2019–20 Ukrainian Cup

The 2019–20 Ukrainian Cup was the 29th annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition. The competition started on 20 August 2019 and concluded on 8 July 2020 with the final at the OSC Metalist in Kharkiv.

2019–20 Ukrainian Cup
Tournament details
CountryUkraine
Dates20 August 2019–8 July 2020[1]
20 August 2019–25 September 2019 (qualification rounds)
30 October 2019–8 July 2020 (main event)
Teams49
Defending championsShakhtar Donetsk
Final positions
ChampionsDynamo Kyiv
(12th title)
Runner-upVorskla Poltava
UEFA Europa Leaguenone[a]
Tournament statistics
Matches played47
Goals scored121 (2.57 per match)
Attendance106,969 (2,276 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)4 – Vladyslav Sharay (Alians)
All statistics correct as of 9 July 2020.

All competition rounds consisted of a single game with a home field advantage granted to a team from lower league.[2] Qualification for the competition is granted to all professional clubs and finalists of the Ukrainian Amateur Cup as long as those clubs are able to pass the season's attestation (licensing).

Shakhtar Donetsk was the defending winner for the last two seasons, but was eliminated by Dynamo Kyiv in the round of 16. The Donetsk club has reached the competition finals in the last nine years winning seven of them.[2]

Dynamo Kyiv won their 12th Ukrainian Cup title after beating Vorskla Poltava 8–7 on penalties in the final with the game ending in the 1–1 draw. They therefore qualified to the group stage of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, however they can still qualify for the Champions League through league season.

Some changes were introduced. Unlike the last season starting with the third round of the competition there was a seeded draw, while for the first two rounds the draw remained blind.[3] This was the first Ukrainian Cup season to implement the Video assistant referee (VAR) system on some matches, the first game to use VAR was the quarter-final match between Dynamo Kyiv and Oleksandriya.[4]

On 17 March 2020, the Ukrainian Association of Football made a decision to pause all football competitions in the country on 18 March 2020 for an unspecified period of time (until the decision to resume competitions) due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine, which caused a postponement of the semi-final and final matches to another date.[5][1]

Team allocation and schedule

The competition included all professional first teams from the Premier League (12/12 teams of the league), First League (16/16), Second League (18/22) and two best teams from the previous year's Amateur Cup. Four second club teams from the Second League are not eligible for the tournament.

One more team, Arsenal Kyiv, withdrew right after approval of the tournament structure, but before the draw of the second preliminary round, to which it qualified as a member of the First League.

Distribution[6]
First round
(20 teams)
18 entrants from the Second League

2 entrants from the Amateur Cup

Second round
(25 teams)
15 entrants from the First League(4)10 winners from the First round
Third round
(20 teams)
6 entrants from the Premier League
1 entrant from the First League
13 winners from the Second round

(including 1 team that received bye)

Main phase
(16 teams)
6 entrants from the Premier League10 winners from the third round

Rounds schedule

PhaseRoundFractionalDraw date[6]Game date[6]
PreliminaryRound 1164 finals14 August 201920 August 2019
Round 2132 finals21 August 201927 August 2019
Round 3116 finals28 August 201925 September 2019
Main eventRound of 1618 finals3 October 201930 October 2019
Quarter-finals14 finals18 December 201911–12 March 2020
Semi-finals12 finals13 March 202017–24 June 2020 (originally scheduled for 15 April 2020)[1]
Final8 July 2020 (originally scheduled for 13 May 2020)[1]
Notes:

Competition schedule

First Preliminary round (1/64)

In this round eighteen clubs from the Second League and both finalists of the 2018–19 Ukrainian Amateur Cup are scheduled to play. The draw for this round was to be held on 26 July 2019 at the House of Football in Kyiv. The round matches initially were to be played on 7 August 2019. However, on 26 July 2019 it was announced that draw was postponed due to recent changes in leagues composition (withdrawal of Arsenal Kyiv) and conflict with FC Peremoha, the draw was postponed.[7] The draw was finally held on 14 August 2019 with the matches played on 20 August 2019.[8]

