2009–10 PFL League Cup
Football tournament season
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The 2009–10 PFL League Cup (Ukrainian: Кубок Ліги) was the Professional Football League of Ukraine football knockout competition designated for the members of the Ukrainian Second League and amateur clubs. In March of 2010, the sports apparel brand Umbro became a title sponsor of the competition, and it was renamed as the Umbro League Cup.
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Nyva players with the trophy | |
| Tournament details | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Teams | 24 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Nyva Vinnytsia |
| Runners-up | Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 59 |
| Goals scored | 167 (2.83 per match) |
| Top goal scorer(s) | 5 – Kachur (Nyva) Kozban (Nyva) Polishchuk (Veres) |
The tournament was organized when the PFL was chaired by Svyatoslav Syrota.
The competition was somewhat affected by the 2009 swine flu pandemic in Ukraine, and few matches had to be postponed.
Historical scope
Earlier in 2009, a couple of mini-tournaments known as the PFL Cup took place. Those PFL Cup competitions involved participation of specially organized football teams, such as two from the second (for each group) and one from the first, as well as the Ukraine national student football team. The Second League team A was composed of players competing in the Second League Group A, while Second League team B had players competing in the Second League Group B; the First League team had players competing in the First League.
Those tournaments were supposed to be a regular event, but later in 2009 they were discontinued; instead, the Professional League organized a new competition under the same name, "League Cup", which was supposed to add more playtime for the 2009–10 Ukrainian Second League teams. A new working commission was organized in 2010 to offer an alternative to the Second League clubs' structure of competitions, which was supposed to be presented for the 2010–2011 season.
Organization
In August of 2009, the PFL presented a draft of the competition, which consisted of two stages, group and knockout. The competition consisted of 24 teams, which included first teams of Second League clubs, second teams competing in the Second League, amateur teams, and a few reserve teams of First League clubs.
The group stage consisted of 8 groups, each containing 3 teams. The two best from each group would qualify for the knockout stage, Round of 16.
The winners of this competition were awarded the Cup and the prize money (150,000 Hryvnia) from Umbro, the general sponsor of the event.
Initially FC Luzhany (town of Luzhany, Chernivtsi Oblast) was set to participate in the competition, but was eventually replaced by FC Volyn-Tsement Zdolbuniv.[1] On March 1, 2010, it was decided to suspend the competition due to a lack of funds. The clubs FC Dnister Ovidiopol, PFC Oleksandria, and FC Arsenal Bila Tserkva were represented in the competition by their junior teams (doubles). Several clubs officially quit the competition (FC Khodak Cherkasy, FC Dnister Ovidiopol, PFC Olexandria), while FC Dnipro-75 Dnipropetrovsk was excluded from the Professional Football League due to unpaid debts.[2] The Rivne Oblast clubs (Veres and Volyn) and Teplovyk Yuzhnoukrainsk informed the PFL during the winter break of their unwillingness to continue in the competition.
After winter break
On March 16 it was decided to resume the competition. The following clubs were given until March 20 to pay off their debts to the referees: Teplovyk, Olexandria, Arsenal, Volyn-Tsement, Veres, Ros, Olympik, Tytan, and Dnipro-75. Umbro became the official partner of the competition and its title sponsor.
When the Second round pairs were formed, a few teams that finished last advanced due to numerous withdrawals of other clubs. Three teams (Lviv-2, Ros, and Myr) got a bye straight to the Quarter-finals.
Teams
- 2009–10 Ukrainian Second League (13/26): Bastion Illichivsk, Dnipro-75 Dnipropetrovsk, Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk, Illichivets-2 Mariupol, Karpaty-2 Lviv, Lviv-2, Morshyn, Nyva Vinnytsia, Olkom Melitopol, Ros Bila Tserkva, Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk, Shakhtar-3 Donetsk, Veres Rivne
- 2009–10 Ukrainian First League reserves (3/18): Arsenal Bila Tserkva, Dnister Ovidiopol, Oleksandriya
- AAFU-Amateurs (5): Khodak Cherkasy,
Luzhany, Myr Hornostaivka, Olimpik Kirovohrad, Zenit Boyarka - Non-AAFU-Amateurs (3): Spartak Molodizhne, Teplovyk Yuzhnoukrainsk, Tytan Donetsk, (later Volyn-Tsement Zdolbuniv)
Location map
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Group stage
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| Advanced to the second round |
| Qualified, but withdrew |
| Expelled |
Group A
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Group B
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- Both Veres Rivne and Volyn-Tsement withdrew from the competition during the winter break.
Group C
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- Notes:
- On March 1, 2010, Dnister withdrew from the competition, while Teplovyk withdrew earlier during the winter break.
Group D
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Group E
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- Notes:
- On March 1, 2010, both Oleksandriya and Khodak Cherkasy withdrew from the competition. Hirnyk-Sport was offered and accepted a placed in the next round.
Group F
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- Notes:
- The game Ros – Zenit originally finished 0:1 (Zenit's victory), however due to the fact that Zenit fielded an unregistered player 'Zaza Tsotskhalashvili' the Bila Tserkva's club was awarded a technical victory (3:0) by the decision of the Disciplinary Committee of PFL on October 22, 2009.[3]
- Game Ros – Arsenal-d 2:2 took place at the training ground of FC Arsenal Bila Tserkva in the town of Shkarivka.[4]
Group G
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Group H
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- On 18 March 2010, Dnipro-75 were excluded from all competitions organized by the PFL for their unpaid debts.[5] The place of Dnipro-75 was granted to and excepted by Olympik.
