2016–17 Macedonian Football Cup

The 2016–17 Macedonian Football Cup was the 25th season of Macedonia's football knockout competition.^[1] Shkëndija are the defending champions, having won their first title in the previous year.

2016–17 Macedonian Football Cup

Tournament details
Country	Macedonia
Dates	16 August 2016 – 17 May 2017
Teams	30
Defending champions	Shkëndija
Final positions
Champions	Pelister (2nd title)
Runner-up	Shkëndija
Tournament statistics
Matches played	39
Goals scored	136 (3.49 per match)
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Competition calendar

Round	Date(s)	Fixtures	Clubs	New entries
First Round	16, 17, 24, 31 August 2016[2]	14	30 → 14	30
Second Round	21 September & 12, 19 October 2016	14	14 → 8	2
Quarter-finals	23 November & 7 December 2016	8	8 → 4	none
Semi-finals	1 March & 19 April 2017	4	4 → 2	none
Final	17 May 2017	1	2 → 1	none

First round

The matches were played on 16, 17, 24, and 31 August 2016.^[2]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
16 August 2016
Sateska (3)	0–3	Metalurg (2)
17 August 2016
Çakllani (4)	1–6	Rabotnichki (1)
Vlaznimi (3)	0–1	Teteks (2)
Fortuna (3)	0–3	Pobeda (1)
Belasica (3)	2–2 (1–3 p)	Pelister (1)
Akademija Pandev (2)	5–0	Makedonija G.P. (1)
Ljuboten (4)	0–6	Horizont Turnovo (2)
Vardar Negotino (2)	0–2	Shkupi (1)
Gorno Lisiche (2)	1–3	Renova (1)
Novaci (2)	2–1	Skopje (2)
Malesh (3)	0–1	Sileks (1)
Kozhuf (3)	0–3	Vëllazërimi 77 (2)
24 August 2016
Skënderbeu Poroj (3)	0–9	Vardar (1)
31 August 2016
Golemo Konjari (3)	0–11	Shkëndija (1)
N/A
Bregalnica Shtip (1)	bye
Mladost Carev Dvor (x)	bye

Second round

Entering this round are the 14 winners from the First Round and Bregalnica Shtip who got a bye to this round. Mladost Carev Dvor withdrew from the competition, so their opponents Metalurg got a bye to the next round. The draw was held on 2 September 2016. The first legs were played on 21 September and the second legs were played on 12 and 19 October 2016.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Akademija Pandev (2)	1–4	Shkupi (1)	0–1	1–3
Pelister (1)	(a) 3–3	Renova (1)	2–0	1–3
Vëllazërimi 77 (2)	1–5	Vardar (1)	1–3	0–2
Sileks (1)	5–4	Horizont Turnovo (2)	2–1	3–3
Bregalnica Shtip (1)	6–1	Teteks (2)	4–0	2–1
Novaci (2)	1–7	Pobeda (1)	1–2	0–5
Rabotnichki (1)	0–2	Shkëndija (1)	0–2	0–0
Metalurg (2)	w/o	Mladost Carev Dvor (x)	–	–
Bregalnica Shtip (1)	bye

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 23 November 2016 and the second legs played on 7 December 2016.

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Shkupi (1)	0–4	Shkëndija (1)	0–0	0–4
Metalurg (2)	2–8	Vardar (1)	1–4	1–4
Pelister (1)	3–1	Sileks (1)	1–0	2–1
Pobeda (1)	2–5	Bregalnica Shtip (1)	2–2	0–3

Matches

Shkupi (1)	0–0	Shkëndija (1)
	Report

23 November 2016

13:30 CET

Stadion Chair, Skopje

Referee: Stojanche Stojanov (Shtip)

Shkëndija (1)	4–0	Shkupi (1)
Ibraimi 12', 45+1', 61' Júnior 22'	Report

7 December 2016

13:00 CET

Gradski stadion, Tetovo

Referee: Zorancho Temelkov (Kavadarci)

Shkëndija won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Metalurg (2)	1–4	Vardar (1)
Fidanovski 88'	Report	Asani 9' Nikolov 26' Popov 29' Petkovski 45'

23 November 2016

13:30 CET

Stadion Zhelezarnica, Skopje

Referee: Marjan Gocevski (Strumica)

Vardar (1)	4–1	Metalurg (2)
Nikolov 26' Balotelli 51', 87', 90+1'	Report	Fidanovski 68'

7 December 2016

13:00 CET

Philip II Arena, Skopje

Referee: Marjan Gocevski (Strumica)

Vardar won 8–2 on aggregate.

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Pelister (1)	1–0	Sileks (1)
Bozhinovski 78'	Report

23 November 2016

13:30 CET

Stadion Tumbe Kafe, Bitola

Referee: Marjan Markoski (Ohrid)

Sileks (1)	1–2	Pelister (1)
Gligorov 74'	Report	Markoski 45' Bozhinovski 66'

7 December 2016

13:00 CET

Gradski stadion, Kratovo

Referee: Josip Barton (Tetovo)

Pelister won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Pobeda (1)	2–2	Bregalnica Shtip (1)
Ristevski 17' Gesoski 75' (pen.)	Report	Zdravkov 41' Velinov 47'

23 November 2016

13:30 CET

SRC Biljanini Izvori, Ohrid

Referee: Dalibor Gjorgjevski (Kumanovo)

Bregalnica Shtip (1)	3–0	Pobeda (1)
Jovanovski 22' Georgiev 68' Zdravkov 90'	Report

7 December 2016

13:00 CET

Gradski stadion, Shtip

Referee: Marjan Markoski (Ohrid)

Bregalnica Shtip won 5–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 1 March 2017 and the return legs played on 19 April 2017.

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vardar (1)	2–3	Shkëndija (1)	1–3	1–0
Bregalnica Shtip (1)	2–3	Pelister (1)	2–2	0–1

Matches

Vardar (1)	1–3	Shkëndija (1)
Juan Felipe 51' (pen.)	Report	Ibraimi 24', 45+1' (pen.) Hasani 75'

1 March 2017

14:00 CET

Philip II Arena, Skopje

Attendance: 500

Referee: Dimitar Mechkarovski (Skopje)

Shkëndija (1)	0–1	Vardar (1)
	Report	Velkovski 60'

19 April 2017

16:00 CEST

Gradski stadion, Tetovo

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Skopje)

Shkëndija won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Bregalnica Shtip (1)	2–2	Pelister (1)
Zdravkov 8' Kostadinov 70'	Report	Ilijoski 38' (pen.) Bojović 67'

1 March 2017

17:00 CET^[3]

Gradski stadion, Shtip

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Skopje)

Pelister (1)	1–0	Bregalnica Shtip (1)
Lucas Cardoso 80'	Report

19 April 2017

16:00 CEST

Stadion Tumbe Kafe, Bitola

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Dimitar Mechkarovski (Skopje)

Pelister won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final

Shkëndija (1)	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Pelister (1)
	Report
Penalties
Alimi Ibraimi Radeski Abdurahimi Hasani	3–4	Petrov Todorovski Lucas Cardoso Kovachev Ilijoski

17 May 2017

17:00 CEST

Stadion Mladost, Strumica^[4]

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Skopje)^[5]

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 17 May 2016.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Besart Ibraimi	Shkendija	5
2	Goran Zdravkov	Bregalnica	4
	Petar Petkovski	Vardar
	Mario Krstovski	Horizont Turnovo
5	Juan Felipe	Vardar	3
	Jhon Obregón
	Jonathan Balotelli
	Nikola Bozhinov	Horizont Turnovo
	Dejan Zdraveski	Pobeda Prilep
	Lazar Ilijev	Bregalnica
	Demir Imeri	Shkendija

See also

• 2016–17 Macedonian First Football League
• 2016–17 Macedonian Second Football League