2012–13 FC Arsenal Kyiv season

Arsenal Kyiv
2012–13 season
ChairmanVadim Rabinovich
ManagerLeonid Kuchuk
StadiumLobanovskyi Stadium
Premier League5th
Ukrainian CupRound of 16
UEFA Europa LeagueThird qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague: Maksim Shatskikh (4)
All: Volodymyr Homenyuk (6)
← 2011-12

The 2012–13 FC Arsenal Kyiv season was the club's 18th Ukrainian Premier League season and second season under manager Leonid Kuchuk. During the season, Arsenal Kyiv competed in the Premier League, UEFA Europa League and Ukrainian Cup.

Squad

As of 18 August 2012[1][2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Finland FIN Veli Lampi
4 DF Ukraine UKR Serhiy Symonenko
6 DF Brazil BRA Rafael Santos
7 FW Romania ROU Ionuț Mazilu
8 MF Ukraine UKR Oleksandr Maksymov
9 FW Ukraine UKR Oleksandr Kovpak
10 MF Romania ROU George Florescu
11 MF Ukraine UKR Artem Starhorodskyi
12 GK Ukraine UKR Yevhen Borovyk
13 MF Lithuania LTU Saulius Mikoliūnas
14 DF Cameroon CMR Éric Matoukou (on loan from Dnipro)
15 DF Montenegro MNE Janko Simović (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv)
16 FW Uzbekistan UZB Maksim Shatskikh (captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF Ukraine UKR Andriy Hitchenko
18 MF Ghana GHA Abeiku Quansah
19 MF Georgia (country) GEO Alexander Kobakhidze (on loan from Dnipro)
20 FW Ghana GHA Dominic Adiyiah
22 FW Ukraine UKR Volodymyr Homenyuk
25 MF Portugal POR Pelé (on loan from Milan)
28 DF Ukraine UKR Volodymyr Polyovyi
31 MF Brazil BRA Leandro
33 DF Ukraine UKR Andriy Khomyn
52 MF Ukraine UKR Yevhen Shakhov (on loan from Dnipro)
77 GK Ukraine UKR Yuriy Pankiv
78 MF Ukraine UKR Serhiy Valyayev

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Ukraine UKR Bohdan Shershun (on loan to Kryvbas)
— DF Nigeria NGA Michael Odibe (on loan to Dnipro)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Ukraine UKR Olavale Fabunmi (on loan to Slavutych)
— MF Ukraine UKR Volodymyr Arzhanov (on loan to Volyn)

Competitions

2012-13 Ukrainian Premier League

Main article: 2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League

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
30 10 9 11 34 41  −7 39 6 4 5 20 14  +6 4 5 6 14 27  −13

Last updated: 26 May 2013.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
ResultLLWDWWDWLDWDDLLWLLLLLDDLWWDWWD
Position1616121187656558888888121213121212999998
Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

