# 1996–97 Ukrainian Cup

The 1996–97 Ukrainian Cup was the sixth annual edition of Ukraine's football knockout competition, the Ukrainian Cup.
This season for all amateur clubs was revived separate competition (Amateur Cup) that was discontinued back in 1989. No amateur clubs participated in the competition this season. Two legs rounds were revived for quarterfinals and semifinals. The Cup started with the round of 32, but it also had couple of preliminaries. The qualification rounds of competition started on 14 August 1996 with nine matches.
The cup holder Dynamo Kyiv was eliminated in away game against Nyva Vinnytsia losing on penalty kicks in the Round of 16.

## Team allocation

Seventy three teams entered the competition

### Distribution

| | | Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous round |
| 1st Qualifying round (18 teams) | 1st Qualifying round (18 teams) | 18 participants of the Second League | |
| 2nd Qualifying round (32 teams) | 2nd Qualifying round (32 teams) | 15 participants of the Second League 8 participants of the First League | 9 winners from the first qualifying round |
| 3rd Qualifying round (32 teams) | 3rd Qualifying round (32 teams) | 16 participants of the First League | 16 winners from the second qualifying round |
| Tournament proper (32 teams) | Tournament proper (32 teams) | 16 participants of the Premier League | 16 winners from the third qualifying round |

## Competition schedule
### First preliminary round

| FC Pokuttia Kolomyia | 1:2 | FC Halychyna Drohobych |
| FC Paperovyk Malyn | 1:0 | FC Keramik Baranivka |
| FC Nerafa Slavutych | 2:4 | FC Fakel Varva |
| FC Nyva Bershad | 1:0 | FC Ros Bila Tserkva |
| FC Portovyk Kerch | 0:1 | FC Dynamo Saky |
| FC Portovyk Illichivsk | 1:0 | FC Torpedo Melitopol |
| Hirnyk Komsomolsk | 0:1 | FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk |
| FC Petrivtsi Myrhorod | 3:1 | FC Avanhard Merefa |
| FC Lokomotyv Smila | 2:0 | FC Olimpiya Pivdenoukrainsk |

### Second preliminary round

| FC Halychyna Drohobych | 1:0 | FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod |
| FC Paperovyk Malyn | 0:1 | FC Veres Rivne | |
| FC Fakel Varva | 0:1 | FC Desna Chernihiv | game was played at Lokomotyv Stadium in Hrebinka |
| FC Nyva Bershad | 1:1 | FC Hazovyk Komarne | aet, pk 2:3 |
| FC Obolon Kyiv | 3:0 | FC Dnipro Cherkasy |
| FC Karpaty Mukacheve | 2:1 | FC Kalush | |
| FC Systema-Boreks Borodyanka | 2:2 | FC CSKA-2 Kyiv | aet, pk 7:8 |
| FC Haray Zhovkva | 2:0 | FC Khutrovyk Tysmenytsia | |
| FC Oskil Kupiansk | 1:0 | FC Metalist Kharkiv | |
| FC Shakhtar Stakhanov | 1:2 | FC Metalurh Donetsk | |
| FC Viktor Zaporizhzhia | 1:0 | FC Metalurh Novomoskovsk | |
| FC Dynamo Saky | 2:1 | FC Tytan Armyansk | |
| FC Portovyk Illichivsk | 2:1 | SC Odesa | |
| FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk | 0:2 | FC Metalurh Mariupol | game was played at Hirnyk Stadium in Hirne |
| FC Petrivtsi Myrhorod | 1:0 | FC Avanhard-Industria Rovenky |
| FC Lokomotyv Smila | 0:1 | FC Krystal Kherson |

### Third preliminary round

| FC Halychyna Drohobych | 0:0 | FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi | aet, pk 2:4 |
| FC Veres Rivne | 2:3 | FC Volyn Lutsk | |
| FC Desna Chernihiv | -:+ | FC Yavir Krasnopilya | |
| FC Hazovyk Komarne | 3:0 | FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi | game was played at Kolos Stadium in Horodok |
| FC Obolon Kyiv | 1:2 | FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv |
| FC Karpaty Mukacheve | 3:2 | FC Krystal Chortkiv | |
| FC CSKA-2 Kyiv | 2:1 | FC Khimik Zhytomyr | game was played at the local Sports school Stadium in Bortnichi |
| FC Haray Zhovkva | 0:1 | FC Lviv | |
| FC Oskil Kupiansk | 0:0 | FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka | aet, pk 3:2 |
| FC Metalurh Donetsk | 3:2 | FC Shakhtar Makiivka | game was played at Shakhtar Stadium |
| FC Viktor Zaporizhzhia | 0:2 | FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria | game was played at Slavutych Arena |
| FC Dynamo Saky | 1:0 | FC Stal Alchevsk | |
| FC Portovyk Illichivsk | 3:0 | SC Mykolaiv | |
| FC Metalurh Mariupol | 5:0 | FC Zorya Luhansk |
| FC Petrivtsi Myrhorod | 0:2 | FC Khimik Severodonetsk |
| FC Krystal Kherson | 3:3 | FC Metalurh Nikopol | aet, pk 5:6 |

### Quarterfinals (1/4)

In this round enter the four winners from the previous round. All the teams are from the Premier League.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| FC Karpaty Lviv | 1–4 | FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| FC Chornomorets Odesa | 0–4 | FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| FC CSKA Kyiv | 3–1 | FC Nyva Vinnytsia | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| FC Vorskla Poltava | 1–2 | FC Shakhtar Donetsk | 0–0 | 1–2 |

#### Second leg

Metalurh won 4–1 on aggregate.
Dnipro won 4–0 on aggregate.
CSKA won 3–1 on aggregate.
Shakhtar won 2–1 on aggregate.

### Semifinals (1/2)

In this round enter the four winners from the previous round. All the teams are from the Premier League.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| FC Shakhtar Donetsk | 5–1 | FC CSKA Kyiv | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 3–2 | FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 3–0 | 0–2 |

#### Second leg

Shakhtar won 5–1 on aggregate.
Dnipro won 3–2 on aggregate.

### Final

The final was held at the NSC Olimpiysky on May 25, 1997, in Kyiv.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team |
| 1 | Yakiv Kripak | 5 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia |
| 2 | Vadym Vus | 3 | CSKA-2 Kyiv CSKA Kyiv |
| 2 | Yuriy Hetman | 3 | Metalurh Mariupol |
| 2 | Petro Holubka | 3 | Volyn Lutsk |
| 2 | Oleksandr Kryvoruchko | 3 | Oskil Kupiansk |
| 2 | Oleksandr Krasnyansky | 3 | Portovyk Illichivsk |
| 2 | Mikheil Potskhveria | 3 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 2 | Volodymyr Sharan | 3 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
| 2 | Viktor Byelkin | 3 (1) | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |