2018 Bulgarian Cup Final
# 2018 Bulgarian Cup Final

The 2018 Bulgarian Cup Final was the final match of the 2017–18 Bulgarian Cup and the 78th final of the Bulgarian Cup. The final took place on 9 May 2018 at Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia. It was refereed by Nikola Popov.

The clubs contesting the final were Slavia Sofia and Levski Sofia. The match finished in a 0–0 draw, but Slavia clinched their eighth Bulgarian Cup title by winning 4–2 on penalties.

## Route to the Final

| Slavia | Slavia | Slavia | Round | Levski | Levski | Levski |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Result | Legs | | Opponent | Result | Legs |
| Chernomorets Balchik | 2–0 | away | 1st Round | Botev Galabovo | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | away |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | home | 2nd Round | Montana | 1–0 | away |
| Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 3–1 | away | Quarter-finals | Dunav Ruse | 2–0 | away |
| Botev Plovdiv | 2(a)–2 (agg.) | 1–0 home; 1–2 away | Semi-finals | CSKA Sofia | 4–2 (agg.) | 2–0 away; 2–2 home |

## Match

### Details

| Slavia | Levski |
| - | - |
| GK | 1 | Georgi Petkov (c) | 11' |
| RB | 8 | Slavcho Shokolarov | 37' |
| CB | 6 | Kostadin Velkov |
| CB | 55 | Andrea Hristov | 25' |
| LB | 77 | Stefan Velev | 43' |
| DM | 10 | Yanis Karabelyov |
| CM | 23 | Vladislav Uzunov |
| AM | 73 | Ivan Minchev | 41' |
| RW | 33 | Galin Ivanov | | 120' |
| LW | 14 | Ivaylo Dimitrov |
| CF | 9 | Tsvetelin Chunchukov | 80' | 90' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 32 | Antonis Stergiakis |
| FW | 7 | Nasko Milev |
| DF | 13 | Stefan Velkov |
| DF | 25 | Sasho Aleksandrov |
| FW | 29 | Milcho Angelov | | 120' |
| MF | 35 | Georgi Yomov | 98' | 90' |
| MF | 71 | Toni Ivanov |
| Manager: ||
| Zlatomir Zagorčić ||
| GK | 21 | Bozhidar Mitrev (c) |
| RB | 15 | Roman Procházka |
| CB | 28 | David Jablonský |
| CB | 5 | Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson | 56' |
| LB | 4 | Ivan Goranov |
| DM | 14 | Khaly Thiam | 35' |
| CM | 13 | Jordi Gómez | 12' | 43' | 82' |
| AM | 20 | Filipe Nascimento | 59' |
| RW | 32 | Gabriel Obertan |
| LW | 7 | Paulinho | | 120+1' |
| CF | 9 | Sergiu Buș | | 100' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 89 | Nikolay Krastev |
| DF | 3 | Aymen Belaïd |
| MF | 8 | Antonio Vutov | | 100' |
| DF | 19 | Miloš Cvetković | | 82' |
| MF | 26 | Jerson Cabral | | 120+1' |
| FW | 29 | Stanislav Kostov |
| MF | 71 | Vasil Panayotov |
| Manager: ||
| Delio Rossi ||
| MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Ivo Kolev Petar Dzhuganski Fourth official: Georgi Kabakov (Plovdiv) | 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. |
