The 2019–20 Ukrainian Cup was the 29th annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition. The competition started on 20 August 2019 and concluded on 8 July 2020 with the final at the OSC Metalist in Kharkiv.
All competition rounds consisted of a single game with a home field advantage granted to a team from lower league. Qualification for the competition is granted to all professional clubs and finalists of the Ukrainian Amateur Cup as long as those clubs are able to pass the season's attestation (licensing).
Shakhtar Donetsk was the defending winner for the last two seasons, but was eliminated by Dynamo Kyiv in the round of 16. The Donetsk club has reached the competition finals in the last nine years winning seven of them.The 2017–18 Ukrainian Cup: ten facts about the tournament (Кубок Украины-2017/18. Десять фактов о турнире). UA-Football. 8 July 2017
Dynamo Kyiv won their 12th Ukrainian Cup title after beating Vorskla Poltava 8–7 on penalties in the final with the game ending in the 1–1 draw. They therefore qualified to the group stage of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, however they can still qualify for the Champions League through league season.
Some changes were introduced. Unlike the last season starting with the third round of the competition there was a seeded draw, while for the first two rounds the draw remained blind.To the Ukrainian Cup returns seeding. Dynamo and Shakhtar won't play until the final (В Кубок Украины возвращается посев. Динамо и Шахтер до финала не сыграют). UA-Football. 14 August 2019 This was the first Ukrainian Cup season to implement the Video assistant referee (VAR) system on some matches, the first game to use VAR was the quarter-final match between Dynamo Kyiv and Oleksandriya.Referees appointed to the Cup quarter-final matches, VAR will work in two of them (Призначено суддів на матчі 1/4 Кубка України, у двох працюватиме VAR). UA-football. 10 March 2020
On 17 March 2020, the Ukrainian Association of Football made a decision to pause all football competitions in the country on 18 March 2020 for an unspecified period of time (until the decision to resume competitions) due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine, which caused a postponement of the semi-final and final matches to another date.Vsevolod Mazur. The UAF paused all football competitions in Ukraine (УАФ приостановила все футбольные соревнования в Украине). Sport Arena. 17 March 2020
Team allocation and schedule The competition included all professional first teams from the Premier League (12/12 teams of the league), First League (16/16), Second League (18/22) and two best teams from the previous year's Amateur Cup. Four second club teams from the Second League are not eligible for the tournament.
One more team, Arsenal Kyiv, withdrew right after approval of the tournament structure, but before the draw of the second preliminary round, to which it qualified as a member of the First League.
DistributionOrganizational structure of the 2019–20 Ukrainian Cup season (Структура проведення Кубку України сезону-2019/2020). Ukrainian Association of Football. 12 July 2019First preliminary round (20 teams)18 entrants from the Second League
2 entrants from the Amateur CupSecond preliminary round (25 teams)15 entrants from the First League10 winners from the First roundRound of 32 (20 teams)6 entrants from the Premier League1 entrant from the First League13 winners from the Second roundRound of 16 (16 teams)6 entrants from the Premier League10 winners from the third round
Rounds schedule Phase Round Draw date Game date Preliminary Round 1 finals 14 August 2019 20 August 2019 Round 2 finals 21 August 2019 27 August 2019 Main event Round of 32 finals 28 August 2019 25 September 2019 Round of 16 finals 3 October 2019 30 October 2019 Quarter-finals finals 18 December 2019 11–12 March 2020 Semi-finals finals 13 March 2020 17–24 June 2020 (originally scheduled for 15 April 2020) Final 8 July 2020 (originally scheduled for 13 May 2020) Notes: All draws were held at the Ukrainian Association of Football House of Football.
Teams
Enter in First Round Enter in Second Round Enter in Round of 32 Enter in Round of 16 AAFU2/2 teams PFL League 218/22 teams PFL League 115/16 teams PFL League11/16 teams UPL 6/12 teams UPL 6/12 teams Avanhard Bziv FC Vovchansk Alians Lypova Dolyna* Bukovyna Chernivtsi Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka Dinaz Vyshhorod* Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih FC Kalush Krystal Kherson FC Nikopol Nyva Ternopil Nyva Vinnytsia Podillya Khmelnytskyi Polissya Zhytomyr Real Pharma Odesa Tavriya Simferopol FC Uzhhorod* Veres Rivne VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka* Ahrobiznes Volochysk Avanhard Kramatorsk Balkany Zorya Cherkashchyna Cherkasy Hirnyk-Sport Inhulets Petrove Kremin Kremenchuk Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Metalurh Zaporizhia MFC Mykolaiv FC Mynai Obolon-Brovar Kyiv Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Rukh Lviv Volyn Lutsk Chornomorets Odesa SC Dnipro-1 Karpaty Lviv FC Lviv FC Mariupol FC Oleksandriya Olimpik Donetsk Desna Chernihiv Dynamo Kyiv Kolos Kovalivka Shakhtar Donetsk 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). Four of the Second League second teams (reserves) were not drawn for the competition: Chornomorets-2, Obolon-2, Mykolaiv-2, Avanhard-2.
Bracket The following is the bracket which the main stage of the Ukrainian Cup resembles. Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of a penalty shoot-out.
