2017–18 Ukrainian Cup

The 2017–18 Ukrainian Cup was the 27th annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition. The competition was planned to be started on 9 July 2017 and concluded on 9 May 2018.[2]

2017–18 Ukrainian Cup
Tournament details
Country Ukraine[1]
Dates9 July 2017 – 9 May 2018
9 July 2017 – 20 September 2017 (qualification rounds)
25 October 2017 – 9 May 2018 (main event)
Teams52[1]
Defending championsShakhtar Donetsk
Final positions
ChampionsShakhtar Donetsk
Runner-upDynamo Kyiv
Semifinalists
UEFA Europa Leaguenone[a]
Tournament statistics
Matches played51
Goals scored147 (2.88 per match)
Attendance141,451 (2,774 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)5 – Serhiy Kyslenko (FC Lviv)

All statistics correct as of 9 May 2018.

This season the competition's administration was passed on to the Football Federation of Ukraine that previously was conducted by both the Premier League and Professional Football League.[1] The number of participants has increased to 52 and is the biggest in the last five years.[1] The FFU also promised to introduce a system of bonuses for this season's competition, yet did not disclosed them.[1]

All competition rounds consisted of a single game with a home field advantage granted to a team from lower league.[1] Qualification for the competition is granted to all professional clubs and finalists of the Ukrainian Amateur Cup as long as those clubs will be able to pass the season's attestation (licensing).

FC Shakhtar Donetsk was the defending winner for the last two seasons. The Donetsk club has reached the competition finals in the last seven years winning five of them.[1] There were around 300 clubs over the history of competition and it is a debut season for seven of them, Dnipro-1, Ahrobiznes, Metalist 1925, Polissya, Tavriya Simferopol, Sudnobudivnyk, and Prykarpattia.[1] Both qualified amateur clubs have already participated in the competition before. It should be mentioned that only 10 clubs participated in every season of the tournament.[1]

Team allocation and schedule

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Distribution

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First round
(26 teams)
Second round
(28 teams)
  • 13 winners from the First round
Third round
(20 teams)
  • 14 winners from the Second round
Round of 16
(16 teams)
  • 10 winners from the Round of 20

Rounds schedule

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Phase Round Fractional Draw date Game date[1][b]
Preliminary Round 1 164 finals 30 June 2017 9 July 2017
Round 2 132 finals 13 July 2017 26 July 2017
Round 3 116 finals 4 August 2017 20 September 2017
Main event Round of 16 18 finals 27 September 2017 25 October 2017
Quarter-finals 14 finals 31 October 2017 29 November 2017
Semi-finals 12 finals 2[3] March 2018[4] 18 April 2018
Final 9 May 2018

Competition schedule

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First Preliminary round (1/64)

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In this round entered three representatives from the First League, 21 clubs from the Second League, two representatives from the Amateur Cup. The draw for this round that took place 30 June 2017 at the House of Football in Kyiv was announced on 27 June 2017.[5] The round matches were played on 9 July 2017.[6] The archive of Ukrainian Association of Football "Footpass" shows the Premier League club NK Veres Rivne playing at the first preliminary round instead of FC Lviv (please, see Veres – Lviv swap). The clubs' "swap" occurred only next season, while the archive has been updated to show something that is completely wrong.

SC Dnipro-1 (2L) 5 – 0 (2L) Bukovyna Chernivtsi
FC Ternopil (2L) 1 – 1 (a.e.t.), (3–5 p) (2L) Ahrobiznes Volochysk
Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva (2L) 0 – 3 (2L) Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk
Chaika Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion (AM) 0 – 2 (1L) Rukh Vynnyky
Tavriya Simferopol (2L) +:- (3:0) (2L) Skala Stryi
FC Nikopol (2L) 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) (2L) Myr Hornostayivka
SCC Demnya (AM) 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) (2L) FC Dnipro
FC Lviv (2L) 2 – 0 (1L) Kremin Kremenchuk
Real Pharma Odesa (2L) 1 – 3 (2L) Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (2L) 2 – 2 (a.e.t.), (3–4 p) (2L) Nyva Ternopil
Podillya Khmelnytskyi (2L) 1 – 3 (2L) Nyva-V Vinnytsia
Metalurh Zaporizhya (2L) 0 – 2 (2L) Polissya Zhytomyr
Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv (2L) 0 – 2 (1L) Balkany Zorya

