2017–18 Ukrainian Cup

2017–18 Ukrainian Cup
Country	Ukraine[1]
Dates	9 July 2017 – 9 May 2018; 9 July 2017 – 20 September 2017 (qualification rounds); 25 October 2017 – 9 May 2018 (main event)
Teams	52[1]
Defending champions	Shakhtar Donetsk
Champions	Shakhtar Donetsk
Runners-up	Dynamo Kyiv
Semi-finalists	SC Dnipro-1; FC Mariupol;
UEFA Europe League	none[lower-alpha 1]
Matches played	51
Goals scored	147 (2.88 per match)
Attendance	141,451 (2,774 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	5 – Serhiy Kyslenko (FC Lviv)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 → All statistics correct as of 9 May 2018.

The 2017–18 Ukrainian Cup was the 27th annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition. The competition was planned to be started on 9 July 2017 and concluded on 9 May 2018.[2]

This season the competition's administration was passed on to the Football Federation of Ukraine that previously was conducted by both the Premier League and Professional Football League.[1] The number of participants has increased to 52 and is the biggest in the last five years.[1] The FFU also promised to introduce a system of bonuses for this season's competition, yet did not disclosed them.[1]

All competition rounds consisted of a single game with a home field advantage granted to a team from lower league.[1] Qualification for the competition is granted to all professional clubs and finalists of the Ukrainian Amateur Cup as long as those clubs will be able to pass the season's attestation (licensing).

FC Shakhtar Donetsk was the defending winner for the last two seasons. The Donetsk club has reached the competition finals in the last seven years winning five of them.[1] There were around 300 clubs over the history of competition and it is a debut season for seven of them, Dnipro-1, Ahrobiznes, Metalist 1925, Polissya, Tavriya Simferopol, Sudnobudivnyk, and Prykarpattia.[1] Both qualified amateur clubs have already participated in the competition before. It should be mentioned that only 10 clubs participated in every season of the tournament.[1]

Team allocation and schedule

Distribution

First round (26 teams)	3 entrants from the First League 21 entrants from the Second League 2 entrants from the Amateur Cup
Second round (28 teams)	15 entrants from the First League	13 winners from the First round
Third round (20 teams)	6 entrants from the Premier League	14 winners from the Second round
Round of 16 (16 teams)	6 entrants from the Premier League	10 winners from the Round of 20

Rounds schedule

Phase	Round	Fractional	Draw date	Game date[1][lower-alpha 2]
Preliminary	Round 1	1⁄64 finals	30 June 2017	9 July 2017
	Round 2	1⁄32 finals	13 July 2017	26 July 2017
	Round 3	1⁄16 finals	4 August 2017	20 September 2017
Main event	Round of 16	1⁄8 finals	27 September 2017	25 October 2017
	Quarter-finals	1⁄4 finals	31 October 2017	29 November 2017
	Semi-finals	1⁄2 finals	2[3] March 2018[4]	18 April 2018
	Final		9 May 2018

Competition schedule

First Preliminary round (1/64)

In this round entered three representatives from the First League, 21 clubs from the Second League, two representatives from the Amateur Cup. The draw for this round that took place 30 June 2017 at the House of Football in Kyiv was announced on 27 June 2017.[5] The round matches were played on 9 July 2017.[6] The archive of Ukrainian Association of Football "Footpass" shows the Premier League club NK Veres Rivne playing at the first preliminary round instead of FC Lviv (please, see Veres – Lviv swap). The clubs' "swap" occurred only next season, while the archive has been updated to show something that is completely wrong.


SC Dnipro-1 (2L)	5 – 0	(2L) Bukovyna Chernivtsi
FC Ternopil (2L)	1 – 1 (a.e.t.), (3–5 p)	(2L) Ahrobiznes Volochysk
Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva (2L)	0 – 3	(2L) Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk
Chaika Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion (AM)	0 – 2	(1L) Rukh Vynnyky
Tavriya Simferopol (2L)	+:- (3:0)	(2L) Skala Stryi
FC Nikopol (2L)	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	(2L) Myr Hornostayivka
SCC Demnya (AM)	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	(2L) FC Dnipro
FC Lviv (2L)	2 – 0	(1L) Kremin Kremenchuk
Real Pharma Odesa (2L)	1 – 3	(2L) Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (2L)	2 – 2 (a.e.t.), (3–4 p)	(2L) Nyva Ternopil
Podillya Khmelnytskyi (2L)	1 – 3	(2L) Nyva-V Vinnytsia
Metalurh Zaporizhya (2L)	0 – 2	(2L) Polissya Zhytomyr
Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv (2L)	0 – 2	(1L) Balkany Zorya

