2016 Bulgarian Cup Final
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| Event | 2015–16 Bulgarian Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 24 May 2016 | ||||||
| Venue | Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia | ||||||
| Referee | Stanislav Todorov (Shumen) | ||||||
| Attendance | 33,345 | ||||||
The 2016 Bulgarian Cup Final was the 76th final of the Bulgarian Cup. The final took place on 24 May 2016 at Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia in front of 33,345 spectators. It was refereed by Stanislav Todorov, from Shumen.
The clubs contesting the final were Montana and CSKA Sofia. CSKA won the match 1–0 with goal from Stanislav Malamov, claiming their 20th Bulgarian Cup. The "redmen", however, will not be able to participate in the 2016-2017 edition of the UEFA Europa League due to a ban imposed by the UEFA Club Financial Control Body.
CSKA Sofia were appearing in their 32th Bulgarian Cup final and had won it on 19 of their previous 31 appearances. They also became only the fourth team from outside the A Group, since its foundation in 1948, to reach the final and the first team of third division.
For Montana, 2016 was their first appearance in a Bulgarian Cup final.
MATCH OFFICIALS
MATCH RULES
CSKA Sofia had more opportunities to score during the first half, with Montana starting to look more dangerous after the half hour mark. The unmarked Stanislav Malamov netted with a header what would turn out to be the winning goal in the 12th minute of the match after an Angel Granchov assist following a Boris Galchev corner kick.Momchil Tsvetanov and Preslav Yordanov then had chances to double CSKA's advantage, but their shots lacked accuracy. Ivan Minchev went close to finding an equalizer right before the half time break, with his free kick going just inches wide of the target.
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