2009 Ukrainian Cup Final

2009 Ukrainian Cup Final
Event 2008–09 Ukrainian Cup
Vorskla Poltava Shakhtar Donetsk
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Date 31 May 2009
Venue Dnipro Stadium, Dnipropetrovsk
Attendance 25,700
Weather 27 C

The 2009 Ukrainian Cup Final was a football match that took place at the Dnipro Stadium on May 31, 2009. The match was the 18th Ukrainian Cup final and it was contested by Shakhtar Donetsk and Vorskla Poltava. The 2009 final was the first time a Ukrainian Cup final was held in Dnipropetrovsk.[1] Vorskla Poltava, as Ukrainian Cup winners, qualified for the UEFA Europa League play-off round.

Road to Dnipropetrovsk

All sixteen Ukrainian Premier League clubs did not have to go through qualification to get into the competition, so Vorskla and Shakhtar both qualified for the competition automatically.

Vorskla Poltava

Round 1Zirka Kirovohrad0–1Vorskla Poltava
Round 2Obolon Kyiv1–4Vorskla Poltava
Quarter-finalMetalurh Donetsk0–1Vorskla Poltava
Semi-finalMetalist Kharkiv0–0Vorskla Poltava
Semi-final (Replay) Vorskla Poltava2–0Metalist Kharkiv

Shakhtar Donetsk

Round 1Illichivets Mariupol0–3Shakhtar Donetsk
Round 2Zakarpattia Uzhhorod1–4Shakhtar Donetsk
Quarter-finalPFC Oleksandria1–2Shakhtar Donetsk
Semi-finalShakhtar Donetsk1–0Dynamo Kyiv

Previous encounters

Prior to the final, Vorskla and Shakhtar had met six times in previous Ukrainian Cup competitions. Vorskla had never defeated Shakhtar, with its best performance being a 1–1 draw in the second leg of the quarter-finals in the 2007–08 edition. Shakhtar's best performance against Vorskla was in a second round encounter in the 1994–95 edition, an 8–0 drubbing.[1]

Match details

Vorskla Poltava 1 – 0 Shakhtar Donetsk
Sachko  50' Report[2]
Attendance: 25,700
Referee: Vitaliy Hodulyan (Odessa)
Vorskla Poltava
Shakhtar Donetsk
Vorskla Poltava:
GK1Ukraine Serhiy Dolhansky (c)
MF3Republic of Macedonia Filip Despotovski
DF4Albania Armend Dallku
MF5Ukraine Oleh Krasnoperov
MF7Serbia Jovan Markoski
FW8Ukraine Denys Kulakov 81'
FW17Ukraine Vasyl Sachko 50' 71'
DF30Albania Debatik Curri
MF37Ukraine Hryhoriy Yarmash
DF48Ukraine Volodymyr ChesnakovYellow card 90+2'
MF70Ukraine Dmytro Esin 89'
Substitutes:
GK12Ukraine Serhiy Velychko
FW11Croatia Denis Glavina 81'
MF23Ukraine Yevheniy Peskov
FW27Albania Ahmed Yanuzi 71'
FW31Ukraine Oleksiy Chychykov
DF33Ukraine Andriy Boyko
MF40Ukraine Roman Loktionov 89'
Manager:
Ukraine Mykola Pavlov
Shaktar Donetsk:
GK30Ukraine Andriy Pyatov
DF33Croatia Darijo Srna (c)
DF27Ukraine Dmytro Chygrynskiy
DF5Ukraine Oleksandr Kucher
DF13Ukraine Vyacheslav Shevchuk
FW17Brazil Luiz Adriano
MF7Brazil FernandinhoRed card 57'
MF19Ukraine Oleksiy Hai 55'
DF3Czech Republic Tomáš Hübschman
MF8Brazil Jádson 75'
FW21Ukraine Oleksandr Hladky 64'
Substitutes:
GK12Ukraine Rustam Khudzhamov
MF4Serbia Igor Duljaj
MF26Romania Răzvan Raț
MF22Brazil Willian 55'
FW10Ukraine Evhen Seleznyov 64'
DF18Poland Mariusz Lewandowski 75'
DF36Ukraine Oleksandr Chyzhov
Manager:
Romania Mircea Lucescu

MATCH OFFICIALS[1]

  • Assistant referees:
    • Serhiy Tsymbal (Kiev)
    • Oleksandr Shamych (Kiev)
  • Fourth official: Ihor Ischenko (Kiev)

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.
Ukrainian Cup 2009 Winners
Vorskla Poltava
First title

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Кубок Украины. Финал. "Ворскла" - "Шахтер". Анонс матча (Ukrainian Cup. Final. Vorskla - Shakhtar. Match announcement)". ua.футбол (in Russian). 2009-05-31. Archived from the original on 2009-08-17. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
  2. ↑ "Official Match Report". FPL (in Ukrainian). 2009-06-01. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
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