20 August 2019 Tavriya Simferopol (III) 5–0(III) Real Pharma OdesaBeryslav, Kherson Oblast
16:00Makarchenko 11', 40'
Dobrovolskyi 12'
Bizhko 23'
Sharabura 78' (pen.)
ReportStadium: "Mashynobudivnyk"
Attendance: 400
Referee: Roman Halitsyn (Kyiv)
20 August 2019 Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka (III)1–4 (III) Bukovyna Chernivtsi Nova Kakhovka, Kherson Oblast
17:00Bochak 60'ReportKrashnevskyi 5', 44'
Santrapynskykh 24'
Palahniuk 71'
Stadium: "Enerhiya"
Attendance: 700
Referee: Dmytro Yevtukhov (Dnipro)
20 August 2019 Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih (III)0–1 (III) Chaika Petropavlivska-Borshchahivka Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
17:00ReportVolk 26' (pen.)Stadium: of coal mine "Zhovtneva"
Attendance: 750
Referee: Vladyslav Bakulin (Nova Kakhovka)
20 August 2019 Veres Rivne (III) 2–1(III) Nyva TernopilMlyniv, Rivne Oblast[9]
17:00Yaremenko 17'
Soldat 90+1'
ReportSkakun 20'Stadium: "Kolos"
Attendance: 500
Referee: Andriy Koshura (Chernivtsi)
20 August 2019 Podillya Khmelnytskyi (III) 1–0(III) Polissya ZhytomyrKhmelnytskyi
17:00Zuyevych 13'ReportStadium: "Podillia"
Attendance: 3,280
Referee: Vadym Podryhulia (Lutsk)
20 August 2019 Nyva Vinnytsia (III) 5–1(III) FC NikopolVinnytsia
17:00Kalitov 15'
Maliarenko 26', 57', 70'
Podkuiko 90'
ReportMolochko 4'Stadium: "Tsentralnyi"
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Taras Panasiuk (Berdychiv)
20 August 2019 FC Kalush (III) 1–0(III) VPK-Ahro MahdalynivkaKalush, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
17:00Horbachenko 32'ReportStadium: "Khimik"
Attendance: 950
Referee: Kateryna Zora (Kyiv)
20 August 2019 Krystal Kherson (III)1–1 (a.e.t.)
(2 – 4[10] p)
(III) Dinaz Vyshhorod Kherson
17:30Barladym 43'ReportPryma 89'Stadium: "Krystal"
Attendance: 950
Referee: Maksym Polishchuk (Kryvyi Rih)
Penalties
  • Tsoi
  • Barladym
  • Kucher
  • Laptiev
  • Ichanskyi
  • Voloshyn
  • Harbar
  • Bryzhenko
  • Marchenko
20 August 2019 Alians Lypova Dolyna (III) 2–0(III) FC UzhhorodSumy[9]
18:00Duhiyenko 10'
V.Sharai 51'
ReportStadium: "Yuvileinyi"
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Andriy Ryzhyi (Dnipro)
20 August 2019 Avanhard Bziv (AM)0–2 (a.e.t.) (AM) FC Vovchansk Shchaslyve, Kyiv Oblast[9]
19:00ReportPokosenko 114'
Solomakha 119'
Stadium: STB "Arsenal-Kyiv"
Attendance: 200
Referee: Kateryna Usova (Kyiv)
Notes:

Second Preliminary round (1/32)

In this round 15 clubs will enter from the First League and 10 winners of the previous round (9 clubs from the Second League and 1 amateur club). Due to odd number of teams, one of them received a bye. The draw for this round was held 21 August 2019 at the House of Football in Kyiv. The round matches were played on 27 August 2019.

