# 2016–17 FC Vorskla Poltava season

The 2016–17 season was 21st consecutive season in the top Ukrainian football league for Vorskla Poltava. Vorskla competed in Premier League, Ukrainian Cup and UEFA Europa League.

## Players
### Squad information

| Squad no. | Name | Position | Date of birth (age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Bohdan Shust | GK | (1986-03-04)4 March 1986 (aged 31) |
| 12 | Bohdan Sarnavskyi | GK | (1995-01-29)29 January 1995 (aged 22) |
| Defenders |||||
| 3 | Roman Kunyev | DF | (1990-09-20)20 September 1990 (aged 26) |
| 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 29) |
| 20 | Mykola Kvasnyi $^{ListB}$ | DF | (1995-01-04)4 January 1995 (aged 22) |
| 23 | Vadym Sapay | DF | (1986-02-07)7 February 1986 (aged 31) |
| 28 | Vladyslav Bobrov $^{ListB}$ | DF | (1996-05-10)10 May 1996 (aged 21) |
| 33 | Oleksandr Chyzhov | DF | (1986-08-10)10 August 1986 (aged 30) |
| 40 | Taras Sakiv $^{ListB}$ | DF | (1997-11-19)19 November 1997 (aged 19) |
| 44 | Ardin Dallku | DF | (1994-11-01)1 November 1994 (aged 22) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 4 | Ihor Perduta | MF | (1990-11-15)15 November 1990 (aged 26) |
| 6 | Oleksandr Sklyar | MF | (1991-02-26)26 February 1991 (aged 26) |
| 8 | Andriy Tkachuk | MF | (1987-11-18)18 November 1987 (aged 29) |
| 10 | Serhiy Myakushko (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) | MF | (1993-04-15)15 April 1993 (aged 24) |
| 11 | Vyacheslav Sharpar | MF | (1987-06-02)2 June 1987 (aged 30) |
| 16 | Serhiy Ichanskyi $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1995-09-01)1 September 1995 (aged 21) |
| 19 | Volodymyr Odaryuk | MF | (1994-02-13)13 February 1994 (aged 23) |
| 29 | Dmytro Kravchenko $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1995-02-25)25 February 1995 (aged 22) |
| 35 | Oleksandr Maksymenko $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1997-02-17)17 February 1997 (aged 20) |
| 39 | Bohdan Melnyk $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1997-01-04)4 January 1997 (aged 20) |
| 82 | Pavlo Rebenok | MF | (1985-07-23)23 July 1985 (aged 31) |
| 99 | Yevhen Zarichnyuk | MF | (1989-02-03)3 February 1989 (aged 28) |
| Forwards |||||
| 7 | Mykhaylo Udod $^{ListB}$ | FW | (1997-02-17)17 February 1997 (aged 20) |
| 9 | Artur Zahorulko (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) | FW | (1993-02-13)13 February 1993 (aged 24) |
| 13 | Dmytro Khlyobas (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) | FW | (1994-05-09)9 May 1994 (aged 23) |
| 24 | Oleh Barannik | FW | (1992-03-20)20 March 1992 (aged 25) |
| 25 | Dmytro Shapoval $^{ListB}$ | FW | (1996-06-17)17 June 1996 (aged 21) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Type | Fee |
| Summer ||||||||
| 21 July 2016 | GM | Bohdan Shust | 30 | Volyn Lutsk | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 21 July 2016 | MF | Oleh Holodyuk | 28 | Karpaty Lviv | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 21 July 2016 | MF | Aleksandre Kobakhidze | 29 | Dnipro | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 21 July 2016 | MF | Yevhen Zarichnyuk | 27 | FC Milsami Orhei | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 25 August 2016 | MF | Sanzhar Tursunov | 29 | Umm Salal SC | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 15 September 2016 | MF | Petro Namuilyk | 20 | NK Zavrč | Transfer | Free |
| 30 July 2016 | DF | Andriy Pylyavskyi | 27 | Rubin Kazan | Loan | |
| 5 August 2016 | FW | Artur Zahorulko | 23 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan | |
| 31 May 2016 | FW | Yevhen Budnik | 26 | Stal Kamianske | Loan return | |
| Winter ||||||||
| 19 January 2017 | GK | Bohdan Sarnavskyi | 21 | FC Ufa | Transfer | Free |
| 22 January 2017 | FW | Roman Kunyev | 26 | Kremin Kremenchuk | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 6 February 2017 | MF | Vyacheslav Sharpar | 29 | Atyrau | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 8 February 2017 | FW | Mykhaylo Udod | 19 | Dynamo Kyiv | Transfer | Free |
| 1 March 2017 | DF | Oleksandr Chyzhov | 30 | Okzhetpes | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2017 | FW | Yevhen Budnik | 26 | Dinamo Minsk | Loan return | |
| 25 January 2017 | DF | Serhiy Myakushko | 23 | Dynamo Kyiv | Loan | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Type | Fee |
| Summer ||||||||
| 31 May 2016 | GK | Stanislav Bohush | 32 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 31 May 2016 | MF | Artem Hromov | 26 | Dynamo Kyiv | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 22 June 2016 | DF | Armend Dallku | 33 | FC Prishtina | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 20 July 2016 | FW | Oleksandr Kovpak | 33 | Cherkaskyi Dnipro | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 30 July 2016 | MF | Oleksiy Dovhyi | 26 | Stal Kamianske | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 31 May 2016 | FW | Anton Shynder | 29 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan return | |
| 22 July 2016 | FW | Yevhen Budnik | 26 | Dinamo Minsk | Loan | |
| 31 August 2016 | FW | Oleh Barannik | 24 | Hirnyk-Sport | Loan | |
| Winter ||||||||
| 23 November 2016 | MF | Petro Namuilyk | 20 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 25 December 2016 | MF | Sanzhar Tursunov | 29 | Al Kharaitiyat SC | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 12 January 2017 | MF | Aleksandre Kobakhidze | 29 | Göztepe S.K. | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 13 January 2017 | FW | Yuriy Kolomoyets | 26 | MTK Budapest | Transfer | Free |
| 31 January 2017 | DF | Oleksiy Dytyatev | 28 | Karpaty Lviv | Transfer | Free |
| January 2017 | GK | Dmytro Nepohodov | 28 | Tobol | Transfer | Free |
| 10 February 2017 | FW | Yevhen Budnik | 26 | Kapfenberger SV | Transfer | Free |
| 22 February 2017 | DF | Serhiy Siminin | 29 | FC Oleksandriya | Transfer | Free |
| 27 February 2017 | MF | Oleh Holodyuk | 29 | Karpaty Lviv | Transfer | Free |
| 28 February 2017 | MF | Mladen Bartulović | 30 | Miedź Legnica | Transfer | Free |
| 1 January 2017 | DF | Andriy Pylyavskyi | 27 | Rubin Kazan | Loan return | |
| 12 February 2017 | GK | Oleksandr Tkachenko | 23 | Hirnyk-Sport | Loan | |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position | First match | Last match |
| Premier League | Matchday 1 | 7th | 23 July 2016 | 31 May 2017 |
| Cup | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | 26 October 2016 | 30 November 2016 |
| Europa League | 3Q | 3Q | 26 July 2016 | 4 August 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | D | D | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | D |
| Position | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

