2016–17 FC Vorskla Poltava season

The 2016–17 season was 21st consecutive season in the top Ukrainian football league for Vorskla Poltava. Vorskla competed in Premier League, Ukrainian Cup and UEFA Europa League.

Vorskla Poltava

2016-17 season
President	vacant
Manager	Vasyl Sachko
Stadium	Oleksiy Butovskyi Vorskla Stadium
Ukrainian Premier League	7th
Ukrainian Cup	Quarterfinal
UEFA Europa League	3Q
Top goalscorer	League: Dmytro Khlyobas (8) All: Dmytro Khlyobas (8)
Home colours Away colours

Players

Squad information

Squad no.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
1	Bohdan Shust		GK	4 March 1986 (aged 31)
12	Bohdan Sarnavskyi		GK	29 January 1995 (aged 22)
Defenders
3	Roman Kunyev		DF	20 September 1990 (aged 26)
5	Oleh Ostapenko ^List B		DF	11 June 1997 (aged 20)
17	Volodymyr Chesnakov (Captain)		DF	12 February 1988 (aged 29)
20	Mykola Kvasnyi ^List B		DF	4 January 1995 (aged 22)
23	Vadym Sapay		DF	7 February 1986 (aged 31)
28	Vladyslav Bobrov ^List B		DF	10 May 1996 (aged 21)
33	Oleksandr Chyzhov		DF	10 August 1986 (aged 30)
40	Taras Sakiv ^List B		DF	19 November 1997 (aged 19)
44	Ardin Dallku		DF	1 November 1994 (aged 22)
Midfielders
4	Ihor Perduta		MF	15 November 1990 (aged 26)
6	Oleksandr Sklyar		MF	26 February 1991 (aged 26)
8	Andriy Tkachuk		MF	18 November 1987 (aged 29)
10	Serhiy Myakushko (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv)		MF	15 April 1993 (aged 24)
11	Vyacheslav Sharpar		MF	2 June 1987 (aged 30)
16	Serhiy Ichanskyi ^List B		MF	1 September 1995 (aged 21)
19	Volodymyr Odaryuk		MF	13 February 1994 (aged 23)
29	Dmytro Kravchenko ^List B		MF	25 February 1995 (aged 22)
35	Oleksandr Maksymenko ^List B		MF	17 February 1997 (aged 20)
39	Bohdan Melnyk ^List B		MF	4 January 1997 (aged 20)
82	Pavlo Rebenok		MF	23 July 1985 (aged 31)
99	Yevhen Zarichnyuk		MF	3 February 1989 (aged 28)
Forwards
7	Mykhaylo Udod ^List B		FW	17 February 1997 (aged 20)
9	Artur Zahorulko (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)		FW	13 February 1993 (aged 24)
13	Dmytro Khlyobas (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv)		FW	9 May 1994 (aged 23)
24	Oleh Barannik		FW	20 March 1992 (aged 25)
25	Dmytro Shapoval ^List B		FW	17 June 1996 (aged 21)

