2013 Bulgarian Cup Final
# 2013 Bulgarian Cup Final

The 2013 Bulgarian Cup Final was the 73rd final of the Bulgarian Cup, and was contested between Beroe Stara Zagora and Levski Sofia on 15 May 2013. The match finished in a 3–3 draw, but Beroe clinched their second ever Bulgarian Cup title by winning 3–1 on penalties.

## Route to the final

| Beroe | Beroe | Beroe | Round | Levski | Levski | Levski |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Result | Legs | | Opponent | Result | Legs |
| Akademik Svishtov | 4–1 | 1–0 home; 3–1 away | Round of 32 | Pirin Razlog | 4–0 | 3–0 home; 1–0 away |
| Lokomotiv Mezdra | 8–1 | 4–0 home; 4–1 away | Round of 16 | Cherno More | 4–1 | 4–0 home; 0–1 away |
| Pirin Gotse Delchev | 4–1 | 1–0 home; 3–1 away | Quarter-finals | Litex Lovech | 2–2 (a) | 1–0 home; 1–2 away |
| Slavia Sofia | 1–0 | 0–0 away; 1–0 home | Semi-finals | Lokomotiv Sofia | 3–1 | 3–1 home; 0–0 away |

## Pre-match

Beroe reached the final for the second time in the last 3 years. The last time being in 2010 when they celebrated their first and only trophy in the competition. Levski on their side reached their first Bulgarian Cup final since 2007. The blues also hold the record in the tournament by winning 25 cups. This will be the second final in history held between these two clubs. The first one being in 1979 won by Levski with 4-1.

The final will take place at Lovech Stadium in Lovech. The stadium has more than 8100 seating places with pitch dimensions of 105 x 68 metres. Each of the two teams was allocated 3,700 tickets for the final, while the remainder went to the grassroots football community.

## Match

### Details

| Beroe | Levski |
| - | - |
| GK | 73 | Ivan Karadzhov |
| DF | 17 | Plamen Krumov |
| DF | 3 | Vladimir Zafirov | | 93' |
| DF | 28 | Veselin Penev |
| DF | 5 | Borislav Stoychev | 26' |
| MF | 27 | Igor Djoman |
| FW | 7 | Georgi Andonov (c) | 79' | 85' |
| MF | 8 | Alberto Louzeiro | 51' |
| MF | 21 | Elias |
| MF | 29 | Élio Martins | | 64' |
| MF | 88 | David Caiado | 45+3' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 1 | Teodor Skorchev |
| DF | 6 | Ivo Ivanov | | 85' |
| MF | 11 | Doncho Atanasov |
| DF | 15 | Georgi Dinkov |
| FW | 70 | Jerry Sitoe | | 64' |
| MF | 71 | Amir Sayoud | 107' | 93' |
| DF | 77 | Pedro Eugénio |
| Manager: ||
| Petar Houbchev ||
| GK | 23 | Plamen Iliev |
| DF | 2 | Dustley Mulder |
| DF | 3 | Romain Élie |
| DF | 28 | Nuno Pinto | 67' |
| DF | 25 | Daniel Dimov |
| MF | 45 | Vladimir Gadzhev | | 60' |
| MF | 77 | Stefan Velev |
| MF | 22 | Iliyan Yordanov | | 74' |
| FW | 19 | Basile de Carvalho | 82' | 91' |
| MF | 10 | Hristo Yovov (c) | 19' 44' |
| MF | 11 | Garry Rodrigues |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 89 | Mihail Ivanov |
| MF | 4 | Stanislav Angelov | | 91' |
| DF | 6 | Orlin Starokin |
| FW | 9 | João Silva | | 74' |
| DF | 13 | Dimitar Vezalov |
| MF | 16 | Cristóvão Ramos | | 60' |
| MF | 29 | Rene Mihelič |
| Manager: ||
| Nikolay Mitov ||
| MAN OF THE MATCH MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Diyan Valkov Plamen Hadzhiyski Fourth official: Radan Miryanov | 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. |
