2009 Ukrainian Cup final

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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
Date31 May 2009
VenueDnipro Stadium, Dnipropetrovsk
Attendance25,700
Weather27 C
2008
2010

Road to Dnipropetrovsk

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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 1 Zirka Kirovohrad 0–1 Vorskla Poltava
Round 2 Obolon Kyiv 1–4 Vorskla Poltava
Quarter-final Metalurh Donetsk 0–1 Vorskla Poltava
Semi-final Metalist Kharkiv 0–0 Vorskla Poltava
Semi-final (Replay) Vorskla Poltava 2–0 Metalist Kharkiv

Shakhtar Donetsk

Round 1 Illichivets Mariupol 0–3 Shakhtar Donetsk
Round 2 Zakarpattia Uzhhorod 1–4 Shakhtar Donetsk
Quarter-final PFC Oleksandria 1–2 Shakhtar Donetsk
Semi-final Shakhtar Donetsk 1–0 Dynamo Kyiv

Previous encounters

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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

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Vorskla Poltava1–0Shakhtar Donetsk
Sachko   50' Report[2]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Vorskla Poltava
 
 
 
 
 
Shakhtar Donetsk
Vorskla Poltava:
GK 1   Serhiy Dolhansky (c)
MF 3   Filip Despotovski
DF 4   Armend Dallku
MF 5   Oleh Krasnoperov
MF 7   Jovan Markoski
FW 8   Denys Kulakov   81'
FW 17   Vasyl Sachko   50'   71'
DF 20   Debatik Curri
MF 37   Hryhoriy Yarmash
DF 48   Volodymyr Chesnakov   90+2'
MF 70   Dmytro Esin   89'
Substitutes:
GK 12   Serhiy Velychko
FW 11   Denis Glavina   81'
MF 23   Yevheniy Peskov
FW 27   Ahmed Yanuzi   71'
FW 31   Oleksiy Chychykov
DF 33   Andriy Boyko
MF 40   Roman Loktionov   89'
Manager:
  Mykola Pavlov
Shaktar Donetsk:
GK 30   Andriy Pyatov
DF 33   Darijo Srna (c)
DF 27   Dmytro Chyhrynskyi
DF 5   Oleksandr Kucher
DF 13   Vyacheslav Shevchuk
FW 17   Luiz Adriano
MF 7   Fernandinho   57'
MF 19   Oleksiy Hai   55'
DF 3   Tomáš Hübschman
MF 8   Jádson   75'
FW 21   Oleksandr Hladky   64'
Substitutes:
GK 12   Rustam Khudzhamov
MF 4   Igor Duljaj
MF 26   Răzvan Raț
MF 22   Willian   55'
FW 10   Evhen Seleznyov   64'
DF 18   Mariusz Lewandowski   75'
DF 36   Oleksandr Chyzhov
Manager:
  Mircea Lucescu

MATCH OFFICIALS[1]

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

Match statistics

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "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 2009-06-11. 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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