The 2008–09 Ukrainian Cup was the 18th annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition. The defending champion of this edition was Shakhtar Donetsk.

The Ukrainian Cup began with a preliminary round where teams from Druha Liha and Amateur Cup champions participated. In the second preliminary round, teams from Persha Liha were drawn into the competition and then in the round of 32 teams from Premier League entered the competition.

The winners of this competition entered as Ukraine's cup winner representative in the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League. Since one of the finalists, Shakhtar Donetsk, had already qualified for European competitions for 2009–10 by virtue of their position in the Premier League, Vorskla Poltava automatically qualifies for the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.

Team allocation Sixty-two teams participated in the competition.

Distribution Teams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous roundFirst qualifying round (26 teams) 25 participants of the Second League (lower seeded) 1 participant of the Amateur Cup winner (Yednist-2 Plysky)Second qualifying round (32 teams) 17 participants of the First League 2 participants of the Second League (higher seeded) 13 winners from the first qualifying roundTournament proper (32 teams) 16 participants of the Premier League 16 winners from the second qualifying round

Round and draw dates All draws held at FFU headquarters (Building of Football) in Kyiv unless stated otherwise.

Phase Round Draw date Game date Qualifying First qualifying round 8 July 2008 16 July 2008 Second qualifying round 22 July 2008 4,6 August 2008 Main event Round of 32 15 August 2008 12–14 September 2008 Round of 16 24 September 2008 28–29 October 2008 Quarter-finals 31 October 2008 11–12 November 2008 Semi-finals 19 November 2008 22 April – 13 May 2009 Final 31 May 2009 at Dnipro Arena, Dnipropetrovsk

Teams

Enter in First Round Enter in Second Round Enter in Round of 32 AAFU1 team PFL League 225/35 teams PFL League 22/35 teams PFL League 117/18 teams UPL 16/16 teams Yednist-2 PlyskyGroup A Arsenal Bila Tserkva Bastion Illichivsk* Bukovyna Chernivtsi FC Korosten Nafkom Brovary Nyva Ternopil Nyva Vinnytsia Podillya Khmelnytskyi Ros Bila Tserkva Veres Rivne Yednist PlyskyGroup B Arsenal Kharkiv Dnipro-75 Dnipropetrovsk* Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk Kremin Kremenchuk Olimpik Donetsk Olkom Melitopol FC Poltava Shakhtar Sverdlovsk Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk Tytan Armyansk Tytan Donetsk Yavir Krasnopillia Zirka Kirovohrad CSKA Kyiv Dnipro Cherkasy Desna Chernihiv Enerhetyk Burshtyn Feniks-Illichovets Kalinino Helios Kharkiv Ihroservice Simferopol Knyazha Schaslyve Komunalnyk Luhansk Krymteplytsia Molodizhne Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Obolon Kyiv Dnister Ovidiopol FC Oleksandriya

FC Sevastopol Stal Alchevsk Volyn Lutsk Zakarpattia Uzhhorod Arsenal Kyiv Chornomorets Odesa Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Dynamo Kyiv Illichivets Mariupol Karpaty Lviv FC Kharkiv Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih FC Lviv Metalist Kharkiv Metalurh Donetsk Metalurh Zaporizhia Shakhtar Donetsk Tavriya Simferopol Vorskla Poltava Zorya Luhansk

Notes:

With the asterisk (*) are noted the Second League teams that were recently admitted to the league from amateurs and the AAFU (amateur) team(s) that qualified in place of the Amateur Cup finalist(s). Reserve teams from the Second League: Illichivets-2, Karpaty-2, Knyazha-2, Metalurh-2 (Zaporizhia), Obolon-2, Sevastopol-2, Shakhtar-3; and Dynamo-2 from the First League were not included in the draw. MFC Mykolaiv, a member of the Second League, was not participating.

