# 2020–21 FC Zorya Luhansk season

The 2020–21 season was FC Zorya Luhansk's 98th season in existence and the club's 15th consecutive season in the top flight of Ukrainian football. In addition to the domestic league, Zorya Luhansk participated in this season's editions of the Ukrainian Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 30 June 2021
| Squad no. | Name | Position | Date of birth (age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 23 | Nikola Vasilj | GK | (1995-12-02)2 December 1995 (aged 25) |
| 30 | Mykyta Shevchenko | GK | (1993-01-26)26 January 1993 (aged 28) |
| 53 | Dmytro Matsapura $^{ListB}$ | GK | (2000-03-10)10 March 2000 (aged 21) |
| Defenders |||||
| 5 | Agron Rufati $^{ListB}$ | DF | (1999-04-06)6 April 1999 (aged 22) |
| 6 | Leovigildo | DF | (1995-12-26)26 December 1995 (aged 25) |
| 15 | Vitaliy Vernydub | DF | (1987-10-17)17 October 1987 (aged 33) |
| 17 | Vladyslav Yemets | DF | (1997-09-09)9 September 1997 (aged 23) |
| 20 | Joel Abu Hanna | DF | (1998-01-22)22 January 1998 (aged 23) |
| 21 | Dmytro Ivanisenya | DF | (1994-01-11)11 January 1994 (aged 27) |
| 34 | Denys Nahnoynyi $^{ListB}$ | DF | (2002-02-03)3 February 2002 (aged 19) |
| 45 | Denys Favorov | DF | (1991-04-01)1 April 1991 (aged 30) |
| 46 | Yuriy Dudnyk $^{ListB}$ | DF | (2002-09-12)12 September 2002 (aged 18) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 4 | Lovro Cvek | MF | (1995-07-06)6 July 1995 (aged 25) |
| 7 | Vladyslav Kocherhin | MF | (1996-04-30)30 April 1996 (aged 25) |
| 10 | Dmytro Khomchenovskyi | MF | (1990-04-16)16 April 1990 (aged 31) |
| 14 | Maksym Khlan $^{ListB}$ | MF | (2003-01-27)27 January 2003 (aged 18) |
| 29 | Yehor Nazaryna | MF | (1997-07-10)10 July 1997 (aged 23) |
| 28 | Artem Hromov | MF | (1990-01-14)14 January 1990 (aged 31) |
| 48 | Maksym Kazakov | MF | (1996-02-06)6 February 1996 (aged 25) |
| 50 | Serhiy Hryn | MF | (1994-06-06)6 June 1994 (aged 27) |
| 80 | Vladlen Yurchenko | MF | (1994-01-22)22 January 1994 (aged 27) |
| 97 | Andrejs Cigaņiks | MF | (1997-04-12)12 April 1997 (aged 24) |
| Forwards |||||
| 8 | Maksym Lunyov | FW | (1998-05-22)22 May 1998 (aged 23) |
| 9 | Shahab Zahedi | FW | (1995-08-18)18 August 1995 (aged 25) |
| 11 | Oleksandr Hladkyy | FW | (1987-08-24)24 August 1987 (aged 33) |
| 22 | Vladyslav Kabayev | FW | (1995-09-01)1 September 1995 (aged 25) |
| 43 | Danylo Alefirenko $^{ListB}$ | FW | (2000-04-19)19 April 2000 (aged 21) |
| 47 | Raymond Owusu $^{ListB}$ | FW | (2002-04-20)20 April 2002 (aged 19) |
| 90 | Allahyar Sayyadmanesh $^{ListB}$ (on loan from Fenerbahçe) | FW | (2001-06-29)29 June 2001 (aged 20) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Type | Fee |
| Summer ||||||||
| 1 August 2020 | DF | Leovigildo | 24 | Vardar | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2020 | MF | Yehor Nazaryna | 23 | Royal Antwerp | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 5 August 2020 | FW | Denys Yanakov | 21 | Dynamo Kyiv | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 9 August 2020 | DF | Denys Favorov | 29 | Desna Chernihiv | Transfer | Free |
| 7 September 2020 | FW | Oleksandr Hladkyy | 33 | Adana Demirspor | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 21 September 2020 | DF | Agron Rufati | 21 | Istra 1961 | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 6 October 2020 | MF | Serhiy Hryn | 26 | Vejle | Transfer | Free |
| 31 July 2020 | DF | Maksym Bilyi | 30 | Rukh Lviv | Loan return | |
| 31 July 2020 | DF | Tymofiy Sukhar | 21 | Metalurh Zaporizhya | Loan return | |
| 5 August 2020 | DF | Max Grechkin | 24 | Beitar Jerusalem | Loan | |
