1978–79 Bulgarian Cup

The 1978–79 Bulgarian Cup was the 39th season of the Bulgarian Cup (in this period the tournament was named Cup of the Soviet Army).^[1] Levski Sofia won the competition, beating Beroe Stara Zagora 4–1 in the final at the Vasil Levski National Stadium.^[2]

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2	Place
23 December 1978
Cherno More Varna	0–1	Marek Dupnitsa	Plovdiv
Lokomotiv Sofia	0–1	Levski Sofia	Sofia
Akademik Sofia	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Akademik Svishtov	Botevgrad
Chernomorets Burgas	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	Haskovo	Belovo
Asenovets Asenovgrad	1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p)	Chavdar Troyan	Stara Zagora
Slavia Sofia	2–1	Botev Ihtiman	Dupnitsa
Botev Vratsa	2–4	Beroe Stara Zagora	Sevlievo
CSKA Sofia	3–1	Hebar Pazardzhik	Blagoevgrad

Team 1	Score	Team 2	Place
3 February 1979
Levski Sofia	2–0	Akademik Sofia	Sofia
Chavdar Troyan	0–2	Beroe Stara Zagora	Yambol
Marek Dupnitsa	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Slavia Sofia	Velingrad
Haskovo	0–1	CSKA Sofia	Karlovo

Team 1	Score	Team 2	Place
4 April 1979
Levski Sofia	2–1	CSKA Sofia	Sofia
Beroe Stara Zagora	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Marek Dupnitsa	Plovdiv

Team 1	Score	Team 2
1979
Marek Dupnitsa	1–0	CSKA Sofia

23 May 1979

Levski Sofia	4−1	Beroe Stara Zagora
Panov 30', 60', 68' Gochev 47'		Stoyanov 29'

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Anatoli Kadetov (Soviet Union)

Levski

Beroe

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 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 2024–25 2025–26
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1978–79 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	A Group B Group V Group
Domestic cups	(Final)
European competitions	European Cup UEFA Cup Cup Winners' Cup Balkans Cup 1977–78 1979–80
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 1980 qualification (Group 1) Cvetan Ilchev
List of transfers

1978–79 in European football (UEFA)
« 1977–78 1979–80 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '78 '79 England Faroe Islands '78 '79 Finland '78 '79 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '78 '79 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '78 '79 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '78 '79 Spain Sweden '78 '79 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '78 '79 Finland '78 '79 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '78 '79 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '78 '79 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '77–'78 '79–'80