2018 FC Ukraine United season

The 2018 season was FC Ukraine United's third season in the Canadian Soccer League, and twelve season since their founding in the Ontario Soccer League. The season marked United's return to the First Division after participating in the Second Division the previous year. After a competitive season with FC Vorkuta the club won their first division title on September 23, 2018.In the postseason United won their preliminary match against Brantford Galaxy, but were defeated in the second round to Scarborough SC. Pavlo Lukyanets, a veteran striker from Ukraine was United's top goalscorer with twelve goals.

FC Ukraine United
2018 season
OwnerVladimir Koval
Head CoachAndrei Malychenkov
Canadian Soccer League1st place (First Division)
CSL ChampionshipSemifinal
Top goalscorerPavlo Lukyanets
(12 goals)

Summary

After spending the 2017 season in the Second Division with a perfect season the club was promoted back into the First Division.[1][2]Andrei Malychenkov resumed his coaching duties, and maintained the majority of his previous roster with additional imports from the Ukraine.[3][4] From the onset of the season the club remained highly competitive, and battled with rivals FC Vorkuta for supremacy of the division.[5] Throughout the season Malychenkov achieved the necessary results in clinching the First Division title, and managed an undefeated streak of ten matches with the best offensive record.[6] In the opening round of the playoff tournament FC Ukraine faced Brantford Galaxy, and defeated Brantford 8-7 in a penalty shootout.[7] Their postseason campaign came to a conclusion in the second round after a 2-1 defeat to Scarborough SC.[8]

Team

Roster
As of August 18, 2018[9]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 FW   Oleksandr Popravka
2 GK  UKR Andriy Bandrivskyy
3 DF  UKR Ivan Kucherenko
4 DF  UKR Maksym Rohovskyi [10]
5 DF  UKR Mykhailo Hurka
6 MF  UKR Taras Hromyak
7 MF  UKR Yuri Sokolovsky
8 MF  UKR Sergiy Sergeyev
9 DF   Igor Bortnyk
10 FW  UKR Pavlo Lukyanets
11 FW  UKR Serhiy Savchenko [11]
10 FW  UKR Ihor Kozovyk [12]
13 FW  UKR Nazar Milishchuk
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW  UKR Ihor Shyshka [13]
15 MF  UKR Andriy Savchenko
16 FW  UKR Vasyl Chornyi
17 FW   Dmytro Mykhalchuk
18 DF  UKR Lubomir Ivansky
19 DF  UKR Mykola Hreshta
20 FW  UKR Vitaliy Bohdanov
21 MF  UKR Volodymyr Romaniv
22 FW  UKR Vadym Hetman
23 FW  UKR Yevhen Falkovskyi
24 FW  UKR Ihor Malysh
25 FW  UKR Roman Datsiuk
— MF   Amir Hosic

Management
Position Staff
Head coach Andrei Malychenkov
Assistant coach Mykhailo Hurka
Goalkeeper coach Arthur Zaslavski
Manager Vladimir Koval
Chairman Vladimir Koval

Last updated: August 10, 2018
Source: fcukraineunited.ca

Canadian Soccer League
Main article: 2018 Canadian Soccer League season

First Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FC Ukraine United (A, C) 16 12 2 2 60 16 +44 38 Qualification for Playoffs
2 FC Vorkuta (A, O) 16 12 2 2 55 16 +39 38
3 SC Waterloo Region (A) 16 9 2 5 34 33 +1 29
4 Scarborough SC (A) 16 8 5 3 34 20 +14 29
5 Hamilton City SC (A) 16 8 1 7 41 38 +3 25
6 Serbian White Eagles (A) 16 5 4 7 20 20 0 19
7 Real Mississauga SC (A) 16 3 2 11 14 42 −28 11
8 Brantford Galaxy (A) 16 3 2 11 9 37 −28 11
9 CSC Mississauga 16 1 2 13 9 37 −28 5
Updated to match(es) played on September 27, 2018. Source: http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/2018-csl-first-division-standings/
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
16 12 2 2 60 16  +44 38 5 2 1 29 8  +21 7 0 1 31 8  +23

