The2016–17Ukrainian Cup was the 26th annual season ofUkraine'sfootball knockout competition.The decision on a schedule of competitions for clubs from the First and Second League in composition was confirmed by the Central Council of theProfessional Football League of Ukraine and the competition held from 20 July 2016 to 17 May 2017.^[1]

The defending champions wereUkrainian Premier League sideShakhtar Donetsk, who beatZorya Luhansk 2–0 inthe previous final. They retained the trophy after beatingDynamo Kyiv 1–0 in thefinal as part of the season'smain feature game.

The competition included all professional first teams from thePremier League (12/12 teams of the league),First League (18/18),Second League (13/17) and two best teams from the previous year'sAmateur Cup. Beside two reserve teams from the Second League that did not compete, there were two more other clubs from the Second League that were not included in the draw as well.

Notes:

• With the asterisk (*) are noted the Second League teams that were recently admitted to the league from amateurs and the AAFU (amateur) team(s) that qualified in place of the Amateur Cup finalist(s).
• The reserve teams are not allowed to compete and two members of the2016–17 Ukrainian Second League:Illichivets-2 Mariupol andInhulets-2 Petrove were not included in the premier cup competition.
• In addition, two more teams from the Second League that were just admitted to the league,Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv andTeplovyk-Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk, were not included in the draw for the competition.

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.

Notes:

• Quarter-final games did not take place on the same day as originally planned.
• The match between Shakhtar and Poltava was determined administratively.

In this round entered 8 clubs from theSecond League and two representatives from the 2015Ukrainian Amateur Cup. The round matches will be played on 20 July 2016.^[3]

Notes:'

• ^(1)Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva informed the PFL that due to the financial situation that they would not play the match.Balkany Zorya advance to the next round.^[4]
• ^(2) The competition allows for the finalists of theUkrainian Amateur Cup. However the finalist of the2015 Ukrainian Amateur Cup,Balkany Zorya joined thePFL. Hence the PFL replaced their vacated spot with the highest-ranked team from the semi-finals of the Amateur Cup (Ahrobiznes TSK Romny).

In this round, 18 clubs fromFirst League and the higher-seeded clubs from theSecond League entered. They were drawn against the five winners of the First Preliminary Round.^[3]The round matches were played on 10 August 2016.^[3]

In this round six teams from the2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League (bottom placed) and 14 winners from the Second Preliminary round enter this stage of the competition which also includes 10 teams from the2016–17 Ukrainian First League, 4 teams from the2016–17 Ukrainian Second League.^[5] The draw for this round was held on 17 August 2016 at theHouse of Football in Kyiv.^[5]

Notes:

• ^(3) Due to reconstruction of the pitch atChernihiv Stadium, match moved toSonyachny Training Center.^[6]

In this round, six teams from the2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League (top placed) and 10 winners from the Round of 20 enter this stage of the competition which also includes 3 more teams from the2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League, 7 teams from the2016–17 Ukrainian First League. The draw was held on 23 September 2016 at theHouse of Football in Kyiv.^[7]

Notes:

• ^(4) Due to reconstruction of the pitch atChernihiv Stadium, match moved toObolon Arena.^[8]

In this round will participate 4 teams from the2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League and 4 teams from the2016–17 Ukrainian First League. The draw was held on 27 October 2016 at theHouse of Football in Kyiv.^[9]

Notes:

• ^(5) Originally the match was scheduled for November 30 but was postponed due to the frozen pitch atNaftovyk Stadium being unplayable.^[10]
• ^(6) Originally the match was scheduled for November 30 but was postponed due to the frozen pitch atLokomotyv Stadium being unplayable.^[11]
• ^(7) Control-Disciplinary Committee of theFFU awards a 3–0 technical victory toShakhtar due to the state of the pitch atLokomotyv Stadium^[12]

In this round will participate 3 teams from the2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League and 1 team from the2016–17 Ukrainian First League. The draw was held on 6 April 2017 at the Hilton hotel in Kyiv.^[13] During the draw there was identified a host for the final whom will be the winner of Shakhtar-Dnipro pair.^[13]

Shakhtar Donetsk (PL) v (PL)Dynamo Kyiv

17 May 2017	Shakhtar Donetsk (PL)	1–0	(PL)Dynamo Kyiv	Metalist Stadium,Kharkiv
21:00 LST	Marlos 81'	Report		Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Kostyantyn Trukhanov[14]

The competition's top ten goalscorers including qualification rounds.

As of 17 May 2017^[update][15]

Rank	Scorer	Team	Goals (Pen.)
1	Andriy Yarmolenko	Dynamo Kyiv	3 (1)
2	Viktor Berko	MFC Mykolaiv	2
	Derlis González	Dynamo Kyiv	2
	Artem Korolchuk	Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	2
	Oleksiy Kovtun	FC Poltava	2
	Marlos	Shakhtar Donetsk	2
	Volodymyr Polishchuk	Nyva-V Vinnytsia	2
	Oleh Sheptytskyi	Rukh Vynnyky	2
	Júnior Moraes	Dynamo Kyiv	2 (1)
	Oleksandr Vechtomov	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka	2 (1)

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