2014 Ukrainian Cup final

{{Infobox football match

| title = 2014 Ukrainian Cup Final

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| event = 2013–14 Ukrainian Cup

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| team1score = 2

| team1 = Dynamo Kyiv

| team2 = Shakhtar Donetsk

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| team2score = 1

| details =

| date = 15 May 2014

| stadium = Vorskla Stadium

| city = Poltava

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| attendance = 9,700

| referee = Yuriy Mozharovsky (Lviv)

| weather = 21°C

| previous = 2013

| next = 2015

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The 2014 Ukrainian Cup Final was a football match that was played on 15 May 2014 in Poltava.{{cite web|url=http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/cup/536a2daa.html|publisher=ua-football.com|script-title=ru:Финал Кубка Украины пройдет в Полтаве или Киеве в зависимости от результатов полуфинала|trans-title=Final of the Ukrainian Cup will take place either in Poltava or Kyiv after the semifinal results are known|date=7 May 2014|access-date=7 May 2014|language=ru}} The match was the 23rd Ukrainian Cup Final and was contested by Cup holders Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv.

Leadup crisis before the match

The final was originally to be played at Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv,{{cite web|url=http://www.ffu.org.ua/ukr/tournaments/cup/12580/|publisher=FFU|script-title=uk:Фінальний матч Кубку України відбудеться у Харкові|date=22 April 2014|access-date=24 April 2014|trans-title=The Cup Final will be held in Kharkiv|language=uk}} but was moved to Vorskla Stadium in Poltava.

Due to the pro-Russian unrest in the country, the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU), after being advised to do so by the Ukrainian Interior Ministry,{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27306277|title= Ukraine calls for spectator ban at football matches|publisher= BBC News|date=7 May 2014}} decided that the match would be played behind closed doors for security reasons.{{cite web |url=http://in.reuters.com/article/soccer-ukraine-security-idINKBN0DP0JD20140509|title= Ukraine matches to be staged behind closed doors |publisher= Reuters |date=9 May 2014 }}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

The decision to have no spectators at the match was met with criticism and protest by both clubs' fans including picketing of the House of Football in Kyiv a day before the match{{cite web|url=http://www.champion.com.ua/football/2014/05/13/572694/|script-title=uk:Ультрас Динамо пікетуватимуть ФФУ, бо на фінал Кубку не допустять глядачів|trans-title=Dynamo fans picketing FFU, because the Cup final will not allow spectators|date=13 May 2014|publisher=champion.ua|access-date=13 May 2014|language=uk}} and was reverted after the FFU held an emergency meeting and conferred with club officials and government security.{{cite web|url=http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/53735c71.html|script-title=uk:ФФУ пустить уболівальників на матчі 30-го туру УПЛ|trans-title=FFU allows spectators for Round 30 matches|publisher=ua-football.com|access-date=14 May 2014|date=14 May 2014|language=uk}}

Road to Poltava

{{main article|2013–14 Ukrainian Cup}}

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Shakhtar Donetsk

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|Round 1

align=right|Illichivets Mariupol0 – 3Shakhtar Donetsk
Round 2align=right|MFC Mykolaiv0 – 3Shakhtar Donetsk
Quarter-finalalign=right|Desna Chernihiv0 – 2Shakhtar Donetsk
Semi-finalalign=right|Slavutych Cherkasy0 – 3 (aet)Shakhtar Donetsk

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Dynamo Kyiv

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|Round 1

align=right|Dynamo Kyiv3 – 2Metalurh Donetsk
Round 2align=right|Shakhtar Sverdlovsk0 – 4Dynamo Kyiv
Quarter-finalalign=right|Metalist Kharkiv2 – 3Dynamo Kyiv
Semi-finalalign=right|Dynamo Kyiv4 – 0Chornomorets Odesa

|}

Previous encounters

This was the seventh Ukrainian Cup final between the two teams. Dynamo has defeated Shakhtar three times out of the six Cup finals. Dynamo also lost its last two meetings with Shakhtar in this stage of the tournament. Dynamo has not defeated Shakhtar for the past seven years (seven games losing streak) since winning its last cup back in 2006–07.

Dynamo had appeared in 12 cup finals, winning nine trophies, while opponents Shakhtar had appeared in 13 cup finals, also winning nine.

Television

The match was broadcast on Futbol 2 and Ukrayina in Ukraine.{{cite web |url=http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/cup/5370cb7d.html |script-title=uk:Фінал Кубка України покажуть телеканали Футбол 2 і Україна|trans-title=The Ukrainian Cup final will be broadcast on Futbol 2 and Ukrayina|date=12 May 2014 |work=ua.football|language=uk}}

Match

As the designated home team for the final, Dynamo chose to wear their blue and white kits and Shakhtar chose their familiar orange and black kits.{{cite web|url=http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/cup/5374829e.html |trans-title=Dynamo will play in white, and Shakhtar will come out on the pitch in orange-black strips| publisher=ua-football.com|work=Shakhtar Official website|date=15 May 2014|script-title=ru:Динамо сыграет в белом, а Шахтер выйдет на поле в оранжево-черной форме|access-date=15 May 2014|language=ru}}

