2017–18 FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi season

Zirka Kropyvnytskyi
2017-18 season
President	Maksym Berezkin
Manager	Roman Monaryov
Stadium	Zirka Stadium
Ukrainian Premier League	10th (relegated)
Ukrainian Cup	Round 3 (1/16)
Top goalscorer	League: Maksym Pryadun (4); All: Maksym Pryadun (4)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2016–17 2017–18 →

The 2017–18 season was 8th season in the top Ukrainian football league for Zirka Kropyvnytskyi. Zirka competed in Premier League and Ukrainian Cup. After finishing at 10th place in Premier league, Zirka lost to Desna Chernihiv in play-offs and was relegated to First League.

Players

Squad information

As of 31 May 2018

Squad no.	Name	Position	Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
41	Roman Lyopka ^{List B}	GK	(1997-01-26)26 January 1997 (aged 21)
44	Yevhen Past	GK	(1988-03-16)16 March 1988 (aged 30)
Defenders
3	Julian Rullier	DF	(1990-04-04)4 April 1990 (aged 28)
5	Anton Bratkov	DF	(1993-05-14)14 May 1993 (aged 25)
9	Nazar Malinovskyi ^{List B}	DF	(1998-04-18)18 April 1998 (aged 20)
14	Mykyta Khodakovskyi ^{List B}	DF	(1996-10-18)18 October 1996 (aged 21)
16	Adel Gafaiti	DF	(1994-07-16)16 July 1994 (aged 23)
18	Vladyslav Veremeev ^{List B}	DF	(1998-09-25)25 September 1998 (aged 19)
19	Arman Hovhannisyan	DF	(1993-07-07)7 July 1993 (aged 24)
20	Dmytro Fatyeyev	DF	(1994-06-21)21 June 1994 (aged 23)
23	Oleksandr Matkobozhyk ^{List B}	DF	(1998-01-03)3 January 1998 (aged 20)
45	Cécé Pepe ^{List B}	DF	(1996-11-09)9 November 1996 (aged 21)
55	Maksym Kovalyov	DF	(1989-03-20)20 March 1989 (aged 29)
93	Ivan Tsyupa	DF	(1993-06-25)25 June 1993 (aged 24)
Midfielders
7	Maksym Drachenko (Captain)	MF	(1990-01-28)28 January 1990 (aged 28)
8	Pavlo Polehenko	MF	(1995-01-06)6 January 1995 (aged 23)
10	Dmytro Bilonoh	MF	(1995-05-26)26 May 1995 (aged 23)
21	Ihor Zahalskyi	MF	(1991-05-19)19 May 1991 (aged 27)
22	Arnaud Guedj ^{List B}	MF	(1997-07-19)19 July 1997 (aged 20)
24	Maksym Averyanov ^{List B}	MF	(1997-07-22)22 July 1997 (aged 20)
27	Kyrylo Dryshlyuk ^{List B}	MF	(1999-09-16)16 September 1999 (aged 18)
90	Yaroslav Yampol	MF	(1990-04-21)21 April 1990 (aged 28)
94	Momar Bangoura	MF	(1994-02-24)24 February 1994 (aged 24)
Forwards
11	Hicham El Hamdaoui	FW	(1995-11-18)18 November 1995 (aged 22)
15	Oleksiy Zbun ^{List B}	FW	(1997-06-09)9 June 1997 (aged 20)
17	Artem Syomka ^{List B}	FW	(1998-02-18)18 February 1998 (aged 20)
28	Vyacheslav Panfilov	FW	(1993-06-24)24 June 1993 (aged 24)
29	Maksym Pryadun ^{List B}	FW	(1997-02-17)17 February 1997 (aged 21)
31	Danylo Kondrakov ^{List B}	FW	(1998-01-19)19 January 1998 (aged 20)
33	Gleb Rassadkin	FW	(1995-04-05)5 April 1995 (aged 23)
38	Serhiy Petrov ^{List B}	FW	(1997-05-21)21 May 1997 (aged 21)
77	Oleksiy Chychykov	FW	(1987-09-30)30 September 1987 (aged 30)
81	Oleksandr Tarasyuk ^{List B}	FW	(1998-05-09)9 May 1998 (aged 20)
	Yaroslav Dovhyi ^{List B}	FW	(1998-02-20)20 February 1998 (aged 20)