Notes:

  • On 5 July 2017 the club director of Skala Stryi confirmed that the club will not show up for the cup game against Tavriya.[7] On 24 July 2017 it was announced that the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee awarded a technical loss to Skala (0:3) and fined it for 5,000 hryvnias.[8]
  • On 5 July 2017 it was announced that Metalist 1925 answered to the call of Nyva Ternopil and agreed to play the game in Kharkiv.[9] Related documents were sent up to the Football Federation of Ukraine. On 7 July 2017 the arrangement was approved and Metalist 1925 will host Nyva at Sonyachny Training Center.[10]
  • On 6 July 2017 number of clubs announced that they have various major issues in taking part of the competition, among which are FC Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva,[11] FC Metalurh Zaporizhia,[12] FC Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv[13] (the last two, because of problems with their stadiums). On the other hand, both FC Ternopil[14] and FC Lviv confirmed that they are ready for the competition. FC Lviv announced that it will play its first game of Ukrainian Cup competition in Rava-Ruska.[15] On 7 July 2017 the Football Federation of Ukraine approved to conduct the game between Metalurh and Polissya at Kolos Stadium in Chkalove, Nikopol Raion[16] as well as the game between Sudnobudivnyk and Balkany that took place on 10 July 2017 at Ivan Stadium in Odesa.[17]

Second Preliminary round (1/32)

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In this round will include 15 more representatives from the First League in addition to the two that advanced from the previous round as well as 10 clubs from the Second League and one representatives from the Amateur Cup. The draw for this round that took place on 13 July 2017 at the House of Football in Kyiv was announced on 11 July 2017.[18] The round matches will be played on 26 July 2017, while the game between Tavriya and Nyva-V might take place later as Tavriya shares home stadium with Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka. Later (21 July 2017) it was confirmed that the date for the game Tavriya – Nyva-V is 27 July 2017.[19][20]

Avanhard Kramatorsk (1L) 1 – 0 (1L) MFC Mykolaiv
Helios Kharkiv (1L) 0 – 0 (a.e.t.), (3–1 p)[c] (1L) Obolon-Brovar Kyiv
Inhulets Petrove (1L) 3 – 1 (1L) FC Poltava
Nyva Ternopil (2L) 0 – 2[d] (2L) Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk
Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka (2L) 1 – 4 (1L) Zhemchuzhyna Odesa
Rukh Vynnyky (1L) 1 – 3 (a.e.t.) (1L) Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni
Desna Chernihiv (1L) 4 – 0 (1L) Balkany Zorya
Ahrobiznes Volochysk (2L) 2 – 2 (a.e.t.), (5–4 p) (1L) Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka
Kolos Kovalivka (1L) 3 – 2 (1L) Cherkaskyi Dnipro
Tavriya Simferopol (2L) 2 – 1 (a.e.t.)[e] (2L) Nyva-V Vinnytsia
SCC Demnya (AM) 1 – 0 (2L) Polissya Zhytomyr
FC Nikopol (2L) 0 – 1 (1L) Arsenal Kyiv
FC Lviv (2L) 3 – 0 [f] (1L) Volyn Lutsk
SC Dnipro-1 (2L) 2 – 0 (1L) PFC Sumy

Third Preliminary round (1/16)

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In this round the first 6 representatives from the Premier League will enter the competition along with the 14 teams that advanced from the previous round including 8 clubs from the First League, 5 clubs from the Second League, and one representatives from the Amateur Cup. The draw for this round was held on 4 August 2017 at the House of Football in Kyiv and was announced on 1 August 2017.[21] The round matches were played on 20 September 2017.