Knockout stage
Bracket
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nyva Vinnytsia | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Lviv-2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nyva Vinnytsia | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Karpaty-2 Lviv | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nyva Vinnytsia | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| FC Myr Hornostayivka | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bastion Illichivsk | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Spartak Molodizhne | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Myr Hornostayivka (p) | 0 (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Spartak Molodizhne | 0 (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 June — Nika CSC, Oleksandriia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nyva Vinnytsia | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Arsenal-d Bila Tserkva | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ros Bila Tserkva | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk (a) | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Illichivets-2 Mariupol | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Illichivets-2 Mariupol | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Olimpik Kirovohrad | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk | 0 (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Illichivets-2 Mariupol (p) | 0 (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Shakhtar-3 Donetsk | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Round of 16
| 31 March 2010 | Bastion Illichivsk (2L) | 0 – 1 | (AM) Spartak Molodizhne | Illichivsk, Odesa Oblast |
| 15:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Olimpik Attendance: 600 Referee: Roman Kalyta (Mykolaiv) |
| 31 March 2010 | Illichivets-2 Mariupol (2L) | 1 – 0 | (AM) Olimpik Kirovohrad | Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast |
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Report | Stadium: Zakhidnyi Attendance: 100 Referee: Denys Korabliov (Kerch) |
| 31 March 2010 | Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk (2L) | 2 – 0 | (1L) Arsenal-d Bila Tserkva | Komsomolsk, Poltava Oblast |
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Report | Stadium: Yunist Attendance: 300 Referee: Dmytro Popelnytskyi (Kirovohrad) |
| 7 April 2010 | Nyva Vinnytsia (2L) | 3 – 0 | (2L) Karpaty-2 Lviv | Vinnytsia |
| Report | Stadium: Tsentralnyi miskyi Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ivan Bondar (Kyiv) |
| 7 April 2010 | Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk (2L) | 2 – 1 | (2L) Shakhtar-3 Donetsk | Dniprodzerzhynsk, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast |
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Stadium: Metalurh Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Vadym Zhylin (Sumy) |
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Quarterfinals
| Myr Hornostaivka (AM) | 0 – 0 aet pen. 5–4 | (AM) Spartak Molodizhne |
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| Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk (2L) | 0 – 0 aet pen. 2–3 | (2L) Illichivets-2 Mariupol |
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| Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk (2L) | 2 – 0 | (2L) Ros Bila Tserkva |
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Zabula  17' Poltavets 86' |
Report |
| Nyva Vinnytsia (2L) | 5 – 0 | (2L) Lviv-2 |
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| Kozban 23' Varchenko 27' Kachur 29' Herheliuk 55' Kuba 65' |
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Notes:
- In the game Hirnyk-Sport – Ros Dorohan (Ros) was not able to score a penalty in the 61st minute. In the same game Skliarenko (Hirnyk-Sport) was sent off in the 43rd minute for his second caution.
Semifinals
This stage was scheduled to take place in two-leg (home-away) match-ups. The first leg was played on April 28, 2010, and the second leg – May 5, 2010.[6]
First leg
| Nyva Vinnytsia (2L) | 0 – 0[7] | (AM) Myr Hornostaivka |
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Second leg
| Illichivets-2 Mariupol (2L) | 1 – 1 | (2L) Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk |
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| Dotsenko 73' (pen.) Filatov  50' |
Zabula 62' |
Illichivets-2 1–1 Hirnyk-Sport on aggregate. Hirnyk-Sport won on away goals.
| Myr Hornostaivka (AM) | 0 – 2 | (2L) Nyva Vinnytsia |
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Dotsenko  15' |
Report | Kozban 45+1' Kachur 55' |
Myr Hornostaivka 0–2 Nyva Vinnytsia on aggregate.
Notes:
- In the game Myr – Nyva Dotsenko was not able to convert his penalty kick opportunity in the 15th minute, due to an excellent save on the part of Nyva's goalie Skybenko.
Final
Initially set for 29 May, the final took place on a neutral ground on 6 June 2010. Surprisingly the PFL picked Oleksandia's Nika Stadium which is 71 km (~46 mi) or about an hour drive from the city of Komsomolsk and 387 km (~255 mi) from Vinnytsia. As a justification, the main reason can be drawn from the fact that it lies in the heartland of Ukraine, and, thus, such a match could draw a greater audience.
| Nyva Vinnytsia (2L) | 4 – 0[14] | (2L) Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk |
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| Voronin 19' Kachur 48', 63' Kozban 65' |
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MATCH OFFICIALS[15]
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MATCH RULES
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| Ukrainian League Cup 2010 Winners |
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| Nyva Vinnytsia First title |
Top goalscorers
In parentheses are goals scored from a penalty spot.
| Scorer | Goals | Team |
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| Kachur | 5 | Nyva Vinnytsia |
| Kozban | 5 | Nyva Vinnytsia |
| Polishchuk | 5 | Veres Rivne |
| Bredis | 3 | Bastion Illichivsk |
| Liubar | 3 | Veres Rivne |
| Petruk | 3 (2) | Zenit Boyarka |
Note:
- Petruk scored three goals in the tournament, with one of his scored in the game Ros – Zenit which was later recognized void. That goal is included in this record as the result's cancellation is a mere administrative formality.
- Polusmak (Zenit) managed to score two goals in four games (one was recognized void).
- Please, note that Bredis (Bastion Illichivsk) is a veteran of Odesa football. He used to compete for the predecessor of Bastion, FC Portovyk Illichivsk in the Second League as well as various national cup competitions.
See also
External links
- Official website (in Ukrainian)
- Competition Statute Archived 2012-07-29 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian)