| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Ukraine |
| Dates | 18 July 2018 – 15 May 2019 18 July 2018 – 22 August 2018 (qualification rounds) 26 September 2018 – 15 May 2019 (main event)[1] |
| Teams | 50 |
| Defending champions | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Runners-up | Inhulets Petrove |
| Semifinalists | |
| UEFA Europa League | none[a] |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 47 |
| Goals scored | 120 (2.55 per match) |
| Attendance | 141,065 (3,001 per match) |
| Top goal scorer | 4 –Robert Hehedosh(FC Mynai) |
All statistics correct as of 15 May 2019. | |
The2018–19Ukrainian Cup was the 28th annual season ofUkraine'sfootball knockout competition, running from 18 July 2018 to 15 May 2019.[1]
All competition rounds consist 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 theUkrainian Amateur Cup as long as those clubs were able to pass the season's attestation (licensing).
FC Shakhtar Donetsk was the defending winner for the last two seasons. The Donetsk club has reached the competition finals in the last eight years winning six of them.[2] There were around 300 clubs over the history of competition.[2]
The competition included all professional first teams from thePremier League (12/12 teams of the league),First League (16/16),Second League (20/20) and two best teams from the previous year'sAmateur Cup.
| First round (20 teams) | 18 entrants from theSecond League 2 entrants from theAmateur Cup | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Second round (28 teams) | 16 entrants from theFirst League 2 entrants from theSecond League | 10 winners from the first round | |
| Third round (20 teams) | 6 entrants from thePremier League | 14 winners from the second round | |
| Main phase (16 teams) | 6 entrants from thePremier League | 10 winners from the Round of 32 | |
| Phase | Round | Fractional | Draw date | Game date(1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preliminary | Round 1 | 1⁄64 finals | 10 July 2018 | 18 July 2018 |
| Round 2 | 1⁄32 finals | 20 July 2018 | 22 August 2018 | |
| Round 3 | 1⁄16 finals | 31 August 2018 | 26 September 2018 | |
| Main event | Round of 16 | 1⁄8 finals | 28 September 2018 | 31 October 2018 |
| Quarter-finals | 1⁄4 finals | 2 November 2018 | 3 April 2019 | |
| Semi-finals | 1⁄2 finals | 8 April 2019 | 24 April 2019 | |
| Final | 15 May 2019 | |||
| Enter in First Round | Enter in Second Round | Enter in Third Round | Enter in Round of 16 | ||
| AAFU 2 teams | PFL League 2 18/20 teams | PFL League 2 2/20 teams | PFL League1 16/16 teams | UPL 6/12 teams | UPL 6/12 teams |
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Notes:
The following is the bracket which the Ukrainian Cup resembled. Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of apenalty shoot-out.
| Round of 16 31 October 2018 | Quarter-finals 7 April 2019 | Semi-finals 17 April 2019 | Final 15 May 2019 | |||||||||||
| FC Kalush | 0 | |||||||||||||
| SC Dnipro-1 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| SC Dnipro-1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Vorskla Poltava | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Chornomorets Odesa | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Vorskla Poltava | 2 | |||||||||||||
| SC Dnipro-1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Olimpik Donetsk | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Shakhtar Donetsk(p) | 1 (4) | |||||||||||||
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1 (3) | |||||||||||||
| FC Mynai | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Dynamo Kyiv | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Inhulets Petrove | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Inhulets Petrove | 3 | |||||||||||||
| FC Mariupol | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Inhulets Petrove(p) | 1 (5) | |||||||||||||
| Karpaty Lviv | 1 (4) | |||||||||||||
| Cherkashchyna-Akademiya | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Karpaty Lviv | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Inhulets Petrove | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Zorya Luhansk | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih | 0 | |||||||||||||
| FC Lviv | 1 | |||||||||||||
| FC Lviv | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Zorya Luhansk | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Desna Chernihiv | 1 (4) | |||||||||||||
| Zorya Luhansk(p) | 1 (5) | |||||||||||||
Legends: AM – AAFU (amateur) competitions (IV tier), 2L – Second League (III tier), 1L – First League (II tier), PL – Premier League (I tier)
In this round sixteen clubs from theSecond League and both finalists of the2017–18 Ukrainian Amateur Cup played. The draw for this round was held on 10 July 2018 at the House of Football in Kyiv. The round matches were played on 18 July 2018.