27 August 2019 Inhulets Petrove (1L) 2–0(1L) Metalist 1925 KharkivPetrove
18:00Akymenko 43'
Korobka 45'
ReportStadium: Inhulets
Attendance: 951
Referee: Oleksandr Kalyonov (Lviv)
27 August 2019 FC Kalush (2L)1–2 (1L) FC Mynai Kalush
18:00dos Santos 90+2'ReportNuriyev 65', 90+4'Stadium: Khimik
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Oleh Kohut (Ternopil)
27 August 2019 MFC Mykolaiv (1L) 5 – 1(5)(1L) Prykarpattia Ivano-FrankivskMykolaiv
17:00Berko 11'
Buhay 20'
Ihor Semenyna 42' (pen.), 56' (pen.)
Kuksenko 71'
ReportKuzmyn 70'Stadium: Central City Stadium (upper field)
Attendance: 450
Referee: Serhiy Zadyran (Kyiv Oblast)
27 August 2019 Dinaz Vyshhorod (2L) 1–0(2L) Nyva VinnytsiaDemydiv, Vyshhorod Raion
17:00Bryzhenko 61'ReportStadium: Dinaz
Attendance: 250
Referee: Serhiy Podryhulia (Lutsk)
27 August 2019 Cherkashchyna Cherkasy (1L)1–2 (1L) Kremin Kremenchuk Cherkasy
18:00Koshelyuk 73'ReportZozulya 77'
Honcharenko 84'
Stadium: Central City Stadium
Attendance: 800
Referee: Pavlo Dubrovets (Zhytomyr)
27 August 2019 Podillya Khmelnytskyi (2L)1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)
(1L) Volyn Lutsk Khmelnytskyi
17:00Sasovskyi 89' (o.g.)ReportPonomar 11'Stadium: Podillia Sports Complex
Attendance: 2,840
Referee: Dmytro Kubriak (Odesa)
Penalties
27 August 2019 FC Vovchansk (AM)0 – 1(6) (a.e.t.) (1L) Obolon-Brovar Kyiv Kharkiv
18:00ReportMate 116'Stadium: Sonyachny Stadium
Attendance: 950
Referee: Oleksandr Tytov (Donetsk)
27 August 2019 Veres Rivne (2L)1 – 2(9) (1L) Rukh Lviv Mlyniv, Rivne Oblast
17:00Solomka 41'ReportKondrakov 19'
Klymchuk 21'
Stadium: Kolos
Attendance: 970
Referee: Anastasia Romaniuk (Ivano-Frankivsk)
27 August 2019 Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni (1L) 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(6–5 p)
(1L) Metalurh ZaporizhyaHorishni Plavni
17:00Sukhanov 81'ReportRazuvayev '1
Razuvayev 68'
Stadium: Yunist
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Vladyslav Dorosh (Kyiv)
27 August 2019 Avanhard Kramatorsk (1L)0 – 0(10) (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)
(1L) Balkany Zorya Kramatorsk
18:00ReportStadium: Avanhard (Bernadsky Garden)
Attendance: 800
Referee: Klym Zabroda (Kyiv)
27 August 2019 Alians Lypova Dolyna (2L) 4 – 1(7)(2L) Chaika Petropavlivska-BorshchahivkaSumy
18:00Medvedyev 9'
Sharay 19', 27' (pen.)
Luchyk 59'
ReportSukhenko 54'Stadium: Yuvileinyi
Attendance: 3,300
Referee: P.Detsiuk (Chernihiv)
27 August 2019 Tavriya Simferopol (2L)2 – 3(8) (2L) Bukovyna Chernivtsi Beryslav
16:00Dobrovolskyi 14'
Makarchenko 21'
ReportMuntian 31'
Krashnevskyi 55'
Shyshyhin 90+1'
Stadium: Mashynobudivnyk
Attendance: 350
Referee: Ihor Horban (Odesa)
Notes:
  • ^(4) Ahrobiznes was drawn with a bye berth that became available as a result of withdrawal of Arsenal Kyiv (the Kyivan club officially withdrew on 22 July 2019, a month before the draw, yet was considered for the Ukrainian cup competition by the Ukrainian Association of Football.).[11] After its withdrawal, Arsenal Kyiv was replaced with Metalurh Zaporizhya that during the draw recognized as part of the First League.
  • ^(5) Match played at Central City Stadium (upper field), Mykolaiv[12]
  • ^(6) Match played at Sonyachnyi Stadium, Kharkiv[12]
  • ^(7) Match played at Yuvileinyi Stadium, Sumy (Alians uses the stadium as home field for the season instead of own Alians Arena in Romny Raion)[12]
  • ^(8) Tavriya Simferopol is forced to play away from Simferopol due to the 2014 Russian occupation of Crimea. The match was played at Mashynobudivnyk Stadium, Beryslav[12]
  • ^(9) Match played at Kolos Stadium, Mlyniv[12]
  • ^(10) Match played at Avanhard Stadium (Bernadsky Garden), Kramatorsk[12]

Third Preliminary round (1/16 finals)

In this round 6 clubs will enter from the Premier League, 1 club from the First League (Chornomorets Odesa) and 13 winners of the previous round (10 clubs from the First League including one club with bye and 3 clubs from the Second League). The draw for this round was held 28 August 2019 at the House of Football in Kyiv. The round matches will be played on 25 September 2019.

