The 2005 Ukrainian Cup Final was a
football match that took place at the
NSC Olimpiyskiy on 29 May 2005. The match was the
14th Ukrainian Cup Final and it was contested by
Shakhtar Donetsk
Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was f ...
and
Dynamo Kyiv
Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Dynamo Sports Society, the club as a separate business entity was officia ...
. The Olympic stadium is the traditional arena for the Cup final. The game was remembered for involving the most foreign players in the Ukrainian Cup finals: out of 36 players on both teams' rosters, 28 were from outside of Ukraine. Of the starting line-ups, there were five Brazilians, four Ukrainians, four Romanians, and others. Refereeing the match was a Norwegian team of referees.
Road to Kyiv
All 16 Ukrainian Premier League clubs do not have to go through qualification to get into the competition; Dynamo and Shakhtar therefore both qualified for the competition automatically.
Previous Encounters
Match details
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Match statistics
See also
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2004–05 Ukrainian Cup
The Ukrainian Cup 2004–05 was the 14th annual edition of Ukraine's football knockout competition, known as the Ukrainian Cup. The first game was conducted on August 4, 2004 with the game between Rava and Shakhtar Donetsk in Rava-Ruska, Lviv R ...
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2004–05 Ukrainian Premier League
References
External links
{{FC Shakhtar Donetsk matches
Cup Final
Ukrainian Cup finals
Ukrainian Cup Final 2005
Ukrainian Cup Final 2005
Sports competitions in Kyiv