The 2023–24

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was the 32nd annual season of

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knockout competition. The competition is began on 29 July 2023 and concluded on 15 May 2024 with the

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. The competition has been resumed after being paused for a season due to the

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and an attempt to resume league competitions. In the fall of the last year (2022), there was information about possibility of resuming cup competitions in the spring (2023), but the idea was never realized. All competition rounds consisted of a single game with a home field advantage granted to a team from lower league. Draw for all the rounds was blind. Qualification for the competition was granted to all professional clubs and four better performers of 2 last amateur seasons the

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(16/16 teams of the league), First League (20/20), Second League (11/15) and four best performer from the previous year's Amateur Cup. Four second club teams from the Second League are not eligible for the tournament.

Rounds schedule

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). * Since there was no competition held last season due to hostilities, for this season the Ukrainian Association of Football approved qualification of four teams from the

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, two from 2021–22 season and two from 2022–23. Now, the 2021–22 season stopped at the semifinal stage. From 2021–22 season qualified Olympia Savyntsi and Mykolaiv (the other two semifinalists were Druzhba Myrivka that already qualified as a professional, and Motor Zaporizhia was dissolved in January of 2023), now since both finalists of the 2022–23 season qualified, the 2022–23 spot was filled with loosing semifinalists Shturm Ivankiv and Fazenda Chernivtsi. Technically, none of the AAFU representatives qualified as the Amateur Cup finalists, although Olympiya Savyntsi reached a final, their awarded quota was for previous season when they stopped at semifinals. * Four reserve teams from the PFL League 2 were not eligible to participate.

Bracket

The following is the bracket which the main stage of the Ukrainian Cup resembles. Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of a

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Competition schedule

Legends: AM – AAFU (amateur) competitions (IV tier), 2L – Second League (III tier), 1L – First League (II tier), PL – Premier League (I tier)

First preliminary round (1/128)

In this round, 2 clubs from the Second League and four clubs of the

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Third preliminary round (1/32)

In this round, the 16 winners of the Second preliminary round participate (8 clubs from First League, 7 clubs from Second League, 1 – amateurs). The draw was held on 4 August 2023. *''Notes:''

Fourth preliminary round (1/16)

In this round, 8 clubs from the

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will enter the competition and the 8 winners of the Third preliminary round (6 clubs from First League and 2 clubs from Second League). *''Notes:'' LNZ vs Viktoriya had been interrupted due to air alert.

Round of 16 (1/8)

In this round, 8 clubs from the

will enter the competition and join the 8 winners of the Fourth preliminary round (6 clubs from Premier League and 2 clubs from First League). *''Notes:'' Rukh vs Oleksandriya kick off time was delayed for 30 minutes due to air alert.

Quarter-finals (1/4)

This round includes one team from the First League and 7 clubs from the Premier League. Base date for the matches is 1 November 2023. The draw for the round took place at Epet Arena,

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with active participation of Oleksandr Zinchenko and

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. *''Notes:'' Polissia vs Oleksandriya match had been interrupted in the 85th minute for 50 minutes due to air alert.

Semi-finals (1/2)

*''Notes:'' Polissia vs Vorskla match had been interrupted in the 80th minute for 40 minutes due to air alert.

Final

Top goalscorers

The competition's top three goalscorers including preliminary rounds. Scorers
FootBoom. ''Notes:''

References

External links

2023–24 Ukrainian Cup regulations
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