15 July 2012 Match 1 Shakhtar 6–0 Arsenal Donetsk
19:00 Mkhitaryan 13', 31'
Seleznyov 34'
Teixeira 39'
Ilsinho 66'
Dević 90+4'		 Summary Stadium: Donbass Arena
Attendance: 39,263
Referee: Yuri Mozharovskyi
22 July 2012 Match 2 Arsenal 0–1 Dynamo Kyiv
19:30 Stargorodsky Yellow card 77' Yellow-red card 78' Summary Ideye 3' Stadium: Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: 11,617
Referee: Anatoliy Zhabchenko
29 July 2012 Match 3 Zorya 1–3 Arsenal Luhansk
21:00 Galyuza 24' Summary Shatskikh 10', 14' (pen.)
Homenyuk 21'		 Stadium: Avanhard Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Andriy Kuz'min
5 August 2012 Match 4 Arsenal 1–1 Dnipro Kyiv
19:30 Kobakhidze 90+2' Summary Matheus 65' (pen.) Stadium: Valeriy Lobanovskyi
Attendance: 3,920
Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk
12 August 2012 Match 5 Metalist 0–1 Arsenal Kharkiv
21:00 Summary Kovpak 11' Stadium: Metalist Stadium
Attendance: 28,862
Referee: Oleksandr Derdo
17 August 2012 Match 6 Arsenal 2–1 Illichivets Kyiv
19:00 Shatskikh 11'
Homenyuk 87'		 Summary Okriashvili 27' Stadium: Valeriy Lobanovskyi
Attendance: 1,230
Referee: Yuri Moseichuk
26 August 2012 Match 7 Tavriya 1–1 Arsenal Simferopol
21:00 Kalynychenko 23' Summary Mikoliūnas 61' Stadium: RSC Lokomotiv
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Yuri Mozharovskyi
2 September 2012 Match 8 Arsenal 3–0 Metalurh Zaporizhya Kyiv
19:30 Kovpak 24'
Adiyiah 64'
Shatskikh 85'		 Summary Stadium: Valeriy Lobanovskyi
Attendance: 1,640
Referee: Kostiantyn Trukhanov
16 September 2012 Match 9 Metalurh Donetsk 5–0 Arsenal Donetsk
16:30 Moraes 25' (pen.), 88'
Ghazaryan 61'
Traoré 75', 90+2'		 Summary Shakhov Yellow card 23' Yellow-red card 34'
Florescu Red card 38'		 Stadium: Metalurh Stadium
Attendance: 3,300
Referee: Andriy Kuz'min
28 September 2012 Match 10 Karpaty 1–1 Arsenal Lviv
19:30 Balažic 49' Summary Adiyiah 28' Stadium: Ukraina Stadium
Attendance: 11,100
Referee: Viktor Shvetsov
6 October 2012 Match 11 Arsenal 2–0 Hoverla Kyiv
17:30 Homenyuk 45+1'
Kovpak 68'		 Summary Stadium: Valeriy Lobanovskyi
Attendance: 1,728
Referee: Yuri Mozharovskyi
21 October 2012 Match 12 Kryvbas 1–1 Arsenal Kryvyi Rih
15:30 Jeslínek Yellow card 65'
Antonov 86' (pen.)		 Summary Adiyiah Yellow card 19'
Matoukou Yellow card 45'
Mikoliūnas Yellow card 63', 90'
Polyovyi Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Metalurh Stadium
Attendance: 1,780
Referee: Oleksandr Ivanov
26 October 2012 Match 13 Arsenal 1–1 Volyn Lutsk Valeriy Lobanovskyi
19:00 Matoukou Yellow card 35'
Adiyiah 81'		 Summary Seun 86' Attendance: 1,150
Referee: Yury Grisjo
4 November 2012 Match 14 Vorskla 1–0 Arsenal Oleksiy Butovskyi Vorskla Stadium
16:00 Krasnopyorov Yellow card 26'
Sapay Yellow card 47'
Hromov 71'
Sklyar Yellow card 90'		 Summary Hitchenko Yellow card 39'
Leandro Yellow card 56'
Polyovyi Yellow card 85'		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Anatoliy Abdula
11 November 2012 Match 15 Arsenal 0–1 Choromorets Odesa Valeriy Lobanovskyi
17:30 Valyayev Yellow card 36'
Mikoliūnas Yellow card 39'
Florescu Yellow card 67' Yellow-red card 85'
Homenyuk Yellow card 89'		 Summary Matos Yellow card 39'
Politylo Yellow card 40'
Bobko Yellow card 44'
Bakaj 45'		 Attendance: 1,072
Referee: Vitaliy Romanov
17 November 2012 Match 16 Arsenal 2–0 Shaktar Donetsk Valeriy Lobanovskyi
19:30 Shatskikh 34'
Adiyiah Yellow card 58'
Pankiv Yellow card 82'
Shakhov Yellow card 84'
Kobakhidze 90+3'		 Summary Rakitskiy Red card 48'
Stepanenko Yellow card 76'		 Attendance: 3,050
Referee: Olexander Derdo
25 November 2012 Match 17 Dynamo Kyiv 4–0 Arsenal Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex
17:00 Khacheridi 40', Yellow card 51'
Ideye 44', 90+1'
Husyev 88'		 Summary Starhorodskyi 67'
Matoukou Yellow card 87'		 Attendance: 20,815
