The 2018–19 Ukrainian Cup was the 28th annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition, running from 18 July 2018 to 15 May 2019.There became known preliminary schedule of Ukrainian Cup for the next season (Стало известно предварительное расписание Кубка Украины на следующий сезон). UA-Football. 23 May 2018
All competition rounds consist of a single game with a home field advantage granted to a team from lower league. Qualification for the competition is granted to all professional clubs and finalists of the Ukrainian Amateur Cup as long as those clubs were able to pass the season's attestation (licensing).
FC Shakhtar Donetsk was the defending winner for the last two seasons. The Donetsk club has reached the competition finals in the last eight years winning six of them.The 2017–18 Ukrainian Cup: ten facts about the tournament (Кубок Украины-2017/18. Десять фактов о турнире). UA-Football. 8 July 2017 There were around 300 clubs over the history of competition.
Team allocation and schedule The competition included all professional first teams from the Premier League (12/12 teams of the league), First League (16/16), Second League (20/20) and two best teams from the previous year's Amateur Cup.
Distribution First round (20 teams)18 entrants from the Second League
2 entrants from the Amateur CupSecond round (28 teams)16 entrants from the First League
2 entrants from the Second League10 winners from the first roundRound of 32 (20 teams)6 entrants from the Premier League14 winners from the second roundRound of 16 (16 teams)6 entrants from the Premier League10 winners from the Round of 32
Rounds schedule Phase Round Draw date Game date Preliminary Round 1 finals 10 July 2018 18 July 2018 Round 2 finals 20 July 2018 22 August 2018 Main event Round of 32 finals 31 August 2018 26 September 2018 Round of 16 finals 28 September 2018 31 October 2018 Quarter-finals finals 2 November 2018 3 April 2019 Semi-finals finals 8 April 2019 24 April 2019 Final 15 May 2019 Notes: Main date, when most of the games scheduled to play; an auxiliary date might be granted in case of emergencies
Teams
Enter in First Round Enter in Second Round Enter in Round of 32 Enter in Round of 16 AAFU2 teams PFL League 218/20 teams PFL League 22/20 teams PFL League116/16 teams UPL 6/12 teams UPL 6/12 teams LNZ-Lebedyn Viktoriya Mykolaivka Bukovyna Chernivtsi Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka* Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih* FC Kalush* Krystal Kherson* Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka FC Nikopol Nyva Ternopil Nyva Vinnytsia Metalurh Zaporizhia* FC Mynai* Myr Hornostayivka Podillya Khmelnytskyi Polissya Zhytomyr Real Pharma Odesa Tavriya Simferopol Veres Rivne Cherkashchyna Cherkasy Kremin Kremenchuk Ahrobiznes Volochysk Avanhard Kramatorsk Balkany Zorya SC Dnipro-1 Hirnyk-Sport Inhulets Petrove Kobra Kharkiv Kolos Kovalivka Metalist 1925 Kharkiv MFC Mykolaiv Obolon-Brovar Kyiv Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Rukh Vynnyky PFC Sumy Volyn Lutsk Zirka Kropyvnytskyi Arsenal Kyiv Chornomorets Odesa Desna Chernihiv Karpaty Lviv FC Oleksandriya Olimpik Donetsk Dynamo Kyiv FC Lviv FC Mariupol Shakhtar Donetsk Vorskla Poltava Zorya Luhansk
Notes: With the asterisk (*) are noted the Second League teams that were recently admitted to the league from amateurs and the AAFU (amateur) team(s) that qualified in place of the Amateur Cup finalist(s). Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka withdrew just before the season start but were drawn for the cup competitions, before the club announced its final decision. One of the Second League teams (reserves) were not drawn for the competition: Mykolaiv-2.
Bracket The following is the tournament bracket that the Ukrainian Cup resembled. Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of a penalty shoot-out.
Competition schedule Legends: AM – AAFU (amateur) competitions (IV tier), 2L – Second League (III tier), 1L – First League (II tier), PL – Premier League (I tier)
First Preliminary round (1/64) In this round sixteen clubs from the Second League and both finalists of the 2017–18 Ukrainian Amateur Cup played. The draw for this round was held on 10 July 2018 at the House of Football in Kyiv. The round matches were played on 18 July 2018.
Notes: Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih received a bye to the next round after Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka was expelled from the PFL prior to the start of the competition.
Second Preliminary round (1/32) In this round all the 16 clubs will enter from the First League, two other recently relegated clubs of the Second League, nine winners of the previous round and one team which received a bye. The draw for this round was held 20 July 2018 at the House of Football in Kyiv. The round matches were played on 22 August 2018.
Notes: PFC Sumy received a bye to the next round after Kobra Kharkiv withdrew from the Professional Football League of Ukraine. Match postponed and was played 19 September due to unavailability of Slavutych-Arena with other future planned matches taking precedence.
Round of 32 (1/16) In this round lower placed 6 clubs from the Premier League will enter along with 14 winners of the previous round, including 7 clubs from the First League and 7 clubs from the Second League. The draw for this round was held 31 August 2018 at the House of Football in Kyiv. The round matches were played on 26 September 2018.The 2018–19 Ukrainian Cup. Games of the third preliminary stage (renewing) (Кубок України-2018/2019. Матчі третього попереднього етапу (оновлюється)) . Football Federation of Ukraine. 25 September 2018
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Round of 16 In this round the other 6 clubs from the Premier League will enter along with 10 winners of the previous round including 4 more clubs from the Premier League, 2 clubs from the First League and 4 clubs from the Second League. The draw for this round was held 28 September 2018 at the House of Football in Kyiv. The round matches was played on 31 October 2018.
Notes: Match moved to the oblast centre of Cherkasy to accommodate a larger attendance
Quarterfinals In this round advanced 6 representatives from the Premier League and 2 teams from the First League. The draw for this round was held on 2 November 2018 at the House of Football in Kyiv. The round matches will be played on 3 April 2019. Due to the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election, quarterfinal games of tournament were changed to 7 April 2019.FFU identified dates to conduct quarterfinal games. Sport Arena. 20 March 2019
Semifinals In this round advanced 2 representatives from the Premier League and 2 teams from the First League. The draw for this round was held on 8 April 2019 at the House of Football in Kyiv.There became known semifinal pairs of the Ukrainian Cup (Стали известны полуфинальные пары Кубка Украины). UA-Football. 8 April 2019 The round matches were originally expected to be played on 24 April 2019, but due to the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election, were scheduled to 17 April 2019.FFU identified dates to conduct semifinal games. Sport Arena. 19 March 2019
Final
Top goalscorers The competition's top ten goalscorers including qualification rounds.
RankScorerTeamGoals(Pen.)1 Robert HehedoshFC Mynai42 Stanislav KulishSC Dnipro-13 Júnior MoraesShakhtar Donetsk3 (1)416 players2
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See also 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League 2018–19 Ukrainian First League 2018–19 Ukrainian Second League 2018–19 UEFA Europa League 2018–19 Ukrainian Amateur Cup
References
External links Draw results of the first preliminary stage of the 2018–19 Ukrainian Cup (Результати жеребкування першого попереднього етапу Кубку України-2018/19). Professional Football League of Ukraine. 10 July 2018 Ukrainian Cup: official protocols of games of the first preliminary stage of the competitions (Кубок України: офіційні протоколи матчів першого попереднього етапу змагань). Football Federation of Ukraine. 19 July 2018