2014 United Supercup

2014 United Supercup
Tournament details
Host countryIsrael Israel
Dates30 January – 5 February 2014
Teams4 (from 2 associations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsUkraine Shakhtar Donetsk (1st title)
Runners-upUkraine Metallist Kharkiv
Third placeRussia Zenit Saint Petersburg
Fourth placeRussia CSKA Moscow
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored13 (2.17 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Douglas Costa
Croatia Darijo Srna (2 goals)
Best player(s)Croatia Darijo Srna
← 2013

The 2014 United Supercup, officially named G-Drive 2014 United Supercup (also known as 2014 United Tournament[1][2][3][4]), was an exhibition football club tournament held in Israel from 30 January – 5 February 2014. It is the second edition of the United Tournament. The location was picked because the winter conditions would make it hard to play the games in Russia or Ukraine.[5]

Summary

The four participating clubs were Shakhtar Donetsk, Metalist Kharkiv from Ukraine and Zenit St. Petersburg, CSKA Moscow from Russia.[6][7] The clubs were picked by the principle of two top placed clubs in the local championships.[5]

Before the tournament a press conference was held in Tel Aviv. Among the participants were Valery Gazzaev, the head of the committee in charge of the united championship, Mircea Lucescu, the manager of Shakhtar Donetsk, Leonid Slutskiy, the manager of PFC CSKA Moscow, Myron Markevych, the manager of Metallist Kharkiv, and Luciano Spalletti, the manager of FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.[8] The tournament was also attended by Mikhail Fomenko, the manager of Ukraine national football team.[9]

Shakhtar Donetsk and CSKA Moscow were based in Tel Aviv for the tournament, while Metallist Kharkiv in Netanya, and Zenit Saint Petersburg in Herzeliya.

The total prize money was mln, including for the winner, €250,000 for the runner-up, €220,000 for the third place and for the fourth place.[10] The games were broadcast by Football 1 and Football 2 channels in Ukraine and by Russia 2,[11] Sport 1 and 100TV channels in Russia.

The tournament format was round-robin (instead of two-legged ties for all pairs of clubs from different countries, as played previously).[12] In case of a draw at the end of the 90 minutes, penalties were used to decide the winner (however, a club winning on penalties gets 2 points and not 3, while a club losing on penalties gets 1 point for draw).[5]

The first two games of the tournament were watched by 3 million Russians, which is 1 million more than the previous edition average.[13]

The 2014 tournament was won by Shakhtar Donetsk from Ukraine, winning all 3 games.[14][15][16][17] Douglas Costa and Darijo Srna from Shakhtar Donetsk became the joint top scorers of the tournament scoring two goals each, Darijo Srna was also named the tournament best player.[18][19]

Teams

Team Recent domestic honours Continental performances
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League – Winner
2012–13 Ukrainian Cup – Winner 		2013–14 UEFA Champions League – Group stage
2013–14 UEFA Europa League – Round of 32
Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv 2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League – Runner-up 2013–14 UEFA Champions League – Qualifying
Russia CSKA Moscow 2012–13 Russian Premier League – Winner
2012–13 Russian Cup – Winner 		2013–14 UEFA Champions League – Group stage
Russia Zenit St. Petersburg 2012–13 Russian Premier League – Runner-up 2013–14 UEFA Champions League – Round of 16

Venues

Israel
Petah Tikva
HaMoshava Stadium
Capacity: 11,500

Standings

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 3 3 0 0 0 6 2 +4 9
2 Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv 3 1 0 1 1 2 3 –1 4
3 Russia Zenit St. Petersburg 3 1 0 0 2 4 4 0 3
4 Russia CSKA Moscow 3 0 1 0 2 1 4 –3 2

Matches

CSKA Moscow Russia0–0Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv
Report
Penalties
Tošić soccer ball with check mark
Zreľák soccer ball with check mark
Bazelyuk soccer ball with check mark
Dzagoev soccer ball with check mark		 4–2 soccer ball with red X Dević
soccer ball with red X Souza
soccer ball with check mark Blanco
soccer ball with check mark Gómez
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine2–1Russia Zenit St. Petersburg
Teixeira 22'
Douglas Costa 90+3'		 Report Ryazantsev 81' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Liran Liani (Israel)
Zenit St. Petersburg Russia2–0Russia CSKA Moscow
Hulk 17'
Shatov 89'		 Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Metalist Kharkiv Ukraine0–2Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Report Douglas Costa 10'
Srna 70'
Attendance: 2,000
Zenit St. Petersburg Russia1–2Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv
Witsel 17' Report Gómez 52'
Marlos 76' (pen.)
Referee: Liran Liani (Israel)
CSKA Moscow Russia1–2Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Tošić 8' Report Srna 40'
Taison 43'
Referee: Eli Hacmon (Israel)

Top scorers

Rank Nat. Player Goals (pen.) Team
1 Brazil Douglas Costa 2 Shakhtar
Croatia Darijo Srna 2 Shakhtar
2 Brazil Alex Teixeira 1 Shakhtar
Brazil Taison 1 Shakhtar
Brazil Hulk 1 Zenit
Russia Aleksandr Ryazantsev 1 Zenit
Russia Oleg Shatov 1 Zenit
Belgium Axel Witsel 1 Zenit
Serbia Zoran Tosic 1 CSKA
Argentina Alejandro Gómez 1 Metallist
Brazil Marlos 1 Metallist

Winners

Winners of the 2014 United Supercup
Ukraine
Shakhtar Donetsk
First title

See also

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