2016–17 FC Zorya Luhansk season

The 2016–17 season was 16th season in the top Ukrainian football league for Zorya Luhansk. Zorya competed in Premier League, Ukrainian Cup and UEFA Europa League. Finishing on third place in Preimer League Zorya qualified to Europa League group stage for next season.

Zorya Luhansk

2016-17 season
President	Yevhen Heller
Manager	Yuriy Vernydub
Stadium	Slavutych Arena, Zaporizhia
Ukrainian Premier League	3rd
Ukrainian Cup	Round of 16 (1/8)
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Rafael Forster (6) Oleksandr Karavayev (6) Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis (6) All: Rafael Forster (8)
Home colours Away colours

Players

Squad information

Squad no.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
1	Oleksiy Shevchenko		GK	(1992-02-24)24 February 1992 (aged 25)
77	Oleh Chuvayev		GK	(1987-10-25)25 October 1987 (aged 29)
91	Ihor Levchenko		GK	(1991-02-23)23 February 1991 (aged 26)
Defenders
2	Artem Sukhotskyi		DF	(1992-12-06)6 December 1992 (aged 24)
5	Artem Hordiyenko		DF	(1991-03-04)4 March 1991 (aged 26)
12	Rafael Forster		DF	(1990-07-23)23 July 1990 (aged 26)
16	Hryhoriy Yarmash		DF	(1985-01-04)4 January 1985 (aged 32)
23	Mykhaylo Shershen ^List B		DF	(1995-04-27)27 April 1995 (aged 22)
39	Yevhen Opanasenko		DF	(1990-08-25)25 August 1990 (aged 26)
44	Vyacheslav Checher		DF	(1980-12-15)15 December 1980 (aged 36)
95	Eduard Sobol ^List B (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)		DF	(1995-05-20)20 May 1995 (aged 22)
99	Andriy Pylyavskyi (on loan from Rubin Kazan)		DF	(1988-12-04)4 December 1988 (aged 28)
Midfielders
4	Ihor Chaykovskyi		MF	(1991-10-07)7 October 1991 (aged 25)
6	Mykyta Kamenyuka (Captain)		MF	(1985-06-03)3 June 1985 (aged 32)
7	Ivan Petryak (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)		MF	(1994-03-13)13 March 1994 (aged 23)
8	Ihor Kharatin ^List B		MF	(1995-02-02)2 February 1995 (aged 22)
10	Jaba Lipartia		MF	(1987-11-16)16 November 1987 (aged 29)
15	Vladyslav Kalitvintsev (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv)		MF	(1993-01-04)4 January 1993 (aged 24)
17	Gegham Kadymyan		MF	(1992-10-19)19 October 1992 (aged 24)
22	Željko Ljubenović		MF	(1981-07-09)9 July 1981 (aged 35)
24	Dmytro Hrechyshkin (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)		MF	(1991-09-22)22 September 1991 (aged 25)
32	Anđelo Kačavenda ^List B		MF	(1999-01-22)22 January 1999 (aged 18)
36	Ruslan Babenko		MF	(1992-07-08)8 July 1992 (aged 24)
76	Yehor Shalfeyev ^List B		MF	(1998-10-03)3 October 1998 (aged 18)
Forwards
9	Vladyslav Kulach (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)		FW	(1993-05-07)7 May 1993 (aged 24)
11	Paulinho		FW	(1993-05-29)29 May 1993 (aged 24)
21	Denys Bezborodko (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)		FW	(1994-05-31)31 May 1994 (aged 23)
42	Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis ^List B		FW	(1997-11-15)15 November 1997 (aged 19)
49	Dmytro Lukanov		FW	(1995-03-02)2 March 1995 (aged 22)

