2005 Ukrainian Cup final explained

2005 Ukrainian Cup Final
Event:2004–05 Ukrainian Cup
Team1:Dynamo Kyiv
Team1score:1
Team2:Shakhtar Donetsk
Team2score:0
Date:29 May 2005
Stadium:NSC Olimpiyskiy
City:Kyiv
Referee:Terje Hauge (Norway)
Attendance:68,000
Weather:32°C
Previous:2004
Next:2006

The 2005 Ukrainian Cup Final was a football match that took place at the NSC Olimpiyskiy on 29 May 2005. The match was the 14th Ukrainian Cup Final and it was contested by Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv. The Olympic stadium is the traditional arena for the Cup final. The game was remembered for involving the most foreign players in the Ukrainian Cup finals: out of 36 players on both teams' rosters, 28 were from outside of Ukraine. Of the starting line-ups, there were five Brazilians, four Ukrainians, four Romanians, and others. Refereeing the match was a Norwegian team of referees.

Road to Kyiv

See main article: 2004–05 Ukrainian Cup.

All 16 Ukrainian Premier League clubs do not have to go through qualification to get into the competition; Dynamo and Shakhtar therefore both qualified for the competition automatically.

Match details

Dynamo Kyiv:
GK 1 Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (c)
DF 4
MF 10
MF 15
FW 16
DF 20
FW 23
DF 26 Andriy Nesmachniy
MF 32
FW 37
DF 44
Substitutes:
GK 33 Vitaliy Reva
DF 3
MF 7
MF 8
MF 11 Georgi Peev
FW 25
MF 36 Miloš Ninković
Manager:
Yozhef Sabo
Shakhtar Donetsk:
GK 16 Jan Laštůvka
DF 2
MF 4 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (c)
MF 6
MF 9
MF 10
DF 18
FW 25
DF 26
FW 29
DF 33
Substitutes:
GK 1 Stipe Pletikosa
DF 3
FW 11
DF 14
FW 20
MF 36 Elano
MF 38
Manager:
Mircea Lucescu
width=50% valign=topMATCH OFFICIALS
  • Assistant referees:
    • Golvik Steiner (Norway)
    • Borgan Ole Germann (Norway)
  • Fourth official: Brage Sandmon (Norway)
width=50% valign=topMATCH RULES
  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes
  • Maximum of 3 substitutions.

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