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.
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. 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.

Road to Sumy

As Ukrainian Premier League members Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv did not have to go through the qualification round to get into the competition.
Round 1Krymteplitsia Molodizhne0–1Dynamo Kyiv
Round 2PFC Sevastopol1–2Dynamo Kyiv
Quarter-finalStal Alchevsk2–3Dynamo Kyiv
Semi-finalDynamo Kyiv2–0Arsenal Kyiv

Round 1Shakhtar Donetsk6–0Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
Round 2Poltava0–2Shakhtar Donetsk
Quarter-finalShakhtar Donetsk1–0Metalurh Zaporizhya
Semi-finalShakhtar Donetsk2–1Dnipro 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.
Dynamo had appeared in 11 finals, winning 9, while opponents Shakhtar had appeared in 10 finals, winning 6.

Television

The match was broadcast on ICTV in Ukraine.

Match

Details


MAN OF THE MATCH
MATCH OFFICIALS
  • Assistant referees:
  • * Vitaliy Demyanenko
  • * Mykola Vasyuta
  • Fourth official: Ihor Pokyd'ko
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.