UEFA Conference League. Samsunspor – Dynamo Kyiv – 3:0. Match Report

In their second match of the UEFA Conference League group stage Dynamo Kyiv faced Turkish side Samsunspor away from home.

The two teams entered the game with opposite results from the opening round: Dynamo had lost their nominal home match in Lublin to England’s Crystal Palace (0:2) while Samsunspor had earned a narrow away victory over Poland’s Legia Warsaw (1:0).

The match began in the worst possible way for Dynamo. Just two minutes after kickoff Koulibaly dispossessed Thiare deep in Dynamo’s half, triggering a swift counterattack. Muandilmadji floated a delicate cross from the flank which Musaba met from close range to make it 1:0 for the hosts.

The early goal did not cool Samsunspor’s attacking enthusiasm – the Turkish side kept pressing high and threatening Dynamo’s goal. Gradually, though, Oleksandr Shovkovskyi’s team managed to push the play away from their penalty area and began to look for chances of their own.

Dynamo’s Vivcharenko and Ogundana both tried long-range shots that missed the target but the best opportunity fell to Karavaiev who somehow failed to hit an empty net at the far post after a perfect cross from Ogundana – a miss that will surely haunt him.

The missed chance quickly proved costly. On the 34th minute Yüksel struck from outside the box, the ball deflected off Musaba and conveniently fell to Muandilmadji who volleyed past Neshcheret from close range – 2:0.

Before halftime Samsunspor nearly made it three: Musaba broke free down the left, crossed to Gölse whose one-touch finish was stopped by Neshcheret. The teams went into the break with the home side two goals ahead.

After the restart Dynamo tried to seize the initiative, keeping the ball higher up the pitch. However the visitors struggled to create any real danger in the final third. Samsunspor, on the other hand, switched to counterattacking play – and it worked perfectly.

Muandilmadji missed a golden opportunity to score again when he failed to convert Musaba’s low cross from the left, sending the ball wide from the edge of the six-yard box.

But on the 63rd minute the hosts struck once more. Gölse fired a modest shot from distance but the ball deflected off Thiare, completely wrong-footing Neshcheret, and rolled into the corner – 3:0.

The third goal effectively killed the match. Despite a flurry of substitutions from both sides neither team managed to alter the scoreline. Samsunspor’s only notable late attempt was a long-range shot from Musaba while Dynamo’s Voloshyn shot narrowly wide following a short corner routine.

Dynamo Kyiv suffered a heavy 0:3 defeat in Samsun – their second loss in the Conference League group stage. After two matches the Ukrainian side remains without points and without goals.

UEFA Conference League

Samsunspor – Dynamo Kyiv – 3:0

23.10.2025. Samsun, Samsun Yeni 19 Mayıs Stadium

Samsunspor: Kocuk – Yavru (c) (Mendes, 73), Šatka, Van Drongelen, Tomasson – Makoumbou, Koulibaly (Kilinç, 73), Holse (Aydogdu 84’), Yüksel (Gönül, 78), Musaba (Çift, 78) – Mouandilmadji.

Dynamo: Neshcheret – Karavaiev, Popov, Thiare, Vivcharenko (Mykhavko, 66) – Rubchynskyi (Pikhalyonok, 66), Buialskii (c) (Yatsyk, 82), Mykhailenko (Brazhko, 76), Voloshyn, Ogundana (Blănuță, 76) – Guerrero.

Goals: Musaba (2), Mouandilmadji (34), Holse (63)

Booked: Vivcharenko (45+3), Mykhavko (72)