2008 Ukrainian Cup final

2008 Ukrainian Cup Final
Event	2007–08 Ukrainian Cup
Date	7 May 2008
Venue	Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv
Attendance	38 000
	← 2007 2009 →

The 2008 Ukrainian Cup Final was a football match that took place at the Metalist Stadium on May 7, 2008.^[1] The match was the 17th Ukrainian Cup Final and it was contested by Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv. The 2008 Ukrainian Cup Final was the first to be held outside of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Shakhtar won the match 2–0 through goals from Oleksandr Gladkiy and Oleksiy Gai.

The match had five red cards issued, two to Dynamo players and three to Shakhtar players. The match also had six yellow cards (Gladkiy received two), four of which were given to Shakhtar players and two to Dynamo players. This was in part because of players' violent behavior and also because referee Victor Shvetsov made several misjudgments.^[2]

Road to Kharkiv

All 16 Ukrainian Premier League clubs do not have to go through qualification to get into the competition; Dynamo and Shakhtar therefore both qualified for the competition automatically.

Dynamo had a lot of instability en route to the final. At the beginning of the season, manager Anatoliy Demyanenko resigned after рoor results to start the season.^[3] He was replaced by former Dynamo player and coach Yozhef Sabo, who later resigned from his post afterwards due to personal health problems. In November 2007, Dynamo appointed assistant coach Oleh Luzhnyi as interim coach, who was in charge until 8 December and managed to get Dynamo through the quarter-finals. Finally, in December 2008, the club appointed former Russia national team manager Yuriy Semin.^[4]

Dynamo Kyiv

Round 1	Dynamo Kyiv	2–0	Dnipro
Round 2	Ihroservice	1–4	Dynamo Kyiv
Quarter-final (1st leg)	Tavriya Simferopol	2–0	Dynamo Kyiv
Quarter-final (2nd leg)	Dynamo Kyiv	3–0	Tavriya Simferopol
	(Dynamo won 3–2 on aggregate)
Semi-final (1st leg)	Dynamo Kyiv	2–1	Metalurh Donetsk
Semi-final (2nd leg)	Metalurh Donetsk	0–1	Dynamo Kyiv
	(Dynamo won 3–1 on aggregate)

Shakhtar Donetsk

Round 1	MFK Mykolaiv	0–1	Shakhtar Donetsk
Round 2	Shakhtar Donetsk	4–1	Arsenal Kyiv
Quarter-final (1st leg)	Vorskla Poltava	0–3	Shakhtar Donetsk
Quarter-final (2nd leg)	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–1	Vorskla Poltava
	(Shakhtar Donetsk won 4–1 on aggregate)
Semi-final (1st leg)	Chornomorets	1–2	Shakhtar Donetsk
Semi-final (2nd leg)	Shakhtar Donetsk	3–0	Chornomorets
	(Shakhtar Donetsk won 5–1 on aggregate)

Match details

2008-05-07

19:00 LST

Shakhtar Donetsk	2–0	Dynamo Kyiv
Hladkyy 44' Hai 78'	(Report)

Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv

Attendance: 28000^[5]

Referee: Viktor Shvetsov (FIFA)^[6]

Shakhtar Donetsk

Dynamo Kyiv


Shaktar Donetsk:
GK	30	Andriy Pyatov
MF	23	Darijo Srna (c)
DF	37	Dmytro Chyhrynskyi
DF	5	Oleksandr Kucher	32'	46'
DF	26	Răzvan Raț	56'
MF	7	Fernandinho
DF	11	Ilsinho	86'
DF	3	Tomáš Hübschman
MF	4	Igor Duljaj	75'
FW	25	Brandão	64'
FW	21	Oleksandr Hladkyy	44'	57' 87'
Substitutes:
GK	1	Bohdan Shust
MF	8	Jádson
FW	17	Luiz Adriano
MF	22	Willian	86'
MF	19	Oleksiy Hai	75'	78'
DF	18	Mariusz Lewandowski
DF	55	Volodymyr Yezerskiy	46'	80'
Manager:
Mircea Lucescu


Dynamo Kyiv:
GK	1	Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (c)
DF	3	Pape Diakhaté	73'
MF	4	Tiberiu Ghioane
MF	7	Corrêa
MF	8	Oleksandr Aliev	68'	83'
FW	22	Artem Kravets
DF	29	Vitaliy Mandzyuk	17'
DF	30	Badr El Kaddouri
MF	37	Ayila Yussuf
FW	10	Ismaël Bangoura	80'
DF	81	Marjan Marković	46'
Substitutes:
GK	21	Taras Lutsenko
FW	16	Maksim Shatskikh
FW	25	Artem Milevskyi	83'
DF	26	Andriy Nesmachniy
DF	27	Vladyslav Vashchuk
MF	36	Miloš Ninković	46'
MF	17	Mykola Morozyuk
Manager:
Yuriy Semin

MATCH OFFICIALS

Assistant referees:
- Oleh Pluzhnyk (Kharkiv)
- Vitaliy Ponomarev (Lviv)
Fourth official: Andriy 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.

Ukrainian Cup 2008 Winners

Shakhtar Donetsk Sixth title

Match statistics

	Shakhtar Donetsk	Dynamo Kyiv
Total shots	9	13
Shots on target	3	3
Ball possession	?%	?%
Corner kicks	8	9
Fouls committed	?	?
Offsides	10	1
Yellow cards	4	2
Red cards	3	2

References

^ "»Шахтар» - «Динамо» - 2:0. Протокол матчу - ФK «Динамо» Київ. Офіційний сайт" [Shakhtar – Dynamo – 2:0. Protocol of the Match]. fcdynamo.com (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-06-13.
^ "Minute by minute of the match" (in Russian). Shakhtar.com. 2008-05-07. Archived from the original on 2020-03-13. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
^ Szabó replaces Demyanenko – UEFA.com, 21 September 2007
^ Semin takes charge of Dynamo (in Russian)
^ "Official protocol (in Ukrainian)" (in Ukrainian). PFL Ukraine. 2008-05-07. Archived from the original on May 10, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
^ "Additional Information about the Match" (in Russian). FCDynamo.Kiev.com. 2008-05-07. Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved 2008-05-07.

External links

Calendar of Matches – Schedule of the 2007–08 Ukrainian Cup on Professional Football League of Ukraine Website. (in Ukrainian)

[1] "»Шахтар» - «Динамо» - 2:0. Протокол матчу - ФK «Динамо» Київ. Офіційний сайт" [Shakhtar – Dynamo – 2:0. Protocol of the Match]. fcdynamo.com (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-06-13.

[2] "Minute by minute of the match" (in Russian). Shakhtar.com. 2008-05-07. Archived from the original on 2020-03-13. Retrieved 2008-05-07.

[3] Szabó replaces Demyanenko – UEFA.com, 21 September 2007

[4] Semin takes charge of Dynamo (in Russian)

[5] "Official protocol (in Ukrainian)" (in Ukrainian). PFL Ukraine. 2008-05-07. Archived from the original on May 10, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-08.

[6] "Additional Information about the Match" (in Russian). FCDynamo.Kiev.com. 2008-05-07. Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved 2008-05-07.

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