1965–66 Bulgarian Cup

1965–66 Bulgarian Cup
Tournament details
Country	Bulgaria
Final positions
Champions	Slavia Sofia (4th cup)
Runner-up	CSKA Sofia
← 1964–65 1966–67 →

The 1965–66 Bulgarian Cup was the 26th season of the Bulgarian Cup (in this period the tournament was named Cup of the Soviet Army). Slavia Sofia won the competition, beating CSKA Sofia 1–0 in the final at the Vasil Levski National Stadium.^[1]

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
25 December 1965
Spartak Sofia	1–0	Pirin Blagoevgrad
Lokomotiv Sofia	3–0	Balkan Botevgrad
26 December 1965
Levski Sofia	3–1	Benkovski Isperih
Botev Vratsa	3–1	Rozova Dolina
Botev Plovdiv	5–4	Maritsa Plovdiv
Dobrudzha Dobrich	3–2	Cherno More Varna
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1–0	Gorubso Madan
Spartak Plovdiv	1–1 (4–3 p)	Arda Kardzhali
Minyor Vratsa	3–2	Spartak Pleven
Beroe Stara Zagora	2–0	Lokomotiv Burgas
Marek Dupnitsa	2–1	Minyor Pernik
Etar Veliko Tarnovo	2–1	Spartak Varna
CSKA Sofia	6–0	Velbazhd Kyustendil
Chernomorets Burgas	3–2	Sliven
Slavia Sofia	4–0	Montana
Dorostol Silistra	1–1 (6–6 p)¹	Dunav Ruse

¹Dorostol qualified by drawing lots.

Second round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
26 June 1966
Levski Sofia	0–0 (4–3 p)	Etar Veliko Tarnovo
Spartak Sofia	5–0	Dorostol Silistra
Slavia Sofia	1–0	Dobrudzha Dobrich
Spartak Plovdiv	1–1 (4–3 p)	Botev Vratsa
Beroe Stara Zagora	5–1	Marek Dupnitsa
CSKA Sofia	2–0	Minyor Vratsa
Lokomotiv Sofia	4–2	Chernomorets Burgas
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	3–3 (4–3 p)	Botev Plovdiv

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
13 August 1966
Slavia Sofia	6–1	Spartak Plovdiv
14 August 1966
Lokomotiv Sofia	3–2	Levski Sofia
Spartak Sofia	3–3 (7–5 p)	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
17 August 1966
CSKA Sofia	3–1	Beroe Stara Zagora

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
25 August 1966
Slavia Sofia	2–1	Spartak Sofia
CSKA Sofia	1–0	Lokomotiv Sofia

Final

Details

10 September 1966

Slavia Sofia	1−0	CSKA Sofia
Vasilev 3'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Kostadin Dinov (Sofia)

Slavia

CSKA

References

^ "Купа на Съветската армия 1965/66" (in Bulgarian). bulgarian-football.com.

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