2017–18 FC Vorskla Poltava season

Oleksiy Butovskyi Vorskla Stadium
Ukrainian Premier League	3rd
Ukrainian Cup	Quarterfinal
Top goalscorer	League: Yuriy Kolomoyets (9); All: Yuriy Kolomoyets (10)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 season was 22nd consecutive season in the top Ukrainian football league for Vorskla Poltava. Vorskla competed in Premier League and Ukrainian Cup.

Players

Squad information

As of 31 May 2018

Squad no.	Name	Position	Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
1	Bohdan Shust	GK	(1986-03-04)4 March 1986 (aged 32)
12	Danylo Kanevtsev	GK	(1996-07-26)26 July 1996 (aged 21)
21	Oleksandr Tkachenko	GK	(1993-02-19)19 February 1993 (aged 25)
71	Yan Vichnyi ^{List B}	GK	(1997-02-27)27 February 1997 (aged 21)
Defenders
2	Andro Giorgadze ^{List B}	DF	(1996-05-03)3 May 1996 (aged 22)
5	Oleh Ostapenko ^{List B}	DF	(1997-06-11)11 June 1997 (aged 20)
17	Volodymyr Chesnakov (Captain)	DF	(1988-02-12)12 February 1988 (aged 30)
23	Vadym Sapay	DF	(1986-02-07)7 February 1986 (aged 32)
33	Oleksandr Chyzhov	DF	(1986-08-10)10 August 1986 (aged 31)
37	Oleksiy Lutsenko ^{List B}	DF	(1997-03-03)3 March 1997 (aged 21)
40	Taras Sakiv ^{List B}	DF	(1997-11-19)19 November 1997 (aged 20)
44	Ardin Dallku	DF	(1994-11-01)1 November 1994 (aged 23)
55	Ihor Honchar	DF	(1993-01-10)10 January 1993 (aged 25)
73	Vadym Chervak ^{List B}	DF	(1999-05-27)27 May 1999 (aged 19)
Midfielders
4	Ihor Perduta	MF	(1990-11-15)15 November 1990 (aged 27)
6	Oleksandr Sklyar	MF	(1991-02-26)26 February 1991 (aged 27)
7	Gegham Kadymyan	MF	(1992-10-19)19 October 1992 (aged 25)
11	Vyacheslav Sharpar	MF	(1987-06-02)2 June 1987 (aged 30)
19	Volodymyr Odaryuk	MF	(1994-02-13)13 February 1994 (aged 24)
27	Vladyslav Sydorenko ^{List B}	MF	(1997-10-24)24 October 1997 (aged 20)
29	Dmytro Kravchenko	MF	(1995-02-25)25 February 1995 (aged 23)
30	Aleksandre Kobakhidze	MF	(1987-02-11)11 February 1987 (aged 31)
35	Oleksandr Maksymenko ^{List B}	MF	(1997-02-17)17 February 1997 (aged 21)
38	Serhiy Kosovskyi ^{List B}	MF	(1998-05-19)19 May 1998 (aged 20)
82	Pavlo Rebenok	MF	(1985-07-23)23 July 1985 (aged 32)
95	Yuriy Hluschuk	MF	(1995-01-16)16 January 1995 (aged 23)
Forwards
9	Mykhaylo Serhiychuk	FW	(1991-07-29)29 July 1991 (aged 26)
10	Vladyslav Kulach (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)	FW	(1993-05-07)7 May 1993 (aged 25)
25	Dmytro Shapoval ^{List B}	FW	(1996-06-17)17 June 1996 (aged 21)
26	Yuriy Kolomoyets	FW	(1990-03-22)22 March 1990 (aged 28)
77	Denys Vasin	FW	(1989-03-04)4 March 1989 (aged 29)

