2012 Ukrainian Cup final

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2012 Ukrainian Cup Final
Event 2011–12 Ukrainian Cup
Date6 May 2012
Venue Olimpiysky NSC, Kyiv
Referee Anatoliy Abdula (Kharkiv)
Attendance47,314
2011
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The 2012 Ukrainian Cup Final was a football match that was played at the Olimpiysky NSC, Kyiv, on 6 May 2012. The match was the 21st Ukrainian Cup Final and was contested by Metalurh Donetsk and Shakhtar Donetsk. This was the first time since 2007 that the Cup final had returned to Kyiv. Since Shakhtar had qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League, Metalurh would qualify for the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. In the draw, Metalurh was selected as the home team.

Contents

Road to Kyiv

As Ukrainian Premier League members, Shakhtar Donetsk and Metalurh Donetsk did not have to go through the qualification phase of the competition.

Metalurh Donetsk

Round 1 Metalurh Donetsk 2–0 Tavriya Simferopol
Round 2 Metalurh Donetsk 4–0 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
Quarter-final Zorya Luhansk 0–1 aet Metalurh Donetsk
Semi-final Metalurh Donetsk 0–0 aet
7–6 pen.
Karpaty Lviv

Shakhtar Donetsk

Round 1 Shakhtar Sverdlovsk 0–2 Shakhtar Donetsk
Round 2 Dynamo Kyiv 2–3 Shakhtar Donetsk
Quarter-final Metalurh Zaporizhia 0–1 Shakhtar Donetsk
Semi-final Volyn Lutsk 3–4 Shakhtar Donetsk

Previous encounters

This was the first Ukrainian Cup final between the two teams. The two teams had also met in a semi-final in 2009–10 and in the Round of 16 in 1997–98 season in which Metalurh was able to overcome Shakhtar.

Metalurh had appeared only once in a Cup final without winning any trophies and their opponents Shakhtar had appeared in 11 Cup finals, winning seven.

Television

The match was broadcast on ICTV in Ukraine. [1]

Match

Details

Metalurh Donetsk 1 – 2 (aet) Shakhtar Donetsk
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Olimpiysky NSC, Kyiv
Attendance: 47,314
Referee: Anatoliy Abdula (Kharkiv)
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Metalurh Donetsk
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Shakhtar Donetsk
Metalurh Donetsk:
GK12 Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleksandr Bandura
DF5 Flag of Ukraine.svg Vyacheslav Checher (c)
MF6 Flag of Armenia.svg Karlen Mkrtchyan Yellow card.svg 23'
MF7 Flag of Ukraine.svg Mykola Morozyuk Soccerball shade.svg69'
MF9 Flag of Serbia.svg Đorđe Lazić
FW10 Flag of Armenia.svg Gevorg Ghazaryan Yellow card.svg 25'Sub off.svg 73'
DF14 Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleksandr Volovyk
FW15 Flag of Mali.svg Dramane Traoré
MF17 Flag of Brazil.svg Zé Soares Yellow card.svg 80'Sub off.svg 114'
MF18 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Velizar Dimitrov Sub off.svg 90'
MF20 Flag of Portugal.svg China
Substitutes:
GK31 Flag of Ukraine.svg Dmytro Vorobyov
DF2 Flag of Ukraine.svg Artem Baranovskyi
MF8 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Gregory Nelson Sub on.svg 73'
MF8 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Danilo Sub on.svg 90'
FW23 Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleh Mishchenko Sub on.svg 114'
MF28 Flag of Portugal.svg Mário Sérgio
FW84 Flag of Ukraine.svg Denys Holaydo
Manager:
Flag of Ukraine.svg Volodymyr Pyatenko
Shakhtar Donetsk:
GK30 Flag of Ukraine.svg Andriy Pyatov
DF5 Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleksandr Kucher Soccerball shade.svg104'
MF7 Flag of Brazil.svg Fernandinho Yellow card.svg 90+4'
MF9 Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Adriano Sub off.svg 106'
FW10 Flag of Brazil.svg Willian
MF19 Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleksiy Gai Sub off.svg 107'
MF22 Flag of Armenia.svg Henrikh Mkhitaryan Yellow card.svg 18'Sub off.svg 62'
DF26 Flag of Romania.svg Răzvan Raț
MF29 Flag of Brazil.svg Alex Teixeira Soccerball shade.svg23'
DF33 Flag of Croatia.svg Darijo Srna (c)
DF44 Flag of Ukraine.svg Yaroslav Rakitskiy
Substitutes:
GK23 Flag of Ukraine.svg Bohdan Shust
MF14 Flag of Ukraine.svg Vasyl Kobin
MF15 Flag of Ukraine.svg Taras Stepanenko Sub on.svg 107'
FW17 Flag of Ukraine.svg Yevhen Seleznyov Sub on.svg 106'
FW20 Flag of Brazil.svg Douglas Costa Sub on.svg 62'
FW31 Flag of Brazil.svg Dentinho
DF36 Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleksandr Chyzhov
Manager:
Flag of Romania.svg Mircea Lucescu

MAN OF THE MATCH

MATCH OFFICIALS [1]

  • Assistant referees:
  • Fourth official:

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.

Post-match

On account of Shakhtar's victory and Metalurh's defeat in the Ukrainian Cup final, and with both team finishing as "good as they could" in the 2011–12 Ukrainian Premier League, the 2012 Ukrainian Super Cup will feature Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv.

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References

  1. 1 2 Sytnyk, Serhiy (6 May 2012). Кубок Украины. "Металлург" – "Шахтер". Анонс матча [Cup Final. Metalurh – Shakhtar. Match preview]. ua.football (in Russian).