Ukrainian Cup

Ukrainian Cup

Founded	1992
Region	Ukraine
Current champions	Shakhtar Donetsk
Website	Football Federation of Ukraine
Ukrainian Cup 2008-09

The Ukrainian Cup 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 includingly, this tournament's official name is DATAGROUP − Football Ukraine Cup.

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. At one point for couple of years this competition included a subcompetition 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 2007 the winner of the Ukrainian Amateur Cup is allowed to compete.

History

The first Cup competition brought as much surprises as the championship of 1992. The main contender and the best Ukrainian team ever, 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.

Finals

Year	Venue	Winner	Score	Runner-Up
2008-09	Competition begins 16 July, 2008. Second Round - 29 October, 2008
2007-08	7 May,2008 19:00 (LST) Kharkiv - OSC "Metallist" Attendance: 28,000	Shakhtar Donetsk Oleksandr Hladky 44' Oleksiy Hai 78'	2 - 0 (1 - 0)	Dynamo Kyiv
2006-07	28 May,2007 17:00 (LST) Kyiv - NSC "Olimpiyskiy" Attendance: 64,500	Dynamo Kyiv Kléber 58' Oleh Husyev 80'	2 - 1 (0 - 0)	Shakhtar Donetsk Elano 89'
2005-06	02 May,2006 17:00 (LST) Kyiv - NSC "Olimpiyskiy" Attendance: 25,000	Dynamo Kyiv Kléber 47'	1 - 0 (0 - 0)	Metalurh Zaporizhzhya
2004-05	29 May,2005 17:00 (LST) Kyiv - 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) Kyiv - NSC "Olimpiyskiy" Attendance: 60,000	Shakhtar Donetsk Oleksiy Byelik 1' Anatoliy Tymoschuk 91'	2 - 0 (1 - 0)	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
2002-03	25 May,2003 17:00 (LST) Kyiv - NSC "Olimpiyskiy" Attendance: 71,000	Dynamo Kyiv Aliaksandr Khatskevich 56' Diogo Rincón 91'	2 - 1 (0 - 1)	Shakhtar Donetsk Andriy Vorobei 18'
2001-02	26 May,2002 19:00 (LST) Kyiv - 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) Kyiv - 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) Kyiv - NSC "Olimpiyskiy" Attendance: 45,500	Dynamo Kyiv Aliaksandr Khatskevich 45'	1 - 0 (1 - 0)	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
1998-99	30 May,1999 ? (LST) Kyiv - 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) Kyiv - 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) Kyiv - NSC "Olimpiyskiy" Attendance: 26,000	Shakhtar Donetsk Serhiy Atelkin 36'	1 - 0 (1 - 0)	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
1995-96	26 May,1996 ? (LST) Kyiv - 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) Kyiv - 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) Kyiv - NSC "Olimpiyskiy" Attendance: 5,000	Chornomorets Odessa	0 - 0 (0 - 0) (aet) 5-3 (penalties)	Tavriya Simferopol
1992-93	30 May,1993 ? (LST) Kyiv - 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) Kyiv - NSC "Olimpiyskiy" Attendance: 12,000	Chornomorets Odessa Ilia Tsymbalar 107'	1 - 0 (0 - 0) (aet)	Metalist Kharkiv

Top scorers of finals

No	Name	Club(s)	Goals	Remarks
1	Andriy Shevchenko	FC Dynamo Kyiv	4
2	Serhiy Atelkin	FC Shakhtar Donetsk	4
3	Valentin Belkevich	FC Dynamo Kyiv	2
4	Aliaksandr Khatskevich	FC Dynamo Kyiv	2
5	Andriy Vorobei	FC Shakhtar Donetsk	2
6	Diogo Rincon	FC Dynamo Kyiv	2
7	Kleber	FC Dynamo Kyiv	2

Performance by Club

Club	Winners	Runner-Up	Semifinalists	Winning Years
Dynamo Kyiv	9	1	1	1992-93, 1995-96, 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-00, 2002-03, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07
Shakhtar Donetsk	6	3	3	1994-95, 1996-97, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2003-04, 2007-08
Chornomorets Odessa	2	0	2	1992, 1993-94
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	0	3	4	-
Karpaty Lviv	0	2	2	-
Arsenal Kyiv	0	2	1	-
Metalist Kharkiv	0	1	2	-
Tavriya Simferopol	0	1	2	-
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	0	1	2	-
Metalurh Zaporizhzhya	0	1	2	-
Nyva Vinnytsia	0	1	0	-
Torpedo Zaporizhia	0	0	2	-
Metalurh Donetsk	0	0	2	-
Zirka Kirovohrad	0	0	2	-
Illychivets Mariupol	0	0	2	-
Veres Rivne	0	0	1	-
Kremin Kremenchuk	0	0	1	-
Volyn Lutsk	0	0	1	-

Top 10 managers

Rating	Name	Club(s)	Points	Holder	Finalist	Semifinalist
1	Mircea Lucescu	FC Shakhtar Donetsk	16	2	2	-
2	Valery Lobanovsky	FC Dynamo Kyiv	15	3	-	-
3	Viktor Prokopenko	FC Chornomorets Odessa FC Shakhtar Donetsk	15	3	-	-
4	Anatoliy Demyanenko	FC Dynamo Kyiv	10	2	-	-
4	Yozhef Sabo	FC Dynamo Kyiv	10	2	-	-
4	Valery Yaremchenko	FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Kremin Kremenchuk	10	1	1	2
7	Mykhailo Fomenko	FC Dynamo Kyiv FC CSKA Kyiv SC Tavriya Simferopol	9	1	1	1
7	Olexiy Mykhailychenko	FC Dynamo Kyiv	9	1	1	1
9	Myron Markevych	FC Karpaty Lviv FC Metalurh Zaporizhia FC Metalist Kharkiv	7	-	1	4
10	Yevhen Kucherevskiy	FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	6	-	1	3
10	Vyacheslav Hrozny	FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk FC Metalurh Zaporizhia	6	-	2	-

This rating is of the best managers in the Cup since its foundation in 1991. It is based on the following factors:
Holder - 5 points,
Finalist - 3 points,
Semifinalist - 1 point.
There are 40 managers who brought their teams at least to the semi-finals of this competition over its history.

See also

• Football in Ukraine
• Ukrainian Premier League

External links

• Football Federation of Ukraine (Ukrainian)
• Main sponsor inauguration