2017–18 FC Zorya Luhansk season

The 2017–18 season was 17th season in the top Ukrainian football league for Zorya Luhansk. Zorya competed in Premier League, Ukrainian Cup and UEFA Europa League.

Zorya Luhansk

2017-18 season
President	Yevhen Heller
Manager	Yuriy Vernydub
Stadium	Slavutych Arena, Zaporizhia Arena Lviv, Lviv (Europa League)
Ukrainian Premier League	4th
Ukrainian Cup	Round of 16(1/8)
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Iury (11) All: Iury (11)
Home colours Away colours

Players

Squad information

As of 31 May 2018

Squad no.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
1	Andriy Lunin		GK	(1999-02-11)11 February 1999 (aged 19)
76	Luiz Felipe		GK	(1997-04-24)24 April 1997 (aged 21)
77	Oleh Chuvayev		GK	(1987-10-25)25 October 1987 (aged 30)
Defenders
3	Oleksandr Svatok		DF	(1994-09-27)27 September 1994 (aged 23)
4	Vasyl Pryima		DF	(1991-06-10)10 June 1991 (aged 26)
5	Artem Hordiyenko		DF	(1991-03-04)4 March 1991 (aged 27)
9	Dmytro Lytvyn		DF	(1996-11-21)21 November 1996 (aged 21)
16	Mohamed El Bouazzati		DF	(1997-01-09)9 January 1997 (aged 21)
24	Oleksandr Tymchyk (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv)		DF	(1997-01-20)20 January 1997 (aged 21)
29	Tymofiy Sukhar ^List B		DF	(1999-02-04)4 February 1999 (aged 19)
39	Yevhen Opanasenko		DF	(1990-08-25)25 August 1990 (aged 27)
44	Vyacheslav Checher		DF	(1980-12-15)15 December 1980 (aged 37)
Midfielders
7	Vladyslav Kocherhin		MF	(1996-04-30)30 April 1996 (aged 22)
8	Ihor Kharatin		MF	(1995-02-02)2 February 1995 (aged 23)
18	Oleksandr Andriyevskyi (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv)		MF	(1994-06-25)25 June 1994 (aged 23)
20	Oleksandr Karavayev (Captain)		MF	(1992-06-02)2 June 1992 (aged 25)
22	Željko Ljubenović		MF	(1981-07-09)9 July 1981 (aged 36)
27	Vladyslav Kabayev		MF	(1995-09-01)1 September 1995 (aged 22)
28	Artem Hromov		MF	(1990-01-14)14 January 1990 (aged 28)
32	Anđelo Kačavenda ^List B		MF	(1999-01-22)22 January 1999 (aged 19)
36	Ruslan Babenko		MF	(1992-07-08)8 July 1992 (aged 25)
64	Serhiy Mayboroda ^List B		MF	(1997-11-21)21 November 1997 (aged 20)
76	Yehor Shalfeyev ^List B		MF	(1998-10-03)3 October 1998 (aged 19)
89	Yevhen Cheberko		MF	(1998-01-23)23 January 1998 (aged 20)
96	Silas		MF	(1996-05-30)30 May 1996 (aged 22)
Forwards
11	David Faupala		FW	(1997-02-11)11 February 1997 (aged 21)
19	Maksym Lunyov		FW	(1998-05-22)22 May 1998 (aged 20)
49	Dmytro Lukanov		FW	(1995-03-02)2 March 1995 (aged 23)
95	Iury		FW	(1995-09-06)6 September 1995 (aged 22)

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Type	Fee	Source
Summer
1 June 2017	MF	Vladyslav Kabayev	21	Chornomorets Odesa	Transfer	Undisclosed	[1]
1 June 2017	MF	Leonidas	21	Villa Nova	Transfer	Undisclosed	[2]
1 June 2017	MF	Silas	20	Internacional	Transfer	Undisclosed	[3]
19 June 2017	FW	Maksym Lunyov	19	Dnipro	Transfer	Undisclosed	[4]
24 June 2017	GK	Andriy Lunin	18	Dnipro	Transfer	Undisclosed	[5]
24 June 2017	DF	Oleksandr Svatok	22	Dnipro	Transfer	Undisclosed	[6]
24 June 2017	MF	Yevhen Cheberko	19	Dnipro	Transfer	Undisclosed	[7]
24 June 2017	MF	Vladyslav Kocherhin	21	Dnipro	Transfer	Undisclosed	[8]
6 July 2017	DF	Vasyl Pryima	26	Frosinone	Transfer	Free	[9]
20 July 2017	DF	Iury	21	Avaí	Transfer	Undisclosed	[10]
16 August 2017	MF	Artem Hromov	27	Krylia Sovetov Samara	Transfer	Free	[11]
24 August 2017	MF	Oleksandr Karavayev	25	Shakhtar Donetsk	Transfer	Undisclosed	[12]
16 August 2017	MF	Oleksandr Andriyevskyi	23	Dynamo Kyiv	Loan		[13]
Winter
1 January 2018	MF	Gaël Ondoua	22	Unattached	Transfer	Free	[14]
12 January 2018	DF	Dmytro Lytvyn	21	Real S.C.	Transfer	Undisclosed	[15]
30 January 2018	DF	Mohamed El Bouazzati	21	Unattached	Transfer	Free	[16]
5 February 2018	GK	Luiz Felipe	20	Internacional	Transfer	Free	[17]
6 February 2018	FW	David Faupala	20	Unattached	Transfer	Free	[18]
16 February 2018	DF	Tymofiy Sukhar	19	SC Dnipro-1	Transfer	Free	[19]
1 January 2018	DF	Oleksandr Tymchyk	20	Dynamo Kyiv	Loan		[20]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Type	Fee	Source
Summer
31 May 2017	DF	Hryhoriy Yarmash	32	Retired	Transfer		[21]
19 June 2017	DF	Ihor Chaykovskyi	25	Anzhi Makhachkala	Transfer	Free	[22]
29 June 2017	MF	Jaba Lipartia	29	Anzhi Makhachkala	Transfer	Free	[23]
25 June 2017	MF	Gegham Kadymyan	24	Vorskla Poltava	Transfer	Undisclosed	[24]
1 July 2017	FW	Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis	19	Club Brugge	Transfer	Undisclosed	[25]
2 August 2017	FW	Denys Belousov	20	Avanhard Kramatorsk	Transfer	Undisclosed	[26]
20 August 2017	GK	Ihor Levchenko	26	FC Mariupol	Transfer	Free	[27]
30 August 2017	DF	Rafael Forster	27	Ludogorets Razgrad	Transfer	Undisclosed	[28]
30 June 2017	FW	Vladyslav Kulach	24	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan return
30 June 2017	DF	Eduard Sobol	22	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan return
30 June 2017	MF	Ivan Petryak	23	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan return		[29]
7 August 2017	FW	Denys Bezborodko	23	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan return
20 July 2017	DF	Mykhaylo Shershen	22	Avanhard Kramatorsk	Loan		[30]
Winter
4 January 2018	DF	Artem Sukhotskyi	25	Slovan Bratislava	Transfer	Free	[31]
26 January 2018	FW	Paulinho	24	Levski Sofia	Transfer	Free	[32]
16 February 2018	MF	Leônidas	22	Olimpik Donetsk	Transfer	Undisclosed	[33]
22 February 2018	GK	Oleksiy Shevchenko	25	Karpaty Lviv	Transfer	Free	[34]
12 March 2018	MF	Gaël Ondoua	22	Unattached	Transfer	Free	[35]
1 January 2018	DF	Andriy Pylyavskyi	29	Rubin Kazan	Loan return		[36]
1 January 2018	MF	Dmytro Hrechyshkin	26	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan return		[37]
1 January 2018	MF	Vladyslav Kalitvintsev	24	Dynamo Kyiv	Loan return		[38]
12 January 2018	MF	Mykyta Kamenyuka	32	Veres Rivne	Loan		[39]

Pre-season and friendlies

Zorya Luhansk v FC Nikopol

25 June 2017 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	3–0	FC Nikopol	Zaporizhia
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kharatin  9' Paulinho  37' Opanasenko  87'	Report		Stadium: Torpedo Stadium

Zorya Luhansk v Istra

1 July 2017 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	0–2	Istra	Slovenia
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report	Gržan  7' Prelčec  14'

