The 2020–21 Ukrainian Cup was the 30th annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition. The competition started on 26 August 2020 and concluded on 13 May 2021 with the final at the Ternopilsky Misky Stadion in Ternopil.Officially. UAF Executive Committee approved Ternopil as the venue for Ukrainian Cup Final 2020/2021. Ukrainian Association of Football. 29 May 2020.

All competition rounds consisted of a single game with a home field advantage granted to a team from lower league. Draw for all the rounds was blind. Qualification for the competition was granted to all professional clubs and finalists of the 2019–20 Ukrainian Amateur Cup.

This season was the first, when two teams started the competition from the quarter-final stage: the defending winners (Dynamo Kyiv) and the champions of Ukraine of the previous season (Shakhtar Donetsk).

Dynamo Kyiv won their joint-record 13th Ukrainian Cup title after beating Zorya Luhansk 1–0 in extra time in the final. They therefore qualified to the play-off round of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, however they qualified for the Champions League through league season.

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, access of spectators to stadium was limited, but was allowed to one of postponed games (matches) of the first preliminary round on 9 September 2020 at Slavutych Arena.

Team allocation and schedule The competition includes all professional first teams from the Premier League (14/14 teams of the league), First League (16/16), Second League (23/27) and two best teams from the previous year's Amateur Cup. Three second club teams from the Second League are not eligible for the tournament, FC Kalush did not participate.

DistributionTeams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous roundFirst preliminary round (38 teams)13 entrants from the First League23 entrants from the Second LeagueWinner and finalist of the 2019–20 Amateur CupSecond preliminary round (22 teams)3 entrants from the First League19 winners from the First preliminary roundRound of 32 (22 teams)11 entrants from the Premier League11 winners from the Second preliminary roundRound of 16 (12 teams)1 entrant from the Premier League11 winners from the Third preliminary roundQuarter-finals (8 teams)Winners of the 2019–20 CupChampions of the 2019–20 Premier League6 winners from the Round of 16

Rounds schedule Phase Round Draw date Game date Preliminary First round finals 21 August 2020 26–30 August 2020 Second round finals 10 September 2020Artur Malkin. It became known when will take place drawing for the second preliminary round of the Ukrainian Cup (Стало відомо, коли відбудеться жеребкування другого попереднього етапу Кубка України). Footboom. 9 September 2020 16–17 September 2020 Main event Round of 32 finals 18 September 2020 30 September 2020 Round of 16 finals 27 October 2020 2 December 2020 Quarter-finals finals 18 December 2020 3 March 2021 Semi-finals finals 4 March 2021 1–2 April 2021 Final at Ternopilsky Misky Stadion 13 May 2021

Teams

Enter in First Round Enter in Second Round Enter in Round of 32 Enter in Round of 16 AAFU2/2 teams PFL League 223/27 teams PFL League 113/16 teams PFL League13/16 teams UPL 11/14 teams UPL 1/14 teams Olympia Savyntsi Viktoriya Mykolaivka Balkany Zorya Bukovyna Chernivtsi Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka Cherkashchyna Cherkasy FC Chernihiv* Dinaz Vyshhorod Dnipro Cherkasy* Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka Epitsentr Dunaivtsi* Karpaty Halych* Karpaty Lviv Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Metal Kharkiv Metalurh Zaporizhia FC Nikopol Nyva Vinnytsia Peremoha Dnipro* Podillya Khmelnytskyi Real Pharma Odesa Rubikon Kyiv* Tavriya Simferopol FC Uzhhorod Yarud Mariupol* Alians Lypova Dolyna Chornomorets Odesa Hirnyk-Sport Avanhard Kramatorsk Kremin Kremenchuk Krystal Kherson Metalist 1925 Kharkiv MFC Mykolaiv Nyva Ternopil Polissya Zhytomyr Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Veres Rivne VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka Ahrobiznes Volochysk Obolon Kyiv Volyn Lutsk Desna Chernihiv SC Dnipro-1 Inhulets Petrove Kolos Kovalivka FC Lviv FC Mariupol FC Mynai FC Oleksandriya Olimpik Donetsk Rukh Lviv Vorskla Poltava Zorya Luhansk

Notes: FC Dynamo Kyiv and FC Shakhtar Donetsk entered competitions at quarterfinals. 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 teams were not drawn for the competition: FC Kalush (withdrew before the draw), Volyn-2, Mykolaiv-2, Obolon-2.

