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

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.

Road to Lviv

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 1Krystal Kherson0 – 5Zorya Luhansk
Round 2 (1st leg)Helios Kharkiv0 – 2Zorya Luhansk
Round 2 (2nd leg)Zorya Luhansk3 – 1Helios Kharkiv
 (Zorya won 5–1 on aggregate)
Quarter-final (1st leg)Volyn Lutsk1 – 1Zorya Luhansk
Quarter-final (2nd leg)Zorya Luhansk5 – 0Volyn Lutsk
 (Zorya won 6–1 on aggregate)
Semi-final (1st leg)Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk1 – 0Zorya Luhansk
Semi-final (2nd leg)Zorya Luhansk2 – 0Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
 (Zorya won 2–1 on aggregate)

Shakhtar Donetsk

Round 1Arsenal-Kyiv0 – 3Shakhtar Donetsk
Round 2 (1st leg)FC Ternopil0 – 5Shakhtar Donetsk
Round 2 (2nd leg)Shakhtar Donetsk4 – 0FC Ternopil
 (Shakhtar won 9–0 on aggregate)
Quarter-final (1st leg)Vorskla Poltava0 – 4Shakhtar Donetsk
Quarter-final (2nd leg)Shakhtar Donetsk1 – 2Vorskla Poltava
 (Shakhtar won 5–2 on aggregate)
Semi-final (1st leg)FC Oleksandriya1 – 1Shakhtar Donetsk
Semi-final (2nd leg)Shakhtar Donetsk2 – 0FC Oleksandriya
 (Shakhtar won 3–1 on aggregate)

Previous encounters

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

Details

Zorya Luhansk0–2Shakhtar Donetsk
Report Hladkyy 42', 57'
Attendance: 21,720
Referee: Yevhen Aranovskyi[5][6]
Zorya Luhansk
Shakhtar Donetsk
Zorya Luhansk:
GK30Ukraine Mykyta Shevchenko
RB39Ukraine Yevhen Opanasenkodownward-facing red arrow 64'
CB3Belarus Mikhail SivakowYellow card 64'
CB12Brazil Rafael ForsterYellow card 12'
LB6Ukraine Mykyta Kamenyuka (c)
DM4Ukraine Ihor ChaykovskyiYellow card 64'
DM5Ukraine Artem Hordiyenkodownward-facing red arrow 57'
RW20Ukraine Oleksandr Karavayev
CM22Serbia Željko Ljubenović
LW34Ukraine Ivan Petryakdownward-facing red arrow 46'
CF28Ukraine Pylyp Budkivskyi
Substitutes:
GK91Ukraine Ihor Levchenko
DF2Ukraine Artem Sukhotskyi
FW10Georgia (country) Jaba Lipartiaupward-facing green arrow 57'
FW11Brazil Paulinho
DF16Ukraine Hryhoriy Yarmashupward-facing green arrow 64' Yellow card 70'
MF24Ukraine Dmytro Hrechyshkin
MF29Ukraine Andriy Totovytskyiupward-facing green arrow 46'
Manager:
Ukraine Yuriy Vernydub
Shakhtar Donetsk:
GK32Ukraine Anton Kanibolotskiy
RB33Croatia Darijo Srna (c)
CB5Ukraine Oleksandr Kucher
CB44Ukraine Yaroslav Rakitskiy
LB31Brazil Ismaily
DM6Ukraine Taras Stepanenko
DM17Ukraine Maksym Malyshev
RW11Brazil Marlos
AM74Ukraine Viktor Kovalenkodownward-facing red arrow 59'
LW28Brazil Taisondownward-facing red arrow 81'
CF21Ukraine Oleksandr Hladkyydownward-facing red arrow 74'
Substitutes:
GK30Ukraine Andriy Pyatov
DF18Ukraine Ivan Ordets
DF38Ukraine Serhiy Kryvtsov
MF7Brazil Wellington Nemupward-facing green arrow 74'
MF58Ukraine Andriy Korobenko
FW22Croatia Eduardo da Silvaupward-facing green arrow 59'
FW19Argentina Facundo Ferreyraupward-facing green arrow 81'
Manager:
Romania Mircea Lucescu

MAN OF THE MATCH

    MATCH OFFICIALS

    • Assistant referees:
      • Serhiy Bekker (Kharkiv)[7]
      • Natalya Rachynska (Kiev)[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

    References

    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
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