2016–17 FC Zorya Luhansk season

Zorya Luhansk
2016-17 season
PresidentYevhen Heller
ManagerYuriy Vernydub
StadiumSlavutych Arena, Zaporizhia
Ukrainian Premier League3rd
Ukrainian CupRound of 16 (1/8)
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Rafael Forster (6)
Oleksandr Karavayev (6)
Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis (6)
All: Rafael Forster (8)

The 2016–17 season was 16th season in the top Ukrainian football league for Zorya Luhansk. Zorya competed in Premier League, Ukrainian Cup and UEFA Europa League. Finishing on third place in Preimer League Zorya qualified to Europa League group stage for next season.

Players

Squad information

Squad no. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
1 Oleksiy Shevchenko Ukraine GK (1992-02-24)24 February 1992 (aged 25)
77 Oleh Chuvayev UkraineRussia GK (1987-10-25)25 October 1987 (aged 29)
91 Ihor Levchenko Ukraine GK (1991-02-23)23 February 1991 (aged 26)
Defenders
2 Artem Sukhotskyi Ukraine DF (1992-12-06)6 December 1992 (aged 24)
5 Artem Hordiyenko Ukraine DF (1991-03-04)4 March 1991 (aged 26)
12 Rafael Forster Brazil DF (1990-07-23)23 July 1990 (aged 26)
16 Hryhoriy Yarmash Ukraine DF (1985-01-04)4 January 1985 (aged 32)
23 Mykhaylo Shershen List B Ukraine DF (1995-04-27)27 April 1995 (aged 22)
39 Yevhen Opanasenko Ukraine DF (1990-08-25)25 August 1990 (aged 26)
44 Vyacheslav Checher Ukraine DF (1980-12-15)15 December 1980 (aged 36)
95 Eduard Sobol List B (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) Ukraine DF (1995-05-20)20 May 1995 (aged 22)
99 Andriy Pylyavskyi (on loan from Rubin Kazan) Ukraine DF (1988-12-04)4 December 1988 (aged 28)
Midfielders
4 Ihor Chaykovskyi Ukraine MF (1991-10-07)7 October 1991 (aged 25)
6 Mykyta Kamenyuka (Captain) Ukraine MF (1985-06-03)3 June 1985 (aged 32)
7 Ivan Petryak (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) Ukraine MF (1994-03-13)13 March 1994 (aged 23)
8 Ihor Kharatin List B Ukraine MF (1995-02-02)2 February 1995 (aged 22)
10 Jaba Lipartia Georgia (country) MF (1987-11-16)16 November 1987 (aged 29)
15 Vladyslav Kalitvintsev (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) Ukraine MF (1993-01-04)4 January 1993 (aged 24)
17 Gegham Kadymyan Armenia MF (1992-10-19)19 October 1992 (aged 24)
22 Željko Ljubenović Serbia MF (1981-07-09)9 July 1981 (aged 35)
24 Dmytro Hrechyshkin (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) Ukraine MF (1991-09-22)22 September 1991 (aged 25)
32 Anđelo Kačavenda List B Serbia MF (1999-01-22)22 January 1999 (aged 18)
36 Ruslan Babenko Ukraine MF (1992-07-08)8 July 1992 (aged 24)
76 Yehor Shalfeyev List B Ukraine MF (1998-10-03)3 October 1998 (aged 18)
Forwards
9 Vladyslav Kulach (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) Ukraine FW (1993-05-07)7 May 1993 (aged 24)
11 Paulinho Brazil FW (1993-05-29)29 May 1993 (aged 24)
21 Denys Bezborodko (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) Ukraine FW (1994-05-31)31 May 1994 (aged 23)
42 Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis List B Nigeria FW (1997-11-15)15 November 1997 (aged 19)
49 Dmytro Lukanov Ukraine FW (1995-03-02)2 March 1995 (aged 22)

