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2017–18 Moldovan Cup
Tournament details
The Zimbru Stadium in Chișinău hosted the final
Country	Moldova
Dates	22 July 2017 – 23 May 2018
Teams	50
Final positions
Champions	Milsami Orhei
Runner-up	Zimbru Chișinău
Tournament statistics
Matches played	47
Goals scored	207 (4.4 per match)
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The 2017–18 Moldovan Cup (Romanian: Cupa Moldovei) was the 27th season of the annual Moldovan football cup competition. Sheriff Tiraspol entered as the defending champions after winning the 2016–17 edition. It began with the first preliminary round on 22 July 2017, and concluded with the final on 23 May 2018. The winner qualifies for the first qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League.

Format and schedule

Both preliminary rounds and the first two rounds proper were regionalised to reduce teams travel costs. All ties level after 90 minutes used extra time to determine the winner, with a penalty shoot-out to follow if necessary.^[1]^[2]

Round	Match dates	Fixtures	Clubs
First Preliminary Round	22 July 2017	14	50 → 36
Second Preliminary Round	25 July 2017	4	36 → 32
First Round	12–13 August 2017	11	32 → 21
Second Round	19 September 2017, 3 October 2017	5	21 → 16
Round of 16	24–25 October 2017	8	16 → 8
Quarter-Finals	18 April 2018	4	8 → 4
Semi-Finals	9 May 2018	2	4 → 2
Final	23 May 2018	1	2 → 1

Participating teams

The following teams are qualified for the competition. Reserve teams are excluded.^[3]

Divizia Națională the 10 teams of the 2017 season	Divizia A the 11 non-reserve teams of the 2017 season	Divizia B the 29 non-reserve teams of the 2017 season
Sheriff Tiraspol ^{title holder} Dacia Chișinău Milsami Orhei Zaria Bălți Zimbru Chișinău Petrocub-Hîncești Speranța Nisporeni Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol Sfîntul Gheorghe Spicul Chișcăreni	Saxan Ceadîr-Lunga Ungheni Victoria Bardar Sparta Selemet Sîngerei Edineț Iskra Rîbnița Real Succes Chișinău Codru Lozova Grănicerul Glodeni Cahul-2005	Prut Leova Sparta Chișinău Intersport Sănătăuca Speranța Drochia Maiak Chirsova Florești Sinteza Căușeni Bogzești Ceadîr-Lunga Congaz Maiac Cioropcani Sireți Anina Anenii Noi Cruiz Camenca Slobozia Mare Fălești Rîșcani Codru-Juniori Cricova Boldurești Nistru Otaci Fîrlădeni Fortuna Pleșeni Fulger Ialoveni Olimp Comrat Socol Copceac Steaua-57 Chișinău Tighina FCM Ungheni

Number in brackets denote the level of respective league in Football in Moldova. Teams in bold continue to the next round of the competition.

First preliminary round

28 clubs from the Divizia B entered this round. Teams that finished higher on the league in the previous season played their ties away. Cricova received a bye for the first preliminary round. All matches were played on 22 July 2017.

Nistru Otaci (3)

w/o^[4]

Speranța Drochia (3)

22 July 2017	Rîșcani (3)	10–2	Fălești (3)	Rîșcani
17:30 EEST				Stadium: Rîșcani Stadium Referee: Nicolae Murzac

22 July 2017	Cruiz Camenca (3)	0–4	Intersport Sănătăuca (3)	Camenca
17:30 EEST				Stadium: Camenca Stadium Referee: Dumitru Muntean

22 July 2017	FCM Ungheni (3)	3–2	Maiac Cioropcani (3)	Ungheni
17:30 EEST				Stadium: Ungheni Stadium Referee: Denis Ivlev

22 July 2017	Bogzești (3)	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Florești (3)	Telenești
17:30 EEST				Stadium: Telenești Stadium Referee: Vladislav Ivancenco

22 July 2017	Boldurești (3)	1–5	Codru-Juniori (3)	Nisporeni
17:30 EEST				Stadium: Stadionul Mircea Eliade Referee: Andrei Șturmilov

22 July 2017	Fulger Ialoveni (3)	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Steaua-57 Chișinău (3)	Ialoveni
17:30 EEST				Stadium: Ialoveni Stadium Referee: Eugen Scorolitnii

22 July 2017	Fîrlădeni (3)	5–0	Sinteza Căușeni (3)	Căușeni
17:30 EEST				Stadium: Căușeni Stadium Referee: Stanislav Leu

22 July 2017	Tighina (3)	3–1	Anina Anenii Noi (3)	Bender
17:30 EEST				Stadium: Stadionul Șelcovic Referee: Grigore Vorfolomei

22 July 2017	Sireți (3)	0–2	Sparta Chișinău (3)	Sireți
17:30 EEST				Stadium: Sireți Stadium Referee: Igor Boșca

22 July 2017	Slobozia Mare (3)	5–1	Prut Leova (3)	Slobozia Mare
17:30 EEST				Stadium: Slobozia Mare Stadium Referee: Cătălin Pidghirnîi

22 July 2017	Socol Copceac (3)	4–1	Ceadîr-Lunga (3)	Copceac
17:30 EEST				Stadium: Copceac Stadium Referee: Andrei Diordiev

22 July 2017	Fortuna Pleșeni (3)	6–4 (a.e.t.)	Maiak Chirsova (3)	Pleșeni
17:30 EEST				Stadium: Pleșeni Stadium Referee: Valerii Minciuna

22 July 2017	Olimp Comrat (3)	7–0	Congaz (3)	Comrat
17:30 EEST				Stadium: Comrat Stadium Referee: Ion Bilea

Second preliminary round

8 clubs from the Divizia B entered this round. Teams that finished higher on the league in the previous season played their ties away. All matches were played on 25 July 2017.
Speranța Drochia, Rîșcani, Intersport Sănătăuca, FCM Ungheni, Socol Copceac, Fortuna Pleșeni and Olimp Comrat received a bye for the second preliminary round.

25 July 2017	Codru-Juniori (3)	0–1	Bogzești (3)	Călărași
17:30 EEST				Stadium: Călărași Stadium Referee: Andrei Breguța

25 July 2017	Steaua-57 Chișinău (3)	3–1	Cricova (3)	Suruceni
17:30 EEST				Stadium: Stadionul Sătesc Referee: Denis Ivlev

25 July 2017	Tighina (3)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Fîrlădeni (3)	Bender
17:30 EEST				Stadium: Stadionul Șelcovic Referee: Ion Orlic

25 July 2017	Slobozia Mare (3)	3–2	Sparta Chișinău (3)	Slobozia Mare
17:30 EEST				Stadium: Slobozia Mare Stadium Referee: Petru Stoianov

First round

The 11 winners from the preliminary rounds joined the 11 Divizia A teams. In a match, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league. Matches were played on 12 and 13 August 2017.

12 August 2017	Speranța Drochia (3)	2–1	Edineț (2)	Drochia
17:00 EEST				Stadium: Drochia Stadium Referee: Nicolae Murzac

12 August 2017	Rîșcani (3)	1–2	Grănicerul Glodeni (2)	Rîșcani
17:00 EEST				Stadium: Rîșcani Stadium Referee: Dmitri Martîniuc

12 August 2017	Intersport Sănătăuca (3)	1–0	Iskra Rîbnița (2)	Sănătăuca
17:00 EEST				Stadium: Sănătăuca Stadium Referee: Ion Bilea

12 August 2017	FCM Ungheni (3)	1–3	Ungheni (2)	Ungheni
17:00 EEST				Stadium: Ungheni Stadium Referee: Denis Ivlev

12 August 2017	Bogzești (3)	1–2	Sîngerei (2)	Telenești
17:00 EEST				Stadium: Telenești Stadium Referee: Andrei Ceban

12 August 2017	Tighina (3)	0–5	Victoria Bardar (2)	Bender
17:00 EEST				Stadium: Stadionul Șelcovic Referee: Valerii Minciuna

