The 2018−19

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 ...

was the 37th official edition of the

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n annual

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

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were the defending champions, but lost on penalties in the round of 16 to

Ludogorets Razgrad Professional Football Club Ludogorets 1945 (), commonly known as Ludogorets Razgrad or simply Ludogorets, is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Razgrad, which currently competes in the First Professional Football League ...

. The final was contested between

Lokomotiv Plovdiv PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv (), commonly known as Loko Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Plovdiv. Lokomotiv's home ground is the Stadion Lokomotiv (Plovdiv), Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Lauta Park and ha ...

and

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 ...

, thus being the first final to feature the

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. Lokomotiv won the final with the score of 1–0 and clinched their first 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 (), 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 ...

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on May 15, 2019.

Bracket

Top goalscorers

Notes

References

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