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

Tournament details
Country	Ukraine
Dates	20 September 2015 – 30 August 2016
Teams	25
Defending champions	none
Final positions
Champions	Kirovohrad Oblast (1st title)
Runners-up	Lviv Oblast
Third place	Chernihiv Oblast
Fourth place	Sumy Oblast
2017 UEFA Regions' Cup	Kirovohrad Oblast (Inhulets)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
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	30 August 2016

Competition schedule

Qualification round

Western Division

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kyiv 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.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mykolaiv Oblast	2–6[A]	Odesa Oblast	0–2[6]	2–4
Kirovohrad Oblast	10–2	Kherson Oblast	7–0[7]	3–2

Eastern Division

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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 Odesa 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

Most matches were played on 4 and 11 October.

Western Division

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kyiv City	2–5	Vinnytsia Oblast	0–2	2–3
Chernihiv Oblast	6–3	Zhytomyr Oblast	5–0	1–3

Southern Division

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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. ^
   Match postponed to 9 October.^[8]
2. ^
   Match was played on 1 November 2015.^[10]
3. ^
   Match was played on 11 and 18 October.^[8] Legs were reversed.^[10]
4. ^
   Matches were played on 14 and 21 October.^[8]

Quarter-finals

Matches were played on 13 and 20 April 2016.^[11][12]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

Matches were played on 15 and 22 May 2016.^[11]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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 originally 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 would held on 30 August 2016 at the Melnyk Central Stadium in Obukhiv at 16:00.^[16]

Lviv Oblast v Kirovohrad Oblast

30 August 2016	Lviv Oblast	0–2	Kirovohrad Oblast	Kolos Stadium, Boryspil
16:00 LST		Report	Sinchikov 18' Korchynsky 37' Markovets  82'

Bracket

	Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Final
	Kyiv Oblast	1	1	2(4)
	Chernihiv Oblast (p)	1	1	2(5)			Chernihiv Oblast	5	1	6
	Zhytomyr Oblast						Zhytomyr Oblast	0	3	3
	bye (no team)												Chernihiv Oblast	1	2	3
	Kyiv City												Vinnytsia Oblast	0	2	2
	bye (no team)						Kyiv City	0	2	2
	Khmelnytskyi Oblast	1	0	1(1)			Vinnytsia Oblast	2	3	5
	Vinnytsia Oblast (p)	0	1	1(4)															Chernihiv Oblast	3	0	3
	Rivne Oblast	1	0	1															Lviv Oblast	2	2	4
	Ternopil Oblast	0	0	0			Rivne Oblast	2	0	2
	Volyn Oblast	0	0	0			Lviv Oblast	0	4	4
	Lviv Oblast	2	2	4									Lviv Oblast	2	2	4
	Chernivtsi Oblast (away goal rule)	1	1	2									Zakarpattia Oblast	1	2	3
	Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast	0	2	2			Chernivtsi Oblast	1	?	?
	Zakarpattia Oblast						Zakarpattia Oblast	2	?	?
	bye (no team)																								Lviv Oblast	0
	Donetsk Oblast	2	3	5																					Kirovohrad Oblast	2
	Dnipropetrovsk Oblast	0	1	1			Donetsk Oblast	0	0	0
	Sumy Oblast						Sumy Oblast	0	3	3
	bye (no team)												Sumy Oblast	0	+	+
	Kharkiv Oblast												Kharkiv Oblast	1	–	–
	bye (no team)						Kharkiv Oblast	3	0	3
	Poltava Oblast (away goal rule)	0	4	4			Poltava Oblast	0	2	2
	Luhansk Oblast	3	1	4															Sumy Oblast	1	2	3
	Zaporizhia Oblast																		Kirovohrad Oblast	3	3	6
	bye (no team)						Zaporizhia Oblast	5	1	6
	Mykolaiv Oblast	0	2	+			Mykolaiv Oblast	0	3	3
	Odesa Oblast	2	4	–									Zaporizhia Oblast	1	0	1
	Kirovohrad Oblast	7	3	10									Kirovohrad Oblast	1	4	5
	Kherson Oblast	0	2	2			Kirovohrad Oblast	3	?	?
	Cherkasy Oblast						Cherkasy Oblast	0	?	?
	bye (no team)

See also

• FFU Council of Regions