The 2026 Bulgarian Cup final was the final match of the 2025–26 Bulgarian Cup and the 86th final of the Bulgarian Cup. The final took place on 20 May 2026 at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia. On 3 April 2026, the date and venue have been confirmed.
The clubs contesting the final were Lokomotiv Plovdiv and CSKA Sofia. This was the second time two teams met in the final after 2020. For Lokomotiv, this was their 7th final overall, whereas CSKA reached this stage for a 2nd consecutive and 37th time overall.
CSKA won the game after penalties for their 22nd cup victory in their history. It ensured their spot in the first qualifying round of 2026–27 UEFA Europa League.
Route to the final
Lokomotiv PlovdivRoundCSKAOpponentResultLegsOpponentResultLegsDunav Ruse2–1 awayFirst roundSevlievo2–1awayMontana4–0homeSecond roundLokomotiv Sofia2–1homeBotev Plovdiv1–0homeQuarter-finalsCSKA 19482–0homeArda5–14–0 away; 1–1 homeSemi-finalsLudogorets Razgrad2–12–1 away; 0–0 home
Match Details
GK 1 Bojan Milosavljević RB 2 Adrián Cova CB 4 Andrei Chindriș CB 13 Lucas Ryan LB 5 Todor Pavlov CM 22 Ivaylo Ivanov CM 12 Efe Ali RW 7 Sevi Idriz AM 39 Parvizdzhon Umarbayev (c) LW 94 Cătălin Itu CF 77 Joël ZwartsSubstitutes: GK 40 Petar Zovko DF 33 Martin Atanasov DF 44 Kaloyan Kostov MF 3 Miha Trdan MF 10 Francisco Politino FW 9 Axel Velev FW 11 Zapro Dinev FW 14 Dimitar Iliev FW 99 Julien Lamy Manager: Dušan Kosič GK 21 Fyodor Lapoukhov RB 2 Pastor CB 14 Teodor Ivanov CB 32 Facundo Rodríguez LB 17 Ángelo Martino DM 6 Bruno Jordão (c) LM 11 Mohamed Brahimi CM 99 James Eto'o CM 10 Max Ebong RM 28 Ioannis Pittas CF 9 Santiago GodoySubstitutes: GK 25 Dimitar Evtimov DF 3 Andrey Yordanov DF 4 Adrián Lapeña DF 5 Lumbardh Dellova DF 19 Ivan Turitsov MF 30 Petko Panayotov MF 38 Léo Pereira MF 73 Ilian Iliev MF 77 Alejandro Piedrahita Manager: Hristo Yanev
Man of the Match:
Assistant referees: Martin Venev (Sofia) Ivo Kolev (Sofia) Fourth official: Vasil Minev (Sofia) Video assistant referee: Dimitar Dimitrov (Sofia) Assistant video assistant referee: Lyuboslav Lyubomirov (Pernik)Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.
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