Ukrainian Cup

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Ukrainian Cup
Founded1992
Region Ukraine
Number of teams45
Qualifier forUEFA Europa League
(UEFA Cup Winners' Cup before 1999)
Domestic cup(s)Ukrainian Super Cup
Current championsDynamo Kyiv
(13th title)
Most successful club(s)Dynamo Kyiv
Shakhtar Donetsk
(13 titles each)
WebsiteOfficial website
2023–24 Ukrainian Cup

The Ukrainian Cup (Ukrainian: Кубок України) is an association football national knockout cup competition run by the Ukrainian Association of Football. The competition is conducted almost exclusively among professional clubs.[1] Since the 2003–04 season, the Cup winner qualifies to play the Ukrainian Premier League winner for the Ukrainian Super Cup.

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Current format and eligibility criteria[edit]

For the competition are eligible first teams of all Ukrainian professional clubs. Beside professional clubs, to the competition is also invited both finalists of the Ukrainian Amateur Cup preceding season. If both finalists obtained professional status (admitted to the Second League (tier 3)), then two better performers of the amateur competition are invited. Beside the initial draw, all the draws are conducted the next day after all the matches of the round is played.

The format of this competition consists of two phases: a qualification phase with two rounds followed by the competition proper (four rounds and the final game) when all Premier League (tier 1) clubs enter the competition.[2] The Ukrainian Association of Football organizes the draw in qualification phase by geographic principles, so to accommodate "smaller" clubs (in lower tiers) by reducing their travel time. Often times the very first qualification round involves matches between the amateur teams and either the newly admitted professional clubs or clubs that struggled in prior season. For the next couple of qualification rounds enter clubs of the Second League (tier 3) and First League (tier 2). The final is usually taken place at the Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, however due reconstruction of the stadium to prepare to the UEFA Euro 2012, the final had been played at other venues temporarily. After that this tradition has ceased.

Past variations of the competition involved a home-away type of elimination, but the Ukrainian Cup has since changed to a single game per round format. In recent years, a conditional replay game was introduced to avoid penalty shootouts. Cup draws may be conducted for two consecutive rounds, but usually occur before each following round. The lower division teams are usually awarded the home-field advantage (or the first leg at home in case of a two-leg round).

History[edit]

First Ukrainian SSR Cup on cover of the Soviet Union

Ukrainian Cup competitions have been conducted since at least 1936.[3] The first of season in 1936 was officially known as Spring Championship, the decision about which was adopted by the All-Ukrainian football Section.[3] Initially called also as the Spring Championship, sometime during the 1937 season the tournament was renamed by mass media as the Cup of the Ukrainian SSR (Ukrainian: Кубок УРСР, Kubok URSR).[3] The official change was adopted by the Republican Football Conference only in April 1938.[3] To commemorate the event, in 1979 the Soviet Ministry of Communication released an envelope with depiction of the trophy (see the picture).[3] The streamer on top of a picture reads in Russian language "The first Cup of Ukraine in football" (Russian: Первый кубок Украины по футболу, Pervyi kubok Ukrainy po futbolu), while the same thing is written at the picture's footer in Ukrainian language (Ukrainian: Перший кубок України з футболу, Perhyi kubok Ukrayiny z futbolu).

In 1944 as compensation for the canceled republican championship there was conducted next tournament in September.[3] The decision to conduct the tournament was adopted on 6 September 1944 by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine.[3] The tournament was also known as Ukrainian Cup[4] or Ukrainian Bowl (Ukrainian: Келих УРСР, Kelykh URSR).[3] After World War II, subsequent editions of the national Cup were downgraded to a republican cup competition that was limited to lower league clubs and teams participating in the KFK competitions (amateurs). The timeframe of the tournament also shifted from spring time to fall (end of calendar year).[3] Already in 1948 FC Lokomotyv Kharkiv as one of the Soviet Top League clubs from Ukraine chose not to participate in the Ukrainian Cup competition.[3] In 1959 the tournament was cancelled completely and replaced with Football Cup among collective of physical culture (a predecessor to Ukrainian Amateur Cup).

In 1970s the Ukrainian Cup competitions were revived and conducted parallel to Ukrainian Amateur Cup for several seasons. In second half of 1970 the tournament was discontinued once again until 1990.

The first Cup competition in independent Ukraine had an unlikely winner, similar to the championship of 1992. The main contender, Dynamo Kyiv, settled for a draw in its first game at home against a team that was an amateur club in Soviet times, Skala Stryi. In the following quarter-finals round, the team faced defeat by Torpedo Zaporizhia. Eventually that competition was won by Chornomorets Odesa.

In 2008, the Football Federation of Ukraine signed a contract with the company Datagroup,[5] naming the company as the main sponsor of the tournament for the next four years. Datagroup introduced its new version of the cup trophy,[6] the first winner of which became Shakhtar Donetsk.[7] In 2010, there was an attempt to launch an independent website for the competition, which was active for only a couple of months.

Venues[edit]

Olimpiyskiy
Metalist
Dnipro
most used arenas

The Ukrainian Cup finals are played most often at the main countries association football venue, Olympiyskiy National Sports Complex. Since 2008 and establishing of the Ukrainian Premier League, the final games started to be conducted at alternative stadiums among which most often was used the Metalist Oblast Sports Complex and the Dnipro Arena.

Finals[edit]

Source:[8][9]

Year Venue Winner Score Runner-up
1992
Final
31 May 1992 19:00 (EEST)
KyivRepublican Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Chornomorets Odesa
Ilia Tsymbalar 107'
1 – 0
(0 – 0)
(a.e.t.)
Metalist Kharkiv
1992–93
Final
30 May 1993 ? (EEST)
KyivRepublican Stadium
Attendance: 47,000
Dynamo Kyiv
Victor Leonenko 23'
Dmytro Topchiyev 64'