Zorya Luhansk v Hajduk Split

1 July 2017 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	1–0	Hajduk Split	Slovenia
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Rafael Forster  61'	Report

Zorya Luhansk v CFR Cluj

6 July 2017 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	3–4	CFR Cluj	Slovenia
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kharatin  35', 60' Bezborodko  82'	Report	11'  51'  65'  70'

Zorya Luhansk v FK Voždovac

7 July 2017 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	1–1	FK Voždovac	Slovenia
18:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kocherhin  8'	Report	43'

Zorya Luhansk v Ural Yekaterinburg

10 July 2017 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	0–2	Ural Yekaterinburg	Murska Sobota, Slovenia
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report	43'  83'

Zorya Luhansk v Dinamo Tbilisi

12 July 2017 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	1–1	Dinamo Tbilisi	Slovenia
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Svatok  52'	Report	60'

Zorya Luhansk v FC Mariupol

2 September 2017 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	2–3	FC Mariupol	Zaporizhia
16:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Mayboroda  73' Kharatin  89'	Report	Myshnyov  11' Vakulenko  59' Kisil  84'	Stadium: Torpedo Stadium

Zorya Luhansk v MFC Metalurh Zaporizhia

11 November 2017 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	2–0	MFC Metalurh Zaporizhia	Zaporizhia
EET (UTC+0:00)	Iury  2' Kabayev  67'	Report

Zorya Luhansk v Lech Poznań

19 January 2018 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	1–3	Lech Poznań	Belek, Turkey
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Iury  63'	Report	Šitum  35' Gytkjær  45' (pen.) Jóźwiak  87'

Zorya Luhansk v Dinamo Zagreb

21 January 2018 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	1–1	Dinamo Zagreb	Turkey
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Hromov  38'	Report	Gavranović  10'

Zorya Luhansk v Spartak Trnava

23 January 2018 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	1–2	Spartak Trnava	Belek, Turkey
10:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Ljubenović  59'	Report	Chanturishvili  33', 68'

Zorya Luhansk v Olmaliq

23 January 2018 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	3–0	Olmaliq	Turkey
15:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Hromov  25', 89' Iury  34'	Report

Zorya Luhansk v Pogoń Szczecin

25 January 2018 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	Cancelled	Pogoń Szczecin	Turkey
EET (UTC+02:00)		Report

Zorya Luhansk v Dinamo Tbilisi

25 January 2018 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	3–0	Dinamo Tbilisi	Turkey
15:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Svatok  44' Ljubenović  64'  87' (o.g.)	Report

Zorya Luhansk v Arka Gdynia

28 January 2018 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	2–2	Arka Gdynia	Turkey
16:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Lunyov  29' Ljubenović  60'	Report	Żebrakowski  2', 13'

Zorya Luhansk v Željezničar Sarajevo

4 February 2018 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	5–0	Željezničar Sarajevo	Turkey
16:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Hromov  3', 30' Cheberko  27' Iury  35' Sukhar  74'	Report

Zorya Luhansk v Voždovac

8 February 2018 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	0–0	Voždovac	Turkey
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00)		Report

Zorya Luhansk v Shakhter Karagandy

10 February 2018 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	Cancelled	Shakhter Karagandy	Turkey
EET (UTC+02:00)		Report

Zorya Luhansk v AGMK Olmaliq

10 February 2018 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	1–1	AGMK Olmaliq	Turkey
15:15 EET (UTC+02:00)	Kharatin  8' (pen.)	Report	66'

Zorya Luhansk v Dinamo Tbilisi

13 February 2018 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	Cancelled	Dinamo Tbilisi	Turkey
EET (UTC+02:00)		Report

Zorya Luhansk v FC Oleksandriya

25 March 2018 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	1–1	FC Oleksandriya	Zaporizhia
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Hordiyenko  38'	Report	Bondarenko  90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Torpedo Stadium

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	20 May 2018	Matchday 1	4th	32	11	10	11	44	44	+0	034.38
Cup	25 October 2017	25 October 2017	Round of 16 (1/8)	Round of 16 (1/8)	1	0	0	1	3	4	−1	000.00
Europa League	14 September 2017	7 December 2017	Group stage	Group stage (3rd)	6	2	0	4	3	9	−6	033.33
Total					39	13	10	16	50	57	−7	033.33

Last updated: 20 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
2	Dynamo Kyiv	32	22	7	3	64	25	+39	73	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	Vorskla Poltava	32	14	7	11	37	35	+2	49	Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
4	Zorya Luhansk	32	11	10	11	44	44	0	43	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
5	FC Mariupol	32	10	9	13	38	41	−3	39	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
6	Veres Rivne	32	7	14	11	28	30	−2	35

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.
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2017–18 Ukrainian Cup, Shakhtar Donetsk, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the third-placed team, the spot awarded to the third-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team.

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	11	10	11	44	44	0	43	6	5	5	23	20	+3	5	5	6	21	24	−3

Last updated: 20 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	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	D	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	L
Position	10	9	9	10	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2018. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Zorya Luhansk v Stal Kamianske

16 July 2017 1	Zorya Luhansk	0–1	Stal Kamianske	Zaporizhia
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kharatin  59'	Report	Danielyan  29' Mykhaylychenko  44' Yakymiv  60' Mytsyk  83' Penkov  90+3'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Sehiy Boyko

Zorya Luhansk v FC Mariupol

23 July 2017 2	Zorya Luhansk	1–1	FC Mariupol	Zaporizhia
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Sukhotskyi  39' Opanasenko  70'	Report	Yavorskyi  16'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Referee: Oleksandr Derdo

FC Oleksandriya v Zorya Luhansk

30 July 2017 3	FC Oleksandriya	1–1	Zorya Luhansk	Oleksandriya
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kulish  6' Hitchenko  48' Chebotayev  69'	Report	Pryima  45' Hrechyshkin  49' (pen.) Iury  57'	Stadium: CSC Nika Stadium Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Kostyantyn Trukhanov

Zorya Luhansk v Olimpik Donetsk

6 August 2017 4	Zorya Luhansk	0–2	Olimpik Donetsk	Zaporizhia
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Hrechyshkin  25'	Report	Illoy-Ayyet  22' Kravchenko  40' Guttiner  41' Bilenkyi  69' Moha  86' Lukhtanov  90+2'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 2,863 Referee: Yevhen Aranovsky

Veres Rivne v Zorya Luhansk

12 August 2017 5	Veres Rivne	0–1	Zorya Luhansk	Lviv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Stepanyuk  31'	Report	Sukhotskyi  51' Pryima  62' Kharatin  68' Kalitvintsev  76' Iury  83'	Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 1,847 Referee: Mykola Kryvonosov

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

Zorya Luhansk v Chornomorets Odesa

27 August 2017 7	Zorya Luhansk	5–0	Chornomorets Odesa	Zaporizhia
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Iury  2', 9' Hrechyshkin  26' (pen.) Hordiyenko  40' Karavayev  81' Kharatin  83'	Report	Musolitin  15' Vasin  22' Žunić  25' Kapliyenko  50' Serdenyuk  88'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 2,608 Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk

Shakhtar Donetsk v Zorya Luhansk

9 September 2017 8	Shakhtar Donetsk	3–1	Zorya Luhansk	Kharkiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Bernard  23',  89' Kryvtsov  32' Ismaily  70' Khocholava  72'	Report	Hromov  13'	Stadium: Metalist OSC Attendance: 10,580 Referee: Kateryna Monzul

Zorya Luhansk v Karpaty Lviv

17 September 2017 9	Zorya Luhansk	0–0	Karpaty Lviv	Zaporizhia
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Hrechyshkin  13' Lunyov  63' Andriyevskyi  72'  88'	Report	Nesterov  5' Di Franco  32' Holodyuk  66' Fedetskyi  68' Corteggiano  90+6'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 2,367 Referee: Vitaliy Romanov

Vorskla Poltava v Zorya Luhansk

24 September 2017 10	Vorskla Poltava	1–1	Zorya Luhansk	Poltava
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Chyzhov  45+2' Dallku  60' Kulach  89' Kolomoyets  90'	Report	Opanasenko  44' Babenko  69'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 3,123 Referee: Mykola Balakin

Zorya Luhansk v Dynamo Kyiv

1 October 2017 11	Zorya Luhansk	4–4	Dynamo Kyiv	Zaporizhia
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Sukhotskyi  31' Hordiyenko  45' Kharatin  56' (pen.) Iury  72',  75' Silas  80' Opanasenko  87' Hrechyshkin  90+2'	Report	Mbokani  14',  90+2' Buyalskyi  32' Moraes  45+1' Vida  55' Khacheridi  71' Tsyhankov  79' Harmash  82',  83'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 8,253 Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk

Stal Kamianske v Zorya Luhansk

14 October 2017 12	Stal Kamianske	0–1	Zorya Luhansk	Kyiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Gor Malakyan  22' Edgar Malakyan  46'	Report	Pryima  57' Hordiyenko  59'	Stadium: Obolon Arena Attendance: 570 Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi

FC Mariupol v Zorya Luhansk

22 October 2017 13	FC Mariupol	2–5	Zorya Luhansk	Mariupol
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Bilyi  6' Kozhanov  31' Vakulenko  38'  49' Tankovskyi  90+2'	Report	Andriyevskyi  29', 38', 63' Hrechyshkin  34' (pen.) Ljubenović  41' Sukhotskyi  54' Silas  56' Opanasenko  90+1'	Stadium: Volodymyr Boiko Stadium Attendance: 6,881 Referee: Kostyantyn Trukhanov

Zorya Luhansk v FC Oleksandriya

29 October 2017 14	Zorya Luhansk	2–2	FC Oleksandriya	Zaporizhia
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Iury  11',  44' Hromov  34' Kharatin  45+1'	Report	Ponomar  17'  80' Chebotayev  40' Starenkyi  54' Zaporozhan  65' Bondarenko  70' Batsula  72'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Dmytro Kutakov

Olimpik Donetsk v Zorya Luhansk

5 November 2017 15	Olimpik Donetsk	3–3	Zorya Luhansk	Kyiv
19:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Kravchenko  11' Moha  35' Bilenkyi  48' Shabanov  49' Lukyanchuk  59' Bohdanov  67' Makharadze  90+2'	Report	Lunyov  57',  62' Andriyevskyi  70' Opanasenko  83' Kharatin  90+4'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Yuriy Mozharovskyi

Zorya Luhansk v Veres Rivne

18 November 2017 16	Zorya Luhansk	1–1	Veres Rivne	Zaporizhia
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Hromov  28' Iury  90+3'	Report	Serhiychuk  24' Ischenko  36'  58' Adamyuk  61' Bandura  87' Kobin  90+3'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 1,850 Referee: Mykola Kryvonosov

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

Chornomorets Odesa v Zorya Luhansk

2 December 2017 18	Chornomorets Odesa	1–1	Zorya Luhansk	Odesa
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Vasin  17'  18' Khoblenko  18',  72' N'Diaye  45'  77' Žunić  53' Politylo  90+4'	Report	Babenko  13'  33' Kharatin  20' Svatok  66' Andriyevskyi  87'	Stadium: Chornomorets Stadium Attendance: 4,242 Referee: Vitaliy Romanov

Zorya Luhansk v Shakhtar Donetsk

10 December 2017 19	Zorya Luhansk	2–1	Shakhtar Donetsk	Zaporizhia
19:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Kabayev  47' Silas  67',  90+2' (pen.) Butko  66' (o.g.)	Report	Petryak  18'  79',  34' Bernard  51' Fred  53'  86' Stepanenko  56' Dentinho  80' Rakitskiy  90'  90'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 3,758 Referee: Serhiy Boyko

Karpaty Lviv v Zorya Luhansk

18 February 2018 20	Karpaty Lviv	0–2	Zorya Luhansk	Lviv
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Lobay  43' Klyots  45' Fedetskyi  67'	Report	Cheberko  54' Tymchyk  55' Iury  57',  72' Faupala  63' Checher  80' Kabayev  89'	Stadium: Ukraina Stadium Attendance: 1,853 Referee: Kostyantyn Trukhanov

Zorya Luhansk v Vorskla Poltava

24 February 2018 21	Zorya Luhansk	3–0	Vorskla Poltava	Zaporizhia
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Checher  53' Hordiyenko  71' Iury  76' Hromov  88'	Report	Kolomoyets  39' Sapay  39' Kulach  45+2' Vasin  64'  68'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 1,625 Referee: Dmytro Kutakov

Dynamo Kyiv v Zorya Luhansk

4 March 2018 22	Dynamo Kyiv	3–2	Zorya Luhansk	Kyiv
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Boyko  11' Verbič  58' Tsyhankov  77' Pivarić  83' Kędziora  90+2'	Report	Hromov  28' Silas  29' Kharatin  49' Iury  61' Svatok  75'	Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 4,317 Referee: Anatoliy Abdula

FC Mariupol v Zorya Luhansk

11 March 2018 23	FC Mariupol	0–0	Zorya Luhansk	Mariupol
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Totovytskyi  6' Myshnyov  13' Dedechko  36' Bolbat  56' Demiri  73'	Report	Andriyevskyi  62' Svatok  80' Iury  87'	Stadium: Volodymyr Boiko Stadium Attendance: 2,613 Referee: Ievgenii Aranovskyi

Veres Rivne v Zorya Luhansk

18 March 2018 24	Veres Rivne	0–1	Zorya Luhansk	Lviv
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Lukyanchuk  27' Karasyuk  64' Kalenchuk  87'	Report	Kharatin  19' Checher  28' Lunyov  45' Iury  51' (pen.)	Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 413 Referee: Dmytro Kutakov

Zorya Luhansk v Shakhtar Donetsk

1 April 2018 25	Zorya Luhansk	0–3	Shakhtar Donetsk	Zaporizhia
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Lunyov  27' Checher  41' Silas  63' Pryima  70' Opanasenko  88' Tymchyk  90+2' Iury  90+5'	Report	Ismaily  25' Taison  41' Ferreyra  61',  90+1' Fred  85' Kayode  90+4' Dentinho  90+5'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 8,350 Referee: Vitaliy Romanov

Dynamo Kyiv v Zorya Luhansk

7 April 2018 26	Dynamo Kyiv	4–0	Zorya Luhansk	Kyiv
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Burda  13' Verbič  51' Besyedin  54' Tsyhankov  88'	Report	Hromov  48' Checher  72' Babenko  79'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 12,876 Referee: Oleksandr Derdo

Zorya Luhansk v Vorskla Poltava

15 April 2018 27	Zorya Luhansk	0–3	Vorskla Poltava	Zaporizhia
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Cheberko  84'	Report	Chesnakov  50',  83' Sharpar  55' Vasin  65' Kulach  73' Odaryuk  81' Serhiychuk  90+1'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 2,125 Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi

Zorya Luhansk v FC Mariupol

22 April 2018 28	Zorya Luhansk	3–1	FC Mariupol	Zaporizhia
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Iury  67',  69' Hordiyenko  75' Hromov  90+2'	Report	Dawa  18' Ihnatenko  23' Myshnyov  30' Yavorskyi  69' Totovytskyi  80' Kyryukhantsev  80' Bilyi  82' Dedechko  87'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 2,075 Referee: Yuriy Mozharovskyi

Zorya Luhansk v Veres Rivne

29 April 2018 29	Zorya Luhansk	1–0	Veres Rivne	Zaporizhia
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Checher  8' Iury  18',  59' Andriyevskyi  88' Kabayev  90+1'	Report	Siminin  31' Pepi  41' Adamyuk  50' Myahkov  81'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 2,081 Referee: Denys Shurman

Shakhtar Donetsk v Zorya Luhansk

5 May 2018 30	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–1	Zorya Luhansk	Kharkiv
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Ferreyra  19',  33' Taison  89' Nem  90+2' Pyatov  90+3'	Report	Silas  34' Hordiyenko  35' Cheberko  50' Iury  63',  63' Lytvyn  90+3'	Stadium: Metalist OSC Attendance: 7,695 Referee: Vitaliy Romanov

Zorya Luhansk v Dynamo Kyiv

13 May 2018 31	Zorya Luhansk	0–1	Dynamo Kyiv	Zaporizhia
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Hordiyenko  15' Kharatin  27' Silas  39' Kocherhin  60' Checher  77'	Report	Verbič  68' Besyedin  81' Kádár  84'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 6,256 Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi

Vorskla Poltava v Zorya Luhansk

20 May 2018 32	Vorskla Poltava	2–0	Zorya Luhansk	Poltava
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kulach  66',  67' Rebenok  87' Vasin  90+2'	Report	Iury  41' Opanasenko  89'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 11,633 Referee: Kostyantyn Trukhanov

Ukrainian Cup

Main article: 2017–18 Ukrainian Cup

Zorya Luhansk v Shakhtar Donetsk

25 October 2017 Round of 16 (1/8)	Zorya Luhansk	3–4	Shakhtar Donetsk	Zaporizhia
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Lunyov  12' Babenko  39' Hordiyenko  51' Lunin  68' Checher  78'  82' Opanasenko  95' Kharatin  107'	Report	Stepanenko  38' Dentinho  34' Fred  59' Ferreyra  72', 90+1' Kovalenko  99' Blanco Leschuk  117'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 5,511 Referee: Anatoliy Abdula

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group J

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ATH	OST	ZOR	HRT
1	Athletic Bilbao	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3	11[lower-alpha 1]	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–0	0–1	3–2
2	Östersund	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4	11[lower-alpha 1]			2–2	—	2–0	1–0
3	Zorya Luhansk	6	2	0	4	3	9	−6	6			0–2	0–2	—	2–1
4	Hertha BSC	6	1	2	3	6	7	−1	5			0–0	1–1	2–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Head-to-head results: Östersund 2–2 Athletic Bilbao, Athletic Bilbao 1–0 Östersund.

Zorya Luhansk v Östersund

14 September 2017 1	Zorya Luhansk	0–2	Östersund	Lviv
22:05 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kharatin  79'	Report	Bachirou  43' Ghoddos  50' Mensiro  72' Aiesh  83' Gero  90+4'	Stadium: Arena Lviv Referee: Stephan Klossner

Athletic Bilbao v Zorya Luhansk

28 September 2017 2	Athletic Bilbao	0–1	Zorya Luhansk	Bilbao, Spain
20:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report	Kharatin  26' Opanasenko  58' Hordiyenko  68' Andriyevskyi  81' Kocherhin  90+2'	Stadium: San Mamés Referee: Halis Özkahya

Zorya Luhansk v Hertha BSC

19 October 2017 3	Zorya Luhansk	2–1	Hertha BSC	Lviv
20:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Silas  4',  42' Lunyov  76' Svatok  79'	Report	Selke  46',  56' Maier  69' Ibišević  71'	Stadium: Arena Lviv Referee: Liran Liany

Hertha BSC v Zorya Luhansk

2 November 2017 4	Hertha BSC	2–0	Zorya Luhansk	Berlin, Germany
22:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Selke  13', 73'	Report	Karavayev  69' Sukhotskyi  79'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Referee: John Beaton

Östersund v Zorya Luhansk

23 November 2017 5	Östersund	2–0	Zorya Luhansk	Östersund, Sweden
20:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Hrechyshkin  40' (o.g.) Edwards  51' Ghoddos  77'	Report	Andriyevskyi  53' Karavayev  54' Babenko  79' Svatok  82'	Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena Referee: Kevin Blom

Zorya Luhansk v Athletic Bilbao

7 December 2017 6	Zorya Luhansk	0–2	Athletic Bilbao	Lviv
22:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Lunyov  43' Andriyevskyi  50' Kabayev  82'	Report	Unai Núñez  16' Aduriz  70' Raúl García  86'	Stadium: Arena Lviv Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Cup		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Andriy Lunin	36	0	29	0	1	0	6	0
Defenders
3	DF		Oleksandr Svatok	32	2	22+3	1	1	0	5+1	1
4	DF		Vasyl Pryima	13	1	9+3	1	0	0	1	0
5	DF		Artem Hordiyenko	35	4	21+7	3	1	1	4+2	0
9	DF		Dmytro Lytvyn	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF		Mohamed El Bouazzati	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF		Oleksandr Tymchyk	8	1	8	1	0	0	0	0
39	DF		Yevhen Opanasenko	27	5	21+1	5	1	0	4	0
44	DF		Vyacheslav Checher	21	0	17+1	0	1	0	1+1	0
Midfielders
7	MF		Vladyslav Kocherhin	14	0	4+7	0	0+1	0	0+2	0
8	MF		Ihor Kharatin	36	5	22+7	3	0+1	1	5+1	1
18	MF		Oleksandr Andriyevskyi	24	3	14+3	3	1	0	5+1	0
20	MF		Oleksandr Karavayev	33	1	25+1	1	1	0	6	0
22	MF		Željko Ljubenović	8	0	1+6	0	0	0	0+1	0
27	MF		Vladyslav Kabayev	15	0	4+9	0	0	0	0+2	0
28	MF		Artem Hromov	34	7	27	7	1	0	4+2	0
36	MF		Ruslan Babenko	17	0	10+4	0	1	0	1+1	0
64	MF		Serhiy Mayboroda	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
76	MF		Yehor Shalfeyev	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
96	MF		Silas	25	3	17+3	2	0	0	3+2	1
98	MF		Yevhen Cheberko	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
11	FW		David Faupala	12	0	9+3	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Maksym Lunyov	30	2	12+11	1	1	1	5+1	0
95	FW		Iury	29	11	22+2	11	0	0	5	0
Players transferred out during the season
1	GK		Oleksiy Shevchenko	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Artem Sukhotskyi	24	0	17	0	1	0	6	0
6	MF		Mykyta Kamenyuka	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
9	MF		Vladyslav Kalitvintsev	6	1	5+1	1	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Leônidas	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
11	FW		Paulinho	4	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF		Rafael Forster	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW		Denys Bezborodko	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF		Dmytro Hrechyshkin	22	3	15+2	3	0	0	5	0

Source: Competitions

Last updated: 20 May 2018

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Premier League	Cup	Europa League	Total
1	95	FW		Iury	11	0	0	11
2	28	MF		Artem Hromov	7	0	0	7
3	8	MF		Ihor Kharatin	3	1	1	5
	39	DF		Yevhen Opanasenko	5	0	0	5
5	5	DF		Artem Hordiyenko	3	1	0	4
6	18	MF		Oleksandr Andriyevskyi	3	0	0	3
	24	MF		Dmytro Hrechyshkin	3	0	0	3
	96	MF		Silas	2	0	1	3
9	3	DF		Oleksandr Svatok	1	0	1	2
	19	FW		Maksym Lunyov	1	1	0	2
11	4	DF		Vasyl Pryima	1	0	0	1
	9	MF		Vladyslav Kalitvintsev	1	0	0	1
	20	MF		Oleksandr Karavayev	1	0	0	1
	24	DF		Oleksandr Tymchyk	1	0	0	1
				Own goal	1	0	0	1
				Total	44	3	3	50

Last updated: 20 May 2018

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Premier League	Cup	Europa League	Total
1	1	GK		Andriy Lunin	9	0	1	10
2	1	GK		Oleksiy Shevchenko	1	0	0	1
				Total	10	0	1	11

Last updated: 20 May 2018

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Premier League			Cup			Europa League			Total
1	GK		Andriy Lunin	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	DF		Artem Sukhotskyi	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
3	DF		Oleksandr Svatok	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
4	DF		Vasyl Pryima	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
5	DF		Artem Hordiyenko	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
7	MF		Vladyslav Kocherhin	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
8	MF		Ihor Kharatin	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0
9	DF		Dmytro Lytvyn	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
11	FW		David Faupala	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
18	MF		Oleksandr Andriyevskyi	3	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	1	1
19	FW		Maksym Lunyov	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	0	0
20	MF		Oleksandr Karavayev	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0
22	MF		Željko Ljubenović	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
24	MF		Dmytro Hrechyshkin	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
24	DF		Oleksandr Tymchyk	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
27	MF		Vladyslav Kabayev	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
28	MF		Artem Hromov	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	'2	0	0
36	MF		Ruslan Babenko	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	0
39	DF		Yevhen Opanasenko	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	1
44	DF		Vyacheslav Checher	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	9	1	0
95	FW		Iury	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0
96	MF		Silas	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
98	MF		Yevhen Cheberko	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
			Total	75	2	2	3	1	0	16	0	0	94	3	2

Last updated: 20 May 2018

References

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31. "Slovan získal ďalšie posily, prichádzajú Suchockij a van Haaren" (in Slovak). 4 January 2018.
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External links

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