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Player Age Moving from Type Fee Source
Summer
18 July 2016 GK Ukraine Oleh Chuvayev 29 Russia Tom Tomsk Transfer Undisclosed [1]
25 August 2016 MF Ukraine Ihor Kharatin 21 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv Transfer Undisclosed [2]
24 June 2016 FW Ukraine Vladyslav Kulach 23 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Loan [3]
3 July 2016 DF Ukraine Eduard Sobol 21 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Loan [4]
31 May 2016 GK Ukraine Andriy Poltavtsev 24 Georgia (country) Guria Lanchkhuti Loan return
Winter
11 December 2016 MF Ukraine Ruslan Babenko 24 Norway Bodø/Glimt Transfer Free [5]
16 January 2017 FW Armenia Gegham Kadymyan 24 Ukraine Karpaty Lviv Transfer Free [6]
23 January 2017 MF Serbia Anđelo Kačavenda 18 Serbia Vojvodina Transfer Free [7]
1 January 2017 MF Ukraine Maksym Banasevych 21 Ukraine Desna Chernihiv Loan return
31 January 2017 MF Ukraine Vladyslav Kalitvintsev 24 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv Loan [8]
22 February 2017 DF Ukraine Andriy Pylyavskyi 28 Russia Rubin Kazan Loan [9]

Out

Date Pos. Player Age Moving to Type Fee Source
Summer
17 August 2016 MF Ukraine Kyrylo Doroshenko 27 Ukraine Illichivets Mariupol Transfer Undisclosed [10]
31 May 2016 GK Ukraine Mykyta Shevchenko 23 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Loan return
31 May 2016 MF Ukraine Andriy Totovytskyi 23 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Loan return
31 May 2016 MF Ukraine Vyacheslav Tankovskyi 21 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Loan return
31 May 2016 FW Ukraine Pylyp Budkivskyi 24 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Loan return
Winter
19 January 2017 MF Belarus Mikhail Sivakow 29 Russia FC Orenburg Transfer Free [11]
23 February 2017 FW Ukraine Yaroslav Kvasov 24 Georgia (country) Dinamo Batumi Transfer Free [12]
25 February 2017 DF Ukraine Yevhen Tkachuk 25 Kazakhstan Irtysh Pavlodar Transfer Free [13]
2 March 2017 MF Ukraine Maksym Banasevych 21 Ukraine Desna Chernihiv Transfer Free [14]
1 January 2017 MF Ukraine Oleksandr Karavayev 24 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Loan return [15]
2 March 2017 GK Ukraine Andriy Poltavtsev 25 Ukraine Avanhard Kramatorsk Loan? [16]

Pre-season and friendlies

24 June 2016 Friendly Zorya Luhansk Ukraine 2–0 Ukraine Illichivets Mariupol Zaporizhia
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Kvasov 9'
Checher 80'		 Report Stadium: Torpedo Stadium
29 June 2016 Friendly Zorya Luhansk Ukraine 1–3 Serbia Crvena Zvezda Slovenia
18:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Paulinho 5' Report 43'
Avramovski 77' (pen.)
79'
2 July 2016 Friendly Zorya Luhansk Ukraine 1–0 Croatia HNK Rijeka Slovenia
18:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Lipartia 66' Report
6 July 2016 Friendly Zorya Luhansk Ukraine 0–0 Romania Dinamo București Slovenia
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Report
8 July 2016 Friendly Zorya Luhansk Ukraine 0–0 Romania CFR Cluj Slovenia
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Report
11 July 2016 Friendly Zorya Luhansk Ukraine 2–1 Serbia FK Voždovac Slovenia
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Ljubenović 52'
Petryak 52'		 Report 60'
17 July 2016 Friendly Zorya Luhansk Ukraine 6–0 Ukraine Illichivets Mariupol Zaporizhia
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Dennis 3'
Hordiyenko 14'
Ljubenović 40'
Paulinho 67'
Checher 85'
Lipartia 89'		 Report Stadium: Torpedo Stadium
3 September 2016 Friendly Zorya Luhansk Ukraine 1–1 Ukraine Dnipro Zaporizhia
16:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Ljubenović 17' Report Bokhashvili 44' Stadium: Torpedo Stadium
9 October 2016 Friendly Zorya Luhansk Ukraine 3–1 Ukraine FC Oleksandriya Zaporizhia
15:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Matvyeyev 10' (o.g.)
Bonaventure 27'
Hrechyshkin 37'		 Report Matvyeyev 32' Stadium: Torpedo Stadium
13 November 2016 Friendly Zorya Luhansk Ukraine Cancelled Ukraine Zirka Kropyvnytskyi Zaporizhia
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Torpedo Stadium
13 November 2016 Friendly Zorya Luhansk Ukraine 2–2 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk U-21 Zaporizhia
13:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Kulach 27'
Hrechyshkin 68' (pen.)		 Report Kvasov 2'
Radchenko 47'		 Stadium: Torpedo Stadium
29 January 2017 Friendly Zorya Luhansk Ukraine 0–2 Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad Belek, Turkey
16:30 EET (UTC+02:00) Report Dyakov 31'
Quixadá 78'
1 February 2017 Friendly Zorya Luhansk Ukraine 3–0 Czech Republic FC Slovácko Turkey
14:30 EET (UTC+02:00) Lipartia 47', 87'
Bonaventure 53'		 Report
4 February 2017 Friendly Zorya Luhansk Ukraine 2–2 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb Turkey
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Kharatin 10'
Rafael Forster 59' (pen.)		 Report Hodžić 34'
Machado 55'
6 February 2017 Friendly Zorya Luhansk Ukraine 2–0 Uzbekistan Olmaliq FK Turkey
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Bonaventure 37'
Petryak 87'		 Report
12 February 2017 Friendly Zorya Luhansk Ukraine 1–0 Uzbekistan Lokomotiv Tashkent Turkey
14:30 EET (UTC+02:00) Sukhotskyi 84' Report
14 February 2017 Friendly FC Astana Kazakhstan 1–0 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk Turkey
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Muzhikov 55' Report
16 February 2017 Friendly Zorya Luhansk Ukraine 1–1 Kazakhstan Shakhter Karagandy Turkey
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Kadymyan 38' Report 10'
19 February 2017 Friendly Zorya Luhansk Ukraine 0–2 Belarus Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino Turkey
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Report Khachaturyan 16' (pen.)
Afanasyev 18'
22 February 2017 Friendly Zorya Luhansk Ukraine Cancelled Georgia (country) Dinamo Batumi Turkey
EET (UTC+02:00) Report
22 February 2017 Friendly Zorya Luhansk Ukraine 0–1 Armenia Shirak Gyumri Turkey
14:30 EET (UTC+02:00) Report 16'

