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The 2012 Bulgarian Cup Final was the 72nd 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 tournament ...
, and 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 Ludogorets Razgrad on 16 May 2012. Ludogorets won the final 2–1, claiming their first
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title. After Dakson opened the scoring after 18 minutes, Marcelinho equalised in the 72nd minute and scored second and winner, seven minutes later.


Route to the final


Lokomotiv Plovdiv

As an
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team, Lokomotiv Plovdiv entered the competition in the second round. Their opening match was a 2–0 away win against Chavdar Etropole. Mihail Venkov struck early in the first half, before Sergihno hit second in the 76th minute. Lokomotiv then travelled to face Dobrudzha Dobruch at Druzhba Stadium in the third round.
Dragi Kotsev Dragi Kocev ( mk, Драги Коцев; born 25 February 1987 in Radoviš, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Republic of Macedonia, Macedonian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. In June 2005, he received a Bulgarian passport. In 2005 and 2006 ...
scored a hattrick and Jérémie Rodrigues netted one for a 4–0 win. Lokomotiv were drawn to play at home against
Levski Sofia Levski Sofia ( bg, Левски София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 b ...
in the fourth round, with Levski dominating the first half through a
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goal. Mihail Venkov scored a header in stoppage time for a 1–1. Venkov's goal meant the match was now drawn at 1–1 and with no further goals the match went into extra-time.
Zdravko Lazarov Zdravko Lazarov ( bg, Здравко Лазаров; born 20 February 1976) is a Bulgarian professional football coach and a former player. Lazarov's professional playing career as a winger spanned nearly 30 years, during which he played for ...
scored second goal in the 92nd minute to give Lokomotiv a 2–1 victory and ensure their place in the semi-finals.
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were the opponents in the semi-final. Youness Bengelloun headed in the 79th minute to give Lokomotiv a 1–0 victory and secure their place in the final for the first time since 1982.


Ludogorets

Ludogorets – also an
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team – entered the competition in the second round too, where they were drawn at away to
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. After a goalless 90 minutes, Miroslav Ivanov scored a winning goal in the extra-time. In the third round, their opponents were Svetkavitsa, whom Ludogorets beat 5–1 at
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, courtesy of goals from
Stanislav Genchev Stanislav Genchev ( bg, Станислав Генчев; born 20 March 1981) is a Bulgarian former footballer and now manager, who is currently the manager of Lokomotiv Sofia. Career SC Vaslui SC Vaslui signed Genchev as a free player, on 14 J ...
, Marcelinho,
Emil Gargorov Emil Gargorov ( bg, Емил Гъргоров; born 15 February 1981) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Vitosha Bistritsa. Career Born in Sofia, Gargorov came through the youth system at Lokomotiv Sofia. He mad ...
,
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and Ivan Stoyanov. Ludogorets's fourth round match was against
Botev Plovdiv Profesionalen Futbolen Klub Botev, commonly referred to as Botev Plovdiv ( bg, „Ботев“ Пловдив, ) or simply Botev (within its associated city), is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, that competes ...
at the Hristo Botev Stadium in
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. Ludogorets took the lead after less than 22 minutes through Marcelinho, and further goals from
Mihail Aleksandrov Mihail Ivanov Aleksandrov ( bg, Михаил Иванов Александров; born 11 June 1989) is a Bulgarian former footballer who played as a midfielder. He primarily played as a right winger or a right-sided midfielder. Career CSKA ...
and
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resulted in a comfortable 3–0 win. In the semi-final, Ludogorets beat
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comfortably, winning 4–1. Ludogorets took a two-goal lead in less than an hour after goals from
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and
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. Own goal by
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in the 59th minute made the score 2–1, but Stoyanov and Aleksandrov scored in the last 15 minutes to complete the win. The margin of victory was the biggest in a
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round of 16 since 2011, and secured Ludogorets's first Bulgarian Cup Final.


Pre-match

Lokomotiv Plovdiv were appearing in the final for the fourth time and in all times had been beaten (in 1948, 1960, 1971 and 1982). Ludogorets were making their first appearance in the final. Their previous best was participation in the Round of 16, which had occurred one time.
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-based referee Stanislav Todorov was named as the referee for the 2012 Bulgarian Cup Final on 16 May 2012. His assistants for the final were Nikolay Petrov and Georgi Slavov, with Ivaylo Stoyanov as the fourth official.


Match


Details


See also

* 2011–12 A Group


References

{{2011–12 in Bulgarian football Bulgarian Cup finals Cup Final PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv matches PFC Ludogorets Razgrad matches