2025–26 Ukrainian Cup

2025–26 VBET Ukrainian Cup
Tournament details
CountryUkraine
Dates8 August 2025–May 2026
8-10 August 2025
(qualification round)
23 August 2025–May 2026
(main event)
Teams68
Defending championsShakhtar Donetsk
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored20 (3.33 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Serhiy Lomaka (2 goals)

All statistics correct as of 9 August 2025.

The 2025–26 Ukrainian Cup is the 34th annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition. The competition started on 9 August 2025 and will be concluded in May of 2026. Champions qualify for the First qualifying round of 2026-27 UEFA Europa League.

All competition stages consisted of a single game with a home field advantage granted to a team from lower league in first two rounds. Draw was blind for all stages except qualification round.

Changes to the format

Changes to the competition format were announced during the last season. Intent was to allow more amateur-level teams to participate in the competition.[1] The major change for this season is that teams from the regional associations (in addition to AAFU members) are participating for the first time since 1996.

Four teams will represent the Ukrainian Association of Amateur Football, the Ukrainian Amateur Cup's best performers (all semifinalists), instead of two.

On 7 May 2025,[2] the Ukrainian Association of Football agreed with the Ukrainian Premier League teams on their participation in this season's competition in a new format.[3]

Among other changes, there is expected to be no extra time after a match is tied; instead, the only tiebreaker is a penalty shootout.

Compared to the previous season, the prize awarding fund was increased by 25%. It was planned to pay 70% to the hosting teams and 30% to the visiting teams.[4]

Team allocation and schedule

The competition includes all professional first teams from the Premier League (16/16 teams of the league), First League (16/16), Second League (16/23) as well as 20 amateur teams including 4 best performers from the previous year's Amateur Cup and 16 from regional associations.

Distribution
Teams entering this round Teams advancing from the previous round
Qualification round
(16 teams) 		16 entrants from regional associations[5]
Round of 64
(56 teams) 		12 entrants of the Premier League[5]
16 entrants of the First League[5]
16 entrants of the Second League[5]
4 entrants of the 2024–25 Amateur Cup[5] 		8 winners from the Qualification round
Round of 32
(16 teams) 		4 entrants from the Premier League[5] 28 winners from the Round of 64

Rounds schedule

Phase Round Number of
fixtures 		Clubs
remaining 		Winner's
prize money 		Loser's
prize money 		Draw date Game date
Qualification 8 16 → 8 ₴ 100,000[6] 17 July 2025[5][7] 9-10 August 2025[8]
Main event Round of 64 28 56 → 28 ₴ 150,000[6] 13 August 2025 23-24 August 2025[9]
Round of 32 16 32 → 16 ₴ 200,000[6]
Round of 16 8 16 → 8
Quarter-finals 4 8 → 4
Semi-finals 2 4 → 2 ₴ 800,000[6] ₴ 600,000[6]
Final 1 2 → 1 ₴ 2,500,000[6] ₴ 1,500,000[6] 20 May 2026[10]

Teams

See also: 2024–25 Ukrainian Amateur Cup
Enter in Qualification Enter in Round of 64 Enter in Round of 32
Regional associations
16 teams[5] 		AAFU
4 teams[5] 		PFL League 2
16/23 teams[5] 		PFL League 1
16/16 teams[5] 		UPL
12/16 teams[5] 		UPL
4/16 teams[5]
  • Ahron Velyki Hayi (Ternopil)
  • Fazenda Chernivtsi (Chernivtsi)
  • Hirnyk Novoyavorivsk (Lviv)
  • Iron Zaporizhia (Zaporizhia)
  • Karbon Cherkasy (Cherkasy)
  • Kolos Polonne (Khmelnytskyi)
  • Korosten Ahro-Nyva (Zhytomyr)
  • Lehiya Kyiv (Kyiv city)
  • LSTM 536 Lutsk (Volyn)
  • Medeya - Nevytskyi zamok (Zakarpattia)
  • Naftovyk Dolyna (Ivano-Frankivsk)
  • Nika SMK Bohodukhiv (Kharkiv)
  • FC Novoukrayinka (Kirovohrad)
  • Olimpiya Savyntsi (Poltava)
  • Palmira Odesa (Odesa)
  • Polissya Stavky Piskivka (Kyiv)

Notes:

