# 2017–18 FC Vorskla Poltava season

The 2017–18 season was 22nd consecutive season in the top Ukrainian football league for Vorskla Poltava. Vorskla competed in Premier League and Ukrainian Cup.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 31 May 2018
| Squad no. | Name | Position | Date of birth (age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Bohdan Shust | GK | (1986-03-04)4 March 1986 (aged 32) |
| 12 | Danylo Kanevtsev | GK | (1996-07-26)26 July 1996 (aged 21) |
| 21 | Oleksandr Tkachenko | GK | (1993-02-19)19 February 1993 (aged 25) |
| 71 | Yan Vichnyi $^{ListB}$ | GK | (1997-02-27)27 February 1997 (aged 21) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Andro Giorgadze $^{ListB}$ | DF | (1996-05-03)3 May 1996 (aged 22) |
| 5 | Oleh Ostapenko $^{ListB}$ | DF | (1997-06-11)11 June 1997 (aged 20) |
| 17 | Volodymyr Chesnakov (Captain) | DF | (1988-02-12)12 February 1988 (aged 30) |
| 23 | Vadym Sapay | DF | (1986-02-07)7 February 1986 (aged 32) |
| 33 | Oleksandr Chyzhov | DF | (1986-08-10)10 August 1986 (aged 31) |
| 37 | Oleksiy Lutsenko $^{ListB}$ | DF | (1997-03-03)3 March 1997 (aged 21) |
| 40 | Taras Sakiv $^{ListB}$ | DF | (1997-11-19)19 November 1997 (aged 20) |
| 44 | Ardin Dallku | DF | (1994-11-01)1 November 1994 (aged 23) |
| 55 | Ihor Honchar | DF | (1993-01-10)10 January 1993 (aged 25) |
| 73 | Vadym Chervak $^{ListB}$ | DF | (1999-05-27)27 May 1999 (aged 19) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 4 | Ihor Perduta | MF | (1990-11-15)15 November 1990 (aged 27) |
| 6 | Oleksandr Sklyar | MF | (1991-02-26)26 February 1991 (aged 27) |
| 7 | Gegham Kadymyan | MF | (1992-10-19)19 October 1992 (aged 25) |
| 11 | Vyacheslav Sharpar | MF | (1987-06-02)2 June 1987 (aged 30) |
| 19 | Volodymyr Odaryuk | MF | (1994-02-13)13 February 1994 (aged 24) |
| 27 | Vladyslav Sydorenko $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1997-10-24)24 October 1997 (aged 20) |
| 29 | Dmytro Kravchenko | MF | (1995-02-25)25 February 1995 (aged 23) |
| 30 | Aleksandre Kobakhidze | MF | (1987-02-11)11 February 1987 (aged 31) |
| 35 | Oleksandr Maksymenko $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1997-02-17)17 February 1997 (aged 21) |
| 38 | Serhiy Kosovskyi $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1998-05-19)19 May 1998 (aged 20) |
| 82 | Pavlo Rebenok | MF | (1985-07-23)23 July 1985 (aged 32) |
| 95 | Yuriy Hluschuk | MF | (1995-01-16)16 January 1995 (aged 23) |
| Forwards |||||
| 9 | Mykhaylo Serhiychuk | FW | (1991-07-29)29 July 1991 (aged 26) |
| 10 | Vladyslav Kulach (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) | FW | (1993-05-07)7 May 1993 (aged 25) |
| 25 | Dmytro Shapoval $^{ListB}$ | FW | (1996-06-17)17 June 1996 (aged 21) |
| 26 | Yuriy Kolomoyets | FW | (1990-03-22)22 March 1990 (aged 28) |
| 77 | Denys Vasin | FW | (1989-03-04)4 March 1989 (aged 29) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Type | Fee |
| Summer ||||||||
| 23 June 2017 | FW | Yuriy Kolomoyets | 27 | MTK Budapest | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 25 June 2017 | MF | Gegham Kadymyan | 24 | Zorya Luhansk | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 11 July 2017 | DF | Andro Giorgadze | 21 | Merani Martvili | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2017 | DF | Aleksandre Kobakhidze | 30 | Göztepe | Transfer | Free |
| 1 June 2017 | GK | Oleksandr Tkachenko | 24 | Hirnyk-Sport | Loan return | |
| 15 June 2017 | FW | Vladyslav Kulach | 24 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan | |
| 3 July 2017 | DF | Mykola Matviyenko | 21 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan | |
| Winter ||||||||
| 11 January 2018 | FW | Denys Vasin | 28 | Chornomorets Odesa | Transfer | Free |
| 17 January 2018 | GK | Danylo Kanevtsev | 21 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 26 January 2018 | DF | Ihor Honchar | 25 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 13 February 2018 | MF | Yuriy Hluschuk | 23 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 5 March 2018 | FW | Mykhaylo Serhiychuk | 26 | Veres Rivne | Transfer | Free |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Type | Fee |
| Summer ||||||||
| 14 July 2017 | FW | Oleh Barannik | 25 | FC Poltava | Transfer | Free |
| 28 July 2017 | MF | Bohdan Melnyk | 20 | Kisvárda FC | Transfer | Free |
| 21 September 2017 | FW | Yevhen Zarichnyuk | 25 | MFC Mykolaiv | Transfer | Free |
| 26 July 2017 | MF | Serhiy Ichanskyi | 21 | Cherkaskyi Dnipro | Transfer / Loan ? | Undisclosed |
| 11 August 2017 | DF | Mykola Kvasnyi | 22 | PFC Sumy | Transfer / Loan ? | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2017 | DF | Serhiy Myakushko | 24 | Dynamo Kyiv | Loan return | |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | Dmytro Khlyobas | 23 | Dynamo Kyiv | Loan return | |
| Winter ||||||||
| 21 January 2018 | MF | Andriy Tkachuk | 30 | Akzhayik | Transfer | Free |
| 20 February 2018 | FW | Mykhaylo Udod | 21 | Avanhard Kramatorsk | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 10 February 2018 | GK | Bohdan Sarnavskyi | 22 | Veres Rivne | Transfer | Free |
| 1 March 2018 | DF | Roman Kunyev | 26 | Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | Transfer | Free |
| 1 January 2018 | FW | Artur Zahorulko | 24 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan return | |
| 1 January 201 | DF | Mykola Matviyenko | 21 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan | |

## Competitions
### Overall

| 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 % |
| Premier League | 18 July 2017 | 20 May 2018 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 043.75 |
| Cup | 20 September 2017 | 29 November 2017 | Round 3 (1/16) | Quarterfinal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 42 | 37 | +5 | 045.71 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018 Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk (C) | 32 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 71 | 24 | +47 | 75 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 32 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 64 | 25 | +39 | 73 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Vorskla Poltava | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 4 | Zorya Luhansk | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 43 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | FC Mariupol | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 39 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
* 1 2 3 Since the winners of the 2017–18 Ukrainian Cup, Shakhtar Donetsk, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the third-placed team, the spot awarded to the third-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Zirka Kropyvnytskyi | 1–5 | Desna Chernihiv | 1–1 | 0–4 |
| Chornomorets Odesa | 1–3 | FC Poltava | 1–0 | 0–3 (a.e.t.) |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | D | W | W | L | L | D | D | W |
| Position | 12 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### 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 | Bohdan Shust | 23 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | UKR | Oleksandr Tkachenko | 13 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | GEO | Andro Giorgadze | 10 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | UKR | Volodymyr Chesnakov | 31 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | UKR | Vadym Sapay | 14 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Chyzhov | 21 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | UKR | Oleksiy Lutsenko | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | UKR | Taras Sakiv | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | KOS | Ardin Dallku | 33 | 1 | 29+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 73 | DF | UKR | Vadym Chervak | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | UKR | Ihor Perduta | 32 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Sklyar | 27 | 0 | 20+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ARM | Gegham Kadymyan | 27 | 2 | 19+5 | 1 | 0+3 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | UKR | Vyacheslav Sharpar | 32 | 4 | 28+1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | UKR | Volodymyr Odaryuk | 29 | 1 | 1+25 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | UKR | Dmytro Kravchenko | 18 | 1 | 10+5 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | GEO | Aleksandre Kobakhidze | 21 | 3 | 16+4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 82 | MF | UKR | Pavlo Rebenok | 35 | 1 | 31+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 95 | FW | UKR | Yuriy Hluschuk | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | UKR | Mykhaylo Serhiychuk | 10 | 3 | 3+7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | UKR | Vladyslav Kulach | 25 | 8 | 16+6 | 6 | 1+2 | 2 |
| 25 | FW | UKR | Dmytro Shapoval | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | UKR | Yuriy Kolomoyets | 33 | 10 | 29+1 | 9 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 77 | FW | UKR | Denys Vasin | 9 | 1 | 6+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | UKR | Andriy Tkachuk | 5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | UKR | Artur Zahorulko | 13 | 1 | 0+12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | UKR | Mykola Matviyenko | 19 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Source: Competitions
Last updated: 20 May 2019

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Premier League | Cup | Total |
| 1 | 26 | FW | Yuriy Kolomoyets | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 10 | FW | Vladyslav Kulach | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 11 | MF | Vyacheslav Sharpar | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 9 | FW | Mykhaylo Serhiychuk | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 30 | MF | Aleksandre Kobakhidze | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 7 | MF | Gegham Kadymyan | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 17 | DF | Volodymyr Chesnakov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 33 | DF | Oleksandr Chyzhov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 9 | FW | Artur Zahorulko | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 19 | MF | Volodymyr Odaryuk | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 29 | MF | Dmytro Kravchenko | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 44 | DF | Ardin Dallku | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 77 | FW | Denys Vasin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 82 | MF | Pavlo Rebenok | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| | | | Total | 37 | 5 | 42 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Premier League | Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | Bohdan Shust | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | 21 | GK | Oleksandr Tkachenko | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| | | | Total | 13 | 2 | 15 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Player | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | Cup | Cup | Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Bohdan Shust | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Andro Giorgadze | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Ihor Perduta | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Oleksandr Sklyar | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Mykhaylo Serhiychuk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Artur Zahorulko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Vladyslav Kulach | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Vyacheslav Sharpar | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Volodymyr Chesnakov | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Volodymyr Odaryuk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | Oleksandr Tkachenko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Vadym Sapay | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Yuriy Kolomoyets | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Dmytro Kravchenko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Oleksandr Chyzhov | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | Ardin Dallku | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | Denys Vasin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 82 | MF | Pavlo Rebenok | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Total | 80 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 2 | 0 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018