2 December 2012 Match 18 Arsenal 0–1 Zorya Luhansk Valeriy Lobanovskyi
17:30 Matoukou Yellow card 56'
Polyovyi Yellow card 76'
Shakhov Yellow card 87'
Kovpak Yellow card 88'		 Summary Chaykovskyi Yellow card 19'
Ignjatijević Yellow card 30'
Hrytsay Yellow card 53', 73'		 Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Victor Shvetsov
2 March 2013 Match 19 Dnipro 3–0 Arsenal Dnipro Arena
17:30 Zozulya 19'
Matheus 50' (pen.)
Douglas Yellow card 65'
Rotan Yellow card 66'
Fedetskiy 68'		 Summary Kyrylo Sydorenko Yellow card 54' Attendance: 12,801
Referee: Oleksandr Ivanov
10 March 2013 Match 20 Arsenal 1–2 Metalist Kharkiv Valeriy Lobanovskyi
19:30 Martynyuk 7'
Kyrylo Sydorenko Yellow card 41'
Odibe Yellow card 65'
Ihor Brovko Yellow card 83'
Bohdanov Yellow card 87'		 Summary Sosa 2'
Jajá 12'
Cleiton Xavier Yellow card 80'		 Attendance: 2,520
Referee: Andriy Kuzmin
17 March 2013 Match 21 Illichivets Mariupol 2–1 Arsenal Illichivets Stadium
13:30 Okriashvili 62' (pen.), 78'
Fomin Yellow card 89'
Ischenko Yellow card 90+2'		 Summary Odibe Yellow card 30'
Romanchuk Yellow card 58'
Sarnavskyi Red card 58'
Arzhanov 73'
Obradović Yellow card 89'
Santos Yellow card 89'
Reva Yellow card 90'		 Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Vitaliy Romanov
30 March 2013 Match 22 Arsenal 1–1 Tavriya Simferopol Valeriy Lobanovskyi
17:30 Martynyuk Yellow card 65'
Bohdanov 82' (pen.)		 Summary Gadzhiyev Yellow card 76', 90+2'
Humenyuk Yellow card 85'		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Ukraine Yuri Mozharovskiy
6 April 2013 23 Metalurh Zaporizhya 0–0 Arsenal Kyiv Slavutych-Arena
16:00 Nesterov Yellow card 27'
Sakhnevych Yellow card 40'
Mohammed Otman Yellow card 70'		 Summary Odibe Yellow card 68'
Martynyuk Yellow card 75'
Obradović Yellow card 83'		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ukraine Oleksandr Golovkov
14 April 2013 24 Arsenal Kyiv 0–2 Metalurh Donetsk Valeriy Lobanovskyi
19:30 Summary Traoré 37', 51'
Makrides Yellow card 79'		 Attendance: 1,850
Referee: Ukraine Kostyantin Trukhanov
22 April 2013 25 Arsenal Kyiv 4–1 Karpaty Lviv Valeriy Lobanovskyi
18:00 Arzhanov 7' (pen.), Yellow card 44'
Adiyiah 11', Yellow card 54'
Bohdanov 42'
Romanchuk 78'		 Summary Ozarkiv Yellow card 7'
Khudobyak Yellow card 30'
Harashchenkov Yellow card 45+2'
Štilić Yellow card 59'
Kenia 77', Yellow card 89'		 Attendance: 3,306
Referee: Ukraine Anatoliy Abdula
27 April 2013 26 Hoverla Uzhhorod 1–3 Arsenal Kyiv Avanhard Stadium
13:30 Petrov 55'
Dopilka Yellow card 56'		 Summary Homenyuk 8', Yellow card 58'
Sharpar 40'
Tkachuk 44'		 Attendance: 3,150
Referee: Ukraine Yury Vaks
4 May 2013 27 Arsenal Kyiv 1–1 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Valeriy Lobanovskyi
17:30 Adiyiah Yellow card 70'
Herasymyuk 75'		 Summary Samodin 11'
Lyopa Yellow card 70'
Antonov Yellow card 71'		 Attendance: 1,970
Referee: Ukraine Kostyantin Trukhanov
11 May 2013 28 Volyn Lutsk 1–3 Arsenal Kyiv Avanhard Stadium
17:30 Maslo Yellow card 33'
Šikov Yellow card 60'
Subotić 78'		 Summary Sharpar 20', Yellow card 90'
Arzhanov 21', 61'
Bohdanov Yellow card 25'
Herasymyuk Yellow card 28'
Homenyuk Yellow card 78'		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ukraine Oleksandr Ivanov
18 May 2013 29 Arsenal Kyiv 2–1 Vorskla Poltava Valeriy Lobanovskyi
18:30 Bohdanov 38'
Arzhanov 62'
Herasymyuk Yellow card 89'		 Summary Perduta Yellow card 34'
Kryvosheyenko Yellow card 47'
Kurylov Yellow card 74'
Hromov 78'		 Attendance: 1,899
Referee: Ukraine Yuriy Moseychuk
26 May 2013 30 Chornomorets Odesa 0–0 Arsenal Kyiv Chornomorets Stadium
18:00 Matos Yellow card 20'
Bakaj Yellow card 70'		 Summary Herasymyuk Yellow card 8'
Martynyuk Yellow card 14'
Obradović Yellow card 67'
Arzhanov Yellow card 68'
Valyayev Yellow card 85'		 Attendance: 14,792
Referee: Ukraine Oleksandr Bilokur

