# 2017–18 FC Dnipro season

The 2017–18 season was the 1st season in the history of FC Dnipro in Ukrainian Second League and the last one before Dnipro lost professional status. Dnipro competed in Second League and in the Ukrainian Cup. During the season Dnipro was deducted of 18 points in total, which resulted in team finishing at 8th position despite decent results in the first half of the season. During the midseason Dnipro was relegated to 2018–19 Ukrainian Football Amateur League following the FIFA sanctions.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 31 May 2018
| Squad no. | Name | Position | Date of birth (age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Ivan Ponomarenko | GK | (1998-05-10)10 May 1998 (aged 20) |
| 12 | Maksym Luhovskyi | GK | (2000-08-08)8 August 2000 (aged 17) |
| 13 | Danylo Kucher | GK | (1997-01-25)25 January 1997 (aged 21) |
| 99 | Oleksiy Bashtanenko | GK | (1994-03-16)16 March 1994 (aged 24) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Dmytro Bondar | DF | (1998-12-20)20 December 1998 (aged 19) |
| 3 | Dmytro Semenov | DF | (1999-11-04)4 November 1999 (aged 18) |
| 4 | Oleksandr Kulinich | DF | (2000-01-23)23 January 2000 (aged 18) |
| 5 | Serhiy Palyukh (Captain) | DF | (1996-01-02)2 January 1996 (aged 22) |
| 6 | Oleksandr Andrushko | DF | (1999-02-17)17 February 1999 (aged 19) |
| 14 | Volodymyr Kirychuk | DF | (1996-02-28)28 February 1996 (aged 22) |
| 15 | Denys Taraduda | DF | (2000-08-17)17 August 2000 (aged 17) |
| 16 | Mykyta Nechystenko | DF | (2000-07-12)12 July 2000 (aged 17) |
| 22 | Nazar Sydorenko | DF | (2001-03-13)13 March 2001 (aged 17) |
| 28 | Serhiy Zayets | DF | (2001-10-03)3 October 2001 (aged 16) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 7 | Dmytro Verhun | MF | (1996-06-12)12 June 1996 (aged 21) |
| 8 | Ivan Budnyak | MF | (1999-01-17)17 January 1999 (aged 19) |
| 10 | Danylo Poddubnyi | MF | (1999-10-28)28 October 1999 (aged 18) |
| 11 | Oleksiy Bandurin | MF | (1998-03-25)25 March 1998 (aged 20) |
| 17 | Valentyn Rubchynskyi | MF | (2002-05-15)15 May 2002 (aged 16) |
| 19 | Oleksandr Nazarenko | MF | (2000-02-01)1 February 2000 (aged 18) |
| 20 | Artem Dzhumyha | MF | (2000-05-30)30 May 2000 (aged 18) |
| 21 | Maksym Voytikhovskyi | MF | (1999-01-07)7 January 1999 (aged 19) |
| 23 | Anton Rykun | MF | (2000-06-21)21 June 2000 (aged 17) |
| 24 | Maksym Solovyov | MF | (2002-02-22)22 February 2002 (aged 16) |
| 25 | Danylo Volynets | MF | (2002-05-04)4 May 2002 (aged 16) |
| 26 | Daniil Shelayev | MF | (2001-01-17)17 January 2001 (aged 17) |
| 30 | Arsentiy Doroshenko | MF | (2000-06-07)7 June 2000 (aged 17) |
| 32 | Danylo Krylov | MF | (2001-09-06)6 September 2001 (aged 16) |
| 35 | Arseniy Batahov | MF | (2002-03-05)5 March 2002 (aged 16) |
| Forwards |||||
| 9 | Ivan Mykhaylenko | FW | (1999-04-19)19 April 1999 (aged 19) |
| 18 | Denys Kostyshyn | FW | (1997-08-31)31 August 1997 (aged 20) |
| 29 | Edvard Kobak | FW | (2002-04-22)22 April 2002 (aged 16) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Type | Fee | Source |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Type | Fee |
| Summer ||||||||
| 19 June 2017 | FW | Maksym Lunyov | 19 | Zorya Luhansk | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 24 June 2017 | GK | Andriy Lunin | 18 | Zorya Luhansk | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 24 June 2017 | DF | Oleksandr Svatok | 22 | Zorya Luhansk | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 24 June 2017 | MF | Yevhen Cheberko | 19 | Zorya Luhansk | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 24 June 2017 | MF | Vladyslav Kocherhin | 21 | Zorya Luhansk | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 28 June 2017 | MF | Ruslan Rotan | 36 | Slavia Prague | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | DF | Alexandru Vlad | 27 | CFR Cluj | Transfer | Free |
| 7 July 2017 | DF | Dmytro Nagiev | 20 | Karabakh Wien | Transfer | Free |
| 7 July 2017 | DF | Yevhen Cheberyachko | 34 | Dnipro-1 | Transfer | Free |
| 7 July 2017 | DF | Maksym Lopyryonok | 22 | Dnipro-1 | Transfer | Free |
| 7 July 2017 | DF | Volodymyr Polyovyi | 31 | Dnipro-1 | Transfer | Free |
| 7 July 2017 | DF | Oleksandr Safronov | 19 | Dnipro-1 | Transfer | Free |
| 7 July 2017 | MF | Ihor Kohut | 21 | Dnipro-1 | Transfer | Free |
| 7 July 2017 | MF | Oleh Kozhushko | 19 | Dnipro-1 | Transfer | Free |
| 7 July 2017 | MF | Serhiy Kravchenko | 34 | Dnipro-1 | Transfer | Free |
| 11 July 2017 | DF | Volodymyr Adamyuk | 25 | Veres Rivne | Transfer | Free |
| 18 July 2017 | GK | Denys Shelikhov | 28 | Isloch Minsk Raion | Transfer | Free |
| 1 September 2017 | GK | Viktor Babichyn | 17 | Dnipro-1 | Transfer | Free |
| 9 September 2017 | FW | Denys Balanyuk | 20 | Wisła Kraków | Transfer | Free |
| Winter ||||||||
| 4 January 2018 | MF | Yehor Nazaryna | 20 | Royal Antwerp | Transfer | Unsisclosed |
| 23 January 2018 | MF | Yuriy Vakulko | 20 | Partizan | Transfer | Free |
| 31 January 2018 | FW | Artem Dovbyk | 20 | Midtjylland | Transfer | Free |
| 28 February 2018 | MF | Oleh Ilyin | 20 | Kolos Kovalivka | Transfer | Free |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position | First match | Last match |
| Second League | Matchday 1 | 8th | 15 July 2017 | 31 May 2018 |
| Cup | Round 1 (1/64) | Round 1 (1/64) | 9 July 2017 | 9 July 2017 |
Last updated: 31 May 2018

