2020–21 Bulgarian Cup


The 2020–21 Bulgarian Cup was the 39th official edition of the Bulgarian annual football knockout tournament. The competition began on 29 September 2020 with the preliminary round and finished with the final on 19 May 2021. Lokomotiv Plovdiv were the defending cup winners, but were eliminated after extra time by Ludogorets Razgrad in the quarter-finals. After CSKA Sofia missed out on the cup after losing last year's final, this time they won it against Arda Kardzhali for their 21st cup title and qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League.

Participating clubs

The following 46 teams qualified for the competition:

2020–21 First League
14 clubs		2020–21 Second League
16 non-reserve clubs		Winners of 4 regional competitions
16 clubs

Arda Kardzhali

Beroe Stara Zagora

Botev Plovdiv

Botev Vratsa

CSKA 1948 Sofia

CSKA Sofia

Cherno More Varna

Etar Veliko Tarnovo

Levski Sofia

Lokomotiv Plovdiv

Ludogorets Razgrad

Montana

Slavia Sofia

Tsarsko Selo Sofia
Dobrudzha Dobrich

Hebar Pazardzhik

Kariana Erden

Litex Lovech

Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa

Lokomotiv Sofia

Minyor Pernik

Neftochimic Burgas

Pirin Blagoevgrad

Septemvri Simitli

Septemvri Sofia

Sozopol

Sportist Svoge

Strumska Slava Radomir

Vitosha Bistritsa

Yantra Gabrovo
from North-East zone:
from North-West zone:
from South-West zone:
from South-East zone:

Matches

Preliminary round

The draw was conducted on 16 September 2020. The games were played between 29 September and 1 October 2020. In this stage the participants were the 16 winners from the regional amateur competitions and 15 non-reserve teams from Second League. During the draw, Partizan Cherven Bryag received a bye to the first round.
Originally set for 30 September 2020, the tie between Chernomorets Balchik and Vitosha Bistritsa was cancelled because on 28 September, Vitosha Bistritsa declared that it had disbanded its first team squad and cancelled its participation in the Second League and the Bulgarian Cup. On 30 September, it was confirmed that Chernomorets Balchik had received a bye into the first round, due to Vitosha's inability to fulfill the fixture.

Round of 32

The draw was conducted on 16 September 2020. The games were played between 20 October and 14 November 2020. In this stage the participants were the 15 winners from the preliminary round, the team which received a bye to this round as well as the 14 teams from First League and the remaining best-placed team from Second League. During the draw, the winner of the preliminary round game between Belasitsa Petrich and Litex Lovech received a bye to the second round.

Round of 16

The draw was conducted on 18 December 2020. The games were played between 1 and 4 March 2021. In this stage the participants were the 15 winners from the previous round, as well as Belasitsa Petrich, which received a bye to this round.

Quarter-finals

The draw was conducted on 4 March 2021. The games were played between 16 and 18 March 2021. In this stage the participants were the 8 winners from the previous round.

Semi-finals

The draw was conducted on 18 March 2021. The first legs were played on 6 and 7 April, while the second legs are scheduled for 13 and 14 April 2021.