#### Matches
### Europa League
## 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 | Bohdan Shust | 19 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | UKR | Bohdan Sarnavskyi | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | UKR | Roman Kunyev | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | UKR | Oleh Ostapenko | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | UKR | Volodymyr Chesnakov | 32 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | UKR | Vadym Sapay | 14 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Chyzhov | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | UKR | Taras Sakiv | 7 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | KOS | Ardin Dallku | 11 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | UKR | Ihor Perduta | 32 | 0 | 27+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Sklyar | 18 | 0 | 8+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | UKR | Andriy Tkachuk | 26 | 0 | 21+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Myakushko | 14 | 1 | 10+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | UKR | Vyacheslav Sharpar | 13 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Ichanskyi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | UKR | Volodymyr Odaryuk | 19 | 2 | 15+3 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | UKR | Dmytro Kravchenko | 24 | 0 | 21+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | MF | UKR | Pavlo Rebenok | 33 | 3 | 24+5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | UKR | Yevhen Zarichnyuk | 12 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | UKR | Artur Zahorulko | 25 | 1 | 6+18 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | UKR | Dmytro Khlyobas | 33 | 8 | 23+6 | 8 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | UKR | Oleh Barannik | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | UKR | Dmytro Shapoval | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | UKR | Serhiy Siminin | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GEO | Aleksandre Kobakhidze | 21 | 1 | 16+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | UZB | Sanzhar Tursunov | 14 | 3 | 9+3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | CRO | Mladen Bartulović | 20 | 0 | 8+8 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | UKR | Dmytro Nepohodov | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | UKR | Yuriy Kolomoyets | 16 | 7 | 11+2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | UKR | Oleh Holodyuk | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 54 | DF | UKR | Oleksiy Dytyatev | 20 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 79 | DF | UKR | Andriy Pylyavskyi | 8 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Competitions
Last updated: 31 May 2017

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Premier League | Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 13 | FW | Dmytro Khlyobas | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 26 | FW | Yuriy Kolomoyets | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 11 | MF | Vyacheslav Sharpar | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 10 | MF | Sanzhar Tursunov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 52 | MF | Pavlo Rebenok | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 17 | DF | Volodymyr Chesnakov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 19 | MF | Volodymyr Odaryuk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 7 | MF | Aleksandre Kobakhidze | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 9 | FW | Artur Zahorulko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 10 | MF | Serhiy Myakushko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 54 | DF | Oleksiy Dytyatev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Last updated: 27 May 2017

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Premier League | Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | Bohdan Shust | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 12 | GK | Dmytro Nepohodov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 12 | GK | Bohdan Sarnavskyi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Last updated: 31 May 2017

### 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 | Bohdan Shust | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Serhiy Siminin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Ihor Perduta | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Oleksandr Sklyar | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Aleksandre Kobakhidze | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Andriy Tkachuk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Artur Zahorulko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Sanzhar Tursunov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Serhiy Myakushko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Mladen Bartulović | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Vyacheslav Sharpar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Dmytro Nepohodov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | Dmytro Khlyobas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Volodymyr Chesnakov | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Volodymyr Odaryuk | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Vadym Sapay | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Yuriy Kolomoyets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Oleh Holodyuk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Dmytro Kravchenko | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Oleksandr Chyzhov | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | Taras Sakiv | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | Ardin Dallku | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | DF | Oleksiy Dytyatev | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | MF | Pavlo Rebenok | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | Yevhen Zarichnyuk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Last updated: 31 May 2017