2025 Ukrainian Cup final

2025 Ukrainian Cup Final

The final match venue
Event	2024–25 Ukrainian Cup
Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kyiv 1 1
After extra time Shakhtar Donetsk won 6–5 on penalties
Date	14 May 2025
Venue	Tsentralnyi Stadion, Zhytomyr
Referee	Mykola Balakin
Attendance	4,740
Weather	15°C, sunny

The 2025 Ukrainian Cup Final was the 32nd final match of the annual Ukrainian football cup competition. It was played on 14 May 2024 at the Tsentralnyi Stadion in Zhytomyr. This is the first time the cup final was held in Zhytomyr.

Road to the final

Main article: 2024–25 Ukrainian Cup

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away; N: neutral).

Shakhtar Donetsk		Round	Dynamo Kyiv
Opponent	Result	2024–25 Ukrainian Cup	Opponent	Result
Zorya Luhansk	1–0 (N)	Round of 16	Vorskla Poltava	2–1 (A) (a.e.t.)
FC Oleksandriya	1–0 (A) (a.e.t.)	Quarter-finals	Rukh Lviv	1–0 (A)
Polissya Zhytomyr	1–0 (A) (a.e.t.)	Semi-finals	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	4–1 (N)

Shakhtar Donetsk

As a Premier League team, Shakhtar Donetsk started in the Round of 16, they were drawn to Zorya Luhansk and won 1-0 at the Arena Lviv in Lviv thanks to a midway through the first half goal from Traoré. Due to the ongoing Russian aggression against Ukraine, both teams were forced to play away from their home cities with Shakhtar "hosting" Zorya in Lviv. In the Quarterfinals, they were drawn against FC Oleksandriya and won 1-0 in overtime at the Nika Concert and Sports Complex in Oleksandriya with a goal from Kevin. In the Semifinals, they were drawn to Polissya Zhytomyr and won 1-0 in overtime at the Tsentralnyi Miskyi Stadion in Zhytomyr thanks to a late goal from Alisson.

Dynamo Kyiv

As a Premier League team, Dynamo Kyiv started in the Round of 16, they were drawn away to the last season cup finalist Vorskla Poltava and won 2-1 in overtime at the Vorskla Stadium in Poltava thanks to goals from Guerrero (penalty) and Vanat. In the Quarter-finals, they were drawn against Rukh Lviv and won 1-0 at the Arena Lviv in Lviv with a late first half goal from Pikhalyonok. In the Semi-Finals, they were drawn to Bukovyna Chernivtsi and won 4-1 at the Ukraina Stadium in Lviv thanks to goals from Voloshyn, Popov, Brazhko (penalty) and Shaparenko.

Previous encounters

See also: Ukrainian derby

The meeting between Dynamo and Shakhtar has been a main rivalry since 1930s when both clubs played in the Soviet competitions. As far as domestic cup competitions the two clubs met each other three times in the Soviet Cup (1968, 1978, 1985) and 16 times in the Ukrainian Cup (2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 (twice), 2011 (twice), 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 (twice)). In the finals Dynamo and Shakhtar met two times in the Soviet Cup and 10 times in the Ukrainian Cup. As part of the Ukrainian Cup, their first final together took place in 2002 in Kyiv with 81,000 spectators attending the match. Six out of 10 finals were won by Dynamo. Out of 32 finals of the Ukrainian Cup, only 3 did not feature either of the clubs.

Teams at the competition's finals

Team	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Shakhtar Donetsk	20 (1995, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2024)
Dynamo Kyiv	18 (1993, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021)

Match

Summary

Close to the end of the first half Dynamo Kyiv took a lead in the game with a goal from its seasoned veteran Andriy Yarmolenko who hit a left flank cross from Vladyslav Dubinchak into the box. At 35, Yarmolenko became the oldest player who scored in the Ukrainian Cup finals. A midway through the second half, a Shakhtar newcomer Kauã Elias who came out on as a substitution for Eguinaldo scored an equalizer after receiving a pass from Alisson Santana. It was the first goal from Elias for Shakhtar. Also, Elias became the youngest player who scored goal in the final and 11th Brazialian to do so.

