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. 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. 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. 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
GK 1 Javi Muñoz (c)RB 5 Ibrahim Ayew CB 22 Martín BelfortiCB 42 Alberto MerinoLB 11 Toni GarcíaRM 17 Guillermo Roldán CM 6 Iván Moya CM 20 Mustapha YahayaLM 8 Álex Quillo CF 9 Kike Gómez CF 19 Mikey Yome Substitutes:GK 26 José CamaraDF 2 Ethan Jolley MF 7 Sykes GarroMF 24 JoselinhoFW 10 Jorge PinaFW 21 Ñito Gónzalez FW 27 Enrique Carreño Interim Manager: Juan José Gallardo GK 22 Mateo Grasso RB 2 André Dos Santos CB 5 Francisco Zúñiga CB 6 Renan Bernardes LB 24 Federico VillarDM 11 Jonathan Di ToroDM 3 Graeme TorrillaRW 7 Manu Onega AM 39 Pibe LW 10 Facundo CascioST 9 Rubo Blanco (c)Substitutes:GK 17 Nicky ArjonaDF 4 Leonardo VelaMF 8 Sacha FunesMF 18 Nahuel RuizMF 20 Julian BadoMF 21 Rodrigo Cerrilla MF 29 Jansen DalliManager: Luis Manuel Blanco Man of the match: Kike Gómez
Match officials Assistant referees: Denis Perez & Alvaro Delgado Forth official: Herbert WarwickMatch rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.
Bracket
Top goalscorers . 6 goals
Kike Gómez (Europa) Rubo Blanco (Mons Calpe)
5 goals Pibe (Mons Calpe) 3 goals
Guillermo Roldán (Europa) Ayman Elghobashy (Gibraltar United)
2 goals
Fernando Cuesta (Bruno's Magpies) Javier Rivas (Cannons) Diego Godoy (Gibraltar Phoenix) Michael Negrette (Gibraltar United) John-Paul Duarte (St Joseph's)
1 goal
José María Martos (Angels) Conor Gaul (Bruno's Magpies) Reece Price-Placid (Bruno's Magpies) Daniel Jimenez Falcon (Cannons) Juan Carlos Pineda (Cannons) David Cruz (College 1975) Enrique Carreño (Europa) Martín Belforti (Europa) Toni García (Europa) José Antonio Campoy (Europa Point) Benjamin Edwards-Wilks (Europa Point) José Luiz Lopez Blasquez (Europa Point) Christian Nuñez (Europa Point) Antonio Postigo (Europa Point) Tito De Torres (Gibraltar United) Marco Mereiles (Gibraltar United) Dani Ponce (Gibraltar United) Cecil Prescott (Gibraltar United) Falu Aranda (Lincoln Red Imps) Anthony Bardon (Lincoln Red Imps) Antonio Calderón (Lincoln Red Imps) Tjay De Barr (Lincoln Red Imps) Anthony Hernandez (Lincoln Red Imps) Juan Manuel Llaves (Lions Gibraltar) Andro Rodriguez (Manchester 62) Facundo Cascio (Mons Calpe) Kyle Casciaro (FC Olympique 13) Scott Ritchie (FC Olympique 13) Domingo Ferrer (St Joseph's) Wancho Villalba (St Joseph's)
Own goals Juan José Pérez (Glacis United) - against Lincoln Red Imps
References
External links Gibraltar Football Association