# 2017–18 FC Stal Kamianske season

The 2017–18 season was 3rd consecutive season in the top Ukrainian football league and the last season for Stal Kamianske. Stal competed in Premier League and Ukrainian Cup. After finishing at 12th position Stal was relegated to First League at the end of the season. The team officially relocated to Bucha, Kyiv Oblast and renamed to Feniks in the 2018–19 midseason. However before the start of next season new club withdrew from 2018–19 Ukrainian First League due to financial difficulties.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 31 May 2018
| Squad no. | Name | Position | Date of birth (age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Danylo Ryabenko $^{ListB}$ | GK | (1998-10-09)9 October 1998 (aged 19) |
| 25 | Ivan Siletskyi | GK | (1996-01-22)22 January 1996 (aged 22) |
| 71 | Herman Penkov | GK | (1994-05-26)26 May 1994 (aged 24) |
| 77 | Mykyta Zelenskyi $^{ListB}$ | GK | (1998-05-26)26 May 1998 (aged 20) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Jonathan | DF | (1995-04-04)4 April 1995 (aged 23) |
| 4 | Bohdan Mytsyk $^{ListB}$ | DF | (1998-03-08)8 March 1998 (aged 20) |
| 20 | Anatoliy Ulyanov $^{ListB}$ | DF | (1998-07-26)26 July 1998 (aged 19) |
| 22 | Artur Danielyan $^{ListB}$ | DF | (1998-09-02)2 September 1998 (aged 19) |
| 66 | Ebert | DF | (1993-05-25)25 May 1993 (aged 25) |
| 87 | Bohdan Rudyuk | DF | (1994-04-19)19 April 1994 (aged 24) |
| 88 | Ihor Oshchypko | DF | (1985-10-25)25 October 1985 (aged 32) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 3 | Gor Malakyan | MF | (1994-06-12)12 June 1994 (aged 23) |
| 7 | Danylo Knysh $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1996-03-03)3 March 1996 (aged 22) |
| 8 | Maryan Mysyk $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1996-10-02)2 October 1996 (aged 21) |
| 10 | Kyrylo Kostenko $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1998-12-04)4 December 1998 (aged 19) |
| 11 | Yuriy Klymchuk $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1997-05-05)5 May 1997 (aged 21) |
| 13 | Dmytro Kopytov $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1998-05-29)29 May 1998 (aged 20) |
| 15 | Hlib Hrachov $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1997-05-15)15 May 1997 (aged 21) |
| 17 | Orest Kuzyk | MF | (1995-05-17)17 May 1995 (aged 23) |
| 23 | Mykhaylo Meskhi $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1997-02-26)26 February 1997 (aged 21) |
| 55 | Anton Antoshyn $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1998-05-21)21 May 1998 (aged 20) |
| 92 | Thiago Rômulo | MF | (1992-06-11)11 June 1992 (aged 25) |
| 94 | Maksym Zaderaka | MF | (1994-09-07)7 September 1994 (aged 23) |
| 97 | Andriy Yakymiv $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1997-06-15)15 June 1997 (aged 20) |
| Forwards |||||
| 16 | Artem Khotsyanovskyi $^{ListB}$ | FW | (1998-10-20)20 October 1998 (aged 19) |
| 74 | Ihor Nekhayev $^{ListB}$ | FW | (1999-12-20)20 December 1999 (aged 18) |
| 96 | Anatoliy Nuriyev $^{ListB}$ | FW | (1996-05-20)20 May 1996 (aged 22) |
| 98 | Vladyslav Andrusenko $^{ListB}$ | FW | (1998-07-22)22 July 1998 (aged 19) |
| 99 | Vladyslav Vakula $^{ListB}$ | FW | (1999-04-29)29 April 1999 (aged 19) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Type | Fee |
| Summer ||||||||
| 30 August 2017 | MF | Nemanja Obradović | 28 | Čukarički | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 14 September 2017 | DF | Yevhen Tkachuk | 26 | Irtysh Pavlodar | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Oleksandr Kozak | 22 | FC Mariupol | Loan return | |
| 11 July 2017 | FW | Oleksiy Schebetun | 20 | Dynamo Kyiv | Loan | |
| 12 July 2017 | MF | Bohdan Mykhaylychenko | 20 | Dynamo Kyiv | Loan | |
| 18 July 2017 | DF | Oleksandr Tymchyk | 20 | Dynamo Kyiv | Loan | |
| Winter ||||||||
| 11 January 2018 | DF | Ihor Oshchypko | 32 | FC Lviv | Transfer | Free |
| 20 January 2018 | DF | Ebert | 24 | Itumbiara | Transfer | Free |
| 20 January 2018 | MF | Thiago Rômulo | 25 | Anapolina | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 23 January 2018 | MF | Bohdan Rudyuk | 23 | Krumkachy Minsk | Transfer | Free |
| 13 February 2018 | DF | Jonathan | 22 | Goiás B | Transfer | Free |
| 14 February 2018 | FW | Anatoliy Nuriyev | 21 | Munkach Mukachevo | Transfer | Free |
| 30 March 2018 | GK | Ivan Siletskyi | 22 | Karpaty Lviv | Transfer | Free |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Type | Fee |
| Summer ||||||||
| 31 May 2017 | DF | Leandro da Silva | 32 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 31 May 2017 | DF | Serhiy Voronin | 30 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 19 June 2017 | FW | Kwame Karikari | 25 | Al-Markhiya | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 23 June 2017 | GK | Yuriy Pankiv | 32 | FC Oleksandriya | Transfer | Free |
| 23 June 2017 | MF | Maksym Kalenchuk | 27 | FC Oleksandriya | Transfer | Free |
| 26 June 2017 | DF | Miloš Stamenković | 27 | Irtysh Pavlodar | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 28 June 2017 | FW | Roman Debelko | 23 | Karpaty Lviv | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | GK | Oleksandr Bandura | 31 | Veres Rivne | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Roman Karasyuk | 26 | Veres Rivne | Transfer | Free |
| 3 July 2017 | DF | Mykola Ischenko | 34 | Veres Rivne | Transfer | Free |
| 13 July 2017 | DF | Anton Kravchenko | 26 | Olimpik Donetsk | Transfer | Free |
| 13 July 2017 | DF | Artem Shabanov | 25 | Olimpik Donetsk | Transfer | Free |
| 17 July 2017 | DF | Pavlo Pashayev | 29 | FC Oleksandriya | Transfer | Free |
| 4 August 2017 | FW | Boy Deul | 29 | Pafos FC | Transfer | Free |
| 11 August 2017 | FW | Denys Vasin | 28 | Chornomorets Odesa | Transfer | Free |
| 5 September 2017 | MF | Oleksiy Dovhyi | 27 | FC Oleksandriya | Transfer | Free |
| Winter ||||||||
| 24 January 2018 | FW | Nemanja Obradović | 28 | Honka | Transfer | Free |
| 26 January 2018 | DF | Yevhen Tkachuk | 26 | Shakhter Karagandy | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 26 January 2018 | MF | Edgar Malakyan | 27 | Zhetysu | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2018 | DF | Oleksandr Tymchyk | 20 | Dynamo Kyiv | Loan return | |
| 1 January 2018 | MF | Bohdan Mykhaylychenko | 20 | Dynamo Kyiv | Loan return | |
| 1 January 2018 | FW | Oleksiy Schebetun | 20 | Dynamo Kyiv | 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 | 19 May 2018 | Matchday 1 | 12th | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 44 | −21 | 018.75 |
| Cup | 20 September 2017 | 25 October 2017 | Round 3 (1/16) | Round of 16 (1/8) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 25 | 46 | −21 | 017.65 |
Last updated: 19 May 2018 Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Karpaty Lviv | 32 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 28 | 45 | −17 | 37 | |
| 9 | Olimpik Donetsk | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 36 | |
| 10 | Zirka Kropyvnytskyi (R) | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 40 | −18 | 31 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |
| 11 | Chornomorets Odesa (Z) | 32 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 49 | −23 | 29 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |
| 12 | Stal Kamianske (R, X) | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 44 | −21 | 26 | Relegated and later withdrawn |
| 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: 19 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | D | D | D | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 |

