5 Leva Soccer Cup

Issued to mark Bulgaria's hosting of the 1980 FIFA World Youth Championship — a tournament won by the Soviet Union, with Diego Maradona's Argentina taking the runner-up position the previous year in Japan. Bulgaria had secured hosting rights as part of a broader effort by the communist government to leverage international sporting events for domestic prestige during this period of Olympic-era political maneuvering.

The copper-nickel composition was standard for Bulgarian commemoratives of this decade, most of which saw limited circulation outside collector channels.