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Type	Fee	Source
Summer
18 July 2016	GK	Oleh Chuvayev	29	Tom Tomsk	Transfer	Undisclosed	[1]
25 August 2016	MF	Ihor Kharatin	21	Dynamo Kyiv	Transfer	Undisclosed	[2]
24 June 2016	FW	Vladyslav Kulach	23	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan		[3]
3 July 2016	DF	Eduard Sobol	21	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan		[4]
31 May 2016	GK	Andriy Poltavtsev	24	Guria Lanchkhuti	Loan return
Winter
11 December 2016	MF	Ruslan Babenko	24	Bodø/Glimt	Transfer	Free	[5]
16 January 2017	FW	Gegham Kadymyan	24	Karpaty Lviv	Transfer	Free	[6]
23 January 2017	MF	Anđelo Kačavenda	18	Vojvodina	Transfer	Free	[7]
1 January 2017	MF	Maksym Banasevych	21	Desna Chernihiv	Loan return
31 January 2017	MF	Vladyslav Kalitvintsev	24	Dynamo Kyiv	Loan		[8]
22 February 2017	DF	Andriy Pylyavskyi	28	Rubin Kazan	Loan		[9]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Type	Fee	Source
Summer
17 August 2016	MF	Kyrylo Doroshenko	27	Illichivets Mariupol	Transfer	Undisclosed	[10]
31 May 2016	GK	Mykyta Shevchenko	23	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan return
31 May 2016	MF	Andriy Totovytskyi	23	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan return
31 May 2016	MF	Vyacheslav Tankovskyi	21	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan return
31 May 2016	FW	Pylyp Budkivskyi	24	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan return
Winter
19 January 2017	MF	Mikhail Sivakow	29	FC Orenburg	Transfer	Free	[11]
23 February 2017	FW	Yaroslav Kvasov	24	Dinamo Batumi	Transfer	Free	[12]
25 February 2017	DF	Yevhen Tkachuk	25	Irtysh Pavlodar	Transfer	Free	[13]
2 March 2017	MF	Maksym Banasevych	21	Desna Chernihiv	Transfer	Free	[14]
1 January 2017	MF	Oleksandr Karavayev	24	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan return		[15]
2 March 2017	GK	Andriy Poltavtsev	25	Avanhard Kramatorsk	Loan?		[16]

Pre-season and friendlies

Zorya Luhansk v Illichivets Mariupol

24 June 2016 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	2–0	Illichivets Mariupol	Zaporizhia
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kvasov  9' Checher  80'	Report		Stadium: Torpedo Stadium

Zorya Luhansk v Crvena Zvezda

29 June 2016 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	1–3	Crvena Zvezda	Slovenia
18:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Paulinho  5'	Report	43' Avramovski  77' (pen.)  79'

Zorya Luhansk v HNK Rijeka

2 July 2016 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	1–0	HNK Rijeka	Slovenia
18:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Lipartia  66'	Report

Zorya Luhansk v Dinamo București

6 July 2016 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	0–0	Dinamo București	Slovenia
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report

Zorya Luhansk v CFR Cluj

8 July 2016 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	0–0	CFR Cluj	Slovenia
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report

Zorya Luhansk v FK Voždovac

11 July 2016 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	2–1	FK Voždovac	Slovenia
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Ljubenović  52' Petryak  52'	Report	60'

Zorya Luhansk v Illichivets Mariupol

17 July 2016 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	6–0	Illichivets Mariupol	Zaporizhia
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Dennis  3' Hordiyenko  14' Ljubenović  40' Paulinho  67' Checher  85' Lipartia  89'	Report		Stadium: Torpedo Stadium

Zorya Luhansk v Dnipro

3 September 2016 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	1–1	Dnipro	Zaporizhia
16:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Ljubenović  17'	Report	Bokhashvili  44'	Stadium: Torpedo Stadium

Zorya Luhansk v FC Oleksandriya

9 October 2016 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	3–1	FC Oleksandriya	Zaporizhia
15:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Matvyeyev  10' (o.g.) Bonaventure  27' Hrechyshkin  37'	Report	Matvyeyev  32'	Stadium: Torpedo Stadium

Zorya Luhansk v Zirka Kropyvnytskyi

13 November 2016 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	Cancelled	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Zaporizhia
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Torpedo Stadium

Zorya Luhansk v Zorya Luhansk U-21

13 November 2016 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	2–2	Zorya Luhansk U-21	Zaporizhia
13:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kulach  27' Hrechyshkin  68' (pen.)	Report	Kvasov  2' Radchenko  47'	Stadium: Torpedo Stadium