=Details=

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|date=15 May 2014

|time=20:00 EEST

|team2=Shakhtar Donetsk

|score=2–1

|report=[http://www.fpl.ua/ukr/protocol/2013_2014/cup/13/9/ Report]

|team1=Dynamo Kyiv

|goals1=Kucher {{goal|40|o.g.}}
Vida {{goal|43}}

|goals2=Douglas {{goal|57}}

|stadium=Vorskla Stadium, Poltava

|attendance=9,700

|referee=Yuriy Mozharovsky (Lviv){{cite web|url=http://www.ukrinform.ua/ukr/news/de_vidbudetsya_final_kubka_ukraiini_z_futbolu_1937856|trans-title=Where will take place the Ukrainian Cup final|publisher=Ukrinform|date=13 May 2014|script-title=uk:Де відбудеться фінал Кубка України з футболу|language=uk|access-date=13 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520235748/http://www.ukrinform.ua/ukr/news/de_vidbudetsya_final_kubka_ukraiini_z_futbolu_1937856|archive-date=20 May 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://ffu.org.ua/ukr/tournaments/cup/12635/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513081615/http://ffu.org.ua/ukr/tournaments/cup/12635/|trans-title=Yuriy Mozharovsky - referee of the Ukrainian Cup final Dynamo - Shakhtar|script-title=uk:Юрій Можаровський – арбітр фіналу Кубку України "Динамо" - "Шахтар"|publisher=Football Federation of Ukraine|date=13 May 2014|archive-date=13 May 2014|language=uk}}

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GK1{{flagicon|UKR}} Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (c)
RB2{{flagicon|BRA}} Danilo Silva
CB6{{flagicon|AUT}} Aleksandar Dragović{{yel|90+4}}
CB24{{flagicon|CRO}} Domagoj Vida
LB27{{flagicon|UKR}} Yevhen Makarenko
DM4{{flagicon|POR}} Miguel Veloso
RM10{{flagicon|UKR}} Andriy Yarmolenko{{sent off|2|70|90+4}}
CM90{{flagicon|MAR}} Younès Belhanda{{suboff|85}}
CM19{{flagicon|UKR}} Denys Harmash{{suboff|89}}
LM7{{flagicon|NED}} Jeremain Lens{{suboff|71}}
CF85{{flagicon|COD}} Dieumerci Mbokani{{yel|45+3}}
colspan=3|Substitutes:
GK23{{flagicon|UKR}} Oleksandr Rybka
DF3{{flagicon|UKR}} Yevhen Selin
MF5{{flagicon|CRO}} Ognjen Vukojević{{yel|90+1}}{{subon|71}}
MF16{{flagicon|UKR}} Serhiy Sydorchuk{{subon|85}}
MF45{{flagicon|UKR}} Vladyslav Kalytvyntsev{{subon|89}}
FW9{{flagicon|UKR}} Roman Bezus
FW11{{flagicon|NGR}} Brown Ideye
colspan=4|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Serhii Rebrov

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GK30{{flagicon|UKR}} Andriy Pyatov
RB33{{flagicon|CRO}} Darijo Srna (c){{yel|45}}{{suboff|79}}
CB5{{flagicon|UKR}} Oleksandr Kucher
CB44{{flagicon|UKR}} Yaroslav Rakitskiy{{sent off|2|31|90+4}}
LB13{{flagicon|UKR}} Vyacheslav Shevchuk
CM6{{flagicon|UKR}} Taras Stepanenko
CM8{{flagicon|BRA}} Fred{{yel|90+4}}
RW20{{flagicon|BRA}} Douglas Costa
AM29{{flagicon|BRA}} Alex Teixeira
LW10{{flagicon|BRA}} Bernard{{suboff|69}}
CF9{{flagicon|BRA}} Luiz Adriano{{yel|90+2}}
colspan=3|Substitutes:
GK32{{flagicon|UKR}} Anton Kanibolotskiy
DF3{{flagicon|CZE}} Tomáš Hübschman
DF31{{flagicon|BRA}} Ismaily
DF38{{flagicon|UKR}} Serhiy Kryvtsov{{subon|79}}
MF17{{flagicon|BRA}} Fernando
FW11{{flagicon|CRO}} Eduardo{{subon|69}}
FW89{{flagicon|BRA}} Dentinho
colspan=4|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|ROU}} Mircea Lucescu

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Match officials:

  • Assistant referees:
  • Serhiy Bekker (Kharkiv)
  • Semyon Shlonchak (Cherkasy)
  • Fourth official:
  • Anatoliy Abdulla

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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 three substitutions

Match statistics

Tournament official website[https://web.archive.org/web/20140516005410/http://cup.sport.ua/online/23465 Online text report and statistics]. Ukrainian Cup website. May 15, 2014

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!width=100 |Teams

!width=70 | Dynamo

!width=70 | Shakhtar

|Total shots143
|Shots on target73
|Ball possession?%?%
|Corner kicks56
|Fouls committed??
|Offsides11
|Yellow cards43
|Red cards11

See also

References