Notes:

On 5 July 2017 the club director of Skala Stryi confirmed that the club will not show up for the cup game against Tavriya.[7] On 24 July 2017 it was announced that the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee awarded a technical loss to Skala (0:3) and fined it for 5,000 hryvnias.[8]
On 5 July 2017 it was announced that Metalist 1925 answered to the call of Nyva Ternopil and agreed to play the game in Kharkiv.[9] Related documents were sent up to the Football Federation of Ukraine. On 7 July 2017 the arrangement was approved and Metalist 1925 will host Nyva at Sonyachny Training Center.[10]
On 6 July 2017 number of clubs announced that they have various major issues in taking part of the competition, among which are FC Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva,[11] FC Metalurh Zaporizhia,[12] FC Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv[13] (the last two, because of problems with their stadiums). On the other hand, both FC Ternopil[14] and FC Lviv confirmed that they are ready for the competition. FC Lviv announced that it will play its first game of Ukrainian Cup competition in Rava-Ruska.[15] On 7 July 2017 the Football Federation of Ukraine approved to conduct the game between Metalurh and Polissya at Kolos Stadium in Chkalove, Nikopol Raion[16] as well as the game between Sudnobudivnyk and Balkany that took place on 10 July 2017 at Ivan Stadium in Odesa.[17]

Second Preliminary round (1/32)

In this round will include 15 more representatives from the First League in addition to the two that advanced from the previous round as well as 10 clubs from the Second League and one representatives from the Amateur Cup. The draw for this round that took place on 13 July 2017 at the House of Football in Kyiv was announced on 11 July 2017.[18] The round matches will be played on 26 July 2017, while the game between Tavriya and Nyva-V might take place later as Tavriya shares home stadium with Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka. Later (21 July 2017) it was confirmed that the date for the game Tavriya – Nyva-V is 27 July 2017.[19][20]


Avanhard Kramatorsk (1L)	1 – 0	(1L) MFC Mykolaiv
Helios Kharkiv (1L)	0 – 0 (a.e.t.), (3–1 p)[lower-alpha 3]	(1L) Obolon-Brovar Kyiv
Inhulets Petrove (1L)	3 – 1	(1L) FC Poltava
Nyva Ternopil (2L)	0 – 2[lower-alpha 4]	(2L) Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk
Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka (2L)	1 – 4	(1L) Zhemchuzhyna Odesa
Rukh Vynnyky (1L)	1 – 3 (a.e.t.)	(1L) Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni
Desna Chernihiv (1L)	4 – 0	(1L) Balkany Zorya
Ahrobiznes Volochysk (2L)	2 – 2 (a.e.t.), (5–4 p)	(1L) Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka
Kolos Kovalivka (1L)	3 – 2	(1L) Cherkaskyi Dnipro
Tavriya Simferopol (2L)	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)[lower-alpha 5]	(2L) Nyva-V Vinnytsia
SCC Demnya (AM)	1 – 0	(2L) Polissya Zhytomyr
FC Nikopol (2L)	0 – 1	(1L) Arsenal Kyiv
FC Lviv (2L)	3 – 0 [lower-alpha 6]	(1L) Volyn Lutsk
SC Dnipro-1 (2L)	2 – 0	(1L) PFC Sumy

Third Preliminary round (1/16)

In this round the first 6 representatives from the Premier League will enter the competition along with the 14 teams that advanced from the previous round including 8 clubs from the First League, 5 clubs from the Second League, and one representatives from the Amateur Cup. The draw for this round was held on 4 August 2017 at the House of Football in Kyiv and was announced on 1 August 2017.[21] The round matches were played on 20 September 2017.

20 September 2017	Helios Kharkiv (1L)	1–2	(1L) Desna Chernihiv	Kharkiv
15:00	Abyelyentsev 13'	Report	Kartushov 11', 74'	Stadium: Helios Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Vitaliy Malyar

20 September 2017	FC Kolos Kovalivka (1L)	1–2	(PL) FC Mariupol	Kovalivka, Vasylkiv Raion
16:00	Lysenko 50'	Report	Kozhanov 45' Kisil 53'	Stadium: Kolos Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Dmytro Panchyshyn

20 September 2017	Zhemchuzhyna Odesa (1L)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–4 p)	(PL) Stal Kamianske	Odesa
16:00	Dolynskyi 44'	Report	Mytsyk 65'	Stadium: Spartak Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Oleksandr Pavlyuk

