The 1938 Ukrainian Cup was a football knockout competition conducting by the Football Federation of the Ukrainian SSR and was known as the Ukrainian Cup.
On 11 April 1938 newspaper "Radianskyi sport" (Soviet Sport) informed that sports inspection of the government committee in physical culture and sports reviewed and adopted regulation of the "URSR Cup" (Ukrainian Cup) competition of football, which at the same time is a regional competition of the 1938 "USSR Cup" (Soviet Cup).[1]
The main date for games was on 5 May 1938, replays took place next day on 6 May.
| Traktor Kharkiv | +/- | Lokomotyv Poltava | |
| Spartak Sumy | 1:0 | Tsukrovyky Karlivka | |
| Stalinets Kharkiv | 4:0 | Kanatnyi zavod Kharkiv | |
| Silmash-2 Kharkiv | 0:2 | Avtomotor Kharkiv | |
| Stakhanovets Lysychansk | 0:4 | Avanhard Horlivka | 3:0 (interrupted, replayed) |
| Spartak Starobilsk | 0:3 | Zenit Stalino | |
| Azot Nova Horlivka | 1:2 | Burevisnyk Stalino | |
| Lokomotyv Yasynuvata | 1:2 | Zavod imeni Lenina Krasnohorivka | |
| Stakhanovets Chystiakove | 3:2 | Avanhard Druzhkivka | |
| Stakhanovets Sergo | -/+ | Burevisnyk Krasnyi Luch | |
| Lokomotyv Sloviansk | 3:4 | Avanhard Kramatorsk | |
| Avanhard Kramatorsk | 4:2 | Stakhanovets Krasnoarmiysk | |
| Avanhard Stalino | 2:3 | Shakhta No.30 Rutchenkove | |
| Stal Makiivka | 1:0 | Stal Stalino | |
| Dzerzhynets Voroshylovhrad | 0:6 | Stal Kostiantynivka | (played on 6 May) |
The main date for games was on 10 May 1938.
| Traktor Kharkiv | 5:1 | Spartak Sumy | |
| Avanhard Sumy | 1:5 | Blyskavka Kharkiv | |
| Rot-Front Poltava | 0:1 | Avanhard Kharkiv | |
| Dynamo Kharkiv | -/+ | Zdorovya Kharkiv | |
| Lokomotyv Kharkiv | 1:0 | Dynamo Poltava | |
| Spartak Poltava | 1:3 | Tsukrovyk Sumy | |
| Zenit Kharkiv | 4:1 | Metalist Kharkiv | |
| Stalinets Kharkiv | 4:1 | Avtomotor Kharkiv | |
| Lokomotyv Konotop | +/- | DKA Korosten | |
| Zenit Kyiv | 5:3 | Temp Vinnytsia | |
| Lokomotyv-2 Kyiv | 4:2 | Rot-Front Kyiv | |
| Spartak Kyiv | 1:2 | Tekhnikum FK Kyiv | |
| Dynamo Vinnytsia | 1:2 | Vodnyk Kyiv | 1:1 (replay on 11 May) |
| Spartak Chernihiv | +/- | Spartak Korosten | |
| Azot Shostka | 1:10 | Dynamo-2 Kyiv | |
| Dynamo Zhytomyr | +/- | Dynamo Mohyliv-Podilskyi | 1:1 (annulled) |
| Burevisnyk Kryvyi Rih | +/- | Lokomotyv Kotovsk | 3:3 (a.e.t.) |
| Lokomotyv Odesa | 4:0 | Ruda Kryvyi Rih | |
| Kharchovyk Kherson | 0:4 | Dynamo Mykolaiv | |
| Budivelnyk Kryvyi Rih | 1:3 | Stal Kryvyi Rih | |
| Dzerzhynets Kremenchuk | 4:0 | Spartak Tiraspol | |
| Silmash Kirovo | 2:1 | Znannia Kherson | |
| Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv | 8:0 | Vodnyk Kherson | |
| Kharchovyk Odesa | 3:1 | Lokomotyv Voznesensk | |
| Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk | 7:0 | Tekhnikum FK Dnipropetrovsk | |
| Stal Dnipropetrovsk | 1:3 | Silmash Zaporizhia | |
| Spartak Dnipropetrovsk | 3:0 | Kryla Rad Zaporizhia | |
| Kryla Rad Berdyansk | 0:5 | Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk | |
| Budivelnyk Dniprodzerzhynsk | 0:4 | Zavod imeni Libknekhta Dnipropetrovsk | |
| Kolyormet Zaporizhia | 5:3 | Zavod imeni Kominterna Dnipropetrovsk | |
| Lokomotyv Zaporizhia | 3:2 | Lokomotyv Dnipropetrovsk | |
| Lokomotyv Lozova | 6:1 | Lokomotyv Synelnykove | |
| Stal Kostiantynivka | 8:0 | Stakhanovets Chystiakove | |
| Burevisnyk Stalino | 3:1 | Zavod imeni Lenina Krasnohorivka | |
| Zenit Stalino | 12:0 | Burevisnyk Krasnyi Luch | |
| Avanhard Kramatorsk | 2:0 | Avanhard Horlivka | |
| Shakhta No.30 Rutchenkove | 0:4 | Stal Makiivka | |
| Stakhanovets Krasnyi Luch | 1:3 | Avanhard Kramatorsk | |
| Stal Voroshylovsk | 2:3 | Stakhanovets Ordzhonikidze | |
| Koksokhimichnyi zavod Makiivka | 2:5 | Stakhanovets Horlivka |
The main date for games was on 15 May 1938.
| Traktor Kharkiv | +/- | Blyskavka Kharkiv | |
| Zdorovya Kharkiv | 4:3 | Avanhard Kharkiv | |
| Lokomotyv Kharkiv | 1:0 | Tsukrovyk Sumy | |
| Zenit Kharkiv | 3:0 | Stalinets Kharkiv | |
| Lokomotyv Konotop | 1:5 | Zenit Kyiv | |
| Lokomotyv-2 Kyiv | 3:0 | Tekhnikum FK Kyiv | |
| Spartak Chernihiv | 1:2 | Vodnyk Kyiv | |
| Dynamo-2 Kyiv | 3:1 | Dynamo Zhytomyr | |
| Lokomotyv Odesa | 4:2 | Burevisnyk Kryvyi Rih | |
| Dynamo Mykolaiv | 7:0 | Stal Kryvyi Rih | |
| Silmash Kirovo | 2:0 | Dzerzhynets Kremenchuk | |
| Kharchovyk Odesa | 4:1 | Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv | |
| Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk | 4:1 | Silmash Zaporizhia | |
| Spartak Dnipropetrovsk | 1:0 | Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk | |
| Zavod imeni Libknekhta Dnipropetrovsk | 1:2 | Kolyormet Zaporizhia | |
| Lokomotyv Zaporizhia | 8:1 | Lokomotyv Lozova | |
| Burevisnyk Stalino | 0:7 | Stal Kostiantynivka | |
| Avanhard Kramatorsk | 3:1 | Stakhanovets Ordzhonikidze | |
| Zenit Stalino | 4:0 | Stakhanovets Horlivka | |
| Stal Makiivka | 2:3 | Avanhard Kramatorsk | (a.e.t.) |
The main date for games was on 20 May 1938.
| Traktor Kharkiv | 0:1 | Zdorovya Kharkiv | |
| Lokomotyv Kharkiv | 3:0 | Zenit Kharkiv | |
| Lokomotyv-2 Kyiv | 3:2 | Zenit Kyiv | |
| Dynamo-2 Kyiv | 2:1 | Vodnyk Kyiv | |
| Dynamo Mykolaiv | 3:0 | Lokomotyv Odesa | |
| Kharchovyk Odesa | +/- | Silmash Kirovo | |
| Spartak Dnipropetrovsk | 4:2 | Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk | |
| Lokomotyv Zaporizhia | 4:2 | Kolyormet Zaporizhia | |
| Avanhard Kramatorsk | 3:2 | Avanhard Kramatorsk | |
| Stal Kostiantynivka | +/- | Zenit Stalino | 0:0 (replay for 21 May) |
Winners of zonal (regional) stage qualified for the Round of 64 (1/32) of the Soviet Cup[2] as well as Round of 32 (1/16) Ukrainian Cup final stage.
For the Ukrainian Cup final stage qualified 10 winners of the zonal (regional) stage and 6 exhibition teams out of the 1938 Soviet Top League (Dynamo Kyiv, Dynamo Odesa, Shakhtar Stalino, Lokomotyv Kyiv, Silmash Kharkiv, Spartak Kharkiv).
| Dynamo Odesa | 3:1 | Lokomotyv-2 Kyiv | 3:1 (first game played on 24 May and was protested), (second gamed played on 13 June) |
| Dynamo Mykolaiv | 2:1 | Spartak Dnipropetrovsk | (played on 24 May) |
| Avanhard Kramatorsk | 0:5 | Silmash Kharkiv | (played on 25 May) |
| Spartak Kharkiv | -/+ | Dynamo-2 Kyiv | (expected to be played on 25 May, forfeited) |
| Stal Kostiantynivka | 2:0 | Kharchovyk Odesa | (played on 30 May) |
| Stakhanovets Stalino | 6:1 | Lokomotyv Zaporizhia | (played on 31 May) |
| Lokomotyv Kyiv | 3:2 | Lokomotyv Kharkiv | (played on 2 June) |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 4:1 | Zdorovya Kharkiv | (played on 17 June) |
| Dynamo-2 Kyiv | 2:3 | Stal Kostiantynivka | (played on 11 June) |
| Lokomotyv Kyiv | 4:3 | Silmash Kharkiv | (played on 15 June) |
| Dynamo Mykolaiv | 1:2 | Dynamo Odesa | 2:2 (first game played on 26 June in Odesa and protested), (second game played on 21 July in Mykolaiv) |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 3:2 | Stakhanovets Stalino | (played on 9 August) |
| Stal Kostiantynivka | 2:4 | Lokomotyv Kyiv | (played on 12 September) |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 4:0 | Dynamo Odesa | (played on 12 October) |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 3–1 | Lokomotyv Kyiv |
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Laiko  27', 76'Shylovsky 84' |
Shatskiy 73' |
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| Ukrainian Cup 1938 Winners |
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FC Mashynobudivnyk Kyiv Second title |