# 2011 Bulgarian Cup final

The 2011 Bulgarian Cup final was the 71st final of the Bulgarian Cup. The match took place on 25 May 2011 at Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia. The match was contested by CSKA Sofia, who beat Litex Lovech 2–1 in their semi-final, and Slavia Sofia who beat Pirin Blagoevgrad 7–6 on penalties after a 1–1 draw after extra time. CSKA won the final 1–0, claiming their twenty Bulgarian Cup triumph, with forward Spas Delev scoring the only goal of the game in the 39th minute.

## Background

Up to the 2011 final, CSKA Sofia had reached the Bulgarian Cup Final 32 times, winning nineteen of them, while Slavia Sofia had won seven of their ten finals.

## Route to the final

| CSKA Sofia | CSKA Sofia | Round | Slavia Sofia | Slavia Sofia |
| Sliven 2000 A 3–1 | Yanchev 56', Delev 72', Sheridan 90' | Round Two | Ludogorets A 2–0 | Bozhov 18', 45' |
| Malesh A 3–0 | Delev 60', 73', Sheridan 64' | Round Three | Etar A 1–0 | Dimitrov 40' |
| Cherno More H 2–0 | Delev 34', Marquinhos 67' | Quarter Final | Chernomorets A 4–4 aet 5–3 pen | Bozhov 16', 90', Kushev 69', Moldovanov 102' Penalties: Bozhov , Kushev , Mansharov , Dimitrov , Jose Junior |
| Litex H 2–1 | Delev 27', 87' | Semi Final | Pirin H 1–1 aet 7–6 pen | Peev 45' Penalties: Hristov , Bozhov , Peev , Mansharov , Jose Junior , Filipov , Dimitrov , Moldovanov |

## Pre-match
### Match ball

The match ball for the 2011 Bulgarian Cup Final was the Puma PowerCat 1.10. The ball has an irregular 20-panel configuration. The ball will be used only for the final.

### Officials

Petrich-based referee Ivaylo Stoyanov was named as the referee for the 2011 Bulgarian Cup Final on 23 May 2011. His assistants for the 2011 final were Nikolay Angelov and Ventsislav Gavrilov, with Tasko Taskov as the fourth official.

## Match

Match statistics :
| | CSKA Sofia | Slavia Sofia |
| Goals scored | 1 | 0 |
| Total shots | 11 | 5 |
| Shots on target | 4 | 3 |
| Ball possession | 65% | 35% |
| Corner kicks | 6 | 1 |
| Fouls committed | 23 | 19 |
| Yellow cards | 3 | 4 |
| Red cards | 0 | 1 |

### Summary

A goal six minutes before the interval from right winger Spas Delev gave Milen Radukanov’s team victory. The goal capped off a remarkable achievement from Delev, who found the net in every round of the competition. Delev finished smartly for his goal in the 39th minute, placing home from six yards. Slavia striker Nikolay Bozhov should have equalised two minutes later, only to be denied by a good save from CSKA goalkeeper Ivan Karadzhov.
There were several chances in the last 20 minutes and CSKA should have gone 2-0 up when Gregory Nelson was played through, but he missed his chance. It nearly proved costly as Karadzhov spilled a shot soon after, but Radoslav Dimitrov missed in the goalmouth scramble as CSKA lifted the cup for the first time since they beat Cherno More Varna 3-1 in the 2006 final. Slavia ended the game with 10 men after Brazilian defender Josias Basso was sent off in the closing stages.

### Details

| CSKA | Slavia |
CSKA: :
| GK | 12 | Ivan Karadzhov |
| RB | 11 | Ivan Bandalovski |
| CB | 6 | Giuseppe Aquaro |
| CB | 19 | Apostol Popov |
| LB | 8 | Rumen Trifonov |
| DM | 5 | Todor Yanchev (c) |
| DM | 18 | Boris Galchev |
| AM | 28 | Marquinhos | 82' | 82' |
| RW | 7 | Spas Delev | 90+3' |
| LW | 29 | Gregory Nelson | 90+1' | 90' |
| CF | 9 | Michel Platini | | 76' |
| Substitutes: ||||
| GK | 88 | Blagoy Makendzhiev |
| MF | 21 | Kosta Yanev |
| MF | 22 | Petar Stoyanov | | 82' |
| MF | 23 | Emil Gargorov |
| MF | 24 | Aleksandar Tonev | | 76' |
| FW | 26 | Cillian Sheridan | | 90' |
| FW | 27 | Stanko Yovchev |
| Manager: ||||
| Milen Radukanov ||||
Slavia: :
| GK | 1 | Emil Petrov (c) |
| RB | 18 | Filip Filipov |
| CB | 4 | Josias Basso | 55' 89' |
| CB | 35 | Diyan Moldovanov |
| LB | 22 | Viktor Genev |
| DM | 27 | Tom Mansharov |
| DM | 8 | Pavle Popara | | 58' |
| AM | 7 | Iliya Iliev | | 53' |
| RW | 44 | José Júnior | | 78' |
| LW | 20 | Radoslav Dimitrov | 21' |
| CF | 17 | Nikolay Bozhov |
| Substitutes: ||||
| GK | 12 | Stefano Kunchev |
| MF | 5 | Spas Georgiev | | 53' |
| FW | 9 | Georgi Hristov | | 58' |
| MF | 10 | Yordan Yurukov |
| FW | 19 | Martin Kushev | 89' | 78' |
| DF | 25 | Victor Deniran |
| MF | 77 | Daniel Peev |
| Manager: ||||
| Emil Velev ||||
| MAN OF THE MATCH Spas Delev (CSKA Sofia) MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Nikolay Angelov Ventsislav Gavrilov Fourth official: Tasko Taskov | MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions. |