1996–97 Ukrainian Cup

The 1996–97 Ukrainian Cup is the sixth annual edition of Ukraine's football knockout competition, known as the Ukrainian Cup.

1996—97 Ukrainian Cup

Kubok Ukrainy
Country	Ukraine
Teams	73
Champions	Shakhtar Donetsk
Runners-up	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Top goal scorer(s)	Yakiv Kripak (5)
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

This season for all amateur clubs was revived separate competition that was discontinued back in 1989 (Ukrainian Amateur Cup). No amateur clubs participated in the competition this season. Two legs rounds were revived for quarterfinals and semifinals. The Cup started with the round of 32, but it also had couple of preliminaries. The qualification rounds of competition started on 14 August 1996 with nine matches.

The cup holder Dynamo Kyiv was eliminated in away game against Nyva Vinnytsia losing on penalty kicks in the Round of 16.

Team allocation

Seventy three teams entered the competition

Distribution

		Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round
1st Qualifying round (18 teams)		18 participants of the Second League
2nd Qualifying round (32 teams)		15 participants of the Second League 8 participants of the First League	9 winners from the first qualifying round
3rd Qualifying round (32 teams)		16 participants of the First League	16 winners from the second qualifying round
Tournament proper (32 teams)		16 participants of the Premier League	16 winners from the third qualifying round

Competition schedule

First preliminary round

FC Pokuttia Kolomyia	1:2	FC Halychyna Drohobych
FC Paperovyk Malyn	1:0	FC Keramik Baranivka
FC Nerafa Slavutych	2:4	FC Fakel Varva
FC Nyva Bershad	1:0	FC Ros Bila Tserkva
FC Portovyk Kerch	0:1	FC Dynamo Saky
FC Portovyk Illichivsk	1:0	FC Torpedo Melitopol
Hirnyk Komsomolsk	0:1	FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk
FC Petrivtsi Myrhorod	3:1	FC Avanhard Merefa
FC Lokomotyv Smila	2:0	FC Olimpiya Pivdenoukrainsk

Second preliminary round

FC Halychyna Drohobych	1:0	FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
FC Paperovyk Malyn	0:1	FC Veres Rivne
FC Fakel Varva	0:1	FC Desna Chernihiv	game was played at Lokomotyv Stadium in Hrebinka
FC Nyva Bershad	1:1	FC Hazovyk Komarne	aet, pk 2:3
FC Obolon Kyiv	3:0	FC Dnipro Cherkasy
FC Karpaty Mukacheve	2:1	FC Kalush
FC Systema-Boreks Borodyanka	2:2	FC CSKA-2 Kyiv	aet, pk 7:8
FC Haray Zhovkva	2:0	FC Khutrovyk Tysmenytsia
FC Oskil Kupyansk	1:0	FC Metalist Kharkiv
FC Shakhtar Stakhanov	1:2	FC Metalurh Donetsk
FC Viktor Zaporizhia	1:0	FC Metalurh Novomoskovsk
FC Dynamo Saky	2:1	FC Tytan Armyansk
FC Portovyk Illichivsk	2:1	SC Odessa
FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk	0:2	FC Metalurh Mariupol	game was played at Hirnyk Stadium in Hirne
FC Petrivtsi Myrhorod	1:0	FC Avanhard-Industria Rovenky
FC Lokomotyv Smila	0:1	FC Krystal Kherson

