The 2019 Ukrainian Super Cup became the 16th 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 or the league's runner-up if the National Cup was won also by league champions.
Originally scheduled on 21 July 2019, the match was played at the Chornomorets Stadium,It became known where and when will take place the Ukrainian Super Cup game (Стало відомо, де й коли відбудеться матч за Суперкубок України). UA-Football. 13 June 2019 Odesa, on 28 July 2019 due to the Ukrainian parliamentary elections which were scheduled on 21st. The game was contested by league and cup winner Shakhtar Donetsk and league runner-up Dynamo Kyiv.
Preparations and other background events The game will be broadcast on Futbol 1 of "Ukrayina" television channel.Dynamo – Shakhtar. Announcement and forecast of the Ukrainian Supercup game (Динамо - Шахтер. Анонс и прогноз матча Суперкубка Украины). UA-Football. 27 July 2019 According to the UPL website, the stadium is expected to be full.Sold out. All tickets for the Ukrainian Supercup game were sold (Sold out. Все билеты на матч за Суперкубок Украины были проданы). UA-Football. 27 July 2019 The game for the first time will be shown at the Polish TVP Sport.Dynamo – Shakhtar. The Polish channel acquired rights to show the Ukrainian Supercup (Динамо - Шахтер. Польский телеканал приобрел права на показ Суперкубка Украины). UA-Football. 26 July 2019
The main news for Shakhtar this summer became the arrival of new mentor. The Portuguese expert Luís Castro replaced at this post Paulo Fonseca who left for Rome. New contract with Dynamo was signed by Alyaksandr Khatskevich who has been the club's head coach for couple of seasons. It is expected that Oleksandr Karavayev a former graduate of the Shakhtar's academy will play for Dynamo.
The victory in the game is important for each team as well as their coaches. Castro wants to start his coaching career in Shakhtar with a win and a trophy, while Khatskevich wants to return his team a confidence and a win over its main opponent could become a better medicine for it.
In interview to the Dynamo's website,Kadar: Dynamo has its own advantages over Shakhtar (Кадар: У Динамо есть свои преимущества перед Шахтером). UA-Football. 27 July 2019 the Dynamo's defender Tamas Kadar said that "Everyone knows that the game with Shakhtar won't be easy. It is a great team with top notch players. But we have our own advantages. Uncompromising struggle awaits us, we give it all we can on the field. We want to please our fans and will do everything to win trophy."
In interview to the Shakhtar's website on the question what he expects from the new season,Solomon: The first goal for Shakhtar this season is to win the Supercup (Соломон: Первая цель Шахтера на сезон - выиграть Суперкубок). UA-Football. 24 July 2019 the Shakhtar's midfielder Manor Solomon said that he would like as in previous to take the championship gold and the Cup. "And also we set the task to successfully perform in the UEFA Champion's League by finishing at least the second in a group and advancing to play-offs. But the first goal is to win the Supercup. I want to invite fans of Shakhtar from all Ukraine come to the stadium and support us in the principle duel. We will be glad to see you!"
Previous encounters
Before this game both teams met in the Ukrainian Super Cup eleven (11) times, the first being back in 2004. Before this game out of the previous eleven both teams won equally 3 games each, 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 Team Qualification Previous appearances (bold indicates winners) Shakhtar Donetsk 2018–19 UPL / 2018–19 Cup winners 14 (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) Dynamo Kyiv 2018–19 UPL runners-up 12 (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
Match
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Dynamo Kyiv GK71 Denys BoykoDF16 Vitaliy MykolenkoDF 26 Mykyta Burda DF 44 Tamás Kádár DF 94 Tomasz Kędziora MF 7 Benjamin Verbič MF 8 Volodymyr Shepelyev DF 19 Denys Harmash MF 20 Oleksandr Karavayev DF 29 Vitaliy Buyalskyi (c) FW 41 Artem BesyedinSubstitutesGK 1 Heorhiy BushchanDF 4 Denys Popov MF 5 Serhiy Sydorchuk MF 6 Mohammed KadiriFW 11 Heorhiy Tsitaishvili MF 14 Carlos de Pena DF 23 Josip Pivarić Head coach Alyaksandr KhatskevichShakhtar Donetsk GK 30 Andriy PyatovDF 50 Serhiy Bolbat DF 4 Serhiy KryvtsovDF 5 Davit Khocholava DF 31 Ismaily MF 6 Taras StepanenkoMF 21 Alan Patrick MF 19 Manor Solomon MF 7 Taison (c) MF 11 MarlosFW 10 Júnior Moraes SubstitutesGK 1 Oleksiy ShevchenkoDF 22 Mykola MatviyenkoMF 76 Oleksandr PikhalyonokMF 8 Marcos AntônioMF 9 Dentinho MF 14 Tetê FW 45 Danylo Sikan Head coach Luís Castro
Assistant referees: Oleksandr Voityuk (Zaporizhzhia) Volodymyr Volodin (Kherson) Fourth referee: Anatoliy Abdula (Kharkiv) Reserve assistant referee: Semen Shlonchak Video assistant referee: Yevhen Aranovskyi (Kyiv) Assistant video assistant referee: Oleksandr Skrypka (Kropyvnytskyi)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.
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