# 2017–18 FC Zorya Luhansk season

The 2017–18 season was 17th season in the top Ukrainian football league for Zorya Luhansk. Zorya competed in Premier League, Ukrainian Cup and UEFA Europa League.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 31 May 2018
| Squad no. | Name | Position | Date of birth (age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Andriy Lunin | GK | (1999-02-11)11 February 1999 (aged 19) |
| 76 | Luiz Felipe | GK | (1997-04-24)24 April 1997 (aged 21) |
| 77 | Oleh Chuvayev | GK | (1987-10-25)25 October 1987 (aged 30) |
| Defenders |||||
| 3 | Oleksandr Svatok | DF | (1994-09-27)27 September 1994 (aged 23) |
| 4 | Vasyl Pryima | DF | (1991-06-10)10 June 1991 (aged 26) |
| 5 | Artem Hordiyenko | DF | (1991-03-04)4 March 1991 (aged 27) |
| 9 | Dmytro Lytvyn | DF | (1996-11-21)21 November 1996 (aged 21) |
| 16 | Mohamed El Bouazzati | DF | (1997-01-09)9 January 1997 (aged 21) |
| 24 | Oleksandr Tymchyk (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) | DF | (1997-01-20)20 January 1997 (aged 21) |
| 29 | Tymofiy Sukhar $^{ListB}$ | DF | (1999-02-04)4 February 1999 (aged 19) |
| 39 | Yevhen Opanasenko | DF | (1990-08-25)25 August 1990 (aged 27) |
| 44 | Vyacheslav Checher | DF | (1980-12-15)15 December 1980 (aged 37) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 7 | Vladyslav Kocherhin | MF | (1996-04-30)30 April 1996 (aged 22) |
| 8 | Ihor Kharatin | MF | (1995-02-02)2 February 1995 (aged 23) |
| 18 | Oleksandr Andriyevskyi (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) | MF | (1994-06-25)25 June 1994 (aged 23) |
| 20 | Oleksandr Karavayev (Captain) | MF | (1992-06-02)2 June 1992 (aged 25) |
| 22 | Željko Ljubenović | MF | (1981-07-09)9 July 1981 (aged 36) |
| 27 | Vladyslav Kabayev | MF | (1995-09-01)1 September 1995 (aged 22) |
| 28 | Artem Hromov | MF | (1990-01-14)14 January 1990 (aged 28) |
| 32 | Anđelo Kačavenda $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1999-01-22)22 January 1999 (aged 19) |
| 36 | Ruslan Babenko | MF | (1992-07-08)8 July 1992 (aged 25) |
| 64 | Serhiy Mayboroda $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1997-11-21)21 November 1997 (aged 20) |
| 76 | Yehor Shalfeyev $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1998-10-03)3 October 1998 (aged 19) |
| 89 | Yevhen Cheberko | MF | (1998-01-23)23 January 1998 (aged 20) |
| 96 | Silas | MF | (1996-05-30)30 May 1996 (aged 22) |
| Forwards |||||
| 11 | David Faupala | FW | (1997-02-11)11 February 1997 (aged 21) |
| 19 | Maksym Lunyov | FW | (1998-05-22)22 May 1998 (aged 20) |
| 49 | Dmytro Lukanov | FW | (1995-03-02)2 March 1995 (aged 23) |
| 95 | Iury | FW | (1995-09-06)6 September 1995 (aged 22) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Type | Fee |
| Summer ||||||||
| 1 June 2017 | MF | Vladyslav Kabayev | 21 | Chornomorets Odesa | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 1 June 2017 | MF | Leonidas | 21 | Villa Nova | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 1 June 2017 | MF | Silas | 20 | Internacional | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 19 June 2017 | FW | Maksym Lunyov | 19 | Dnipro | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 24 June 2017 | GK | Andriy Lunin | 18 | Dnipro | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 24 June 2017 | DF | Oleksandr Svatok | 22 | Dnipro | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 24 June 2017 | MF | Yevhen Cheberko | 19 | Dnipro | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 24 June 2017 | MF | Vladyslav Kocherhin | 21 | Dnipro | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 6 July 2017 | DF | Vasyl Pryima | 26 | Frosinone | Transfer | Free |
| 20 July 2017 | DF | Iury | 21 | Avaí | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 16 August 2017 | MF | Artem Hromov | 27 | Krylia Sovetov Samara | Transfer | Free |
| 24 August 2017 | MF | Oleksandr Karavayev | 25 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 16 August 2017 | MF | Oleksandr Andriyevskyi | 23 | Dynamo Kyiv | Loan | |
| Winter ||||||||
