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Zorya Luhansk
2017-18 season
President	Yevhen Heller
Manager	Yuriy Vernydub
Stadium	Slavutych Arena, Zaporizhzhia; Arena Lviv, Lviv; (Europa League)
Ukrainian Premier League	4th
Ukrainian Cup	Round of 16(1/8)
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Iury (11); All: Iury (11)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2016-17 2018-19 →

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

Players

Squad information

As of 31 May 2018

Squad no.	Name	Position	Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
1	Andriy Lunin	GK	(1999-02-11)11 February 1999 (aged 19)
76	Luiz Felipe	GK	(1997-04-24)24 April 1997 (aged 21)
77	Oleh Chuvayev	GK	(1987-10-25)25 October 1987 (aged 30)
Defenders
3	Oleksandr Svatok	DF	(1994-09-27)27 September 1994 (aged 23)
4	Vasyl Pryima	DF	(1991-06-10)10 June 1991 (aged 26)
5	Artem Hordiyenko	DF	(1991-03-04)4 March 1991 (aged 27)
9	Dmytro Lytvyn	DF	(1996-11-21)21 November 1996 (aged 21)
16	Mohamed El Bouazzati	DF	(1997-01-09)9 January 1997 (aged 21)
24	Oleksandr Tymchyk (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv)	DF	(1997-01-20)20 January 1997 (aged 21)
29	Tymofiy Sukhar ^{List B}	DF	(1999-02-04)4 February 1999 (aged 19)
39	Yevhen Opanasenko	DF	(1990-08-25)25 August 1990 (aged 27)
44	Vyacheslav Checher	DF	(1980-12-15)15 December 1980 (aged 37)
Midfielders
7	Vladyslav Kocherhin	MF	(1996-04-30)30 April 1996 (aged 22)
8	Ihor Kharatin	MF	(1995-02-02)2 February 1995 (aged 23)
18	Oleksandr Andriyevskyi (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv)	MF	(1994-06-25)25 June 1994 (aged 23)
20	Oleksandr Karavayev (Captain)	MF	(1992-06-02)2 June 1992 (aged 25)
22	Željko Ljubenović	MF	(1981-07-09)9 July 1981 (aged 36)
27	Vladyslav Kabayev	MF	(1995-09-01)1 September 1995 (aged 22)
28	Artem Hromov	MF	(1990-01-14)14 January 1990 (aged 28)
32	Anđelo Kačavenda ^{List B}	MF	(1999-01-22)22 January 1999 (aged 19)
36	Ruslan Babenko	MF	(1992-07-08)8 July 1992 (aged 25)
64	Serhiy Mayboroda ^{List B}	MF	(1997-11-21)21 November 1997 (aged 20)
76	Yehor Shalfeyev ^{List B}	MF	(1998-10-03)3 October 1998 (aged 19)
89	Yevhen Cheberko	MF	(1998-01-23)23 January 1998 (aged 20)
96	Silas	MF	(1996-05-30)30 May 1996 (aged 22)
Forwards
11	David Faupala	FW	(1997-02-11)11 February 1997 (aged 21)
19	Maksym Lunyov	FW	(1998-05-22)22 May 1998 (aged 20)
49	Dmytro Lukanov	FW	(1995-03-02)2 March 1995 (aged 23)
95	Iury	FW	(1995-09-06)6 September 1995 (aged 22)

