# 2017 FC Vorkuta season

The 2017 FC Vorkuta season was the first season in the club's participation in the Canadian Soccer League. The club made its professional debut on May 27, 2017 in a home match against Milton SC, which resulted in a 7-0 victory with goals coming from Oleh Kerchu, Danylo Lazar, Oleg Shutov, Vadym Gostiev, and Yaroslav Svorak. The season concluded with Vorkuta clinching the regular season title in their debut season. In the postseason they achieved a victory in the preliminary round, but were eliminated from the competition in the semifinals.

## Summary

After nine years of competition at the senior amateur level FC Vorkuta made the transition to the professional ranks in 2017 by becoming a member in the Canadian Soccer League. In preparation for the 2017 CSL season the team hired the services of Serhiy Zayets as head coach. Zayets assembled a roster with several key CSL veterans acquired primarily from FC Ukraine United. The acquisitions included Sergiy Ivliev, Oleg Shutov, Mykhailo Bulkin, Vitaliy Dnistryan, Danylo Lazar, Vadym Gostiev, and Oleh Kerchu was named the team captain. In addition to the CSL veterans several imports were brought in from Ukraine and Russia to further strengthen the roster.
Vorkuta also fielded a reserve squad in the CSL Second Division. In the earlier stages of the season the club achieved an eight-game undefeated streak with only two defeats throughout the season. They concluded the season by clinching the regular season title with the highest offensive record. Their playoff campaign commenced with an early victory over Royal Toronto FC, but were eliminated from the competition after a 1-0 defeat to Scarborough SC.

## Roster
### Players

    As of June 29, 2017
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| – | MF | UKR | Bogdan Bortnik |
| – | MF | UKR | Mykhailo Bulkin |
| – | MF | CAN | Artur Chernov |
| – | MF | UKR | Denis Dyachenko |
| – | MF | UKR | Vitaliy Dnistryan |
| – | DF | UKR | Vadym Gostiev |
| – | MF | UKR | Maksym Hramm |
| – | MF | UKR | Valerii Haidarzhi |
| – | DF | UKR | Lyubomyr Halchuk |
| – | FW | UKR | Sergiy Ivliev |
| - | DF | UKR | Oleh Kerchu (captain) |
| - | FW | CAN | Kristijan Kezic |
| – | GK | UKR | Hryhoriy Krasovsky |
| – | FW | UKR | Oleksandr Lakusta |
| – | DF | UKR | Danylo Lazar |
| – | DF | UKR | Andriy Lemishevsky |
| – | GK | UKR | Oleksandr Musiyenko |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| – | MF | UKR | Dimitri Pachkoria |
| – | MF | UKR | Serhiy Patula |
| – | DF | UKR | Volodymyr Pidvirnyi |
| – | FW | UKR | Viktor Raskov |
| – | MF | UKR | Mykhailo Riabyi |
| – | DF | UKR | Vitaliy Rudyi |
| – | DF | UKR | Volodymyr Rudyi |
| – | GK | UKR | Sergiy Semyon |
| – | MF | UKR | Oleg Shutov |
| – | MF | UKR | Yaroslav Solonynko |
| – | MF | UKR | Yuri Stepaniuk |
| – | MF | UKR | Yaroslav Svorak |
| – | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Tymchyshyn |
| – | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Volchkov |
| – | MF | UKR | Ivan Yanchev |
| – | MF | UKR | Denys Yanchuk |
| – | MF | UKR | Valery Yarmosh |
| – | GK | UKR | Ruslan Zarubin |

## Canadian Soccer League
### First Division
#### League table

First Division :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | FC Vorkuta (C) | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 13 | +30 | 32 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Serbian White Eagles | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 14 | +24 | 31 | Playoffs |
| 3 | York Region Shooters (O) | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 7 | +27 | 30 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Scarborough SC | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 17 | +20 | 24 | Playoffs |
| 5 | Brantford Galaxy | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 26 | 37 | −11 | 18 | Playoffs |
| 6 | Milton SC | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 75 | −51 | 8 | Playoffs |
| 7 | SC Waterloo Region | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 33 | −14 | 8 | Playoffs |
| 8 | Royal Toronto FC | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 45 | −25 | 6 | Playoffs |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: September 10, 2017. Source: CSL

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H |
| Result | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | L |

#### Matches
### Second Division
#### League table

Second Division :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | FC Ukraine United (C, O) | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 10 | +65 | 40 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Burlington SC | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 18 | +26 | 31 | Playoffs |
| 3 | FC Vorkuta B | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 41 | 25 | +16 | 24 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Brantford Galaxy B | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 22 | Playoffs |
| 5 | Serbian White Eagles B | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 32 | 59 | −27 | 18 | Playoffs |
| 6 | SC Waterloo B | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 39 | −13 | 16 | Playoffs |
| 7 | Royal Toronto B | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 32 | 58 | −26 | 15 | Playoffs |
| 8 | London City SC | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 46 | −35 | 0 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: September 10, 2017. Source: CSL

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Ground | A | A | A | H | H | H | H | H | H | A | A | A | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | L |

## Statistics
### Goals and assists

Correct as of November 2, 2017
First Division Goals :
| Pos. | Playing Pos. | Nation | Name | Appearances | Goals |
| 1 | FW | | Sergiy Ivliev | 13 | 13 |
| 2 | MF | | Oleg Shutov | 13 | 5 |
| 3 | MF | | Yaroslav Svorak | 11 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | | Oleh Kerchu | 12 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | | Yaroslav Solonynko | 13 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | | Vadym Gostiev | 13 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | | Volodymyr Pidvirnyi | 9 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | | Volodymyr Rudyi | 9 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | | Bogdan Bortnik | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | Denis Dyachenko | 13 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | Valerii Haidarzhi | 13 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | | Kristijan Kezic | 9 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | | Oleksandr Lakusta | 5 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | | Danylo Lazar | 10 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | Mykhailo Riabyi | 5 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | | Yuri Stepaniuk | 11 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 161 | 43 |
Second Division Goals :
| Pos. | Playing Pos. | Nation | Name | Appearances | Goals |
| 1 | FW | | Oleksandr Lakusta | 6 | 4 |
| 2 | MF | | Vitaliy Dnistryan | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | DF | | Vadym Gostiev | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | MF | | Yaroslav Solonynko | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | | Maksym Hramm | 8 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | | Kristijan Kezic | 5 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | | Yaroslav Svorak | 7 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | | Valery Yarmosh | 6 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | | Bogdan Bortnik | 7 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | Denis Dyachenko | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | Valerii Haidarzhi | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | | Sergiy Ivliev | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | | Danylo Lazar | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | | Andriy Lemishevsky | 8 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | | Viktor Raskov | 5 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | Oleg Shutov | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | | Oleksandr Volchkov | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | Denys Yanchuk | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 94 | 31 |