2011 Ukrainian Cup final

The 2011 Ukrainian Cup Final was a football match that was played at the Yuvileiny Stadium, Sumy, on 25 May 2011. The match was the 20th Ukrainian Cup Final and was contested by Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk. This was the first time a Ukrainian Cup final was played in Sumy.

2011 Ukrainian Cup Final

Event	2010–11 Ukrainian Cup
Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk 0 2
Date	25 May 2011
Venue	Yuvileiny Stadium, Sumy
Man of the Match	Fernandinho (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Referee	Victor Svetsov
Attendance	27,800
Weather	19°C (66°F)
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Since this match was between two teams that had qualified for the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League, the sixth-placed team in the 2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League season would qualify for the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League. In the draw, Dynamo was selected as the home team.^[1] After a goalless first half, Shakhtar's superiority prevailed and they won the match 2–0, enabling them to win the Ukrainian treble of the Ukrainian Super Cup, the Premier League and the Ukrainian Cup.^[2]

Road to Sumy

Main article: 2010–11 Ukrainian Cup

As Ukrainian Premier League members Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv did not have to go through the qualification round to get into the competition.

Dynamo Kyiv Round 1 Krymteplitsia Molodizhne 0–1 Dynamo Kyiv Round 2 PFC Sevastopol 1–2 Dynamo Kyiv Quarter-final Stal Alchevsk 2–3 Dynamo Kyiv Semi-final Dynamo Kyiv 2–0 Arsenal Kyiv

Shakhtar Donetsk Round 1 Shakhtar Donetsk 6–0 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Round 2 Poltava 0–2 Shakhtar Donetsk Quarter-final Shakhtar Donetsk 1–0 Metalurh Zaporizhya Semi-final Shakhtar Donetsk 2–1 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Previous encounters

This was the sixth Ukrainian Cup final between the two teams. Dynamo had defeated Shakhtar three times out of the five Cup Finals. In the last final, however, in 2008, Shakhtar was victorious. The two teams also met in a semi final in 2008–09 and in the quarter-final in 2009–10 in which Shakhtar was victorious in both games.^[3]

Dynamo had appeared in 11 finals, winning 9, while opponents Shakhtar had appeared in 10 finals, winning 6.^[3]

Television

The match was broadcast on ICTV in Ukraine.^[4]

Match

Details

Dynamo Kyiv	0 – 2	Shakhtar Donetsk
	Report	Eduardo 64' Luiz Adriano 87'

25 May 2011

20:15 EEST

Yuvileiny Stadium, Sumy

Attendance: 27,800

Referee: Victor Shvetsov (Odesa)

Dynamo Kyiv

Shakhtar Donetsk

Dynamo: GK 1 Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (c) DF 2 Danilo Silva  58' DF 5 Ognjen Vukojević DF 6 Goran Popov  82' FW 7 Andriy Shevchenko FW 9 Andriy Yarmolenko MF 10 Artem Milevskyi  89' MF 20 Oleh Husyev MF 23 Roman Eremenko  70' MF 34 Yevhen Khacheridi DF 37 Ayila Yussuf  90+1' Substitutes: GK 71 Denys Boyko DF 3 Betão  58'  73'  86' MF 8 Oleksandr Aliyev  70' MF 19 Denys Harmash FW 22 Artem Kravets DF 30 Badr El Kaddouri FW 49 Roman Zozulya Manager: Yuriy Semin

Shakhtar Donetsk: GK 30 Andriy Pyatov DF 3 Tomáš Hübschman DF 5 Oleksandr Kucher MF 7 Fernandinho  90+1' MF 8 Jádson  81' MF 9 Luiz Adriano 87'  90+5' FW 11 Eduardo 64'  70'  77' MF 13 Vyacheslav Shevchuk FW 19 Willian  77' DF 33 Darijo Srna (c)  89' DF 44 Yaroslav Rakitskiy Substitutes: GK 12 Rustam Khudzhamov MF 19 Oleksiy Gai MF 26 Răzvan Raț FW 20 Douglas Costa  90+5' MF 22 Henrikh Mkhitaryan  81' MF 29 Alex Teixeira  77' DF 32 Mykola Ischenko Manager: Mircea Lucescu

MAN OF THE MATCH Fernandinho (Shakhtar Donetsk)[5] MATCH OFFICIALS[6] Assistant referees: Vitaliy Demyanenko (Mukachevo) Mykola Vasyuta (Rivne) Fourth official: Ihor Pokyd'ko (Poltava)

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 Dynamo's defeat in the final, and with both team finishing as the top two teams in the 2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League, the 2011 Ukrainian Super Cup would feature both teams.^[2]

See also

• 2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League

References

1. ""Динамо" – хозяин финала Кубка Украины (Dynamo - Hosts of the Ukrainian Cup Final)" (in Russian). ua-football.com. 12 May 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
2. "Кубок Украины. Финал. "Динамо" - "Шахтер" 0:2. Золотой хет-трик (Ukrainian Cup Final Dynamo - Shakhtar 0:2. Golden hat-trick)" (in Russian). ua-football.com. 26 May 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
3. "Кубок Украины. Финал. "Динамо" - "Шахтер". Анонс матча (Ukrainian Cup Final Dynamo - Shakhtar. Match preview)" (in Russian). ua-football.com. 25 May 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
4. "Фінал Кубку України покаже "ICTV" (Ukrainian Cup Final shown on ICTV)". champion.com.ua (in Ukrainian). ua-football.com. 25 May 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
5. "Игрок финала – Фернандиньо (Player of the Final - Fernandinho)". ua.football (in Russian). 26 May 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
6. "Финал Кубка Украины рассудит Виктор Швецов (Ukrainian Cup Final referee Victor Shvetsov )". ua.football (in Russian). 23 May 2011. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2011.