The 2017 Ukrainian Super Cup became the 14th edition of Ukrainian Super Cup, an annual season opener football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Ukrainian Top League and Ukrainian Cup competitions.
The match was played at the Chornomorets Stadium,History of Chornomorets Stadium . Chornomorets Stadium. Odesa, on 15 July 2017 and contested by league and cup winner Shakhtar Donetsk and league and cup runner-up Dynamo Kyiv.
Preparations and other background events On 13 July 2017 Volodymyr Heninson pointed out to the fact that since 1998 UEFA Super Cup takes place in Monaco which is also a port city and, thus, the "Ukrainian Premier League moves in the stream of the European traditions".Volodymyr Heninson: I am sure that on Saturday the event will be a sale out! (Володимир Генінсон: «Упевнений, у суботу на стадіоні буде аншлаг!»). Ukrainian Premier League. 13 July 2017. As an additional argument why Odesa was chosen as the Ukrainian Super Cup place, the President of UPL stated that football was brought to the Russian Empire through Odesa by the British sailors.Gheninson: Football arrived to the Tsardom of Russia through Odessa (Генинсон: Футбол пришел в царскую Россию через Одессу). UA-Football. 13 July 2017
For the first time there will be used the 360-degree video technology for broadcasting of game by channels "Futbol 1" / "Futbol 2" with help of "Limelight, 360discoVR".For the first time in Ukraine during football broadcasting will be used 360-degree video technology (Вперше в Україні під час футбольної трансляції буде використана технологія 360-градусної зйомки). Ukrainian Premier League. 13 July 2017 The game will be broadcast on the "Ukrayina" television channel as well. The game will be commented by Andriy Malynovskyi, while among the studio guests there will be Oleksandr Holovko and Vyacheslav Shevchuk. At the mid-game show will feature cheerleaders competition and concert of Ukrainian singer Yarmak.In Odessa took place a press conference for the Ukrainian Super Cup (В Одесі відбулася прес-конференція до Суперкубка України). Ukrainian Premier League. 12 July 2017 On 14–15 July 2017 there are planned number of mass events by Ukrainian Premier League among which will be a running race "Probih UPL" that will take place in the morning of the game day.Join the "Probih UPL"! (Приєднуйтеся до Пробігу УПЛ!). Ukrainian Premier League. 10 July 2017
Originally appointed referee Anatoliy ZhabchenkoShakhtar and Dynamo at the 2017 Ukrainian Super Cup will be refereed by Anatoliy Zhabchenko («Шахтар» та «Динамо» в матчі за Суперкубок України-2017 розсудить Анатолій Жабченко). Ukrainian Premier League. 13 July 2017 was replaced by Kostiantyn Trukhanov on a personal request.Zhabchenko asked to substitute him in the Ukrainian Super Cup game (Жабченко попросил заменить его в матче за Суперкубок Украины). UA-Football. 14 July 2017
Previous encounters
Before this game both teams met in the Ukrainian Super Cup nine times, the first being back in 2004. Before this game out of the previous nine Shakhtar won 2 games and Dynamo won 2, five more games were tied and led to penalty shootout three of which were won by Dynamo and two were won by Shakhtar."Shakhtar" – "Dynamo": history of rivalry in the Ukrainian Super Cup («Шахтар» – «Динамо»: історія протистояння в Суперкубку України). FC Dynamo Kyiv. 14 July 2017
Match
Details
GK 30 Andriy Pyatov DF 33 Dario Srna (c) DF 4 Serhiy Kryvtsov DF 44 Yaroslav Rakitskyi DF 31 Ismaily MF 17 Maksym Malyshev MF 10 Bernard MF 11 Marlos MF 7 Taison MF 6 Taras Stepanenko CF 19 Facundo Ferreyra Substitutes:GK 26 Mykyta Shevchenko DF 2 Bohdan Butko DF 18 Ivan Ordets MF 74 Viktor Kovalenko MF 21 Alan Patrick MF 9 Dentinho CF 99 Gustavo Leschuk Manager: Paulo Fonseca GK 72 Artur RudkoDF 5 Vitorino AntunesDF 24 Domagoj Vida DF 34 Yevhen Khacheridi MF 9 Mykola Morozyuk MF 15 Viktor Tsyhankov MF 16 Serhiy Sydorchuk MF 19 Denys Harmash MF 29 Vitaliy Buyalskyi CF 10 Andriy Yarmolenko (c)CF 70 Dieumerci Mbokani Substitutes:GK 35 Maksym Koval MF 8 Volodymyr Shepelyev MF 18 Mikita Korzun MF 20 Oleh Husyev MF 25 Derlis González CF 41 Artem Besyedin DF 44 Tamás Kádár Manager: Aliaksandr Khatskevich
Assistant referees: Oleksandr Voityuk (Zaporizhia) Serhiy Bekker (Kharkiv) Fourth and reserve officials: Anatoliy Abdula (Kharkiv) Oleh Pluzhnyk (Kharkiv) Referee supervision: Volodymyr Petrov (Kharkiv)Match rules 90 minutes of regulation. No extra time of regulation if score is level. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used. No more than 9 foreign players on a field at one time for each team.
Statistics
+First halfStatistic Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar DonetskGoals scoredTotal shotsShots on targetSavesBall possessionCorner kicksFouls committedOffsidesYellow cardsRed cards
+OverallGame protocol. Sport Arena. 15 July 2017Statistic Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar DonetskGoals scored02Total shots910Shots on target46Saves44Ball possession51%49%Corner kicksFouls committed1720Offsides51Yellow cards23Red cards
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