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2012 Bulgarian Cup final 2011–12 Bulgarian Cup Lokomotiv Plovdiv A PFG 1 Ludogorets A PFG 2 16 May 2012 Lazur Burgas Marcelinho Stanislav Todorov 13,103football24.bg 13 103 души са наблюдавали финала за Купата http://football24.bg/novina/77567-13-103-dushi-sa-nabliudavali-finala-za-kupata-na-stadion-lazur 2012-05-17 bg 2011 2013
The 2012 Bulgarian Cup final was the 72nd final of the Bulgarian Cup, and was contested between Lokomotiv Plovdiv and Ludogorets Razgrad on 16 May 2012.
Ludogorets won the final 2–1, claiming their first Bulgarian Cup title.UEFA Ludogorets clinch maiden Bulgarian Cup http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=bul/news/newsid=1797762.html?rss=1797762+Ludogorets+clinch+maiden+Bulgarian+Cup https://web.archive.org/web/20120518003604/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=bul/news/newsid=1797762.html?rss=1797762+Ludogorets+clinch+maiden+Bulgarian+Cup dead May 18, 2012 2012-05-16 After Dakson opened the scoring after 18 minutes, Marcelinho equalised in the 72nd minute and scored second and winner, seven minutes later.
Route to the final
2011–12 Bulgarian Cup
Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Round Opposition ScoreSecond Chavdar Etropole (a) 0–2Third Dobrudzha Dobrich (a) 0–4Quarter-final Levski Sofia (h) 2–1 (aet) Semi-final Litex Lovech (a) 0–1
As an A PFG team, Lokomotiv Plovdiv entered the competition in the second round. Their opening match was a 2–0 away win against Chavdar Etropole. Mihail Venkov struck early in the first half, before Sergihno hit second in the 76th minute. Lokomotiv then travelled to face Dobrudzha Dobruch at Druzhba Stadium in the third round. Dragi Kotsev scored a hattrick and Jérémie Rodrigues netted one for a 4–0 win.macedonianfootball.com Hat-trick by Dragi Kocev of Lokomotiv Plovdiv http://macedonianfootball.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3919:hat-trick-by-dragi-kocev-of-lokomotiv-plovdiv&catid=13:international&Itemid=64 2011-12-03
Lokomotiv were drawn to play at home against Levski Sofia in the fourth round, with Levski dominating the first half through a Toni Calvo goal. Mihail Venkov scored a header in stoppage time for a 1–1. Venkov's goal meant the match was now drawn at 1–1 and with no further goals the match went into extra-time. Zdravko Lazarov scored second goal in the 92nd minute to give Lokomotiv a 2–1 victory and ensure their place in the semi-finals. Litex Lovech were the opponents in the semi-final. Youness Bengelloun headed in the 79th minute to give Lokomotiv a 1–0 victory and secure their place in the final for the first time since 1982.
Ludogorets
Round Opposition ScoreSecond Beroe (a) 0–1 (aet)Third Svetkavitsa (h) 5–1Quarter-final Botev Plovdiv (a) 0–3 Semi-final Septemvri Simitli (a) 1–4
Ludogorets – also an A PFG team – entered the competition in the second round too, where they were drawn at away to Beroe Stara Zagora. After a goalless 90 minutes, Miroslav Ivanov scored a winning goal in the extra-time. In the third round, their opponents were Svetkavitsa, whom Ludogorets beat 5–1 at Ludogorets Arena, courtesy of goals from Stanislav Genchev, Marcelinho, Emil Gargorov, Christian Kabasele and Ivan Stoyanov.ludogorets.com Ludogorets reached the quarter-finals after a goal fiesta http://www.ludogorets.com/news_en.html?news_group=4&full_news=155 2011-12-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20140518174400/http://www.ludogorets.com/news_en.html?news_group=4&full_news=155 2014-05-18 dead
Ludogorets's fourth round match was against Botev Plovdiv at the Hristo Botev Stadium in Plovdiv. Ludogorets took the lead after less than 22 minutes through Marcelinho, and further goals from Mihail Aleksandrov and Kabasele resulted in a comfortable 3–0 win. In the semi-final, Ludogorets beat Septemvri Simitli comfortably, winning 4–1.ludogorets.com Historical success: Ludogorets is going to the Cup of Bulgaria finals http://ludogorets.com/news_en.html?full_news=256 2012-04-11 https://archive.today/20120715035558/http://ludogorets.com/news_en.html?full_news=256 2012-07-15 dead Ludogorets took a two-goal lead in less than an hour after goals from Stoyanov and Kabasele. Own goal by Tero Mäntylä in the 59th minute made the score 2–1, but Stoyanov and Aleksandrov scored in the last 15 minutes to complete the win. The margin of victory was the biggest in a Bulgarian Cup round of 16 since 2011, and secured Ludogorets's first Bulgarian Cup Final.
