2012 Ukrainian Cup final

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.

2012 Ukrainian Cup Final
Event2011–12 Ukrainian Cup
Date6 May 2012
VenueOlimpiysky NSC, Kyiv
RefereeAnatoliy Abdula (Kharkiv)
Attendance47,314
2011
2013

Road to Kyiv

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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

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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

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

Match

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Details

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Metalurh Donetsk1 – 2 (aet)Shakhtar Donetsk
Morozyuk   69' Report Teixeira   23'
Kucher   104'
Attendance: 47,314
Referee: Anatoliy Abdula (Kharkiv)
 
 
 
 
 
Metalurh Donetsk
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shakhtar Donetsk
Metalurh Donetsk:
GK 12   Oleksandr Bandura
DF 5   Vyacheslav Checher (c)
MF 6   Karlen Mkrtchyan   23'
MF 7   Mykola Morozyuk   69'
MF 9   Đorđe Lazić
FW 10   Gevorg Ghazaryan   25'   73'
DF 14   Oleksandr Volovyk
FW 15   Dramane Traoré
MF 17   Zé Soares   80'   114'
MF 18   Velizar Dimitrov   90'
MF 20   China
Substitutes:
GK 31   Dmytro Vorobyov
DF 2   Artem Baranovskyi
MF 8   Gregory Nelson   73'
MF 8   Danilo   90'
FW 23   Oleh Mishchenko   114'
MF 28   Mário Sérgio
FW 84   Denys Holaydo
Manager:
  Volodymyr Pyatenko
Shakhtar Donetsk:
GK 30   Andriy Pyatov
DF 5   Oleksandr Kucher   104'
MF 7   Fernandinho   90+4'
MF 9   Luiz Adriano   106'
FW 10   Willian
MF 19   Oleksiy Gai   107'
MF 22   Henrikh Mkhitaryan   18'   62'
DF 26   Răzvan Raț
MF 29   Alex Teixeira   23'
DF 33   Darijo Srna (c)
DF 44   Yaroslav Rakitskiy
Substitutes:
GK 23   Bohdan Shust
MF 14   Vasyl Kobin
MF 15   Taras Stepanenko   107'
FW 17   Yevhen Seleznyov   106'
FW 20   Douglas Costa   62'
FW 31   Dentinho
DF 36   Oleksandr Chyzhov
Manager:
  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

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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.

See also

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References

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