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Ukrainian football rivalry is the football match between the two top Ukrainian clubs FC Dynamo Kyiv and FC Shakhtar Donetsk. Dynamo and Shakhtar were the top Ukrainian club derby 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. In 1981 to 1996 a rivalry among Dynamo Kyiv and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk was dominant. Then Dnipro, that returned to the Soviet Top League in 1981, won couple of Soviet titles in 1980s and almost becoming a champion of the 1992-93 season. Opening day of the 1960 Soviet Top League season. 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 trend of Dynamo’s total dominance continued well after the establishment of the Ukrainian Premier League. Shakhtar player Andriy Vorobey said that at least since 1997 it was cultivated in Shakhtar that Dynamo is not just an opponent, but rather the enemy. Dynamo during this time were still one of the big names in Ukrainian football. During the 2015-16 Ukrainian Premier League, on 16 October, Shakhtar Donetsk beat FC Dynamo Kiev 0-3 in Kiev and set two new records.