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]
16 August 2017	MF	Artem Hromov	27	Krylia Sovetov Samara	Transfer	Free	^[11]
24 August 2017	MF	Oleksandr Karavayev	25	Shakhtar Donetsk	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[12]
16 August 2017	MF	Oleksandr Andriyevskyi	23	Dynamo Kyiv	Loan		^[13]
Winter
1 January 2018	MF	Gaël Ondoua	22	Unattached	Transfer	Free	^[14]
12 January 2018	DF	Dmytro Lytvyn	21	Real S.C.	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[15]
30 January 2018	DF	Mohamed El Bouazzati	21	Unattached	Transfer	Free	^[16]
5 February 2018	GK	Luiz Felipe	20	Internacional	Transfer	Free	^[17]
6 February 2018	FW	David Faupala	20	Unattached	Transfer	Free	^[18]
16 February 2018	DF	Tymofiy Sukhar	19	SC Dnipro-1	Transfer	Free	^[19]
1 January 2018	DF	Oleksandr Tymchyk	20	Dynamo Kyiv	Loan		^[20]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Type	Fee	Source
Summer
31 May 2017	DF	Hryhoriy Yarmash	32	Retired	Transfer		^[21]
19 June 2017	DF	Ihor Chaykovskyi	25	Anzhi Makhachkala	Transfer	Free	^[22]
29 June 2017	MF	Jaba Lipartia	29	Anzhi Makhachkala	Transfer	Free	^[23]
25 June 2017	MF	Gegham Kadymyan	24	Vorskla Poltava	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[24]
1 July 2017	FW	Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis	19	Club Brugge	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[25]
2 August 2017	FW	Denys Belousov	20	Avanhard Kramatorsk	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[26]
20 August 2017	GK	Ihor Levchenko	26	FC Mariupol	Transfer	Free	^[27]
30 August 2017	DF	Rafael Forster	27	Ludogorets Razgrad	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[28]
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		^[29]
7 August 2017	FW	Denys Bezborodko	23	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan return
20 July 2017	DF	Mykhaylo Shershen	22	Avanhard Kramatorsk	Loan		^[30]
Winter
4 January 2018	DF	Artem Sukhotskyi	25	Slovan Bratislava	Transfer	Free	^[31]
26 January 2018	FW	Paulinho	24	Levski Sofia	Transfer	Free	^[32]
16 February 2018	MF	Leônidas	22	Olimpik Donetsk	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[33]
22 February 2018	GK	Oleksiy Shevchenko	25	Karpaty Lviv	Transfer	Free	^[34]
12 March 2018	MF	Gaël Ondoua	22	Unattached	Transfer	Free	^[35]
1 January 2018	DF	Andriy Pylyavskyi	29	Rubin Kazan	Loan return		^[36]
1 January 2018	MF	Dmytro Hrechyshkin	26	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan return		^[37]
1 January 2018	MF	Vladyslav Kalitvintsev	24	Dynamo Kyiv	Loan return		^[38]
12 January 2018	MF	Mykyta Kamenyuka	32	Veres Rivne	Loan		^[39]

Pre-season and friendlies

25 June 2017 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	3–0	FC Nikopol	Zaporizhzhia
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'

2 September 2017 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	2–3	FC Mariupol	Zaporizhzhia
16:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Mayboroda 73' Kharatin 89'	Report	Myshnyov 11' Vakulenko 59' Kisil 84'	Stadium: Torpedo Stadium

11 November 2017 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	2–0	FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	Zaporizhzhia
EET (UTC+0:00)	Iury 2' Kabayev 67'	Report

19 January 2018 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	1–3	Lech Poznań	Belek, Turkey
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Iury 63'	Report	Šitum 35' Gytkjær 45' (pen.) Jóźwiak 87'

21 January 2018 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	1–1	Dinamo Zagreb	Turkey
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Hromov 38'	Report	Gavranović 10'

23 January 2018 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	1–2	Spartak Trnava	Belek, Turkey
10:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Ljubenović 59'	Report	Chanturishvili 33', 68'

23 January 2018 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	3–0	Olmaliq	Turkey
15:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Hromov 25', 89' Iury 34'	Report

25 January 2018 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	Cancelled	Pogoń Szczecin	Turkey
EET (UTC+02:00)		Report

25 January 2018 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	3–0	Dinamo Tbilisi	Turkey
15:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Svatok 44' Ljubenović 64' 87' (o.g.)	Report

28 January 2018 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	2–2	Arka Gdynia	Turkey
16:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Lunyov 29' Ljubenović 60'	Report	Żebrakowski 2', 13'

4 February 2018 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	5–0	Željezničar Sarajevo	Turkey
16:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Hromov 3', 30' Cheberko 27' Iury 35' Sukhar 74'	Report

8 February 2018 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	0–0	Voždovac	Turkey
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00)		Report

10 February 2018 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	Cancelled	Shakhter Karagandy	Turkey
EET (UTC+02:00)		Report

10 February 2018 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	1–1	AGMK Olmaliq	Turkey
15:15 EET (UTC+02:00)	Kharatin 8' (pen.)	Report	66'

13 February 2018 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	Cancelled	Dinamo Tbilisi	Turkey
EET (UTC+02:00)		Report

25 March 2018 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	1–1	FC Oleksandriya	Zaporizhzhia
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Hordiyenko 38'	Report	Bondarenko 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Torpedo Stadium

