1985 Bulgarian Cup final

Football match

Event

1984–85 Bulgarian Cup

CSKA Sofia	Levski Sofia
A Group	A Group
2	1

Date

19 June 1985

Venue

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Referee

Ahmed Yasharov (Sofia)

Attendance

35,000

← 1984

1986 →

The 1985 Bulgarian Cup final was the 45th final of the Bulgarian Cup, and was contested between CSKA Sofia and Levski Sofia on 19 June 1985 at Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia. CSKA won the final 2–1.^[1]^[2]

Match

The game ran on high emotions fueled by the streak of consecutive victories of Levski over CSKA in the 2 years prior to the game. The controversial decisions of the referee led to confrontations both on the field and on the stands. By а decree of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party some of the leading players both of the Levski and CSKA teams were suspended from the sport for different lengths, including in the case of Hristo Stoichkov for life. The championship title of the club for 1985 was suspended. However, the suspensions were lifted in 1986. PFC Levski Sofia was renamed to Vitosha, while CSKA was renamed to Sredets, with the previous names being restored in 1989.

Details

19 June 1985

CSKA Sofia	2–1	Levski Sofia
Slavkov 26' Voynov 53'		Sirakov 82' (pen.)

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Ahmed Yasharov (Sofia)

CSKA

Levski


CSKA:
GK	1	Krasimir Dossev
DF	2	Krasimir Bezinski
MF	3	Radoslav Zdravkov		74'
DF	4	Vasil Tinchev
DF	5	Georgi Dimitrov (c)
MF	6	Kostadin Yanchev	78'
MF	7	Iliya Voynov
FW	8	Georgi Slavkov
MF	9	Lachezar Tanev
MF	10	Plamen Markov		89'
FW	11	Hristo Stoichkov
Substitutes:
DF		Pavlin Shoylevski		74'
MF		Yordan Dimitrov		89'
Manager:
Manol Manolov


Levski:
GK	1	Borislav Mihaylov
DF	2	Plamen Nikolov	73'
DF	3	Antoni Zdravkov		59'
DF	4	Petar Petrov
DF	5	Nikolay Iliev
MF	6	Emil Velev
MF	7	Rusi Gochev (c)
FW	8	Nasko Sirakov
FW	9	Mihail Valchev
MF	10	Emil Spasov	78'
MF	11	Nikolay Todorov		59'
Substitutes:
DF		Kalin Bankov		59'
MF		Miroslav Baychev		59'
Manager:
Vasil Metodiev

References

^ "ЦСКА бие "Левски" с 2:1 в скандалния мач през 1985 година" (in Bulgarian). blitz.bg. 19 June 2014.
^ "Архивите са живи: 30 години от кървавият финал между ЦСКА и Левски" (in Bulgarian). gol.bg. 19 June 2015.

Bulgarian Cup

Previous names: Tsar's Cup (1938–1942)
Soviet Army Cup (1945–1982)

Seasons

1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1958–59
1959–60
1960–61
1961–62
1962–63
1963–64
1964–65
1965–66
1966–67
1967–68
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–2000
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

Finals

v t e 1984–85 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	A Group B Group V Group
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final) Cup of the Soviet Army (Final)
European competitions	European Cup UEFA Cup Cup Winners' Cup Balkans Cup
Related to national team	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group 4) Ivan Vutsov
List of transfers

v t e CSKA Sofia matches
Bulgarian Cup finals	1949 1950 1951 1954 1955 1961 1965 1966 1969 1970 1972 1973 1974 1976 1978 1983 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1993 1997 1998 1999 2002 2004 2005 2006 2011 2016 2020 2021 2022
Bulgarian Supercup matches	1989 2005 2006 2008 2011 ~~2016~~ 2021
Cup of the Soviet Army finals	1985 1986 1989 1990

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