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position 		First match Last match
Premier League Matchday 1 3rd 24 July 2016 31 May 2017
Cup Round of 16 Round of 16 26 October 2016 26 October 2016
Europa League Group stage Group stage 26 July 2016 8 December 2016

Last updated:

Premier League

Main article: 2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Shakhtar Donetsk (C) 32 25 5 2 66 24 +42 80 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Dynamo Kyiv 32 21 4 7 69 33 +36 67 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Zorya Luhansk 32 16 6 10 45 31 +14 54 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
4 Olimpik Donetsk 32 11 11 10 33 44 −11 44 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]
5 FC Oleksandriya 32 10 10 12 41 43 −2 40
6 Chornomorets Odesa 32 10 8 14 25 37 −12 38
Source: UEFA, Ukrainian Premier League, 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.[17]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Since winners of 2016–17 Ukrainian Cup, Shakhtar Donetsk, qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winner (Europa League group stage) was passed to the third-placed team and the spot for the third-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team.

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
32 16 6 10 45 31  +14 54 8 1 7 27 19  +8 8 5 3 18 12  +6

Last updated: 31 May 2017.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132
GroundAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAAHAAH
ResultWDWWWLDWWLWWWDLDLWLWLWLDLLDLWWWW
Position44333332233223333333333333333333
Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2017. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

