# 2019–20 FC Zorya Luhansk season

The 2018–19 season was 19th season in the top Ukrainian football league for Zorya Luhansk. Zorya competed in Premier League, Ukrainian Cup and UEFA Europa League.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 19 July 2020
| Squad no. | Name | Position | Date of birth (age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Zauri Makharadze | GK | (1993-03-24)24 March 1993 (aged 27) |
| 23 | Nikola Vasilj | GK | (1995-12-02)2 December 1995 (aged 24) |
| 30 | Mykyta Shevchenko | GK | (1993-01-26)26 January 1993 (aged 27) |
| 53 | Dmytro Matsapura $^{ListB}$ | GK | (2000-03-10)10 March 2000 (aged 20) |
| Defenders |||||
| 15 | Vitaliy Vernydub | DF | (1987-10-17)17 October 1987 (aged 32) |
| 18 | Oleksandr Tymchyk (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) | DF | (1997-01-20)20 January 1997 (aged 23) |
| 20 | Joel Abu Hanna $^{ListB}$ | DF | (1998-01-22)22 January 1998 (aged 22) |
| 77 | Ihor Chaykovskyi | DF | (1991-10-07)7 October 1991 (aged 28) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 4 | Lovro Cvek | MF | (1995-07-06)6 July 1995 (aged 25) |
| 6 | Mykyta Kamenyuka (Captain) | MF | (1985-06-03)3 June 1985 (aged 35) |
| 7 | Vladyslav Kocherhin | MF | (1996-04-30)30 April 1996 (aged 24) |
| 10 | Dmytro Khomchenovskyi | MF | (1990-04-16)16 April 1990 (aged 30) |
| 14 | Bohdan Mykhaylychenko | MF | (1997-03-21)21 March 1997 (aged 23) |
| 17 | Bohdan Lyednyev $^{ListB}$ (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) | MF | (1998-04-07)7 April 1998 (aged 22) |
| 21 | Dmytro Ivanisenya | MF | (1994-01-11)11 January 1994 (aged 26) |
| 28 | Artem Hromov | MF | (1990-01-14)14 January 1990 (aged 30) |
| 29 | Volodymyr Bilotserkovets $^{ListB}$ | MF | (2000-01-22)22 January 2000 (aged 20) |
| 48 | Maksym Kazakov | MF | (1996-02-06)6 February 1996 (aged 24) |
| 64 | Serhiy Mayboroda $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1997-11-21)21 November 1997 (aged 22) |
| 80 | Vladlen Yurchenko | MF | (1994-01-22)22 January 1994 (aged 26) |
| 97 | Andrejs Cigaņiks | MF | (1997-04-12)12 April 1997 (aged 23) |
| 98 | Yevhen Cheberko | MF | (1998-01-23)23 January 1998 (aged 22) |
| Forwards |||||
| 8 | Maksym Lunyov $^{ListB}$ | FW | (1998-05-22)22 May 1998 (aged 22) |
| 9 | Mihailo Perović | FW | (1997-01-23)23 January 1997 (aged 23) |
| 22 | Vladyslav Kabayev | FW | (1995-09-01)1 September 1995 (aged 24) |
| | Nemanja Ivanović | FW | (1997-05-14)14 May 1997 (aged 23) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Type | Fee |
| Summer ||||||||
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Bohdan Mykhaylychenko | 22 | Dynamo Kyiv | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 16 July 2019 | GK | Nikola Vasilj | 23 | Nürnberg | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 16 July 2019 | DF | Joel Abu Hanna | 21 | Magdeburg | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 16 July 2019 | DF | Lazio | 23 | Itapemirim | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 16 July 2019 | DF | Dmytro Ivanisenya | 25 | Dinamo Tbilisi | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 17 July 2019 | MF | Vladlen Yurchenko | 25 | Vejle Boldklub | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Stanislav Nechyporenko | 22 | Avanhard Kramatorsk | Loan return | |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Mykhaylo Shershen | 24 | Avanhard Kramatorsk | Loan return | |
| 3 August 2019 | FW | Nazariy Rusyn | 20 | Dynamo Kyiv | Loan | |
| Winter ||||||||
| 16 January 2020 | MF | Andrejs Cigaņiks | 22 | RFS | Transfer | Free |
| 16 January 2020 | MF | Lovro Cvek | 24 | Senica | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 24 January 2020 | FW | Mihailo Perović | 23 | Budućnost Podgorica | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 31 December 2019 | MF | Vladyslav Yemets | 22 | Avanhard Kramatorsk | Loan return | |
| 31 December 2019 | FW | Rafael Ratão | 24 | Slovan Bratislava | Loan return | |
| 3 July 2020 | MF | Silas | 24 | Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Loan return | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Type | Fee |
| Summer ||||||||
| 27 June 2019 | MF | Oleksandr Karavayev | 27 | Dynamo Kyiv | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Oleh Chuvayev | 31 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Vyacheslav Checher | 38 | Retired | Transfer | Free |
| 11 July 2019 | DF | Mykhaylo Shershen | 24 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Transfer / Loan? | Undisclosed |
| 25 July 2019 | DF | Stanislav Nechyporenko | 24 | Kremin Kremenchuk | Transfer / Loan? | Undisclosed |
| 31 June 2019 | MF | Bohdan Mykhaylychenko | 22 | Dynamo Kyiv | Loan return | |
| 31 June 2019 | FW | Leonardo Acevedo | 23 | Sporting CP | Loan return | |
| 19 July 2019 | MF | Ihor Zahoruyko | 20 | Metalurh Zaporizhya | Loan | |
| 29 August 2019 | MF | Silas | 23 | Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Loan | |
| Winter ||||||||
| 31 December 2019 | MF | Itsuki Urata | 22 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 1 January 2020 | FW | Rafael Ratão | 24 | Slovan Bratislava | Transfer | Free |
