2017–18 Macedonian Football Cup

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.

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)
Runners-up	Pelister
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	89 (3.87 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Besart Ibraimi (8 goals)
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

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 except of the Vardar–Shkëndija matches which were played on 21 February and 7 March 2018 due to the Vardar's participation in the UEFA Europa League.

Summary

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

Matches

8 November 2017

13:00 CET

Teteks (2)	0–2	Akademija Pandev (1)
	Report	Mishov 35' Baldovaliev 83'

AMS Sport Center, Tetovo

Referee: Dimitar Mechkarovski (Skopje)

29 November 2017

13:00 CET

Akademija Pandev (1)	4–1	Teteks (2)
Ganchev 21' Stoilov 33' Bowen 68' Mihailov 81'	Report	Saliji 73'

Stadion Kukush, Turnovo

Referee: Marjan Stojanchevski (Skopje)

Akademija Pandev won 6–1 on aggregate.

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8 November 2017

13:00 CET

Renova (1)	2–0	Skopje (1)
Petkovski 80' Kostov 87'	Report

Gradski stadion, Tetovo

Referee: Jovan Kachevski (Struga)

29 November 2017

13:00 CET

Skopje (1)	1–2	Renova (1)
Gjurchinovski 61'	Report	Ramadani 75' Jusufi 90+1'

Stadion Zhelezarnica, Skopje

Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Skopje)

Renova won 4–1 on aggregate.

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8 November 2017

13:00 CET

Pelister (1)	5–2	Pobeda (1)
Todorovski 34', 40' Peev 63' Lucas Cardoso 82', 87'	Report	Ristevski 28' Naumoski 44' (pen.)

Stadion Tumbe Kafe, Bitola

Referee: Marjan Markoski (Ohrid)

29 November 2017

13:00 CET

Pobeda (1)	2–2	Pelister (1)
Ilijovski 10' Nedanoski 53'	Report	Jadelson 30', 62'

Stadion Tumbe Kafe, Bitola

Referee: Marjan Gocevski (Strumica)

Pelister won 7–4 on aggregate.

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21 February 2018

14:00 CET

Vardar (1)	1–1	Shkëndija (1)
Juan Felipe 78'	Report	Ibraimi 63'

Philip II Arena, Skopje

Referee: Dimitar Mechkarovski (Skopje)

7 March 2018

14:00 CET

Shkëndija (1)	4–0	Vardar (1)
Ibraimi 53', 57', 65' Musliu 26'	Report

Gradski stadion, Tetovo

Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Skopje)

Shkëndija won 5–1 on aggregate.

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.

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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
	Aleksandar Mishov	Akademija Pandev
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

See also

• 2017–18 Macedonian First Football League
• 2017–18 Macedonian Second Football League
• 2017–18 Macedonian Third Football League