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Type	Fee	Source
Summer
23 June 2017	FW	Yuriy Kolomoyets	27	MTK Budapest	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[1]
25 June 2017	MF	Gegham Kadymyan	24	Zorya Luhansk	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[2]
11 July 2017	DF	Andro Giorgadze	21	Merani Martvili	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[3]
1 September 2017	DF	Aleksandre Kobakhidze	30	Göztepe	Transfer	Free	^[4]
1 June 2017	GK	Oleksandr Tkachenko	24	Hirnyk-Sport	Loan return
15 June 2017	FW	Vladyslav Kulach	24	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan		^[5]
3 July 2017	DF	Mykola Matviyenko	21	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan		^[6]
Winter
11 January 2018	FW	Denys Vasin	28	Chornomorets Odesa	Transfer	Free	^[7]
17 January 2018	GK	Danylo Kanevtsev	21	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[8]
26 January 2018	DF	Ihor Honchar	25	Unattached	Transfer	Free	^[9]
13 February 2018	MF	Yuriy Hluschuk	23	Shakhtar Donetsk	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[10]
5 March 2018	FW	Mykhaylo Serhiychuk	26	Veres Rivne	Transfer	Free	^[11]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Type	Fee	Source
Summer
14 July 2017	FW	Oleh Barannik	25	FC Poltava	Transfer	Free	^[12]
28 July 2017	MF	Bohdan Melnyk	20	Kisvárda FC	Transfer	Free
21 September 2017	FW	Yevhen Zarichnyuk	25	MFC Mykolaiv	Transfer	Free	^[13]
26 July 2017	MF	Serhiy Ichanskyi	21	Cherkaskyi Dnipro	Transfer / Loan ?	Undisclosed	^[14]
11 August 2017	DF	Mykola Kvasnyi	22	PFC Sumy	Transfer / Loan ?	Undisclosed	^[15]
1 July 2017	DF	Serhiy Myakushko	24	Dynamo Kyiv	Loan return
1 July 2017	FW	Dmytro Khlyobas	23	Dynamo Kyiv	Loan return		^[16]
Winter
21 January 2018	MF	Andriy Tkachuk	30	Akzhayik	Transfer	Free	^[17]
20 February 2018	FW	Mykhaylo Udod	21	Avanhard Kramatorsk	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[18]
10 February 2018	GK	Bohdan Sarnavskyi	22	Veres Rivne	Transfer	Free	^[19]
1 March 2018	DF	Roman Kunyev	26	Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	Transfer	Free	^[20]
1 January 2018	FW	Artur Zahorulko	24	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan return		^[21]
1 January 201	DF	Mykola Matviyenko	21	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan		^[22]

Pre-season and friendlies

22 June 2017 Friendly	FC Poltava	0–0	Vorskla Poltava	Poltava
15:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report		Stadium: Lokomotyv Stadium

28 June 2017 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	1–1	FC Voluntari	Slovenia
18:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Sharpar 20'	Report	Pîrcălabu 74'

1 July 2017 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	2–1	NK Rudeš	Slovenia
18:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	61' (o.g.) Kravchenko 81'	Report	Kamenar 21'

5 July 2017 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	1–1	Istra 1961	Rogatec, Slovenia
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Sharpar 29'	Report	Mitrevski 67'

8 July 2017 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	Cancelled	NK Celje	Slovenia
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report

7 July 2017 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	0–1	Dinamo Zagreb	Murska Sobota, Slovenia
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report	Hodžić 12'	Stadium: Fazanerija City Stadium

8 October 2017 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	2–3	FC Oleksandriya	Poltava
15:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Sharpar 59' Tkachuk 75'	Report	Sitalo 48', 62' Kozak 50'	Stadium: Ltava Stadium

13 November 2017 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	5–2	PFC Sumy	Poltava
13:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Kobakhidze 12', 42' Sharpar 21' (pen.) Giorgadze 29' Zahorulko 57' (pen.)	Report	Bushman 45' Shtanko 75' (pen.)	Stadium: Ltava Stadium Attendance: 100

13 January 2018 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	2–1	Nasaf Qarshi	Side, Turkey
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Kadymyan 63', 86'	Report	Mukhiddinov 75'

17 January 2018 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	2–1	Spartak Trnava	Antalya, Turkey
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Kadymyan 32' Odaryuk 77'	Report	Hladík 43'	Stadium: Topkapi

20 January 2018 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	2–1	Jagiellonia Białystok	Belek, Turkey
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Sharpar 30' Odaryuk 62'	Report	Sheridan 40'

