2017–18 Armenian Cup
{{infobox football tournament season
| title = Armenian Cup
| year = 2017–18
| other_title =
| image =
| imagesize =
| caption =
| country = Armenia
| num_teams = 8
| champions = Gandzasar Kapan
| runner-up = Alashkert
| matches = 13
| goals = 34
| top goal scorer =
| player =
| prevseason = 2016–17
| nextseason = 2018–19
}}
The 2017–18 Armenian Cup was the 27th season of the football knockout competition in Armenia. The winners of the cup this season earned a place in the 2018–19 Europa League and would begin play in the first qualifying round.{{cite web |url=https://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/AccessList2018.html |title=Preliminary Access List 2018/19 |publisher=Bert Kassies |access-date=25 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222120724/https://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/AccessList2018.html |archive-date=22 December 2017 |url-status=dead }} Shirak won the cup final in the previous season and were the defending champions.{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/armenia/cup/20162017/s12598 |title=Cup |publisher=soccerway.com |access-date=25 July 2017}}
The tournament began on 13 September 2017 with the quarter-final round, which was contested by the six Premier League clubs and two clubs from the First League.{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/armenia/cup/20172018/s14122 |title=Cup |publisher=soccerway.com |access-date=25 July 2017}}
Format
The Armenian Football Cup this season was contested over three rounds. The quarter-final and semi-final rounds were played over two legs, and the final was a single match to determine the cup winner.{{cite web |url=http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=competition&id=269&view=rules |title=Cup: Season Rules |publisher=scoresway.com |access-date=25 July 2017}}
Quarter–finals
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|date = 21 September 2017
|time = 16:00 (UTC+4)
|round = 1st leg
|team1 = Artsakh
|score = 1–3
|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/09/21/armenia/cup/artsakh/alashkert-fc/2489055/
|team2 = Alashkert
|goals1 = G. Aghekyan {{goal|9}}
|goals2 = M. Manasyan {{goal|27||62}}
Artur Yedigaryan {{goal|73|pen.}}
|stadium = Mika Stadium
|location= Yerevan
|attendance = 200
|referee = Shahen Aghayan
}}
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|date = 19 October 2017
|time = 15:00 (UTC+4)
|round = 2nd leg
|team1 = Alashkert
|score = 6–0
|aggregatescore = 9–1
|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/10/19/armenia/cup/alashkert-fc/artsakh/2489129/?ICID=HP_MS_08_01
|team2 = Artsakh
|goals1 = M. Jablan {{goal|25}}
Artak Yedigaryan {{goal|66}}
Artur Yedigaryan {{goal|69||76||80}}
A. Dashyan {{goal|90+1}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Alashkert Stadium
|location= Yerevan
|attendance = 100
|referee =
}}
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|date = 14 September 2017
|time = 19:00 (UTC+4)
|round = 1st leg
|team1 = Gandzasar Kapan
|score = 3–0
|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/09/14/armenia/cup/gandzasar-kapan/avan-academy/2489056/
|team2 = Ararat-Moskva
|goals1 = S. Shahinyan {{goal|62}}
Alex Junior {{goal|78}}
G. Nranyan {{goal|87}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium
|location= Yerevan
|attendance = 200
|referee = Henrik Nalbandyan
}}
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|date = 11 October 2017
|time = 15:00 (UTC+4)
|round = 2nd leg
|team1 = Ararat-Moskva
|score = 0–4
|aggregatescore = 0–7
|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/10/11/armenia/cup/avan-academy/gandzasar-kapan/2489130/?ICID=HP_MS_07_01
|team2 = Gandzasar Kapan
|goals1 =
|goals2 = G.Nranyan {{goal|1||55}}
A. Adamyan {{goal|44}}
D. Yashin {{goal|74}}
|stadium = Yerevan Football Academy Stadium
|location= Yerevan
|attendance = 200
|referee = Ashot Ghaltakchyan
}}
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|date = 13 September 2017
|time = 15:00 (UTC+4)
|round = 1st leg
|team1 = Shirak
|score = 1–1
|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/09/13/armenia/cup/fc-shirak/fc-ararat-yerevan/2489057/
|team2 = Ararat Yerevan
|goals1 = M. Bakayoko {{goal|12}}
|goals2 = R. Safaryan {{goal|61}}
|stadium = Gyumri City Stadium
|location= Gyumri
|attendance = 100
|referee = Gevorg Yeghoyan
}}
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|date = 25 October 2017
|time = 15:00 (UTC+4)
|round = 2nd leg
|team1 = Ararat Yerevan
|score = 0–2
|aggregatescore = 1–3
|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/10/25/armenia/cup/fc-ararat-yerevan/fc-shirak/2489131/
|team2 = Shirak
|goals1 =
|goals2 = V. Bakalyan {{goal|65}}
M. Bakayoko {{goal|69}}
|stadium = Alashkert Stadium
|location= Yerevan
|attendance = 20
|referee = Artur Simonyan
}}
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|date = 20 September 2017
|time = 18:00 (UTC+4)
|round = 1st leg
|team1 = Pyunik
|score = 0–0
