Super Cup of Ukraine
Current2021 Ukrainian Super Cup
Founded2004 (age 22)
Abolished2021 (age 5)
Number of teams2
RegionUkraine
Current championsShakhtar Donetsk
(9th title)
Most successful clubDynamo Kyiv
Shakhtar Donetsk
(9 titles each)

The Ukrainian Super Cup (Ukrainian: Суперкубок України) is an association football game of the Ukrainian Premier League in traditional super cup format that acts as the grand-opening for every new football competition season in Ukraine. Originally it was set as a contest between the winners of the previous season's Ukrainian Championship and Ukrainian Cup. From 2008 through 2014, it was branded as the Inter Super Cup of Ukraine, in 2017[1] – Super Cup Fokstrot.

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the competition is currently suspended.

History and overview

The competition and its trophy was presented on 1 July 2007 in hotel "Ekspres". In the event participated president of the Professional Football League of Ukraine (PFL) Ravil Safiullin, general director of Info-sport Marketing Serhiy Kharchenko, representative of the game general sponsor "Olimp". At the press conference Mr.Safiullin informed several details about the new tournament among which was the money prize fund that consisted of 75,000 "conditional units", a lottery for fans winner of which would receive a car, the game opening show was planned to be hosted by Ukrainian singer Kateryna Buzhynska (uk). It was also informed that there will be no extra time and series of penalty kicks would follow right after the regular time.

The president of PFL refused to disclose the amount of money that was paid to create the Super Cup trophy. He noted that the trophy will be given away for eternal keeping to the team that would win it five times.

The drawing for the trophy was created by Mykhailo Cheburakhin ("Dialan-M" company), for which he received a reward of 1,000 "conditional units".

The prize money fund for the second edition in 2005 was established at ₴375,000.[2]

In 2022, the competition was cancelled for the first time in its history due to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, and has not been held again since.[3] The decision to end the games was motivated by the abandonment of the Ukrainian Premier League's 2021-22 season and the Ukrainian Cup's 2021-22 season.[4] Odesa, the games' usual host city, has been continually struck by Russian cruise missiles since the beginning of the war, making it infeasible for the games to be held safely.[3]

Format

The Ukrainian Super Cup usually features one representative of the Ukrainian Premier League and another the Ukrainian Cup. In event when both tournaments were won by one club, participation in the game is granted to the cup finalist (until 2014) or the league runner-up (since 2015).

On some occasions when the national cup was won by a national champion, it was challenged by the league runner-up or the cup finalist.

Venues

Traditionally playing in Odesa at the Chornomorets Stadium, the season's opening match did not initially have a "fixed" venue. The decision on conducting the match in Odesa in 2005 was adopted by the PFL Bureau three days before the game and on petition of both Dynamo and Shakhtar.[5] Due to the preparation for UEFA Euro 2012, however, the newly established tradition changed and for the 2008 rendition it has been moved to Poltava's Oleksiy Butovsky Vorskla Stadium. In 2009, the cup venue changed once again to the Sumy's Yuvileiny Stadium which stood relatively underutilized since the main city football club went bankrupt. The 2009 edition featured Vorskla, which became the first team outside of the Ukrainian derby (Dynamo and Shakhtar) to participate. In 2007 and 2008, the Cup played-off between the first and second placed teams as one of the team won both the Cup and the Premier League.

Sponsors

The 2008 rendition was officially known as Inter Super Cup of Ukraine and sponsored by the TV channel Inter. In 2009, the contract was extended for another three years[6] and later again to 2014.[7] The very first Super Cup was handed over by Prime Minister of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych.

In 2016, the tournament received another sponsor, an American construction company UDP (Urban Development + Partners).

The prize money fund in 2014 and 2015 consisted of ₴1 million.[8] The winner was to receive 650,000 and the other finalist 350,000.

