2018–19 FC Zorya Luhansk season

The 2018–19 season was 18th season in the top Ukrainian football league for Zorya Luhansk. Zorya competed in Premier League, Ukrainian Cup and UEFA Europa League.

Zorya Luhansk

2018-19 season
President	Yevhen Heller
Manager	Yuriy Vernydub
Stadium	Slavutych Arena, Zaporizhia
Ukrainian Premier League	5th
Ukrainian Cup	Semi-final
UEFA Europa League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: Oleksandr Karavayev (8) All: Oleksandr Karavayev (10)
Home colours Away colours
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Players

Squad information

As of 31 May 2019

Squad no.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
1	Oleh Chuvayev		GK	(1987-10-25)25 October 1987 (aged 31)
23	Zauri Makharadze		GK	(1993-03-24)24 March 1993 (aged 26)
30	Mykyta Shevchenko		GK	(1993-01-26)26 January 1993 (aged 26)
76	Luiz Felipe List B		GK	(1997-04-24)24 April 1997 (aged 22)
Defenders
3	Dmytro Lytvyn		DF	(1996-11-21)21 November 1996 (aged 22)
15	Vitaliy Vernydub		DF	(1987-10-17)17 October 1987 (aged 31)
18	Oleksandr Tymchyk List B (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv)		DF	(1997-01-20)20 January 1997 (aged 22)
25	Maksym Bilyi		DF	(1990-06-21)21 June 1990 (aged 28)
29	Tymofiy Sukhar List B		DF	(1999-02-04)4 February 1999 (aged 20)
44	Vyacheslav Checher		DF	(1980-12-15)15 December 1980 (aged 38)
77	Ihor Chaykovskyi		DF	(1991-10-07)7 October 1991 (aged 27)
Midfielders
6	Mykyta Kamenyuka (Captain)		MF	(1985-06-03)3 June 1985 (aged 33)
7	Vladyslav Kocherhin		MF	(1996-04-30)30 April 1996 (aged 23)
10	Dmytro Khomchenovskyi		MF	(1990-04-16)16 April 1990 (aged 29)
14	Bohdan Mykhaylychenko List B (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv)		MF	(1997-03-21)21 March 1997 (aged 22)
17	Bohdan Lyednyev List B (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv)		MF	(1998-04-07)7 April 1998 (aged 21)
20	Oleksandr Karavayev		MF	(1992-06-02)2 June 1992 (aged 26)
22	Vladyslav Kabayev		MF	(1995-09-01)1 September 1995 (aged 23)
28	Artem Hromov		MF	(1990-01-14)14 January 1990 (aged 29)
48	Maksym Kazakov		MF	(1996-02-06)6 February 1996 (aged 23)
64	Serhiy Mayboroda List B		MF	(1997-11-21)21 November 1997 (aged 21)
76	Yehor Shalfeyev List B		MF	(1998-10-03)3 October 1998 (aged 20)
91	Mateus Norton		MF	(1996-07-19)19 July 1996 (aged 22)
96	Silas		MF	(1996-05-30)30 May 1996 (aged 23)
97	Itsuki Urata List B		MF	(1997-01-29)29 January 1997 (aged 22)
98	Yevhen Cheberko List B		MF	(1998-01-23)23 January 1998 (aged 21)
99	Levan Arveladze		MF	(1993-04-06)6 April 1993 (aged 26)
Forwards
8	Nemanja Ivanović		FW	(1997-05-14)14 May 1997 (aged 22)
11	Pylyp Budkivskyi		FW	(1992-03-10)10 March 1992 (aged 27)
19	Maksym Lunyov List B		FW	(1998-05-22)22 May 1998 (aged 21)
90	Leonardo Acevedo (on loan from Sporting CP)		FW	(1996-04-18)18 April 1996 (aged 23)

