The 2014 Ukrainian Cup final was a football match that was played on 15 May 2014 in Poltava. The match was the 23rd Ukrainian Cup Final and was contested by Cup holders Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv.
Leadup crisis before the match The final was originally to be played at Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, but was moved to Vorskla Stadium in Poltava. Due to the pro-Russian unrest in the country, the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU), after being advised to do so by the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, decided that the match would be played behind closed doors for security reasons.
The decision to have no spectators at the match was met with criticism and protest by both clubs' fans including picketing of the House of Football in Kyiv a day before the match and was reverted after the FFU held an emergency meeting and conferred with club officials and government security.
Road to Poltava
Shakhtar Donetsk Round 1Illichivets Mariupol 0 – 3 Shakhtar DonetskRound 2MFC Mykolaiv 0 – 3 Shakhtar DonetskQuarter-finalDesna Chernihiv 0 – 2 Shakhtar DonetskSemi-finalSlavutych Cherkasy 0 – 3 (aet) Shakhtar DonetskDynamo Kyiv Round 1Dynamo Kyiv 3 – 2 Metalurh DonetskRound 2Shakhtar Sverdlovsk 0 – 4 Dynamo KyivQuarter-finalMetalist Kharkiv 2 – 3 Dynamo KyivSemi-finalDynamo Kyiv 4 – 0 Chornomorets Odesa
Previous encounters This was the seventh Ukrainian Cup final between the two teams. Dynamo has defeated Shakhtar three times out of the six Cup finals. Dynamo also lost its last two meetings with Shakhtar in this stage of the tournament. Dynamo has not defeated Shakhtar for the past seven years (seven games losing streak) since winning its last cup back in 2006–07.
Dynamo had appeared in 12 cup finals, winning nine trophies, while opponents Shakhtar had appeared in 13 cup finals, also winning nine.
Television The match was broadcast on Futbol 2 and Ukrayina in Ukraine.
Match As the designated home team for the final, Dynamo chose to wear their blue and white kits and Shakhtar chose their familiar orange and black kits.
Details
GK 1 Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (c)RB 2 Danilo SilvaCB 6 Aleksandar Dragović CB 24 Domagoj VidaLB 27 Yevhen MakarenkoDM 4 Miguel VelosoRM 10 Andriy Yarmolenko CM 90 Younès Belhanda CM 19 Denys Harmash LM 7 Jeremain Lens CF 85 Dieumerci Mbokani Substitutes:GK 23 Oleksandr RybkaDF 3 Yevhen SelinMF 5 Ognjen Vukojević MF 16 Serhiy Sydorchuk MF 45 Vladyslav Kalytvyntsev FW 9 Roman BezusFW 11 Brown IdeyeManager: Serhii Rebrov GK 30 Andriy PyatovRB 33 Darijo Srna (c) CB 5 Oleksandr KucherCB 44 Yaroslav Rakitskiy LB 13 Vyacheslav ShevchukCM 6 Taras StepanenkoCM 8 Fred RW 20 Douglas CostaAM 29 Alex TeixeiraLW 10 Bernard CF 9 Luiz Adriano Substitutes:GK 32 Anton KanibolotskiyDF 3 Tomáš HübschmanDF 31 IsmailyDF 38 Serhiy Kryvtsov MF 17 FernandoFW 11 Eduardo FW 89 DentinhoManager: Mircea Lucescu
Match officials: Assistant referees: Serhiy Bekker (Kharkiv) Semyon Shlonchak (Cherkasy) Fourth official: Anatoliy AbdullaMatch rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Seven named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions
Match statistics Tournament official websiteOnline text report and statistics. Ukrainian Cup website. May 15, 2014 Teams Dynamo ShakhtarTotal shots 14 3Shots on target 7 3Ball possession ?% ?%Corner kicks 5 6Fouls committed ? ?Offsides 1 1Yellow cards 4 3Red cards 1 1
See also 2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League
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