2020 Ukrainian Cup Final

The 2020 Ukrainian Cup Final decided the winner of the 2019–20 Ukrainian Cup, the 29th season of the annual Ukrainian football cup competition. Match 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]

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

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
Main article: 2019–20 Ukrainian Cup

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

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
Dynamo Kyiv1–1 (a.e.t.)Vorskla Poltava
Verbič  28' Report Stepanyuk  11'
Penalties
Verbič
Tsyhankov
Kędziora
de Pena
Andriyevskyi
Sydorchuk
Shaparenko
Mykolenko
Shabanov 		8–7 Puclin
Kane
Luizão
Opanasenko
Ndiaye
Chesnakov
Perduta
Sapay
Bayenko
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Kharkiv)


Dynamo Kyiv
Vorskla Poltava
Dynamo Kyiv:
GK1 Heorhiy Bushchan
DF30 Artem Shabanov 80'
DF34 Oleksandr Syrota 9'
DF94 Tomasz Kędziora
MF5 Serhiy Sydorchuk (c)
MF7 Benjamin Verbič 113'
MF8 Volodymyr Shepelyev 117'
MF14 Carlos de Pena
MF16 Vitaliy Mykolenko
MF29 Vitaliy Buyalskyi 89' 99'
FW11 Heorhiy Tsitaishvili 60'
Substitutes:
GK71 Denys Boyko
MF6 Abdul Mohammed Kadiri
MF15 Viktor Tsyhankov 60'
MF18 Oleksandr Andriyevskyi 117'
MF70 Nazariy Rusyn
MF99 Mikkel Duelund
FW9 Fran Sol
FW10 Mykola Shaparenko 99'
FW20 Oleksandr Karavayev
Coach:
Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko
Vorskla Poltava:
GK31 Dmytro Riznyk
DF5 Najeeb Yakubu 73'
DF17 Volodymyr Chesnakov (c)
DF23 Vadym Sapay
DF50 Ibrahim Kane
MF4 Ihor Perduta 105+1'
MF6 Oleksandr Sklyar 41' 95'
MF28 David Puclin
MF92 Pape-Alioune Ndiaye
FW10 Vladyslav Kulach 76'
FW11 Ruslan Stepanyuk 115'
Substitutes:
GK21 Oleksandr Tkachenko
GK51 Pavlo Isenko
DF27 Volodymyr Bayenko 115'
MF7 Luizão 76'
MF39 Yevhen Opanasenko 73'
MF82 Pavlo Rebenok
FW9 Edin Šehić 95'
FW14 Danylo Kravchuk
FW77 Denys Vasin
Coach:
Yuriy Maksymov

MAN OF THE MATCH

    MATCH OFFICIALS

    • Assistant referees:
      • Maryna Striletska (Sumy)
      • Oleksandra Ardasheva (Kiev)
    • 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

    Notes
    1. The final will be played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine.
    2. The final was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine.

    References
    1. 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. 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). wildstat.ru.
    7. Vorskla – Dynamo. The best matches ("Ворскла" – "Динамо". Найкращі матчі). 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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