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2016–17 Ukrainian Cup
Tournament details
Country	Ukraine
Dates	20 July 2016 – 17 May 2017
Teams	45
Defending champions	Shakhtar Donetsk
Final positions
Champions	Shakhtar Donetsk
Runner-up	FC Dynamo Kyiv
Semifinalists	FC Dnipro; MFC Mykolaiv;
UEFA Europa League	none
Tournament statistics
Matches played	43
Goals scored	93 (2.16 per match)
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The 2016–17 Ukrainian Cup is the 26th annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition. The decision on a schedule of competitions for clubs from the First and Second League in composition will be confirmed by the Central Council of the Professional Football League of Ukraine and the competition will start on 20 July 2016.^[1]

Team allocation

Distribution

First preliminary round (10 teams)	8 entrants from the Second League 2 entrants from the Amateur Cup
Second preliminary round (28 teams)	18 entrants from the First League 5 entrants from the Second League	5 winners from the First preliminary round
Round 1 (20 teams)	6 entrants from the Premier League	14 winners from the Second preliminary round
Round 2 (16 teams)	6 entrants from the Premier League	10 winners from the Round 1

Competition schedule

First Preliminary round (1/64)

In this round entered 8 clubs from the Second League and two representatives from the 2015 Ukrainian Amateur Cup. The round matches will be played on 20 July 2016.^[2]


Nyva-V Vinnytsia (2L)	3 – 1^[b]	(2L) Podillya Khmelnytskyi
Metalurh Zaporizhya (2L)	1 – 2	(2L) Zhemchuzhyna Odesa
Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva (2L)	-:+⁽¹⁾	(2L) Balkany Zorya
Ahrobiznes TSK Romny⁽²⁾ (AM)	3 – 1	(2L) FC Nikopol-NPHU
Hirnyk Sosnivka (AM)	0 – 3	(2L) Rukh Vynnyky

Notes:'

^(1) Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva informed the PFL that due to the financial situation that they would not play the match. Balkany Zorya advance to the next round.^[3]
^(2) The competition allows for the finalists of the Ukrainian Amateur Cup. However the finalist of the 2015 Ukrainian Amateur Cup, Balkany Zorya joined the PFL. Hence the PFL replaced their vacated spot with the highest-ranked team from the semi-finals of the Amateur Cup (Ahrobiznes TSK Romny).

Second Preliminary round (1/32)

In this round, 18 clubs from First League and the higher-seeded clubs from the Second League entered. They were drawn against the five winners of the First Preliminary Round.^[2] The round matches were played on 10 August 2016.^[2]


Balkany Zorya (2L)	0 – 1	(1L) Cherkaskyi Dnipro
Myr Hornostayivka (2L)	1 – 0	(1L) Avanhard Kramatorsk
Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka (2L)	0 – 2	(2L) Zhemchuzhyna Odesa
Krystal Kherson (2L)	1 – 4	(1L) Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka
FC Poltava (1L)	1 – 0	(1L) Bukovyna Chernivtsi
FC Ternopil (1L)	1 – 0	(1L) Skala Stryi
Rukh Vynnyky (2L)	2 – 3	(1L) Arsenal Kyiv
Ahrobiznes TSK Romny (AM)	0 – 2^[c]	(2L) Nyva-V Vinnytsia
Kremin Kremenchuk (2L)	1 – 2	(2L) Real Pharma Odesa
Kolos Kovalivka (1L)	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	(1L) Veres Rivne
FC Sumy (1L)	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	(1L) Illichivets Mariupol
Inhulets Petrove (1L)	1 – 1 (a.e.t.), p. 1–3	(1L) MFC Mykolaiv
Obolon-Brovar Kyiv (1L)	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	(1L) Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk
Helios Kharkiv (1L)	0 – 1	(1L) Desna Chernihiv

Round of 20 (1/16)

In this round six teams from the 2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League (bottom placed) and 14 winners from the Second Preliminary round enter this stage of the competition which also includes 10 teams from the 2016–17 Ukrainian First League, 4 teams from the 2016–17 Ukrainian Second League.^[4] The draw for this round was held on 17 August 2016 at the House of Football in Kyiv.^[4]

