The Bulgarian Supercup (Bulgarian: Суперкупа на България) is an annually held football match between the football club that has won the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group and the club that has won the Bulgarian Cup. In case the champion of Bulgaria has also won the Cup, then the Bulgarian Cup finalist and the champion compete in the match.
The Supercup match is usually held during the weekend before the start of a new season.
The most successful club in the competition is CSKA Sofia. They have won four Supercups.
[edit] History
The first match for the Bulgarian Supercup was held in 1989. The match was proposed by Kiril Zaharinov, sport editor at the Bulgarian News Agency and secretary of the union of the Bulgarian sport journalists. The first Supercup trophy was made in Italy and was 80 cm tall, weighing 15 kg. Today it is kept in the CSKA Sofia museum.
The match was held at 9th September Stadium in Burgas, opposing 1988-89 Bulgarian champion and Cup winner CFKA Sredets (currently CSKA Sofia) and the losing finalist of the 1988–89 Bulgarian Cup Chernomorets Burgas. CSKA won the match 1-0 thanks to a goal by Hristo Stoichkov.
Bulgarian Supercup (2007-)
After the Revolutions of 1989 the Bulgarian Supercup match was canceled. 14 years later the Bulgarian Professional Football League decided to restore the competition organising a Supercup match between the champion from the 2003-04 season Lokomotiv Plovdiv and the 2003-04 Bulgarian Cup holder Litex Lovech. The match was held at Naftex Stadium in Burgas and Lokomotiv won 1-0 after a last-minute goal by Ivan Paskov.
Since the win of Lokomotiv Plovdiv in 2004, only two teams have won the Supercup - CSKA Sofia (in years 2006 and 2008) and Levski Sofia (years 2005, 2007 and 2009). Litex Lovech, the losing finalist of the 2004 edition of the competition, has lost three more Supercup matches since then (2007, 2008 and 2009). In Litex Lovech won the Supercup in 2010. The new holder of the cup is CSKA Sofia as they beat Litex Lovech with final score 3-1 in 2011 and they became the most successful club in that competition.
From 2004 on a brand new trophy is made every year as it was decided that each Supercup winner should retain the trophy in perpetuity. The current trophy was designed in Italy in 2007 and is 100 cm tall.
[edit] Supercup finals
| Season |
Winner |
Score |
Runner-up |
Venue |
Attendance |
Report |
2011
30.07.2011 |
CSKA Sofia
Winner of Bulgarian Cup 2010–11 |
3 – 1 |
Litex Lovech
Winner of 2010-11 A PFG |
Lazur Stadium,
Burgas |
12,620 |
Report |
2010
12.08.2010 |
Litex Lovech (1)
Winner of A PFG 2009-10 |
2 – 1 a.e.t. |
Beroe Stara Zagora
Winner of Bulgarian Cup 2009–10 |
Vasil Levski,
Sofia |
3,000 |
Report |
2009
01.08.2009 |
Levski Sofia (3)
Winner of A PFG 2008-09 |
1 – 0 |
Litex Lovech
Winner of Bulgarian Cup 2008–09 |
Vasil Levski,
Sofia |
7,000 |
Report |
2008
03.08.2008 |
CSKA Sofia (3)
Winner of A PFG 2007-08 |
1 – 0 |
Litex Lovech
Winner of Bulgarian Cup 2007-08 |
Vasil Levski,
Sofia |
10,000 |
Report |
2007
26.07.2007 |
Levski Sofia (2)
Winner of A PFG 2006-07
and Bulgarian Cup 2006-07 |
2 – 1 a.e.t. |
Litex Lovech
Runner-up of Bulgarian Cup 2006-07 |
Vasil Levski,
Sofia |
14,000 |
Report |
2006
30.07.2006 |
CSKA Sofia (2)
Winner of Bulgarian Cup 2005-06 |
0 – 0 a.e.t.,
3–0 pen. |
Levski Sofia
Winner of A PFG 2005-06 |
Vasil Levski,
Sofia |
9,751 |
Report |
2005
31.07.2005 |
Levski Sofia (1)
Winner of Bulgarian Cup 2004-05 |
1 – 1 a.e.t.,
4–2 pen. |
CSKA Sofia
Winner of A PFG 2004-05 |
Vasil Levski,
Sofia |
9,894 |
Report |
2004
31.07.2004 |
Lokomotiv Plovdiv (1)
Winner of A PFG 2003-04 |
1 - 0 |
Litex Lovech
Winner of Bulgarian Cup 2003-04 |
Naftex Stadium,
Burgas |
4,500 |
Report |
1989
15.07.1989 |
CFKA Sredets (1)
Winner of A PFG 1988-89
and Bulgarian Cup 1988-89 |
1 – 0 |
Chernomorets Burgas
Runner-up of Bulgarian Cup 1988-89 |
9th September Stadium,
Burgas |
20,000 |
Report |
[edit] Champions By Team
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