Last updated: 05.02.2001
State Cup (Darzhavna kupa) 1925-1943
During the period 1925-1937 and in 1943 the State Cup is given to the winner of the State
Championship. Here are the winners in these years:
1925: Vladislav (Varna)
1926: Vladislav (Varna)
1927: none (the championship doesn't finish)
1928: Slavia (Sofia)
1929: Botev (Plovdiv)
1930: Slavia (Sofia)
1931: none (the winner of the championship was decided with an awarded match)
1932: Shipchenski sokol (Varna)
1933: Levski (Sofia)
1934: Vladislav (Varna)
1935: Sportklub (Sofia)
1936: Slavia (Sofia)
1937: Levski (Sofia)
1943: Slavia (Sofia)
1938:
1st round (1/8 finals):
FK 13 (Sofia) - Lom (Lom) 3:0 awd
Tsar Krum (Byala Slatina) - Levski (Pleven) 0:3 awd
Sportklub (Tryavna) - Svetoslav (Stara Zagora) 3:1
Levski (Dupnitsa) - Pirinska sportna oblast XI 3:1
Levski (Ruse) - H.Slavchev (Pavlikeni) 7:5
Pobeda (Varna) - N.Simov (Targovishte) 4:0
Drazhev (Yambol) - Levski (Burgas) 0:4
Sportklub (Plovdiv) - Bulgaria (Haskovo) 5:0
2nd round (1/4 finals):
Pobeda (Varna) - Levski (Pleven) 2:3
Levski (Burgas) - Sportklub (Tryavna) 3:0
Sportklub (Plovdiv) - Levski (Ruse) 1:2
Levski (Dupnitsa) - FK 13 (Sofia) 0:1
3rd round (1/2 finals):
Levski (Ruse) - Levski (Burgas) 6:3
Levski (Pleven) - FK 13 (Sofia) 1:7
Final:
03.10.1938, Sofia:
FK 13 (Sofia) - Levski (Ruse) 3:0 awd *
* - Levski (Ruse)'s players left the pitch at 3:1 for FK 13, protesting against a referee's
decision. The goalscorers up to that point: [Asparuhov, Tabakov, Stoichkov - Toporov]
1939:
1st round:
Belite orli (Pleven) - Tsar Krum (Byala Slatina) 4:1
Orlovets (Gabrovo) - DVF (Kazanlak) 3:2
Drazhev (Yambol) - Levski (Burgas) 6:2
Botev (Haskovo) - Botev (Plovdiv) 3:2
Han Omurtag (Shumen) - Pobeda (Varna) 0:1
Shipka (Sofia) - Krakra (Pernik) 4:0
Levski (Ruse) - H.Slavchev (Pavlikeni) 3:2
Lom (Lom) bye
2nd round (1/4 finals):
Pobeda (Varna) - Orlovets (Gabrovo) 3:1
Botev (Haskovo) - Drazhev (Yambol) 1:2
Shipka (Sofia) - Lom (Lom) 1:1; 3:1
Levski (Ruse) - Belite orli (Pleven) 7:1
3rd round (1/2 finals):
Pobeda (Varna) - Levski (Ruse) 1:2
Shipka (Sofia) - Drazhev (Yambol) 5:2
Final:
03.10.1939, Sofia:
Shipka (Sofia) - Levski (Ruse) 2:0
[Tashkov, Petrov]
1940:
1st round:
Levski (Ruse) - Svetkavitsa (Targovishte) 8:1
Levski (Dupnitsa) - Sportklub (Plovdiv) 0:1
Tritsvet (Chirpan) - Botev (Haskovo) 6:0
Bdin (Vidin) - Tsar Krum (Byala Slatina) 1:0
Orlovets (Gabrovo) - Pobeda (Varna) 1:5
2nd round (1/4 finals):
Pobeda (Varna) - SP 39 (Pleven) 1:0
Sportklub (Plovdiv) - Tritsvet (Chirpan) 4:1
FK 13 (Sofia) - Botev (Yambol) 7:2
Bdin (Vidin) - Levski (Ruse) 1:4
3rd round (1/2 finals):
Levski (Ruse) - Sportklub (Plovdiv) 2:0
FK 13 (Sofia) - Pobeda (Varna) 2:0
Final:
03.10.1940, Sofia:
FK 13 (Sofia) - Levski (Ruse) npd *
* - Levski (Ruse) refused to play due to financial disputes with BFF. Because of this the
final is rescheduled and Sportklub (Plovdiv) is invited in Levski's place.
Final:
13.10.1940, Sofia:
FK 13 (Sofia) - Sportklub (Plovdiv) 2:1
[D.Nikolaev, Kr.Stoichkov - Bazovski (og)]
1941:
1st round:
Parchevich (Plovdiv) - Bulgaria (Haskovo) 3:0
Bdin (Vidin) - Belite orli (Pleven) 5:3
H.Slavchev (Pavlikeni) - Chardafon (Gabrovo) 3:1
Levski (Dupnitsa) - Makedonia (Skopie) 1:3
Napredak (Ruse) - Tsar Krum (Byala Slatina) 3:0 awd
2nd round:
Makedonia (Skopie) - Parchevich (Plovdiv) 12:2
Bdin (Vidin) - AS 23 (Sofia) 0:3
H.Slavchev (Pavlikeni) - Pobeda (Varna) 1:0
Napredak (Ruse) bye
3rd round (1/2 finals):
Napredak (Ruse) - Makedonia (Skopie) 1:0
AS 23 (Sofia) - H.Slavchev (Pavlikeni) 6:0
Final:
03.10.1941, Dobrich:
Napredak (Ruse) - AS 23 (Sofia) 2:4
[Mnaev 2 - L.Angelov 2, Kuzmanov, Vl.Todorov]
1942:
1st round:
Napredak (Ruse) - Lom (Lom) 3:2
Orel-Chegan 30 (Vratsa) - SP 39 (Pleven) 1:5
ZhSK (Gorna Oryahovitsa) - Chardafon (Gabrovo) 0:1
Makedonia (Bitolya) - ZhSK (Skopie) 2:1
Bulgaria (Haskovo) - Drazhev (Yambol) 2:0
2nd round (1/4 finals):
Levski (Sofia) - Bulgaria (Haskovo) 6:0
Makedonia (Bitolya) - Sportklub (Plovdiv) 0:3
SP 39 (Pleven) - Chardafon (Gabrovo) 3:0
Pobeda (Varna) - Napredak (Ruse) 1:3
3rd round (1/2 finals):
Napredak (Ruse) - Sportklub (Plovdiv) 0:1
SP 39 (Pleven) - Levski (Sofia) 3:3; 1:2
Final:
03.10.1942, Sofia:
Levski (Sofia) - Sportklub (Plovdiv) 3:0 awd *
* - Sportklub (Plovdiv)'s players left the pitch at 3:1 for Levski (Sofia), protesting
against the referee's decision to send off a Sportklub player. The goalscorers up to that
point: [B.Tsvetkov, V.Spasov, Stoyakov - St.Paunov]
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