The 2019 Ukrainian Cup final was a football match that was played on 15 May 2019 in Zaporizhzhia between Shakhtar Donetsk and Inhulets Petrove.The Ukrainian Cup. On 15 May in Zaporizhzhia the trophy will be contested between Shakhtar and Inhulets (Кубок України. 15 травня в Запоріжжі трофей розіграють «Шахтар» та «Інгулець»). Football Federation of Ukraine. 17 April 2019 The match was the 28th Ukrainian Cup Final since the fall of the Soviet Union. It was the first time the cup final was held in Zaporizhzhia.
Slavutych Arena, where the match was played, had previously hosted the 2010 Ukrainian Super Cup. It was the first final of the Ukrainian Cup to feature a team from a second-tier division.
If Inhulets won the cup, they would have qualified for the group stage of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, because Shakhtar had already qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League.Shakhtar guaranteed its place in the Champions League (Шахтар гарантував собі місце в Лізі чемпіонів). Football24. 30 April 2019
Road to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away). Shakhtar DonetskRoundInhulets PetroveOpponentResult2018–19 Ukrainian CupOpponentResultbyePreliminary round 2Kolos Kovalivka1–0 (H)byePreliminary round 3Myr Hornostayivka3–0 (A)Olimpik Donetsk3–2 (H)Round of 16FC Mariupol3–1 (H)Dynamo Kyiv1–1 (H) , Quarter-finalsKarpaty Lviv1–1 (H) , SC Dnipro-12–0 (A)Semi-finalsZorya Luhansk2–1 (H)
Previous encounters The game between Shakhtar and Inhulets was the first between the two teams. It was the 19th Cup Final for Shakhtar, the record for any team reaching the final stage. It was Shakhtar's ninth consecutive final since 2011. It was Inhulets' first time reaching the final stage. In addition, Inhulets became the first team from a second tier (Persha Liha) to reach the finals.
Match
Shakhtar Donetsk: GK 1 Oleksiy Shevchenko DF 50 Serhiy BolbatDF 4 Serhiy KryvtsovDF 22 Mykola MatviyenkoDF 31 IsmailyMF 21 Alan PatrickMF 88 Marcos AntônioMF 14 Tetê , MF 74 Viktor Kovalenko MF 7 Taison (c)FW 10 Júnior Moraes Substitutes:GK 30 Andriy PyatovDF 5 Davit KhocholavaMF 6 Taras StepanenkoMF 9 DentinhoMF 19 Manor SolomonMF 23 Wellington NemFW 8 Olarenwaju KayodeCoach: Paulo FonsecaInhulets Petrove: GK 1 Anton SytnykovDF 39 Denys BalanDF 55 Maksym KovalyovDF 28 Vitaliy PavlovDF 89 Oleh SynyohubMF 80 Vladyslav Lupashko (c)MF 13 Illya KovalenkoMF 8 Vladyslav KlymenkoMF 5 Yevhen ZaporozhetsMF 45 Artem SchedryiFW9 Oleksandr MishurenkoSubstitutes:GK 12 Bohdan ShukhmanDF 23 Oleksandr KucherenkoDF 17 Stanislav PeredystyiMF 25 Oleksandr KozakMF 7 Dmytro SulaMF 21 Oleksandr AkymenkoFW 49 Nika SichinavaCoach: Serhiy Lavrynenko
MAN OF THE MATCH
MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: S.Prystupa (Kyiv) Ye.Petrakov (Kyiv) Fourth official: M.Kozyriatskyi (Zaporizhzhia) Reserved assistant referee: V.Vysotskyi (Zaporizhzhia) Supervisor of refereeing: A.Shandor (Lviv)MATCH 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 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League
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