| Kubok Ukrainy | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Teams | 62 |
| Defending champions | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Vorskla Poltava |
| Runners-up | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 60 |
| Goals scored | 184 (3.07 per match) |
| Top goal scorer |  Andriy Yarmolenko (5) |
The2008–09Ukrainian Cup was the 18th annual season ofUkraine'sfootball knockout competition. The defending champion of this edition wasShakhtar Donetsk.
The Ukrainian Cup began with a preliminary round where teams fromDruha Liha and Amateur Cup champions participated. In the second preliminary round, teams fromPersha Liha were drawn into the competition and then in the round of 32 teams fromPremier League entered the competition.
The winners of this competition entered as Ukraine's cup winner representative in theplay-off round of the2009–10 UEFA Europa League. Since one of the finalists, Shakhtar Donetsk, had already qualified for European competitions for 2009–10 by virtue of their position in thePremier League,Vorskla Poltava automatically qualifies for the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.
Sixty-two teams participated in the competition.
| Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous round | ||
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| First qualifying round (26 teams) |
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| Second qualifying round (32 teams) |
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| Tournament proper (32 teams) |
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All draws held at FFU headquarters (Building of Football) inKyiv unless stated otherwise.
| Phase | Round | Draw date | Game date |
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| Qualifying | First qualifying round | 8 July 2008 | 16 July 2008 |
| Second qualifying round | 22 July 2008 | 4,6 August 2008 | |
| Main event | Round of 32 | 15 August 2008 | 12–14 September 2008 |
| Round of 16 | 24 September 2008 | 28–29 October 2008 | |
| Quarter-finals | 31 October 2008 | 11–12 November 2008 | |
| Semi-finals | 19 November 2008 | 22 April – 13 May 2009 | |
| Final | 31 May 2009 atDnipro Arena,Dnipropetrovsk | ||
| Enter in First Round | Enter in Second Round | Enter in Round of 32 | |||
| AAFU 1 team | PFL League 2 25/35 teams | PFL League 2 2/35 teams | PFL League 1 17/18 teams | UPL 16/16 teams | |
Group A | Group B |
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Notes:
In this round entered 25 teams fromDruha Liha and winners of theUkrainian Amateur Cup. The draw for the First Preliminary Round was held on July 8, 2008[1] while the matches took place on July 16, 2008.[2]
In this round entered all 18 teams fromPersha Liha. They were drawn against the 14 winners of the First Preliminary Round, with two matches containing only Persha Liha teams. The draw was held on July 22, 2008, while the matches were played on August 6, 2008, unless otherwise noted.
In this round entered all 16 teams fromPremier League. They were drawn against the 16 winners from the previous round, who played home in this round. The draw was held on August 15, 2008, while the matches were played on September 13, 2008, unless otherwise noted.
| Illichivets Mariupol (PL) | 0–3 | (PL)Shakhtar Donetsk |
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| Report | Jádson 40'Ilsinho 69'Luiz Adriano 81' |
| Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine (1L) | 2–1 | (PL)Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih |
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| Patula 31' Prokopchenko 79' | Report | Hrytsuk 75' |
| Helios Kharkiv (1L) | 0–1 | (1L)Zakarpattia Uzhhorod |
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| Report | Yarosh 47' (pen.) |
| Komunalnyk Luhansk (1L) | 0–3 | (PL)Arsenal Kyiv |
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| Report | Lysenko 28' Benio 44'Mandziuk 89' |
| Zirka Kirovohrad (2L) | 0–1 | (PL)Vorskla Poltava |
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| Report | Yarmash 43' |
| Dnister Ovidiopol (1L) | 1–4 | (PL)Metalist Kharkiv |
