The Ukrainian Cup (Ukrainian: Кубок України) is a knockout cup competition in Ukrainian football, run by the Football Federation of Ukraine. The winner of the competition is awarded a qualification to the UEFA Cup (prior to 2000 to the UEFA Cup Winner's Cup). From 2007/08 season and until 2011/12 season inclusively, this tournament's official name is DATAGROUP − Football Ukraine Cup. [edit] Format The format of this competition fluctuates annually. Mainly the competition is limited to the professional level clubs. Currently the Premier division clubs are granted a bye all the way to the 1/16 of the final. From the 1/16 final which considers to be officially the first round of competition, it is being administrated by the Premier League. Prior to that, the qualification rounds are under the administration of PFL Ukraine and usually consist of two to four. At one point and prior to the reorganization in 2008 for couple of years this competition included a sub competition which was called as the Ukrainian Second League Cup. During that time only the clubs of the Ukraine Premier League and Ukrainian First League along with the finalists of the Ukrainian Second League Cup competed in this Cup competition. In the 90's amateur clubs, usually Oblast Cup Champions were allowed to compete on the volunteer bases. Since the introduction of the Ukrainian Second League Cup participation of the amateur clubs became restricted. From 2007 the winner of the Ukrainian Amateur Cup was allowed to compete and enter the qualification rounds along with the other members of the PFL Ukraine. On May 27, 2009 the CR PFL reinstated the participation of amateur clubs, particularly the winners of the Ukrainian regional cup competitions, to increase the popularity and add the intrigue to the Ukrainian Cup qualification rounds[1]. [edit] History The first Cup competition brought as much surprises as the championship of 1992. The main contender, Dynamo Kyiv, settled in a draw in its first game at home against, what used to be an amateur club in Soviet times, Skala Stryi and in the next round, quarterfinals, was defeated by the FC Torpedo Zaporizhia. Nevertheless, since then Dynamo Kyiv continues to dominate not only in the amount of the gained championship titles, but in amount of the Cups won as of today. [edit] Finals | Year | Venue | Winner | Score | Runner-Up | | 2009-10 | 1st Preliminary Round begins July 18 2009 | | 2008-09 | 31 May 2009 17:00 (LST)
Dnipropetrovsk - Dnipro Arena
Attendance: 25,700 | Vorskla Poltava
Vasyl Sachko  50' | 1 - 0
(0 - 0) | Shakhtar Donetsk
| | 2007-08 | 7 May 2008 19:00 (LST)
Kharkiv - OSC "Metallist"
Attendance: 28,000 | Shakhtar Donetsk
Oleksandr Hladky 44'
Oleksiy Gai 78' | 2 - 0
(1 - 0) | Dynamo Kyiv
| | 2006-07 | 28 May 2007 17:00 (LST)
Kiev - NSC "Olimpiyskiy"
Attendance: 64,500 | Dynamo Kyiv
Kléber 58'
Oleh Husyev 80' | 2 - 1
(0 - 0) | Shakhtar Donetsk
Elano 89' | | 2005-06 | 2 May 2006 17:00 (LST)
Kiev - NSC "Olimpiyskiy"
Attendance: 25,000 | Dynamo Kyiv
Kléber 47' | 1 - 0
(0 - 0) | Metalurh Zaporizhzhya | | 2004-05 | 29 May 2005 17:00 (LST)
Kiev - NSC "Olimpiyskiy"
Attendance: 68,000 | Dynamo Kyiv
Diogo Rincón 11' (Pen) | 1 - 0
(1 - 0) | Shakhtar Donetsk
| | 2003-04 | 30 May 2004 17:00 (LST)
Kiev - NSC "Olimpiyskiy"
Attendance: 60,000 | Shakhtar Donetsk
Oleksiy Byelik 1'
Anatoliy Tymoschuk 90+' | 2 - 0
(1 - 0) | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
| | 2002-03 | 25 May 2003 17:00 (LST)
Kiev - NSC "Olimpiyskiy"
Attendance: 71,000 | Dynamo Kyiv
Aliaksandr Khatskevich 56'
Diogo Rincón 90+' | 2 - 1
(0 - 1) | Shakhtar Donetsk
Andriy Vorobei 18' | | 2001-02 | 26 May 2002 19:00 (LST)
Kiev - NSC "Olimpiyskiy"
Attendance: 81,000 | Shakhtar Donetsk
Serhiy Popov 10'
Serhiy Atelkin 81'
Andriy Vorobei 99' | 3 - 2
(1 - 1; 2 - 2)
(aet) | Dynamo Kyiv
Valentin Belkevich 31'
Maksim Shatskikh 50' | | 2000-01 | 27 May 2001 ? (LST)
Kiev - NSC "Olimpiyskiy"
Attendance: 55,000 | Shakhtar Donetsk
Serhiy Atelkin 78'
Serhiy Atelkin 119' | 2 - 1
(0 - 1; 1 - 1)
(aet) | Arsenal Kyiv
Ruslan Kostyshyn 7'
| | 1999-00 | 27 May 2000 ? (LST)
Kiev - NSC "Olimpiyskiy"
Attendance: 45,500 | Dynamo Kyiv
Aliaksandr Khatskevich 45'
| 1 - 0
(1 - 0) | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