Zorya Luhansk v Ludogorets Razgrad

29 January 2017 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	0–2	Ludogorets Razgrad	Belek, Turkey
16:30 EET (UTC+02:00)		Report	Dyakov  31' Quixadá  78'

Zorya Luhansk v FC Slovácko

1 February 2017 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	3–0	FC Slovácko	Turkey
14:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Lipartia  47', 87' Bonaventure  53'	Report

Zorya Luhansk v Dinamo Zagreb

4 February 2017 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	2–2	Dinamo Zagreb	Turkey
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Kharatin  10' Rafael Forster  59' (pen.)	Report	Hodžić  34' Machado  55'

Zorya Luhansk v Olmaliq FK

6 February 2017 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	2–0	Olmaliq FK	Turkey
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Bonaventure  37' Petryak  87'	Report

Zorya Luhansk v Lokomotiv Tashkent

12 February 2017 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	1–0	Lokomotiv Tashkent	Turkey
14:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Sukhotskyi  84'	Report

FC Astana v Zorya Luhansk

14 February 2017 Friendly	FC Astana	1–0	Zorya Luhansk	Turkey
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Muzhikov  55'	Report

Zorya Luhansk v Shakhter Karagandy

16 February 2017 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	1–1	Shakhter Karagandy	Turkey
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Kadymyan  38'	Report	10'

Zorya Luhansk v Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino

19 February 2017 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	0–2	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino	Turkey
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00)		Report	Khachaturyan  16' (pen.) Afanasyev  18'

Zorya Luhansk v Dinamo Batumi

22 February 2017 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	Cancelled	Dinamo Batumi	Turkey
EET (UTC+02:00)		Report

Zorya Luhansk v Shirak Gyumri

22 February 2017 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	0–1	Shirak Gyumri	Turkey
14:30 EET (UTC+02:00)		Report	16'

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position	First match	Last match
Premier League	Matchday 1	3rd	24 July 2016	31 May 2017
Cup	Round of 16	Round of 16	26 October 2016	26 October 2016
Europa League	Group stage	Group stage	26 July 2016	8 December 2016

Last updated:

Premier League

Main article: 2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shakhtar Donetsk (C)	32	25	5	2	66	24	+42	80	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Dynamo Kyiv	32	21	4	7	69	33	+36	67	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	Zorya Luhansk	32	16	6	10	45	31	+14	54	Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
4	Olimpik Donetsk	32	11	11	10	33	44	−11	44	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
5	FC Oleksandriya	32	10	10	12	41	43	−2	40
6	Chornomorets Odesa	32	10	8	14	25	37	−12	38

Source: UEFA, Ukrainian Premier League, 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.[17]
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Since winners of 2016–17 Ukrainian Cup, Shakhtar Donetsk, qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winner (Europa League group stage) was passed to the third-placed team and the spot for the third-placed team (Europa League third 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	16	6	10	45	31	+14	54	8	1	7	27	19	+8	8	5	3	18	12	+6

Last updated: 31 May 2017.
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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	W
Position	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2017. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Zorya Luhansk v Olimpik Donetsk

24 July 2016 1	Zorya Luhansk	3–0	Olimpik Donetsk	Zaporizhia
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Bonaventure  19',  19' Ljubenović  26' Hrechyshkin  61' Tkachuk  65',  90'	Report	Drachenko  64'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Kateryna Monzul

Zirka Kropyvnytskyi v Zorya Luhansk

30 July 2016 2	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	1–1	Zorya Luhansk	Kropyvnytskyi
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Lupashko  67' Popov  80' Kucherenko  87' (pen.)	Report	Hordiyenko  73' Tkachuk  86' Shevchenko  89'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 6,188 Referee: Dmytro Kutakov

Zorya Luhansk v Chornomorets Odesa

7 August 2016 3	Zorya Luhansk	4–0	Chornomorets Odesa	Zaporizhia
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Karavayev  15', 30' Petryak  22' Checher  48' Sivakow  71' Chaykovskyi  73'	Report	Filimonov  11' Azatskyi  34' Khocholava  54' Petko  79' Kabayev  80' Korkishko  90+2'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Oleksandr Ivanov

