The 2007–08 Ukrainian Cup was the 17th annual edition of Ukraine's football knockout competition, the Ukrainian Cup.
The Cup started with the round of 32, but it also had couple of preliminaries. In the Ukrainian Second League, neither FC Arsenal Bila Tserkva nor FC Nyva-Svitanok Vinnytsia submitted their licenses to take part in this year's competition.
Team allocation Fifty-four teams entered the competition
Distribution Teams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous roundFirst qualifying round (14 teams) 13 participants of the Second League (lower seeded) 1 participant of the Amateur Cup winner (Halychyna Lviv)Second qualifying round (28 teams) 17 participants of the First League (lower seeded) 4 participants of the Second League (higher seeded) 7 winners from the first qualifying roundTournament proper (32 teams) 16 participants of the Premier League 2 participants of the First League (higher seeded) 14 winners from the second qualifying round
Round and draw dates All draws held at FFU headquarters (Building of Football) in Kyiv unless stated otherwise.
PhaseRoundDraw dateGame date First leg Second leg Qualifying First qualifying round ?20 July 2007 Second qualifying round 25 July 20075,8 August 2007 Main event Round of 32 ?24–26 September 2007 Round of 16 ?31 October 2007 Quarter-finals ? December 2007 December 2007 Semi-finals ? 19 March 2008 16 April 2008 Final 7 May 2008 at Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv
Competition schedule
First preliminary round The matches of the First Preliminary Round took place on July 20, 2007. "Nafkom"(Brovary) (2L)5:0 (2L) "Olimpik"(Kirovohrad) Halychyna (Lviv) (AM)3:2 (2L) "Enerhiya"(Yuzhnoukrainsk) aet "Kremin"(Kremenchuk) (2L)1:0 (2L) "Podillya-Khmelnytskyi"(Khmelnytskyi) "Olimpik"(Donetsk) (2L)3:2 (2L) "Shakhtar"(Sverdlovsk) aet "Khimik"(Krasnoperekopsk) (2L)0:2 (2L) "OLKOM"(Melitopol) "Arsenal"(Kharkiv) (2L)4:0 (2L) "Komunalnyk"(Luhansk) Hirnyk-Sport(Komsomolsk) (2L)4:0 (2L) "Hazovyk-KHV"(Kharkiv)
Second preliminary round The matches of the Second Preliminary Round took place on August 8, 2007, except the match of FC Halychyna Lviv and PFC Olexandria which took place on August 5.
The teams FC Stal Alchevsk and FC Illychivets Mariupol made it straight to the First Elimination Round, because the Alchevsk and Mariupol clubs rank the highest among the other First League participants.Second preliminary round draw.
Halychyna (Lviv)0:1 "Oleksandria" "Dnister"(Ovidiopol)1:1 "Krymteplytsia"(Molodizhne) aet, pk 3:1 "Titan"(Armyansk)2:1 "CSKA"(Kyiv) "Kniazha"(Schaslyve)1:0 "OLKOM"(Melitopol) "Nyva"(Ternopil)2:0 "Feniks-Illychivets"(Kalynine) "Nafkom"(Brovary)0:2 "Sevastopol" Lviv3:0 "Prykarpattia"(Ivano-Frankivsk) "Helios"(Kharkiv)2:2 "Stal"(Dniprodzerzhynsk) aet, pk 3:0 "Enerhetyk"(Burshtyn)4:2 "Volyn"(Lutsk) aet "Olimpik"(Donetsk)2:1 "Hirnyk-Sport"(Komsomolsk) aet "Yednist"(Plysky)3:3 "Kremin"(Kremenchuk) aet, pk 3:2 "Desna"(Chernihiv)0:0 "Dnipro"(Cherkasy) aet, pk 6:5 "Ihroservis"(Simferopol)3:1 "Obolon"(Kyiv) "Arsenal"(Kharkiv)1:2 "Mykolaiv"
Bracket
Round of 32 In this round entered all 16 teams from Premier League. They were drawn against the 16 winners from the previous round, who played home in this round. The matches were played on September 24–26, 2007.
Round of 16 The Second Elimination Round of the Ukrainian Cup consisted of 16 competitors and took place on October 31, 2007.
Quarterfinals
First leg The Quarterfinals consist of two matches per pair of club. The games took place from November 17 to January 15, 2007.
Second leg
Metalurh Donetsk won 4–2 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 3–2 on aggregate.
Shakhtar Donetsk won 4–1 on aggregate.
Chornomorets Odesa won 5–2 on aggregate.
Semifinals (1/2) The Semifinals took place on March 19 and April 16, 2008.
First leg
Second leg
Shakhtar Donetsk won 5–1 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 3–1 on aggregate.
Final
Top goalscorers The top scorers in the 2007–08 Ukrainian Cup are as follows: ScorerGoalsTeam Uladzimir KarytskaChornomorets Odesa Oleksandr KosyrinMetalurh Donetsk Ismaël BangouraDynamo Kyiv Maksim ShatskikhDynamo Kyiv Viktor ArefyevFC Olimpik Donetsk Hryhoriy BaranetsFC Lviv
See also 2007–08 Ukrainian Premier League
References
External links Calendar of Matches—Schedule of the Ukrainian Cup on Professional Football League of Ukraine Website.