# 1997 Ukrainian Cup final

The 1997 Ukrainian Cup Final was a football match that took place at the NSC Olimpiyskiy on 25 May 1997. The match was the 6th Ukrainian Cup Final and it was contested by FC Shakhtar Donetsk and FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. The 1997 Ukrainian Cup Final was the fifth to be held in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Shakhtar won by a single goal netted by Serhiy Atelkin in the 36th minute.
There also were a couple of yellow cards issued at this game, both of them to Shakhtar players: Potskhveria and Hennadiy Orbu.

## Road to Kyiv

Both teams started from the first round of the competition (1/16). Shakhtar, if not considering their first game in Mariupol, had some difficulties along the way meeting resistance from every team. Especially surprising was the face-off with Vorskla Poltava which almost revenged the miners for the face-slap from two years previously. In the semi-final Shakhtar defeated the Armymen which, alas, managed to show no teeth in their second game. Dnipro impressed when it easily defeated the two-time winners of the tournament, Chornomorets Odesa.
| Round 1 | Metalurh M. | 1–3 | Shakhtar |
| Round 2 | Zirka-NIBAS | 0–1 | Shakhtar |
| Quarter-final (1st leg) | Vorskla | 0–0 | Shakhtar |
| Quarter-final (2nd leg) | Shakhtar | 2–1 | Vorskla |
| | (Shakhtar won 2–1 on aggregate) | (Shakhtar won 2–1 on aggregate) | (Shakhtar won 2–1 on aggregate) |
| Semi-final (1st leg) | Shakhtar | 2–1 | CSKA |
| Semi-final (2nd leg) | CSKA | 0–3 | Shakhtar |
| | (Shakhtar won 5–1 on aggregate) | (Shakhtar won 5–1 on aggregate) | (Shakhtar won 5–1 on aggregate) |
| Round 1 | Lviv | 2–3 | Dnipro |
| Round 2 | Dnipro | 2–0 | Torpedo |
| Quarter-final (1st leg) | Chornomorets | 0–1 | Dnipro |
| Quarter-final (2nd leg) | Dnipro | 3–0 | Chornomorets |
| | (Dnipro won 4–0 on aggregate) | (Dnipro won 4–0 on aggregate) | (Dnipro won 4–0 on aggregate) |
| Semi-final (1st leg) | Dnipro | 3–0 | Metalurh Z. |
| Semi-final (2nd leg) | Metalurh Z. | 2–0 | Dnipro |
| | (Dnipro won 3–2 on aggregate) | (Dnipro won 3–2 on aggregate) | (Dnipro won 3–2 on aggregate) |

## Match details

| Shakhtar Donetsk | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
Shakhtar Donetsk: :
| GK | ? | Dmytro Shutkov |
| MF | ? | Ihor Leonov |
| DF | ? | Mikhail Potskhveria | 63' |
| DF | ? | Oleksandr Babiy |
| DF | ? | Oleksandr Koval | |
| MF | ? | Oleh Matveyev | 65' |
| DF | ? | Hennadiy Orbu | 87' |
| DF | ? | Serhiy Kovalyov | 57' |
| MF | ? | Hennadiy Zubov | 81' |
| FW | ? | Valeriy Kriventsov |
| FW | ? | Serhiy Atelkin |
| Substitutes: ||||
| DF | ? | Oleh Shelayev | 65' |
| MF | ? | Serhiy Kochvar | 57' |
| MF | ? | Oleksandr Spivak | 81' |
| Manager: ||||
| Valeriy Yaremchenko ||||
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk: :
| GK | ? | Illya Blyznyuk |
| DF | ? | Oleksandr Poklonskyi |
| MF | ? | Kostyantyn Sosenko |
| MF | ? | Hennadiy Kozar |
| MF | ? | Ivan Pavlyukh |
| FW | ? | Ihor Kharkivshchenko |
| DF | ? | Volodymyr Sharan | 89' |
| DF | ? | Serhiy Nahornyak |
| MF | ? | Gia Kilasonia | 54' |
| FW | ? | Hennadiy Moroz |
| DF | ? | Varlam Kilasonia | 60' |
| Substitutes: ||||
| DF | ? | Oleksandr Kovalenko | 89' |
| FW | ? | Viktor Byelkin | 54' |
| FW | ? | Volodymyr Lyutyi | 60' |
| Manager: ||||
| Vyacheslav Hroznyi ||||
| MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Anatoliy Oliynyk (Simferopol) Vitaliy Zviahitsev (Odesa) Fourth official: Vasyl Menychuk (Simferopol) | MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes 3 substitutions, plus two more in extra time. |
* Ukrainian Cup 1997 Winners
* FC Shakhtar Donetsk Second title

## Match statistics

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