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Type	Fee	Source
Summer
21 July 2016	GM	Bohdan Shust	30	Volyn Lutsk	Transfer	Undisclosed	[1]
21 July 2016	MF	Oleh Holodyuk	28	Karpaty Lviv	Transfer	Undisclosed	[2]
21 July 2016	MF	Aleksandre Kobakhidze	29	Dnipro	Transfer	Undisclosed	[3]
21 July 2016	MF	Yevhen Zarichnyuk	27	FC Milsami Orhei	Transfer	Undisclosed	[4]
25 August 2016	MF	Sanzhar Tursunov	29	Umm Salal SC	Transfer	Undisclosed	[5]
15 September 2016	MF	Petro Namuilyk	20	NK Zavrč	Transfer	Free	[6]
30 July 2016	DF	Andriy Pylyavskyi	27	Rubin Kazan	Loan		[7]
5 August 2016	FW	Artur Zahorulko	23	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan		[8]
31 May 2016	FW	Yevhen Budnik	26	Stal Kamianske	Loan return
Winter
19 January 2017	GK	Bohdan Sarnavskyi	21	FC Ufa	Transfer	Free	[9]
22 January 2017	FW	Roman Kunyev	26	Kremin Kremenchuk	Transfer	Undisclosed	[10]
6 February 2017	MF	Vyacheslav Sharpar	29	Atyrau	Transfer	Undisclosed	[11]
8 February 2017	FW	Mykhaylo Udod	19	Dynamo Kyiv	Transfer	Free	[12]
1 March 2017	DF	Oleksandr Chyzhov	30	Okzhetpes	Transfer	Undisclosed	[13]
1 January 2017	FW	Yevhen Budnik	26	Dinamo Minsk	Loan return		[14]
25 January 2017	DF	Serhiy Myakushko	23	Dynamo Kyiv	Loan		[15]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Type	Fee	Source
Summer
31 May 2016	GK	Stanislav Bohush	32	Unattached	Transfer	Free
31 May 2016	MF	Artem Hromov	26	Dynamo Kyiv	Transfer	Undisclosed	[16]
22 June 2016	DF	Armend Dallku	33	FC Prishtina	Transfer	Undisclosed	[17]
20 July 2016	FW	Oleksandr Kovpak	33	Cherkaskyi Dnipro	Transfer	Undisclosed	[18]
30 July 2016	MF	Oleksiy Dovhyi	26	Stal Kamianske	Transfer	Undisclosed	[19]
31 May 2016	FW	Anton Shynder	29	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan return
22 July 2016	FW	Yevhen Budnik	26	Dinamo Minsk	Loan		[20]
31 August 2016	FW	Oleh Barannik	24	Hirnyk-Sport	Loan		[21]
Winter
23 November 2016	MF	Petro Namuilyk	20	Unattached	Transfer	Free	[22]
25 December 2016	MF	Sanzhar Tursunov	29	Al Kharaitiyat SC	Transfer	Undisclosed	[23]
12 January 2017	MF	Aleksandre Kobakhidze	29	Göztepe S.K.	Transfer	Undisclosed	[24]
13 January 2017	FW	Yuriy Kolomoyets	26	MTK Budapest	Transfer	Free	[25]
31 January 2017	DF	Oleksiy Dytyatev	28	Karpaty Lviv	Transfer	Free	[26]
January 2017	GK	Dmytro Nepohodov	28	Tobol	Transfer	Free	[27]
10 February 2017	FW	Yevhen Budnik	26	Kapfenberger SV	Transfer	Free	[28]
22 February 2017	DF	Serhiy Siminin	29	FC Oleksandriya	Transfer	Free	[29]
27 February 2017	MF	Oleh Holodyuk	29	Karpaty Lviv	Transfer	Free	[30]
28 February 2017	MF	Mladen Bartulović	30	Miedź Legnica	Transfer	Free	[31]
1 January 2017	DF	Andriy Pylyavskyi	27	Rubin Kazan	Loan return		[32]
12 February 2017	GK	Oleksandr Tkachenko	23	Hirnyk-Sport	Loan		[33]

Pre-season and friendlies

20 June 2016 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	2–0	Stal Kamianske	Poltava
17:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Khlyobas  21' Budnik  57'	Report		Stadium: Ltava Stadium

26 June 2016 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	0–1	FC Oleksandriya	Poltava
16:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report	Kulish 77'	Stadium: Ltava Stadium

3 July 2016 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	0–2	CFR Cluj	Rogatec, Slovenia
18:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report	31'  52'	Attendance: 50

6 July 2016 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	2–2	FK Voždovac	Rogatec, Slovenia
18:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Dytyatev  36',	Report	Stojanović  43',  pen.'	Attendance: 30

10 July 2016 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	1–0	HNK Cibalia	Rogatec, Slovenia
18:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kolomoyets  90'	Report

13 July 2016 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	4–0	Zalaegerszegi TE
18:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kobakhidze  1' Khlyobas  37' Dytyatev  52' Sapay  66'	Report

4 September 2016 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	2–1	FC Oleksandriya	Poltava
16:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Chesnakov 10' Pylyavskyi 70'	Report	Shendrik 75'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium

8 October 2016 Friendly	Dnipro	1–2	Vorskla Poltava	Horishni Plavni
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Bokhashvili  6'	Report	Khlyobas  2' Bartulović  9'

12 November 2016 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	2–2	Dynamo Reshetylivka	Poltava
12:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Bartulović  25' Zarichnyuk  86'	Report	Hrebeniyuk  66' Romanchuk  90' (pen.)	Stadium: Vorskla train base

16 January 2017 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	3–0	Helios Kharkiv	Kopyly
12:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Nasibulin  8' Zahorulko  27' Zarichnyuk  44'	Report		Stadium: FC Poltava train base

22 January 2017 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	1–5	Dunav Ruse	Antalya, Turkey
14:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Dehtyarev  52' (pen.)	Report	Dimov  16' Chesnakov  18' (o.g.) Shopov  28' Karagaren  58' Budinov  74' (pen.)	Stadium: Selin hotel stadium

25 January 2017 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	0–1	Termalica Nieciecza	Antalya, Turkey
16:00 EET (UTC+02:00)		Report	Kędziora  63'	Stadium: WOW Topkapi Palace

30 January 2017 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	2–1	Pirin Blagoevgrad	Çolaklı, Turkey
14:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Zahorulko  41' Khlyobas  45'	Report

1 February 2017 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	0–0	MFK Karviná	Antalya, Turkey
15:30 EET (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Topkapi WOW Football center Attendance: 100

8 February 2017 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	1–1	Budućnost Podgorica	Antalya, Turkey
15:99 EET (UTC+02:00)	Zahorulko  58'	Report	Raičević  38'

11 February 2017 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	2–1	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	Turkey
EET (UTC+02:00)	Odaryuk  58' Khlyobas  84'	[ Report]	Yanush  29'

14 February 2017 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	1–1	Olmaliq FK	Turkey
EET (UTC+02:00)	Sharpar  30'	Report	Urinboev  44' (pen.)

18 February 2017 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	0–0	Olimpija Ljubljana	Turkey
EET (UTC+02:00)		[ Report]

25 March 2017 Friendly	Dynamo Kyiv	4–0	Vorskla Poltava	Kyiv
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Harmash  4', 27', 40' Yaremchuk  63'	Report		Stadium: Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium Referee: Yevhen Aranovsky

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position	First match	Last match
Premier League	Matchday 1	7th	23 July 2016	31 May 2017
Cup	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	26 October 2016	30 November 2016
Europa League	3Q	3Q	26 July 2016	4 August 2016

Last updated:

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Vorskla Poltava[lower-alpha 1]	32	11	9	12	32	32	0	42
8	Stal Kamianske	32	11	8	13	27	31	−4	41
9	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	32	9	7	16	29	43	−14	34
10	Karpaty Lviv[lower-alpha 2]	32	9	9	14	35	41	−6	30
11	FC Dnipro[lower-alpha 3] (R)	32	8	13	11	31	40	−9	13	Relegation to the Ukrainian Second League
12	Volyn Lutsk[lower-alpha 4] (R)	32	4	4	24	17	51	−34	10	Relegation to the Ukrainian First League

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.[42]
(R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Vorskla Poltava was awarded the UPL Prestige Trophy for winning the consolation tournament.[34]
2. Karpaty Lviv was deducted six points according to a decision by FIFA Disciplinary Committee on 4 March 2016.[35]
3. FC Dnipro was deducted a total of 24 points (six points by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee for failing to clear their debts with former coach Juande Ramos and his assistants,[36] six points by the Ukrainian Premier League for failing to comply with the decision of FIFA Disciplinary Committee to pay debts to former player Danilo Sousa Campos,[37] three more points by the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee for failing execute one of the decisions of the committee,[38] and 9 more points on 9 June 2017, after the end of the tournament.[39]). On the decision of FIFA, FFU enforced relegation of FC Dnipro straight to the Second League, skipping the First League. In a near future FFU will adopt a decision which team will be replacing Dnipro in the First League.[40]
4. Volyn Lutsk was deducted six points on the request of Football Federation of Ukraine which received a letter from the FIFA Disciplinary Committee on 11 May 2017 urging to implement its decision of 15 March 2017, due to debts with former player Saša Stević.[41]