  • With the asterisk (*) are noted the Second League teams that were recently admitted to the league from amateurs and the AAFU (amateur) team(s) that qualified in addition to the Amateur Cup finalist(s).
  • Seven reserve teams from the PFL League 2 were not eligible to participate.
  • Right before the first draw, there were some changes to the pool of participants. Palmira Odesa replaced Atletyk Odesa, Iron Zaporizhia replaced Metalurh Zaporizhia football school.
  • During the Round of 64 draw on August 13, 2025, the Ukrainian Association of Football announced that there will be 5 teams from the 2024–25 Ukrainian Amateur Cup instead of 4. Due to the withdrawal of FC Mynai, there was added Avanhard Lozova instead.

Competition schedule

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

Qualification round (1/64)

In this round, 16 clubs from the regional associations play each other to determine 8 winners who will proceed to the Round of 64.[11]

The draw was held on 17 July 2025 with the participation of Dmytro Mykhailenko.[12] Right before the draw, all participants of the qualification round were placed in four regional groups of four (A, B, C, D).[13] On 7 August 2025, there were confirmed locations and referees for the qualification round.[14]

Group A Group B Group C Group D
  • Volyn Oblast LutskSanTekhMontazh No.536
  • Ternopil Oblast Ahron
  • Zhytomyr Oblast Korosten/Ahro-Nyva
  • Khmelnytskyi Oblast Kolos
  • Kyiv Lehiya
  • Kyiv Oblast Polissya Stavky
  • Cherkasy Oblast Karbon
  • Odesa Oblast Palmira
8 August 2025 Iron Zaporizhia (AM) 5 – 1(AM) FC NovoukrainkaZaporizhia
12:30
  • Lomaka 3', 35'
  • Petrenko 9'
  • Okatyi 38'
  • Chernikov 58'
 Report[15]
  • Tyupa 66'
 Stadium: Slavutych Arena
Referee: Andriy Voyevoda (Dnipro)
8 August 2025 Lehiya Kyiv (AM)0 – 4 (AM) Polissya Stavky Kyiv
18:00 Report[16]
  • Maksymets 29'
  • Holovko 69'
  • Maliey 74'
  • Duchev 90+1'
 Stadium: Zmina
Referee: Pavlo Detsyuk (Chernihiv)
9 August 2025 Olympiya Savyntsi (AM) 4 – 0(AM) Nika SMK BohodukhivMyrhorod, Poltava Oblast
13:00
  • Bohomaz 17'
  • Koshman 26'
  • Spivak 73'
  • Rudenko 87'
 Report Stadium: Start
Referee: Serhiy Dubykivskyi (Kyiv Oblast)
9 August 2025 Hirnyk Novoyavorivsk (AM)1 – 1
(3–4 p)		 (AM) Naftovyk Dolyna Novoyavorivsk, Lviv Oblast
13:00
  • Slonevskyi 86'
 Report[17]
  • Bahday 56'
 Stadium: Miskyi
Referee: Ivan Mandzyuk (Ternopil Oblast)
Penalties
9 August 2025 Karbon Cherkasy (AM) 2 – 1(AM) Palmira OdesaHeronymivka, Cherkasy Oblast
13:00
  • Tenzhytskyi 6'
  • Shvydenko 39'
  • Vlasenko Yellow card 61' Yellow-red card 76'
 Report
  • Barsukov 64'
 Stadium: LNZ training field
Referee: Oleksiy Harkusha (Kyiv)
9 August 2025 Korosten Ahro/Nyva (AM) 1 – 0(AM) LSTM 536 LutskKorosten, Zhytomyr Oblast
16:00
  • Shatukha soccer ball with red X 53'
  • Shatukha 53'
  • Hryb soccer ball with red X 75'
 Report Stadium: Spartak
Referee: Oleh Olkhovskyi (Luhansk)
10 August 2025 Fazenda Chernivtsi (AM) 1 – 1
(4–3 p)		(AM) Medeya-Nevytskyi ZamokChernivtsi
13:00
  • Berbeka 85'
 Report
Stadium: Olimpiya
Attendance: 208
Referee: Myroslav Lypko (Ivano-Frankivsk)
Penalties
  • Masikevych soccer ball with check mark
  • Yankov soccer ball with check mark
  • Lakhman soccer ball with check mark
  • Duchak soccer ball with red X
  • Pavlyuk soccer ball with red X
  • Todorovych soccer ball with check mark
  • Kovach soccer ball with check mark
  • Seleshchuk soccer ball with check mark
  • Maryukhnych soccer ball with red X
  • Soskyda soccer ball with red X
  • Rusyn soccer ball with check mark
  • Kobelyash soccer ball with red X
10 August 2025 Kolos Polonne (AM) 0 – 0
(5–3 p)		(AM) Ahron Velyki HayiPolonne, Khmelnytskyi Oblast
13:00 Report Stadium: Polon
Attendance: 300
Referee: Mykola Baidyuk (Chernivtsi)
Penalties
  • Hromyak soccer ball with check mark
  • Kokhman soccer ball with check mark
  • Shcherbatyuk soccer ball with red X
  • Mostovyi soccer ball with check mark
Notes
  • During the match Korosten/Ahro-Nyva versus LSTM No.536 Artem Fedetskyi who was playing for LSTM was ejected on the 73rd minutes.[19] That was not recorded in the UAF report.
  1. ^ In other sources, the goal was scored by Ivan Kovach.[18]