| | 1998-99 | 30 May 1999 ? (LST)
Kiev - NSC "Olimpiyskiy"
Attendance: 71,000 | Dynamo Kyiv
Andriy Shevchenko 18'
Valentin Belkevich 19'
Andriy Shevchenko 67'
| 3 - 0
(2 - 0) | Karpaty Lviv | | 1997-98 | 31 May 1998 ? (LST)
Kiev - NSC "Olimpiyskiy"
Attendance: 43,500 | Dynamo Kyiv
Andriy Shevchenko 1'
Andriy Shevchenko 30'
| 2 - 1
(2 - 0) | CSKA Kyiv
Vasil Novokhatsky 54'
| | 1996-97 | 25 May 1997 ? (LST)
Kiev - NSC "Olimpiyskiy"
Attendance: 26,000 | Shakhtar Donetsk
Serhiy Atelkin 36' | 1 - 0
(1 - 0) | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | | 1995-96 | 26 May 1996 ? (LST)
Kiev - NSC "Olimpiyskiy"
Attendance: 47,000 | Dynamo Kyiv
Serhiy Rebrov 27'
Yuri Maximov 59' | 2 - 0
(1 - 0) | Nyva Vinnytsia | | 1994-95 | 28 May 1995 ? (LST)
Kiev - NSC "Olimpiyskiy"
Attendance: 42,500 | Shakhtar Donetsk
Ihor Petrov 78' | 1 - 1
(0 - 1)
(aet)
7-6 (penalties) | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Olexiy Zakharov 23' | | 1993-94 | 29 May 1994 ? (LST)
Kiev - NSC "Olimpiyskiy"
Attendance: 5,000 | Chornomorets Odessa | 0 - 0
(0 - 0)
(aet)
5-3 (penalties) | Tavriya Simferopol | | 1992-93 | 30 May 1993 ? (LST)
Kiev - NSC "Olimpiyskiy"
Attendance: 47,000 | Dynamo Kyiv
Victor Leonenko 23'
Dmytro Topchiyev 64'
| 2 - 1
(1 - 0)
| Karpaty Lviv
Ihor Plotko 89' (Pen) | | 1992 | 31 May 1992 ? (LST)
Kiev - NSC "Olimpiyskiy"
Attendance: 12,000 | Chornomorets Odessa
Ilia Tsymbalar 107' | 1 - 0
(0 - 0)
(aet) | Metalist Kharkiv | [edit] Top scorers of finals [edit] Performance by Club | Club |  | Runner-Up | Winning Years | Finalist Years | | Dynamo Kyiv | 9 | 2 | 1992-93, 1995-96, 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-00, 2002-03, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07 | 2001-02, 2007-08 | | Shakhtar Donetsk | 6 | 4 | 1994-95, 1996-97, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2003-04, 2007-08 | 2002-03, 2004-05, 2005-07, 2008-09 | | Chornomorets Odessa | 2 | 0 | 1992, 1993-94 | - | | Vorskla Poltava | 1 | 0 | 2008-09 | - | | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 0 | 3 | - | 1994-95, 1996-97, 2003-04 | | Karpaty Lviv | 0 | 2 | - | 1992-93, 1998-99 | | Arsenal Kyiv | 0 | 2 | - | 1997-98, 2000-01 | | Metalist Kharkiv | 0 | 1 | - | 1992 | | Tavriya Simferopol | 0 | 1 | - | 1993-94 | | Nyva Vinnytsia | 0 | 1 | - | 1995-96 | | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 0 | 1 | - | 1999-00 | | Metalurh Zaporizhzhya | 0 | 1 | - | 2005-06 | [edit] Top 10 managers This table shows the most successful managers in the Cup since its foundation in 1991. It is based on the following factors: a winner is awarded 5 points, a losing finalist 3 points, and a losing semi-finalist 1 point. Forty managers have brought their teams to the semi-finals of this competition over its history, and a few notable managers fail to make the best 10 of this ranking: Nevio Scala (Shakhtar) - a cup winner, Yuriy Semin (Dynamo) - finalist, semi-final, and Oleh Taran (Kryvbas) - finalist, semi-final.
† - Managers that have past away. In bold are managers that are still active in the current season. In parenthesis are cups for the respective team.
[edit] Players' Statistics All-time Ukrainian Cup scorers | Player | Club(s) | Goals | | 1 | Andriy Vorobei | Shakhtar, Dnipro | 24 | | 2 | Oleksandr Palyanytsia | Dnipro, Veres, Karpaty, Metalist, Kryvbas | 22 | | = | Maksim Shatskikh | Dynamo | 22 | | 4 | Serhiy Rebrov | Shakhtar, Dynamo | 20 | | = | Andriy Shevchenko | Dynamo | 20 | | 6 | Andriy Pokladok | Karpaty, Metalurh D, Rava, Halychyna L | 19 | | 7 | Oleh Matveyev | Shakhtar, Metalurh Z | 17 | | 8 | Oleksiy Antyukhin | Metalurh Z, Tavria, Vorskla | 16 | | 9 | Bohdan Yesyp | Dynamo, Zirka, Zakarpattia, Naftovyk | 14 | | = | Serhiy Mizin | Dynamo, Dnipro, Karpaty, Kryvbas, Arsenal K | 14 | | = | Dmytro Mykhailenko | Dnipro, Dynamo | 14 | | = | Volodymyr Musolitin | Odessa, Naftovyk, Chornomorets, CSKA, Kryvbas, Metalurh Z | 14 | | Data through 2008-09 season[2]. | | |
[edit] Winners of the Ukrainian SSR Cup [edit] See also [edit] References - ^ PFL document of 27 May 2009 (Ukrainian)
- ^ Players records (Russian)
- ^ Players records (Russian)
[edit] External links | Ukrainian Cup | | | Seasons | | | | Finals | | | | | | | |
