Poltava Oblast Super Cup

The Poltava Oblast Super Cup ( uk, Суперкубок Полтавської області з футболу) is a one-off football amateur match in Poltava Oblast that features the winners of the Poltava Oblast championship and the Poltava Oblast Cup. The Poltava Oblast Super Cup is run by the Football Association of Poltava Oblast.

History

Inaugural game of the Super Cup was played in Karlivka on 1 November 2014. Match was played by Poltava Oblast Champion SC Poltava and Cup winner Olimpiya. Olimpiya player Vladyslav Rudchenko scored the first goal on nineteenth minute. Two minutes later Dmytro Kuimov scored a penalty for SC Poltava and on fifty-fifth minute Yurii Fomenko scored the winnign goal with a header from a corner kick. Game ended 2:1 with SC Poltava winning the first title.

Next season Olimpiya returned as a cup winner to play with Rokyta who won that years championship. Game was played in Pyriatyn on 24 October 2015. First player to score was Rokyta footballer Roman Semuka who did so at sixty-fifth minute. At the seventy-third minute another Rokyta player Arsen Manasian doubled the score. Olimpiya player Serhii Hrytsenko scored in stoppage time to repeat previous years result.

On 12 November 2016 a repeat of that years cup final was played in Poltava. Olimpiya as a championship and cup winner faced Velyka Bahachka who was the cups runners-up. However unlike the cup final where Olympia won, Velyka Bahachka scored four goals to Olympia's two. With first attack led to Olympia leading. Olavale Fabunmi put the ball in the back of the net four minutes after the match began. Ivan Kharchenko equalized for Velyka Bahachka on seventeenth minute. Dmytro Milko scored the next goal at twenty-ninth minute. During stoppage time another Velyka Bahachka player Ruslan Levyha scored. Two minutes after start of second half Milko scored the fourth goal for his team. Olimpiya scorer Fabunmi bagged another goal during stoppage time. However that did not help his team to win the Poltava Oblast treble.

Next season Olimpiya tried to win the treble again. 2015 winner Rokyta returned as a cup runners-up where they lost to Olimpiya. The match was played in Poltava on 11 November 2017 ended as a scoreless draw. It was the first game requiring penalty shoot-out. After five players scored for each teams, Olimpiya striker Yevhen Spivak hit the post. Then Rokyta player Yevhen Malyk scored his penalty kick to win his clubs second trophy.

On 8 November 2018 Olimpiya returned for the third year in a row as championship and cup winners. Game was played in Poltava and Kolos Lazirky made their first appearance. Mykhailo Priadko scored the first goal for Kolos on twelfth minute. Olimpiya equalized three minutes later through Vladyslav Kovtun. Vahe Sarkisian scored another goal for Kolos on fortieth minute to win their first trophy.

On 6 November 2019 Olimpiya finally saw a change in fortune. After appearing in their sixth consecutive match they won 1:0 against cup winners Lehion Poltava. Striker Roman Kirpichenko scored the only goal during the seventy-sixth minute.

2020 Super Cup was scheduled to be played on 25 November 2020. The Cup final Cup scheduled to be played on 11 November, was delayed on 9 November by Covid restrictions. Cup final was played on the 3 December between Olimpiya and SC Poltava. Olimpiya controversially won in last seconds of the game. This led to SC Poltava refusing to take part in the Super Cup due to Football Association inability to provide high quality, impartial refereeing.

2021 was the first year to not feature Olimpiya. On 28 November 2021 championship and cup winner KLF Poltava met with Standard Novi Sanzhary in Kremenchuk. On seventh minut KLF player Oleh Bazhan saw opposing players off the line and sent the ball into the net. Dmytro Verhun scored from the penalty spot on forty-fifth minute to make he score one all. This was the second game to go to penalty kicks. Illia Ichuaidze was the only player to have his penalty saved. Game was won by KLF 5:4 on penalties.

On 10 December 2022 Standard returned as a championship winner to face returning Olimpiya who won the cup in Poltava. Dmytro Verhun scored the opener on nineteenth minute. However Olympia came back in second half to win their second title. Oleksandr Ponmarenko scored on sixty-eighth and Vladyslav Nasibulin on seventy-fourth minutes.

Rules

If the scores are level after 90 minutes, the teams play a penalty shootout. If a team wins both the Poltava Oblast Championship and the Poltava Oblast Cup, the runner-up from the Cup will play.

Matches

Below is a list of the Super Cup winners.

Performances

Performance by team

Performance by qualification

Top goalscorers

References

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External links

Poltava Oblast Super Cup
at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)

Sport in Poltava Oblast
Poltava Oblast Super Cup
Football competitions in the regions of Ukraine