1949 Bulgarian Cup final

The 1949 Bulgarian Cup final was the 9th final of the Bulgarian Cup (in this period the tournament was named Cup of the Soviet Army). It was contested by Levski Sofia and CSKA Sofia. It took three matches at Yunak Stadium to determine a winner. The first took place on 8 May, the second on 16 May and the third on 17 May 1949. The cup was won by Levski Sofia. They won the 2nd replay 2–1 after extra time.

1949 Bulgarian Cup final

Levski Sofia CSKA Sofia 1 1
After extra time
Date	8 May 1949
Venue	Yunak Stadium, Sofia
Referee	Todor Stoyanov (Sofia)
Attendance	35,000

1949 Bulgarian Cup final Replay

Levski Sofia CSKA Sofia 2 2
After extra time
Date	16 May 1949
Venue	Yunak Stadium, Sofia
Referee	Stefan Danchev (Varna)
Attendance	35,000

1949 Bulgarian Cup final 2nd Replay

Levski Sofia CSKA Sofia 2 1
After extra time
Date	17 May 1949
Venue	Yunak Stadium, Sofia
Referee	Stefan Danchev (Varna)
Attendance	35,000

First game

Levski Sofia 1–1 (a.e.t.) CSKA Sofia

• Goalscorers: K. Georgiev 81'; Stefanov 6'
  • Levski: Apostol Sokolov, Stefan Metodiev (c), Ivan Dimchev, Amedeo Kleva, Kostadin Georgiev, Dimitar Doychinov, Borislav Tsvetkov, Vasil Spasov, Georgi Pachedzhiev, Lyubomir Hranov, Arsen Dimitrov
  • CSKA: Panko Georgiev, Borislav Futekov, Boris Trankov (c), Dimitar Tsvetkov, Atanas Tsanov, Manol Manolov, Dimitar Milanov, Kostadin Blagoev, Stefan Bozhkov, Gancho Vasilev, Stefan Stefanov
• Date: 8 May 1949
• Stadium: Yunak Stadium
• Attendance: 35,000

Second game

Levski Sofia 2–2 (a.e.t.) CSKA Sofia

• Goalscorers: A. Dimitrov 56', 59'; Bogdanov 36', Milanov 51'
  • Levski: Apostol Sokolov, Atanas Dinev, Ivan Dimchev (c), Amedeo Kleva, Kostadin Georgiev, Angel Petrov, Borislav Tsvetkov, Vasil Spasov, Georgi Kardashev, Lyubomir Hranov, Arsen Dimitrov
  • CSKA: Panko Georgiev, Borislav Futekov, Boris Trankov (c), Dimitar Tsvetkov, Nikola Aleksiev, Manol Manolov, Dimitar Milanov, Gancho Vasilev, Stefan Stefanov, Stefan Bozhkov, Kiril Bogdanov
• Date: 16 May 1949
• Stadium: Yunak Stadium
• Attendance: 35,000

Third game

Details

17 May 1949

Levski Sofia	2−1 (a.e.t.)	CSKA Sofia
Spasov 78' A. Dimitrov 113'		Bozhilov 2' (pen.)

Yunak Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Stefan Danchev (Varna)

Levski

CSKA

GK 1 Apostol Sokolov DF 2 Stefan Metodiev (c) DF 3 Ivan Dimchev DF 4 Amedeo Kleva MF 5 Kostadin Georgiev MF 6 Dragan Georgiev FW 7 Borislav Tsvetkov FW 8 Vasil Spasov FW 9 Georgi Kardashev FW 10 Georgi Pachedzhiev FW 11 Arsen Dimitrov Manager: Rezső Somlai

GK 1 Panko Georgiev DF 2 Manol Manolov DF 3 Boris Trankov DF 4 Borislav Futekov MF 5 Atanas Tsanov MF 6 Nako Chakmakov (c) FW 7 Dimitar Milanov FW 8 Stoyne Minev FW 9 Stefan Bozhkov FW 10 Nikola Bozhilov FW 11 Stefan Stefanov Manager: Krum Milev

See also

• 1948–49 A Group