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2008–09 Ukrainian Cup

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Country
  
Ukraine

Defending champions
  
Shakhtar Donetsk

Runners-up
  
Shakhtar Donetsk

Teams
  
62

Champions
  
Vorskla Poltava

Matches played
  
60

The 2008–09 Ukrainian Cup is the 18th annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition, currently known as DATAGROUP – Football Ukraine Cup, or Kubok of Ukraine. The defending champion of this edition is Shakhtar Donetsk.

Contents

The Ukrainian Cup began with a preliminary round where teams from Druha Liha and Amateur Cup champions participated. In the second preliminary round, teams from Persha Liha were drawn into the competition and then in the round of 32 teams from Premier League entered the competition.

The winners of this competition will enter as Ukraine's cup winner representative in the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League. Since one of the finalists, Shakhtar Donetsk, has already qualified for European competitions for 2009–10 by virtue of their position in the Premier League, Vorskla Poltava automatically qualifies for the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.

Team allocation

Sixty-two teams participated in the competition.

Round and draw dates

All draws held at FFU headquarters (Building of Football) in Kiev unless stated otherwise.

First Preliminary Round

In this round entered 25 teams from Druha Liha and winners of the Ukrainian Amateur Cup. The draw for the First Preliminary Round was held on July 8, 2008 while the matches took place on July 16, 2008.

Notes
  • ^1 Qualify as Amateur Cup Champions of Ukraine 2007
  • ^2 The match was played in Obukhiv, Kiev Oblast
  • ^3 Since Bukovyna did not arrive for their game, Kremin advanced to the next round
  • ^4 The match was played in Borodianka because Bila Tserkva's home ground Trudovi Reserve was under reconstruction

    • Second Preliminary Round

    In this round entered all 18 teams from Persha Liha. They were drawn against the 14 winners of the First Preliminary Round, with two matches containing only Persha Liha teams. The draw was held on July 22, 2008 while the matches were played on August 6, 2008, unless otherwise noted.

    Notes
  • ^5 The match was played on August 4, 2008
  • ^6 The match was played in Mukachevo

    • Round of 32

    In this round entered all 16 teams from Premier League. They were drawn against the 16 winners from the previous round, who played home in this round. The draw was held on August 15, 2008 while the matches were played on September 13, 2008, unless otherwise noted.

    Notes:

    Round of 16

    In this round entered winners from the previous round (11 Premier League and 5 Persha Liha teams). The draw was random and was held on September 24, 2008. The matches were played on October 29, 2008, unless otherwise noted.

    Notes:

  • ^7 Penalty missed for Oleksandria - Andriy Hitchenko, for Dnipro - Vitaliy Denisov and Andriy Vorobey.

    • Quarterfinals

    The draw was held on October 31, 2008 and was random. The matches were played November 12, 2008.

    Notes:

    Semifinals

    The draw was held on November 19, 2008 and was random. The games were scheduled to be played on April 22, 2009.

    Notes:

    Final

    The Ukrainian Cup Final was played in Dnipro Stadium, Dnipropetrovsk on May 31, 2009.

    Top goalscorers

    Status on June 1, 2009

    In bold are the players that are still in the competition. Statistics can be found at RSSSF web-site.

    References

    2008–09 Ukrainian Cup Wikipedia
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