2012–13 Ukrainian Cup

2012–13 Ukrainian Cup

Country	Ukraine
Teams	55
Defending champions	Shakhtar Donetsk
Champions	Shakhtar Donetsk
Runners-up	Chornomorets Odesa
Matches played	46
Goals scored	126 (2.74 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	4 goals Luiz Adriano & Alex Teixeira (Shakhtar)
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The 2012–13 Ukrainian Cup was the 22nd annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition.

The Cup began with two preliminary rounds, before the first round proper involving the Premier League clubs. The draw for both the preliminary rounds was held on 5 July 2012.^[1] The First Preliminary Round consisting of teams from Druha Liha and Amateur Cup finalists. In the Second Preliminary Round teams of the Persha Liha entered the competition. Sixteen teams, the winners of the 2nd preliminary round, entered the First Round proper or the Round of 32 where the Premier League teams entered the competition for the first time. The winner of the competition qualified for the play-off round (based on the UEFA club coefficient) of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.

Team allocation

Fifty five teams entered into the Ukrainian Cup competition.

Distribution

		Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round
First qualifying round (18 teams)		16 participants of the Second League 2 participants of the Amateur Cup final
Second qualifying round (32 teams)		17 participants of the First League 6 participants of the Second League	9 winners from the first qualifying round
Tournament proper (32 teams)		16 participants of the Premier League	16 winners from the second qualifying round

Round and draw dates

All draws held at FFU headquarters (Building of Football) in Kiev unless stated otherwise.

Phase	Round	Draw date	Game date
Qualifying	First qualifying round	5 July 2012	25 July 2012
	Second qualifying round		22 August 2012
Main event	Round of 32	5 September 2012	22 September 2012(1)
	Round of 16	26 September 2012	31 October 2012
	Quarter-finals	1 November 2012	17 April 2013
	Semi-finals	19 April 2013	8 May 2013
	Final	22 May 2013(2)(3) at OSK "Metalist", Kharkiv

^(1) Originally scheduled on 23 September 2012^[2]

^(2) The final to be scheduled for 1 June 2013, if there is a necessity to conclude the Ukrainian Premier League season with a "Golden Match".^[3]

^(3) Originally scheduled for 30 May 2013, it was later planned to conduct on 1 June 2013. On 18 April 2013 the FFU Executive Committee rescheduled the match for 22 May 2013.^[4] On 24 April 2013 the FFU Executive Committee changed location of the final match from Olimpiysky in Kiev to Metalist in Kharkiv.^[5]

Competition schedule

First Preliminary Round (1/64)

In this round entered 16 clubs from the Druha Liha and the finalists of Ukrainian Amateur Cup. The round matches were played on 25 July 2012.^[6]

Skala Stryi (2L)	0 – 1	(2L) Dynamo Khmelnytskyi
Makiyivvuhillya Makiyivka (2L)	1 – 1aet, p. 3–5	(2L) Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk
Real Pharm Yuzhne (2L)	0 – 1	(2L) Nyva Ternopil
FC Bucha (AM)	1 – 2	(2L) UkrAhroKom Pryiutivka
Kremin Kremenchuk (2L)	4 – 0	(2L) Yednist Plysky
SKA Odesa (2L)	0 – 2	(2L) Zhemchuzhyna Yalta
Krystal Kherson (2L)	3 – 1	(2L) FC Ternopil
Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk (2L)	3 – 0(3)	(2L) Myr Hornostayivka
Hvardiyets Hvardiyske (AM)	bye(4)

Notes:

^(3) Myr Hornostayivka informed the PFL that they will not travel for the scheduled match.(19 July 2012)^[7] Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk win the match with a 3–0 technical victory and advance into the next round.^[8]

^(4) Hvardiyets Hvardiyske were drawn to play away against FC Bastion Illichivsk but they were omitted from the professional ranks prior to the start of the 2012–13 season.(13 July 2012)^[9] Hvardiyets Hvardiyske receive a bye into the next round.

