2017–18 FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi season

The 2017–18 season was 8th season in the top Ukrainian football league for Zirka Kropyvnytskyi. Zirka competed in Premier League and Ukrainian Cup. After finishing at 10th place in Premier league, Zirka lost to Desna Chernihiv in play-offs and was relegated to First League.

Zirka Kropyvnytskyi

2017-18 season
President	Maksym Berezkin
Manager	Roman Monaryov
Stadium	Zirka Stadium
Ukrainian Premier League	10th (relegated)
Ukrainian Cup	Round 3 (1/16)
Top goalscorer	League: Maksym Pryadun (4) All: Maksym Pryadun (4)
Home colours Away colours

Players

Squad information

As of 31 May 2018

Squad no.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
41	Roman Lyopka ^List B		GK	(1997-01-26)26 January 1997 (aged 21)
44	Yevhen Past		GK	(1988-03-16)16 March 1988 (aged 30)
Defenders
3	Julian Rullier		DF	(1990-04-04)4 April 1990 (aged 28)
5	Anton Bratkov		DF	(1993-05-14)14 May 1993 (aged 25)
9	Nazar Malinovskyi ^List B		DF	(1998-04-18)18 April 1998 (aged 20)
14	Mykyta Khodakovskyi ^List B		DF	(1996-10-18)18 October 1996 (aged 21)
16	Adel Gafaiti		DF	(1994-07-16)16 July 1994 (aged 23)
18	Vladyslav Veremeev ^List B		DF	(1998-09-25)25 September 1998 (aged 19)
19	Arman Hovhannisyan		DF	(1993-07-07)7 July 1993 (aged 24)
20	Dmytro Fatyeyev		DF	(1994-06-21)21 June 1994 (aged 23)
23	Oleksandr Matkobozhyk ^List B		DF	(1998-01-03)3 January 1998 (aged 20)
45	Cécé Pepe ^List B		DF	(1996-11-09)9 November 1996 (aged 21)
55	Maksym Kovalyov		DF	(1989-03-20)20 March 1989 (aged 29)
93	Ivan Tsyupa		DF	(1993-06-25)25 June 1993 (aged 24)
Midfielders
7	Maksym Drachenko (Captain)		MF	(1990-01-28)28 January 1990 (aged 28)
8	Pavlo Polehenko		MF	(1995-01-06)6 January 1995 (aged 23)
10	Dmytro Bilonoh		MF	(1995-05-26)26 May 1995 (aged 23)
21	Ihor Zahalskyi		MF	(1991-05-19)19 May 1991 (aged 27)
22	Arnaud Guedj ^List B		MF	(1997-07-19)19 July 1997 (aged 20)
24	Maksym Averyanov ^List B		MF	(1997-07-22)22 July 1997 (aged 20)
27	Kyrylo Dryshlyuk ^List B		MF	(1999-09-16)16 September 1999 (aged 18)
90	Yaroslav Yampol		MF	(1990-04-21)21 April 1990 (aged 28)
94	Momar Bangoura		MF	(1994-02-24)24 February 1994 (aged 24)
Forwards
11	Hicham El Hamdaoui		FW	(1995-11-18)18 November 1995 (aged 22)
15	Oleksiy Zbun ^List B		FW	(1997-06-09)9 June 1997 (aged 20)
17	Artem Syomka ^List B		FW	(1998-02-18)18 February 1998 (aged 20)
28	Vyacheslav Panfilov		FW	(1993-06-24)24 June 1993 (aged 24)
29	Maksym Pryadun ^List B		FW	(1997-02-17)17 February 1997 (aged 21)
31	Danylo Kondrakov ^List B		FW	(1998-01-19)19 January 1998 (aged 20)
33	Gleb Rassadkin		FW	(1995-04-05)5 April 1995 (aged 23)
38	Serhiy Petrov ^List B		FW	(1997-05-21)21 May 1997 (aged 21)
77	Oleksiy Chychykov		FW	(1987-09-30)30 September 1987 (aged 30)
81	Oleksandr Tarasyuk ^List B		FW	(1998-05-09)9 May 1998 (aged 20)
	Yaroslav Dovhyi ^List B		FW	(1998-02-20)20 February 1998 (aged 20)

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Type	Fee	Source
Summer
26 June 2017	DF	Arman Hovhannisyan	23	Shirak Gyumri	Transfer	Undisclosed	[1]
2 July 2017	MF	Arnaud Guedj	19	Nice	Transfer	Undisclosed	[2]
10 July 2017	FW	Vyacheslav Panfilov	24	Unattached	Transfer	Free	[3]
21 July 2017	FW	Danylo Kondrakov	19	Skala Stryi	Transfer	Undisclosed	[4]
23 July 2017	MF	Marc Castells	27	Hospitalet	Transfer	Undisclosed	[5]
4 August 2017	DF	Cécé Pepe	21	Marseille B	Transfer	Undisclosed	[6]
4 August 2017	DF	Ivan Tsyupa	24	FC Mariupol	Transfer	Free	[7]
9 August 2017	FW	Hicham El Hamdaoui	21	Tertre-Hautrage	Transfer	Undisclosed	[8]
30 August 2017	FW	Gleb Rassadkin	22	Dinamo Minsk	Transfer	Free	[9]
29 September 2017	FW	Serhiy Petrov	20	Volyn Lutsk	Transfer	Free	[10]
1 July 2017	FW	Artem Favorov	23	Vejle Boldklub	Loan return		[11]
10 July 2017	DF	Taras Kacharaba	22	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan		[12]
Winter
27 January 2018	DF	Anton Bratkov	24	Desna Chernihiv	Transfer	Undisclosed	[13]
9 February 2018	FW	Yaroslav Dovhyi	19	FC Oleksandriya	Transfer	Free	[14]
14 February 2018	MF	Dmytro Bilonoh	22	Ural Yekaterinburg	Transfer	Free	[15]
15 February 2018	MF	Yaroslav Yampol	27	PFC Sumy	Transfer	Free	[16]
2 March 2018	DF	Julian Rullier	27	Unattached	Transfer	Free	[17]
14 March 2018	DF	Adel Gafaiti	23	Toulouse Rodéo	Transfer	Free	[18]
14 March 2018	MF	Momar Bangoura	24	Unattached	Transfer	Free	[19]
1 January 2018	FW	Aderinsola Habib Eseola	26	Arsenal Kyiv	Loan return

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Type	Fee	Source
Summer
7 June 2017	DF	Andriy Batsula	25	FC Oleksandriya	Transfer	Undisclosed	[20]
20 June 2017	MF	Artem Schedryi	24	FC Oleksandriya	Transfer	Undisclosed	[21]
20 June 2017	DF	Artem Sitalo	27	FC Oleksandriya	Transfer	Undisclosed	[22]
23 June 2017	DF	Federico Pereyra	28	Karpaty Lviv	Transfer	Free	[23]
29 June 2017	FW	Oleksandr Akymenko	31	Inhulets Petrove	Transfer	Free	[24]
1 July 2017	MF	Ihor Chenakal	20	FC Lviv	Transfer	Free	[25]
13 July 2017	MF	Roman Popov	21	MFC Mykolaiv	Transfer	Free	[26][27]
14 July 2017	MF	Vladyslav Lupashko	30	Inhulets Petrove	Transfer	Free	[28]
24 August 2017	DF	Oleksandr Kucherenko	25	Inhulets Petrove	Transfer	Free	[29]
1 July 2017	MF	Mykyta Zhukov	22	Inhulets Petrove	Loan return
1 July 2017	MF	Dmytro Bilonoh	22	Ural Yekaterinburg	Loan return		[30]
1 July 2017	DF	Nailson	23	Famalicão	Loan return
31 August 2017	FW	Aderinsola Habib Eseola	26	Arsenal Kyiv	Loan		[31]
Winter
12 January 2018	MF	Marc Castells	27	Castellón	Transfer	Free	[32]
13 January 2018	MF	Oleksandr Zozulya	21	Unattached	Transfer	Free	[33]
28 January 2018	MF	Artem Favorov	23	Desna Chernihiv	Transfer	Free	[34]
23 January 2018	MF	Bruno Vieira de Souza	20	Atlantas Klaipėda	Transfer	Free	[35]
19 January 2018	FW	Aderinsola Habib Eseola	26	Akzhayik	Loan		[36]
31 January 2018	DF	Taras Kacharaba	23	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan return		[37]