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	11	9	12	32	32	0	42	5	7	4	17	14	+3	6	2	8	15	18	−3

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	D
Position	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	8	7	7	7

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

Matches

23 July 2016 1	Vorskla Poltava	1–0	Chornomorets Odesa	Poltava
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Khlyobas  18' Sklyar  55'	Report	Kutsenko  63' Khocholava  77' Korkishko  88'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Serhiy Boyko

31 July 2016 2	FC Oleksandriya	3–2	Vorskla Poltava	Oleksandriya
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Starenkyi  14',  51' Zaporozhan  16' (pen.) Putrash  24' Hrytsuk  37' Novak  90+2'	Report	Sklyar  15' Kolomoyets  25' Dytyatev  50' Khlyobas  57' Bartulović  86'	Stadium: CSC Nika Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Mykola Balakin

7 August 2016 3	Vorskla Poltava	1–1	Karpaty Lviv	Poltava
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Sapay  37' Zarichnyuk  59' Kolomoyets  77'	Report	Hrysyo  25' Ksyonz  56'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Anatoliy Abdula

13 August 2016 4	Dnipro	1–1	Vorskla Poltava	Dnipro
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Cheberyachko  18' Bliznichenko  53' Kohut  70' Polyovyi  72' Kravchenko  90'	Report	Khlyobas  67' Chesnakov  71' Sklyar  77' Kolomoyets  87'	Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Attendance: 7,005 Referee: Yevhen Aranovsky

21 August 2016 5	Vorskla Poltava	0–0	Stal Kamianske	Poltava
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Dytyatev  44'	Report		Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Yuriy Hryso

27 August 2016 6	Dynamo Kyiv	0–2	Vorskla Poltava	Kyiv
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Moraes  29' Yarmolenko  64'	Report	Kolomoyets  15' Kravchenko  36' Chesnakov  63'	Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 8,837 Referee: Kostyantyn Truhanov

11 September 2016 7	Vorskla Poltava	2–1	Volyn Lutsk	Poltava
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Khlyobas  20' Chesnakov  36' Tursunov  74'	Report	Didenko  26' Khomchenko  35' Goropevšek  72' Shabanov  85'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 5,700 Referee: Serhiy Boyko

18 September 2016 8	Vorskla Poltava	0–1	Shakhtar Donetsk	Poltava
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Dytyatev  28' Perduta  90+5' Sklyar  90+5'	Summary	Fred  32' Taison  54' Kobin  90+4' Dentinho  90+6'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Ihor Paskhal

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

1 October 2016 10	Vorskla Poltava	1–2	Olimpik Donetsk	Poltava
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Holodyuk  24' Chesnakov  45',  72' Kobakhidze  47' Perduta  76' Siminin  77' Bartulović  90+1' Sklyar  90+2'	Report	Doronin  12' Tanchyk  31' Hryn  40' Shestakov  83' Hoshkoderya  85' Baranovskyi  90+4' Khomutov  90+5'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Oleksandr Derdo

16 October 2016 11	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	2–0	Vorskla Poltava	Kropyvnytskyi
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Pereyra  26' Moya  51',  62' Popov  79',  79'	Report	Bartulović  37' Dytyatev  55' Perduta  59' Holodyuk  90+3'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 2,775 Referee: Serhiy Berezka

22 October 2016 12	Chornomorets Odesa	1–2	Vorskla Poltava	Odesa
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Khoblenko  6' Smirnov  41' Korkishko  48' Andriyevskyi  79'	Report	Bartulović  39' Kolomoyets  54', 80' Holodyuk  81' Nepohodov  90+1'	Stadium: Chornomorets Stadium Attendance: 4,012 Referee: Dmytro Kutakov

