# 2010–11 Ukrainian Cup

The 2010–11 Ukrainian Cup was the 20th annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition, and third under the name of DATAGROUP – Football Ukraine Cup.
The Cup begins with two preliminary rounds, before the first round proper involving the Premier League clubs. The draw for both the preliminary rounds was held on July 14, 2010. The First Preliminary Round consists of teams from Druha Liha and Amateur Cup champions and has only five fixtures. In the Second Preliminary Round teams of the Persha Liha enter the competition. Sixteen teams, winners of the 2nd preliminary round enter the first round or the round of 32 where the Premier League teams enter the competition for the first time.
Tavriya Simferopol was the defending champion and as a member of the Premier League enter the competition at the round of 32. Tavriya were eliminated in the round of 32 by Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1–4. This season's winner enters the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League 2011–12.

## Format

This season's format for the main event has changed again. The announcement of the format was given during the draw of the round 32 in the headquarters of the FFU. All matches consist of a single game and would include extra time and series of penalties if necessary to identify a winner. The broadcast of the draw was officially conducted for the first time by one of the sponsors of the Ukrainian Premier League (Footballua).
The draw was blind. All participants were ranked according to their table standings on September 8, 2010 and listed in that order for the draw. All seeds of pairs were numerated such as the first pair consisted of number 1 and number 2, the second pair of number 3 and number 4, the third – 5 and 6, and so on. Clubs of a lower league when seeded with one from a higher would receive a home advantage. However, in case for the same league seeded clubs, the hosting club was identified by an odd number that was drawn upon calling its name. A former Soviet player Vadym Yevtushenko was invited as a "special guest" to conduct the draw. For each announced club from the ranking list a ball with a number was drawn from a pot. According to the number, the announced club was placed into the seed with the corresponding number. The first club that was announced was FC Shakhtar Donetsk.
For the round of 16 draw, Viktor Leonenko was invited as the honorary visitor.
Fifty eight teams entered the Ukrainian Cup competition.

### Distribution

| | | Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous round |
| First qualifying round (10 teams) | First qualifying round (10 teams) | 9 participants of the Second League (lower seeded) 1 participant of the Amateur Cup winner (Karpaty Yaremche) | |
| Second qualifying round (32 teams) | Second qualifying round (32 teams) | 17 participants of the First League 10 participants of the Second League (higher seeded) | 5 winners from the first qualifying round |
| Tournament proper (32 teams) | Tournament proper (32 teams) | 16 participants of the Premier League | 16 winners from the second qualifying round |

### Round and draw dates

All draws held at FFU headquarters (Building of Football) in Kyiv unless stated otherwise.
| Phase | Round | Draw date | Game date |
| Qualifying | First qualifying round | 14 July 2010 | 27–28 July 2010 |
| Qualifying | Second qualifying round | 14 July 2010 | 18 August 2010 |
| Main event | Round of 32 | 8 September 2010 | 21–22 September 2010 |
| Main event | Round of 16 | 1 October 2010 | 27 October 2010 |
| Main event | Quarter-finals | 28 October 2010 | 10 November 2010 |
| Main event | Semi-finals | 25 November 2010 | 11 May 2011 |
| Main event | Final | 25 May 2011 at Yuvileiny Stadium, Sumy | 25 May 2011 at Yuvileiny Stadium, Sumy |

## Competition schedule
### First Preliminary Round

In this round entered 8 clubs from the Druha Liha, the winner of the Ukrainian Amateur Cup, and the newly admitted club from Nova Kakhovka all seeded into five fixtures. The round matches are scheduled to be played July 28, 2010.
| Desna Chernihiv (2L) | 1 – 2 | (2L) Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka |
| Ros Bila Tserkva (2L) | w/o | (2L) Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk |
| Karpaty Yaremche (AM) | 3 – 0 | (2L) Veres Rivne |
| Skala Morshyn (2L) | 3 – 2 | (2L) FC Sumy |
| Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih (2L) | 1 – 1 aet, p. 6–7 | (2L) Olkom Melitopol |

#### Notes

^(1) Match not played due to Ros Bila Tserkva's financial difficulties
^(2) Qualify as Amateur Cup Champions of Ukraine 2009.
^(3) The match was played on July 27, 2010

### Second Preliminary Round

In this round entered all 17 clubs from Persha Liha (except Dynamo-2 Kyiv) and the higher seeded 10 clubs from the Druha Liha. They were drawn against the 5 winners of the First Preliminary Round. The round matches are scheduled were played August 18, 2010, unless otherwise noted.
| Feniks-Illichivets Kalinine (1L) | 4 – 3 | (1L) Zirka Kirovohrad |
| Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk (1L) | 1 – 0 | (1L) Enerhetyk Burshtyn |
| Dnister Ovidiopol (1L) | 0 – 4 | (1L) PFC Oleksandria |
| Dynamo Khmelnytsky (2L) | 0 – 1 | (1L) Chornomorets Odesa |
| Helios Kharkiv (1L) | 0 – 1 | (1L) Krymteplytsya Molodizhne |
| Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka (1L) | 1 – 0 | (1L) FC Lviv |
| Olkom Melitopol (2L) | 1 – 2 | (1L) Stal Alchevsk |
| Bastion Illichivsk (2L) | 0 – 1 | (2L) FC Poltava |
| Zakarpattia Uzhhorod (1L) | 2 – 3 | (1L) Tytan Armyansk |
| Olimpik Donetsk (2L) | 1 – 3 | (1L) Arsenal Bila Tserkva |
| Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk (2L) | 1 – 0 | (2L) Skala Morshyn |
| Kremin Kremenchuk (2L) | 3 – 0 | (2L) Nyva Ternopil |
| Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka (2L) | 0 – 1 | (2L) Yednist' Plysky |
| Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk (2L) | 2 – 1 aet | (1L) Bukovyna Chernivtsi |
| Karpaty Yaremche (AM) | 1 – 0 | (2L) MFK Mykolaiv |
| Shakhtar Sverdlovsk (2L) | 3 – 2 | (1L) Nyva Vinnytsia |

