The 1996 Bulgarian Cup final was played at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia on 1 May 1996, and was contested between the sides of Slavia Sofia and Levski Sofia. The match was won by Slavia Sofia. The Levski Sofia players were ordered off the field of play by the chairman Tomas Lafchis shortly after the 75' mark due to the latter's dissatisfaction with the refereeing. Slavia were eventually awarded a 4:0 victory while the 11 footballers who left the pitch were banned for 4 matches.

Match

Details

Slavia: GK 1 Zdravko Zdravkov DF 2 Vladimir Ivanov DF 3 Petar Tsvetanov DF 4 Stefan Kolev (c) DF 5 Kiril Kachamanov MF 6 Zoran Ristić MF 7 Diyan Angelov FW 8 Nasko Sirakov MF 9 Anton Dimitrov MF 10 Tsvetozar Dermendzhiev FW 11 Atanas Kirov Substitutes:MF 13 Aleksandar Zahariev Manager: Stoyan Kotsev Levski: GK 1 Plamen NikolovDF 2 Borislav Iliev DF 3 Valentin Dartilov DF 4 Georgi Ivanov DF 5 Ivan Vasilev MF 6 Vladimir Yonkov FW 7 Plamen Timnev MF 8 Marian Hristov FW 9 Iliyan Simeonov MF 10 Emil Velev (c) FW 11 Hristo Yovov Substitutes:MF 14 Todor Zaytsev DF 15 Petar Penchev FW 16 Doncho Donev Manager: Ivan Kyuchukov

MAN OF THE MATCH

MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees:Lyubcho Slavchev & Aleksey Iliev

Fourth official: Mladen Blagoev (Sofia) MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Five named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.

See also 1995–96 A Group

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