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The 2009 Ukrainian Cup Final was a football match that took place at the Dnipro Stadium

Dnipro Stadium

Dnipro Stadium is a football stadium in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine. It is mostly for football matches and hosts the homes matches of FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. The stadium has a capacity of 31,003 people...

on May 31, 2009. The match was the 18th Ukrainian Cup Final

Ukrainian Cup 2007-08

The Ukrainian Cup 2007–08 is the 17th annual edition of Ukraine's football knockout competition, known as the Ukrainian Cup.The Cup started with the round of 32, but it also had couple of preliminaries...

and it was contested by FC Shakhtar Donetsk

FC Shakhtar Donetsk

FC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year...

and FC Vorskla Poltava

FC Vorskla Poltava

FC Vorskla Poltava ,is a professional football team which plays in the Ukrainian Premier League and represents the city of Poltava.- History :...

. The 2009 Ukrainian Cup Final is the first time a Ukrainian Cup Final was be held in Dnipropetrovsk

Dnipropetrovsk

Dnipropetrovsk or Dnepropetrovsk formerly Yekaterinoslav is Ukraine's third largest city with one million inhabitants. It is located southeast of Ukraine's capital Kiev on the Dnieper River, in the south-central region of the country...

. Vorskla Poltava as Ukrainian Cup winners, qualify for the Europa League play-off round.

Road to Dnipropetrovsk

All sixteen Ukrainian Premier League clubs do not have to go through qualification to get into the competition, so Vorskla and Shakhtar both qualified for the competition automatically.

Vorskla Poltava

Round 1	Zirka Kirovohrad FC Zirka Kirovohrad FC Zirka Kirovohrad is a Ukrainian professional football team. The team is situated in Kirovohrad, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine and was founded in 1922. Zirka debuted in the Ukrainian Premier League 1994-95 season, where they finished 6th. In the Ukrainian Premier League 1999-00 season they finished...	0–1	Vorskla Poltava FC Vorskla Poltava FC Vorskla Poltava ,is a professional football team which plays in the Ukrainian Premier League and represents the city of Poltava.- History :...
Round 2	Obolon Kyiv FC Obolon Kyiv FC Obolon Kyiv is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kiev . It plays home matches at Obolon Arena. Its home colors are green shirts and white shorts; while its away uniforms are white shirts and green shorts. They also have an all yellow kit as backup...	1–4	Vorskla Poltava FC Vorskla Poltava FC Vorskla Poltava ,is a professional football team which plays in the Ukrainian Premier League and represents the city of Poltava.- History :...
Quarter-final	Metalurh Donetsk FC Metalurh Donetsk FC Metalurh Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. The club currently plays in the Ukrainian Premier League.- Pre-history :...	0–1	Vorskla Poltava FC Vorskla Poltava FC Vorskla Poltava ,is a professional football team which plays in the Ukrainian Premier League and represents the city of Poltava.- History :...
Semi-final	Metalist Kharkiv FC Metalist Kharkiv FC Metalist Kharkiv is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kharkiv. It competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the highest football level in the country. Founded in 1925, the team worked its way up the rungs of the Soviet football system, eventually being promoted to the Soviet Top...	0–0	Vorskla Poltava FC Vorskla Poltava FC Vorskla Poltava ,is a professional football team which plays in the Ukrainian Premier League and represents the city of Poltava.- History :...
Semi-final (Replay)	Vorskla Poltava FC Vorskla Poltava FC Vorskla Poltava ,is a professional football team which plays in the Ukrainian Premier League and represents the city of Poltava.- History :...	2–0	Metalist Kharkiv FC Metalist Kharkiv FC Metalist Kharkiv is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kharkiv. It competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the highest football level in the country. Founded in 1925, the team worked its way up the rungs of the Soviet football system, eventually being promoted to the Soviet Top...

Shakhtar Donetsk

Round 1	Illichivets Mariupol	0–3	Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year...
Round 2	Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	1–4	Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year...
Quarter-final	PFC Oleksandria	1–2	Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year...
Semi-final	Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year...	1–0	Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football...

