1995–96 Ukrainian Cup

The 1995–96 Ukrainian Cup was the fifth annual edition of Ukraine's football knockout competition, known as the Ukrainian Cup.

The Cup started with the round of 32, but it also had couple of preliminaries. This season two legs rounds were discontinued and all rounds consisted of only one game. Also the extra tier was merged with the Second League. The competition kicked off on 1 August 1995 with 24 games. Five games were announced as a forfeit on 1 August, while one more on 1 October 1995.

The cup holder Shakhtar Donetsk was eliminated in away game against Nyva Vinnytsia on penalties in semifinals.

Team allocation One hundred ten teams entered the competition.

Distribution Teams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous round1st Qualifying round (60 teams) 26 winners of regional cup competitions 34 participants of the Second League2nd Qualifying round (64 teams) 10 participants of the Second League 22 participants of the First League 2 participants of the Premier League (lower seeded) 30 winners from the first qualifying round3rd Qualifying round (32 teams) 32 winners from the second qualifying roundTournament proper (32 teams) 16 participants of the Premier League (upper seeded) 16 winners from the third qualifying round

First qualifying round entrants 26 regional representatives 34 Second League (Avanhard-Industria Rovenky, Avanhard Zhydachiv, Azovets Mariupol, Chaika Sevastopol, CSKA Kyiv, Dnistrovets Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Druzhba Berdiansk, Dynamo-Flesh Odesa, Dynamo Sloviansk, Harai Zhovkva, Keramik Baranivka, Khimik Kalush, Khutrovyk Tysmenytsia, Kosmos Pavlohrad, Meliorator Kakhovka, Metalurh Novomoskovsk, Nyva Myronivka, Obolon Kyiv, Olimpia Yuzhnoukrainsk, Oskil Kupiansk, Portovyk Illichivsk, Prometei Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ros-Transimpeks Bila Tserkva, Shakhtar Stakhanov, Shakhtar-2 Donetsk, Skhid Slavutych, Skify Lviv, Sportinvest Kryivyi Rih, Systema-Boreks Borodianka, Temp-Advis-2 Shepetivka, Torpedo Melitopol, Vahonobudivnyk Kremenchuk, Viktor Zaporizhzhia, Vodnyk Kherson)

Second qualifying round entrants 30 winners of the previous round 10 Second League (Avtomobilist Sumy, Desna Chernihiv, Dynamo Saky, Halychyna Drohobych, Hazovyk Komarne, Karpaty Mukacheve, Okean Kerch, Shakhtar Shakhtarsk, Shakhtar Sverdlovsk, Tytan Armiansk) 22 First League in whole 2 Top League (CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv, Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad)