20 September 2017 Helios Kharkiv (1L)1–2 (1L) Desna Chernihiv Kharkiv
15:00 Abyelyentsev   13' Report Kartushov   11', 74' Stadium: Helios Arena
Attendance: 200
Referee: Vitaliy Malyar
20 September 2017 FC Kolos Kovalivka (1L)1–2 (PL) FC Mariupol Kovalivka, Vasylkiv Raion
16:00 Lysenko   50' Report Kozhanov   45'
Kisil   53'
Stadium: Kolos Stadium
Attendance: 800
Referee: Dmytro Panchyshyn
20 September 2017 Zhemchuzhyna Odesa (1L)1–1 (a.e.t.)
(1–4 p)
(PL) Stal Kamianske Odesa
16:00 Dolynskyi   44' Report Mytsyk   65' Stadium: Spartak Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Oleksandr Pavlyuk
20 September 2017 SC Tavriya Simferopol (2L) 3–2 (a.e.t.)(PL) Zirka KropyvnytskyiBeryslav
16:00 Lohvynenko   7' (pen.)
Yeloyev   15'
Voronchenko   108'
Report Rassadkin   10'
Panfilov   18'
Stadium: Mashynobudivnyk Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Yevhen Petrenko
20 September 2017 Ahrobiznes Volochysk (2L)1–2 (a.e.t.) (PL) Veres Rivne Volochysk
16:00 Dumanyuk   118' Report Morozenko   101'
Skotarenko   111'
Stadium: Yunist Stadium
Attendance: 3,750
Referee: Yevhen Yakovlev
20 September 2017 Inhulets Petrove (1L)0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–6 p)
(1L) Arsenal Kyiv Petrove
17:30 Report Stadium: Inhulets Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ihor Debenko
20 September 2017 Avanhard Kramatorsk (1L)0–2 (PL) Vorskla Poltava Kramatorsk
18:00 Report Kadymyan   74'
Kolomoyets   89'
Stadium: Avanhard Stadium
Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Dmytro Kryvushkin
20 September 2017 Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk (2L) 2 – 1[g](PL) Karpaty LvivIvano-Frankivsk
18:00 Boryshkevych   41'
Derbakh   65'
Report Memeshev   90+3' Stadium: Rukh Stadium
Attendance: 9,860
Referee: Oleksandr Solovyan
20 September 2017 SCC Demnya (AM)1–2 (2L) FC Lviv Lviv
19:00 Boryk   44' Report Kyslenko   40'
Omelchenko   90+2'
Stadium: Skif Stadium
Attendance: 2,100
Referee: Vadym Zaprutnyak
20 September 2017 SC Dnipro-1 (2L) 1–0(1L) Hirnyk-Sport Horishni PlavniDnipro
19:00 Sula   20' Report Stadium: Dnipro Arena
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Oleksandr Afanasyev

Round of 16 (1/8)

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In this round the final 6 representatives from the Premier League will enter the competition along with the 10 teams that advanced from the previous round including 4 teams from the Premier League, 2 teams from the First League and 4 teams from the Second League.[25] The draw was without seeds and was held on 27 September 2017.[26] The round matches were played on 25 October 2017.