30 October 2016 13	Vorskla Poltava	2–2	FC Oleksandriya	Poltava
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Chesnakov  28' Dytyatev  61' Kobakhidze  90' (pen.) Odaryuk  90+2'	Report	Yaremchuk  1', 21' Kozak  74' Ponomar  85' Basov  89' Chorniy  90+2'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Yevhen Aranovsky

5 November 2016 14	Karpaty Lviv	1–0	Vorskla Poltava	Lviv
EET (UTC+02:00)	Blanco Leschuk  23' Nesterov  54'	Report	Dytyatev  47' Bartulović  51' Sklyar  59'	Stadium: Arena Lviv Referee: Serhiy Berezka

20 November 2016 15	Vorskla Poltava	1–2	Dnipro	Poltava
19:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Tursunov  26' Bartulović  78'	Report	Rotan  28' Kozhushko  76' Luchkevych  77'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Oleksandr Ivanov

26 November 2016 16	Stal Kamianske	0–1	Vorskla Poltava	Dnipro
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Zaderaka  21'	Report	Bartulović  28' Siminin  33' Dytyatev  35' Kobakhidze  60' Chesnakov  69' Odaryuk  88' Rebenok  89'	Stadium: Meteor Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Ivan Bondar

3 December 2016 17	Vorskla Poltava	2–2	Dynamo Kyiv	Poltava
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Dytyatev  10' Chesnakov  14' Tursunov  15' Odaryuk  25' Rebenok  33' Bartulović  65' Siminin  72'	Report	Sydorchuk  4' Yarmolenko  14' (pen.) Besyedin  70'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Yuriy Vaks

10 December 2016 18	Volyn Lutsk	0–1	Vorskla Poltava	Lutsk
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Memeshev  53' Andriy Nykytyuk  90'	Report	Sapay  41' Odaryuk  50' Kravchenko  59'	Stadium: Avanhard Stadium Attendance: 870 Referee: Serhiy Berezka

25 February 2017 19	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–1	Vorskla Poltava	Kharkiv
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Bernard  38' Kovalenko  60' 63' Ferreyra  90+1' 90+2'	Report	Khlyobas  27' Shust  74' Zarichnyuk  83'  90+3' Odaryuk  85'	Stadium: OSC Metalist Attendance: 5,058 Referee: Dmytro Kutakov

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

11 March 2017 21	Olimpik Donetsk	3–2	Vorskla Poltava	Poltava
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Moha  65' Hryshko  70' Matyazh  72',  90' Bohdanov  79' Khomutov  86'	Report	Khlyobas  21',  21' Sharpar  45' Zahorulko  60'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Yuriy Mozharovsky

18 March 2017 22	Vorskla Poltava	0–0	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Poltava
19:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Chesnakov  24' Zahorulko  49' Perduta  59' Chyzhov  69'	Report	Drachenko  54' Chychykov  60'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 1,030 Referee: Vitaliy Romanov

1 April 2017 23	Vorskla Poltava	2–0	Volyn Lutsk	Poltava
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Rebenok  18' Chyzhov  27' Sharpar  34',  45' Khlyobas  62'	Report	Goropevšek  9' Roman Nykytyuk  90+2'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 1,029 Referee: Ihor Kaskhal

8 April 2017 24	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	1–0	Vorskla Poltava	Kropyvnytskyi
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Borja Ekiza  33'	Report	Sapay  38' Odaryuk  69' Sakiv  85' Perduta  90+1'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 1,330 Referee: Ivan Bondar

15 April 2017 25	Vorskla Poltava	0–0	Karpaty Lviv	Poltava
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Chyzhov  31'	Report	Nesterov  79'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk

22 April 2017 26	Dnipro	2–0	Vorskla Poltava	Dnipro
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kocherhin  15',  86' Dovbyk  54'	Report	Odaryuk  66'	Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Attendance: 2,231 Referee: Mykola Kryvonosov

