2018 Sri Lanka FA Cup

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2018 Sri Lanka FA Cup
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Teams715
Champions Army SC (7th title)
2019

The 2018 Sri Lanka FA Cup (or Vantage FA Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 56th season of Sri Lanka FA Cup, the top-tier knockout football tournament in Sri Lanka. A total of 715 teams would participate. [1]

Contents

Round of 16

To start on 24 October 2018. [2]

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Police SC 3 – 1 Negombo Youth FC

Air Force SC 0 – 4 Renown SC

Java Lane SC 1 – 3 Colombo SC

Saunders SC 6 – 2 Eveready SC

New Youngs FC 4 – 0 Red Sun SC

Army SC 3 – 0 New Star SC

Prison SC 2 – 0 St. Nicholas SC

SLTB SC 1 – 1 (4 – 2 p) Uruthirapuram SC

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 5 November 2018. [3] All matches take place on 17 & 18 November at the Sugathadasa Stadium.

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Prison SC 1 – 2 Saunders SC

Colombo FC 0 – 0 (4 – 1 p) New Youngs FC

Renown SC 0 – 0 (1 – 3 p) Police SC

Army SC 2 – 0 SLTB SC

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 19 November 2018. [4]

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25 Nov – Army SC 1 – 0 Police SC – 5.00pm – Sugathadasa Stadium

25 Nov – Saunders SC 2 – 0 Colombo FC – 7.30pm – Sugathadasa Stadium

Final

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1 December 7.00pm at the Sugathadasa Stadium

Army SC 4 – 2 Saunders SC

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References

  1. "715 clubs for 2018 FA Cup". The Papare. 21 April 2018.
  2. "Vantage proudly sponsors FA Cup 2018". The Papare. 23 October 2018.
  3. FA Cup Quarter-Final draw announced!
  4. FA Cup semi-final draw revealed