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| Zalevskyi 83' | Report | Dević 21',80' Jajá 24',30' |
| Olkom Melitopol (2L) | 0–5 | (PL)Dynamo Kyiv |
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| Shudrik 63' (o.g.) | Report | Yarmolenko 8',71' Asatiani 14'Kravets 45' |
| Metalurh Zaporizhya (PL) | 2–3 | (PL)Metalurh Donetsk |
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| Vernydub 5' Alozi 16' | Report | Berezovchuk 7' Sytnik 31'Tymchenko 90' |
| Krymteplitsia Molodizhne (1L) | 1 – 3aet | (PL)Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
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| Saranchukov 89' (pen.) | Report | Bielik 9',105' Ferreira 93' (pen.) |
| Desna Chernihiv (1L) | 1–4 | (PL)FC Kharkiv |
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| Kucherenko 69' | Report | Ribeiro 24' Platon 66'Batista 67'Boychenko 83' |
| PFC Oleksandriya (1L) | 1–0 | (PL)Karpaty Lviv |
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| Shupik 39' | Report |
| Obolon Kyiv (1L) | 1 – 0aet | (PL)Chornomorets Odesa |
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| Klymenko 114' | Report | Shandruk 113' |
| Ihroservice Simferopol (1L) | 0–2 | (PL)Zorya Luhansk |
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| Report | Godoi 81' Kameniuka 90' |
| Nyva Vinnytsia (2L) | 1–4 | (1L)Stal Alchevsk |
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| Paskiv 76' | Report | Akymenko 33',40' Mishchenko 59'Shavrin 79' |
Notes:
In this round entered winners from the previous round (11 Premier League and 5 Persha Liha teams). The draw was random and was held on September 24, 2008. The matches were played on October 29, 2008, unless otherwise noted.
| Obolon Kyiv (1L) | 1–4 | (PL)Vorskla Poltava |
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| Onysko 14' Karmalita 24'Lozinsky 78' (o.g.) | Report | Kulakov 18' Kravchenko 81'Sachko 90+2' |
| Zakarpattia Uzhhorod (1L) | 1–4 | (PL)Shakhtar Donetsk |
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| Kostiuk 71' | Report | Selezniov 14' Willian 48'Moreno 63'Raț 87' (pen.) |
| PFC Oleksandriya (1L) | 1 – 1aet p. 6–5 7 | (PL)Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
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| Postolatyev 38' | Report | Karnoza 4' |
| FC Kharkiv (PL) | 0–2 | (PL)Metalurh Donetsk |
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| Report | Fabinho 22' Kingsley 62' |
| Dynamo Kyiv (PL) | 2–0 | (PL)Zorya Luhansk |
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| Yarmolenko 16' Sablić 21' | Report | Korotetsky 77' 82' |
| Metalist Kharkiv (PL) | 3–1 | (PL)Arsenal Kyiv |
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| Koval 6' Obradović 28' (pen.)Zézé 90+3' | Report | Starhorodsky 69' (pen.) |
Notes:
The draw was held on October 31, 2008, and was random. The matches were played November 12, 2008.
| PFC Oleksandriya (1L) | 1–2 | (PL)Shakhtar Donetsk |
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| Kazaniuk 41' | Report | Selezniov 34' (pen.) Hladkyy 90+2' |
| Stal Alchevsk (1L) | 1–4 | (PL)Dynamo Kyiv |
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| Nazarenko 63' | Report | Cernat 14',28' Yarmolenko 36',90+2'Sablić 56' (o.g.) |
| Tavriya Simferopol (PL) | 1–2 | (PL)Metalist Kharkiv |
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| Kovpak 85' | Report | Zézé 55' Trišović 80' |
Notes:
The draw was held on November 19, 2008, and was random. The games were scheduled to be played on April 22, 2009.
| Vorskla Poltava (PL) | 2–0 | (PL)Metalist Kharkiv |
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| Sachko 12',31' | Report |
| Shakhtar Donetsk (PL) | 1–0 | (PL)Dynamo Kyiv |
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| Lewandowski 83' | Report |
Notes:
The Ukrainian Cup Final was played inDnipro Stadium,Dnipropetrovsk on May 31, 2009.
| Vorskla Poltava (PL) | 1–0 | (PL)Shakhtar Donetsk |
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| Sachko 50' | Report | Fernandinho 57' |
Status on June 1, 2009
Inbold are the players that are still in the competition. Statistics can be found at RSSSF web-site.[6]