The 2021 Ukrainian Super Cup was the 18th edition of Ukrainian Super Cup, an annual football match contested by the previous season's Ukrainian Premier League champions and Ukrainian Cup winners Dynamo Kyiv and league runners-up Shakhtar Donetsk. Dynamo Kyiv were the defending champions for the third consecutive year, after winning the trophy in 2018, 2019, and 2020, all against Shakhtar Donetsk.
Unlike most previous editions, the Super Cup was not a season opener, but was scheduled in the middle of the season instead. Initially the game was scheduled to be played on 24 July 2021.Ukrainian Super Cup will take place on 24 July in Kyiv (Матч за Суперкубок України 2021 відбудеться 24 липня у Києві) Ukrainian Premier League. 3 June 2021 On 6 July, the game was postponed to 22 September 2021 on the request of both clubs because of a large number of players participating in the late stages of UEFA Euro 2020 and limited time between seasons.VBET Ukrainian Super Cup is rescheduled (VBET Суперкубок України перенесено) Ukrainian Premier League. 6 July 2021
While traditionally being held in Odesa, for the second year in a row the match took place in Kyiv at the Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex. The game was to be played between rounds 8 and 9 of the 2021–22 Ukrainian Premier League.
Preparations and other background events For the 2021 Super Cup edition, VBET was announced as the new general sponsor.Arkadii Kapelka. Ukrainian Super Cup: new sponsor, start of ticket sales and conditions for their purchase (Суперкубок України: новий спонсор, старт продажу квитків та умови їх придбання). Footboom. 29 June 2021
This game was the first ever Klasychne for Roberto De Zerbi as Shakhtar Donetsk manager, opposing Mircea Lucescu who spent 12 years in the same capacity, was one of the two original head coaches who participated in the first ever Super Cup in 2004, and won the trophy last year in his first Klasychne with Dynamo Kyiv.
Previous encounters
Before this game both teams met in the Ukrainian Super Cup thirteen (13) times, the first being back in 2004. Before this game out of the previous thirteen Dynamo won 5 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 Team Qualification Previous appearances (bold indicates winners) Dynamo Kyiv 2020-21 UPL champions, 2020-21 Cup winners 14 (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020) Shakhtar Donetsk 2020-21 UPL runners-up 16 (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
Match
Details
Shakhtar Donetsk GK 30 Andriy Pyatov (c)DF 2 Dodô DF 5 Marlon DF 22 Mykola Matviyenko DF 31 Ismaily MF 6 Taras Stepanenko MF 27 Maycon MF 11 Marlos MF 21 Alan Patrick MF 38 Pedrinho FW 23 Lassina Traoré SubstitutesGK 1 Oleksiy ShevchenkoDF 3 Vitão DF 4 Serhiy Kryvtsov MF 8 Marcos Antônio MF 14 Tetê MF 19 Manor Solomon DF 26 Yukhym Konoplya DF 44 Viktor Korniyenko FW 45 Danylo Sikan Head coach Roberto De Zerbi Dynamo Kyiv GK 71 Denys BoykoMF 5 Serhiy Sydorchuk (c) MF 10 Mykola Shaparenko MF 14 Carlos de Pena MF 15 Viktor Tsyhankov DF 16 Vitalii Mykolenko MF 29 Vitaliy Buyalskyi DF 25 Illya Zabarnyi DF 34 Oleksandr Syrota FW 89 Vladyslav Supriaha DF 94 Tomasz Kędziora SubstitutesGK 1 Heorhiy Bushchan MF 7 Benjamin Verbič MF 8 Volodymyr Shepelyev DF 13 Artem Shabanov MF 18 Oleksandr Andriyevskyi MF 19 Denys Harmash MF 20 Oleksandr Karavayev FW 22 Vitinho DF 24 Oleksandr Tymchyk Head coach Mircea Lucescu
Assistant referees: Andriy Skrypka (Kropyvnytskyi) Semen Shlonchak (Cherkasy) Fourth referee: Ihor Paskhal (Kherson) Reserve assistant referee: Oleksandr Zhukov (Kharkiv) Video assistant referee: Viktor Mariash (Donetsk) Assistant video assistant referee: Leonid Yarmolynskyi (Kyiv Oblast)Match rules 90 minutes of regulation. No extra time of regulation if score is level. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Nine named substitutes, of which up to five may be used in three opportunities, excluding substitutions made at half-time. No more than 9 foreign players on a field at one time for each team.
References
External links
Vbet Суперкубок України-2021: «Шахтар» розгромив «Динамо» й наздогнав його за кількістю титулів. uaf.ua. 22 September 2021