[2] The Portuguese expert Luís Castro replaced at this post Paulo Fonseca who left for Rome.

[2] New contract with Dynamo was signed by Alyaksandr Khatskevich who has been the club's head coach for couple of seasons.

"And also we set the task to successfully perform in the UEFA Champion's League by finishing at least the second in a group and advancing to play-offs.

I want to invite fans of Shakhtar from all Ukraine come to the stadium and support us in the principle duel.

Before this game both teams met in the Ukrainian Super Cup eleven (11) times, the first being back in 2004.