| 6 October 2020 | FW | Allahyar Sayyadmanesh | 19 | Fenerbahçe | Loan | |
| Winter ||||||||
| 27 January 2021 | MF | Maksym Khlan | 18 | Karpaty Lviv | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 8 February 2021 | FW | Shahab Zahedi | 25 | Olimpik Donetsk | Transfer | EUR 300Th |
| 1 March 2021 | FW | Raymond Owusu | 18 | Gold Coast Football Academy | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 31 December 2020 | DF | Vladyslav Yemets | 23 | Kolos Kovalivka | Loan return | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Type | Fee |
| Summer ||||||||
| 31 July 2020 | MF | Maksym Kazakov | 24 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 31 July 2020 | MF | Mykyta Kamenyuka | 35 | Retired | Transfer | Free |
| 1 August 2020 | MF | Yevhen Cheberko | 22 | LASK | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2020 | MF | Bohdan Mykhaylychenko | 23 | Anderlecht | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2020 | FW | Nemanja Ivanović | 23 | Zlatibor Čajetina | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 20 August 2020 | DF | Serhiy Mayboroda | 22 | Avanhard Kramatorsk | Transfer | Free |
| 22 August 2020 | DF | Maksym Bilyi | 30 | Rukh Lviv | Transfer | Free |
| 31 July 2020 | DF | Oleksandr Tymchyk | 23 | Dynamo Kyiv | Loan return | |
| 31 July 2020 | MF | Bohdan Lyednyev | 22 | Dynamo Kyiv | Loan return | |
| 10 September 2020 | GK | Danylo Khmelovskyi | 21 | Metalurh Zaporizhya | Loan | |
| 14 September 2020 | MF | Volodymyr Bilotserkovets | 22 | Inhulets Petrove | Loan | |
| 6 October 2020 | FW | Denys Yanakov | 21 | Inhulets Petrove | Loan | |
| Summer ||||||||
| 11 January 2021 | FW | Ruslan Skydan | 19 | Obolon Kyiv | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 14 January 2021 | GK | Zauri Makharadze | 27 | SC Dnipro-1 | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 26 January 2021 | FW | Mihailo Perović | 27 | Olimpija Ljubljana | Transfer | Free |
| 4 March 2021 | DF | Ihor Chaykovskyi | 29 | Inhulets Petrove | Transfer | Free |
| 10 February 2021 | DF | Max Grechkin | 24 | Beitar Jerusalem | Loan return | |
| 21 January 2021 | DF | Maksym Ahapov | 20 | VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka | Loan | |
| 21 January 2021 | DF | Tymofiy Sukhar | 21 | VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka | Loan | |
| 21 January 2021 | MF | Dmytro Piddubnyi | 21 | VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka | Loan | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 | 22 August 2020 | 9 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 44 | 22 | +22 | 057.69 |
| Ukrainian Cup | 16 December 2020 | 13 May 2021 | Round of 16 (1/8) | Final | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Europa League | 22 October 2020 | 10 December 2020 | Group stage | Group stage (3rd) | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 54 | 36 | +18 | 052.78 |
Last updated: 13 May 2021 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dynamo Kyiv (C) | 26 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 59 | 15 | +44 | 65 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 54 | 19 | +35 | 54 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Zorya Luhansk | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 44 | 22 | +22 | 50 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 4 | Kolos Kovalivka | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 41 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Vorskla Poltava | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 41 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 9 May 2021. Source:

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | D | W | D | D | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 10 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

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

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LEI | BRA | ZOR | AEK |
| 1 | Leicester City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Braga | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | 3–3 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Zorya Luhansk | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 6 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–4 |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 3 | | 1–2 | 2–4 | 0–3 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Leicester City 4, Braga 1.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Cup | Cup | EL | EL |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 23 | GK | BIH | Nikola Vasilj | 21 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | UKR | Mykyta Shevchenko | 15 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 53 | GK | UKR | Dmytro Matsapura | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | MKD | Agron Rufati | 12 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Leovigildo | 14 | 1 | 10+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | UKR | Vitaliy Vernydub | 26 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | UKR | Vladyslav Yemets | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ISR | Joel Abu Hanna | 27 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | UKR | Denys Nahnoynyi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | UKR | Denys Favorov | 29 | 2 | 19+1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 46 | DF | UKR | Yuriy Dudnyk | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | CRO | Lovro Cvek | 18 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | UKR | Vladyslav Kocherhin | 33 | 9 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | UKR | Dmytro Khomchenovskyi | 25 | 0 | 15+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | UKR | Dmytro Ivanisenya | 31 | 6 | 17+4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | UKR | Artem Hromov | 23 | 7 | 14+2 | 6 | 2+1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | UKR | Yehor Nazaryna | 34 | 0 | 16+9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 48 | MF | UKR | Maksym Kazakov | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Hryn | 9 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | UKR | Vladlen Yurchenko | 33 | 8 | 22+1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 97 | MF | LVA | Andrejs Cigaņiks | 25 | 0 | 11+6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 8 | FW | UKR | Maksym Lunyov | 21 | 0 | 6+7 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | IRN | Shahab Zahedi | 14 | 2 | 5+7 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | UKR | Oleksandr Hladkyy | 31 | 10 | 18+4 | 10 | 2+1 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | UKR | Vladyslav Kabayev | 29 | 1 | 17+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 43 | FW | UKR | Danylo Alefirenko | 3 | 1 | 0+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | FW | GHA | Raymond Owusu | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | IRN | Allahyar Sayyadmanesh | 27 | 6 | 11+8 | 5 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+4 | 1 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ISR | Max Grechkin | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | MNE | Mihailo Perović | 15 | 0 | 0+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | UKR | Denys Yanakov | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | UKR | Ihor Chaykovskyi | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | UKR | Dmytro Piddubnyi | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Source: Competitions
Last updated: 13 May 2021

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Premier League | Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 11 | FW | Oleksandr Hladkyy | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | 7 | MF | Vladyslav Kocherhin | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | 80 | MF | Vladlen Yurchenko | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | 28 | MF | Artem Hromov | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | 21 | MF | Dmytro Ivanisenya | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 90 | FW | Allahyar Sayyadmanesh | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | 9 | FW | Shahab Zahedi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 45 | DF | Denys Favorov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 6 | DF | Leovigildo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 22 | FW | Vladyslav Kabayev | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 43 | FW | Danylo Alefirenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Total | 44 | 4 | 6 | 54 |
Last updated: 13 May 2021

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Premier League | Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 23 | GK | Nikola Vasilj | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 1 | 30 | GK | Mykyta Shevchenko | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 53 | GK | Dmytro Matsapura | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| | | | Total | 13 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
Last updated: 13 May 2021

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Player | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | Cup | Cup | Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total | Total |
| 3 | DF | Max Grechkin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Lovro Cvek | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Agron Rufati | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Leovigildo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Vladyslav Kocherhin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Shahab Zahedi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Dmytro Khomchenovskyi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | Oleksandr Hladkyy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Vitaliy Vernydub | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Artem Hromov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Joel Abu Hanna | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Dmytro Ivanisenya | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Vladyslav Kabayev | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | Nikola Vasilj | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | Yehor Nazaryna | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Mykyta Shevchenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | Denys Favorov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | Vladlen Yurchenko | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 90 | FW | Allahyar Sayyadmanesh | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | MF | Andrejs Cigaņiks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Total | 68 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 3 | 4 |
Last updated: 13 May 2021

### Attendances

| | Matches | Attendances | Average | High | Low |
| Premier League | 13 | 8,215 | 631 | 4,127 | 0 |
| Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Europa League | 3 | 853 | 284 | 853 | 0 |
| Total | 16 | 9,068 | 566 | 4,127 | 0 |
Last updated: 13 May 2021