The 2011–12

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is the 21st annual season of

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knockout competition, and fourth under the name of ''DATAGROUP – Football Ukraine Cup''. The Cup begins with two preliminary rounds, before the first round proper involving the Premier League clubs. The draw for both the preliminary rounds was held on July 7, 2011. The First Preliminary Round consists of teams from Druha Liha and Amateur Cup finalists. In the Second Preliminary Round teams of the

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enter the competition. Sixteen teams, the winners of the 2nd preliminary round, enter the First Round proper or the Round of 32 where the

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teams enter the competition for the first time. The winner of the competition qualifies for the

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of the

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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 ...

were the defending

champions and as a member of the Premier League enter the competition in the Round of 32. Shakhtar Donetsk retained the cup by defeating FC Metalurh Donetsk 2–1 in the final.

Team allocation

Fifty eight teams entered the Ukrainian Cup competition.

Distribution

Round and draw dates

All draws held at FFU headquarters (Building of Football) in

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unless stated otherwise.

Competition schedule

First Preliminary Round (1/64)

In this round entered 18 clubs from the Druha Liha, the finalists of

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. The round matches were played on July 16, 2011. ;''Notes:'' '' Makiyivvuhillya Makiyivka'' were drawn to play away against '' Bastion Illichivsk'' but they withdrew from the professional ranks prior to the start of the 2011–12 season. Makiyivvuhillya Makiyivka received a bye. ''Slovkhlib Slovyansk'' were drawn to play at home against '' Zhytychi Zhytomyr'' but they failed attestation and were not admitted to the PFL. Slovkhlib Slovyansk received a bye. ''

Desna Chernihiv Football Club Desna Chernihiv ( uk, ФК «Десна» Чернігів) is a Ukrainian football club based in Chernihiv. The original name of the club was "Avanhard" (FC Avanhard Chernihiv) during its first year of existence as part of a re ...

'' were drawn to play at home against ''

Nyva Ternopil FC Nyva Ternopil ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Нива» Тернопіль) is a Ukrainian football club from the city of Ternopil, the administrative center of Ternopil Oblast. As of the 2020–21 season, it played in the Ukrainian ...

'' but they withdrew from the Cup competition having not completed attestation awaiting their status in the PFL.

received a bye.

Second Preliminary Round (1/32)

In this round entered all 17 clubs from

(except

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) and the higher seeded 5 clubs and those clubs which received byes from the Druha Liha. They were drawn against the 7 winners of the First Preliminary Round. The second round matches were played on August 17, 2011. ''Note:'' Match played 16 August 2011. Match not played. ''Nyva Vinnytsia'' informed the PFL that the club was having financial difficulties and would not arrive for the scheduled cup game against Tytan Armyansk.

Bracket

The pairings for each round were not known from the incept. ''Notes:'' * Asterisk (*) in a score bracket means that a club won in an extra time.

Round of 32

In this round all 16 teams from the

enter the competition. They and the 16 winners from the previous round consisting of nine clubs from the First League, five clubs from the Second League, and both representatives from the amateur league are drawn in this round. The draw took place September 8, 2011 and was performed by

Anatoliy Kon'kov Anatoliy Konkov ( uk, Анатолій Дмитрович Коньков; born 19 September 1949) is a Ukrainian former football player and recognized as the Merited Master of Sports of the USSR (1982). He was elected as the President of the Foot ...

who was invited as a guest by the Premier League. The matches were played September 21, 2011. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ''Note:'' ''Arsenal Kyiv'' had been using

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as a home ground during the season moved their cup game to Obolon Arena.

Round of 16

In this round enter winners from the previous round. The Premier League is represented with 12 clubs, the First League – 2, and the Second League – 2. The draw took place October 13, 2011 and was performed by the former Metalist Kharkiv player Ihor Yakubovskiy, who was invited as a guest by the Premier League. The matches were played October 26, 2011. Last season's

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participants Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donets'k were drawn to play against each other in this round with the Cup holders prevailing. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Quarterfinals

In this round enter the winners from the previous round. The Premier League will be represented with 7 clubs and the First League with 1 club. The draw took place March 15, 2012 and was performed by former Dynamo and Ukrainian National team 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. ...

. The matches were played April 11, 2012. ---- ---- ---- ----

Semifinals

In this round enter the winners from the previous round. All participants represent the Premier League. The draw took place April 12, 2012 and performed by the Ukrainian referee Viktor Derdo. The winner of the match Metalurh-Karpaty will host the final of the Ukrainian Cup. ---- ----

Final

In this round enter the winners from the previous round. All participants represent the Premier League. The Cup Final will be played May 6, 2012. ----

Top goalscorers

The data includes goals scored in qualifying matches as well as the rounds since the Round of 32. ''Notes:''

References

External links

PFL official website

UPL official website
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