# 2015 Ukrainian Cup final

The 2015 Ukrainian Cup Final was a football match that was played on 4 June 2015 in Kyiv. The match was the 24th Ukrainian Cup Final and is contested by Cup holders Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk, making it part of the National Classic football game.

## Road to Kyiv

All 14 Ukrainian Premier League clubs do not have to go qualify to enter the competition; Dynamo and Shakhtar therefore both qualified automatically.
| Round 1 | Zirka Kirovohrad | 1 – 3 | Dynamo Kyiv |
| Round 2 (1st leg) | Karpaty Lviv | 0 – 1 | Dynamo Kyiv |
| Round 2 (2nd leg) | Dynamo Kyiv | 1 – 0 | Karpaty Lviv |
| | (Dynamo won 2–0 on aggregate) | (Dynamo won 2–0 on aggregate) | (Dynamo won 2–0 on aggregate) |
| Quarter-final (1st leg) | Zorya Luhansk | 1 – 2 | Dynamo Kyiv |
| Quarter-final (2nd leg) | Dynamo Kyiv | 2 – 0 | Zorya Luhansk |
| | (Dynamo won 4–1 on aggregate) | (Dynamo won 4–1 on aggregate) | (Dynamo won 4–1 on aggregate) |
| Semi-final (1st leg) | Olimpik Donetsk | 0 – 0 | Dynamo Kyiv |
| Semi-final (2nd leg) | Dynamo Kyiv | 4 – 1 | Olimpik Donetsk |
| | (Dynamo won 4–1 on aggregate) | (Dynamo won 4–1 on aggregate) | (Dynamo won 4–1 on aggregate) |
| Round 1 | Obolon-Brovar Kyiv | 0 – 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Round 2 (1st leg) | Poltava | 1 – 5 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Round 2 (2nd leg) | Shakhtar Donetsk | 4 – 1 | Poltava |
| | (Shakhtar won 9–2 on aggregate) | (Shakhtar won 9–2 on aggregate) | (Shakhtar won 9–2 on aggregate) |
| Quarter-final (1st leg) | Metalist Kharkiv | 0 – 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Quarter-final (2nd leg) | Shakhtar Donetsk | 1 – 0 | Metalist Kharkiv |
| | (Shakhtar won 3–0 on aggregate) | (Shakhtar won 3–0 on aggregate) | (Shakhtar won 3–0 on aggregate) |
| Semi-final (1st leg) | Dnipro | 0 – 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Semi-final (2nd leg) | Shakhtar Donetsk | 1 – 1 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
| | (Shakhtar won 2–1 on aggregate) | (Shakhtar won 2–1 on aggregate) | (Shakhtar won 2–1 on aggregate) |

## Previous encounters

This was the eighth Ukrainian Cup Final between the two teams and repeat of last years Cup Final. Dynamo has defeated Shakhtar five times out of the seven Cup Finals.
Dynamo had appeared in 13 Cup Finals winning 10 trophies and opponents Shakhtar had appeared in 14 Cup Finals winning 9.

## Match
### Details

| Dynamo Kyiv | Shakhtar Donetsk |
Dynamo Kyiv: :
| GK | 1 | Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (c) |
| RB | 2 | Danilo Silva | 46' |
| CB | 24 | Domagoj Vida | 88' |
| CB | 6 | Aleksandar Dragović | 68' |
| LB | 34 | Yevhen Khacheridi | 82' |
| CM | 17 | Serhiy Rybalka | 81' 115' |
| CM | 4 | Miguel Veloso |
| CM | 16 | Serhiy Sydorchuk | 101' |
| RF | 10 | Andriy Yarmolenko | 62' |
| CF | 22 | Artem Kravets | 56' 76' |
| LF | 7 | Jeremain Lens |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 23 | Oleksandr Rybka |
| DF | 5 | Vitorino Antunes | 46' |
| MF | 19 | Denys Harmash | |
| MF | 20 | Oleh Husiev | 76' |
| MF | 29 | Vitaliy Buyalskyi | |
| DF | 30 | Betão | |
| AM | 90 | Younès Belhanda | 101' |
| Manager: ||||
| Serhii Rebrov ||||
Shakhtar Donetsk: :
| GK | 30 | Andriy Pyatov |
| RB | 33 | Darijo Srna (c) | 55' |
| CB | 5 | Oleksandr Kucher | 45+2' |
| CB | 44 | Yaroslav Rakitskiy | |
| LB | 13 | Vyacheslav Shevchuk | |
| DM | 6 | Taras Stepanenko | |
| DM | 77 | Ilsinho | 44' 91' |
| RW | 20 | Douglas Costa | |
| AM | 29 | Alex Teixeira | |
| LW | 10 | Bernard | 68' |
| CF | 9 | Luiz Adriano | |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 32 | Anton Kanibolotskiy | |
| MF | 11 | Marlos | |
| DF | 31 | Ismaily | |
| DF | 38 | Serhiy Kryvtsov | 45+2' |
| MF | 17 | Fernando | |
| MF | 28 | Taison | 68' 120' |
| FW | 21 | Oleksandr Hladkyy | 91' |
| Manager: ||||
| Mircea Lucescu ||||
| MAN OF THE MATCH MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Serhiy Bekker (Kharkiv) Oleksandr Vostyuk (Zaporizhya) Fourth official: Yuriy Moiseychuk | MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of 3 substitutions. |