Competitions

Overall

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	16 July 2017	20 May 2018	Matchday 1	4th	32	11	10	11	44	44	+0	034.38
Cup	25 October 2017	25 October 2017	Round of 16 (1/8)	Round of 16 (1/8)	1	0	0	1	3	4	−1	000.00
Europa League	14 September 2017	7 December 2017	Group stage	Group stage (3rd)	6	2	0	4	3	9	−6	033.33
Total					39	13	10	16	50	57	−7	033.33

Last updated: 20 May 2018
Source: Competitions

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Dynamo Kyiv	32	22	7	3	64	25	+39	73	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Vorskla Poltava	32	14	7	11	37	35	+2	49	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
4	Zorya Luhansk	32	11	10	11	44	44	0	43	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[a]
5	FC Mariupol	32	10	9	13	38	41	−3	39	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
6	Veres Rivne (D)	32	7	14	11	28	30	−2	35	Club suspended after the season

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.
(D) Disqualified
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Since the winners of the 2017–18 Ukrainian Cup, Shakhtar Donetsk, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the third-placed team, the spot awarded to the third-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	1–5	Desna Chernihiv	1–1	0–4
Chornomorets Odesa	1–3	FC Poltava	1–0	0–3 (a.e.t.)

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	11	10	11	44	44	0	43	6	5	5	23	20	+3	5	5	6	21	24	−3

Last updated: 20 May 2018.
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	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	D	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	L
Position	10	9	9	10	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2018. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

16 July 2017 1	Zorya Luhansk	0–1	Stal Kamianske	Zaporizhzhia
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	Zaporizhzhia
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	Zaporizhzhia
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	0–1	Zorya Luhansk	Lviv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Stepanyuk 31'	Report	Sukhotskyi 51' Pryima 62' Kharatin 68' Kalitvintsev 76' Iury 83'	Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 1,847 Referee: Mykola Kryvonosov

20 August 2017 6	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	2–1	Zorya Luhansk	Kropyvnytskyi
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	El Hamdaoui 21', 53' Pryadun 30' Kovalyov 38' Guedj 73'	Report	Hromov 19' Kharatin 50' Checher 52'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 2,153 Referee: Denys Shurman

27 August 2017 7	Zorya Luhansk	5–0	Chornomorets Odesa	Zaporizhzhia
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Iury 2', 9' Hrechyshkin 26' (pen.) Hordiyenko 40' Karavayev 81' Kharatin 83'	Report	Musolitin 15' Vasin 22' Žunić 25' Kapliyenko 50' Serdenyuk 88'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 2,608 Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk

9 September 2017 8	Shakhtar Donetsk	3–1	Zorya Luhansk	Kharkiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Bernard 23', 89' Kryvtsov 32' Ismaily 70' Khocholava 72'	Report	Hromov 13'	Stadium: Metalist OSC Attendance: 10,580 Referee: Kateryna Monzul

17 September 2017 9	Zorya Luhansk	0–0	Karpaty Lviv	Zaporizhzhia
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Hrechyshkin 13' Lunyov 63' Andriyevskyi 72' 88'	Report	Nesterov 5' Di Franco 32' Holodyuk 66' Fedetskyi 68' Corteggiano 90+6'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 2,367 Referee: Vitaliy Romanov

24 September 2017 10	Vorskla Poltava	1–1	Zorya Luhansk	Poltava
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Chyzhov 45+2' Dallku 60' Kulach 89' Kolomoyets 90'	Report	Opanasenko 44' Babenko 69'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 3,123 Referee: Mykola Balakin

1 October 2017 11	Zorya Luhansk	4–4	Dynamo Kyiv	Zaporizhzhia
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Sukhotskyi 31' Hordiyenko 45' Kharatin 56' (pen.) Iury 72', 75' Silas 80' Opanasenko 87' Hrechyshkin 90+2'	Report	Mbokani 14', 90+2' Buyalskyi 32' Moraes 45+1' Vida 55' Khacheridi 71' Tsyhankov 79' Harmash 82', 83'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 8,253 Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk

14 October 2017 12	Stal Kamianske	0–1	Zorya Luhansk	Kyiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Gor Malakyan 22' Edgar Malakyan 46'	Report	Pryima 57' Hordiyenko 59'	Stadium: Obolon Arena Attendance: 570 Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi

22 October 2017 13	FC Mariupol	2–5	Zorya Luhansk	Mariupol
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Bilyi 6' Kozhanov 31' Vakulenko 38' 49' Tankovskyi 90+2'	Report	Andriyevskyi 29', 38', 63' Hrechyshkin 34' (pen.) Ljubenović 41' Sukhotskyi 54' Silas 56' Opanasenko 90+1'	Stadium: Volodymyr Boiko Stadium Attendance: 6,881 Referee: Kostyantyn Trukhanov

29 October 2017 14	Zorya Luhansk	2–2	FC Oleksandriya	Zaporizhzhia
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Iury 11', 44' Hromov 34' Kharatin 45+1'	Report	Ponomar 17' 80' Chebotayev 40' Starenkyi 54' Zaporozhan 65' Bondarenko 70' Batsula 72'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Dmytro Kutakov

5 November 2017 15	Olimpik Donetsk	3–3	Zorya Luhansk	Kyiv
19:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Kravchenko 11' Moha 35' Bilenkyi 48' Shabanov 49' Lukyanchuk 59' Bohdanov 67' Makharadze 90+2'	Report	Lunyov 57', 62' Andriyevskyi 70' Opanasenko 83' Kharatin 90+4'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Yuriy Mozharovskyi

18 November 2017 16	Zorya Luhansk	1–1	Veres Rivne	Zaporizhzhia
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Hromov 28' Iury 90+3'	Report	Serhiychuk 24' Ischenko 36' 58' Adamyuk 61' Bandura 87' Kobin 90+3'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 1,850 Referee: Mykola Kryvonosov

26 November 2017 17	Zorya Luhansk	1–0	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Zaporizhzhia
19:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Sukhotskyi 39' Hromov 58' Checher 69'	Report	Matkobozhyk 77'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 1,627 Referee: Mykola Balakin

2 December 2017 18	Chornomorets Odesa	1–1	Zorya Luhansk	Odesa
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Vasin 17' 18' Khoblenko 18', 72' N'Diaye 45' 77' Žunić 53' Politylo 90+4'	Report	Babenko 13' 33' Kharatin 20' Svatok 66' Andriyevskyi 87'	Stadium: Chornomorets Stadium Attendance: 4,242 Referee: Vitaliy Romanov

10 December 2017 19	Zorya Luhansk	2–1	Shakhtar Donetsk	Zaporizhzhia
19:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Kabayev 47' Silas 67', 90+2' (pen.) Butko 66' (o.g.)	Report	Petryak 18' 79', 34' Bernard 51' Fred 53' 86' Stepanenko 56' Dentinho 80' Rakitskiy 90' 90'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 3,758 Referee: Serhiy Boyko

18 February 2018 20	Karpaty Lviv	0–2	Zorya Luhansk	Lviv
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Lobay 43' Klyots 45' Fedetskyi 67'	Report	Cheberko 54' Tymchyk 55' Iury 57', 72' Faupala 63' Checher 80' Kabayev 89'	Stadium: Ukraina Stadium Attendance: 1,853 Referee: Kostyantyn Trukhanov

24 February 2018 21	Zorya Luhansk	3–0	Vorskla Poltava	Zaporizhzhia
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Checher 53' Hordiyenko 71' Iury 76' Hromov 88'	Report	Kolomoyets 39' Sapay 39' Kulach 45+2' Vasin 64' 68'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 1,625 Referee: Dmytro Kutakov

4 March 2018 22	Dynamo Kyiv	3–2	Zorya Luhansk	Kyiv
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Boyko 11' Verbič 58' Tsyhankov 77' Pivarić 83' Kędziora 90+2'	Report	Hromov 28' Silas 29' Kharatin 49' Iury 61' Svatok 75'	Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 4,317 Referee: Anatoliy Abdula

11 March 2018 23	FC Mariupol	0–0	Zorya Luhansk	Mariupol
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Totovytskyi 6' Myshnyov 13' Dedechko 36' Bolbat 56' Demiri 73'	Report	Andriyevskyi 62' Svatok 80' Iury 87'	Stadium: Volodymyr Boiko Stadium Attendance: 2,613 Referee: Ievgenii Aranovskyi

18 March 2018 24	Veres Rivne	0–1	Zorya Luhansk	Lviv
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Lukyanchuk 27' Karasyuk 64' Kalenchuk 87'	Report	Kharatin 19' Checher 28' Lunyov 45' Iury 51' (pen.)	Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 413 Referee: Dmytro Kutakov

