1996–97 Ukrainian Cup

The 1996–97 Ukrainian Cup is the sixth annual edition of Ukraine's football knockout competition, known as the Ukrainian Cup.

1996—97 Ukrainian Cup

Kubok Ukrainy
Tournament details
Country	Ukraine
Teams	73
Final positions
Champions	Shakhtar Donetsk
Runner-up	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Yakiv Kripak (5)

This season for all amateur clubs was revived separate competition (Amateur Cup) that was discontinued back in 1989. No amateur clubs participated in the competition this season. Two legs rounds were revived for quarterfinals and semifinals. The Cup started with the round of 32, but it also had couple of preliminaries. The qualification rounds of competition started on 14 August 1996 with nine matches.

The cup holder Dynamo Kyiv was eliminated in away game against Nyva Vinnytsia losing on penalty kicks in the Round of 16.

Team allocation

Seventy three teams entered the competition

Distribution

		Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round
1st Qualifying round (18 teams)		18 participants of the Second League
2nd Qualifying round (32 teams)		15 participants of the Second League 8 participants of the First League	9 winners from the first qualifying round
3rd Qualifying round (32 teams)		16 participants of the First League	16 winners from the second qualifying round
Tournament proper (32 teams)		16 participants of the Premier League	16 winners from the third qualifying round

Competition schedule

First preliminary round

FC Pokuttia Kolomyia	1:2	FC Halychyna Drohobych
FC Paperovyk Malyn	1:0	FC Keramik Baranivka
FC Nerafa Slavutych	2:4	FC Fakel Varva
FC Nyva Bershad	1:0	FC Ros Bila Tserkva
FC Portovyk Kerch	0:1	FC Dynamo Saky
FC Portovyk Illichivsk	1:0	FC Torpedo Melitopol
Hirnyk Komsomolsk	0:1	FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk
FC Petrivtsi Myrhorod	3:1	FC Avanhard Merefa
FC Lokomotyv Smila	2:0	FC Olimpiya Pivdenoukrainsk

Second preliminary round

FC Halychyna Drohobych	1:0	FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
FC Paperovyk Malyn	0:1	FC Veres Rivne
FC Fakel Varva	0:1	FC Desna Chernihiv	game was played at Lokomotyv Stadium in Hrebinka
FC Nyva Bershad	1:1	FC Hazovyk Komarne	aet, pk 2:3
FC Obolon Kyiv	3:0	FC Dnipro Cherkasy
FC Karpaty Mukacheve	2:1	FC Kalush
FC Systema-Boreks Borodyanka	2:2	FC CSKA-2 Kyiv	aet, pk 7:8
FC Haray Zhovkva	2:0	FC Khutrovyk Tysmenytsia
FC Oskil Kupiansk	1:0	FC Metalist Kharkiv
FC Shakhtar Stakhanov	1:2	FC Metalurh Donetsk
FC Viktor Zaporizhzhia	1:0	FC Metalurh Novomoskovsk
FC Dynamo Saky	2:1	FC Tytan Armyansk
FC Portovyk Illichivsk	2:1	SC Odesa
FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk	0:2	FC Metalurh Mariupol	game was played at Hirnyk Stadium in Hirne
FC Petrivtsi Myrhorod	1:0	FC Avanhard-Industria Rovenky
FC Lokomotyv Smila	0:1	FC Krystal Kherson

Third preliminary round

FC Halychyna Drohobych	0:0	FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi	aet, pk 2:4
FC Veres Rivne	2:3	FC Volyn Lutsk
FC Desna Chernihiv	-:+	FC Yavir Krasnopilya
FC Hazovyk Komarne	3:0	FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi	game was played at Kolos Stadium in Horodok
FC Obolon Kyiv	1:2	FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv
FC Karpaty Mukacheve	3:2	FC Krystal Chortkiv
FC CSKA-2 Kyiv	2:1	FC Khimik Zhytomyr	game was played at the local Sports school Stadium in Bortnichi
FC Haray Zhovkva	0:1	FC Lviv
FC Oskil Kupiansk	0:0	FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka	aet, pk 3:2
FC Metalurh Donetsk	3:2	FC Shakhtar Makiivka	game was played at Shakhtar Stadium
FC Viktor Zaporizhzhia	0:2	FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria	game was played at Slavutych Arena
FC Dynamo Saky	1:0	FC Stal Alchevsk
FC Portovyk Illichivsk	3:0	SC Mykolaiv
FC Metalurh Mariupol	5:0	FC Zorya Luhansk
FC Petrivtsi Myrhorod	0:2	FC Khimik Severodonetsk
FC Krystal Kherson	3:3	FC Metalurh Nikopol	aet, pk 5:6

First Elimination Round (1/16)

FC CSKA-2 Kyiv (1L) v (PL) FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia

8 October 1996	FC CSKA-2 Kyiv (1L)	1–2	(PL) FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia	CSK ZSU Stadium, Kyiv
		Report	Burkhan 6' (own) Bondarenko 32' Vernydub 52'	Attendance: 600 Referee: Vasyl Babych (Uzhhorod)

FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi (1L) v (PL) FC Karpaty Lviv

9 October 1996	FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi (1L)	1–2 (a.e.t.)	(PL) FC Karpaty Lviv	Bukovyna Stadium, Chernivtsi
	Mintenko 2'	Report	Makovei 90', 101'	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Viktor Dohadailo (Kyiv)

FC Volyn Lutsk (PL) v (PL) SC Tavriya Simferopol

9 October 1996	FC Volyn Lutsk (PL)	1–0	(PL) SC Tavriya Simferopol	Avanhard Stadium, Lutsk
	Sautin 44'	Report		Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Volodymyr Kutsev (Donetsk)

FC Yavir Krasnopilya (1L) v (PL) FC Kremin Kremenchuk

9 October 1996	FC Yavir Krasnopilya (1L)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	(PL) FC Kremin Kremenchuk	Kolos Stadium, Krasnopillya
		Report		Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ihor Horozhankin (Kirovohrad)

FC Hazovyk Komarno (2L) v (PL) FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia

9 October 1996	FC Hazovyk Komarno (2L)	0–2	(PL) FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	Hazovyk Stadium, Komarne
		Report	Bohatyr 60' Kolodin 67'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Viktor Derdo (Illichivsk)

FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv (1L) v (PL) FC Chornomorets Odesa

9 October 1996	FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv (1L)	0–4	(PL) FC Chornomorets Odesa	Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv
		Report	Mhlynets 31' Kovalets 41', 71' Kolesnichenko 84'	Attendance: 800 Referee: Yaroslav Hrysyo (Lviv)

FC Karpaty Mukacheve (2L) v (PL) FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih

9 October 1996	FC Karpaty Mukacheve (2L)	2–1 (a.e.t.)	(PL) FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Pryladnyk Stadium, Mukacheve
	Hei 47' Kovtun 99' (pen.)	Report	Yakovenko 45'	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Viktor Zvyahintsev (Donetsk)

FC Lviv (1L) v (PL) FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

9 October 1996	FC Lviv (1L)	2–3	(PL) FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Yunist Stadium, Lviv
	Lapko 50' Lahoida 86'	Report	Poklonskyi 28' Bahmut 58' (pen.) Filimonov 85'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Stepan Selmenskyi (Uzhhorod)

FC Oskil Kupiansk (2L) v (PL) FC Nyva Vinnytsia

9 October 1996	FC Oskil Kupiansk (2L)	2–3	(PL) FC Nyva Vinnytsia	Oskil Stadium, Kupiansk
	Kryvoruchko 16', 37'	Report	Balatskyi 11' Romanchuk 16' Parshyn 55'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ihor Yaremchuk (Kyiv)

FC Metalurh Donetsk (1L) v (PL) FC Dynamo Kyiv

9 October 1996	FC Metalurh Donetsk (1L)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	(PL) FC Dynamo Kyiv	Shakhtar Stadium, Donetsk
	Klymovskyi 17'	Report	Bezhenar 68'	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Valeriy Avdysh (Simferopol)

FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya (1L) v (PL) FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk

9 October 1996	FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya (1L)	1–0	(PL) FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	Olimp Stadium, Oleksandriya
	Maksimov 30'	Report		Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Vadym Shelmenko (Kyiv)

FC Dynamo Saky (2L) v (PL) FC CSKA Kyiv

9 October 1996	FC Dynamo Saky (2L)	0–2	(PL) FC CSKA Kyiv	Avanhard Stadium, Saky
		Report	Zakarlyuka 15' Seleznyov 44'	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Leonid Bavykin (Kharkiv)

FC Portovyk Illichivsk (2L) v (PL) FC Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad

9 October 1996	FC Portovyk Illichivsk (2L)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	(PL) FC Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad	Portovyk Stadium, Illichivsk
	Fedoseyev 61' (pen.)	Report	Myzenko 52'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Anatoliy Aranovskyi (Kyiv)

FC Metalurh Mariupol (1L) v (PL) FC Shakhtar Donetsk

9 October 1996	FC Metalurh Mariupol (1L)	1–3	(PL) FC Shakhtar Donetsk	Azovstal Stadium, Mariupol
	Pinchuk 88'	Report	Matveyev 21' (pen.), 86' Onopko 75'	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Kostiantyn Panchyk (Simferopol)

