| Ukrainian Cup | |
| Year: | 2023–24 |
| Dates: | |
| Country: | Ukraine |
| Num Teams: | 51 |
| Defending Champions: | Dynamo Kyiv (2020–21) |
| Winners: | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Second: | Vorskla Poltava |
| Continental Cup Title: | UEFA Europa League |
| Scoring Leader: | Dmytro Kulyk Andriy Shtohrin (4 goals) |
| Prev Season: | |
| Next Season: | 2024–25 |
| Updated: | 15 May 2024 |
The 2023–24 Ukrainian Cup was the 32nd annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition. The competition is planned to start on 29 July 2023 and be concluded on 15 May 2024 with the final. The competition has been resumed after being paused for a season due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and an attempt to resume league competitions.[1] In the fall of the last year (2022), there was information about possibility of resuming cup competitions in the spring (2023), but the idea was never realized.[2] [3]
All competition rounds consisted of a single game with a home field advantage granted to a team from lower league. Draw for all the rounds was blind. Qualification for the competition was granted to all professional clubs and four better performers of 2 last amateur seasons the 2022–23 Ukrainian Amateur Cup and the 2021–22 Ukrainian Amateur Cup.[4]
The competition includes all professional first teams from the Premier League (16/16 teams of the league), First League (20/20), Second League (11/15) and four best performer from the previous year's Amateur Cup. Four second club teams from the Second League are not eligible for the tournament.
| Distribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous round | |||
| First preliminary round (6 teams) | 2 entrants from the Second League 4 entrants of the 2022–23 Amateur Cup | |||
| Second preliminary round (32 teams) | 9 entrants from the Second League 20 entrants from the First League | 3 winners from the First preliminary round | ||
| Third preliminary round (16 teams) | (no new entrants) | 16 winners from the Second preliminary round | ||
| Fourth preliminary round (16 teams) | 8 entrants from the Premier League | 8 winners from the Third preliminary round | ||
| Round of 16 (16 teams) | 8 entrants from the Premier League | 8 winners from the Fourth preliminary round | ||
| Phase | Round | Number of fixtures | Clubs remaining | Draw date | Game date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preliminary | First round | 3 | 6 → 3 | 21 July 2023[5] | 29 July 2023 |
| Second round | 16 | 32 → 16 | 2 August 2023 | ||
| Third round | 8 | 16 → 8 | 4 August 2023[6] | 15 August 2023 | |
| Fourth round | 8 | 16 → 8 | 17 August 2023[7] | 23 August 2023 | |
| Main event | Round of 16 | 8 | 16 → 8 | 31 August 2023[8] | 27 September 2023 |
| Quarter-finals | 4 | 8 → 4 | 13 October 2023[9] | 1 November 2023 | |
| Semi-finals | 2 | 4 → 2 | 3 April 2024 | ||
| Final | 1 | 2 → 1 | 15 May 2024 |
Legends: AM – AAFU (amateur) competitions (IV tier), 2L – Second League (III tier), 1L – First League (II tier), PL – Premier League (I tier)
In this round, 2 clubs from the Second League and four clubs of the 2022–23 Ukrainian Amateur Cup and the 2021–22 Ukrainian Amateur Cup entered the competition.[10]
The draw was held on 21 July 2023.[5]
In this round, 9 clubs from the Second League and 20 clubs from the First League entered the competition and joined the 3 winners of the First preliminary round (2 clubs from Second League, 1 – amateurs).
In this round, the 16 winners of the Second preliminary round participate (8 clubs from First League, 7 clubs from Second League, 1 – amateurs).
The draw was held on 4 August 2023.[6]
In this round, 8 clubs from the Premier League will enter the competition and the 8 winners of the Third preliminary round (6 clubs from First League and 2 clubs from Second League).
In this round, 8 clubs from the Premier League will enter the competition and join the 8 winners of the Fourth preliminary round (6 clubs from Premier League and 2 clubs from First League).
This round includes one team from the First League and 7 clubs from the Premier League. Base date for the matches is 1 November 2023. The draw for the round took place at Epet Arena, Prague with active participation of Oleksandr Zinchenko and Ruslan Malinovskyi.[11]
See main article: 2024 Ukrainian Cup final.
The following is the bracket which the main stage of the Ukrainian Cup resembles. Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of a penalty shoot-out.
The competition's top three goalscorers including preliminary rounds.[12]
| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center rowspan=2 | 1 |  Dmytro Kulyk | Kudrivka | 4 |
| Andriy Shtohrin | Chornomorets Odesa | 4 | ||
| align=center rowspan=3 | 3 | Oleksandr Batalskyi | Mariupol | 3 |
| Yaroslav Kvasov | Inhulets Petrove | 3 | ||
| Artur Vashchyshyn | Zviahel | 3 (1) | ||
Notes: