# 2023–24 FC Zorya Luhansk season

The 2023–24 season was FC Zorya Luhansk's 101st season in existence and 18th consecutive in the Ukrainian Premier League. They are also competed in the Ukrainian Cup, the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 September 2023
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 |
| 1 | GK | UKR | Oleksandr Saputin |
| 2 | DF | UKR | Bohdan Butko |
| 3 | DF | UKR | Anton Bol (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) |
| 4 | MF | TOG | Kodjo Aziangbe (on loan from Al-Nasr) |
| 5 | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Yatsyk (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) |
| 6 | MF | UKR | Illya Hulko |
| 7 | MF | UKR | Denys Antyukh |
| 8 | MF | UKR | Oleksiy Khakhlyov |
| 9 | MF | UKR | Dmytro Myshnyov (captain) |
| 10 | FW | UKR | Denys Nahnoynyi |
| 11 | FW | UKR | Danyil Alefirenko |
| 15 | MF | UKR | Kyrylo Dryshlyuk |
| 16 | MF | UKR | Vikentiy Voloshyn (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) |
| 17 | FW | UKR | Ihor Horbach (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) |
| 18 | MF | UKR | Yuriy Tlumak |
| 19 | FW | UKR | Vladyslav Buhay |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | UKR | Vyacheslav Churko |
| 22 | MF | SRB | Petar Mićin |
| 24 | MF | UKR | Ivan Holovkin |
| 29 | DF | UKR | Bohdan Tokar |
| 30 | GK | UKR | Mykyta Turbayevskyi |
| 36 | GK | UKR | Anton Zhylkin |
| 38 | MF | UKR | Maksym Smiyan |
| 39 | FW | PAN | Eduardo Guerrero |
| 44 | DF | UKR | Arseniy Batahov |
| 47 | DF | UKR | Roman Vantukh |
| 53 | GK | UKR | Dmytro Matsapura |
| 55 | DF | BRA | Jordan (on loan from Vila Nova) |
| 70 | DF | UKR | Ihor Kyryukhantsev |
| 74 | DF | UKR | Ihor Snurnitsyn |
| 77 | DF | UKR | Oleh Danchenko |
| 78 | FW | BRA | Wendell (on loan from Goiás) |

### Other players under contract

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 |
| — | FW | BRA | Guilherme Smith |

### 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 |
| — | FW | IRN | Shahab Zahedi (at Persepolis until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| FW | Eduardo Guerrero | Maccabi Tel Aviv | €500k | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Ivan Golovkin | Inhulets Petrove | €100k | 7 July 2023 |
| DF | Oleh Danchenko | AEK Athens | Free | 10 July 2023 |
| MF | Petar Mićin | Radnički Niš | €150k | 2 August 2023 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 % |
| Ukrainian Premier League | 29 July 2023 | 19 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 016.67 |
| Ukrainian Cup | 12 October 2023 | 1 November 2023 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 24 August 2023 | 31 July 2023 | Play-off round | Play-off round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 21 September 2023 | | Group stage | | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 025.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 31 | −9 | 025.00 |
Last updated: 25 November 2023 Source: Soccerway

### Ukrainian Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Oleksandriya | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 34 |
| 9 | Vorskla Poltava | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 30 | 46 | −16 | 33 |
| 10 | Zorya Luhansk | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 32 |
| 11 | Kolos Kovalivka | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 22 | 31 | −9 | 32 |
| 12 | Chornomorets Odesa | 30 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 32 |
* 1 2 3 Zorya Luhansk finished ahead of Kolos Kovalivka and Chornomorets Odesa on head-to-head points: Zorya Luhansk 7, Kolos Kovalivka 6, Chornomorets Odesa 4

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 12 November 2023. Source:

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | D | D | P | L | L | D | P | W | L | D | L | P | |
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#### Matches
### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 1 September 2023.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MTA | GNT | ZOR | BRE |
| 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 15 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 |
| 2 | Gent | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 13 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 2–0 | — | 4–1 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Zorya Luhansk | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 7 | | 1–3 | 1–1 | — | 4–0 |
| 4 | Breiðablik | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 0 | | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | — |