1997 �98 BULGARIAN CUP

1997–98 Bulgarian Cup
Tournament details
Country	Bulgaria
Final positions
Champions	Levski Sofia; (20th cup)
Runner-up	CSKA Sofia
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 Bulgarian Cup was the 58th season of the Bulgarian Cup. Levski Sofia won the competition, beating CSKA Sofia 5–0 in the final at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia.^[1]

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
11 November 1997
Planinets Apriltsi (IV)	0–4	Levski Sofia (I)
Belite Orli Pleven (III)	0–1	Lokomotiv Sofia (I)
Maritsa Plovdiv (II)	2–2 ( a.e.t.) (6–7 p)	Botev Plovdiv (I)
12 November 1997
Rodopa Smolyan (III)	0–1	CSKA Sofia (I)
Septemvri Sofia (II)	0–1 ( a.e.t.)	Slavia Sofia (I)
Litex Lovech (I)	2–1	Kremikovtsi (II)
Chardafon Gabrovo (II)	0–4	Neftochimic Burgas (I)
Chirpan (III)	0–4	Levski Kyustendil (I)
Energetik Pernik (III)	0–3	Minyor Pernik (I)
Hebar Pazardzhik (III)	2–4	Spartak Varna (I)
Vihar Gorublyane (III)	1–0	Metalurg Pernik (I)
Spartak Pleven (I)	1–0	Akademik Sofia (II)
Zagorets Nova Zagora (III)	0–1	Etar Veliko Tarnovo (I)
Chernomorets Burgas (II)	1–1 ( a.e.t.) (8–9 p)	Dobrudzha Dobrich (I)
Kaliakra Kavarna (III)	1–0	Olimpik Galata (I)
Haskovo (II)	2–1	Lokomotiv Plovdiv (I)

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
18, 19 November / 28, 29 November 1997
Etar Veliko Tarnovo (I)	1–6	Levski Sofia (I)	1–4	0–2
Botev Plovdiv (I)	0–2	CSKA Sofia (I)	0–0	0–2
Neftochimic Burgas (I)	1–2	Slavia Sofia (I)	1–0	0–2
Dobrudzha Dobrich (I)	2–9	Litex Lovech (I)	2–1	0–8
Spartak Varna (I)	9–3	Vihar Gorublyane (III)	8–0	1–3
Lokomotiv Sofia (I)	10–0	Kaliakra Kavarna (III)	6–0	4–0
Levski Kyustendil (I)	4–2	Minyor Pernik (I)	3–0	1–2
Spartak Pleven (I)	5–2	Haskovo (II)	2–0	3–2

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
3 / 13 December 1997 ^[2]
Slavia Sofia (I)	3–5	CSKA Sofia (I)	1–1	2–4
Levski Sofia (I)	3–2	Levski Kyustendil (I)	2–0	1–2
Litex Lovech (I)	8–1	Spartak Pleven (I)	5–1	3–0
Lokomotiv Sofia (I)	6–3	Spartak Varna (I)	4–1	2–2

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
15 April / 6 May 1998
Lokomotiv Sofia (I)	3–5	Levski Sofia (I)	1–2	2–3
CSKA Sofia (I)	4–3	Litex Lovech (I)	1–3	3–0 ( w/o)¹

¹Litex Lovech were disqualified from the competition after first leg because were fielded an ineligible player Radostin Kishishev.

Final

Details

13 May 1998

18:00 EEST

CSKA Sofia	0–5	Levski Sofia
		Todorov 14' Aleksandrov 32' Donev 48' G. Ivanov 72' Yordanov 90' ( o.g.)

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Markus Merk ( Germany)

CSKA

Levski

References

^ "Купа на България 1997/98" (in Bulgarian). bulgarian-football.com.
^ "Bulgarian Cup results 1997/1998". levskisofia.info.

[1] "Купа на България 1997/98" (in Bulgarian). bulgarian-football.com.

[2] "Bulgarian Cup results 1997/1998". levskisofia.info.

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v t e Bulgarian Cup
Previous names: Tsar's Cup (1938–1942) Soviet Army Cup (1945–1982)
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v t e 1997–98 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	A Group B Group V Group
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup ( Final)
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Cup Winners' Cup Intertoto Cup
Related to national team	1998 FIFA World Cup ( Qualification Group 5, Group D) Hristo Bonev
List of transfers

v t e 1997– 98 in European football ( UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '97 '98 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '97 '98 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Herzeg-Bosnia, Republika Srpska) Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '97 '98 Finland '97 '98 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '97 '98 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '97 '98 Latvia '97 '98 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '97 '98 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '97 '98 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '97 '98 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '97 '98 Finland '97 '98 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '97 '98 Israel Italy Latvia '97 '98 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '97 '98 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Finland '97 '98 France Germany Iceland '97 '98 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League ( Qualifying rounds, Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup ( Final) UEFA Cup ( Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

v t e Bulgarian Cup
Previous names: Tsar's Cup (1938–1942) Soviet Army Cup (1945–1982)
Seasons	1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Finals	1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

v t e 1997–98 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	A Group B Group V Group
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup ( Final)
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Cup Winners' Cup Intertoto Cup
Related to national team	1998 FIFA World Cup ( Qualification Group 5, Group D) Hristo Bonev
List of transfers

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