# 2016–17 FC Dnipro season

The 2016–17 season was 26th consecutive season in the top Ukrainian football league for FC Dnipro. Dnipro competed in Premier League and in the Ukrainian Cup. Dnipro would have qualified for the Europa League group stage as the third-placed team of the 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League, but were excluded from participating in the 2016–17 European competitions by the UEFA Club Financial Control Body. The club was excluded from participating in the next UEFA club competition for which it would otherwise qualify in the next three seasons (2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19) for violating the Financial Fair Play regulations. Dnipro also was restricted from signing new players other than free agents by FFU for debts to Juande Ramos' staff.
On 26 October 2016, Dinpro was deducted six points for the same reason. In April 2017, Dnipro was deducted of a 3 points by FFU again. Tough financial situation and numerous sanctions from FFU and UEFA affected the results of the team and Dnipro relegated to Ukrainian First League for the first time in club history one matchday ahead of season finish. On 9 June 2017, after the end of the tournament, Dnipro was deducted of 9 more points, making it 24 points total. On the decision of FIFA, FFU enforced relegation of FC Dnipro straight to the Ukrainian Second League, skipping the Ukrainian First League. The club received its Second League attestation on 21 June 2017, making it Dnipro's first appearance in this division.
At the same time SC Dnipro-1 was formed in June 2017 as an alternative to FC Dnipro. Some of the players and manager of FC Dnipro Dmytro Mykhaylenko moved to new club. SC Dnipro-1 is registered to participate in Ukrainian Second League as well as FC Dnipro.

## Players
### Squad information

| Squad no. | Name | Position | Date of birth (age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Oleksiy Bashtanenko | GK | (1994-03-16)16 March 1994 (aged 23) |
| 12 | Andriy Lunin $^{ListB}$ | GK | (1999-02-11)11 February 1999 (aged 18) |
| 13 | Danylo Kucher $^{ListB}$ | GK | (1997-01-25)25 January 1997 (aged 20) |
| 77 | Denys Shelikhov | GK | (1989-06-23)23 June 1989 (aged 28) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Alexandru Vlad | DF | (1989-12-06)6 December 1989 (aged 27) |
| 3 | Volodymyr Adamyuk | DF | (1991-07-17)17 July 1991 (aged 25) |
| 8 | Volodymyr Polyovyi | DF | (1985-07-28)28 July 1985 (aged 31) |
| 14 | Yevhen Cheberyachko | DF | (1983-06-19)19 June 1983 (aged 34) |
| 22 | Oleksandr Safronov $^{ListB}$ | DF | (1999-06-11)11 June 1999 (aged 18) |
| 33 | Dmytro Nagiev $^{ListB}$ | DF | (1995-11-27)27 November 1995 (aged 21) |
| 39 | Oleksandr Svatok | DF | (1994-09-27)27 September 1994 (aged 22) |
| 71 | Maksym Lopyryonok $^{ListB}$ | DF | (1995-04-13)13 April 1995 (aged 22) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 4 | Serhiy Kravchenko | MF | (1983-04-24)24 April 1983 (aged 34) |
| 7 | Yehor Nazaryna $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1997-07-10)10 July 1997 (aged 19) |
| 9 | Yuriy Vakulko $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1997-11-10)10 November 1997 (aged 19) |
| 10 | Vladyslav Kocherhin $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1996-04-30)30 April 1996 (aged 21) |
| 11 | Yaroslav Homenko $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1999-03-30)30 March 1999 (aged 18) |
| 17 | Denys Balanyuk $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1997-01-16)16 January 1997 (aged 20) |
| 23 | Yevhen Cheberko $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1998-01-23)23 January 1998 (aged 19) |
| 25 | Ihor Kohut $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1996-03-07)7 March 1996 (aged 21) |
| 29 | Ruslan Rotan (Captain) | MF | (1981-10-29)29 October 1981 (aged 35) |
| 87 | Oleh Kozhushko $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1998-02-17)17 February 1998 (aged 19) |
| Forwards |||||
| 15 | Artem Dovbyk $^{ListB}$ | FW | (1997-06-21)21 June 1997 (aged 20) |
| 18 | Denys Kostyshyn $^{ListB}$ | FW | (1997-08-31)31 August 1997 (aged 19) |
| 19 | Kamil Khuchbarov $^{ListB}$ | FW | (1999-08-28)28 August 1999 (aged 17) |
| 99 | Maksym Lunyov $^{ListB}$ | FW | (1998-05-22)22 May 1998 (aged 19) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Type | Fee |
| 12 August 2016 | FW | Artem Dovbyk | 19 | Zaria Bălți | Transfer | Free |
| 18 August 2016 | DF | Anderson Pico | 27 | Flamengo | Transfer | Free |
| 30 June 2016 | MF | Serhiy Kravchenko | 33 | Volyn Lutsk | Loan return | |
| 30 June 2016 | MF | Maksym Tretyakov | 20 | Metalist | Loan return | |
| 30 June 2016 | MF | Yevhen Bokhashvili | 23 | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta | Loan return | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Type | Fee |
| Summer ||||||||
| 6 June 2016 | DF | Léo Matos | 30 | PAOK | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 6 June 2016 | MF | Yevhen Shakhov | 25 | PAOK | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 10 June 2016 | MF | Bruno Gama | 28 | Deportivo La Coruña | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 11 June 2016 | DF | Dmytro Chyhrynskyi | 29 | AEK Athens | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 27 June 2016 | MF | Matheus | 33 | SJZ Ever Bright | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 30 June 2016 | DF | Vitaliy Mandzyuk | 30 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 30 June 2016 | MF | Edmar | 36 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 12 July 2016 | MF | Roman Bezus | 26 | Sint-Truiden | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 16 July 2016 | DF | Ivan Tomečak | 26 | Al-Nassr | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 21 July 2016 | MF | Aleksandre Kobakhidze | 29 | Vorskla Poltava | Transfer | Free |
| 22 July 2016 | FW | Maksym Salamakha | 20 | Karpaty Lviv | Transfer | Free |
| 27 July 2016 | DF | Artem Fedetskyi | 31 | Darmstadt | Transfer | Free |
| 27 July 2016 | FW | Roman Zozulya | 26 | Real Betis | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 4 August 2016 | GK | Jan Laštůvka | 34 | MFK Karviná | Transfer | Free |
| 31 August 2016 | DF | Papa Gueye | 32 | FC Rostov | Transfer | Free |
| 10 September 2016 | DF | Douglas | 25 | São Paulo | Transfer | Free |
| 13 September 2016 | MF | Maksym Tretyakov | 20 | Chornomorets | Transfer | Free |
| 30 June 2016 | DF | Anderson Pico | 27 | Flamengo | Loan return | |
| 30 June 2016 | MF | John Jairo Ruiz | 22 | Lille | Loan return | |
| Winter ||||||||
| 1 January 2017 | GK | Ihor Vartsaba | 25 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 1 January 2017 | DF | Anderson Pico | 28 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 1 January 2017 | MF | Serhiy Nazarenko | 36 | Retired | Transfer | Free |
| 1 January 2017 | MF | Oleksandr Vasylyev | 22 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 17 January 2017 | MF | Andriy Bliznichenko | 22 | Karabükspor | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 30 January 2017 | MF | Valeriy Luchkevych | 21 | Standard Liège | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2017 | FW | Yevhen Bokhashvili | 23 | Rukh Vynnyky | Transfer | Free |
| 7 February 2017 | DF | Oleksiy Larin | 22 | Dunav Ruse | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 12 January 2017 | MF | Serhiy Politylo | 28 | Okzhetpes | Transfer | Free |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position | First match | Last match |
| Premier League | Matchday 1 | 11th | 24 July 2016 | 31 May 2017 |
| Cup | Round of 16 | Semi-final | 26 October 2016 | 26 April 2017 |
Last updated:

