The 2015–16 Ukrainian Cup was the 25th annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition. The schedule of games for clubs from the First and Second League was confirmed on 3 July 2015 at a session of the Central Council of the Professional Football League of Ukraine.
Format Starting with Round of 32 teams were divided equally on seeded and unseeded in relation to the current rating of teams before the start of each stage. Seeded teams are teams that are located in the upper half of the rating, unseeded–in the lower.Results of the quarterfinals draw of the Ukrainian Cup. Ukrainian Premier League. 30 October 2015
Round of 16, quarterfinals and semifinals consist of two legs.
Starting with the Round of 16 and to semifinals, the host teams in the first leg is unseeded team, while in the second leg–seeded.
Team allocation The competition included all professional first teams from the Premier League (14/14 teams of the league), First League (15/16), Second League (14/14) and two best teams from the previous year's Amateur Cup. A reserve team (Dynamo-2) from the First League was included in the draw.
Distribution Preliminary round (26 teams)10 entrants from the First League 14 entrants from the Second League 2 entrants from the Amateur CupRound of 32 (32 teams)14 entrants from the Premier League 5 entrants from the First League13 winners from the Preliminary round
Round and draw dates
Phase Round Draw date Game date Qualifying Round of 64 3 July 2015 22 July 2015 Main event Round of 32 29 July 2015 22 August 2015 Round of 16 28 August 2015First leg: 23 September 2015Second leg: 28 October 2015 Quarter-finals 30 October 2015First leg: 2 March 2016Second leg: TBD Semi-finals 8 April 2016 First leg: 20 April 2016Second leg: 11 May 2016 Final 21 May 2016
Teams
Enter in Preliminary Round Enter in Round of 32 AAFU2 teams PFL League 214/14 teams PFL League 110/16 teams PFL League 15/16 teams UPL 14/14 teams Balkany Zorya* SCC Demnya Arsenal-Kyiv* Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Barsa Sumy* Bukovyna Chernivtsi Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka Inhulets Petrove* Kolos Kovalivka* Kremin Kremenchuk Krystal Kherson Myr Hornostayivka* Nikopol-NPHU Real Pharma Odesa Skala Stryi Veres Rivne* Avanhard Kramatorsk Cherkaskyi Dnipro Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih MFC Mykolaiv Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Nyva Ternopil Obolon-Brovar Kyiv FC Poltava PFC Sumy FC Ternopil Desna Chernihiv Helios Kharkiv Hirnyk-Sport Illichivets Mariupol Zirka Kropyvnytskyi Chornomorets Odesa Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Dynamo Kyiv Hoverla Uzhhorod Karpaty Lviv Metalist Kharkiv Metalurh Zaporizhia FC Oleksandriya Olimpik Donetsk Shakhtar Donetsk Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk 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). The reserve teams are not allowed to compete and two members of the 2015–16 Ukrainian First League: Dynamo-2 Kyiv were not included in the premier cup competition. Balkany Zorya was selected as one of better losing quarterfinalists since the other finalist and losing semifinalists qualified by being admitted to the Second League.
Bracket The following is the bracket that demonstrates the last four rounds of the Ukrainian Cup, including the final match. Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of a penalty shoot-out.
Competition schedule
Preliminary round (1/32)
In this round entered 10 clubs from the First League, 14 clubs from the Second League and two representatives from the 2014 Ukrainian Amateur Cup. The round matches were played on 22 July 2015.
Notes: The competition allows for the finalists of the Ukrainian Amateur Cup. However the winner of the 2014 Ukrainian Amateur Cup, AF Piatykhatska Volodymyrivka (renamed as FC Inhulets Petrove) joined the PFL. Hence the PFL replaced their vacated spot with the highest ranked team. Since both of the semi-finalists of the Amateur Cup also joined the PFL, of the remaining quarter-finalists, Balkany Zorya was the highest ranked team.
Round of 32
In this round all 14 teams from the 2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League, 5 highest ranking clubs from 2014–15 Ukrainian First League and 13 winners from the Preliminary round enter this stage of the competition which also includes 8 teams from the 2014–15 Ukrainian First League, 4 teams from the 2014–15 Ukrainian Second League and last season's Ukrainian Amateur Cup quarter-finalist. The draw for this round was held on 29 July 2015 at the House of Football in Kyiv.
Round of 16 Ten teams from the Ukrainian Premier League and six teams from the Ukrainian First League qualified for the round. The draw for this round was held on 28 August 2015 at the House of Football in Kyiv. The round matches were played on 23 September and 27, 28 October 2015.
First leg
Notes: Football Federation of Ukraine allows Helios Kharkiv to move their match venue to the larger OSC Metalist stadium.
Second leg
The dates for the second leg matches were announced on October 13.
Shakhtar won 9–0 on aggregate.
Zorya won 5–1 on aggregate.
Dynamo won 7–0 on aggregate.
Vorskla won 1–0 on aggregate.
Stal won 3–2 on aggregate.
Volyn won 7–0 on aggregate.
FC Oleksandriya won 3–1 on aggregate.
Dnipro won 5–2 on aggregate.
Notes: Originally the match was to be held at Bannikov Stadium but the FFU moved the match to Obolon Arena.
Quarterfinals Eight teams from the Ukrainian Premier League qualified for the round. The draw for this round was held on 30 October 2015 at the Premier-Liha office. Originally the First Leg matches were scheduled for 3 December but the Premier League rescheduled the matches to be played in the spring (2016).
First leg
Second leg The dates for the second leg matches were announced on March 18.
Shakhtar won 5–2 on aggregate.
Zorya won 6–1 on aggregate.
Oleksandriya won 2–1 on aggregate.
Dnipro won 7–1 on aggregate.
Notes: Change of venue for the first leg as management of both sides agreed to play the first leg in Kyiv due to the pitch in Oleksandriya in early spring.
Semifinals All four teams that qualified for the round are from the Ukrainian Premier League. The draw for this round was held on 8 April 2016 at the House of Football. During the draw there was identified a host for the final whom will be the winner of Dnipro-Zorya pair. First leg
Second leg
Zorya won 2–1 on aggregate.
Shakhtar won 3–1 on aggregate.
Final
Top goalscorers The competition's top ten goalscorers including qualification rounds.
RankScorerGoals(Pen.)Team1 Oleksandr Karavayev4Zorya Luhansk Andriy Yarmolenko4Dynamo Kyiv3 Bernard3Shakhtar Donetsk Pylyp Budkivskyi3Zorya Luhansk Yuriy Komyahin3Myr Hornostayivka Maksym Malyshev3Shakhtar Donetsk Andriy Totovytskyi3Zorya Luhansk Matheus Leite Nascimento3 (1)Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Notes
See also 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League 2015–16 Ukrainian First League 2015–16 Ukrainian Second League 2015–16 UEFA Europa League
References
External links Season planner for 2015–16. Ukrainian Premier League. 2015–16 season Regulations. Ukrainian Premier League.