1995 Ukrainian Cup final explained

The 1995 Ukrainian Cup Final is a football match that took place at the Republican Stadium on May 28, 1995. The match was the 4th Ukrainian Cup Final and it was contested by FC Shakhtar Donetsk and FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. The 1995 Ukrainian Cup Final was the fourth to be held in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Shakhtar won on penalty kicks 7:6 after the score was tied 1:1.

There were four yellow cards issued at this game: three to Shakhtar players and one to Dnipro.

Road to Kyiv

See main article: Ukrainian Cup 1994-95.

Both teams started from the first round of the competition (1/16). Shakhtar stormed through the first three rounds beating Vorskla in Donetsk 8:0. In the semi-final it defeated the Cup holder Chornomorets. Dnipro had a little bit of trouble in the first round of competition facing the second team of Dynamo Kyiv. Later the team gained a great momentum defeating Tavria in the semi-final.

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Shakhtar Round 1 (1st leg) Systema-Borex 0–3 Shakhtar Round 1 (2nd leg) Shakhtar 2–1 Systema-Borex   (Shakhtar won 5–1 on aggregate) Round 2 (1st leg) Vorskla 0–1 Shakhtar Round 2 (2nd leg) Shakhtar 8–0 Vorskla   (Shakhtar won 9–0 on aggregate) Quarter-final (1st leg) Nyva T. 1–1 Shakhtar Quarter-final (2nd leg) Shakhtar 2–0 Nyva T.   (Shakhtar won 3–1 on aggregate) Semi-final (1st leg) Shakhtar 1–0 Chornomorets Semi-final (2nd leg) Chornomorets 2–1 Shakhtar   (Shakhtar won 2–2 on away goal rule)

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Dnipro Round 1 (1st leg) Dynamo-2 3–1 Dnipro Round 1 (2nd leg) Dnipro 4–1 Dynamo-2   (Dnipro won 5–4 on aggregate) Round 2 (1st leg) Metalurh 1–3 Dnipro Round 2 (2nd leg) Dnipro 1–0 Metalurh   (Dnipro won 4–1 on aggregate) Quarter-final (1st leg) Temp 0–2 Dnipro Quarter-final (2nd leg) Dnipro 1–0 Temp   (Dnipro won 3–0 on aggregate) Semi-final (1st leg) Tavriya 1–1 Dnipro Semi-final (2nd leg) Dnipro 1–0 Tavriya   (Dnipro won 2–1 on aggregate)

Match details

Shakhtar Donetsk: GK ? MF ? Ihor Leonov DF ? Oleksandr Koval DF ? Serhiy Yashchenko (c) DF ? MF ? DF ? DF ? MF ? FW ? Valeriy Kryventsov FW ? Oleh Matveyev Substitutes: DF ? MF ? MF ? MF ? Manager: Vladimir Salkov

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk: GK ? DF ? MF ? Dmytro Yakovenko MF ? Volodymyr Horilyi MF ? Volodymyr Bahmut FW ? Andriy Polunin (c) DF ? DF ? Viktor Skrypnyk MF ? FW ? Serhiy Kovalets DF ? Substitutes: DF ? FW ? FW ? FW ? FW ? Manager: Bernd Stange

MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Serhiy Shebek (Kyiv) Ihor Horozhankin (Kirovohrad) Fourth official: Oleksandr Tiutiun (Fastiv)

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes 3 substitutions, plus two more in extra time.

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See also

• Ukrainian Cup 1994-95

External links

• Calendar of Matches - Schedule of the 1994 Ukrainian Cup on the Ukrainian Soccer History web-site (ukrsoccerhistory.com).