2017 FC Vorkuta season

The 2017 FC Vorkuta season was the first season in the club's participation in the Canadian Soccer League. The club made its professional debut on May 27, 2017 in a home match against Milton SC, which resulted in a 7-0 victory with goals coming from Oleh Kerchu, Danylo Lazar, Oleg Shutov, Vadym Gostiev, and Yaroslav Svorak.[1] The season concluded with Vorkuta clinching the regular season title in their debut season.[2][3] In the postseason they achieved a victory in the preliminary round, but were eliminated from the competition in the semifinals.[4]

FC Vorkuta

2017 season
Owners	Igor Demitchev Samad Kadirov
Head Coach	Serhiy Zayets
Canadian Soccer League	1st place, (First Division)
CSL Championship	Semifinal
Top goalscorer	Sergiy Ivliev (13 goals)

Summary

After nine years of competition at the senior amateur level FC Vorkuta made the transition to the professional ranks in 2017 by becoming a member in the Canadian Soccer League.[5] In preparation for the 2017 CSL season the team hired the services of Serhiy Zayets as head coach.[6] Zayets assembled a roster with several key CSL veterans acquired primarily from FC Ukraine United. The acquisitions included Sergiy Ivliev, Oleg Shutov, Mykhailo Bulkin, Vitaliy Dnistryan, Danylo Lazar, Vadym Gostiev, and Oleh Kerchu was named the team captain. In addition to the CSL veterans several imports were brought in from Ukraine and Russia to further strengthen the roster.[7]

Vorkuta also fielded a reserve squad in the CSL Second Division.[8] In the earlier stages of the season the club achieved an eight-game undefeated streak with only two defeats throughout the season.[9] They concluded the season by clinching the regular season title with the highest offensive record. Their playoff campaign commenced with an early victory over Royal Toronto FC, but were eliminated from the competition after a 1-0 defeat to Scarborough SC.[10]

Roster

Players

As of June 29, 2017[11]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player – MF  UKR Bogdan Bortnik – MF  UKR Mykhailo Bulkin – MF  CAN Artur Chernov – MF  UKR Denis Dyachenko – MF  UKR Vitaliy Dnistryan – DF  UKR Vadym Gostiev – MF  UKR Maksym Hramm – MF  UKR Valerii Haidarzhi – DF  UKR Lyubomyr Halchuk – FW  UKR Sergiy Ivliev - DF  UKR Oleh Kerchu (captain) - FW  CAN Kristijan Kezic [12] – GK  UKR Hryhoriy Krasovsky – FW  UKR Oleksandr Lakusta – DF  UKR Danylo Lazar – DF  UKR Andriy Lemishevsky – GK  UKR Oleksandr Musiyenko

No. Pos. Nation Player – MF  UKR Dimitri Pachkoria – MF  UKR Serhiy Patula – DF  UKR Volodymyr Pidvirnyi – FW  UKR Viktor Raskov – MF  UKR Mykhailo Riabyi – DF  UKR Vitaliy Rudyi – DF  UKR Volodymyr Rudyi – GK  UKR Sergiy Semyon – MF  UKR Oleg Shutov – MF  UKR Yaroslav Solonynko – MF  UKR Yuri Stepaniuk – MF  UKR Yaroslav Svorak – MF  UKR Oleksandr Tymchyshyn – DF  UKR Oleksandr Volchkov – MF  UKR Ivan Yanchev – MF  UKR Denys Yanchuk – MF  UKR Valery Yarmosh – GK  UKR Ruslan Zarubin

Canadian Soccer League

First Division

League table

First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Vorkuta (C)	14	10	2	2	43	13	+30	32	Playoffs
2	Serbian White Eagles	14	9	4	1	38	14	+24	31
3	York Region Shooters (O)	14	9	3	2	34	7	+27	30
4	Scarborough SC	14	7	3	4	37	17	+20	24
5	Brantford Galaxy	14	6	0	8	26	37	−11	18
6	Milton SC	14	2	2	10	24	75	−51	8
7	SC Waterloo Region	14	1	5	8	19	33	−14	8
8	Royal Toronto FC	14	1	3	10	20	45	−25	6

Updated to match(es) played on September 11, 2017. Source: canadiansoccerleague.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner.