Pre-season and friendlies

Zirka Kropyvnytskyi v Kirovohrad Oblast team

26 June 2017 Friendly	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	3–1	Kirovohrad Oblast team	Kropyvnytskyi
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Drachenko  45' Eseola  70' (pen.) Chychykov  83'	Report	62'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi

Veres Rivne v Zirka Kropyvnytskyi

2 July 2017 Friendly	Veres Rivne	5–1	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Uzhhorod
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Stepanyuk  54', 91' Hennadiy Pasich  60' Kotlyar  80' Yevhen Pasich  84'	Report	48'	Stadium: HC "Kamelot"

MFC Mykolaiv v Zirka Kropyvnytskyi

5 July 2017 Friendly	MFC Mykolaiv	3–4	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Uzhhorod
11:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	33'  37'  52'	Report	Pryadun  43' Favorov  73' Eseola  77'  90+1'	Stadium: HC "Kamelot"

Balmazújvárosi FC v Zirka Kropyvnytskyi

5 July 2017 Friendly	Balmazújvárosi FC	1–1	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Uzhhorod
16:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	68'	Report	Eseola  38'	Stadium: HC "Kamelot" Attendance: 60

Volyn Lutsk v Zirka Kropyvnytskyi

8 July 2017 Friendly	Volyn Lutsk	0–2	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Uzhhorod
18:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report	Eseola  19', 44'	Stadium: HC "Kamelot"

Motor Zaporizhia v Zirka Kropyvnytskyi

3 September 2017 Friendly	Motor Zaporizhia	0–2	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Nikopol
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report	Drachenko  37' (pen.)  86' (o.g.)	Stadium: GK Obriy Stadium Attendance: 50

Zorya Luhansk U-21 v Zirka Kropyvnytskyi

26 January 2018 Prydniprovya Cup	Zorya Luhansk U-21	1–2	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Chkalove
13:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Zahoruyko  85'	Report	Zahalskyi  29' (pen.)  75' (pen.)	Stadium: Kolos Stadium Attendance: 50 Referee: Rostyslav Dubyna

MFC Metalurh Zaporizhya v Zirka Kropyvnytskyi

29 January 2018 Prydniprovya Cup	MFC Metalurh Zaporizhya	0–3	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Chkalove
13:00 EET (UTC+02:00)		Report	Chychykov  26' Drachenko  32' (pen.)  74'	Stadium: Kolos Stadium Attendance: 50 Referee: Artem Ochkurenko

Victoriya Mykolayivka v Zirka Kropyvnytskyi

1 February 2018 Prydniprovya Cup	Victoriya Mykolayivka	1–1	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Chkalove
13:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Shevchenko  4'	Report	31' (pen.)	Stadium: Kolos Stadium Attendance: 50 Referee: Andriy Ryzhiy

FC Nikopol v Zirka Kropyvnytskyi

2 February 2018 Exhibition game	FC Nikopol	1–5	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Nikopol
14:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Voronin  85' (pen.)	Report	7' Chychykov  35' Kondrakov  58'  71' Pryadun  76'	Stadium: Obriy Stadium Attendance: 50

Myr Hornostayivka v Zirka Kropyvnytskyi

5 February 2018 Prydniprovya Cup	Myr Hornostayivka	1–1	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Dnipro
12:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Boyko  84'	Report	Zahalskyi  73'	Stadium: Molodizhnyi Park Stadium

Arsenal Kyiv v Zirka Kropyvnytskyi

11 February 2018 Exhibition game	Arsenal Kyiv	2–2	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Shchaslyve
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Bushman  49' Derkach  84'	Report	69' Kondrakov  73'	Stadium: Arsenal train base Attendance: 50