24 July 2016 1 Zorya Luhansk 3–0 Olimpik Donetsk Zaporizhia
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Bonaventure 19', Yellow card 19'
Ljubenović 26'
Hrechyshkin Yellow card 61'
Tkachuk Yellow card 65', 90'		 Report Drachenko Yellow card 64' Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Kateryna Monzul
30 July 2016 2 Zirka Kropyvnytskyi 1–1 Zorya Luhansk Kropyvnytskyi
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Lupashko Yellow card 67'
Popov Yellow card 80'
Kucherenko 87' (pen.)		 Report Hordiyenko 73'
Tkachuk Yellow card 86'
Shevchenko Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Zirka Stadium
Attendance: 6,188
Referee: Dmytro Kutakov
7 August 2016 3 Zorya Luhansk 4–0 Chornomorets Odesa Zaporizhia
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Karavayev 15', 30'
Petryak 22'
Checher Yellow card 48'
Sivakow Yellow card 71'
Chaykovskyi 73'		 Report Filimonov Yellow card 11'
Azatskyi Yellow card 34'
Khocholava Yellow card 54'
Petko Yellow card 79'
Kabayev Yellow card 80'
Korkishko Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Oleksandr Ivanov
13 August 2016 4 FC Oleksandriya 0–1 Zorya Luhansk Oleksandriya
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Putrash Yellow card 34'
Tsurikov Yellow card 39'
Banada Yellow card 69'
Ponomar Yellow card 71'
Shendrik Yellow card 77'		 Report Petryak 17'
Sivakov Yellow card 63'
Checher Yellow card 84'		 Stadium: CSC Nika
Attendance: 1,641
Referee: Serhiy Boyko
21 August 2016 5 Zorya Luhansk 2–1 Karpaty Lviv Zaporizhya
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Kamenyuka Yellow card 13'
Hordiyenko 20'
Ljubenović Yellow card 38'
Paulinho Yellow card 80'
Karavayev 87'		 Report Kravets Yellow card 70'
Nesterov Yellow card 78'
Lobay 89'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 1,851
Referee: Serhiy Berezka
26 August 2016 6 Dnipro 2–0 Zorya Luhansk Dnipro
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Rotan 3', Yellow card 50'
Kravchenko Yellow card 65'
Balanyuk 90+2'		 Report Stadium: Dnipro-Arena
Attendance: 6,199
Referee: Yuriy Mozharovsky
10 September 2016 7 Zorya Luhansk 2–2 Stal Kamianske Zaporizhia
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Sukhotskyi Yellow card 23'
Ljubenović 80'
Karavayev 78'
Petryak Yellow card 23'		 Report Karikari 16'
Voronin Yellow card 26' Yellow-red card 47'
Edgar Malakyan Yellow card 50'
Vasin 55'
Pashayev Yellow card 67'
Karasyuk Yellow card 79'
Gor Malakyan Yellow card 84'
Gor Malakyan Red card 84'
Pankiv Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Anatoliy Zhabchenko
18 September 2016 8 Dynamo Kyiv 0–1 Zorya Luhansk Kyiv
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Report Sobol Yellow card 88'
Kulach Yellow card 90+2'
Opanasenko 90+3'		 Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy
Attendance: 11,024
Referee: Yuriy Vaks
24 September 2016 9 Zorya Luhansk 2–1 Vorskla Poltava Zaporizhia
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Ljubenović 42'
Paulinho 83'		 Report Kravchenko Yellow card 42'
Siminin Yellow card 70'
Dytyatev 90+4'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Kostyantyn Truhanov
2 October 2016 10 Shakhtar Donetsk 1–0 Zorya Luhansk Zaporizhia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Ordets Yellow card 54'
Ferreyra 56', Yellow card 65'
Rakitskiy Yellow card 69'		 Report Sivakov Yellow card 43'
Sukhotskyi Yellow card 60'
Chaykovskyi Yellow card 67'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 11,117
Referee: Mykola Balakin
15 October 2016 11 Zorya Luhansk 2–0 Volyn Lutsk Zaporizhia
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Kulach 39'
Rafael Forster 42' (pen.)		 Report Roman Nykytyuk Yellow card 19'
Chepelyuk Yellow card 45'
Romanyuk Yellow card 59'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 950