| 1 January 2018 | MF | Gaël Ondoua | 22 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 12 January 2018 | DF | Dmytro Lytvyn | 21 | Real S.C. | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 30 January 2018 | DF | Mohamed El Bouazzati | 21 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 5 February 2018 | GK | Luiz Felipe | 20 | Internacional | Transfer | Free |
| 6 February 2018 | FW | David Faupala | 20 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 16 February 2018 | DF | Tymofiy Sukhar | 19 | SC Dnipro-1 | Transfer | Free |
| 1 January 2018 | DF | Oleksandr Tymchyk | 20 | Dynamo Kyiv | Loan | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Type | Fee |
| Summer ||||||||
| 31 May 2017 | DF | Hryhoriy Yarmash | 32 | Retired | Transfer | |
| 19 June 2017 | DF | Ihor Chaykovskyi | 25 | Anzhi Makhachkala | Transfer | Free |
| 29 June 2017 | MF | Jaba Lipartia | 29 | Anzhi Makhachkala | Transfer | Free |
| 25 June 2017 | MF | Gegham Kadymyan | 24 | Vorskla Poltava | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis | 19 | Club Brugge | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 2 August 2017 | FW | Denys Belousov | 20 | Avanhard Kramatorsk | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 20 August 2017 | GK | Ihor Levchenko | 26 | FC Mariupol | Transfer | Free |
| 30 August 2017 | DF | Rafael Forster | 27 | Ludogorets Razgrad | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 30 June 2017 | FW | Vladyslav Kulach | 24 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan return | |
| 30 June 2017 | DF | Eduard Sobol | 22 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan return | |
| 30 June 2017 | MF | Ivan Petryak | 23 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan return | |
| 7 August 2017 | FW | Denys Bezborodko | 23 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan return | |
| 20 July 2017 | DF | Mykhaylo Shershen | 22 | Avanhard Kramatorsk | Loan | |
| Winter ||||||||
| 4 January 2018 | DF | Artem Sukhotskyi | 25 | Slovan Bratislava | Transfer | Free |
| 26 January 2018 | FW | Paulinho | 24 | Levski Sofia | Transfer | Free |
| 16 February 2018 | MF | Leônidas | 22 | Olimpik Donetsk | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 22 February 2018 | GK | Oleksiy Shevchenko | 25 | Karpaty Lviv | Transfer | Free |
| 12 March 2018 | MF | Gaël Ondoua | 22 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 1 January 2018 | DF | Andriy Pylyavskyi | 29 | Rubin Kazan | Loan return | |
| 1 January 2018 | MF | Dmytro Hrechyshkin | 26 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan return | |
| 1 January 2018 | MF | Vladyslav Kalitvintsev | 24 | Dynamo Kyiv | Loan return | |
| 12 January 2018 | MF | Mykyta Kamenyuka | 32 | Veres Rivne | 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 | 16 July 2017 | 20 May 2018 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 44 | 44 | +0 | 034.38 |
| Cup | 25 October 2017 | 25 October 2017 | Round of 16 (1/8) | Round of 16 (1/8) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Europa League | 14 September 2017 | 7 December 2017 | Group stage | Group stage (3rd) | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 50 | 57 | −7 | 033.33 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018 Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
| 6 | Veres Rivne (D) | 32 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 35 | Club suspended after the season |
* 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | D | W | W | D | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | L |
| Position | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ATH | OST | ZOR | HRT |
| 1 | Athletic Bilbao | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 |
| 2 | Östersunds FK | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Zorya Luhansk | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 6 | | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Hertha BSC | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 5 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head results: Östersund 2–2 Athletic Bilbao, Athletic Bilbao 1–0 Östersund.

