# 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.

## Competition calendar

| Round | Date(s) | Fixtures | Clubs | New entries |
| First Round | 16, 30, 31 August 2017 | 15 | 31 → 15 | 31 |
| Second Round | 13 September & 18 October 2017 | 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 | 1 | 2 → 1 | none |

## First round

The matches were played on 16 and 30 August 2017.
| 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.
| 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

Shkëndija won 3–1 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate. Pelister won 3–2 in penalty shootout.

## 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 | Pelister | 3 |
| 5 | Borche Manevski | Pelister | 3 |
| 5 | Goran Zdravkov | Bregalnica | 3 |
| 5 | Burhan Mustafov | Pobeda Prilep | 3 |
| 5 | Aleksandar Panovski | Borec | 3 |
| 5 | Visar Musliu | Shkëndija | 3 |
| 5 | Altin Lloga | Struga | 3 |