2017–18 Moldovan Cup

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]

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

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

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.

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, Sokol Copceac, Fortuna Pleșeni and Olimp Comrat received a bye for the second preliminary 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.

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 Sokol 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.

Speranța Drochia (3) v Spicul Chișcăreni (1)

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

Grănicerul Glodeni (2) v Intersport Sănătăuca (3)

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

Cahul-2005 (2) v Sfîntul Gheorghe (1)

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: Stadionul Atlant Attendance: 500 Referee: Iurie Covtun

Olimp Comrat (3) v Sparta Selemet (2)

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

Ungheni (2) v Sîngerei (2)

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

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.

Dacia Chișinău (1) v Grănicerul Glodeni (2)

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	D. Maneacov  50'	Stadium: Stadionul Dacia Attendance: 50 Referee: Andrei Diordiev

Zaria Bălți (1) v Sîngerei (2)

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

Steaua-57 Chișinău (3) v Zimbru Chișinău (1)

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

Sfîntul Gheorghe (1) v Milsami Orhei (1)

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

Sparta Selemet (2) v Speranța Nisporeni (1)

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

Spicul Chișcăreni (1) v Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol (1)

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

Victoria Bardar (2) v Sheriff Tiraspol (1)

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: Stadionul Zimbru-2 Attendance: 300 Referee: Andrei Ceban

Petrocub-Hîncești (1) v Sokol Copceac (3)

25 October 2017	Petrocub-Hîncești (1)	18–0	Sokol 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' J. Onana  68', 74' Svinarenco  84'	Report		Stadium: Stadionul Orășenesc Attendance: 200 Referee: Andrei Breguța

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.

Milsami Orhei (1) v Sheriff Tiraspol (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

Petrocub-Hîncești (1) v Speranța Nisporeni (1)

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

Zimbru Chișinău (1) v Zaria Bălți (1)

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

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.

Zimbru Chișinău (1) v Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol (1)

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

Petrocub-Hîncești (1) v Milsami Orhei (1)

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

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 (2018-05-23)

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 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

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