| 2 January 2020 | GK | Luiz Felipe | 22 | Aimoré | Transfer | Free |
| 3 January 2020 | MF | Levan Arveladze | 26 | Desna Chernihiv | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 6 January 2020 | FW | Pylyp Budkivskyi | 27 | Desna Chernihiv | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 8 February 2020 | MF | Mateus Norton | 23 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 10 February 2020 | DF | Dmytro Lytvyn | 23 | Olimpik Donetsk | Transfer | Free |
| 22 May 2020 | DF | Lazio | 24 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 9 July 2020 | MF | Silas | 24 | Dinamo Minsk | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 31 December 2019 | FW | Nazariy Rusyn | 21 | Dynamo Kyiv | Loan return | |
| 16 January 2020 | FW | Vladyslav Yemets | 22 | Kolos Kovalivka | Loan | |
| 23 January 2020 | DF | Tymofiy Sukhar | 20 | Metalurh Zaporizhya | Loan | |
| 23 January 2020 | MF | Yehor Shalfeyev | 21 | Metalurh Zaporizhya | Loan | |
| 8 February 2020 | DF | Maksym Bilyi | 29 | Rukh Lviv | 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 % |
| Ukrainian Premier League | 28 July 2019 | 19 July 2020 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 50 | 29 | +21 | 053.13 |
| Ukrainian Cup | 30 October 2019 | 30 October 2019 | Round of 16 (1/8) | Round of 16 (1/8) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 25 July 2019 | 29 August 2019 | 2Q | Play-off | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 60 | 37 | +23 | 051.28 |
Last updated: 19 July 2020 Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk (C) | 32 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 80 | 26 | +54 | 82 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 32 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 65 | 35 | +30 | 59 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Zorya Luhansk | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 50 | 29 | +21 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 4 | Desna Chernihiv | 32 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 59 | 33 | +26 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | FC Oleksandriya | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 49 | Qualification for the playoff for Europa League second qualifying round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 19 July 2020. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | D |
| Position | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Cup | Cup | EL | EL |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | GEO | Zauri Makharadze | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | BIH | Nikola Vasilj | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | UKR | Mykyta Shevchenko | 23 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 53 | GK | UKR | Dmytro Matsapura | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 15 | DF | UKR | Vitaliy Vernydub | 28 | 1 | 20+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Tymchyk | 37 | 0 | 27+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | GER | Joel Abu Hanna | 28 | 1 | 18+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | UKR | Ihor Chaykovskyi | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | CRO | Lovro Cvek | 11 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | UKR | Mykyta Kamenyuka | 10 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | UKR | Vladyslav Kocherhin | 39 | 9 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | UKR | Dmytro Khomchenovskyi | 31 | 3 | 17+8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | UKR | Bohdan Mykhaylychenko | 35 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | UKR | Bohdan Lyednyev | 33 | 13 | 21+6 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | UKR | Dmytro Ivanisenya | 36 | 1 | 26+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | UKR | Artem Hromov | 27 | 5 | 15+7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 29 | MF | UKR | Volodymyr Bilotserkovets | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | UKR | Vladlen Yurchenko | 35 | 8 | 29 | 7 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 97 | MF | LVA | Andrejs Cigaņiks | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | MF | UKR | Yevhen Cheberko | 33 | 0 | 24+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 8 | FW | UKR | Maksym Lunyov | 25 | 0 | 3+18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | MNE | Mihailo Perović | 11 | 1 | 5+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | UKR | Vladyslav Kabayev | 34 | 7 | 26+3 | 7 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 11 | FW | UKR | Pylyp Budkivskyi | 16 | 1 | 5+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | UKR | Maksym Bilyi | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | UKR | Nazariy Rusyn | 17 | 6 | 9+5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 2 |
| 99 | MF | UKR | Levan Arveladze | 10 | 1 | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 1 |
Source: Competitions
Last updated: 19 July 2020

