2009 Ukrainian Cup final
| Event | 2008–09 Ukrainian Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 31 May 2009 | ||||||
| Venue | Dnipro Stadium, Dnipropetrovsk | ||||||
| Attendance | 25,700 | ||||||
| Weather | 27 C | ||||||
The 2009 Ukrainian Cup Final was a football match that took place at the Dnipro Stadium on May 31, 2009. The match was the 18th Ukrainian Cup final and it was contested by Shakhtar Donetsk and Vorskla Poltava. The 2009 final was the first time a Ukrainian Cup final was held in Dnipropetrovsk.[1] Vorskla Poltava, as Ukrainian Cup winners, qualified for the UEFA Europa League play-off round.
Road to Dnipropetrovsk
[edit]All sixteen Ukrainian Premier League clubs did not have to go through qualification to get into the competition, so Vorskla and Shakhtar both qualified for the competition automatically.
| Vorskla Poltava
| Shakhtar Donetsk
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Previous encounters
[edit]Prior to the final, Vorskla and Shakhtar had met six times in previous Ukrainian Cup competitions. Vorskla had never defeated Shakhtar, with its best performance being a 1–1 draw in the second leg of the quarter-finals in the 2007–08 edition. Shakhtar's best performance against Vorskla was in a second round encounter in the 1994–95 edition, an 8–0 drubbing.[1]
Match details
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| MATCH OFFICIALS[1]
| MATCH RULES
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| Ukrainian Cup 2009 Winners |
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| Vorskla Poltava First title |
Match statistics
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Кубок Украины. Финал. "Ворскла" – "Шахтер". Анонс матча (Ukrainian Cup. Final. Vorskla – Shakhtar. Match announcement)". ua.футбол (in Russian). 2009-05-31. Archived from the original on 2009-06-11. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
- ^ "Official Match Report". FPL (in Ukrainian). 2009-06-01. Archived from the original on 2009-06-07. Retrieved 2009-06-01.