1997 Bulgarian Cup Final

1997 Bulgarian Cup Final
Event	1996–97 Bulgarian Cup
Date	May 28, 1997
Venue	Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia
Referee	Atanas Uzunov (Plovdiv)
Attendance	18,500
	← 1996 1998 →

The 1997 Bulgarian Cup Final was played at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia on May 28, 1997, and was contested between the sides of CSKA Sofia and Levski Sofia. The match was won by CSKA Sofia.

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28 May 1997

18:00 EEST

Levski Sofia	1–3	CSKA Sofia
Gospodinov 51'		Lulchev 9' Zhabov 48' M. Petkov 58'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 18,500

Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Plovdiv)

Levski

CSKA


Levski:
GK	1	Dimitar Ivankov
DF	2	Emil Kremenliev (c)
DF	3	Valentin Dartilov
DF	4	Vladimir Ivanov
DF	5	Stanimir Gospodinov
MF	6	Vladimir Yonkov
MF	7	Viktorio Pavlov
MF	8	Marian Hristov
MF	9	Zahari Sirakov
MF	10	Todor Zaytsev	59'
FW	11	Hristo Yovov
Substitutes:
GK	12	Krasimir Kolev
MF	13	Tsvetomir Chipev
DF	14	Elin Topuzakov
DF	15
MF	16	Veselin Sarbakov
FW	17	Anatoli Tonov	59'
FW	18
Manager:
Andrey Zhelyazkov


CSKA:
GK	1
DF	2	Adalbert Zafirov
DF	3	Filip Filipov	85'
DF	4	Stefan Lulchev
DF	5	Dobromir Mitov
MF	6	Milen Petkov
MF	7	Georgi Slavchev	70'
MF	8	Anatoli Nankov (c)
FW	9	Petar Zhabov	54'
FW	10	Ivaylo Andonov
MF	11	Georgi Yordanov
Substitutes:
GK	12
DF	13	Galin Ivanov	70'
FW	14	Kancho Yordanov
MF	15	Iliya Voynov
FW	16	Dimitar Ivanov	54'
DF	17	Risto Milosavov
MF	18	Ivo Slavchev	85'
Manager:
Georgi Vasilev

MAN OF THE MATCH

MATCH OFFICIALS

Assistant referees:Ivan Lekov (Sofia) and Yordan Yordanov (Razgrad)
Fourth official: Stefan Ormandzhiev (Sofia)

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.

v t 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 1958–59 1959–60 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 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
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

v t 1996–97 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	A Group B Group
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final)
European competitions	UEFA Cup Cup Winners' Cup
Related to national team	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group 5) Hristo Bonev

v t CSKA Sofia matches
Bulgarian Cup finals	1949 1950 1951 1954 1955 1961 1965 1966 1969 1970 1972 1973 1974 1976 1978 1983 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1993 1997 1998 1999 2002 2004 2005 2006 2011 2016 2020 2021
Bulgarian Supercup matches	1989 2005 2006 2008 2011 ~~2016~~ 2021
Cup of the Soviet Army finals	1985 1990

v t PFC Levski Sofia matches
Bulgarian Cup Finals	1942 1946 1947 1949 1950 1953 1956 1957 1959 1965 1967 1969 1970 1971 1974 1976 1977 1979 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1991 1992 1994 1996 1997 1998 2000 2002 2003 2005 2007 2013 2015 2018
Bulgarian Supercups	2005 2006 2007 2009
Cup of the Soviet Army finals	1988

1997 Bulgarian Cup Final

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