Competition schedule Legends: AM – AAFU (amateur) competitions (IV tier), 2L – Second League (III tier), 1L – First League (II tier), PL – Premier League (I tier) First Preliminary round (1/64) In this round eighteen clubs from the Second League and both finalists of the 2018–19 Ukrainian Amateur Cup are scheduled to play. The draw for this round was to be held on 26 July 2019 at the House of Football in Kyiv. The round matches initially were to be played on 7 August 2019. However, on 26 July 2019 it was announced that draw was postponed due to recent changes in leagues composition (withdrawal of Arsenal Kyiv) and conflict with FC Peremoha, the draw was postponed.Official. In regards to holding draw of the first preliminary state of the 2019–20 Ukrainian Cup season (Офіційно. Щодо проведення жеребкування першого попереднього етапу Кубку України сезону-2019/2020). Ukrainian Association of Football. 26 July 2019 The draw was finally held on 14 August 2019 with the matches played on 20 August 2019.The 2019–20 Ukrainian Cup. The first preliminary stage: time and location of conducting games, appointment of sports official (Кубок України-2019/2020. Перший попередній етап: час і місця проведення матчів, призначення офіційних осіб). Ukrainian Association of Football. 16 August 2019
Notes: SC Tavriya Simferopol is forced to play outside of Simferopol due to ongoing the 2014 Russo-Ukrainian War. Other teams of NK Veres Rivne, FC Alians Lypova Dolyna, and FC Avanhard Bziv were hosting their opponents on neutral fields as their home turf for various reasons are not available.
Second Preliminary round (1/32) In this round 15 clubs will enter from the First League and 10 winners of the previous round (9 clubs from the Second League and 1 amateur club). Due to odd number of teams, one of them received a bye. The draw for this round was held 21 August 2019 at the House of Football in Kyiv. The round matches were played on 27 August 2019.
Notes: Ahrobiznes was drawn with a bye berth that became available as a result of withdrawal of Arsenal Kyiv (the Kyivan club officially withdrew on 22 July 2019, a month before the draw, yet was considered for the Ukrainian cup competition by the Ukrainian Association of Football.).
Round of 32 (1/16 finals) In this round 6 clubs will enter from the Premier League, 1 club from the First League (Chornomorets Odesa) and 13 winners of the previous round (10 clubs from the First League including one club with bye and 3 clubs from the Second League). The draw for this round was held 28 August 2019 at the House of Football in Kyiv. The round matches will be played on 25 September 2019.
Notes: Match rescheduled to 2 October since Mariupol plays its rescheduled Round 4 Ukrainian Premier League game against Dynamo Kyiv.
Round of 16 (1/8 finals) In this round the remaining six clubs from the Premier League entered, and the ten winners of the previous round (five clubs from the Premier League, four clubs from the First League and one club from the Second League). The draw for this round was held on 3 October 2019 at the House of Football in Kyiv. The round matches will be played on 30 October 2019.
Quarter-finals This round consisted of 5 representatives from the Premier League, 2 teams from the First League, and one team from the Second League advanced to this round. Originally scheduled for 1 November 2019, the draw for this round was postponed for December.The Ukrainian Cup: all participants. The draw is in December! (Кубок України: усі учасники. Жеребкування – у грудні!) Professional Football League of Ukraine. 31 October 2019 The draw for this round was held on 18 December 2019The 2019–20 Ukrainian Cup. The draw results of the quarterfinals: "Dynamo" is going to play against "Oleksandriya" (Кубок України-2019/2020. Результати жеребкування 1/4 фіналу: «Динамо» зіграє з «Олександрією») . Ukrainian Association of Football. 18 December 2019 at the House of Football in Kyiv. The round matches were scheduled to be played on 4 March 2020. On 14 February 2020 the UAF Executive Committee approved changes to the dates of the cup competition as well the Premier Liha.The UAF Executive Committee approved changes to the current season calendar of Favbet Liha (Виконавчий комітет УАФ затвердив зміни в календар поточного сезону Favbet Ліги). Ukrainian Premier League. 14 February 2020 The quarterfinals games were shifted to 11 March 2020.
Semi-finals This round consisted of 3 representatives from the Premier League and a team from the First League. Originally the round matches were to be played on 22 April 2020, but later shifted to 15 April 2020. The draw for this round was held as announced on 13 March 2020 at the House of Football in Kyiv.The draw for the Ukrainian Cup semifinals was held on 13 March (Жеребкування 1/2 фіналу Кубку України відбудеться 13 березня). Ukrainian Association of Football. 11 March 2020 The nominal host for final was identified at the draw for the Ukrainian Cup semifinals as the Mynai/Dynamo pair.The 2019–20 Ukrainian Cup: the semifinals draw results (Кубок України-2019/2020: результати жеребкування 1/2 фіналу) . Ukrainian Association of Football. 13 March 2020 The matches were later postponed due to the pause in all competitions in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine.
Final
The city of Ternopil (Ternopilsky Misky Stadion)The official. The UAF Executive Committee approved the Ternopilsky Misky Stadion as the place where the 2020–21 Ukrainian Cup final will be conducted (Офіційно. Виконком УАФ затвердив Тернопільський міський стадіон місцем проведення фіналу Кубку України-2020/2021). Ukrainian Association of Football. 29 May 2020 was set to host its first Ukrainian Cup final and first major competition final overall. The match was originally planned to be held on 13 May 2020, but was later postponed due to the pause in all competitions in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine.UAF Executive Committee approves Ternopil city stadium as the venue for the Cup Final of Ukraine-2019/2020 . Ukrainian Association of Football. 16 December 2019
Top goalscorers The competition's top ten goalscorers including preliminary rounds. [`https://www.footboom.com/ukrainian/cup/scorers]. FootBoom.