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 Chornomorets Odesa 30 12 7 11 32 36 −4 43 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
7 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (D) 30 12 7 11 36 41 −5 43 Club expelled after season[a]
8 Arsenal Kyiv 30 10 9 11 34 41 −7 39
9 Illichivets Mariupol 30 10 8 12 30 32 −2 38
10 Zorya Luhansk 30 10 7 13 32 43 −11 37
Source: uafootball.net.ua
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored; 7th fair play; 8th draw (Regulation, p.52-53).
(D) Disqualified
Notes:
  1. ^ Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih were denied a license for the 2013–14 season due to financial problems and were expelled.[3]

2012-13 Ukrainian Cup Results

Main article: 2012–13 Ukrainian Cup
22 September 2012 Round of 32 Stal Alchevsk 2–3 (aet) Arsenal Alchevsk
16:30 Stepanyuk 40'
Hrytsay 116'		 Summary Homenyuk 68', 100'
Shakhov Yellow card 57' Yellow-red card 109'
Kobakhidze 111'		 Stadium: Stal Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Andriy Yablonskyi (Ternopil)
31 October 2012 Round of 16 Avanhard Kramatorsk 0–1 Arsenal Kramatorsk
12:00 Summary Kobakhidze 85' Stadium: Avanhard Stadium
Attendance: 4,100
17 April 2013 Quarter-finals Arsenal 1–2 Chornomorets Odesa Kyiv
20:00 Tkachuk 45+1'
Kyrylo Sydorenko Yellow card 58'		 Summary Burdujan 6'
Kutas Yellow card 45+1'
Matos Yellow card 66'
Fontanello 77'
Anderson Santana Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Ukraine Yuri Mozharovskiy

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2012–13 UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

Main article: 2012–13 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round
2 August 2012 3QR
1st Leg		 Arsenal Kyiv Ukraine 3–0 1 Slovenia Mura 05 Kyiv
20:00 Mazilu 6'
Kovpak 61'
Matoukou 83'		 Report Stadium: Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Finland Antti Munukka
9 August 2012 3QR
2nd Leg		 Mura 05 Slovenia 0–2
(3–2 agg.)		 Ukraine Arsenal Kyiv Maribor
22:00 Report Kobakhidze 2'
Symonenko Red card 31'
Homenyuk 61'
Shakhov Yellow card 71' Yellow-red card 90+4'		 Stadium: Ljudski vrt
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Austria Oliver Drachta
Notes
  • Note 1: UEFA awarded Mura 05 a 3–0 win due to Arsenal Kyiv fielding suspended player Éric Matoukou in the first leg. The original match had ended in a 3–0 win for Arsenal Kyiv.[4]

Squad statistics

Goal scorers

As of 7 October 2012
Place Position Nation Number Name Premier League Ukrainian Cup Europa League Total
1 FW Ukraine 22 Volodymyr Homenyuk 3 2 1 6
2 FW Ukraine 9 Oleksandr Kovpak 3 0 1 4
FW Uzbekistan 16 Maksim Shatskikh 4 0 0 4
4 MF Georgia (country) 19 Alexander Kobakhidze 1 1 1 3
5 FW Ghana 20 Dominic Adiyiah 2 0 0 2
6 DF Cameroon 14 Éric Matoukou 0 0 1 1
FW Romania 7 Ionuț Mazilu 0 0 1 1
MF Lithuania 13 Saulius Mikoliūnas 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 14 3 5 22

Appearances and goals

As of 7 October 2012
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League Ukrainian Cup Europe League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
4 DF Ukraine UKR Serhiy Symonenko 13 0 10+1 0 0+1 0 1 0
6 DF Brazil BRA Rafael Santos 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
7 FW Romania ROU Ionuț Mazilu 6 1 1+3 0 0 0 2 1
8 MF Ukraine UKR Oleksandr Maksymov 5 0 2+1 0 0 0 2 0
9 FW Ukraine UKR Oleksandr Kovpak 10 4 7+1 3 0 0 0+2 1
10 MF Romania ROU George Florescu 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
11 MF Ukraine UKR Artem Starhorodskyi 12 0 7+3 0 1 0 0+1 0
12 GK Ukraine UKR Yevhen Borovyk 7 0 5 0 1 0 1 0
13 MF Lithuania LTU Saulius Mikoliūnas 11 1 4+4 1 1 0 1+1 0
14 DF Cameroon CMR Éric Matoukou 9 1 8 0 0 0 1 1
15 DF Montenegro MNE Janko Simović 2 0 0 0 1 0 0+1 0
16 FW Uzbekistan UZB Maksim Shatskikh 14 4 9+2 4 1 0 2 0
17 DF Ukraine UKR Andriy Hitchenko 6 0 2+1 0 1 0 2 0
19 MF Georgia (country) GEO Alexander Kobakhidze 13 3 5+5 1 0+1 1 2 1
20 FW Ghana GHA Dominic Adiyiah 12 2 7+2 2 1 0 2 0
22 FW Ukraine UKR Volodymyr Homenyuk 12 6 9+1 3 1 2 0+1 1
28 DF Ukraine UKR Volodymyr Polyovyi 13 0 10 0 1 0 2 0
31 MF Brazil BRA Leandro 12 0 9+1 0 1 0 1 0
33 DF Ukraine UKR Andriy Khomyn 3 0 1+1 0 0+1 0 0 0
52 MF Ukraine UKR Yevhen Shakhov 11 0 7+1 0 1 0 2 0
77 GK Ukraine UKR Yuriy Pankiv 7 0 6 0 0 0 1 0
78 MF Ukraine UKR Serhiy Valyayev 5 0 3+2 0 0 0 0 0
Players who appeared for Arsenal who left the club during the season:
27 MF Ukraine UKR Volodymyr Arzhanov 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name Premier League Ukrainian Cup Europa League Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
4 Ukraine DF Serhiy Symonenko 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 1
6 Brazil DF Rafael Santos 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10 Romania MF George Florescu 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
11 Ukraine MF Artem Starhorodskyi 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
12 Ukraine GK Yevhen Borovyk 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
13 Lithuania MF Saulius Mikoliūnas 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
14 Cameroon DF Éric Matoukou 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
16 Uzbekistan FW Maksim Shatskikh 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
19 Georgia (country) MF Alexander Kobakhidze 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
20 Ghana FW Dominic Adiyiah 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 Ukraine FW Volodymyr Homenyuk 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
28 Ukraine DF Volodymyr Polyovyi 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
52 Ukraine MF Yevhen Shakhov 3 1 0 1 0 1 3 3
77 Ukraine GK Yuriy Pankiv 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 27 3 2 1 3 2 32 6

References

  1. ^ First team squad – FC Arsenal Kyiv website
  2. ^ Team squad Archived 2012-09-19 at the Wayback Machine – Ukrainian Premier League website
  3. ^ (in Russian) "ФФУ лишила Кривбасс лицензии". sport.ua. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Arsenal Kyiv handed forfeit defeat". UEFA.com. 8 August 2012.