# 2023–24 Ukrainian Cup

The 2023–24 Ukrainian Cup was the 32nd annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition. The competition is began on 29 July 2023 and concluded on 15 May 2024 with the final. The competition has been resumed after being paused for a season due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine 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 2022–23 Ukrainian Amateur Cup and the 2021–22 Ukrainian Amateur Cup.

## Team allocation and schedule

The competition includes all professional first teams from the Premier League (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.
Distribution :
| | | Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous round |
| First preliminary round (6 teams) | First preliminary round (6 teams) | 2 entrants from the Second League 4 entrants of the 2022–23 Amateur Cup | |
| Second preliminary round (32 teams) | Second preliminary round (32 teams) | 9 entrants from the Second League 20 entrants from the First League | 3 winners from the First preliminary round |
| Third preliminary round (16 teams) | Third preliminary round (16 teams) | (no new entrants) | 16 winners from the Second preliminary round |
| Fourth preliminary round (16 teams) | Fourth preliminary round (16 teams) | 8 entrants from the Premier League | 8 winners from the Third preliminary round |
| Round of 16 (16 teams) | Round of 16 (16 teams) | 8 entrants from the Premier League | 8 winners from the Fourth preliminary round |

### Rounds schedule

| Phase | Round | Number of fixtures | Clubs remaining | Draw date | Game date |
| Preliminary | First round | 3 | 6 → 3 | 21 July 2023 | 29 July 2023 |
| Preliminary | Second round | 16 | 32 → 16 | 21 July 2023 | 2 August 2023 |
| Preliminary | Third round | 8 | 16 → 8 | 4 August 2023 | 15 August 2023 |
| Preliminary | Fourth round | 8 | 16 → 8 | 17 August 2023 | 23 August 2023 |
| Main event | Round of 16 | 8 | 16 → 8 | 31 August 2023 | 27 September 2023 |
| Main event | Quarter-finals | 4 | 8 → 4 | 13 October 2023 | 1 November 2023 |
| Main event | Semi-finals | 2 | 4 → 2 | 29 January 2024 | 3 April 2024 |
| Main event | Final | 1 | 2 → 1 | 29 January 2024 | 15 May 2024 |

### Teams

| Enter in First Round | Enter in First Round | Enter in Second Round | Enter in Fourth Round | Enter in Round of 16 |
| AAFU 4 teams | PFL League 2 2 teams | PFL League1/League 2 20 teams/9 teams | UPL 8 teams | UPL 8 teams |
| FC Mykolaiv Olympia Savyntsi Shturm Ivankiv Fazenda Chernivtsi | PFL League 2 UCSA Tarasivka FC Kudrivka | PFL League 1 Ahrobiznes Volochysk Bukovyna Chernivtsi FC Chernihiv Dinaz Vyshhorod Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi Hirnyk-Sport Inhulets Petrove Karpaty Lviv FC Khust Kremin Kremenchuk Livyi Bereh Kyiv FSC Mariupol Metalist Kharkiv Metalurh Zaporizhia Nyva Buzova Nyva Ternopil Podillya Khmelnytskyi SC Poltava Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Viktoriya Sumy PFL League 2 Chaika Petropavlivska B Druzhba Myrivka Lokomotyv Kyiv Nyva Vinnytsia Real Pharma Odesa Skala 1911 Stryi FC Trostianets Vast Mykolaiv PFC Zviahel | Chornomorets Odesa Kolos Kovalivka LNZ Cherkasy Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Obolon Kyiv Polissya Zhytomyr Rukh Lviv Veres Rivne | SC Dnipro-1 Dynamo Kyiv Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih FC Mynai FC Oleksandriya Shakhtar Donetsk Vorskla Poltava Zorya Luhansk |
Notes:
* Olympia Savyntsi qualified in place of Shturm Ivankiv (FC Mykolaiv – Shturm Ivankiv), which merged with Kolos Kovalivka as the latter one reserve team.
* Mini tournament was organized during the summer break due to abrupt withdrawal of SC Dnipro-1.

## 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 2022–23 Ukrainian Amateur Cup and the 2021–22 Ukrainian Amateur Cup entered the competition.
The draw was held on 21 July 2023.

#### Notes
### Second preliminary round (1/64)

In this round, 9 clubs from the Second League and 20 clubs from the First League entered the competition and joined the 3 winners of the First preliminary round (2 clubs from Second League, 1 – amateurs).

