Cup of Bulgarian Amateur Football League

Football tournament

Cup of the Bulgarian Amateur Football League
Купа на Аматьорската Футболна Λига
Organising body	Bulgarian Football Union
Founded	1994; 30 years ago (1994)
Region	Europe (UEFA)
Number of teams	V AFG teams + 4 zonal 4th div. winners
Current champions	Fratria (1st title)
Most successful club(s)	Dunav Ruse (2 titles) Pomorie (2 titles) Vitosha Bistritsa (2 titles)
Television broadcasters	None
Website	http://bfunion.bg/en/

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

Structure

All officially registered amateur football clubs in the country can participate. The tournament is held in three stages: regional qualifiers in September and October, play-offs involving regional leaders between November and March, and semi-finals and final in April and May. The matches from the final four stage of the competition are played on a neutral ground.

Winners

Chernomorets

Dimitrovgrad

Dunav

Fairplay

Haskovo

Kom

Kremikovtsi

Loko G.O.

Loviko

Malesh

Neftochimic

Pomorie

Ravda

Rodopa

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Locations of all AFL Cup 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
2002	Yantra Gabrovo	2-0	Rodopa Smolyan		175
2003	Pomorie	1-0	Bdin Vidin
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 Burgas	4-1	Kostinbrod	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
2007	Malesh Mikrevo	3-1	Benkovski Byala	Hadzhi Dimitar Stadium, Sliven	350
2008	Kom-Minyor	2-1	Chernomorets Nesebar	Todor Diev Stadium, Plovdiv
2009	Pomorie	4-1	Benkovski Byala	Ticha Stadium, Varna	250
2010	Ravda 1954	1-0	Dve Mogili	Hadzhi Dimitar Stadium, Sliven
2011	Neftochimic Burgas	2-2 (5-4 p)	Spartak Varna	Hadzhi Dimitar Stadium, Sliven	250
2012	Vitosha Bistritsa	2-1	Dve Mogili	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia	280
2013	Lokomotiv Mezdra	1-1 (6-5 p)	Orlovetz Pobeda	Akademik Stadium, Sofia
2014	Vereya Stara Zagora	2-0	Minyor Pernik	Botev 1912 Football 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^[1]
2017	Chernomorets Balchik	3-0	CSKA 1948	Trace Arena, Stara Zagora	350^[2]
2018	Arda Kardzhali	1-1 (5-4 p)	Kariana Erden	Ivaylo Stadium, Veliko Tarnovo	450^[3]
2019	Balkan Botevgrad	3-1	Suvorovo		300^[4]
2020	Zagorets Nova Zagora		Chernomorets Balchik
2021	Rozova Dolina Kazanlak	3-2	Marek Dupnitsa	Stadion Georgi Benkovski, Pazardzhik	700^[5]
2022	Vitosha Bistritsa	1-0	Dunav Ruse	Ivaylo Stadium, Veliko Tarnovo
2023	Lokomotiv G.O.	2-0	Sayana Haskovo	Stadion Bistritsa, Bistritsa	350
2024	Fratria	2-0	Akademik Svishtov	Ivaylo Stadium, Veliko Tarnovo

Multiple finalists

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Year(s) Won	Year(s) Lost
Dunav Ruse	2	1	2004, 2015	2022
Pomorie	2	0	2003, 2009
Vitosha Bistritsa	2	0	2012, 2022
Chernomorets Balchik	1	2	2017	2016, 2020
Fairplay Varna	1	1	2000	2001
Rodopa Smolyan	1	1	1998	2002
Rozova Dolina	1	1	2021	1999
Benkovski Byala	0	2		2007, 2009
Dve Mogili	0	2		2010, 2012
Minyor Pernik	0	2		2005, 2014

Winners by region

Region	Winners	Runners-up	Total finals	Last winning year	Last losing year
South-East	13	6	19	2021	2023
South-West	6	6	12	2022	2021
North-West	6	3	9	2023	2024
North-East	5	12	17	2024	2022

Region (Wins)	1994–95	1995–96	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999–00	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24
SE (13)				W	F	F	W	F	W	F	W	W		F	W	W	W			W		W		W		W	W		F
SW (6)	W		W								F	F	W					W		F	F		F		W		F	W
NW (6)		W			W			W	F					W					W					F					W	F
NE (5)				F		W	F			W			F		F	F	F	F	F		W	F	W		F	F		F		W
Region	1994–95	1995–96	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999–00	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24

External links

Zona90 - Bulgarian Portal For Amateur Football Archived 2016-03-31 at the Wayback Machine (in Bulgarian)
AFL Cup Statistics - Bulgarian-football.com (in Bulgarian)
Bulgarian Cup news from Topsport (in Bulgarian)

References

^ Bulgarian Amateur League Cup 2015-16 Bulgarian-Football.com Retrieved on 2017-08-21.
^ Bulgarian Amateur League Cup 2016-17 Bulgarian-Football.com Retrieved on 2017-08-21.
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