Competition schedule

First qualifying round

Druzhba (Mahdalynivka) (AM)0:2 (2L) Metalurh (Novomoskovsk) Dynamo (Slovyansk) (2L)0:1 (2L) Oskil (Kupyansk) aet Enerhiya (Nova Kakhovka) (AM)2:2 (2L) Torpedo (Melitopol) aet, pk 2:4 Frunzenets (Sumy) (AM)1:0 (2L) Kosmos (Pavlohrad) Burevisnyk-Elbrus (Kirovohrad) (AM)1:2 (2L) Dnistrovets (Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi) Velta (Poltava) (AM)+:- (2L) Viktor (Zaporizhzhia) Viktor did not arrive Krystal (Parkhomivka) (AM)1:0 (2L) Sportinvest (Kryvyi Rih) Lokomotyv (Smila) (AM)1:1 (2L) Portovyk (Illichivsk) aet, pk 5:6 Druzhba (Berdiansk) (2L)2:0 (2L) Azovets (Mariupol) game was played at Druzhba Stadium in Osypenko (near Berdyansk) Batkivschyna-Almar (Pervomayske) (AM)2:0 (2L) Shakhtar (Stakhanov) game was played at Shakhtar Stadium in settlement of Rorsi Rybalka (Odesa) (AM)3:1 (2L) Meliorator (Kakhovka) Olimpiya (Yuzhnoukrainsk) (2L)1:1 (2L) Vodnyk (Kherson) aet, pk 4:3 Kolos (Amvrosiyevka Raion) (AM)-:+ (2L) Shakhtar-2 (Donetsk) Dyzelyst (Tokmak) (AM)0:1 (2L) Avanhard-Industriya (Rovenky) Metalurh (Kerch) (AM)3:5 (2L) Chaika (Sevastopol) EKO-Servis (Rivne) (AM)0:1 (2L) Obolon (Kyiv) game was played at Avanhard Stadium in Rivne Impuls (Kamyanets-Podilskyi) (AM)0:1 (2L) Keramik (Baranivka) Pidhirya (Storozhynets) (AM)+:- (2L) Temp-Advis-2 (Shepetivka) Temp did not arrive Nyva (Terebovlia) (AM)1:0 (2L) Skify (Lviv) Promin (Sambor) (AM)0:0 (2L) Khutrovyk (Tysmenytsia) aet, pk 3:5, game was played at Dniester Stadium in Rudky (Lviv suburb) Pokuttia (Kolomyia) (AM)2:0 (2L) Avanhard (Zhydachiv) Yavir (Tsuman) (AM)0:1 (2L) Haray (Zhovkva) Lisyvnyk (Perechyn) (AM)1:2 (2L) Khimik (Kalush) aet Fakel (Varva) (AM)1:0 (2L) Ros-Transimpeks (Bila Tserkva) Vahonobudivnyk (Kremenchuk) (2L)-:+ (2L) Prometey (Dniprodzerzhynsk) Vahonobudivnyk forfeited Artania (Ochakiv) (AM)-:+ (2L) Dynamo-Flesh (Odesa) Khimik (Vinnytsia) (AM)-:+ (2L) CSKA (Kyiv) the score of 2:1 was annulled Paperovyk (Malyn) (AM)1:1 (2L) Systema-Borex (Borodianka) aet, pk 6:5 Dynamo-3 (Kyiv) (AM)1:2 (2L) Nyva (Myronivka) game was played at Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium Kolos (Karapyshi) (AM)2:2 (2L) Skhid (Slavutych) aet, pk 6:5

Second qualifying round

Metalurh (Novomoskovsk) (2L)3:2 (1L) Metalist (Kharkiv) Oskil (Kupyansk) (2L)2:0 (1L) Khimik (Severodonetsk) Torpedo (Melitopol) (2L)0:1 (PL) Zirka-NIBAS (Kirovohrad) Frunzenets (Sumy) (AM)1:3 (1L) Vorskla (Poltava) Dnistrovets (Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi) (2L)1:3 (1L) Naftokhimik (Kremenchuk) game was played at the local Sports School stadium Velta (Poltava) (AM)-:+ (1L) Polihraftekhnika (Olexandria) Velta forfeited Krystal (Parkhomivka) (AM)0:0 (1L) Yavir (Krasnopilya) aet, pk 2:4 Portovyk (Illichivsk) (2L)1:0 (1L) Naftovyk (Okhtyrka) aet Druzhba (Berdiansk) (2L)0:3 (1L) Stal (Alchevsk) Batkivschyna-Almar (Pervomayske) (AM)1:2 (1L) Shakhtar (Makiivka) game was played at Hirne Stadium in Hirne Rybalka (Odesa) (AM)1:2 (1L) Metalurh (Nikopol) aet Olimpiya (Yuzhnoukrainsk) (2L)0:1 (1L) Odesa Shakhtar-2 (Donetsk) (2L)3:0 (2L) Shakhtar (Sverdlovsk) game was played at Metalurh Stadium in Komsomolske Avanhard-Industriya (Rovenky) (2L)2:0 (2L) Shakhtar (Shakhtarsk) aet Chaika (Sevastopol) (2L)2:0 (2L) Tytan (Armyansk) Dynamo (Saky) (2L)+:- (2L) Okean (Kerch) Okean forfeited Obolon (Kyiv) (2L)0:2 (2L) Hazovyk (Komarno) game was played at Bilshovyk Stadium of the Bilshovyk machine building factory in Kyiv Keramik (Baranivka) (2L)0:0 (1L) Krystal (Chortkiv) aet, pk 5:4 Pidhirya (Storozhynets) (AM)0:1 (2L) Halychyna (Drohobych) Nyva (Terebovlia) (AM)2:1 (1L) Bukovyna (Chernivtsi) Khutrovyk (Tysmenytsia) (2L)4:2 (2L) Karpaty (Mukacheve) Pokuttia (Kolomyia) (AM)2:0 (1L) Zakarpattia (Uzhhorod) Haray (Zhovkva) (2L)2:0 (1L) Skala (Stryi) aet Khimik (Kalush) (2L)1:0 (1L) Lviv Fakel (Varva) (AM)0:2 (PL) CSKA-Borysfen (Kyiv) Prometey (Dniprodzerzhynsk) (2L)0:0 (1L) Dnipro (Cherkasy) aet, pk 2:4 Dynamo-Flesh (Odesa) (2L)1:5 (1L) Dynamo-2 (Kyiv) aet, game was played at Spartak Stadium in Odesa Desna (Chernihiv) (2L)0:0 (2L) Avtomobilist (Sumy) aet, pk 5:4 CSKA (Kyiv) (2L)0:0 (1L) Podillya (Khmelnytskyi) aet, pk 2:4, game was played at Kolos Stadium in Boryspil Paperovyk (Malyn) (AM)+:- (1L) Veres (Rivne) Veres forfeited Nyva (Myronivka) (2L)+:- (1L) Temp-Advis (Khmelnytskyi) Temp forfeited Kolos (Karapyshi) (AM)1:0 (1L) Khimik (Zhytomyr) aet

