| Ukrainian Cup | |
| Year: | 1995—96 |
| Other Titles: | Kubok Ukrainy |
| Country: | Ukraine |
| Num Teams: | 110 |
| Winners: | Dynamo Kyiv |
| Second: | Nyva Vinnytsia |
| Scoring Leader: | Oleksandr Palyanytsya (4) |
| Prev Season: | 1994—95 |
| Next Season: | 1996—97 |
The 1995–96 Ukrainian Cup is the fifth annual edition of Ukraine's football knockout competition, known as the Ukrainian Cup.
The Cup started with the round of 32, but it also had couple of preliminaries. This season two legs rounds were discontinued and all rounds consisted of only one game. Also the extra tier was merged with the Second League. The competition kicked off on 1 August 1995 with 24 games. Five games were announced as a forfeit on 1 August, while one more on 1 October 1995.
The cup holder Shakhtar Donetsk was eliminated in away game against Nyva Vinnytsia on penalties in semifinals.
One hundred ten teams entered the competition
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| 1st Qualifying round (60 teams) |
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| 2nd Qualifying round (64 teams) |
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| 3rd Qualifying round (32 teams) |
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| Tournament proper (32 teams) |
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| Druzhba (Mahdalynivka) (AM) | 0:2 | (2L) Metalurh (Novomoskovsk) | ||||
| Dynamo (Slovyansk) (2L) | 0:1 | (2L) Oskil (Kupyansk) | aet | |||
| Enerhiya (Nova Kakhovka) (AM) | 2:2 | (2L) Torpedo (Melitopol) | aet, pk 2:4 | |||
| Frunzenets (Sumy) (AM) | 1:0 | (2L) Kosmos (Pavlohrad) | ||||
| Burevisnyk-Elbrus (Kirovohrad) (AM) | 1:2 | (2L) Dnistrovets (Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi) | ||||
| Velta (Poltava) (AM) | +:- | (2L) Viktor (Zaporizhzhia) | Viktor did not arrive | |||
| Krystal (Parkhomivka) (AM) | 1:0 | (2L) Sportinvest (Kryvyi Rih) | ||||
| Lokomotyv (Smila) (AM) | 1:1 | (2L) Portovyk (Illichivsk) | aet, pk 5:6 | |||
| Druzhba (Berdiansk) (2L) | 2:0 | (2L) Azovets (Mariupol) | game was played at Druzhba Stadium in Osypenko (near Berdyansk) | |||
| Batkivschyna-Almar (Pervomayske) (AM) | 2:0 | (2L) Shakhtar (Stakhanov) | game was played at Shakhtar Stadium in settlement of Rorsi | |||
| Rybalka (Odesa) (AM) | 3:1 | (2L) Meliorator (Kakhovka) | ||||
| Olimpiya (Yuzhnoukrainsk) (2L) | 1:1 | (2L) Vodnyk (Kherson) | aet, pk 4:3 | |||
| Kolos (Amvrosiyevka Raion) (AM) | -:+ | (2L) Shakhtar-2 (Donetsk) | ||||
| Dyzelyst (Tokmak) (AM) | 0:1 | (2L) Avanhard-Industriya (Rovenky) | ||||
| Metalurh (Kerch) (AM) | 3:5 | (2L) Chaika (Sevastopol) | ||||
| EKO-Servis (Rivne) (AM) | 0:1 | (2L) Obolon (Kyiv) | game was played at Avanhard Stadium in Rivne | |||
| Impuls (Kamyanets-Podilskyi) (AM) | 0:1 | (2L) Keramik (Baranivka) | ||||
| Pidhirya (Storozhynets) (AM) | +:- | (2L) Temp-Advis-2 (Shepetivka) | Temp did not arrive | |||
| Nyva (Terebovlia) (AM) | 1:0 | (2L) Skify (Lviv) | ||||
| Promin (Sambor) (AM) | 0:0 | (2L) Khutrovyk (Tysmenytsia) | aet, pk 3:5, game was played at Dniester Stadium in Rudky (Lviv suburb) | |||
| Pokuttia (Kolomyia) (AM) | 2:0 | (2L) Avanhard (Zhydachiv) | ||||
| Yavir (Tsuman) (AM) | 0:1 | (2L) Haray (Zhovkva) | ||||
