2012 Ukrainian Cup final

{{Infobox football match

| title = 2012 Ukrainian Cup Final

| image =

| event = 2011–12 Ukrainian Cup

| team1 = Metalurh Donetsk

| team1association =

| team1score = 1

| team2 = Shakhtar Donetsk

| team2association =

| team2score = 2

| details =

| date = 6 May 2012

| stadium = Olimpiysky NSC

| city = Kyiv

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| attendance=47,314

| referee= Anatoliy Abdula (Kharkiv)

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| previous = 2011

| next = 2013

}}

The 2012 Ukrainian Cup Final was a football match that was played at the Olimpiysky NSC, Kyiv, on 6 May 2012. The match was the 21st Ukrainian Cup Final and was contested by Metalurh Donetsk and Shakhtar Donetsk. This was the first time since 2007 that the Cup final had returned to Kyiv. Since Shakhtar had qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League, Metalurh would qualify for the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. In the draw, Metalurh was selected as the home team.

Road to Kyiv

As Ukrainian Premier League members, Shakhtar Donetsk and Metalurh Donetsk did not have to go through the qualification phase of the competition.

width=100% \|width=50% valign=top\| Metalurh Donetsk {\| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" \|Round 1	align=right\|Metalurh Donetsk	2–0	Tavriya Simferopol
Round 2	align=right\|Metalurh Donetsk	4–0	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
Quarter-final	align=right\|Zorya Luhansk	0–1 aet	Metalurh Donetsk
Semi-final	align=right\|Metalurh Donetsk	0–0 aet 7–6 pen.	Karpaty Lviv

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Shakhtar Donetsk

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" \|Round 1	align=right\|Shakhtar Sverdlovsk	0–2	Shakhtar Donetsk
Round 2	align=right\|Dynamo Kyiv	2–3	Shakhtar Donetsk
Quarter-final	align=right\|Metalurh Zaporizhia	0–1	Shakhtar Donetsk
Semi-final	align=right\|Volyn Lutsk	3–4	Shakhtar Donetsk

Previous encounters

This was the first Ukrainian Cup final between the two teams. The two teams had also met in a semi-final in 2009–10 and in the Round of 16 in 1997–98 season in which Metalurh was able to overcome Shakhtar.

Metalurh had appeared only once in a Cup final without winning any trophies and their opponents Shakhtar had appeared in 11 Cup finals, winning seven.

Television

The match was broadcast on ICTV in Ukraine.{{cite web |url=http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/cup/4fa4bd0d.html |script-title=ru:Кубок Украины. "Металлург" – "Шахтер". Анонс матча|trans-title=Cup Final. Metalurh – Shakhtar. Match preview|date=6 May 2012 |work=ua.football|last=Sytnyk|first=Serhiy|language=ru}}

Match

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|date=6 May 2012

|time=19:30 EEST

|team1= Metalurh Donetsk

|score= 1 – 2 (aet)

|report= [http://www.fpl.ua/ukr/protocol/2011_2012/cup/65/9/ Report]

|team2= Shakhtar Donetsk

|goals1= Morozyuk {{goal|69}}

|goals2= Teixeira {{goal|23}}
Kucher {{goal|104}}

|stadium= Olimpiysky NSC, Kyiv

|attendance=47,314

|referee= Anatoliy Abdula (Kharkiv)

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width="100%" \|valign="top" width="50%"\| {\| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=left \|colspan="4"\|Metalurh Donetsk:
GK	12	{{flagicon\|UKR}} Oleksandr Bandura
DF	5	{{flagicon\|UKR}} Vyacheslav Checher (c)
MF	6	{{flagicon\|ARM}} Karlen Mkrtchyan	{{yel\|23}}
MF	7	{{flagicon\|UKR}} Mykola Morozyuk	{{goal\|69}}
MF	9	{{flagicon\|SRB}} Đorđe Lazić
FW	10	{{flagicon\|ARM}} Gevorg Ghazaryan	{{yel\|25}} {{suboff\|73}}
DF	14	{{flagicon\|UKR}} Oleksandr Volovyk
FW	15	{{flagicon\|MLI}} Dramane Traoré
MF	17	{{flagicon\|BRA}} Zé Soares	{{yel\|80}} {{suboff\|114}}
MF	18	{{flagicon\|BUL}} Velizar Dimitrov	{{suboff\|90}}
MF	20	{{flagicon\|POR}} China
colspan=3\|Substitutes:
GK	31	{{flagicon\|UKR}} Dmytro Vorobyov
DF	2	{{flagicon\|UKR}} Artem Baranovskyi
MF	8	{{flagicon\|NED}} Gregory Nelson	{{subon\|73}}
MF	8	{{flagicon\|BEL}} Danilo	{{subon\|90}}
FW	23	{{flagicon\|UKR}} Oleh Mishchenko	{{subon\|114}}
MF	28	{{flagicon\|POR}} Mário Sérgio
FW	84	{{flagicon\|UKR}} Denys Holaydo
colspan=4\|Manager:
colspan="4"\| {{flagicon\|UKR}} Volodymyr Pyatenko