29 April 2017 27	Vorskla Poltava	2–0	Stal Kamianske	Poltava
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Sharpar  30' (pen.) Rebenok  39' Tkachuk  65'	Report	Pankiv  28' Stamenković  66' Kalenchuk  89'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ivan Bondar

5 May 2017 28	Volyn Lutsk	0–1	Vorskla Poltava	Lutsk
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Roman Nykytyuk  45+1' Herasymyuk  58'	Report	Sklyar  21' Myakushko  24' Chyzhov  40' Dallku  78' Khlyobas  86' Sakiv  90+3'	Stadium: Avanhard Stadium Attendance: 1,123 Referee: Oleksandr Ivanov

14 May 2017 29	Vorskla Poltava	1–1	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Poltava
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Chyzhov  18' Khlyobas  31' Chesnakov  36' Myakushko  47'	Report	Pereyra  2' Dryshlyuk  45+2' Zahalskyi  73'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 725 Referee: Yuriy Hryso

21 May 2017 30	Karpaty Lviv	0–1	Vorskla Poltava	Lviv
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Hutsulyak  52' Klyots  76'	Report	Sklyar  32' Sharpar  43',  57' Perduta  88'	Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 3,750 Referee: Mykola Kryvonosov

27 May 2017 31	Vorskla Poltava	1–0	Dnipro	Poltava
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Chyzhov  24' Sharpar  49' Kravchenko  76'	Report	Rotan  72'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk

31 May 2017 32	Stal Kamianske	0–0	Vorskla Poltava	Dnipro
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Karasyuk  42' Kalenchuk  77' Kravchenko  78'	Report	Sapay  39' Perduta  70' Dallku  75' Shust  77' Chesnakov  81'	Stadium: Meteor Stadium Attendance: 420 Referee: Ihor Pashkal

Ukrainian Cup

26 October 2016 Round of 16 (1/8)	Veres Rivne	0–1	Vorskla Poltava	Rivne
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Orlovskyi  16' Zapadnya  30'	Report	Kolomoyets  25' Dytyatev  36' Sklyar  39' Rebenok  52' Shust  90+4'	Stadium: Avanhard Stadium Attendance: 5,436 Referee: Ivan Bondar

30 November 2016 Quarterfinal	Dnipro	1–0	Vorskla Poltava	Dnipro
19:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Balanyuk  73'	Report	Siminin  62' Tursunov  81'  82'	Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Attendance: 1,401 Referee: Anatoliy Zhabchenko

Europa League

28 July 2016 3rd qualifying	Lokomotiva	0–0	Vorskla Poltava	Zagreb, Croatia
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Grezda  57' Radonjić  84'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 328 Referee: Harald Lechner

4 August 2016 3rd qualifying	Vorskla Poltava	2–3 (2–3 agg.)	Lokomotiva	Poltava
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Perić  49' (o.g.) Perduta  60' Sklyar  64' Chesnakov  74'	Report	Bočkaj  1' Fiolić  53' Capan  60' Perić  64'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Orel Grinfeeld

