The 2010–11 Ukrainian Cup was the 20th annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition, and third under the name of DATAGROUP – Football Ukraine Cup.
The Cup begins with two preliminary rounds, before the first round proper involving the Premier League clubs. The draw for both the preliminary rounds was held on July 14, 2010. The First Preliminary Round consists of teams from Druha Liha and Amateur Cup champions and has only five fixtures. In the Second Preliminary Round teams of the Persha Liha enter the competition. Sixteen teams, winners of the 2nd preliminary round enter the first round or the round of 32 where the Premier League teams enter the competition for the first time.
Tavriya Simferopol was the defending champion and as a member of the Premier League enter the competition at the round of 32. Tavriya were eliminated in the round of 32 by Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1–4. This season's winner enters the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League 2011–12.
Format This season's format for the main event has changed again. The announcement of the format was given during the draw of the round 32 in the headquarters of the FFU. All matches consist of a single game and would include extra time and series of penalties if necessary to identify a winner. The broadcast of the draw was officially conducted for the first time by one of the sponsors of the Ukrainian Premier League (Footballua).
The draw was blind. All participants were ranked according to their table standings on September 8, 2010 and listed in that order for the draw. All seeds of pairs were numerated such as the first pair consisted of number 1 and number 2, the second pair of number 3 and number 4, the third – 5 and 6, and so on. Clubs of a lower league when seeded with one from a higher would receive a home advantage. However, in case for the same league seeded clubs, the hosting club was identified by an odd number that was drawn upon calling its name. A former Soviet player Vadym Yevtushenko was invited as a "special guest" to conduct the draw. For each announced club from the ranking list a ball with a number was drawn from a pot. According to the number, the announced club was placed into the seed with the corresponding number. The first club that was announced was FC Shakhtar Donetsk.
For the round of 16 draw, Viktor Leonenko was invited as the honorary visitor.
Fifty-eight teams entered the Ukrainian Cup competition.
Distribution Teams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous roundFirst qualifying round (10 teams) 9 participants of the Second League (lower seeded) 1 participant of the Amateur Cup winner (Karpaty Yaremche)Second qualifying round (32 teams) 17 participants of the First League 10 participants of the Second League (higher seeded) 5 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 14 July 2010 27–28 July 2010 Second qualifying round 18 August 2010 Main event Round of 32 8 September 2010 21–22 September 2010 Round of 16 1 October 2010 27 October 2010 Quarter-finals 28 October 2010 10 November 2010 Semi-finals 25 November 2010 11 May 2011 Final 25 May 2011 at Yuvileiny Stadium, Sumy
Teams
Enter in First Round Enter in Second Round Enter in Round of 32 AAFU1 team PFL League 29/24 teams PFL League 210/24 teams PFL League 117/18 teams UPL 16/16 teams Karpaty Yaremche Desna Chernihiv Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka* Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk Olkom Melitopol Ros Bila Tserkva Skala Morshyn FC Sumy Veres Rivne Bastion Illichivsk Dynamo Khmelnytskyi Kremin Kremenchuk MFC Mykolaiv Nyva Ternopil Olimpik Donetsk FC Poltava Shakhtar Sverdlovsk Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk Yednist Plysky Arsenal Bila Tserkva Bukovyna Chernivtsi Chornomorets Odesa Enerhetyk Burshtyn Feniks-Illichovets Kalinino Helios Kharkiv Zakarpattia Uzhhorod Krymteplytsia Molodizhne FC Lviv Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Nyva Vinnytsia Dnister Ovidiopol FC Oleksandriya Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk Stal Alchevsk Tytan Armyansk Zirka Kirovohrad Arsenal Kyiv Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Dynamo Kyiv Illichivets Mariupol Karpaty Lviv Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Metalist Kharkiv Metalurh Donetsk Metalurh Zaporizhia Obolon Kyiv FC Sevastopol Shakhtar Donetsk Tavriya Simferopol Volyn Lutsk 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: Shakhtar-3, Chornomorets-2, Dnipro-2, Metalurh-2 (Zaporizhia), Illichivets-2; and Dynamo-2 from the First League were not included in the draw.
Bracket
The pairings for each round were not known from the incept.
Competition schedule
First Preliminary Round In this round entered 8 clubs from the Druha Liha, the winner of the Ukrainian Amateur Cup, and the newly admitted club from Nova Kakhovka all seeded into five fixtures. The round matches are scheduled to be played July 28, 2010. Desna Chernihiv (2L)1 – 2 (2L) Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka Ros Bila Tserkva (2L)w/o (2L) Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk Karpaty Yaremche (AM)3 – 0 (2L) Veres Rivne Skala Morshyn (2L)3 – 2 (2L) FC Sumy Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih (2L)1 – 1 aet, p. 6–7 (2L) Olkom Melitopol
Notes: Match not played due to Ros Bila Tserkva's financial difficulties
The match was played on July 27, 2010
Second Preliminary Round In this round entered all 17 clubs from Persha Liha (except Dynamo-2 Kyiv) and the higher seeded 10 clubs from the Druha Liha. They were drawn against the 5 winners of the First Preliminary Round. The round matches are scheduled were played August 18, 2010, unless otherwise noted.
Feniks-Illichivets Kalinine (1L) 4 – 3 (1L) Zirka Kirovohrad Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk (1L)1 – 0 (1L) Enerhetyk Burshtyn Dnister Ovidiopol (1L)0 – 4 (1L) PFC Oleksandria Dynamo Khmelnytsky (2L)0 – 1 (1L) Chornomorets Odesa Helios Kharkiv (1L) 0 – 1 (1L) Krymteplytsya Molodizhne Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka (1L) 1 – 0 (1L) FC Lviv Olkom Melitopol (2L)1 – 2 (1L) Stal Alchevsk Bastion Illichivsk (2L)0 – 1 (2L) FC Poltava Zakarpattia Uzhhorod (1L)2 – 3 (1L) Tytan Armyansk Olimpik Donetsk (2L)1 – 3 (1L) Arsenal Bila Tserkva Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk (2L)1 – 0 (2L) Skala Morshyn Kremin Kremenchuk (2L)3 – 0 (2L) Nyva Ternopil Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka (2L)0 – 1 (2L) Yednist' Plysky Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk (2L) 2 – 1 aet (1L) Bukovyna Chernivtsi Shakhtar Sverdlovsk (2L)3 – 2 (1L) Nyva Vinnytsia
Round of 32 In this round entered all 16 teams from the Premier League. They were drawn against the 16 winners from the previous round consisting of nine clubs from the First League, six clubs from the Second League, and one representative from the amateur league. The draw took place September 8, 2010.
Notes:
Round of 16 In this round entered winners from the previous round. The Premier League is represented with 10 clubs, the First League – 4, and the Second League – 2. The draw for the round took place on October 1, 2010.
Notes: Initially the management of Feniks-Illichivets Kalinine informed their opponents that the club has removed itself from further competitions. However, four days later the club informed the PFL that their financial state had stabilized and that they would play.
Quarter-finals In this round entered winners from the previous round. The Premier League is represented with 7 clubs and the First League with 1 club. The draw for the round took place on October 28, 2010.
Semi-finals In this round, winners from the previous round were entered. The draw for the round took place on November 25, 2010.
Final
Top goalscorers
ScorerGoalsTeam Andriy OliynykKarpaty Yaremche Luiz AdrianoShakhtar Donetsk Sergei SamodinArsenal Kyiv Yuriy HabovdaKarpaty Lviv MaiconVolyn Lutsk Serhiy StepanchukKremin Kremenchuk Vyacheslav ShevchenkoStal Alchevsk
See also 2010-11 Ukrainian Premier League 2010-11 Ukrainian First League 2010–11 Ukrainian Second League UEFA Europa League 2010-11
References
External links PFL official website UPL official website