20 September 2017	SC Tavriya Simferopol (2L)	3–2 (a.e.t.)	(PL) Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Beryslav
16:00	Lohvynenko 7' (pen.) Yeloyev 15' Voronchenko 108'	Report	Rassadkin 10' Panfilov 18'	Stadium: Mashynobudivnyk Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Yevhen Petrenko

20 September 2017	Ahrobiznes Volochysk (2L)	1–2 (a.e.t.)	(PL) Veres Rivne	Volochysk
16:00	Dumanyuk 118'	Report	Morozenko 101' Skotarenko 111'	Stadium: Yunist Stadium Attendance: 3,750 Referee: Yevhen Yakovlev

20 September 2017	Inhulets Petrove (1L)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	(1L) Arsenal Kyiv	Petrove
17:30		Report		Stadium: Inhulets Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Ihor Debenko

20 September 2017	Avanhard Kramatorsk (1L)	0–2	(PL) Vorskla Poltava	Kramatorsk
18:00		Report	Kadymyan 74' Kolomoyets 89'	Stadium: Avanhard Stadium Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Dmytro Kryvushkin

20 September 2017	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk (2L)	2 – 1[lower-alpha 7]	(PL) Karpaty Lviv	Ivano-Frankivsk
18:00	Boryshkevych 41' Derbakh 65'	Report	Memeshev 90+3'	Stadium: Rukh Stadium Attendance: 9,860 Referee: Oleksandr Solovyan

20 September 2017	SCC Demnya (AM)	1–2	(2L) FC Lviv	Lviv
19:00	Boryk 44'	Report	Kyslenko 40' Omelchenko 90+2'	Stadium: Skif Stadium Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Vadym Zaprutnyak

20 September 2017	SC Dnipro-1 (2L)	1–0	(1L) Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	Dnipro
19:00	Sula 20'	Report		Stadium: Dnipro Arena Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Oleksandr Afanasyev

Round of 16 (1/8)

In this round the final 6 representatives from the Premier League will enter the competition along with the 10 teams that advanced from the previous round including 4 teams from the Premier League, 2 teams from the First League and 4 teams from the Second League.[25] The draw was without seeds and was held on 27 September 2017.[26] The round matches were played on 25 October 2017.

25 October 2017	Arsenal Kyiv (1L)	0–1	(PL) Veres Rivne	Shchaslyve
13:00		Report	Morozenko 19'	Stadium: Arsenal-Arena Attendance: 600 Referee: Yuriy Hrysyo (Lviv)

25 October 2017	Tavriya Simferopol (2L)	0–5	(PL) FC Mariupol	Beryslav
14:00		Report	Boryachuk 36', 90' Tankovskyi 53' Korobenko 73', 83'	Stadium: Mashynobudivnyk Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Maksym Kozyryatskyi (Zaporizhia)

25 October 2017	Vorskla Poltava (PL)	2–0 (a.e.t.)	(PL) Olimpik Donetsk	Poltava
17:00	Sharpar 104' Kulach 109'	Report		Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 758 Referee: Oleksandr Derdo (Odesa)

25 October 2017	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk (2L)	0–2	(1L) Desna Chernihiv	Ivano-Frankivsk
18:00		Report	Oliynyk 16' Volkov 24'	Stadium: Rukh Stadium Attendance: 6,650 Referee: Volodymyr Milanych (Mykolaiv)

25 October 2017	SC Dnipro-1 (2L)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (8–7 p)	(PL) Chornomorets Odesa	Dnipro
19:00		Report		Stadium: Dnipro Arena Attendance: 2,520 Referee: Oleksandr Shandor (Lviv)

25 October 2017	FC Lviv (2L)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	(PL) Stal Kamianske	Lviv
19:00	Kyslenko 69'	Report	Klymchuk 11'	Stadium: Skif Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Volodymyr Novokhatniy (Kyiv)

25 October 2017	Zorya Luhansk (PL)	3–4 (a.e.t.)	(PL) Shakhtar Donetsk	Zaporizhia
19:00	Lunyov 12' Hordiyenko 51' Kharatin 106'	Report	Ferreyra 72', 90' Kovalenko 99' Blanco Leschuk 117'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 5,511 Referee: Anatoliy Abdula (Kharkiv)

25 October 2017	FC Oleksandriya (PL)	2–3 (a.e.t.)	(PL) Dynamo Kyiv	Oleksandriia
19:30	Starenkyi 77' Hrytsuk 120' (pen.)	Report	Kravets 36', 116' Besyedin 107'	Stadium: CSC Nika Stadium Attendance: 1,802 Referee: Yuriy Mozharovskyi (Lviv)

