# 2016–17 FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi season

The 2016–17 season was 7th season in the top Ukrainian football league for Zirka Kropyvnytskyi. Zirka competed in Premier League and in the Ukrainian Cup.

## Players
### Squad information

| Squad no. | Name | Position | Date of birth (age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 41 | Roman Lyopka $^{ListB}$ | GK | (1997-01-26)26 January 1997 (aged 20) |
| 44 | Yevhen Past | GK | (1988-03-16)16 March 1988 (aged 29) |
| Defenders |||||
| 4 | Federico Pereyra | DF | (1989-01-04)4 January 1989 (aged 28) |
| 5 | Nailson $^{ListB}$ (on loan from F.C. Famalicão) | DF | (1994-02-24)24 February 1994 (aged 23) |
| 13 | Oleksandr Zozulya $^{ListB}$ | DF | (1996-04-11)11 April 1996 (aged 21) |
| 18 | Oleksandr Kucherenko | DF | (1991-10-01)1 October 1991 (aged 25) |
| 20 | Dmytro Fatyeyev | DF | (1994-06-21)21 June 1994 (aged 23) |
| 23 | Oleksandr Matkobozhyk $^{ListB}$ | DF | (1998-01-03)3 January 1998 (aged 19) |
| 31 | Ihor Chenakal $^{ListB}$ | DF | (1997-04-25)25 April 1997 (aged 20) |
| 55 | Maksym Kovalyov | DF | (1989-03-20)20 March 1989 (aged 28) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 7 | Maksym Drachenko | MF | (1990-01-28)28 January 1990 (aged 27) |
| 8 | Vladyslav Lupashko (Captain) | MF | (1986-12-04)4 December 1986 (aged 30) |
| 9 | Artem Schedryi | MF | (1992-11-09)9 November 1992 (aged 24) |
| 11 | Andriy Batsula | MF | (1992-02-06)6 February 1992 (aged 25) |
| 14 | Artem Sitalo | MF | (1989-08-01)1 August 1989 (aged 27) |
| 17 | Bruno Vieira de Souza $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1997-08-12)12 August 1997 (aged 19) |
| 21 | Ihor Zahalskyi | MF | (1991-05-19)19 May 1991 (aged 26) |
| 22 | Yevhen Vekhliak $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1998-05-08)8 May 1998 (aged 19) |
| 26 | Dmytro Bilonoh $^{ListB}$ (on loan from Ural Yekaterinburg) | MF | (1995-05-26)26 May 1995 (aged 22) |
| 27 | Kyrylo Dryshlyuk $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1999-09-16)16 September 1999 (aged 17) |
| 28 | Pavlo Polehenko | MF | (1995-01-06)6 January 1995 (aged 22) |
| 81 | Denys Sidelnyk $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1995-06-05)5 June 1995 (aged 22) |
| 85 | Serhiy Kernozhytskyi $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1997-06-23)23 June 1997 (aged 20) |
| 95 | Roman Popov $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1995-06-29)29 June 1995 (aged 22) |
| 99 | Mykyta Zhukov $^{ListB}$ (on loan from Inhulets Petrove) | MF | (1995-03-19)19 March 1995 (aged 22) |
| Forwards |||||
| 10 | Aderinsola Habib Eseola | FW | (1991-06-28)28 June 1991 (aged 26) |
| 15 | Oleksiy Zbun $^{ListB}$ | FW | (1997-06-09)9 June 1997 (aged 20) |
| 29 | Maksym Pryadun $^{ListB}$ | FW | (1997-02-17)17 February 1997 (aged 20) |
| 50 | Oleksandr Akymenko | FW | (1985-09-05)5 September 1985 (aged 31) |
| 77 | Oleksiy Chychykov | FW | (1987-09-30)30 September 1987 (aged 29) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Type | Fee |
| Summer ||||||||
| 26 June 2016 | DF | Volodymyr Bayenko | 26 | Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 26 June 2016 | FW | Artem Sitalo | 27 | Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 27 June 2016 | GK | Hennadiy Hanyev | 26 | Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 27 June 2016 | MF | Vitaliy Havrysh | 30 | Hoverla Uzhhorod | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2016 | DF | Federico Pereyra | 27 | The Strongest | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 7 September 2016 | MF | Artem Favorov | 22 | Obolon-Brovar | Transfer | Free |
