2016 Ukrainian Cup final explained
2016 Ukrainian Cup Final |
Event: | 2015–16 Ukrainian Cup |
Team1score: | 0 |
Team1: | Zorya Luhansk |
Team2: | Shakhtar Donetsk |
Team2score: | 2 |
Date: | 21 May 2016 |
City: | Lviv |
Attendance: | 21,720 |
Referee: | Yevhen Aranovsky |
Weather: | +20°, Light rain[1] |
Previous: | 2015 |
Next: | 2017 |
The 2016 Ukrainian Cup Final was a football match that was played on 21 May 2016 in Lviv.[2] For the first time the cup final was held in Lviv. The match was the 25th Ukrainian Cup Final and was contested by Zorya Luhansk and Shakhtar Donetsk.
Road to Lviv
See main article: 2015–16 Ukrainian Cup.
All fourteen Ukrainian Premier League clubs do not have to go through qualification to get into the competition (Ukrainian Cup), so Zorya and Shakhtar both qualified for the competition automatically.
width=50% valign=top | Zorya Luhansk | width=50% valign=top | Shakhtar Donetsk | |
Previous encounters
This was not only the first Ukrainian Cup Final between the two teams, but also the first time they meet in this competition.[3] Previously Zorya and Shakhtar met in the Soviet Cup in total of six game (the record was two wins for Zorya and four wins for Shakhtar with Zorya scoring six goals and Shakhtar scoring seven).[4]
It was first Cup Final appearance for Zorya, while their opponents Shakhtar had appeared in 15 Cup Finals winning nine.
Match
Details
width=50% valign=top | MAN OF THE MATCH MATCH OFFICIALS
- Assistant referees:
- Serhiy Bekker (Kharkiv)[5]
- Natalya Rachynska (Kyiv)[6]
- Fourth official:
- Kostiantyn Trukhanov[7] <
| -- this reference definition is deliberately repeated to enable section-wise transclusion from other articles --> | width=50% valign=top | 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.
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See also
Notes and References
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160522055806/http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/cup/1463741550-zarya-shahter-anons-matcha.html Zorya-Shakhtar. Game announcement
- 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.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160522055806/http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/cup/1463741550-zarya-shahter-anons-matcha.html Zorya-Shakhtar. Game announcement
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160522055806/http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/cup/1463741550-zarya-shahter-anons-matcha.html Zorya-Shakhtar. Game announcement
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160522055806/http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/cup/1463741550-zarya-shahter-anons-matcha.html Zorya-Shakhtar. Game announcement
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160522055806/http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/cup/1463741550-zarya-shahter-anons-matcha.html Zorya-Shakhtar. Game announcement
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160522055806/http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/cup/1463741550-zarya-shahter-anons-matcha.html Zorya-Shakhtar. Game announcement