The 2008 Ukrainian Cup Final was a

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match that took place at the

Metalist Stadium "Metalist" Oblast Sports Complex ( uk, Обласний спортивний комплекс "Металіст"), which includes the Metalist Stadium ( uk, Стадіон "Металіст"), is a multi-use stadium in Kharkiv, Ukraine. It is us ...

on May 7, 2008. The match was the 17th 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 Association football, football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Union, Soviet Dynamo Sports Club, Dynamo Sports Soc ...

. The 2008 Ukrainian Cup FInal was the first to be held outside of the Ukrainian capital

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

. Shakhtar won the match 2–0 through goals from

Oleksandr Gladkiy Oleksandr Mykolayovych Hladkyi ( uk, Олександр Миколайович Гладкий, born 24 August 1987) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Chornomorets Odesa. He has also appeared for the Ukraine nat ...

and

Oleksiy Gai Oleksiy Anatoliyovych Hay ( uk, Олексій Анатолійович Гай; born 6 November 1982) is a Ukrainian retired professional footballer . He is currently an assistant manager at Chornomorets Odesa. Career He made a political stat ...

. The match had five red cards issued, two to Dynamo players and three to Shakhtar players. The match also had six

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(Gladkiy received two), four of which were given to Shakhtar players and two to Dynamo players. This was in part because of players' violent behavior and also because

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Victor Shvetsov made several misjudgments.

Road to Kharkiv

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. Dynamo had a lot of instability en route to the final. At the beginning of the season, manager

Anatoliy Demyanenko Anatoliy Vasilyovych Demyanenko ( uk, Анатолiй Васильович Дем'яненко, born 19 February 1959), sometimes referred to as Anatoli Demianenko, is a Ukrainian football coach and former player. As a player, he was deployed a ...

resigned after рoor results to start the season. He was replaced by former Dynamo player and coach

Yozhef Sabo Yozhef Yozhefovich Sabo ( uk, Йожеф Йожефович Сабо; hu, Szabó József; born 29 February 1940) is a former Ukrainian football player and football manager. He is of Hungarian background. He is baptized as a Greek-Catholic. ...

, who later resigned from his post afterwards due to personal health problems. In November 2007, Dynamo appointed assistant coach

Oleh Luzhnyi Oleh Romanovych Luzhnyi ( uk, Олег Романович Лужний; born 5 August 1968) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Club career Luzhnyi is a product of the Karpaty sports school (coached by Yur ...

as interim coach, who was in charge until 8 December and managed to get Dynamo through the quarter-finals. Finally, in December 2008, the club appointed former Russia national team manager Yuriy Semin.Semin takes charge of Dynamo

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Calendar of Matches
– Schedule of the 2007–08 Ukrainian Cup on Professional Football League of Ukraine Website. {{FC Shakhtar Donetsk matches

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Road to Kharkiv

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