Round of 64 (1/32)

In this round, 12 clubs from the Premier League, 16 clubs from the First League, 15 clubs from the Second League, and 5 teams of the last season Amateur Cup entered the competition and joined the 8 winners of the Qualification round (all amateurs).

The draw was held on 13 August 2025 with the participation of Oleh Luzhny among others.[20]

Karbon Cherkasy (AM)–(1L) Inhulets Petrove
[ Report]
Kormil Yavoriv (AM)–(PL) Rukh Lviv
[ Report]
Skala 1911 Stryi (2L)–(1L) Podillya Khmelnytskyi
[ Report]
Probiy Horodenka (1L)–(PL) LNZ Cherkasy
[ Report]
Viktoriya Sumy (1L)–(1L) Vorskla Poltava
[ Report]
Chornomorets Odesa (1L)–(PL) Zorya Luhansk
[ Report]
Lokomotyv Kyiv (2L)–(PL) Kolos Kovalivka
[ Report]
Dinaz Vyshhorod (2L)–(1L) Ahrobiznes Volochysk
[ Report]
FC Uzhhorod (2L)–(1L) Feniks-Mariupol
[ Report]
Penuel Kryvyi Rih (2L)–(PL) Karpaty Lviv
[ Report]
Nyva Vinnytsia (2L)–(1L) UCSA Tarasivka
[ Report]
Livyi Bereh Kyiv (1L)–(PL) FC Kudrivka
[ Report]
Mayak Sarny (AM)–(1L) Metalist Kharkiv
[ Report]
Iron Zaporizhia (AM)–(PL) SC Poltava
[ Report]
Olympiya Savyntsi (AM)–(2L) SC Vilkhivtsi
[ Report]
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (PL)–(PL) Obolon Kyiv
[ Report]
Avanhard Lozova (AM)–(1L) Bukovyna Chernivtsi
[ Report]
Korosten/Ahro-Nyva (AM)–(PL) Veres Rivne
[ Report]
Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka (2L)–(2L) FC Lisne
[ Report]
Atlet Kyiv (2L)–(1L) FC Chernihiv
[ Report]
Kolos Polonne (AM)–(AM) Naftovyk Dolyna
[ Report]
Polissya Stavky (AM)–(2L) Rebel Kyiv
[ Report]
Ahrotekh Tyshkivka (AM)–(PL) Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi
[ Report]
Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni (2L)–(2L) FC Trostianets
[ Report]
Denhoff Denykhivka (AM)–(1L) Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk
[ Report]
Kulykiv-Bilka (2L)–(PL) Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
[ Report]
Fazenda Chernivtsi (AM)–(1L) Metalurh Zaporizhia
[ Report]
Real Pharma Odesa (2L)–(1L) Nyva Ternopil
[ Report]

Round of 32 (1/16)

In this round, 4 clubs from the Premier League joined the 28 winners of the Round of 64.

Top goalscorers

The competition's top three goalscorers including preliminary rounds.

As of 8 August 2025[21]
Rank Scorer Team Goals
(Pen.)
1 Ukraine Serhiy Lomaka Iron Zaporizhia 2

Notes:

See also

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