# 2017–18 NK Veres Rivne season

The 2017–18 season was Veres Rivne's 4th season in the top Ukrainian football league. Veres competed in Premier League and Ukrainian Cup. Despite finishing in third place in 2016–17 Ukrainian First League club was promoted after the controversial decision of the Ukrainian Premier League which denied Desna Chernihiv who finished in second place a licence to participate in the league, indicating that the club was not able to guarantee for an adequate financing of their infrastructure.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 31 May 2018
| Squad no. | Name | Position | Date of birth (age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Dmytro Fastov $^{ListB}$ | GK | (1997-07-25)25 July 1997 (aged 20) |
| 23 | Bohdan Sarnavskyi | GK | (1995-01-29)29 January 1995 (aged 23) |
| 31 | Oleksandr Bandura | GK | (1986-05-30)30 May 1986 (aged 32) |
| Defenders |||||
| 3 | Volodymyr Adamyuk | DF | (1991-07-17)17 July 1991 (aged 26) |
| 4 | Vladyslav Pryimak $^{ListB}$ | DF | (1996-08-30)30 August 1996 (aged 21) |
| 5 | Volodymyr Skotarenko $^{ListB}$ | DF | (1997-03-17)17 March 1997 (aged 21) |
| 8 | Serhiy Siminin | DF | (1987-10-09)9 October 1987 (aged 30) |
| 13 | Volodymyr Domnitsak | DF | (1995-12-24)24 December 1995 (aged 22) |
| 16 | Pavlo Lukyanchuk (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) $^{ListB}$ | DF | (1996-05-19)19 May 1996 (aged 22) |
| 20 | Pepi $^{ListB}$ | DF | (1996-04-14)14 April 1996 (aged 22) |
| 33 | Serhiy Borzenko (Captain) | DF | (1986-06-22)22 June 1986 (aged 31) |
| 43 | Artur Zapadnya | DF | (1990-06-04)4 June 1990 (aged 27) |
| 53 | Pavlo Myahkov | DF | (1992-12-30)30 December 1992 (aged 25) |
| | Volodymyr Zavaliak $^{ListB}$ | DF | (1996-07-24)24 July 1996 (aged 21) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 2 | Mykyta Kamenyuka (on loan from Zorya Luhansk) | MF | (1985-06-03)3 June 1985 (aged 32) |
| 6 | Maksym Kalenchuk | MF | (1989-12-05)5 December 1989 (aged 28) |
| 10 | Yevhen Morozenko | MF | (1991-12-16)16 December 1991 (aged 26) |
| 22 | Rostyslav Voloshynovych | MF | (1991-05-23)23 May 1991 (aged 27) |
| 27 | Maksym Khimchyak $^{ListB}$ | MF | (2000-02-13)13 February 2000 (aged 18) |
| 29 | Denys Kozhanov | MF | (1987-06-13)13 June 1987 (aged 30) |
| 91 | Roman Karasyuk | MF | (1991-03-27)27 March 1991 (aged 27) |
| | Oleh Horin $^{ListB}$ | MF | (2000-02-02)2 February 2000 (aged 18) |
| | Yuriy Berdey $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1996-05-03)3 May 1996 (aged 22) |
| Forwards |||||
| 7 | Ruslan Stepanyuk | FW | (1992-01-16)16 January 1992 (aged 26) |
| 11 | Stanislav Kulish | FW | (1989-02-08)8 February 1989 (aged 29) |
| 18 | Vitaliy Mykytyn $^{ListB}$ | FW | (1998-11-04)4 November 1998 (aged 19) |
| 95 | Julio Cesar | FW | (1995-04-18)18 April 1995 (aged 23) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Type | Fee |
| Summer ||||||||
| 25 June 2017 | DF | Serhiy Siminin | 29 | FC Oleksandriya | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | GK | Oleksandr Bandura | 31 | Stal Kamianske | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Roman Karasyuk | 26 | Stal Kamianske | Transfer | Free |
| 3 July 2017 | DF | Mykola Ischenko | 34 | Stal Kamianske | Transfer | Free |
| 3 July 2017 | MF | Hennadiy Pasich | 23 | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta | Transfer | Free |
| 3 July 2017 | MF | Yevhen Pasich | 23 | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta | Transfer | Free |
| 11 July 2017 | DF | Volodymyr Adamyuk | 25 | Dnipro | Transfer | Free |
| 11 July 2017 | FW | Mykhaylo Serhiychuk | 25 | Olimpik Donetsk | Transfer | Free |
