2008 Ukrainian Cup Final - Road To Kharkiv

Road To Kharkiv

All sixteen Ukrainian Premier League clubs do not have to go through qualification to get into the competition, so Dynamo and Shakhtar both qualified for the competition automatically.

Dynamo Kyiv had a much instability on the road to the final. At the beginning of the season, the manager Anatoliy Demyanenko resigned after initial unsuccesses at the beginning of the season. He was replaced by former Dynamo player and coach Yozhef Sabo, who resigned his post shortly afterward due to personal health problems. In November 2007, Dynamo appointed assistant coach Oleh Luzhny as interim coach, who was in charge until December 8, and managed to get Dynamo through the quarterfinals. Finally, in December 2008, the team appointed former Russia manager, Yuriy Semin.

Dynamo Kyiv

Round 1 Dynamo Kyiv 2–0 Dnipro
Round 2 Ihroservice 1–4 Dynamo Kyiv
Quarter-final (1st leg) Tavriya Simferopol 2–0 Dynamo Kyiv
Quarter-final (2nd leg) Dynamo Kyiv 3–0 Tavriya Simferopol
(Dynamo won 3–2 on aggregate)
Semi-final (1st leg) Dynamo Kyiv 2–1 Metalurh Donetsk
Semi-final (2nd leg) Metalurh Donetsk 0–1 Dynamo Kyiv
(Dynamo won 3–1 on aggregate)

Shakhtar Donetsk

Round 1 MFK Mykolaiv 0–1 Shakhtar Donetsk
Round 2 Shakhtar Donetsk 4–1 Arsenal Kyiv
Quarter-final (1st leg) Vorskla Poltava 0–3 Shakhtar Donetsk
Quarter-final (2nd leg) Shakhtar Donetsk 1–1 Vorskla Poltava
(Shakhtar Donetsk won 4–1 on aggregate)
Semi-final (1st leg) Chornomorets 1–2 Shakhtar Donetsk
Semi-final (2nd leg) Shakhtar Donetsk 3–0 Chornomorets
(Shakhtar Donetsk won 5–1 on aggregate)

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