The 2017–18 UAE League Cup is the tenth season of the

UAE League Cup The UAE League Cup () is a knockout tournament for clubs in the UAE Pro-League. The first edition of the tournament was played in the 2008–09 Etisalat Emirates Cup, 2008–2009 season. In the 2008–09 season, UAE League Cup replaced the UAE Fed ...

. The competition started on September 4, 2017.

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group matches

All times are local ( UTC+04:00).

Group A

Group B

Knockout phase

The knockout phase involves the first four teams of each of the 2 groups in the

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. Each tie in the

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, apart from the final, is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advance to the next round. If the aggregate score is level, the

away goals rule The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the team that ...

is applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advances. If away goals are also equal, then thirty minutes of

extra time Overtime (OT) or extra time (ET) is an additional period of play to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played only if the game is required t ...

is played. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e. if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team advances by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by

penalty shoot-out The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...

. In the final, which is played as a single match, if scores are level at the end of normal time, extra time is played, followed by penalty shoot-out if scores remain tied.

Quarter-finals

The first legs was played on 29 and 30 December 2017, and the second legs will be played on 15 and 16 February 2018.

First leg

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Second leg

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Semi-finals

The semi-finals will be played on 9 and 22 March 2018.

First leg

Second leg

Final

The final will be played on 29 March 2018.

Goalscorers

There have been 22 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of goals per match. ;6 goals * Sebastián Tagliabué ( Al Wahda) * Caio ( Al-Wasl) ;5 goals *

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Al Ain Al Ain () is a city in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and the seat of the administrative division of the Al Ain Region. The city is Oman–United Arab Emirates border, bordered to the east by the Omani town of Al-Buraimi. Al A ...

) * Welliton ( Al-Sharjah) ;4 goals * Caio (

) ;3 goals * Sebastián Sáez (

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) * Marcelo Cirino ( Al-Nasr Dubai) * Henrique Luvannor ( Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai) * Makhete Diop ( Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai) * Ahmed Al Ghilani ( Al Jazira) * Mohamed Al-Akbari ( Al Wahda) ;2 goals * Ronaldo Mendes ( Al-Wasl) * Ciel ( Dibba Al-Fujairah) * Wanderley ( Al-Nasr Dubai) * Samuel Rosa Gonçalves ( Hatta) * Fábio Virginio de Lima ( Al-Wasl) * Alassane Diallo ( Dibba Al-Fujairah) * Moon Chang-jin ( Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai) * Hassan Mohammed ( Al-Wasl) * Ahmed Rashed Ali ( Dibba Al-Fujairah) * Yousef Ahmed (

) * Saeed Al-Kathiri ( Al Dhafra) * Salem Saleh ( Al-Nasr Dubai * Khalid Rashid Alzari ( Al-Sharjah) * Sardor Rashidov ( Al Jazira) * Tareq Ahmed ( Al Wahda) ;1 goal * Romarinho ( Al Jazira) * Mohannad Abdul-Raheem ( Al Dhafra) * Abdelghani Mouaoui (

) * Makhete Diop ( Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai) * Mohsen Abdullah (

) * Mahir Jasem ( Hatta) * Jassem Yaqoub ( Al-Nasr Dubai) * Abdullah Abdulqader ( Al Dhafra) * Hussain Abdulrahman ( Ajman Club) * Mohammed Abdulbasit ( Al Wahda) *

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) * Mourad Batna ( Al Wahda)

References

External links

Arabian Gulf Cup official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:2017-18 UAE Arabian Gulf Cup UAE League Cup seasons 2017–18 Asian domestic association football cups