Kudrivka are the 2026 Chernihiv Region Super Cup winners. On Saturday, 26 September, at the Chernihiv Arena they beat regional champions FC Pryluky 2-1. The visitors scored both goals inside the first 16 minutes — first Yehor Shemet punished a mistake by the hosts, then Taras Movlian finished off a corner. Rostyslav Kovalenko pulled one back in the 52nd minute, but Pryluky never found an equaliser, and their goalkeeper Danylo Tolok saved them from conceding a third more than once. The association named Pryluky’s Rostyslav Kovalenko and Kudrivka’s Yehor Shemet the best players of the match.
The same day Kudrivka’s UPL side played a friendly against Obolon in Bucha and lost 0-2 — we cover that game separately.
How it happened
The game started late — at 14:34 instead of the scheduled 14:00. The ceremonial first kick was taken by Armed Forces veteran Andrii Solovei, a machine-gunner of the 1st Separate Heavy Mechanised Siversk Brigade who joined the defence of his native Chernihiv at the start of the full-scale invasion.
Kudrivka struck early. In the 10th minute Yehor Shemet punished a mistake by the hosts to make it 1-0, in the 12th a shot from the visitors flew just past the far post, and in the 16th Taras Movlian doubled the lead by finishing off a corner. The scorers were named by the Chernihiv Region Football Association. Pryluky responded with a substitution as early as the 17th minute, bringing on the team’s top scorer Ihor Nesterenko.
After that Kudrivka were solid at the back and dangerous on the counter, and the score stayed the same until half-time thanks to Pryluky goalkeeper Danylo Tolok. In the 39th minute he saved twice in a row: first clawing a dangerous shot out of the corner, then stopping another effort from a visitors’ set piece.
Pryluky stepped up after the break and quickly pulled one back: in the 52nd minute Rostyslav Kovalenko fired into the near corner — 1-2. The game opened up. In the 60th minute Kudrivka could have restored their two-goal lead, but Dmytro Borshch sent a first-time shot wide after a rapid counter, and in the 67th Tolok came to Pryluky’s rescue again, saving from Yehor after a backheel lay-off.
In the 81st minute Kudrivka lost one of their defenders to injury and played the closing stages after a forced change. Pryluky pressed until the final attack, but in stoppage time their shot went wide. For Kudrivka the win also makes up for last year, when they lost the Super Cup to Druzhba-Kozaky at the same stadium.
Photo: FC Kudrivka
Watch the match replay
The full recording of Pryluky v Kudrivka is in the player below.
Match updates
16:25. Full time! Kudrivka are the 2026 Chernihiv Region Super Cup winners: Pryluky 1-2 Kudrivka. In Pryluky’s last attack the ball went wide of the goal.
16:11. 81st minute, 1-2. Kudrivka make a forced change: one of their defenders is injured and cannot continue.
15:57. 67th minute, 1-2. After a neat backheel lay-off Kudrivka’s Yehor shot, but Pryluky goalkeeper Danylo Tolok came to the rescue again.
15:49. 60th minute, 1-2. Kudrivka could have restored their two-goal lead: after a rapid counter and a low cross, Dmytro Borshch hit it first time but wide.
15:41. 52nd minute, 1-2. Goal! Pryluky pull one back: Rostyslav Kovalenko fires into the near corner, leaving the Kudrivka goalkeeper no chance.
15:35. The second half is under way, 0-2. Pryluky made a change at the break.
15:21. Half-time, 0-2. Kudrivka go in two goals up: both came in the first 16 minutes, after which they held firm at the back and looked dangerous on the counter.
15:13. 39th minute, 0-2. Pryluky goalkeeper Danylo Tolok saves twice in a row: first he claws a dangerous Kudrivka shot out of the corner, then saves again from a visitors’ set piece. The visitors win a corner.
14:51. 17th minute, 0-2. Pryluky respond to conceding a second goal with a substitution: the team’s top scorer Ihor Nesterenko comes on.
14:50. 16th minute, 0-2. Goal! Taras Movlian doubles Kudrivka’s lead, finishing off a corner.
14:46. 12th minute, 0-1. Kudrivka nearly doubled their lead: a shot flew just past the far post of the Pryluky goal.
14:43. 10th minute, 0-1. Goal! Yehor Shemet punishes a mistake by the hosts and Kudrivka take the lead.
14:34. Kick-off, 0-0 — the game started later than scheduled. Before the match the teams and officials came out draped in Ukrainian flags with a “Thank you, Armed Forces!” banner, and the ceremonial first kick was taken by an Armed Forces veteran, a machine-gunner of the 1st Separate Heavy Mechanised Siversk Brigade who joined the defence of his native Chernihiv at the start of the full-scale invasion.
The friendly in Bucha
The international break left Kudrivka without competitive football for almost two weeks, and the club filled the gap with a friendly against Obolon at Obolon’s training base in Bucha. The UPL side lost 0-2: Taras Liakh scored in the 51st minute, and in the 76th, after a Kudrivka player was sent off, Andrii Lomnytskyi netted from the free kick. How the game went — in a separate article.
This is not the team’s first visit to Bucha: in the 2024/25 season Kudrivka played part of their home matches at the Yuvileinyi stadium in Bucha, and in the spring of 2024 their predecessor Kudrivka-Nyva from Buzova played there.
Photo: FC KudrivkaThe Super Cup in Chernihiv
At the Chernihiv Arena, the region’s champions FC Pryluky met the regional cup holders FC Kudrivka. The draw made Pryluky the nominal home side. The full match recording is in the player at the top of this article.
Pryluky took the title in the final, 14th round, beating Druzhba-Kozaky of Nizhyn and Stara Basan 4-1 at home, with two goals each from Ihor Nesterenko and Vadym Burliai.
This is the club’s third regional Super Cup: the 2021 trophy went to Kudrivka-2, the 2022 one to Kudrivka themselves. Last year, on 13 September 2025, at the same Chernihiv Arena, Kudrivka lost the Super Cup match 1-3 to Druzhba-Kozaky of Nizhyn and Stara Basan. Their only goal came from Dmytro Borshch, who was in the side again this time.
Two teams, one club
Two matches on the same day is not a scheduling error. Kudrivka field a separate team in the Chernihiv regional championship: in the final round it beat SK Sosnytsia 4-2, with two goals from Serhii Kuhuk. The club did not say in advance who would travel to Chernihiv, but the schedule left no choice: the UPL side were playing a friendly in Bucha at 13:00, so the trophy was contested by the regional team.
Why Kudrivka is our story
Club president Roman Solodarenko sits on the executive committee of the Bucha district football association. It was through Bucha district that the club once earned its place in the First League, and from there rose to the Premier League. We told that story in detail earlier.
In the last UPL round Kudrivka midfielder Yevhenii Smyrnyi scored twice against Kolos and made the team of the round, although his side lost 2-3.
What comes next
Kudrivka’s next competitive match is the rescheduled sixth-round UPL game against Veres of Rivne on Saturday, 3 October, at 13:00. On 11 October they travel to LNZ of Cherkasy, kick-off at 13:00.
Nota bene
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