2023–24 Ukrainian Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Ukraine |
| Dates | 29 July 2023–15 May 2024[1] 29 July 2023–23 August 2023 (preliminary rounds) 27 September 2023–15 May 2024 (main event) |
| Teams | 51 |
| Defending champions | Dynamo Kyiv (2020–21) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Runner-up | Vorskla Poltava |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 49 |
| Goals scored | 137 (2.8 per match) |
| Attendance | 3,500 (71 per match) |
| Top goal scorer(s) | Dmytro Kulyk Andriy Shtohrin (4 goals) |
All statistics correct as of 15 May 2024. | |
The 2023–24 Ukrainian Cup was the 32nd annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition. The competition is began on 29 July 2023 and concluded on 15 May 2024 with the final. The competition has been resumed after being paused for a season due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and an attempt to resume league competitions.[2] In the fall of the last year (2022), there was information about possibility of resuming cup competitions in the spring (2023), but the idea was never realized.[3] [4]
All competition rounds consisted of a single game with a home field advantage granted to a team from lower league. Draw for all the rounds was blind. Qualification for the competition was granted to all professional clubs and four better performers of 2 last amateur seasons the 2022–23 Ukrainian Amateur Cup and the 2021–22 Ukrainian Amateur Cup.[5]
Team allocation and schedule
[edit ]The competition includes all professional first teams from the Premier League (16/16 teams of the league), First League (20/20), Second League (11/15) and four best performer from the previous year's Amateur Cup. Four second club teams from the Second League are not eligible for the tournament.
| Distribution[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous round | ||
| First preliminary round (6 teams) |
2 entrants from the Second League 4 entrants of the 2022–23 Amateur Cup |
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| Second preliminary round (32 teams) |
9 entrants from the Second League 20 entrants from the First League |
3 winners from the First preliminary round | |
| Third preliminary round (16 teams) |
(no new entrants) | 16 winners from the Second preliminary round | |
| Fourth preliminary round (16 teams) |
8 entrants from the Premier League | 8 winners from the Third preliminary round | |
| Round of 16 (16 teams) |
8 entrants from the Premier League | 8 winners from the Fourth preliminary round | |
Rounds schedule
[edit ]| Phase | Round | Number of fixtures |
Clubs remaining |
Draw date | Game date[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preliminary | First round | 3 | 6 → 3 | 21 July 2023[1] | 29 July 2023 |
| Second round | 16 | 32 → 16 | 2 August 2023 | ||
| Third round | 8 | 16 → 8 | 4 August 2023[6] | 15 August 2023 | |
| Fourth round | 8 | 16 → 8 | 17 August 2023[7] | 23 August 2023 | |
| Main event | Round of 16 | 8 | 16 → 8 | 31 August 2023[8] | 27 September 2023 |
| Quarter-finals | 4 | 8 → 4 | 13 October 2023[9] | 1 November 2023 | |
| Semi-finals | 2 | 4 → 2 | 29 January 2024 | 3 April 2024 | |
| Final | 1 | 2 → 1 | 15 May 2024 |
Teams
[edit ]- FC Mykolaiv
- Olympia Savyntsi
- Shturm Ivankiv
- Fazenda Chernivtsi
- PFL League 2
- PFL League 1
- Ahrobiznes Volochysk
- Bukovyna Chernivtsi
- FC Chernihiv
- Dinaz Vyshhorod
- Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi
- Hirnyk-Sport
- Inhulets Petrove
- Karpaty Lviv
- FC Khust
- Kremin Kremenchuk
- Livyi Bereh Kyiv
- FSC Mariupol
- Metalist Kharkiv
- Metalurh Zaporizhia
- Nyva Buzova
- Nyva Ternopil
- Podillya Khmelnytskyi
- SC Poltava
- Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk
- Viktoriya Sumy
- PFL League 2
- Chaika Petropavlivska B
- Druzhba Myrivka
- Lokomotyv Kyiv
- Nyva Vinnytsia
- Real Pharma Odesa
- Skala 1911 Stryi
- FC Trostianets
- Vast Mykolaiv
- PFC Zviahel
Notes:
- Olympia Savyntsi qualified in place of Shturm Ivankiv (FC Mykolaiv – Shturm Ivankiv), which merged with Kolos Kovalivka as the latter one reserve team.
- Mini tournament was organized during the summer break due to abrupt withdrawal of SC Dnipro-1.
Competition schedule
[edit ]Legends: AM – AAFU (amateur) competitions (IV tier), 2L – Second League (III tier), 1L – First League (II tier), PL – Premier League (I tier)
First preliminary round (1/128)
[edit ]In this round, 2 clubs from the Second League and four clubs of the 2022–23 Ukrainian Amateur Cup and the 2021–22 Ukrainian Amateur Cup entered the competition.[10]
The draw was held on 21 July 2023.[1]
- Notes
Second preliminary round (1/64)
[edit ]In this round, 9 clubs from the Second League and 20 clubs from the First League entered the competition and joined the 3 winners of the First preliminary round (2 clubs from Second League, 1 – amateurs).
Referee: Ya.Leskiv (Lviv Oblast)
- soccer ball with red X Zin
- soccer ball with check mark Haladey
- soccer ball with red X Demchuk
- soccer ball with check mark Bey
- soccer ball with check mark Malashchuk
- Volynets 8'
- Maytak 67'
- Vashchyshyn 71', 90+2'
- Nesterov 90'
Referee: S.Podryhulia (Lutsk)
- Makhnyev soccer ball with check mark
- Kononov soccer ball with red X
- Yevdokymov soccer ball with check mark
- Kharchenko soccer ball with check mark
- Synyohub soccer ball with check mark
- soccer ball with check mark Serhiychuk
- soccer ball with red X Knysh
- soccer ball with check mark Prokopchuk
- soccer ball with check mark Palamar
- soccer ball with red X Korokhov
Third preliminary round (1/32)
[edit ]In this round, the 16 winners of the Second preliminary round participate (8 clubs from First League, 7 clubs from Second League, 1 – amateurs).
The draw was held on 4 August 2023.[6]
- Kulyk 4', 74'
- 48', 82' (pen.) Penteleychuk
Referee: O.Kohut (Ternopil)
- Plastun soccer ball with check mark
- Strochyskyi soccer ball with check mark
- Chepurnenko soccer ball with check mark
- Skepskyi soccer ball with red X
- Rudenko soccer ball with check mark
- Leshchenko soccer ball with check mark
- Teteruk soccer ball with check mark
- Kovalenko soccer ball with red X
- soccer ball with check mark Penteleychuk
- soccer ball with check mark Mochevinskyi
- soccer ball with check mark Mamrosenko
- soccer ball with check mark Batalskyi
- soccer ball with red X Tyeryekhov
- soccer ball with check mark Makhynya
- soccer ball with check mark Bykovskyi
- soccer ball with check mark Melnychenko
- Arutyunian Yellow card 56' Red card 75'
- 7' Lytovchenko
- 70' Voytsekhovskyi
Referee: D.Kubriak (Odesa)
- Lukyachenko 90+1'
- Nykolyshyn 120'
- 58' Khrustavka
Referee: V. Zaprutnyak (Vinnytsia)
- Notes:
Fourth preliminary round (1/16)
[edit ]In this round, 8 clubs from the Premier League will enter the competition and the 8 winners of the Third preliminary round (6 clubs from First League and 2 clubs from Second League).
- Petryk Yellow card 65' Yellow-red card 89'
- Kvasnytsya 16'
- Stolyarchuk 70'
Referee: O.Afanasyev (Kharkiv)
- Zubkov 20'
- Litiuk 115' (pen.)