### Second League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Real Pharma Odesa | 33 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 54 | 40 | +14 | 52 | |
| 7 | FC Nikopol | 33 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 45 | |
| 8 | FC Dnipro (R) | 33 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 57 | 34 | +23 | 37 | Relegation to Ukrainian Football Amateur League |
| 9 | MFC Mykolaiv-2 | 33 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 41 | 58 | −17 | 37 | |
| 10 | Inhulets-2 Petrove | 33 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 70 | −41 | 19 | Withdrew after the season |
* ↑ FC Dnipro were deducted 18 points. Initially 3 points were deducted for failing to comply with a decision of the FIFA's Disciplinary Committee of 29 August 2017 Later on 16 January 2018, the PFL implemented FIFA's Disciplinary Committee findings which were originally informed to the FFU on 16 August 2017 about its decision to deduct the club 6 points. On 6 March 2018, Dnipro was deducted additional 9 points including 3 for breaking its contract with Egídio Pereira Júnior and 6 for other debts. On 2 May 2018 the President of Professional Football League Serhiy Makarov stated that he does not exclude a possibility of further relegation of Dnipro due to unpaid old debts.
* ↑ After completing the season, FC Dnipro failed attestation for the 2018–19 Ukrainian Second League season and were approved by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee to be relegated to a lower classification level due to unpaid old debts. There are speculations that the club will be dissolved. FC Dnipro tried, but failed attestation for the season and were approved by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee to be relegated to a lower classification level due to unpaid old debts
* ↑ After completing the season, the administration of Inhulets Petrove decided to dissolve its reserve club Inhulets-2 Petrove citing that the club would concentrate their funds on the main club and infrastructure.