24 January 2018 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	2–1	Arka Gdynia	Manavgat, Turkey
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Rebenok 9' Vasin 54'	Report	Kun 79'	Stadium: Hane hotel complex

30 January 2018 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	3–2	Napredak Kruševac	Çolaklı, Turkey
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Kulach 9' Giorgadze 54' Kobakhidze 54'	Report	Zec 79' Vukanović 54'

2 February 2018 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	4–1	Dinamo Tbilisi	Turkey
14:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Sharpar 31' (pen.) Chesnakov 65' Kulach 68' Giorgadze 81'	Report	Zivzivadze 10'

7 February 2018 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	1–3	Paks	Turkey
16:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Kulach 31' (pen.)	Report	Haraszti 21' (pen.) Szakály 56' Bertus 80'

10 February 2018 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	0–1	Kisvárda	Çolaklı, Turkey
10:00 EET (UTC+02:00)		Report	Lucas 13'

10 February 2018 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	2–1	Žalgiris Vilnius	Çolaklı, Turkey
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Kobakhidze 13' Rebenok 41'	Report	Nyuiadzi 20'

25 March 2018 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	4–4	SC Dnipro-1	Kopyly
11:35 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kolomoyets 9' Ostapenko 34' Serhiychuk 44' Rebenok 45'	Report	Sula 62', 75' Memeshev 72' Lohinov 89'	Stadium: Vorskla train base Attendance: 150

Competitions

Overall

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	18 July 2017	20 May 2018	Matchday 1	3rd	32	14	7	11	37	35	+2	043.75
Cup	20 September 2017	29 November 2017	Round 3 (1/16)	Quarterfinal	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	066.67
Total					35	16	7	12	42	37	+5	045.71

Last updated: 20 May 2018
Source: Competitions

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shakhtar Donetsk (C)	32	24	3	5	71	24	+47	75	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Dynamo Kyiv	32	22	7	3	64	25	+39	73	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Vorskla Poltava	32	14	7	11	37	35	+2	49	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
4	Zorya Luhansk	32	11	10	11	44	44	0	43	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[a]
5	FC Mariupol	32	10	9	13	38	41	−3	39	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[a]

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.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c 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.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	1–5	Desna Chernihiv	1–1	0–4
Chornomorets Odesa	1–3	FC Poltava	1–0	0–3 ( a.e.t. )

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	14	7	11	37	35	+2	49	7	5	4	15	14	+1	7	2	7	22	21	+1

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	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	L	L	D	D	W
Position	12	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

Matches

18 July 2017 1	Vorskla Poltava	0–3	Shakhtar Donetsk	Poltava
18:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Sklyar 20' Sapay 64' Chyzhov 87'	Report	Ferreyra 27' Marlos 66' Kryvtsov 75' Alan Patrick 90+3'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk

23 July 2017 2	Karpaty Lviv	1–3	Vorskla Poltava	Lviv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Pereyra 65' Arqués 90+3'	Report	Kolomoyets 5' Chesnakov 15' Sharpar 49', 62' Sklyar 80' Odaryuk 86', 90+1'	Stadium: Ukraina Stadium Attendance: 6,893 Referee: Ihor Paskhal

29 July 2017 3	Vorskla Poltava	2–1	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Poltava
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Hovhannisyan 19' (o.g.) Perduta 81' Zahorulko 85'	Report	Eseola 77' Panfilov 90+3'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Dmytro Bondarenko

6 August 2017 4	Vorskla Poltava	0–0	Dynamo Kyiv	Poltava
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Sharpar 51' Sklyar 73' Perduta 89'	Report	Sydorchuk 63' Khacheridi 71' Buyalskyi 89' Kędziora 90'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Anatoliy Abdula

12 August 2017 5	Stal Kamianske	0–1	Vorskla Poltava	Kyiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Yakymiv 90'	Report	Sharpar 35' Kravchenko 62' Dallku 90+1'	Stadium: Obolon Arena Attendance: 1,250 Referee: Oleksandr Derdo

20 August 2017 6	Vorskla Poltava	1–0	FC Mariupol	Poltava
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Sklyar 66' Chyzhov 72', 82'	Report	Nasonov 56' Koltsov 71' Rudyka 79'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Serhiy Berezka

