1997–98 Bulgarian Cup

1997–98 Bulgarian Cup

Tournament details
Country	Bulgaria
Final positions
Champions	Levski Sofia (20th cup)
Runner-up	CSKA Sofia

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

Main article: 1998 Bulgarian Cup 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

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