Kupa na Bulgaria 2025/26 - Third round (1/4 finals) - Statistics
CSKA 2-0 FK CSKA 1948
time: 10 February 2026, Tuesday, 18:00 EET, 1/0 C, cloudy
place: Natsionalen stadion "Vasil Levski", Sofia
referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov (Plovdiv); assistants: Miroslav Maksimov (Sandanski), Petar Mitrev (Sofia); fourth official: Martin Markov (Sofia)
video assistant referee: Mariyan Grebencharski (Samokov); assistant video assistant referee: Kristiyan Kolev (Plovdiv)
kits: red w/ dark red sleeves and shoulder edging, red, red (white numbers) ; white, white w/ black edging, white (red numbers)
captains: 19.Ivan Turitsov ; 2.Diego Medina
CSKA: 21.Fyodor Lapoukhov (GK) - 19.Ivan Turitsov (c), 5.Lumbardh Dellova, 14.Teodor Ivanov, 17.Ángelo Martino -
10.Max Ebong - 11.Mohamed Brahimi, 99.James Eto'o, 94.Isaac Solet, 38.Léo Pereira - 28.Ioannis Pittas.
bench: 25.Dimitar Evtimov (GK) - 3.Andrey Yordanov, 4.Adrián Lapeña, 91.Aleks Tunchev -
6.Bruno Jordão, 30.Petko Panayotov, 73.Ilian Iliev, 77.Alejandro Piedrahita - 9.Santiago Godoy.
coach: Hristo Yanev
Ts 1948: 13.Dimitar Sheytanov (GK) - 2.Diego Medina (c), 88.Adama Traoré, 21.Lasha Dvali, 15.Fourat Soltani -
8.Yohann Magnin - 17.José Martínez, 23.Florian Krebs, 20.Brian Sobrero, 77.Elias Franco - 9.Atanas Iliev.
bench: 1.Petar Marinov (GK) - 3.Juanmi Carrión, 4.André Hoffmann -
10.Borislav Tsonev, 11.Georgi Rusev, 19.Marto Boychev, 34.Petar Vitanov, 67.Frédéric Maciel - 93.Mamadou Diallo.
coach: Yuriy Vasev (in effect Ivan Stoyanov)
tactics: cska: 21 - 19, 5, 14, 17 - 10 - 11, 99, 94, 38 - 28; (4-1-4-1)
t48: 13 - 2, 88, 21, 15 - 8 - 17, 23, 20, 77 - 9; (4-1-4-1)
events:
1-0 - 9 - 28.Ioannis Pittas (right/open play/11.Mohamed Brahimi/pass)
sub - 30 - '1 3.Juanmi Carrión on 15.Fourat Soltani t48 /injury/ - same position
yc - 44 - 94.Isaac Solet cska (holding an opponent with hand)
+ 5 min
sub - ht - 11.Georgi Rusev on 17.José Martínez t48 - same position
sub - ht - 10.Borislav Tsonev on 23.Florian Krebs t48 - same position
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yc - 51 - 77.Elias Franco t48 (foul stopping a promising attack)
sub - 60 - '2 93.Mamadou Diallo on 9.Atanas Iliev t48 - same position
yc - 61 - 38.Léo Pereira cska (dissent)
sub - 71 - '1 30.Petko Panayotov on 94.Isaac Solet cska -> 11, 30, 99, 38
2-0 - 74 - 10.Max Ebong (head/corner/30.Petko Panayotov/pass)
sub - 74 - '3 19.Marto Boychev on 8.Yohann Magnin t48 -> 10 - 11, 19, 20, 77
sub - 82 - '2 9.Santiago Godoy on 28.Ioannis Pittas cska - same position
sub - 82 - '2 3.Andrey Yordanov on 38.Léo Pereira cska - same position
sub - 90+1 - '3 73.Ilian Iliev on 99.James Eto'o cska
sub - 90+1 - '3 4.Adrián Lapeña on 11.Mohamed Brahimi cska -> 4 - 73, 30, 10, 3
+ 5 min
abbreviations and event notes
Botev (Vr) 2-3 Arda
time: 11 February 2026, Wednesday, 15:00 EET, 0/1 C, fog
place: "Hristo Botev" st., Vratsa
referee: Dragomir Draganov (Varna); assistants: Miroslav Simeonov (Varna), Teodor Petrov (Silistra); fourth official: Todor Kirov (Varna)
video assistant referee: Ventsislav Mitrev (Sofia); assistant video assistant referee: Stanimir Trenchev (Sofia)
kits: green w/ dark green vert.area through the middle and white edging, green, green (white numbers) ; sky blue w/ white edging, white w/ dark blue edging, sky blue (dark blue numbers)
captains: 44.Ivan Goranov ; 1.Anatoliy Gospodinov (GK)
Botev Vr: 1.Lyubomir Vasilev (GK) - 22.Martin Stoychev, 36.Milen Stoev, 88.Lazar Boyanov, 44.Ivan Goranov (c) -
12.Ilia Yurukov, 33.Kristiyan Malinov - 17.José Gallegos, 21.Radoslav Tsonev, 3.Sainey Sanyang - 79.Martin Petkov.
