2009–10 Ukrainian League Cup

2009–10 League Cup

Country	Ukraine
Teams	24
Defending champions	N/A (first edition)
Champions	Nyva Vinnytsia
Runners-up	Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk
Matches played	59
Goals scored	167 (2.83 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	5 - Kachur (Nyva) Kozban (Nyva) Polishchuk (Veres)
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The 2009–10 Ukrainian League Cup was the only season of Ukraine's football knockout competition designated for the members of the Ukrainian Second League and amateur clubs. The main purpose of this tournament was to supplement the 2009-2010 playing calendar of the Second League clubs whose number had declined remarkably triggering some talks of reforming the Ukrainian Second League. Currently amateur clubs are invited at the discretion of their respective regional football associations.

Historical scope

The tournament was organized after a few mini-tournaments of the PFL Cup had taken place in the span of less than a couple of years. The PFL Cup competitions involved united teams of different leagues such as two from the second and one from the first and the students, players of which had earned a few gold medals in several international competitions (see Universiada). At first the League Cup was supposed to be an extension of those PFL tournaments, but later was reorganized as a supplementary competition to the Second League championship of 2009-2010. A chronic problem follows the Second League especially in recent years as several clubs of the league have a difficult time just to finish their season, not even worrying about winning anything. That, of course, reflects negatively on the performance not only of a club, but the whole league. A new working commission was organized in 2010 to offer an alternative for the Second League clubs structure of competitions which was supposed to be presented for the 2010-2011 season. Please, note that the League Cup is not such an authentic tournament as a similar competition involving exclusively the Second League clubs had taken place in 1999-2001 known as the Cup of the Second League.

Organization

Start

The Cup began with a group tournament where teams from Druha Liha and amateur level competitors participated. At this stage all 24 teams were divided into eight groups. The best two teams out of each group advanced to the next round of the competition (Second Round) while all the last placed participants were eliminated. In the Second Round teams were paired with each other with the winners of each group playing at home. The winner of each pair advanced to the next round (Quarter-finals). The Quarter-finals took place in the same manner. The Semi-finals consisted of two home-away matches, while the Final took place at a neutral field.

The winners of this competition were awarded the Cup and the prize money (150,000 Hryvnia) from Umbro, the general sponsor of the event.

Initially FC Luzhany (town of Luzhany, Chernivtsi Oblast) was set to participate in the competition, but was eventually replaced by FC Volyn-Tsement Zdolbuniv.^[1] On March 1, 2010 it was decided to suspend the competition due to a lack of funds. The clubs FC Dnister Ovidiopol, PFC Oleksandria, and FC Arsenal Bila Tserkva were represented in the competition by their junior teams (doubles). Several clubs officially quit the competition (FC Khodak Cherkasy, FC Dnister Ovidiopol, PFC Olexandria), while FC Dnipro-75 Dnipropetrovsk was excluded from the Professional Football League due to unpaid debts.^[2] The Rivne Oblast clubs (Veres and Volyn) and Teplovyk Yuzhnoukrainsk informed the PFL during the winter break of their unwillingness to continue in the competition.

After winter break

On March 16 it was decided to resume the competition. The following clubs were given until March 20 to pay off their debts to the referees: Teplovyk, Olexandria, Arsenal, Volyn-Tsement, Veres, Ros, Olympik, Tytan, and Dnipro-75. Umbro became the official partner of the competition and its title sponsor.

When the Second round pairs were formed a few teams that finished last advanced due to numerous withdrawals of other clubs. Three teams (Lviv-2, Ros, and Myr) got a bye straight to the Quarter-finals.

Competition schedule

First round (Group Stage)

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the Second Round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts LFC 2 4 2 1 1 6 2 +4 7 Karpaty-2 4 2 1 1 6 5 +1 7 Skala Morshyn 4 1 0 3 2 7 −5 3

K2L LV2 SKM Karpaty-2 – 1–4 3–0 LFC 2 0–0 – 0–1 Skala Morshyn 1–2 0–2 –

Notes:

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Nyva Vinnytsia 4 4 0 0 11 3 +8 12 Veres Rivne 4 2 0 2 11 10 +1 6 Volyn Zdolbuniv 4 0 0 4 2 11 −9 0

NYV VRS VTZ Nyva Vinnytsia – 4–1 3–0 Veres Rivne 2–4 – 5–0 Volyn Zdolbuniv – : + 2–3 –

Notes:

• Rivne Oblast clubs (Veres and Volyn) withdrew from the competition during the winter break.
• Volyn-Tsement Zdolbuniv (simply as Volyn Zdolbuniv) is from the small city of Zdolbuniv.

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Bastion Illichivsk 4 4 0 0 15 2 +13 12 Dnister-d Ovidiopol 4 2 0 2 8 8 +0 6 Teplovyk 4 0 0 4 0 13 −13 0

BST DST TPL Bastion Illichivsk – 5–0 3–0 Dnister-d Ovidiopol 2–3 – 2–0 Teplovyk 0–4 0–4 –

Notes:

• Dnister was fielding its junior team (double) as its main team was competing in the First League.
• On March 1, 2010 Dnister withdrew form the competition, while Teplovyk withdrew earlier during the winter break.
• Teplovyk Yuzhnoukrainsk is from the small city of Yuzhnoukrainsk, Mykolaiv Oblast.

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Myr Hornostaivka 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7 Spartak 4 1 2 1 3 4 −1 5 Olkom Melitopol 4 1 1 2 4 4 +0 4

MYR OLK SPR Myr Hornostaivka – 2–0 2–1 Olkom Melitopol 2–0 – 0–1 Spartak 1–1 1–1 –

Notes:

• Spartak Molodizhne is from the village of Molodizhne, an adjacent suburb of Simferopol, Crimea.
• Myr Hornostaivka is from the village of Hornostaivka, Novotroitske Raion, Kherson Oblast.

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Khodak Cherkasy 4 2 1 1 9 2 +7 7 Olexandria-d 4 1 2 1 4 5 −1 5 Hirnyk-Sport 4 1 1 2 1 7 −6 4

HSK KDK OLX Hirnyk-Sport – + : – 1–2 Khodak Cherkasy 3–1 – 5–0 Olexandria-d 1–1 0–0 –

Notes:

• Olexandria was fielding its junior team (double) as its main team participates in the competitions of the First League.
• On March 1, 2010 Olexandria and Khodak withdrew from the competition. Hirnyk-Sport was offered and accepted a placed in the next round.
• Khodak Cherkasy is an amateur club from Cherkasy.

Group F

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Ros Bila Tserkva 4 3 1 0 12 4 +8 10 Arsenal-d Bila Tserkva 4 2 1 1 9 6 +3 7 Zenit Boyarka 4 0 0 4 3 14 −11 0

ARS ROS ZNT Arsenal-d Bila Tserkva – 1–2 4–2 Ros Bila Tserkva 2–2 – + : – Zenit Boyarka 1–5 0–2 –

Notes:

• Arsenal Bila Tserkva was fielding its junior team (double) as its main team was not playing in the Second League any longer.
• The game Ros - Zenit originally finished 0:1 (Zenit's victory), however due to the fact that Zenit fielded an unregistered player 'Zaza Tsotskhalashvili' the Bila Tserkva's club was awarded a technical victory (3:0) by the decision of the Disciplinary Committee of PFL on October 22, 2009.^[3]
• Game Ros - Arsenal-d 2:2 took place at the training ground of FC Arsenal Bila Tserkva in the town of Shkarivka.^[4] Shkarivka is a suburb of Bila Tserkva city, which is located six miles west of it.

Group G

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Illichivets-2 4 1 3 0 4 3 +1 6 Shakhtar-3 4 1 2 1 7 6 +1 5 Tytan Donetsk 4 1 1 2 3 5 −2 4

I2M S3D TYT Illichivets-2 – 2–2 1–0 Shakhtar-3 1–1 – 4–1 Tytan Donetsk 0–0 2–0 –

Notes:

Group H

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Dniprodzerzhynsk 4 2 2 0 7 3 +4 8 Dnipro-75 4 1 2 1 5 3 +2 5 Olympik Kirovohrad 4 0 2 2 4 10 −6 2

D75 SDD OLY Dnipro-75 – – : + 4–2 Dniprodzerzhynsk 1–1 – 5–1 Olympik Kirovohrad 0–0 1–1 –

Notes:

Dnipro-75 were excluded from all competitions organized by the PFL for their unpaid debts. The place of Dnipro-75 was granted to and excepted by Olympik.

Bracket

	Round of 16							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1A	Lviv-2	x	x	x
	2B	bye	x	x	x
								2L	Nyva Vinnytsia	5	x	5
								2L	Lviv-2	0	x	0
	1B	Nyva Vinnytsia	3	x	3
	2A	Karpaty-2 Lviv	0	x	0
															2L	Nyva Vinnytsia	0	2	2
														AM	Myr Hornostaivka	0	0	0
	1C	Bastion Illichivsk	0	x	0
	2D	Spartak Molodizhne	1	x	1
								AM	Myr Hornostaivka	0p	x	0p
								AM	Spartak Molodizhne	0	x	0
	1D	Myr Hornostaivka	x	x	x
	2C	bye	x	x	x
																						2L	Nyva Vinnytsia		4
																						2L	Hirnyk-Sport		0
	3E	Hirnyk-Sport	2	x	2
	2F	Arsenal-d Bila Tserkva	0	x	0
								2L	Hirnyk-Sport	2	x	2
								2L	Ros Bila Tserkva	0	x	0
	1F	Ros Bila Tserkva	x	x	x
	2E	bye	x	x	x
															2L	Hirnyk-Sport	0	1	1(a)
														2L	Illichivets-2 Mariupol	0	1	1
	1G	Illichivets-2 Mariupol	1	x	1
	3H	Olympik Kirovohrad	0	x	0
								2L	Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk	0	x	0
								2L	Illichivets-2 Mariupol	0p	x	0p
	1H	Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk	2	x	2
	2G	Shakhtar-3 Donetsk	1	x	1