History

2004 Ukrainian Super Cup

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2005 Ukrainian Super Cup

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2006 Ukrainian Super Cup

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2007 Ukrainian Super Cup

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2008 Ukrainian Super Cup

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2009 Ukrainian Super Cup

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2010 Ukrainian Super Cup

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2011 Ukrainian Super Cup

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2012 Ukrainian Super Cup

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2013 Ukrainian Super Cup

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2014 Ukrainian Super Cup

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2015 Ukrainian Super Cup

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2016 Ukrainian Super Cup

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2017 Ukrainian Super Cup

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2018 Ukrainian Super Cup


2019 Ukrainian Super Cup


2020 Ukrainian Super Cup


2021 Ukrainian Super Cup

Note:

All fixtures are played till the end of regulation time. If the score is tied, no extra time is played with penalty kicks immediately taken to determine the victory.

Performance

Performance by club

ClubWinnersRunners-upWinning years
Shakhtar Donetsk982005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021
Dynamo Kyiv962004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020
Vorskla Poltava—1
Tavriya Simferopol—1
Metalurh Donetsk—1
Chornomorets Odesa—1
Total1818

Performance by qualification

CompetitionWinnersRunners-up
Premier League champions117
Premier League runners-up (since 2015)41
Ukrainian Cup winners26
Ukrainian Cup runners-up (2004–2014)14
Total1818

Venues

NumberNameLocationYearsWinning clubs
10Chornomorets Stadium (Central Stadium ChMP)Odesa2004–2007, 2013, 2015–2019Shakhtar (4), Dynamo (6)
2Olimpiyskiy National Sports ComplexKyiv2020, 2021Dynamo, Shakhtar
2Oleksiy Butovsky Vorskla StadiumPoltava2008, 2011Shakhtar, Dynamo
1Yuvileiny StadiumSumy2009Dynamo
1Slavutych-ArenaZaporizhzhia2010Shakhtar
1Avanhard StadiumLuhansk2012Shakhtar
1Arena LvivLviv2014Shakhtar

Winning managers

In bold are managers that still active in the current season. In parentheses are cups for the respective team.

RankManagerClub(s)WinnerRunner-up
1Mircea LucescuShakhtar Donetsk (7)
Dynamo Kyiv (1)
84
2Alyaksandr KhatskevichDynamo Kyiv21
3Anatoliy DemyanenkoDynamo Kyiv2—
4Serhii RebrovDynamo Kyiv12
Paulo FonsecaShakhtar Donetsk12
6Yuri SeminDynamo Kyiv11
7Oleksiy MykhaylychenkoDynamo Kyiv1—
Roberto De ZerbiShakhtar Donetsk1—
Valery GazzaevDynamo Kyiv1—

The first winning coach is Oleksiy Mykhailychenko, the first winning coach who previously won the cup as a player is Serhii Rebrov.

Winning players

In bold are players that are still active in the current season

RankPlayerClub(s)Wins[24]
1Darijo SrnaShakhtar Donetsk8
2Taras StepanenkoShakhtar Donetsk6
Yaroslav RakitskiyShakhtar Donetsk
4Oleksandr ShovkovskyiDynamo Kyiv5
Oleksandr KucherShakhtar Donetsk
610 players4

All-time top scorers

There were 35 scorers with 49 goals.[25][24]

RankPlayerClub(s)Goals[25]
1Oleksandr HladkyyShakhtar Donetsk4
2Luiz AdrianoShakhtar Donetsk3
Artem MilevskyiDynamo Kyiv
FredShakhtar Donetsk
5Oleh HusyevDynamo Kyiv2
Taras MykhalykDynamo Kyiv
Facundo FerreyraShakhtar Donetsk
Alan PatrickShakhtar Donetsk
Lassina TraoréShakhtar Donetsk
1026 players1

All-time appearances

RankPlayerClub(s)Appearances[24][25]
1Darijo SrnaShakhtar Donetsk12
2Taras StepanenkoShakhtar Donetsk10
3Oleksandr ShovkovskyiDynamo Kyiv9
Andriy PyatovShakhtar Donetsk
5Yaroslav RakitskiyShakhtar Donetsk8

Performance by club

ClubWinnersRunners-upWinning years
Dynamo Kyiv831993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003
Shakhtar Donetsk232001, 2002
Chornomorets Odesa2—1992, 1994
Karpaty Lviv—2
Tavriya Simferopol—1
Nyva Vinnytsia—1
CSKA Kyiv—1
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih—1
Total1212

