The 2020 Ukrainian Super Cup was the 17th edition of Ukrainian Super Cup, an annual season opener football match contested by the previous season's Ukrainian Premier League champions Shakhtar Donetsk and Ukrainian Cup winners Dynamo Kyiv.
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| Date | 25 August 2020 | ||||||
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| Venue | Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kyiv | ||||||
| Referee | Vitaliy Romanov (Dnipro) | ||||||
| Attendance | 0[a] | ||||||
| Weather | Light rain, +20°C | ||||||
The game was scheduled to be played later than usual due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Also while traditionally being held in Odesa, this season it was scheduled to take place in Kyiv at the Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex[1] on 25 August 2020. The game was played after Round 1 of the 2020–21 Ukrainian Premier League.
Preparations and other background events
editFor this game the official sponsor was announced TM Waissburg, the official football for the ninth time became the Danish "Select" (Select Sport) and as a television broadcasting partner became Ukrainian television channels "TRK Ukraína" and "Futbol 1/2/3" (both part of Media Group Ukraína).[2]
This game is the first, in which Mircea Lucescu who spent in Shakhtar Donetsk a dozen of years and one of the two original head coaches who participated in the tournament back in 2004 will be leading the chief opponents of the Donetsk club. Anatoliy Demianenko commenting on the game stated that the main intrigue is Lucescu versus Shakhtar.[3] The former players of Shakhtar Artem Fedetskyi and Oleksiy Hai commenting on the game agree that it is unusual game, but Shakhtar shall still win.[4] The head coach of Shakhtar Luís Castro is eager to win the Super Cup which slipped away the last season.[5] Castro is sure that both clubs will field their best squads for the game and Lucescu will be requesting the maximum from his.[6] Another Ukrainian head coach Myron Markevych thinks that the game does not matter and the main task for the teams is to qualify for the European competitions.[7]
The game is expected to kick off the next day after the national holiday Independence Day of Ukraine.
The refereeing team led by Romanov partially preserved from the last year will be supervised by Luciano Luci, while VAR operations will be supervised by Serhiy Lysenchuk.
Previous encounters
editBefore this game both teams met in the Ukrainian Super Cup twelve (12) times, the first being back in 2004. Before this game out of the previous twelve Dynamo won 4 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
edit| Team | Qualification | Previous appearances (bold indicates winners) |
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| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2019–20 UPL champions | 15 (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) |
| Dynamo KyivTH | 2019–20 Cup winners | 13 (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) |
Match
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edit| Shakhtar Donetsk | 1–3 | Dynamo Kyiv |
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Match rules
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Notes
edit- ^ a b The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine.
References
edit- ^ Artur Malkin. There was determined nominal host for the Ukrainian Super Cup game (Визначився номінальний господар матчу за Суперкубок України) Footboom. 10 August 2020
- ^ Artur Malkin. Waissburg and Select became the official brands of the Super Cup "Classico" which for the first time will take place at "Olimpiyskiy" (Waissburg та Select стали офіційними брендами суперкубкового "класико", яке вперше відбудеться на "Олімпійському"). Footboom. 18 August 2020
- ^ Oleg Semenchenko. Anatoliy Demianenko, "The main intrigue of the match for the Super Cup is Lucescu against "Shakhtar" (Анатолий Демьяненко: "Главная интрига поединка за Суперкубок – Луческу против "Шахтера"). Footboom. 24 August 2020
- ^ Oleg Semenchenko. Artem Fedetskyi and Oleksiy Hai about the Ukrainian Super Cup, "There was no such a game, but Shakhtar will still win (Артем Федецкий и Алексей Гай - о Суперкубке Украины: "Такого матча еще не было, но победит "Шахтер"). Footboom. 24 August 2020
- ^ Luís Castro, "We want to win the Super Cup very much that slipped out of our hands the last year (Луиш Каштру: "Очень сильно хотим завоевать Суперкубок, который ускользнул из наших рук в прошлом году"). Footboom. 24 August 2020
- ^ Aleksandr Oleinik. Castro, "Lucescu will show his style and will be requesting the maximum from his team (Каштру: «Луческу покажет свой стиль и будет требовать максимума от своей команды»). Sport Arena. 24 August 2020
- ^ Myron Markevych, "The main is how the teams will qualify for Euro cups, and the Super Cup victory does not play any role (Мирон Маркевич: "Головне, як команди пройдуть в єврокубки, а перемога в Суперкубку ролі не грає"). Footboom. 24 August 2020
- ^ The Ukrainian Super Cup game will start on 25 August at Olimpiyskiy NSC at 21:00 (Матч за Суперкубок України розпочнеться 25 серпня на НСК «Олімпійський» о 21.00). Ukrainian Association of Football. 18 August 2020
- ^ Game protocol. Ukrainian Premier League.
- ^ Artur Malkin. It became known who will be a referee for Shakhtar and Dynamo in the Ukrainian Super Cup (Стало известно, кто рассудит "Шахтер" и "Динамо" в Суперкубке Украины). Footboom. 21 August 2020