FC Dynamo Kyiv faced FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk in the Ukrainian Premier League matchday 1.
Only four days before the season start Stal found out they would perform in the UPL instead of FC Metalurh Donetsk.
All three newcomers Dynamo signed this summer were in the starting lineup.
Home side opened the score early in the game. Stal took a corner, Ishchenko unleashed a header, the ball touched Miguel’s foot and crossed the goal line.
The White-Blues attacked using all their power while Dniprodzerzhynsk side totally focused on defense. A minute before the break Bandura cleared Yarmolenko’s shot, but Buialskyi hit the open goal!
52 minutes into the game Danilo Silva put a cross into the box, Ishchenko handled the ball and referee awarded penalty. After that Ishchenko got too emotional and was sent off. Eventually Oleh Husiev converted from the spot.
Still nine minutes later Danilo Silva kicked his opponent on the face struggling for the ball and also got the red card.
The final score of the game is 2:1. In a week Kyivans will face FC Olimpik Donetsk.
UPL. Matchday 1
19.07.2015. Dnipropetrovsk. Meteor Stadium
FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk – FC Dynamo Kyiv – 1:2 (1:1)
Stal: Bandura, Adamiuk, Ishchenko, Pshenychnykh, Voronin, Vasin, Kucherov, Kalenchuk (c) (Baranovskyi, 54), Karasiuk, Putrash (Kotliar, 46), Homeniuk (Budnyk, 72).
Dynamo: Rybka, Danilo Silva, Dragovic, Moroziuk, Antunes, Husiev (c) (Belhanda, 69), Miguel, Buialskyi (Sydorchuk, 83), Petrovic, Yarmolenko, Moraes (Kravets, 870.
Goals: Miguel (4, own goal) – Buialskyi (44), Husiev (53, pen.).
Booked: Ishchenko (52), Voronin (53) – Buialskyi (58), Belhanda (72), Yarmolenko (88).
Sent off: Ishchenko (52, second booking) – Danilo Silva (61).
On July 19 FC Dynamo Kyiv will face FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk at Meteor Stadium in Dnipropetrovsk within the Ukrainian Premier League matchday 1.
The game will start at 19:30.
FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk
2014/2015 Ukrainian League: 2nd place in Ukrainian First League (17 wins, 9 draws, 4 defeats, goal difference 48:21)
Best striker in 2014/2015 Ukrainian First League: Stanislav Kulish (21 goals)
Sparrings during summer break: FC Olimpik Donetsk (3:1), Dynamo-2 (1:0), FC Desna Chernihiv (2:1), FC Olimpik Donetsk (2:0), FC Dnipro Cherkasy (1:0), FC Kolos Kovalivka (4:2)
Transfers during summer break –
joined the team: gk. Bandura, gk. Pankiv, df. Baranovskyi, mf. Postupalenko (all – FC Metalurh Donetsk), df. Ishchenko, df. Pshenychnykh, fw. Homeniuk (all – FC Metalist Kharkiv), df. Putrash, fw. Vasin (both – FC Chornomorets Odesa), df. Voronin (FC Volyn Lutsk), mf. Budnyk (FC Vorskla Poltava)
left the team: mf. Noyok (FC Metalist Kharkiv, return after loan move), df. Sobol (FC Shakhtar Donetsk, return after loan move), df. Nasonov, df. Checher (FC Zoria Luhansk), df. Putivtsev (FC Metalist Kharkiv), df. Pliatsykas, df. Gabriel, df. Holaydo, mf. Nelson, fw. Lazic, mf. Makrides (Apollon Limassol), mf. Pryima (FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), mf. Ovsepyan, mf. Fedotov, mf. Moroziuk, fw. Moraes (both – FC Dynamo Kyiv), fw. Kulish (FC Metalist Kharkiv), gk. Pitsan, df. Platunov, mf. Santrapinskikh, mf. Shutov, mf. Nykytenko, fw. Datsiuk, fw. Aliyev
FC Dynamo Kyiv
2014/2015 Ukrainian Premier League: 1st place (20 wins, 6 draws, goal difference 66:12)
Best striker in 2014/2015 Ukrainian Premier League: Artem Kravets (15 goals)
Best assistants in 2014/2015 Ukrainian Premier League: Jeremain Lens, Andriy Yarmolenko (11 assists each)
Sparrings during summer break: Universitatea Craiova (2:0), Legia Warsaw (0:0), Skënderbeu Korçë (3:0), Eintracht Braunschweig (2:1), Fortuna Düsseldorf (1:0), Viktoria Plzeň (match not finished)
Transfers during summer break –
joined the team: mf. Petrovic (Gençlerbirliğ), mf. Moroziuk, fw. Moraes (both – FC Metalurh Donetsk), gk. Koval, mf. Miakushko (both – return after loan move)
left the team: mf. Lens (Sunderland AFC), mf. Haruna (Anzhi Makhachkala), mf. Kalytvyntsev (FC Chornomorets Odesa, loan move), df. Betao (contract expired)
Suspended: Shovkovskyi, Rybalka (sent off in Ukrainian Super Cup)