### 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 Premier League 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 Premier League 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, Prague with active participation of Oleksandr Zinchenko and Ruslan Malinovskyi.
* 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
## 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 penalty shoot-out.
| Round of 16 26–27 September 2023 | Round of 16 26–27 September 2023 | Quarter-finals 1-2 November 2023 | Quarter-finals 1-2 November 2023 | | Semi-finals 3 April 2024 | Semi-finals 3 April 2024 | | Final 15 May 2024 | Final 15 May 2024 |
| 27 September 2023 | 27 September 2023 | | | | | | |
| Polissia Zhytomyr (p) | 1 (5) | | | | | | |
| Polissia Zhytomyr (p) | 1 (5) | 2 November 2023 | 2 November 2023 | | | | | |
| SC Dnipro-1 | 1 (4) | 2 November 2023 | 2 November 2023 | | | | |
| SC Dnipro-1 | 1 (4) | Polissia Zhytomyr (p) | 0 (4) | | | | |
| 26 September 2023 | 26 September 2023 | | Polissia Zhytomyr (p) | 0 (4) | | | | |
| 26 September 2023 | 26 September 2023 | FC Oleksandriya | 0 (3) | | | | |
| Rukh Lviv | 0 | FC Oleksandriya | 0 (3) | | | | |
| Rukh Lviv | 0 | | | | 3 April 2024 | 3 April 2024 | | |
| FC Oleksandriya | 1 | | | | 3 April 2024 | 3 April 2024 | |
| FC Oleksandriya | 1 | | | | Polissia Zhytomyr | 0 | |
| 27 September 2023 | 27 September 2023 | | | | | Polissia Zhytomyr | 0 | |
| 27 September 2023 | 27 September 2023 | | | | Vorskla Poltava | 1 | |
| Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 0 | | | | Vorskla Poltava | 1 | |
| Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 0 | 2 November 2023 | 2 November 2023 | | | | | |
| FC Vorskla Poltava | 3 | 2 November 2023 | 2 November 2023 | | | | |
| FC Vorskla Poltava | 3 | Obolon Kyiv | 0 | | | | |
| 27 September 2023 | 27 September 2023 | | Obolon Kyiv | 0 | | | | |
| 27 September 2023 | 27 September 2023 | Vorskla Poltava | 3 | | | | |
| Obolon Kyiv | 1 | Vorskla Poltava | 3 | | | | |
| Obolon Kyiv | 1 | | | | | | | 15 May 2024 | 15 May 2024 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 0 | | | | | | | 15 May 2024 | 15 May 2024 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 0 | | | | | | | Vorskla Poltava | 1 |
| 26 September 2023 | 26 September 2023 | | | | | | | | Vorskla Poltava | 1 |
| 26 September 2023 | 26 September 2023 | | | | | | | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2 |
| Veres Rivne | 0 | | | | | | | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2 |
| Veres Rivne | 0 | 30 October 2023 | 30 October 2023 | | | | | | |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 3 | 30 October 2023 | 30 October 2023 | | | | | | |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 3 | FC Viktoriya Sumy | 0 | | | | | | |
| 27 September 2023 | 27 September 2023 | | FC Viktoriya Sumy | 0 | | | | | | |
| 27 September 2023 | 27 September 2023 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 3 | | | | | | |
| Viktoriya Sumy | 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 3 | | | | | | |
| Viktoriya Sumy | 1 | | | | 3 April 2024 | 3 April 2024 | | | | |
| FC Mynai | 0 | | | | 3 April 2024 | 3 April 2024 | | | |
| FC Mynai | 0 | | | | Shakhtar Donetsk | 4 | | | |
| 27 September 2023 | 27 September 2023 | | | | | Shakhtar Donetsk | 4 | | | |
| 27 September 2023 | 27 September 2023 | | | | Chornomorets Odesa | 1 | |
| Chornomorets Odesa | 2 | | | | Chornomorets Odesa | 1 | |
| Chornomorets Odesa | 2 | 1 November 2023 | 1 November 2023 | | | | | |
| Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 1 | 1 November 2023 | 1 November 2023 | | | | |
| Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 1 | Chornomorets Odesa | 4 | | | | |
| 12 October 2023 | 12 October 2023 | | Chornomorets Odesa | 4 | | | | |
| 12 October 2023 | 12 October 2023 | Zorya Luhansk | 1 | | | | |
| FSC Mariupol | 0 | Zorya Luhansk | 1 | | | | |
| Zorya Luhansk | 1 | | | | | | |

## Top goalscorers

The competition's top three goalscorers including preliminary rounds.
    As of 4 April 2024
| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) |
| 1 | Dmytro Kulyk | Kudrivka | 4 |
| 1 | Andriy Shtohrin | Chornomorets Odesa | 4 |
| 3 | Oleksandr Batalskyi | Mariupol | 3 |
| 3 | Yaroslav Kvasov | Inhulets Petrove | 3 |
| 3 | Artur Vashchyshyn | Zviahel | 3 (1) |
Notes: