The 2024–25 Bulgarian Cup was the 43rd official edition of the Bulgarian annual football knockout tournament. It is sponsored by Sesame and known as the Sesame Kupa na Bulgaria for sponsorship purposes. The competition began on 13 October 2024 with the preliminary round and finished with the final on 22 May 2025. Botev Plovdiv were the defending cup winners, but were eliminated by Ludogorets Razgrad in the quarterfinals, who went on to win the cup for their fourth title in history. As Ludogorets already qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League as First League champions, the cup's first qualifying round berth for the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League was passed to the First League runners-up, Levski Sofia.
Participating clubs The following 48 teams qualified for the competition: 2024–25 First League16 clubs 2024–25 Second League16 non-reserve clubs Winners of 4 regional competitions16 clubsArda Beroe Botev Plovdiv Botev Vratsa CSKA 1948 CSKA Sofia Cherno More Hebar Krumovgrad Levski Sofia Lokomotiv Plovdiv Lokomotiv Sofia Ludogorets Razgrad Septemvri Sofia Slavia Sofia Spartak VarnaBelasitsa Dobrudzha Dunav Ruse Etar Fratria Varna Lovech Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa Marek Minyor Pernik Montana Nesebar Pirin Blagoevgrad Spartak Pleven Sportist Svoge Strumska Slava Yantrafrom North-East zone: Aksakovo Botev Novi Pazar Chernolomets Popovo Septemvri Tervel from North-West zone: Akademik Svishtov Lokomotiv Mezdra Kom Levski 2007 from South-West zone: Oborishte Vihren Kyustendil Rilski Sportist from South-East zone: Chernomorets Burgas Maritsa Plovdiv Sayana Rozova Dolina
Preliminary round The draw was conducted on 24 September 2024. In this stage, the participants are the 16 winners from the regional amateur competitions and 16 non-reserve teams from the Second League. The games were played on 13 October 2024.
Round of 32 The draw for this stage was conducted on 24 September 2024. The participants are the 16 preliminary round winners and the 16 First League teams. The games were played between 28 October and 14 November 2024.
Round of 16 The draw was conducted on 7 November 2024. The games were played between 13 and 16 December 2024. In this stage the participants are the 16 winners from the previous round.
Quarter-finals The draw was conducted on 18 December 2024. The games were played between 25 and 27 February 2025. In this stage the participants were the 8 winners from the previous round.
Semi-finals The draw was conducted on 27 February 2025. The first legs are to be played on 9 and 10 April, while the second legs are scheduled for 22 and 23 April 2025.
First legs
Second legs
Final
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