FC Oleksandriya v Zorya Luhansk

13 August 2016 4	FC Oleksandriya	0–1	Zorya Luhansk	Oleksandriya
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Putrash  34' Tsurikov  39' Banada  69' Ponomar  71' Shendrik  77'	Report	Petryak  17' Sivakov  63' Checher  84'	Stadium: CSC Nika Attendance: 1,641 Referee: Serhiy Boyko

Zorya Luhansk v Karpaty Lviv

21 August 2016 5	Zorya Luhansk	2–1	Karpaty Lviv	Zaporizhya
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kamenyuka  13' Hordiyenko  20' Ljubenović  38' Paulinho  80' Karavayev  87'	Report	Kravets  70' Nesterov  78' Lobay  89'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 1,851 Referee: Serhiy Berezka

Dnipro v Zorya Luhansk

26 August 2016 6	Dnipro	2–0	Zorya Luhansk	Dnipro
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Rotan  3',  50' Kravchenko  65' Balanyuk  90+2'	Report		Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Attendance: 6,199 Referee: Yuriy Mozharovsky

Zorya Luhansk v Stal Kamianske

10 September 2016 7	Zorya Luhansk	2–2	Stal Kamianske	Zaporizhia
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Sukhotskyi  23' Ljubenović  80' Karavayev  78' Petryak  23'	Report	Karikari  16' Voronin  26'  47' Edgar Malakyan  50' Vasin  55' Pashayev  67' Karasyuk  79' Gor Malakyan  84' Gor Malakyan  84' Pankiv  90+1'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Anatoliy Zhabchenko

Dynamo Kyiv v Zorya Luhansk

18 September 2016 8	Dynamo Kyiv	0–1	Zorya Luhansk	Kyiv
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report	Sobol  88' Kulach  90+2' Opanasenko  90+3'	Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 11,024 Referee: Yuriy Vaks

Zorya Luhansk v Vorskla Poltava

24 September 2016 9	Zorya Luhansk	2–1	Vorskla Poltava	Zaporizhia
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Ljubenović  42' Paulinho  83'	Report	Kravchenko  42' Siminin  70' Dytyatev  90+4'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Kostyantyn Truhanov

Shakhtar Donetsk v Zorya Luhansk

2 October 2016 10	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–0	Zorya Luhansk	Zaporizhia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ordets  54' Ferreyra  56',  65' Rakitskiy  69'	Report	Sivakov  43' Sukhotskyi  60' Chaykovskyi  67'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 11,117 Referee: Mykola Balakin

Zorya Luhansk v Volyn Lutsk

15 October 2016 11	Zorya Luhansk	2–0	Volyn Lutsk	Zaporizhia
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kulach  39' Rafael Forster  42' (pen.)	Report	Roman Nykytyuk  19' Chepelyuk  45' Romanyuk  59'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 950 Referee: Yuriy Hryso

Olimpik Donetsk v Zorya Luhansk

23 October 2016 12	Olimpik Donetsk	0–2	Zorya Luhansk	Sumy
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Baranovskyi  33'  64' Petrov  57'	Report	Rafael Forster  37' (pen.),  64' (pen)	Stadium: Yuvileiny Stadium Attendance: 1,720 Referee: Serhiy Berezka

Zorya Luhansk v Zirka Kropyvnytskyi

30 October 2016 13	Zorya Luhansk	2–1	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Zaporizhia
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Petryak  15' Kharatin  26' Chaykovskyi  28' Kulach  60'	Report	Kucherenko  25' Artem Favorov  63' Zahalskyi  90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 800 Referee: Anatoliy Abdula

Chornomorets Odesa v Zorya Luhansk

6 November 2016 14	Chornomorets Odesa	0–0	Zorya Luhansk	Odesa
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Filimonov  15' Martynenko  22' Danchenko  33' Smirnov  40'	Report	Kamenyuka  26' Kulach  68' Tkachuk  90+1'	Stadium: Chornomorets Stadium Attendance: 3,840 Referee: Yuriy Mozharovsky

