2020 Bulgarian Supercup

The 2020 Bulgarian Supercup will be the 17th Bulgarian Supercup, an annual Bulgarian football match played between the winners of the previous season's First Professional Football League and Bulgarian Cup. The game will be played between the champions of the 2019-20 First League, Ludogorets Razgrad, and the 2020 Bulgarian Cup winners, Lokomotiv Plovdiv.

2020 Bulgarian Supercup
Date2 August 2020
VenueHuvepharma Arena, Razgrad, Bulgaria
RefereeVolen Chinkov (Sofia)
Attendanceno spectators
WeatherSunny
26 °C (79 °F)[1]

This will be Ludogorets's eighth Bulgarian Supercup appearance and Lokomotiv Plovdiv's fourth. The two teams played each other twice: in 2012 and in last season. On both occasions Ludogorets won the trophy.

Lokomotiv Plovdiv won their second supercup following their success in 2004. The goal was scored by Dimitar Iliev.

Match details

Ludogorets Razgrad0−1Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Report D. Iliev  89'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Volen Chinkov (Sofia)
Ludogorets
Lokomotiv
GK33 Renan
RB22 Jordan Ikoko 64'
CB21 Dragoș Grigore 72'
CB5 Georgi Terziev (c)
LB6 Taleb Tawatha
CM7 Alex Santana 70'
CM12 Anicet Abel
RW95 Cauly
AM8 Dan Biton 70'
LW17 Jorginho 57'
CF13 Mavis Tchibota 61' 83'
Substitutes:
GK27 Vladislav Stoyanov
DF30 Cosmin Moți 70'
MF18 Svetoslav Dyakov 70'
MF64 Dominik Yankov 83'
MF82 Ivan Yordanov
FW28 Claudiu Keșerü 57'
Manager:
Pavel Vrba
GK71 Martin Lukov
CB61 Dinis Almeida
CB25 Lucas Masoero 64'
CB20 Miloš Petrović 25'
RM9 Bircent Karagaren
CM34 Petar Vitanov 15'
CM10 Parvizdzhon Umarbayev
LM50 Josip Tomašević
AM16 Lucas Salinas 90' 90+3'
CF14 Dimitar Iliev (c) 90'
CF77 Ante Aralica 73' 78'
Substitutes:
GK1 Ilko Pirgov
DF5 David Malembana 15'
MF7 Momchil Tsvetanov 90+3'
MF44 Nikolay Nikolaev
FW11 Kenan Muslimović
FW19 Georgi Minchev 78'
Manager:
Bruno Akrapović (formally)
Aleksandar Tunchev (de facto for the final)

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
  • Fourth official: Dragomir Draganov (Varna)

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Six named substitutes, of which five may be used

Post-match reactions

Lokomotiv Plovdiv owner Hristo Krusharski was overjoyed due to the victory, claiming that he had a premonition before the game, praising the collective efforts of the team and expressing the viewpoint that the "railwaymen" have great ambitions for the European tournaments and the next season in the league, hoping to make up for the disappointing finish outside the top 3 in the previous campaign.[2] Assistant manager Aleksandar Tunchev who was in charge of the team during the Supercup because of Bruno Akrapović serving a suspension expressed his gratitude to the players, some of whom were returning from a quarantine and also insisted that everyone should remain focused on the upcoming matches.[3] Lokomotiv captain Dimitar Iliev was satisfied that his team had been quite convincing and dominated the hosts from Razgrad unlike any other.[4] Sports director Georgi Ivanov regarded Lokomotiv's consistency as an indication of the team's class and expressed hope that the inertia the team had accumulated would carry over into the 2020/2021 season.[5] Ludogorets manager Pavel Vrba acknowledged issues with the team performance, especially when it came to the offensive players, as well as ill-discipline leading to the red card, though he also insisted that Jordan Ikoko had been provoked.[6] Ludogorets captain Svetoslav Dyakov considered his team's play to have been poor and emphasized the need for the right lessons to be drawn for the next matches.[7]

References

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