bench: 94.Marin Orlinov (GK) - 16.Kristiyan Peshov, 77.Rosen Marinov -
8.Antoan Stoyanov, 24.Martin Smolenski, 81.Kassim Hadji, 97.Vladislav Naydenov - 9.Daniel Genov, 19.Yoan Bornosuzov.
coach: Todor Simov
Arda: 1.Anatoliy Gospodinov (GK) (c) - 2.Gustavo Cascardo, 93.Félix Eboa Eboa, 24.Martin Paskalev, 21.Vyacheslav Velyev -
80.Lachezar Kotev, 18.Cəlal Hüseynov - 99.Birsent Karagaren, 39.Antonio Vutov, 8.Atanas Kabov - 17.Patrick Luan.
bench: 12.Ivaylo Nedelchev (GK) - 6.Plamen Krachunov, 23.Emil Viyachki, 35.Dimitar Velkovski -
11.André Shinyashiki, 26.Burak Akandzha, 71.Ivelin Popov - 30.Wilson Samaké.
coach: Aleksandar Tunchev
tactics: bot: 1 - 22, 36, 88, 44 - 12, 33 - 17, 21, 3 - 79; (4-2-3-1)
arda: 1 - 2, 93, 24, 21 - 80, 18 - 99, 39, 8 - 17; (4-2-3-1)
events:
0-1 - 5 - 93.Félix Eboa Eboa (head/free kick/no assist)
1-1 - 25 - 21.Radoslav Tsonev PENALTY - upper middle placed, 1.Anatoliy Gospodinov left (right/penalty/17.Patrick Luan handballs)
2-1 - 27 - 3.Sainey Sanyang (left/open play/21.Radoslav Tsonev/pass)
2-2 - 36 - 24.Martin Paskalev (head/corner/39.Antonio Vutov/pass)
yc - 45+2 - 22.Martin Stoychev bot (holding an opponent with hand)
+ 4 min
2-3 - 51 - 80.Lachezar Kotev (right/open play/no assist)
yc - 63 - 33.Kristiyan Malinov bot (reckless foul)
sub - 68 - '1 9.Daniel Genov on 22.Martin Stoychev bot
sub - 68 - '1 97.Vladislav Naydenov on 88.Lazar Boyanov bot
sub - 68 - '1 8.Antoan Stoyanov on 33.Kristiyan Malinov bot -> 97, 36, 44, 3 - 12, 8 - 17, 21, 9
sub - 71 - '1 30.Wilson Samaké on 17.Patrick Luan arda
sub - 71 - '1 11.André Shinyashiki on 8.Atanas Kabov arda -> 11, 39, 99 - 30
yc - 78 - 2.Gustavo Cascardo arda (kicking the ball away after play is stopped)
sub - 78 - '2 24.Martin Smolenski on 21.Radoslav Tsonev bot - same position
sub - 83 - '2 6.Plamen Krachunov on 2.Gustavo Cascardo arda
sub - 84 - '2 35.Dimitar Velkovski on 99.Birsent Karagaren arda -> 21, 93, 6, 24, 35 - 11, 80, 18, 39; (5-4-1)
sub - 85 - '3 19.Yoan Bornosuzov on 12.Ilia Yurukov bot -> 17, 8, 24, 9 - 19, 79; (4-4-2)
yc - 90 - 44.Ivan Goranov bot (foul stopping a promising attack)
sub - 90+1 - '3 23.Emil Viyachki on 39.Antonio Vutov arda -> 11, 23, 18, 80
+ 5 min
abbreviations and event notes
Ludogorets 1-0 Levski (Sf)
time: 11 February 2026, Wednesday, 18:00 EET, 6/3 C, clear
place: "Huvepharma arena" st., Razgrad
referee: Volen Chinkov (Sofia); assistants: Deniz Sokolov (Sofia), Georgi Doynov (Veliko Tarnovo); fourth official: Georgi Davidov (Veliko Tarnovo)
video assistant referee: Stoyan Arsov (Sofia); assistant video assistant referee: Gero Piskov (Sofia)
kits: green w/ white lower third and white edging, green w/ white edging, green w/ white edging (white numbers) ; white w/ sky blue mesh and shoulder edging, white w/ sky blue edging, white w/ sky blue edging (black numbers)
captains: 30.Pedro Naressi ; 70.Georgi Kostadinov
Ludog.: 39.Hendrik Bonmann (GK) - 17.Francisco Son, 24.Olivier Verdon, 4.Dinis Almeida, 27.Vinícius Nogueira -
30.Pedro Naressi (c), 23.Deroy Duarte - 99.Stanislav Ivanov, 14.Petar Stanić, 11.Caio Vidal - 9.Kwadwo Duah.
bench: 1.Sergio Padt (GK) - 2.Joel Andersson, 3.Anton Nedyalkov, 55.Idan Nachmias -
18.Ivaylo Chochev, 26.Filip Kaloč, 37.Bernard Tekpetey, 77.Erick Marcus - 12.Rwan Cruz.
coach: Per-Mathias Høgmo
Levski: 78.Martin Lukov (GK) - 71.Olivier Kamdem, 50.Kristian Dimitrov, 31.Nikola Serafimov, 3.Maicon dos Santos -
70.Georgi Kostadinov (c), 18.Gašper Trdin - 99.Radoslav Kirilov, 47.Akram Bouras, 17.Everton Bala - 12.Mustapha Sangaré.
bench: 92.Svetoslav Vutsov (GK) - 21.Aldair Neves -
8.Carlos Ohene, 10.Asen Mitkov, 11.Armstrong Oko-Flex, 22.Mazire Soula, 37.Rildo Filho, 95.Karl Fabien - 9.Juan Perea.
coach: Julio Velázquez
tactics: lud: 39 - 17, 24, 4, 27 - 30, 23 - 99, 14, 11 - 9; (4-2-3-1)
lev: 78 - 71, 50, 31, 3 - 70, 18 - 99, 47, 17 - 12; (4-2-3-1)
events:
yc - 1 - 71.Olivier Kamdem lev (foul stopping a promising attack)
1-0 - 7 - 11.Caio Vidal (right/open play/17.Francisco Son/pass)
+ 3 min
sub - ht - 22.Mazire Soula on 70.Georgi Kostadinov lev
sub - ht - 21.Aldair Neves on 71.Olivier Kamdem lev -> 21, 50, 31, 3 - 18, 47 - 99, 22, 17
cap - ht - 50.Kristian Dimitrov lev
sub - ht - 3.Anton Nedyalkov on 99.Stanislav Ivanov lud -> 17, 24, 4, 3 - 30, 23 - 11, 14, 27
cap - ht - 3.Anton Nedyalkov lud
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yc - 55 - 50.Kristian Dimitrov lev (reckless foul)
sub - 58 - '1 11.Armstrong Oko-Flex on 99.Radoslav Kirilov lev - same position
yc - 60 - 31.Nikola Serafimov lev (foul stopping a promising attack)
yc - 63 - 30.Pedro Naressi lud (reckless foul)
yc - 65 - 3.Anton Nedyalkov lud (holding an opponent with hand)
sub - 66 - '1 18.Ivaylo Chochev on 9.Kwadwo Duah lud
sub - 67 - '1 26.Filip Kaloč on 30.Pedro Naressi lud -> 26, 23 - 11, 18, 27 - 14
yc - 71 - 11.Caio Vidal lud (striking an opponent's head with hand)
sub - 75 - '2 9.Juan Perea on 12.Mustapha Sangaré lev - same position
yc - 77 - 47.Akram Bouras lev (dissent)
sub - 78 - '2 12.Rwan Cruz on 14.Petar Stanić lud - same position
sub - 78 - '2 77.Erick Marcus on 27.Vinícius Nogueira lud - same position
sub - 87 - '3 95.Karl Fabien on 31.Nikola Serafimov lev -> 21, 50, 18, 3 - 95, 47, 22, 11 - 17, 9; (4-4-2)
+ 6 min
abbreviations and event notes
Lokomotiv (Pd) 1-0 Botev (Pd)
time: 12 February 2026, Thursday, 18:00 EET, 6/6 C, cloudy
place: "Lokomotiv" st., Plovdiv
referee: Georgi Kabakov (Plovdiv); assistants: Martin Margaritov (Plovdiv), Martin Venev (Sofia); fourth official: Georgi Stoyanov (Plovdiv)
video assistant referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia); assistant video assistant referee: Valentin Zhelezov (Burgas)
kits: white-black vert.stripe, white w/ black edging, white (black numbers) ; yellow w/ black shoulder stripe, yellow w/ black edging, black-yellow hor.stripe (black numbers)
captains: 39.Parvizdzhon Umarbayev ; 8.Todor Nedelev
Loko Pd: 1.Bojan Milosavljević (GK) - 23.Martin Ruskov, 4.Andrei Chindriș, 5.Todor Pavlov -
2.Adrián Cova, 22.Ivaylo Ivanov, 12.Efe Ali, 7.Sevi Idriz - 39.Parvizdzhon Umarbayev (c) - 11.Zapro Dinev, 99.Julien Lamy.