25 September 2019 Kremin Kremenchuk (1L)2 – 3(11) (PL) Olimpik Donetsk Poltava
15:00Sydorenko 9'
Koshman 76'
ReportGeoffrey 15'
Zotko 41' (pen.)
Honcharenko 54' (o.g.)
Stadium: Lokomotyv Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Volodymyr Novokhatniy (Kyiv)
25 September 2019 MFC Mykolaiv (1L) 1 – 0(12)(1L) Chornomorets OdesaMykolaiv
15:00Panasenko 78'ReportStadium: Park Peremohy
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Andriy Kovalenko (Poltava)
25 September 2019 Obolon-Brovar Kyiv (1L)0–2 (a.e.t.) (1L) Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni Kyiv
19:00ReportBilyi 109'
Kotlyar 120+1'
Stadium: Obolon Arena
Attendance: 350
Referee: Oleksandr Derdo (Chornomorsk)
25 September 2019 FC Mynai (1L) 1–0(1L) Volyn LutskMynai, Uzhhorod Raion
16:00Mayik 85'ReportStadium: Mynai Stadium
Attendance: 980
Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi (Kropyvnytskyi)
25 September 2019 Alians Lypova Dolyna (2L) 1 – 0(7)(1L) Balkany ZoryaSumy
18:00Sharay 31'ReportStadium: Yuvileiny Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Kharkiv)
25 September 2019 Bukovyna Chernivtsi (2L)0–2 (PL) FC Lviv Chernivtsi
15:30ReportRenan 17' (pen.), 79'Stadium: Bukovyna Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk (Mukacheve)
25 September 2019 Dinaz Vyshhorod (2L)0–1 (a.e.t.) (PL) FC Oleksandriya Demydiv, Vyshhorod Raion
15:00ReportHloba 104'Stadium: Dinaz Stadium
Attendance: 350
Referee: Yuriy Ivanov (Makiivka)
25 September 2019 Ahrobiznes Volochysk (1L)1–3 (PL) SC Dnipro-1 Volochysk, Khmelnytskyi Oblast
16:00Chernenko 85'ReportBuletsa 20'
Kulish 33'
Korkishko 65'
Stadium: Yunist Stadium
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Serhiy Boiko (Ivankiv)
2 October 2019(13) Rukh Lviv (1L)0–1 (PL) FC Mariupol Lviv
18:00ReportHorbunov 76'Stadium: Skif Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Dmytro Kryvushkin (Kharkiv)
Notes:

Round of 16 (1/8 finals)

In this round the remaining six clubs from the Premier League entered, and the ten winners of the previous round (five clubs from the Premier League, four clubs from the First League and one club from the Second League). The draw for this round was held on 3 October 2019 at the House of Football in Kyiv. The round matches will be played on 30 October 2019.

30 October 2019 Kolos Kovalivka (PL)0 –1 (PL) Vorskla Poltava Kyiv
17:00ReportKozyrenko 68'Stadium: Obolon Arena
Attendance: 628
Referee: Maksym Kozyriatskyi (Zaporizhia)
30 October 2019 FC Mynai (1L) 2 –0(PL) FC LvivMynai, Uzhhorod Raion
14:00Dopilka 76'
Hehedosh 83'
ReportStadium: Mynai Arena
Attendance: 1,310
Referee: Oleksandr Omelchenko (Slovyansk)
30 October 2019 MFC Mykolaiv (1L)2 –4 (PL) Desna Chernihiv Mykolaiv
14:00Sondey 18'
Voytsekhovskyi 61'
ReportKartushov 20', 90+1'
Filippov 32', 64'
Stadium: Tsentralnyi Miskyi Stadion
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Oleksandr Shandor (Lviv)
30 October 2019 Alians Lypova Dolyna (2L) 5 –3(1L) Hirnyk-Sport Horishni PlavniSumy
18:00Zahynaylov 10', 35', 53'
Havras 49'
Duhiyenko 71'
ReportKravchuk 22'
Zbun 59'
Lykhovydko 90+3'
Stadium: Yuvileiny Stadium
Attendance: 3,300
Referee: Roman Blavatskyi (Lviv)
30 October 2019 Dynamo Kyiv (PL) 2 –1 (a.e.t.)(PL) Shakhtar DonetskKyiv
19:30Sydorchuk 22'
Popov 110'
ReportStepanenko 90+2'Stadium: Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex
Attendance: 34,865
Referee: Viktor Kopievskyi (Kropyvnytskyi)
30 October 2019 Inhulets Petrove (1L) 2 –1(PL) SC Dnipro-1Petrove, Kirovohrad Oblast
15:00Akymenko 23', 66' (pen.)ReportKulish 41'Stadium: Inhulets Stadium
Attendance: 600
Referee: Oleksandr Derdo (Chornomorsk)
30 October 2019 FC Mariupol (PL) 1 –0(PL) Olimpik DonetskMariupol
14:00Churko 90+3'ReportStadium: Volodymyr Boiko Stadium
Attendance: 1,917
Referee: Yuriy Ivanov (Makiivka)[b]