2 – 1
(1 – 0)
Karpaty Lviv
Ihor Plotko 89' (pen.)
1993–94
Final
29 May 1994 17:00 (EEST)
KyivRepublican Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Chornomorets Odesa 0 – 0
(0 – 0)
(a.e.t.) (5–3 p)
Tavriya Simferopol
1994–95
Final
28 May 1995 ? (EEST)
KyivRepublican Stadium
Attendance: 42,500
Shakhtar Donetsk
Ihor Petrov 78'
1 – 1
(0 – 1)
(a.e.t.) (7–6 p)
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Aleksandr Zakharov 23'
1995–96
Final
26 May 1996 ? (EEST)
KyivNSC "Olimpiyskiy"
Attendance: 47,000
Dynamo Kyiv
Serhii Rebrov 27'
Yuri Maximov 59'
2 – 0
(1 – 0)
Nyva Vinnytsia
1996–97
Final
25 May 1997 ? (EEST)
KyivNSC "Olimpiyskiy"
Attendance: 26,000
Shakhtar Donetsk
Serhiy Atelkin 36'
1 – 0
(1 – 0)
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
1997–98
Final
31 May 1998 ? (EEST)
KyivNSC "Olimpiyskiy"
Attendance: 43,500
Dynamo Kyiv
Andriy Shevchenko 1', 30'
2 – 1
(2 – 0)
CSKA Kyiv
Vasyl Novokhatskyi 54'
1998–99
Final
30 May 1999 ? (EEST)
KyivNSC "Olimpiyskiy"
Attendance: 71,000
Dynamo Kyiv
Andriy Shevchenko 18', 67'
Valentin Belkevich 19'
3 – 0
(2 – 0)
Karpaty Lviv
1999–00
Final
27 May 2000 ? (EEST)
KyivNSC "Olimpiyskiy"
Attendance: 45,500
Dynamo Kyiv
Aliaksandr Khatskevich 45'
1 – 0
(1 – 0)
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
2000–01
Final
27 May 2001 17:00 (EEST)
KyivNSC "Olimpiyskiy"
Attendance: 55,000
Shakhtar Donetsk
Serhiy Atelkin 78', 119'
2 – 1
(0 – 1; 1 – 1)
(a.e.t.)
CSKA Kyiv
Ruslan Kostyshyn 7'
2001–02
Final
26 May 2002 19:00 (EEST)
KyivNSC "Olimpiyskiy"
Attendance: 81,000
Shakhtar Donetsk
Serhiy Popov 10'
Serhiy Atelkin 81'
Andriy Vorobei 99'
3 – 2
(1 – 1; 2 – 2)
(a.e.t.)
Dynamo Kyiv
Valentin Belkevich 31'
Maksim Shatskikh 50'
2002–03
Final
25 May 2003 17:00 (EEST)
KyivNSC "Olimpiyskiy"
Attendance: 71,000
Dynamo Kyiv
Aliaksandr Khatskevich 56'
Diogo Rincón 90+'
2 – 1
(0 – 1)
Shakhtar Donetsk
Andriy Vorobei 18'
2003–04
Final
30 May 2004 17:00 (EEST)
KyivNSC "Olimpiyskiy"
Attendance: 60,000
Shakhtar Donetsk
Oleksiy Byelik 1'
Anatoliy Tymoshchuk 90+'
2 – 0
(1 – 0)
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
2004–05
Final
29 May 2005 17:00 (EEST)
KyivNSC "Olimpiyskiy"
Attendance: 68,000
Dynamo Kyiv
Diogo Rincón 11' (pen.)
1 – 0
(1 – 0)
Shakhtar Donetsk
2005–06
Final
2 May 2006 17:00 (EEST)
KyivNSC "Olimpiyskiy"
Attendance: 25,000
Dynamo Kyiv
Kléber 47'
1 – 0
(0 – 0)
Metalurh Zaporizhya
2006–07
Final
28 May 2007 19:00 (EEST)
KyivNSC "Olimpiyskiy"
Attendance: 64,500
Dynamo Kyiv
Kléber 58'
Oleh Husyev 80'
2 – 1
(0 – 0)
Shakhtar Donetsk
Elano 89'
2007–08
Final
7 May 2008 19:00 (EEST)
KharkivOSC "Metalist"
Attendance: 28,000
Shakhtar Donetsk
Oleksandr Hladkyy 44'
Oleksiy Hai 78'
2 – 0
(1 – 0)
Dynamo Kyiv
2008–09
Final
31 May 2009 17:00 (EEST)
DnipropetrovskDnipro Arena
Attendance: 25,700
Vorskla Poltava
Vasyl Sachko 50'
1 – 0
(0 – 0)
Shakhtar Donetsk
2009–10
Final
16 May 2010 17:00 (EEST)
KharkivOSC "Metalist"
Attendance: 21,000
Tavriya Simferopol
Maksym Feschuk 2'
Oleksandr Kovpak 40' (pen.)
Lucky Idahor 96'
3 – 2
(2 – 0; 2 – 2)
(a.e.t.)
Metalurh Donetsk
Henrikh Mkhitaryan 51'
Mário Sérgio 74'
2010–11
Final
25 May 2011 20:15 (EEST)
SumyStadium "Yuvileiny"
Attendance: 27,800
Shakhtar Donetsk
Eduardo da Silva 64'
Luiz Adriano 87'
2 – 0
(0 – 0)
Dynamo Kyiv
2011–12
Final
6 May 2012 19:30 (EEST)
KyivNSC "Olimpiyskiy"
Attendance: 47,314
Shakhtar Donetsk
Alex Teixeira 23'
Oleksandr Kucher 104'
2 – 1
(1 – 0; 1 – 1)
(a.e.t.)
Metalurh Donetsk
Mykola Morozyuk 68'
2012–13
Final
22 May 2013 19:45 (EEST)
KharkivOSC "Metalist"
Attendance: 40,003
Shakhtar Donetsk
Fernandinho 41'
Alex Teixeira 53'
Taison 73'
3 – 0
(1 – 0)
Chornomorets Odesa
2013–14
Final
15 May 2014 20:00 (EEST)
PoltavaStadium "Vorskla" Butovskoho
Attendance: 9,700
Dynamo Kyiv
Oleksandr Kucher 40' (o.g.)
Domagoj Vida 43'
2 – 1[10]
(2 – 0)
Shakhtar Donetsk
Douglas Costa 57'
2014–15
Final
4 June 2015 21:00 (EEST)
KyivNSC "Olimpiyskiy"
Attendance: 53,455
Dynamo Kyiv 0 – 0
(0 – 0)
(a.e.t.) (5–4 p)
Shakhtar Donetsk
2015–16
Final
21 May 2016 17:00 (EEST)
LvivArena Lviv
Attendance: 21,720
Shakhtar Donetsk
Oleksandr Hladkyy 42', 57'
2 – 0
(1 – 0)
Zorya Luhansk
2016–17
Final
17 May 2017 21:00 (EEST)
KharkivOSC "Metalist"
Attendance: 25,000
Shakhtar Donetsk
Marlos 81'
1 – 0
(0 – 0)
Dynamo Kyiv
2017–18
Final
9 May 2018 20:30 (EEST)
DniproDnipro Arena
Attendance: 28,155
Shakhtar Donetsk
Facundo Ferreyra 48'
Yaroslav Rakytskyi 61'
2 – 0
(0 – 0)
Dynamo Kyiv
2018–19
Final
15 May 2019 21:00 (EEST)
ZaporizhiaSlavutych Arena
Attendance: 11,100
Shakhtar Donetsk
Tetê 28', 39'
Júnior Moraes 45+2'
Manor Solomon 65'
4 – 0
(3 – 0)
Inhulets Petrove
2019–20
Final
8 July 2020 21:30 (EEST)
KharkivOSC "Metalist"
Attendance:0
Dynamo Kyiv
Benjamin Verbič 28'
1 – 1
(1 – 1)
(a.e.t.) (8–7 p)
Vorskla Poltava
Ruslan Stepanyuk 11'
2020–21
Final
13 May 2021 19:00 (EEST)
TernopilRoman Shukhevych Ternopil city stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Dynamo Kyiv
Viktor Tsyhankov 98'
1 – 0
(0 – 0)
(a.e.t.)
Zorya Luhansk
2021–22 11 May 2022 (the final was scheduled) interrupted at quarterfinals due to war
2022–23 no competition due to war
2023–24
15 May 2024
RivneStadium "Avanhard"
Attendance:
TBD
v
TBD

