2009 Ukrainian Cup Final

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.

2009 Ukrainian Cup Final
Event2008–09 Ukrainian Cup
Vorskla Poltava Shakhtar Donetsk
1 0
Date31 May 2009
VenueDnipro Stadium, Dnipropetrovsk
Attendance25,700
Weather27 C

Road to Dnipropetrovsk
Main article: 2008–09 Ukrainian Cup

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 Poltava1–0Shakhtar Donetsk
Sachko  50' Report[2]
Attendance: 25,700
Referee: Vitaliy Hodulyan (Odessa)
Vorskla Poltava
Shakhtar Donetsk
Vorskla Poltava:
GK1 Serhiy Dolhansky (c)
MF3 Filip Despotovski
DF4 Armend Dallku
MF5 Oleh Krasnoperov
MF7 Jovan Markoski
FW8 Denys Kulakov 81'
FW17 Vasyl Sachko 50' 71'
DF30 Debatik Curri
MF37 Hryhoriy Yarmash
DF48 Volodymyr Chesnakov 90+2'
MF70 Dmytro Esin 89'
Substitutes:
GK12 Serhiy Velychko
FW11 Denis Glavina 81'
MF23 Yevheniy Peskov
FW27 Ahmed Yanuzi 71'
FW31 Oleksiy Chychykov
DF33 Andriy Boyko
MF40 Roman Loktionov 89'
Manager:
Mykola Pavlov
Shaktar Donetsk:
GK30 Andriy Pyatov
DF33 Darijo Srna (c)
DF27 Dmytro Chygrynskiy
DF5 Oleksandr Kucher
DF13 Vyacheslav Shevchuk
FW17 Luiz Adriano
MF7 Fernandinho 57'
MF19 Oleksiy Hai 55'
DF3 Tomáš Hübschman
MF8 Jádson 75'
FW21 Oleksandr Hladky 64'
Substitutes:
GK12 Rustam Khudzhamov
MF4 Igor Duljaj
MF26 Răzvan Raț
MF22 Willian 55'
FW10 Evhen Seleznyov 64'
DF18 Mariusz Lewandowski 75'
DF36 Oleksandr Chyzhov
Manager:
Mircea Lucescu

MATCH OFFICIALS[1]

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

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. "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. Archived from the original on 2009-06-07. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
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