Lebanese FA Cup | |
Year: | 2018–19 |
Country: | Lebanon |
Dates: | 12 October 2018 – 25 May 2019 |
Num Teams: | 28 |
Defending Champions: | Ahed |
Champions: | Ahed |
Runner-Up: | Ansar |
Matches: | 27 |
Goals: | 71 |
Top Goal Scorer: | El Hadji Malick Tall (3 goals) |
Prevseason: | 2017–18 |
Nextseason: |
The 2018–19 Lebanese FA Cup was the 47th edition of the national football cup competition of Lebanon. It started with the First Round on 12 October 2018 and concluded with the final on 25 May 2019.[1] [2]
Defending champions Ahed beat Ansar in the final to win their second consecutive Lebanese FA Cup, their sixth in total. The winner qualified for the 2020 AFC Cup play-off round;[3] however, as Ahed also won the Lebanese Premier League, the AFC Cup spot went to second-placed Ansar.
Phase | Round | Dates | Clubs remaining | Clubs involved | Winners from previous round | New entries this round | Leagues entering at this round |
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First Phase | First Round | 12–14 October 2018 | 28 | 16 | none | 16 | 12 Second Division teams 4 Third Division teams |
Second Round | 17–18 November 2018 | 20 | 8 | 8 | none | none | |
Second Phase | Round of 16 | 29–30 January 2019 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 12 Lebanese Premier League teams |
Quarter-finals | 27 April –10 May 2019 | 8 | 8 | 8 | none | none | |
Semi-finals | 18–19 May 2019 | 4 | 4 | 4 | none | none | |
Final | 25 May 2019 | 2 | 2 | 2 | none | none |
The following is the bracket which the Lebanese FA Cup resembled. Numbers in parentheses next to the score represents the results of a penalty shoot-out.
Only Second Phase matches are taken into consideration.
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | El Hadji Malick Tall | Ansar | 3 |
2 | Ali Al Hajj | Nejmeh | 2 |
Abou Bakr Al-Mel | Nejmeh | ||
Mohamad Jaafar | Nejmeh | ||
Mohamad Kdouh | Ahed | ||
Martin Toshev | Ahed | ||
Ahmad Zreik | Ahed |