2017–18 Turkish Cup

Football tournament season

The 2017–18 Turkish Cup (Turkish: Türkiye Kupası) was the 56th season of the tournament. Ziraat Bankası is the sponsor of the tournament; thus the official name due to sponsorship was the Ziraat Turkish Cup. As the winners of the tournament, Akhisarspor earned an automatic berth to the group stage of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League and also qualified for the 2018 Turkish Super Cup.

Competition format

Source:^[1]

First round

• 9 Third League and 33 Regional Amateur League teams competed in this round. No seeds were applied in the single-leg round.^[1]
• 6 teams (67%) from Third League and 15 teams (45%) from the Regional Amateur League qualified for the next round.
• 9 seeded (43%) and 12 unseeded (57%) teams qualified for the next round.
• Biggest upset was Siirt İl Özel İdare (no ranking) eliminating Mardin 47 Spor (ranked 137th).
• Lowest-ranked teams qualifying for the next round were Sinopspor, Kars 36 Spor, Siirt İl Özel İdare and Yüksekova Belediyespor (all with no ranking).
• Highest-ranked team eliminated was Yeni Orduspor (ranked 118th).

Source:^[2]

Second round

• 51 Third League and 15 Regional Amateur League teams competed in this round. No seeds were applied in the single-leg round.^[1]
• 29 teams (57%) from the Third League and 4 teams (27%) from the Regional Amateur League qualified for the next round.
• 18 seeded (55%) and 15 unseeded (45%) teams qualified for the next round.
• Biggest upset was Sinopspor (no ranking) eliminating Erbaaspor (ranked 79th).
• Lowest-ranked teams qualifying for the next round were Sinopspor and Kars 36 Spor (both with no ranking).
• Highest-ranked team eliminated was Aydınspor 1923 (ranked 74th).

Source:^[2]

Third round

• 5 Super League, 18 First League, 36 Second League, 29 Third League and 4 Regional Amateur League teams competed in this round. Seeds were applied in the single-leg round.^[1]
• 4 teams (80%) from the Super League, 12 teams (67%) from the First League, 18 teams (50%) from the Second League, 10 teams (34%) from the Third League and 2 teams (50%) from the Regional Amateur League qualified for the next round.
• 29 seeded (63%) and 17 unseeded (37%) teams qualified for the next round.
• Biggest upset was Kars 36 Spor (no ranking) eliminating Balıkesirspor Baltok (ranked 27th).
• Lowest-ranked team qualifying for the next round was Kars 36 Spor (no ranking).
• Highest-ranked team eliminated was Göztepe (ranked 18th).

Source:^[2]

Fourth round

• 12 Super League, 12 First League, 18 Second League, 10 Third League and 2 Regional Amateur League teams competed in this round. Seeds were applied in the single-leg round.^[1]
• 12 teams (100%) from the Super League, 7 teams (58%) from the First League, 4 teams (22%) from the Second League, 3 teams (30%) from the Third League and 1 team (50%) from the Regional Amateur League qualified for the next round.
• 19 seeded (70%) and 8 unseeded (30%) teams qualified for the next round.
• Biggest upset was Kars 36 Spor (no ranking) eliminating Altınordu (ranked 25th).
• Lowest-ranked team qualifying for the next round was Kars 36 Spor (no ranking).
• Highest-ranked team eliminated was Çaykur Rizespor (ranked 19th).

Source:^[2]

Fifth round

• 17 Super League, 7 First League, 4 Second League, 3 Third League and 1 Regional Amateur League teams competed in this round. Seeds were applied in the two-leg round.^[1]
• 12 teams (71%) from the Super League, 3 teams (43%) from the First League and 1 team (25%) from the Second League qualified for the next round.
• 12 seeded (75%) and 4 unseeded (25%) teams qualified for the next round.
• Biggest upset was Bucaspor (ranked 61st) eliminating Sivasspor (ranked 16th).
• Lowest-ranked team qualifying for the next round was Bucaspor (ranked 61st).
• Highest-ranked team eliminated was Kasımpaşa (ranked tenth).

Summary table

Source:^[2]

