# 1995–96 Ukrainian Cup

The 1995–96 Ukrainian Cup was the fifth annual edition of Ukraine's football knockout competition, known as the Ukrainian Cup.
The Cup started with the round of 32, but it also had couple of preliminaries. This season two legs rounds were discontinued and all rounds consisted of only one game. Also the extra tier was merged with the Second League. The competition kicked off on 1 August 1995 with 24 games. Five games were announced as a forfeit on 1 August, while one more on 1 October 1995.
The cup holder Shakhtar Donetsk was eliminated in away game against Nyva Vinnytsia on penalties in semifinals.

## Team allocation

One hundred ten teams entered the competition

### Distribution

| | | Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous round |
| 1st Qualifying round (60 teams) | 1st Qualifying round (60 teams) | 26 winners of regional cup competitions 34 participants of the Second League | |
| 2nd Qualifying round (64 teams) | 2nd Qualifying round (64 teams) | 10 participants of the Second League 22 participants of the First League 2 participants of the Premier League (lower seeded) | 30 winners from the first qualifying round |
| 3rd Qualifying round (32 teams) | 3rd Qualifying round (32 teams) | | 32 winners from the second qualifying round |
| Tournament proper (32 teams) | Tournament proper (32 teams) | 16 participants of the Premier League (upper seeded) | 16 winners from the third qualifying round |

### First qualifying round entrants

* 26 regional representatives
* 34 Second League (Avanhard-Industria Rovenky, Avanhard Zhydachiv, Azovets Mariupol, Chaika Sevastopol, CSKA Kyiv, Dnistrovets Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Druzhba Berdiansk, Dynamo-Flesh Odesa, Dynamo Sloviansk, Harai Zhovkva, Keramik Baranivka, Khimik Kalush, Khutrovyk Tysmenytsia, Kosmos Pavlohrad, Meliorator Kakhovka, Metalurh Novomoskovsk, Nyva Myronivka, Obolon Kyiv, Olimpia Yuzhnoukrainsk, Oskil Kupiansk, Portovyk Illichivsk, Prometei Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ros-Transimpeks Bila Tserkva, Shakhtar Stakhanov, Shakhtar-2 Donetsk, Skhid Slavutych, Skify Lviv, Sportinvest Kryivyi Rih, Systema-Boreks Borodianka, Temp-Advis-2 Shepetivka, Torpedo Melitopol, Vahonobudivnyk Kremenchuk, Viktor Zaporizhzhia, Vodnyk Kherson)

### Second qualifying round entrants

* 30 winners of the previous round
* 10 Second League (Avtomobilist Sumy, Desna Chernihiv, Dynamo Saky, Halychyna Drohobych, Hazovyk Komarne, Karpaty Mukacheve, Okean Kerch, Shakhtar Shakhtarsk, Shakhtar Sverdlovsk, Tytan Armiansk)
* 22 First League in whole
* 2 Top League (CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv, Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad)

## Competition schedule
### First qualifying round

| Druzhba (Mahdalynivka) (AM) | 0:2 | (2L) Metalurh (Novomoskovsk) |
| Dynamo (Slovyansk) (2L) | 0:1 | (2L) Oskil (Kupyansk) | aet |
| Enerhiya (Nova Kakhovka) (AM) | 2:2 | (2L) Torpedo (Melitopol) | aet, pk 2:4 |
| Frunzenets (Sumy) (AM) | 1:0 | (2L) Kosmos (Pavlohrad) | |
| Burevisnyk-Elbrus (Kirovohrad) (AM) | 1:2 | (2L) Dnistrovets (Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi) |
| Velta (Poltava) (AM) | +:- | (2L) Viktor (Zaporizhzhia) | Viktor did not arrive |
| Krystal (Parkhomivka) (AM) | 1:0 | (2L) Sportinvest (Kryvyi Rih) | |
| Lokomotyv (Smila) (AM) | 1:1 | (2L) Portovyk (Illichivsk) | aet, pk 5:6 |
| Druzhba (Berdiansk) (2L) | 2:0 | (2L) Azovets (Mariupol) | game was played at Druzhba Stadium in Osypenko (near Berdyansk) |
| Batkivschyna-Almar (Pervomayske) (AM) | 2:0 | (2L) Shakhtar (Stakhanov) | game was played at Shakhtar Stadium in settlement of Rorsi |
| Rybalka (Odesa) (AM) | 3:1 | (2L) Meliorator (Kakhovka) | |
| Olimpiya (Yuzhnoukrainsk) (2L) | 1:1 | (2L) Vodnyk (Kherson) | aet, pk 4:3 |
| Kolos (Amvrosiyevka Raion) (AM) | -:+ | (2L) Shakhtar-2 (Donetsk) | |
| Dyzelyst (Tokmak) (AM) | 0:1 | (2L) Avanhard-Industriya (Rovenky) | |
| Metalurh (Kerch) (AM) | 3:5 | (2L) Chaika (Sevastopol) | |
| EKO-Servis (Rivne) (AM) | 0:1 | (2L) Obolon (Kyiv) | game was played at Avanhard Stadium in Rivne |
| Impuls (Kamyanets-Podilskyi) (AM) | 0:1 | (2L) Keramik (Baranivka) | |
| Pidhirya (Storozhynets) (AM) | +:- | (2L) Temp-Advis-2 (Shepetivka) | Temp did not arrive |
| Nyva (Terebovlia) (AM) | 1:0 | (2L) Skify (Lviv) | |
| Promin (Sambor) (AM) | 0:0 | (2L) Khutrovyk (Tysmenytsia) | aet, pk 3:5, game was played at Dniester Stadium in Rudky (Lviv suburb) |
| Pokuttia (Kolomyia) (AM) | 2:0 | (2L) Avanhard (Zhydachiv) | |
| Yavir (Tsuman) (AM) | 0:1 | (2L) Haray (Zhovkva) | |
| Lisyvnyk (Perechyn) (AM) | 1:2 | (2L) Khimik (Kalush) | aet |
| Fakel (Varva) (AM) | 1:0 | (2L) Ros-Transimpeks (Bila Tserkva) | |
| Vahonobudivnyk (Kremenchuk) (2L) | -:+ | (2L) Prometey (Dniprodzerzhynsk) | Vahonobudivnyk forfeited |
| Artania (Ochakiv) (AM) | -:+ | (2L) Dynamo-Flesh (Odesa) | |
| Khimik (Vinnytsia) (AM) | -:+ | (2L) CSKA (Kyiv) | the score of 2:1 was annulled |
| Paperovyk (Malyn) (AM) | 1:1 | (2L) Systema-Borex (Borodianka) | aet, pk 6:5 |
| Dynamo-3 (Kyiv) (AM) | 1:2 | (2L) Nyva (Myronivka) | game was played at Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium |
| Kolos (Karapyshi) (AM) | 2:2 | (2L) Skhid (Slavutych) | aet, pk 6:5 |