12 August 2017	Slobozia Mare (3)	2–5	Cahul-2005 (2)	Slobozia Mare
17:00 EEST				Stadium: Slobozia Mare Stadium Referee: Ion Orlic

12 August 2017	Socol Copceac (3)	3–2	Saxan Ceadîr-Lunga (2)	Copceac
17:00 EEST				Stadium: Copceac Stadium Referee: Iurie Covtun

12 August 2017	Fortuna Pleșeni (3)	2–3	Sparta Selemet (2)	Pleșeni
17:00 EEST				Stadium: Pleșeni Stadium Referee: Radu Tobultoc

12 August 2017	Olimp Comrat (3)	4–0	Real Succes Chișinău (2)	Comrat
17:00 EEST				Stadium: Comrat Stadium Referee: Ruslan Muntean

13 August 2017	Steaua-57 Chișinău (3)	2–1	Codru Lozova (2)	Suruceni
17:00 EEST				Stadium: Stadionul Sătesc Referee: Gabriel Tupicica

Second round

The 8 winners from the previous round joined the 2 Divizia Națională sides seeded 9-10, Sfîntul Gheorghe and Spicul Chișcăreni. Steaua-57 Chișinău, Victoria Bardar and Socol Copceac received a bye for the second round. The home teams and the pairs for 2 Divizia Națională sides were determined in a draw held on 16 August 2017.^[5] Matches were played on 19 September 2017 and 3 October 2017.

19 September 2017	Speranța Drochia (3)	0–3	Spicul Chișcăreni (1)	Drochia
15:30 EEST		Report	A. Apostol 44' Sandu 45+2' Sofroni 80'	Stadium: Drochia Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Nicolae Murzac

19 September 2017	Grănicerul Glodeni (2)	3–0	Intersport Sănătăuca (3)	Glodeni
15:30 EEST	D. Janu Maneacov A. Dobrovinschi	Report		Stadium: Glodeni Stadium Referee: Andrei Ceban

19 September 2017	Cahul-2005 (2)	1–5	Sfîntul Gheorghe (1)	Cahul
15:30 EEST	Slivca 73' (o.g.)	Report	Plămădeală 14' Maxim 30' I. Cebotari 49' Suvorov 83' M. Ghecev 88'	Stadium: Atlant Attendance: 500 Referee: Iurie Covtun

19 September 2017	Olimp Comrat (3)	0–3	Sparta Selemet (2)	Comrat
15:30 EEST		Report	V. Bobrov 39' I. Pavlov 79', 81'	Stadium: Comrat Stadium Referee: Petru Stoianov

3 October 2017	Ungheni (2)	1–4	Sîngerei (2)	Chișinău
15:30 EEST	R. Gușan 58' (pen.)	Report	A. Cristioglo 26' M. Ungureanu 57', 74', 77'	Stadium: Joma Arena Referee: Andrei Cojocaru

Final stage

Bracket

Round of 16		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

Spicul Chișcăreni	2

Dinamo-Auto	4
		Dinamo-Auto	w/o

		Dacia Chișinău	—
Dacia Chișinău	6

Grănicerul Glodeni	1
				Zimbru Chișinău	0 (5)

				Dinamo-Auto	0 (4)
Zaria Bălți	6

Sîngerei	1
		Zimbru Chișinău	1

		Zaria Bălți	0
Steaua-57 Chișinău	0

Zimbru Chișinău	2
						Milsami Orhei	2

						Zimbru Chișinău	0
Victoria Bardar	1

Sheriff Tiraspol	3
		Milsami Orhei	2

		Sheriff Tiraspol	0
Sfîntul Gheorghe	0

Milsami Orhei	2
				Petrocub-Hîncești	1

				Milsami Orhei	2
Petrocub-Hîncești	18

Socol Copceac	0
		Petrocub-Hîncești	2

		Speranța Nisporeni	0
Sparta Selemet	1

Speranța Nisporeni	2

Round of 16

The 5 winners from the previous round and Steaua-57 Chișinău, Victoria Bardar, Sokol Copceac joined the remaining 8 Divizia Națională sides seeded 1-8. The home teams and the pairs were determined in a draw held on 6 October 2017.^[6] Matches were played on 24 and 25 October 2017.