Last updated: September 20, 2018.
Source: 2018 Canadian Soccer League season

Results by round
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ResultLWWWDLWWWDWWWWWW
Updated to match(es) played on September 25, 2018. Source: CSL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches
May 13 FC Ukraine United1–2FC VorkutaToronto, Ontario
19:00 Chornyl  30' Report Lakusta  43'
Kerchu  77'		 Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium
Referee: Milomir Tomic
May 19 FC Ukraine United2–0Scarborough SCToronto, Ontario
21:00 Amir Hosic  74'
Milishchuk  83'		 Report Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium
June 3 Scarborough SC0–3FC Ukraine UnitedToronto, Ontario
20:00 Report Lukyanets  64'
Malysh  74'
Amir Hosic  80'		 Stadium: Birchmount Stadium
June 9 Hamilton City SC1–3FC Ukraine UnitedHamilton, Ontario
18:30 Vukasin Kovacevic  75' Report Kucherenko  41'
Malysh  81'
Milishchuk  91'		 Stadium: Heritage Field
June 17 FC Ukraine United1–1Serbian White EaglesToronto, Ontario
21:00 Malysh  37' Report Luka Bojic  1' Stadium: Centennial Stadium
June 22 Serbian White Eagles1–0FC Ukraine UnitedToronto, Ontario
19:00 Vukomanović  46' Report Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium
Attendance: 150
Referee: Marco Jaramillo
June 30 SC Waterloo Region0–9FC Ukraine UnitedWaterloo, Ontario
18:30 Report Falkovskyi , ,
Lukyanets , ,
Milishchuk ,
Bohdanov 		Stadium: RIM Park
July 6 CSC Mississauga2–4FC Ukraine UnitedMississauga, Ontario
Remi Oshin  29'
Priestley  30'		 Report Milishchuk  34'
Datsiuk  45',  74'
Lukyanets  47'		 Stadium: Iceland Field
July 14 Brantford Galaxy1–7FC Ukraine UnitedHamilton, Ontario
Slavko Knezevic Report Bohdanov
Datsiuk ,
Falkovskyi
Milishchuk
Hromyak
Lukyanets 		Stadium: Heritage Field Turf
July 21 FC Ukraine United1–1SC Waterloo RegionToronto, Ontario
14:00 Hromyak  51' Report Dzenan Karic  53' Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium
August 3 Real Mississauga SC1–2FC Ukraine UnitedMississauga, Ontario
20:30 Brennan McNicol  75' Report Hromyak  7'
Malysh  82'		 Stadium: Paramount Fine Foods Centre
August 18 FC Ukraine United8–1Real Mississauga SCToronto, Ontario
21:00 Hromyak  15',  27',  28'
Malysh  18'
Falkovskyi  70'
Datsiuk  71'
Lukyanets  81'		 Report Jpan Syla  59' Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium
August 25 FC Ukraine United3–0Brantford GalaxyToronto, Ontario
21:00 Malysh
Milishchuk
Lukyanets  76'		 Report Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium
Referee: Afsar Khan
September 1 FC Vorkuta2–3FC Ukraine UnitedToronto, Ontario
19:00 Riabets  27'
Volchkov  74'		 Report Amir Hosic
Savchenko  48'
Bohdanov 		Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium
September 9 FC Ukraine United3–1Hamilton City SCToronto, Ontario
19:00 Hromyak  9'
Falkovskyi  69',  80'		 Report Filip Seculik  85' Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium
September 23 FC Ukraine United10–2CSC MississaugaToronto, Ontario
19:00 Bohdanov
Datsiuk ,
Hromyak ,
Lukyanets , ,
Malysh
Milishchuk 		Report Mauricio Konjic
Pero Menalo 		Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium

Postseason
September 30 QuarterfinalFC Ukraine United0–0 (a.e.t.)
(8–7 p)		Brantford GalaxyToronto, Ontario
16:00 Report Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium
October 7 SemifinalFC Ukraine United1–2Scarborough SCToronto, Ontario
14:00 Malysh  89' Report Bryan  68'
Stojiljkovic  91'		 Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium

Statistics

Goals

Correct as of September 30, 2018[14]

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