Referee: Yuriy Hryso
23 October 2016 12 Olimpik Donetsk 0–2 Zorya Luhansk Sumy
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Baranovskyi Yellow card 33' Yellow-red card 64'
Petrov Yellow card 57'		 Report Rafael Forster 37' (pen.), 64' (pen.) Stadium: Yuvileiny Stadium
Attendance: 1,720
Referee: Serhiy Berezka
30 October 2016 13 Zorya Luhansk 2–1 Zirka Kropyvnytskyi Zaporizhia
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Petryak 15'
Kharatin Yellow card 26'
Chaykovskyi Yellow card 28'
Kulach 60'		 Report Kucherenko Yellow card 25'
Artem Favorov Yellow card 63'
Zahalskyi 90+1' (pen.)		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 800
Referee: Anatoliy Abdula
6 November 2016 14 Chornomorets Odesa 0–0 Zorya Luhansk Odesa
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Filimonov Yellow card 15'
Martynenko Yellow card 22'
Danchenko Yellow card 33'
Smirnov Yellow card 40'		 Report Kamenyuka Yellow card 26'
Kulach Yellow card 68'
Tkachuk Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Chornomorets Stadium
Attendance: 3,840
Referee: Yuriy Mozharovsky
19 November 2016 15 Zorya Luhansk 1–2 FC Oleksandriya Zaporizhia
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Hrechyshkin Yellow card 27' Yellow-red card 67'
Petryak 66'
Karavayev Yellow card 78'
Rafael ForsterYellow card 80'		 Report Ohirya Yellow card 32' Yellow-red card 77'
Kulish Yellow card 69', 90+2'
Mykytsey 70'
Zaporozhan Yellow card 78'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 900
Referee: Anatoliy Zhabchenko
27 November 2016 16 Karpaty Lviv 2–2 Zorya Luhansk Lviv
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Khudobyak 12'
Blanco Leschuk 29'
Markovych Yellow card 83'		 Report Sukhotskyi 22'
Ljubenović Yellow card 55', 90'
Chaykovskyi Yellow card 55'		 Stadium: Arena Lviv
Attendance: 1,923
Referee: Kostyantyn Trukhanov
3 December 2016 17 Zorya Luhansk 2–3 Dnipro Zaporizhia
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Yarmash Yellow card 17'
Sobol Yellow card 27'
Bezborodko 57'
Karavayev 61'
Ljubenović Yellow card 80'		 Report Kocherhin 14', 78'
Luchkevych 23'
Svatok Yellow card 29'
Rotan Yellow card 36'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Serhiy Boyko
11 December 2016 18 Stal Kamianske 0–2 Zorya Luhansk Dnipro
19:30 EET (UTC+02:00) Pashayev Yellow card 7' Report Chaykovskyi Yellow card 34'
Hrechyshkin Yellow card 36'
Karavayev 74'
Bonaventure 76'		 Stadium: Meteor Stadium
Attendance: 150
Referee: Yuriy Mozharovsky
25 February 2017 19 Zorya Luhansk 1–2 Dynamo Kyiv Zaporizhia
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Bonaventure 4'
Opanasenko Yellow card 50' Yellow-red card 87'
Ljubenović Yellow card 60'		 Report Harmash 14'
Vida Yellow card 25'
Besyedin 30'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Kostyantyn Trukhanov
4 March 2017 20 Vorskla Poltava 1–2 Zorya Luhansk Poltava
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Chyzhov Yellow card 23'
Tkachuk Yellow card 55'
Sharpar 73' (pen.)		 Report Hrechyshkin 24'
Kalitvintsev 45' (pen.)
Chaykovskyi Yellow card 56'		 Stadium: Vorskla Stadium
Attendance: 2,532
Referee: Anatoliy Abdula
12 March 2017 21 Zorya Luhansk 1–2 Shakhtar Donetsk Kharkiv
19:30 EET (UTC+02:00) Kharatin Yellow card 40', 60'
Chaykovskyi Yellow card 44'		 Report Srna Yellow card 22'
Bernard 26'
Kucher Yellow card 78'
Malyshev 88'
Taison Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: Metalist OSC
Attendance: 8,209
Referee: Oleksandr Derdo
19 March 2017 22 Volyn Lutsk 0–1 Zorya Luhansk Lutsk
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Shapoval Yellow card 6'
Goropevšek Yellow card 8'
Teterenko Yellow card 45'
Roman Nykytyuk Yellow card 90'		 Report Sobol Yellow card 59'
Rafael Forster 90' (pen.)		 Stadium: Avanhard Stadium
