The 1997 Ukrainian Cup Final is a
football
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match that took place at the
NSC Olimpiyskiy on May 25, 1997. The match was the
6th Ukrainian Cup Final and it was contested by
FC Shakhtar Donetsk
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and
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
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In 2018 FC Dnipro was forced in ...
. The 1997 Ukrainian Cup Final was the fifth to be held in the
Ukrainian
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capital
Kyiv
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. Shakhtar won by a single goal netted by
Serhiy Atelkin in the 36th minute.
There also were a couple of
yellow cards
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issued at this game, both of them to ''Shakhtar'' players: Potskhveria and
Hennadiy Orbu
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.
Road to Kyiv
Both teams started from the first round of the competition (1/16). ''Shakhtar'', if not considering their first game in
Mariupol
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, had some difficulties along the way meeting resistance from every team. Especially surprising was the face-off with
Vorskla Poltava
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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 Odessa
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The club's home ground is the 34,164 capacity Chornomorets Stadium opened in 1935 and rebuilt in 2011. According to the club's website, it was formed in 1936 a ...
.
Match details
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Match statistics
See also
*
Ukrainian Cup 1996-97
References
External links
Calendar of Matches- Schedule of the 1996-97 Ukrainian Cup on the Ukrainian Soccer History web-site (ukrsoccerhistory.com).
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