| 28 July 2017 | DF | Ihor Chenakal | 20 | FC Lviv | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 3 August 2017 | DF | Vasyl Kobin | 32 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Transfer | Free |
| 3 August 2017 | MF | Valeriy Fedorchuk | 28 | Dynamo Kyiv | Transfer | Free |
| 10 August 2017 | MF | Edgar Caparrós | 20 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 19 September 2017 | FW | Vasyl Palahnyuk | 26 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 13 July 2017 | MF | Serhiy Hryn | 23 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan | |
| Winter ||||||||
| 1 January 2018 | DF | Vladyslav Pryimak | 21 | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | Transfer | Free |
| 1 January 2018 | MF | Maksym Kalenchuk | 28 | FC Oleksandriya | Transfer | Free |
| 11 January 2018 | MF | Denys Kozhanov | 30 | FC Mariupol | Transfer | Free |
| 20 January 2018 | FW | Stanislav Kulish | 28 | FC Oleksandriya | Transfer | Free |
| 9 February 2018 | GK | Bohdan Sarnavskyi | 23 | Vorskla Poltava | Transfer | Free |
| 9 February 2018 | DF | Pavlo Myahkov | 25 | FC Minsk | Transfer | Free |
| 12 January 2018 | MF | Mykyta Kamenyuka | 32 | Zorya Luhansk | Loan | |
| 9 February 2018 | DF | Pavlo Lukyanchuk | 21 | Dynamo Kyiv | Loan | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Type | Fee |
| Summer ||||||||
| 31 May 2017 | DF | Yarema Kavatsiv | 31 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 28 June 2017 | DF | Vasyl Bilyi | 27 | Rukh Vynnyky | Transfer | Free |
| June 2017 | DF | Serhiy Herasymets | 28 | MFC Mykolaiv | Transfer | Free |
| June 2017 | FW | Ihor Sikorskyi | 28 | MFC Mykolaiv | Transfer | Free |
| 4 July 2017 | FW | Dmytro Kozban | 27 | Motor Lublin | Transfer | Free |
| 5 July 2017 | MF | Vadym Strashkevych | 23 | FC Poltava | Transfer | Free |
| 8 July 2017 | MF | Taras Koblyuk | 23 | FC Lviv | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 13 July 2017 | DF | Vyacheslav Lukhtanov | 22 | Olimpik Donetsk | Transfer | Free |
| 13 July 2017 | DF | Oleksiy Zozulya | 25 | Kolos Kovalivka | Transfer | Free |
| 14 July 2017 | GK | Roman Chopko | 24 | FC Ternopil | Transfer | Free |
| 17 August 2017 | GK | Oleksandr Ilyuschenkov | 27 | Rukh Vynnyky | Transfer | Free |
| 25 August 2017 | MF | Barnor Bright | 23 | MFC Mykolaiv | Transfer | Free |
| 1 September 2017 | MF | Valeriy Lebed | 28 | PFC Sumy | Transfer | Free |
| 8 September 2017 | MF | Volodymyr Dmytrenko | 22 | Arsenal Kyiv | Transfer | Free |
| 22 September 2017 | MF | Borys Orlovskyi | 24 | FC Lviv | Transfer | Free |
| 20 October 2017 | MF | Valeriy Fedorchuk | 29 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 1 June 2017 | DF | Serhiy Petko | 23 | Chornomorets Odesa | Loan return | |
| Winter ||||||||
| 1 January 2018 | MF | Edgar Caparrós | 20 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 1 January 2018 | MF | Valeriy Kucherov | 24 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 1 January 2018 | FW | Vasyl Palahnyuk | 26 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 29 January 2018 | GK | Bohdan Kohut | 30 | Volyn Lutsk | Transfer | Free |
| 1 February 2018 | MF | Hennadiy Pasich | 24 | Olimpik Donetsk | Transfer | Free |
| 1 February 2018 | MF | Yevhen Pasich | 24 | Olimpik Donetsk | Transfer | Free |
| 7 February 2018 | DF | Vasyl Kobin | 32 | Tobol | Transfer | Free |
| 11 February 2018 | DF | Mykola Ischenko | 34 | Chornomorets Odesa | Transfer | Free |
| 13 February 2018 | MF | Anton Kotlyar | 24 | Helios Kharkiv | Transfer | Free |
| 5 March 2018 | FW | Mykhaylo Serhiychuk | 26 | Vorskla Poltava | Transfer | Free |
| 1 January 2018 | DF | Serhiy Hryn | 23 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan return | |