## 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 | Andriy Lunin | 36 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Svatok | 32 | 2 | 22+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | UKR | Vasyl Pryima | 13 | 1 | 9+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | UKR | Artem Hordiyenko | 35 | 4 | 21+7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 9 | DF | UKR | Dmytro Lytvyn | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | MAR | Mohamed El Bouazzati | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Tymchyk | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | UKR | Yevhen Opanasenko | 27 | 5 | 21+1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | UKR | Vyacheslav Checher | 21 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | UKR | Vladyslav Kocherhin | 14 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | UKR | Ihor Kharatin | 36 | 5 | 22+7 | 3 | 0+1 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Andriyevskyi | 24 | 3 | 14+3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Karavayev | 33 | 1 | 25+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SRB | Željko Ljubenović | 8 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | UKR | Vladyslav Kabayev | 15 | 0 | 4+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | UKR | Artem Hromov | 34 | 7 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | UKR | Ruslan Babenko | 17 | 0 | 10+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 64 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Mayboroda | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | MF | UKR | Yehor Shalfeyev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | MF | BRA | Silas | 25 | 3 | 17+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 98 | MF | UKR | Yevhen Cheberko | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 11 | FW | FRA | David Faupala | 12 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | UKR | Maksym Lunyov | 30 | 2 | 12+11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 95 | FW | BRA | Iury | 29 | 11 | 22+2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | UKR | Oleksiy Shevchenko | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | UKR | Artem Sukhotskyi | 24 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | UKR | Mykyta Kamenyuka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | UKR | Vladyslav Kalitvintsev | 6 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Leônidas | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Paulinho | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Rafael Forster | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | UKR | Denys Bezborodko | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | UKR | Dmytro Hrechyshkin | 22 | 3 | 15+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Source: Competitions
Last updated: 20 May 2018

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Premier League | Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 95 | FW | Iury | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | 28 | MF | Artem Hromov | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 8 | MF | Ihor Kharatin | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 39 | DF | Yevhen Opanasenko | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 5 | DF | Artem Hordiyenko | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 18 | MF | Oleksandr Andriyevskyi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 24 | MF | Dmytro Hrechyshkin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 96 | MF | Silas | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 3 | DF | Oleksandr Svatok | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 19 | FW | Maksym Lunyov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 4 | DF | Vasyl Pryima | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 9 | MF | Vladyslav Kalitvintsev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 20 | MF | Oleksandr Karavayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 24 | DF | Oleksandr Tymchyk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Total | 44 | 3 | 3 | 50 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Premier League | Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | Andriy Lunin | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | Oleksiy Shevchenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Total | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018

### 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 | Andriy Lunin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Artem Sukhotskyi | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Oleksandr Svatok | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Vasyl Pryima | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Artem Hordiyenko | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Vladyslav Kocherhin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Ihor Kharatin | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | DF | Dmytro Lytvyn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | David Faupala | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Oleksandr Andriyevskyi | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | Maksym Lunyov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Oleksandr Karavayev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Željko Ljubenović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Dmytro Hrechyshkin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Oleksandr Tymchyk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Vladyslav Kabayev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Artem Hromov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | '2 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | Ruslan Babenko | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | Yevhen Opanasenko | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 44 | DF | Vyacheslav Checher | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 95 | FW | Iury | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | MF | Silas | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | MF | Yevhen Cheberko | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Total | 75 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 3 | 2 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018