Zorya Luhansk v FC Oleksandriya

19 November 2016 15	Zorya Luhansk	1–2	FC Oleksandriya	Zaporizhia
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Hrechyshkin  27'  67' Petryak  66' Karavayev  78' Rafael Forster 80'	Report	Ohirya  32'  77' Kulish  69',  90+2' Mykytsey  70' Zaporozhan  78'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 900 Referee: Anatoliy Zhabchenko

Karpaty Lviv v Zorya Luhansk

27 November 2016 16	Karpaty Lviv	2–2	Zorya Luhansk	Lviv
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Khudobyak  12' Blanco Leschuk  29' Markovych  83'	Report	Sukhotskyi  22' Ljubenović  55',  90' Chaykovskyi  55'	Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 1,923 Referee: Kostyantyn Trukhanov

Zorya Luhansk v Dnipro

3 December 2016 17	Zorya Luhansk	2–3	Dnipro	Zaporizhia
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Yarmash  17' Sobol  27' Bezborodko  57' Karavayev  61' Ljubenović  80'	Report	Kocherhin  14', 78' Luchkevych  23' Svatok  29' Rotan  36'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Serhiy Boyko

Stal Kamianske v Zorya Luhansk

11 December 2016 18	Stal Kamianske	0–2	Zorya Luhansk	Dnipro
19:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Pashayev  7'	Report	Chaykovskyi  34' Hrechyshkin  36' Karavayev  74' Bonaventure  76'	Stadium: Meteor Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Yuriy Mozharovsky

Zorya Luhansk v Dynamo Kyiv

25 February 2017 19	Zorya Luhansk	1–2	Dynamo Kyiv	Zaporizhia
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Bonaventure  4' Opanasenko  50'  87' Ljubenović  60'	Report	Harmash  14' Vida  25' Besyedin  30'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Kostyantyn Trukhanov

Vorskla Poltava v Zorya Luhansk

4 March 2017 20	Vorskla Poltava	1–2	Zorya Luhansk	Poltava
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Chyzhov  23' Tkachuk  55' Sharpar  73' (pen.)	Report	Hrechyshkin  24' Kalitvintsev  45' (pen.) Chaykovskyi  56'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 2,532 Referee: Anatoliy Abdula

Zorya Luhansk v Shakhtar Donetsk

12 March 2017 21	Zorya Luhansk	1–2	Shakhtar Donetsk	Kharkiv
19:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Kharatin  40',  60' Chaykovskyi  44'	Report	Srna  22' Bernard  26' Kucher  78' Malyshev  88' Taison  90+2'	Stadium: Metalist OSC Attendance: 8,209 Referee: Oleksandr Derdo

Volyn Lutsk v Zorya Luhansk

19 March 2017 22	Volyn Lutsk	0–1	Zorya Luhansk	Lutsk
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Shapoval  6' Goropevšek  8' Teterenko  45' Roman Nykytyuk  90'	Report	Sobol  59' Rafael Forster  90' (pen.)	Stadium: Avanhard Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Anatoliy Zhabchenko

Zorya Luhansk v Shakhtar Donetsk

2 April 2017 23	Zorya Luhansk	1–2	Shakhtar Donetsk	Zaporizhia
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Sukhotskyi  16' Bonaventure  31' Checher  44' Chaykovskyi  81'	Report	Ordets  13' Blanco Leschuk  36' Ismaily  54' Rakitskiy  56'  87' Taison  63' Srna  70' Malyshev  90+2' Pyatov  90+4'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Dmytro Kutakov

FC Oleksandriya v Zorya Luhansk

9 April 2017 24	FC Oleksandriya	0–0	Zorya Luhansk	Oleksandriya
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Siminin  60' Hrytsuk  68' Levanidov  69'	Report	Hordiyenko  36' Pylyavskyi  68' Rafael Forster  90+2'	Stadium: CSC Nika Attendance: 2,089 Referee: Oleksandr Derdo

Zorya Luhansk v Dynamo Kyiv

14 April 2017 25	Zorya Luhansk	0–1	Dynamo Kyiv	Zaporizhia
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Rafael Forster  60'	Report	Harmash  39' Shepelyev  69' Pantić  70'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 7,497 Referee: Anatoliy Zhabchenko

