1970–71 Bulgarian Cup

1970–71 Bulgarian Cup
Country	Bulgaria
Champions	Levski Sofia; (11th cup)
Runners-up	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Top goal scorer(s)	Kiril Milanov (Marek)
	← 1969–70 1971–72 →

The 1970–71 Bulgarian Cup was the 31st season of the Bulgarian Cup (in this period the tournament was named Cup of the Soviet Army). Levski Sofia won the competition, beating Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3–0 in the final at the Bulgarian Army Stadium.^[1]

First round[]

16 December 1970
Team 1	Score	Team 2
Akademik Sofia	2–1	Beroe Stara Zagora
Levski Sofia	1–0	Minyor Pernik
Rodopa Smolyan	0–3	CSKA Sofia
Etar Veliko Tarnovo	2–2 (7–6p)	Slivnishki Geroy
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	3–0	Dobrudzha Dobrich
Spartak Pleven	1–0	Ludogorets Razgrad
Botev Vratsa	4–2	Lokomotiv Mezdra
Chernolomets Popovo	1–7	Marek Dupnitsa
Dunav Ruse	2–0	Dimitrovgrad
Dorostol Silistra	0–1	Cherno More Varna
Yantra Gabrovo	4–0	Shumen
Spartak Varna	3–0	Maritsa Plovdiv
Akademik Svishtov	1–0	Slavia Sofia
Bdin Vidin	2–0	Tundzha Yambol
Velbazhd Kyustendil	0–1	Botev Plovdiv
Chernomorets Burgas	3–1	Rakovski Sevlievo

Group stage[]

Group 1[]

Matches were played in Pazardzhik and Velingrad

20–28 February 1971
Team 1	Score	Team 2
Levski Sofia	3–0	Dunav Ruse
Yantra Gabrovo	2–0	Bdin Vidin
Levski Sofia	2–0	Bdin Vidin
Yantra Gabrovo	1–1	Dunav Ruse
Yantra Gabrovo	1–0	Levski Sofia
Dunav Ruse	3–2	Bdin Vidin

	Team	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Yantra Gabrovo	2	1	0	4	1	+3	5
2	Levski Sofia	2	0	1	5	1	+4	4
3	Dunav Ruse	1	1	1	4	6	-2	3
4	Bdin Vidin	0	0	3	2	7	-5	0

Group 2[]

Matches were played in Petrich and Sandanski

20–28 February 1971
Team 1	Score	Team 2
Spartak Pleven	3–0	Cherno More Varna
Marek Dupnitsa	1–0	Akademik Sofia
Marek Dupnitsa	1–1	Spartak Pleven
Akademik Sofia	1–0	Cherno More Varna
Spartak Pleven	0–0	Akademik Sofia
Marek Dupnitsa	2–0	Cherno More Varna

	Team	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Marek Dupnitsa	2	1	0	4	1	+3	5
2	Spartak Pleven	1	2	0	4	1	+3	4
3	Akademik Sofia	1	1	1	1	1	0	3
4	Cherno More Varna	0	0	3	0	6	-6	0

Group 3[]

Matches were played in Stara Zagora and Nova Zagora

20–28 February 1971
Team 1	Score	Team 2
CSKA Sofia	0–0	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Chernomorets Burgas	2–1	Spartak Varna
CSKA Sofia	4–1	Spartak Varna
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	7–0	Chernomorets Burgas
CSKA Sofia	4–1	Chernomorets Burgas
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1–1	Spartak Varna

	Team	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CSKA Sofia	2	1	0	8	2	+6	5
2	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1	2	0	8	1	+7	4
3	Chernomorets Burgas	1	0	2	3	12	-9	2
4	Spartak Varna	0	1	2	3	7	-4	1

Group 4[]

Matches were played in Haskovo and Dimitrovgrad

22–28 February 1971
Team 1	Score	Team 2
Botev Vratsa	1–0	Akademik Svishtov
Botev Plovdiv	1–0	Etar Veliko Tarnovo
Etar Veliko Tarnovo	1–1	Botev Vratsa
Botev Plovdiv	4–2	Akademik Svishtov
Botev Vratsa	1–1	Botev Plovdiv
Etar Veliko Tarnovo	2–0	Akademik Svishtov

	Team	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Botev Plovdiv	2	1	0	6	3	+3	5
2	Botev Vratsa	1	2	0	3	2	+1	4
3	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	1	1	1	3	2	+1	3
4	Akademik Svishtov	0	0	3	2	7	-5	0

Quarter-finals[]

Team 1	Score	Team 2	Place
14 April 1971
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	3–2	Yantra Gabrovo	in Stara Zagora
Levski Sofia	2–2 (5–4p)	CSKA Sofia	in Sofia
Marek Dupnitsa	3–0	Botev Vratsa	in Pazardzhik
Spartak Pleven	1–1 (6–5p)	Botev Plovdiv	in Botevgrad

Semi-finals[]

Team 1	Score	Team 2	Place
16 June 1971
Levski Sofia	5–0	Marek Dupnitsa	in Pernik
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	3–0	Spartak Pleven	in Sofia

Final[]

Details[]

25 August 1971

Levski Sofia	3−0	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Tsvetkov 8' Y. Kirilov 36' 38'

Bulgarian Army Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Atanas Mateev (Varna)

Levski

Lokomotiv

References[]

^ ""Играйте и за Гунди!" във финала на скръбта" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 14 January 2016.

[1] ""Играйте и за Гунди!" във финала на скръбта" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 14 January 2016.

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