2016 Ukrainian Cup Final

The 2016 Ukrainian Cup Final was a football match that was played on 21 May 2016 in Lviv.[2] For the first time the cup final was held in Lviv. The match was the 25th Ukrainian Cup Final and was contested by Zorya Luhansk and Shakhtar Donetsk.

2016 Ukrainian Cup Final
Event2015–16 Ukrainian Cup
Zorya Luhansk Shakhtar Donetsk
0 2
Date21 May 2016
VenueArena Lviv, Lviv
RefereeYevhen Aranovsky
Attendance21,720
Weather+20°, Light rain[1]

Road to Lviv
Main article: 2015–16 Ukrainian Cup

All fourteen Ukrainian Premier League clubs do not have to go through qualification to get into the competition (Ukrainian Cup), so Zorya and Shakhtar both qualified for the competition automatically.

Zorya Luhansk

Round 1Krystal Kherson0 – 5Zorya Luhansk
Round 2 (1st leg)Helios Kharkiv0 – 2Zorya Luhansk
Round 2 (2nd leg)Zorya Luhansk3 – 1Helios Kharkiv
 (Zorya won 5–1 on aggregate)
Quarter-final (1st leg)Volyn Lutsk1 – 1Zorya Luhansk
Quarter-final (2nd leg)Zorya Luhansk5 – 0Volyn Lutsk
 (Zorya won 6–1 on aggregate)
Semi-final (1st leg)Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk1 – 0Zorya Luhansk
Semi-final (2nd leg)Zorya Luhansk2 – 0Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
 (Zorya won 2–1 on aggregate)

Shakhtar Donetsk

Round 1Arsenal-Kyiv0 – 3Shakhtar Donetsk
Round 2 (1st leg)FC Ternopil0 – 5Shakhtar Donetsk
Round 2 (2nd leg)Shakhtar Donetsk4 – 0FC Ternopil
 (Shakhtar won 9–0 on aggregate)
Quarter-final (1st leg)Vorskla Poltava0 – 4Shakhtar Donetsk
Quarter-final (2nd leg)Shakhtar Donetsk1 – 2Vorskla Poltava
 (Shakhtar won 5–2 on aggregate)
Semi-final (1st leg)FC Oleksandriya1 – 1Shakhtar Donetsk
Semi-final (2nd leg)Shakhtar Donetsk2 – 0FC Oleksandriya
 (Shakhtar won 3–1 on aggregate)

Previous encounters

This was not only the first Ukrainian Cup Final between the two teams, but also the first time they meet in this competition.[1] Previously Zorya and Shakhtar met in the Soviet Cup in total of six game (the record was two wins for Zorya and four wins for Shakhtar with Zorya scoring six goals and Shakhtar scoring seven).[1]

It was first Cup Final appearance for Zorya, while their opponents Shakhtar had appeared in 15 Cup Finals winning nine.

Match

Details
Zorya Luhansk0–2Shakhtar Donetsk
Report Hladkyy  42', 57'
Attendance: 21,720
Referee: Yevhen Aranovskyi[3][1]
Zorya Luhansk
Shakhtar Donetsk
Zorya Luhansk:
GK30 Mykyta Shevchenko
RB39 Yevhen Opanasenko 64'
CB3 Mikhail Sivakow 64'
CB12 Rafael Forster 12'
LB6 Mykyta Kamenyuka (c)
DM4 Ihor Chaykovskyi 64'
DM5 Artem Hordiyenko 57'
RW20 Oleksandr Karavayev
CM22 Željko Ljubenović
LW34 Ivan Petryak 46'
CF28 Pylyp Budkivskyi
Substitutes:
GK91 Ihor Levchenko
DF2 Artem Sukhotskyi
FW10 Jaba Lipartia 57'
FW11 Paulinho
DF16 Hryhoriy Yarmash 64'  70'
MF24 Dmytro Hrechyshkin
MF29 Andriy Totovytskyi 46'
Manager:
Yuriy Vernydub
Shakhtar Donetsk:
GK32 Anton Kanibolotskiy
RB33 Darijo Srna (c)
CB5 Oleksandr Kucher
CB44 Yaroslav Rakitskiy
LB31 Ismaily
DM6 Taras Stepanenko
DM17 Maksym Malyshev
RW11 Marlos
AM74 Viktor Kovalenko 59'
LW28 Taison 81'
CF21 Oleksandr Hladkyy 74'
Substitutes:
GK30 Andriy Pyatov
DF18 Ivan Ordets
DF38 Serhiy Kryvtsov
MF7 Wellington Nem 74'
MF58 Andriy Korobenko
FW22 Eduardo da Silva 59'
FW19 Facundo Ferreyra 81'
Manager:
Mircea Lucescu

MAN OF THE MATCH

    MATCH OFFICIALS

    • Assistant referees:
      • Serhiy Bekker (Kharkiv)[1]
      • Natalya Rachynska (Kiev)[1]
    • Fourth official:
      • Kostiantyn Trukhanov[1]

    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.

    See also

    References
    1. Zorya-Shakhtar. Game announcement. UA-Football. 21 May 2016
    2. Сегодня в кассы поступили билеты на финал Кубка Украины [The tickets for the Cup Final arrived today] (in Russian). ua-football.com. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
    3. http://refereesfifa.blogspot.fr/2016/05/ukraine-2016-ukrainian-cup-final.html
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