Competition schedule

First Preliminary Round In this round entered 25 teams from Druha Liha and winners of the Ukrainian Amateur Cup. The draw for the First Preliminary Round was held on July 8, 2008На старті – Кубок України while the matches took place on July 16, 2008.Відбулося жеребкування першого попереднього етапу розіграшу Кубка України сезону 2008/2009 рр Veres Rivne (2L)0–1 (2L) FC Korosten Yednist-2 Plysky (AM)3–0 (2L) Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk Arsenal Bila Tserkva (2L)3–1 (2L) Shakhtar Sverdlovsk FC Poltava (2L)4–1 (2L) Arsenal Kharkiv Kremin Kremenchuk (2L)w/o (2L) Bukovyna Chernivtsi Podillya-Khmelnytskyi (2L)4–0 (2L) Nafkom Brovary Olkom Melitopol (2L)2–0 (2L) Dnipro-75 Dnipropetrovsk Titan Donetsk (2L)0–1 (2L) Yednist Plysky Nyva Vinnytsia (2L)3–1 aet (2L) Titan Armyansk Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk (2L)2–0 (2L) Nyva Ternopil Ros' Bila Tserkva (2L)1–3 (2L) Bastion Illichivsk Zirka Kirovohrad (2L)1–0 (2L) Yavir Krasnopilya Olimpik Donetsk (2L)4–1 (2L) Hirnik Kryvyi Rih Notes Qualify as Amateur Cup Champions of Ukraine 2007 The match was played in Obukhiv, Kyiv Oblast Since Bukovyna did not arrive for their game, Kremin advanced to the next roundКубок України, перший попередній етап 22-го липня відбулося засідання Дисциплінарного Комітету ПФЛ України The match was played in Borodianka because Bila Tserkva's home ground Trudovi Reserve was under reconstruction

Second Preliminary Round In this round entered all 18 teams from Persha Liha. They were drawn against the 14 winners of the First Preliminary Round, with two matches containing only Persha Liha teams. The draw was held on July 22, 2008, while the matches were played on August 6, 2008, unless otherwise noted. Olimpik Donetsk (2L)0–4 (2L) Zirka Kirovohrad FC Korosten (2L)1–3 (1L) Knyazha Schaslyve Yednist-2 Plysky (AM)2–4 (1L) Dnister Ovidiopol Arsenal Bila Tserkva (2L)1–3 (1L) Desna Chernihiv CSCA Kyiv (2L)2–1 aet (2L) FC Poltava Kremin Kremenchuk (2L)1–1 aet, p. 2–4 (1L) Komunalnyk Luhansk Podillya-Khmelnytskyi (2L)1–2 aet (1L) Helios Kharkiv Olkom Melitopol (2L)4–0 (2L) Yednist Plysky PFC Sevastopol (1L)1–2 aet (1L) Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine Bastion Illichivsk (2L)2–3 aet (2L) Nyva Vinnytsia Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk (2L)0–2 (1L) PFC Oleksandriya Obolon Kyiv (1L) 3–1 (1L) Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka Dnipro Cherkasy (2L)2–3 aet (1L) Stal Alchevsk Zakarpattia Uzhhorod (1L)4–2 (1L) Volyn Lutsk Enerhetyk Burshtyn (1L)0–1 (1L) Ihroservice Simferopol Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk (1L)0–3 (1L) Krymteplitsia Molodizhne Notes The match was played on August 4, 2008«Зірка» вийшла до 1/16 фіналу розіграшу Датагруп Кубка України The match was played in Mukachevo

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 draw was held on August 15, 2008, while the matches were played on September 13, 2008, unless otherwise noted.

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Round of 16 In this round entered winners from the previous round (11 Premier League and 5 Persha Liha teams). The draw was random and was held on September 24, 2008. The matches were played on October 29, 2008, unless otherwise noted.

Notes: Penalty missed for Oleksandria – Andriy Hitchenko, for Dnipro – Vitaliy Denisov and Andriy Vorobey.

Quarterfinals The draw was held on October 31, 2008, and was random. The matches were played November 12, 2008.

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Semifinals The draw was held on November 19, 2008, and was random. The games were scheduled to be played on April 22, 2009.

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Final

The Ukrainian Cup Final was played in Dnipro Stadium, Dnipropetrovsk on May 31, 2009.

Top goalscorers Status on June 1, 2009 ScorerGoalsTeam Andriy YarmolenkoDynamo Kyiv Vasyl SachkoVorskla Poltava Oleksandr AkymenkoStal Alchevsk Ruslan YaroshZakarpattia Uzhhorod Kostiantyn DudchenkoOLKOM/Dynamo Volodymyr HomenyukTavriya/Dnipro In bold are the players that are still in the competition. Statistics can be found at RSSSF web-site.RSSSF web-site

See also 2008–09 Ukrainian Premier League

External links Official website

References