The Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex is a multi-use sports and recreation facility in Kyiv, Ukraine, located on the slopes of the city's central Cherepanova Hora, Pecherskyi District. The Olympic National Sports Complex Stadium is the premier sports venue in Ukraine and the sixteenth largest such venue in Europe. Although it is often used by FC Dynamo Kyiv for football matches, it is technically not the football club's home stadium. Since May 2020, the stadium has also been used for the home matches of Shakhtar Donetsk due to the war in Donbas. The complex beside its stadium also features several other sports facilities and is designed to host the Olympic Games.
The 1996–97 Ukrainian Cup is the sixth annual edition of Ukraine's football knockout competition, known as the Ukrainian Cup.
The 1996 Ukrainian Cup Final is a football match that took place at the NSC Olimpiyskiy on May 26, 1996. The match was the 5th Ukrainian Cup Final and it was contested by FC Dynamo Kyiv and FC Nyva Vinnytsia. The 1996 Ukrainian Cup Final was the fifth to be held in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Dynamo won with goals from Serhii Rebrov and Yuri Maxymov.
The 1997 Ukrainian Cup Final is a football match that took place at the NSC Olimpiyskiy on May 25, 1997. The match was the 6th Ukrainian Cup Final and it was contested by FC Shakhtar Donetsk and FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. The 1997 Ukrainian Cup Final was the fifth to be held in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Shakhtar won by a single goal netted by Serhiy Atelkin in the 36th minute.
The 1998 Ukrainian Cup Final is a football match that took place at the NSC Olimpiyskiy on May 31, 1998. The match was the 7th Ukrainian Cup Final and it was contested by both Kyivan clubs FC Dynamo Kyiv and FC CSKA Kyiv. The 1998 Ukrainian Cup Final was the seventh to be held in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Dynamo won by two goals netted by Andriy Shevchenko on the 1st and 33rd minutes. CSKA managed to answer with a single tally from Novokhatsky on the 68th minute, which was scored on the rebound right after the missed penalty kick. Shovkovskyi managed to deflect the penalty kick from Oliynyk.
The 2007 Ukrainian Cup Final was a football match that took place at the Olympic NSC on 27 May 2007. The match was the 16th Ukrainian Cup Final and it was contested by Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv. The Olympic stadium is the traditional arena for the Cup final.
The 1998–99 Ukrainian Cup was the eighth annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition, also known as Kubok of Ukraine.
The 2006 Ukrainian Cup Final was a football match that took place at the Olympic NSC on 2 May 2006. The match was the 15th Ukrainian Cup final, and it was contested by Metalurh Zaporizhzhia and Dynamo Kyiv. The Olympic stadium is the traditional arena for the Cup final.
The 2005 Ukrainian Cup Final was a football match that took place at the NSC Olimpiyskiy on 29 May 2005. The match was the 14th Ukrainian Cup Final and it was contested by Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv. The Olympic stadium is the traditional arena for the Cup final. The game was remembered for involving the most foreign players in the Ukrainian Cup finals: out of 36 players on both teams' rosters, 28 were from outside of Ukraine. Of the starting line-ups, there were five Brazilians, four Ukrainians, four Romanians, and others. Refereeing the match was a Norwegian team of referees.
The 2004 Ukrainian Cup Final was a football match that took place at the NSC Olimpiyskiy on 30 May 2004. The match was the 13th Ukrainian Cup Final and it was contested by Shakhtar Donetsk and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. The Olympic stadium is the traditional arena for the cup final.
The 2004–05 Ukrainian Cup was the 14th annual edition of Ukraine's football knockout competition, known as the Ukrainian Cup. The first game was conducted on August 4, 2004 with the game between Rava and Shakhtar Donetsk in Rava-Ruska, Lviv Region. The final took place in late May of the next year where the same Shakhtar yielded to Dynamo Kyiv at the Olympic Stadium 0:1.
The 2002–03 Ukrainian Cup was the 12th annual edition of Ukraine's football knockout competition, known as the Ukrainian Cup. The winner of this competition was Dynamo Kyiv, beating rival Shakhtar Donetsk in the final.
The 1999 Ukrainian Cup Final is a football match that took place at the NSC Olimpiyskiy on 30 May 1999. The match was the 8th Ukrainian Cup Final and it was contested by Dynamo Kyiv and Karpaty Lviv. The 1999 Ukrainian Cup Final was the eighth to be held in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Dynamo won by three goals.
The 2000 Ukrainian Cup Final was a football match that took place at the NSC Olimpiyskiy on 27 May 2000. The match was the 9th Ukrainian Cup Final and it was contested by Dynamo Kyiv and Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih. The 2000 Ukrainian Cup Final was the ninth to be held in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Dynamo won by one goal.
The 2001 Ukrainian Cup Final was a football match that took place at the NSC Olimpiyskiy on May 27, 2001. The match was the 10th Ukrainian Cup Final and it was contested by Shakhtar Donetsk and CSKA Kyiv. The 2001 Ukrainian Cup Final was the tenth to be held in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Shakhtar won by two goals.
The 2002 Ukrainian Cup Final was a football match that took place at the NSC Olimpiyskiy on May 26, 2002. The match was the 11th Ukrainian Cup Final and it was contested by Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv. The 2002 Ukrainian Cup Final was the eleventh to be held in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Shakhtar won by three goals to two.
Heorhiy Mykolayovych Bushchan is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Dynamo Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premier League.
The 2015 Ukrainian Cup Final is a football match that will be played on 4 June 2015 in Kyiv. The match is 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.
Ukrainian football clubs have participated in European football competitions since 1965, when in the 1965–66 season, Dynamo Kyiv took part in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup – the first Ukrainian and the first Soviet club to do so. In total, 17 clubs have represented Ukraine in European competition, among which 7 also previously represented the Soviet Union.
