Klasychne derby
 A Ukrainian classico clash in 2009 | |
| Other names | Ukrainian derby |
|---|---|
| Locale | Ukraine |
| Teams | Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Latest meeting | Shakhtar 0–1 Dynamo Ukrainian Premier League (17 April 2021) |
| Next meeting | TBA |
| Stadiums | Olympiyskiy NSC[a] |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 192 |
| Most wins | Domestic league: Dynamo (66) Domestic cup: Shakhtar (10) Other domestic tourneys: Dynamo (15) International cup: Shakhtar (1) Total wins: Dynamo (88) |
| Regular season series | 149 |
| Largest victory | Shakhtar 6–0 Dynamo Soviet Top League (26 July 1950) |
Klasychne derby (Ukrainian: Класичне, as Classico), or the Ukrainian football rivalry is the football match between the two top Ukrainian clubs Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk. The game between those two clubs is a focal point of each football season in Ukraine.
Dynamo and Shakhtar were the top Ukrainian clubs since introduction of the Soviet professional football competitions in 1936. They played against each other since 1938 and the rivalry between them two grew into the Ukrainian national rivalry only sometime after 1996 since the teams were two main contenders for the national title.
From 1981 to 1996, a rivalry between Dynamo Kyiv and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk was dominant. At that time Dnipro, that returned to the Soviet Top League in 1981, won two Soviet titles in the 1980s and almost became a Ukrainian champion in the 1992–93 season.
During the times of the Soviet Union, the Ukrainian rivalry was overshadowed by the rivalry between Dynamo Kyiv and Spartak Moscow (see Spartak Moscow–Dynamo Kyiv derby) that has developed sometime in the 1960s.
Formation of the derby[]
Soviet Union[]
The two clubs first met back in 1938 in Kyiv in the Soviet Top League with Dynamo winning it 2–0. At the time, Dynamo Kyiv was the main representative of Ukraine in the Soviet League, while Shakhtar initially had some difficulties to secure their place there. The Donetsk team, however, was considered to be the main representative of the Ukrainian SSR other than Dynamo, representing the most industrialized and heavily urbanized Donbass region in the eastern part of Ukraine. In a few occasions Shakhtar even managed to place higher than the Dynamo's "Capitals" in League, but for the most of the time Dynamo had more success head-to-head. Their meetings were not as popular in the Soviet League outside of Ukraine as the Moscow - Kyiv face off particularly between Dynamo and Spartak.
Ukraine[]
The 1990s: Dynamo's dominance[]
The trend of Dynamo's total dominance continued well after the establishment of the Ukrainian Vyshcha Liha (which eventually became the Ukrainian Premier League). For several seasons Shakhtar was not even among the main contenders for the league title, which was often contested by either Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk or Chornomorets Odessa. Dynamo won every single league title in the 1990s except one, when SC Tavriya Simferopol managed to pull off an upset, winning the inaugural Ukrainian league season, with Dynamo taking the silver medals, and Shakhtar finishing fourth.
In 1996, Rinat Akhmetov became Shakhtar's president and started investing heavily into the club. Shakhtar became relevant again, placing 2nd in 1996–97, and not finishing below 2nd place in the league ever since. In an interview to Vatsko Live (Russian: Вацко Live), former Shakhtar player Andriy Vorobey said that at least since 1997 it was cultivated at Shakhtar that Dynamo is not just an opponent, but rather the enemy.[1]
The 2000s: rise of Shakhtar[]
It was not until the early 2000s when this fixture obtained the status of a true "derby". In the first years of the decade, Dynamo were still riding the wave of their late 1990s success, when they reached the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals and semifinals in consecutive seasons. After the death of their legendary manager Valeriy Lobanovskiy in 2002, Dynamo's success in the European and Ukrainian competitions began to decline. This coincided with the continued rise of Shakhtar, who won their first Ukrainian league title in 2001–02, which took the rivalry between the two clubs to a whole new level. In the 2008–09 season, the Ukrainian derby was contested in European competition for the first time. Shakhtar defeated Dynamo in a 2008–09 UEFA Cup semi-final and then became the first side in the sovereign Ukraine era to win a European competition.
The 2010s[]
During the 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League, on 16 October, Shakhtar Donetsk beat FC Dynamo Kiev 0–3 in Kyiv and set two new records. One record was that for the first time during a Ukrainian derby game in Kyiv a team scored three goals. The other record was that for the first time Shakhtar had more Ukrainian derby victories, 26, than Dynamo.[2] On 1 May 2016, in the second Premier League match between them at Arena Lviv, Shakhtar won 3-0 again, making it the first time when Dynamo loses two derby matches one after another with a margin of 3 goals or more. Despite of that, Dynamo became the champions that season.[3]
Venues[]
As of recently, both Dynamo and Shakhtar play at the Olympiyskiy National Sports Complex in Kyiv.[4] Olympiskyi NSC has been one of Dynamo's two home stadiums since 1951 (the other one being the much smaller Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium). Shakhtar, on the other hand, for the longest time (1938–2001) played at their older Central Stadium "Shakhtar" in Donetsk. In 2008 Shakhtar built new modern stadium Donbass Arena of UEFA elite class, but was forced to leave Donetsk in 2014 due to War in Donbass. Since then, Shakhtar has been based in Kyiv, but until early 2020 played their home matches primarily at Metalist Stadium in Kharkiv.
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| NSC Olympiyskiy | Metalist | Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo |
Donbass Arena | Shakhtar | RSC Olimpiyskiy |
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| Kyiv | Kharkiv | Kyiv | Donetsk | Donetsk | Donetsk |
| 70,050 | 40,003 | 16,873 | 52,187 | 31,718 | 25,678 |
| Main arenas (at least 5 home matches) | |||||
Statistics[]
Record of wins[]
The table shows number of wins for both clubs per competition as well as totals.[5]
As of 17 April 2021
| Competition | Dynamo Kyiv | Draws | Shakhtar Donetsk | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | ||||
| Ukrainian Premier League | 25 | 17 | 25 | |
| Ukrainian Cup | 6 | 0 | 10 | |
| Ukrainian Super Cup | 8 | 0 | 5 | |
| Aggregate | 39 | 17 | 40 | |
| Soviet Union | ||||
| Soviet Top League | 41 | 26 | 15 | |
| Soviet Cup | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| (Soviet Super Cup) | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| USSR Federation Cup | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Aggregate | 46 | 27 | 19 | |
| European and Worldwide | ||||
| UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Aggregate | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total aggregate | 85 | 45 | 60 | |
- Note: The Soviet Super Cup was not an official competition. It was organized by an editorial department of the Soviet newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda.
Titles[]
Number of titles for both clubs
| Dynamo Kyiv | Competition | Shakhtar Donetsk | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | |||
| 16 | Ukrainian Premier League | 13 | |
| 12 | Ukrainian Cup | 13 | |
| 9 | Ukrainian Super Cup | 8 | |
| 37 | Aggregate | 34 | |
| Soviet Union | |||
| 13 | Soviet Top League | — | |
| 9 | Soviet Cup | 4 | |
| 3 | (Soviet Super Cup) | 1 | |
| 7 | Cup of the UkrSSR | — | |
| 32 | Aggregate | 5 | |
| European and Worldwide | |||
| 2 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | — | |
| — | UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup | 1 | |
| 1 | UEFA Super Cup | — | |
| 3 | Aggregate | 1 | |
| 72 | Total Aggregate | 40 | |
- Note: The Soviet Super Cup was not an official competition. It was organized by an editorial department of the Soviet newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda.
