2014 Ukrainian Cup Final
# 2014 Ukrainian Cup Final

The 2014 Ukrainian Cup Final is a football match that was played on 15 May 2014 in Poltava. The match is the 23rd Ukrainian Cup Final and was contested by Cup holders Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv.

## Leadup crisis before the match

The final was originally to be played at Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, but was moved to Vorskla Stadium in Poltava. Due to the May 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine, the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU), after being advised to do so by the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, decided that the match would be played behind closed doors for security reasons.

The decision to have no spectators at the match was met with criticism and protest by both clubs' fans including picketing of the House of Football in Kyiv a day before the match and was reverted after the FFU held an emergency meeting and conferred with club officials and government security.

## Road to Poltava

| Round 1 | Illichivets Mariupol | 0 – 3 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| - | - | - | - |
| Round 2 | MFC Mykolaiv | 0 – 3 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Quarter-final | Desna Chernihiv | 0 – 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Semi-final | Slavutych Cherkasy | 0 – 3 (aet) | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Round 1 | Dynamo Kyiv | 3 – 2 | Metalurh Donetsk |
| Round 2 | Shakhtar Sverdlovsk | 0 – 4 | Dynamo Kyiv |
| Quarter-final | Metalist Kharkiv | 2 – 3 | Dynamo Kyiv |
| Semi-final | Dynamo Kyiv | 4 – 0 | Chornomorets Odesa |

## Previous encounters

This will be the seventh Ukrainian Cup final between the two teams. Dynamo has defeated Shakhtar three times out of the six Cup finals. Dynamo also lost its last two meetings with Shakhtar in this stage of the tournament. Dynamo has not defeated Shakhtar for the past seven years (seven games losing streak) since winning its last cup back in 2006–07.

Dynamo had appeared in 12 cup finals, winning nine trophies, while opponents Shakhtar had appeared in 13 cup finals, also winning nine.

## Television

The match was broadcast on Futbol 2 and Ukrayina in Ukraine.

## Match

As the designated home team for the final, Dynamo chose to wear their blue and white kits and Shakhtar chose their familiar orange and black kits.

### Details

| Dynamo Kyiv | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| - | - |
| GK | 1 | Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (c) |
| RB | 2 | Danilo Silva |
| CB | 6 | Aleksandar Dragović | 90+4' |
| CB | 24 | Domagoj Vida |
| LB | 27 | Yevhen Makarenko |
| DM | 4 | Miguel Veloso |
| RM | 10 | Andriy Yarmolenko | 70' 90+4' |
| CM | 90 | Younès Belhanda | | 85' |
| CM | 19 | Denys Harmash | | 89' |
| LM | 7 | Jeremain Lens | | 71' |
| CF | 85 | Dieumerci Mbokani | 45+3' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 23 | Oleksandr Rybka |
| DF | 3 | Yevhen Selin |
| MF | 5 | Ognjen Vukojević | 90+1' | 71' |
| MF | 16 | Serhiy Sydorchuk | | 85' |
| MF | 45 | Vladyslav Kalytvyntsev | | 89' |
| FW | 9 | Roman Bezus |
| FW | 11 | Brown Ideye |
| Manager: ||
| Serhii Rebrov ||
| GK | 30 | Andriy Pyatov |
| RB | 33 | Darijo Srna (c) | 45' | 79' |
| CB | 5 | Oleksandr Kucher |
| CB | 44 | Yaroslav Rakitskiy | 31' 90+4' |
| LB | 13 | Vyacheslav Shevchuk |
| CM | 6 | Taras Stepanenko |
| CM | 8 | Fred | 90+4' |
| RW | 20 | Douglas Costa |
| AM | 29 | Alex Teixeira |
| LW | 10 | Bernard | | 69' |
| CF | 9 | Luiz Adriano | 90+2' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 32 | Anton Kanibolotskiy |
| DF | 3 | Tomáš Hübschman |
| DF | 31 | Ismaily |
| DF | 38 | Serhiy Kryvtsov | | 79' |
| MF | 17 | Fernando |
| FW | 11 | Eduardo | | 69' |
| FW | 89 | Dentinho |
| Manager: ||
| Mircea Lucescu ||
| Match officials: Assistant referees: Serhiy Bekker (Kharkiv) Semyon Shlonchak (Cherkasy) Fourth official: Anatoliy Abdulla | Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Seven named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions |

## Match statistics

Tournament official website

| Teams | Dynamo | Shakhtar |
| - | - | - |
| Total shots | 14 | 3 |
| Shots on target | 7 | 3 |
| Ball possession | ?% | ?% |
| Corner kicks | 5 | 6 |
| Fouls committed | ? | ? |
| Offsides | 1 | 1 |
| Yellow cards | 4 | 3 |
| Red cards | 1 | 1 |