Top scorers of finals[edit]

No Name Club(s) Goals
1 Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko Dynamo Kyiv 4
Ukraine Serhiy Atelkin Shakhtar Donetsk
3 Ukraine Oleksandr Hladkyy Shakhtar Donetsk 3
4 Belarus Valiantsin Bialkevich Dynamo Kyiv 2
Belarus Aliaksandr Khatskevich Dynamo Kyiv
Ukraine Andriy Vorobei Shakhtar Donetsk
Brazil Diogo Rincón Dynamo Kyiv
Brazil Kléber Dynamo Kyiv
Brazil Alex Teixeira Shakhtar Donetsk
Brazil Tetê Shakhtar Donetsk
10 33 players 1

Performances[edit]

Achievements of clubs since 1992[11][12]

Team Winners Winning years Runners-up Runners years Finals
Shakhtar Donetsk 13 1995, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 6 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2015 19
Dynamo Kyiv 13 1993, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021 5 2002, 2008, 2011, 2017, 2018 18
Chornomorets Odesa 2 1992, 1994 1 2013 3
Tavriya Simferopol 1 2010 1 1994 2
Vorskla Poltava 1 2009 1 2020 2
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 3 1995, 1997, 2004 3
Karpaty Lviv 2 1993, 1999 2
CSKA Kyiv 2 1998, 2001 2
Metalurh Donetsk 2 2010, 2012 2
Zorya Luhansk 2 2016, 2021 2
Metalist Kharkiv 1 1992 1
Nyva Vinnytsia 1 1996 1
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 1 2000 1
Metalurh Zaporizhya 1 2006 1
Inhulets Petrove 1 2019 1
  • Note: Defunct teams marked in Italics.

