# 2019 Ukrainian Cup final

The 2019 Ukrainian Cup Final was a football match that was played on 15 May 2019 in Zaporizhzhia between Shakhtar Donetsk and Inhulets Petrove. The match was the 28th Ukrainian Cup Final since the fall of the Soviet Union. It was the first time the cup final was held in Zaporizhzhia.
Slavutych Arena, where the match was played, had previously hosted the 2010 Ukrainian Super Cup. It was the first final of the Ukrainian Cup competition that featuring a team from a second-tier division.
If Inhulets won the cup, they would have qualified for the group stage of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, because Shakhtar had already qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League.

## Road to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
| Shakhtar Donetsk | Shakhtar Donetsk | Round | Inhulets Petrove | Inhulets Petrove |
| Opponent | Result | 2018–19 Ukrainian Cup | Opponent | Result |
| bye | bye | Preliminary round 2 | Kolos Kovalivka | 1–0 (H) |
| bye | bye | Preliminary round 3 | Myr Hornostayivka | 3–0 (A) |
| Olimpik Donetsk | 3–2 (H) | Round of 16 | FC Mariupol | 3–1 (H) |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1–1 (H) (a.e.t.), (4–3 p) | Quarter-finals | Karpaty Lviv | 1–1 (H) (a.e.t.), (5–4 p) |
| SC Dnipro-1 | 2–0 (A) | Semi-finals | Zorya Luhansk | 2–1 (H) |

## Previous encounters

The game between Shakhtar and Inhulets was the first between the two teams. It was the 19th Cup Final for Shakhtar, the record for any team reaching the final stage. It was Shakhtar's ninth consecutive final since 2011. It was Inhulets' first time reaching the final stage.

## Match

| Shakhtar Donetsk | Inhulets Petrove |
Shakhtar Donetsk: :
| GK | 1 | Oleksiy Shevchenko | |
| DF | 50 | Serhiy Bolbat | |
| DF | 4 | Serhiy Kryvtsov | |
| DF | 22 | Mykola Matviyenko | |
| DF | 31 | Ismaily | |
| MF | 21 | Alan Patrick | |
| MF | 88 | Marcos Antônio | |
| MF | 14 | Tetê | 27', 39' | 72' |
| MF | 74 | Viktor Kovalenko | 47' | 61' |
| MF | 7 | Taison (c) | |
| FW | 10 | Júnior Moraes | 45+1' | 62' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 30 | Andriy Pyatov | |
| DF | 5 | Davit Khocholava | |
| MF | 6 | Taras Stepanenko | |
| MF | 9 | Dentinho | |
| MF | 19 | Manor Solomon | 61' | 64' |
| MF | 23 | Wellington Nem | 72' | 89' |
| FW | 8 | Olarenwaju Kayode | 62' |
| Coach: ||||
| Paulo Fonseca ||||
Inhulets Petrove: :
| GK | 1 | Anton Sytnykov | |
| DF | 39 | Denys Balan | |
| DF | 55 | Maksym Kovalyov | |
| DF | 28 | Vitaliy Pavlov | |
| DF | 89 | Oleh Synyohub | |
| MF | 80 | Vladyslav Lupashko (c) | 45+1' |
| MF | 13 | Illya Kovalenko | |
| MF | 8 | Vladyslav Klymenko | 57' | 67' |
| MF | 5 | Yevhen Zaporozhets | |
| MF | 45 | Artem Schedryi | 83' |
| FW | 9 | Oleksandr Mishurenko | 34' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 12 | Bohdan Shukhman | |
| DF | 23 | Oleksandr Kucherenko | 67' |
| DF | 17 | Stanislav Peredystyi | |
| MF | 25 | Oleksandr Kozak | 83' |
| MF | 7 | Dmytro Sula | |
| MF | 21 | Oleksandr Akymenko | |
| FW | 49 | Nika Sichinava | 34' |
| Coach: ||||
| Serhiy Lavrynenko ||||
| MAN OF THE MATCH MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: S.Prystupa (Kyiv) Ye.Petrakov (Kyiv) Fourth official: M.Kozyriatskyi (Zaporizhzhia) Reserved assistant referee: V.Vysotskyi (Zaporizhzhia) Supervisor of refereeing: A.Shandor (Lviv) | 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. |