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Anatoliy Zhabchenko
2 April 2017 23 Zorya Luhansk 1–2 Shakhtar Donetsk Zaporizhia
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Sukhotskyi Yellow card 16'
Bonaventure 31'
Checher Yellow card 44'
Chaykovskyi Yellow card 81'		 Report Ordets Yellow card 13'
Blanco Leschuk 36'
Ismaily Yellow card 54'
Rakitskiy Yellow card 56' Yellow-red card 87'
Taison 63'
Srna Yellow card 70'
Malyshev Yellow card 90+2'
Pyatov Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Dmytro Kutakov
9 April 2017 24 FC Oleksandriya 0–0 Zorya Luhansk Oleksandriya
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Siminin Yellow card 60'
Hrytsuk Yellow card 68'
Levanidov Yellow card 69'		 Report Hordiyenko Yellow card 36'
Pylyavskyi Yellow card 68'
Rafael Forster Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: CSC Nika
Attendance: 2,089
Referee: Oleksandr Derdo
14 April 2017 25 Zorya Luhansk 0–1 Dynamo Kyiv Zaporizhia
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Rafael Forster Yellow card 60' Report Harmash 39'
Shepelyev Yellow card 69'
Pantić Yellow card 70'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 7,497
Referee: Anatoliy Zhabchenko
23 April 2017 26 Zorya Luhansk 1–2 Chornomorets Odesa Zaporizhia
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Hrechyshkin Yellow card 18'
Rafael Forster 51' (pen.)		 Report Korkishko 15', 57' (pen.), Yellow card 90+1'
Andriyevskyi Yellow card 80'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Anatoliy Abdula
30 April 2017 27 Olimpik Donetsk 1–1 Zorya Luhansk Kyiv
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Fedoriv Yellow card 61'
Nyemchaninov 75'
Tsymbalyuk Yellow card 81'		 Report Paulinho 17'
Hordiyenko Yellow card 18' Yellow-red card 90'
Hrechyshkin Yellow card 49'
Pylyavskyi Yellow card 80'		 Stadium: Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: 1,138
Referee: Yevhen Aranovsky
6 May 2017 28 Shakhtar Donetsk 3–2 Zorya Luhansk Kharkiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Ferreyra 38'
Ismaily 52'
Ordets 55'
Marlos Yellow card 74'		 Report Opanasenko Yellow card 37'
Kharatin Yellow card 43', 80'
Babenko Yellow card 86'
Bonaventure 88'
Pylyavskyi Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Metalist OSC
Attendance: 13,157
Referee: Yuriy Mozharovsky
13 May 2017 29 Zorya Luhansk 1–0 FC Oleksandriya Zaporizhia
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Rafael Forster 51' (pen.)
Sobol Yellow card 84'
Petryak Yellow card 89'		 Report Kulish Yellow card 10'
Banada Yellow card 24'
Novak Red card 40'
Myahkov Yellow card 50'
Hitchenko Yellow card 51'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Dmytro Kutakov
21 May 2017 30 Dynamo Kyiv 1–2 Zorya Luhansk Kyiv
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Ochigava Yellow card 14'
Morozyuk 17'
Koval Yellow card 58'		 Report Rafael Forster Yellow card 17'
Checher 36'
Bonaventure 57'
Hrechyshkin Yellow card 60'
Petryak Yellow card 69'
Ljubenović Yellow card 71'
Babenko Yellow card 86'		 Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy
Attendance: 8,193
Referee: Kateryna Monzul
26 May 2017 31 Chornomorets Odesa 0–1 Zorya Luhansk Odesa
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Kovalets Yellow card 27' Yellow-red card 43'
Andriyevskyi Yellow card 64'
Korkishko Yellow card 66'
Tretyakov Yellow card 84'		 Report Paulinho 1'
Kharatin Yellow card 24'
Bonaventure Yellow card 43'
Opanasenko Yellow card 60'
Checher Yellow card 62'		 Stadium: Chornomorets Stadium
Attendance: 4,700
Referee: Yuriy Mozharovsky
31 May 2017 32 Zorya Luhansk 2–0 Olimpik Donetsk Zaporizhia
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Sobol 27'
Petryak 80'
Paulinho Yellow card 83'		 [ Report] Fedoriv Yellow card 37' Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Mykola Balakin

