Cup of Bulgarian Amateur Football League

Cup of the Bulgarian Amateur Football League

Organising body	Bulgarian Football Union
Founded	1994 (1994)
Region	Europe (UEFA)
Number of teams	V AFG teams + 4 zonal 4th div. winners
Current champions	Balkan Botevgrad (1st title)
Most successful club(s)	Dunav Ruse (2 titles) Pomorie (2 titles)
Television broadcasters	None
Website	http://bfunion.bg/en/

The Cup of the Bulgarian Amateur Football League (Bulgarian: Купа на Аматьорската Футболна Лига) is a Bulgarian annual football competition established by the BFU in 1994.

Structure

All officially registered amateur football clubs in the country can participate. The tournament is held in three stages: regional qualifiers in September and October, play-offs involving regional leaders between November and March, and semi-finals and final in April and May. The matches from the final four stage of the competition are played on a neutral ground.

Winners

Year	Winner	Result	Opponent	Venue	Attendance
1995	Septemvri Simitli
1996	Loviko Suhindol
1997	Kremikovtsi
1998	Rodopa Smolyan		Kaliakra Kavarna	Ovcha Kupel Stadium, Sofia
1999	Vidima-Rakovski	4-3	Rozova Dolina Kazanlak
2000	Fairplay Varna	0-0 (5-4 p)	Sokol Markovo	Ovcha Kupel Stadium, Sofia	1,000
2001	Siera Dimitrovgrad	2-0	Fairplay Varna
2002	Yantra Gabrovo	2-0	Rodopa Smolyan		175
2003	Pomorie	1-0	Bdin Vidin
2004	Dunav Ruse	1-0	Sliven 2000	Lokomotiv Stadium, Sofia	500
2005	Haskovo	1-1 (5-4 p)	Minyor Pernik		1,000
2006	Chernomorets Burgas	4-1	Kostinbrod	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
2007	Malesh Mikrevo	3-1	Benkovski Byala	Hadzhi Dimitar Stadium, Sliven	350
2008	Kom-Minyor	2-1	Chernomorets Nesebar	Todor Diev Stadium, Plovdiv
2009	Pomorie	4-1	Benkovski Byala	Ticha Stadium, Varna	250
2010	Ravda 1954	1-0	Dve Mogili	Hadzhi Dimitar Stadium, Sliven
2011	Neftochimic Burgas	2-2 (5-4 p)	Spartak Varna		250
2012	Vitosha Bistritsa	2-1	Dve Mogili	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia	280
2013	Lokomotiv Mezdra	1-1 (6-5 p)	Orlovetz Pobeda	Akademik Stadium, Sofia
2014	Vereya Stara Zagora	2-0	Minyor Pernik	Botev 1912 Football Complex, Komatevo	680
2015	Dunav Ruse	4-2	Slivnishki Geroy	Ivaylo Stadium, Veliko Tarnovo	380
2016	Nesebar	2-0	Chernomorets Balchik		250
2017	Chernomorets Balchik	3-0	CSKA 1948	Trace Arena, Stara Zagora	350
2018	Arda Kardzhali	1-1 (5-4 p)	Kariana Erden	Ivaylo Stadium, Veliko Tarnovo	450
2019	Balkan Botevgrad	3-1	Suvorovo		300

Multiple finalists

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Year(s) Won	Year(s) Lost
Dunav Ruse	2	0	2004, 2015
Pomorie	2	0	2003, 2009
Chernomorets Balchik	1	1	2017	2016
Fairplay Varna	1	1	2000	2001
Rodopa Smolyan	1	1	1998	2002
Benkovski Byala	0	2		2007, 2009
Dve Mogili	0	2		2010, 2012
Minyor Pernik	0	2		2005, 2014

Winners by region

Region	Number of wins	Last winning year
South-East	10	2018
South-West	6	2019
North-West	5	2013
North-East	4	2017

External links

• Zona90 - Bulgarian Portal For Amateur Football (in Bulgarian)
• AFL Cup Statistics - Bulgarian-football.com (in Bulgarian)
• Bulgarian Cup news from Topsport (in Bulgarian)