The 2014 Bulgarian Cup Final was the 74th final of the
Bulgarian Cup
The Bulgarian Cup ( bg, Купа на България, Kupa na Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it.
The tournamen ...
. The match, contested by
Botev Plovdiv and
Ludogorets Razgrad, took place on 15 May 2014 at
Lazur Stadium
efbet Arena ( bg, „Ефбет Арена“, en, 'efbet Arena' ) is a multi-purpose stadium in Burgas, Bulgaria. It is currently used for football matches and is the home ground of Neftochimic 1962 Burgas. The stadium holds 18,037 people ...
in
Burgas
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. Ludogorets won the final 1–0, claiming their second ever Bulgarian Cup title.
Route to the Final
Match
Details
Supporter disturbances
The match was affected by a number of disruptions due to unruly spectators. On the one-hour mark, shortly after Bezjak had opened the scoring, the advertisement boards near the stadium sector with the Botev ultras caught fire, necessitating the interruption of the match for 17 minutes until fire brigades could enter the pitch and extinguish the flames. On two occasions (around the 60th minute and following
Vander Vieira
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Career
Early career
The young midfielder started in Madureira, and in 19 ...
's dismissal for a dangerous tackle on
Mihail Aleksandrov), small groups of Botev supporters attempted pitch invasions, but were successfully restrained by footballers
Veselin Minev
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He has a twin brother, Yordan, who is also a foot ...
,
Tomáš Jirsák
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Club career
Jirsák played his first professional years with FC Hradec Králové, before moving to FK Teplice. In July 2007 he joine ...
and
Adam Stachowiak
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Career Club
A product of the local youth setups of Olimpia Poznań and Unia Swarzędz, he made his profession ...
as well as the arriving police officers. A number of objects were also thrown by fans of the "canaries", with one of them hitting Ludogorets defender
Georgi Terziev
Georgi Ilkov Terziev ( bg, Георги Илков Терзиев; born on 18 April 1992) is a Bulgarian professional footballer currently playing as a defender for Ludogorets Razgrad.
Career
Early career
Terziev started his football career in ...
. Officials affiliated with the
Razgrad
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Etymolog ...
team have been critical of the general preparations prior to the match and the insufficient policing. Botev owner
Tzvetan Vassilev promised to compensate
Chernomorets Burgas in full for all the stadium damage inflicted.
See also
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2013–14 A Group
References
{{2013–14 in Bulgarian football
Bulgarian Cup finals
Cup Final
Botev Plovdiv matches
PFC Ludogorets Razgrad matches