2015 Ukrainian Cup final explained

2015 Ukrainian Cup Final
Event:	2014–15 Ukrainian Cup
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Team1:	Dynamo Kyiv
Team2:	Shakhtar Donetsk
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Details:	Dynamo Kyiv won 5–4 on penalties
Date:	4 June 2015
City:	Kyiv
Attendance:	53,455
Referee:	Yuriy Mozharovsky
Weather:	+26°C
Previous:	2014
Next:	2016

The 2015 Ukrainian Cup Final is a football match that will be played on 4 June 2015 in Kyiv.^[1] The match is the 24th Ukrainian Cup Final and is contested by Cup holders Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk, making it part of the National Classic football game.

Road to Kyiv

See main article: article and 2014–15 Ukrainian Cup.

All 14 Ukrainian Premier League clubs do not have to go qualify to enter the competition; Dynamo and Shakhtar therefore both qualified automatically.

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Dynamo Kyiv Round 1 Zirka Kirovohrad 1  - 3 Dynamo Kyiv Round 2 (1st leg) Karpaty Lviv 0  - 1 Dynamo Kyiv Round 2 (2nd leg) Dynamo Kyiv 1  - 0 Karpaty Lviv   (Dynamo won 2 - 0 on aggregate) Quarter-final (1st leg) Zorya Luhansk 1  - 2 Dynamo Kyiv Quarter-final (2nd leg) Dynamo Kyiv 2  - 0 Zorya Luhansk   (Dynamo won 4 - 1 on aggregate) Semi-final (1st leg) Olimpik Donetsk 0  - 0 Dynamo Kyiv Semi-final (2nd leg) Dynamo Kyiv 4  - 1 Olimpik Donetsk   (Dynamo won 4 - 1 on aggregate)

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Shakhtar Donetsk Round 1 Obolon-Brovar Kyiv 0  - 1 Shakhtar Donetsk Round 2 (1st leg) Poltava 1  - 5 Shakhtar Donetsk Round 2 (2nd leg) Shakhtar Donetsk 4  - 1 Poltava   (Shakhtar won 9 - 2 on aggregate) Quarter-final (1st leg) Metalist Kharkiv 0  - 2 Shakhtar Donetsk Quarter-final (2nd leg) Shakhtar Donetsk 1  - 0 Metalist Kharkiv   (Shakhtar won 3 - 0 on aggregate) Semi-final (1st leg) Dnipro 0  - 1 Shakhtar Donetsk Semi-final (2nd leg) Shakhtar Donetsk 1  - 1 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk   (Shakhtar won 2 - 1 on aggregate)

Previous encounters

This will be the eighth Ukrainian Cup Final between the two teams and repeat of last years Cup Final. Dynamo has defeated Shakhtar five times out of the seven Cup Finals.

Dynamo had appeared in 13 Cup Finals winning 10 trophies and opponents Shakhtar had appeared in 14 Cup Finals winning 9.

Match

Details

Dynamo Kyiv: width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (c) RB 2 CB 24 CB 6 LB 34 CM 17 CM 4 Miguel Veloso CM 16 RF 10 CF 22 LF 7 Jeremain Lens Substitutes: GK 23 Oleksandr Rybka DF 5 Vitorino Antunes MF 19 Denys Harmash MF 20 Oleh Husiev MF 29 DF 30 Betão AM 90 Younès Belhanda Manager: Serhii Rebrov

Shakhtar Donetsk: width=25 ! width=25 GK 30 Andriy Pyatov RB 33 Darijo Srna (c) CB 5 CB 44 Yaroslav Rakitskiy LB 13 DM 6 Taras Stepanenko DM 77 RW 20 AM 29 Alex Teixeira LW 10 CF 9 Substitutes: GK 32 MF 11 Marlos DF 31 Ismaily DF 38 MF 17 Fernando MF 28 Taison FW 21 Oleksandr Hladkyy Manager: Mircea Lucescu

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MAN OF THE MATCH MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Serhiy Bekker (Kharkiv) Oleksandr Vostyuk (Zaporizhya) Fourth official: Yuriy Moiseychuk

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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

• 2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/cup/1432204163-segodnya-v-kassy-postupili-bilety-na-final-kubka-ukrainy.html. ua-football.com. ru:Сегодня в кассы поступили билеты на финал Кубка Украины. The tickets for the Cup Final arrived today. 21 May 2015. 1 June 2014. ru.