2017–18 Ukrainian Cup
| Country |
 Ukraine
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| Dates | 9 July 2017 – 9 May 2018 | ||
| Teams | 52 | ||
| Defending champions | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
| Matches played | 26 | ||
| Goals scored | 73 (2.81 per match) | ||
| Attendance | 34,853 (1,341 per match) | ||
| Top goal scorer(s) | 3 – Andriy Shevchuk (Hirnyk-Sport) | ||
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| All statistics correct as of 28 July 2017. | |||
The 2017–18 Ukrainian Cup is the 27th annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition. The competition is planned to be started on 9 July 2017 and concluded on 9 May 2018.
This season the competition's administration was passed on to the Football Federation of Ukraine that previously was conducted by both the Premier League and Professional Football League. The number of participants has increased to 52 and is the biggest in the last five years. The FFU also promised to introduce a system of bonuses for this season's competition, yet did not disclosed them.
All competition rounds consist of a single game with a home field advantage granted to a team from lower league. Qualification for the competition is granted to all professional clubs and finalists of the Ukrainian Amateur Cup as long as those clubs will be able to pass the season's attestation (licensing).
FC Shakhtar Donetsk is the defending winner for the last two seasons. The Donetsk club has reached the competition finals in the last seven years winning five of them. There were around 300 clubs over the history of competition and it is a debut season for seven of them, Dnipro-1, Ahrobiznes, Metalist 1925, Polissya, Tavriya Simferopol, Sudnobudivnyk, and Prykarpattia. Both qualified amateur clubs have already participated in the competition before. It should be mentioned that only 10 clubs participated in every season of the tournament.
In this round entered three representatives from the First League, 21 clubs from the Second League, two representatives from the Amateur Cup. The draw for this round that took place 30 June 2017 at the House of Football in Kiev was announced on 27 June 2017. The round matches were played on 9 July 2017.
Notes:
In this round will include 15 more representatives from the First League in addition to the two that advanced from the previous round as well as 10 clubs from the Second League and one representatives from the Amateur Cup. The draw for this round that took place on 13 July 2017 at the House of Football in Kiev was announced on 11 July 2017. The round matches will be played on 26 July 2017, while the game between Tavriya and Nyva-V might take place later as Tavriya shares home stadium with Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka. Later (21 July 2017) it was confirmed that the date for the game Tavriya – Nyva-V is 27 July 2017.
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