2015–16 FFU Regions' Cup

2015–16 FFU Regions' Cup (Ukrainian: Кубок регіонів ФФУ, Kubok rehioniv FFU) was the first season of the Football Federation of Ukraine new competition at regional level. The competition is conducted among football teams of Oblasts (regions) composed of players who compete at oblast championships (regional competitions). The season kicked off on 20 September 2015 and all 25 participants were split into four divisions (Western, Central, Southern, and Eastern).[1]

2015–16 FFU Regions' Cup
CountryUkraine
Dates20 September 2015 – 30 August 2016
Teams25
Defending championsnone
ChampionsKirovohrad Oblast (1st title)
Runners-upLviv Oblast
Third placeChernihiv Oblast
Fourth placeSumy Oblast
2017 UEFA Regions' CupKirovohrad Oblast (Inhulets)
Championship match score2–0
2018

The winner of the competition was intended to represent Ukraine at the 2017 UEFA Regions' Cup.[2] Before introduction of this competition, Ukraine was represented at the UEFA Regions' Cup usually by the winner of its amateur league (on some occasion the winner of amateur cup competition). The 2015–16 FFU Regions' Cup winner Kirovohrad Oblast consisted majorly out players of Inhulets-3 Petrove which as AF Pyatykhatska competed at the 2015 UEFA Regions' Cup.

Team allocation

Distribution

Qualification round
(18 teams)
  • 18 entrants
Main event
(16 teams)
  • 7 entrants
  • 9 winners from the Qualification round

Round and draw dates

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Preliminary Qualifying 3 September 2015[3] 20 September 2015 27 September 2015
Main event Round of 16 4 October 2015 11 October 2015
Quarter-finals TBA TBD TBD
Semi-finals TBA TBD TBD
Final TBA TBD

Competition schedule

Western Division

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Chernivtsi Oblast 2–2 (a) Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast 1–0[4] 1–2
Rivne Oblast 1–0 Ternopil Oblast 1–0 0–0
Volyn Oblast 0–4 Lviv Oblast 0–2 0–2

Central Division

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kiev Oblast 2–2 (4–5 p) Chernihiv Oblast 1–1[5] 1–1
Khmelnytskyi Oblast 1–1 (1–4 p) Vinnytsia Oblast 1–0 0–1

Southern Division

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mykolaiv Oblast 2–6[A] Odessa Oblast 0–2[6] 2–4
Kirovohrad Oblast 10–2 Kherson Oblast 7–0[7] 3–2

Eastern Division

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Donetsk Oblast 5–1 Dnipropetrovsk Oblast 2–0 3–1
Poltava Oblast 4–4 (a) Luhansk Oblast 0–3 4–1
Notes
  1. ^
    The team of Odessa Oblast was taken out of the competition for trespassing paragraph 1 of Article 33 of the Regulations and was replaced with the team of Mykolaiv Oblast.[8]

Round of 16

All games were scheduled to be played on 4 and 11 October.

Western Division

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rivne Oblast 2–4 Lviv Oblast 2–0 0–4
Chernivtsi Oblast Zakarpattia Oblast 1–2[B] [B]

Central Division

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kiev City 2–5 Vinnytsia Oblast 0–2 2–3
Chernihiv Oblast 6–3 Zhytomyr Oblast 5–0 1–3

Southern Division

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zaporizhia Oblast 6–3[C] Mykolaiv Oblast 5–0 1–3[9]
Kirovohrad Oblast [D] Cherkasy Oblast 3–0

Eastern Division

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kharkiv Oblast 3–2 Poltava Oblast 3–0 0–2
Donetsk Oblast 0–3 Sumy Oblast 0–0 0–3
Notes
  1. ^
    Game postponed to 9 October.[8]
  2. ^
    Game will be played on 1 November 2015.[10]
  3. ^
    Games will be played on 11 and 18 October.[8] Legs were reversed.[10]
  4. ^
    Games will be played on 14 and 21 October.[8]

Quarter-finals

Games are scheduled to be played on 13 and 20 April 2016.[11][12]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lviv Oblast 4–3 Zakarpattia Oblast 2–1 2–2
Chernihiv Oblast 3–2 Vinnytsia Oblast 1–0 2–2
Zaporizhia Oblast 1–5 Kirovohrad Oblast 1–1 0–4
Sumy Oblast w/o Kharkiv Oblast 0–1 [E]
Notes
  1. ^
    The team of Kharkiv Oblast was excluded from competitions for breaching regulations.[13]

Semi-finals

Games are scheduled to be played on 15 and 22 May 2016.[11]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Chernihiv Oblast 3–4 Lviv Oblast 3–2 0–2
Sumy Oblast 3–6 Kirovohrad Oblast 1–3[14] 2–3

Final

Final was scheduled to be played on 23 August 2016[11] at the Bannikov Stadium (according to the Vynnyky Plyus web portal).[15] On 23 August 2016 the FC Inhulets Petrove official website announced that the final will take place on 30 August 2016 at the Melnyk Central Stadium in Obukhiv at 16:00.[16]

30 August 2016 Lviv Oblast 02 Kirovohrad Oblast Kolos Stadium, Boryspil
16:00 LST Report Sinchikov  18'
Korchynsky  37'
Markovets  82'

See also

References

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