Английская Википедия:2019–20 Bulgarian Cup

The 2019−20 Bulgarian Cup was the 38th official edition of the Bulgarian annual football knockout tournament. The competition began on 4 September 2019 with the preliminary round and finished with the final on 1 July 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria.^[1] Lokomotiv Plovdiv successfully defended the cup by winning on penalties against CSKA Sofia and qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League.

Participating clubs

The following 46 teams qualified for the competition:^[2]

2019–20 First League 14 clubs	2019–20 Second League 16 non-reserve clubs	Winners of 4 regional competitions 16 clubs
Arda Kardzhali Beroe Stara Zagora Botev Plovdiv Botev Vratsa CSKA Sofia Cherno More Varna Dunav Ruse Etar Veliko Tarnovo Levski Sofia Lokomotiv Plovdiv Ludogorets Razgrad Slavia Sofia Tsarsko Selo Sofia Vitosha Bistritsa	Botev Galabovo Chernomorets Balchik CSKA 1948 Sofia Hebar Pazardzhik Kariana Erden Litex Lovech Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa Lokomotiv Sofia Montana Neftochimic Burgas Pirin Blagoevgrad Pomorie Septemvri Sofia Spartak Pleven Spartak Varna Strumska Slava Radomir	from North-East zone: Dobrudzha Dobrich Hitrino Suvorovo Svetkavitsa Targovishte from North-West zone: Drenovets Lato Alekovo Partizan Cherven Bryag Sevlievo from South-West zone: Balkan Botevgrad (winners of BAFL Cup) Botev Ihtiman Minyor Pernik Vihren Sandanski from South-East zone: Maritsa Plovdiv Sozopol Varbitsa Benkovski Zagorets Nova Zagora

Matches

Preliminary round

The draw was conducted on 23 August 2019.^[3] The games will be played between 4 and 6 September 2019.^[4]^[5] In this stage participated 15 winners from the regional amateur competitions and 14 non-reserve teams from Second League. During the draw, Botev Ihtiman received a bye to the first round.

Round of 32

Round of 16

The draw was conducted on 2 October 2019.^[7] Originally the games were scheduled for the period between 29 and 31 October 2019.^[8] Due to the second round of the local elections in Bulgaria and the inability of the police to provide adequate security, those games were rescheduled for the period between 3 and 5 December 2019.^[9]^[10] In this stage the participants will be the 16 winners from the first round. Шаблон:Football box collapsible Шаблон:Football box collapsible Шаблон:Football box collapsible Шаблон:Football box collapsible Шаблон:Football box collapsible Шаблон:Football box collapsible Шаблон:Football box collapsible Шаблон:Football box collapsible

Quarter-finals

The draw was conducted on 10 December 2019.^[11] The games will be played on 3, 4 and 5 March 2020.^[12] In this stage the participants are the 8 winners from the Round of 16. Шаблон:Football box collapsible Шаблон:Football box collapsible Шаблон:Football box collapsible Шаблон:Football box collapsible

Semi-finals

The draw was conducted on 10 March 2020.^[13] The first legs should have been played between 7 and 9 April, while the second legs were scheduled for the dates between 21 and 23 April 2020. On 13 March 2020, the Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) suspended all games in Bulgaria until 13 April due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak.^[14] On 6 April 2020 the BFU extended the match postponement until 13 May 2020.^[15] On 15 May 2020 the BFU declared its preparedness to resume the competition after the loosening of the state of emergency, related to the pandemic.^[16] After consulting the four semi-finalists it was decided to stage the semi-finals in two legs as originally planned. On 21 May the BFU scheduled the first legs of the semi-finals to be played on 9 and 10 June.^[17] On 15 June the BFU scheduled the second legs for 23 and 24 June.^[18] Both legs were held in stadiums with reduced capacities due to health regulations. For the first legs stadiums were allowed to host spectators up to 30% of their total capacity, as per regulation issued by the Ministry of Health on 2 June.^[19] For the second legs stadiums were allowed to host spectators up to 50% of their total capacity, but no more than 1,000 spectators per block, as per regulation issued by the Ministry of Health on 23 June.^[20]

First legs

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Second legs

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Final

Шаблон:Main The final took place at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia on 1 July 2020.^[21] On 27 June the Bulgarian Football Union announced that it is allowed for the stadium to host up to 30% of its total capacity (i.e. 12,000 spectators) with up to 3,000 spectators per block in accordance with the health regulations issued by the Ministry of Health.^[22] 2020 Bulgarian Cup Final

Bracket

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Top goalscorers

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Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Dimitar Iliev	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	5
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Eray Karadayi	Botev Galabovo	5
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Denislav Aleksandrov	CSKA 1948 Sofia	4
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Mavis Tchibota	Ludogorets Razgrad	4
5	sixteen players		2

Notes

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References