Following the extra time, the match score did not change, and the game went to a penalty shootout. The first 5 assigned from each team did not miss their mark, while a Dynamo Oleksandr Karavayev's kick from the 11-meter mark was deflected by a Shakhtar goalkeeper, Dmytro Riznyk, awarding a victory in penalty shootout and the game overall.

Details

14 May 2025

Shakhtar Donetsk (PL)	1–1 (a.e.t.)	(PL) Dynamo Kyiv
Kauã 64'	Report	Yarmolenko 43'
Penalties
Nazaryna Alisson Kevin Kauã Ghram Kryskiv	6–5	Vanat Brazhko Vivcharenko Mykhailenko Pikhalyonok Karavayev

Tsentralnyi, Zhytomyr

Referee: Mykola Balakin (Kyiv Oblast)

«Shakhtar» Donetsk

«Dynamo» Kyiv

«Shakhtar»: GK 31 Dmytro Riznyk LB 13 Pedro Henrique CB 22 Mykola Matviyenko (c) CB 5 Valeriy Bondar RB 17 Vinicius Tobias  102' DM 6 Marlon Gomes  53'  62' CM 10 Heorhiy Sudakov  90' CM 21 Artem Bondarenko  62' LW 11 Kevin ST 7 Eguinaldo  34'  46' RW 38 Pedrinho  62' Substitutions: GK 23 Kiril Fesyun FW 2 Lassina Traoré MF 8 Dmytro Kryskiv  62' MF 9 Maryan Shved DF 16 Irakli Azarovi DF 18 Alaa Ghram  102' FW 19 Kauã Elias  46' MF 24 Viktor Tsukanov  90' MF 29 Yehor Nazaryna  62' MF 30 Alisson Santana  62' MF 39 Newerton DF 74 Marian Faryna Head coach: Marino Pušić

«Dynamo»: GK 35 Ruslan Neshcheret LB 44 Vladyslav Dubinchak  97'  104' CB 32 Taras Mykhavko  112' CB 4 Denys Popov RB 18 Oleksandr Tymchyk LM 22 Vladyslav Kabayev  91' CM 10 Mykola Shaparenko  74' CM 91 Mykola Mykhailenko RM 7 Andriy Yarmolenko  61'  81' CF 11 Vladyslav Vanat  53' CF 29 Vitaliy Buyalskyi (c)  81' Substitutions: GK 1 Valentyn Morhun DF 2 Kostyantyn Vivcharenko  104' MF 6 Volodymyr Brazhko  74' MF 9 Nazar Voloshyn  81' MF 15 Valentyn Rubchynskyi MF 20 Oleksandr Karavayev  91' DF 25 Maksym Dyachuk FW 39 Eduardo Guerrero DF 40 Kristian Bilovar  112' MF 45 Maksym Braharu MF 76 Oleksandr Pikhalyonok  81' FW 99 Matviy Ponomarenko Head coach: Oleksandr Shovkovskyi

Match officials Referee assistants: Oleksandr Berkut (Sumy) Dmytro Zaporozhenko (Zaporizhia) Fourth referee: Dmytro Panchyshyn (Kharkiv) Additional referee assistant: Volodymyr Dumenko (Kharkiv) Refereeing supervisor: Ihor Khiblin (Khmelnytskyi). VAR referee — Denys Shurman (Kyiv Oblast) VAR assistant — Oleksiy Derevinskyi (Khmelnytskyi) VAR supervisor — Anatoliy Abdula (Kharkiv). UAF delegate — Hryhoriy Simonov (Kyiv).

Regulation highlightes 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if needed. Penalty kicks if needed. 12 players for substitution. Maximum 5 substitution per match (+1 in case of extra time).

See also

• 2024–25 Ukrainian Premier League
• Klasychne derby – Ukrainian Classic rivalry

External links

• Ukrainian Cup. UEFA
• Official results. uaf.ua (in Ukrainian)