2021 Ukrainian Super Cup

The 2021 Ukrainian Super Cup was the 18th edition of Ukrainian Super Cup, an annual football match contested by the previous season's Ukrainian Premier League champions and Ukrainian Cup winners Dynamo Kyiv and league runners-up Shakhtar Donetsk. Dynamo Kyiv were the defending champions for the third consecutive year, after winning the trophy in 2018, 2019, and 2020, all against Shakhtar Donetsk.

2021 Ukrainian Super Cup
Date22 September 2021 (2021-09-22)
VenueOlimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kyiv
RefereeAndrii Kovalenko
Attendance27,553
Weather11 °C (52 °F)
2020
2024

Unlike most previous editions, the Super Cup was not a season opener, but was scheduled in the middle of the season instead. Initially the game was scheduled to be played on 24 July 2021.[1] On 6 July, the game was postponed to 22 September 2021 on the request of both clubs because of a large number of players participating in the late stages of UEFA Euro 2020 and limited time between seasons.[2]

While traditionally being held in Odesa, for the second year in a row the match took place in Kyiv at the Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex.[1] The game was to be played between rounds 8 and 9 of the 2021–22 Ukrainian Premier League.

Preparations and other background events

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For the 2021 Super Cup edition, VBET was announced as the new general sponsor.[3]

 
Roberto De Zerbi in 2019
 
Mircea Lucescu in 2017

This game was the first ever Klasychne for Roberto De Zerbi as Shakhtar Donetsk manager, opposing Mircea Lucescu who spent 12 years in the same capacity, was one of the two original head coaches who participated in the first ever Super Cup in 2004, and won the trophy last year in his first Klasychne with Dynamo Kyiv.

Previous encounters

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Before this game both teams met in the Ukrainian Super Cup thirteen (13) times, the first being back in 2004. Before this game out of the previous thirteen Dynamo won 5 games and Shakhtar won 3, five more games were tied and led to penalty shootout three of which were won by Dynamo and two were won by Shakhtar.

Comparison table

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Team Qualification Previous appearances (bold indicates winners)
Dynamo KyivTH 2020-21 UPL champions, 2020-21 Cup winners 14 (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
Shakhtar Donetsk 2020-21 UPL runners-up 16 (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)

Match

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Details

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Shakhtar Donetsk3–0Dynamo Kyiv
Report
Attendance: 27,553
Referee: Andriy Kovalenko (Poltava)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shakhtar Donetsk
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dynamo Kyiv
Shakhtar Donetsk
GK 30   Andriy Pyatov (c)
DF 2   Dodô
DF 5   Marlon   59'
DF 22   Mykola Matviyenko
DF 31   Ismaily   67'
MF 6   Taras Stepanenko   78'
MF 27   Maycon
MF 11   Marlos   67'
MF 21   Alan Patrick   39'   61'
MF 38   Pedrinho   88'   88'
FW 23   Lassina Traoré   30', 54'   78'
Substitutes
GK 1   Oleksiy Shevchenko
DF 3   Vitão
DF 4   Serhiy Kryvtsov   77'   67'
MF 8   Marcos Antônio   78'
MF 14   Tetê
MF 19   Manor Solomon   67'
DF 26   Yukhym Konoplya   88'
DF 44   Viktor Korniyenko
FW 45   Danylo Sikan   78'
Head coach
  Roberto De Zerbi
Dynamo Kyiv
GK 71   Denys Boyko
MF 5   Serhiy Sydorchuk (c)   67'
MF 10   Mykola Shaparenko   63'
MF 14   Carlos de Pena   70'
MF 15   Viktor Tsyhankov   80'
DF 16   Vitalii Mykolenko
MF 29   Vitaliy Buyalskyi
DF 25   Illya Zabarnyi   90+1'
DF 34   Oleksandr Syrota   71'
FW 89   Vladyslav Supriaha   67'
DF 94   Tomasz Kędziora   67'
Substitutes
GK 1   Heorhiy Bushchan
MF 7   Benjamin Verbič
MF 8   Volodymyr Shepelyev
DF 13   Artem Shabanov
MF 18   Oleksandr Andriyevskyi   67'
MF 19   Denys Harmash   67'
MF 20   Oleksandr Karavayev   67'
FW 22   Vitinho   70'
DF 24   Oleksandr Tymchyk
Head coach
  Mircea Lucescu

Assistant referees:
Andriy Skrypka (Kropyvnytskyi)
Semen Shlonchak (Cherkasy)
Fourth referee:
Ihor Paskhal (Kherson)
Reserve assistant referee:
Oleksandr Zhukov (Kharkiv)
Video assistant referee:
Viktor Mariash (Donetsk)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Leonid Yarmolynskyi (Kyiv Oblast)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes of regulation.
  • No extra time of regulation if score is level.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Nine named substitutes, of which up to five may be used in three opportunities, excluding substitutions made at half-time.
  • No more than 9 foreign players on a field at one time for each team.

References

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