|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/09/20/armenia/cup/fc-pyunik/fc-banants/2489058/?ICID=PL_MS_05
|team2 = Banants
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium
|location= Yerevan
|attendance = 300
|referee = Gevorg Yeghoyan
}}
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|date = 25 October 2017
|time = 15:00 (UTC+4)
|round = 2nd leg
|team1 = Banants
|score = 4–2
|aggregatescore = 4–2
|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/10/25/armenia/cup/fc-banants/fc-pyunik/2489132/?ICID=PL_MS_06
|team2 = Pyunik
|goals1 = N. Injac {{goal|8||24}}
R. Hovsepyan {{goal|44}}
O. Krasić {{goal|86}}
|goals2 = P. Avetisyan {{goal|40|pen.|89}}
|stadium = Banants Stadium
|location= Yerevan
|attendance = 300
|referee = Zaven Hovhannisyan
}}
Semi–finals
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|date = 8 March 2018
|time = 15:00 (UTC+4)
|round = 1st leg
|team1 = Banants
|score = 0–1
|report = https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2018/03/08/armenia/cup/fc-banants/alashkert-fc/2656216/?ICID=PL_MS_03
|team2 = Alashkert
|goals1 =
|goals2 = A. Dashyan {{goal|58}}
|stadium = Banants Stadium
|location= Yerevan
|attendance = 1,000
|referee = Artak Simonyan
}}
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|date = 17 April 2018
|time = 16:00 (UTC+4)
|round = 2nd leg
|team1 = Alashkert
|score = 1–0
|aggregatescore = 2–0
|report = https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2018/04/17/armenia/cup/alashkert-fc/fc-banants/2656213/?ICID=HP_MS_12_01
|team2 = Banants
|goals1 = Artak Yedigaryan {{goal|40}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Alashkert Stadium
|location= Yerevan
|attendance = 250
|referee =
}}
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|date = 7 March 2018
|time = 14:00 (UTC+4)
|round = 1st leg
|team1 = Gandzasar Kapan
|score = 1–1
|report = https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2018/03/07/armenia/cup/gandzasar-kapan/fc-shirak/2656215/?ICID=PL_MS_01
|team2 = Shirak
|goals1 = A. Khachatryan {{goal|24}}
|goals2 = M. Bakayoko {{goal|42}}
|stadium = Gyumri City Stadium
|location = Gyumri
|attendance = 300
|referee =
}}
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|date = 18 April 2018
|time = (UTC+4)
|round = 2nd leg
|team1 = Shirak
|score = 0–1
|aggregatescore = 1–2
|report = https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2018/04/18/armenia/cup/fc-shirak/gandzasar-kapan/2656214/?ICID=PL_MS_02
|team2 = Gandzasar Kapan
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Musonda {{goal|18}}
|stadium = Alashkert Stadium
|location = Yerevan
|attendance = 200
|referee = Suren Baliyan
}}
Final
{{main|2018 Armenian Cup Final}}
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|date = 16 May 2018
|time = 19:00 (UTC+4)
|round =
|team1 = Gandzasar Kapan
|score = 1–1
|aet = yes
|report = https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2018/05/16/armenia/cup/gandzasar-kapan/alashkert-fc/2780967/?ICID=HP_MS_10_01
|team2 = Alashkert
|goals1 = Musonda {{goal|116}}
|goals2 = M. Manasyan {{goal|106}}
|penalties1 = {{penmiss}}
Junior {{pengoal}}
A.Khachatryan {{pengoal}}
Musonda {{pengoal}}
G.Harutyunyan {{pengoal}}
|penaltyscore = 4 – 3
|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} Nenadović
{{pengoal}} Arta.Yedigaryan
{{pengoal}} Daghbashyan
{{penmiss}}
{{penmiss}}
|stadium = Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium
|location= Yerevan
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
Scorers
{{updated|match played 16 May 2018}}
4 goals:
- {{flagicon|ARM}} Artur Yedigaryan - Alashkert
3 goals:
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- {{flagicon|ARM}} Mihran Manasyan - Alashkert
- {{flagicon|ARM}} Gevorg Nranyan - Gandzasar Kapan
- {{flagicon|CIV}} Moussa Paul Bakayoko - Shirak
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2 goals:
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- {{flagicon|ARM}} Artak Dashyan - Alashkert
- {{flagicon|ARM}} Artak Yedigaryan - Alashkert
- {{flagicon|SRB}} Nenad Injac - Banants
- {{flagicon|ZAM}} Lubambo Musonda - Gandzasar Kapan
- {{flagicon|ARM}} Petros Avetisyan - Pyunik
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1 goals:
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- {{flagicon|ARM}} Rafael Safaryan - Ararat Yerevan
- {{flagicon|ARM}} Grigor Aghekyan - Artsakh
- {{flagicon|ARM}} Rumyan Hovsepyan - Banants
- {{flagicon|SRB}} Ognjen Krasić - Banants
- {{flagicon|SRB}} Miljan Jablan - Alashkert
- {{flagicon|ARM}} Ara Khachatryan - Gandzasar Kapan
- {{flagicon|ARM}} Sargis Shahinyan - Gandzasar Kapan
- {{flagicon|HAI}} Alex Junior Christian - Gandzasar Kapan
- {{flagicon|RUS}} Artur Adamyan - Gandzasar Kapan
- {{flagicon|RUS}} Dmitri Yashin - Gandzasar Kapan
- {{flagicon|ARM}} Vardan Bakalyan - Shirak
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See also
References
{{reflist}}
{{Armenian Independence Cup seasons}}
{{2017–18 in Armenian football}}
{{2017–18 in European football (UEFA)}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:2017-18 Armenian Cup}}