Zorya Luhansk v Chornomorets Odesa

23 April 2017 26	Zorya Luhansk	1–2	Chornomorets Odesa	Zaporizhia
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Hrechyshkin  18' Rafael Forster  51' (pen.)	Report	Korkishko  15', 57' (pen.),  90+1' Andriyevskyi  80'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Anatoliy Abdula

Olimpik Donetsk v Zorya Luhansk

30 April 2017 27	Olimpik Donetsk	1–1	Zorya Luhansk	Kyiv
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Fedoriv  61' Nyemchaninov  75' Tsymbalyuk  81'	Report	Paulinho  17' Hordiyenko  18'  90' Hrechyshkin  49' Pylyavskyi  80'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 1,138 Referee: Yevhen Aranovsky

Shakhtar Donetsk v Zorya Luhansk

6 May 2017 28	Shakhtar Donetsk	3–2	Zorya Luhansk	Kharkiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Ferreyra  38' Ismaily  52' Ordets  55' Marlos  74'	Report	Opanasenko  37' Kharatin  43',  80' Babenko  86' Bonaventure  88' Pylyavskyi  90+3'	Stadium: Metalist OSC Attendance: 13,157 Referee: Yuriy Mozharovsky

Zorya Luhansk v FC Oleksandriya

13 May 2017 29	Zorya Luhansk	1–0	FC Oleksandriya	Zaporizhia
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Rafael Forster  51' (pen.) Sobol  84' Petryak  89'	Report	Kulish  10' Banada  24' Novak  40' Myahkov  50' Hitchenko  51'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Dmytro Kutakov

Dynamo Kyiv v Zorya Luhansk

21 May 2017 30	Dynamo Kyiv	1–2	Zorya Luhansk	Kyiv
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Ochigava  14' Morozyuk  17' Koval  58'	Report	Rafael Forster  17' Checher  36' Bonaventure  57' Hrechyshkin  60' Petryak  69' Ljubenović  71' Babenko  86'	Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 8,193 Referee: Kateryna Monzul

Chornomorets Odesa v Zorya Luhansk

26 May 2017 31	Chornomorets Odesa	0–1	Zorya Luhansk	Odesa
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kovalets  27'  43' Andriyevskyi  64' Korkishko  66' Tretyakov  84'	Report	Paulinho  1' Kharatin  24' Bonaventure  43' Opanasenko  60' Checher  62'	Stadium: Chornomorets Stadium Attendance: 4,700 Referee: Yuriy Mozharovsky

Zorya Luhansk v Olimpik Donetsk

31 May 2017 32	Zorya Luhansk	2–0	Olimpik Donetsk	Zaporizhia
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Sobol  27' Petryak  80' Paulinho  83'	[ Report]	Fedoriv  37'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Mykola Balakin

Ukrainian Cup

Main article: 2016–17 Ukrainian Cup

Dynamo Kyiv v Zorya Luhansk

26 October 2016 Round of 16 (1/8)	Dynamo Kyiv	5–2	Zorya Luhansk	Kyiv
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	González  14', 97' Khacheridi  59' Ochigava  64' Tsyhankov  65' Antunes  84' Moraes  100' (pen.), 119'	Report	Lipartia  5' Rafael Forster  22' (pen.) Sobol  32' Kharatin  45+2' Dennis  56' Sivakov  57',  89' Hrechyshkin  85'	Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 5,375 Referee: Anatoliy Zhabchenko

Europa League

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FEN	MU	FEY	ZOR
1	Fenerbahçe	6	4	1	1	8	6	+2	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–1	1–0	2–0
2	Manchester United	6	4	0	2	12	4	+8	12			4–1	—	4–0	1–0
3	Feyenoord	6	2	1	3	3	7	−4	7			0–1	1–0	—	1–0
4	Zorya Luhansk	6	0	2	4	2	8	−6	2			1–1	0–2	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Zorya Luhansk v Fenerbahçe

15 September 2016 1	Zorya Luhansk	1–1	Fenerbahçe	Odesa
20:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Chaykovskyi  42' Hrechyshkin  52' Paulinho  90+5'	Report	Kjær  90+5'	Stadium: Chornomorets Stadium Attendance: 16,000 Referee: István Kovács