27 August 2017 7	Oleksandriya
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kalenchuk 76'	Report	Rebenok 28' Dallku 72' Sharpar 74' Tkachenko 90+3'	Stadium: CSC Nika Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Mykola Kryvonosov

9 September 2017 8	Vorskla Poltava	1–1	Olimpik Donetsk	Poltava
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kravchenko 1' Sklyar 26' Kolomoyets 74' Chesnakov 90+1'	Report	Ochigava 35' Shabanov 75' Brikner 90+3'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ihor Paskhal

16 September 2017 9	Veres Rivne	1–0	Vorskla Poltava	Lviv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Yevhen Pasich 65' Voloshynovych 67' Bandura 90+4'	Report	Chyzhov 26' Kolomoyets 50' Perduta 77'	Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 1,138 Referee: Denys Shurman

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

1 October 2017 11	Chornomorets Odesa	0–3	Vorskla Poltava	Odesa
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report	Kadymyan 77' Sklyar 77' Kolomoyets 80' Tkachenko 83'	Stadium: Chornomorets Stadium Attendance: 4,562 Referee: Kostyantyn Trukhanov

13 October 2017 12	Shakhtar Donetsk	3–2	Vorskla Poltava	Kharkiv
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Rakitskiy 64' Alan Patrick 66'	Report	Kolomoyets 42', 57' Sapay 54' Sklyar 62'	Stadium: Yuriy Mozharovsky

21 October 2017 13	Vorskla Poltava	0–1	Karpaty Lviv	Poltava
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Sharpar 78' Sklyar 82'	Report	Myakushko 83'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 2,010 Referee: Mykola Kryvonosov

29 October 2017 14	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	1–0	Vorskla Poltava	Kropyvnytskyi
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Hovhannisyan 88'	Report	Chyzhov 11'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 1,467 Referee: Ivan Bondar

5 November 2017 15	Dynamo Kyiv	2–1	Vorskla Poltava	Kyiv
19:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Moraes 26' Buyalskyi 30' Korzun 90+4'	Report	Chesnakov 22', 58' Odaryuk 90' Perduta 90+1'	Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 7,129 Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk

19 November 2017 16	Vorskla Poltava	1–1	Stal Kamianske	Poltava
14:00 EET (UTC+03:00)	Chyzhov 27' Kobakhidze 56' Sklyar 80'	Report	Danielyan 45' Khotsyanovskyi 72' Kopytov 90+3'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 650 Referee: Serhiy Berezka

25 November 2017 17	FC Mariupol	0–1	Vorskla Poltava	Mariupol
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Fomin 20' Tankovskyi 41' Totovytskyi 66'	Report	Sklyar 17' 55' Perduta 34' Sharpar 79', 79'	Stadium: Volodymyr Boiko Stadium Attendance: 4,129 Referee: Dmytro Kutakov

3 December 2017 18	Vorskla Poltava	3–1	FC Oleksandriya	Poltava
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Kulach 20' Kolomoyets 42' Kobakhidze 49' Chesnakov 74' Giorgadze 78'	Report	Zaporozhan 52' Polyarus 88' Hitchenko 90+2'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Ivan Bondar

9 December 2017 19	Olimpik Donetsk	1–4	Vorskla Poltava	Kyiv
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Fedoriv 14' Pryyomov 20', 33'	Report	Kobakhidze 10' Chyzhov 22', 26' Kulach 27' (pen.) Perduta 48' Sharpar 88'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 553 Referee: Mykola Balakin

17 February 2018 20	Vorskla Poltava	1–0	Veres Rivne	Poltava
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Chesnakov 47' Kulach 58', 59' Sapay 80'	Report	Kalenchuk 30' Kamenyuka 73' Borzenko 76' Serhiychuk 87'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Mykola Balakin

24 February 2018 21	Zaporizhia
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Iury 76' Hromov 88'	Report	Kolomoyets 39' Sapay 39' Kulach 45+2' Vasin 64' 68'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 1,625 Referee: Dmytro Kutakov

3 March 2018 22	Vorskla Poltava	2–1	Chornomorets Odesa	Poltava
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Kolomoyets 17' Zubeyko 45' (o.g.) Dallku 45+2'	Report	Bamba 60', 78'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi

9 March 2018 23	Vorskla Poltava	0–3	Shakhtar Donetsk	Poltava
19:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Sklyar 25'	Report	Ferreyra 22', 36' Stepanenko 27' Khocholava 65' Marlos 67' (pen.)	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Oleksandr Derdo

18 March 2018 24	Dynamo Kyiv	4–0	Vorskla Poltava	Kyiv
19:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Besyedin 4' Burda 54' Tsyhankov 63' (pen.) Rotan 83' Khlyobas 88'	Report		Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 3,745 Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi

31 March 2018 25	Vorskla Poltava	0–0	Veres Rivne	Poltava
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kulach 36' Rebenok 52' Serhiychuk 67' Sapay 86'	Report	Kalenchuk 28'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 811 Referee: Anatoliy Abdula

7 April 2018 26	Vorskla Poltava	1–0	FC Mariupol	Poltava
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Chesnakov 19' Sharpar 28' Serhiychuk 57', 59' Shust 65'	Report	Ihnatenko 90+1' Didenko 90+2'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 10,030 Referee: Mykola Balakin

15 April 2018 27	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

21 April 2018 28	Shakhtar Donetsk	4–2	Vorskla Poltava	Kharkiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Rakitskiy 37' Kovalenko 50' Alan Patrick 83', 88' Pyatov 87' Dentinho 90+3'	Report	Giorgadze 7' Kolomoyets 53' Serhiychuk 62'	Stadium: OSC Metalist Attendance: 4,698 Referee: Anatoliy Abdula

29 April 2018 29	Vorskla Poltava	0–1	Dynamo Kyiv	Poltava
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Chesnakov 32' Dallku 60' Chyzhov 77'	Report	Pivarić 4' Mbokani 63'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Oleksandr Derdo

5 May 2018 30	Veres Rivne	0–0	Vorskla Poltava	Lviv
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Kalenchuk 10' Lukyanchuk 16' Pryimak 65' Morozenko 88'	Report	Giorgadze 13' Perduta 27' Sharpar 49' Kulach 63'	Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 1,112 Referee: Dmytro Kutakov

13 May 2018 31	FC Mariupol	1–1	Vorskla Poltava	Mariupol
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Tyschenko 52'	Report	Kolomoyets 30', 60' Chyzhov 39' Serhiychuk 80' Kravchenko 83'	Stadium: Volodymyr Boiko Stadium Attendance: 2,672 Referee: Dmytro Bondarenko

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

20 September 2017 Round 3 (1/16)	Avanhard Kramatorsk	0–2	Vorskla Poltava	Kramatorsk
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Lobov 26' Ulyanov 40'	[ Report]	Kadymyan 74' Kolomoyets 76', 89' Kulach 86'	Stadium: Avanhard Stadium Attendance: 4,000

Vorskla Poltava v Olimpik Donetsk

25 October 2017 Round of 16 (1/8)	Vorskla Poltava	2–0	Olimpik Donetsk	Poltava
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Sklyar 101' Sharpar 104' Kulach 109'	Report	Shabanov 75' Illoy-Ayyet 88'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Oleksandr Derdo

29 November 2017 Quarterfinal	Vorskla Poltava	1–2	FC Mariupol	Poltava
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Kulach 13'	Report	Boryachuk 24' Totovytskyi 49', 77' Churko 54'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Referee: Anatoliy Abdula

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	UKR	Bohdan Shust	23	0	20	0	3	0
21	GK	UKR	Oleksandr Tkachenko	13	0	12+1	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	GEO	Andro Giorgadze	10	0	6+4	0	0	0
17	DF	UKR	Volodymyr Chesnakov	31	2	29	2	2	0
23	DF	UKR	Vadym Sapay	14	0	10+3	0	1	0
33	DF	UKR	Oleksandr Chyzhov	21	2	20	2	1	0
37	DF	UKR	Oleksiy Lutsenko	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
40	DF	UKR	Taras Sakiv	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
44	DF	KOS	Ardin Dallku	33	1	29+1	1	3	0
73	DF	UKR	Vadym Chervak	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF	UKR	Ihor Perduta	32	0	30	0	2	0
6	MF	UKR	Oleksandr Sklyar	27	0	20+4	0	3	0
7	MF	ARM	Gegham Kadymyan	27	2	19+5	1	0+3	1
11	MF	UKR	Vyacheslav Sharpar	32	4	28+1	3	3	1
19	MF	UKR	Volodymyr Odaryuk	29	1	1+25	1	3	0
29	MF	UKR	Dmytro Kravchenko	18	1	10+5	1	3	0
30	MF	GEO	Aleksandre Kobakhidze	21	3	16+4	3	1	0
82	MF	UKR	Pavlo Rebenok	35	1	31+1	1	2+1	0
95	FW	UKR	Yuriy Hluschuk	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	UKR	Mykhaylo Serhiychuk	10	3	3+7	3	0	0
10	FW	UKR	Vladyslav Kulach	25	8	16+6	6	1+2	2
25	FW	UKR	Dmytro Shapoval	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
26	FW	UKR	Yuriy Kolomoyets	33	10	29+1	9	1+2	1
77	FW	UKR	Denys Vasin	9	1	6+3	1	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
8	MF	UKR	Andriy Tkachuk	5	0	1+3	0	0+1	0
9	FW	UKR	Artur Zahorulko	13	1	0+12	1	1	0
22	DF	UKR	Mykola Matviyenko	19	0	16	0	3	0

Source: Competitions

Last updated: 20 May 2019

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Premier League	Cup	Total
1	26	FW	Yuriy Kolomoyets	9	1	10
2	10	FW	Vladyslav Kulach	6	2	8
3	11	MF	Vyacheslav Sharpar	3	1	4
4	9	FW	Mykhaylo Serhiychuk	3	0	3
4	30	MF	Aleksandre Kobakhidze	3	0	3
6	7	MF	Gegham Kadymyan	1	1	2
	17	DF	Volodymyr Chesnakov	2	0	2
	33	DF	Oleksandr Chyzhov	2	0	2
9	9	FW	Artur Zahorulko	1	0	1
	19	MF	Volodymyr Odaryuk	1	0	1
	29	MF	Dmytro Kravchenko	1	0	1
	44	DF	Ardin Dallku	1	0	1
	77	FW	Denys Vasin	1	0	1
	82	MF	Pavlo Rebenok	1	0	1
			Own goal	2	0	2
			Total	37	5	42

Last updated: 20 May 2018

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Premier League	Cup	Total
1	1	GK	Bohdan Shust	8	2	10
2	21	GK	Oleksandr Tkachenko	5	0	5
			Total	13	2	15

Last updated: 20 May 2018

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Player
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Premier League			Cup			Total
1	GK		Bohdan Shust	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	DF		Andro Giorgadze	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
4	MF		Ihor Perduta	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
6	MF		Oleksandr Sklyar	10	1	0	1	0	0	11	1	0
9	FW		Mykhaylo Serhiychuk	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
9	FW		Artur Zahorulko	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
10	FW		Vladyslav Kulach	6	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0
11	MF		Vyacheslav Sharpar	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
17	DF		Volodymyr Chesnakov	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
19	MF		Volodymyr Odaryuk	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
21	GK		Oleksandr Tkachenko	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
23	DF		Vadym Sapay	5	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
26	FW		Yuriy Kolomoyets	4	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
29	MF		Dmytro Kravchenko	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
33	DF		Oleksandr Chyzhov	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
44	DF		Ardin Dallku	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
77	FW		Denys Vasin	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
82	MF		Pavlo Rebenok	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
			Total	80	2	0	5	0	0	85	2	0