FC Khimik Severodonetsk (1L) v (PL) FC Nyva Ternopil

9 October 1996	FC Khimik Severodonetsk (1L)	4–0	(PL) FC Nyva Ternopil	Khimik Stadium, Severodonetsk
	Mor 63' Babenko 73' Horodov 76' Palamarchuk 81'	Report		Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Vadym Shevchenko (Kyiv)

FC Metalurh Nikopol (1L) v (PL) FC Vorskla Poltava

9 October 1996	FC Metalurh Nikopol (1L)	0–3	(PL) FC Vorskla Poltava	Elektrometalurh Stadium, Nikopol
		Report	Marchenko 7' Chuichenko 41' Samoilov 45'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Serhiy Dzyuba (Kyiv)

Second Elimination Round (1/8)

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (PL) v (PL) Torpedo Zaporizhzhia

17 October 1996	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (PL)	2–0	(PL) Torpedo Zaporizhzhia	Meteor Stadium, Dnipropetrovsk
	Byelkin 74' Sharan 75'	Report		Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Viktor Derdo (Illichivsk)

Nyva Vinnytsia (PL) v (PL) Dynamo Kyiv

17 October 1996	Nyva Vinnytsia (PL)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	(PL) Dynamo Kyiv	Central City Stadium, Vinnytsia
		Report		Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Kostyantyn Panchyk (Simferopol)
	Penalties
	Solovienko Brovchenko Romanchuk Demydyak		Rebrov Mykhailenko Kosovsky Bezhenar Shkapenko

CSKA Kyiv (PL) v (1L) Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya

17 October 1996	CSKA Kyiv (PL)	1–0	(1L) Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya	CSK ZSU Stadium, Kyiv
	Vus 89'	Report		Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Volodymyr Kutsev (Donetsk)

Zirka Kirovohrad (PL) v (PL) Shakhtar Donetsk

17 October 1996	Zirka Kirovohrad (PL)	0–1	(PL) Shakhtar Donetsk	Zirka Stadium, Kirovohrad
		Report	Shyshchenko 69'	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Viktor Dohadailo (Kyiv)

Karpaty Lviv (PL) v (1L) Volyn Lutsk

17 October 1996	Karpaty Lviv (PL)	1–0	(1L) Volyn Lutsk	Ukraina Stadium, Lviv
	Kolesnyk 55' Kuptsov  82'  86'	Report	Dranytsky  82'  88'	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Stepan Selmensky (Uzhhorod)

Kremin Kremenchuk (PL) v (PL) Metalurh Zaporizhzhia

17 October 1996	Kremin Kremenchuk (PL)	3–5	(PL) Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	Dnipro Stadium, Kremenchuk
	Fedkov 55', 59' Chernov 69'	Report	Kripak 18', 64', 69' Ivanov 60' Kolodin 88'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Yaroslav Hrysyo (Lviv)

Chornomorets Odesa (PL) v (1L) Karpaty Mukacheve

17 October 1996	Chornomorets Odesa (PL)	7–0	(1L) Karpaty Mukacheve	BSS Stadium, Odesa
	Sak 8' (pen.) Chumachenko 39' Mhlynets 47' Nykolaichuk 55' Musolitin 63' Babych 70' Seleznyov 78' Musolitin 85'	Report		Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ihor Ishchenko (Kyiv)

Vorskla Poltava (PL) v (1L) Khimik Severodonetsk

17 October 1996	Vorskla Poltava (PL)	2–0	(1L) Khimik Severodonetsk	Vorskla Stadium, Poltava
	Shariy 14', 55'	Report		Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Anatoliy Zhosan (Kherson)

Quarterfinals (1/4)

In this round enter the four winners from the previous round. All the teams are from the Premier League.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Karpaty Lviv	1–4	FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	1–1	0–3
FC Chornomorets Odesa	0–4	FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	0–1	0–3
FC CSKA Kyiv	3–1	FC Nyva Vinnytsia	2–0	1–1
FC Vorskla Poltava	1–2	FC Shakhtar Donetsk	0–0	1–2

First leg

Karpaty Lviv (PL) v (PL) Metalurh Zaporizhzhia

30 October 1996	Karpaty Lviv (PL)	1–1	(PL) Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	Ukraina Stadium, Lviv
	Pokladok 44'	Report	Poltavets 40'	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Serhiy Tatulyan (Kyiv)

Chornomorets Odesa (PL) v (PL) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

30 October 1996	Chornomorets Odesa (PL)	0–1	(PL) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	BSS Central Stadium, Odesa
15:00 LST	Bukel  90'	Report	Byelkin 89'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ihor Horozhankin (Kirovohrad)

CSKA Kyiv (PL) v (PL) Nyva Vinnytsia

30 October 1996	CSKA Kyiv (PL)	2–0	(PL) Nyva Vinnytsia	CSK ZSU Stadium, Kyiv
	Levchenko 12' Seleznyov 58' (pen.)	Report	Balatsky  58'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Valeriy Onufer (Uzhhorod)

