2012 Ukrainian Cup Final

The 2012 Ukrainian Cup Final was a football match that was played at the Olimpiysky NSC, Kiev, on 6 May 2012. The match was the 21st Ukrainian Cup Final and was contested by Metalurh Donetsk and Shakhtar Donetsk. This was the first time since 2007 that the Cup final had returned to Kiev. Since Shakhtar had qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League, Metalurh would qualify for the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. In the draw, Metalurh was selected as the home team.

2012 Ukrainian Cup Final
Event2011–12 Ukrainian Cup
Metalurh Donetsk Shakhtar Donetsk
1 2
Date6 May 2012
VenueOlimpiysky NSC, Kiev
RefereeAnatoliy Abdula (Kharkiv)
Attendance47,314

Road to Kiev
Main article: 2011–12 Ukrainian Cup

As Ukrainian Premier League members, Shakhtar Donetsk and Metalurh Donetsk did not have to go through the qualification phase of the competition.

Metalurh Donetsk

Round 1Metalurh Donetsk2–0Tavriya Simferopol
Round 2Metalurh Donetsk4–0Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
Quarter-finalZorya Luhansk0–1 aetMetalurh Donetsk
Semi-finalMetalurh Donetsk0–0 aet
7–6 pen. 		Karpaty Lviv

Shakhtar Donetsk

Round 1Shakhtar Sverdlovsk0–2Shakhtar Donetsk
Round 2Dynamo Kyiv2–3Shakhtar Donetsk
Quarter-finalMetalurh Zaporizhia0–1Shakhtar Donetsk
Semi-finalVolyn Lutsk3–4Shakhtar Donetsk

Previous encounters

This was the first Ukrainian Cup final between the two teams. The two teams had also met in a semi-final in 2009–10 and in the Round of 16 in 1997–98 season in which Metalurh was able to overcome Shakhtar.

Metalurh had appeared only once in a Cup final without winning any trophies and their opponents Shakhtar had appeared in 11 Cup finals, winning seven.

Television

The match was broadcast on ICTV in Ukraine.[1]

Match

Details
Metalurh Donetsk1 – 2 (aet)Shakhtar Donetsk
Morozyuk  69' Report Teixeira  23'
Kucher  104'
Olimpiysky NSC, Kiev
Attendance: 47,314
Referee: Anatoliy Abdula (Kharkiv)
Metalurh Donetsk
Shakhtar Donetsk
Metalurh Donetsk:
GK12 Oleksandr Bandura
DF5 Vyacheslav Checher (c)
MF6 Karlen Mkrtchyan 23'
MF7 Mykola Morozyuk 69'
MF9 Đorđe Lazić
FW10 Gevorg Ghazaryan 25'  73'
DF14 Oleksandr Volovyk
FW15 Dramane Traoré
MF17 Zé Soares 80'  114'
MF18 Velizar Dimitrov 90'
MF20 China
Substitutes:
GK31 Dmytro Vorobyov
DF2 Artem Baranovskyi
MF8 Gregory Nelson 73'
MF8 Danilo 90'
FW23 Oleh Mishchenko 114'
MF28 Mário Sérgio
FW84 Denys Holaydo
Manager:
Volodymyr Pyatenko
Shakhtar Donetsk:
GK30 Andriy Pyatov
DF5 Oleksandr Kucher 104'
MF7 Fernandinho 90+4'
MF9 Luiz Adriano 106'
FW10 Willian
MF19 Oleksiy Gai 107'
MF22 Henrikh Mkhitaryan 18'  62'
DF26 Răzvan Raț
MF29 Alex Teixeira 23'
DF33 Darijo Srna (c)
DF44 Yaroslav Rakitskiy
Substitutes:
GK23 Bohdan Shust
MF14 Vasyl Kobin
MF15 Taras Stepanenko 107'
FW17 Yevhen Seleznyov 106'
FW20 Douglas Costa 62'
FW31 Dentinho
DF36 Oleksandr Chyzhov
Manager:
Mircea Lucescu

MAN OF THE MATCH

    MATCH OFFICIALS[1]

    • Assistant referees:
    • Fourth official:

    MATCH RULES

    • 90 minutes.
    • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
    • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
    • Seven named substitutes
    • Maximum of 3 substitutions.

    Post-match

    On account of Shakhtar's victory and Metalurh's defeat in the Ukrainian Cup final, and with both team finishing as "good as they could" in the 2011–12 Ukrainian Premier League, the 2012 Ukrainian Super Cup will feature Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv.

    2012 Ukrainian Cup Winners
    Shakhtar Donetsk
    8th title

    See also

    References
    1. Sytnyk, Serhiy (6 May 2012). Кубок Украины. "Металлург" – "Шахтер". Анонс матча [Cup Final. Metalurh – Shakhtar. Match preview]. ua.football (in Russian).
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