bench: 40.Petar Zovko (GK) - 44.Denis Kirashki -
3.Miha Trdan, 10.Gianni Touma, 16.Valeri Bozhinov, 33.Martin Atanasov - 9.Aksel Velev, 19.Mariyan Vangelov, 29.Joël Zwarts.
coach: Dušan Kosič
Botev Pd: 29.Daniel Naumov (GK) - 42.Ivaylo Videv, 87.Simeon Petrov, 19.Antoine Conté - 14.Carlos Algarra -
17.Nikolay Minkov, 8.Todor Nedelev (c), 11.Pedro Igor, 38.Konstantinos Balogiannis - 7.Nikola Iliev, 30.Franklin Mascote.
bench: 1.Hristiyan Slavkov (GK) - 4.Nikola Soldo, 27.Bryan-Anthony Hein -
10.Emerson Rodríguez, 13.Samuil Tsonov, 45.Edson Silva, 77.Lucas Araújo, 90.Samuel Kalu - 9.Aleksa Maraš.
coach: Dimitar Dimitrov
tactics: lok: 1 - 23, 4, 5 - 2, 22, 12, 7 - 39 - 11, 99; (3-4-1-2)
bot: 29 - 42, 87, 19 - 14 - 17, 8, 11, 38 - 7, 30; (3-1-4-2)
events:
1-0 - 7 - 39.Parvizdzhon Umarbayev (left/corner/no assist)
+ 5 min
sub - ht - 27.Bryan-Anthony Hein on 11.Pedro Igor bot -> 17, 8, 38, 27 - 30, 7
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yc - 58 - 22.Ivaylo Ivanov lok (foul stopping a promising attack)
yc - 59 - 7.Nikola Iliev bot (striking an opponent's head with hand)
sub - 65 - '1 33.Martin Atanasov on 5.Todor Pavlov lok - same position
sub - 65 - '1 9.Aleksa Maraš on 19.Antoine Conté bot -> 17, 42, 87, 27 - 8, 14, 38, 7 - 30, 9; (4-4-2)
sub - 71 - '2 3.Miha Trdan on 11.Zapro Dinev lok
sub - 71 - '2 29.Joël Zwarts on 12.Efe Ali lok /injury/ -> 2, 3, 22, 7 - 39 - 99, 29
yc - 77 - 87.Simeon Petrov bot (dissent)
yc - 79 - 33.Martin Atanasov lok (foul stopping a promising attack)
sub - 80 - '2 90.Samuel Kalu on 30.Franklin Mascote bot - same position
sub - 81 - '2 10.Emerson Rodríguez on 7.Nikola Iliev bot - same position
yc - 82 - 29.Daniel Naumov (GK) bot (unsporting behaviour - provoking an opponent)
yc - 82 - 4.Andrei Chindriș lok (obstruction)
yc - 83 - 8.Todor Nedelev bot (unsporting behaviour - pushing an opponent)
yc - 90+1 - 39.Parvizdzhon Umarbayev lok (reckless foul)
sub - 90+2 - '3 10.Gianni Touma on 7.Sevi Idriz lok - same position
rc - 90+6 - 38.Konstantinos Balogiannis bot (serious foul play) -> 29 - 17, 42, 87, 27 - 90, 8, 14, 10 - 9; (4-1-4-1)
+ 7 min
abbreviations and event notes
Abbreviations and event notes:
yc - yellow card
rc - red card
sub - substitution
'1/'2/'3 - the substitution is part of the first/second/third allowed break for substitutions for the respective team
same position - the substitution does not lead to any tactical changes
lws - left without a substitute (usually due to injury after all allowed substitutions are used by the team)
tct - a change to a team's tactical formation
cap - new captain
mp - missed penalty
ref - new referee (usually following an injury)
ar - new assistant referee (usually following an injury)
var - beginning and end of a VAR review and the decisions it yielded
cnc - cancelled event (usually following a var review)
ht - the event takes place during the half-time break
br - the event takes place during the break between extra time periods
pen - the event takes place during the penalty shoot-out
ft - the event takes place after full time
stp - the match is stopped
res - the match is resumed
abd - the match is abandoned
+ X min. - there have been X minutes of added time played for that half
about penalty kick direction notes - the point of view of the penalty taker is always considered, with the goal being divided into 6 areas,
in which the ball can be directed to - upper left, upper middle, upper right, lower left, lower middle and lower right;
while the penalty kick might be either placed (i.e. weaker shot) or taken with force.
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