21 September 2016	FC Poltava (1L)	1–0	(PL) Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Lokomotov Stadium, Poltava
16:00	Kovtun 20'	Report		Attendance: 600 Referee: Volodymyr Mylanych

21 September 2016	Zhemchuzhyna Odesa (2L)	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	(PL) Karpaty Lviv	Spartak Stadium, Odesa
16:30		Report		Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Mykola Kryvonosov

21 September 2016	Myr Hornostayivka (2L)	1–2	(1L) Veres Rivne	Zatys Stadium, Hornostaivka
16:30	Komyahin 21'	Report	Zozulya 12' Kozban 81'	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Dmytro Bondarenko

21 September 2016	Nyva-V Vinnytsia (2L)	0–2	(1L) MFC Mykolaiv	Sports Complex Nyva, Vinnytsia
17:00		Report	Berko 73' Sarskiyan 90+3'	Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Oleksandr Plavyuk

21 September 2016	Desna Chernihiv (1L)	1–0	(1L) Arsenal Kyiv	Sonyachny Training Center⁽³⁾, Kharkiv
17:00	Favorov 83'	Report		Attendance: 50 Referee: Yuriy Foshchiy

21 September 2016	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka (1L)	2–0	(PL) Chornomorets Odesa	Naftovyk Stadium, Okhtyrka
18:00	Cherniy 29' Lozovyi 86'	Report		Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Vitaliy Romanov

21 September 2016	Illichivets Mariupol (1L)	2–0	(1L) FC Ternopil	Illichivets Stadium, Mariupol
18:00	Nekhtiy 31' Buy 33'	Report		Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Andriy Kuzmyn

21 September 2016	Cherkaskyi Dnipro (1L)	1–3	(PL) Stal Kamianske	Central Stadium, Cherkasy
18:30	Tarasenko 16'	Report	Kalenchuk 75' Karasyuk 80' Voronin 90'	Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Serhiy Dankovskiy

21 September 2016	Volyn Lutsk (PL)	2–1	(PL) Olimpik Donetsk	Avanhard Stadium, Lutsk
19:00	Lohinov 65' Deda 82'	Report	Hryn 67'	Attendance: 1,280 Referee: Serhiy Skrypak

22 September 2016	Real Pharma Odesa (2L)	0–2	(1L) Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	Spartak Stadium, Odesa
16:00		Report	Korolchuk 57', 88'	Attendance: 361 Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi

Notes:

^(3) Due to reconstruction of the pitch at Chernihiv Stadium, match moved to Sonyachny Training Center.^[5]

Round of 16 (1/8)

In this round, six teams from the 2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League (top placed) and 10 winners from the Round of 20 enter this stage of the competition which also includes 3 more teams from the 2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League, 7 teams from the 2016–17 Ukrainian First League. The draw was held on 23 September 2016 at the House of Football in Kyiv.^[6]

26 October 2016	FC Poltava (1L)	2–1	(PL) Karpaty Lviv	Lokomotov Stadium, Poltava
14:00	Kovtun 4' Troyanovskyi 42'	Report	Okechukwu 54'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Mykola Kryvonosov

26 October 2016	Veres Rivne (1L)	0–1	(PL) Vorskla Poltava	Avanhard Stadium, Rivne
15:00		Report	Kolomoyets 34'	Attendance: 5,436 Referee: Ivan Bodnar

26 October 2016	Desna Chernihiv (1L)	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p)	(PL) FC Dnipro	Obolon Stadium⁽⁴⁾, Kyiv
15:00		Report		Attendance: 2,070 Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk

26 October 2016	Illichivets Mariupol (1L)	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	(PL) Stal Kamianske	Illichivets Stadium, Mariupol
17:00	Kozhanov 51'	Report	Danso 7'	Attendance: 900 Referee: Serhiy Berezka

26 October 2016	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka (1L)	2–1	(PL) Volyn Lutsk	Naftovyk Stadium, Okhtyrka
18:00	Y. Pasich 17' H. Pasich 67'	Report	Memeshev 86' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,150 Referee: Anatoliy Abdula

26 October 2016	MFC Mykolaiv (1L)	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	(1L) Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	Central Stadium, Mykolaiv
18:30		Report		Attendance: 730 Referee: Vitaliy Romanov

26 October 2016	Dynamo Kyiv (PL)	5 – 2 (a.e.t.)	(PL) Zorya Luhansk	NSC Olimpiyskiy, Kyiv
19:00	González 14', 97' Tsyhankov 65' Moraes 100' (pen.), 119'	Report	Forster 22' (pen.) Sivakow 89'	Attendance: 5,347 Referee: Anatoliy Zhabchenko

26 October 2016	Shakhtar Donetsk (PL)	2–1	(PL) FC Oleksandriya	Arena Lviv, Lviv
19:30	Stepanenko 13' Marlos 90+2'	Report	Yaremchuk 90+4'	Attendance: 1,210 Referee: Oleksandr Derdo

Notes:

^(4) Due to reconstruction of the pitch at Chernihiv Stadium, match moved to Obolon Arena.^[7]

Quarterfinals

In this round will participate 4 teams from the 2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League and 4 teams from the 2016–17 Ukrainian First League. The draw was held on 27 October 2016 at the House of Football in Kyiv.^[8]

26 November 2016	MFC Mykolaiv (1L)	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	(1L) Illichivets Mariupol	Central City Stadium, Mykolaiv
17:00		Report		Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Yuriy Vaks
	Penalties
	Sarkisyan Shavrin Sartina Batyushin		Kozak Sydorenko Mishnyov Fomin

30 November 2016	FC Dnipro (PL)	1–0	(PL) Vorskla Poltava	Dnipro Arena, Dnipro
19:00	Balanyuk 73'	Report		Attendance: 1,401 Referee: Anatoliy Zhabchenko

5 April 2017⁽⁶⁾	FC Poltava (1L)	w/o⁽⁷⁾	(PL) Shakhtar Donetsk	Lokomotyv Stadium, Poltava
14:00		Report

5 April 2017⁽⁵⁾	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka (1L)	0–1	(PL) Dynamo Kyiv	Naftovyk Stadium, Okhtyrka
17:00		Report	Harmash 19'	Attendance: 4,930 Referee: Yuriy Hrysyo

Notes:

^(5) Originally the match was scheduled for November 30 but was postponed due to the frozen pitch at Naftovyk Stadium being unplayable.^[9]
^(6) Originally the match was scheduled for November 30 but was postponed due to the frozen pitch at Lokomotyv Stadium being unplayable.^[10]
^(7) Control-Disciplinary Committee of the FFU awards a 3–0 technical victory to Shakhtar due to the state of the pitch at Lokomotyv Stadium^[11]

Semifinals

In this round will participate 3 teams from the 2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League and 1 team from the 2016–17 Ukrainian First League. The draw was held on 6 April 2017 at the Hilton hotel in Kyiv.^[12] During the draw there was identified a host for the final whom will be the winner of Shakhtar-Dnipro pair.^[12]

26 April 2017	MFC Mykolaiv (1L)	0–4	(PL) Dynamo Kyiv	Central City Stadium, Mykolaiv
18:00		Report	Yarmolenko 45+1', 81' (pen.), 90+1' Kadar 62'	Attendance: 14,100 Referee: Kateryna Monzul

26 April 2017	Shakhtar Donetsk (PL)	1–0	(PL) FC Dnipro	Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv
20:00	Taison 68'	Report		Attendance: 4,751 Referee: Oleksandr Derdo

Final

17 May 2017	Shakhtar Donetsk (PL)	1–0	(PL) Dynamo Kyiv	Metalist Stadium
21:00 LST	Marlos 81'	Report		Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Kostyantyn Trukhanov ^[13]

Top goalscorers

The competition's top ten goalscorers including qualification rounds.

As of 17 May 2017^[update]^[14]

Rank	Scorer	Team	Goals (Pen.)
1	Andriy Yarmolenko	Dynamo Kyiv	3 (1)
2	Viktor Berko	MFC Mykolaiv	2
	Derlis González	Dynamo Kyiv	2
	Artem Korolchuk	Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	2
	Oleksiy Kovtun	FC Poltava	2
	Marlos	Shakhtar Donetsk	2
	Volodymyr Polishchuk	Nyva-V Vinnytsia	2
	Oleh Sheptytskyi	Rukh Vynnyky	2
	Júnior Moraes	Dynamo Kyiv	2 (1)
	Oleksandr Vechtomov	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka	2 (1)