2016 Bulgarian Cup final

2016 Bulgarian Cup Final
Event	2015–16 Bulgarian Cup
Date	24 May 2016
Venue	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Referee	Stanislav Todorov (Shumen)
Attendance	35,000
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The 2016 Bulgarian Cup Final was the 76th final of the Bulgarian Cup. The final took place on 24 May 2016 at Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia^[1] in front of 35,000 spectators. It was refereed by Stanislav Todorov, from Shumen. The clubs contesting the final were Montana and CSKA Sofia.

CSKA won the match 1–0 with goal from Stanislav Malamov.

Background

CSKA Sofia were appearing in their 32th Bulgarian Cup final and had won it on 19 of their previous 31 appearances. They also became only the fourth team from outside the A Group, since its foundation in 1948, to reach the final and the first team of third division.^[2]

For Montana, 2016 was their first appearance in a Bulgarian Cup final.^[3]

Route to the Final

Montana			Round	CSKA
Opponent	Result	Legs		Opponent	Result	Legs
–	–	–	2nd Preliminary Round	Sofia 2010	4–1	home
–	–	–	3rd Preliminary Round	Septemvri Sofia	1–0	home
–	–	–	4th Preliminary Round	Saraya	11–0	away
–	–	–	5th Preliminary Round	Botev Ihtiman	5–0	home
Pirin Gotse Delchev	3–1	away	1st Round	Neftochimic Burgas	3–1	home
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1–1 (4–2p)	away	2nd Round	Spartak Pleven	2–0	away
Lokomotiv GO	1–1 (4–3p)	away	Quarter-finals	Sozopol	3–0	home
Litex Lovech	2–1	2–0 home; 0–1 away	Semi-finals	Beroe Stara Zagora	4–0	2–0 away; 2–0 home

Match

Details

24 May 2016

20:00 EEST

Montana	0−1	CSKA Sofia
		Malamov 12'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Shumen)^[4]

Montana

CSKA


GK	33	Ivaylo Vasilev
RB	26	Yordan Todorov
CB	5	Asen Georgiev
CB	15	Georgi Angelov
LB	6	Hristofor Hubchev
DM	25	Stanislav Genchev		83'
DM	16	Vladimir Michev (c)		38'
CM	24	Olivier Bonnes
RW	22	Sergey Georgiev	82'
LW	10	Ivan Stoyanov
CF	7	Ivan Kokonov		62'
Substitutes:
GK	1	Hristo Ivanov
MF	4	Nabil Ejenavi
MF	8	Ivan Minchev	67'	38'
FW	9	Atanas Iliev		62'
DF	17	Georgi Pashov
MF	19	Tsvetan Varsanov
FW	20	Petar Atanasov		83'
Manager:
Emil Velev


GK	1	Anatoli Gospodinov	90+3'
RB	3	Kiril Dinchev
CB	4	Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski
CB	25	Angel Granchov
LB	17	Milen Kikarin	87'
DM	13	Yordan Yordanov
CM	8	Boris Galchev (c)	59'
CM	14	Samir Ayass		78'
RW	20	Stanislav Malamov
LW	7	Momchil Tsvetanov		90+2'
CF	9	Preslav Yordanov		88'
Substitutes:
GK	12	Stoyan Kolev
DF	5	Nikolay Dichev
MF	10	Aleksandar Aleksandrov
MF	16	Petar Vitanov		78'
MF	22	Nikolay Tsvetkov		90+2'
DF	23	Vasil Popov
FW	24	Kostadin Hazurov		88'
Manager:
Hristo Yanev

MATCH OFFICIALS

Assistant referees:Ivo Kolev & Georgi Doynov
Fourth official: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich)

MATCH RULES

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Seven named substitutes.
Maximum of three substitutions.

References

^ "Официално: Финалът за Купата на 24 май" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. 27 April 2016.
^ "Third-tier CSKA reach final to make Bulgarian Cup history". reuters.com. 21 April 2016.
^ "Монтана за първи път на финал за Купата на България" (in Bulgarian). bnr.bg. 22 April 2016.
^ "Съдийски назначения Купа България Финал" (in Bulgarian). bfunion.bg. 23 May 2016.

[1] "Официално: Финалът за Купата на 24 май" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. 27 April 2016.

[2] "Third-tier CSKA reach final to make Bulgarian Cup history". reuters.com. 21 April 2016.

[3] "Монтана за първи път на финал за Купата на България" (in Bulgarian). bnr.bg. 22 April 2016.

[4] "Съдийски назначения Купа България Финал" (in Bulgarian). bfunion.bg. 23 May 2016.

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Background

Route to the Final

Match

Details

See also

References