The 2017−18
Bulgarian Cup
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The tournament's format is ''single-elimination'', with all matche ...
was the 36th official edition of the
Bulgaria
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n annual
football
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knockout tournament. The competition began on 19 September 2017 with the first round and finished with the final on 9 May 2018.
Botev Plovdiv
Profesionalen Futbolen Klub Botev AD, commonly referred to as Botev Plovdiv (, ), or simply Botev (within its associated city), is a Bulgarian professional Association football, football club based in Plovdiv. It competes in the First Professiona ...
were the defending champions, but lost on away goals in the semi-finals to
Slavia Sofia
PFC Slavia Sofia 1913 () 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 ground is the Stadion Aleksandar Sh ...
. Slavia later won the final on penalties against
Levski Sofia
PFC Levski Sofia () 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 by a group of high sc ...
, thus acquiring its eight Bulgarian Cup in its history. The club also qualified for the
first qualifying round of the
2018–19 UEFA Europa League
The 2018–19 UEFA Europa League was the 48th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 10th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.
The final was played at the Olympic Sta ...
.
Participating clubs
The following 32 teams qualified for the competition:
Matches
Round of 32
The draw was conducted on 24 August 2017. The games will be played between 19 and 21 September 2017. On 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 26 September 2017. The games will be played between 24 and 26 October 2017. On this stage the participants will be the 16 winners from the first round.
Quarter-finals
The draw was conducted on 1 November 2017. The games will be played between 12 and 15 December 2017. In this stage the participants will be the 8 winners from the second round.
Semi-finals
The draw was conducted on 19 December 2017. The first legs will be played on 10 and 11 April and the second legs are scheduled for 24 and 25 April 2018.
First legs
Second legs
Final
The final took place on 9 May at
Vasil Levski National Stadium
Vasil Levski National Stadium (), named after Bulgarian Folk hero, national hero and revolutionary Vasil Levski (1837–1873), is the country's second largest stadium. The stadium has 43,230 seats and is located in the centre of Sofia, on the te ...
in
Sofia
Sofia is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Is ...
.
Bracket
Top goalscorers
Notes
References
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Bulgarian Cup seasons
Bulgarian Cup
The Bulgarian Cup () 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's format is ''single-elimination'', with all matche ...
Cup
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