| 17 July 2018 | Tavriya Simferopol (2L) | 1 – 0 | (2L)Chaika Petropavlivska-Borshchahivka | Beryslav, Kherson Oblast |
| 18:00 |
| Report | Stadium:Mashynobudivnyk[b] Attendance: 250 Referee: Dmytro Kuzovlev (Zaporizhia) |
| 18 July 2018 | Viktoriya Mykolaivka (AM) | 2 – 1 | (2L)Nyva Ternopil | Mykolaivka, Sumy Oblast |
| 17:00 |
| Report |
| Stadium:Viktoriya Attendance: 100 Referee: Andriy Kovalenko (Poltava) |
| 18 July 2018 | LNZ-Lebedyn (AM) | 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (4–2p) | (2L)Polissya Zhytomyr | Lebedyn, Cherkasy Oblast |
| 17:00 | Report | Stadium:LNZ-Arena Attendance: 100 Referee: Ihor Bych (Kyiv) | ||
| Penalties | ||||
| 18 July 2018 | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka (2L) | walkover(3) | (2L)Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih | |
| 15:00 | Report |
| 18 July 2018 | FC Kalush (2L) | 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4–3p) | (2L)Bukovyna Chernivtsi | Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast |
| 17:00 |
| Report |
| Stadium:Khimik Attendance: 100 Referee: Mykhailo Raida (Zakarpattia) |
| Penalties | ||||
| 18 July 2018 | Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka (2L) | 0 – 1 | (2L)Krystal Kherson | Nova Kakhovka, Kherson Oblast |
| 17:30 | Report |
| Stadium:Enerhiya Attendance: 100 Referee: Hennadiy Serputko (Odesa) |
| 18 July 2018 | Real Pharma Odesa (2L) | 0 – 2 | (2L)Nyva Vinnytsia | Odesa |
| 17:30 | Report |
| Stadium:Ivan Referee: Vladyslav Bakulin (Nova Kakhovka) |
| 18 July 2018 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi (2L) | 0 – 2 | (2L)Metalurh Zaporizhya | Khmelnytskyi |
| 18:00 | Report | Stadium:Podillia Attendance: 100 Referee: Pavlo Dubrovets (Zhytomyr) |
| 18 July 2018 | Veres Rivne (2L) | 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (9–10p) | (2L)FC Mynai | Mlyniv, Rivne Oblast |
| 18:00 |
| Report |
| Stadium:Kolos Attendance: 100 Referee: Andriy Kholyavko (Lviv) |
| Penalties | ||||
| 18 July 2018 | FC Nikopol (2L) | 1 – 4 | (2L)Myr Hornostayivka | Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast |
| 17:30 |
| Report |
| Stadium:Elektrometalurh Attendance: 100 Referee: Oleksandr Tytov (Donetsk) |
In this round all the 16 clubs will enter from theFirst League, two other recently relegated clubs of theSecond League, nine winners of the previous round and one team which received a bye. The draw for this round was held 20 July 2018 at the House of Football in Kyiv. The round matches were played on 22 August 2018.