### Bracket

The pairings for each round were not known from the incept.
| Round 32 | Round 32 | Round 32 | Round 16 | Round 16 | Round 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final | Final |
| 1L | Stal Alchevsk | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1L | Arsenal Bila Tserkva | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1L | Arsenal Bila Tserkva | 1 | 1L | Stal Alchevsk | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | PL | Volyn Lutsk | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| AM | Karpaty Yaremche | 4 | PL | Volyn Lutsk | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PL | Volyn Lutsk | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PL | Volyn Lutsk | 5 | | | | 1L | Stal Alchevsk | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | PL | Dynamo Kyiv | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| 1L | Tytan Armyansk | 0 | | | | | | | PL | Dynamo Kyiv | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| PL | PFC Sevastopol | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PL | PFC Sevastopol | 3 | PL | PFC Sevastopol | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | PL | Dynamo Kyiv | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1L | Krymteplytsia Molodizhne | 0 | PL | Dynamo Kyiv | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PL | Dynamo Kyiv | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PL | Dynamo Kyiv | 1 | | | | | | | | PL | Dynamo Kyiv | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | PL | Arsenal Kyiv | 0 | | | | |
| 2L | Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | PL | Arsenal Kyiv | 0 | | | | |
| PL | Karpaty Lviv | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PL | Karpaty Lviv | 5 | PL | Karpaty Lviv | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | PL | Vorskla Poltava | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1L | Chornomorets Odesa | 1 | PL | Vorskla Poltava | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PL | Vorskla Poltava | 2* | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PL | Vorskla Poltava | 2* | | | | PL | Karpaty Lviv | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | PL | Arsenal Kyiv | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 1L | PFC Oleksandria | 0p | | | | | | | PL | Arsenal Kyiv | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| PL | Metalurh Donetsk | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PL | Metalurh Donetsk | 0 | 1L | PFC Oleksandria | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | PL | Arsenal Kyiv | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PL | Metalist Kharkiv | 1 | PL | Arsenal Kyiv | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PL | Arsenal Kyiv | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PL | Arsenal Kyiv | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | PL | Dynamo Kyiv | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | PL | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2 |
| 2L | FC Poltava | 2* | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | PL | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2 |
| PL | Obolon Kyiv | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PL | Obolon Kyiv | 1 | 2L | FC Poltava | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | PL | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PL | Shakhtar Donetsk | 6 | PL | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PL | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PL | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 0 | | | | PL | Shakhtar Donetsk | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | PL | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| 2L | Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk | 1 | | | | | | | PL | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| 1L | Feniks-Illich. Kalinine | 1p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1L | Feniks-Illich. Kalinine | 1p | 1L | Feniks-Illichivets Kalinine | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | PL | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PL | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 1 | PL | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PL | Illichivets Mariupol | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PL | Illichivets Mariupol | 0 | | | | | | | | PL | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | PL | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 1 | | | | |
| 2L | Yednist' Plysky | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | PL | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 1 | | | | |
| 1L | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1L | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta | 1 | 1L | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | PL | Zorya Luhansk | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1L | Prykarpattya IF | 0 | PL | Zorya Luhansk | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PL | Zorya Luhansk | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PL | Zorya Luhansk | 1 | | | | PL | Zorya Luhansk | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | PL | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 1p | | | | | | | | |
| 2L | Kremin Kremenchuk | 1 | | | | | | | PL | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 1p | | | | | | | | |
| 2L | Shakhtar Sverdlovsk | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2L | Shakhtar Sverdlovsk | 0 | 2L | Kremin Kremenchuk | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | PL | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PL | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 4 | PL | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PL | Tavriya Simferopol | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Round of 32

In this round entered all 16 teams from the Premier League. They were drawn against the 16 winners from the previous round consisting of nine clubs from the First League, six clubs from the Second League, and one representative from the amateur league. The draw took place September 8, 2010.

#### Notes
### Round of 16

In this round entered winners from the previous round. The Premier League is represented with 10 clubs, the First League – 4, and the Second League – 2. The draw for the round took place on October 1, 2010.

#### Notes

^(4) Initially the management of Feniks-Illichivets Kalinine informed their opponents that the club has removed itself from further competitions. However, four days later the club informed the PFL that their financial state had stabilized and that they would play.

### Quarter-finals

In this round entered winners from the previous round. The Premier League is represented with 7 clubs and the First League with 1 club. The draw for the round took place on October 28, 2010.

### Semi-finals

In this round entered winners from the previous round. The draw for the round took place on November 25, 2010.

### Final
## Top goalscorers

| Scorer | Goals | Team |
| Andriy Oliynyk | 5 | Karpaty Yaremche |
| Luiz Adriano | 4 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Sergei Samodin | 3 | Arsenal Kyiv |
| Yuriy Habovda | 3 | Karpaty Lviv |
| Maicon | 3 | Volyn Lutsk |
| Serhiy Stepanchuk | 3 | Kremin Kremenchuk |
| Vyacheslav Shevchenko | 3 | Stal Alchevsk |