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Type	Fee	Source
Summer
26 June 2017	DF	Arman Hovhannisyan	23	Shirak Gyumri	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[1]
2 July 2017	MF	Arnaud Guedj	19	Nice	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[2]
10 July 2017	FW	Vyacheslav Panfilov	24	Unattached	Transfer	Free	^[3]
21 July 2017	FW	Danylo Kondrakov	19	Skala Stryi	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[4]
23 July 2017	MF	Marc Castells	27	Hospitalet	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[5]
4 August 2017	DF	Cécé Pepe	21	Marseille B	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[6]
4 August 2017	DF	Ivan Tsyupa	24	FC Mariupol	Transfer	Free	^[7]
9 August 2017	FW	Hicham El Hamdaoui	21	Tertre-Hautrage	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[8]
30 August 2017	FW	Gleb Rassadkin	22	Dinamo Minsk	Transfer	Free	^[9]
29 September 2017	FW	Serhiy Petrov	20	Volyn Lutsk	Transfer	Free	^[10]
1 July 2017	FW	Artem Favorov	23	Vejle Boldklub	Loan return		^[11]
10 July 2017	DF	Taras Kacharaba	22	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan		^[12]
Winter
27 January 2018	DF	Anton Bratkov	24	Desna Chernihiv	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[13]
9 February 2018	FW	Yaroslav Dovhyi	19	FC Oleksandriya	Transfer	Free	^[14]
14 February 2018	MF	Dmytro Bilonoh	22	Ural Yekaterinburg	Transfer	Free	^[15]
15 February 2018	MF	Yaroslav Yampol	27	PFC Sumy	Transfer	Free	^[16]
2 March 2018	DF	Julian Rullier	27	Unattached	Transfer	Free	^[17]
14 March 2018	DF	Adel Gafaiti	23	Toulouse Rodéo	Transfer	Free	^[18]
14 March 2018	MF	Momar Bangoura	24	Unattached	Transfer	Free	^[19]
1 January 2018	FW	Aderinsola Habib Eseola	26	Arsenal Kyiv	Loan return

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Type	Fee	Source
Summer
7 June 2017	DF	Andriy Batsula	25	FC Oleksandriya	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[20]
20 June 2017	MF	Artem Schedryi	24	FC Oleksandriya	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[21]
20 June 2017	DF	Artem Sitalo	27	FC Oleksandriya	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[22]
23 June 2017	DF	Federico Pereyra	28	Karpaty Lviv	Transfer	Free	^[23]
29 June 2017	FW	Oleksandr Akymenko	31	Inhulets Petrove	Transfer	Free	^[24]
1 July 2017	MF	Ihor Chenakal	20	FC Lviv	Transfer	Free	^[25]
13 July 2017	MF	Roman Popov	21	MFC Mykolaiv	Transfer	Free	^[26]^[27]
14 July 2017	MF	Vladyslav Lupashko	30	Inhulets Petrove	Transfer	Free	^[28]
24 August 2017	DF	Oleksandr Kucherenko	25	Inhulets Petrove	Transfer	Free	^[29]
1 July 2017	MF	Mykyta Zhukov	22	Inhulets Petrove	Loan return
1 July 2017	MF	Dmytro Bilonoh	22	Ural Yekaterinburg	Loan return		^[30]
1 July 2017	DF	Nailson	23	Famalicão	Loan return
31 August 2017	FW	Aderinsola Habib Eseola	26	Arsenal Kyiv	Loan		^[31]
Winter
12 January 2018	MF	Marc Castells	27	Castellón	Transfer	Free	^[32]
13 January 2018	MF	Oleksandr Zozulya	21	Unattached	Transfer	Free	^[33]
28 January 2018	MF	Artem Favorov	23	Desna Chernihiv	Transfer	Free	^[34]
23 January 2018	MF	Bruno Vieira de Souza	20	Atlantas Klaipėda	Transfer	Free	^[35]
19 January 2018	FW	Aderinsola Habib Eseola	26	Akzhayik	Loan		^[36]
31 January 2018	DF	Taras Kacharaba	23	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan return		^[37]

Pre-season and friendlies

26 June 2017 Friendly	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	3–1	Kirovohrad Oblast team	Kropyvnytskyi
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Drachenko 45' Eseola 70' (pen.) Chychykov 83'	Report	62'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi

2 July 2017 Friendly	Veres Rivne	5–1	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Uzhhorod
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Stepanyuk 54', 91' Hennadiy Pasich 60' Kotlyar 80' Yevhen Pasich 84'	Report^[usurped]	48'	Stadium: HC "Kamelot"

5 July 2017 Friendly	MFC Mykolaiv	3–4	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Uzhhorod
11:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	33' 37' 52'	Report	Pryadun 43' Favorov 73' Eseola 77' 90+1'	Stadium: HC "Kamelot"

5 July 2017 Friendly	Balmazújvárosi FC	1–1	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Uzhhorod
16:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	68'	Report	Eseola 38'	Stadium: HC "Kamelot" Attendance: 60

8 July 2017 Friendly	Volyn Lutsk	0–2	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Uzhhorod
18:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report	Eseola 19', 44'	Stadium: HC "Kamelot"

3 September 2017 Friendly	Motor Zaporizhia	0–2	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Nikopol
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report	Drachenko 37' (pen.) 86' (o.g.)	Stadium: GK Obriy Stadium Attendance: 50

26 January 2018 Prydniprovya Cup	Zorya Luhansk U-21	1–2	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Chkalove
13:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Zahoruyko 85'	Report	Zahalskyi 29' (pen.) 75' (pen.)	Stadium: Kolos Stadium Attendance: 50 Referee: Rostyslav Dubyna

29 January 2018 Prydniprovya Cup	MFC Metalurh Zaporizhya	0–3	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Chkalove
13:00 EET (UTC+02:00)		Report	Chychykov 26' Drachenko 32' (pen.) 74'	Stadium: Kolos Stadium Attendance: 50 Referee: Artem Ochkurenko

1 February 2018 Prydniprovya Cup	Victoriya Mykolayivka	1–1	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Chkalove
13:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Shevchenko 4'	Report	31' (pen.)	Stadium: Kolos Stadium Attendance: 50 Referee: Andriy Ryzhiy

2 February 2018 Exhibition game	FC Nikopol	1–5	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Nikopol
14:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Voronin 85' (pen.)	Report	7' Chychykov 35' Kondrakov 58' 71' Pryadun 76'	Stadium: Obriy Stadium Attendance: 50

5 February 2018 Prydniprovya Cup	Myr Hornostayivka	1–1	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Dnipro
12:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Boyko 84'	Report	Zahalskyi 73'	Stadium: Molodizhnyi Park Stadium

11 February 2018 Exhibition game	Arsenal Kyiv	2–2	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Shchaslyve
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Bushman 49' Derkach 84'	Report	69' Kondrakov 73'	Stadium: Arsenal train base Attendance: 50

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	16 July 2017	27 May 2018	Matchday 1	Relegation play-off (10th)	34	7	11	16	23	45	−22	020.59
Cup	20 September 2017	20 September 2017	Round 3 (1/16)	Round 3 (1/16)	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Total					35	7	11	17	25	48	−23	020.00

Last updated: 27 May 2018
Source: Competitions

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Karpaty Lviv	32	8	13	11	28	45	−17	37
9	Olimpik Donetsk	32	9	9	14	29	38	−9	36
10	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi (R)	32	7	10	15	22	40	−18	31	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
11	Chornomorets Odesa (Z)	32	6	11	15	26	49	−23	29	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
12	Stal Kamianske (R, X)	32	6	8	18	23	44	−21	26	Relegated and later withdrawn

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.
(R) Relegated; (X) Withdrew; (Z) Readmitted in after withdrawal of FC Poltava. see 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League #Relegation play-offs for more information.

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	7	10	15	22	40	−18	31	5	5	6	13	18	−5	2	5	9	9	22	−13

Last updated: 19 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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	D	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	L
Position	5	6	8	11	11	9	8	8	8	9	9	8	10	8	8	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2018. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

16 July 2017 1	Karpaty Lviv	1–1	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Lviv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Chachua 5' Miroshnichenko 87' Nesterov 90+4'	Report	Zahalskyi 37' (pen.) Pryadun 79'	Stadium: Ukraina Stadium Attendance: 7,520 Referee: Mykola Kryvonosov

22 July 2017 2	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	0–0	Olimpik Donetsk	Kropyvnytskyi
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Hovhannisyan 53' Zahalskyi 87' Eseola 90+2'	Report	Shabanov 45+1' Lukyanchuk 73' Moha 87' Kravchenko 90+2'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 2,542 Referee: Anatoliy Abdula

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	Drachenko 25', 65' Eseola 77' Panfilov 90+3'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Dmytro Bondarenko

6 August 2017 4	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	1–3	Veres Rivne	Kropyvnytskyi
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Zahalskyi 30', 85' Kacharaba 43' 81' Pryadun 45' Polehenko 67' Chychykov 90'	Report	Ischenko 28' Adamyuk 42' Siminin 45+1' Fedorchuk 58' Voloshynovych 83' Serhiychuk 90+2'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 1,770 Referee: Ihor Paskhal

11 August 2017 5	Dynamo Kyiv	3–0	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Kyiv
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Mbokani 48' Yarmolenko 76' (pen.), 79' Shepelyev 86'	Report	Tsyupa 42'	Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 7,461 Referee: Vitaliy Romanov

20 August 2017 6	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	2–1	Zorya Luhansk	Kropyvnytskyi
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	El Hamdaoui 21', 53' Pryadun 30' Kovalyov 38' Guedj 73'	Report	Hromov 19' Kharatin 50' Checher 52'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 2,153 Referee: Denys Shurman

26 August 2017 7	Stal Kamianske	0–1	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Kyiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Gor Malakyan 73' Danielyan 73' Klymchuk 73' Penkov 84'	Report	Pryadun 36' Kovalyov 45+2' Drachenko 73'	Stadium: Obolon Arena Attendance: 525 Referee: Mykola Balakin

10 September 2017 8	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	0–1	Chornomorets Odesa	Kropyvnytskyi
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Drachenko 23' Cécé Pepe 54' Tsyupa 69'	Report	Vasin 36' Bamba 44' Khoblenko 60' Žunić 63' Zubeyko 87'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 2,454 Referee: Dmytro Kutakov

16 September 2017 9	FC Mariupol	1–0	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Mariupol
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Fomin 17' Nasonov 43' Rudyka 58'	Report	Drachenko 18' Cécé Pepe 40' El Hamdaoui 90+2'	Stadium: Illichivets Stadium Attendance: 3,375 Referee: Mykola Kryvonosov

23 September 2017 10	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	2–4	Shakhtar Donetsk	Kropyvnytskyi
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Zahalskyi 22' El Hamdaoui 38', 57' Pryadun 61' Rassadkin 76', 87' Polehenko 86'	Report	Ferreyra 12', 45' Marlos 44' Rakitskiy 47' Stepanenko 57' Ordets 66' Petryak 85' Kovalenko 90+4'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 3,596 Referee: Yevhen Aranovsky

30 September 2017 11	Oleksandriya	0–0	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Oleksandriya
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report	Kacharaba 18' Guedj 67' Tsyupa 72'	Stadium: CSC Nika Stadium Attendance: 1,810 Referee: Dmytro Bondarenko

15 October 2017 12	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	0–0	Karpaty Lviv	Kropyvnytskyi
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kacharaba 76' Drachenko 85' Pryadun 88' Petrov 90+2'	Report	Myakushko 28' Holodyuk 44'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 1,788 Referee: Denys Shurman

21 October 2017 13	Olimpik Donetsk	1–0	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Kyiv
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Shabanov 61' Kravchenko 65' Polehenko 90' (o.g.)	Report	Drachenko 18' Kacharaba 29' Favorov 37' 59' Kovalyov 38'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Yevhen Aranovsky

29 October 2017 14	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	1–0	Vorskla Poltava	Kropyvnytskyi
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Pryadun 9' Chychykov 19' Cécé Pepe 23' Hovhannisyan 88'	Report	Chyzhov 11'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 1,467 Referee: Ivan Bondar

4 November 2017 15	Veres Rivne	0–0	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Lviv
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Siminin 80' Adamyuk 90+3'	Report	Petrov 34' Kacharaba 45+2' Drachenko 85'	Stadium: Ukraina Stadium Attendance: 710 Referee: Dmytro Bondarenko

18 November 2017 16	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	0–2	Dynamo Kyiv	Kropyvnytskyi
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)		Report	Khacheridi 7' Mbokani 23', 31'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 3,755 Referee: Oleksandr Derdo

26 November 2017 17	Zorya Luhansk	1–0	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Zaporizhia
19:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Sukhotskyi 39' Hromov 58' Checher 69'	Report	Matkobozhyk 77'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 1,627 Referee: Mykola Balakin

3 December 2017 18	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	1–0	Stal Kamianske	Kropyvnytskyi
14:00 EET (UTC+03:00)	Guedj 28' 31' Polehenko 36' Kacharaba 60' Zahalskyi 67' Tsyupa 78' Dryshlyuk 90+2' Past 90+4'	Report	Ulyanov 36' 76' Mykhaylychenko 67' Edgar Malakyan 67' Tymchyk 82' Khotsyanovskyi 89' Danielyan 89'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 954 Referee: Volodymyr Novokhatniy

9 December 2017 19	Chornomorets Odesa	3–3	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Odesa
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Bamba 10', 57' Kovalets 25' Khoblenko 43', 90' (pen.), 86' 90+3' Wagué 45+3' Martynenko 53' Zubeyko 70'	Report	Dryshlyuk 27' Favorov 45+3' Chychykov 51' Pryadun 83', 88' Petrov 89' Drachenko 90'	Stadium: Chornomorets Stadium Attendance: 4,246 Referee: Ihor Paskhal

18 February 2018 20	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	0–3	FC Mariupol	Kropyvnytskyi
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)		Report	Boryachuk 9', 26', 57' Dedechko 32' Bolbat 57'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 1,432 Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk

25 February 2018 21	Shakhtar Donetsk	5–0	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Kharkiv
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Ferreyra 14', 45' Kovalenko 18' Marlos 21', 43', 90+1' Khocholava 63' Taison 71' Fred 76'	Report	Matkobozhyk 32' Petrov 35' Zahalskyi 56' Tsyupa 60' Dryshlyuk 74'	Stadium: Metalist OSC Attendance: 1,517 Referee: Denys Shurman

6 March 2018 22	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	0–0	FC Oleksandriya	Kropyvnytskyi
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Drachenko 44' Bilonoh 66'	Report	Hrytsuk 9' Bukhal 82' Banada 90+3'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 1,141 Referee: Maksym Kozyryatskyi

10 March 2018 23	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	1–2	Stal Kamianske	Kropyvnytskyi
14:00 EET (UTC+03:00)	Guedj 24' Tsyupa 53' Zahalskyi 90+2' Bratkov 90+2'	Report	Meskhi 34' Kuzyk 37' Yakymiv 38' Johnathan 45', 52' Hrachov 90+2'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 1,018 Referee: Ivan Bondar

17 March 2018 24	Olimpik Donetsk	0–1	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Kyiv
17:00 EET (UTC+03:00)	Zakharkiv 69' Makharadze 90'	Report	Fatyeyev 56' Ochigava 60' (o.g.) Rullier 64' Zahalskyi 89' Guedj 90'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Volodymyr Milanych

31 March 2018 25	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	0–0	FC Oleksandriya	Kropyvnytskyi
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Zahalskyi 5' Averyanov 57'	Report	Dovhyi 63'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 1,585 Referee: Denys Shurman

9 April 2018 26	Karpaty Lviv	2–1	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Lviv
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Hutsulyak 23' Erbes 37' Lobay 45+2' 54' Myakushko 65' Holodyuk 88'	Report	Hovhannisyan 29' 59' Tsyupa 45+1' 74' Guedj 45+2' Bilonoh 50' Drachenko 76'	Stadium: Ukraina Stadium Attendance: 2,715 Referee: Ihor Paskhal

15 April 2018 27	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	2–1	Chornomorets Odesa	Kropyvnytskyi
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Zbun 2' Bilonoh 63', 79'	Report	Tretyakov 25' Romanyuk 47' 74' Tatarkov 54' Chorniy 90+2'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 1,722 Referee: Dmytro Kutakov

21 April 2018 28	Stal Kamianske	1–1	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Kyiv
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kuzyk 57' (pen.) Johnathan 63' Kostenko 79'	Report	Gafaiti 21' Tsyupa 44' 54' Petrov 47', 50'	Stadium: Obolon Arena Attendance: 217 Referee: Ievgenii Aranovskyi

28 April 2018 29	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	2–0	Olimpik Donetsk	Kropyvnytskyi
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Hovhannisyan 14' Drachenko 60' Petrov 64' Chychykov 75'	Report	Doronin 10' Hennadiy Pasich 23' Mishchenko 44' Nyemchaninov 61' Snurnitsyn 69' Tsymbalyuk 90+2'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 1,393 Referee: Kostyantyn Trukhanov

6 May 2018 30	FC Oleksandriya	1–0	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Oleksandriya
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Zaporozhan 37' Dovhyi 45'	Report	Bilonoh 42' Khodakovskyi 85' Petrov 90'	Stadium: CSC Nika Stadium Attendance: 1,850 Referee: Kateryna Monzul

12 May 2018 31	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	1–1	Karpaty Lviv	Kropyvnytskyi
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Chychykov 15' Gafaiti 31' Petrov 39' Drachenko 45+2' Guedj 49'	Report	Verbnyi 22' Lobay 42' 87' Carrascal 45+2' (pen.), 86' Erbes 50' Fedetskyi 74' Catriel Sánchez 90+1'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 3,417 Referee: Ievgenii Aranovskyi

19 May 2018 32	Chornomorets Odesa	1–0	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Odesa
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Lyulka 35' Romanyuk 51' Tretyakov 57'	Report	Petrov 12' Zbun 67' Guedj 69' Yampol 74' Gafaiti 83'	Stadium: Chornomorets Stadium Attendance: 4,355 Referee: Dmytro Kutakov

Relegation round

23 May 2018 1	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	1–1	Desna Chernihiv	Kropyvnytskyi
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Favorov 77' (o.g.) Petrov 85'	Report	Ohirya 7' Volkov 32' Koberidze 84'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 2,981 Referee: Serhiy Boyko

27 May 2018 2	Desna Chernihiv	4–0	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Chernihiv
18:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Denys Favorov 38' Arveladze 52', 87' Volkov 63', 63' Yermakov 85'	Report	Averyanov 55' Syomka 85' Gafaiti 85' Dryshlyuk 86'	Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium Attendance: 10,799 Referee: Kostyantyn Trukhanov

Ukrainian Cup

20 September 2017 Round 3 (1/16)	Tavriya Simferopol	3–2	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Beryslav
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Lohvinenko 9' (pen.) Yeloev 17' Hryppa 39' Kushnir 90+3' Voronchenko 110'	Report	Lyopka 6' Rassadkin 10', 99' Panfilov 19' Zahalskyi 51' Drachenko 92'	Stadium: Mashynobudivnyk Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Yevhen Petrenko

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
41	GK	UKR	Roman Lyopka	3	0	1+1	0	1	0
44	GK	UKR	Yevhen Past	33	0	33	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	FRA	Julian Rullier	5	0	4+1	0	0	0
5	DF	UKR	Anton Bratkov	15	0	14+1	0	0	0
9	DF	UKR	Nazar Malinovskyi	4	0	1+2	0	1	0
14	DF	UKR	Mykyta Khodakovskyi	3	0	0+3	0	0	0
16	DF	ALG	Adel Gafaiti	9	0	8+1	0	0	0
18	DF	UKR	Vladyslav Veremeev	2	0	2	0	0	0
19	DF	ARM	Arman Hovhannisyan	17	0	14+2	0	1	0
20	DF	UKR	Dmytro Fatyeyev	10	0	9+1	0	0	0
23	DF	UKR	Oleksandr Matkobozhyk	14	0	12+1	0	1	0
45	DF	FRA	Cécé Pepe	11	0	11	0	0	0
55	DF	UKR	Maksym Kovalyov	13	0	13	0	0	0
93	DF	UKR	Ivan Tsyupa	26	2	25+1	2	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF	UKR	Maksym Drachenko	30	1	29	1	0+1	0
8	MF	UKR	Pavlo Polehenko	24	0	22+2	0	0	0
10	MF	UKR	Dmytro Bilonoh	14	3	13+1	3	0	0
21	MF	UKR	Ihor Zahalskyi	29	2	23+5	2	1	0
22	MF	FRA	Arnaud Guedj	29	0	21+7	0	1	0
24	MF	UKR	Maksym Averyanov	7	0	3+4	0	0	0
27	MF	UKR	Kyrylo Dryshlyuk	20	0	9+10	0	1	0
90	MF	UKR	Yaroslav Yampol	7	0	3+4	0	0	0
Forwards
11	FW	FRA	Hicham El Hamdaoui	6	2	6	2	0	0
15	FW	UKR	Oleksiy Zbun	11	0	4+7	0	0	0
17	FW	UKR	Artem Syomka	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
28	FW	UKR	Vyacheslav Panfilov	7	1	0+6	0	1	1
29	FW	UKR	Maksym Pryadun	22	4	13+8	4	0+1	0
31	FW	UKR	Danylo Kondrakov	15	0	3+12	0	0	0
33	FW	BLR	Gleb Rassadkin	16	2	12+3	1	1	1
38	FW	UKR	Serhiy Petrov	16	3	12+4	3	0	0
77	FW	UKR	Oleksiy Chychykov	30	3	27+3	3	0	0
81	FW	UKR	Oleksandr Tarasyuk	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
4	DF	UKR	Taras Kacharaba	16	0	15+1	0	0	0
6	MF	ESP	Marc Castells	3	0	1+1	0	1	0
9	FW	UKR	Aderinsola Habib Eseola	5	0	4+1	0	0	0
10	FW	UKR	Artem Favorov	9	0	5+4	0	0	0
13	FW	UKR	Oleksandr Zozulya	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
17	MF	BRA	Bruno Vieira de Souza	3	0	0+2	0	1	0

Source: Competitions

Last updated: 27 May 2018

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Premier League	Cup	Total
1	29	FW	Maksym Pryadun	4	0	4
2	10	MF	Dmytro Bilonoh	3	0	3
2	38	FW	Serhiy Petrov	3	0	3
2	77	FW	Oleksiy Chychykov	3	0	3
5	11	FW	Hicham El Hamdaoui	2	0	2
5	21	MF	Ihor Zahalskyi	2	0	2
5	33	FW	Gleb Rassadkin	1	1	2
5	93	DF	Ivan Tsyupa	2	0	2
9	7	MF	Maksym Drachenko	1	0	1
9	28	FW	Vyacheslav Panfilov	0	1	1
			Own goal	2	0	2
			Total	23	2	25

Last updated: 27 May 2018

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Premier League	Total
1	44	GK	Yevhen Past	11	11
2	41	GK	Roman Lyopka	1	1
			Total	12	12

Last updated: 27 May 2018

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Player
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Premier League			Cup			Total
3	DF		Julian Rullier	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
4	DF		Taras Kacharaba	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0
5	DF		Anton Bratkov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
7	MF		Maksym Drachenko	12	0	0	1	0	0	13	0	0
8	MF		Pavlo Polehenko	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
9	FW		Aderinsola Habib Eseola	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
10	MF		Dmytro Bilonoh	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
10	FW		Artem Favorov	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
11	FW		Hicham El Hamdaoui	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
14	DF		Mykyta Khodakovskyi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
15	FW		Oleksiy Zbun	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
16	DF		Adel Gafaiti	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
17	FW		Artem Syomka	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
19	DF		Arman Hovhannisyan	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
20	DF		Dmytro Fatyeyev	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
21	MF		Ihor Zahalskyi	8	0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0
22	MF		Arnaud Guedj	7	1	0	0	0	0	7	1	0
23	DF		Oleksandr Matkobozhyk	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
24	MF		Maksym Averyanov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
27	MF		Kyrylo Dryshlyuk	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
28	FW		Vyacheslav Panfilov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
29	FW		Maksym Pryadun	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
33	FW		Gleb Rassadkin	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
38	FW		Serhiy Petrov	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
41	GK		Roman Lyopka	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
44	GK		Yevhen Past	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
45	DF		Cécé Pepe	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
55	DF		Maksym Kovalyov	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
77	FW		Oleksiy Chychykov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
90	MF		Yaroslav Yampol	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
93	DF		Ivan Tsyupa	4	2	0	0	0	0	4	2	0
			Total	91	6	1	4	0	0	95	6	1

Last updated: 27 May 2018

References

^ Арман Оганесян – гравець «Зірки» (in Ukrainian). 26 June 2017.
^ Арно Гедж – новобранець «Зірки» (in Ukrainian). 2 July 2017.
^ Вихованець київського «Динамо» Вячеслав Панфілов став гравцем «Зірки» (in Ukrainian). 10 July 2017.
^ КОНДРАКОВ ДАНІІЛ СЕРГІЙОВИЧ (in Ukrainian). 23 September 2017.
^ Марк Кастельс Ортега – новачок «Зірки» (in Ukrainian). 23 July 2017.
^ Сесе-Франк Пепе став гравцем «Зірки» (in Ukrainian). 4 August 2017.
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^ "Vejle siger farvel til fem spillere" (in Danish). 9 June 2017.
^ Тарас Качараба приєднався до складу «Зірки» (in Ukrainian). 10 July 2017.
^ Антон Братков – гравець «Зірки» (in Ukrainian). 27 January 2018.
^ Довгий Ярослав Володимирович (in Ukrainian). 9 February 2018.
^ Дмитро Білоног повертається в «Зірку» (in Ukrainian). 14 February 2018.
^ Ярослав Ямполь – ще один новачок «Зірки» (in Ukrainian). 15 February 2018.
^ Джуліан Рюльє – гравець «Зірки» (in Ukrainian). 3 March 2018.
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^ Тарас Качараба залишив «Зірку» (in Ukrainian). 1 February 2018.

External links

Official Club website

[1] Арман Оганесян – гравець «Зірки» (in Ukrainian). 26 June 2017.

[2] Арно Гедж – новобранець «Зірки» (in Ukrainian). 2 July 2017.

[3] Вихованець київського «Динамо» Вячеслав Панфілов став гравцем «Зірки» (in Ukrainian). 10 July 2017.

[4] КОНДРАКОВ ДАНІІЛ СЕРГІЙОВИЧ (in Ukrainian). 23 September 2017.

[5] Марк Кастельс Ортега – новачок «Зірки» (in Ukrainian). 23 July 2017.

[6] Сесе-Франк Пепе став гравцем «Зірки» (in Ukrainian). 4 August 2017.

[7] Іван Цюпа – новачок «Зірки» (in Ukrainian). 4 August 2017.

[8] Ішем Ель Амдауї – черговий новачок «Зірки» (in Ukrainian). 9 August 2017.

[9] Глєб Рассадкін – гравець «Зірки» (in Ukrainian). 30 August 2017.

[10] Сергій Петров – гравець «Зірки» (in Ukrainian). 29 September 2017.

[11] "Vejle siger farvel til fem spillere" (in Danish). 9 June 2017.

[12] Тарас Качараба приєднався до складу «Зірки» (in Ukrainian). 10 July 2017.

[13] Антон Братков – гравець «Зірки» (in Ukrainian). 27 January 2018.

[14] Довгий Ярослав Володимирович (in Ukrainian). 9 February 2018.

[15] Дмитро Білоног повертається в «Зірку» (in Ukrainian). 14 February 2018.

[16] Ярослав Ямполь – ще один новачок «Зірки» (in Ukrainian). 15 February 2018.

[17] Джуліан Рюльє – гравець «Зірки» (in Ukrainian). 3 March 2018.

[18] Адель Гафаіті – гравець «Зірки» (in Ukrainian). 14 March 2018.

[19] Момар Бангура – новачок «Зірки» (in Ukrainian). 14 March 2018.

[20] Офіційно! Андрій Бацула - гравець ФК "Олександрія" (in Ukrainian). 7 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[21] Артем Щедрий, Артем Сітало та Андрій Бацула - гравці «Олександрії» (in Ukrainian). 20 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[22] Артем Щедрий, Артем Сітало та Андрій Бацула - гравці «Олександрії» (in Ukrainian). 20 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[23] "Federico Pereyra is a new FC Karpaty player". 23 June 2017.

[24] Олександр Акименко – гравець ФК «Інгулець» (in Ukrainian). 29 June 2017. Archived from the original on 10 September 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.

[25] Ченакал Ігор (in Ukrainian). 5 August 2017. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.

[26] Олександр Акименко, Олександр Кучеренко та Роман Попов залишили «Зірку» (in Ukrainian). 29 June 2017.

[27] Попов Роман Олегович (in Ukrainian). 13 July 2017.

[28] Владислав Лупашко – гравець ФК «Інгулець» (in Ukrainian). 13 July 2017. Archived from the original on 10 September 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.

[29] Олександр Кучеренко — гравець ФК «Інгулець» (in Ukrainian). 24 August 2017. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.

[30] Дмитрий Билоног: «Сборы для того и существуют, чтобы играть под нагрузками и прибавлять» (in Russian). 18 June 2017. Archived from the original on 10 September 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.

[31] «Арсенал-Київ» орендував Адерінсолу Есеолу (in Ukrainian). 1 September 2017.

[32] "COMUNICADO OFICIAL: Marc Castells vuelve al CD Castellón" (in Spanish). 12 January 2018.

[33] Олександр Зозуля залишив ФК «Зірка» (in Ukrainian). 13 January 2018.

[34] Артем Фаворов - гравець ФК Десна (in Ukrainian). 28 January 2018.

[35] "Klaipėdoje rungtyniaus brazilas B.Vieira de Souza" (in Lithuanian). 29 March 2018.

[36] «Акжайык» подписал Эсеолу (in Russian). 25 January 2018. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2018.

[37] Тарас Качараба залишив «Зірку» (in Ukrainian). 1 February 2018.

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