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.The Ukrainian Cup Final "Dynamo" – "Vorskla": statistical preview (Фінал Кубка України «Динамо» — «Ворскла»: статистичне прев’ю). Ukrainian Premier League. 8 July 2020
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,Official. Ukrainian Cup final 2019/2020 will be held on 8 July in Lviv. Ukrainian Association of Football. 26 May 2020 and then, considering the better epidemiological situation, to Kharkiv. Ternopil was granted the right to host the 2021 edition of the final instead. The match was played behind closed doors.
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 faced the champions of 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League Shakhtar Donetsk.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.
Road to the final
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 KyivRoundVorskla PoltavaOpponentResult2019–20 Ukrainian CupOpponentResultShakhtar Donetsk2–1 (H) Round of 16Kolos Kovalivka1–0 (A)Oleksandriya1–0 (H) Quarter-finalsDesna Chernihiv1–0 (A)Mynai2–0 (A)Semi-finalsMariupol1–1 (A) ,
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.The statistics of meetings Dynamo Kyiv, Ukraine – Vorskla Poltava, Ukraine (Статистика встреч Динамо (Киев), Украина – Ворскла (Полтава), Украина). (in Russian) wildstat.ru.Vorskla – Dynamo. The best matches ("Ворскла" – "Динамо". Найкращі матчі). (In Russian), Poltavske TV. 22 September 2019Vorskla – Dynamo: history of rivalry ("Ворскла" – "Динамо": история противостояния). FC Dynamo Kyiv 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).The statistics of meetings Dynamo Kyiv, Ukraine – Vorskla Poltava, Ukraine (Статистика встреч Динамо (Киев), Украина – Ворскла (Полтава), Украина). wildstat.ru.
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 Kyiv: GK 1 Heorhiy Bushchan DF 30 Artem Shabanov DF 34 Oleksandr Syrota DF 94 Tomasz Kędziora MF 5 Serhiy Sydorchuk (c)MF 7 Benjamin Verbič MF 8 Volodymyr Shepelyev MF 14 Carlos de PenaMF 16 Vitalii MykolenkoMF 29 Vitaliy Buyalskyi FW 11 Heorhiy Tsitaishvili Substitutes:GK 71 Denys BoykoMF 6 Abdul Mohammed KadiriMF 15 Viktor Tsyhankov MF 18 Oleksandr Andriyevskyi MF 70 Nazariy RusynMF 99 Mikkel DuelundFW 9 Fran SolFW 10 Mykola Shaparenko FW 20 Oleksandr KaravayevCoach: Oleksiy MykhaylychenkoVorskla Poltava: GK 31 Dmytro RiznykDF 5 Najeeb Yakubu DF 17 Volodymyr Chesnakov (c)DF 23 Vadym SapayDF 50 Ibrahim KaneMF 4 Ihor Perduta MF 6 Oleksandr Sklyar MF 28 David PuclinMF 92 Pape-Alioune NdiayeFW 10 Vladyslav Kulach FW11 Ruslan Stepanyuk Substitutes:GK 21 Oleksandr TkachenkoGK 51 Pavlo IsenkoDF 27 Volodymyr Bayenko MF 7 Luizão MF 39 Yevhen Opanasenko MF 82 Pavlo RebenokFW 9 Edin Šehić FW 14 Danylo KravchukFW 77 Denys VasinCoach: Yuriy Maksymov
MAN OF THE MATCH
MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Maryna Striletska (Sumy) Oleksandra Ardasheva (Kyiv) Fourth official: Anastasiya Romaniuk (Ivano-Frankivsk) Reserved assistant referee: S.Hrushko (Kyiv Oblast) Supervisor of refereeing: S.Zadiran (Dnipro)Video assistant referee (VAR): V.Romanov (Dnipro) VAR assistant: V.Volodin (Kherson) VAR supervisor: V.Petrov (Kharkiv) 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.
Note: position and roster number is per the Ukrainian Premier League (and Footboom)
See also 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League
Notes
References
External links Dynamo – Vorskla game. FC Dynamo Kyiv. 8 July 2020.