2024–25 Ukrainian Cup Explained

Ukrainian Cup
Year:2024–25
Dates:

Country:Ukraine
Num Teams:49
Defending Champions:Shakhtar Donetsk
Continental Cup Title:UEFA Europa League
Scoring Leader:Bohdan Orynchak (4 goals)
Prev Season:2023–24
Next Season:2025–26
Updated:21 August 2024

The 2024–25 Ukrainian Cup is the 33rd annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition. The competition started on 3 August 2024 and will be concluded on 14 May 2025 with the final.

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.

Team allocation and schedule

The competition includes all professional first teams from the Premier League (16/16 teams of the league), First League (18/18), Second League (13/20) and 2 best performer from the previous year's Amateur Cup. Seven clubs' second teams all from the Second League are not eligible for the tournament.

Distribution
Teams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous round
First preliminary round
(32 teams)
17 entrants from the First League
13 entrants of the Second League
2 entrants of the 2023–24 Amateur Cup
Second preliminary round
(18 teams)
2 entrants from the mini tournament finals16 winners from the First preliminary round
Third preliminary round
(16 teams)
7 entrants from the Premier League9 winners from the Second preliminary round
Round of 16
(16 teams)
8 entrants from the Premier League8 winners from the Third preliminary round

Rounds schedule

PhaseRoundNumber of
fixtures
Clubs
remaining
Draw dateGame date
PreliminaryFirst round1632 → 1626 July 2024[1] 3 and 4 August 2024
Second round918 → 95 August 2024[2] 11-13 August 2024
Third round816 → 814 August 202421-22 August 2024
Main eventRound of 16816 → 823 August 202430 October 2024
Quarter-finals48 → 41 November 20242 April 2025
Semi-finals24 → 223 April 2025
Final12 → 114 May 2025

Competition schedule

Legends: AM – AAFU (amateur) competitions (IV tier), 2L – Second League (III tier), 1L – First League (II tier), PL – Premier League (I tier)

First preliminary round (1/64)

In this round, 17 clubs from the First League, 13 clubs from the Second League and 2 participants of the 2023–24 Amateur Cup.[3]

The draw was held on 26 July 2024 with participation of Andriy Vorobey and Vitaliy Danylchenko.[4]

Notes

Second preliminary round (1/32)

In this round, a club from the Premier League and a club from the First League entered the competition and joined the 16 winners of the First preliminary round (9 clubs from First League, 5 clubs from Second League, 2 – amateurs).

The draw was held on 5 August 2024 with participation of Dmytro Mykhailenko and Serhiy Annenko.[5]

Third preliminary round (1/16)

In this round, another 7 out of remaining 15 clubs from the Premier League entered the competition and joined the 9 winners of the Second preliminary round (6 clubs from First League, a club from Second League, 2 – amateurs).

The draw was held on 14 August 2024 with participation of Vyacheslav Shevchuk and Aliaksandr Khatskevich.[6]

Round of 16 (1/8)

In this round, the remaining 8 clubs from the Premier League entered the competition and joined the 8 winners of the Third preliminary round (4 clubs from Premier League, 3 clubs from First League, a club from Second League).

Final

Top goalscorers

The competition's top three goalscorers including preliminary rounds.[7]

RankScorerTeamGoals
(Pen.)
align=center rowspan=11 Bohdan OrynchakProbiy Horodenka4
align=center rowspan=22 Ari MouraMetalist 1925 Kharkiv3
Ihor KoshmanOlimpiya Savyntsi3 (1)
align=center rowspan=124 Roman DebelkoUCSA Tarasivka2
Matheus FogoUCSA Tarasivka2
Yehor HunichevFC Mynai2
Oleh KosPrykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk2
Oleksiy LytovchenkoLivyi Bereh Kyiv2
Artem OnishchenkoHirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni2
Serhiy StenMetalist 1925 Kharkiv2
Andriy StorchousFC Kudrivka2
Yevhen StreltsovSC Poltava2
Oleksiy SydorovMetalist 1925 Kharkiv2

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See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://sportarena.com/uk/footboll/prikarpattya-zustrinetsya-z-uzhgorodom-metalist/ Прикарпаття зустрінеться з Ужгородом, Металіст зіграє з Вільхівцями на першому попередньому етапі Кубка України-2024/25
  2. https://sportarena.com/uk/footboll/upl/livij-bereg-virushit-do-kudrivki-metalist-1925-zigraye/ Лівий Берег вирушить до Кудрівки, Металіст 1925 зіграє з Полтавою у другому попередньому етапі Кубка України 2024/25
  3. https://sportarena.com/uk/footboll/prikarpattya-zustrinetsya-z-uzhgorodom-metalist/ Прикарпаття зустрінеться з Ужгородом, Металіст зіграє з Вільхівцями на першому попередньому етапі Кубка України-2024/25
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20240807044405/https://uaf.ua/article/51905 Vbet Кубок України-2024/2025. Відбулося жеребкування першого попереднього етапу турніру
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20240807075214/https://uaf.ua/article/51974 Vbet Кубок України-2024/2025. Відбулося жеребкування другого попереднього етапу турніру
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20240814133045/https://uaf.ua/article/52030 Vbet Кубок України-2024/2025. Відбулося жеребкування третього попереднього етапу турніру
  7. https://www.footboom.com/ukrainian/cup/scorers Scorers