1 April 2018 25	Zorya Luhansk	0–3	Shakhtar Donetsk	Zaporizhzhia
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Lunyov 27' Checher 41' Silas 63' Pryima 70' Opanasenko 88' Tymchyk 90+2' Iury 90+5'	Report	Ismaily 25' Taison 41' Ferreyra 61', 90+1' Fred 85' Kayode 90+4' Dentinho 90+5'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 8,350 Referee: Vitaliy Romanov

7 April 2018 26	Dynamo Kyiv	4–0	Zorya Luhansk	Kyiv
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Burda 13' Verbič 51' Besyedin 54' Tsyhankov 88'	Report	Hromov 48' Checher 72' Babenko 79'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 12,876 Referee: Oleksandr Derdo

15 April 2018 27	Zorya Luhansk	0–3	Vorskla Poltava	Zaporizhzhia
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Cheberko 84'	Report	Chesnakov 50', 83' Sharpar 55' Vasin 65' Kulach 73' Odaryuk 81' Serhiychuk 90+1'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 2,125 Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi

22 April 2018 28	Zorya Luhansk	3–1	FC Mariupol	Zaporizhzhia
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Iury 67', 69' Hordiyenko 75' Hromov 90+2'	Report	Dawa 18' Ihnatenko 23' Myshnyov 30' Yavorskyi 69' Totovytskyi 80' Kyryukhantsev 80' Bilyi 82' Dedechko 87'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 2,075 Referee: Yuriy Mozharovskyi

29 April 2018 29	Zorya Luhansk	1–0	Veres Rivne	Zaporizhzhia
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Checher 8' Iury 18', 59' Andriyevskyi 88' Kabayev 90+1'	Report	Siminin 31' Pepi 41' Adamyuk 50' Myahkov 81'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 2,081 Referee: Denys Shurman

5 May 2018 30	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–1	Zorya Luhansk	Kharkiv
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Ferreyra 19', 33' Taison 89' Nem 90+2' Pyatov 90+3'	Report	Silas 34' Hordiyenko 35' Cheberko 50' Iury 63', 63' Lytvyn 90+3'	Stadium: Metalist OSC Attendance: 7,695 Referee: Vitaliy Romanov

13 May 2018 31	Zorya Luhansk	0–1	Dynamo Kyiv	Zaporizhzhia
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Hordiyenko 15' Kharatin 27' Silas 39' Kocherhin 60' Checher 77'	Report	Verbič 68' Besyedin 81' Kádár 84'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 6,256 Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi

20 May 2018 32	Vorskla Poltava	2–0	Zorya Luhansk	Poltava
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kulach 66', 67' Rebenok 87' Vasin 90+2'	Report	Iury 41' Opanasenko 89'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 11,633 Referee: Kostyantyn Trukhanov

Ukrainian Cup

25 October 2017 Round of 16 (1/8)	Zorya Luhansk	3–4	Shakhtar Donetsk	Zaporizhzhia
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Lunyov 12' Babenko 39' Hordiyenko 51' Lunin 68' Checher 78' 82' Opanasenko 95' Kharatin 107'	Report	Stepanenko 38' Dentinho 34' Fred 59' Ferreyra 72', 90+1' Kovalenko 99' Blanco Leschuk 117'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 5,511 Referee: Anatoliy Abdula

UEFA Europa League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ATH	OST	ZOR	HRT
1	Athletic Bilbao	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3	11^[a]	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–0	0–1	3–2
2	Östersunds FK	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4	11^[a]	Advance to knockout phase	2–2	—	2–0	1–0
3	Zorya Luhansk	6	2	0	4	3	9	−6	6		0–2	0–2	—	2–1
4	Hertha BSC	6	1	2	3	6	7	−1	5		0–0	1–1	2–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head results: Östersund 2–2 Athletic Bilbao, Athletic Bilbao 1–0 Östersund.