Third preliminary round

FC Halychyna Drohobych	0:0	FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi	aet, pk 2:4
FC Veres Rivne	2:3	FC Volyn Lutsk
FC Desna Chernihiv	-:+	FC Yavir Krasnopilya
FC Hazovyk Komarne	3:0	FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi	game was played at Kolos Stadium in Horodok
FC Obolon Kyiv	1:2	FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv
FC Karpaty Mukacheve	3:2	FC Krystal Chortkiv
FC CSKA-2 Kyiv	2:1	FC Khimik Zhytomyr	game was played at the local Sports school Stadium in Bortnichi
FC Haray Zhovkva	0:1	FC Lviv
FC Oskil Kupyansk	0:0	FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka	aet, pk 3:2
FC Metalurh Donetsk	3:2	FC Shakhtar Makiivka	game was played at Shakhtar Stadium
FC Viktor Zaporizhia	0:2	FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria	game was played at Slavutych Arena
FC Dynamo Saky	1:0	FC Stal Alchevsk
FC Portovyk Illichivsk	3:0	SC Mykolaiv
FC Metalurh Mariupol	5:0	FC Zorya Luhansk
FC Petrivtsi Myrhorod	0:2	FC Khimik Severodonetsk
FC Krystal Kherson	3:3	FC Metalurh Nikopol	aet, pk 5:6

First Elimination Round (1/16)

FC CSKA-2 Kyiv (1L) v (PL) FC Torpedo Zaporizhia

8 October 1996	FC CSKA-2 Kyiv (1L)	1 – 2	(PL) FC Torpedo Zaporizhia	CSK ZSU Stadium, Kiev
		Report	Burkhan  6' (own) Bondarenko  32' Vernydub  52'	Attendance: 600 Referee: Vasyl Babych (Uzhhorod)

FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi (1L) v (PL) FC Karpaty Lviv

9 October 1996	FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi (1L)	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	(PL) FC Karpaty Lviv	Bukovyna Stadium, Chernivtsi
	Mintenko  2'	Report	Makovei  90', 101'	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Viktor Dohadailo (Kiev)

FC Volyn Lutsk (PL) v (PL) SC Tavriya Simferopol

9 October 1996	FC Volyn Lutsk (PL)	1 – 0	(PL) SC Tavriya Simferopol	Avanhard Stadium, Lutsk
	Sautin  44'	Report		Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Volodymyr Kutsev (Donetsk)

FC Yavir Krasnopilya (1L) v (PL) FC Kremin Kremenchuk

9 October 1996	FC Yavir Krasnopilya (1L)	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (3-4 p)	(PL) FC Kremin Kremenchuk	Kolos Stadium, Krasnopillya
		Report		Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ihor Horozhankin (Kirovohrad)

FC Hazovyk Komarno (2L) v (PL) FC Metalurh Zaporizhia

9 October 1996	FC Hazovyk Komarno (2L)	0 – 2	(PL) FC Metalurh Zaporizhia	Hazovyk Stadium, Komarne
		Report	Bohatyr  60' Kolodin  67'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Viktor Derdo (Illichivsk)

FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv (1L) v (PL) FC Chornomorets Odesa

9 October 1996	FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv (1L)	0 – 4	(PL) FC Chornomorets Odesa	Dynamo Stadium, Kiev
		Report	Mhlynets  31' Kovalets  41', 71' Kolesnichenko  84'	Attendance: 800 Referee: Yaroslav Hrysyo (Lviv)

FC Karpaty Mukacheve (2L) v (PL) FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih

9 October 1996	FC Karpaty Mukacheve (2L)	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	(PL) FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Pryladnyk Stadium, Mukacheve
	Hei  47' Kovtun  99' (pen.)	Report	Yakovenko  45'	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Viktor Zvyahintsev (Donetsk)

FC Lviv (1L) v (PL) FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

9 October 1996	FC Lviv (1L)	2 – 3	(PL) FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Yunist Stadium, Lviv
	Lapko  50' Lahoida  86'	Report	Poklonskyi  28' Bahmut  58' (pen.) Filimonov  85'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Stepan Selmenskyi (Uzhhorod)

FC Oskil Kupyansk (2L) v (PL) FC Nyva Vinnytsia

9 October 1996	FC Oskil Kupyansk (2L)	2 – 3	(PL) FC Nyva Vinnytsia	Oskil Stadium, Kupyansk
	Kryvoruchko  16', 37'	Report	Balatskyi  11' Romanchuk  16' Parshyn  55'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ihor Yaremchuk (Kiev)