Second Preliminary Round (1/32)

In this round entered all 17 clubs from Persha Liha (except Dynamo-2 Kyiv) and the higher seeded clubs from the Druha Liha (top four of each group). They were drawn against the nine winners of the First Preliminary Round. The matches were played 22 August 2012.^[6]

Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih (2L)	1 – 3	(1L) Stal Alchevsk
Nyva Ternopil (2L)	1 – 1 aet, p. 4–2	(1L) Zirka Kirovohrad
FC Odesa (1L)	3 – 2 aet	(1L) FC Poltava
Helios Kharkiv (1L)	3 – 0	(1L) Olimpik Donetsk
Krystal Kherson (2L)	0 – 1	(1L) Krymteplytsya Molodizhne
FC Sevastopol (1L)	1 – 0	(1L) Bukovyna Chernivtsi
Obolon Kyiv (1L)	2 – 0	(1L) Arsenal Bila Tserkva
Zhemchuzhyna Yalta (2L)	2 – 2 aet, p. 4–2	(1L) Tytan Armyansk
Shakhtar Sverdlovsk (2L)	2 – 1 aet	(1L) PFC Oleksandria
Hvardiyets Hvardiyske(5) (AM)	1 – 3	(2L) UkrAhroKom Pryiutivka
Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk (2L)	2 – 0	(1L) Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka
Dynamo Khmelnytskyi (2L)	0 – 2	(2L) Desna Chernihiv
Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka (2L)	0 – 1 aet	(2L) Slavutych Cherkasy
Avanhard Kramatorsk (1L)	1 – 0	(1L) FC Sumy
Kremin Kremenchuk (2L)	2 – 1	(1L) MFK Mykolaiv
Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk (2L)	bye(6)

Notes:

^(5) Hvardiyets Hvardiyske were originally drawn to be the away side. However, the PFL regulations for the draw determine that a team from a lower level are designated as the home team. Match was played in Hvardiyske.^[6]

^(6) Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk were originally drawn to play away against FC Lviv but they withdrew from the professional ranks prior to the start of the 2012–13 season.^[10] Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk receive a bye and advance to the First Round of the Cup competition.^[7]

Round of 32

In this round all 16 teams from the Premier League entered the competition. They and the 16 winners from the previous round consisting of seven clubs from the Persha Liha and nine clubs from the Druha Liha were drawn in this round. The draw took place 5 September 2012^[11] and was performed by Volodymyr Troshkin who was invited as a guest by the Premier League.^[11]

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^(7) Fixture played at the CSC Nika Stadium located in the district center of Oleksandria, since the home ground has limited capacity.^[12]

Round of 16

In this round the 16 winners from the previous round consisting of 11 teams from the Premier League, two clubs from the Persha Liha and three clubs from the Druha Liha were drawn in this round. The draw took place September 26, 2012^[13] and was performed by Mykhailo Fomenko who was invited as a guest by the Premier League.^[13]

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^(8) Fixture played at the CSC Nika Stadium located in the district center of Oleksandria, since the home ground has limited capacity.^[14]

Quarterfinals

In this round entered the eight winners from the previous round consisting of seven teams from the Premier League and a club from the Persha Liha were drawn in this round. The draw took place 1 November 2012 and was performed by former Ukrainian international player Ivan Hetsko but due unforeseen circumstance was not able attend the draw.^[15] The draw was performed by former Ukrainian international player Vladyslav Vashchuk.^[15]

Semifinals

In this round entered the four winners from the previous round consisting of three teams from the Premier League and a club from the Persha Liha were drawn in this round. The draw took place 19 April 2013 and was performed by former Ukrainian international player Ivan Hetsko. The home team for the final was selected as the winner of Sevastopol - Shakhtar match.^[16][17]

Final

Top goalscorers

The competition's top ten goalscorers including qualification rounds.

As of May 22, 2013

#	Scorer	Goals (Pen.)	Team
1	Luiz Adriano	4	Shakhtar Donetsk
	Alex Teixeira	4	Shakhtar Donetsk
3	Fernandinho	3	Shakhtar Donetsk
	Ruslan Fomin	3	Illichivets Mariupol
	Matheus	3	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
	Yevhen Volha	3	Kremin Kremenchuk

See also

• 2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League
• 2012–13 Ukrainian First League
• 2012–13 Ukrainian Second League
• 2012–13 UEFA Europa League

References