24 October 2017	Dacia Chișinău (1)	6–1	Grănicerul Glodeni (2)	Speia
13:30 EEST	Punoševac 20' Bejan 35' Sténio 47' I. Mamaliga 54' Fortes 61' Olisayev 87'	Report	Maneacov 50'	Stadium: Stadionul Dacia Attendance: 50 Referee: Andrei Diordiev

24 October 2017	Zaria Bălți (1)	6–1	Sîngerei (2)	Bălți
13:30 EEST	Gulceac 4' Zahynaylov 10', 14' Mbala 24' Marcão 33' Mihaliov 81'	Report	D. Maga 58'	Stadium: Stadionul Orășenesc Attendance: 300 Referee: Andrei Cojocaru

24 October 2017	Steaua-57 Chișinău (3)	0–2	Zimbru Chișinău (1)	Chișinău
13:30 EEST		Report	Douglas 79' Stînă 81'	Stadium: Zimbru Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Ion Orlic

24 October 2017	Sfîntul Gheorghe (1)	0–2	Milsami Orhei (1)	Suruceni
13:30 EEST		Report	M. Plătică 12', 38'	Stadium: Stadionul Sătesc Attendance: 100 Referee: Iurie Covtun

24 October 2017	Sparta Selemet (2)	1–2	Speranța Nisporeni (1)	Chișinău
13:30 EEST	V. Iordachi 81'	Report	V. Titievschi 11', 43'	Stadium: Joma Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Iurie Rochin

25 October 2017	Spicul Chișcăreni (1)	2–4	Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol (1)	Orhei
13:30 EEST	Iavorschi 45+1' (pen.), 46'	Report	Bursuc 20' M. Bucătaru 53' C. Țîbuleac 61' Bugneac 68'	Stadium: CSR Attendance: 100 Referee: Petru Stoianov

25 October 2017	Victoria Bardar (2)	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Sheriff Tiraspol (1)	Chișinău
13:30 EEST	Orbu 87'	Report	Brezovec 14' Balima 102' Badibanga 105'	Stadium: Zimbru-2 Attendance: 300 Referee: Andrei Ceban

25 October 2017	Petrocub-Hîncești (1)	18–0	Socol Copceac (3)	Hîncești
13:30 EEST	Ursu 7', 33', 37', 89' Șumchin 14', 19', 44', 88' Boldenkov 25' N. Pempene 35', 66' Urvanțev 60', 65', 78' A. Rusu 64' Onana 68', 74' Svinarenco 84'	Report		Stadium: Stadionul Orășenesc Attendance: 200 Referee: Andrei Breguța

Quarter-finals

The 8 winners from the previous round entered the quarter-finals. The home teams were determined in a draw held on 27 October 2017.^[7] Matches were played on 18 April 2018.

Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol (1)

w/o^[8]

Dacia Chișinău (1)

18 April 2018	Milsami Orhei (1)	2–0	Sheriff Tiraspol (1)	Orhei
15:30 EEST	M. Plătică 47', 54'	Report		Stadium: CSR Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Alexandru Tean

18 April 2018	Petrocub-Hîncești (1)	2–0	Speranța Nisporeni (1)	Hîncești
15:30 EEST	Ivanov 84', 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Stadionul Municipal Attendance: 400 Referee: Dumitru Muntean

18 April 2018	Zimbru Chișinău (1)	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Zaria Bălți (1)	Chișinău
19:00 EEST	I. Damașcan 120+1'	Report		Stadium: Zimbru Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Petru Stoianov

Semi-finals

The 4 winners from the previous round entered the semi-finals. The home teams were determined in a draw held on 20 April 2018.^[9] Matches were played on 9 May 2018.

