# 2012–13 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk season

The Dnipro 2012–13 season was Dnipro's twenty-second Ukrainian Premier League season, and their third season under manager Juande Ramos. They finished the season in fourth place, while also reaching the semifinal of the Ukrainian Cup and the Last 32 of the UEFA Europa League when they were eliminated by Basel.

## Current squad

According to the club's official website on February 9, 2013.
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 |
| 3 | DF | CZE | Ondřej Mazuch |
| 4 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Kravchenko |
| 5 | DF | UKR | Vitaliy Mandzyuk |
| 6 | MF | GEO | Jaba Kankava |
| 7 | MF | UKR | Denys Kulakov |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Giuliano |
| 9 | FW | CRO | Nikola Kalinić |
| 10 | MF | UKR | Yevhen Konoplyanka |
| 11 | MF | UKR | Denys Oliynyk |
| 14 | DF | UKR | Yevhen Cheberyachko |
| 16 | GK | CZE | Jan Laštůvka |
| 17 | DF | CRO | Ivan Strinić |
| 18 | FW | UKR | Roman Zozulya |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | GEO | Alexander Kobakhidze |
| 20 | MF | GHA | Derek Boateng |
| 21 | FW | UKR | Yevhen Seleznyov |
| 23 | DF | BRA | Douglas |
| 24 | DF | CMR | Éric Matoukou |
| 28 | MF | UKR | Yevhen Shakhov |
| 29 | MF | UKR | Ruslan Rotan (captain) |
| 36 | MF | UKR | Ruslan Babenko |
| 44 | DF | UKR | Artem Fedetskiy |
| 77 | GK | UKR | Denys Shelikhov |
| 91 | GK | UKR | Ihor Vartsaba |
| 97 | MF | UKR | Andriy Blyznychenko |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Matheus |

### 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 |
| — | GK | UKR | Stanislav Chyhryn (at Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih) |
| — | DF | GHA | Samuel Inkoom (on loan to Bastia) |
| — | DF | GEO | Ucha Lobjanidze (at Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih) |
| — | MF | CRO | Mladen Bartulović (at Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih) |
| — | MF | UKR | Valeriy Fedorchuk (at Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | UKR | Artem Filimonov (at Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih) |
| — | MF | UKR | Oleksiy Razuvayev (at Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka) |
| — | FW | UKR | Oleksiy Antonov (at Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih) |
| — | FW | UKR | Oleksandr Hladkyi (at Karpaty Lviv) |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | FW | UKR | Yevhen Seleznyov (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) |
| 23 | DF | NGA | Michael Odibe (on loan from Arsenal Kyiv) |
| 88 | FW | UKR | Oleksandr Aliyev (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | FW | UKR | Oleksandr Gladkiy (to Karpaty Lviv) |
| 32 | GK | UKR | Anton Kanibolotskiy (to Shakhtar Donetsk) |
| 56 | FW | SVK | Götor Sokovic |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | GEO | Aleksandre Kobakhidze (loan return from Arsenal Kyiv) |
| 23 | DF | BRA | Douglas (from Vasco da Gama) |
| 24 | DF | CMR | Éric Matoukou (loan return from Arsenal Kyiv) |
| 28 | MF | UKR | Yevhen Shakhov (loan return from Arsenal Kyiv) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | GHA | Samuel Inkoom (loan to Bastia) |
| 19 | DF | UZB | Vitaliy Denisov (to Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 21 | FW | UKR | Yevhen Seleznyov (loan return to Shakhtar Donetsk) |
| 23 | DF | NGA | Michael Odibe (loan return to Arsenal Kyiv) |
| 88 | FW | UKR | Oleksandr Aliyev (loan return to Dynamo Kyiv) |

## Competitions
### Ukrainian Premier League
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 May 2013. Source: Soccerway

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | L | D | L | W | D | L | D | W | L | W |
| Position | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Metalist Kharkiv | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 59 | 25 | +34 | 66 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Dynamo Kyiv | 30 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 55 | 23 | +32 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 4 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 54 | 27 | +27 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 5 | Metalurh Donetsk | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Chornomorets Odesa | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 43 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |

### UEFA Europa League
#### Play-off
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DNI | NAP | PSV | AIK |
| 1 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Napoli | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase | 4–2 | — | 1–3 | 4–0 |
| 3 | PSV Eindhoven | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 7 | | 1–2 | 3–0 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | AIK | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 4 | | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — |

#### Knockout phase
## Squad statistics

    As of 13 May 2013

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Ukrainian Cup | Ukrainian Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 3 | DF | CZE | Ondřej Mazuch | 30 | 0 | 19+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Kravchenko | 26 | 4 | 14+5 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+3 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | UKR | Vitaliy Mandzyuk | 36 | 1 | 22+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 9+1 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | GEO | Jaba Kankava | 23 | 0 | 9+7 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | UKR | Denys Kulakov | 9 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Giuliano | 39 | 11 | 27+0 | 9 | 2+0 | 1 | 9+1 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | CRO | Nikola Kalinić | 28 | 10 | 13+7 | 6 | 2+0 | 1 | 3+3 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | UKR | Yevhen Konoplianka | 30 | 5 | 15+5 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 8+1 | 3 |
| 11 | MF | UKR | Denys Oliynyk | 15 | 2 | 10+2 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | UKR | Yevhen Cheberyachko | 37 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | CZE | Jan Laštůvka | 34 | 0 | 23+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | CRO | Ivan Strinić | 32 | 0 | 20+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | UKR | Roman Zozulya | 31 | 10 | 16+6 | 8 | 0+0 | 0 | 8+1 | 2 |
| 19 | MF | GEO | Alexander Kobakhidze | 4 | 1 | 1+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | UKR | Yevhen Seleznyov | 29 | 10 | 14+8 | 7 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 3 |
| 23 | MF | BRA | Douglas | 8 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | UKR | Yevhen Shakhov | 4 | 1 | 1+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | UKR | Ruslan Rotan | 34 | 4 | 23+1 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | UKR | Ruslan Babenko | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | UKR | Artem Fedetskiy | 23 | 2 | 12+4 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+3 | 1 |
| 77 | GK | UKR | Denys Shelikhov | 5 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Aliyev | 18 | 4 | 6+6 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+1 | 2 |
| 91 | GK | UKR | Ihor Vartsaba | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Matheus | 38 | 10 | 18+9 | 6 | 1+1 | 1 | 6+3 | 3 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | GHA | Samuel Inkoom | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Dnipro who left the club during the season: ||||||||||||
| 19 | DF | UZB | Vitaliy Dzyanisaw | 17 | 1 | 7+3 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | GHA | Derek Boateng | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | NGA | Michael Odibe | 13 | 1 | 7+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Ukrainian Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 99 | Matheus | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | MF | 8 | Giuliano | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | FW | 18 | Roman Zozulya | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | FW | 21 | Yevhen Seleznyov | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | FW | 9 | Nikola Kalinić | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | FW | 88 | Oleksandr Aliyev | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | MF | 10 | Yevhen Konoplianka | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | MF | 4 | Serhiy Kravchenko | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | MF | 29 | Ruslan Rotan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | DF | 44 | Artem Fedetskiy | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | MF | 11 | Denys Oliynyk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | DF | 19 | Vitaliy Dzyanisaw | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 23 | Michael Odibe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 19 | Alexander Kobakhidze | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 28 | Yevhen Shakhov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | 5 | Vitaliy Mandzyuk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 54 | 6 | 23 | 73 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Ukrainian Cup | Ukrainian Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 3 | DF | Ondřej Mazuch | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | Serhiy Kravchenko | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Vitaliy Mandzyuk | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Jaba Kankava | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Giuliano | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Nikola Kalinić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Yevhen Konoplianka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | Yevhen Cheberyachko | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 16 | GK | Jan Laštůvka | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Ivan Strinić | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Roman Zozulya | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Vitaliy Dzyanisaw | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Yevhen Seleznyov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Michael Odibe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Douglas | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | Ruslan Rotan | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | Artem Fedetskiy | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 88 | MF | Oleksandr Aliyev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Matheus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 78 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 103 | 9 |

## Team kit

These are the 2012–13 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk kits.
Supplier: Nike Sponsor(s): TM Biola
| Home Kit | Away Kit | 3rd Kit |