2016 Ukrainian Cup final

The 2016 Ukrainian Cup Final was a football match that was played on 21 May 2016 in Lviv.[2] For the first time the cup final was held in Lviv. The match was the 25th Ukrainian Cup Final and was contested by Zorya Luhansk and Shakhtar Donetsk.

2016 Ukrainian Cup Final
Event2015–16 Ukrainian Cup
Date21 May 2016
VenueArena Lviv, Lviv
RefereeYevhen Aranovsky
Attendance21,720
Weather+20°, Light rain[1]
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2017

Road to Lviv

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All fourteen Ukrainian Premier League clubs do not have to go through qualification to get into the competition (Ukrainian Cup), so Zorya and Shakhtar both qualified for the competition automatically.

Zorya Luhansk

Round 1 Krystal Kherson 0 – 5 Zorya Luhansk
Round 2 (1st leg) Helios Kharkiv 0 – 2 Zorya Luhansk
Round 2 (2nd leg) Zorya Luhansk 3 – 1 Helios Kharkiv
  (Zorya won 5–1 on aggregate)
Quarter-final (1st leg) Volyn Lutsk 1 – 1 Zorya Luhansk
Quarter-final (2nd leg) Zorya Luhansk 5 – 0 Volyn Lutsk
  (Zorya won 6–1 on aggregate)
Semi-final (1st leg) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1 – 0 Zorya Luhansk
Semi-final (2nd leg) Zorya Luhansk 2 – 0 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
  (Zorya won 2–1 on aggregate)

Shakhtar Donetsk

Round 1 Arsenal-Kyiv 0 – 3 Shakhtar Donetsk
Round 2 (1st leg) FC Ternopil 0 – 5 Shakhtar Donetsk
Round 2 (2nd leg) Shakhtar Donetsk 4 – 0 FC Ternopil
  (Shakhtar won 9–0 on aggregate)
Quarter-final (1st leg) Vorskla Poltava 0 – 4 Shakhtar Donetsk
Quarter-final (2nd leg) Shakhtar Donetsk 1 – 2 Vorskla Poltava
  (Shakhtar won 5–2 on aggregate)
Semi-final (1st leg) FC Oleksandriya 1 – 1 Shakhtar Donetsk
Semi-final (2nd leg) Shakhtar Donetsk 2 – 0 FC Oleksandriya
  (Shakhtar won 3–1 on aggregate)

Previous encounters

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This was not only the first Ukrainian Cup Final between the two teams, but also the first time they meet in this competition.[3] Previously Zorya and Shakhtar met in the Soviet Cup in total of six game (the record was two wins for Zorya and four wins for Shakhtar with Zorya scoring six goals and Shakhtar scoring seven).[4]

It was first Cup Final appearance for Zorya, while their opponents Shakhtar had appeared in 15 Cup Finals winning nine.

Match

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Details

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Zorya Luhansk0–2Shakhtar Donetsk
Report Hladkyy   42', 57'
Attendance: 21,720
Referee: Yevhen Aranovskyi[5][6]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Zorya Luhansk
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shakhtar Donetsk
Zorya Luhansk:
GK 30   Mykyta Shevchenko
RB 39   Yevhen Opanasenko   64'
CB 3   Mikhail Sivakow   64'
CB 12   Rafael Forster   12'
LB 6   Mykyta Kamenyuka (c)
DM 4   Ihor Chaykovskyi   64'
DM 5   Artem Hordiyenko   57'
RW 20   Oleksandr Karavayev
CM 22   Željko Ljubenović
LW 34   Ivan Petryak   46'
CF 28   Pylyp Budkivskyi
Substitutes:
GK 91   Ihor Levchenko
DF 2   Artem Sukhotskyi
FW 10   Jaba Lipartia   57'
FW 11   Paulinho
DF 16   Hryhoriy Yarmash   64'   70'
MF 24   Dmytro Hrechyshkin
MF 29   Andriy Totovytskyi   46'
Manager:
  Yuriy Vernydub
Shakhtar Donetsk:
GK 32   Anton Kanibolotskiy
RB 33   Darijo Srna (c)
CB 5   Oleksandr Kucher
CB 44   Yaroslav Rakitskiy
LB 31   Ismaily
DM 6   Taras Stepanenko
DM 17   Maksym Malyshev
RW 11   Marlos
AM 74   Viktor Kovalenko   59'
LW 28   Taison   81'
CF 21   Oleksandr Hladkyy   74'
Substitutes:
GK 30   Andriy Pyatov
DF 18   Ivan Ordets
DF 38   Serhiy Kryvtsov
MF 7   Wellington Nem   74'
MF 58   Andriy Korobenko
FW 22   Eduardo da Silva   59'
FW 19   Facundo Ferreyra   81'
Manager:
  Mircea Lucescu

MAN OF THE MATCH

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
    • Serhiy Bekker (Kharkiv)[7]
    • Natalya Rachynska (Kyiv)[8]
  • Fourth official:
    • Kostiantyn Trukhanov[9]

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of 3 substitutions.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Zorya-Shakhtar. Game announcement. UA-Football. 21 May 2016
  2. ^ Сегодня в кассы поступили билеты на финал Кубка Украины [The tickets for the Cup Final arrived today] (in Russian). ua-football.com. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  3. ^ Zorya-Shakhtar. Game announcement. UA-Football. 21 May 2016
  4. ^ Zorya-Shakhtar. Game announcement. UA-Football. 21 May 2016
  5. ^ "FIFA Referees News: Ukraine : 2016 Ukrainian Cup Final". 21 May 2016.
  6. ^ Zorya-Shakhtar. Game announcement. UA-Football. 21 May 2016
  7. ^ Zorya-Shakhtar. Game announcement. UA-Football. 21 May 2016
  8. ^ Zorya-Shakhtar. Game announcement. UA-Football. 21 May 2016
  9. ^ Zorya-Shakhtar. Game announcement. UA-Football. 21 May 2016