2017–18 FC Zorya Luhansk season

Zorya Luhansk

2017-18 season

President

Yevhen Heller

Manager

Yuriy Vernydub

Stadium

Slavutych Arena, Zaporizhia

Ukrainian Premier League

2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League

Ukrainian Cup

2017–18 Ukrainian Cup

UEFA Europa League

2017–18 UEFA Europa League

Home colours

Away colours

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The 2017–18 season is 17th season in the top Ukrainian football league for Zorya Luhansk. Zorya will compete in Premier League, Ukrainian Cup and UEFA Europa League.

Players

Squad information

Squad no.	Name	Position	Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
1	Oleksiy Shevchenko	GK	(1992-02-24) 24 February 1992
16	Andriy Lunin	GK	(1999-02-11) 11 February 1999
77	Oleh Chuvayev	GK	(1987-10-25) 25 October 1987
91	Ihor Levchenko	GK	(1991-02-23) 23 February 1991
Defenders
2	Artem Sukhotskyi	DF	(1992-12-06) 6 December 1992
3	Oleksandr Svatok	DF	(1994-09-27) 27 September 1994
4	Vasyl Pryima	DF	(1991-06-10) 10 June 1991
5	Artem Hordiyenko	DF	(1991-03-04) 4 March 1991
12	Rafael Forster	DF	(1990-07-23) 23 July 1990
39	Yevhen Opanasenko	DF	(1990-08-25) 25 August 1990
44	Vyacheslav Checher	DF	(1980-12-15) 15 December 1980
99	Andriy Pylyavskyi (on loan from Rubin Kazan)	DF	(1988-12-04) 4 December 1988
Midfielders
6	Mykyta Kamenyuka (Captain)	MF	(1985-06-03) 3 June 1985
7	Vladyslav Kocherhin	MF	(1996-04-30) 30 April 1996
8	Ihor Kharatin	MF	(1995-02-02) 2 February 1995
9	Vladyslav Kalitvintsev (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv)	MF	(1993-01-04) 4 January 1993
10	Leonidas	MF	(1995-10-17) 17 October 1995
20	Silas	MF	(1996-05-30) 30 May 1996
22	Željko Ljubenović	MF	(1981-07-09) 9 July 1981
24	Dmytro Hrechyshkin (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)	MF	(1991-09-22) 22 September 1991
27	Vladyslav Kabayev	MF	(1995-09-01) 1 September 1995
32	Anđelo Kačavenda ^{List B}	MF	(1999-01-22) 22 January 1999
36	Ruslan Babenko	MF	(1992-07-08) 8 July 1992
76	Yehor Shalfeyev ^{List B}	MF	(1998-10-03) 3 October 1998
89	Yevhen Cheberko	MF	(1998-01-23) 23 January 1998
Forwards
11	Paulinho	FW	(1993-05-29) 29 May 1993
19	Maksym Lunyov	FW	(1998-05-22) 22 May 1998
49	Dmytro Lukanov	FW	(1995-03-02) 2 March 1995
95	Iury	FW	(1995-09-06) 6 September 1995

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Type	Fee	Source
Summer
1 June 2017	MF	Vladyslav Kabayev	21	Chornomorets Odesa	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[1]
1 June 2017	MF	Leonidas	21	Villa Nova	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[2]
1 June 2017	MF	Silas	20	Internacional	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[3]
19 June 2017	FW	Maksym Lunyov	19	Dnipro	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[4]
24 June 2017	GK	Andriy Lunin	18	Dnipro	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[5]
24 June 2017	DF	Oleksandr Svatok	22	Dnipro	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[6]
24 June 2017	MF	Yevhen Cheberko	19	Dnipro	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[7]
24 June 2017	MF	Vladyslav Kocherhin	21	Dnipro	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[8]
6 July 2017	DF	Vasyl Pryima	26	Frosinone	Transfer	Free	^[9]
20 July 2017	DF	Iury	21	Avaí	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[10]
Winter

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Type	Fee	Source
Summer
31 May 2017	DF	Hryhoriy Yarmash	32	Retired	Transfer		^[11]
19 June 2017	DF	Ihor Chaykovskyi	25	Anzhi Makhachkala	Transfer	Free	^[12]
19 June 2017	MF	Jaba Lipartia	29	Unattached	Transfer	Free	^[13]
25 June 2017	MF	Gegham Kadymyan	24	Vorskla Poltava	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[14]
1 July 2017	FW	Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis	19	Club Brugge	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[15]
2 August 2017	FW	Denys Belousov	20	Avanhard Kramatorsk	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[16]
30 June 2017	FW	Vladyslav Kulach	24	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan return
30 June 2017	DF	Eduard Sobol	22	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan return
30 June 2017	MF	Ivan Petryak	23	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan return		^[17]
7 August 2017	FW	Denys Bezborodko	23	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan return
20 July 2017	DF	Mykhaylo Shershen	22	Avanhard Kramatorsk	Loan		^[18]
Winter

Pre-season and friendlies

25 June 2017 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	3–0	FC Nikopol	Zaporizhia
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kharatin 9' Paulinho 37' Opanasenko 87'	Report		Stadium: Torpedo Stadium

1 July 2017 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	0–2	Istra	Slovenia
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report	Gržan 7' Prelčec 14'

1 July 2017 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	1–0	Hajduk Split	Slovenia
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Rafael Forster 61'	Report

6 July 2017 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	3–4	CFR Cluj	Slovenia
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kharatin 35', 60' Bezborodko 82'	Report	11' 51' 65' 70'

7 July 2017 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	1–1	FK Voždovac	Slovenia
18:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kocherhin 8'	Report	43'

10 July 2017 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	0–2	Ural Yekaterinburg	Murska Sobota, Slovenia
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report	43' 83'

12 July 2017 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	1–1	Dinamo Tbilisi	Slovenia
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Svatok 52'	Report	60'

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	First match
Premier League	Matchday 1	16 July 2017
Cup	Round of 16 (1/8)	25 October 2017
Europa League	Group stage

Last updated:

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Karpaty Lviv	4	1	1	2	5	10	−5	4	Qualification to Relegation round
9	FC Oleksandriya	4	0	3	1	3	5	−2	3
10	Zorya Luhansk	4	0	2	2	2	5	−3	2
11	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	4	0	2	2	3	6	−3	2
12	Chornomorets Odesa	4	0	1	3	3	8	−5	1

Updated to match(es) played on 6 August 2017. Source: Ukrainian Premier League (in Ukrainian), UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Draw.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
4	0	2	2	2	5	−3	2	0	1	2	1	4	−3	0	1	0	1	1	0

Last updated: 6 August 2017.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	D	L
Position	10	9	9	10

Last updated: 6 August 2017.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

16 July 2017 1	Zorya Luhansk	0–1	Stal Kamianske	Zaporizhia
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kharatin 59'	Report	Danielyan 29' Mykhaylychenko 44' Yakymiv 60' Mytsyk 83' Penkov 90+3'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Sehiy Boyko

23 July 2017 2	Zorya Luhansk	1–1	FC Mariupol	Zaporizhia
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Sukhotskyi 39' Opanasenko 70'	Report	Yavorskyi 16'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Referee: Oleksandr Derdo

30 July 2017 3	FC Oleksandriya	1–1	Zorya Luhansk	Oleksandriya
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kulish 6' Hitchenko 48' Chebotayev 69'	Report	Pryima 45' Hrechyshkin 49' (pen.) Iury 57'	Stadium: CSC Nika Stadium Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Kostyantyn Trukhanov

6 August 2017 4	Zorya Luhansk	0–2	Olimpik Donetsk	Zaporizhia
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Hrechyshkin 25'	Report	Illoy-Ayyet 22' Kravchenko 40' Guttiner 41' Bilenkyi 69' Moha 86' Lukhtanov 90+2'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 2,863 Referee: Yevhen Aranovsky

12 August 2017 5	Veres Rivne	–	Zorya Luhansk	Lviv
EEST (UTC+03:00)		[ Report]		Stadium: Arena Lviv

19 August 2017 6	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	–	Zorya Luhansk	Kropyvnytskyi
EEST (UTC+03:00)		[ Report]		Stadium: Zirka Stadium

26 August 2017 7	Zorya Luhansk	–	Chornomorets Odesa	Zaporizhia
EEST (UTC+03:00)		[ Report]		Stadium: Slavutych-Arena

9 September 2017 8	Shakhtar Donetsk	–	Zorya Luhansk	Kharkiv
EEST (UTC+03:00)		[ Report]		Stadium: Metalist OSC

16 September 2017 9	Zorya Luhansk	–	Karpaty Lviv	Zaporizhia
EEST (UTC+03:00)		[ Report]		Stadium: Slavutych-Arena

23 September 2017 10	Vorskla Poltava	–	Zorya Luhansk	Poltava
EEST (UTC+03:00)		[ Report]		Stadium: Vorskla Stadium

29 September 2017 11	Zorya Luhansk	–	Dynamo Kyiv	Zaporizhia
EEST (UTC+03:00)		[ Report]		Stadium: Slavutych-Arena

14 October 2017 12	Stal Kamianske	–	Zorya Luhansk	Dnipro
EEST (UTC+03:00)		[ Report]		Stadium: Meteor Stadium

21 October 2017 13	FC Mariupol	–	Zorya Luhansk	Mariupol
EEST (UTC+03:00)		[ Report]		Stadium: Illichivets Stadium

29 October 2017 14	Zorya Luhansk	–	FC Oleksandriya	Zaporizhia
EEST (UTC+03:00)		[ Report]		Stadium: Slavutych-Arena

4 November 2017 15	Olimpik Donetsk	–	Zorya Luhansk	Kyiv
EEST (UTC+03:00)		[ Report]		Stadium: Dynamo Stadium

18 November 2017 16	Zorya Luhansk	–	Veres Rivne	Zaporizhia
EEST (UTC+03:00)		[ Report]		Stadium: Slavutych-Arena

25 November 2017 17	Zorya Luhansk	–	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Zaporizhia
EEST (UTC+03:00)		[ Report]		Stadium: Slavutych-Arena