Last updated: 20 May 2018

References

^ Коло-гол повертається! (in Ukrainian). 23 June 2017. Archived from the original on 26 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
^ Гегам Кадимян поповнив ряди ворсклян (in Ukrainian). 25 June 2017. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
^ Сачко запросив молодого таланта з Грузії (in Ukrainian). 11 July 2017. Archived from the original on 14 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
^ Сачко запросив молодого таланта з Грузії (in Ukrainian). 11 July 2017. Archived from the original on 14 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
^ Нове ім`я в атаці «Ворскли» (in Ukrainian). 15 June 2017. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
^ «Ворскла» підсилилася гравцем збірної України! (in Ukrainian). 3 July 2017. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
^ Комплектація команди продовжується (in Ukrainian). 11 January 2018.
^ Підсилення останнього рубежу воротарем «молодіжки» (in Ukrainian). 17 January 2018.
^ «Ворскла» поповнилася оборонцем зі Словаччини (in Ukrainian). 26 January 2018.
^ Юрій Глущук підписав контракт із «Ворсклою» (in Russian). 13 February 2018.
^ Робочий тиждень розпочинається з трансферу (in Ukrainian). 5 March 2017.
^ СТРАНИЦА ИГРОКА (in Russian). 14 July 2017.
^ ЗАРІЧНЮК ЄВГЕН МИКОЛАЙОВИЧ (in Ukrainian). 21 September 2017.
^ «Черкаський Дніпро» дозаявив нових гравців (in Ukrainian). 26 July 2017. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
^ Микола Квасний - гравець ПФК Суми (in Ukrainian). 10 August 2017. Archived from the original on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
^ "Dynamo leave for Austria! (+VIDEO)". 26 June 2017.
^ "«Акжайык» подписал первого игрока на сборах". 20 January 2018. Archived from the original on 1 April 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
^ «Авангард» пополнился новыми футболистами (in Russian). 20 February 2018.
^ Триває завка на весняну частину чемпіонату (in Ukrainian). 10 February 2018.
^ Гірник-Спорт підписав двох новачків (in Ukrainian). 1 March 2018.
^ Будемо виконувати поставлені перед нами завдання (in Ukrainian). 7 January 2018.
^ Офіційно: Матвієнко покидає «Ворсклу» (in Ukrainian). 11 January 2018.

External links

Official website

[table_note_res_EL3Q0.6434568206982-23] 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.

[1] Коло-гол повертається! (in Ukrainian). 23 June 2017. Archived from the original on 26 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

[2] Гегам Кадимян поповнив ряди ворсклян (in Ukrainian). 25 June 2017. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2017.

[3] Сачко запросив молодого таланта з Грузії (in Ukrainian). 11 July 2017. Archived from the original on 14 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.

[4] Сачко запросив молодого таланта з Грузії (in Ukrainian). 11 July 2017. Archived from the original on 14 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.

[5] Нове ім`я в атаці «Ворскли» (in Ukrainian). 15 June 2017. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.

[6] «Ворскла» підсилилася гравцем збірної України! (in Ukrainian). 3 July 2017. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.

[7] Комплектація команди продовжується (in Ukrainian). 11 January 2018.

[8] Підсилення останнього рубежу воротарем «молодіжки» (in Ukrainian). 17 January 2018.

[9] «Ворскла» поповнилася оборонцем зі Словаччини (in Ukrainian). 26 January 2018.

[10] Юрій Глущук підписав контракт із «Ворсклою» (in Russian). 13 February 2018.

[11] Робочий тиждень розпочинається з трансферу (in Ukrainian). 5 March 2017.

[12] СТРАНИЦА ИГРОКА (in Russian). 14 July 2017.

[13] ЗАРІЧНЮК ЄВГЕН МИКОЛАЙОВИЧ (in Ukrainian). 21 September 2017.

[14] «Черкаський Дніпро» дозаявив нових гравців (in Ukrainian). 26 July 2017. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.

[15] Микола Квасний - гравець ПФК Суми (in Ukrainian). 10 August 2017. Archived from the original on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.

[16] "Dynamo leave for Austria! (+VIDEO)". 26 June 2017.

[17] "«Акжайык» подписал первого игрока на сборах". 20 January 2018. Archived from the original on 1 April 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.

[18] «Авангард» пополнился новыми футболистами (in Russian). 20 February 2018.

[19] Триває завка на весняну частину чемпіонату (in Ukrainian). 10 February 2018.

[20] Гірник-Спорт підписав двох новачків (in Ukrainian). 1 March 2018.

[21] Будемо виконувати поставлені перед нами завдання (in Ukrainian). 7 January 2018.

[22] Офіційно: Матвієнко покидає «Ворсклу» (in Ukrainian). 11 January 2018.

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