Competitions

Overall

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	16 July 2017	27 May 2018	Matchday 1	Relegation play-off (10th)	34	7	11	16	23	45	−22	020.59
Cup	20 September 2017	20 September 2017	Round 3 (1/16)	Round 3 (1/16)	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Total					35	7	11	17	25	48	−23	020.00

Last updated: 27 May 2018

Source: Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Karpaty Lviv	32	8	13	11	28	45	−17	37
9	Olimpik Donetsk	32	9	9	14	29	38	−9	36
10	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi (R)	32	7	10	15	22	40	−18	31	Relegation play-offs
11	Chornomorets Odesa (R, Z)	32	6	11	15	26	49	−23	29
12	Stal Kamianske (R, X)	32	6	8	18	23	44	−21	26	Relegated and later withdrawn

Source: Ukrainian Premier League (in Ukrainian), UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Draw.
(R) Relegated; (X) Withdrew; (Z) The club was relegated initially after the play-off round but later was reinstated, see more..

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
32	7	10	15	22	40	−18	31	5	5	6	13	18	−5	2	5	9	9	22	−13

Last updated: 19 May 2018.
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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	D	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	L
Position	5	6	8	11	11	9	8	8	8	9	9	8	10	8	8	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2018. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Karpaty Lviv v Zirka Kropyvnytskyi

16 July 2017 1	Karpaty Lviv	1–1	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Lviv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Chachua  5' Miroshnichenko  87' Nesterov  90+4'	Report	Zahalskyi  37' (pen.) Pryadun  79'	Stadium: Ukraina Stadium Attendance: 7,520 Referee: Mykola Kryvonosov

Zirka Kropyvnytskyi v Olimpik Donetsk

22 July 2017 2	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	0–0	Olimpik Donetsk	Kropyvnytskyi
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Hovhannisyan  53' Zahalskyi  87' Eseola  90+2'	Report	Shabanov  45+1' Lukyanchuk  73' Moha  87' Kravchenko  90+2'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 2,542 Referee: Anatoliy Abdula

Vorskla Poltava v Zirka Kropyvnytskyi

29 July 2017 3	Vorskla Poltava	2–1	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Poltava
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Hovhannisyan  19' (o.g.) Perduta  81' Zahorulko  85'	Report	Drachenko  25',  65' Eseola  77' Panfilov  90+3'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Dmytro Bondarenko

Zirka Kropyvnytskyi v Veres Rivne

6 August 2017 4	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	1–3	Veres Rivne	Kropyvnytskyi
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Zahalskyi  30',  85' Kacharaba  43'  81' Pryadun  45' Polehenko  67' Chychykov  90'	Report	Ischenko  28' Adamyuk  42' Siminin  45+1' Fedorchuk  58' Voloshynovych  83' Serhiychuk  90+2'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 1,770 Referee: Ihor Paskhal

Dynamo Kyiv v Zirka Kropyvnytskyi

11 August 2017 5	Dynamo Kyiv	3–0	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Kyiv
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Mbokani  48' Yarmolenko  76' (pen.), 79' Shepelyev  86'	Report	Tsyupa  42'	Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 7,461 Referee: Vitaliy Romanov

Zirka Kropyvnytskyi v Zorya Luhansk

20 August 2017 6	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	2–1	Zorya Luhansk	Kropyvnytskyi
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	El Hamdaoui  21',  53' Pryadun  30' Kovalyov  38' Guedj  73'	Report	Hromov  19' Kharatin  50' Checher  52'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 2,153 Referee: Denys Shurman

Stal Kamianske v Zirka Kropyvnytskyi

26 August 2017 7	Stal Kamianske	0–1	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Kyiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Gor Malakyan  73' Danielyan  73' Klymchuk  73' Penkov  84'	Report	Pryadun  36' Kovalyov  45+2' Drachenko  73'	Stadium: Obolon Arena Attendance: 525 Referee: Mykola Balakin

Zirka Kropyvnytskyi v Chornomorets Odesa

10 September 2017 8	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	0–1	Chornomorets Odesa	Kropyvnytskyi
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Drachenko  23' Cécé Pepe  54' Tsyupa  69'	Report	Vasin  36' Bamba  44' Khoblenko  60' Žunić  63' Zubeyko  87'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 2,454 Referee: Dmytro Kutakov

FC Mariupol v Zirka Kropyvnytskyi

16 September 2017 9	FC Mariupol	1–0	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Mariupol
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Fomin  17' Nasonov  43' Rudyka  58'	Report	Drachenko  18' Cécé Pepe  40' El Hamdaoui  90+2'	Stadium: Illichivets Stadium Attendance: 3,375 Referee: Mykola Kryvonosov

Zirka Kropyvnytskyi v Shakhtar Donetsk

23 September 2017 10	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	2–4	Shakhtar Donetsk	Kropyvnytskyi
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Zahalskyi  22' El Hamdaoui  38',  57' Pryadun  61' Rassadkin  76',  87' Polehenko  86'	Report	Ferreyra  12', 45' Marlos  44' Rakitskiy  47' Stepanenko  57' Ordets  66' Petryak  85' Kovalenko  90+4'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 3,596 Referee: Yevhen Aranovsky

Oleksandriya v Zirka Kropyvnytskyi

30 September 2017 11	Oleksandriya	0–0	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Oleksandriya
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report	Kacharaba  18' Guedj  67' Tsyupa  72'	Stadium: CSC Nika Stadium Attendance: 1,810 Referee: Dmytro Bondarenko

Zirka Kropyvnytskyi v Karpaty Lviv

15 October 2017 12	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	0–0	Karpaty Lviv	Kropyvnytskyi
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kacharaba  76' Drachenko  85' Pryadun  88' Petrov  90+2'	Report	Myakushko  28' Holodyuk  44'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 1,788 Referee: Denys Shurman

Olimpik Donetsk v Zirka Kropyvnytskyi

21 October 2017 13	Olimpik Donetsk	1–0	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Kyiv
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Shabanov  61' Kravchenko  65' Polehenko  90' (o.g.)	Report	Drachenko  18' Kacharaba  29' Favorov  37'  59' Kovalyov  38'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Yevhen Aranovsky

Zirka Kropyvnytskyi v Vorskla Poltava

29 October 2017 14	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	1–0	Vorskla Poltava	Kropyvnytskyi
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Pryadun  9' Chychykov  19' Cécé Pepe  23' Hovhannisyan  88'	Report	Chyzhov  11'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 1,467 Referee: Ivan Bondar

Veres Rivne v Zirka Kropyvnytskyi

4 November 2017 15	Veres Rivne	0–0	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Lviv
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Siminin  80' Adamyuk  90+3'	Report	Petrov  34' Kacharaba  45+2' Drachenko  85'	Stadium: Ukraina Stadium Attendance: 710 Referee: Dmytro Bondarenko

Zirka Kropyvnytskyi v Dynamo Kyiv

18 November 2017 16	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	0–2	Dynamo Kyiv	Kropyvnytskyi
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)		Report	Khacheridi  7' Mbokani  23', 31'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 3,755 Referee: Oleksandr Derdo

Zorya Luhansk v Zirka Kropyvnytskyi

26 November 2017 17	Zorya Luhansk	1–0	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Zaporizhia
19:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Sukhotskyi  39' Hromov  58' Checher  69'	Report	Matkobozhyk  77'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 1,627 Referee: Mykola Balakin

Zirka Kropyvnytskyi v Stal Kamianske

3 December 2017 18	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	1–0	Stal Kamianske	Kropyvnytskyi
14:00 EET (UTC+03:00)	Guedj  28'  31' Polehenko  36' Kacharaba  60' Zahalskyi  67' Tsyupa  78' Dryshlyuk  90+2' Past  90+4'	Report	Ulyanov  36'  76' Mykhaylychenko  67' Edgar Malakyan  67' Tymchyk  82' Khotsyanovskyi  89' Danielyan  89'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 954 Referee: Volodymyr Novokhatniy

Chornomorets Odesa v Zirka Kropyvnytskyi

9 December 2017 19	Chornomorets Odesa	3–3	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Odesa
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Bamba  10',  57' Kovalets  25' Khoblenko  43', 90' (pen.),  86'  90+3' Wagué  45+3' Martynenko  53' Zubeyko  70'	Report	Dryshlyuk  27' Favorov  45+3' Chychykov  51' Pryadun  83', 88' Petrov  89' Drachenko  90'	Stadium: Chornomorets Stadium Attendance: 4,246 Referee: Ihor Paskhal

Zirka Kropyvnytskyi v FC Mariupol

18 February 2018 20	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	0–3	FC Mariupol	Kropyvnytskyi
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)		Report	Boryachuk  9', 26', 57' Dedechko  32' Bolbat  57'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 1,432 Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk

Shakhtar Donetsk v Zirka Kropyvnytskyi

25 February 2018 21	Shakhtar Donetsk	5–0	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Kharkiv
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Ferreyra  14', 45' Kovalenko  18' Marlos  21', 43',  90+1' Khocholava  63' Taison  71' Fred  76'	Report	Matkobozhyk  32' Petrov  35' Zahalskyi  56' Tsyupa  60' Dryshlyuk  74'	Stadium: Metalist OSC Attendance: 1,517 Referee: Denys Shurman

Zirka Kropyvnytskyi v FC Oleksandriya

6 March 2018 22	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	0–0	FC Oleksandriya	Kropyvnytskyi
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Drachenko  44' Bilonoh  66'	Report	Hrytsuk  9' Bukhal  82' Banada  90+3'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 1,141 Referee: Maksym Kozyryatskyi

Zirka Kropyvnytskyi v Stal Kamianske

10 March 2018 23	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	1–2	Stal Kamianske	Kropyvnytskyi
14:00 EET (UTC+03:00)	Guedj  24' Tsyupa  53' Zahalskyi  90+2' Bratkov  90+2'	Report	Meskhi  34' Kuzyk  37' Yakymiv  38' Johnathan  45',  52' Hrachov  90+2'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 1,018 Referee: Ivan Bondar

Olimpik Donetsk v Zirka Kropyvnytskyi

17 March 2018 24	Olimpik Donetsk	0–1	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Kyiv
17:00 EET (UTC+03:00)	Zakharkiv  69' Makharadze  90'	Report	Fatyeyev  56' Ochigava  60' (o.g.) Rullier  64' Zahalskyi  89' Guedj  90'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Volodymyr Milanych

Zirka Kropyvnytskyi v FC Oleksandriya

31 March 2018 25	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	0–0	FC Oleksandriya	Kropyvnytskyi
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Zahalskyi  5' Averyanov  57'	Report	Dovhyi  63'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 1,585 Referee: Denys Shurman

Karpaty Lviv v Zirka Kropyvnytskyi

9 April 2018 26	Karpaty Lviv	2–1	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Lviv
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Hutsulyak  23' Erbes  37' Lobay  45+2'  54' Myakushko  65' Holodyuk  88'	Report	Hovhannisyan  29'  59' Tsyupa  45+1'  74' Guedj  45+2' Bilonoh  50' Drachenko  76'	Stadium: Ukraina Stadium Attendance: 2,715 Referee: Ihor Paskhal

Zirka Kropyvnytskyi v Chornomorets Odesa

15 April 2018 27	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	2–1	Chornomorets Odesa	Kropyvnytskyi
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Zbun  2' Bilonoh  63', 79'	Report	Tretyakov  25' Romanyuk  47'  74' Tatarkov  54' Chorniy  90+2'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 1,722 Referee: Dmytro Kutakov

Stal Kamianske v Zirka Kropyvnytskyi

21 April 2018 28	Stal Kamianske	1–1	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Kyiv
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kuzyk  57' (pen.) Johnathan  63' Kostenko  79'	Report	Gafaiti  21' Tsyupa  44'  54' Petrov  47',  50'	Stadium: Obolon Arena Attendance: 217 Referee: Ievgenii Aranovskyi

Zirka Kropyvnytskyi v Olimpik Donetsk

28 April 2018 29	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	2–0	Olimpik Donetsk	Kropyvnytskyi
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Hovhannisyan  14' Drachenko  60' Petrov  64' Chychykov  75'	Report	Doronin  10' Hennadiy Pasich  23' Mishchenko  44' Nyemchaninov  61' Snurnitsyn  69' Tsymbalyuk  90+2'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 1,393 Referee: Kostyantyn Trukhanov

FC Oleksandriya v Zirka Kropyvnytskyi

6 May 2018 30	FC Oleksandriya	1–0	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Oleksandriya
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Zaporozhan  37' Dovhyi  45'	Report	Bilonoh  42' Khodakovskyi  85' Petrov  90'	Stadium: CSC Nika Stadium Attendance: 1,850 Referee: Kateryna Monzul

Zirka Kropyvnytskyi v Karpaty Lviv

12 May 2018 31	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	1–1	Karpaty Lviv	Kropyvnytskyi
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Chychykov  15' Gafaiti  31' Petrov  39' Drachenko  45+2' Guedj  49'	Report	Verbnyi  22' Lobay  42'  87' Carrascal  45+2' (pen.),  86' Erbes  50' Fedetskyi  74' Catriel Sánchez  90+1'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 3,417 Referee: Ievgenii Aranovskyi

Chornomorets Odesa v Zirka Kropyvnytskyi

19 May 2018 32	Chornomorets Odesa	1–0	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Odesa
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Lyulka  35' Romanyuk  51' Tretyakov  57'	Report	Petrov  12' Zbun  67' Guedj  69' Yampol  74' Gafaiti  83'	Stadium: Chornomorets Stadium Attendance: 4,355 Referee: Dmytro Kutakov

Relegation round

Zirka Kropyvnytskyi v Desna Chernihiv

23 May 2018 1	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	1–1	Desna Chernihiv	Kropyvnytskyi
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Favorov  77' (o.g.) Petrov  85'	Report	Ohirya  7' Volkov  32' Koberidze  84'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 2,981 Referee: Serhiy Boyko

Desna Chernihiv v Zirka Kropyvnytskyi

27 May 2018 2	Desna Chernihiv	4–0	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Chernihiv
18:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Denys Favorov  38' Arveladze  52', 87' Volkov  63',  63' Yermakov  85'	Report	Averyanov  55' Syomka  85' Gafaiti  85' Dryshlyuk  86'	Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium Attendance: 10,799 Referee: Kostyantyn Trukhanov

Ukrainian Cup

Main article: 2017–18 Ukrainian Cup

Tavriya Simferopol v Zirka Kropyvnytskyi

20 September 2017 Round 3 (1/16)	Tavriya Simferopol	3–2	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Beryslav
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Lohvinenko  9' (pen.) Yeloev  17' Hryppa  39' Kushnir  90+3' Voronchenko  110'	Report	Lyopka  6' Rassadkin  10',  99' Panfilov  19' Zahalskyi  51' Drachenko  92'	Stadium: Mashynobudivnyk Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Yevhen Petrenko

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
41	GK		Roman Lyopka	3	0	1+1	0	1	0
44	GK		Yevhen Past	33	0	33	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF		Julian Rullier	5	0	4+1	0	0	0
5	DF		Anton Bratkov	15	0	14+1	0	0	0
9	DF		Nazar Malinovskyi	4	0	1+2	0	1	0
14	DF		Mykyta Khodakovskyi	3	0	0+3	0	0	0
16	DF		Adel Gafaiti	9	0	8+1	0	0	0
18	DF		Vladyslav Veremeev	2	0	2	0	0	0
19	DF		Arman Hovhannisyan	17	0	14+2	0	1	0
20	DF		Dmytro Fatyeyev	10	0	9+1	0	0	0
23	DF		Oleksandr Matkobozhyk	14	0	12+1	0	1	0
45	DF		Cécé Pepe	11	0	11	0	0	0
55	DF		Maksym Kovalyov	13	0	13	0	0	0
93	DF		Ivan Tsyupa	26	2	25+1	2	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF		Maksym Drachenko	30	1	29	1	0+1	0
8	MF		Pavlo Polehenko	24	0	22+2	0	0	0
10	MF		Dmytro Bilonoh	14	3	13+1	3	0	0
21	MF		Ihor Zahalskyi	29	2	23+5	2	1	0
22	MF		Arnaud Guedj	29	0	21+7	0	1	0
24	MF		Maksym Averyanov	7	0	3+4	0	0	0
27	MF		Kyrylo Dryshlyuk	20	0	9+10	0	1	0
90	MF		Yaroslav Yampol	7	0	3+4	0	0	0
Forwards
11	FW		Hicham El Hamdaoui	6	2	6	2	0	0
15	FW		Oleksiy Zbun	11	0	4+7	0	0	0
17	FW		Artem Syomka	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
28	FW		Vyacheslav Panfilov	7	1	0+6	0	1	1
29	FW		Maksym Pryadun	22	4	13+8	4	0+1	0
31	FW		Danylo Kondrakov	15	0	3+12	0	0	0
33	FW		Gleb Rassadkin	16	2	12+3	1	1	1
38	FW		Serhiy Petrov	16	3	12+4	3	0	0
77	FW		Oleksiy Chychykov	30	3	27+3	3	0	0
81	FW		Oleksandr Tarasyuk	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
4	DF		Taras Kacharaba	16	0	15+1	0	0	0
6	MF		Marc Castells	3	0	1+1	0	1	0
9	FW		Aderinsola Habib Eseola	5	0	4+1	0	0	0
10	FW		Artem Favorov	9	0	5+4	0	0	0
13	FW		Oleksandr Zozulya	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
17	MF		Bruno Vieira de Souza	3	0	0+2	0	1	0

Source: Competitions

Last updated: 27 May 2018

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Premier League	Cup	Total
1	29	FW		Maksym Pryadun	4	0	4
2	10	MF		Dmytro Bilonoh	3	0	3
2	38	FW		Serhiy Petrov	3	0	3
2	77	FW		Oleksiy Chychykov	3	0	3
5	11	FW		Hicham El Hamdaoui	2	0	2
5	21	MF		Ihor Zahalskyi	2	0	2
5	33	FW		Gleb Rassadkin	1	1	2
5	93	DF		Ivan Tsyupa	2	0	2
9	7	MF		Maksym Drachenko	1	0	1
9	28	FW		Vyacheslav Panfilov	0	1	1
				Own goal	2	0	2
				Total	23	2	25

Last updated: 27 May 2018

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Premier League	Cup	Total
1	44	GK		Yevhen Past	11	0	11
2	41	GK		Roman Lyopka	1	0	1
				Total	12	0	12

Last updated: 27 May 2018

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Premier League			Cup			Total
3	DF		Julian Rullier	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
4	DF		Taras Kacharaba	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0
5	DF		Anton Bratkov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
7	MF		Maksym Drachenko	12	0	0	1	0	0	13	0	0
8	MF		Pavlo Polehenko	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
9	FW		Aderinsola Habib Eseola	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
10	MF		Dmytro Bilonoh	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
10	FW		Artem Favorov	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
11	FW		Hicham El Hamdaoui	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
14	DF		Mykyta Khodakovskyi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
15	FW		Oleksiy Zbun	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
16	DF		Adel Gafaiti	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
17	FW		Artem Syomka	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
19	DF		Arman Hovhannisyan	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
20	DF		Dmytro Fatyeyev	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
21	MF		Ihor Zahalskyi	8	0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0
22	MF		Arnaud Guedj	7	1	0	0	0	0	7	1	0
23	DF		Oleksandr Matkobozhyk	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
24	MF		Maksym Averyanov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
27	MF		Kyrylo Dryshlyuk	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
28	FW		Vyacheslav Panfilov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
29	FW		Maksym Pryadun	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
33	FW		Gleb Rassadkin	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
38	FW		Serhiy Petrov	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
41	GK		Roman Lyopka	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
44	GK		Yevhen Past	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
45	DF		Cécé Pepe	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
55	DF		Maksym Kovalyov	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
77	FW		Oleksiy Chychykov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
90	MF		Yaroslav Yampol	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
93	DF		Ivan Tsyupa	4	2	0	0	0	0	4	2	0
			Total	91	6	1	4	0	0	95	6	1

Last updated: 27 May 2018

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External links

• Official Club website