| 9 September 2016 | DF | Borja Ekiza | 28 | SD Eibar | Transfer | Free |
| 9 September 2016 | DF | Aitor | 30 | Real Avilés | Transfer | Free |
| 16 September 2016 | DF | Pavlo Polehenko | 21 | Dynamo Kyiv | Transfer | Free |
| 24 September 2016 | MF | Ihor Kalinin | 20 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 20 July 2016 | MF | Yevhen Chumak | 21 | Dynamo Kyiv | Loan | |
| 29 July 2016 | MF | Dmytro Bilonoh | 21 | Ural Yekaterinburg | Loan | |
| 31 August 2016 | FW | Jonathan Moya | 24 | Saprissa | Loan | |
| Winter ||||||||
| 20 January 2017 | MF | Bruninho | 19 | Sobradinho | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 30 January 2017 | FW | Aderinsola Habib Eseola | 25 | Arsenal Kyiv | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 21 February 2017 | MF | Maksym Drachenko | 27 | Olimpik Donetsk | Transfer | Free |
| February 2017 | MF | Mykyta Zhukov | 21 | Inhulets Petrove | Loan | |
| 2 March 2017 | DF | Nailson | 23 | Famalicão | Loan | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Type | Fee |
| Summer ||||||||
| 7 July 2016 | MF | Borys Baranets | 30 | Rukh Vynnyky | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 7 July 2016 | MF | Hryhoriy Baranets | 30 | Rukh Vynnyky | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 8 July 2016 | MF | Andriy Mostovyi | 28 | Desna Chernihiv | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 21 July 2016 | GK | Pavlo Poshtarenko | 25 | Obolon-Brovar | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 3 August 2016 | FW | Oleksandr Derebchynsky | 25 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 12 August 2016 | DF | Oleh Dopilka | 30 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 29 September 2016 | MF | Vitaliy Havrysh | 30 | Kolos Kovalivka | Transfer | Free |
| 31 August 2016 | MF | Yevhen Chumak | 21 | Dynamo Kyiv | Loan return | |
| Winter ||||||||
| 9 December 2016 | GK | Hennadiy Hanyev | 26 | Inhulets Petrove | Transfer | Free |
| 22 December 2016 | MF | Oleksandr Kochura | 30 | Retired | Transfer | Free |
| 25 January 2017 | DF | Yarema Kavatsiv | 30 | Veres Rivne | Transfer | Free |
| 29 January 2017 | DF | Aitor | 30 | Extremadura UD | Transfer | Free |
| 12 February 2017 | DF | Volodymyr Bayenko | 26 | FK Buxoro | Transfer | Free |
| 25 February 2017 | MF | Ihor Kalinin | 21 | Volgar Astrakhan | Transfer | Free |
| 9 March 2017 | FW | Roman Loktionov | 30 | Neman Grodno | Transfer | Free |
| 9 March 2017 | MF | Ruslan Zubkov | 25 | Neman Grodno | Transfer | Free |
| 8 May 2017 | MF | Borja Ekiza | 29 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 2 February 2017 | FW | Jonathan Moya | 24 | Saprissa | Loan return | |
| 22 January 2017 | FW | Artem Favorov | 22 | Vejle Boldklub | Loan | |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position | First match | Last match |
| Premier League | Matchday 1 | 9th | 22 July 2016 | 31 May 2017 |
| Cup | Round of 20 | Round of 20 | 21 September 2016 | 21 September 2016 |
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: 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | D | L | W | D | L | W | L | L | W | D | D | W | L | L |
| Position | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |

#### 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 ||||||||||
| 41 | GK | UKR | Roman Lyopka | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | GK | UKR | Yevhen Past | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 4 | DF | ARG | Federico Pereyra | 22 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Nailson | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Zozulya | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | MDA | Oleksandr Kucherenko | 22 | 2 | 20+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | UKR | Dmytro Fatyeyev | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Matkobozhyk | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | UKR | Maksym Kovalyov | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | UKR | Maksym Drachenko | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | UKR | Vladyslav Lupashko | 18 | 1 | 15+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | UKR | Artem Schedryi | 27 | 0 | 17+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | UKR | Andriy Batsula | 26 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | UKR | Artem Sitalo | 30 | 3 | 29+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | UKR | Ihor Zahalskyi | 28 | 4 | 23+5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | UKR | Dmytro Bilonoh | 16 | 3 | 8+8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | UKR | Kyrylo Dryshlyuk | 7 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | UKR | Pavlo Polehenko | 20 | 1 | 15+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 95 | MF | UKR | Roman Popov | 14 | 1 | 5+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | UKR | Mykyta Zhukov | 9 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 10 | FW | UKR | Aderinsola Habib Eseola | 10 | 1 | 7+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | UKR | Oleksiy Zbun | 8 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | UKR | Maksym Pryadun | 3 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | FW | UKR | Oleksandr Akymenko | 8 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | UKR | Oleksiy Chychykov | 17 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | UKR | Vitaliy Havrysh | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | UKR | Ihor Kalinin | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | DF | UKR | Oleh Dopilka | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | UKR | Artem Favorov | 12 | 3 | 5+6 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | CRC | Jonathan Moya | 12 | 2 | 6+5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Aitor | 9 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | UKR | Yarema Kavatsiv | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | UKR | Ruslan Zubkov | 9 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Kochura | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | UKR | Yevhen Chumak | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | UKR | Volodymyr Bayenko | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | UKR | Hennadiy Hanyev | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ESP | Borja Ekiza | 11 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | UKR | Roman Loktionov | 7 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Source: Competitions
Last updated: 31 May 2017

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Premier League | Cup | Total |
| 1 | 21 | MF | Ihor Zahalskyi | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 10 | FW | Artem Favorov | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 11 | MF | Andriy Batsula | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 14 | MF | Artem Sitalo | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 26 | MF | Dmytro Bilonoh | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 4 | DF | Federico Pereyra | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 16 | FW | Jonathan Moya | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 18 | DF | Oleksandr Kucherenko | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 7 | MF | Maksym Drachenko | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 8 | MF | Vladyslav Lupashko | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 10 | FW | Aderinsola Habib Eseola | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 28 | MF | Pavlo Polehenko | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 29 | FW | Maksym Pryadun | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 32 | MF | Borja Ekiza | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 95 | MF | Roman Popov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Last updated: 31 May 2017

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Premier League | Cup | Total |
| 1 | 44 | GK | | Yevhen Past | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 41 | GK | | Roman Lyopka | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Last updated: 20 May 2017

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Player | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | Cup | Cup | Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 4 | DF | Federico Pereyra | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Nailson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Vitaliy Havrysh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Ihor Kalinin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Maksym Drachenko | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Vladyslav Lupashko | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Artem Schedryi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | DF | Oleh Dopilka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Artem Favorov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Aderinsola Habib Eseola | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Andriy Batsula | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Artem Sitalo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Oleksiy Zbun | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Jonathan Moya | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Aitor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Oleksandr Kucherenko | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Dmytro Fatyeyev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Ihor Zahalskyi | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Ruslan Zubkov | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Dmytro Bilonoh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Oleksandr Kochura | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Kyrylo Dryshlyuk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Pavlo Polehenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Volodymyr Bayenko | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Borja Ekiza | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | GK | Yevhen Past | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | Maksym Kovalyov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | Oleksiy Chychykov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | MF | Roman Popov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | Mykyta Zhukov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 31 May 2017