# 2018 FC Ukraine United season

The 2018 season was FC Ukraine United's third season in the Canadian Soccer League, and twelfth season since their founding in the Ontario Soccer League. The season marked United's return to the First Division after participating in the Second Division the previous year. After a competitive season with FC Vorkuta the club won their first division title on September 23, 2018. In the postseason United won their preliminary match against Brantford Galaxy, but were defeated in the second round to Scarborough SC. Pavlo Lukyanets, a veteran striker from Ukraine, was United's top goalscorer with twelve goals.

## Summary

After spending the 2017 season in the Second Division with a perfect season the club was promoted back into the First Division.Andrei Malychenkov resumed his coaching duties, and maintained the majority of his previous roster with additional imports from Ukraine. From the onset of the season the club remained highly competitive, and battled with rivals FC Vorkuta for supremacy of the division. Throughout the season Malychenkov achieved the necessary results in clinching the First Division title, and managed an undefeated streak of ten matches with the best offensive record. In the opening round of the playoff tournament FC Ukraine faced Brantford Galaxy, and defeated Brantford 8-7 in a penalty shootout. Their postseason campaign came to a conclusion in the second round after a 2-1 defeat to Scarborough SC.

## Team
### Roster

    As of August 18, 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | FW | | Oleksandr Popravka |
| 2 | GK | UKR | Andriy Bandrivskyy |
| 3 | DF | UKR | Ivan Kucherenko |
| 4 | DF | UKR | Maksym Rohovskyi |
| 5 | DF | UKR | Mykhailo Hurka |
| 6 | MF | UKR | Taras Hromyak |
| 7 | MF | UKR | Yuri Sokolovsky |
| 8 | MF | UKR | Sergiy Sergeyev |
| 9 | DF | | Igor Bortnyk |
| 10 | FW | UKR | Pavlo Lukyanets |
| 11 | FW | UKR | Serhiy Savchenko |
| 10 | FW | UKR | Ihor Kozovyk |
| 13 | FW | UKR | Nazar Milishchuk |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | FW | UKR | Ihor Shyshka |
| 15 | MF | UKR | Andriy Savchenko |
| 16 | FW | UKR | Vasyl Chornyi |
| 17 | FW | | Dmytro Mykhalchuk |
| 18 | DF | UKR | Lubomir Ivansky |
| 19 | DF | UKR | Mykola Hreshta |
| 20 | FW | UKR | Vitaliy Bohdanov |
| 21 | MF | UKR | Volodymyr Romaniv |
| 22 | FW | UKR | Vadym Hetman |
| 23 | FW | UKR | Yevhen Falkovskyi |
| 24 | FW | UKR | Ihor Malysh |
| 25 | FW | UKR | Roman Datsiuk |
| — | MF | | Amir Hosic |

### Management

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Andrei Malychenkov |
| Assistant coach | Mykhailo Hurka |
| Goalkeeper coach | Arthur Zaslavski |
| Manager | Vladimir Koval |
| Chairman | Vladimir Koval |
Last updated: August 10, 2018 Source: fcukraineunited.ca

## Canadian Soccer League
### First Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | FC Ukraine United (A, C) | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 60 | 16 | +44 | 38 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 2 | FC Vorkuta (A, O) | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 55 | 16 | +39 | 38 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 3 | SC Waterloo Region (A) | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 29 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 4 | Scarborough SC (A) | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 20 | +14 | 29 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 5 | Hamilton City SC (A) | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 25 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 6 | Serbian White Eagles (A) | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 19 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 7 | SC Real Mississauga (A) | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 42 | −28 | 11 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 8 | Brantford Galaxy (A) | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 37 | −28 | 11 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 9 | CSC Mississauga | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 37 | −28 | 5 | |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: September 20, 2018. Source: 2018 Canadian Soccer League season

### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| Ground | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H |
| Result | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W |

### Matches
#### Postseason
## Statistics
### Goals

Correct as of September 30, 2018
First Division Goals :
| Pos. | Playing Pos. | Nation | Name | Appearances | Goals |
| 1 | FW | | Pavlo Lukyanets | 15 | 12 |
| 2 | MF | | Taras Hromyak | 15 | 8 |
| 2 | FW | | Nazar Milishchuk | 16 | 8 |
| 3 | FW | | Roman Datsiuk | 15 | 7 |
| 3 | MF | | Yevhen Falkovskyi | 13 | 7 |
| 3 | FW | | Ihor Malysh | 16 | 7 |
| 4 | FW | | Vitaliy Bohdanov | 12 | 4 |
| 5 | FW | | Amir Hosic | - | 3 |
| 6 | MF | | Vasyl Chornyi | - | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | Ivan Kucherenko | - | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | Andriy Savchenko | - | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 102 | 60 |