The 2018−19

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 ...

was the 37th official edition of the

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n annual football knockout tournament. The competition began on 25 September 2018 with the first round and finished with the final on 15 May 2019.

Slavia Sofia PFC Slavia Sofia ( bg, ПФК Славия София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the top tier of the Bulgarian football league system, the First League. Slavia's home groun ...

were the defending champions, but lost on penalties in the round of 16 to Ludogorets Razgrad. The final was contested between

Lokomotiv Plovdiv PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv ( bg, ПФК Локомотив Пловдив), commonly known as Loko Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv. Lokomotiv's home ground is the Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Lauta Park ...

and Botev Plovdiv, thus being the first ever final to feature the

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. Lokomotiv won the final with the score of 1–0 and clinched their first ever cup title. They also qualified for the

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of the

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Participating clubs

The following 32 teams qualified for the competition:

Matches

Round of 32

The draw was conducted on 29 August 2018. The games will be played between 25 and 27 September 2018. In this stage all of the participants started their participation i.e. the 14 teams from First League, the 15 non-reserve teams from Second League and the 3 winners from the regional amateur competitions.

Round of 16

The draw was conducted on 28 September 2018. The games will be played between 30 October and 1 November 2018. In this stage the participants will be the 16 winners from the first round.

Quarter-finals

The draw was conducted on 7 November 2018. The games will be played on 2, 3 and 4 April 2019. In this stage the participants will be the 8 winners from the second round.

Semi-finals

The draw was conducted on 4 April 2019, immediately after the conclusion of the quarter-finals. The first legs will be played on 16 and 17 April, while the second legs are scheduled for 23 and 24 April 2019.

First legs

Second legs

Final

The final took place at the

Vasil Levski National Stadium Vasil Levski National Stadium ( bg, Национален стадион „Васил Левски“), named after Bulgarian national hero and revolutionary Vasil Levski (1837–1873), is the country's second largest stadium. The stadium has 43 ...

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on May 15, 2019.

Bracket

Top goalscorers

Notes

References

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