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2021–22 Bulgarian Cup
The 2021–22 Bulgarian Cup was the 40th official edition of the Bulgarian annual football knockout tournament. It was sponsored by ''Sesame'' and known as the Sesame Kupa na Bulgaria for sponsorship purposes. The competition began on 4 September 2021 with the preliminary round and finished with the final on 15 May 2022. CSKA Sofia were the defending cup winners. They reached the final for 3rd consecutive time, but lost to Levski Sofia, who won the cup for a record 26th time and also qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League. Participating clubs The following 47 teams qualified for the competition: Matches Preliminary round The draw was conducted on 27 August 2021. The games were played between 4 and 8 September 2021. In this stage participated 16 winners from the regional amateur competitions and 17 non-reserve teams from Second League. During the draw, Rozova Dolina Kazanlak, Septemvri Simitli and Septemvri Sofia received a bye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PFC Levski Sofia
PFC Levski Sofia () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First Professional Football League (Bulgaria), First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 by a group of high school students, and is named after Vasil Levski, a Bulgarian revolutionary renowned as the national hero of the country. Levski have won a total of #Honours, 74 trophies, including 26 List of Bulgarian football champions, national championships, 26 Bulgarian Cup, national cups and 3 Bulgarian Supercup, supercups, as well as 13 domestic Double (association football), doubles and one Treble (association football), treble. They are the only Football in Bulgaria, Bulgarian football club to have List of unrelegated association football clubs, never been relegated from the top division since the establishment of the league system in 1937. On the international stage, Levski reached the quarter-finals of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PFC Cherno More Varna
Cherno More () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in the city of Varna, which currently competes in Bulgaria's primary football competition, the First League. Founded on 3 March 1913, as an association football branch of the larger sports society SC Galata, the club has spent the majority of its existence playing in the top tier of Bulgarian football. Cherno More is named after the Black Sea, and the football club is also known by its nickname The Sailors. Cherno More's home ground is the Stadion Ticha, which has a seating capacity of 8,250 spectators, with plans to move to a new all-seater stadium by 2020, although due to financial issues, the construction has been put on hold. Cherno More previously hosted their games at the Yuri Gagarin Stadium, sharing it with fellow Varna club, Spartak. As one of the relatively successful clubs in Bulgarian football outside the capital Sofia, the Sailors have won the Bulgarian championship on four occasions, as w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Maritsa Plovdiv
Maritsa () is a Bulgarian association football club based in Plovdiv, currently playing in the Third League, the third level of Bulgarian football league system. It was established in 1921, after the merger of the teams Vampir and Trite Konski Sili. The club plays its home games at Maritsa Stadium, located in the city's northern district. The team's biggest success is playing in Bulgaria's top division four times, in 1967–68, 1969–70, 1970–71 and 1996–97. They have also reached the semifinals of the Bulgarian Cup once, in 1996–97. The club is particularly famous for its renowned youth program that has produced many Bulgarian talents over the years – Hristo Stoichkov, Dinko Dermendzhiev, Aleksandar Aleksandrov. Bulgarian national first-team players Georgi Georgiev, Kostadin Vidolov, Krassimir Chomakov, Valeri Domovchiyski, Yordan Todorov, Asen Nikolov had also came through the ranks at Maritsa. The team is named ''Maritsa'' after the river of the same ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Marek Dupnitsa
FC Marek () is a Bulgarian football club based in Dupnitsa, currently playing in the Second League, the second level of the Bulgarian football league system. It was founded in 1947 following the unification of four local clubs. Home matches take place at Bonchuk Stadium, where Marek famously defeated Bayern Munich in 1977. Bonchuk stadium has a capacity of 16,000. Marek was founded in 1947, following the unification of four local clubs from Dupnitsa. Marek was one of the ten clubs that took part in the inaugural season of the A Group, the newly formed unified league of Bulgaria, in 1948. Since then, Marek has played a total of 29 seasons in the top level of Bulgarian football, most recently in 2015. Marek's most successful period came during the late 1970s, when the club competed in two successive European competitions. Marek managed to defeat Ferencvárosi TC and obtain a home win against FC Bayern Munich in the UEFA Cup, who had been crowned European champions just two seasons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PFC Litex Lovech
FC Lovech (; formerly Litex Lovech) is a Bulgarian professional association football, football club based in Lovech, that competes in the Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria), Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Sports Club and was known as Litex Lovech from 1996 to 2024. The club's home ground is the Gradski stadion (Lovech), Gradski Stadion, which has a capacity of 8,100 seats, electric floodlights and permission to stage European matches. As one of the successful Bulgarian clubs outside the capital Sofia, Lovech have won the domestic Bulgarian A PFG, championship four times and the Bulgarian Cup on four occasions. Together with PFC CSKA Sofia, CSKA Sofia and PFC Levski Sofia, Levski Sofia, Lovech was also one of the football clubs to represent the country regularly in the European Club Association. History 1921–1996 The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya and began playing league football two years later, in 1923. Over the years, the club has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Levski Lom
FC Dunav Lom () is a Bulgarian football club based in Lom, who compete in the North-West Third League, the third division of Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded in 1921. They play their home games at the 2,500-capacity Gradski Stadium. Their highest finishing position were in 1928 and 1934, ending in 1st place in Bulgarian State Football Championship under the name ''SC Maria Luisa''. In 1939 they got to the finals of Bulgarian Cup. History Foundation The football history in Lom was started from the famous Swiss-Bulgarian teacher Louis-Emil Eyer, who started a football academy in the Nayden Gerov High School in 1894. In 1903 students from the school started the first football club in town - SC Nayden Gerov. June 20, 1921 was the official establishment of ''SC Levski''. In 1925, the team merged with SC Slaveykov Lom adopting the name ''SC Maria Luisa''. As a result, Levski marked their highest finishing position was in 1928 and 1934, ending in 5th place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Hebar Pazardzhik
FC Hebar () is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Pazardzhik. The club currently competes in the First League, the first tier of the Bulgarian football league system. Founded in 1918, Hebar has played at their current home ground, Stadion Georgi Benkovski, since 1989. Hebar has played a total of five seasons in the top level of Bulgarian football, most recently in 2024-25. In 2001, despite finishing ninth in the A Group that season (club’s highest finish), the owners of the club moved the assets of the club to Petrich, reforming Belasitsa Petrich. Fans from Pazardzhik re-founded the club the same year, starting from the amateur levels. History The current name of the club was chosen in 1979: Hebar-the old Thracian name of the river Maritsa. This is the name that the club has borne for 25 years now. Under this name came the biggest success in the history of the club: participation in the premiership of Bulgaria in 1989/1990, 1991/1992 and 2000/2001.The club has a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SFC Etar Veliko Tarnovo
Etar () is a Bulgarian sports football club based in Veliko Tarnovo, that plays in the Bulgarian Second League, the second level of Bulgarian football. Etar was established in 2013, shortly after the folding of Etar 1924, which was dissolved for financial reasons after the 2012–13 season. Etar 1924, on the other hand, was established as a result of the dissolution of the historical FC Etar (Veliko Tarnovo). Although the three clubs share similar names and colors, the Bulgarian Football Union considers them separate entities and records are not shared between the three. The current Etar quickly ascended from the amateur leagues, eventually promoting to the Bulgarian First League at the end of the 2016–17 season. The club's home ground has been Ivaylo Stadium since 2013. Etar plays in all-violet kits and their nickname is 'The Bolyars'. History Foundation and Amateur League (2013–2016) The club was founded as OFC Etar Veliko Tarnovo in 2013 with the license of FC Botev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Dobrudzha Dobrich
FC Dobrudzha () is a Bulgarian football club based in Dobrich, that competes in the Second League, the second tier of Bulgarian football. It plays its home matches at Stadion Druzhba with a capacity of 12,500 seats, and its team colours are green and yellow. The team is named after the Dobruja region, a prominent agricultural area in Northeast Bulgaria. Honours *Bulgarian Cup ** Semi-finalists: 1946, 1947, 1979–80 * Second League ** Winners (2): 1965–66, 2024–25 History Dobrudzha was founded as a union of three clubs, Vihar, Orlov and Slavia, in 1916. The club assumed the names Cherveno zname, Spartak and Septemvri between 1949 and 1957, when it was renamed Dobrudzha after a few other local sport associations joined. In 1962, Dobrudzha managed to gain promotion to the A Group for the first time in the club's history. The maiden season in the top level proved to be a challenge, however, and Dobrudzha was relegated, finishing 15th. Back into the B Group, Dobrudzha bar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Tsarsko Selo Sofia
Association Football Club Tsarsko Selo 2015 (), commonly referred to as Tsarsko Selo, was a Bulgarian association football club based in Sofia. It played in First Professional Football League (Bulgaria), First League, the top tier of Bulgarian football league system. Tsarsko Selo played their home matches at their Arena Tsarsko Selo, Tsarsko Selo Sports Complex in the Dragalevtsi quarter of Sofia. History 2015–2016: Foundation In the summer of 2015, the previous chairman of PFC CSKA Sofia, CSKA Sofia Stoyne Manolov established a new academy called ''Football Academy Tsarsko Selo'', with a focus on scouting and developing youth football players born in 2002 to 2010. The club was initially registered and a subsequent men's team in the Regional Football Groups, A RFG Sofia South was established, with former long-time PFC CSKA Sofia, CSKA Sofia captain Todor Yanchev appointed as manager. On November 12, 2015, Manolov announced an academy partnership with Spanish La Liga club Mála ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PFC 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 Professional Football League, First League. Slavia's home ground is the Stadion Aleksandar Shalamanov in Ovcha kupel with a capacity of 25,556. The team's colours are white and black. Established on 10 April 1913, Slavia is currently the oldest sports club in Sofia. Slavia is one of only two Bulgarian football clubs that have never been relegated (the other being Levski Sofia), although the club has been divided into two separate clubs and one of them that carries Slavia records and statistics (Udarnik Sofia) had been expelled to the Second Division, which continued for a season (1951), for no other reason, but politically arranged football reform. The other separate entity (Stroitel Sofia) which is now defunct and regarded as a different club had remained in First Division. Later on the two clubs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OFC Pirin Blagoevgrad
Football club Pirin (), also known as Pirin Blagoevgrad is a Bulgarian football club based in Blagoevgrad, which currently competes in the Second League, the second division of Bulgarian football. The club was founded in 2008, after a merger between two clubs from Blagoevgrad, Pirin 1922 and PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad. By an official court decision later that year, the club was announced as a historical successor of the club records of the former FC Pirin, founded in 1922. In 2011, following the bankruptcy of the entity, which represented the football club, Pirin's football department was merged once again with Perun Kresna, to eventually become OFC Pirin. The club's name is adopted from Pirin, a mountain range in southwestern Bulgaria. Their home ground is the Stadion Hristo Botev in Blagoevgrad with a capacity of 7,500 spectators. Pirin's nickname is ''Orletata'' (The Eaglets) and their kit colours are green and white. To date, the club has four domestic cup finals and most n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
