The White-Blues will face FC Oleksandria, who’ve earned the right to represent Ukraine in the Europa League. As you know, Dynamo will perform in the Champions League group stage.
We present both sides.
FC Dynamo Kyiv
2015/2016 UPL performance: 1st place (23 wins, 1 draw, 2 defeats, goal difference 54:11, 70 points)
2015/2016 UPL best striker of the team: Andriy Yarmolenko (13 goals)
2015/2016 UPL best assistant of the team: Andriy Yarmolenko (11 assists)
Best player of the season according to fans: Andriy Yarmolenko
Head coach: Serhiy Rebrov
2015/2016 Ukrainian Cup performance: quarterfinalists (3 wins, 1 draw, 1 defeat, goal difference 14:2)
Transfers during the summer break
came: m. Artem Hromov (free agent, previous team – FC Vorskla Poltava), f. Olexandr Hladkyi (free agent, previous team – FC Shakhtar Donetsk)
left: m. Miguel Veloso (contract expired)
Official match
16.07.16. FC Dynamo Kyiv – FC Shakhtar Donetsk – 1:1, 4:3 on penalties
FC Oleksandria
2015/2016 UPL performance: 6th place (10 wins, 8 draws, 8 defeats, goal difference 30:29)
2015/2016 UPL best striker of the team: Vitaliy Ponomar (7 goals)
2015/2016 UPL best assistants of the team: Anton Holenkov, Dmytro Leonov, Pavlo Miahkov, David Targamadze (2 assists each)
Head coach: Volodymyr Sharan
2015/2016 Ukrainian Cup performance: semifinalists (3 wins, 3 draws, 1 defeat, goal difference 9:6)
Transfers during the summer break
came: d. Andriy Hitchenko (FC Karpaty Lviv), m. Bohdan Borovskyi (FC Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih), d. Maxym Zhychykov (FC Illichivets Mariupol, loan move), Andriy Tsurikov (FC Dynamo Kyiv, loan move), Roman Yaremchuk (FC Dynamo Kyiv, loan move)
left: m. Denys Dedechko (SCA Khabarovsk, Russia), f. Eseola (free agent), f. David Targamadze (FC Shakhtar Donetsk, return after loan move), d. Maxym Imerekov (Torpedo-BelAZ, Belarus), Olexandr Huskov (FC Poltava), Borys Bychkov (MFC Mykolaiv)
Injured: Andriy Tsurikov, Vasyl Hrytsuk
Face to face
In the UPL – 8 matches, 8 Dynamo wins, goal difference – 24:1
In the Ukrainian Cup – 2 matches, 1 Oleksandria win, 1 draw, goal difference – 1:2 for Oleksandria
Last face-to-face match
2015/16 Ukrainian Cup, quarterfinal, second leg
06.04.2016. Oleksandria, Nika Stadium. 7,000 spectators
FC Dynamo Kyiv – FC Oleksandria – 0:1 (1:2 on aggregate)
Goal: Chorniy (23).
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