14 September 2017 1	Zorya Luhansk	0–2	Östersund	Lviv
22:05 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kharatin 79'	Report	Bachirou 43' Ghoddos 50' Mensiro 72' Aiesh 83' Gero 90+4'	Stadium: Arena Lviv Referee: Stephan Klossner

28 September 2017 2	Athletic Bilbao	0–1	Zorya Luhansk	Bilbao, Spain
20:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report	Kharatin 26' Opanasenko 58' Hordiyenko 68' Andriyevskyi 81' Kocherhin 90+2'	Stadium: San Mamés Referee: Halis Özkahya

19 October 2017 3	Zorya Luhansk	2–1	Hertha BSC	Lviv
20:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Silas 4', 42' Lunyov 76' Svatok 79'	Report	Selke 46', 56' Maier 69' Ibišević 71'	Stadium: Arena Lviv Referee: Liran Liany

2 November 2017 4	Hertha BSC	2–0	Zorya Luhansk	Berlin, Germany
22:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Selke 13', 73'	Report	Karavayev 69' Sukhotskyi 79'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Referee: John Beaton

23 November 2017 5	Östersund	2–0	Zorya Luhansk	Östersund, Sweden
20:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Hrechyshkin 40' (o.g.) Edwards 51' Ghoddos 77'	Report	Andriyevskyi 53' Karavayev 54' Babenko 79' Svatok 82'	Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena Referee: Kevin Blom

7 December 2017 6	Zorya Luhansk	0–2	Athletic Bilbao	Lviv
22:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Lunyov 43' Andriyevskyi 50' Kabayev 82'	Report	Unai Núñez 16' Aduriz 70' Raúl García 86'	Stadium: Arena Lviv Referee: Ruddy Buquet

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	UKR	Andriy Lunin	36	0	29	0	1	0	6	0
Defenders
3	DF	UKR	Oleksandr Svatok	32	2	22+3	1	1	0	5+1	1
4	DF	UKR	Vasyl Pryima	13	1	9+3	1	0	0	1	0
5	DF	UKR	Artem Hordiyenko	35	4	21+7	3	1	1	4+2	0
9	DF	UKR	Dmytro Lytvyn	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF	MAR	Mohamed El Bouazzati	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	UKR	Oleksandr Tymchyk	8	1	8	1	0	0	0	0
39	DF	UKR	Yevhen Opanasenko	27	5	21+1	5	1	0	4	0
44	DF	UKR	Vyacheslav Checher	21	0	17+1	0	1	0	1+1	0
Midfielders
7	MF	UKR	Vladyslav Kocherhin	14	0	4+7	0	0+1	0	0+2	0
8	MF	UKR	Ihor Kharatin	36	5	22+7	3	0+1	1	5+1	1
18	MF	UKR	Oleksandr Andriyevskyi	24	3	14+3	3	1	0	5+1	0
20	MF	UKR	Oleksandr Karavayev	33	1	25+1	1	1	0	6	0
22	MF	SRB	Željko Ljubenović	8	0	1+6	0	0	0	0+1	0
27	MF	UKR	Vladyslav Kabayev	15	0	4+9	0	0	0	0+2	0
28	MF	UKR	Artem Hromov	34	7	27	7	1	0	4+2	0
36	MF	UKR	Ruslan Babenko	17	0	10+4	0	1	0	1+1	0
64	MF	UKR	Serhiy Mayboroda	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
76	MF	UKR	Yehor Shalfeyev	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
96	MF	BRA	Silas	25	3	17+3	2	0	0	3+2	1
98	MF	UKR	Yevhen Cheberko	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
11	FW	FRA	David Faupala	12	0	9+3	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	UKR	Maksym Lunyov	30	2	12+11	1	1	1	5+1	0
95	FW	BRA	Iury	29	11	22+2	11	0	0	5	0
Players transferred out during the season
1	GK	UKR	Oleksiy Shevchenko	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	UKR	Artem Sukhotskyi	24	0	17	0	1	0	6	0
6	MF	UKR	Mykyta Kamenyuka	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
9	MF	UKR	Vladyslav Kalitvintsev	6	1	5+1	1	0	0	0	0
10	MF	BRA	Leônidas	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
11	FW	BRA	Paulinho	4	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF	BRA	Rafael Forster	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW	UKR	Denys Bezborodko	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	UKR	Dmytro Hrechyshkin	22	3	15+2	3	0	0	5	0

Source: Competitions

Last updated: 20 May 2018

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Premier League	Cup	Europa League	Total
1	95	FW	Iury	11	0	0	11
2	28	MF	Artem Hromov	7	0	0	7
3	8	MF	Ihor Kharatin	3	1	1	5
3	39	DF	Yevhen Opanasenko	5	0	0	5
5	5	DF	Artem Hordiyenko	3	1	0	4
6	18	MF	Oleksandr Andriyevskyi	3	0	0	3
	24	MF	Dmytro Hrechyshkin	3	0	0	3
	96	MF	Silas	2	0	1	3
9	3	DF	Oleksandr Svatok	1	0	1	2
9	19	FW	Maksym Lunyov	1	1	0	2
11	4	DF	Vasyl Pryima	1	0	0	1
	9	MF	Vladyslav Kalitvintsev	1	0	0	1
	20	MF	Oleksandr Karavayev	1	0	0	1
	24	DF	Oleksandr Tymchyk	1	0	0	1
			Own goal	1	0	0	1
			Total	44	3	3	50

