2017–18 Rock Cup Explained

Defending Champions:Europa
Rock Cup
Year:2017–18
Country:Gibraltar
Num Teams:19
Champions:Europa
Count:7
Runner-Up:Mons Calpe
Matches:18
Goals:62
Top Goal Scorer:Rubo Blanco
Kike Gómez
(6 goals)
Prevseason:2017
Nextseason:2019

The 2017–18 Rock Cup was a single-leg knockout tournament played by clubs from Gibraltar. This season's version of the Rock Cup was sponsored by Gibtelecom, and is known as the Gibtelecom Rock Cup for sponsorship purposes.[1] This season's edition was held throughout the season for the first time since 2011–12.

The winner of this competition, Europa, qualified for the 2018–19 Europa League. As they had also qualified for European competition via the 2017–18 Gibraltar Premier Division, the third place team in the league will take the spot in the Europa League.

First round

The First Round draw was held 26 October 2017 and the matches will be played 26–28 November 2017.[2] All teams participating in the first round are from the Gibraltar Second Division. Leo, Hound Dogs and Olympique 13 received byes to the Second Round.

Second round

The draw for the Second Round took place on 13 December 2017, with games to be played 6–27 February 2018.[3] All Gibraltar Premier Division teams enter at this stage, along with the three Gibraltar Second Division teams to receive byes from the first round.

Quarter-finals

The quarter final draw took place on 28 February 2018.

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals took place on 11 April 2018.

Final

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GK 1 Javi Muñoz (c)
RB 5
CB 22 Martín Belforti
CB 42 Alberto Merino
LB 11 Toni García
RM 17
CM 6 Iván Moya
CM 20 Mustapha Yahaya
LM 8
CF 9 Kike Gómez
CF 19
Substitutes:
GK 26 José Camara
DF 2
MF 7 Sykes Garro
MF 24 Joselinho
FW 10 Jorge Pina
FW 21 Ñito Gónzalez
FW 27
Interim Manager:
Juan José Gallardo
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GK 22 Mateo Grasso
RB 2 André Dos Santos
CB 5 Francisco Zúñiga
CB 6 Renan Bernardes
LB 24 Federico Villar
DM 11 Jonathan Di Toro
DM 3 Graeme Torrilla
RW 7 Manu Onega
AM 39
LW 10 Facundo Cascio
ST 9 Rubo Blanco (c)
Substitutes:
GK 17 Nicky Arjona
DF 4 Leonardo Vela
MF 8 Sacha Funes
MF 18 Nahuel Ruiz
MF 20 Julian Bado
MF 21 Rodrigo Cerrilla
MF 29 Jansen Dalli
Manager:
Luis Manuel Blanco
width=50% valign=topMan of the match: Kike Gómez

Match officials

  • Assistant referees: Denis Perez & Alvaro Delgado
  • Forth official: Herbert Warwick
width=50% valign=topMatch rules
  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

Top goalscorers

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6 goals
5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gibtelecom to sponsor the Rock Cup in multi year deal . 13 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180908015644/https://www.gibraltarfa.com/news/13-12-2016/gibtelecom-to-sponsor-the-rock-cup-in-multi-year-deal . 8 September 2018 . dead .
  2. Web site: Rock Cup 17/18 . GFA . 14 December 2016.
  3. Web site: 2017/18 Gibtelecom Rock Cup 2nd Round Draw . GFA . 13 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171214071600/https://www.gibraltarfa.com/news/12-12-2017/201718-gibtelecom-rock-cup-2nd-round-draw . 14 December 2017 . dead .
  4. Web site: Gibraltar Rock Cup Results and Scorers. 2017-11-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201032223/https://gibraltarfa.com/domestic-football/results/894574. 2017-12-01. dead.

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