| 22 August 2018 | Nyva Vinnytsia(2L) | 2–1 | (1L)Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | Vinnytsia |
| 17:00 | Report |
| Stadium:Tsentralnyi Miskyi Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Anastasia Romanyuk (Ivano-Frankivsk) |
| 22 August 2018 | Viktoriya Mykolaivka (AM) | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–3p) | (2L)Myr Hornostayivka | Mykolaivka, Sumy Oblast |
| 17:00 | Report |
| Stadium:Viktoriya Attendance: 500 Referee: Oleh Buyashov (Dnipro) | |
| Penalties | ||||
| 22 August 2018 | LNZ-Lebedyn (AM) | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4p) | (2L)Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih | Lebedyn, Cherkasy Oblast |
| 17:00 |
| Report |
| Stadium:LNZ Arena Attendance: 700 Referee: Klym Zabroda (Kyiv) |
| Penalties | ||||
| 22 August 2018 | FC Mynai (2L) | 3–1 | (1L)Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | Minaj, Zakarpattia Oblast |
| 17:00 |
| Report |
| Stadium:Mynai Arena Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Andriy Koshura (Chernivtsi) |
| 22 August 2018 | Cherkashchyna-Akademiya Bilozirya (2L) | 3–1 | (1L)Rukh Vynnyky | Bilozirya, Cherkasy Oblast |
| 17:00 | Report |
| Stadium:Zorya Attendance: 214 Referee: Denys Reznikov (Kamianske) |
| 22 August 2018 | FC Kalush (2L) | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | (1L)Avanhard Kramatorsk | Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast |
| 17:00 |
| Report |
| Stadium:Khimik Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Vadym Zaprutnyak (Uzhhorod) |
| 22 August 2018 | Tavriya Simferopol (2L) | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | (1L)Volyn Lutsk | Beryslav, Kherson Oblast |
| 17:00 | Report | Stadium:Mashynobudivnyk Attendance: 640 Referee: Dmytro Panchyshyn (Kharkiv) |
| 22 August 2018 | Kremin Kremenchuk (2L) | 1–2 | (1L)Zirka Kropyvnytskyi | Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast |
| 17:00 |
| Report |
| Stadium:Kremin Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Oleksandr Tytov (Donetsk) |
| 22 August 2018 | Balkany Zorya (1L) | 0–1 | (1L)MFC Mykolaiv | Zorya, Odesa Oblast |
| 17:00 | Report |
| Stadium:imeni Borysa Tropantsia Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Pavlo Dubrovets (Zhytomyr) |
| 22 August 2018 | Krystal Kherson (2L) | 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4–2p) | (1L)Ahrobiznes Volochysk | Kherson |
| 17:00 |
| Report |
| Stadium:Krystal Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Vladyslav Dorosh (Kyiv) |
| Penalties | ||||
| 22 August 2018 | Inhulets Petrove (1L) | 1–0 | (1L)Kolos Kovalivka | Petrove, Kirovohrad Oblast |
| 19:00 |
| Report | Stadium:Inhulets Attendance: 680 Referee: Oleksandr Afanasyev (Kharkiv) |
| 22 August 2018 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (1L) | 2–0 | (1L)Obolon-Brovar Kyiv | Kharkiv |
| 19:00 | Report | Stadium:Metalist Attendance: 5,638 Referee: Andriy Kovalenko (Poltava) |
| 20 September 2018 | Metalurh Zaporizhya (2L) | 0–2(6) | (1L)SC Dnipro-1 | Zaporizhia |
| 19:00 | Report |
| Stadium:Slavutych Arena Attendance: 5,770 Referee: Vladyslav Dorosh (Kyiv) |
In this round lower placed 6 clubs from thePremier League will enter along with 14 winners of the previous round including 7 clubs from theFirst League and 7 clubs from theSecond League. The draw for this round was held 31 August 2018 at the House of Football in Kyiv.[6] The round matches were played on 26 September 2018.[7]
