2017 Bulgarian Cup Final
# 2017 Bulgarian Cup Final

The 2017 Bulgarian Cup Final was the 77th final of the Bulgarian Cup. The final took place on 24 May 2017 at Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia. It was refereed by Nikola Popov, from Sofia.

The clubs contesting the final were Ludogorets Razgrad and Botev Plovdiv. This was the second time the final was contested between these two teams. The first one being in 2014 won by Ludogorets 1-0. Botev won the match 2–1, claiming their third Bulgarian Cup and first since 1981.

## Route to the Final

| Ludogorets | Ludogorets | Ludogorets | Round | Botev | Botev | Botev |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Result | Legs | | Opponent | Result | Legs |
| Botev Vratsa | 4–0 | away | 1st Round | Pirin Gotse Delchev | 6–3 | away |
| Montana | 4–0 | away | 2nd Round | Neftochimic Burgas | 3–0 | home |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 4–0 | away | Quarter-finals | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 1–0 | away |
| Litex Lovech | 11–0 | 4–0 home; 7–0 away | Semi-finals | Vereya | 2–1 | 1–0 away; 1–1 home |

## Match

### Details

| Ludogorets | Botev |
| - | - |
| GK | 33 | Renan |
| RB | 4 | Cicinho |
| CB | 5 | José Palomino |
| CB | 27 | Cosmin Moți | 26' |
| LB | 6 | Natanael |
| DM | 18 | Svetoslav Dyakov (c) |
| CM | 10 | Campanharo | | 55' |
| AM | 84 | Marcelinho | | 67' |
| RW | 88 | Wanderson |
| LW | 93 | Virgil Misidjan |
| CF | 22 | Jonathan Cafu | | 55' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 29 | Daniel Naumov |
| MF | 8 | Lucas Sasha |
| FW | 11 | Juninho Quixadá | 75' | 55' |
| MF | 12 | Anicet | | 67' |
| DF | 19 | Aleksandar Vasilev |
| FW | 28 | Claudiu Keșerü | | 55' |
| DF | 32 | Ihor Plastun |
| Manager: ||
| Georgi Dermendzhiev ||
| GK | 99 | Ivan Čvorović | 90+4' |
| RB | 2 | Tsvetomir Panov |
| CB | 18 | Radoslav Terziev |
| CB | 4 | Viktor Genev | 90+4' |
| LB | 24 | Lazar Marin |
| DM | 14 | Yaya Meledje |
| CM | 17 | Lachezar Baltanov (c) |
| AM | 20 | Omar Kossoko | 32' | 70' |
| RW | 8 | Todor Nedelev |
| LW | 25 | Krum Stoyanov | | 84' |
| CF | 39 | Antonio Vutov | 50' | 64' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 21 | Martin Dimitrov |
| DF | 5 | Kristian Dimitrov |
| MF | 7 | Felipe Brisola | | 70' |
| FW | 9 | Fernando Viana | 86' 90+2' | 64' |
| MF | 10 | Serkan Yusein | | 84' |
| MF | 26 | Radoslav Apostolov |
| MF | 77 | Milko Georgiev |
| Manager: ||
| Nikolay Kirov ||
| MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Georgi Todorov & Martin Venev Fourth official: Stefan Apostolov (Simitli) | 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. |
