The 1995 Ukrainian Cup final was a football match that took place at the Republican Stadium on 28 May 1995. The match was the 4th Ukrainian Cup Final and it was contested by FC Shakhtar Donetsk and FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. The 1995 Ukrainian Cup Final was the fourth to be held in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Shakhtar won on penalty kicks 7–6 after the score was tied 1–1.

There were four yellow cards issued at this game: three to Shakhtar players and one to Dnipro.

Road to Kyiv

Both teams started from the first round of the competition (1/16). Shakhtar stormed through the first three rounds beating Vorskla in Donetsk 8–0. In the semi-final it defeated the Cup holder Chornomorets. Dnipro had a little bit of trouble in the first round of competition facing the second team of Dynamo Kyiv. Later the team gained a great momentum defeating Tavria in the semi-final.

Shakhtar Round 1 (1st leg)Systema-Borex0–3ShakhtarRound 1 (2nd leg)Shakhtar2–1Systema-Borex  (Shakhtar won 5–1 on aggregate)Round 2 (1st leg)Vorskla0–1ShakhtarRound 2 (2nd leg)Shakhtar8–0Vorskla  (Shakhtar won 9–0 on aggregate)Quarter-final (1st leg)Nyva T.1–1ShakhtarQuarter-final (2nd leg)Shakhtar2–0Nyva T.  (Shakhtar won 3–1 on aggregate)Semi-final (1st leg)Shakhtar1–0ChornomoretsSemi-final (2nd leg)Chornomorets2–1Shakhtar  (Shakhtar won 2–2 on away goal rule)Dnipro Round 1 (1st leg)Dynamo-23–1DniproRound 1 (2nd leg)Dnipro4–1Dynamo-2  (Dnipro won 5–4 on aggregate)Round 2 (1st leg)Metalurh1–3DniproRound 2 (2nd leg)Dnipro1–0Metalurh  (Dnipro won 4–1 on aggregate)Quarter-final (1st leg)Temp0–2DniproQuarter-final (2nd leg)Dnipro1–0Temp  (Dnipro won 3–0 on aggregate)Semi-final (1st leg)Tavriya1–1DniproSemi-final (2nd leg)Dnipro1–0Tavriya  (Dnipro won 2–1 on aggregate)

Match details

Shakhtar Donetsk: GK ? Dmytro Shutkov MF ? Ihor LeonovDF ? Oleksandr KovalDF ? Serhiy Yashchenko (c)DF ? Serhiy Popov MF ? Serhiy Onopko DF ? Hennadiy Orbu DF ? Oleksandr Martyuk MF ? Serhiy Atelkin FW ? Valeriy KryventsovFW ? Oleh MatveyevSubstitutes:DF ? Ihor Petrov MF ? Oleksandr Voskoboynyk MF ? Oleksandr Babiy MF ? Serhiy Kovalyov Manager: Vladimir SalkovDnipro Dnipropetrovsk: GK ? Mykola Medin DF ? Dmytro Topchiyev MF ? Dmytro YakovenkoMF ? Volodymyr HorilyiMF ? Volodymyr BahmutFW ? Andriy Polunin (c)DF ? Oleksandr Zakharov DF ? Viktor SkrypnykMF ? Oleksandr Palyanytsia FW ? Serhiy KovaletsDF ? Volodymyr Sharan Substitutes:DF ? Sviatoslav Syrota FW ? Serhiy Diryavka FW ? Andriy Yudin FW ? Borys Finkel FW ? Valentyn Moskvyn Manager: Bernd Stange MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Serhiy Shebek (Kyiv) Ihor Horozhankin (Kirovohrad) Fourth official: Oleksandr Tiutiun (Fastiv)MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes 3 substitutions, plus two more in extra time.

Ukrainian Cup 1995 WinnersFC Shakhtar DonetskFirst title

Match statistics Shakhtar DniproTotal shots ? ?Shots on target ? ?Ball possession ?% ?%Corner kicks ? ?Fouls committed ? ?Offsides ? ?Yellow cards ? ?Red cards ? ?

See also Ukrainian Cup 1994-95

References

External links Calendar of Matches - Schedule of the 1994 Ukrainian Cup on the Ukrainian Soccer History web-site (ukrsoccerhistory.com).