The 1998 Ukrainian Cup final was a football match that took place at the NSC Olimpiyskiy on May 31, 1998. The match was the 7th Ukrainian Cup Final and it was contested by both Kyivan clubs FC Dynamo Kyiv and FC CSKA Kyiv. The 1998 Ukrainian Cup Final was the seventh to be held in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Dynamo won by two goals netted by Andriy Shevchenko on the 1st and 33rd minutes. CSKA managed to answer with a single tally from Novokhatsky on the 68th minute, which was scored on the rebound right after the missed penalty kick. Shovkovskyi managed to deflect the penalty kick from Oliynyk.

There also were several yellow cards issued at this game, all of them to Army players: Semchuk, Hohil, and Kripak.

Road to Kyiv

Both teams started from the first round of the competition (1/16). Dynamo did not have any difficulties along the way meeting almost no resistance from every team. Especially surprising was the face-off with Chornomorets Odesa which ended with an unbelievable 4-1 win for the white-blues in Odesa. CSKA impressed when it easily defeated Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the away game.

Match details

Dynamo Kyiv: GK 1 Oleksandr Shovkovskyi DF 2 Oleksandr Kyryukhin FW 7 Aleksei Gerasimenko DF 3 Oleksandr Holovko DF 4 Vladyslav Vashchuk MF 5 Andriy Husin DF 6 Kakha Kaladze MF 8 Vasyl Kardash MF 9 Vitaliy Kosovskyi FW 10 Andriy ShevchenkoFW 11 Serhii RebrovSubstitutes:MF ? Yuriy Kalitvintsev MF ? Dmytro Mykhaylenko DF ? Oleksandr Radchenko Manager: Valeriy LobanovskyiCSKA Kyiv: GK ? Vitaliy Reva DF ? Vitaliy LevchenkoMF ? Anatoliy Balatskyi MF ? Vitaliy BalytskyiMF ? Dmytro Semchuk FW ? Viktor UlyanytskyiDF ? Ihor Hohil DF ? Yakiv Kripak MF ? Oleksiy HorodovFW ? Oleksiy OliynykDF ? Eduard Tsykhmeystruk Substitutes:DF ? Serhiy Ilchenko FW ? Vasyl Novokhatskyi Manager: Volodymyr Bezsonov MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Mykhaylo Ovchar (Kalush) Yuriy Derevyanko (Lviv) Fourth official: Serhiy Tatulian (Kyiv)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 1998 WinnersFC Dynamo KyivThird title

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

See also Ukrainian Cup 1997-98

References

External links Calendar of Matches - Schedule of the 1997-98 Ukrainian Cup on the Ukrainian Soccer History web-site (ukrsoccerhistory.com).