- Chernetskyi Yellow card 94' Yellow-red card 106'
Referee: D.Panchyshyn (Kharkiv)
- Lityuk soccer ball with check mark
- Makhynia soccer ball with check mark
- Melnychenko soccer ball with check mark
- Kharzhevskyi soccer ball with check mark
- Terekhov soccer ball with red X
- Petrovskyi soccer ball with check mark
- Demchenko soccer ball with check mark
- Tsurikov soccer ball with red X
- Myakushko soccer ball with check mark
- Bondarenko soccer ball with check mark
- Milko soccer ball with check mark
- Luchkevych soccer ball with red X
- Panchyshyn soccer ball with red X 90+4'
- Yashkov Red card 90+5'
- Chernenko 59'
Referee: S.Prychyna (Lviv Oblast)
- Notes:
LNZ vs Viktoriya had been interrupted due to air alert.[11]
Round of 16 (1/8)
[edit ]In this round, 8 clubs from the Premier League will enter the competition and join the 8 winners of the Fourth preliminary round (6 clubs from Premier League and 2 clubs from First League).
- Kashchuk 65'
- Bondarenko 68'
- Ocheretko 90+1'
Referee: I. Paskhal (Kherson)
- Kushnirenko 90+1'
- Adamyuk 77'
Referee: O. Omelchenko (Sloviansk)
- Kushnirenko soccer ball with check mark
- Hrytsuk soccer ball with check mark
- Shapoval soccer ball with check mark
- Tankovskyi soccer ball with check mark
- Kozak soccer ball with check mark
- Hutsulyak soccer ball with red X
- Pikhalyonok soccer ball with check mark
- Babenko soccer ball with check mark
- Rubchynskyi soccer ball with check mark
- Sarapiy soccer ball with check mark
- Kane 15'
- Stepanyuk 45+1'
- Nesterenko 74'
Referee: D. Reznikov (Kamianske)
- Notes:
Rukh vs Oleksandriya kick off time was delayed for 30 minutes due to air alert.[12]
Quarter-finals (1/4)
[edit ]This round includes one team from the First League and 7 clubs from the Premier League. Base date for the matches is 1 November 2023. The draw for the round took place at Epet Arena, Prague with active participation of Oleksandr Zinchenko and Ruslan Malinovskyi.[13]
- Kushnirenko soccer ball with check mark
- Arielson soccer ball with check mark
- Mustafayev soccer ball with check mark
- Morozko soccer ball with red X
- Kozak soccer ball with check mark
- Skorko soccer ball with check mark
- Lohinov soccer ball with red X
- Pohorilyi soccer ball with check mark
- Kopyna soccer ball with red X
- Kalitvintsev soccer ball with check mark
Referee: D.Shurman (Kyiv Oblast)
- Notes:
Polissia vs Oleksandriya match had been interrupted in the 85th minute for 50 minutes due to air alert.[14]
Semi-finals (1/2)
[edit ]- Sikan 12'
- Bondarenko 44' (pen.)
- Sudakov 52', 79'
- Shtohrin 18'
Attendance: 674
Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi (Kropyvnytskyi)
- Myakushko 45'
Attendance: 1,427
Referee: Maksym Kozyriatskyi (Zaporizhia)
- Notes:
Polissia vs Vorskla match had been interrupted in the 80th minute for 40 minutes due to air alert.[15]
Final
[edit ]Bracket
[edit ]The following is the bracket which the main stage of the Ukrainian Cup resembles. Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of a penalty shoot-out.
26–27 September 2023 Quarter-finals
1-2 November 2023 Semi-finals
3 April 2024 Final
15 May 2024
Top goalscorers
[edit ]The competition's top three goalscorers including preliminary rounds.
- As of 4 April 2024[16]
| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine Dmytro Kulyk | Kudrivka | 4 |
| Ukraine Andriy Shtohrin | Chornomorets Odesa | 4 | |
| 3 | Ukraine Oleksandr Batalskyi | Mariupol | 3 |
| Ukraine Yaroslav Kvasov | Inhulets Petrove | 3 | |
| Ukraine Artur Vashchyshyn | Zviahel | 3 (1) |
Notes:
See also
[edit ]- 2023–24 Ukrainian Premier League
- 2023–24 Ukrainian First League
- 2023–24 Ukrainian Second League
- 2023–24 Ukrainian Amateur Cup
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