Ukrainian Cup

Main article: 2016–17 Ukrainian Cup
26 October 2016 Round of 16 (1/8) Dynamo Kyiv 5–2 Zorya Luhansk Kyiv
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) González 14', 97'
Khacheridi Yellow card 59'
Ochigava Yellow card 64'
Tsyhankov 65'
Antunes Yellow card 84'
Moraes 100' (pen.), 119'		 Report Lipartia Yellow card 5'
Rafael Forster 22' (pen.)
Sobol Yellow card 32'
Kharatin Yellow card 45+2'
Dennis Yellow card 56'
Sivakov Yellow card 57', 89'
Hrechyshkin Yellow card 85'		 Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy
Attendance: 5,375
Referee: Anatoliy Zhabchenko

Europa League

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group A

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FEN MU FEY ZOR
1 Turkey Fenerbahçe 6 4 1 1 8 6 +2 13 Advance to knockout phase — 2–1 1–0 2–0
2 England Manchester United 6 4 0 2 12 4 +8 12 4–1 — 4–0 1–0
3 Netherlands Feyenoord 6 2 1 3 3 7 −4 7 0–1 1–0 — 1–0
4 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk 6 0 2 4 2 8 −6 2 1–1 0–2 1–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
15 September 2016 1 Zorya Luhansk Ukraine 1–1 Turkey Fenerbahçe Odesa
20:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Chaykovskyi Yellow card 42'
Hrechyshkin 52'
Paulinho Yellow card 90+5'		 Report Kjær 90+5' Stadium: Chornomorets Stadium
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: István Kovács
29 September 2016 2 Manchester United England 1–0 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk Manchester
22:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Bailly Yellow card 63'
Ibrahimović 69'		 Report Kamenyuka Yellow card 90' Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 58,179
Referee: Orel Grinfeld
20 October 2016 3 Feyenoord Netherlands 1–0 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk Rotterdam
22:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Jørgensen 55' Report Lipartia Yellow card 73'
Kamenyuka Yellow card 86'		 Stadium: De Kuip
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Andris Treimanis
3 November 2016 4 Zorya Luhansk Ukraine 1–1 Netherlands Feyenoord Odesa
Rafael Forster 44'
Petryak Yellow card 61'		 Report Jørgensen 15'
Vejinović Yellow card 37'
Botteghin Yellow card 42' Yellow-red card 43'
Bilal Başaçıkoğlu Yellow card 73'
Tapia Yellow card 76'		 Stadium: Chornomorets Stadium
Attendance: 16,855
Referee: Jakob Kehlet
24 November 2016 5 Fenerbahçe Turkey 2–0 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk Istanbul
Stoch 59'
Kjær 67'
Škrtel Yellow card 90+1'		 Report Bonaventure Yellow card 66'
Sobol Yellow card 75' Yellow-red card 90+2'		 Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Attendance: 16,145
Referee: Harald Lechner
8 December 2016 6 Zorya Luhansk Ukraine 0–2 England Manchester United Odesa
Report Mkhitaryan 48'
Ander Herrera Yellow card 83'
Ibrahimović 88'
Bailly Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Chornomorets Stadium
Referee: Tamás Bognar

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League Cup Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Ukraine UKR Oleksiy Shevchenko 31 0 25 0 1 0 5 0
77 GK Ukraine UKR Oleh Chuvayev 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
91 GK Ukraine UKR Ihor Levchenko 7 0 6 0 0 0 1 0
Defenders
2 DF Ukraine UKR Artem Sukhotskyi 19 1 15+2 1 1 0 1 0
5 DF Ukraine UKR Artem Hordiyenko 24 2 18+2 2 0+1 0 1+2 0
12 DF Brazil BRA Rafael Forster 32 8 25 6 1 1 6 1
16 DF Ukraine UKR Hryhoriy Yarmash 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF Ukraine UKR Mykhaylo Shershen 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
39 DF Ukraine UKR Yevhen Opanasenko 26 1 18+3 1 1 0 2+2 0
44 DF Ukraine UKR Vyacheslav Checher 15 1 15 1 0 0 0 0
95 DF Ukraine UKR Eduard Sobol 27 1 14+7 1 1 0 5 0
99 DF Ukraine UKR Andriy Pylyavskyi 7 0 6+1 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
4 MF Ukraine UKR Ihor Chaykovskyi 23 1 18 1 0 0 5 0
6 MF Ukraine UKR Mykyta Kamenyuka 20 0 14+1 0 0 0 4+1 0
7 MF Ukraine UKR Ivan Petryak 34 5 24+4 5 0 0 6 0
8 MF Ukraine UKR Ihor Kharatin 24 2 15+4 2 1 0 3+1 0
10 MF Georgia (country) GEO Jaba Lipartia 31 0 17+10 0 1 0 1+2 0
15 MF Ukraine UKR Vladyslav Kalitvintsev 9 1 7+2 1 0 0 0 0
17 MF Armenia ARM Gegham Kadymyan 4 0 0+4 0 0 0 0 0
22 MF Serbia SRB Željko Ljubenović 33 3 13+14 3 0+1 0 4+1 0
24 MF Ukraine UKR Dmytro Hrechyshkin 31 2 21+3 1 1 0 5+1 1
36 MF Ukraine UKR Ruslan Babenko 4 0 1+3 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW Ukraine UKR Vladyslav Kulach 19 2 6+8 2 0 0 4+1 0
11 FW Brazil BRA Paulinho 37 3 19+12 3 0+1 0 0+5 0
21 FW Ukraine UKR Denys Bezborodko 7 1 3+3 1 0 0 1 0
42 FW Nigeria NGA Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis 26 6 19+3 6 1 0 1+2 0
Players transferred out during the season
3 MF Belarus BLR Mikhail Sivakow 20 1 13+1 0 1 1 5 0
17 FW Ukraine UKR Yaroslav Kvasov 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
20 MF Ukraine UKR Oleksandr Karavayev 24 6 16+1 6 1 0 6 0
27 DF Ukraine UKR Yevhen Tkachuk 2 1 1+1 1 0 0 0 0

