# 2018–19 FC Vorskla Poltava season

The 2018–19 season was 23rd consecutive season in the top Ukrainian football league for Vorskla Poltava. Vorskla competed in Premier League, Ukrainian Cup and UEFA Europa League.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 31 May 2019
| Squad no. | Name | Position | Date of birth (age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Bohdan Shust | GK | (1986-03-04)4 March 1986 (aged 33) |
| 21 | Oleksandr Tkachenko | GK | (1993-02-19)19 February 1993 (aged 26) |
| 31 | Dmytro Riznyk $^{ListB}$ | GK | (1999-01-30)30 January 1999 (aged 20) |
| Defenders |||||
| 3 | Andro Giorgadze $^{ListB}$ | DF | (1996-05-03)3 May 1996 (aged 23) |
| 5 | Najeeb Yakubu $^{ListB}$ | DF | (2000-05-01)1 May 2000 (aged 19) |
| 17 | Volodymyr Chesnakov (Captain) | DF | (1988-02-12)12 February 1988 (aged 31) |
| 23 | Vadym Sapay | DF | (1986-02-07)7 February 1986 (aged 33) |
| 25 | Yevhen Martynenko | DF | (1993-06-25)25 June 1993 (aged 25) |
| 33 | Oleksandr Chyzhov | DF | (1986-08-10)10 August 1986 (aged 32) |
| 40 | Taras Sakiv $^{ListB}$ | DF | (1997-11-19)19 November 1997 (aged 21) |
| 44 | Ardin Dallku | DF | (1994-11-01)1 November 1994 (aged 24) |
| 48 | Denys Taraduda $^{ListB}$ | DF | (2000-08-17)17 August 2000 (aged 18) |
| 50 | Ibrahim Kane $^{ListB}$ | DF | (2000-06-23)23 June 2000 (aged 18) |
| 55 | Ihor Honchar | DF | (1993-01-10)10 January 1993 (aged 26) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 4 | Ihor Perduta | MF | (1990-11-15)15 November 1990 (aged 28) |
| 6 | Oleksandr Sklyar | MF | (1991-02-26)26 February 1991 (aged 28) |
| 8 | Artem Habelok | MF | (1995-02-01)1 February 1995 (aged 24) |
| 9 | Edin Šehić | MF | (1995-02-03)3 February 1995 (aged 24) |
| 11 | Vyacheslav Sharpar | MF | (1987-06-02)2 June 1987 (aged 31) |
| 13 | Maryan Mysyk | MF | (1996-10-02)2 October 1996 (aged 22) |
| 19 | Volodymyr Odaryuk | MF | (1994-02-13)13 February 1994 (aged 25) |
| 29 | Dmytro Kravchenko | MF | (1995-02-25)25 February 1995 (aged 24) |
| 30 | Aleksandre Kobakhidze | MF | (1987-02-11)11 February 1987 (aged 32) |
| 66 | Artur | MF | (1994-08-05)5 August 1994 (aged 24) |
| 82 | Pavlo Rebenok | MF | (1985-07-23)23 July 1985 (aged 33) |
| 94 | Todor Petrović | MF | (1994-08-18)18 August 1994 (aged 24) |
| Forwards |||||
| 14 | Nicolas Careca (on loan from Grêmio) $^{ListB}$ | FW | (1997-05-18)18 May 1997 (aged 22) |
| 22 | Dmytro Shapoval | FW | (1996-06-17)17 June 1996 (aged 22) |
| 26 | Yuriy Kolomoyets | FW | (1990-03-22)22 March 1990 (aged 29) |
| 77 | Denys Vasin | FW | (1989-03-04)4 March 1989 (aged 30) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Type | Fee |
| Summer ||||||||
| 23 June 2018 | DF | Yevhen Martynenko | 24 | Chornomorets Odesa | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 3 July 2018 | MF | Artem Habelok | 23 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 3 July 2018 | MF | Maryan Mysyk | 22 | Stal Kamianske | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2018 | DF | Artur | 23 | Internacional | Transfer | Free |