Quarterfinals (1/4)

In this round advanced 5 representatives from the Premier League, a team from the First League and 2 teams from the Second League.[27] The draw was without seeds and was held on 31 October 2017 in the House of Football, Kyiv.[27] The round matches were played on 29 November 2017.[27]

29 November 2017	Vorskla Poltava (PL)	1–2	(PL) FC Mariupol	Poltava
17:00	Kulach 13'	Report	Boryachuk 24' Totovytskyi 77'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Anatoliy Abdula

29 November 2017	Desna Chernihiv (1L)	0–2	(PL) Dynamo Kyiv	Chernihiv
19:00		Report	Harmash 6' Rusyn 90+3'	Stadium: Yuri Gagarin Stadium Attendance: 11,467 Referee: Yuriy Mozharovskyi

29 November 2017	FC Lviv (2L)	1–2 (a.e.t.)	(2L) SC Dnipro-1	Lviv
19:00	Kyslenko 23'	Report	Snizhko 75' Poplavka 119'	Stadium: Skif Stadium Attendance: 2,790 Referee: Mykola Kryvonosov

29 November 2017	Shakhtar Donetsk (PL)	4–0	(PL) Veres Rivne	Kharkiv
19:30	Ferreyra 7' Bernard 45' Marlos 63' Leschuk 83'	Report		Stadium: Metalist Stadium Attendance: 1,350 Referee: Vitaliy Romanov

Semifinals (1/2)

In this round advanced 3 representatives from the Premier League and a team from the Second League.[3] The draw was without seeds and was held on 2 March 2018.[3] SC Dnipro-1 will play its semifinal game at home as being from the lowest league.[3] The round matches are scheduled to be played on 18 April 2018.

18 April 2018	SC Dnipro-1 (2L)	1–4	(PL) Dynamo Kyiv	Dnipro
19:00	Kravchenko 58'	Report	Tsyhankov 28' (pen.) Shepelyev 38' Besyedin 44' Verbič 66'	Stadium: Dnipro Arena[3] Attendance: 12,214 Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk[28] (Mukacheve)

18 April 2018	Shakhtar Donetsk (PL)	5–1	(PL) FC Mariupol	Kharkiv
19:00	Taison 8', 45+2' Marlos 38' Kayode 74' Petryak 81'	Report	Tyschenko 22'	Stadium: Metalist Stadium Attendance: 2,671 Referee: Yevhen Aranovskyi[28] (Kyiv)

Final

9 May 2018	Dynamo Kyiv	0–2	Shakhtar Donetsk	Dnipro Arena, Dnipro
		Report	Ferreyra 48' Rakytskyi 61'	Attendance: 28,155 Referee: Yuriy Mozharovskyi

Bracket

The following is the bracket which the Ukrainian Cup resembled. Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of a penalty shoot-out.

Round of 16 25 October 2017		Quarter-finals 29 November 2017		Semi-finals 18 April 2018		Final 9 May 2018



Arsenal–Kyiv	0

Veres Rivne	1
		Shakhtar Donetsk	4

		Veres Rivne	0
Zorya Luhansk	3

Shakhtar Donetsk (a.e.t.)	4
				Shakhtar Donetsk	5

				FC Mariupol	1
Tavriya Simferopol	0

FC Mariupol	5
		Vorskla Poltava	1

		FC Mariupol	2
Vorskla Poltava (a.e.t.)	2

Olimpik Donetsk	0
						Dynamo Kyiv	0

						Shakhtar Donetsk	2
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	0

Desna Chernihiv	2
		Desna Chernihiv	0

		Dynamo Kyiv	2
FC Oleksandriya	2

Dynamo Kyiv (a.e.t.)	3
				SC Dnipro-1	1

				Dynamo Kyiv	4
SC Dnipro-1 (p)	0 (8)

FC Chornomorets Odesa	0 (7)
		FC Lviv	1

		SC Dnipro-1 (a.e.t.)	2
FC Lviv (p)	1 (5)

Stal Kamianske	1 (3)

Top goalscorers

The competition's top ten goalscorers including qualification rounds.
As of 9 May 2018

Rank	Scorer	Team	Goals (Pen.)
1	Serhiy Kyslenko	FC Lviv	5
2	Facundo Ferreyra	Shakhtar Donetsk	4
3	Andriy Boryachuk	FC Mariupol	3
3	Andriy Shevchuk[lower-alpha 8]	Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	3
5	14 players		2
19	99 players		1