Previous Encounters

Prior to the 2009 Cup Final, Vorskla and Shakhtar had met 6 times in previous Ukrainian Cup competitions. Vorskla has never defeated Shakhtar with the best performance a 1–1 draw in the 2nd leg of the quarter finals in the 2007–2008 rendition. Shakhtar's best performance against Vorskla was in a 2nd round encounter in the 1994–1995 edition with a 8–0 drubbing.

Match details


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=left>	Vorskla Poltava:
GK	1	Serhiy Dolhansky Serhiy Dolhansky Serhiy Dolhanskyi is a professional Ukrainian football goalkeeper who plays for Vorskla Poltava in the Ukrainian Premier League. He joined Vorskla from Metalurh Donetsk in February 2005.- External links :*... (c)
MF	3	Filip Despotovski Filip Despotovski Filip Despotovski is a Macedonian football midfielder who plays for FC Inter Baku and the Macedonian National Team.-Early career:...
DF	4	Armend Dallku Armend Dallku Armend Dallku is an Albanian footballer, playing as a defender for Vorskla Poltava in the Ukrainian Premier League and the Albanian national team.-Club career:...
MF	5	Oleh Krasnoperov Oleh Krasnoperov Oleh Krasnopyorov is a professional Ukrainian football defender who plays for Vorskla Poltava in the Ukrainian Premier League...
MF	7	Jovan Markoski Jovan Markoski Jovan Markoski is a Serbian international footballer. He plays in midfield for Ukrainian team FC Vorskla Poltava.-External links:* * *...
FW	8	Denys Kulakov Denys Kulakov Denys Kulakov is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder who plays for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the Ukrainian Premier League.- External links :*...
FW	17	Vasyl Sachko Vasyl Sachko Vasyl Sachko is a professional Ukrainian football striker, currently playing for Vorskla Poltava in the Ukrainian Premier League. While playing in FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, Sachko carried the captain's badge 22 times...
DF	30	Debatik Curri Debatik Curri Debatik Curri is an Albanian footballer. He plays in defense for Gençlerbirliği and the Albanian national team.- Early career :Curri began his professional career with the most successful team in Kosovo, KF Prishtina....
MF	37	Hryhoriy Yarmash Hryhoriy Yarmash Hryhoriy Yarmash is a Ukrainian football defender currently playing for FC Zorya Luhansk after 5 seasons with FC Vorskla Poltava in the Ukrainian Premier League. Prior to coming to Vorskla Poltava in July 2005, he played in Dynamo Kyiv....
DF	48	Volodymyr Chesnakov Volodymyr Chesnakov Volodymyr Chesnakov is a professional Ukrainian football defender who plays for Vorskla Poltava in the Ukrainian Premier League.- External links :*...
MF	70	Dmytro Esin Dmytro Esin Dmytro Yesin is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder who plays for Vorskla Poltava in the Ukrainian Premier League. Yeshin has a Russian passport.He joined Vorskla Poltava from Illychivetsin February 2008.- External links :* *...
Substitutes:
GK	12	Serhiy Velychko Serhiy Velychko Serhiy Mykolayovych Velychko born 9 August 1976, Simferopol, Crimea, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian football goalkeeper who plays for Vorskla Poltava in the Ukrainian Premier League.- External links :*...
FW	11	Denis Glavina Denis Glavina -Club:Glavina transferred to FC Dynamo Kyiv from Dinamo Zagreb in January 2004, but never appeared in a league match for Dynamo. He spent the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons on loan at Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and Vorskla, respectively, before signing a permanent deal with Vorskla in June 2008...
MF	23	Yevheniy Peskov Yevheniy Peskov Yevhen Pyeskov is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder who plays for Vorskla Poltava in the Ukrainian Premier League. He joined Vorskla Poltava from PFC Sevastopolin December 2006.- External links :*...
FW	27	Ahmed Yanuzi
FW	31	Oleksiy Chychykov
DF	33	Andriy Boyko Andriy Boyko Andriy Boyko is a Ukrainian football defender who plays for SC Tavriya Simferopol.- External links :*...
MF	40	Roman Loktionov
Manager:
Mykola Pavlov Mykola Pavlov Mykola Petrovych Pavlov is a former Ukrainian football defender, and currently head-coach of FC Vorskla Poltava in the Ukrainian Premier League.-Playing career:...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=left> Shaktar Donetsk: | GK 30

Andriy Pyatov

Andriy Valeriyovych Pyatov is a Ukrainian football goalkeeper who plays for FC Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ukrainian Premier League.- Club :Pyatov started his career in Vorskla Poltava in 2002. He was bought by Shakhtar from Vorskla for approximately £640,000 on 13 December 2006. He spent the rest of...

