The 2015 Ukrainian Cup final was a football match that was played on 4 June 2015 in Kyiv. The match was the 24th Ukrainian Cup Final and is contested by Cup holders Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk, making it part of the National Classic football game.
Road to Kyiv
All 14 Ukrainian Premier League clubs do not have to go qualify to enter the competition; Dynamo and Shakhtar therefore both qualified automatically.
Dynamo Kyiv Round 1Zirka Kirovohrad1 – 3Dynamo KyivRound 2 (1st leg)Karpaty Lviv0 – 1Dynamo KyivRound 2 (2nd leg)Dynamo Kyiv1 – 0 Karpaty Lviv (Dynamo won 2–0 on aggregate)Quarter-final (1st leg)Zorya Luhansk1 – 2Dynamo KyivQuarter-final (2nd leg)Dynamo Kyiv2 – 0Zorya Luhansk (Dynamo won 4–1 on aggregate)Semi-final (1st leg)Olimpik Donetsk0 – 0Dynamo KyivSemi-final (2nd leg)Dynamo Kyiv4 – 1Olimpik Donetsk (Dynamo won 4–1 on aggregate)Shakhtar Donetsk Round 1Obolon-Brovar Kyiv0 – 1Shakhtar DonetskRound 2 (1st leg)Poltava1 – 5Shakhtar DonetskRound 2 (2nd leg)Shakhtar Donetsk4 – 1 Poltava (Shakhtar won 9–2 on aggregate)Quarter-final (1st leg)Metalist Kharkiv0 – 2Shakhtar DonetskQuarter-final (2nd leg)Shakhtar Donetsk1 – 0Metalist Kharkiv (Shakhtar won 3–0 on aggregate)Semi-final (1st leg)Dnipro0 – 1Shakhtar DonetskSemi-final (2nd leg)Shakhtar Donetsk1 – 1Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (Shakhtar won 2–1 on aggregate)
Previous encounters
This was the eighth Ukrainian Cup Final between the two teams and repeat of last years Cup Final. Dynamo has defeated Shakhtar five times out of the seven Cup Finals.
Dynamo had appeared in 13 Cup Finals winning 10 trophies and opponents Shakhtar had appeared in 14 Cup Finals winning 9.
Match
Details
Dynamo Kyiv: GK 1 Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (c)RB 2 Danilo Silva CB 24 Domagoj Vida CB 6 Aleksandar Dragović LB 34 Yevhen Khacheridi CM 17 Serhiy Rybalka CM 4 Miguel VelosoCM 16 Serhiy Sydorchuk RF 10 Andriy Yarmolenko CF 22 Artem Kravets LF 7 Jeremain LensSubstitutes:GK 23 Oleksandr RybkaDF 5 Vitorino AntunesMF 19 Denys HarmashMF 20 Oleh HusievMF 29 Vitaliy Buyalskyi DF 30 BetãoAM 90 Younès BelhandaManager: Serhii RebrovShakhtar Donetsk: GK 30 Andriy PyatovRB 33 Darijo Srna (c) CB 5 Oleksandr Kucher CB 44 Yaroslav Rakitskiy LB 13 Vyacheslav Shevchuk DM 6 Taras StepanenkoDM 77 Ilsinho RW 20 Douglas Costa AM 29 Alex Teixeira LW 10 Bernard CF 9 Luiz Adriano Substitutes:GK 32 Anton Kanibolotskiy MF 11 MarlosDF 31 IsmailyDF 38 Serhiy Kryvtsov MF 17 FernandoMF 28 Taison FW 21 Oleksandr HladkyyManager: Mircea Lucescu
MAN OF THE MATCH
MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Serhiy Bekker (Kharkiv) Oleksandr Vostyuk (Zaporizhya) Fourth official: Yuriy MoiseychukMATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of 3 substitutions.
See also 2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League
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