1997 Ukrainian Cup final
EventUkrainian Cup 1996-97
Team 1Shakhtar Donetsk
Team1score1
Team 2Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Team2score0
Date25 May 1997
StadiumNSC Olimpiyskyi
CityKyiv
RefereeSerhiy Tatulian (Kyiv)
Attendance26,000
Weather12 °C
Previous1996
Next1998

The 1997 Ukrainian Cup final was a football match that took place at the NSC Olimpiyskiy on 25 May 1997. The match was the 6th Ukrainian Cup Final and it was contested by FC Shakhtar Donetsk and FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. The 1997 Ukrainian Cup Final was the fifth to be held in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Shakhtar won by a single goal netted by Serhiy Atelkin in the 36th minute.

There also were a couple of yellow cards issued at this game, both of them to Shakhtar players: Potskhveria and Hennadiy Orbu.

Road to Kyiv

Main article: Ukrainian Cup 1996-97

Both teams started from the first round of the competition (1/16). Shakhtar, if not considering their first game in Mariupol, had some difficulties along the way meeting resistance from every team. Especially surprising was the face-off with Vorskla Poltava which almost revenged the miners for the face-slap from two years previously. In the semi-final Shakhtar defeated the Armymen which, alas, managed to show no teeth in their second game. Dnipro impressed when it easily defeated the two-time winners of the tournament, Chornomorets Odesa.

Shakhtar

Round 1Metalurh M.1–3Shakhtar
Round 2Zirka-NIBAS0–1Shakhtar
Quarter-final (1st leg)Vorskla0–0Shakhtar
Quarter-final (2nd leg)Shakhtar2–1Vorskla
 (Shakhtar won 2–1 on aggregate)
Semi-final (1st leg)Shakhtar2–1CSKA
Semi-final (2nd leg)CSKA0–3Shakhtar
 (Shakhtar won 5–1 on aggregate)

Dnipro

Round 1Lviv2–3Dnipro
Round 2Dnipro2–0Torpedo
Quarter-final (1st leg)Chornomorets0–1Dnipro
Quarter-final (2nd leg)Dnipro3–0Chornomorets
 (Dnipro won 4–0 on aggregate)
Semi-final (1st leg)Dnipro3–0Metalurh Z.
Semi-final (2nd leg)Metalurh Z.2–0Dnipro
 (Dnipro won 3–2 on aggregate)

Match details

Shakhtar Donetsk:
GK?Dmytro Shutkov
MF?Ihor Leonov
DF?Mikhail Potskhveria
DF?Oleksandr Babiy
DF?Oleksandr Koval
MF?Oleh Matveyev
DF?Hennadiy Orbu
DF?Serhiy Kovalyov
MF?Hennadiy Zubov
FW?Valeriy Kriventsov
FW?Serhiy Atelkin
Substitutes:
DF?Oleh Shelayev
MF?Serhiy Kochvar
MF?Oleksandr Spivak
Manager:
Valeriy Yaremchenko
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk:
GK?Illya Blyznyuk
DF?Oleksandr Poklonskyi
MF?Kostyantyn Sosenko
MF?Hennadiy Kozar
MF?Ivan Pavlyukh
FW?Ihor Kharkivshchenko
DF?Volodymyr Sharan
DF?Serhiy Nahornyak
MF?Gia Kilasonia
FW?Hennadiy Moroz
DF?Varlam Kilasonia
Substitutes:
DF?Oleksandr Kovalenko
FW?Viktor Byelkin
FW?Volodymyr Lyutyi
Manager:
Vyacheslav Hroznyi

MATCH OFFICIALS

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes
  • 3 substitutions, plus two more in extra time.
Ukrainian Cup 1997 Winners
FC Shakhtar Donetsk
Second title

Match statistics

ShakhtarDnipro
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Yellow cards??
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See also

  • Calendar of Matches - Schedule of the 1996-97 Ukrainian Cup on the Ukrainian Soccer History web-site (ukrsoccerhistory.com). (in Ukrainian)