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| Event | 2023–24 Ukrainian Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 15 May 2024 | ||||||
| Venue | Avanhard Stadium[1],Rivne | ||||||
| Referee | Vitaliy Romanov (Dnipro) | ||||||
| Attendance | 3,500 | ||||||
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The2024 Ukrainian Cup Final was the 31st final match of the annual Ukrainianfootballcup competition. It was played on 15 May 2024 at theAvanhard Stadium inRivne.[2] This is the first time the cup final would be held inRivne.[3]
With still ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine by theRussian Federation, this final was the first one since the start of the invasion in February of 2022 and the 9th since the start of thewar in 2014.
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
| Vorskla Poltava | Round | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
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| Opponent | Result | 2023–24 Ukrainian Cup | Opponent | Result |
| Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 3–0 (N) | Round of 16 | Veres Rivne | 3–0 (A) |
| Obolon Kyiv | 3–0 (A) | Quarter-finals | Viktoriya Sumy | 3–0 (N) |
| Polissia Zhytomyr | 1–0 (A) | Semi-finals | Chornomorets Odesa | 4–1 (N) |
As a Premier League team, Vorskla Poltava started in the Round of 16, notionally away at Ukrainian Premier League sideMetalist 1925 Kharkiv. At the Livyi Bereh Arena nearKyiv, Vorskla Poltava won 3–0 with a series of goals fromIbrahim Kane,Ruslan Stepanyuk, andIvan Nesterenko.[4] In the quarter-finals, they were drawn away at Ukrainian Premier League teamObolon Kyiv and won 3–0 at theObolon Arena inKyiv due to goals from Stepanyuk, Kane, andAndriy Batsula.[5][6] In the semi-finals at awayZhytomyr Tsentralnyi Stadion, they played fellow Ukrainian Premier LeaguePolissia Zhytomyr and reached their third final with a 1–0 win with aSerhiy Myakushko goal.[7]
As a Premier League team, Shakhtar Donetsk started in the Round of 16, they were drawn away toVeres Rivne and won 3-0 at theAvanhard Stadium inRivne thanks to goals fromKashchuk,Bondarenko andOcheretko. In the Quarter-finals, they were drawn againstViktoriya Sumy and won 3-0 at the Livyi Bereh inHnidyn with goals fromNazaryna,Zubkov andRakitskyi. In the Semi-Finals, they were drawn toChornomorets Odesa and won 4-1 atArena Lviv thanks to goals fromSikan,Bondarenko (penalty) and a brace fromSudakov.
Both clubs exist since the Soviet times, but they never played each other in official games (domestic league, national cup) with Shakhtar playing at the top tier and Vorskla (earlier as Kolos) at the third tier of the All-Union football competitions.
Following dissolution of the Soviet Union, a matchup of these teams became more regular. While Vorskla is recognized as an obvious underdog, it is considered as not an easy opponent for the miners. Within theUkrainian Cup, both teams met 9 times with 6 matches played at quarterfinals stage.[8] Vorskla was victorious twice, while Shakhtar has 5 wins. However, this is their second final and in the last one between them, in2009, Vorskla gained its only national trophy thus far.
This was also the second final for the Vorskla's managerSerhiy Dolhanskyi who in 2009 as a captain and goalkeeper of Vorskla won the cup already in the role of a player in the Vorskla–Shakhtar final.
| Team | Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners) |
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| Vorskla Poltava | 2 (2009,2020) |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 19 (1995,1997,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2007,2008,2009,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019) |
| Vorskla Poltava (PL) | 1–2 | (PL)Shakhtar Donetsk |
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