# 2012–13 FC Arsenal Kyiv season

The 2012–13 FC Arsenal Kyiv season was the club's 18th Ukrainian Premier League season and second season under manager Leonid Kuchuk. During the season, Arsenal Kyiv competed in the Premier League, UEFA Europa League and Ukrainian Cup.

## Squad

    As of 18 August 2012
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | FIN | Veli Lampi |
| 4 | DF | UKR | Serhiy Symonenko |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Rafael Santos |
| 7 | FW | ROU | Ionuț Mazilu |
| 8 | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Maksymov |
| 9 | FW | UKR | Oleksandr Kovpak |
| 10 | MF | ROU | George Florescu |
| 11 | MF | UKR | Artem Starhorodskyi |
| 12 | GK | UKR | Yevhen Borovyk |
| 13 | MF | LTU | Saulius Mikoliūnas |
| 14 | DF | CMR | Éric Matoukou (on loan from Dnipro) |
| 15 | DF | MNE | Janko Simović (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) |
| 16 | FW | UZB | Maksim Shatskikh (captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | UKR | Andriy Hitchenko |
| 18 | MF | GHA | Abeiku Quansah |
| 19 | MF | GEO | Alexander Kobakhidze (on loan from Dnipro) |
| 20 | FW | GHA | Dominic Adiyiah |
| 22 | FW | UKR | Volodymyr Homenyuk |
| 25 | MF | POR | Pelé (on loan from Milan) |
| 28 | DF | UKR | Volodymyr Polyovyi |
| 31 | MF | BRA | Leandro |
| 33 | DF | UKR | Andriy Khomyn |
| 52 | MF | UKR | Yevhen Shakhov (on loan from Dnipro) |
| 77 | GK | UKR | Yuriy Pankiv |
| 78 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Valyayev |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | UKR | Bohdan Shershun (on loan to Kryvbas) |
| — | DF | NGA | Michael Odibe (on loan to Dnipro) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | UKR | Olavale Fabunmi (on loan to Slavutych) |
| — | MF | UKR | Volodymyr Arzhanov (on loan to Volyn) |

## Competitions
### 2012-13 Ukrainian Premier League
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 26 May 2013. Source: Soccerway

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | D | W | D | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | D |
| Position | 16 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Chornomorets Odesa | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 43 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 7 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (D) | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 43 | Club expelled after season |
| 8 | Arsenal Kyiv | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 39 | |
| 9 | Illichivets Mariupol | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 38 | |
| 10 | Zorya Luhansk | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 37 | |
* ↑ Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih were denied a license for the 2013–14 season due to financial problems and were expelled.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Third qualifying round
##### Notes

* Note 1: UEFA awarded Mura 05 a 3–0 win due to Arsenal Kyiv fielding suspended player Éric Matoukou in the first leg. The original match had ended in a 3–0 win for Arsenal Kyiv.

## Squad statistics
### Goal scorers

    As of 7 October 2012
| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Ukrainian Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 22 | Volodymyr Homenyuk | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | FW | 9 | Oleksandr Kovpak | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | FW | 16 | Maksim Shatskikh | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | 19 | Alexander Kobakhidze | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | 20 | Dominic Adiyiah | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | 14 | Éric Matoukou | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | 7 | Ionuț Mazilu | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 13 | Saulius Mikoliūnas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 14 | 3 | 5 | 22 |

### Appearances and goals

    As of 7 October 2012
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Ukrainian Cup | Ukrainian Cup | Europe League | Europe League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 4 | DF | UKR | Serhiy Symonenko | 13 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Rafael Santos | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ROU | Ionuț Mazilu | 6 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Maksymov | 5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | UKR | Oleksandr Kovpak | 10 | 4 | 7+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | ROU | George Florescu | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | UKR | Artem Starhorodskyi | 12 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | UKR | Yevhen Borovyk | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | LTU | Saulius Mikoliūnas | 11 | 1 | 4+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | CMR | Éric Matoukou | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | MNE | Janko Simović | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | UZB | Maksim Shatskikh | 14 | 4 | 9+2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | UKR | Andriy Hitchenko | 6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GEO | Alexander Kobakhidze | 13 | 3 | 5+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | GHA | Dominic Adiyiah | 12 | 2 | 7+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | UKR | Volodymyr Homenyuk | 12 | 6 | 9+1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 28 | DF | UKR | Volodymyr Polyovyi | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | BRA | Leandro | 12 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | UKR | Andriy Khomyn | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | MF | UKR | Yevhen Shakhov | 11 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | GK | UKR | Yuriy Pankiv | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 78 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Valyayev | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Arsenal who left the club during the season: ||||||||||||
| 27 | MF | UKR | Volodymyr Arzhanov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Ukrainian Cup | Ukrainian Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 4 | DF | Serhiy Symonenko | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Rafael Santos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | George Florescu | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Artem Starhorodskyi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | GK | Yevhen Borovyk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Saulius Mikoliūnas | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Éric Matoukou | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Maksim Shatskikh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Alexander Kobakhidze | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Dominic Adiyiah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Volodymyr Homenyuk | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Volodymyr Polyovyi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 52 | MF | Yevhen Shakhov | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 77 | GK | Yuriy Pankiv | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 27 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 6 |