2024 Ukrainian Cup final
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| Event | 2023–24 Ukrainian Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 15 May 2024 | ||||||
| Venue | Avanhard Stadium[1], Rivne | ||||||
| Referee | Vitaliy Romanov (Dnipro) | ||||||
| Attendance | 3,500 | ||||||
The 2024 Ukrainian Cup final was the 31st final match of the annual Ukrainian football cup competition. It was played on 15 May 2024 at the Avanhard Stadium in Rivne.[2] This is the first time the cup final would be held in Rivne.[3]
With still ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation, this final was the first one since the start of the invasion in February 2022 and the 9th since the start of the war in 2014.
Vorskla Poltava
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
| Vorskla Poltava | Round | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
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| Opponent | Result | 2023–24 Ukrainian Cup | Opponent | Result |
| Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 3–0 (N) | Round of 16 | Veres Rivne | 3–0 (A) |
| Obolon Kyiv | 3–0 (A) | Quarter-finals | Viktoriya Sumy | 3–0 (N) |
| Polissia Zhytomyr | 1–0 (A) | Semi-finals | Chornomorets Odesa | 4–1 (N) |
As a Premier League team, Vorskla Poltava started in the Round of 16, notionally away at Ukrainian Premier League side Metalist 1925 Kharkiv. At the Livyi Bereh Arena near Kyiv, Vorskla Poltava won 3–0 with a series of goals from Ibrahim Kane, Ruslan Stepanyuk, and Ivan Nesterenko.[4] In the quarter-finals, they were drawn away at Ukrainian Premier League team Obolon Kyiv and won 3–0 at the Obolon Arena in Kyiv due to goals from Stepanyuk, Kane, and Andriy Batsula.[5][6] In the semi-finals at away Zhytomyr Tsentralnyi Stadion, they played fellow Ukrainian Premier League Polissia Zhytomyr and reached their third final with a 1–0 win with a Serhiy Myakushko goal.[7]
Shakhtar Donetsk
As a Premier League team, Shakhtar Donetsk started in the Round of 16, they were drawn away to Veres Rivne and won 3–0 at the Avanhard Stadium in Rivne thanks to goals from Kashchuk, Bondarenko and Ocheretko. In the Quarter-finals, they were drawn against Viktoriya Sumy and won 3–0 at the Livyi Bereh in Hnidyn with goals from Nazaryna, Zubkov and Rakitskyi. In the Semi-Finals, they were drawn to Chornomorets Odesa and won 4–1 at Arena Lviv thanks to goals from Sikan, Bondarenko (penalty) and a brace from Sudakov.
Previous encounters
Both clubs have existed since Soviet times, but they have never played each other in official games (domestic league, national cup), with Shakhtar playing in the top tier and Vorskla (formerly Kolos) in the third tier of the All-Union football competitions.
Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, these teams faced each other more frequently. While Vorskla is recognized as an obvious underdog, it is considered not an easy opponent for the miners. Within the Ukrainian Cup, both teams met 9 times, with 6 matches played at the quarterfinal stage.[8] Vorskla was victorious twice, while Shakhtar has 5 wins. However, this is their second final, and in the last final between them, which took place in 2009, Vorskla gained its only national trophy thus far.
This was also the second final for the Vorskla manager Serhiy Dolhanskyi, who, in 2009, as a captain and goalkeeper of Vorskla, won the cup already in the role of a player in the Vorskla–Shakhtar final.
Teams at the competition's finals
| Team | Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners) |
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| Vorskla Poltava | 2 (2009, 2020) |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 19 (1995, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) |
Match
| Vorskla Poltava (PL) | 1–2 | (PL) Shakhtar Donetsk |
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