First leg

Karsspor v Gençlerbirliği

Beşiktaş v Manisaspor

Ankara Demirspor v Akhisarspor

Osmanlıspor FK v Yeni Malatyaspor

Galatasaray v Sivas Belediyespor

Batman Petrolspor v Atiker Konyaspor

Kasımpaşa v Boluspor

Sivasspor v Bucaspor

Kardemir Karabükspor v İstanbulspor

Adanaspor v Bursaspor

Fenerbahçe v Adana Demirspor

Orhangazi Belediyespor v Antalyaspor

Giresunspor v Alanyaspor

Kahramanmaraşspor v İstanbul Başakşehir

BB Erzurumspor v Trabzonspor

Kayserispor v Eyüpspor

Second leg

Antalyaspor v Orhangazi Belediyespor

Bursaspor v Adanaspor

Boluspor v Kasımpaşa

Trabzonspor v BB Erzurumspor

Sivas Belediyespor v Galatasaray

Manisaspor v Beşiktaş

Gençlerbirliği v Karsspor

Akhisarspor v Ankara Demirspor

Bucaspor v Sivasspor

Yeni Malatyaspor v Osmanlıspor FK

Alanyaspor v Giresunspor

Adana Demirspor v Fenerbahçe

Eyüpspor v Kayserispor

İstanbulspor v Kardemir Karabükspor

Atiker Konyaspor v Batman Petrolspor

İstanbul Başakşehir v Kahramanmaraşspor

Round of 16

• 12 Super League, 3 First League and 1 Second League team competed in this round. Seeds were applied in the two-leg round.^[1]
• 7 teams (41%) from the Super League and 1 team (14%) from the First League qualified for the next round.
• 5 seeded (63%) and 3 unseeded (37%) teams qualified for the next round.
• Biggest upset was Giresunspor (ranked 24th) eliminating İstanbul Başakşehir (ranked second).
• Lowest-ranked team qualifying for the next round was Giresunspor (ranked 24th).
• Highest-ranked team eliminated was İstanbul Başakşehir (ranked second).

Qualified teams

• The draw for the round of 16 took place on 15 December 2017.

Summary table

Source:^[2]

First leg

Gençlerbirliği v Bursaspor

Galatasaray v Bucaspor

Giresunspor v İstanbul Başakşehir

Kayserispor v Antalyaspor

Atiker Konyaspor v Trabzonspor

Fenerbahçe v İstanbulspor

Boluspor v Akhisarspor

Beşiktaş v Osmanlıspor FK

Second leg

Bursaspor v Gençlerbirliği

Trabzonspor v Atiker Konyaspor

İstanbulspor v Fenerbahçe

Akhisarspor v Boluspor

İstanbul Başakşehir v Giresunspor

Osmanlıspor FK v Beşiktaş

Antalyaspor v Kayserispor

Bucaspor v Galatasaray

Bracket

Quarter-finals

• Seven Super League and one First League team competed in this round. Seeds were applied in the two-leg round.^[1]

Qualified teams

• The draw for the quarter-finals and following rounds took place on January 19, 2018.

Summary table

Source:^[2]

First leg

Beşiktaş v Gençlerbirliği

Akhisarspor v Kayserispor

Giresunspor v Fenerbahçe

Atiker Konyaspor v Galatasaray

Second leg

Gençlerbirliği v Beşiktaş

Kayserispor v Akhisarspor

Fenerbahçe v Giresunspor

Galatasaray v Atiker Konyaspor

Semi-finals

Summary table

Source:^[2]

First leg

Akhisarspor v Galatasaray

Beşiktaş v Fenerbahçe

Second leg

Galatasaray v Akhisarspor

Fenerbahçe v Beşiktaş

• Fenerbahçe awarded the Tie after Beşiktaş refused to return to the field following an incident in the original game where manager Şenol Güneş was struck on the head with an object,^[3] forcing the match to be abandoned. The TFF ordered the remaining 32 minutes to be played behind closed doors,^[4] however Beşiktaş refused to travel^[5] and after a rejected appeal,^[6] did not appear for the rescheduled game.^[7] As a result, Beşiktaş were punished by forfeiting all prize money from the competition to the point, and barred from entering the 2018-19 contest.^[8]

Final

The final was contested in Diyarbakır as a one-off match.^[9] The winning club was awarded a total of 75 medals, along with the Turkish Cup trophy.^[1]

10 May 2018 (2018-05-10)

20:30 TRT (UTC+3:00)

Final

Diyarbakır Stadium, Diyarbakır

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır

Akhisarspor player Muğdat Çelik was selected man of the match.^[10]

Top goalscorers

References

1. Turkish Football Federation. "2017-18 Turkish Cup Regulations" (PDF).
2. "Türkiye Kupası - 2017/18". Mackolik.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2018-04-25.
3. Leach, Conrad (2018-04-19). "Besiktas manager suffers cut head as tensions erupt in Fenerbahçe cup derby". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2018-04-24. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
4. "Fenerbahçe Beşiktaş maçı TFF kararı belli oldu!". Sabah (in Turkish). 2018-04-25. Archived from the original on 2018-04-25. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
5. "Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe derbisine çıkmama kararı aldı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2018-04-26. Archived from the original on 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
6. "Tahkim Kurulu'ndan yarıda kalan Fenerbahçe Beşiktaş derbisi kararı". Sözcü (in Turkish). 2018-05-02. Archived from the original on 2018-05-19. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
7. "Beşiktaş sahaya çıkmadı, derbi iptal edildi". Eurosport. 2018-05-03. Archived from the original on 2018-05-19. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
8. "Besiktas refuse to finish match vs. Fenerbahce". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
9. "Ziraat Türkiye Kupası finali Diyarbakır'da". NTV. 2018-03-17. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
10. "Teleset Mobilya Akhisarspor Fenerbahçe: 3-2 (Maç sonucu)". Sözcü (in Turkish). 2018-05-10. Retrieved 2018-05-11.

External links

• 2017-18 Turkish Cup Regulations