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Type	Fee	Source
Summer
31 May 2018	GK	Zauri Makharadze	25	Olimpik Donetsk	Transfer	Free	[1]
19 June 2018	DF	Vitaliy Vernydub	30	Gabala	Transfer	Free	[2]
19 June 2018	MF	Dmytro Khomchenovskyi	28	Ural Yekaterinburg	Transfer	Undisclosed	[3]
1 July 2018	MF	Levan Arveladze	25	Desna Chernihiv	Transfer	Free	[4]
5 July 2018	FW	Rafael Ratão	22	Oeste	Transfer	Free	[5]
19 July 2018	MF	Maksym Kazakov	22	Dynamo Kyiv	Transfer	Undisclosed	[6]
31 May 2018	MF	Mykyta Kamenyuka	32	Veres Rivne	Loan return
19 July 2018	MF	Bohdan Mykhaylychenko	21	Dynamo Kyiv	Loan		[7]
19 July 2018	MF	Bohdan Lyednyev	20	Dynamo Kyiv	Loan		[8]
22 August 2018	FW	Leonardo Acevedo	22	Sporting CP	Loan		[9]
Winter
15 January 2019	DF	Maksym Bilyi	28	FC Mariupol	Transfer	Free	[10]
15 January 2019	FW	Nemanja Ivanović	21	Sinđelić Beograd	Transfer	Undisclosed	[11]
18 January 2019	FW	Pylyp Budkivskyi	26	Shakhtar Donetsk	Transfer	Free	[12]
22 January 2019	MF	Ihor Chaykovskyi	27	Anzhi Makhachkala	Transfer	Undisclosed	[13]
12 February 2019	GK	Mykyta Shevchenko	25	Shakhtar Donetsk	Transfer	Undisclosed	[14]
4 March 2019	MF	Mateus Norton	22	Fluminense	Transfer	Free	[15]
12 March 2019	MF	Itsuki Urata	22	Giravanz Kitakyushu	Transfer	Undisclosed	[16]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Type	Fee	Source
Summer
31 May 2018	MF	Željko Ljubenović	36	Retired	Transfer		[17]
7 June 2018	FW	Iury	22	Al-Nasr Dubai	Transfer	Undisclosed	[18]
22 June 2018	GK	Andriy Lunin	19	Real Madrid	Transfer	Undisclosed	[19]
18 July 2018	DF	Yevhen Opanasenko	27	Konyaspor	Transfer	Undisclosed	[20]
25 July 2018	MF	Ruslan Babenko	25	Chornomorets Odesa	Transfer	Free	[21]
August 2018	DF	Mohamed El Bouazzati	21	Unattached	Transfer	Free
3 September 2018	MF	David Faupala	21	Apollon Limassol	Transfer	Undisclosed	[22]
31 May 2018	MF	Oleksandr Andriyevskyi	23	Dynamo Kyiv	Loan return
Winter
1 January 2019	DF	Artem Hordiyenko	27	Unattached	Transfer	Free
1 January 2019	MF	Ihor Kharatin	23	Ferencváros	Transfer	€0.6m	[23][24]
15 February 2019	DF	Oleksandr Svatok	24	Hajduk Split	Transfer	Undisclosed	[25]
16 February 2019	DF	Vasyl Pryima	27	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	Transfer	Free	[26]
5 March 2019	MF	Anđelo Kačavenda	20	Tavriya Simferopol	Transfer	Undisclosed	[27]
2 February 2019	FW	Rafael Ratão	23	Slovan Bratislava	Loan		[28]

Pre-season and friendlies

Zorya Luhansk v FC Mariupol

25 June 2018 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	1–1	FC Mariupol	Zaporizhia
EEST (UTC+03:00)	Hromov 85'	Report	Chobotenko 30'	Stadium: Torpedo Stadium

Zorya Luhansk v Partizan

3 July 2018 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	1–0	Partizan	Kidričevo, Slovenia
18:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Hordiyenko 89'	Report

Zorya Luhansk v Domžale

6 July 2018 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	3–1	Domžale	Slovenia
18:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Karavayev 67' Shalfeyev 73' Lunyov 90'	Report	Haljeta 66'

Zorya Luhansk v Čukarički

9 July 2018 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	3–1	Čukarički	Slovenia
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kocherhin 28', 50' Tymchyk 77'	Report	44' (pen.)

Zorya Luhansk v Astra Giurgiu

11 July 2018 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	Cancelled	Astra Giurgiu	Slovenia
EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report

Zorya Luhansk v Rudeš

11 July 2018 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	1–1	Rudeš	Slovenia
17:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Hromov 41'	Report	21'

Zorya Luhansk v Hajduk Split

13 July 2018 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	1–3	Hajduk Split	Slovenia
EEST (UTC+03:00)	Hordiyenko 41'	Report	Vučur 49' Delić 67' Nejašmić 87'

Zorya Luhansk v Liepāja

25 January 2019 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	1–0	Liepāja	Turkey
10:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Budkivskyi 10'	Report

Zorya Luhansk v Voždovac

27 January 2019 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	Cancelled	Voždovac	Turkey
EET (UTC+02:00)		Report

Zorya Luhansk v Vojvodina

27 January 2019 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	1–2	Vojvodina	Turkey
16:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Ivanović 83'	Report	Gojkov 80' Milojević 84'

Zorya Luhansk v Proleter Novi Sad

30 January 2019 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	1–0	Proleter Novi Sad	Turkey
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Khomchenovskyi 6'	Report

Zorya Luhansk v Piast Gliwice

2 February 2019 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	2–2	Piast Gliwice	Turkey
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Mayboroda 65', 81'	Report	Papadopulos 75' Jorge Félix 76'

Zorya Luhansk v Lokomotiv Tashkent

9 February 2019 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	1–0	Lokomotiv Tashkent	Turkey
16:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Hromov 84' (pen.)	Report

Zorya Luhansk v Kalmar

12 February 2019 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	0–1	Kalmar	Belek, Turkey
16:00 EET (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: 68'

Zorya Luhansk v Sogdiana Jizzakh

14 February 2019 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	0–1	Sogdiana Jizzakh	Turkey
EET (UTC+02:00)		Report	87'

Zorya Luhansk v Shakhter Karagandy

16 February 2019 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	0–0	Shakhter Karagandy	Turkey
15:30 EET (UTC+02:00)		Report

Zorya Luhansk v Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza

17 February 2019 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	3–4	Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza	Turkey
10:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Mykhaylychenko 33' Tymchyk 53' Acevedo 83'	Report	23' 36' 64' 73'

Zorya Luhansk v Dinamo Tbilisi

19 February 2019 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	2–1	Dinamo Tbilisi	Turkey
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Karavayev 50' (pen.) Ivanović 86'	Report	27'

FC Mariupol v Zorya Luhansk

27 March 2019 Friendly	FC Mariupol	2–2	Zorya Luhansk	Zaporizhia
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Budkivskyi 52' Lytvyn 62'	Report	Myshnyov 30' Fedorchuk 74' (pen.)	Stadium: Torpedo Stadium

Metalurh Zaporizhya v Zorya Luhansk

28 March 2019 Friendly	Metalurh Zaporizhya	0–4	Zorya Luhansk	Zaporizhia
12:00 EET (UTC+02:00)		Report	Kocherhin 4' Ivanović 20' Povaliy 54' Acevedo 60'	Stadium: Torpedo Stadium

Competitions

Overall

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	22 July 2018	30 May 2019	Matchday 1	5th	32	11	10	11	39	34	+5	034.38
Cup	31 October 2018	17 April 2019	Round of 16 (1/8)	Semi-final	3	1	1	1	3	3	+0	033.33
Europa League	9 August 2018	30 August	3Q	Play-off	4	0	3	1	5	6	−1	000.00
Total					39	12	14	13	47	43	+4	030.77

Last updated: 31 May 2019
Source: Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Dynamo Kyiv	32	22	6	4	54	18	+36	72	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	FC Oleksandriya	32	14	7	11	39	34	+5	49	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
4	FC Mariupol	32	12	7	13	36	47	−11	43[b]	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]
5	Zorya Luhansk	32	11	10	11	39	34	+5	43[b]	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
6	FC Lviv	32	8	10	14	25	40	−15	34

Source: Ukrainian Premier League (in Ukrainian), UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head higher number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Higher number of goals scored; 7) Draw or "golden match" if tied for title (Article 22, paragraph 3).^[29]
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2018–19 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.
2. Head to Head: Mariupol – Zorya +3=0-1, advantage Mariupol.

