2019 Ukrainian Cup final explained

2019 Ukrainian Cup Final
Event:2018–19 Ukrainian Cup
Team1association:Premier League
Team1score:4
Team1:Shakhtar Donetsk
Team2:Inhulets Petrove
Team2association:First League
Team2score:0
Date:15 May 2019
Stadium:Slavutych Arena[1]
City:Zaporizhia
Referee:Yevhen Aranovskyi
Previous:2018
Next:2020

The 2019 Ukrainian Cup Final is a football match that was played on May 15, 2019 in Zaporizhia between Shakhtar Donetsk and Inhulets Petrove.[2] The match is the 28th Ukrainian Cup Final since the fall of the Soviet Union. It was the first time the cup final was held in Zaporizhia.

Slavutych Arena, where the match was played, had previously hosted the 2010 Ukrainian Super Cup. It was the first final of the Ukrainian Cup competition that featuring a team from a second-tier division.

If Inhulets won the cup, they would have qualified for the group stage of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, because Shakhtar had already qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League.[3]

Road to the final

See main article: 2018–19 Ukrainian Cup. Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Shakhtar DonetskRoundInhulets Petrove
OpponentResult2018–19 Ukrainian CupOpponentResult
byePreliminary round 2Kolos Kovalivka1–0 (H)
byePreliminary round 3Myr Hornostayivka3–0 (A)
Olimpik Donetsk3–2 (H)Round of 16FC Mariupol3–1 (H)
Dynamo Kyiv1–1 (H), Quarter-finalsKarpaty Lviv1–1 (H),
SC Dnipro-12–0 (A)Semi-finalsZorya Luhansk2–1 (H)

Previous encounters

The game between Shakhtar and Inhulets was the first between the two teams. It was the 19th Cup Final for Shakhtar, the record for any team reaching the final stage. It was Shakhtar's ninth consecutive final since 2011. It was Inhulets' first time reaching the final stage.

Match

Shakhtar Donetsk:
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GK 1
DF 50 Serhiy Bolbat
DF 4 Serhiy Kryvtsov
DF 22 Mykola Matviyenko
DF 31 Ismaily
MF 21 Alan Patrick
MF 88 Marcos Antônio
MF 14 Tetê,
MF 74 Viktor Kovalenko
MF 7 Taison (c)
FW 10 Júnior Moraes
Substitutes:
GK 30 Andriy Pyatov
DF 5 Davit Khocholava
MF 6 Taras Stepanenko
MF 9 Dentinho
MF 19 Manor Solomon
MF 23 Wellington Nem
FW 8 Olarenwaju Kayode
Coach:
Paulo Fonseca
Inhulets Petrove:
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GK 1 Anton Sytnykov
DF 39 Denys Balan
DF 55 Maksym Kovalyov
DF 28 Vitaliy Pavlov
DF 89 Oleh Synyohub
MF 80 Vladyslav Lupashko (c)
MF 13 Illya Kovalenko
MF 8 Vladyslav Klymenko
MF 5 Yevhen Zaporozhets
MF 45 Artem Schedryi
FW9 Oleksandr Mishurenko
Substitutes:
GK 12 Bohdan Shukhman
DF 23 Oleksandr Kucherenko
DF 17 Stanislav Peredystyi
MF 25 Oleksandr Kozak
MF 7 Dmytro Sula
MF 21 Oleksandr Akymenko
FW 49 Nika Sichinava
Coach:
Serhiy Lavrynenko
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MATCH OFFICIALS

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.

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/cup/1539414671-opredelilsya-stadion-kotoryy-primet-final-kubka-ukrainy.html There was identified a stadium which will host the Ukrainian Cup Final (Определился стадион, который примет финал Кубка Украины)
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20190417220908/https://ffu.ua/article/36327 The Ukrainian Cup. On 15 May in Zaporizhia the trophy will be contested between Shakhtar and Inhulets (Кубок України. 15 травня в Запоріжжі трофей розіграють «Шахтар» та «Інгулець»)
  3. https://football24.ua/shahtar_garantuvav_sobi_mistse_v_lizi_chempioniv_n532976/ Shakhtar guaranteed its place in the Champions League (Шахтар гарантував собі місце в Лізі чемпіонів)