FC Metalurh Donetsk (1L) v (PL) FC Dynamo Kyiv

9 October 1996	FC Metalurh Donetsk (1L)	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (5-6 p)	(PL) FC Dynamo Kyiv	Shakhtar Stadium, Donetsk
	Klymovskyi  17'	Report	Bezhenar  68'	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Valeriy Avdysh (Simferopol)

FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya (1L) v (PL) FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk

9 October 1996	FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya (1L)	1 – 0	(PL) FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	Olimp Stadium, Oleksandriya
	Maksimov  30'	Report		Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Vadym Shelmenko (Kiev)

FC Dynamo Saky (2L) v (PL) FC CSKA Kyiv

9 October 1996	FC Dynamo Saky (2L)	0 – 2	(PL) FC CSKA Kyiv	Avanhard Stadium, Saky
		Report	Zakarlyuka  15' Seleznyov  44'	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Leonid Bavykin (Kharkiv)

FC Portovyk Illichivsk (2L) v (PL) FC Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad

9 October 1996	FC Portovyk Illichivsk (2L)	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (3-4 p)	(PL) FC Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad	Portovyk Stadium, Illichivsk
	Fedoseyev  61' (pen.)	Report	Myzenko  52'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Anatoliy Aranovskyi (Kiev)

FC Metalurh Mariupol (1L) v (PL) FC Shakhtar Donetsk

9 October 1996	FC Metalurh Mariupol (1L)	1 – 3	(PL) FC Shakhtar Donetsk	Azovstal Stadium, Mariupol
	Pinchuk  88'	Report	Matveyev  21' (pen.), 86' Onopko  75'	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Kostiantyn Panchyk (Simferopol)

FC Khimik Severodonetsk (1L) v (PL) FC Nyva Ternopil

9 October 1996	FC Khimik Severodonetsk (1L)	4 – 0	(PL) FC Nyva Ternopil	Khimik Stadium, Severodonetsk
	Mor  63' Babenko  73' Horodov  76' Palamarchuk  81'	Report		Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Vadym Shevchenko (Kiev)

FC Metalurh Nikopol (1L) v (PL) FC Vorskla Poltava

9 October 1996	FC Metalurh Nikopol (1L)	0 – 3	(PL) FC Vorskla Poltava	Elektrometalurh Stadium, Nikopol
		Report	Marchenko  7' Chuichenko  41' Samoilov  45'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Serhiy Dzyuba (Kiev)

Second Elimination Round (1/8)

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (PL) v (PL) Torpedo Zaporizhia

17 October 1996	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (PL)	2 – 0	(PL) Torpedo Zaporizhia	Meteor Stadium, Dnipropetrovsk
	Byelkin  74' Sharan  75'	Report		Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Viktor Derdo (Illichivsk)

Nyva Vinnytsia (PL) v (PL) Dynamo Kyiv

17 October 1996	Nyva Vinnytsia (PL)	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (4-3 p)	(PL) Dynamo Kyiv	Central City Stadium, Vinnytsia
		Report		Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Kostyantyn Panchyk (Simferopol)
	Penalties
	Solovienko Brovchenko Romanchuk Demydyak		Rebrov Mykhailenko Kosovsky Bezhenar Shkapenko

CSKA Kyiv (PL) v (1L) Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya

17 October 1996	CSKA Kyiv (PL)	1 – 0	(1L) Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya	CSK ZSU Stadium, Kiev
	Vus  89'	Report		Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Volodymyr Kutsev (Donetsk)

Zirka Kirovohrad (PL) v (PL) Shakhtar Donetsk

17 October 1996	Zirka Kirovohrad (PL)	0 – 1	(PL) Shakhtar Donetsk	Zirka Stadium, Kirovohrad
		Report	Shyshchenko  69'	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Viktor Dohadailo (Kiev)

Karpaty Lviv (PL) v (1L) Volyn Lutsk

17 October 1996	Karpaty Lviv (PL)	1 – 0	(1L) Volyn Lutsk	Ukraina Stadium, Lviv
	Kolesnyk  55' Kuptsov  82'  86'	Report	Dranytsky  82'  88'	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Stepan Selmensky (Uzhhorod)

Kremin Kremenchuk (PL) v (PL) Metalurh Zaporizhia

17 October 1996	Kremin Kremenchuk (PL)	3 – 5	(PL) Metalurh Zaporizhia	Dnipro Stadium, Kremenchuk
	Fedkov  55', 59' Chernov  69'	Report	Kripak  18', 64', 69' Ivanov  60' Kolodin  88'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Yaroslav Hrysyo (Lviv)

Chornomorets Odesa (PL) v (1L) Karpaty Mukacheve

17 October 1996	Chornomorets Odesa (PL)	7 – 0	(1L) Karpaty Mukacheve	BSS Stadium, Odessa
	Sak  8' (pen.) Chumachenko  39' Mhlynets  47' Nykolaichuk  55' Musolitin 63' Babych  70' Seleznyov  78' Musolitin  85'	Report		Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ihor Ishchenko (Kiev)

Vorskla Poltava (PL) v (1L) Khimik Severodonetsk

17 October 1996	Vorskla Poltava (PL)	2 – 0	(1L) Khimik Severodonetsk	Vorskla Stadium, Poltava
	Shariy  14', 55'	Report		Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Anatoliy Zhosan (Kherson)

Quarterfinals (1/4)

In this round enter the four winners from the previous round. All the teams are from the Premier League.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Karpaty Lviv	1–4	FC Metalurh Zaporizhia	1–1	0–3
FC Chornomorets Odesa	0–4	FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	0–1	0–3
FC CSKA Kyiv	3–1	FC Nyva Vinnytsia	2–0	1–1
FC Vorskla Poltava	1–2	FC Shakhtar Donetsk	0–0	1–2

First leg

Karpaty Lviv (PL) v (PL) Metalurh Zaporizhia

30 October 1996	Karpaty Lviv (PL)	1 – 1	(PL) Metalurh Zaporizhia	Ukraina Stadium, Lviv
	Pokladok  44'	Report	Poltavets  40'	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Serhiy Tatulyan (Kiev)

Chornomorets Odesa (PL) v (PL) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

30 October 1996	Chornomorets Odesa (PL)	0 – 1	(PL) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	BSS Central Stadium, Odessa
15:00 LST	Bukel  90'	Report	Byelkin  89'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ihor Horozhankin (Kirovohrad)

CSKA Kyiv (PL) v (PL) Nyva Vinnytsia

30 October 1996	CSKA Kyiv (PL)	2 – 0	(PL) Nyva Vinnytsia	CSK ZSU Stadium, Kiev
	Levchenko  12' Seleznyov  58' (pen.)	Report	Balatsky  58'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Valeriy Onufer (Uzhhorod)

Vorskla Poltava (PL) v (PL) Shakhtar Donetsk

30 October 1996	Vorskla Poltava (PL)	0 – 0	(PL) Shakhtar Donetsk	Vorskla Stadium, Poltava
		Report		Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Valeriy Avdysh (Simferopol)

Second leg

Metalurh Zaporizhia (PL) v (PL) Karpaty Lviv

13 November 1996	Metalurh Zaporizhia (PL)	3 – 0	(PL) Karpaty Lviv	Metalurh Stadium, Zaporizhia
	Karyaka  32' Oliynyk  39' Markin 80' Kripak  86'	Report		Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Ihor Khiblin (Khmelnytskyi)

Metalurh won 4–1 on aggregate.

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (PL) v (PL) Chornomorets Odesa

13 November 1996	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (PL)	3 – 0	(PL) Chornomorets Odesa	Meteor Stadium, Dnipropetrovsk
	Sharan  17' Korponai  20' Byelkin  71' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Vasyl Melnychuk (Simferopol)

Dnipro won 4–0 on aggregate.