| 25 September 2018 | PFC Sumy (1L) | 0–3 | (PL)Karpaty Lviv | Sumy |
| 18:30 | Report | Holodyuk Vargas Hutsulyak | Stadium:Yuvileiny Attendance: 1,400 Referee: D.Kryvushkin (Kharkiv) |
| 26 September 2018 | Krystal Kherson (2L) | 2–3 | (PL)Desna Chernihiv | Kherson |
| 15:00 | Barladym Bryzhchuk | Report | D. Favorov Volkov Khlyobas | Stadium:Krystal Attendance: 1,626 Referee: I.Bondar (Kyiv) |
| 26 September 2018 | Myr Hornostayivka (2L) | 0–3 | (1L)Inhulets Petrove | Hornostaivka, Kherson Oblast |
| 15:30 | Report | Kovalenko Sichinava Khuchbarov | Stadium:Zatys Attendance: 155 Referee: O.Afanasyev (Kharkiv) |
| 26 September 2018 | Nyva Vinnytsia (2L) | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4p) | (2L)Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih | Vinnytsia |
| 16:00 | Report | Stadium:Tsentralnyi Miskyi Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Oleksandr Titov (Donetsk) | ||
| Penalties | ||||
| 26 September 2018 | FC Kalush (2L) | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | (1L)Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast |
| 16:00 | Knysh | Report | Stadium:Khimik Attendance: 4,500 Referee: A.Kovalenko (Poltava) |
| 26 September 2018 | FC Mynai (2L) | 3–1 | (1L)MFC Mykolaiv | Mynai, Zakarpattia Oblast |
| 17:00 | Kobin Hehedosh Pynyashko | Report | Stadium:Mynai Arena Attendance: 1,287 Referee: I.Bych (Kyiv) |
| 26 September 2018 | Cherkashchyna-Akademiya Bilozirya (2L) | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | (PL)Arsenal Kyiv | Bilozirya, Cherkasy Oblast |
| 17:00 | Tymofiyenko Tarasenko | Report | Semotyuk Sukhoruchko | Stadium:Zorya Attendance: 670 Referee: K.Trukhanov (Kharkiv) |
| 26 September 2018 | Zirka Kropyvnytskyi (1L) | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5p) | (PL)Olimpik Donetsk | Kropyvnytskyi |
| 17:00 | Kondrakov | Report | Politylo | Stadium:Zirka Attendance: 694 Referee: Dmytro Panchyshyn (Kharkiv) |
| Penalties | ||||
| 26 September 2018 | SC Dnipro-1 (1L) | 2–1 | (1L)Volyn Lutsk | Dnipro |
| 18:30 | Kravchenko Chychykov | Report | Zinkevych | Stadium:Dnipro-Arena Attendance: 2,641 Referee: Y. Ivanov (Donetsk Oblast) |
| 26 September 2018 | Chornomorets Odesa (PL) | 3–0 | (PL)FC Oleksandriya | Odesa |
| 19:00 | Chorniy Koval | Report | Stadium:Chornomorets Attendance: 3,200 Referee: O.Omelchenko (Slovyansk) |
In this round the other 6 clubs from thePremier League will enter along with 10 winners of the previous round including 4 more clubs from thePremier League, 2 clubs from theFirst League and 4 clubs from theSecond League. The draw for this round was held 28 September 2018 at the House of Football in Kyiv.[8][9] The round matches was played on 31 October 2018.[8]
| 31 October 2018 | FC Kalush (2L) | 0–3 | (1L)SC Dnipro-1 | Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast |
| 14:00 | Report | Mihunov Kulish Nazarenko | Stadium:Khimik Attendance: 3,816 Referee: D.Kryvushkin |
| 31 October 2018 | FC Mynai (2L) | 1–3 | (PL)Dynamo Kyiv | Mynai, Zakarpattia Oblast |
| 14:00 | Hehedosh | Report | Shaparenko Harmash | Stadium:Mynai Arena Attendance: 2,630 Referee: Y. Ivanov |
| 31 October 2018 | Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih (2L) | 0–1 | (PL)FC Lviv | Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast |
| 14:00 | Report | Araujo | Stadium:Shakhta Zhovtneva Attendance: 2,300 Referee: D.Panchyshyn |
| 31 October 2018 | Inhulets Petrove (1L) | 3–1 | (PL)FC Mariupol | Petrove, Kirovohrad Oblast |