Pre-match
Lokomotiv Plovdiv were appearing in the final for the fourth time and in all times had been beaten (in 1948, 1960, 1971 and 1982). Ludogorets were making their first appearance in the final. Their previous best was participation in the Round of 16, which had occurred one time.
Shumen-based referee Stanislav Todorov was named as the referee for the 2012 Bulgarian Cup Final on 16 May 2012.guardian.co.uk Lokomotiv Plovdiv threaten to boycott Cup final https://www.theguardian.com/football/feedarticle/10225350 2012-05-03 London 2008-04-21 His assistants for the final were Nikolay Petrov and Georgi Slavov, with Ivaylo Stoyanov as the fourth official.
Match
Details
16 May 2012 19:00 EET Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1–2 Ludogorets Razgrad Dakson 18 Marcelinho 72 79 Lazur, Burgas 13,103 Stanislav Todorov (Shumen)
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Ludogorets
Lokomotiv: GK 12BUL Ivan KaradzhovRB 2FRA Jérémie Rodrigues 73CB 5FRA Youness Bengelloun 0 89LB 4BUL Mihail VenkovCB 6 BUL Tanko Dyakov 52DM 16 BUL Hristo Zlatinski 83RM 23BUL Daniel Georgiev AM 87BRA Dakson 60LM 10 POR Serginho 64SS 11BUL Zdravko Lazarov (c) 62 CF 19 Guinea-Bissau Basile de Carvalho Substitutes:GK 1BUL Stoyan StavrevDF 3BUL Valeri Georgiev MF 7BUL Yordan Todorov 83MF 11BUL Ilian Yordanov DF 25BUL Angel Yoshev 52MF 29MKD Dragi Kotsev MF 44BUL Lyubomir Vitanov 60Manager:BUL Emil Velev File:300px Lokomotiv vs Ludogorets 16 05 2012.pngLudogorets: GK 1 SRB Uroš Golubović RB 20BRA Guilherme Choco CB 33 Slovakia Ľubomír Guldan 27 LB 25BUL Yordan Minev 81CB 5FRA Alexandre BartheCM 18BUL Svetoslav DyakovCM 8 BUL Stanislav Genchev RM 73BUL Ivan Stoyanov 90LM 22 BUL Miroslav Ivanov 45 59AM 84BRA MarcelinhoCF 23BUL Emil Gargorov (c)Substitutes:GK 13Czech Republic Radek PetrDF 4 FIN Tero Mäntylä MF 7 BUL Mihail Aleksandrov 59MF 19BUL Dimo Bakalov 90FW 27BEL Christian KabaseleMF 36Montenegro Mladen Kašćelan DF 77POR VitinhaManager:BUL Ivaylo Petev
MAN OF THE MATCH
Marcelinho
MATCH OFFICIALS
Assistant referees:
Nikolay Petrov
Georgi Slavov
Fourth official: Ivaylo StoyanovMATCH RULES
90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Seven named substitutes.
Maximum of three substitutions.
See also
2011–12 A Group
References
Category:Bulgarian Cup finals
Cup Final
Category:PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv matches
Category:PFC Ludogorets Razgrad matches