Quarter-finals

This round consisted of 5 representatives from the Premier League, 2 teams from the First League, and one team from the Second League advanced to this round. Originally scheduled for 1 November 2019, the draw for this round was postponed for December.[13] The draw for this round was held on 18 December 2019[14] at the House of Football in Kyiv. The round matches were scheduled to be played on 4 March 2020. On 14 February 2020 the UAF Executive Committee approved changes to the dates of the cup competition as well the Premier Liha.[15] The quarterfinals games were shifted to 11 March 2020.[15]

11 March 2020 Alians Lypova Dolyna (2L)2–4 (PL) FC Mariupol Sumy
18:00Osadchyi 24'
Yaroshenko 45+2'
ReportKulakov 30'
Yavorskyi 36'
Rohozynskyi 47' (o.g.)
Muravskyi 66'
Stadium: Yuvileiny Stadium
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Ihor Paskhal (Kherson)
11 March 2020 Dynamo Kyiv (PL) 1–0 (a.e.t.)(PL) FC OleksandriyaKyiv
19:30Tsyhankov 106'ReportStadium: Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex
Attendance: 9,567
Referee: Vitaliy Romanov (Dnipro)

Semi-finals

This round consisted of 3 representatives from the Premier League and a team from the First League. Originally the round matches were to be played on 22 April 2020, but later shifted to 15 April 2020.[15] The draw for this round was held as announced on 13 March 2020 at the House of Football in Kyiv.[17] The nominal host for final was identified at the draw for the Ukrainian Cup semifinals as the Mynai/Dynamo pair.[18] The matches were later postponed due to the pause in all competitions in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine.[5]

17 June 2020 FC Mynai (1L)0–2 (PL) Dynamo Kyiv Mynai, Uzhhorod Raion
14:00ReportDuelund 9', 39'Stadium: Mynai Arena
Attendance: 0[c]
Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Kharkiv)

Final

The city of Ternopil (Ternopilsky Misky Stadion)[19] was set to host its first Ukrainian Cup final and first major competition final overall. The match was originally planned to be held on 13 May 2020, but was later postponed due to the pause in all competitions in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine.[20][5][1]

Bracket

The following is the bracket which the main stage of the Ukrainian Cup resembles. Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of a penalty shoot-out.

 
Round of 16
30 October 2019
Quarter-finals
11–12 March 2020
Semi-finals
17–24 June 2020
Final
8 July 2020
 
              
 
 
 
 
FC Mynai2
 
11 March
 
FC Lviv0
 
FC Mynai (p)1 (6)
 
 
 
Inhulets Petrove1 (5)
 
Inhulets Petrove2
 
17 June
 
SC Dnipro-11
 
FC Mynai0
 
 
 
Dynamo Kyiv2
 
Dynamo Kyiv (a.e.t.)2
 
11 March
 
Shakhtar Donetsk1
 
Dynamo Kyiv (a.e.t.)1
 
 
 
FC Oleksandriya0
 
FC Oleksandriya (p)1 (5)
 
8 July
 
Zorya Luhansk1 (4)
 
Dynamo Kyiv1 (8)
 
 
 
Vorskla Poltava 1 (7)
 
Alians Lypova Dolyna5
 
11 March
 
Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni3
 
Alians Lypova Dolyna2
 
 
 
FC Mariupol4
 
FC Mariupol1
 
24 June
 
Olimpik Donetsk0
 
FC Mariupol1 (2)
 
 
 
Vorskla Poltava1 (3)
 
MFC Mykolaiv2
 
12 March
 
Desna Chernihiv4
 
Desna Chernihiv0
 
 
 
Vorskla Poltava1
 
Kolos Kovalivka0
 
 
Vorskla Poltava1
 

Top goalscorers

The competition's top ten goalscorers including preliminary rounds.

As of 24 June 2020[21]
RankScorerTeamGoals
(Pen.)
1 Vladyslav SharayAlians Lypova Dolyna4
2 Ihor KrashnevskyiBukovyna Chernivtsi3
Artem MakarchenkoTavriya Simferopol3
Ihor MalyarenkoNyva Vinnytsia3
Serhiy ZahynaylovAlians Lypova Dolyna3
Oleksandr AkymenkoInhulets Petrove3 (1)

Notes:

See also

Notes

References