The 1996–97 Ukrainian Cup was the sixth annual edition of Ukraine's football knockout competition, the Ukrainian Cup.
This season, no amateur clubs participated in the competition. Two-legged rounds were revived for the quarterfinals and semifinals. The Cup started with the round of 32, but it also had a couple of preliminaries.
The qualification rounds of the competition started on 14 August 1996 with nine matches.
The cup holder Dynamo Kyiv was eliminated in away game against Nyva Vinnytsia losing on penalty kicks in the Round of 16.
Team allocation Seventy three teams entered the competition
Distribution Teams entering this roundTeams advancing from previous roundRound of 128 (18 teams)18 participants of the Second LeagueRound of 64 (1st stage) (32 teams)15 participants of the Second League 8 participants of the First League9 winners from the first qualifying roundRound of 64 (2nd stage) (32 teams)16 participants of the First League16 winners from the second qualifying roundRound of 32 (32 teams)16 participants of the Premier League16 winners from the third qualifying round
Competition schedule Round of 128 FC Pokuttia Kolomyia1:2 FC Halychyna Drohobych FC Paperovyk Malyn1:0 FC Keramik Baranivka FC Nerafa Slavutych2:4 FC Fakel Varva FC Nyva Bershad1:0 FC Ros Bila Tserkva FC Portovyk Kerch0:1 FC Dynamo Saky FC Portovyk Illichivsk1:0 FC Torpedo Melitopol Hirnyk Komsomolsk0:1 FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk FC Petrivtsi Myrhorod3:1 FC Avanhard Merefa FC Lokomotyv Smila2:0 FC Olimpiya Pivdenoukrainsk
Round of 64 (1st stage)
FC Halychyna Drohobych1:0 FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod FC Paperovyk Malyn0:1 FC Veres Rivne FC Fakel Varva0:1 FC Desna Chernihiv game was played at Lokomotyv Stadium in Hrebinka FC Nyva Bershad1:1 FC Hazovyk Komarne aet, pk 2:3 FC Obolon Kyiv3:0 FC Dnipro Cherkasy FC Karpaty Mukacheve2:1 FC Kalush FC Systema-Boreks Borodyanka2:2 FC CSKA-2 Kyiv aet, pk 7:8 FC Haray Zhovkva2:0 FC Khutrovyk Tysmenytsia FC Oskil Kupiansk1:0 FC Metalist Kharkiv FC Shakhtar Stakhanov1:2 FC Metalurh Donetsk FC Viktor Zaporizhzhia1:0 FC Metalurh Novomoskovsk FC Dynamo Saky2:1 FC Tytan Armyansk FC Portovyk Illichivsk2:1 SC Odesa FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk0:2 FC Metalurh Mariupol game was played at Hirnyk Stadium in Hirne FC Petrivtsi Myrhorod1:0 FC Avanhard-Industria Rovenky FC Lokomotyv Smila0:1 FC Krystal Kherson
Round of 64 (2nd stage)
FC Halychyna Drohobych0:0 FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi aet, pk 2:4 FC Veres Rivne2:3 FC Volyn Lutsk FC Desna Chernihiv-:+ FC Yavir Krasnopilya FC Hazovyk Komarne3:0 FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi game was played at Kolos Stadium in Horodok FC Obolon Kyiv1:2 FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv FC Karpaty Mukacheve3:2 FC Krystal Chortkiv FC CSKA-2 Kyiv2:1 FC Khimik Zhytomyr game was played at the local Sports school Stadium in Bortnichi FC Haray Zhovkva0:1 FC Lviv FC Oskil Kupiansk0:0 FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka aet, pk 3:2 FC Metalurh Donetsk3:2 FC Shakhtar Makiivka game was played at Shakhtar Stadium FC Viktor Zaporizhzhia0:2 FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria game was played at Slavutych Arena FC Dynamo Saky1:0 FC Stal Alchevsk FC Portovyk Illichivsk3:0 SC Mykolaiv FC Metalurh Mariupol5:0 FC Zorya Luhansk FC Petrivtsi Myrhorod0:2 FC Khimik Severodonetsk FC Krystal Kherson3:3 FC Metalurh Nikopol aet, pk 5:6
Round of 32 (1/16)
Round of 16 (1/8)
Quarterfinals (1/4) In this round enter the four winners from the previous round. All the teams are from the Premier League.
First leg
Second leg
Metalurh won 4–1 on aggregate.
Dnipro won 4–0 on aggregate.
CSKA won 3–1 on aggregate.
Shakhtar won 2–1 on aggregate.
Semifinals (1/2) In this round enter the four winners from the previous round. All the teams are from the Premier League.
First leg
Second leg
Shakhtar won 5–1 on aggregate.
Dnipro won 3–2 on aggregate.
Final
The final was held at the NSC Olimpiysky on May 25, 1997, in Kyiv.
Top goalscorers
RankScorerGoals(Pen.)Team1 Yakiv Kripak5Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 2 Vadym Vus3CSKA-2 KyivCSKA Kyiv Yuriy Hetman3Metalurh Mariupol Petro Holubka3Volyn Lutsk Oleksandr Kryvoruchko3Oskil Kupiansk Oleksandr Krasnyansky3Portovyk Illichivsk Mikheil Potskhveria3Shakhtar Donetsk Volodymyr Sharan3Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Viktor Byelkin3 (1)Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
See also 1996–97 Vyshcha Liha
References
External links Calendar of Matches—Schedule of the Ukrainian Cup on the UkrSoccerHistory.com.