The 2018–19 Ukrainian Cup was the 28th annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition. The competition started on 18 July 2018 and concluded on 15 May 2019.[1]
| 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 |
| Runner-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(s) | 4 – Robert Hehedosh (FC Mynai) |
| All statistics correct as of 15 May 2019. | |
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 the Ukrainian Amateur Cup as long as those clubs will be able to pass the season's attestation (licensing).
FC Shakhtar Donetsk is 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]
Team allocation and schedule
Distribution
| First round (20 teams) | 18 entrants from the Second League 2 entrants from the Amateur Cup | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Second round (28 teams) | 16 entrants from the First League 2 entrants from the Second League | 10 winners from the first round | |
| Third round (20 teams) | 6 entrants from the Premier League | 14 winners from the second round | |
| Main phase (16 teams) | 6 entrants from the Premier League | 10 winners from the Round of 32 | |
Rounds schedule
| 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 | |||
- Notes:
- ^(1) Main date, when most of the games scheduled to play; an auxiliary date might be granted in case of emergencies
Competition schedule
First Preliminary round (1/64)
In this round sixteen clubs from the Second League and both finalists of the 2017–18 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.
| Tavriya Simferopol (2L) | 1 – 0(2)[b] | (2L) Chaika Petropavlivska-Borshchahivka | ||
| Viktoriya Mykolaivka (AM) | 2 – 1 | (2L) Nyva Ternopil | ||
| LNZ-Lebedyn (AM) | 0 – 0 (a.e.t.), (4–2 p) | (2L) Polissya Zhytomyr | ||
| Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka (2L) | walkover(3) | (2L) Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih | ||
| FC Kalush (2L) | 1 – 1 (a.e.t.), (4–3 p) | (2L) Bukovyna Chernivtsi | ||
| Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka (2L) | 0 – 1 | (2L) Krystal Kherson | ||
| Real Pharma Odesa (2L) | 0 – 2 | (2L) Nyva Vinnytsia | ||
| Podillya Khmelnytskyi (2L) | 0 – 2 | (2L) Metalurh Zaporizhya | ||
| Veres Rivne (2L) | 1 – 1 (a.e.t.), (9–10 p)(4) | (2L) FC Mynai | ||
| FC Nikopol (2L) | 1 – 4 | (2L) Myr Hornostayivka |
- Notes:
- ^(2) Match played on 17 July 2018
- ^(3) Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih received a bye to the next round after Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka was expelled from the PFL prior to the start of the competition.[3]
- ^(4) Match played at Kolos Stadium in Mlyniv
Second Preliminary round (1/32)
In this round all the 16 clubs will enter from the First League, two other recently relegated clubs of the Second 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.
| Nyva Vinnytsia (2L) | 2 – 1[c] | (1L) Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | |
| Viktoriya Mykolaivka (AM) | 1 – 1 (a.e.t.), (1–3 p) | (2L) Myr Hornostayivka | |
| LNZ-Lebedyn (AM) | 1 – 1 (a.e.t.), (2–4 p) | (2L) Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih | |
| FC Mynai (2L) | 3 – 1 | (1L) Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | |
| Cherkashchyna-Akademiya Bilozirya (2L) | 3 – 1[d] | (1L) Rukh Vynnyky | |
| FC Kalush (2L) | 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) | (1L) Avanhard Kramatorsk | |
| Tavriya Simferopol (2L) | 2 – 3 (a.e.t.)[b] | (1L) Volyn Lutsk | |
| Kremin Kremenchuk (2L) | 1 – 2 | (1L) Zirka Kropyvnytskyi | |
| Balkany Zorya (1L) | 0 – 1 | (1L) MFC Mykolaiv | |
| Krystal Kherson (2L) | 1 – 1 (a.e.t.), (4–2 p) | (1L) Ahrobiznes Volochysk | |
| Inhulets Petrove (1L) | 1 – 0 | (1L) Kolos Kovalivka | |
| Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (1L) | 2 – 0 | (1L) Obolon-Brovar Kyiv | |
