Football tournament season
2018–19 Lebanese FA Cup Country Lebanon Dates 12 October 2018 – 25 May 2019 Teams 28 Defending champions Ahed Champions Ahed Runners-up Ansar Matches played 27 Goals scored 71 (2.63 per match) Top goal scorer(s) El Hadji Malick Tall (3 goals)[a]
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.
Teams [ ]
Phase
Round
Dates
Clubs remaining
Clubs involved
Winners from previous round
New entries this round
Leagues entering at this round
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
First Phase [ ]
First Round [ ]
Shabab Bourj (2) v Sagesse (2)
12 October 2018 (2018-10-12 ) Shabab Bourj (2) 2–0 Sagesse (2)
Mabarrah (2) v Homenetmen (2)
13 October 2018 (2018-10-13 ) Mabarrah (2)0–2 Homenetmen (2)
Noujoum Beirut (3) v Shabab Arabi (2)
13 October 2018 (2018-10-13 ) Noujoum Beirut (3) 1–4 Shabab Arabi (2)
Second round [ ]
Shabab Bourj (2) v Homenetmen (2)
18 November 2018 (2018-11-18 ) Shabab Bourj (2)2–2 (a.e.t. ) (5–6 p ) Homenetmen (2)
Second Phase [ ]
Round of 16 [ ]
Racing Beirut (1) v Bekaa (1)
29 January 2019 Racing Beirut (1) 0–0 (a.e.t. ) (4–1 p ) Bekaa (1)Bhamdoun 11:30 GMT
Stadium: Amin AbdelNour Stadium
Shabab Arabi (2) v Ansar (1)
30 January 2019 Shabab Arabi (2)1–4 Ansar (1) Beirut 11:30 GMT
Tall Awada Onika
Stadium: Ahed Stadium
Homenetmen (2) v Safa (1)
Quarter-finals [ ]
Racing Beirut (1) v Salam Zgharta (1)
Safa (1) v Akhaa Ahli (1)
28 April 2019 Safa (1)0–1 Akhaa Ahli (1) Sidon 13:00 GMT
Carlos Alberto 8' (p )
Stadium: Saida International Stadium
Semi-finals [ ]
Racing Beirut (1) v Ahed (1)
Final [ ]
Bracket [ ]
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 .
Top scorers [ ]
Only Second Phase matches are taken into consideration.
Notes [ ]
^ Only Second Phase matches are taken into consideration.
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