25 October 2017 Arsenal Kyiv (1L)0–1 (PL) Veres Rivne Shchaslyve
13:00 Report Morozenko   19' Stadium: Arsenal-Arena
Attendance: 600
Referee: Yuriy Hrysyo (Lviv)
25 October 2017 Tavriya Simferopol (2L)0–5 (PL) FC Mariupol Beryslav
14:00 Report Boryachuk   36', 90'
Tankovskyi   53'
Korobenko   73', 83'
Stadium: Mashynobudivnyk Stadium
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Maksym Kozyryatskyi (Zaporizhia)
25 October 2017 Vorskla Poltava (PL) 2–0 (a.e.t.)(PL) Olimpik DonetskPoltava
17:00 Sharpar   104'
Kulach   109'
Report Stadium: Vorskla Stadium
Attendance: 758
Referee: Oleksandr Derdo (Odesa)
25 October 2017 Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk (2L) 0–2 (1L) Desna Chernihiv Ivano-Frankivsk
18:00 Report Oliynyk   16'
Volkov   24'
Stadium: Rukh Stadium
Attendance: 6,650
Referee: Volodymyr Milanych (Mykolaiv)
25 October 2017 SC Dnipro-1 (2L) 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(8–7 p)
(PL) Chornomorets Odesa Dnipro
19:00 Report Stadium: Dnipro Arena
Attendance: 2,520
Referee: Oleksandr Shandor (Lviv)
25 October 2017 FC Lviv (2L) 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–3 p)
(PL) Stal KamianskeLviv
19:00 Kyslenko   69' Report Klymchuk   11' Stadium: Skif Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Volodymyr Novokhatniy (Kyiv)
25 October 2017 Zorya Luhansk (PL)3–4 (a.e.t.) (PL) Shakhtar Donetsk Zaporizhia
19:00 Lunyov   12'
Hordiyenko   51'
Kharatin   106'
Report Ferreyra   72', 90'
Kovalenko   99'
Blanco Leschuk   117'
Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 5,511
Referee: Anatoliy Abdula (Kharkiv)
25 October 2017 FC Oleksandriya (PL)2–3 (a.e.t.) (PL) Dynamo Kyiv Oleksandriia
19:30 Starenkyi   77'
Hrytsuk   120' (pen.)
Report Kravets   36', 116'
Besyedin   107'
Stadium: CSC Nika Stadium
Attendance: 1,802
Referee: Yuriy Mozharovskyi (Lviv)

Quarterfinals (1/4)

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In this round advanced 5 representatives from the Premier League, a team from the First League and 2 teams from the Second League.[27] The draw was without seeds and was held on 31 October 2017 in the House of Football, Kyiv.[27] The round matches were played on 29 November 2017.[27]

29 November 2017 Vorskla Poltava (PL)1–2 (PL) FC Mariupol Poltava
17:00 Kulach   13' Report Boryachuk   24'
Totovytskyi   77'
Stadium: Vorskla Stadium
Attendance: 600
Referee: Anatoliy Abdula
29 November 2017 Desna Chernihiv (1L)0–2 (PL) Dynamo Kyiv Chernihiv
19:00 Report Harmash   6'
Rusyn   90+3'
Stadium: Yuri Gagarin Stadium
Attendance: 11,467
Referee: Yuriy Mozharovskyi
29 November 2017 FC Lviv (2L)1–2 (a.e.t.) (2L) SC Dnipro-1 Lviv
19:00 Kyslenko   23' Report Snizhko   75'
Poplavka   119'
Stadium: Skif Stadium
Attendance: 2,790
Referee: Mykola Kryvonosov
29 November 2017 Shakhtar Donetsk (PL) 4–0(PL) Veres RivneKharkiv
19:30 Ferreyra   7'
Bernard   45'
Marlos   63'
Leschuk   83'
Report Stadium: Metalist Stadium
Attendance: 1,350
Referee: Vitaliy Romanov

Semifinals (1/2)

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In this round advanced 3 representatives from the Premier League and a team from the Second League.[3] The draw was without seeds and was held on 2 March 2018.[3] SC Dnipro-1 will play its semifinal game at home as being from the lowest league.[3] The round matches are scheduled to be played on 18 April 2018.

18 April 2018 SC Dnipro-1 (2L)1–4 (PL) Dynamo Kyiv Dnipro
19:00 Kravchenko   58' Report Tsyhankov   28' (pen.)
Shepelyev   38'
Besyedin   44'
Verbič   66'
Stadium: Dnipro Arena[3]
Attendance: 12,214
Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk[28] (Mukacheve)
18 April 2018 Shakhtar Donetsk (PL) 5–1(PL) FC MariupolKharkiv
19:00 Taison   8', 45+2'
Marlos   38'
Kayode   74'
Petryak   81'
Report Tyschenko   22' Stadium: Metalist Stadium
Attendance: 2,671
Referee: Yevhen Aranovskyi[28] (Kyiv)

Final

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Bracket

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The following is the bracket which the Ukrainian Cup resembled. Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of a penalty shoot-out.