### Second qualifying round

| Metalurh (Novomoskovsk) (2L) | 3:2 | (1L) Metalist (Kharkiv) |
| Oskil (Kupyansk) (2L) | 2:0 | (1L) Khimik (Severodonetsk) | |
| Torpedo (Melitopol) (2L) | 0:1 | (PL) Zirka-NIBAS (Kirovohrad) | |
| Frunzenets (Sumy) (AM) | 1:3 | (1L) Vorskla (Poltava) | |
| Dnistrovets (Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi) (2L) | 1:3 | (1L) Naftokhimik (Kremenchuk) | game was played at the local Sports School stadium |
| Velta (Poltava) (AM) | -:+ | (1L) Polihraftekhnika (Olexandria) | Velta forfeited |
| Krystal (Parkhomivka) (AM) | 0:0 | (1L) Yavir (Krasnopilya) | aet, pk 2:4 |
| Portovyk (Illichivsk) (2L) | 1:0 | (1L) Naftovyk (Okhtyrka) | aet |
| Druzhba (Berdiansk) (2L) | 0:3 | (1L) Stal (Alchevsk) | |
| Batkivschyna-Almar (Pervomayske) (AM) | 1:2 | (1L) Shakhtar (Makiivka) | game was played at Hirne Stadium in Hirne |
| Rybalka (Odesa) (AM) | 1:2 | (1L) Metalurh (Nikopol) | aet |
| Olimpiya (Yuzhnoukrainsk) (2L) | 0:1 | (1L) Odesa | |
| Shakhtar-2 (Donetsk) (2L) | 3:0 | (2L) Shakhtar (Sverdlovsk) | game was played at Metalurh Stadium in Komsomolske |
| Avanhard-Industriya (Rovenky) (2L) | 2:0 | (2L) Shakhtar (Shakhtarsk) | aet |
| Chaika (Sevastopol) (2L) | 2:0 | (2L) Tytan (Armyansk) | |
| Dynamo (Saky) (2L) | +:- | (2L) Okean (Kerch) | Okean forfeited |
| Obolon (Kyiv) (2L) | 0:2 | (2L) Hazovyk (Komarno) | game was played at Bilshovyk Stadium of the Bilshovyk machine building factory in Kyiv |
| Keramik (Baranivka) (2L) | 0:0 | (1L) Krystal (Chortkiv) | aet, pk 5:4 |
| Pidhirya (Storozhynets) (AM) | 0:1 | (2L) Halychyna (Drohobych) | |
| Nyva (Terebovlia) (AM) | 2:1 | (1L) Bukovyna (Chernivtsi) | |
| Khutrovyk (Tysmenytsia) (2L) | 4:2 | (2L) Karpaty (Mukacheve) | |
| Pokuttia (Kolomyia) (AM) | 2:0 | (1L) Zakarpattia (Uzhhorod) | |
| Haray (Zhovkva) (2L) | 2:0 | (1L) Skala (Stryi) | aet |
| Khimik (Kalush) (2L) | 1:0 | (1L) Lviv | |
| Fakel (Varva) (AM) | 0:2 | (PL) CSKA-Borysfen (Kyiv) | |
| Prometey (Dniprodzerzhynsk) (2L) | 0:0 | (1L) Dnipro (Cherkasy) | aet, pk 2:4 |
| Dynamo-Flesh (Odesa) (2L) | 1:5 | (1L) Dynamo-2 (Kyiv) | aet, game was played at Spartak Stadium in Odesa |
| Desna (Chernihiv) (2L) | 0:0 | (2L) Avtomobilist (Sumy) | aet, pk 5:4 |
| CSKA (Kyiv) (2L) | 0:0 | (1L) Podillya (Khmelnytskyi) | aet, pk 2:4, game was played at Kolos Stadium in Boryspil |
| Paperovyk (Malyn) (AM) | +:- | (1L) Veres (Rivne) | Veres forfeited |
| Nyva (Myronivka) (2L) | +:- | (1L) Temp-Advis (Khmelnytskyi) | Temp forfeited |
| Kolos (Karapyshi) (AM) | 1:0 | (1L) Khimik (Zhytomyr) | aet |

