2013 Bulgarian Cup Final

Beroe	Levski Sofia

3	3

Beroe won 3–1 on penalties

Date

May 15, 2013

Venue

Lovech Stadium, Lovech

Referee

Tsvetan Krastev

Attendance

7,800

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.^[1]

Route to the final

Beroe	Round	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^[2]	0–0 away; 1–0 home	Semi-finals	Lokomotiv Sofia	3–1^[3]	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.^[4] 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 Stara Zagora v Levski Sofia

15 May 2013
17:30 EET

Beroe Stara Zagora	3 – 3	Levski Sofia
Martins 16', 28' Andonov 79'	Report	Yordanov 24' João Silva 81' Rodrigues 87'
	Penalties
Sayoud Ivanov Krumov Stoychev Elias	3 – 1	João Silva Mulder Velev Angelov

Lovech Stadium
Attendance: 7,800
Referee: Tsvetan Krastev^[5]

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	Ilian 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.

References

↑ "Beroe beat Levski to claim Bulgarian Cup". uefa.com. 2013-05-15.
↑ "Берое се класира за финала на Купата, след като удари Славия в 87-та минута" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. 2013-04-25.
↑ "Levski Sofia beat rivals Lokomotiv to reach Cup final". reuters.com. 2013-04-24.
↑ "Финалът за Купата ще се играе в Ловеч" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. 2013-05-08.
↑ "Цветан Кръстев ще свири финала Берое – Левски" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. 2013-05-13.

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