See also

References

  1. ^ Fokstrot is the official sponsor of the Ukrainian Super Cup (Фокстрот – официальный спонсор Суперкубка Украины). UA-Football. 5 July 2017
  2. ^ At the game for Super Cup for fans of Shakhtar were made available 11,000 tickets, and for Dynamo – 9,000 (На матч за Суперкубок для болельщиков "Шахтера" выделено 11 тысяч билетов, а для "Динамо" – 9 тысяч). UA-Football. 6 July 2005
  3. ^ Khmelnytska, Vera (2022-07-07). "Уперше в історії: Суперкубок України-2022 з футболу буде скасовано" (in Ukrainian). ТСН.ua. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
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  5. ^ Super Cup will be played in Odesa again (Суперкубок снова разыграют в Одессе). UA-Football. 6 July 2005
  6. ^ ""Інтер" – Титульний спонсор і транслятор Суперкубка ("Inter" – Titled sponsor and translator of the Super Cup)" (in Ukrainian). ua.football. 2009-06-28. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
  7. ^ ""Інтер" покаже Суперкубок України та всі матчі збірної України до 2014 року ("Inter" will show the Super cup of Ukraine and all the games of the National team of Ukraine until 2014)" (in Ukrainian). champion.com.ua. 2012-06-27. Retrieved 2012-06-27.[dead link]
  8. ^ Odesa waits on the return of football (Одеса чекає повернення футболу). Ukrainian Premier League. 7 July 2015
  9. ^ ""Динамо" – обладатель Суперкубка Украины!("Dynamo" – Owns Ukrainian Super Cup)" (in Russian). ua-football. 10 July 2004. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
  10. ^ "Все дороги ведут на ЮГ, или место встречи изменить нельзя "Динамо" – обладатель Суперкубка Украины! (All roads lead south, but the venue is no different "Dynamo" – owns Ukrainian Super Cup!)" (in Russian). ua-football. 9 July 2005. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
  11. ^ "Лето, море и футбол… (Summer, sea and football...)" (in Russian). ua-football. 17 July 2006. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
  12. ^ "Ух, молодежжжж! (Wow, youngstersssssss!)" (in Russian). ua-football. 10 July 2007. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
  13. ^ "Полтавская битва (Battle of Poltava)" (in Russian). ua-football. 15 July 2008. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
  14. ^ "Четырехкратные (Four times crowned)" (in Russian). ua-football. 12 July 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
  15. ^ "Інтер Суперкубок України" розіграють у Запоріжжі" [Inter Supercup of Ukraine" will play in Zaporizhzhia] (in Ukrainian). Inter (TV channel). 27 May 2010. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  16. ^ "Суперкубок Украины. "Шахтер" – "Динамо". Анонс матча (Ukrainian Super Cup. Shakhtar – Dynamo. Match preview. )" (in Russian). ua-football. 5 July 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  17. ^ "Матч за Суперкубок состоится в Луганске (Match for the Super Cup will take place in Luhansk)" (in Russian). Premier Liha. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  18. ^ Additional information for the 2012 competition
  19. ^ "ru:Источник: Матч за Суперкубок Украины перенесут с 9 на 10 июля" [Match for Super Cup of Ukraine moved from 9th to 10 July] (in Russian). ua-football (FC Chornomorets website). 14 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  20. ^ "ru:Матч за Суперкубок Украины пройдет во Львове" [Super Cup Final to be held in Lviv] (in Russian). ua-football. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  21. ^ "uk:Суперкубок України розіграють в Одесі" [Super Cup Final to be held in Odesa] (in Ukrainian). Ukrainian Premier League. 25 June 2015. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  22. ^ "ru:Суперкубок Украины состоится 16 июля в Одессе" [Ukrainian Super Cup will take place on 16 July in Odesa] (in Russian). UA-Football. 12 April 2016. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  23. ^ "ru:Жабченко рассудит Шахтер и Динамо в матче за Суперкубок" [Zhabchenko will be refereeing at the Shakhtar – Dynamo game for the Super Cup] (in Russian). UA-Football. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  24. ^ Ukrainian Super Cup 2020 by the language of numbers and facts (Суперкубок України 2020 мовою чисел та фактів). Ukrainian Premier League. 26 August 202/
  25. ^ "Суперкубок України мовою цифр"