2014–15 Ukrainian Cup

The 2014–15 Ukrainian Cup was the 24th annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition.
The decision on a schedule of competitions for clubs of the First and Second League and amateur leagues composition was confirmed on 23 July 2014 at a session of Central Council of the Professional Football League of Ukraine.

Due to the Russian occupation of the Eastern Ukraine with the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War, many clubs from the region were forced to play their home games in Kyiv, while other withdrew.

Team allocation

Thirty nine teams entered into the Ukrainian Cup competition. There were several changes implemented for the competition.
Prior to each round's draw, starting from the competition proper (round of 32) seedings were introduced according to the team's ranking according to their respective league competition. The round of 16, quarter finals and semi finals will be played as two legged fixtures.

The competition included most of professional first teams from the Premier League (14/14 teams of the league), First League (15/16), Second League (8/10) and two best teams from the previous year's Amateur Cup.

Distribution

Round and draw dates

Teams

''Notes:''

* With the asterisk (*) are noted the Second League teams that were recently admitted to the league from amateurs and the AAFU (amateur) team(s) that qualified in place of the Amateur Cup finalist(s).
* Reserve teams Dynamo-2 from the First League and Shakhtar-3 from the Second League were not included in the draw. One more professional team of Makiivvuhillya Makiivka was not included in the draw after it was forced to relocate to Nikopol from Makiivka.

Competition schedule

Preliminary round (1/64)

In this round entered 4 clubs from the First League, 8 clubs from the Second League and the finalists of the Ukrainian Amateur Cup. The round matches were played on 6 August 2014.

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Round of 32

In this round all 14 teams from the 2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League, 11 clubs from 2014–15 Ukrainian First League (except Dynamo-2 Kyiv) and 7 winners from the preliminary round enter this stage of the competition which also includes 4 teams from the 2014–15 Ukrainian Second League and last season's Ukrainian Amateur Cup finalist. The draw for this round was held 13 August 2014 at the House of Football in Kyiv. The round matches are scheduled to be played on 23 August 2014.

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;''Notes:''
The match between FC Ternopil and FC Oleksandriya has been brought forward one day due to schedule conflict as two games are scheduled at Ternopil City Stadium (the other being between Nyva and Vorskla).

Мatch to be played at the Stadium of the National University of State Taxation Service of Ukraine in Irpin, since Chaika's home ground ''Kozak Arena'' in Petropavlivsk Borschahivka, Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion is unsuitable due to its artificial surface.

Match to be played on 24 August, Independence Day by mutual agreement of the teams.

Match to be played on 24 August, Independence Day by mutual agreement of the teams.

''Stal Alchevsk'' withdrew from the competition. Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk advanced to the next round of the competition.

Round of 16

In this round 13 teams from the 2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League, 3 clubs from 2014–15 Ukrainian First League. The round matches are played in two legs. The first leg will be played from the 25 September through on 28 September and the second leg was scheduled to be played 29 October 2014. The draw for this round was held 26 August 2014 at the House of Football in Kyiv.

First leg

Second leg

On 8 October 2014, the Administration of the Premier League approved dates and times for second leg games of the round of 16.

''Shakhtar won 9–2 on aggregate.''

''Dnipro won 4–1 on aggregate.''

''Olimpik won 6–0 on aggregate.''

''Dynamo won 2–0 on aggregate.''

''Vorskla won 4–2 on aggregate.''

''3–3 on aggregate. Chornomorets won 4–2 on penalties.''

''3–3 on aggregate. Metalist won on away goals.''

''Zorya won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''Notes:''

Originally scheduled on 28 October 2014, game Shakhtar – Poltava was moved to earlier date.

Originally scheduled on 30 October 2014, games Dnipro – Volyn, Dynamo – Karpaty, and Metalist – Hoverla were moved to earlier dates.

Quarterfinals

In this round enter the eight winners from the previous round. All the teams are from the Premier League. The draw was held at the House of Football in Kyiv on 31 October 2014. The first leg matches were scheduled to be played on 3 December 2014, but due to weather conditions the Premier League has rescheduled the match to the spring pending confirmation by the Football Federation of Ukraine. On 10 February 2015 the Premier League administration approved dates and times of the first leg.

First leg

''Notes:''

Originally scheduled on 4 March 2015, game Chornomorets – Dnipro was postponed.

Second leg

''Olimpik won 1–0 on aggregate.''

''Dynamo won 4–1 on aggregate.''

''Shakhtar won 3–0 on aggregate.''

''Dnipro won 5–0 on aggregate.''

Semifinals

In this round enter the four winners from the previous round. All the teams are from the Premier League. The draw was held at the House of Football in Kyiv on 9 April 2015.

First leg

Second leg

''Dynamo won 4–1 on aggregate.''

''Shakhtar won 2–1 on aggregate.''

Final

Top goalscorers

The competition's top ten goalscorers including qualification rounds.

See also

*2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League
*2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League Reserves and Under 19
*2014–15 Ukrainian First League
*2014–15 Ukrainian Second League
*2014–15 UEFA Europa League

Notes

References

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