2020 Ukrainian Cup final

2020 Ukrainian Cup Final
Event2019–20 Ukrainian Cup
After extra time
Dynamo Kyiv won 8–7 on penalties
Date8 July 2020
VenueOSC Metalist[1], Kharkiv
RefereeKateryna Monzul[2]
Attendance0[note 1]
2019
2021

The 2020 Ukrainian Cup Final decided the winner of the 2019–20 Ukrainian Cup, the 29th season of the annual Ukrainian football cup competition. It was played on 8 July 2020 at the OSC Metalist Stadium in Kharkiv between Dynamo Kyiv and Vorskla Poltava. This was the fifth time the cup final would be held in Kharkiv after 2008, 2010, 2013 and 2017 finals.[3]

Originally planned to be held on 13 May 2020 at Ternopilsky Misky Stadion in Ternopil, the final was later postponed to 8 July due to COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine and first moved to Arena Lviv in Lviv,[4] and then, considering the better epidemiological situation, to Kharkiv.[1] Ternopil was granted the right to host the 2021 edition of the final instead. The match was played behind closed doors.[4]

The winner Dynamo initially qualified to participate in the group stage of 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, however, it later qualified for 2020–21 UEFA Champions League after finishing as the league runners-up. The winner Dynamo Kyiv also qualified for the 2020 Ukrainian Super Cup, where it will face the champions of 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League Shakhtar Donetsk.[5]

Road to the final

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Both teams started their campaign in the Round of 16.

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Dynamo Kyiv Round Vorskla Poltava
Opponent Result 2019–20 Ukrainian Cup Opponent Result
Shakhtar Donetsk 2–1 (H) (a.e.t.) Round of 16 Kolos Kovalivka 1–0 (A)
Oleksandriya 1–0 (H) (a.e.t.) Quarter-finals Desna Chernihiv 1–0 (A)
Mynai 2–0 (A) Semi-finals Mariupol 1–1 (A) (a.e.t.), (3–2 p)

Previous encounters

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In overall, games among which started back in 1996, Dynamo Kyiv and Vorskla Poltava have previously met 53 times, from which 40 were won by Dynamo, 9 were drawn and 4 won by Vorskla.[6][7][8] In the matches on the highest level the only previous meeting of the clubs was in the 2009 Ukrainian Super Cup, which was won by Dynamo in the penalty shoot-out 4–2 after 0–0 draw after the regular and extra time. It is going to be third meeting of the clubs in competitions of Ukrainian Cup where two previous played as part of the 2002–03 Ukrainian Cup was won by Dynamo (1–0, 4–0).[9]

For Dynamo Kyiv, this final was the 17th overall, with 11 wins in the previous 16 final appearances. Vorskla played in their second Ukrainian Cup Final after 2009, when they defeated Shakhtar Donetsk 1–0 and won their only Ukrainian Cup to the date.