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width=25\|	width=25\|
style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=left \|colspan="4"\|Shakhtar Donetsk:
GK	30	{{flagicon\|UKR}} Andriy Pyatov
DF	5	{{flagicon\|UKR}} Oleksandr Kucher	{{goal\|104}}
MF	7	{{flagicon\|BRA}} Fernandinho	{{yel\|90+4}}
MF	9	{{flagicon\|BRA}} Luiz Adriano	{{suboff\|106}}
FW	10	{{flagicon\|BRA}} Willian
MF	19	{{flagicon\|UKR}} Oleksiy Gai	{{suboff\|107}}
MF	22	{{flagicon\|ARM}} Henrikh Mkhitaryan	{{yel\|18}} {{suboff\|62}}
DF	26	{{flagicon\|ROM}} Răzvan Raț
MF	29	{{flagicon\|BRA}} Alex Teixeira	{{goal\|23}}
DF	33	{{flagicon\|CRO}} Darijo Srna (c)
DF	44	{{flagicon\|UKR}} Yaroslav Rakitskiy
colspan=3\|Substitutes:
GK	23	{{flagicon\|UKR}} Bohdan Shust
MF	14	{{flagicon\|UKR}} Vasyl Kobin
MF	15	{{flagicon\|UKR}} Taras Stepanenko	{{subon\|107}}
FW	17	{{flagicon\|UKR}} Yevhen Seleznyov	{{subon\|106}}
FW	20	{{flagicon\|BRA}} Douglas Costa	{{subon\|62}}
FW	31	{{flagicon\|BRA}} Dentinho
DF	36	{{flagicon\|UKR}} Oleksandr Chyzhov
colspan=4\|Manager:
colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|ROM}} Mircea Lucescu

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MAN OF THE MATCH

MATCH OFFICIALS

Assistant referees:
Oleksandr Korniyenko (Myrhorod)
Natalya Rachynska (Kyiv)
Fourth official:
Dmytro Kulakov (Brovary)

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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 Metalurh's defeat in the Ukrainian Cup final, and with both team finishing as "good as they could" in the 2011–12 Ukrainian Premier League, the 2012 Ukrainian Super Cup will feature Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv.

References

Cup Final

Category:Ukrainian Cup finals

Ukrainian Cup Final 2012

Category:May 2012 sports events in Ukraine

width=25\|	width=25\|
width="100%" \|valign="top" width="50%"\| {\| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=left \|colspan="4"\|Metalurh Donetsk:
GK	12	{{flagicon\|UKR}} Oleksandr Bandura
DF	5	{{flagicon\|UKR}} Vyacheslav Checher (c)
MF	6	{{flagicon\|ARM}} Karlen Mkrtchyan	{{yel\|23}}
MF	7	{{flagicon\|UKR}} Mykola Morozyuk	{{goal\|69}}
MF	9	{{flagicon\|SRB}} Đorđe Lazić
FW	10	{{flagicon\|ARM}} Gevorg Ghazaryan	{{yel\|25}} {{suboff\|73}}
DF	14	{{flagicon\|UKR}} Oleksandr Volovyk
FW	15	{{flagicon\|MLI}} Dramane Traoré
MF	17	{{flagicon\|BRA}} Zé Soares	{{yel\|80}} {{suboff\|114}}
MF	18	{{flagicon\|BUL}} Velizar Dimitrov	{{suboff\|90}}
MF	20	{{flagicon\|POR}} China
colspan=3\|Substitutes:
GK	31	{{flagicon\|UKR}} Dmytro Vorobyov
DF	2	{{flagicon\|UKR}} Artem Baranovskyi
MF	8	{{flagicon\|NED}} Gregory Nelson	{{subon\|73}}
MF	8	{{flagicon\|BEL}} Danilo	{{subon\|90}}
FW	23	{{flagicon\|UKR}} Oleh Mishchenko	{{subon\|114}}
MF	28	{{flagicon\|POR}} Mário Sérgio
FW	84	{{flagicon\|UKR}} Denys Holaydo
colspan=4\|Manager:
colspan="4"\| {{flagicon\|UKR}} Volodymyr Pyatenko