Year-by-year league's standings[]
The table lists the place each team took in each of the seasons.
| 38 | 39 | 40 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76s | 76f | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | |
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| Teams | 26 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 16 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 11 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 12 |
| 1992 | 92/93 | 93/94 | 94/95 | 95/96 | 96/97 | 97/98 | 98/99 | 99/00 | 00/01 | 01/02 | 02/03 | 03/04 | 04/05 | 05/06 | 06/07 | 07/08 | 08/09 | 09/10 | 10/11 | 11/12 | 12/13 | 13/14 | 14/15 | 15/16 | 16/17 | 17/18 | 18/19 | 19/20 | 20/21 | |
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| Teams | 20 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
All continental competition games[]
| Dynamo Kyiv win | Draw | Shakhtar Donetsk win |
UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League[]
| showSeason | Date | Stage | Location | Host | Guest | Score | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All domestic league games[]
Soviet League[]
| showSeason | Date | Location | Host | Guest | Score | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Notes:
- In Soviet league competitions both teams met 82 times, all in the Soviet Top League.
- 41 wins of Dinamo, 15 wins of Shakhter, 26 draws
- 128 goals of Dinamo, 79 goals of Shakhter
Ukrainian League[]
| showSeason | Date | Location | Host | Guest | Score | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Notes:
- In Ukrainian league competitions both teams met 67 times, all in the Ukrainian Premier League.
- 25 wins of Shakhtar, 25 wins of Dynamo, 17 draws
All national cup competition games[]
Soviet cup[]
| showSeason | Date | Stage | Location | Host | Guest | Score | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ukrainian cup[]
| showSeason | Date | Stage | Location | Host | Guest | Score | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All super cup competition games[]
Soviet Season's Cup[]
| showSeason | Date | Location | Host | Guest | Score | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ukrainian Super Cup[]
| showSeason | Date | Location | Host | Guest | Score | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Note:
All other cup competition games[]
Championship of the Dynamo All-Ukrainian Proletarian Sports Society[]
| showSeason | Date | Stage | Location | Host | Guest | Score | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Football cup of the Ukrainian SSR[]
| showSeason | Date | Stage | Location | Host | Guest | Score | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
USSR Football Federation Cup[]
| showSeason | Date | Stage | Location | Host | Guest | Score | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Top goalscorers[]
- Players in bold are still active
- In parenthesis are goals scored from penalty kicks
- Included players who scored at least six goals in games between Dynamo–Shakhtar
As of 3 August 2018[6]
| Player | Club | Domestic League | Domestic Cup | Super Cup | Other | Europe | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oleh Blokhin | Dynamo | 11 (1) | 3 | — | 1 | — | 15 |
| Artem Milevskyi | Dynamo | 4 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 8 |
| Vitaliy Khmelnytskyi | Shakhtar (2) / Dynamo (5) | 7 | — | — | — | — | 7 |
| Alex Teixeira | Shakhtar | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | 7 |
| Andriy Biba | Dynamo | 7 (1) | — | — | — | — | 7 |
| Diogo Rincón | Dynamo | 5 (1) | 2 | — | — | — | 7 |
| Anatoliy Byshovets | Dynamo | 6 | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| Ihor Belanov | Dynamo | 6 | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| Serhiy Rebrov | Shakhtar (1) / Dynamo (5) | 6 | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| Andriy Shevchenko | Dynamo | 6 | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| Andriy Vorobey | Shakhtar | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | 6 |
| Luiz Adriano | Shakhtar | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | 6 |
| Eduardo | Shakhtar | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | 6 |
| Jádson | Shakhtar | 5 (1) | — | — | — | 1 | 6 |
| Andriy Yarmolenko | Dynamo | 5 (1) | 1 | — | — | — | 6 |
| Oleh Husyev | Dynamo | 3 (2) | 1 | 2 (1) | — | — | 6 |
- Own goals – Mykola Krasyuk (Shakhtar), Abram Lerman (Dynamo), Oleksandr Pollak (Shakhtar), Oleksiy Drozdenko (Shakhtar), Anatoliy Konkov (Dynamo), Dmytro Chygrynskiy (Shakhtar), Serhiy Fedorov (Dynamo), Goran Gavrančić (Dynamo), Adrian Pukanych (Shakhtar), Yevhen Khacheridi (Dynamo, 2), Davit Khocholava (Shakhtar), Oleksandr Kucher (Shakhtar)
- Hat-tricks – Volodymyr Bohdanovych (Dynamo), Valeriy Yaremchenko (Shakhtar), Ihor Petrov (Shakhtar), Ihor Belanov (Dynamo)
- Both teams – Viktor Fomin, Vitaliy Khmelnytskyi, Oleh Bazylevych, Serhiy Rebrov
Crossing the divide[]
Soviet Union[]
In bold are players who transferred directly from one club to the other.
- Shakhtar then Dynamo
- 1934:
Viktor Shylovsky (from Dynamo Stalino to Dynamo Kyiv) - 1953: Viktor Fomin
- 1965: Vitaliy Khmelnytskyi
- 1975: Anatoliy Konkov
- 1976: Viktor Zvyahintsev
- 1982: Viktor Chanov
- Dynamo then Shakhtar
- 1967: Valeriy Lobanovskyi
- 1977: Viktor Zvyahintsev
- 1990: Andriy Kovtun (have not played a single game in Dynamo)
Ukraine[]
Since Ukrainian independence, there had been only three direct transfer moves in each direction (Dynamo to Shakhtar, Shakhtar to Dynamo).[7] Most of the direct transfers, however, took place in the 1990s, when the rivalry between the clubs was virtually non-existent.
In bold are players who transferred directly from one club to the other.
- Shakhtar then Dynamo
- 1992:
Serhiy Rebrov - 1992: Andriy Kovtun
- 2008:
Emmanuel Okoduwa (have not played a single game for Dynamo) - 2016: Oleksandr Hladkyi
- 2019: Oleksandr Karavayev (have not played a single game for Shakhtar)
- Dynamo then Shakhtar
- 1992: Oleh Matveyev
- 1998: Volodymyr Kovalyuk
- 2007: Volodymyr Yezerskyi
- 2011: Oleksandr Rybka
- 2014: Rustam Khudzhamov (have not played a single game for Dynamo)
- 2018: Oleksiy Shevchenko (have not played a single game for Dynamo)
- 2018:
Júnior Moraes
Notes[]
- ^ Shakhtar is forced to play away from home due to the 2014 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
References[]
- ^ Vorobey: Dynamo is rather the enemy than the main opponent (Воробей: Динамо – скорее враг, чем принципиальный соперник). UA-Football. 7 May 2018
- ^ http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/1445016829-shahter-ustanavlivaet-rekord-klassicheskogo-i-obhodit-dinamo.html
- ^ Динамо вперше в історії програє Шахтарю два матчі поспіль з великим рахунком [For the first time in the history Dynamo loses to Shakhtar two matches one after another with a big score] (in Ukrainian). ua-football.com. 1 May 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ^ ""Шахтер" ведет переговоры с НСК "Олимпийский", который является родным стадионом "Динамо"" [Shakhtar is holding talks with Dynamo's home stadium, Olympiyskiy NSC]. 24tv.ua (in Russian). 19 August 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ "Динамо" - "Шахтар". Статистика всеукраїнського дербі (in Ukrainian)
- ^ Before the 173rd Klasychne. Statistical details of the great rivalry (Напередодні 173-го Класичного. Статистичні деталі великого протистояння). Football 24. 20 April 2017
- ^ Not only Moraes. All transfer cases from Dynamo to Shakhtar during the years of independence (Не Мораешем единым. Все случаи переходов из Динамо в Шахтер за годы Независимости). UA-Football. 18 June 2018
External links[]
- Ukrainian football derbies
- FC Dynamo Kyiv
- FC Shakhtar Donetsk