| PFC Sumy (1L) | walkover(5) | (1L) Kobra Kharkiv | |
| Metalurh Zaporizhya (2L) | 0 – 2(6) | (1L) SC Dnipro-1 |
- Notes:
- ^(5) PFC Sumy received a bye to the next round after Kobra Kharkiv withdrew from the Professional Football League of Ukraine.[4]
- ^(6) Match postponed and was played 19 September[4] due to unavailability of Slavutych-Arena with other future planned matches taking precedence.[5]
Third Preliminary round (1/16)
In this round lower placed 6 clubs from the Premier League will enter along with 14 winners of the previous round including 7 clubs from the First League and 7 clubs from the Second 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  32'Vargas 57'Hutsulyak 73' | Stadium: Yuvileiny Stadium Attendance: 1,400 Referee: D.Kryvushkin (Kharkiv) |
| 26 September 2018 | Krystal Kherson (2L) | 2–3 | (PL) Desna Chernihiv | Kherson |
| 15:00 | Barladym 76' Bryzhchuk 90+3' | Report | D. Favorov 52' Volkov 60'Khlyobas 81' | Stadium: Krystal Stadium Attendance: 1,626 Referee: I.Bondar (Kyiv) |
| 26 September 2018 | Myr Hornostayivka (2L) | 0–3 | (1L) Inhulets Petrove | Hornostayivka, Novotroitske Raion |
| 15:30 | Report | Kovalenko 20' Sichinava 75'Khuchbarov 90+4' | Stadium: Zatys Stadium Attendance: 155 Referee: O.Afanasyev (Kharkiv) |
| 26 September 2018 | Nyva Vinnytsia (2L) | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p) | (2L) Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih | Vinnytsia |
| 16:00 | Report | Stadium: Tsentralnyi Miskyi Stadion Attendance: 1,500 Referee: O.Titov (Donetsk) |
| 26 September 2018 | FC Kalush (2L) | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | (1L) Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Kalush |
| 16:00 | Knysh 116' | Report | Stadium: Khimik Stadion Attendance: 4,500 Referee: A.Kovalenko (Poltava) |
| 26 September 2018 | FC Mynai (2L) | 3–1 | (1L) MFC Mykolaiv | Mynai, Uzhhorod Raion |
| 17:00 | Kobin 36' (pen.) Hehedosh 68'Pynyashko 71' | 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 Raion |
| 17:00 | Tymofiyenko 83', 87' Tarasenko 115' | Report | Semotyuk 26' Sukhoruchko 66' | Stadium: Zorya Stadium Attendance: 670 Referee: K.Trukhanov (Kharkiv) |
| 26 September 2018 | Zirka Kropyvnytskyi (1L) | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p) | (PL) Olimpik Donetsk | Kropyvnytskyi |
| 17:00 | Kondrakov 87' (pen.) | Report | Politylo 38' | Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 694 Referee: D.Panchyshyn (Kharkiv) |
| 26 September 2018 | SC Dnipro-1 (1L) | 2–1 | (1L) Volyn Lutsk | Dnipro |
| 18:30 | Kravchenko 20' Chychykov 64' | Report | Zinkevych 85' | 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 43' (pen.), 83' Koval 75' | Report | Stadium: Chornomorets Stadium Attendance: 3,200 Referee: O.Omelchenko (Slovyansk) |
- Notes:
Round of 16 (⅛)
In this round the other 6 clubs from the Premier League will enter along with 10 winners of the previous round including 4 more clubs from the Premier League, 2 clubs from the First League and 4 clubs from the Second 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 |
| 14:00 | Report | Mihunov 22' Kulish 33'Nazarenko 41' | Stadium: Khimik Stadium Attendance: 3,816 Referee: D.Kryvushkin |
| 31 October 2018 | FC Mynai (2L) | 1–3 | (PL) Dynamo Kyiv | Mynai, Uzhhorod Raion |
| 14:00 | Hehedosh 21' | Report | Shaparenko 50', 54' Harmash 58' | Stadium: Mynai Arena Attendance: 2,630 Referee: Y. Ivanov |
| 31 October 2018 | Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih (2L) | 0–1 | (PL) FC Lviv | Kryvyi Rih |
| 14:00 | Report | Araujo 81' | Stadium: Shakhta Zhovtneva Stadium Attendance: 2,300 Referee: D.Panchyshyn |
| 31 October 2018 | Inhulets Petrove (1L) | 3–1 | (PL) FC Mariupol | Petrove |