#### 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 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 | 33 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | W |
| Position | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 |

#### 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 ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | UKR | Ivan Ponomarenko | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | UKR | Maksym Luhovskyi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | GK | UKR | Oleksiy Bashtanenko | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | UKR | Dmytro Bondar | 26 | 0 | 24+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | UKR | Dmytro Semenov | 30 | 3 | 27+2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Kulinich | 23 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | UKR | Serhiy Palyukh | 29 | 0 | 28+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Andrushko | 12 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | UKR | Volodymyr Kirychuk | 28 | 1 | 24+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | UKR | Denys Taraduda | 22 | 0 | 8+13 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | UKR | Mykyta Nechystenko | 12 | 0 | 0+11 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | UKR | Dmytro Verhun | 26 | 1 | 19+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | UKR | Ivan Budnyak | 25 | 5 | 13+11 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | UKR | Danylo Poddubnyi | 31 | 4 | 6+24 | 3 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | UKR | Oleksiy Bandurin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | UKR | Valentyn Rubchynskyi | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Nazarenko | 28 | 8 | 26+1 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | UKR | Artem Dzhumyha | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | UKR | Maksym Voytikhovskyi | 23 | 0 | 12+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | UKR | Anton Rykun | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | UKR | Danylo Volynets | 7 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | UKR | Arsentiy Doroshenko | 16 | 3 | 9+7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | UKR | Arseniy Batahov | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | UKR | Ivan Mykhaylenko | 27 | 8 | 12+14 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | UKR | Denys Kostyshyn | 32 | 7 | 24+7 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | UKR | Edvard Kobak | 4 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 17 | MF | UKR | Oleh Ilyin | 23 | 2 | 21+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | UKR | Yuriy Vakulko | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | UKR | Yehor Nazaryna | 18 | 3 | 16+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | UKR | Artem Dovbyk | 13 | 12 | 11+2 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | UKR | Viktor Babichyn | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Competitive matches
Last updated: 31 May 2018

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Second League | Cup | Total |
| 1 | 35 | FW | Artem Dovbyk | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | Ivan Mykhaylenko | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 19 | MF | Oleksandr Nazarenko | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | 18 | FW | Denys Kostyshyn | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | 8 | MF | Ivan Budnyak | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 10 | MF | Danylo Poddubnyi | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | DF | Dmytro Semenov | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 29 | MF | Yehor Nazaryna | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 30 | MF | Arsentiy Doroshenko | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 17 | MF | Oleh Ilyin | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 7 | MF | Dmytro Verhun | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 14 | DF | Volodymyr Kirychuk | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 29 | FW | Edvard Kobak | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Total | 57 | 1 | 58 |
Last updated: 31 May 2018. Source: Competitive matches

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Premier League | Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | Ivan Ponomarenko | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | 99 | GK | Oleksiy Bashtanenko | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 41 | GK | Viktor Babichyn | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Total | 13 | 0 | 13 |
Last updated: 31 May 2018. Source: Competitive matches

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Player | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | Cup | Cup | Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Ivan Ponomarenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Dmytro Bondar | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Dmytro Semenov | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Oleksandr Kulinich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Serhiy Palyukh | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Oleksandr Andrushko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Dmytro Verhun | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Ivan Budnyak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Ivan Mykhaylenko | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | Volodymyr Kirychuk | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Denys Taraduda | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Oleh Ilyin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Denys Kostyshyn | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Oleksandr Nazarenko | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Maksym Voytikhovskyi | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Yuriy Vakulko | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Yehor Nazaryna | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Edvard Kobak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Arsentiy Doroshenko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | Artem Dovbyk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | GK | Oleksiy Bashtanenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Total | 84 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 5 | 2 |
Last updated: 31 May 2018