| Football Cup among teams of masters | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Soviet Union, Ukrainian SSR |
| Dates | 4 November – 19 November |
| Teams | 27 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Avtomobilist Zhytomyr (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 28 |
| Goals scored | 91 (3.25 per match) |
| 1973 → | |
The Ukrainian Cup 1972 was a football knockout competition conducting by the Football Federation of Ukrainian SSR and was known as the Ukrainian Cup.
The Football Cup started with the preliminary round on November 4, 1972, and involved the republican level non-amateur clubs. The competition started soon after the conclusion of the 1972 Soviet Second League, Zone 1 on 31 October 1972. The Round of 16 that started on November 8, 1972 had several Soviet First League teams joining the competition, among which were Shakhtar, Chornomorets, Metalist, and others. Some of them were represented by their second (reserve) squads. Teams from the Soviet Top League did not participate.
The competition concluded in just over two weeks in Kyiv on November 19.
Teams
Tournament distribution
The competition was conducted among 21 Ukrainian clubs of the 1972 Soviet Second League, Zone 1 and all 5 Ukrainian clubs of the 1972 Soviet First League and FC Khimik Zhytomyr. Three more Ukrainian clubs of the Second League Lokomotyv Donetsk, Khimik Severodonetsk and Mayak Kharkiv did not participate.
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Other professional teams
The four Ukrainian professional teams in the Soviet Top League did not take part in the competition.
- 1972 Soviet Top League (4): FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, FC Dynamo Kyiv, FC Karpaty Lviv, FC Zorya Voroshylovhrad
Competition schedule
First elimination round
November 4, 1972
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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| Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Lokomotyv Vinnytsia |
| Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 3–1 | Hoverla Uzhhorod |
| SC Lutsk | 0–1 | Tavriya Simferopol |
| Avanhard Sevastopol | 2–1 | Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv |
| Shakhtar Horlivka | 5–3 | Shakhtar Makiivka |
| Dynamo Khmelnytsky | 1–3 | Budivelnyk Ternopil |
| Zirka Kirovohrad | 1–2 | Metalurh Zhdanov |
| Frunzenets Sumy | 3–1 | Shakhtar Kadiivka |
| Budivelnyk Poltava | 1–0 | Khimik Zhytomyr |
| SC Chernihiv | 4–3 | Lokomotyv Kherson |
| Avanhard Rivne | 1–3 | Avtomobilist Zhytomyr |
- Replay (November 5)
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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| Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk | 0–1 | Lokomotyv Vinnytsia |
Second elimination round
November 8, 1972
| Avtomobilist Zhytomyr | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | SC Chernihiv |
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Quarterfinals
November 12, 1972
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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| Shakhtar Donetsk | 5–2 | Tavriya Simferopol |
| Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 0–1 | Lokomotyv Vinnytsia |
| Avtomobilist Zhytomyr | 1–0 | Budivelnyk Poltava |
| Chornomorets Odessa | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Frunzenets Sumy |
- Replay (November 13)
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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| Chornomorets Odessa | 2–1 | Frunzenets Sumy |
| Avtomobilist Zhytomyr | 1–0 | Budivelnyk Poltava |
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Semifinals
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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| Lokomotyv Vinnytsia | 0–3 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Chornomorets Odessa | 1–2 | Avtomobilist Zhytomyr |
| Lokomotyv Vinnytsia | 0–3 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
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Prokopenko  10'Kashchey 30'Safonov |
| Chornomorets Odesa | 1–2 | Avtomobilist Zhytomyr |
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Final
Main article: 1972 Ukrainian Cup Final| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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| Avtomobilist Zhytomyr | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Avtomobilist Zhytomyr | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Shakhtar Donetsk |
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| Kotov 91' |
Report |
Avtomobilist: Zhurba, Kozynets, Bilyi, Kravchuk, Horbach, Pestrykov, Pinchuk, Sladkovskyi (Solovyov, 55), Vasiutyn, Nesmiyan (Kotov, 73), Zelenskyi
Head coach: Lifshits
Shakhtar: Chanov, Yaremchenko, Kurhanov (Horbunov, 74), Belousov, Hubych, Kashchey, Vasin, Konkov, Prokopenko (Shevchuk, 68), Dudynskyi (Kliuchyk, 70), Safonov
Head coach: Bazylevych
Top goalscorers
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| Ukrainian Cup 1972 Winners |
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FC Avtomobilist Zhytomyr First title |
See also
References
External links
- Information source (in Ukrainian)
- The 1972 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR (1972. Кубок Української РСР). Luhansk Our Football.
- Как Шахтер упустил Кубок УССР. terrikon.com. 3 November 2017
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