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2022 Ukrainian Cup Final
The NSC Olimpiyskiy in Kyiv hosted the final
Event2021–22 Ukrainian Cup
DateJune 5th, 2022
VenueNSC Olimpiyskiy, Kyiv
Man of the MatchMaksym Tretyakov (FC Lviv)
RefereeVyacheslav Zukhov
Attendance37,700
WeatherBreezy (71° Fahrenheit)
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The 2022 Ukrainian Cup Final (known as the 2022 Ukrainian Cup Final presented by Sports Interactive for sponsorship reasons) was a fictional football match that was played on June 5th, 2022 in Kyiv between FC Lviv and Inhulets Petrove to determine the winner of the 2021-22 Ukrainian Cup. The match was the 31st Ukrainian Cup final since the fall of the Soviet Union. The match also marked the first time a club not in the Ukrainian Premier League won the tournament, as FC Lviv were in the First League.

Due to Lviv's victory, they qualified for the Europa League the following season. If Inhulets were to have won the tournament, they would have taken the Europa League spot, as they had finished 11th in the Premier League. Lviv's victory was the first in club history.

Road to the final

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Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

FC Lviv Round Inhulets Petrove
Opponent Result 2021–22 Ukrainian Cup Opponent Result
Mykolaiv 2–0 (A) Preliminary Round 2 Bye
Stal Kam'yans'ke 3–1 (A) First Round Sumy 1–0 (A)
Zorya 1–0 (H) Round of 16 Skala Stryi 5–0 (A)
Veres 2–1 (H) Quarter-finals Shakhtar Donetsk 0–0 (H), (4–3 p)
Desna 3–2 (H) Semi-finals Dynamo Kyiv 1–0 (A)

Background

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Lviv, as previously mentioned, were playing in their first Ukrainian Cup final, but Inhulets were in the same boat. Both sides hadn't made a major final in their history. Inhulets came into the match as favorites, having taken down the two Ukrainian giants Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv en route to the final. The most difficult side Lviv had to face was Zorya, who sat third in the table at the time of their Round of 16 tie.

Lviv players, however, led the charts. Forwards Vladyslav Klochan and Oleksandr Kozak had scored six and four goals respectively, sitting one-two in the goalscoring hierarchy. Igor Zinchenko was joint-top of the assists chart with Skala Stryi's Ruslan Degtyarev. Klochan also shared top spot for most man-of-the-match awards with Oleksandr Noyok of Desna.

The bookies had Inhulets as favorites, however, with 6-4 odds on a Petrove victory, 2-1 for a draw, and 13-8 for a Lviv victory.

Outcome

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The match kicked off at 16:00 (4:00 PM) local time, with Inhulets on the ball. Lviv controlled early on, breaking the deadlock in the 35th minute. Ihor Soldat broke down the right side, lofting a ball towards Vladyslav Klochan, who cushioned a header past the Inhulets keeper from the edge of the six-yard box. Oleksandr Kozak doubled Lviv's lead in the 77th minute, firing into the top corner off Maksym Tretyakov's corner kick. Kozak rounded out the scoring eight minutes later, slotting his shot into the net from the penalty spot.

Match

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FC Lviv3–0Inhulets Petrove
Klochan 35'
Kozak 77', 86'
Report
Attendance: 37,700
Referee: Vyacheslav Zukhov
FC Lviv
Inhulets Petrove
FC Lviv:
GK 1 Ukraine Oleg Stets'kiv
DF 4 Ukraine Ihor Soldat (c) Yellow card 29'
DF 14 Ukraine Valeriy Bondarenko
DF 5 Ukraine Oleh Tarasenko
DF 13 Ukraine Vasyl Dovbiy Yellow card 6'
MF 6 Ukraine Maksym Tretyakov
MF 7 Ukraine Eugene Mikhalevskyi
MF 8 Ukraine Artem Lazar
FW 32 Ukraine Igor Zinchenko
FW 10 Ukraine Oleksandr Kozak 77' 86'
FW 11 Ukraine Vladyslav Klochan 35'
Substitutes:
GK 30 Ukraine Bogdan Vasyljev
DF 12 Ukraine Oleksandr Kucherenko
MF 37 Ukraine Volodymyr Bilotserkoviets
MF 23 Ukraine Igor Poruchynskyi
MF 36 Ukraine Dmytro Polyuhanych
DF 44 Ukraine Olexandyr Rusyn
MF 42 Ukraine Illya Ponomarenko
Coach:
United States Dennis Johnson
Inhulets Petrove:
GK 1 Ukraine Hennadiy Hanyev
DF 4 Ukraine Ihor Kyryukhantsev
DF 2 Ukraine Mykyta Burda
DF 3 Ukraine Roman Podolyak
DF 5 Ukraine Alexandr Konovalov
MF 19 Brazil Kennedy (c) downward-facing red arrow 78'
MF 7 Ukraine Andriy Musienko downward-facing red arrow 73'
MF 8 Ukraine Ilja Ivanov downward-facing red arrow 68'
MF 11 Brazil Pierre Vinícius
MF 10 Ukraine Valeriy Ilnytskyi
FW 9 Ukraine Anton Smirnov
Substitutes:
GK 31 Ukraine Ihor Vartsaba
DF 32 Ukraine Illya Ichuaidze
MF 33 Ukraine Roman Stefurak upward-facing green arrow 78'
FW 34 Ukraine Olexiy Schebetun
MF 35 Ukraine Ihor Kogut upward-facing green arrow 73'
MF 36 Ukraine Volodymyr Doronin
FW 37 Ukraine Viktor Khomchenko upward-facing green arrow 68'
Coach:
Ukraine Serhiy Lavrynenko