# 2016–17 FC Zorya Luhansk season

The 2016–17 season was 16th season in the top Ukrainian football league for Zorya Luhansk. Zorya competed in Premier League, Ukrainian Cup and UEFA Europa League. Finishing on third place in Premier League Zorya qualified to Europa League group stage for next season.

## Players
### Squad information

| Squad no. | Name | Position | Date of birth (age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Oleksiy Shevchenko | GK | (1992-02-24)24 February 1992 (aged 25) |
| 77 | Oleh Chuvayev | GK | (1987-10-25)25 October 1987 (aged 29) |
| 91 | Ihor Levchenko | GK | (1991-02-23)23 February 1991 (aged 26) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Artem Sukhotskyi | DF | (1992-12-06)6 December 1992 (aged 24) |
| 5 | Artem Hordiyenko | DF | (1991-03-04)4 March 1991 (aged 26) |
| 12 | Rafael Forster | DF | (1990-07-23)23 July 1990 (aged 26) |
| 16 | Hryhoriy Yarmash | DF | (1985-01-04)4 January 1985 (aged 32) |
| 23 | Mykhaylo Shershen $^{ListB}$ | DF | (1995-04-27)27 April 1995 (aged 22) |
| 39 | Yevhen Opanasenko | DF | (1990-08-25)25 August 1990 (aged 26) |
| 44 | Vyacheslav Checher | DF | (1980-12-15)15 December 1980 (aged 36) |
| 95 | Eduard Sobol $^{ListB}$ (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) | DF | (1995-05-20)20 May 1995 (aged 22) |
| 99 | Andriy Pylyavskyi (on loan from Rubin Kazan) | DF | (1988-12-04)4 December 1988 (aged 28) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 4 | Ihor Chaykovskyi | MF | (1991-10-07)7 October 1991 (aged 25) |
| 6 | Mykyta Kamenyuka (Captain) | MF | (1985-06-03)3 June 1985 (aged 32) |
| 7 | Ivan Petryak (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) | MF | (1994-03-13)13 March 1994 (aged 23) |
| 8 | Ihor Kharatin $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1995-02-02)2 February 1995 (aged 22) |
| 10 | Jaba Lipartia | MF | (1987-11-16)16 November 1987 (aged 29) |
| 15 | Vladyslav Kalitvintsev (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) | MF | (1993-01-04)4 January 1993 (aged 24) |
| 17 | Gegham Kadymyan | MF | (1992-10-19)19 October 1992 (aged 24) |
| 22 | Željko Ljubenović | MF | (1981-07-09)9 July 1981 (aged 35) |
| 24 | Dmytro Hrechyshkin (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) | MF | (1991-09-22)22 September 1991 (aged 25) |
| 32 | Anđelo Kačavenda $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1999-01-22)22 January 1999 (aged 18) |
| 36 | Ruslan Babenko | MF | (1992-07-08)8 July 1992 (aged 24) |
| 76 | Yehor Shalfeyev $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1998-10-03)3 October 1998 (aged 18) |
| Forwards |||||
| 9 | Vladyslav Kulach (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) | FW | (1993-05-07)7 May 1993 (aged 24) |
| 11 | Paulinho | FW | (1993-05-29)29 May 1993 (aged 24) |
| 21 | Denys Bezborodko (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) | FW | (1994-05-31)31 May 1994 (aged 23) |
| 42 | Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis $^{ListB}$ | FW | (1997-11-15)15 November 1997 (aged 19) |
| 49 | Dmytro Lukanov | FW | (1995-03-02)2 March 1995 (aged 22) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Type | Fee |
| Summer ||||||||
| 18 July 2016 | GK | Oleh Chuvayev | 29 | Tom Tomsk | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 25 August 2016 | MF | Ihor Kharatin | 21 | Dynamo Kyiv | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 24 June 2016 | FW | Vladyslav Kulach | 23 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan | |
| 3 July 2016 | DF | Eduard Sobol | 21 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan | |
| 31 May 2016 | GK | Andriy Poltavtsev | 24 | Guria Lanchkhuti | Loan return | |
| Winter ||||||||
| 11 December 2016 | MF | Ruslan Babenko | 24 | Bodø/Glimt | Transfer | Free |
| 16 January 2017 | FW | Gegham Kadymyan | 24 | Karpaty Lviv | Transfer | Free |
| 23 January 2017 | MF | Anđelo Kačavenda | 18 | Vojvodina | Transfer | Free |
| 1 January 2017 | MF | Maksym Banasevych | 21 | Desna Chernihiv | Loan return | |
| 31 January 2017 | MF | Vladyslav Kalitvintsev | 24 | Dynamo Kyiv | Loan | |
| 22 February 2017 | DF | Andriy Pylyavskyi | 28 | Rubin Kazan | Loan | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Type | Fee |
| Summer ||||||||
| 17 August 2016 | MF | Kyrylo Doroshenko | 27 | Illichivets Mariupol | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 31 May 2016 | GK | Mykyta Shevchenko | 23 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan return | |
| 31 May 2016 | MF | Andriy Totovytskyi | 23 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan return | |
| 31 May 2016 | MF | Vyacheslav Tankovskyi | 21 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan return | |
| 31 May 2016 | FW | Pylyp Budkivskyi | 24 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan return | |
| Winter ||||||||
| 19 January 2017 | MF | Mikhail Sivakow | 29 | FC Orenburg | Transfer | Free |
| 23 February 2017 | FW | Yaroslav Kvasov | 24 | Dinamo Batumi | Transfer | Free |
| 25 February 2017 | DF | Yevhen Tkachuk | 25 | Irtysh Pavlodar | Transfer | Free |
| 2 March 2017 | MF | Maksym Banasevych | 21 | Desna Chernihiv | Transfer | Free |
| 1 January 2017 | MF | Oleksandr Karavayev | 24 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan return | |
| 2 March 2017 | GK | Andriy Poltavtsev | 25 | Avanhard Kramatorsk | Loan? | |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position | First match | Last match |
| Premier League | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 24 July 2016 | 31 May 2017 |
| Cup | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | 26 October 2016 | 26 October 2016 |
| Europa League | Group stage | Group stage | 26 July 2016 | 8 December 2016 |
Last updated:

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk (C) | 32 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 66 | 24 | +42 | 80 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 32 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 69 | 33 | +36 | 67 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Zorya Luhansk | 32 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 45 | 31 | +14 | 54 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 4 | Olimpik Donetsk | 32 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 44 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | FC Oleksandriya | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 40 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Chornomorets Odesa | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 38 | |
* 1 2 Since winners of 2016–17 Ukrainian Cup, Shakhtar Donetsk, qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winner (Europa League group stage) was passed to the third-placed team and the spot for the third-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team.

#### 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 2017. 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | L | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches
### Europa League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FEN | MU | FEY | ZOR |
| 1 | Fenerbahçe | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Manchester United | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | 4–1 | — | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 7 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Zorya Luhansk | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 2 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Cup | Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | UKR | Oleksiy Shevchenko | 31 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 77 | GK | UKR | Oleh Chuvayev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | GK | UKR | Ihor Levchenko | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | UKR | Artem Sukhotskyi | 19 | 1 | 15+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | UKR | Artem Hordiyenko | 24 | 2 | 18+2 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Rafael Forster | 32 | 8 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | UKR | Hryhoriy Yarmash | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | UKR | Mykhaylo Shershen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | UKR | Yevhen Opanasenko | 26 | 1 | 18+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | UKR | Vyacheslav Checher | 15 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | DF | UKR | Eduard Sobol | 27 | 1 | 14+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 99 | DF | UKR | Andriy Pylyavskyi | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | UKR | Ihor Chaykovskyi | 23 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | UKR | Mykyta Kamenyuka | 20 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | UKR | Ivan Petryak | 34 | 5 | 24+4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | UKR | Ihor Kharatin | 24 | 2 | 15+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GEO | Jaba Lipartia | 31 | 0 | 17+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | UKR | Vladyslav Kalitvintsev | 9 | 1 | 7+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ARM | Gegham Kadymyan | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SRB | Željko Ljubenović | 33 | 3 | 13+14 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | UKR | Dmytro Hrechyshkin | 31 | 2 | 21+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 36 | MF | UKR | Ruslan Babenko | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | UKR | Vladyslav Kulach | 19 | 2 | 6+8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Paulinho | 37 | 3 | 19+12 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | UKR | Denys Bezborodko | 7 | 1 | 3+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | FW | NGA | Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis | 26 | 6 | 19+3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 3 | MF | BLR | Mikhail Sivakow | 20 | 1 | 13+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | UKR | Yaroslav Kvasov | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Karavayev | 24 | 6 | 16+1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | UKR | Yevhen Tkachuk | 2 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Competitions
Last updated: 31 May 2017

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Premier League | Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 12 | DF | Rafael Forster | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 20 | MF | Oleksandr Karavayev | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 44 | FW | Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 7 | MF | Ivan Petryak | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 11 | FW | Paulinho | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 22 | MF | Željko Ljubenović | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 5 | DF | Artem Hordiyenko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 8 | MF | Ihor Kharatin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 9 | FW | Vladyslav Kulach | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 24 | MF | Dmytro Hrechyshkin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 2 | DF | Artem Sukhotskyi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 3 | MF | Mikhail Sivakow | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 4 | MF | Ihor Chaykovskyi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 15 | MF | Vladyslav Kalitvintsev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 21 | FW | Denys Bezborodko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 27 | DF | Yevhen Tkachuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 39 | DF | Yevhen Opanasenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 44 | DF | Vyacheslav Checher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 95 | DF | Eduard Sobol | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Last updated: 31 May 2017

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Premier League | Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | Oleksiy Shevchenko | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | 91 | GK | Ihor Levchenko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 77 | GK | Oleh Chuvayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Last updated: 31 May 2017

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Player | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | Cup | Cup | Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Oleksiy Shevchenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Artem Sukhotskyi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | Mikhail Sivakow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Ihor Chaykovskyi | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Artem Hordiyenko | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Mykyta Kamenyuka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Ivan Petryak | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Ihor Kharatin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Vladyslav Kulach | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Jaba Lipartia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Paulinho | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Rafael Forster | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Hryhoriy Yarmash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Oleksandr Karavayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Željko Ljubenović | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Dmytro Hrechyshkin | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Yevhen Tkachuk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | Ruslan Babenko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | Yevhen Opanasenko | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | FW | Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | Vyacheslav Checher | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | DF | Eduard Sobol | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | DF | Andriy Pylyavskyi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 31 May 2017