### Third qualifying round

| Metalurh (Novomoskovsk) (2L) | 1:0 | (2L) Oskil (Kupyansk) |
| Vorskla (Poltava) (1L) | 2:3 | (PL) Zirka-NIBAS (Kirovohrad) | |
| Naftokhimik (Kremenchuk) (1L) | 3:2 | (1L) Polihraftekhnika (Olexandria) | |
| Yavir (Krasnopilya) (1L) | 4:1 | (2L) Portovyk (Illichivsk) |
| Stal (Alchevsk) (1L) | 2:1 | (1L) Bazhanovets (Makiivka) | aet |
| Odesa (1L) | 0:0 | (1L) Metalurh (Nikopol) | aet, pk 1:2 |
| Shakhtar-2 (Donetsk) (2L) | 5:0 | (2L) Avanhard-Industriya (Rovenky) | game was played at Metalurh Stadium in Komsomolske |
| Chaika (Sevastopol) (2L) | 2:0 | (2L) Dynamo Saky (Saky) | |
| Hazovyk (Komarno) (2L) | 2:0 | (2L) Keramik (Baranivka) | |
| Halychyna (Drohobych) (2L) | 3:1 | (AM) Nyva (Terebovlia) | |
| Khutrovyk (Tysmenytsia) (2L) | 2:0 | (AM) Pokuttia (Kolomyia) | |
| Haray (Zhovkva) (2L) | 1:0 | (2L) Khimik (Kalush) | |
| Dnipro (Cherkasy) (1L) | 1:4 | (PL) CSKA-Borysfen (Kyiv) | |
| Desna (Chernihiv) (2L) | 0:0 | (1L) Dynamo-2 (Kyiv) | aet, pk 5:6 |
| Paperovyk (Malyn) (AM) | 1:2 | (1L) Podillya (Khmelnytskyi) | |
| Kolos (Karapyshi) (AM) | 0:6 | (2L) Nyva (Myronivka) |

### Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| SC Tavriya Simferopol | 0–1 | FC Dynamo Kyiv |
| FC Shakhtar Donetsk | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p) | FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
| FC Nyva Vinnytsia | 1–0 | FC Nyva Ternopil |
| FC Kremin Kremenchuk | 2–1 | FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia |

### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| FC Dynamo Kyiv | 2–0 | FC Kremin Kremenchuk |
| FC Nyva Vinnytsia | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–0 p) | FC Shakhtar Donetsk |
* Note: Volodymyr Tsytkin caught all three Shakhtar's penalty shots allowing Nyva to advance to the finals.

### Final

The final was held at the Republican Stadium on May 26, 1996, in Kyiv.

## Top goalscorers

| Scorer | Goals | Team |
| Oleksandr Palyanytsia | 4 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
| Oleksandr Perenchuk | 4 | Nyva Myronivka |
| Oleksandr Ihnatiev | 4 | Nyva Myronivka |
| Andriy Husin | 3 | CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv |
| Volodymyr Taranov | 3 | Chaika Sevastopol |

## Attendances
### Top attendances

| Rank | Round | Home team | Away team | Result | Location | Attendance |
| 1 | Final | Dynamo Kyiv | Nyva Vinnytsia | 2–0 | Republican Stadium, Kyiv | 47,000 |
| 2 | Quarterfinals | Shakhtar Donetsk | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 2 – 2 a.e.t. | Shakhtar Stadium, Donetsk | 21,000 |
| 3 | Semifinals | Nyva Vinnytsia | Shakhtar Donetsk | 0 – 0 a.e.t. | Central City Stadium, Vinnytsia | 20,000 |
| 4 | Semifinals | Dynamo Kyiv | Kremin Kremenchuk | 2–0 | Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv | 10,000 |
| 4 | Quarterfinals | Kremin Kremenchuk | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 2–1 | Dnipro Stadium, Kremenchuk | 10,000 |
* Ukrainian Cup 1992–93 Winners
* FC Dynamo Kyiv Second title