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Premier League | Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 17 | MF | Bohdan Lyednyev | 11 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | 7 | MF | Vladyslav Kocherhin | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | 80 | MF | Vladlen Yurchenko | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | 22 | FW | Vladyslav Kabayev | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | 31 | FW | Nazariy Rusyn | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 28 | MF | Artem Hromov | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 10 | MF | Dmytro Khomchenovskyi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 14 | MF | Bohdan Mykhaylychenko | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 9 | FW | Mihailo Perović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 11 | FW | Pylyp Budkivskyi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 15 | DF | Vitaliy Vernydub | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 20 | DF | Joel Abu Hanna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 21 | MF | Dmytro Ivanisenya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 99 | MF | Levan Arveladze | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | Total | 50 | 1 | 9 | 60 |
Last updated: 19 July 2020

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Premier League | Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 30 | GK | Mykyta Shevchenko | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | Zauri Makharadze | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 23 | GK | Nikola Vasilj | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 23 | GK | Dmytro Matsapura | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Total | 14 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
Last updated: 19 July 2020

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Player | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | Cup | Cup | Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total | Total |
| 4 | MF | Lovro Cvek | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Vladyslav Kocherhin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | Maksym Lunyov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Mihailo Perović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Dmytro Khomchenovskyi | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Pylyp Budkivskyi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Bohdan Mykhaylychenko | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Vitaliy Vernydub | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Bohdan Lyednyev | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Oleksandr Tymchyk | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Joel Abu Hanna | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Dmytro Ivanisenya | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Vladyslav Kabayev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Artem Hromov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Mykyta Shevchenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | Nazariy Rusyn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | Vladlen Yurchenko | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | MF | Andrejs Cigaņiks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | MF | Yevhen Cheberko | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | Levan Arveladze | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Total | 93 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 105 | 4 | 2 |
Last updated: 19 July 2020

### Attendances

| | Matches | Attendances | Average | High | Low |
| Premier League | 16 | 30,449 | 1,903 | 6,352 | 0 |
| Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Europa League | 2 | 14,015 | 7,007 | 7,857 | 6,158 |
| Total | 17 | 44,464 | 4,455 | 7,857 | 0 |
Last updated: 19 July 2020