#### 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 ||||||||||
| 71 | GK | UKR | Herman Penkov | 34 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BRA | Jonathan | 13 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | UKR | Bohdan Mytsyk | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | UKR | Anatoliy Ulyanov | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ARM | Artur Danielyan | 21 | 0 | 18+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 66 | DF | BRA | Ebert | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | UKR | Ihor Oshchypko | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | DF | UKR | Mykola Pavliuk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 3 | MF | ARM | Gor Malakyan | 18 | 0 | 15+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | UKR | Danylo Knysh | 16 | 0 | 4+11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | UKR | Maryan Mysyk | 31 | 2 | 26+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | UKR | Kyrylo Kostenko | 9 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | UKR | Yuriy Klymchuk | 26 | 3 | 19+6 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | UKR | Dmytro Kopytov | 20 | 2 | 5+14 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | UKR | Hlib Hrachov | 27 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | UKR | Orest Kuzyk | 34 | 8 | 31+1 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | UKR | Mykhaylo Meskhi | 30 | 1 | 26+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | UKR | Anton Antoshyn | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | MF | BRA | Thiago Rômulo | 8 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | MF | UKR | Maksym Zaderaka | 21 | 0 | 18+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 97 | MF | UKR | Andriy Yakymiv | 29 | 1 | 16+11 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 16 | FW | UKR | Artem Khotsyanovskyi | 14 | 1 | 2+12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | FW | UKR | Ihor Nekhayev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | FW | UKR | Anatoliy Nuriyev | 7 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | UKR | Vladyslav Vakula | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 18 | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Tymchyk | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ARM | Edgar Malakyan | 19 | 4 | 14+3 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | UKR | Oleksiy Schebetun | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | UKR | Yevhen Tkachuk | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | UKR | Bohdan Mykhaylychenko | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 89 | FW | SRB | Nemanja Obradović | 11 | 2 | 8+1 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
Source: Competitions
Last updated: 19 May 2018