Source: Competitions

Last updated: 31 May 2017

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Premier League Cup Europa League Total
1 12 DF Brazil Rafael Forster 6 1 1 8
2 20 MF Ukraine Oleksandr Karavayev 6 0 0 6
2 44 FW Nigeria Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis 6 0 0 6
4 7 MF Ukraine Ivan Petryak 5 0 0 5
5 11 FW Brazil Paulinho 3 0 0 3
5 22 MF Serbia Željko Ljubenović 3 0 0 3
7 5 DF Ukraine Artem Hordiyenko 2 0 0 2
7 8 MF Ukraine Ihor Kharatin 2 0 0 2
7 9 FW Ukraine Vladyslav Kulach 2 0 0 2
7 24 MF Ukraine Dmytro Hrechyshkin 1 0 1 2
11 2 DF Ukraine Artem Sukhotskyi 1 0 0 1
11 3 MF Belarus Mikhail Sivakow 0 1 0 1
11 4 MF Ukraine Ihor Chaykovskyi 1 0 0 1
11 15 MF Ukraine Vladyslav Kalitvintsev 1 0 0 1
11 21 FW Ukraine Denys Bezborodko 1 0 0 1
11 27 DF Ukraine Yevhen Tkachuk 1 0 0 1
11 39 DF Ukraine Yevhen Opanasenko 1 0 0 1
11 44 DF Ukraine Vyacheslav Checher 1 0 0 1
11 95 DF Ukraine Eduard Sobol 1 0 0 1

Last updated: 31 May 2017

Clean sheets

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Premier League Cup Europa League Total
1 1 GK Ukraine Oleksiy Shevchenko 10 0 0 10
2 91 GK Ukraine Ihor Levchenko 2 0 0 2
3 77 GK Ukraine Oleh Chuvayev 1 0 0 1

Last updated: 31 May 2017

Disciplinary record

No. Pos Nat Player Premier League Cup Europa League Total
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
1 GK Ukraine Oleksiy Shevchenko 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2 DF Ukraine Artem Sukhotskyi 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
3 MF Belarus Mikhail Sivakow 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
4 MF Ukraine Ihor Chaykovskyi 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 0 0
5 DF Ukraine Artem Hordiyenko 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
6 MF Ukraine Mykyta Kamenyuka 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0
7 MF Ukraine Ivan Petryak 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0
8 MF Ukraine Ihor Kharatin 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
9 FW Ukraine Vladyslav Kulach 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
10 MF Georgia (country) Jaba Lipartia 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
11 FW Brazil Paulinho 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
12 DF Brazil Rafael Forster 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
16 DF Ukraine Hryhoriy Yarmash 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
20 MF Ukraine Oleksandr Karavayev 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
22 MF Serbia Željko Ljubenović 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
24 MF Ukraine Dmytro Hrechyshkin 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0
27 DF Ukraine Yevhen Tkachuk 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
36 MF Ukraine Ruslan Babenko 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
39 DF Ukraine Yevhen Opanasenko 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
42 FW Nigeria Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0
44 DF Ukraine Vyacheslav Checher 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
95 DF Ukraine Eduard Sobol 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 0
99 DF Ukraine Andriy Pylyavskyi 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0

Last updated: 31 May 2017

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