All-time table[edit]

Top-10. All figures are correct through the 2017–18 season.[13]

PL Team Seasons GP W D L GS GA Pts Achievement
1 Shakhtar Donetsk 27 151 111 21 19 346 106 354 champion
2 Dynamo Kyiv 27 144 112 16 16 345 90 352 champion
3 FC Dnipro 27 117 68 17 32 188 105 221 finalist
4 Tavriya Simferopol 24 87 49 15 23 141 97 162 champion
5 Karpaty Lviv 27 89 45 12 32 130 96 147 finalist
6 Vorskla Poltava 27 84 44 12 28 113 97 144 champion
7 Chornomorets Odesa 27 92 44 12 36 148 99 144 champion
8 Volyn Lutsk 27 84 42 8 34 141 128 134 semi-finalist
9 Metalurh Zaporizhia 27 80 40 11 29 119 94 131 finalist
10 Metalurh Donetsk 20 70 37 10 23 107 91 121 finalist

Competition people[edit]

Managers[edit]

Winning managers
Manager Club(s) Wins Winning years
Romania Mircea Lucescu Shakhtar Donetsk 7 2003–04, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2015–16
Dynamo Kyiv 2020–21
Ukraine Valery Lobanovsky 3 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000
Ukraine Viktor Prokopenko Chonomorets Odesa 1992, 1993–94
Shakhtar Donetsk 2000–01
Portugal Paulo Fonseca 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
Ukraine Yozhef Sabo Dynamo Kyiv 2 1995–96, 2004–05
Ukraine Anatoliy Demyanenko 2005–06, 2006–07
Ukraine Serhii Rebrov 2013–14, 2014–15
Ukraine Oleksiy Mykhaylichenko 2002–03, 2019–20
Ukraine Mykhailo Fomenko Dynamo Kyiv 1 1992–93
Russia Vladimir Salkov Shakhtar Donetsk 1994–95
Ukraine Valeriy Yaremchenko 1996–97
Italy Nevio Scala 2001–02
Ukraine Mykola Pavlov Vorskla Poltava 2008–09
Ukraine Serhiy Puchkov Tavriya Simferepol 2009–10

Players[edit]