Last updated: 20 May 2018

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Premier League	Europa League	Total
1	1	GK	Andriy Lunin	9	1	10
2	1	GK	Oleksiy Shevchenko	1	0	1
			Total	10	1	11

Last updated: 20 May 2018

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Player
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Premier League			Cup			Europa League			Total
1	GK		Andriy Lunin	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	DF		Artem Sukhotskyi	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
3	DF		Oleksandr Svatok	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
4	DF		Vasyl Pryima	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
5	DF		Artem Hordiyenko	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
7	MF		Vladyslav Kocherhin	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
8	MF		Ihor Kharatin	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0
9	DF		Dmytro Lytvyn	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
11	FW		David Faupala	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
18	MF		Oleksandr Andriyevskyi	3	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	1	1
19	FW		Maksym Lunyov	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	0	0
20	MF		Oleksandr Karavayev	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0
22	MF		Željko Ljubenović	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
24	MF		Dmytro Hrechyshkin	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
24	DF		Oleksandr Tymchyk	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
27	MF		Vladyslav Kabayev	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
28	MF		Artem Hromov	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	'2	0	0
36	MF		Ruslan Babenko	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	0
39	DF		Yevhen Opanasenko	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	1
44	DF		Vyacheslav Checher	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	9	1	0
95	FW		Iury	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0
96	MF		Silas	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
98	MF		Yevhen Cheberko	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
			Total	75	2	2	3	1	0	16	0	0	94	3	2

Last updated: 20 May 2018

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.
^ Артём Громов – игрок «Зари»! (in Russian). 16 August 2017.
^ "Cаша, с возвращением!" (in Russian). 24 August 2017.
^ Александр Андриевский пополнил «Зарю»! (in Russian). 16 August 2017.
^ Гаэль Ондуа – игрок «Зари»! (in Russian). 22 December 2017.
^ Дмитрий Литвин – игрок «Зари» (in Russian). 12 January 2018.
^ Мохамед Эль-Буаззати – новичок «Зари» (in Russian). 30 January 2018.
^ Луис Фелипе – игрок «Зари» (in Russian). 5 February 2018.
^ Давид Фаупала – игрок «Зари» (in Russian). 6 February 2018.
^ Тимофей Сухарь – игрок «Зари» (in Russian). 17 January 2018.
^ Состав «Зари» пополнили представители сборной (in Ukrainian). 23 December 2017.
^ Спасибо, Гриша! (in Russian). 31 May 2017.
^ «Анжи» пополнился Чайковским. (ВИДЕО) (in Russian). 19 June 2017. Archived from the original on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
^ Липартия - в «Анжи» (in Russian). 29 June 2017. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
^ Гегам Кадимян поповнив ряди ворсклян (in Ukrainian). 25 June 2017. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
^ "Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis joins Club Brugge". 31 May 2017.
^ Денис Белоусов - игрок "Авангарда"! (in Russian). 2 August 2017.
^ ФК Мариуполь подписал контракт с Игорем Левченко (in Russian). 20 August 2017.
^ "An experienced defensive player signed with Ludogorets". 30 August 2017.
^ "Shakhtar arrived in Germany". 26 June 2017.
^ Михаил Шершень - игрок "Авангарда"! (in Russian). 20 July 2017.
^ "Slovan získal ďalšie posily, prichádzajú Suchockij a van Haaren" (in Slovak). 4 January 2018.
^ "ЛЕВСКИ подписа с бразилеца Паулиньо за три години" (in Bulgarian). 27 January 2018. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
^ Леонидас стал футболистом «Олимпика» (in Russian). 16 February 2018. Archived from the original on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
^ Олексій Шевченко – гравець «Карпат» (in Ukrainian). 22 February 2018. Archived from the original on 23 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
^ Ондуа не станет игроком Зари (in Russian). 20 June 2018.
^ Благодарим вас, ребята (in Russian). 3 January 2018.
^ Благодарим вас, ребята (in Russian). 3 January 2018.
^ Благодарим вас, ребята (in Russian). 3 January 2018.
^ Микита КАМЕНЮКА - виступатиме за "Верес"! (in Ukrainian). 12 January 2018. Archived from the original on January 12, 2018.