## 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 | 16 July 2017 | 20 May 2018 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 32 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 021.88 |
| Cup | 20 September 2017 | 29 November 2017 | Round 3 (1/16) | Quarterfinal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 31 | 35 | −4 | 025.71 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018 Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
| 4 | Zorya Luhansk | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 43 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | FC Mariupol | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 39 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Veres Rivne (D) | 32 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 35 | Club suspended after the season |
* 1 2 3 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 | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | D | D |
| Position | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

#### Matches
### Ukrainian Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Cup | Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 23 | GK | UKR | Bohdan Sarnavskyi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | UKR | Oleksandr Bandura | 31 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | UKR | Volodymyr Adamyuk | 32 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | UKR | Vladyslav Pryimak | 8 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | UKR | Volodymyr Skotarenko | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | UKR | Serhiy Siminin | 30 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | UKR | Pavlo Lukyanchuk | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | BRA | Pepi | 8 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | UKR | Serhiy Borzenko | 28 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | UKR | Artur Zapadnya | 18 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 53 | DF | UKR | Pavlo Myahkov | 10 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | UKR | Volodymyr Zavalyak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 2 | MF | UKR | Mykyta Kamenyuka | 8 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | UKR | Maksym Kalenchuk | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | UKR | Yevhen Morozenko | 28 | 3 | 10+15 | 1 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 22 | MF | UKR | Rostyslav Voloshynovych | 20 | 2 | 13+7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | UKR | Maksym Khimchak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | UKR | Denys Kozhanov | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | UKR | Roman Karasyuk | 34 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | MF | UKR | Oleh Horin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | UKR | Yuriy Berdey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | UKR | Ruslan Stepanyuk | 33 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | UKR | Stanislav Kulish | 11 | 2 | 10+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | UKR | Vitaliy Mykytyn | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | FW | BRA | Julio Cesar | 8 | 1 | 3+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | UKR | Valeriy Kucherov | 11 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | UKR | Mykhaylo Serhiychuk | 21 | 6 | 15+5 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Hryn | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | UKR | Vasyl Palahnyuk | 8 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | UKR | Anton Kotlyar | 15 | 0 | 3+9 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Edgar Caparrós | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | UKR | Valeriy Fedorchuk | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | UKR | Mykola Ischenko | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | UKR | Hennadiy Pasich | 17 | 1 | 3+11 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | UKR | Yevhen Pasich | 13 | 1 | 9+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | GK | UKR | Bohdan Kohut | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | UKR | Vasyl Kobin | 18 | 2 | 14+2 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
Source: Competitions
Last updated: 20 May 2018

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Premier League | Cup | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | Mykhaylo Serhiychuk | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 3 | DF | Volodymyr Adamyuk | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 10 | MF | Yevhen Morozenko | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 7 | FW | Ruslan Stepanyuk | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 8 | DF | Serhiy Siminin | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 11 | FW | Stanislav Kulish | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 22 | MF | Rostyslav Voloshynovych | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 33 | DF | Serhiy Borzenko | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 77 | DF | Vasyl Kobin | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 25 | MF | Valeriy Fedorchuk | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 29 | MF | Denys Kozhanov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 41 | MF | Hennadiy Pasich | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 42 | MF | Yevhen Pasich | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 91 | MF | Roman Karasyuk | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 95 | FW | Julio Cesar | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | DF | Volodymyr Skotarenko | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | Total | 28 | 3 | 31 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Premier League | Cup | Total |
| 1 | 31 | GK | Oleksandr Bandura | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 1 | 23 | GK | Bohdan Sarnavskyi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 47 | GK | Bohdan Kohut | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | Total | 10 | 2 | 12 |
Last updated: 20 May 2017

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Player | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | Cup | Cup | Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 2 | MF | Mykyta Kamenyuka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Volodymyr Adamyuk | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Vladyslav Pryimak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Maksym Kalenchuk | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Ruslan Stepanyuk | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Serhiy Siminin | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Mykhaylo Serhiychuk | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Yevhen Morozenko | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Serhiy Hryn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Pavlo Lukyanchuk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Pepi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Rostyslav Voloshynovych | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Valeriy Fedorchuk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | Oleksandr Bandura | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Mykola Ischenko | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Serhiy Borzenko | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | Hennadiy Pasich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | Yevhen Pasich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | Artur Zapadnya | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | DF | Pavlo Myahkov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | Vasyl Kobin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | Roman Karasyuk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Total | 64 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 3 | 1 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018