| 3 September 2018 | DF | Najeeb Yakubu | 18 | Niger Tornadoes | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 3 September 2018 | DF | Ibrahim Kane | 18 | Duguwolofila | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2018 | FW | Nicolas Careca | 21 | Grêmio | Loan | |
| Winter ||||||||
| 22 January 2019 | MF | Todor Petrović | 24 | Voždovac | Transfer | Free |
| 22 January 2019 | MF | Edin Šehić | 23 | Hajduk Split | Transfer | Free |
| 1 January 2019 | DF | Ihor Honchar | 25 | Hirnyk-Sport | Loan | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Type | Fee |
| Summer ||||||||
| 1 July 2018 | GK | Yan Vichnyi | 21 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2018 | DF | Oleksiy Lutsenko | 21 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2018 | MF | Yuriy Hluschuk | 23 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 13 July 2018 | DF | Oleh Ostapenko | 21 | Chornomorets Odesa | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 13 September 2018 | MF | Serhiy Kosovskyi | 20 | Obolon-Brovar Kyiv | Transfer | Free |
| 8 August 2018 | GK | Danylo Kanevtsev | 22 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Loan | |
| 7 September 2018 | DF | Ihor Honchar | 25 | Hirnyk-Sport | Loan | |
| Winter ||||||||
| 1 January 2019 | MF | Gegham Kadymyan | 26 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 18 January 2019 | FW | Mykhaylo Serhiychuk | 27 | Desna Chernihiv | Transfer | Free |
| 1 January 2019 | FW | Vladyslav Kulach | 25 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan return | |
| 14 February 2019 | MF | Volodymyr Odaryuk | 25 | Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | Loan | |
| 26 February 2019 | DF | Myroslav Mazur | 20 | Sfântul Gheorghe Suruceni | Loan | |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 25 July 2018 | 29 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 037.50 |
| Cup | 31 October 2018 | 7 April 2019 | Round of 16 (1/8) | Quarterfinal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Europa League | 20 September 2018 | 13 December 2018 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 016.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 37 | 59 | −22 | 035.00 |
Last updated: 31 May 2019 Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Vorskla Poltava | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 42 | |
| 8 | Desna Chernihiv | 32 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 41 | |
| 9 | Olimpik Donetsk | 32 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 41 | 48 | −7 | 34 | |
| 10 | Karpaty Lviv (O) | 32 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 33 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |
| 11 | Chornomorets Odesa (R) | 32 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 31 | 49 | −18 | 31 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |
Teams that placed 10th and 11th in the 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League play two-leg play-off with the second and third teams of the 2018–19 Ukrainian First League. The draw for play-offs took place on 24 May 2019 and the games will be played on 4 and 8 June 2019.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Chornomorets Odesa | 0 – 2 | Kolos Kovalivka | 0 – 0 | 0 – 2 |
| Karpaty Lviv | 3 – 1 | Volyn Lutsk | 0 – 0 | 3 – 1 |

### Second leg

Kolos Kovalivka won 2–0 on aggregate and were promoted to the 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League. Chornomorets Odesa were relegated to the 2019–20 Ukrainian First League
Karpaty Lviv won 3–0 on aggregate and retained their spot in the 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League. Volyn Lutsk remained in the 2019–20 Ukrainian First League
Due to fan violence at the game and attack on referee, the original score 1–3 was scratched and replaced with technical score 0–3 loss to Volyn and win for Karpaty. Additionally, the Lutsk department of police started criminal proceedings on the fact of intentional damage to property during the game by the Karpaty fans.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 31 May 2019. 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 | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H |
| Result | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | D | L | L | D | W | D | D | W | W | L | D |
| Position | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ARS | SPO | VOR | QRB |
| 1 | Arsenal | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 16 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–1 | — | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Vorskla Poltava | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 3 | | 0–3 | 1–2 | — | 0–1 |
| 4 | Qarabağ | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 3 | | 0–3 | 1–6 | 0–1 | — |
* 1 2 Goal difference in all group matches: Vorskla Poltava –9, Qarabağ –11.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Cup | Cup | EL | EL |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | UKR | Bohdan Shust | 27 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | UKR | Oleksandr Tkachenko | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | GEO | Andro Giorgadze | 9 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GHA | Najeeb Yakubu | 8 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | UKR | Volodymyr Chesnakov | 32 | 2 | 24+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | UKR | Vadym Sapay | 21 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | UKR | Yevhen Martynenko | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Chyzhov | 19 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | UKR | Taras Sakiv | 14 | 1 | 7+3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | KOS | Ardin Dallku | 24 | 1 | 14+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 48 | DF | UKR | Denys Taraduda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | DF | MLI | Ibrahim Kane | 14 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | UKR | Ihor Perduta | 34 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Sklyar | 31 | 0 | 14+9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | UKR | Artem Habelok | 25 | 2 | 14+7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | BIH | Edin Šehić | 9 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | UKR | Vyacheslav Sharpar | 33 | 7 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | UKR | Maryan Mysyk | 14 | 0 | 3+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | UKR | Dmytro Kravchenko | 11 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | GEO | Aleksandre Kobakhidze | 17 | 0 | 13+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | BRA | Artur | 25 | 0 | 17+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 82 | MF | UKR | Pavlo Rebenok | 36 | 3 | 24+6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 94 | MF | SRB | Todor Petrović | 9 | 1 | 7+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 14 | FW | BRA | Nicolas Careca | 31 | 3 | 14+10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | UKR | Yuriy Kolomoyets | 33 | 2 | 20+6 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | UKR | Denys Vasin | 8 | 3 | 7+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | ARM | Gegham Kadymyan | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | UKR | Mykhaylo Serhiychuk | 15 | 0 | 1+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | UKR | Vladyslav Kulach | 19 | 6 | 13+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 16 | DF | UKR | Myroslav Mazur | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | UKR | Volodymyr Odaryuk | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Competitions
Last updated: 31 May 2019

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Premier League | Cup | EL | Total |
| 1 | 11 | MF | Vyacheslav Sharpar | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 10 | FW | Vladyslav Kulach | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 82 | MF | Pavlo Rebenok | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 14 | FW | Nicolas Careca | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 77 | FW | Denys Vasin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 8 | MF | Artem Habelok | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 17 | DF | Volodymyr Chesnakov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 26 | FW | Yuriy Kolomoyets | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 5 | DF | Najeeb Yakubu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 33 | DF | Oleksandr Chyzhov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 40 | DF | Taras Sakiv | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 44 | DF | Ardin Dallku | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 94 | MF | Todor Petrović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Own goal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| | | | Total | 31 | 2 | 4 | 37 |
Last updated: 31 May 2019

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Premier League | Cup | EL | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | Bohdan Shust | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | Oleksandr Tkachenko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| | | | Total | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
Last updated: 31 May 2019

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Player | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | Cup | Cup | Cup | EL | EL | EL | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Bohdan Shust | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Andro Giorgadze | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Ihor Perduta | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Najeeb Yakubu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Oleksandr Sklyar | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Gegham Kadymyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Artem Habelok | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Edin Šehić | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Mykhaylo Serhiychuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Vladyslav Kulach | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Vyacheslav Sharpar | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Maryan Mysyk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Nicolas Careca | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Volodymyr Chesnakov | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | Oleksandr Tkachenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Vadym Sapay | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Yevhen Martynenko | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | FW | Yuriy Kolomoyets | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Dmytro Kravchenko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Aleksandre Kobakhidze | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Oleksandr Chyzhov | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | Taras Sakiv | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | Ardin Dallku | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 48 | DF | Denys Tarduda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | DF | Ibrahim Kane | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | Artur | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | Denys Vasin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | MF | Pavlo Rebenok | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | MF | Todor Petrović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Total | 81 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 6 | 1 |
Last updated: 31 May 2019