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Premier League | Cup | Total |
| 1 | 17 | MF | Orest Kuzyk | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 21 | MF | Edgar Malakyan | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 11 | MF | Yuriy Klymchuk | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 8 | MF | Maryan Mysyk | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 13 | MF | Dmytro Kopytov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 89 | FW | Nemanja Obradović | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 2 | DF | Johnathan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 16 | FW | Artem Khotsyanovskyi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 23 | MF | Mykhaylo Meskhi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 97 | MF | Andriy Yakymiv | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Total | 23 | 2 | 25 |
Last updated: 19 May 2018

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Premier League | Cup | Total |
| 1 | 71 | GK | | Herman Penkov | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| | | | | Total | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Last updated: 19 May 2018

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Player | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | Cup | Cup | Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Johnathan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | Gor Malakyan | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Bohdan Mytsyk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Danylo Knysh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Maryan Mysyk | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Kyrylo Kostenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Yuriy Klymchuk | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Dmytro Kopytov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Hlib Hrachov | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Artem Khotsyanovskyi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Orest Kuzyk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Oleksandr Tymchyk | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Anatoliy Ulyanov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Edgar Malakyan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Artur Danielyan | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Mykhaylo Meskhi | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Yevhen Tkachuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | Bohdan Mykhaylychenko | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | DF | Ebert | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | GK | Herman Penkov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | Ihor Oshchypko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | MF | Thiago Rômulo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | MF | Maksym Zaderaka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | MF | Andriy Yakymiv | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Total | 84 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 5 | 0 |
Last updated: 19 May 2018

## Relocation of Stal from Kamianske to Bucha

Following its first game at Obolon Arena in Kyiv, on 29 August 2017 FC Stal Kamianske ended up in the revived conflict which is ongoing since the end of 2015 when the new president of Stal became Vardan Israelian. The club's fan movement issued an ultimatum to the club's administration to relinquish their rights to the club's brand or the fans will have the Football Federation of Ukraine and the UEFA be involved in the issue. It should be reminded that the club's administration promised to have own home stadium Metalurh ready as early as the 2017–18 season.
Earlier on 20 August 2017, the club made an official press release were it stated that experiences financial difficulties and renting Meteor Stadium is more expensive than to play in Kyiv. It also mentioned that considering the fact that its senior team is currently training in Bucha city, it would make more sense to conduct the club's games at the Obolon Arena in Kyiv.
On 15 December 2017, it was published a copy of official letter from Stal administration petitioning to the Bucha's mayor in helping to relocate to his city. The letter is dated on 21 November 2017, and Stal insists on necessity to accomplish it all before the attestation for the next UPL season. The Bucha city authorities confirmed their interest in hosting the Premier League club which they can accommodate with a small stadium "Yuvileinyi" that has a capacity of 1,028 spectators.
On 20 February 2018 it was confirmed that Stal has relocated to Pushcha-Vodytsia in Kyiv and since the next season will represent the city of Bucha.