Manchester United v Zorya Luhansk

29 September 2016 2	Manchester United	1–0	Zorya Luhansk	Manchester
22:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Bailly  63' Ibrahimović  69'	Report	Kamenyuka  90'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 58,179 Referee: Orel Grinfeld

Feyenoord v Zorya Luhansk

20 October 2016 3	Feyenoord	1–0	Zorya Luhansk	Rotterdam
22:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Jørgensen  55'	Report	Lipartia  73' Kamenyuka  86'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Andris Treimanis

Zorya Luhansk v Feyenoord

3 November 2016 4	Zorya Luhansk	1–1	Feyenoord	Odesa
	Rafael Forster  44' Petryak  61'	Report	Jørgensen  15' Vejinović  37' Botteghin  42'  43' Bilal Başaçıkoğlu  73' Tapia  76'	Stadium: Chornomorets Stadium Attendance: 16,855 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

Fenerbahçe v Zorya Luhansk

24 November 2016 5	Fenerbahçe	2–0	Zorya Luhansk	Istanbul
	Stoch  59' Kjær  67' Škrtel  90+1'	Report	Bonaventure  66' Sobol  75'  90+2'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 16,145 Referee: Harald Lechner

Zorya Luhansk v Manchester United

8 December 2016 6	Zorya Luhansk	0–2	Manchester United	Odesa
		Report	Mkhitaryan  48' Ander Herrera  83' Ibrahimović  88' Bailly  90'	Stadium: Chornomorets Stadium Referee: Tamás Bognar

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		Oleksiy Shevchenko	31	0	25	0	1	0	5	0
77	GK		Oleh Chuvayev	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
91	GK		Ihor Levchenko	7	0	6	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF		Artem Sukhotskyi	19	1	15+2	1	1	0	1	0
5	DF		Artem Hordiyenko	24	2	18+2	2	0+1	0	1+2	0
12	DF		Rafael Forster	32	8	25	6	1	1	6	1
16	DF		Hryhoriy Yarmash	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF		Mykhaylo Shershen	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
39	DF		Yevhen Opanasenko	26	1	18+3	1	1	0	2+2	0
44	DF		Vyacheslav Checher	15	1	15	1	0	0	0	0
95	DF		Eduard Sobol	27	1	14+7	1	1	0	5	0
99	DF		Andriy Pylyavskyi	7	0	6+1	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF		Ihor Chaykovskyi	23	1	18	1	0	0	5	0
6	MF		Mykyta Kamenyuka	20	0	14+1	0	0	0	4+1	0
7	MF		Ivan Petryak	34	5	24+4	5	0	0	6	0
8	MF		Ihor Kharatin	24	2	15+4	2	1	0	3+1	0
10	MF		Jaba Lipartia	31	0	17+10	0	1	0	1+2	0
15	MF		Vladyslav Kalitvintsev	9	1	7+2	1	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Gegham Kadymyan	4	0	0+4	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Željko Ljubenović	33	3	13+14	3	0+1	0	4+1	0
24	MF		Dmytro Hrechyshkin	31	2	21+3	1	1	0	5+1	1
36	MF		Ruslan Babenko	4	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW		Vladyslav Kulach	19	2	6+8	2	0	0	4+1	0
11	FW		Paulinho	37	3	19+12	3	0+1	0	0+5	0
21	FW		Denys Bezborodko	7	1	3+3	1	0	0	1	0
42	FW		Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis	26	6	19+3	6	1	0	1+2	0
Players transferred out during the season
3	MF		Mikhail Sivakow	20	1	13+1	0	1	1	5	0
17	FW		Yaroslav Kvasov	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF		Oleksandr Karavayev	24	6	16+1	6	1	0	6	0
27	DF		Yevhen Tkachuk	2	1	1+1	1	0	0	0	0

