The 2024 Ukrainian Cup final was the 31st final match of the annual Ukrainian football cup competition. It was played on 15 May 2024 at the Avanhard Stadium in Rivne.Рівне прийме фінал Кубка України з футболу. sport.rayon.in.ua. 20 February 2024 This is the first time the cup final would be held in Rivne.Фінал Кубка України з футболу вперше відбудеться у Рівному. suspilne.media. 20 February 2024
With still ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation, this final was the first one since the start of the invasion in February 2022 and the 9th since the start of the war in 2014.
Road to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away). Vorskla PoltavaRoundShakhtar DonetskOpponentResult2023–24 Ukrainian CupOpponentResultMetalist 1925 Kharkiv3–0 (N)Round of 16Veres Rivne3–0 (A)Obolon Kyiv3–0 (A)Quarter-finalsViktoriya Sumy3–0 (N)Polissia Zhytomyr1–0 (A)Semi-finalsChornomorets Odesa4–1 (N)
Vorskla Poltava As a Premier League team, Vorskla Poltava started in the Round of 16, notionally away at Ukrainian Premier League side Metalist 1925 Kharkiv. At the Livyi Bereh Arena near Kyiv, Vorskla Poltava won 3–0 with a series of goals from Ibrahim Kane, Ruslan Stepanyuk, and Ivan Nesterenko.Металіст 1925 - Ворскла: огляд матчу 27 вересня 2023, 11:30. (in Ukrainian) Tribuna.com. In the quarter-finals, they were drawn away at Ukrainian Premier League team Obolon Kyiv and won 3–0 at the Obolon Arena in Kyiv due to goals from Stepanyuk, Kane, and Andriy Batsula.Оболонь - Ворскла: огляд матчу 2 листопада 2023, 11:00. (in Ukrainian) Tribuna.com.Obolon - Vorskla 0:3. Video of goals and review of the cup match (Оболонь - Ворскла 0:3. Видео голов и обзор кубкового матча). (in Russian) UA-Football. In the semi-finals at away Zhytomyr Tsentralnyi Stadion, they played fellow Ukrainian Premier League Polissia Zhytomyr and reached their third final with a 1–0 win with a Serhiy Myakushko goal.Полісся - Ворскла: огляд матчу 4 квітня 2024, 11:00. (in Ukrainian) Tribuna.com.
Shakhtar Donetsk As a Premier League team, Shakhtar Donetsk started in the Round of 16, they were drawn away to Veres Rivne and won 3–0 at the Avanhard Stadium in Rivne thanks to goals from Kashchuk, Bondarenko and Ocheretko. In the Quarter-finals, they were drawn against Viktoriya Sumy and won 3–0 at the Livyi Bereh in Hnidyn with goals from Nazaryna, Zubkov and Rakitskyi. In the Semi-Finals, they were drawn to Chornomorets Odesa and won 4–1 at Arena Lviv thanks to goals from Sikan, Bondarenko (penalty) and a brace from Sudakov.
Previous encounters Both clubs have existed since Soviet times, but they have never played each other in official games (domestic league, national cup), with Shakhtar playing in the top tier and Vorskla (formerly Kolos) in the third tier of the All-Union football competitions.
Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, these teams faced each other more frequently. While Vorskla is recognized as an obvious underdog, it is considered not an easy opponent for the miners. Within the Ukrainian Cup, both teams met 9 times, with 6 matches played at the quarterfinal stage.Статистика встреч Ворскла (Полтава), Украина – Шахтер (Донецк), Украина (Кубок Украины). wildstat.ru Vorskla was victorious twice, while Shakhtar has 5 wins. However, this is their second final, and in the last final between them, which took place in 2009, Vorskla gained its only national trophy thus far.
This was also the second final for the Vorskla manager Serhiy Dolhanskyi, who, in 2009, as a captain and goalkeeper of Vorskla, won the cup already in the role of a player in the Vorskla–Shakhtar final.
Teams at the competition's finals TeamPrevious finals appearances (bold indicates winners)Vorskla Poltava2 (2009, 2020)Shakhtar Donetsk19 (1995, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Match
«Vorskla»: GK 7 Pavlo IsenkoDF 27 Illya KrupskyiDF 18 Yevhen PavlyukDF 44 Danylo KhrypchukDF 4 Ihor Perduta (c)MF 5 Najeeb YakubuMF 6 Oleksandr SklyarMF 33 Serhiy MyakushkoMF 15 Ibrahim KaneMF 11 Ruslan StepanyukFW 92 Sambou SissokoSubstitutions:DF 95 Felipe RodriguesMF 38 Artem ChelyadinMF 30 Ivan NesterenkoFW 22 Mykola KovtalyukDF 29 Andriy Batsula Head coach: Serhiy Dolhanskyi«Shakhtar»: GK 31 Dmytro RiznykDF 16 Irakli AzaroviDF 22 Mykola MatviyenkoDF 5 Valeriy BondarDF 26 Yukhym KonoplyaMF 6 Taras Stepanenko (c)MF 8 Dmytro KryskivMF 27 KevinMF 21 Artem BondarenkoFW 11 Oleksandr ZubkovFW 14 Danylo SikanSubstitutions:GK 1 Artur RudkoDF 23 PedrinhoMF 13 Giorgi GocholeishviliMF 44 Yaroslav RakitskyiDF 29 Yehor NazarynaMF 9 Maryan ShvedMF 39 NewertonMF 2 Lassina Traoré MF 30 Marlon GomesHead coach: Marino Pusic
Match officials Referee assistants: Semen Shlonchak (Cherkasy) Volodymyr Vysotskyi (Zaporizhia) Fourth referee: Andriy Shandor (Lviv) Additional referee assistant: Maryna Striletska (Sumy) Refereeing supervisor: Viktor Derdo (Chornomorsk). VAR referee — Oleksiy Derevinskyi (Khmelnytskyi) VAR assistant — Ruslan Yermolenko (Chernihiv) VAR supervisor — Mykhailo Ovchar (Kalush). UAF delegate — Vasyl Babiy (Zhytomyr).Regulation highlightes 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if needed. Penalty kicks if needed. Nine players for substitution. Maximum 5 substitution per match (+1 in case of extra time).
See also 2023–24 Ukrainian Premier League
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References
External links Ukrainian Cup. UEFA Official results. uaf.ua (in Ukrainian) 2023–24 Ukrainian Cup. Soccerway. Vorskla – Shakhtar H2H stats. Soccerway. Vorskla – Shakhtar H2H stats. wildstat.ru