2 December 2017 18	Chornomorets Odesa	–	Zorya Luhansk	Odesa
EEST (UTC+03:00)		[ Report]		Stadium: Chornomorets Stadium

9 December 2017 19	Zorya Luhansk	–	Shakhtar Donetsk	Zaporizhia
EEST (UTC+03:00)		[ Report]		Stadium: Slavutych-Arena

17 February 2018 20	Karpaty Lviv	–	Zorya Luhansk	Lviv
EEST (UTC+03:00)		[ Report]		Stadium: Ukraina Stadium

24 February 2018 21	Zorya Luhansk	–	Vorskla Poltava	Zaporizhia
EEST (UTC+03:00)		[ Report]		Stadium: Slavutych-Arena

3 March 2018 22	Dynamo Kyiv	–	Zorya Luhansk	Kyiv
EEST (UTC+03:00)		[ Report]		Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy

Ukrainian Cup

25 October 2017 Round of 16 (1/8)		–	Zorya Luhansk
: EEST (UTC+03:00)		[ Report]

UEFA Europa League

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Cup		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Oleksiy Shevchenko	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
16	GK		Andriy Lunin	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Artem Sukhotskyi	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Oleksandr Svatok	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Vasyl Pryima	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Artem Hordiyenko	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF		Rafael Forster	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
39	DF		Yevhen Opanasenko	3	1	2+1	1	0	0	0	0
44	DF		Vyacheslav Checher	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF		Vladyslav Kocherhin	4	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Ihor Kharatin	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
9	MF		Vladyslav Kalitvintsev	4	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Željko Ljubenović	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF		Dmytro Hrechyshkin	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Vladyslav Kabayev	4	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF		Ruslan Babenko	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
11	FW		Paulinho	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Maksym Lunyov	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
95	FW		Iury	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
21	FW		Denys Bezborodko	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Competitions

Last updated: 6 August 2017

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Premier League	Total
1	24	MF	Dmytro Hrechyshkin	1	1
1	39	DF	Yevhen Opanasenko	1	1
			Total	2	2

Last updated: 30 July 2017

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Premier League	Cup	Europa League	Total
1		GK		[[]]	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 2017

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Player
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Premier League			Cup			Europa League			Total
2	DF		Artem Sukhotskyi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
4	DF		Vasyl Pryima	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
8	MF		Ihor Kharatin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
24	MF		Dmytro Hrechyshkin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
95	FW		Iury	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
			Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0

Last updated: 6 August 2017

References

↑ "Владислав Кабаев - игрок «Зари»!" (in Russian). 22 May 2017.
↑ "Добро пожаловать в «Зарю»!" (in Russian). 30 May 2017.
↑ "Добро пожаловать в «Зарю»!" (in Russian). 30 May 2017.
↑ "Максим Лунёв – игрок «Зари»!" (in Russian). 19 June 2017.
↑ "В «Заре» - новые игроки!" (in Russian). 24 June 2017.
↑ "В «Заре» - новые игроки!" (in Russian). 24 June 2017.
↑ "В «Заре» - новые игроки!" (in Russian). 24 June 2017.
↑ "В «Заре» - новые игроки!" (in Russian). 24 June 2017.
↑ "Василий Прийма - игрок «Зари»!" (in Russian). 6 July 2017.
↑ "Юри Фрейтас де Кастильо – игрок «Зари»!" (in Russian). 20 July 2017.
↑ "Спасибо, Гриша!" (in Russian). 31 May 2017.
↑ "«Анжи» пополнился Чайковским. (ВИДЕО)" (in Russian). 19 June 2017.
↑ "Спасибо, ребята!" (in Russian). 19 June 2017.
↑ "Гегам Кадимян поповнив ряди ворсклян" (in Ukrainian). 25 June 2017.
↑ "Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis joins Club Brugge". 31 May 2017.
↑ "Денис Белоусов - игрок "Авангарда"!" (in Russian). 2 August 2017.
↑ "Shakhtar arrived in Germany". 26 June 2017.
↑ "Михаил Шершень - игрок "Авангарда"!" (in Russian). 20 July 2017.

External links

Official website

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2017–18 in Ukrainian football
Domestic leagues	Premier League Under-21 and Under-19 First League Second League Amateur League
Domestic cups	Ukrainian Cup Final Super Cup Amateur Cup
Club seasons
Premier League	Chornomorets Odesa Dynamo Kyiv Karpaty Lviv Mariupol Oleksandriya Olimpik Donetsk Shakhtar Donetsk Stal Kamianske Veres Rivne Vorskla Poltava Zirka Kropyvnytskyi Zorya Luhansk
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