Nyva Vinnytsia (PL) v (PL) CSKA Kyiv

13 November 1996	Nyva Vinnytsia (PL)	1 – 1	(PL) CSKA Kyiv	Central City Stadium, Vinnytsia
	Ryabtsev  66' (pen.) Lyubynsky 81'	Report	Kovalchuk  52'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Volodymyr Pianykh (Donetsk)

CSKA won 3–1 on aggregate.

Shakhtar Donetsk (PL) v (PL) Vorskla Poltava

13 November 1996	Shakhtar Donetsk (PL)	2 – 1	(PL) Vorskla Poltava	Shakhtar Stadium, Donetsk
	Potskhveria  47' Leonov  71' (pen.)	Report	Samoilov  44'	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Ihor Yarmenchuk (Kiev)

Shakhtar won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semifinals (1/2)

In this round enter the four winners from the previous round. All the teams are from the Premier League.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Shakhtar Donetsk	5–1	FC CSKA Kyiv	2–1	3–0
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	3–2	FC Metalurh Zaporizhia	3–0	0–2

First leg

Shakhtar Donetsk (PL) v (PL) CSKA Kyiv

6 March 1997	Shakhtar Donetsk (PL)	2 – 1	(PL) CSKA Kyiv	Shakhtar Stadium, Donetsk
	Kryventsov  54' Potskhveria  66'	Report	Polishchuk  71'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Valeriy Onufer (Uzhhorod)

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (PL) v (PL) Metalurh Zaporizhia

6 March 1997	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (PL)	3 – 0	(PL) Metalurh Zaporizhia	Meteor Stadium, Dnipropetrovsk
	Sharan  16' Moroz  33', 52' Sharan 85'	Report	Haidarzhy  21'  76'	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Vasyl Melnychuk (Simferopol)

Second leg

CSKA Kyiv (PL) v (PL) Shakhtar Donetsk

10 March 1997	CSKA Kyiv (PL)	0 – 3	(PL) Shakhtar Donetsk	CSK ZSU Stadium, Kiev
	Reva  16'	Report	Babiy  18' Potskhveria  44' Seleznyov 83' Onopko  87'	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Ihor Horozhankin (Kirovohrad)

Shakhtar won 5–1 on aggregate.

Metalurh Zaporizhia (PL) v (PL) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

20 May 1997	Metalurh Zaporizhia (PL)	2 – 0	(PL) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Metalurh Stadium, Zaporizhia
19:30	Kripak  68' Karyaka  76'	Report		Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Ihor Yarmenchuk (Kiev)

Dnipro won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1997 Ukrainian Cup Final

The final was held at the NSC Olimpiysky on May 25, 1997, in Kiev.

1997-05-25

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Shakhtar Donetsk	1 – 0	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Atelkin  36'	Report

NSC Olimpiyskiy, Kiev

Attendance: 26,000[1]

Referee: Serhiy Tatulian (Kiev), (FIFA)

Top goalscorers

Rank	Scorer	Goals (Pen.)	Team
1	Yakiv Kripak	5	Metalurh Zaporizhia
2	Vadym Vus	3	CSKA-2 Kyiv CSKA Kyiv
	Yuriy Hetman	3	Metalurh Mariupol
	Petro Holubka	3	Volyn Lutsk
	Oleksandr Kryvoruchko	3	Oskil Kupyansk
	Oleksandr Krasnyansky	3	Portovyk Illichivsk
	Mikheil Potskhveria	3	Shakhtar Donetsk
	Volodymyr Sharan	3	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
	Viktor Byelkin	3 (1)	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

See also

• 1996–97 Vyshcha Liha

References

1. "Official protocol (in Russian)" (in Russian). FFU. 1999-05-31. Archived from the original on 2009-05-12. Retrieved 2009-03-15.

External links

• Calendar of Matches—Schedule of the Ukrainian Cup on the UkrSoccerHistory.com. (in Ukrainian)