External links

Official website

[table_note_res_EL3Q0.18854918898481-40] Since the winners of the 2017–18 Ukrainian Cup, Shakhtar Donetsk, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the third-placed team, the spot awarded to the third-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team.

[table_hth_ATH0.29329327274733-41] Head-to-head results: Östersund 2–2 Athletic Bilbao, Athletic Bilbao 1–0 Östersund.

[1] Владислав Кабаев - игрок «Зари»! (in Russian). 22 May 2017.

[2] Добро пожаловать в «Зарю»! (in Russian). 30 May 2017.

[3] Добро пожаловать в «Зарю»! (in Russian). 30 May 2017.

[4] Максим Лунёв – игрок «Зари»! (in Russian). 19 June 2017.

[5] В «Заре» - новые игроки! (in Russian). 24 June 2017.

[6] В «Заре» - новые игроки! (in Russian). 24 June 2017.

[7] В «Заре» - новые игроки! (in Russian). 24 June 2017.

[8] В «Заре» - новые игроки! (in Russian). 24 June 2017.

[9] Василий Прийма - игрок «Зари»! (in Russian). 6 July 2017.

[10] Юри Фрейтас де Кастильо – игрок «Зари»! (in Russian). 20 July 2017.

[11] Артём Громов – игрок «Зари»! (in Russian). 16 August 2017.

[12] "Cаша, с возвращением!" (in Russian). 24 August 2017.

[13] Александр Андриевский пополнил «Зарю»! (in Russian). 16 August 2017.

[14] Гаэль Ондуа – игрок «Зари»! (in Russian). 22 December 2017.

[15] Дмитрий Литвин – игрок «Зари» (in Russian). 12 January 2018.

[16] Мохамед Эль-Буаззати – новичок «Зари» (in Russian). 30 January 2018.

[17] Луис Фелипе – игрок «Зари» (in Russian). 5 February 2018.

[18] Давид Фаупала – игрок «Зари» (in Russian). 6 February 2018.

[19] Тимофей Сухарь – игрок «Зари» (in Russian). 17 January 2018.

[20] Состав «Зари» пополнили представители сборной (in Ukrainian). 23 December 2017.

[21] Спасибо, Гриша! (in Russian). 31 May 2017.

[22] «Анжи» пополнился Чайковским. (ВИДЕО) (in Russian). 19 June 2017. Archived from the original on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.

[23] Липартия - в «Анжи» (in Russian). 29 June 2017. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.

[24] Гегам Кадимян поповнив ряди ворсклян (in Ukrainian). 25 June 2017. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2017.

[25] "Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis joins Club Brugge". 31 May 2017.

[26] Денис Белоусов - игрок "Авангарда"! (in Russian). 2 August 2017.

[27] ФК Мариуполь подписал контракт с Игорем Левченко (in Russian). 20 August 2017.

[28] "An experienced defensive player signed with Ludogorets". 30 August 2017.

[29] "Shakhtar arrived in Germany". 26 June 2017.

[30] Михаил Шершень - игрок "Авангарда"! (in Russian). 20 July 2017.

[31] "Slovan získal ďalšie posily, prichádzajú Suchockij a van Haaren" (in Slovak). 4 January 2018.

[32] "ЛЕВСКИ подписа с бразилеца Паулиньо за три години" (in Bulgarian). 27 January 2018. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2018.

[33] Леонидас стал футболистом «Олимпика» (in Russian). 16 February 2018. Archived from the original on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.

[34] Олексій Шевченко – гравець «Карпат» (in Ukrainian). 22 February 2018. Archived from the original on 23 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.

[35] Ондуа не станет игроком Зари (in Russian). 20 June 2018.

[36] Благодарим вас, ребята (in Russian). 3 January 2018.

[37] Благодарим вас, ребята (in Russian). 3 January 2018.

[38] Благодарим вас, ребята (in Russian). 3 January 2018.

[39] Микита КАМЕНЮКА - виступатиме за "Верес"! (in Ukrainian). 12 January 2018. Archived from the original on January 12, 2018.

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2017–18 FC Zorya Luhansk season

Players

Squad information

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall

Premier League

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Ukrainian Cup

UEFA Europa League

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Goalscorers

Clean sheets

Disciplinary record

References

External links