The 2024 Ukrainian Cup Final is the 31st final match of the annual Ukrainian footballcup competition. It was played on 15 May 2024 at the Avanhard Stadium in Rivne.[2] This is the first time the cup final would be held in Rivne.[3]
With still ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation, the final is expected to be the first one since the start of the invasion in February of 2022 and the 9th since the start of the war in 2014.
Both clubs exist since the Soviet times, but they never played each other in official games (domestic league, national cup) with Shakhtar playing at the top tier and Vorskla (earlier as Kolos) at the third tier of the All-Union football competitions.
Following dissolution of the Soviet Union, a matchup of these teams became more regular. While Vorskla is recognized as an obvious underdog, it is considered as not an easy opponent for the miners. Within the Ukrainian Cup, both teams met 9 times with 6 matches played at quarterfinals stage.[8] Vorskla was victorious twice, while Shakhtar has 5 wins. However, this is their second final and in the last one between them, in 2009, Vorskla gained its only national trophy thus far.
This is also the second final for the Vorskla's manager Serhiy Dolhanskyi who in 2009 as a captain and goalkeeper of Vorskla won the cup already in the role of a player in the Vorskla–Shakhtar final.