| Lisyvnyk (Perechyn) (AM) | 1:2 | (2L) Khimik (Kalush) | aet | |||
| Fakel (Varva) (AM) | 1:0 | (2L) Ros-Transimpeks (Bila Tserkva) | ||||
| Vahonobudivnyk (Kremenchuk) (2L) | -:+ | (2L) Prometey (Dniprodzerzhynsk) | Vahonobudivnyk forfeited | |||
| Artania (Ochakiv) (AM) | -:+ | (2L) Dynamo-Flesh (Odesa) | ||||
| Khimik (Vinnytsia) (AM) | -:+ | (2L) CSKA (Kyiv) | the score of 2:1 was annulled | |||
| Paperovyk (Malyn) (AM) | 1:1 | (2L) Systema-Borex (Borodianka) | aet, pk 6:5 | |||
| Dynamo-3 (Kyiv) (AM) | 1:2 | (2L) Nyva (Myronivka) | game was played at Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium | |||
| Kolos (Karapyshi) (AM) | 2:2 | (2L) Skhid (Slavutych) | aet, pk 6:5 |
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| Metalurh (Novomoskovsk) (2L) | 1:0 | (2L) Oskil (Kupyansk) | ||||
| Vorskla (Poltava) (1L) | 2:3 | (PL) Zirka-NIBAS (Kirovohrad) | ||||
| Naftokhimik (Kremenchuk) (1L) | 3:2 | (1L) Polihraftekhnika (Olexandria) | ||||
| Yavir (Krasnopilya) (1L) | 4:1 | (2L) Portovyk (Illichivsk) | ||||
| Stal (Alchevsk) (1L) | 2:1 | (1L) Bazhanovets (Makiivka) | aet | |||
| Odesa (1L) | 0:0 | (1L) Metalurh (Nikopol) | aet, pk 1:2 | |||
| Shakhtar-2 (Donetsk) (2L) | 5:0 | (2L) Avanhard-Industriya (Rovenky) | game was played at Metalurh Stadium in Komsomolske | |||
| Chaika (Sevastopol) (2L) | 2:0 | (2L) Dynamo Saky (Saky) | ||||
| Hazovyk (Komarno) (2L) | 2:0 | (2L) Keramik (Baranivka) | ||||
| Halychyna (Drohobych) (2L) | 3:1 | (AM) Nyva (Terebovlia) | ||||
| Khutrovyk (Tysmenytsia) (2L) | 2:0 | (AM) Pokuttia (Kolomyia) | ||||
| Haray (Zhovkva) (2L) | 1:0 | (2L) Khimik (Kalush) | ||||
| Dnipro (Cherkasy) (1L) | 1:4 | (PL) CSKA-Borysfen (Kyiv) | ||||
| Desna (Chernihiv) (2L) | 0:0 | (1L) Dynamo-2 (Kyiv) | aet, pk 5:6 | |||
| Paperovyk (Malyn) (AM) | 1:2 | (1L) Podillya (Khmelnytskyi) | ||||
| Kolos (Karapyshi) (AM) | 0:6 | (2L) Nyva (Myronivka) |
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See main article: 1996 Ukrainian Cup Final. The final was held at the Republican Stadium on May 26, 1996, in Kyiv.
| Scorer | Goals | Team | |
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 Oleksandr Palyanytsia | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | ||
| Oleksandr Perenchuk | Nyva Myronivka | ||
| Oleksandr Ihnatiev | Nyva Myronivka | ||
| Andriy Husin | CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv | ||
| Volodymyr Taranov | Chaika Sevastopol |
| Rank | Round | Home team | Away team | Result | Location | Attendance | |
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| 1 | Final | Dynamo Kyiv | Nyva Vinnytsia | 2–0 | Republican Stadium, Kyiv | 47,000 | |
| 2 | Quarterfinals | Shakhtar Donetsk | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | Shakhtar Stadium, Donetsk | 21,000 | ||
| 3 | align=left rowspan=2 | Semifinals | Nyva Vinnytsia | Shakhtar Donetsk | 0 – 0 a.e.t. | Central City Stadium, Vinnytsia | 20,000 |
| 4 | Dynamo Kyiv | Kremin Kremenchuk | 2–0 | Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv | 10,000 | ||
| Quarterfinals | Kremin Kremenchuk | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 2–1 | Dnipro Stadium, Kremenchuk | 10,000 |
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