2024–25 Ukrainian Cup

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2024–25 Ukrainian Cup

Tournament details
Country	Ukraine
Dates	3 August 2024–14 May 2025[1] 3 August 2024–22 August 2024 (preliminary rounds) October 2024–14 May 2025 (main event)
Teams	49
Defending champions	Shakhtar Donetsk
Tournament statistics
Matches played	33
Goals scored	96 (2.91 per match)
Attendance	8,684 (263 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Bohdan Orynchak (4 goals)
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 22 August 2024.

The 2024–25 Ukrainian Cup is the 33rd annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition. The competition started on 3 August 2024 and will be concluded on 14 May 2025 with the final. Champions qualify for the Second qualifying round 2025-26 UEFA Europa League.

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.

The competition includes all professional first teams from the Premier League (16/16 teams of the league), First League (18/18), Second League (13/20) and 2 best performer from the previous year's Amateur Cup. Seven clubs' second teams all 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 (32 teams)		17 entrants from the First League 13 entrants of the Second League 2 entrants of the 2023–24 Amateur Cup
Second preliminary round (18 teams)		2 entrants from the mini tournament finals	16 winners from the First preliminary round
Third preliminary round (16 teams)		7 entrants from the Premier League	9 winners from the Second preliminary round
Round of 16 (16 teams)		8 entrants from the Premier League	8 winners from the Third preliminary round

Phase	Round	Number of fixtures	Clubs remaining	Draw date	Game date[1]
Preliminary	First round	16	32 → 16	26 July 2024[1]	3 and 4 August 2024
	Second round	9	18 → 9	5 August 2024[2]	11-13 August 2024
	Third round	8	16 → 8	14 August 2024	21-22 August 2024
Main event	Round of 16	8	16 → 8	28 August 2024	30 October 2024
	Quarter-finals	4	8 → 4	8 November 2024	2 April 2025
	Semi-finals	2	4 → 2	April 2025	23 April 2025
	Final	1	2 → 1		14 May 2025

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.

Legends: AM – AAFU (amateur) competitions (IV tier), 2L – Second League (III tier), 1L – First League (II tier), PL – Premier League (I tier)

In this round, 17 clubs from the First League, 13 clubs from the Second League and 2 participants of the 2023–24 Amateur Cup.^[3]

The draw was held on 26 July 2024 with participation of Andriy Vorobey and Vitaliy Danylchenko.^[4]

Notes

In this round, a club from the Premier League and a club from the First League entered the competition and joined the 16 winners of the First preliminary round (9 clubs from First League, 5 clubs from Second League, 2 – amateurs).

The draw was held on 5 August 2024 with participation of Dmytro Mykhailenko and Serhiy Annenko.^[5]

In this round, another 7 out of remaining 15 clubs from the Premier League entered the competition and joined the 9 winners of the Second preliminary round (6 clubs from First League, a club from Second League, 2 – amateurs).

The draw was held on 14 August 2024 with participation of Vyacheslav Shevchuk and Aliaksandr Khatskevich.^[6]

In this round, the remaining 8 clubs from the Premier League entered the competition and joined the 8 winners of the Third preliminary round (4 clubs from Premier League, 3 clubs from First League, a club from Second League).

The draw was held on 28 August 2024 with participation of Vladyslav Vashchuk and Oleh Luzhnyi.^[7]

This round includes 6 clubs from the Premier League and two teams from the First League.

The draw was held on 8 November 2024 with participation of Oleh Luzhny among notable football celebrities.^[8]

Notes:

• According to the draw, Bukovyna was selected as a host team in the Bukovyna–Viktoriya pair, in which both teams are from the second tier. At the same time Viktoriya was not able to play its home matches at its home stadium Yuvileinyi due to proximity to the frontlines (see Russo-Ukrainian War). The Ukrainian Association of Football regulations require that all quarterfinals hosting stadiums would correspond to the top tier (Ukrainian Premier League) league criteria for stadiums (best in the country). The stadium Bukovyna does not meet all the criteria for such stadium requirements due to lack of football field lighting and heating systems. The Chernivtsi club submitted request to UAF to make an exception for the club and allow hosting the match at the Bukovyna's home stadium, otherwise the game will have to be moved to Lviv or Ternopil.^{[9] [10]}

This round will include three clubs from the Premier League and a team from the First League.

The competition's top three goalscorers including preliminary rounds.

As of 30 October 2024^[11]

Rank	Scorer	Team	Goals (Pen.)
1	Ukraine Bohdan Orynchak	Probiy Horodenka	4
2	Ukraine Roman Debelko	UCSA Tarasivka	3
	Brazil Ari Moura	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	3
	Ukraine Ihor Koshman	Olimpiya Savyntsi	3 (1)

Notes:

• 2024–25 Ukrainian Premier League
• 2024–25 Ukrainian First League
• 2024–25 Ukrainian Second League
• 2024–25 Ukrainian Amateur Cup

• [1]. uaf.ua

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