# 2010 Ukrainian Cup final

The 2010 Ukrainian Cup Final was a football match that was played place at the Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, on 16 May 2010. The match was the 19th Ukrainian Cup final and was contested by Metalurh Donetsk and Tavriya Simferopol. The final was the second time a Ukrainian Cup final was held in Kharkiv. The Ukrainian Cup winners qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League play-off round. Tavriya played in their second cup final after last appearing in 1994, where the side lost to Chornomorets Odesa on penalty kicks (5–3) after the matched finished 0–0 after extra time. Metalurh Donetsk were playing in their first cup final.

## Road to Kharkiv

All 16 Ukrainian Premier League clubs do not have to go through qualification to get into the competition; Tavriya and Metalurh therefore both qualified automatically for the competition.
| Round 1 | Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk | 0–4 | Tavriya Simferopol |
| Round 2 | Tavriya Simferopol | 4–2 | Illichivets Mariupol |
| Quarter-final | Tavriya Simferopol | 4–0 | Obolon Kyiv |
| Semi-final | Volyn Lutsk | 1–2 | Tavriya Simferopol |
| Round 1 | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka | 1–1 aet 2–4 pen. | Metalurh Donetsk |
| Round 2 | Metalurh Donetsk | 2–1 | Karpaty Lviv |
| Quarter-final | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 1–2 aet | Metalurh Donetsk |
| Semi-final | Metalurh Donetsk | 2–1 | Shakhtar Donetsk |

## Previous encounters

Tavriya had met Metalurh Donetsk previously in the Ukrainian Cup competition in the quarter-Final of the 2003–04 edition. In that match, Tavriya advanced on penalty kicks 10–9 after the score finished 1–1 after extra time.

## Match details

| Tavriya Simferopol | Metalurh Donetsk |
Tavriya Simferopol: :
| GK | 1 | Maksym Startsev | |
| DF | 4 | Slobodan Marković | 60' 120+1' |
| DF | 5 | Sasha Juričić | 90+6' 94' |
| MF | 8 | Andriy Kornev | 26' |
| FW | 9 | Oleksandr Kovpak (c) | 40' (pen.) |
| DF | 11 | Anton Monakhov | 99' |
| MF | 15 | Yevhen Lutsenko | 28' |
| DF | 19 | Ilya Galiuza | 79' 84' |
| MF | 22 | Željko Ljubenović | 70' |
| MF | 27 | Denys Holaydo |
| MF | 28 | Maksym Feschuk | 2' 62' |
| Substitutes: ||||
| MF | 10 | Lucky Idahor | 62' 66' 97' |
| FW | 18 | Ivan Matyazh | 84' |
| FW | 20 | Vasil Gigiadze | 70' |
| MF | 21 | Maksym Syrota |
| FW | 24 | Ruslan Platon |
| GK | 12 | Dmytro Stoyko |
| FW | 44 | Mamadi Sangare |
| Manager: ||||
| Serhiy Puchkov ||||
Metalurh Donetsk: :
| GK | 66 | Vladimir Dišljenković |
| DF | 4 | Vyacheslav Checher (c) |
| FW | 7 | Musawengosi Mguni | 99' |
| DF | 14 | Oleksandr Volovyk |
| MF | 18 | Velizar Dimitrov |
| FW | 22 | Henrikh Mkhitaryan | 50' |
| DF | 23 | Oleksiy Hodin |
| DF | 28 | Mário Sérgio | 74' 117' |
| MF | 44 | Vasyl Pryima | 67' |
| MF | 39 | Sunny Kingsley | 75' |
| DF | 88 | William Boaventura | 66' 106' |
| Substitutes: ||||
| MF | 9 | Đorđe Lazić |
| MF | 10 | Chavdar Yankov | 67' 111' |
| FW | 15 | Ciprian Tănasă | 106' |
| MF | 17 | Zé Soares | 75' |
| DF | 27 | China |
| GK | 31 | Dmytro Vorobeyev |
| FW | 46 | Vitaliy Ivanko |
| Manager: ||||
| Nikolay Kostov ||||
| MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Stanislav Boklazhko Serhiy Tsymbal Fourth official: Serhiy Dankovsky | 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. |