Teams that placed 10th and 11th in the 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League play two-leg play-off with the second and third teams of the 2018–19 Ukrainian First League. The draw for play-offs took place on 24 May 2019^[30] and the games will be played on 4 and 8 June 2019.^[31]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chornomorets Odesa	0 – 2	Kolos Kovalivka	0 – 0	0 – 2
Karpaty Lviv	3 – 1	Volyn Lutsk	0 – 0	3 – 1

First leg

4 June 2019

19:00 UTC+3

Chornomorets Odesa	0 – 0	Kolos Kovalivka
	Report

Chornomorets Stadium, Odesa

Attendance: 5,435

Referee: Anatoliy Abdula (Kharkiv)

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4 June 2019

19:00 UTC+3

Karpaty Lviv	0 – 0	Volyn Lutsk
	Report

Ukraina Stadium, Lviv

Attendance: 10,104

Referee: Denys Shurman (Vyshneve)

Second leg

8 June 2019

17:00 UTC+3

Kolos Kovalivka	2 – 0	Chornomorets Odesa
Havrysh 57', 63' (pen.)	Report

Kolos Stadium, Kovalivka

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Vitaliy Romanov

Kolos Kovalivka won 2–0 on aggregate and were promoted to the 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League. Chornomorets Odesa were relegated to the 2019–20 Ukrainian First League

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8 June 2019

19:00 UTC+3

Volyn Lutsk	0 – 3 1 – 3	Karpaty Lviv
Kozhanov 42'	Report	Klyots 37' Ponde 82' (pen.) Miroshnichenko 90+5'

Avanhard Stadium, Lutsk

Attendance: 5,200

Referee: Maksym Kozyryatskyi

Karpaty Lviv won 3–0 on aggregate and retained their spot in the 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League. Volyn Lutsk remained in the 2019–20 Ukrainian First League

Due to fan violence at the game and attack on referee, the original score 1–3 was scratched and replaced with technical score 0–3 loss to Volyn and win for Karpaty. Additionally, the Lutsk department of police started criminal proceedings on the fact of intentional damage to property during the game by the Karpaty fans.^[32]

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	10	11	39	34	+5	43	6	5	5	19	14	+5	5	5	6	20	20	0

Last updated: 31 May 2019.
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	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	D	W	D	L	W	D	L	D	D	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	L	D	W	L
Position	4	7	6	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	7	8	6	5	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5

Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2019. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Zorya Luhansk v FC Mariupol

22 July 2018 1	Zorya Luhansk	2–1	FC Mariupol	Zaporizhia
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kamenyuka  8' Kharatin  38' Hordiyenko 50' Karavayev 85'	Report	Churko 9' (pen.) Myshnyov  23' Tyschenko  45' Bykov  76'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 1,956 Referee: Mykola Balakin

FC Oleksandriya v Zorya Luhansk

28 July 2018 2	FC Oleksandriya	1–0	Zorya Luhansk	Oleksandriya
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Banada 85'	Report		Stadium: CSC Nika Stadium Attendance: 2,110 Referee: Ievgenii Aranovskyi

Zorya Luhansk v Chornomorets Odesa

4 August 2018 3	Zorya Luhansk	1–1	Chornomorets Odesa	Zaporizhia
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Rafael Ratão 22' Cheberko  88'	Report	Hrachov  52' Savchenko 59'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 3,961 Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi

Karpaty Lviv v Zorya Luhansk

12 August 2018 4	Karpaty Lviv	0–1	Zorya Luhansk	Lviv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Lebedenko  81' Méndez  90+5'	Report	Svatok  25' Mykhaylychenko  75' Kharatin 77' Khomchenovskyi  90+5'	Stadium: Ukraina Stadium Attendance: 5,352 Referee: Mykola Kryvonosov

Zorya Luhansk v Olimpik Donetsk

18 August 2018 5	Zorya Luhansk	0–0	Olimpik Donetsk	Zaporizhia
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Hordiyenko  22' Kharatin  89'	Report		Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 3,498 Referee: Oleksandr Derdo

Zorya Luhansk v Desna Chernihiv

26 August 2018 6	Zorya Luhansk	0–2	Desna Chernihiv	Zaporizhia
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Lyednyev  45'	Report	Starenkyi 11' Bezborodko 73'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 2,228 Referee: Ievgenii Aranovskyi

Arsenal Kyiv v Zorya Luhansk

2 September 2018 7	Arsenal Kyiv	0–5	Zorya Luhansk	Kyiv
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Orikhovskyi  63'	Report	Karavayev 5' Khomchenovskyi 13', 68' Rafael Ratão 43' Lyednyev 51'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 2,211 Referee: Yuriy Mozharovskyi

Zorya Luhansk v Dynamo Kyiv

16 September 2018 8	Zorya Luhansk	1–1	Dynamo Kyiv	Zaporizhia
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kabayev  41'  90+3' Hromov 44' Silas  69' Kharatin  89'	Report	Buyalskyi  30' Shepelyev  46' Sydorchuk 67' Tsyhankov  90+2'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 9,237 Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi

Vorskla Poltava v Zorya Luhansk

23 September 2018 9	Vorskla Poltava	2–1	Zorya Luhansk	Poltava
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Chesnakov  24' Dallku  63' Rebenok 64' Kulach  68' Serhiychuk  69' Pryima 90' (o.g.) Shust  90+2'	Report	Mykhaylychenko  58' Rafael Ratão  68' Karavayev 70',  89'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 5,800 Referee: Serhiy Boyko

Zorya Luhansk v FC Lviv

30 September 2018 10	Zorya Luhansk	0–0	FC Lviv	Zaporizhia
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Rafael Ratão  71'	Report	Jonatan Lima  47' Lucas Taylor  48' Marthã  82'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 3,197 Referee: Dmytro Kutakov

Shakhtar Donetsk v Zorya Luhansk

7 October 2018 11	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–1	Zorya Luhansk	Kharkiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Moraes 38',  44' Matviyenko  48'	Report	Acevedo  14' Kharatin 49',  74' Luiz Felipe  90+1'	Stadium: OSC Metalist Attendance: 6,015 Referee: Mykola Kryvonosov

FC Mariupol v Zorya Luhansk

20 October 2018 12	FC Mariupol	3–2	Zorya Luhansk	Mariupol
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Boryachuk 30', 36' Fedorchuk  34'  65' Vakula  50' Bykov  60' Zubkov 83'	Report	Silas  7' Pryima  26' Karavayev  75' Hromov 90' Kocherhin 90+2'	Stadium: Volodymyr Boiko Stadium Attendance: 2,305 Referee: Ievgenii Aranovskyi

Zorya Luhansk v FC Oleksandriya

27 October 2018 13	Zorya Luhansk	0–0	FC Oleksandriya	Zaporizhia
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Mayboroda  84'	Report		Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 1,829 Referee: Yuriy Mozharovskyi

Chornomorets Odesa v Zorya Luhansk

4 November 2018 14	Chornomorets Odesa	0–3	Zorya Luhansk	Odesa
19:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Ostapenko  25'	Report	Tymchyk 27' Mayboroda 66' Karavayev 72'	Stadium: Chornomorets Odesa Attendance: 360 Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk

Zorya Luhansk v Karpaty Lviv

10 November 2018 15	Zorya Luhansk	2–1	Karpaty Lviv	Zaporizhia
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Khomchenovskyi 16' Silas  66' Hordiyenko 71' Kharatin  90+1' Tymchyk  90+3'	Report	Shved 34' Ponde  50' Miroshnichenko  68' Carrascal  76'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 1,815 Referee: Denys Shurman

Olimpik Donetsk v Zorya Luhansk

25 November 2018 16	Olimpik Donetsk	1–1	Zorya Luhansk	Kyiv
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Balashov 59' (pen.),  90+3' Do Couto  84' Dehtyarev  86' Shynder  89' Kravchenko  90+3'	Report	Vernydub 50' Mykhaylychenko  56'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 338 Referee: Ivan Bondar

Desna Chernihiv v Zorya Luhansk

1 December 2018 17	Desna Chernihiv	0–2	Zorya Luhansk	Kyiv
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Starenkyi  29' Artem Favorov  81'	Report	Silas 23',  87' Vernydub  54' Kabayev 80'	Stadium: Obolon Arena Attendance: 670 Referee: Dmytro Kryvushkin

Zorya Luhansk v Arsenal Kyiv

8 December 2018 18	Zorya Luhansk	3–0	Arsenal Kyiv	Zaporizhia
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Karavayev 36' (pen.) Hromov 51' Kamenyuka 80'	Report	Zozulya  35'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 1,576 Referee: Dmytro Panchyshyn

Dynamo Kyiv v Zorya Luhansk

25 February 2019 19	Dynamo Kyiv	5–0	Zorya Luhansk	Kyiv
18:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Shaparenko 34', 49',  39' Verbič 37', 54',  82' Fran Sol 73' Sydorchuk  82' Shabanov  90+3'	Report	Lunyov  31' Kabayev  78' Lytvyn  90'	Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 12,764 Referee: Vitaliy Romanov

Zorya Luhansk v Vorskla Poltava

3 March 2019 20	Zorya Luhansk	3–0	Vorskla Poltava	Zaporizhia
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Hromov  24', 62' Silas  29', 45+1' Karavayev 77' Vernydub  88'	Report	Šehić  11' Artur  26' Sklyar  54' Chyzhov  71' Vasin  87'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 2,115 Referee: Mykola Balakin

FC Lviv v Zorya Luhansk

9 March 2019 21	FC Lviv	0–0	Zorya Luhansk	Lviv
19:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Pedro Vitor  32' Paramonov  64'  80'	Report	Tymchyk  12' Mykhaylychenko  28' Hromov  28' Vernydub  66' Arveladze  74' Lytvyn  76'	Stadium: Ukraina Stadium Attendance: 949 Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk

Zorya Luhansk v Shakhtar Donetsk

16 March 2019 22	Zorya Luhansk	0–1	Shakhtar Donetsk	Zaporizhia
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Cheberko  10' Lytvyn  60' Lunyov  77' Vernydub  86'	Report	Moraes  19', 25' Marlos  35' Taison  70' Kryvtsov  81'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 9,227 Referee: Vitaliy Romanov

Zorya Luhansk v Dynamo Kyiv

3 April 2019 23	Zorya Luhansk	2–3	Dynamo Kyiv	Zaporizhia
18:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Karavayev 32' Silas  43' Budkivskyi  46' Bilyi 54',  62',  69' Lunyov  56' Kabayev  60' Checher  81'	Report	Shaparenko  38' Kádár  48'  53' Kędziora  56' Buyalskyi 58',  84' Tsyhankov 64', 82' (pen.) Verbič  90+1'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 7,238 Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi

Shakhtar Donetsk v Zorya Luhansk

13 April 2019 24	Shakhtar Donetsk	3–0	Zorya Luhansk	Kharkiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kovalenko 15' (pen.) Kryvtsov  23' Kayode 50' Maycon 90+1'	Report	Vernydub  22' Kazakov  80' Mykhaylychenko  90'	Stadium: OSC Metalist Attendance: 6,154 Referee: Anatoliy Abdula

Zorya Luhansk v FC Lviv

24 April 2019 25	Zorya Luhansk	2–1	FC Lviv	Zaporizhia
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Cheberko  16' Budkivskyi 56' Kocherhin  77' Karavayev 90' (pen.) Shevchenko  90+4'	Report	Bruno Duarte 42' Voronin  49' Marthã  64'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 1,562 Referee: Maksym Kozyryatskyi

FC Oleksandriya v Zorya Luhansk

28 April 2019 26	FC Oleksandriya	0–2	Zorya Luhansk	Oleksandriya
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Babohlo  39'	Report	Mykhaylychenko  36' Hromov 41', 62' Chaykovskyi  50' Vernydub  82'	Stadium: CSC Nika Stadium Attendance: 1,900 Referee: Yuriy Ivanov

Zorya Luhansk v FC Mariupol

4 May 2019 27	Zorya Luhansk	0–1	FC Mariupol	Zaporizhia
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Vernydub  64'	Report	Zubkov  32' Fomin 34' Churko  45+1'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 1,728 Referee: Oleksandr Derdo

Dynamo Kyiv v Zorya Luhansk

11 May 2019 28	Dynamo Kyiv	1–1	Zorya Luhansk	Kyiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Rusyn 11' Buyalskyi  54' Andriyevskyi  80' Mykolenko  90+3'	Report	Chaykovskyi  42' Kocherhin  46' Cheberko  79' Silas 90+2'	Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 18,257 Referee: Kateryna Monzul

Zorya Luhansk v Shakhtar Donetsk

19 May 2019 29	Zorya Luhansk	0–1	Shakhtar Donetsk	Zaporizhia
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Mykhaylychenko  35' Tymchyk  83'	Report	Kovalenko  7' Moraes 11',  29' Stepanenko  72'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 7,123 Referee: Mykola Balakin

FC Lviv v Zorya Luhansk

22 May 2019 30	FC Lviv	0–0	Zorya Luhansk	Lviv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Pernambuco  28' Cadina  90'	Report	Arveladze  73'  87'	Stadium: Ukraina Stadium Attendance: 896 Referee: Oleksandr Derdo

Zorya Luhansk v FC Oleksandriya

26 May 2019 31	Zorya Luhansk	3–1	FC Oleksandriya	Zaporizhia
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Vernydub  22' Hromov 30',  58' Lunyov 44' Khomchenovskyi 68' Chaykovskyi  74' Silas  83'	Report	Hrechyshkin  6' Dovhyi 12' Luchkevych  20' Bukhal  49' Babohlo  58'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 1,985 Referee: Dmytro Bondarenko

FC Mariupol v Zorya Luhansk

30 May 2019 32	FC Mariupol	3–1	Zorya Luhansk	Mariupol
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Zubkov 66' Vakula 67' Ihnatenko  90+3' Boryachuk 90+4'	Report	Pikhalyonok 12' (o.g.) Silas  69'	Stadium: Volodymyr Boiko Stadium Attendance: 1,712 Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi

Ukrainian Cup

Main article: 2018–19 Ukrainian Cup

Desna Chernihiv v Zorya Luhansk

31 October 2018 Round of 16 (1/8)	Desna Chernihiv	1–1 (4 – 5 p)	Zorya Luhansk	Chernihiv
19:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Bezborodko 37' Lyulka  47' Denys Favorov  72' Yermakov  78' Starenkyi  105'	Report	Mykhaylychenko  28' Lytvyn  72' Kharatin  77' Lyednyev 84'	Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium Attendance: 4,063 Referee: Ivan Bondar
	Penalties
	Artem Favorov Filippov Kartushov Khlyobas Denys Favorov		Karavayev Hromov Acevedo Lyednyev Kharatin