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Vorskla Poltava | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 42 | |
| 8 | Stal Kamianske | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 41 | |
| 9 | Zirka Kropyvnytskyi | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 34 | |
| 10 | Karpaty Lviv | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 30 | |
| 11 | FC Dnipro (R) | 32 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 13 | Relegation to Ukrainian Second League |
| 12 | Volyn Lutsk (R) | 32 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 51 | −34 | 10 | Relegation to Ukrainian First League |
* ↑ Vorskla Poltava was awarded the UPL Prestige Trophy for winning the consolation tournament.
* ↑ Karpaty Lviv was deducted six points according to a decision by FIFA Disciplinary Committee on 4 March 2016.
* ↑ FC Dnipro was deducted a total of 24 points (six points by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee for failing to clear their debts with former coach Juande Ramos and his assistants, six points by the Ukrainian Premier League for failing to comply with the decision of FIFA Disciplinary Committee to pay debts to former player Danilo Sousa Campos, three more points by the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee for failing execute one of the decisions of the committee, and 9 more points on 9 June 2017, after the end of the tournament.). On the decision of FIFA, FFU enforced relegation of FC Dnipro straight to the Second League, skipping the First League. In a near future FFU will adopt a decision which team will be replacing Dnipro in the First League.
* ↑ Volyn Lutsk was deducted six points on the request of Football Federation of Ukraine which received a letter from the FIFA Disciplinary Committee on 11 May 2017 urging to implement its decision of 15 March 2017, due to debts with former player Saša Stević.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 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 | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | D | D | D | D | W | D | D | W | W | D | L | W | L | P |
| Position | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |

#### Matches

Notes:
* ^(1) Match was not finished due to the fans behavior after fire landed near the referee.

### 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 | Oleksiy Bashtanenko | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | UKR | Andriy Lunin | 25 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 77 | GK | UKR | Denys Shelikhov | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ROU | Alexandru Vlad | 25 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | UKR | Volodymyr Adamyuk | 31 | 0 | 27+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | UKR | Volodymyr Polyovyi | 20 | 0 | 18+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | UKR | Yevhen Cheberyachko | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | AZE | Dmytro Nagiev | 14 | 1 | 11+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Svatok | 34 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 71 | DF | UKR | Maksym Lopyryonok | 23 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Kravchenko | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | UKR | Yehor Nazaryna | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | UKR | Yuriy Vakulko | 28 | 2 | 22+4 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | UKR | Vladyslav Kocherhin | 27 | 6 | 16+9 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | UKR | Denys Balanyuk | 27 | 5 | 15+10 | 4 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | UKR | Yevhen Cheberko | 15 | 2 | 7+7 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | UKR | Ihor Kohut | 23 | 2 | 12+10 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | UKR | Ruslan Rotan | 22 | 5 | 17+2 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | UKR | Oleh Kozhushko | 15 | 0 | 2+11 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 15 | FW | UKR | Artem Dovbyk | 23 | 6 | 17+5 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | UKR | Denys Kostyshyn | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | UKR | Maksym Lunyov | 24 | 0 | 15+6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | UKR | Andriy Bliznichenko | 16 | 2 | 10+5 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | UKR | Yevhen Bokhashvili | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | UKR | Valeriy Luchkevych | 11 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Nazarenko | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | BRA | Anderson Pico | 7 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 89 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Politylo | 15 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Source: Competitive matches
Last updated: 31 May 2017

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Premier League | Cup | Total |
| 1 | 10 | MF | Vladyslav Kocherhin | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | 15 | FW | Artem Dovbyk | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 17 | MF | Denys Balanyuk | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 29 | MF | Ruslan Rotan | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 7 | MF | Andriy Bliznichenko | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 9 | MF | Yuriy Vakulko | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 23 | MF | Yevhen Cheberko | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 24 | MF | Valeriy Luchkevych | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 25 | MF | Ihor Kohut | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 33 | DF | Dmytro Nagiev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Last updated: 31 May 2017. Source: Competitive matches

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Premier League | Cup | Total |
| 1 | 12 | GK | Andriy Lunin | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | 77 | GK | Denys Shelikhov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | GK | Oleksiy Bashtanenko | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Last updated: 31 May 2017. Source: Competitive matches

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Player | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | Cup | Cup | Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Alexandru Vlad | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Volodymyr Adamyuk | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Serhiy Kravchenko | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Andriy Bliznichenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Volodymyr Polyovyi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Yuriy Vakulko | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Vladyslav Kocherhin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Yevhen Bokhashvili | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Andriy Lunin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Yevhen Cheberyachko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Artem Dovbyk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Denys Balanyuk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Yevhen Cheberko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Valeriy Luchkevych | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Ihor Kohut | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Ruslan Rotan | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | Oleksandr Svatok | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | DF | Maksym Lopyryonok | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | Oleh Kozhushko | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 89 | MF | Serhiy Politylo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | Maksym Lunyov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 27 May 2017. Source: Competitive matches