Cup of Bulgarian Amateur Football League

Cup of 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	Nesebar (1st time)
Most successful club(s)	Dunav Ruse (2 times) Pomorie (2 times)
Television broadcasters	None

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

Structure

All officially registered amateur Bulgarian football teams can take part in it. The tournament is held in three stages - regional qualifiers in September and October, play-offs involving regional leaders between November and March, and the semifinals and final in April and May. Matches from the two final stages are played on 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	Ovcha Kupel Stadium, Sofia
2002	Yantra Gabrovo	2-0	Rodopa Smolyan	Ovcha Kupel Stadium, Sofia	175
2003	Pomorie
2004	Dunav Ruse	1-0	Sliven 2000	Lokomotiv Stadium, Sofia	500
2005	Haskovo	1-1 (5-4 p)	Minyor Pernik	Lokomotiv Stadium, Sofia	1,000
2006	Chernomorets 919	4-1	Kostinbrod
2007	Malesh Mikrevo	3-1	Benkovski Byala	Hadzhi Dimitar Stadium, Sliven	350
2008	Kom-Minyor	2-1	Chernomorets Nesebar
2009	Pomorie	4-1	Benkovski Byala	Ticha Stadium, Varna	250
2010	Ravda 1954	1-0	Dve Mogili	Hadzhi Dimitar Stadium, Sliven
2011	Neftochimic 1986 Burgas	2-2 (5-4 p)	Spartak Varna
2012	Vitosha Bistritsa	2-1	Dve Mogili	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia	280
2013	Lokomotiv 2012 Mezdra	1-1 (6-5 p)	Orlovetz Pobeda	Akademik Stadium, Sofia
2014	Vereya Stara Zagora	2-0	Minyor Pernik	Botev 1912 Sports Complex, Komatevo	680
2015	Dunav Ruse	4-2	Slivnishki Geroy	Ivaylo Stadium, Veliko Tarnovo	380
2016	Nesebar	2-0	Chernomorets Balchik	Ivaylo Stadium, Veliko Tarnovo	250

Multiple finalists

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning Years
Dunav Ruse	2	0	2004, 2015
Pomorie	2	0	2003, 2009
Fairplay Varna	1	1	2000
Rodopa Smolyan	1	1	1998
Benkovski Byala	0	2
Dve Mogili	0	2
Benkovski Byala	0	2

Winners by region

Region	Number of wins	Last winning year
South-East	9	2016
North-West	5	2013
South-West	5	2012
North-East	3	2015

External links

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

Football in Bulgaria

League competitions	First League Second League Third League (4 divisions) Regional Groups Bulgarian women's football championship

Cup competitions	Bulgarian Cup Bulgarian Supercup Cup of AFL Bulgarian Women's Cup

Defunct competitions	State Championship (1924–1936, 1941–1945) Tsar's Cup (1924–44) National Football Division (1937–1940) Republic Championship (1945–1948) Cup of the Soviet Army (1983–90) BFU's Cup (1990–91) PFL's Cup (1994–97) Doubles Group (2008–2010) A Group (1948-2016)

National teams	Men Women Olympic team (U-23) Under-21 Under-19 Under-17

Lists	Clubs Stadiums Foreign players National team results

Awards	Footballers' Footballer of the Year

BFU PFL

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