Third qualifying round

Metalurh (Novomoskovsk) (2L)1:0 (2L) Oskil (Kupyansk) Vorskla (Poltava) (1L)2:3 (PL) Zirka-NIBAS (Kirovohrad) Naftokhimik (Kremenchuk) (1L)3:2 (1L) Polihraftekhnika (Olexandria) Yavir (Krasnopilya) (1L)4:1 (2L) Portovyk (Illichivsk) Stal (Alchevsk) (1L)2:1 (1L) Bazhanovets (Makiivka) aet Odesa (1L)0:0 (1L) Metalurh (Nikopol) aet, pk 1:2 Shakhtar-2 (Donetsk) (2L)5:0 (2L) Avanhard-Industriya (Rovenky) game was played at Metalurh Stadium in Komsomolske Chaika (Sevastopol) (2L)2:0 (2L) Dynamo Saky (Saky) Hazovyk (Komarno) (2L)2:0 (2L) Keramik (Baranivka) Halychyna (Drohobych) (2L)3:1 (AM) Nyva (Terebovlia) Khutrovyk (Tysmenytsia) (2L)2:0 (AM) Pokuttia (Kolomyia) Haray (Zhovkva) (2L)1:0 (2L) Khimik (Kalush) Dnipro (Cherkasy) (1L)1:4 (PL) CSKA-Borysfen (Kyiv) Desna (Chernihiv) (2L)0:0 (1L) Dynamo-2 (Kyiv) aet, pk 5:6 Paperovyk (Malyn) (AM)1:2 (1L) Podillya (Khmelnytskyi) Kolos (Karapyshi) (AM)0:6 (2L) Nyva (Myronivka)

First Elimination Round

Second Elimination Round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Note: Volodymyr Tsytkin caught all three Shakhtar's penalty shots allowing Nyva to advance to the finals.

Final

The final was held at the Republican Stadium on May 26, 1996, in Kyiv.

Top goalscorers

ScorerGoalsTeam Oleksandr PalyanytsiaDnipro Dnipropetrovsk Oleksandr PerenchukNyva Myronivka Oleksandr IhnatievNyva Myronivka Andriy HusinCSKA-Borysfen Kyiv Volodymyr TaranovChaika Sevastopol

Attendances

Top attendances RankRoundHome teamAway teamResultLocationAttendance1Final Dynamo Kyiv Nyva Vinnytsia2–0Republican Stadium, Kyiv47,0002Quarterfinals Shakhtar Donetsk Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk2 – 2 a.e.t. Shakhtar Stadium, Donetsk21,0003Semifinals Nyva Vinnytsia Shakhtar Donetsk0 – 0 a.e.t.Central City Stadium, Vinnytsia20,0004 Dynamo Kyiv Kremin Kremenchuk2–0Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv10,000Quarterfinals Kremin Kremenchuk Metalurh Zaporizhzhia2–1Dnipro Stadium, Kremenchuk10,000

Ukrainian Cup 1992–93 WinnersFC Dynamo KyivSecond title

See also Ukrainian Premier League 1995-96

References

External links Calendar of Matches—Schedule of the Ukrainian Cup. Info on the final