Second Round (Round of 16)

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Quarterfinals

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Notes:

• In the game Hirnyk-Sport - Ros Dorohan (Ros) was not able to score a penalty in the 61st minute. In the same game Skliarenko (Hirnyk-Sport) was sent off in the 43rd minute for his second caution.

Semifinals

This stage was scheduled to take place in two-leg (home-away) match-ups. The first leg was played on April 28, 2010 and the second leg - May 5, 2010.^[5]

First Leg

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Second Leg

Illichivets-2 1–1 Hirnyk-Sport on aggregate. Hirnyk-Sport won on away goals.

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Myr Hornostaivka 0–2 Nyva Vinnytsia on aggregate.

Notes:

• In the game Myr - Nyva Dotsenko was not able to convert his penalty kick opportunity in the 15th minute, due to an excellent save on the part of Nyva's goalie Skybenko.

Final

Initially set for May 29, the final took place on a neutral ground on June 6, 2010. Surprisingly the PFL picked Oleksandia's Nika Stadium which is 71 km (~46 mi) or about an hour drive from the city of Komsomolsk and 387 km (~255 mi) from Vinnytsia. As a justification, the main reason can be drawn from the fact that it lies in the heartland of Ukraine, and, thus, such a game could draw a greater audience.

Nyva Vinnytsia

Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk

Nyva Vinnytsia: GK 12 Vasyl Skybenko  77' DF 22 Fedir Prokhorov DF 4 Oleksandr Herhelyuk DF 10 Volodymyr Naiko  88' DF 5 Serhiy Voronin  24'  19' 90'+2 MF 13 Serhiy Herasymets  74' FW 6 Bohdan Varchenko  59' MF 9 Andriy Pylyavskyi  68' MF 11 Vadym Bovtruk  72' FW 18 Ruslavn Kachur  48', 63'  66' FW 21 Dmytro Kozban  65'  73' Substitutes: FW 8 Andriy Veretynsky  68' FW 18 Serhiy Kushka  59'  78' MF 7 Pavlo Lukyanets  66' GK 1 Oleksandr Haidarzhy  77' MF 15 Oleksiy Pyvovar  73' MF 14 Bohdan Adamenko  74' MF 2 Chaus  72' Manager: Oleh Fedorchuk

Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk: GK 1 Denys Machulin  90+1' DF 17 Volodymyr Tkachenko  51' FW 5 Andriy Kondrashov  44' DF 22 Illya Khodulya MF 3 Maksym Poltavets FW 9 Ruslan Dekhtyar  62' DF 2 Yaroslav Kalinichenko  54' DF 8 Kostyantyn Krutenko MF 13 Yevhen Slyva  75' MF 11 Serhiy Kravchenko DF 7 Roman Malynochka  86' Substitutes: GK 18 Andriy Bakhmetiev  90+1' MF 23 Yaroslav Bakhmach  51' FW 4 Taras Malyuk  62'  90' MF 10 Oleh Fil  54' DF 14 Oleksandr Zabula  75' DF 20 Vladyslav Ivashchenko  86' FW 12 Dmytrenko  89' Manager: Serhiy Muradyan

MATCH OFFICIALS[14] Assistant referees: V.Fedan A.Skrypka Fourth official: O.Katsman

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes

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Ukrainian League Cup 2010 Winners
Nyva Vinnytsia First title

Top goalscorers

In parentheses are goals scored from a penalty spot.

Scorer	Goals	Team
Kachur	5	Nyva Vinnytsia
Kozban	5	Nyva Vinnytsia
Polishchuk	5	Veres Rivne
Bredis	3	Bastion Illichivsk
Liubar	3	Veres Rivne
Petruk	3 (2)	Zenit Boyarka

Note:

• Petruk scored three goals in the tournament, with one of his scored in the game Ros - Zenit which was later recognized void. That goal is included in this record as the result's cancellation is a mere administrative formality.
• Polusmak (Zenit) managed to score two own goals in four games (one was recognized void).
• Please, note that Bredis (Bastion Illichivsk) is a veteran of Odessa football. He used to compete for the predecessor of Bastion, FC Portovyk Illichivsk in the Second League as well as various national cup competitions.

See also

• Ukrainian Second League 2009–10
• Ukrainian First League 2009–10
• 2009–10 Ukrainian Cup
• Ukrainian Second League Cup

External links

• Official website (Ukrainian)
• Competition Statute (Ukrainian)

References