9 May 2018	Zimbru Chișinău (1)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol (1)	Chișinău
19:00 EEST		Report		Stadium: Zimbru Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Alexandru Tean
	Penalties
	I. Damașcan Onica Golovatenco Stînă Pozo-Venta Țîgîrlaș Telegin Jardan		Cheptine Yeliseyev Jalbă Șumchin Rebenja Țurcan Pașcenco Bordian

9 May 2018	Petrocub-Hîncești (1)	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Milsami Orhei (1)	Hîncești
19:00 EEST	Ambros 19' (pen.)	Report	Bugaiov 13' M. Antoniuc 120'	Stadium: Stadionul Municipal Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Petru Stoianov

Final

The final was played on Wednesday 23 May 2018 at the Zimbru Stadium in Chișinău. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held on 10 May 2018.^[10]

23 May 2018

20:00 EEST

Milsami Orhei	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Zimbru Chișinău
M. Antoniuc 99', 102'	Report

Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău

Attendance: 8,942

Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

Milsami

Zimbru


GK	1	Radu Mîțu
DF	2	Artur Crăciun
DF	6	Constantin Bogdan
DF	22	Dinu Graur
DF	23	Vadim Bolohan	116'
MF	5	Mihai Plătică
MF	7	Vadim Rață		64'
MF	17	Andrei Cojocari (c)
FW	13	Sergiu Plătică		81'
FW	16	Alexandru Antoniuc
FW	19	Romeo Surdu	48'	58'
Substitutes:
GK	50	Anatol Chirinciuc
DF	3	Andrei Novicov
DF	4	Vasile Jardan
MF	10	Gheorghe Andronic		64'
MF	14	Andrei Rusnac
FW	9	Maxim Antoniuc		81'
FW	18	Igor Bugaiov		58'
Head Coach:
Veaceslav Rusnac


GK	1	Emil Tîmbur
DF	2	Victor Golovatenco	85'
DF	22	Igor Țîgîrlaș
DF	23	Dmitri Telegin
DF	90	Ion Jardan (c)
MF	7	Ilie Damașcan
MF	20	Cristian Nagornîi	72'	98'
MF	21	Willian Pozo-Venta
MF	84	Alexandru Onica
MF	89	Eugen Sidorenco		54'
FW	9	Ion Nicolaescu		74'
Substitutes:
GK	12	Victor Buga
DF	27	Alexei Ciopa
MF	6	Victor Bogaciuc
MF	10	Victor Stînă		98'
MF	77	Nichita Iurașco		54'
MF	99	Radu Scoarță
FW	19	Blaise Yaméogo		74'
Head Coach:
Vladimir Aga

Assistant referees:
Marcin Boniek (Poland)
Dawid Golis (Poland)
Fourth official:
Alexandru Tean (Moldova)

Match rules

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if score is still level.
Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

References

^ "Calendar" (PDF). fmf.md. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-04-21. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
^ "Regulations" (PDF). fmf.md. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-17. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
^ "Fixtures". fmf.md. Archived from the original on 2019-07-11. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
^ Nistru withdrew.
^ "Draw for the second round". fmf.md. Archived from the original on 2017-08-16. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
^ "Round of 16 draw". fmf.md. Archived from the original on 2017-10-07. Retrieved 2017-10-06.
^ "Quarter-finals draw". fmf.md. Archived from the original on 2017-10-28. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
^ Dacia withdrew.
^ "Semi-finals draw". fmf.md. Archived from the original on 2018-04-21. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
^ "Final draw". fmf.md. Archived from the original on 2018-05-10. Retrieved 2018-05-10.

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