# 2020–21 FC Vorskla Poltava season

The 2020–21 season was 25th consecutive season in the top Ukrainian football league for Vorskla Poltava. Vorskla competed in Premier League and Ukrainian Cup.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 30 June 2021
| Squad no. | Name | Position | Date of birth (age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 21 | Oleksandr Tkachenko | GK | (1993-02-19)19 February 1993 (aged 28) |
| 31 | Dmytro Riznyk $^{ListB}$ | GK | (1999-01-30)30 January 1999 (aged 22) |
| 51 | Pavlo Isenko $^{ListB}$ | GK | (2003-07-21)21 July 2003 (aged 17) |
| Defenders |||||
| 5 | Najeeb Yakubu $^{ListB}$ | DF | (2000-05-01)1 May 2000 (aged 21) |
| 9 | Bradley de Nooijer (on loan from Viitorul Constanța) | FW | (1997-11-07)7 November 1997 (aged 23) |
| 13 | Serhiy Yavorskyi | DF | (1989-07-05)5 July 1989 (aged 31) |
| 17 | Volodymyr Chesnakov (Captain) | DF | (1988-02-12)12 February 1988 (aged 33) |
| 23 | Vadym Sapay | DF | (1986-02-07)7 February 1986 (aged 35) |
| 27 | Illya Krupskyi $^{ListB}$ | DF | (2004-10-02)2 October 2004 (aged 16) |
| 36 | Bohdan Chuyev $^{ListB}$ | DF | (2000-02-23)23 February 2000 (aged 21) |
| 37 | Valeriy Dubko $^{ListB}$ | DF | (2001-03-22)22 March 2001 (aged 20) |
| 39 | Yevhen Opanasenko | DF | (1990-08-25)25 August 1990 (aged 30) |
| 43 | Taras Dmytruk $^{ListB}$ | DF | (2000-03-09)9 March 2000 (aged 21) |
| 50 | Ibrahim Kane $^{ListB}$ | DF | (2000-06-23)23 June 2000 (aged 21) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 4 | Ihor Perduta | MF | (1990-11-15)15 November 1990 (aged 30) |
| 6 | Oleksandr Sklyar | MF | (1991-02-26)26 February 1991 (aged 30) |
| 7 | Luizão | MF | (1998-02-20)20 February 1998 (aged 23) |
| 8 | Olivier Thill | MF | (1996-12-17)17 December 1996 (aged 24) |
| 15 | Artem Kulakovskyi $^{ListB}$ | MF | (2000-02-11)11 February 2000 (aged 21) |
| 19 | Heorhiy Tsitaishvili (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) $^{ListB}$ | FW | (2000-02-11)11 February 2000 (aged 21) |
| 24 | Radion Posyevkin $^{ListB}$ | MF | (2001-05-18)18 May 2001 (aged 20) |
| 28 | David Puclin | MF | (1992-06-17)17 June 1992 (aged 29) |
| 30 | Ivan Nesterenko $^{ListB}$ | MF | (2003-07-23)23 July 2003 (aged 17) |
| 38 | Artem Chelyadin $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1999-12-29)29 December 1999 (aged 21) |
| 45 | Daniil Khrypchuk $^{ListB}$ | MF | (2003-12-09)9 December 2003 (aged 17) |
| 47 | Amilcar Codjovi $^{ListB}$ | MF | (2002-02-22)22 February 2002 (aged 19) |
| 49 | Danylo Buhayenko $^{ListB}$ | MF | (2002-10-04)4 October 2002 (aged 18) |
| 52 | Daniil Syemilyet $^{ListB}$ | MF | (2001-03-07)7 March 2001 (aged 20) |
| 82 | Pavlo Rebenok | MF | (1985-07-23)23 July 1985 (aged 35) |
| 92 | Pape-Alioune Ndiaye | MF | (1998-02-04)4 February 1998 (aged 23) |
| | Yan Kostenko $^{ListB}$ | MF | (2003-07-04)4 July 2003 (aged 17) |
| Forwards |||||
| 10 | Vladyslav Kulach | FW | (1993-05-07)7 May 1993 (aged 28) |
| 11 | Ruslan Stepanyuk | FW | (1992-01-16)16 January 1992 (aged 29) |
| 14 | Danylo Kravchuk $^{ListB}$ | FW | (2001-07-02)2 July 2001 (aged 19) |
| 86 | Oleksandr Kozhevnikov $^{ListB}$ | FW | (2000-04-17)17 April 2000 (aged 21) |
| 99 | Dmytro Shcherbak | FW | (1996-12-08)8 December 1996 (aged 24) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Type | Fee |