Bracket The following is the tournament bracket that 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, 13 clubs from the First League, 23 clubs from the Second League and both finalists of the 2019–20 Ukrainian Amateur Cup entered the competition.

The draw was held on 21 August 2020.Ukrainian Cup 2020/2021: the draw of the First Preliminary stage of the tournament took place. Ukrainian Association of Football. 21 August 2020.

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Second preliminary round (1/32) In this round, 3 clubs from the First League entered the competition and joined the 19 winners of the First preliminary round (11 clubs from First League, 7 – Second League, 1 – amateurs).

The draw was held on 10 September 2020.UKRAINIAN CUP-2020/2021: PAIRS OF THE SECOND PRELIMINARY STAGE WERE DETERMINED. Ukrainian Association of Football. 10 September 2020

Round of 32 (1/16) In this round, 11 clubs from the Premier League will enter the competition and join the 11 winners of the Second preliminary round (7 clubs from First League, 3 – Second League, 1 – amateurs).

The draw was held on 18 September 2020.The 2020–21 Ukrainian Cup: took place a draw of the third round (1/16) (Кубок України-2020/2021: відбулося жеребкування третього (1/16) раунду). Ukrainian Association of Football. 18 September 2020Yuriy Samotkan. The Ukrainian Cup. The third preliminary stage (1/16 of final) (Кубок Украины. Третий предварительный этап (1/16 финала). Анонс матчей). Footboom. 29 September 2020

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Round of 16 (1/8) In this round, Zorya Luhansk from the Premier League will enter the competition and join the 11 winners of the Third preliminary round (8 clubs from Premier League, 3 – First League, 1 – Second League).

The draw was held on 27 October 2020.Sergei Oleksiuk. Desna is hosting Zoria in Round of 16 of the Ukrainian Cup (Десна прийме Зорю в 1/8 фіналу Кубка України). Sport Arena. 27 October 2020 The game Desna – Zorya was postponed to 16 December 2020.The 2020–21 Ukrainian Cup. There were determined date and time start for games of the fourth round (1/8 of the final) (КУБОК УКРАЇНИ-2020/2021. ВИЗНАЧИЛИСЯ ДАТИ Й ЧАС ПОЧАТКУ МАТЧІВ ЧЕТВЕРТОГО РАУНДУ (1/8 ФІНАЛУ)). Ukrainian Association of Football. 23 November 2020

Quarter-finals (1/4) In this round, Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv from the Premier League will enter the competition and join the 6 winners of the Round of 16 (4 clubs from Premier League, 2 – First League).

The draw was held on 18 December 2020.All pairs of contestants are known (Відбулося жеребкування 1/4 фіналу Кубку України. Відомі всі пари суперників). UA-Football. 18 December 2020

Semi-finals (1/2)

The base date for matches of this round is 21 April 2021. The draw was held on 4 March 2021.The 2020–21 Ukrainian Cup semifinal draw: "Ahribiznes" is playing with "Dynamo", "Oleksandriya" will contest "Zorya" (ЖЕРЕБКУВАННЯ 1/2 ФІНАЛУ КУБКУ УКРАЇНИ-2020/2021: «АГРОБІЗНЕС» ЗІГРАЄ З «ДИНАМО», «ОЛЕКСАНДРІЯ» ПРОТИСТОЯТИМЕ «ЗОРІ»). Ukrainian Association of Football. 4 March 2021

Final

The city of Ternopil hosted its first Ukrainian Cup final at Ternopilsky Misky Stadion and first major competition final overall, after the previous season's final was initially moved from Ternopil to Lviv and then moved again to Kharkiv due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine.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 2020UAF 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. Scorers. FootBoom. RankScorerTeamGoals(Pen.)1 Mykola BuyEpitsentr Dunaivtsi4 Robert HehedoshVeres Rivne4 Artem DovbykSC Dnipro-14 (1)4 Pavlo OrikhovskyiKolos Kovalivka3 Oleksandr PyatovKryvbas Kryvyi Rih3 Mykhaylo ShestakovVeres Rivne3 (1)

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See also 2020–21 Ukrainian Premier League 2020–21 Ukrainian First League 2020–21 Ukrainian Second League 2020–21 Ukrainian Amateur Cup

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