2016–17 FC Zorya Luhansk 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

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 Premier League Zorya qualified to Europa League group stage for next season.

Players

Squad information

Squad no.	Name	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

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

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'

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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'

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 for the Champions League group stage
2	Dynamo Kyiv	32	21	4	7	69	33	+36	67	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Zorya Luhansk	32	16	6	10	45	31	+14	54	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
4	Olimpik Donetsk	32	11	11	10	33	44	−11	44	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[a]
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) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Group stage

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	Advance to knockout phase	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

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

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

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

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

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

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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	UKR	Oleksiy Shevchenko	31	0	25	0	1	0	5	0
77	GK	UKR	Oleh Chuvayev	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
91	GK	UKR	Ihor Levchenko	7	0	6	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF	UKR	Artem Sukhotskyi	19	1	15+2	1	1	0	1	0
5	DF	UKR	Artem Hordiyenko	24	2	18+2	2	0+1	0	1+2	0
12	DF	BRA	Rafael Forster	32	8	25	6	1	1	6	1
16	DF	UKR	Hryhoriy Yarmash	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	UKR	Mykhaylo Shershen	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
39	DF	UKR	Yevhen Opanasenko	26	1	18+3	1	1	0	2+2	0
44	DF	UKR	Vyacheslav Checher	15	1	15	1	0	0	0	0
95	DF	UKR	Eduard Sobol	27	1	14+7	1	1	0	5	0
99	DF	UKR	Andriy Pylyavskyi	7	0	6+1	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF	UKR	Ihor Chaykovskyi	23	1	18	1	0	0	5	0
6	MF	UKR	Mykyta Kamenyuka	20	0	14+1	0	0	0	4+1	0
7	MF	UKR	Ivan Petryak	34	5	24+4	5	0	0	6	0
8	MF	UKR	Ihor Kharatin	24	2	15+4	2	1	0	3+1	0
10	MF	GEO	Jaba Lipartia	31	0	17+10	0	1	0	1+2	0
15	MF	UKR	Vladyslav Kalitvintsev	9	1	7+2	1	0	0	0	0
17	MF	ARM	Gegham Kadymyan	4	0	0+4	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	SRB	Željko Ljubenović	33	3	13+14	3	0+1	0	4+1	0
24	MF	UKR	Dmytro Hrechyshkin	31	2	21+3	1	1	0	5+1	1
36	MF	UKR	Ruslan Babenko	4	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	UKR	Vladyslav Kulach	19	2	6+8	2	0	0	4+1	0
11	FW	BRA	Paulinho	37	3	19+12	3	0+1	0	0+5	0
21	FW	UKR	Denys Bezborodko	7	1	3+3	1	0	0	1	0
42	FW	NGA	Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis	26	6	19+3	6	1	0	1+2	0
Players transferred out during the season
3	MF	BLR	Mikhail Sivakow	20	1	13+1	0	1	1	5	0
17	FW	UKR	Yaroslav Kvasov	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	UKR	Oleksandr Karavayev	24	6	16+1	6	1	0	6	0
27	DF	UKR	Yevhen Tkachuk	2	1	1+1	1	0	0	0	0

Source: Competitions

Last updated: 31 May 2017

Goalscorers

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

Last updated: 31 May 2017

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Player
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

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

External links

Official website

[table_note_res_ELGS0.94797130485436-17] 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.

[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. Archived from the original on 1 February 2017. Retrieved 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.

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