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		Bohdan Shust	19	0	16	0	1	0	2	0
12	GK		Bohdan Sarnavskyi	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF		Roman Kunyev	5	0	0+5	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Oleh Ostapenko	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF		Volodymyr Chesnakov	32	2	28	1	2	0	2	1
23	DF		Vadym Sapay	14	0	11+1	0	0	0	1+1	0
33	DF		Oleksandr Chyzhov	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0
40	DF		Taras Sakiv	7	0	2+5	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF		Ardin Dallku	11	0	10+1	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF		Ihor Perduta	32	0	27+1	0	1+1	0	2	0
6	MF		Oleksandr Sklyar	18	0	8+7	0	1	0	2	0
8	MF		Andriy Tkachuk	26	0	21+2	0	1	0	2	0
10	MF		Serhiy Myakushko	14	1	10+4	1	0	0	0	0
11	MF		Vyacheslav Sharpar	13	5	13	5	0	0	0	0
16	MF		Serhiy Ichanskyi	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Volodymyr Odaryuk	19	2	15+3	2	0+1	0	0	0
29	MF		Dmytro Kravchenko	24	0	21+2	0	1	0	0	0
82	MF		Pavlo Rebenok	33	3	24+5	3	2	0	1+1	0
99	MF		Yevhen Zarichnyuk	12	0	3+6	0	0+1	0	1+1	0
Forwards
9	FW		Artur Zahorulko	25	1	6+18	1	0+1	0	0	0
13	FW		Dmytro Khlyobas	33	8	23+6	8	1+1	0	2	0
24	FW		Oleh Barannik	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW		Dmytro Shapoval	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
3	DF		Serhiy Siminin	15	0	12	0	2	0	1	0
7	MF		Aleksandre Kobakhidze	21	1	16+1	1	2	0	2	0
10	MF		Sanzhar Tursunov	14	3	9+3	3	2	0	0	0
11	MF		Mladen Bartulović	20	0	8+8	0	1+1	0	1+1	0
12	GK		Dmytro Nepohodov	14	0	13	0	1	0	0	0
26	FW		Yuriy Kolomoyets	16	7	11+2	6	1	1	1+1	0
27	MF		Oleh Holodyuk	9	0	7	0	1	0	0+1	0
54	DF		Oleksiy Dytyatev	20	1	16	1	2	0	2	0
79	DF		Andriy Pylyavskyi	8	0	7+1	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Competitions

Last updated: 31 May 2017

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Premier League	Cup	Europa League	Total
1	13	FW		Dmytro Khlyobas	8	0	0	8
2	26	FW		Yuriy Kolomoyets	6	1	0	7
3	11	MF		Vyacheslav Sharpar	5	0	0	5
4	10	MF		Sanzhar Tursunov	3	0	0	3
	52	MF		Pavlo Rebenok	3	0	0	3
6	17	DF		Volodymyr Chesnakov	1	0	1	2
	19	MF		Volodymyr Odaryuk	2	0	0	2
8	7	MF		Aleksandre Kobakhidze	1	0	0	1
	9	FW		Artur Zahorulko	1	0	0	1
	10	MF		Serhiy Myakushko	1	0	0	1
	54	DF		Oleksiy Dytyatev	1	0	0	1
				Own goal	0	0	1	1

Last updated: 27 May 2017

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Premier League	Cup	Europa League	Total
1	1	GK		Bohdan Shust	8	1	1	10
2	12	GK		Dmytro Nepohodov	4	0	0	4
3	12	GK		Bohdan Sarnavskyi	1	0	0	1

Last updated: 31 May 2017

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Premier League			Cup			Europa League			Total
1	GK		Bohdan Shust	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
3	DF		Serhiy Siminin	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
4	MF		Ihor Perduta	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0
6	MF		Oleksandr Sklyar	8	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0
7	MF		Aleksandre Kobakhidze	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
8	MF		Andriy Tkachuk	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
9	FW		Artur Zahorulko	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
10	MF		Sanzhar Tursunov	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10	MF		Serhiy Myakushko	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
11	MF		Mladen Bartulović	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
11	MF		Vyacheslav Sharpar	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
12	GK		Dmytro Nepohodov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
13	FW		Dmytro Khlyobas	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
17	DF		Volodymyr Chesnakov	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0
19	MF		Volodymyr Odaryuk	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
23	DF		Vadym Sapay	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
26	FW		Yuriy Kolomoyets	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
27	MF		Oleh Holodyuk	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
29	MF		Dmytro Kravchenko	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
33	DF		Oleksandr Chyzhov	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
40	DF		Taras Sakiv	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
44	DF		Ardin Dallku	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
54	DF		Oleksiy Dytyatev	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
82	MF		Pavlo Rebenok	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
99	MF		Yevhen Zarichnyuk	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0

Last updated: 31 May 2017

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External links

• Official website