| 15:00 | Kozlov Khuchbarov Kobuladze | Report | Polehenko | Stadium:Inhulets Attendance: 600 Referee: V. Novokhatniy |
| 31 October 2018 | Chornomorets Odesa (PL) | 1–2 | (PL)Vorskla Poltava | Odesa |
| 17:00 | Hrachov | Report | Sakiv Careca | Stadium:Chornomorets Attendance: 2,639 Referee: V. Kopiyevskyi |
| 31 October 2018 | Cherkashchyna-Akademiya Bilozirya (2L) | 0–1 | (PL)Karpaty Lviv | Cherkasy |
| 18:00 | Report | Ponde | Stadium:Tsentralnyi(7) Attendance: 1,512 Referee: A.Kovalenko |
| 31 October 2018 | Shakhtar Donetsk (PL) | 3–2 | (PL)Olimpik Donetsk | Kharkiv |
| 19:00 | Moraes Totovytskyi Danchenko | Report | Bilonoh Hai | Stadium:Metalist Attendance: 3,505 Referee: M. Balakin |
| 31 October 2018 | Desna Chernihiv (PL) | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5p) | (PL)Zorya Luhansk | Chernihiv |
| 19:30 | Bezborodko | Report | Lyednyev | Stadium:imeni Yuriya Gagarina Attendance: 4,081 Referee: I. Bondar |
| Penalties | ||||
In this round advanced 6 representatives from the Premier League and 2 teams from the First League. The draw for this round was held on 2 November 2018 at the House of Football in Kyiv. The round matches will be played on 3 April 2019. Due to the2019 Ukrainian presidential election, quarterfinal games of tournament were changed to 7 April 2019.[11]
| 7 April 2019 | Inhulets Petrove (1L) | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4p) | (PL)Karpaty Lviv | Oleksandriia,Kirovohrad Oblast |
| 14:00 | Shchedryi | Report | Shved | Stadium:Nika Attendance: 850 Referee: Yevhen Aranovskyi (Kyiv) |
| Penalties | ||||
| 7 April 2019 | SC Dnipro-1 (1L) | 2–0 | (PL)Vorskla Poltava | Dnipro |
| 17:00 | Kulish Kohut | Report | Stadium:Dnipro-Arena Attendance: 9,148 Referee: Yuriy Mozharovskyi (Lviv) |
| 7 April 2019 | Shakhtar Donetsk (PL) | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3p) | (PL)Dynamo Kyiv | Kharkiv |
| 17:00 | Júnior Moraes | Report | Harmash | Stadium:Metalist Attendance: 29,112 Referee: Maksym Kozyryatskyi (Zaporizhia) |
| Penalties | ||||
| 7 April 2019 | FC Lviv (PL) | 0–1 | (PL)Zorya Luhansk | Lviv |
| 14:00 | Report | Lyednyev | Stadium:Ukrayina Attendance: 2,645 Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk (Mukachevo) |
In this round advanced 2 representatives from the Premier League and 2 teams from the First League. The draw for this round was held on 8 April 2019 at the House of Football in Kyiv.[12] The round matches were originally expected to be played on 24 April 2019, but due to the2019 Ukrainian presidential election, were scheduled to 17 April 2019.[13]
| 17 April 2019 | Inhulets Petrove (1L) | 2–1 | (PL)Zorya Luhansk | Petrove,Kirovohrad Oblast |
| Zaporozhets Schedryi | Report | Cheberko | Stadium:Inhulets[14][15] Attendance: 1563[16] Referee: Dmytro Kutakov |
| 17 April 2019 | SC Dnipro-1 (1L) | 0–2 | (PL)Shakhtar Donetsk | Dnipro |
| Report | Dentinho Solomon | Stadium:Dnipro-Arena Attendance: 18,462 Referee: Ihor Paskhal |
| 15 May 2019 | Shakhtar Donetsk[12] (PL) | 4–0 | (1L)Inhulets Petrove[12] | Slavutych-Arena,[17]Zaporizhya |
| 21:00 LST | Tetê Moraes Solomon | Report | Attendance: 11,100 Referee:Yevhen Aranovskyi,Kyiv |
The competition's top ten goalscorers including qualification rounds.
As of 15 May 2019[update]
| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Mynai | 4 | |
| 2 | SC Dnipro-1 | 3 | |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 3 (1) | ||
| 4 | 16 players | 2 | |
Notes: