1987–88 Bulgarian Cup Explained

Bulgarian Cup
Year:	1987–88
Country:	Bulgaria
Winners:	CSKA Sofia (13th cup)
Second:	Levski Sofia
Scoring Leader:	P. Aleksandrov (Slavia) N. Petrunov (Pirin) Stoyanov (Chernomorets) S. Draganov (Loko Pd) (5 goals each)
Prev Season:	1986–87
Next Season:	1988–89

The 1987–88 Bulgarian Cup was the 48th season of the Bulgarian Cup.^[1] CSKA Sofia won the competition, beating Levski Sofia 4–1 in the final at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia.^[2]

First round

Group 1

|-!colspan=5 style="background-color:#D0F0C0;" |19 August / 2 September 1987|-!colspan=5 style="background-color:#D0F0C0;" |30 September / 7 October 1987|}

• Vihren Sandanski was eliminated.

Group 2

|-!colspan=5 style="background-color:#D0F0C0;" |19 August / 2 September 1987|-!colspan=5 style="background-color:#D0F0C0;" |30 September / 7 October 1987|}

• Hebar Pazardzhik was eliminated.

Group 3

|-!colspan=5 style="background-color:#D0F0C0;" |19 August / 2 September 1987|-!colspan=5 style="background-color:#D0F0C0;" |30 September / 7 October 1987|}

• Litex Lovech was eliminated.

Group 4

|-!colspan=5 style="background-color:#D0F0C0;" |19 August / 2 September 1987|-!colspan=5 style="background-color:#D0F0C0;" |30 September / 7 October 1987|}

• Dobrudzha Dobrich was eliminated.

Group 5

|-!colspan=5 style="background-color:#D0F0C0;" |19 August / 2 September 1987|-!colspan=5 style="background-color:#D0F0C0;" |30 September / 7 October 1987|}

• Ludogorets Razgrad was eliminated.

Group 6

|-!colspan=5 style="background-color:#D0F0C0;" |19 August / 2 September 1987|-!colspan=5 style="background-color:#D0F0C0;" |30 September / 7 October 1987|}

• Tundzha Yambol was eliminated.

Group 7

|-!colspan=5 style="background-color:#D0F0C0;" |19 August / 2 September 1987|-!colspan=5 style="background-color:#D0F0C0;" |30 September / 7 October 1987|}

• Neftochimic Burgas was eliminated.

Group 8

|-!colspan=5 style="background-color:#D0F0C0;" |19 August / 2 September 1987|-!colspan=5 style="background-color:#D0F0C0;" |30 September / 7 October 1987|}

• Dimitrovgrad was eliminated.

Second round

|-!colspan=5 style="background-color:#D0F0C0;" |29 November / 12 December 1987|}

Third round

In this round include the four teams, who participated in the European tournaments (CSKA, Levski, Botev Plovdiv and Lokomotiv Sofia)

|-!colspan=4 style="background-color:#D0F0C0;" |23 December 1987|}

Quarter-finals

|-!colspan=4 style="background-color:#D0F0C0;" |February 1988|}

Final

See main article: 1988 Bulgarian Cup final.

Details

Notes and References

1. Web site: Купа на България 1987/88 . bulgarian-football.com . Bulgarian.
2. Web site: temasport.com. Боби сънува кошмари след трика на Патрика. 12 May 2016. Bulgarian. 12 May 2016. 9 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161009221518/http://temasport.com/news/view/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B8+%D1%81%D1%8A%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0+%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8++%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B4+%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0+%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0/news%3A39628. dead.