The 2017 Bulgarian Supercup was the 14th 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 was played between the champions of the 2016-17 First League, Ludogorets Razgrad, and the 2017 Bulgarian Cup winners, Botev Plovdiv.
This was Ludogorets's fifth Bulgarian Supercup appearance and Botev's second. Both teams already competed against each other for the 2014 Supercup final which ended with a 3−1 victory for Ludogorets. The 2017 game ended 1−1 in regular time and after 5−4 on penalties Botev clinched their first Supercup win.
Match details
GK 1 Jorge BrounRB 4 CicinhoCB 32 Ihor PlastunCB 30 Cosmin MoțiLB 6 Natanael CM 12 Anicet AbelCM 18 Svetoslav Dyakov (c) RW 88 WandersonAM 84 MarcelinhoLW 93 Virgil Misidjan CF 28 Claudiu Keșerü Substitutes:GK 33 Renan dos SantosDF 5 Georgi TerzievMF 8 Lucas SashaMF 10 Gustavo CampanharoFW 11 Juninho Quixadá FW 37 João Paulo MF 44 Jacek GóralskiManager: Georgi Dermendzhiev GK 22 Daniel KajzerRB 2 Tsvetomir PanovCB 70 Plamen Dimov CB 4 Viktor GenevLB 24 Lazar MarinCM 10 Serkan Yusein CM 7 Felipe Brisola RM 17 Lachezar Baltanov (c)AM 8 Todor Nedelev LM 11 Toni Tasev CF 9 Fernando VianaSubstitutes:GK 99 Ivan ČvorovićMF 6 Álvaro Juliano MF 14 Yaya Meledje DF 18 Radoslav TerzievDF 25 Krum Stoyanov MF 26 Radoslav ApostolovFW 79 Kristian DobrevManager: Nikolay Kirov
MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Diyan Valkov (Varna) Ivo Kolev (Sofia) Fourth official: Nikola Popov (Sofia)MATCH RULES 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes, of which three may be used
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