2008 Ukrainian Cup final

The 2008 Ukrainian Cup final was a football match that took place at the Metalist Stadium on May 7, 2008. The match was the 17th Ukrainian Cup Final and it was contested by Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv. The 2008 Ukrainian Cup Final was the first to be held outside of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Shakhtar won the match 2–0 through goals from Oleksandr Gladkiy and Oleksiy Gai.

The match had five red cards issued, two to Dynamo players and three to Shakhtar players. The match also had six yellow cards (Gladkiy received two), four of which were given to Shakhtar players and two to Dynamo players. This was in part because of players' violent behavior and also because referee Victor Shvetsov made several misjudgments.

Road to Kharkiv

All 16 Ukrainian Premier League clubs do not have to go through qualification to get into the competition; Dynamo and Shakhtar therefore both qualified for the competition automatically.

Dynamo had a lot of instability en route to the final. At the beginning of the season, manager Anatoliy Demyanenko resigned after рoor results to start the season.Szabó replaces Demyanenko – UEFA.com, 21 September 2007 He was replaced by former Dynamo player and coach Yozhef Sabo, who later resigned from his post afterwards due to personal health problems. In November 2007, Dynamo appointed assistant coach Oleh Luzhnyi as interim coach, who was in charge until 8 December and managed to get Dynamo through the quarter-finals. Finally, in December 2008, the club appointed former Russia national team manager Yuriy Semin.Semin takes charge of Dynamo

Dynamo Kyiv Round 1Dynamo Kyiv2–0DniproRound 2Ihroservice1–4Dynamo KyivQuarter-final (1st leg)Tavriya Simferopol2–0Dynamo KyivQuarter-final (2nd leg)Dynamo Kyiv3–0Tavriya Simferopol (Dynamo won 3–2 on aggregate)Semi-final (1st leg)Dynamo Kyiv2–1Metalurh DonetskSemi-final (2nd leg)Metalurh Donetsk0–1Dynamo Kyiv (Dynamo won 3–1 on aggregate)Shakhtar Donetsk Round 1MFK Mykolaiv0–1Shakhtar DonetskRound 2Shakhtar Donetsk4–1Arsenal KyivQuarter-final (1st leg)Vorskla Poltava0–3Shakhtar DonetskQuarter-final (2nd leg)Shakhtar Donetsk1–1Vorskla Poltava (Shakhtar Donetsk won 4–1 on aggregate)Semi-final (1st leg)Chornomorets1–2Shakhtar DonetskSemi-final (2nd leg)Shakhtar Donetsk3–0Chornomorets (Shakhtar Donetsk won 5–1 on aggregate)

Match details

Shaktar Donetsk: GK 30 Andriy PyatovMF 23 Darijo Srna (c)DF 37 Dmytro ChyhrynskyiDF 5 Oleksandr Kucher DF 26 Răzvan Raț MF 7 FernandinhoDF 11 Ilsinho DF 3 Tomáš HübschmanMF 4 Igor Duljaj FW 25 Brandão FW 21 Oleksandr Hladkyi Substitutes:GK 1 Bohdan ShustMF 8 JádsonFW 17 Luiz AdrianoMF 22 Willian MF 19 Oleksiy Hai DF 18 Mariusz LewandowskiDF 55 Volodymyr Yezerskyi Manager: Mircea LucescuDynamo Kyiv: GK 1 Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (c)DF 3 Pape Diakhaté MF 4 Tiberiu GhioaneMF 7 CorrêaMF 8 Oleksandr Aliyev FW 22 Artem KravetsDF 29 Vitaliy Mandzyuk DF 30 Badr El KaddouriMF 37 Ayila YussufFW 10 Ismaël Bangoura DF 81 Marjan Marković Substitutes:GK 21 Taras LutsenkoFW 16 Maksim ShatskikhFW 25 Artem Milevskyi DF 26 Andriy NesmachnyiDF 27 Vladyslav VashchukMF 36 Miloš Ninković MF 17 Mykola MorozyukManager: Yuriy Semin MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Oleh Pluzhnyk (Kharkiv) Vitaliy Ponomaryov (Lviv) Fourth official: Andriy Shandor (Lviv)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.

Ukrainian Cup 2008 WinnersShakhtar DonetskSixth title

Match statistics Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo KyivTotal shots 9 13Shots on target 3 3Ball possession ?% ?%Corner kicks 8 9Fouls committed ? ?Offsides 10 1Yellow cards 4 2Red cards 3 2

2008 Ukrainian Cup final

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