2015–16 FC Karpaty Lviv season

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Petro Dyminsky
ManagerUkraine Volodymyr Bezubyak
StadiumUkraina Stadium and Arena Lviv, Lviv
Premier League7th
Ukrainian CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague: Artur Karnoza (4)
All: Artur Karnoza (4)
Highest home attendance14,656 vs Dynamo
11 March 2016
Lowest home attendance1,000 vs Vorskla
18 October 2015

The 2015–16 FC Karpaty Lviv season was the 53rd season in club history.

Review and events

On 17 June 2015 FC Karpaty gathered at club's base for medical inspection after vacations. On 23 June 2015 Karpaty went for two week long pre-season training camp in Slovenia with six friendly matches planned.[1]

Competitions

Friendly matches

Pre-season

25 June 2015 (2015-06-25) Friendly match
Karpaty Lviv
Krško, Slovenia
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Parker 20'
Orlandić 34'
Katai 37'
Jović 86'
Report Plastun 25' Stadium: Matija Gubec Stadium
Referee: Dejan Budić (Slovenia)
Split Croatia v Karpaty Lviv
28 June 2015 (2015-06-28) Friendly match Split Croatia 0–0 Karpaty Lviv Krško, Slovenia
17:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Matija Gubec Stadium
3 July 2015 (2015-07-03) Friendly match Voždovac Serbia 1–2 Karpaty Lviv Čatež ob Savi, Slovenia
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Sikimić 25' Report Daushvili 10'
Hladkyi 75'
Stadium: Pitch of Terme Hotel
Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina v Karpaty Lviv
7 July 2015 (2015-07-07) Friendly match Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–3 Karpaty Lviv Krško, Slovenia
10:00 CEST (UTC+2) Bekić 31' Report
Khudobyak 43'
Hutsulyak
82'
Stadium: Matija Gubec Stadium
8 July 2015 (2015-07-08) Friendly match Hrvatski Dragovoljac Croatia 1–2 Karpaty Lviv Čatež ob Savi, Slovenia
10:00 CEST (UTC+2) Cetina 84' (pen.) Report Mance 36'
Serhiychuk 89' (pen.)
Stadium: Pitch of Terme Hotel

Mid-season

FC Mykolaiv
24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) Friendly match Karpaty Lviv 2–0 FC Mykolaiv Lviv
Kozhanov
Klyots
Report Stadium: Ukraina Stadium

Winter break

28 January 2016 (2016-01-28) Friendly match
Karpaty Lviv
Antalya, Turkey
17:00 EET (UTC+2) Nepomuceno 54'
Marinescu 77'
Paolucci 85'
Report Blanco Leschuk 6' Stadium: Mardan Stadium
2 February 2016 (2016-02-02) Friendly match Slovácko Czech Republic 1–2 Karpaty Lviv Kundu, Turkey
17:00 EET (UTC+2) Kerbr 30' (pen.) Report Holodyuk 11'
Ksyonz 73'
6 February 2016 (2016-02-06) Friendly match Rudar Pljevlja Montenegro 2–2 Karpaty Lviv Antalya, Turkey
17:00 EET (UTC+2) Živković 55'
Knežević 65'
Report Blanco Leschuk 10'
Karnoza 76'
Stadium: WOW Sport Center
Attendance: 100
13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) Friendly match Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country) 3–3 Karpaty Lviv Kundu, Turkey
19:00 EET (UTC+2) Kvilitaia 28', 45'
Lobjanidze 72'
Report Blanco Leschuk 63'
Karnoza 80', 90'
17 February 2016 (2016-02-17) Friendly match Kyzyl-Zhar Kazakhstan 0–5 Karpaty Lviv Kundu, Turkey
11:00 EET (UTC+2) Report Kozhanov 14'
Hutsulyak 27'
Zaviyskyi 32', 45'
Ndoye 81' (o.g.)
17 February 2016 (2016-02-17) Friendly match Nordsjælland Denmark 2–3 Karpaty Lviv Belek, Turkey
17:00 EET (UTC+2) Kostevych 70' (o.g.)
Marcondes 75'
Report Miroshnichenko 50'
Karnoza 52' (pen.)
Blanco Leschuk 66'
20 February 2016 (2016-02-20) Friendly match Shakhter Karagandy Kazakhstan 1–1 Karpaty Lviv Kundu, Turkey
17:00 EET (UTC+2) Nurybekov 3' Report Kravets 40'
21 February 2016 (2016-02-21) Friendly match Astana Kazakhstan 1–1 Karpaty Lviv Antalya, Turkey
15:00 EET (UTC+2) Despotović 14' Report
Kadymyan
31'
Stadium: Mardan Stadium
Referee: ? (Moldova)
24 February 2016 (2016-02-24) Friendly match Okzhetpes Kazakhstan 1–2 Karpaty Lviv Kundu, Turkey
17:00 EET (UTC+2) Buleshev 71' (pen.) Report
Kadymyan 13' (pen.
), 30'
Referee: ? (Moldova)
29 February 2016 (2016-02-29) Friendly match FC Ternopil 1–4 Karpaty Lviv Ternopil
14:00 EET (UTC+2) Shevchuk 3' Report
Kadymyan 21', 27'
Blanco Leschuk 61'
Kozhanov 88' (pen.
)
Stadium:
Ternopil City Stadium

Attendance: 2,900

Mid-season 2

25 March 2016 (2016-03-25) Friendly match
Karpaty Lviv
Łęczna, Poland
14:00 CET (UTC+1) Pruchnik 45' Report Stadium:
Stadion Górnik

Premier League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 Vorskla Poltava 26 11 9 6 32 26 +6 42 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
6 FC Oleksandriya 26 10 8 8 30 29 +1 38
7 Karpaty Lviv 26 8 6 12 26 37 −11 30
8
Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk
26 7 8 11 22 31 −9 29
9 Olimpik Donetsk 26 6 7 13 22 35 −13 25
Source: uafootball.net.ua
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) Fairplay ranking; 8) Draw.[2]

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
25 7 6 12 26 37  −11 27 5 3 5 20 15  +5 2 3 7 6 22  −16

Matches

18 July 2015 (2015-07-18) 1
Karpaty Lviv
Kharkiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Pryyomov 45+2' (pen.), 76' Report Stadium:
Metalist Stadium

Attendance: 5,160
Referee: Oleksandr Derdo
25 July 2015 (2015-07-25) 2 Karpaty Lviv 1–0
Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk
Lviv
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Karnoza 87' (pen.) Report Stadium: Ukraina Stadium
Attendance: 4,226
Referee: Oleksandr Ivanov
1 August 2015 (2015-08-01) 3 Olimpik Donetsk 0–1 Karpaty Lviv Kyiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Kozhanov 20' Stadium: Bannikov Stadium
Attendance: 800
Referee: Oleksandr Holovkov
8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) 4 Karpaty Lviv 4–0 Chornomorets Odesa Lviv
19:30 EEST (UTC+3) Karnoza 5'
Holodyuk 19'
Strashkevych 75'
Daushvili 90+2' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Ukraina Stadium
Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Serhiy Berezka
15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 5 Dynamo Kyiv 3–0 Karpaty Lviv Kyiv
19:30 EEST (UTC+3) Veloso 22'
Yarmolenko 53'
Moraes 72'
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 17,476
Referee: Yuriy Vaks
30 August 2015 (2015-08-30) 6
Dnipropetrovsk
19:30 EEST (UTC+3) Seleznyov 81', 88' Report Stadium:
Dnipro Arena

Attendance: 12,169
Referee: Anatoliy Abdula
13 September 2015 (2015-09-13) 7 Karpaty Lviv 1–1 Zorya Luhansk Lviv
19:30 EEST (UTC+3) Khudobyak 67' Report Karavayev 12' Stadium: Ukraina Stadium
Attendance: 7,328
Referee: Anatoliy Zhabchenko
20 September 2015 (2015-09-20) 8
Oleksandriya
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Ponomar 19', 54'
Hrytsuk 52'
Banada 73'
Report Strashkevych 64' Stadium: Nika Stadium
Attendance: 3,488
Referee: Vitaliy Romanov
27 September 2015 (2015-09-27) 9 Karpaty Lviv 0–2 Volyn Lutsk Lviv
19:30 EEST (UTC+3) Report
Kravchenko 27'
Hitchenko 79' (o.g.
)
Stadium: Ukraina Stadium
Attendance: 4,848
Referee: Yuriy Moseychuk
4 October 2015 (2015-10-04) 10 Hoverla Uzhhorod 0–2 Karpaty Lviv Uzhhorod
14:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Savchenko 4' (o.g.)
Plastun 40'
Stadium: Avanhard Stadium
Attendance: 2,706
Referee: Oleksandr Ivanov
18 October 2015 (2015-10-18) 11 Karpaty Lviv 1–3 Vorskla Poltava Lviv
19:30 EEST (UTC+3) Tursunov 4' (o.g.) Report Barannik 38', 49'
A.Tkachuk 72'
Stadium: Ukraina Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Oleksandr Derdo
31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 13 Karpaty Lviv 1–0
Metalurh Zaporizhya
Lviv
19:30 EET (UTC+2) Kostevych 41' Report Stadium: Ukraina Stadium
Attendance: 2,362
Referee: Ivan Bondar
7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) 14 Karpaty Lviv 1–1 Metalist Kharkiv Lviv
17:00 EET (UTC+2) Holodyuk 56' Report Pryyomov 41' Stadium: Ukraina Stadium
Attendance: 3,820
Referee: Vitaliy Romanov
22 November 2015 (2015-11-22) 15
Dnipropetrovsk
17:00 EET (UTC+2) Adamyuk 25' Report Hutsulyak 57' Stadium: Meteor Stadium
Attendance: 900
Referee: Yevhen Aranovskyi
28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 16 Karpaty Lviv 4–1 Olimpik Donetsk Lviv
14:00 EET (UTC+2) Kozhanov 15' (pen.)
Chachua 20'
Khudobyak 76'
Klyots 90'
Report Matyazh 27' Stadium: Ukraina Stadium
Attendance: 1,870
Referee: Oleksandr Derdo
3 December 2015 (2015-12-03) 12
Odesa
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Ismaily 85'
Teixeira
88'
Report Stadium: Chornomorets Stadium
Attendance: 2,837
Referee: Serhiy Berezka
5 March 2016 (2016-03-05) 17
Odesa
14:00 EET (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Chornomorets Stadium
Attendance: 7,022
Referee: Ivan Bondar
11 March 2016 (2016-03-11) 18 Karpaty Lviv 1–2 Dynamo Kyiv Lviv
20:00 EET (UTC+2) Chachua 27' Report Teodorczyk 55'
Yarmolenko 64'
Stadium: Arena Lviv
Attendance: 14,656
Referee: Kostyantyn Trukhanov
20 March 2016 (2016-03-20) 19 Karpaty Lviv 0–1
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Lviv
17:00 EET (UTC+2) Report
Zozulya
62'
Stadium: Arena Lviv
Attendance: 8,451
Referee: Anatoliy Abdula
2 April 2016 (2016-04-02) 20
Zaporizhya
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Ljubenović 5'
Budkivskyi 21'
Totovytskyi 43'
Chaykovskyi 61'
Report Okechukwu 38' Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 900
Referee: Yuriy Vaks
10 April 2016 (2016-04-10) 21 Karpaty Lviv 2–2 FC Oleksandriya Lviv
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Karnoza 73', 90+5' Report Ponomar 70'
Chorniy 75'
Stadium: Arena Lviv
Attendance: 3,556
Referee: Yevhen Aranovskyi
17 April 2016 (2016-04-17) 22 Volyn Lutsk 0–0 Karpaty Lviv Lutsk
14:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Avanhard Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Serhiy Berezka
23 April 2016 (2016-04-23) 23 Karpaty Lviv 3–0 Hoverla Uzhhorod Lviv
14:00 EEST (UTC+3) Miroshnichenko 36'
Hutsulyak 48'
Blanco Leschuk 75'
Report Stadium: Arena Lviv
Attendance: 2,128
Referee: Kateryna Monzul'
30 April 2016 (2016-04-30) 24 Vorskla Poltava 3–0 Karpaty Lviv Poltava
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Sklyar 37'
Khlyobas 67'
Kolomoyets 86'
Report Stadium:
Butovskyi Vorskla Stadium

Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Kostyantyn Trukhanov
8 May 2016 (2016-05-08) 25 Karpaty Lviv 1–2 Shakhtar Donetsk Lviv
19:30 EEST (UTC+3) Blanco Leschuk 36' Report Hitchenko 64' (o.g.)
Marlos 88' (pen.)
Stadium: Arena Lviv
Referee: Mykola Balakin
15 May 2016 (2016-05-15) 26
Zaporizhya
Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
  • Metalurh Zaporizhya was expelled from the competition during the season. Victory awarded to Karpaty Lviv

Ukrainian Cup

Squad information

Squad and statistics

Squad, appearances and goals

As of 8 May 2016
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League Ukrainian Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Ukraine UKR Roman Pidkivka 4 0 3 0 1 0
3 DF Ukraine UKR Vasyl Kravets 16 0 8+7 0 0+1 0
5 DF Ukraine UKR Andriy Hitchenko 21 0 19+1 0 1 0
7 MF Ukraine UKR Pavlo Ksyonz 19 0 16+2 0 1 0
8 DF Ukraine UKR Volodymyr Kostevych 25 1 23+1 1 1 0
9 MF Ukraine UKR Denys Kozhanov 18 2 14+3 2 1 0
10 MF Ukraine UKR Artur Karnoza 21 4 13+7 4 0+1 0
11 MF Ukraine UKR Ambrosiy Chachua 17 3 10+6 2 1 1
16 MF Ukraine UKR
Ihor Khudobyak
24 2 22+1 2 1 0
17 MF Ukraine UKR Oleh Holodyuk 24 2 23 2 1 0
18 MF Ukraine UKR Dmytro Klyots 18 1 6+12 1 0 0
21 DF Ukraine UKR Yevhen Neplyakh 1 0 1 0 0 0
23 GK Ukraine UKR Roman Mysak 22 0 22 0 0 0
26 DF Ukraine UKR Artur Novotryasov 13 0 10+3 0 0 0
27 MF Ukraine UKR Vadym Strashkevych 12 2 3+8 2 0+1 0
29 FW Argentina ARG Gustavo Blanco Leschuk 9 2 9 2 0 0
32 DF Ukraine UKR Ihor Plastun (C) 26 1 25 1 1 0
77 MF Georgia (country) GEO Murtaz Daushvili 19 1 12+6 1 1 0
79 DF Ukraine UKR Andriy Markovych 2 0 2 0 0 0
92 FW Armenia ARM
Heham Kadymyan
8 0 8 0 0 0
94 DF Ukraine UKR Denys Miroshnichenko 24 1 22+1 1 1 0
97 FW Ukraine UKR Oleksiy Hutsulyak 15 2 3+12 2 0 0
98 FW Nigeria NGA Gabriel Okechukwu 4 1 1+3 1 0 0
Players featured for Karpaty but left before the end of the season:
35 FW Ukraine UKR Maryan Shved 2 0 0+2 0 0 0

Goalscorers

As of 8 May 2016
Place Position Nation Number Name Premier League Ukrainian Cup Total
1 MF Ukraine 10 Artur Karnoza 4 0 4
2 MF Ukraine 11 Ambrosiy Chachua 2 1 3
3 MF Ukraine 27 Vadym Strashkevych 2 0 2
MF Ukraine 17 Oleh Holodyuk 2 0 2
MF Ukraine 9 Denys Kozhanov 2 0 2
MF Ukraine 16 Ihor Khudobyak 2 0 2
FW Ukraine 97 Oleksiy Hutsulyak 2 0 2
FW Argentina 29 Gustavo Blanco Leschuk 2 0 2
Own goal 2 0 2
10
MF Georgia (country) 77 Murtaz Daushvili 1 0 1
DF Ukraine 32 Ihor Plastun 1 0 1
DF Ukraine 8 Volodymyr Kostevych 1 0 1
MF Ukraine 18 Dmytro Klyots 1 0 1
FW Nigeria 98 Gabriel Okechukwu 1 0 1
DF Ukraine 94 Denys Miroshnichenko 1 0 1
TOTALS 26 1 27