Source: Competitions

Last updated: 31 May 2017

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Premier League	Cup	Europa League	Total
1	12	DF		Rafael Forster	6	1	1	8
2	20	MF		Oleksandr Karavayev	6	0	0	6
2	44	FW		Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis	6	0	0	6
4	7	MF		Ivan Petryak	5	0	0	5
5	11	FW		Paulinho	3	0	0	3
5	22	MF		Željko Ljubenović	3	0	0	3
7	5	DF		Artem Hordiyenko	2	0	0	2
7	8	MF		Ihor Kharatin	2	0	0	2
7	9	FW		Vladyslav Kulach	2	0	0	2
7	24	MF		Dmytro Hrechyshkin	1	0	1	2
11	2	DF		Artem Sukhotskyi	1	0	0	1
11	3	MF		Mikhail Sivakow	0	1	0	1
11	4	MF		Ihor Chaykovskyi	1	0	0	1
11	15	MF		Vladyslav Kalitvintsev	1	0	0	1
11	21	FW		Denys Bezborodko	1	0	0	1
11	27	DF		Yevhen Tkachuk	1	0	0	1
11	39	DF		Yevhen Opanasenko	1	0	0	1
11	44	DF		Vyacheslav Checher	1	0	0	1
11	95	DF		Eduard Sobol	1	0	0	1

Last updated: 31 May 2017

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Premier League	Cup	Europa League	Total
1	1	GK		Oleksiy Shevchenko	10	0	0	10
2	91	GK		Ihor Levchenko	2	0	0	2
3	77	GK		Oleh Chuvayev	1	0	0	1

Last updated: 31 May 2017

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Premier League			Cup			Europa League			Total
1	GK		Oleksiy Shevchenko	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	DF		Artem Sukhotskyi	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
3	MF		Mikhail Sivakow	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
4	MF		Ihor Chaykovskyi	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0
5	DF		Artem Hordiyenko	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
6	MF		Mykyta Kamenyuka	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0
7	MF		Ivan Petryak	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
8	MF		Ihor Kharatin	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
9	FW		Vladyslav Kulach	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
10	MF		Jaba Lipartia	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
11	FW		Paulinho	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
12	DF		Rafael Forster	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
16	DF		Hryhoriy Yarmash	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
20	MF		Oleksandr Karavayev	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
22	MF		Željko Ljubenović	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
24	MF		Dmytro Hrechyshkin	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0
27	DF		Yevhen Tkachuk	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
36	MF		Ruslan Babenko	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
39	DF		Yevhen Opanasenko	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
42	FW		Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
44	DF		Vyacheslav Checher	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
95	DF		Eduard Sobol	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	0
99	DF		Andriy Pylyavskyi	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0

Last updated: 31 May 2017

References

1. "Олег Чуваев в "Заре"!" (in Russian). 15 July 2016.
2. "Игорь Харатин – игрок "Зари"" (in Russian). 25 August 2016.
3. "Зоря оголосила про оренду Гречишкіна і Кулача" (in Ukrainian). 24 June 2016.
4. "Иван Петряк и Эдуард Соболь присоединились к "Заре"!" (in Russian). 3 July 2016.
5. "Руслан Бабенко – игрок "Зари"" (in Russian). 11 December 2016.
6. "Гегам Кадимян - игрок "Зари"!" (in Russian). 16 January 2017.
7. "Анджело Качавенда – игрок "Зари"" (in Russian). 23 January 2017.
8. "Владислав Калитвинцев – игрок "Зари"!" (in Russian). 1 February 2017.
9. "Андрей Пилявский присоединился к "Заре"" (in Russian). 22 February 2017.
10. "Ильичевец заключил контракт с Дорошенко" (in Russian). 17 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-12. Retrieved 2016-10-29.
11. "ФК "Оренбург" подписал контракт с защитником Михаилом Сиваковым" (in Russian). 19 January 2017.
12. "იაროსლავ კვასოვი "დინამოელია"" (in Georgian). 23 February 2017. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
13. ""Иртыш" заключил контракт с украинским защитником Евгением Ткачуком" (in Russian). 25 February 2017.
14. "Максим Банасевич - "сіверянин" на три роки" (in Ukrainian). 2 March 2017.
15. "Александр Караваев станет игроком "Фенербахче"" (in Russian). 31 December 2016.
16. ""Авангард" (Краматорск). Сезон 16/17. Представляем новичка. Андрей Полтавцев" (in Russian). 2 March 2017.
17. 2016-17 season's regulations

External links

• Official website