DF 33

Dario Srna (c) DF 27

Dmytro Chyhrynskiy DF 5

Oleksandr Kucher

Oleksandr Mykolayovych Kucher is a Ukrainian footballer who currently plays for Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk. In the 2007–2008 season Kucher won the Ukrainian Premier League with Shakhtar.-Club statistics:-External links:* National football teams...

DF 13

Vyacheslav Shevchuk

Vyacheslav Anatoliyovich Shevchuk is a professional Ukrainian football player for Shakhtar Donetsk...

FW 17

Adriano

Luiz Adriano

Luiz Adriano de Souza da Silva or simply Luiz Adriano , is a Brazilian striker who plays for Shakhtar Donetsk.-Internacional:...

MF 7

Fernandinho

Fernando Luiz Rosa or simply Fernandinho was born May 4, 1985 in Londrina, Brazil and is a footballer who currently plays for FC Shakhtar Donetsk...

MF 19

Oleksiy Gai DF 3

Tomáš Hübschman

Tomáš Hübschman is a Czech football player who plays for Shakhtar Donetsk.-Sparta Prague:Before joining Shakhtar in the summer of 2004, Hübschman played for AC Sparta Prague having started playing for the club's youth at the age of 5 and signing his first professional contract in 1998...

MF 8

Jádson

Jádson Rodrigues da Silva , commonly known as Jádson, is an footballer who plays for Shaktar Donetsk and the Brazilian national football team.-Shakhtar Donetsk:...

FW 21

Oleksandr Hladky

Oleksandr Mykolayovych Gladkiy is a Ukrainian football forward. He plays for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and the Ukraine national football team. His last name can also be transliterated as Hladkiy, Gladkiy and Gladkyy.-Kharkiv:...

Substitutes: GK 12

Rustam Khudzhamov

Rustam Makhmudkulovych Khudzhamov is a Ukrainian football goalkeeper who plays for FC Metalurh Donetsk on loan from FC Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ukrainian Premier League.In Crimean Tatar, his name is Rüstam Mahmüdkuli Hucamov.- Club career :...

MF 4 Igor Duljaj

Igor Duljaj

Igor Duljaj is a Serbian professional footballer. He currently plays as a defensive midfielder for PFC Sevastopol in the Ukrainian Premier League.-Club career:...

MF 26

Razvan Rat

Răzvan Dincă Raț is a Romanian footballer who currently plays as a left back for Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk and the Romanian national team.- Club:...

MF 22

Willian

Willian Borges da Silva

Willian Borges da Silva, , commonly known as Willian, is a Brazilian footballer, currently playing as an attacking midfielder or winger for Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk. Willian has also represented Brazil....

FW 10

Evhen Seleznyov

Yevhen Seleznyov is a Ukrainian footballer who currently plays for Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk.- Arsenal Kyiv :...

DF 18

Mariusz Lewandowski

Mariusz Lewandowski is a Polish footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for PFC Sevastopol and the Polish national football team. He also plays in defensive midfield where his stamina, strength and aerial ability come to good use.- Career :...

DF 36

Oleksandr Chyzhov

Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Chyzhov is a Ukrainian football defender for FC Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ukrainian Premier League.-External links:* *...

Manager:

Mircea Lucescu

Mircea Lucescu is a Romanian former football player and current coach, and one of the most successful Romanian football managers. He is also the father of Rapid Bucharest coach, Răzvan Lucescu...

MATCH OFFICIALS

Assistant referees:
- Serhiy Tsymbal (Kiev
  Kiev
  Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
  
  )
- Oleksandr Shamych (Kiev)
Fourth official: Ihor Ischenko (Kiev)

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.

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Ukrainian Cup 2009 Winners

FC Vorskla Poltava FC Vorskla Poltava FC Vorskla Poltava ,is a professional football team which plays in the Ukrainian Premier League and represents the city of Poltava.- History :... First title

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