Vorskla Poltava (PL) v (PL) Shakhtar Donetsk

30 October 1996	Vorskla Poltava (PL)	0–0	(PL) Shakhtar Donetsk	Vorskla Stadium, Poltava
		Report		Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Valeriy Avdysh (Simferopol)

Second leg

Metalurh Zaporizhzhia (PL) v (PL) Karpaty Lviv

13 November 1996	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia (PL)	3–0	(PL) Karpaty Lviv	Metalurh Stadium, Zaporizhzhia
	Karyaka 32' Oliynyk 39' Markin 80' Kripak 86'	Report		Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Ihor Khiblin (Khmelnytskyi)

Metalurh won 4–1 on aggregate.

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (PL) v (PL) Chornomorets Odesa

13 November 1996	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (PL)	3–0	(PL) Chornomorets Odesa	Meteor Stadium, Dnipropetrovsk
	Sharan 17' Korponai 20' Byelkin 71' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Vasyl Melnychuk (Simferopol)

Dnipro won 4–0 on aggregate.

Nyva Vinnytsia (PL) v (PL) CSKA Kyiv

13 November 1996	Nyva Vinnytsia (PL)	1–1	(PL) CSKA Kyiv	Central City Stadium, Vinnytsia
	Ryabtsev 66' (pen.) Lyubynsky 81'	Report	Kovalchuk 52'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Volodymyr Pianykh (Donetsk)

CSKA won 3–1 on aggregate.

Shakhtar Donetsk (PL) v (PL) Vorskla Poltava

13 November 1996	Shakhtar Donetsk (PL)	2–1	(PL) Vorskla Poltava	Shakhtar Stadium, Donetsk
	Potskhveria 47' Leonov 71' (pen.)	Report	Samoilov 44'	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Ihor Yarmenchuk (Kyiv)

Shakhtar won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semifinals (1/2)

In this round enter the four winners from the previous round. All the teams are from the Premier League.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Shakhtar Donetsk	5–1	FC CSKA Kyiv	2–1	3–0
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	3–2	FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	3–0	0–2

First leg

Shakhtar Donetsk (PL) v (PL) CSKA Kyiv

6 March 1997	Shakhtar Donetsk (PL)	2–1	(PL) CSKA Kyiv	Shakhtar Stadium, Donetsk
	Kryventsov 54' Potskhveria 66'	Report	Polishchuk 71'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Valeriy Onufer (Uzhhorod)

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (PL) v (PL) Metalurh Zaporizhzhia

6 March 1997	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (PL)	3–0	(PL) Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	Meteor Stadium, Dnipropetrovsk
	Sharan 16' Moroz 33', 52' Sharan 85'	Report	Haidarzhy  21'  76'	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Vasyl Melnychuk (Simferopol)

Second leg

CSKA Kyiv (PL) v (PL) Shakhtar Donetsk

10 March 1997	CSKA Kyiv (PL)	0–3	(PL) Shakhtar Donetsk	CSK ZSU Stadium, Kyiv
	Reva  16'	Report	Babiy 18' Potskhveria 44' Seleznyov 83' Onopko 87'	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Ihor Horozhankin (Kirovohrad)

Shakhtar won 5–1 on aggregate.

Metalurh Zaporizhzhia (PL) v (PL) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

20 May 1997	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia (PL)	2–0	(PL) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Metalurh Stadium, Zaporizhzhia
19:30	Kripak 68' Karyaka 76'	Report		Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Ihor Yarmenchuk (Kyiv)

Dnipro won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1997 Ukrainian Cup Final

The final was held at the NSC Olimpiysky on May 25, 1997, in Kyiv.

1997-05-25

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Shakhtar Donetsk	1–0	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Atelkin 36'	Report

NSC Olimpiyskiy, Kyiv

Attendance: 26,000

Referee: Serhiy Tatulian (Kyiv), (FIFA)

Top goalscorers

Rank	Scorer	Goals (Pen.)	Team
1	Yakiv Kripak	5	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
2	Vadym Vus	3	CSKA-2 Kyiv CSKA Kyiv
	Yuriy Hetman	3	Metalurh Mariupol
	Petro Holubka	3	Volyn Lutsk
	Oleksandr Kryvoruchko	3	Oskil Kupiansk
	Oleksandr Krasnyansky	3	Portovyk Illichivsk
	Mikheil Potskhveria	3	Shakhtar Donetsk
	Volodymyr Sharan	3	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
	Viktor Byelkin	3 (1)	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

See also

• 1996–97 Vyshcha Liha

External links

• Calendar of Matches—Schedule of the Ukrainian Cup on the UkrSoccerHistory.com. (in Ukrainian)