2012 Ukrainian Cup Final

2012 Ukrainian Cup Final
Event 2011–12 Ukrainian Cup
Date 6 May 2012
Venue Olimpiysky NSC, Kiev
Referee Anatoliy Abdula (Kharkiv)
Attendance 47,314

The 2012 Ukrainian Cup Final was a football match that was played at the Olimpiysky NSC, Kiev on May 6, 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 Kiev. 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.

Road to Kiev

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 1Metalurh Donetsk2–0 Tavriya Simferopol
Round 2Metalurh Donetsk4–0 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
Quarter-finalZorya Luhansk0–1 aet Metalurh Donetsk
Semi-finalMetalurh Donetsk0–0 aet
7–6 pen.
Karpaty Lviv

Shakhtar Donetsk

Round 1Shakhtar Sverdlovsk0–2Shakhtar Donetsk
Round 2Dynamo Kyiv2–3Shakhtar Donetsk
Quarter-finalMetalurh Zaporizhia0–1Shakhtar Donetsk
Semi-finalVolyn Lutsk3–4Shakhtar 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 eleven Cup Finals winning seven.

Television

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

Match

Details

6 May 2012
19:30 EEST
Metalurh Donetsk 1 2 (aet) Shakhtar Donetsk
Morozyuk  69' Report Teixeira  23'
Kucher 104'
Olimpiysky NSC, Kyiv
Attendance: 47,314
Referee: Anatoliy Abdula (Kharkiv)
Metalurh Donetsk
Shakhtar Donetsk
Metalurh Donetsk:
GK 12 UkraineOleksandr Bandura
DF 5 Ukraine Vyacheslav Checher (c)
MF 6Armenia Karlen Mkrtchyan  23'
MF 7Ukraine Mykola Morozyuk  69'
MF 9 Serbia Đorđe Lazić
FW 10Armenia Gevorg Ghazaryan  25'  73'
DF 14Ukraine Oleksandr Volovyk
FW 15Mali Dramane Traoré
MF 17Brazil Zé Soares  80'  114'
MF 18Bulgaria Velizar Dimitrov  90'
MF 20Portugal China
Substitutes:
GK 31Ukraine Dmytro Vorobyov
DF 2Ukraine Artem Baranovskyi
MF 8Netherlands Gregory Nelson  73'
MF 8Belgium Danilo  90'
FW 23Ukraine Oleh Mishchenko  114'
MF 28Portugal Mário Sérgio
FW 84Ukraine Denys Holaydo
Manager:
Ukraine Volodymyr Pyatenko
Shakhtar Donetsk:
GK 30Ukraine Andriy Pyatov
DF 5 Ukraine Oleksandr Kucher  104'
MF 7 Brazil Fernandinho  90+4'
MF 9Brazil Adriano  106'
FW 10Brazil Willian
MF 19 Ukraine Oleksiy Gai  107'
MF 22Armenia Henrikh Mkhitaryan  18'  62'
DF 26Romania Răzvan Raţ
MF 29Brazil Alex Teixeira  23'
DF 33Croatia Dario Srna (c)
DF 44Ukraine Yaroslav Rakitskiy
Substitutes:
GK 23 Ukraine Bohdan Shust
MF 14Ukraine Vasyl Kobin
MF 15Ukraine Taras Stepanenko  107'
FW 17Ukraine Yevhen Seleznyov  106'
FW 20Brazil Douglas Costa  62'
FW 31Brazil Dentinho
DF 36Ukraine Oleksandr Chyzhov
Manager:
Romania 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 Cup Final and with both team finishing as good as they could in the 2011–12 Ukrainian Premier League season the 2012 Ukrainian Super Cup will feature Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv.

    2012 Ukrainian Cup Winners
    Shakhtar Donetsk
    8th title

    See also

    References

    External links

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