 
Round of 16
25 October 2017
Quarter-finals
29 November 2017
Semi-finals
18 April 2018
Final
9 May 2018
 
              
 
 
 
 
Arsenal–Kyiv0
 
 
 
Veres Rivne1
 
Shakhtar Donetsk4
 
 
 
Veres Rivne0
 
Zorya Luhansk3
 
 
 
Shakhtar Donetsk (a.e.t.)4
 
Shakhtar Donetsk5
 
 
 
FC Mariupol1
 
Tavriya Simferopol0
 
 
 
FC Mariupol5
 
Vorskla Poltava1
 
 
 
FC Mariupol2
 
Vorskla Poltava (a.e.t.)2
 
 
 
Olimpik Donetsk0
 
Dynamo Kyiv0
 
 
 
Shakhtar Donetsk2
 
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk0
 
 
 
Desna Chernihiv2
 
Desna Chernihiv0
 
 
 
Dynamo Kyiv2
 
FC Oleksandriya2
 
 
 
Dynamo Kyiv (a.e.t.)3
 
SC Dnipro-11
 
 
 
Dynamo Kyiv4
 
SC Dnipro-1 (p)0 (8)
 
 
 
FC Chornomorets Odesa0 (7)
 
FC Lviv1
 
 
 
SC Dnipro-1 (a.e.t.)2
 
FC Lviv (p)1 (5)
 
 
Stal Kamianske1 (3)
 

Top goalscorers

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The competition's top ten goalscorers including qualification rounds.
As of 9 May 2018

Rank Scorer Team Goals
(Pen.)
1   Serhiy Kyslenko FC Lviv 5
2   Facundo Ferreyra Shakhtar Donetsk 4
3   Andriy Boryachuk FC Mariupol 3
  Andriy Shevchuk[h] Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni 3
5 14 players 2
19 99 players 1

Notes:

  • there were 2 own goals scored during the first round, 2 own goals during the second round, one in the third round.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ both finalists qualified for the UEFA Champions League
  2. ^ main date, when most of the games scheduled to play; an auxiliary date might be granted in case of emergencies
  3. ^ Game played at Sonyachnyi Stadium, Kharkiv
  4. ^ Game played at Vyshnivets Sports Complex, Vyshnivets
  5. ^ Game played at Enerhiya Stadium, Nova Kakhovka
  6. ^ Game played at Skif Stadium, Lviv
  7. ^ At the 65th minute of the game Karpaty fans became violent and referee was forced to suspend a game for about 30 minutes.[22][23] More fans violence took place after the game which led to detention of several dozens of football hooligans.[24]
  8. ^ in 2016 Shevchuk played in Crimea