Disciplinary record

As of 8 May 2016
Number Nation Position Name Total Premier League Ukrainian Cup
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
3 Ukraine DF Vasyl Kravets 4 0 4 0 0 0
5 Ukraine DF Andriy Hitchenko 5 1 4 1 1 0
8 Ukraine DF Volodymyr Kostevych 4 0 3 0 1 0
9 Ukraine MF Denys Kozhanov 2 0 2 0 0 0
10 Ukraine MF Artur Karnoza 3 0 3 0 0 0
11 Ukraine MF Ambrosiy Chachua 4 0 4 0 0 0
16 Ukraine MF Ihor Khudobyak 3 1 2 1 1 0
17 Ukraine MF Oleh Holodyuk 5 0 5 0 0 0
19 Ukraine MF Pavlo Ksyonz 4 0 4 0 0 0
23 Ukraine GK Roman Mysak 2 0 2 0 0 0
26 Ukraine DF Artur Novotryasov 1 0 1 0 0 0
27 Ukraine MF Vadym Strashkevych 3 0 3 0 0 0
29 Argentina FW Gustavo Blanco Leschuk 2 0 2 0 0 0
32 Ukraine DF Ihor Plastun 4 0 4 0 0 0
77 Georgia (country) MF Murtaz Daushvili 5 1 4 1 1 0
92 Armenia FW
Heham Kadymyan
2 0 2 0 0 0
94 Ukraine DF Denys Miroshnichenko 7 1 6 1 1 0
97 Ukraine FW Oleksiy Hutsulyak 3 0 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 63 4 58 4 5 0

Transfers

In

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Transfer Window Contract ends Transfer fee Sources
9 MF Ukraine Denys Kozhanov 28 Shakhtar Donetsk Loan Summer 31 December 2015 [3]
29 FW Argentina Gustavo Blanco Leschuk 24 Sweden Assyriska End of contract Winter Free [4]
92 FW Armenia
Heham Kadymyan
23 Olimpik Donetsk End of contract Winter Free [5]
21 DF Ukraine Yevhen Neplyakh 23 Greece Platanias End of contract Winter Free [6]
98 FW Nigeria Gabriel Okechukwu 20 Free Agent Winter Free

Out

No. Pos. Nat Name Age Moving to Type Transfer Window Transfer fee Sources
35 FW Ukraine Maryan Shved 18 Spain Sevilla Atlético Transfer Summer €1 Million [7][8]
7 FW Ukraine Mykhaylo Serhiychuk 24 Hoverla Uzhhorod Loan Summer [9]

Managerial changes

Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming head coach Date of appointment
Croatia Igor Jovićević End of contract 31 December 8th Ukraine Volodymyr Bezubyak[10] 18 January

Sources

  1. ^ "Karpaty are ready for training camp". FC Karpaty Lviv. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Premier League 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Denys Kozhanov returns to Karpaty" (in Ukrainian). FC Karpaty Lviv. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Gustavo Blanco Leschuk is a Karpaty player" (in Ukrainian). FC Karpaty Lviv. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Heham Kadymyan is a Karpaty player" (in Ukrainian). FC Karpaty Lviv. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Yevhen Neplyakh is a player of FC Karpaty". FC Karpaty Lviv. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  7. ^ "Karpaty have agreed terms with Sevilla for the permanent transfer of Maryan Shved". FC Karpaty Lviv. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  8. ^ "El Sevilla ficha a Shved". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  9. ^ "Mykhaylo Serhiychuk loaned to Hoverla" (in Ukrainian). FC Karpaty Lviv. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  10. ^ "Volodomyr Bezubyak became Karpaty head coach". ua-football.com (in Ukrainian). 18 January 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.