| Summer ||||||||
| 7 August 2020 | MF | Ivan Pešić | 28 | Kaisar Kyzylorda | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 10 August 2020 | DF | Serhiy Yavorskyi | 31 | FC Mariupol | Transfer | Free |
| 10 August 2020 | MF | Mykyta Tatarkov | 25 | FC Lviv | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| Winter ||||||||
| 1 January 2021 | MF | Olivier Thill | 24 | FC Ufa | Transfer | Free |
| 6 January 2021 | MF | Amilcar Codjovi | 18 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 8 January 2021 | MF | Luizão | 22 | Porto | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 2 March 2021 | FW | Saliia Cherif Konate | 18 | | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 31 December 2020 | FW | Yuriy Kozyrenko | 21 | Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | Loan return | |
| 1 January 2021 | MF | Heorhiy Tsitaishvili | 20 | Dynamo Kyiv | Loan | |
| 12 February 2021 | DF | Bradley de Nooijer | 23 | Viitorul Constanța | Loan | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Type | Fee |
| Summer ||||||||
| 31 July 2020 | DF | Juanma García | 23 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 31 July 2020 | DF | Denys Taraduda | 20 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 31 July 2020 | MF | Artem Bilyi | 20 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 28 August 2020 | GK | Danylo Kanevtsev | 24 | Metal Kharkiv | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 28 August 2020 | DF | Maksym Melnychuk | 20 | Chornomorets Odesa | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 29 August 2020 | FW | Volodymyr Odaryuk | 26 | MFC Mykolaiv | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2020 | MF | Artem Habelok | 25 | Pyunik Yerevan | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 19 September 2020 | DF | Yevhen Martynenko | 27 | Chornomorets Odesa | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 4 September 2020 | FW | Denys Halata | 20 | Kremin Kremenchuk | Loan | |
| 25 September 2020 | FW | Yuriy Kozyrenko | 20 | Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | Loan | |
| Winter ||||||||
| 26 January 2021 | DF | Volodymyr Bayenko | 26 | Levadia Tallinn | Transfer | Free |
| 29 January 2021 | MF | Mykyta Tatarkov | 26 | Pyunik Yerevan | Transfer | Free |
| 2 March 2021 | DF | Valeriy Dubko | 19 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 10 March 2021 | MF | Illya Hadzhuk | 18 | Dynamo Kyiv | Transfer | Free |
| 10 March 2021 | MF | Oleh Vlasov | 18 | Dynamo Kyiv | Transfer | Free |
| 3 February 2021 | MF | Denys Vasin | 31 | Inhulets Petrove | Loan | |
| 7 February 2021 | MF | Ivan Pešić | 28 | FC Voluntari | Loan | |
| 28 February 2021 | FW | Yuriy Kozyrenko | 21 | Isloch Minsk Raion | 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 | 23 August 2020 | 9 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 042.31 |
| Cup | 30 September 2020 | 2 December 2020 | Round of 32 (1/16) | Round of 16 (1/8) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 042.86 |
Last updated: 9 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
| 6 | Desna Chernihiv | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 38 | |
| 7 | SC Dnipro-1 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 30 | |

#### 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: 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 |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | H | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | L | D | W | L | L | D | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | D | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 |

#### 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 ||||||||||
| 21 | GK | UKR | Oleksandr Tkachenko | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | UKR | Dmytro Riznyk | 25 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 5 | DF | GHA | Najeeb Yakubu | 21 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 9 | DF | NED | Bradley de Nooijer | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | UKR | Serhiy Yavorskyi | 25 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | UKR | Volodymyr Chesnakov | 24 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | UKR | Vadym Sapay | 15 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | UKR | Illya Krupskyi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | UKR | Valeriy Dubko | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | UKR | Yevhen Opanasenko | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | DF | MLI | Ibrahim Kane | 24 | 4 | 22+1 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | UKR | Ihor Perduta | 24 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Sklyar | 24 | 2 | 20+2 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Luizão | 10 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | LUX | Olivier Thill | 13 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | UKR | Heorhiy Tsitaishvili | 4 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | CRO | David Puclin | 25 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | UKR | Ivan Nesterenko | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | UKR | Artem Chelyadin | 21 | 0 | 3+16 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | UKR | Daniil Khrypchuk | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | MF | UKR | Daniil Syemilyet | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | MF | UKR | Pavlo Rebenok | 15 | 0 | 6+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 92 | MF | FRA | Pape-Alioune Ndiaye | 23 | 0 | 19+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 10 | FW | UKR | Vladyslav Kulach | 22 | 17 | 21 | 15 | 0+1 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | UKR | Ruslan Stepanyuk | 25 | 7 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | UKR | Danylo Kravchuk | 18 | 1 | 5+12 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 86 | FW | UKR | Oleksandr Kozhevnikov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | UKR | Dmytro Shcherbak | 15 | 1 | 5+8 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | UKR | Mykyta Tatarkov | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CRO | Ivan Pešić | 10 | 0 | 0+8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | UKR | Oleh Vlasov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | UKR | Illya Hadzhuk | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | UKR | Denys Vasin | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Source: Competitions
Last updated: 9 May 2021

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Premier League | Cup | Total |
| 1 | 10 | FW | Vladyslav Kulach | 15 | 2 | 17 |
| 2 | 11 | FW | Ruslan Stepanyuk | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 50 | DF | Ibrahim Kane | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 6 | MF | Oleksandr Sklyar | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 8 | MF | Olivier Thill | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 28 | MF | David Puclin | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 13 | DF | Serhiy Yavorskyi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 14 | FW | Danylo Kravchuk | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 19 | MF | Heorhiy Tsitaishvili | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 99 | FW | Dmytro Shcherbak | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Total | 37 | 2 | 39 |
Last updated: 9 May 2021

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Premier League | Cup | Total |
| 1 | 31 | GK | Dmytro Riznyk | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 21 | GK | Oleksandr Tkachenko | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| | | | Total | 8 | 1 | 9 |
Last updated: 9 May 2021

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Player | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | Cup | Cup | Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 4 | MF | Ihor Perduta | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Najeeb Yakubu | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Oleksandr Sklyar | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Olivier Thill | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | DF | Bradley de Nooijer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Ivan Pešić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Vladyslav Kulach | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Ruslan Stepanyuk | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Serhiy Yavorskyi | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Danylo Kravchuk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Volodymyr Chesnakov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Vadym Sapay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | David Puclin | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | Dmytro Riznyk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | Artem Chelyadin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | DF | Ibrahim Kane | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 82 | MF | Pavlo Rebenok | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 92 | MF | Pape-Alioune Ndiaye | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Dmytro Shcherbak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Total | 60 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 7 | 1 |
Last updated: 9 May 2021

### Attendances

| | Matches | Attendances | Average | High | Low |
| Premier League | 13 | 4,498 | 346 | 2,523 | 0 |
| Cup | 1 | 546 | 546 | 546 | 546 |
| Total | 14 | 5,044 | 360 | 2,523 | 0 |
Last updated: 9 May 2021