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j The 2017–18 Ukrainian Cup: ten facts about the tournament (Кубок Украины-2017/18. Десять фактов о турнире). UA-Football. 8 July 2017
  2. ^ "Затверджено формат і план-календар Чемпіонату УПЛ сезону 2017/18 років".
  3. ^ a b c d e The Ukrainian Cup semifinal draw took place on 2 March (Жеребьевка полуфинала Кубка Украины состоится 2 марта). Sport Arena. 21 February 2018
  4. ^ The semifinals draw of the Ukrainian Cup took place in March (Жеребьевка полуфинала Кубка Украины состоится в марте). Sport Arena. 30 November 2017
  5. ^ Відбулося жеребкування першого попереднього етапу Кубку України [Preliminary Round draw from the Ukrainian Cup taken place] (in Ukrainian). Professional Football League of Ukraine. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  6. ^ Жеребкування 1-го раунду Кубка України-2017/18 відбудеться 30 червня [The draw of the 2017–18 Ukrainian Cup first round will take place] (in Ukrainian). Football 24. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  7. ^ Skala won't play in the Ukrainian Cup (Скала не будет играть в Кубке Украины). UA-Football. 5 July 2017
  8. ^ FFU CDC awarded a technical loss to Skala for failing to appear to the game against Tavriya in the Ukrainian Cup (КДК ФФУ засчитал Скале техническое поражение за неявку на матч против Таврии в Кубке Украины). UA-Football. 24 July 2017
  9. ^ There changed a location of the game Nyva T – Metalist 1925 (Изменилось место проведения матча Нива Т – Металлист 1925). UA-Football. 5 July 2017
  10. ^ Metalist 1925 will host Nyva at Sonyachnyi Stadium (Металіст 1925 прийме Ниву на стадіоні Сонячний). UA-Football. 7 July 2017
  11. ^ Arsenal-Kyivshchyna might decline from participating in the Ukrainian Cup (Арсенал-Киевщина может отказаться от участия в Кубке Украины). UA-Football. 6 July 2017
  12. ^ Game Matalurh – Polissya might not take place (Матч Металлург – Полесье может не состояться). UA-Football. 6 July 2017
  13. ^ Sudnobudivnyk is unable to host Balkany in Mykolaiv (Судостроитель не может принять Балканы в Николаеве). UA-Football. 6 July 2017
  14. ^ FC Ternopil may play its home game in Khmelnytskyi (ФК Тернополь может проводить домашние матчи в Хмельницком). UA-Football. 6 July 2017
  15. ^ FC Lviv will play the nearest home games in Rava-Ruska (ФК Львов ближайшие домашние матчи проведет в Раве-Русской). UA-Football. 6 July 2017
  16. ^ Melaurh will host Polissya in Chkalove (Металург прийме Полісся у Чкалове). UA-Football. 7 July 2017
  17. ^ The game Sudnobudivnyk – Balkany is postponed for a day and will take place in Odesa (Матч Суднобудівник – Балкани перенесений на один день і відбудеться в Одесі). UA-Football. 7 July 2017
  18. ^ The draw of the second preliminary round of Ukrainian Cup took place on 13 July (Жеребьевка второго предварительного этапа Кубка Украины состоится 13 июля). UA-Football. 11 July 2017
  19. ^ There was announced a schedule of games to be played as part of the second preliminary stage of the Ukrainian Cup (Оголошено розклад матчів другого попереднього етапу Кубку України). Football Federation of Ukraine. 21 July 2017
  20. ^ Game results of the second preliminary stage of the Ukrainian Cup (Being updated) (Результати матчів другого попереднього етапу Кубку України (Оновлюється)). Football Federation of Ukraine. 26 July 2017
  21. ^ The draw of the third round of Ukrainian Cup will take place on 4 August
  22. ^ The game Prykarpattia – Karpaty was stopped due to fans behavior (updated) (Матч Прикарпатье — Карпаты приостановлен из-за поведения болельщиков (обновлено)). Sport Arena. 20 September 2017
  23. ^ The game Prykarpattia – Karpaty was disrupted due to fans behavior (updated) (Матч Прикарпатье – Карпаты прерван из-за поведения львовских болельщиков (обновлено)). UA-Football. 20 September 2017
  24. ^ After the game with Prykarpattia there took place a conflict between Karpaty fans and police (После матча с Прикарпатьем между фанатами Карпат и полицией произошли столкновения). UA-Football. 20 September 2017
  25. ^ The 18-final of the Ukrainian Cup draw took place on 27 September (Жеребьевка 1/8 финала Кубка Украины состоится 27 сентября). Sport Arena. 22 September 2017
  26. ^ Ukrainian Cup. How it was (Кубок Украины. Как это было). UA-Football. 20 September 2017
  27. ^ a b c Quarterfinals draw of the Ukrainian Cup will take place on 31 October 2017 (Жеребьевка четвертьфинала Кубка Украины состоится 31 октября). Sport Arena. 26 October 2017
  28. ^ a b Ukrainian Cup. Semifinals. Referee appointments (Кубок Украины. 1/2 финала. Судейские назначения). UA-Football. 16 April 2018
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