Ukrainian Super Cup
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| Founded | 2004 |
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| Region | Ukraine |
| Number of teams | 2 |
| Current champions |
Dynamo Kyiv (6th title) |
| Most successful club(s) |
Shakhtar Donetsk (7 titles) |
Ukrainian Super Cup (Ukrainian: Суперкубок України) is an exhibition game that acts as the grand-opening for every new football competition season in Ukraine, officially having the winners of the previous season's Ukrainian Championship and Ukrainian Cup face-off against each other. On four occasions when the national cup was won by a national champion, it was challenged by the next best performers of league or cup competitions. From 2008 through 2014, it was branded as the Inter Super Cup of Ukraine.
Since the 2004 inception, this match was decided to take place annually at a fixed venue in Odessa at the Chornomorets Stadium. Due to the preparation for UEFA Euro 2012, however, the newly established tradition changed and for the 2008 rendition it has been moved to Poltava's Oleksiy Butovsky Vorskla Stadium. In 2009, the cup venue changed once again to the Sumy's Yuvileiny Stadium which stood relatively underutilized since the main city football club went bankrupt. The 2009 edition featured Vorskla, which became the first team outside of the Ukrainian derby (Dynamo and Shakhtar) to participate. In 2007 and 2008, the Cup played-off between the first and second placed teams as one of the team won both the Cup and the Premier League.
The 2008 rendition was officially known as Inter Super Cup of Ukraine and sponsored by the TV channel Inter. In 2009, the contract was extended for another three years and later again to 2014. The very first Super Cup was handed over by Prime Minister of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych. In 2016, the tournament received another sponsor, an American construction company UDP (Urban Development + Partners).
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