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2017–18 Macedonian Football Cup
Tournament details
Country	Macedonia
Dates	16 August 2017 –; 23 May 2018
Teams	31
Defending champions	Pelister
Final positions
Champions	Shkëndija (2nd title)
Runner-up	Pelister
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	89 (3.87 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Besart Ibraimi; (8 goals)
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The 2017–18 Macedonian Football Cup was the 26th season of Macedonia's football knockout competition. Pelister are the defending champions, having won their second title in the previous year.

Competition calendar

Round	Date(s)	Fixtures	Clubs	New entries
First Round	16, 30, 31 August 2017^[1]	15	31 → 15	31
Second Round	13 September & 18 October 2017^[2]	16	15 → 8	1
Quarter-finals	8, 29 November 2017	8	8 → 4	none
Semi-finals	14 March & 11 April 2018	4	4 → 2	none
Final	23 May 2018^[3]	1	2 → 1	none

First round

The matches were played on 16 and 30 August 2017.^[1]^[4]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
16 August 2017
SSK Nova (3)	0–6	Akademija Pandev (1)
Borec (2)	4–0	Vëllazërimi 77 (2)
Kozhuf (2)	1–1 (6–5 p)	Novaci (2)
Vardar Negotino (3)	3–5	Gorno Lisiche (2)
Belasica (2)	1–3	Pelister (1)
Plachkovica (2)	0–4	Pobeda (1)
Osogovo (2)	1–2	Bregalnica Shtip (2)
Mogila (3)	0–6	Sileks (1)
Struga (2)	1–0	Makedonija G.P. (2)
Ohrid (3)	0–3 (w/o)	Skopje (1)
Zajazi (2)	2–4	Shkupi (1)
Teteks (2)	2–1	Horizont Turnovo (2)
Tikvesh (2)	0–1	Renova (1)
30 August 2017
Gostivar (2)	0–2	Shkëndija (1)
31 August 2017
Lokomotiva (2)	1–4	Vardar (1)
N/A
Rabotnichki (1)	bye

Second round

The first legs were played on 13 September and the second legs were played on 18 October 2017.^[2]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bregalnica Shtip (2)	3–8	Pobeda (1)	2–3	1–5
Skopje (1)	6–0	Gorno Lisiche (2)	3–0	3–0
Kozhuf (2)	4–5	Teteks (2)	2–2	2–3
Pelister (1)	7–3	Borec (2)	4–2	3–1
Rabotnichki (1)	2–2 (2–3 p)	Shkëndija (1)	1–1	1–1
Renova (1)	5–4	Struga (2)	3–2	2–2
Sileks (1)	1–5	Akademija Pandev (1)	1–0	0–5
Vardar (1)	3–1	Shkupi (1)	1–1	2–0

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 8 November and the second legs were played on 29 November 2017.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Teteks (2)	1–6	Akademija Pandev (1)	0–2	1–4
Renova (1)	4–1	Skopje (1)	2–0	2–1
Pelister (1)	7–4	Pobeda (1)	5–2	2–2
Vardar (1)	1–5	Shkëndija (1)	1–1	0–4

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 14 March 2018 and the second legs were played on 11 April 2018.

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Shkëndija (1)	3–1	Renova (1)	1–1	2–0
Pelister (1)	3–3 (3–2 p)	Akademija Pandev (1)	2–1	1–2

Matches

14 March 2018

14:00 CET

Shkëndija (1)	1–1	Renova (1)
Emini 26'	Report	Stojanovski 12'

Gradski stadion, Tetovo

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Josip Barton (Tetovo)

11 April 2018

15:00 CEST

Renova (1)	0–2	Shkëndija (1)
	Report	Ibraimi 48', 62' (pen.)

Gradski stadion, Tetovo

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Skopje)

Shkëndija won 3–1 on aggregate.

14 March 2018

14:00 CET

Pelister (1)	2–1	Akademija Pandev (1)
Manevski 61' Ilijovski 89'	Report	Atanasov 31'

Stadion Tumbe Kafe, Bitola

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Dimitar Mechkarovski (Skopje)

11 April 2018

16:00 CEST

Akademija Pandev (1)	2–1	Pelister (1)
Atanasov 73' Krstovski 89'	Report	Markovski 62'
Penalties
Baldovaliev Atanasov Cheshmedjiev Dimov Krstovski Doriev Atanasovski	2–3	Manevski Trifunovski Markovski Todorovski Konjarski Dragarski Markoski

Stadion Kukush, Turnovo

Attendance: 500

Referee: Dimitar Mechkarovski (Skopje)

3–3 on aggregate. Pelister won 3–2 in penalty shootout.

Final

23 May 2018

20:00 CEST

Pelister (1)	0–3	Shkëndija (1)
	Report	Musliu 20', 72' Ibraimi 52'

Stadion Mladost, Strumica

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Marjan Markoski (Ohrid)

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 23 May 2018

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Besart Ibraimi	Shkendija	8
2	Zoran Baldovaliev	Akademija Pandev	5
2	Aleksandar Mishov	Akademija Pandev	5
4	Lucas Cardoso	Pelister	4
5	Riste Ilijovski		3
	Borche Manevski
	Goran Zdravkov	Bregalnica
	Burhan Mustafov	Pobeda Prilep
	Aleksandar Panovski	Borec
	Visar Musliu	Shkëndija
	Altin Lloga	Struga

References

^ ^a ^b "Ждрепка за Куп: Пелистер против Беласица, Вардар со Локомотива". Ekipa.mk. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Вардар против Шкупи, Работнички со Шкендија". Sportmedia.mk. 1 September 2017. Archived from the original on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
^ "ФИНАЛЕТО НА 23 МАЈ ВО СТРУМИЦА!?" (in Macedonian). Makedonski Sport. 14 April 2018. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
^ "Куп на Македонија: Пелистер пак тргнува од Струмица, Гостивар е ривалот на Шкендија". Gol.mk. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.

External links

Official Website

[first-1] "Ждрепка за Куп: Пелистер против Беласица, Вардар со Локомотива". Ekipa.mk. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.

[second-2] "Вардар против Шкупи, Работнички со Шкендија". Sportmedia.mk. 1 September 2017. Archived from the original on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.

[Final-3] "ФИНАЛЕТО НА 23 МАЈ ВО СТРУМИЦА!?" (in Macedonian). Makedonski Sport. 14 April 2018. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.

[Cup-4] "Куп на Македонија: Пелистер пак тргнува од Струмица, Гостивар е ривалот на Шкендија". Gol.mk. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.

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