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The 2023–24 Ukrainian Cup was the 32nd annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition. The competition is began on 29 July 2023 and concluded on 15 May 2024 with the final. The competition has been resumed after being paused for a season due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and an attempt to resume league competitions. In the fall of the last year (2022), there was information about possibility of resuming cup competitions in the spring (2023), but the idea was never realized.

All competition rounds consisted of a single game with a home field advantage granted to a team from lower league. Draw for all the rounds was blind. Qualification for the competition was granted to all professional clubs and four better performers of 2 last amateur seasons the 2022–23 Ukrainian Amateur Cup and the 2021–22 Ukrainian Amateur Cup.

Team allocation and schedule

The competition includes all professional first teams from the Premier League (16/16 teams of the league), First League (20/20), Second League (11/15) and four best performer from the previous year's Amateur Cup. Four second club teams from the Second League are not eligible for the tournament.

Rounds schedule

Competition schedule

Legends: AM – AAFU (amateur) competitions (IV tier), 2L – Second League (III tier), 1L – First League (II tier), PL – Premier League (I tier)

First preliminary round (1/128)

In this round, 2 clubs from the Second League and four clubs of the 2022–23 Ukrainian Amateur Cup and the 2021–22 Ukrainian Amateur Cup entered the competition.

The draw was held on 21 July 2023.

Notes

Second preliminary round (1/64)

In this round, 9 clubs from the Second League and 20 clubs from the First League entered the competition and joined the 3 winners of the First preliminary round (2 clubs from Second League, 1 – amateurs).

3 August 2023	Lokomotyv Kyiv (2L)	1–0	(1L) Dinaz Vyshhorod	Kyiv
	Sakhnyuk 56'			Stadium: Bannikov Referee: D.Kuzovlyev (Zaporizhia)

Third preliminary round (1/32)

In this round, the 16 winners of the Second preliminary round participate (8 clubs from First League, 7 clubs from Second League, 1 – amateurs).

The draw was held on 4 August 2023.

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Fourth preliminary round (1/16)

In this round, 8 clubs from the Premier League will enter the competition and the 8 winners of the Third preliminary round (6 clubs from First League and 2 clubs from Second League).

• Notes:

LNZ vs Viktoriya had been interrupted due to air alert.

Round of 16 (1/8)

In this round, 8 clubs from the Premier League will enter the competition and join the 8 winners of the Fourth preliminary round (6 clubs from Premier League and 2 clubs from First League).

12 October 2023	Mariupol (1L)	0–1	(PL) Zorya Luhansk	Boryspil, Kyiv Oblast
13:00			Voloshyn 45+1'	Stadium: Kolos Stadium Referee: D. Kubryak (Odesa)

• Notes:

Rukh vs Oleksandriya kick off time was delayed for 30 minutes due to air alert.

Quarter-finals (1/4)

This round includes one team from the First League and 7 clubs from the Premier League. Base date for the matches is 1 November 2023. The draw for the round took place at Epet Arena, Prague with active participation of Oleksandr Zinchenko and Ruslan Malinovskyi.

• Notes:

Polissia vs Oleksandriya match had been interrupted in the 85th minute for 50 minutes due to air alert.

Semi-finals (1/2)

• Notes:

Polissia vs Vorskla match had been interrupted in the 80th minute for 40 minutes due to air alert.

Final

Bracket

The following is the bracket which the main stage of the Ukrainian Cup resembles. Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of a penalty shoot-out.

Top goalscorers

The competition's top three goalscorers including preliminary rounds.

As of 4 April 2024

Rank	Scorer	Team	Goals (Pen.)
1	Dmytro Kulyk	Kudrivka	4
	Andriy Shtohrin	Chornomorets Odesa	4
3	Oleksandr Batalskyi	Mariupol	3
	Yaroslav Kvasov	Inhulets Petrove	3
	Artur Vashchyshyn	Zviahel	3 (1)

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See also

• 2023–24 Ukrainian Premier League
• 2023–24 Ukrainian First League
• 2023–24 Ukrainian Second League
• 2023–24 Ukrainian Amateur Cup

References

1. ^ VBET КУБОК УКРАЇНИ-2023/2024: РЕЗУЛЬТАТИ ЖЕРЕБКУВАННЯ ПЕРШОГО ТА ДРУГОГО ПОПЕРЕДНІХ ЕТАПІВ ТУРНІРУ. uaf.ua. 21 July 2023
2. Кубок України наступного сезону не розіграють – журналіст. Sport Arena. 28 May 2022
3. Кубок України розпочнеться навесні 2023 року – ЗМІ. Sport Arena. 29 October 2022
4. Проведення Кубка України відновлять наступного сезону. isport.ua. 7 June 2023
5. Найкращі аматорські клуби – на старті Vbet Кубка України. www.aafu.org.ua. 26 July 2023
6. ^ Жеребкування третього попереднього раунду Кубка України відбудеться 4 серпня. sportarena.com. 2 August 2023
7. Жеребкування четвертого попереднього етапу Кубка України відбудеться 17 серпня. sportarena.com. 16 August 2023
8. Визначились всі учасники 1/8 фіналу Кубка України. sportarena.com. 23 August 2023
9. Жеребкування чвертьфіналу Кубка України відбудеться 13 жовтня. sportarena.com. 12 October 2023
10. Кубок України відкриють аматори: хто вони. sportarena.com. 29 July 2023
11. "Ще одна сенсація: Вікторія вибиває ЛНЗ" (in Ukrainian). Sport.ua. 2023-08-23. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
12. "Автогол на 94-й хвилині. Олександрія вийшла до чвертьфіналу Кубка України" (in Ukrainian). Sport.ua. 2023-09-26. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
13. VBET КУБОК УКРАЇНИ-2023/2024: РЕЗУЛЬТАТИ ЖЕРЕБКУВАННЯ 1/4 ФІНАЛУ. uaf.ua. 13 October 2023
14. "Королі серій пенальті. Полісся у напруженій дуелі переграло Олександрію" (in Ukrainian). Sport.ua. 2023-11-02. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
15. "Досвід вирішив усе. Ворскла вийшла до фіналу Кубка України" (in Ukrainian). Sport.ua. 2024-04-04. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
16. Scorers. FootBoom.

External links

• 2023–24 Ukrainian Cup regulations. uaf.ua

• 2023–24 in Ukrainian football
• 2023–24 European domestic association football cups
• Ukrainian Cup seasons