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
14	10	2	2	43	13	+30	32	5	0	2	21	7	+14	5	2	0	22	6	+16

Last updated: September 10, 2017.
Source: CSL

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H
Result	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L

Updated to match(es) played on September 10, 2017. Source: CSL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

May 27	FC Vorkuta	7–0	Milton SC	Toronto, Ontario
	Kerchu  9',  89' Lazar  16' Shutov  36',  39' Gostiev  52' Svorak  82'	Report		Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium

June 4	SC Waterloo	2–2	FC Vorkuta	Waterloo, Ontario
	Drazen Vukovic Zelenbaba	Report	Pidvirnyi ,	Stadium: Warrior Field

June 9	Serbian White Eagles	1–1	FC Vorkuta	Toronto, Ontario
	Jočić  75'	Report	Stepaniuk  93'	Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Marco Jaramillo

June 17	FC Vorkuta	5–1	Royal Toronto FC	Toronto, Ontario
	Ivliev  10',  13',  16',  82' Gostiev  86'	Report	Jerry Gbodume  81'	Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium

June 23	York Region Shooters	1–2	FC Vorkuta	Vaughan, Ontario
	Reid  25'	Report	Volodymyr Rudyi  30' Kristijan Kezic  84'	Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field

July 1	Scarborough SC	0–1	FC Vorkuta	Toronto, Ontario
		Report	Ivliev  13'	Stadium: Birchmount Stadium

July 22	FC Vorkuta	2–1	SC Waterloo	Toronto, Ontario
	Kerchu Solonynko	Report	Jure Glavina	Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium

July 30	FC Vorkuta	4–0	Brantford Galaxy	Toronto, Ontario
	Ivliev , Svorak Diachenko	Report		Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium

August 5	FC Vorkuta	0–2	York Region Shooters	Toronto, Ontario
		Report	Hassan Abdulmumini  77' Doryan Botelho  85'	Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium

August 19	FC Vorkuta	1–0	Scarborough SC	Toronto, Ontario
	Diachenko  65'	Report		Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium

August 23	Royal Toronto FC	0–2	FC Vorkuta	Vaughan, Ontario
		Report	Ivliev  61' Svorak  68'	Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre Referee: Joshua Jaramilo

August 26	Brantford Galaxy	2–7	FC Vorkuta	Brantford, Ontario
		Report	Ivliev , Svorak ,	Stadium: Steve Brown Sports Complex

August 30	Milton SC	0–7	FC Vorkuta	Milton, Ontario
		Report	Ivliev , Solonynko , Volodymyr Rudyi Kerchu Diachenko	Stadium: Jean Vanier Stadium

September 2	FC Vorkuta	2–3	Serbian White Eagles	Toronto, Ontario
		Report	Milan Kušić Pešić ,	Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium

League table

Second Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Ukraine United (C, O)	14	13	1	0	75	10	+65	40	Playoffs
2	Burlington SC	14	10	1	3	44	18	+26	31
3	FC Vorkuta B	14	8	0	6	41	25	+16	24
4	Brantford Galaxy B	14	7	1	6	29	35	−6	22
5	Serbian White Eagles B	14	6	0	8	32	59	−27	18
6	SC Waterloo B	14	5	1	8	26	39	−13	16
7	Royal Toronto B	14	5	0	9	32	58	−26	15
8	London City SC	14	0	0	14	11	46	−35	0

Updated to match(es) played on September 7, 2017. Source: canadiansoccerleague.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner.

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
14	8	0	6	41	25	+16	24	4	0	3	26	13	+13	4	0	3	15	12	+3

Last updated: September 10, 2017.
Source: CSL

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ground	A	A	A	H	H	H	H	H	H	A	A	A	A	H
Result	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	L

Updated to match(es) played on September 10, 2017. Source: CSL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Statistics

Goals and assists

Correct as of November 2, 2017[13][14]

First Division Goals Pos. Playing Pos. Nation Name Appearances Goals 1 FW Sergiy Ivliev 13 13 2 MF Oleg Shutov 13 5 3 MF Yaroslav Svorak 11 4 4 MF Oleh Kerchu 12 3 MF Yaroslav Solonynko 13 3 5 DF Vadym Gostiev 13 2 DF Volodymyr Pidvirnyi 9 2 DF Volodymyr Rudyi 9 2 8 MF Bogdan Bortnik 2 1 MF Denis Dyachenko 13 1 MF Valerii Haidarzhi 13 1 FW Kristijan Kezic 9 1 FW Oleksandr Lakusta 5 1 DF Danylo Lazar 10 1 MF Mykhailo Riabyi 5 1 DF Yuri Stepaniuk 11 1 Total 161 43

Second Division Goals Pos. Playing Pos. Nation Name Appearances Goals 1 FW Oleksandr Lakusta 6 4 2 MF Vitaliy Dnistryan 6 3 DF Vadym Gostiev 4 3 MF Yaroslav Solonynko 3 3 5 MF Maksym Hramm 8 2 MF Kristijan Kezic 5 2 FW Yaroslav Svorak 7 2 MF Valery Yarmosh 6 2 8 MF Bogdan Bortnik 7 1 MF Denis Dyachenko 3 1 MF Valerii Haidarzhi 3 1 FW Sergiy Ivliev 2 1 DF Danylo Lazar 4 1 DF Andriy Lemishevsky 8 1 FW Viktor Raskov 5 1 MF Oleg Shutov 2 1 DF Oleksandr Volchkov 4 1 MF Denys Yanchuk 4 1 Total 94 31

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