The 2008–09 Bulgarian Cup was the 27th official Bulgarian annual

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tournament. The competition started on October 15, 2008 with the preliminary round and ended on May 26, 2009. The defending champions were

Litex Lovech Litex ( bg, Литекс) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Lovech, which currently competes in the Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Sports Club. The club's home ground is the Gradski Stadion ...

, who successfully defended their title against

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Preliminary round

In this round entered 4 winners from the regional competitions as well as 3 teams from

B Group The Bulgarian Second Professional Football League ( bg, Втора професионална футболна лига, Vtora Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as Second League ( bg, Втора Лига) or Vtora liga, is the second level ...

(second level) decided by random draw. There should have been 4 teams selected from B Group, but since this year's league features only 31 team, 3 teams were chosen. The matches were played on 15 October 2008. , - !colspan=3 style="background-color:#D0F0C0;" , 15 October 2008 Note: Roman numerals in brackets denote the league tier the clubs participate in during the 2008–09 season.

First round

In this round entered winners from the previous round together with the remaining 28 teams from

. The matches were played on 29 October 2008. , - !colspan=3 style="background-color:#D0F0C0;" , 29 October 2008

Second round

This round featured winners from the first round and all 16 teams from

A Group The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

. The matches were played on 11, 12, 13 and 26 November 2008. , - !colspan=3 style="background-color:#D0F0C0;" , 11 November 2008 , - !colspan=3 style="background-color:#D0F0C0;" , 12 November 2008 , - !colspan=3 style="background-color:#D0F0C0;" , 13 November 2008 , - !colspan=3 style="background-color:#D0F0C0;" , 26 November 2008 , - !colspan=3 style="background-color:#D0F0C0;" , 3 December 2008

Third round

In this round entered winners from the second round. The matches were played on 7 December 2008. , - !colspan=3 style="background-color:#D0F0C0;" , 7 December 2008

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

External links

bulgarian-football.com
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