorets Montana Septemvri Slavia Spartak
Second League	Belasitsa Chernomorets Dunav Etar Fratria Hebar Krumovgrad Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa Marek Minyor Pirin Blagoevgrad Sevlievo Spartak Pleven Sportist Vihren Yantra
Summer transfers Winter transfers

v t e 2025–26 in European men's football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus'25 '26 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia'25 '26 Faroe Islands'25 '26 Finland'25 '26 France Georgia'25 '26 Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland'25 '26 Israel Italy Kazakhstan'25 '26 Kosovo Latvia'25 '26 Lithuania'25 '26 Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Northern Ireland Norway'25 '26 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland'25 '26 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden'25 '26 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '25 (Final) '26 Finland '25 '26 France Georgia '25 '26 Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '25 '26 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '25 (Final) '26 Kosovo Latvia '25 '26 Liechtenstein Lithuania '25 '26 Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Northern Ireland Norway '25 Final '25–'26 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '25 '26 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Finland Iceland Israel Kazakhstan'25 '26 Northern Ireland Portugal Scotland Wales
Supercups	Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus England Estonia'25 '26 Faroe Islands France Georgia Germany Greece Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan'25 '26 Kosovo Latvia'25 '26 Lithuania'25 '26 Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland'25 '26 Romania Russia San Marino Spain Turkey ~~Ukraine~~
UEFA competitions	Champions League qualifying league phase knockout phase final Europa League qualifying league phase knockout phase final Conference League qualifying 1st and 2nd rounds 3rd and play-off rounds league phase knockout phase final Super Cup Youth League UEFA Champions League Path Domestic Champions Path knockout phase Under-20 Intercontinental Cup
International competitions	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification 2026 Finalissima 2027 Euro Under-21 qualification 2026 Euro Under-19 qualification 2026 Euro Under-17 qualification

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2025–26_Bulgarian_Cup&oldid=1321962998"

Categories:

Hidden categories:

[8]ページ先頭