Bulgarian Cup | |
Year: | 2024–25 |
Other Title: | Sesame Купа на България |
Country: | Bulgaria |
Num Teams: | 48 |
Matches: | 32 |
Goals: | 97 |
Top Goal Scorer: | Zapro Dinev (4 goals) |
Prevseason: | 2023–24 |
Nextseason: | 2025–26 |
The 2024–25 Bulgarian Cup is the 43rd official edition of the Bulgarian annual football knockout tournament. It is sponsored by Sesame and known as the Sesame Kupa na Bulgaria for sponsorship purposes.[1] The competition began on 13 October 2024 with the preliminary round and will finish with the final on 22 May 2025.[2] Botev Plovdiv are the defending cup winners. The winner qualifies for the first qualifying round of the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League.
The following 48 teams qualified for the competition:[3]
2024–25 First League 16 clubs | 2024–25 Second League 16 non-reserve clubs | Winners of 4 regional competitions 16 clubs | |
Arda Beroe Botev Plovdiv Botev Vratsa CSKA 1948 CSKA Sofia Cherno More Hebar Krumovgrad Levski Sofia Lokomotiv Plovdiv Lokomotiv Sofia Ludogorets Razgrad Septemvri Sofia Slavia Sofia Spartak Varna | Belasitsa Dobrudzha Dunav Ruse Etar Fratria Varna Lovech Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa Marek Minyor Pernik Montana Nesebar Pirin Blagoevgrad Spartak Pleven Sportist Svoge Strumska Slava Yantra | from North-East zone:
from North-West zone:
from South-West zone: from South-East zone: |
The draw was conducted on 24 September 2024.[4] In this stage, the participants are the 16 winners from the regional amateur competitions and 16 non-reserve teams from the Second League. The games were played on 13 October 2024.[5] [6]
The draw for this stage was conducted on 24 September 2024. The participants are the 16 preliminary round winners and the 16 First League teams. The games will be played between 28 October and 14 November 2024.[7] [8]
The draw was conducted on 7 November 2024.[9] The games should be played between 13 and 16 December 2024.[10] In this stage the participants are the 16 winners from the previous round.