| 2017 Ukrainian Cup Final | |
| Event: | 2016–17 Ukrainian Cup |
| Team1score: | 1 |
| Team1: | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Team2: | Dynamo Kyiv |
| Team2score: | 0 |
| Date: | 17 May 2017 |
| City: | Kharkiv |
| Attendance: | 25,000 |
| Referee: | Kostiantyn Trukhanov |
| Weather: | 10°C |
| Previous: | 2016 |
| Next: | 2018 |
The 2017 Ukrainian Cup Final is a football match that was played on May 17, 2017 in Kharkiv between Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv.[1] The culmination of the 2016–17 Ukrainian Cup season, this was the fourth time the cup final was held in Kharkiv. The match was the 26th Ukrainian Cup Final since fall of the Soviet Union.
See main article: 2016–17 Ukrainian Cup. Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
| FC Shakhtar Donetsk | Round | FC Dynamo Kyiv | |||
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| Opponent | Result | 2016–17 Ukrainian Cup | Opponent | Result | |
| FC Oleksandriya | 2−1 (H) | Round of 16 | Zorya Luhansk | 5–2 (H) (aet) | |
| FC Poltava | w/o (A) | Quarter-finals | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka | 1–0 (A) | |
| FC Dnipro | 1–0 (H) | Semi-finals | MFC Mykolaiv | 4–0 (A) |
The game between Shakhtar and Dynamo has become the main fixture of every season and received the nickname of Klasychne which means Classic. Before this game both teams met in a final of Ukrainian Cup eight times, the first being back in 2002. Before this final out of the previous eight, Shakhtar won 3 games and Dynamo won 4, one more game Dynamo won on penalty kicks. Games between the two clubs are known to be very intense and out of the eight previous meetings in the final, only one in 2003 did not have red cards shown to players.
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