1959 Bulgarian Cup final

Football match

Event

1958–59 Bulgarian Cup

Levski Sofia	Spartak Plovdiv

1	0

Date

2 May 1959

Venue

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Referee

Antonín Ružička (Czechoslovakia)

Attendance

40,000

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The 1959 Bulgarian Cup final was the 19th final of the Bulgarian Cup (in this period the tournament was named Cup of the Soviet Army), and was contested between Levski Sofia and Spartak Plovdiv on 2 May 1959 at Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia. Levski won the final 1–0.^[1]

Route to the Final

Levski		Round	Spartak Plovdiv
Opponent	Result		Opponent	Result
Botev Vratsa	1–0 away	Round of 32	Minyor Pernik	1–0 away
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	4–0 home	Round of 16	Akademik Sofia	4–1 home
Lokomotiv Sofia	3–2 home	Quarter-finals	Sliven	2–0 away
Spartak Varna	2–1 home	Semi-finals	Spartak Pleven	1–0 home

Match

Details

2 May 1959

Levski Sofia	1−0	Spartak Plovdiv
Peev 73'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Antonín Ružička (Czechoslovakia)

Levski

Spartak


GK	1	Ivan Derventski
DF	2	Pavel Vasilev
DF	3	Blagoy Filipov
DF	4	Boris Apostolov
MF	5	Yoncho Arsov (c)
MF	6	Ivan Georgiev
MF	8	Stefan Abadzhiev
MF	10	Hristo Iliev
FW	7	Georgi Sokolov
FW	9	Dimitar Yordanov
FW	11	Aleksandar Kostov	46'
Substitutes:
FW	--	Peyo Peev	46'
Manager:
Georgi Pachedzhiev


GK	1	Vasil Stoynov
DF	2	Ivan Ivanov (c)
DF	3	Ivan Manolov
DF	4	Atanas Manolov	46'
MF	5	Dimitar Dimov
MF	6	Georgi Statev
MF	8	Bozhidar Mitkov
MF	10	Dimitar Vasilev
FW	7	Tsonyo Stoynov
FW	9	Mihail Dushev
FW	11	Nayden Naydenov
Substitutes:
DF	--	Georgi Botev
Manager:
Panayot Tanev

References

^ "16-годишният син на Поцо става син кумир" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 22 October 2015.

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v t e 1958–59 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	A Group B Group V Group
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final)
European competitions	European Cup
List of transfers

v t e PFC Levski Sofia matches
Bulgarian Cup Finals	1942 1946 1947 1949 1950 1953 1956 1957 1959 1965 1967 1969 1970 1971 1974 1976 1977 1979 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1991 1992 1994 1996 1997 1998 2000 2002 2003 2005 2007 2013 2015 2018 2022
Bulgarian Supercups	2005 2006 2007 2009 2022
Cup of the Soviet Army finals	1984 1987 1988