2008–09 Ukrainian Cup


The 2008–09 Ukrainian Cup was the 18th annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition. The defending champion of this edition was Shakhtar Donetsk.
The Ukrainian Cup began with a preliminary round where teams from Druha Liha and Amateur Cup champions participated. In the second preliminary round, teams from Persha Liha were drawn into the competition and then in the round of 32 teams from Premier League entered the competition.
The winners of this competition entered as Ukraine's cup winner representative in the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League. Since one of the finalists, Shakhtar Donetsk, had already qualified for European competitions for 2009–10 by virtue of their position in the Premier League, Vorskla Poltava automatically qualifies for the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.

Team allocation

Sixty-two teams participated in the competition.

Round and draw dates

All draws held at FFU headquarters in Kyiv unless stated otherwise.

Teams

Notes:
  • With the asterisk are noted the Second League teams that were recently admitted to the league from amateurs and the AAFU team that qualified in place of the Amateur Cup finalist.
  • Reserve teams from the Second League: Illichivets-2, Karpaty-2, Knyazha-2, Metalurh-2, Obolon-2, Sevastopol-2, Shakhtar-3; and Dynamo-2 from the First League were not included in the draw.
  • MFC Mykolaiv, a member of the Second League, was not participating.

Competition schedule

First Preliminary Round

In this round entered 25 teams from Druha Liha and winners of the Ukrainian Amateur Cup. The draw for the First Preliminary Round was held on July 8, 2008 while the matches took place on July 16, 2008.
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  • Qualify as Amateur Cup Champions of Ukraine 2007
  • The match was played in Obukhiv, Kyiv Oblast
  • Since Bukovyna did not arrive for their game, Kremin advanced to the next round
  • The match was played in Borodianka because Bila Tserkva's home ground Trudovi Reserve was under reconstruction

Second Preliminary Round

In this round entered all 18 teams from Persha Liha. They were drawn against the 14 winners of the First Preliminary Round, with two matches containing only Persha Liha teams. The draw was held on July 22, 2008, while the matches were played on August 6, 2008, unless otherwise noted.
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Round of 32

In this round entered all 16 teams from Premier League. They were drawn against the 16 winners from the previous round, who played home in this round. The draw was held on August 15, 2008, while the matches were played on September 13, 2008, unless otherwise noted.
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Round of 16

In this round entered winners from the previous round. The draw was random and was held on September 24, 2008. The matches were played on October 29, 2008, unless otherwise noted.
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Quarterfinals

The draw was held on October 31, 2008, and was random. The matches were played November 12, 2008.
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Semifinals

The draw was held on November 19, 2008, and was random. The games were scheduled to be played on April 22, 2009.
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Final

The Ukrainian Cup Final was played in Dnipro Stadium, Dnipropetrovsk on May 31, 2009.

Top goalscorers

Status on June 1, 2009
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