It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it.

If the winner has already secured a place through the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group, the team that has come fourth in the championship substitutes it.

The current cup holders are Botev Plovdiv, who beat Ludogorets Razgrad 3–2 in the 2024 final.

The championship was a knockout tournament in which the champions of the country's districts (oblasts) played in one-legged single-elimination rounds.

In 1946, Bulgaria, now a communist state, reformed its football league structure and competitions alike those in the Soviet Union.

The new Central Football Committee created the Soviet Army Cup (Bulgarian: Купа на Съветската армия, romanized: Kupa na Savetskata armiya) in time for the 1945-46 season.

Furthermore, CSKA Sofia hold the record for winning the most consecutive Bulgarian Cups (3 titles in a row), achieving that on two occasions, between 1972-1974 and 1987-1989.

Notes: From 1997 to 2011 the Bulgarian Cup was sponsored by the American car manufacturer Ford and its official distributor in Bulgaria Moto-Pfohe.