Match

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Dynamo Kyiv
Vorskla Poltava
Dynamo Kyiv:
GK 1 Ukraine Heorhiy Bushchan
DF 30 Ukraine Artem Shabanov Yellow card 80'
DF 34 Ukraine Oleksandr Syrota Yellow card 9'
DF 94 Poland Tomasz Kędziora
MF 5 Ukraine Serhiy Sydorchuk (c)
MF 7 Slovenia Benjamin Verbič Yellow card 113'
MF 8 Ukraine Volodymyr Shepelyev downward-facing red arrow 117'
MF 14 Uruguay Carlos de Pena
MF 16 Ukraine Vitalii Mykolenko
MF 29 Ukraine Vitaliy Buyalskyi Yellow card 89' downward-facing red arrow 99'
FW 11 Ukraine Heorhiy Tsitaishvili downward-facing red arrow 60'
Substitutes:
GK 71 Ukraine Denys Boyko
MF 6 Ghana Abdul Mohammed Kadiri
MF 15 Ukraine Viktor Tsyhankov upward-facing green arrow 60'
MF 18 Ukraine Oleksandr Andriyevskyi upward-facing green arrow 117'
MF 70 Ukraine Nazariy Rusyn
MF 99 Denmark Mikkel Duelund
FW 9 Spain Fran Sol
FW 10 Ukraine Mykola Shaparenko upward-facing green arrow 99'
FW 20 Ukraine Oleksandr Karavayev
Coach:
Ukraine Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko
Vorskla Poltava:
GK 31 Ukraine Dmytro Riznyk
DF 5 Ghana Najeeb Yakubu downward-facing red arrow 73'
DF 17 Ukraine Volodymyr Chesnakov (c)
DF 23 Ukraine Vadym Sapay
DF 50 Mali Ibrahim Kane
MF 4 Ukraine Ihor Perduta Yellow card 105+1'
MF 6 Ukraine Oleksandr Sklyar Yellow card 41' downward-facing red arrow 95'
MF 28 Croatia David Puclin
MF 92 France Pape-Alioune Ndiaye
FW 10 Ukraine Vladyslav Kulach downward-facing red arrow 76'
FW 11 Ukraine Ruslan Stepanyuk downward-facing red arrow 115'
Substitutes:
GK 21 Ukraine Oleksandr Tkachenko
GK 51 Ukraine Pavlo Isenko
DF 27 Ukraine Volodymyr Bayenko upward-facing green arrow 115'
MF 7 Brazil Luizão upward-facing green arrow 76'
MF 39 Ukraine Yevhen Opanasenko upward-facing green arrow 73'
MF 82 Ukraine Pavlo Rebenok
FW 9 Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Šehić upward-facing green arrow 95'
FW 14 Ukraine Danylo Kravchuk
FW 77 Ukraine Denys Vasin
Coach:
Ukraine Yuriy Maksymov

MAN OF THE MATCH

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
    • Maryna Striletska (Sumy)
    • Oleksandra Ardasheva (Kyiv)
  • Fourth official:
  • Reserved assistant referee:
  • Supervisor of refereeing:
  • Video assistant referee (VAR):
  • VAR assistant:
  • VAR supervisor:
  • UAF game delegate
    • V.Foshchiy (Cherkasy)
  • UAF security officer
    • S.Bortnyk (Kharkiv).

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Nine named substitutes.
  • Maximum of 5 substitutions.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b The final was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine.

References

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  1. ^ a b Official. Ukrainian Cup final 2019/2020 will be held in Kharkiv. Ukrainian Association of Football. 26 June 2020
  2. ^ Officials have been appointed for the final match of the Ukrainian Cup-2019/2020. Ukrainian Association of Football. 8 July 2020
  3. ^ The Ukrainian Cup Final "Dynamo" – "Vorskla": statistical preview (Фінал Кубка України «Динамо» — «Ворскла»: статистичне прев’ю). Ukrainian Premier League. 8 July 2020
  4. ^ a b Official. Ukrainian Cup final 2019/2020 will be held on 8 July in Lviv. Ukrainian Association of Football. 26 May 2020
  5. ^ Provisions on the Supercup of Ukraine. Regulation of the All-Ukrainian football competitions among teams of the Ukrainian Premier League clubs of the 2019–20 season. Appendix 4, pages 154–156.
  6. ^ The statistics of meetings Dynamo Kyiv, Ukraine – Vorskla Poltava, Ukraine (Статистика встреч Динамо (Киев), Украина – Ворскла (Полтава), Украина). (in Russian) wildstat.ru.
  7. ^ Vorskla – Dynamo. The best matches ("Ворскла" – "Динамо". Найкращі матчі). (In Russian), Poltavske TV. 22 September 2019
  8. ^ Vorskla – Dynamo: history of rivalry ("Ворскла" – "Динамо": история противостояния). FC Dynamo Kyiv
  9. ^ The statistics of meetings Dynamo Kyiv, Ukraine – Vorskla Poltava, Ukraine (Статистика встреч Динамо (Киев), Украина – Ворскла (Полтава), Украина). wildstat.ru.
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