Leaders with the most games played
Rank Player Year(s) Games per team(s)[a] Games total
1 Ukraine Ruslan Kostyshyn 1995 – 2012 Advis (2), Podillia (2), CSKA/Arsenal (28), Dnipro (25), Kryvbas (6) 63
2 Ukraine Oleksandr Shovkovskyi 1993 – 2015 Dynamo-3 (2), Dynamo (58) 60
3 Ukraine Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi 1993 – 2009 Karpaty (32), Metalurh Z (7), Volyn (1), Tavriya (13), Zakarpattia (5) 58
4 Ukraine Oleksandr Holovko 1992 – 2006 Tavriya (24), Dynamo (32) 56
Ukraine Vitaliy Reva 1994 – 2010 Polihraftekhnika (4), CSKA/Arsenal (34), Dynamo (16), Tavriya (2) 56
Ukraine Hennadiy Zubov 1994 – 2008 Stal A (3), Shakhtar (48), Illichivets (2), Metalurh D (1), Zoria (1), Komunalnyk (1) 56
Ukraine Volodymyr Yezerskyi 1996 – 2014 Harai (6), Karpaty (7), Dynamo (2), Kryvbas (4), Dnipro (20), Shakhtar (12), Zoria (2), Tavriya (2), Hoverla (1) 56
8 Ukraine Dmytro Shutkov 1992 – 2007 Shakhtar 54
Ukraine Ruslan Rotan 2001 – 2018 Dnipro (42), Dynamo (12) 54
10 Ukraine Andriy Vorobei 1996 – 2013 Shakhtar (4), Shakhtar (44), Dnipro (2), Arsenal (1), Metalist (2) 53
11 Ukraine Serhii Rebrov 1992 – 2010 Shakhtar (6), Dynamo (44), Irpin (1) 51
Ukraine Mykhailo Starostiak 1994 – 2007 Prykarpattia (6), Shakhtar (42), Kryvbas (3) 51
13 Ukraine Serhiy Mizin 1993 – 2008 Dynamo-2 (3), Dynamo (18), Dnipro (2), CSKA/Arsenal (5), Karpaty (11), Kryvbas (7), Metalist (4) 50
The table includes players who played over 50 games in the competition. Players who share number of tallies placed in order of seniority by years and then alphabetical order. Data is through winter of 2020–2021.[14]
All-time Ukrainian Cup scorers
Rank Player Year(s) Goals per team(s)[b] Goals total
1 Ukraine Andriy Vorobei 1996 – 2013 Shakhtar-2 (2), Shakhtar (22), Metalist (1) 25
2 Uzbekistan Maksim Shatskikh 2000 – 2015 Dynamo (22), Arsenal (1), Hoverla (1) 24
3 Ukraine Oleksandr Palianytsia 1992 – 2003 Dnipro (7), Veres (4), Karpaty (5), Kryvbas (3), Metalist (3) 22
4 Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko 1994 – 2012 Dynamo-2 (5), Dynamo (16) 21
5 Ukraine Serhii Rebrov 1992 – 2010 Shakhtar (1), Dynamo (19) 20
6 Ukraine Andriy Pokladok 1992 – 2008 Karpaty (15), Metalurh D (2), Rava (1), Halychyna L (1) 19
Ukraine Andriy Yarmolenko 2007 – 2017 Dynamo 19
8 Ukraine Oleh Matveyev 1992 – 2003 Shakhtar (16), Metalurh Z (1) 17
9 Ukraine Oleksiy Antiukhin 1992 – 2001 Metalurh Z (1), Tavria (13), Vorskla (2) 16
Brazil Luiz Adriano 2007 – 2015 Shakhtar 16
11 Ukraine Valentyn Poltavets 1993 – 2013 Shakhtar Pavlohrad (1), Metalurh Z (8), Dnipro (1), Chornomorets (1), Dniester (4) 15
Ukraine Bohdan Yesyp 1996 – 2014 Dynamo-3 (4), Zirka (1), Zakarpattia (3), Naftovyk (7) 15
Ukraine Oleh Husiev 2003 – 2016 Arsenal (1), Dynamo (14) 15
The table includes players who scored over 15 goals in the competition. Players who share number of tallies placed in order of seniority by years and then alphabetical order. Data is through winter of 2020–2021.[15]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ teams are in chronological order of playing career; in 1990s in Ukrainian Cup competed also reserve teams out of lower leagues
  2. ^ teams are in chronological order of playing career; in 1990s in Ukrainian Cup competed also reserve teams out of lower leagues

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Football Federation of Ukraine". Football Federation of Ukraine. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  2. ^ "Football Federation of Ukraine". Football Federation of Ukraine. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Banyas, V. Forgotten tournaments (Забуті турніри). Ukrainian Premier League. 23 May 2017
  4. ^ Banyas, V. Simply Pasha (Просто Паша). Ukrainian Premier League. 4 August 2017
  5. ^ Cup of Ukraine got title sponsor (Datagroup website) (in English)
  6. ^ Trouphy presentation for the 2010 final (FFU website) (in Ukrainian)
  7. ^ Shakhtar won the 2008 Cup final. (in Ukrainian)
  8. ^ "RSSSF". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  9. ^ "Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  10. ^ 2014 Final of the Ukrainian Cup. Soccerway.
  11. ^ Five holders, 13 finalists and 26 semifinalists (П’ять володарів, 13 фіналістів і 26 півфіналістів). Ukrainian Premier League.
  12. ^ Statistics by season. Futbol from Dmitriy Troschiy.
  13. ^ http://wildstat.ru/p/2102/cht/211/stat/summary Кубок Украины (Суммарная таблица за все годы)
  14. ^ a b The Ruslan Kostyshyn's "Gvardiya" honours of the Cup (Гвардійська кубкова висота Руслана Костишина). Ukrainian Premier League. 21 December 2020. (in Ukrainian)
  15. ^ Among the best top scorers of Ukrainian Cup is Hladkyy and Seleznyov (Серед найкращих кубкових бомбардирів – Гладкий та Селезньов). Ukrainian Premier League. 23 December 2020. (in Ukrainian)

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