| 15:00 | Kozlov 24' (pen.) Khuchbarov 45'Kobuladze 61' | Report | Polehenko 83' (pen.) | Stadium: Inhulets Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: V. Novokhatniy |
| 31 October 2018 | Chornomorets Odesa (PL) | 1–2 | (PL) Vorskla Poltava | Odesa |
| 17:00 | Hrachov 69' | Report | Sakiv 60' Careca 63' (pen.) | Stadium: Chornomorets Stadium Attendance: 2,639 Referee: V. Kopiyevskyi |
| 31 October 2018 | Cherkashchyna-Akademiya Bilozirya (2L) | 0–1 | (PL) Karpaty Lviv | Cherkasy |
| 18:00 | Report | Ponde 80' | Stadium: Central Stadium(7) Attendance: 1,512 Referee: A.Kovalenko |
| 31 October 2018 | Shakhtar Donetsk (PL) | 3–2 | (PL) Olimpik Donetsk | Kharkiv |
| 19:00 | Moraes 63' (pen.) Totovytskyi 66'Danchenko 83' | Report | Bilonoh 55' (pen.) Hai 81' | Stadium: Metalist Stadium Attendance: 3,505 Referee: M. Balakin |
| 31 October 2018 | Desna Chernihiv (PL) | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p) | (PL) Zorya Luhansk | Chernihiv |
| 19:30 | Bezborodko 37' | Report | Lyednyev 84' | Stadium: Yuriy Gagarin Stadium Attendance: 4,081 Referee: I. Bondar |
| Penalties | ||||
- Notes:
Quarterfinals (¼)
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 the 2019 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.) (5–4 p) | (PL) Karpaty Lviv | Oleksandriia, Kirovohrad Oblast |
| 14:00 | Shchedryi 50' | Report | Shved 90+7' | Stadium: CSC Nika Stadium Attendance: 850 Referee: Yevhen Aranovskyi (Kyiv) |
| Penalties | ||||
| 7 April 2019 | SC Dnipro-1 (1L) | 2–0 | (PL) Vorskla Poltava | Dnipro |
| 17:00 | Kulish 78' Kohut 83' | Report | Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Attendance: 9,148 Referee: Yuriy Mozharovskyi (Lviv) |
| 7 April 2019 | Shakhtar Donetsk (PL) | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) | (PL) Dynamo Kyiv | Kharkiv |
| 17:00 | Júnior Moraes 57' | Report | Harmash 9' | Stadium: Metalist Stadium Attendance: 29,112 Referee: Maksym Kozyryatskyi (Zaporizhia) |
| Penalties | ||||
| 7 April 2019 | FC Lviv (PL) | 0–1 | (PL) Zorya Luhansk | Lviv |
| 14:00 | Report | Lyednyev 48' | Stadium: Ukraina Stadium Attendance: 2,645 Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk (Mukachevo) |
Semifinals (½)
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 the 2019 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 15' Schedryi 38' | Report | Cheberko 45+1' | Stadium: Inhulets Stadium,[14][15] Attendance: 1563[16] Referee: Dmytro Kutakov |
| 17 April 2019 | SC Dnipro-1 (1L) | 0–2 | (PL) Shakhtar Donetsk | Dnipro |
| Report | Dentinho 86' Solomon 90+4' | Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Attendance: 18,462 Referee: Ihor Paskhal |
Final
| 15 May 2019 | Shakhtar Donetsk[12] (PL) | 4–0 | (1L) Inhulets Petrove[12] | Slavutych-Arena,[17] Zaporizhya |
| 21:00 LST | Tetê 27', 39' Moraes 45+1'Solomon 64' | Report | Attendance: 11,100 Referee: Yevhen Aranovskyi, Kyiv |
Bracket
The following is the bracket which the Ukrainian Cup resembled. Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of a penalty 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) | |||||||||||||
Top goalscorers
The competition's top ten goalscorers including qualification rounds.
As of 15 May 2019[update]
| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Robert Hehedosh | FC Mynai | 4 |
| 2 | Stanislav Kulish | SC Dnipro-1 | 3 |
| Júnior Moraes | Shakhtar Donetsk | 3 (1) | |
| 4 | 16 players | 2 | |
Notes:
Notes
See also
References
External links
- Draw results of the first preliminary stage of the 2018–19 Ukrainian Cup (Результати жеребкування першого попереднього етапу Кубку України-2018/19). Professional Football League of Ukraine. 10 July 2018
- Ukrainian Cup: official protocols of games of the first preliminary stage of the competitions (Кубок України: офіційні протоколи матчів першого попереднього етапу змагань). Football Federation of Ukraine. 19 July 2018