FC Lviv v Zorya Luhansk

7 April 2018 Quarterfinal	FC Lviv	0–1	Zorya Luhansk	Lviv
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Borzenko  46' Alvaro  55' Lipe Veloso  68'	Report	Lunyov  21' Lyednyev 48' Cheberko  63' Budkivskyi  85'	Stadium: Ukraina Stadium Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk

Inhulets Petrove v Zorya Luhansk

17 April 2018 Semifinal	Inhulets Petrove	2–1	Zorya Luhansk	Petrove
16:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Zaporozhets 16' Schedryi 39' Pavlov  50' Sytnykov  88' Sula  90+6'	Report	Arveladze  30' Vernydub  33' Cheberko 45+1'	Stadium: Inhulets Stadium Attendance: 1,563 Referee: Dmytro Kutakov

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-offs (Main Path)

Zorya Luhansk v Braga

9 August 2018 3Q	Zorya Luhansk	1–1	Braga	Zaporizhia
20:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Lyednyev  27' Karavayev 27' Kharatin  27'	Report	Wilson Eduardo  25' Novais  43' Horta 69'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 5,365 Referee: Tobias Welz

Braga v Zorya Luhansk

16 August 2018 3Q	Braga	2–2	Zorya Luhansk	Braga, Portugal
22:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Dyego Sousa  8' Novais  32', 65' Horta  50', 73' Esgaio  90+4'	Report	Kharatin  34' Lyednyev  40' Silas  63' Vernydub  64' Rafael Ratão 70' Karavayev 83',  90+6' Mykhaylychenko  90+2' Kabayev  90+2'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 12,224 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev

Zorya Luhansk v RB Leipzig

23 August 2018 Play-off	Zorya Luhansk	0–0	RB Leipzig	Zaporizhia
21:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Lyednyev  17' Rafael Ratão  29'	Report	Cunha  42' Saracchi  68'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Referee: Benoît Bastien

RB Leipzig v Zorya Luhansk

30 August 2018 Play-off	RB Leipzig	3–2	Zorya Luhansk	Leipzig, Germany
EEST (UTC+03:00)	Cunha 7' Augustin 69' Forsberg 90' (pen.)	Report	Svatok  13' Rafael Ratão 35' Kharatin  38' Hordiyenko 48' Luiz Felipe  83'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Referee: Danny Makkelie

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Cup		EL
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
23	GK	GEO	Zauri Makharadze	14	0	12	0	1	0	0+1	0
30	GK	UKR	Mykyta Shevchenko	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
73	GK	BRA	Luiz Felipe	18	0	12	0	2	0	4	0
Defenders
3	DF	UKR	Dmytro Lytvyn	13	0	8+3	0	2	0	0	0
15	DF	UKR	Vitaliy Vernydub	32	1	26	1	2	0	4	0
18	DF	UKR	Oleksandr Tymchyk	28	1	20+1	1	3	0	4	0
25	DF	UKR	Maksym Bilyi	5	1	4	1	0+1	0	0	0
44	DF	UKR	Vyacheslav Checher	4	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0
77	DF	UKR	Ihor Chaykovskyi	9	0	7+2	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	UKR	Mykyta Kamenyuka	5	1	4+1	1	0	0	0	0
7	MF	UKR	Vladyslav Kocherhin	22	1	8+10	1	0	0	0+4	0
10	MF	UKR	Dmytro Khomchenovskyi	28	4	23+1	4	0+1	0	3	0
14	MF	UKR	Bohdan Mykhaylychenko	28	0	19+2	0	2+1	0	4	0
17	MF	UKR	Bohdan Lyednyev	28	3	12+10	1	2+1	2	3	0
20	MF	UKR	Oleksandr Karavayev	38	10	30+1	8	2+1	0	4	2
22	MF	UKR	Vladyslav Kabayev	29	1	11+11	1	1+2	0	1+3	0
28	MF	UKR	Artem Hromov	26	7	15+9	7	1+1	0	0	0
48	MF	UKR	Maksym Kazakov	4	0	2+1	0	1	0	0	0
64	MF	UKR	Serhiy Mayboroda	5	1	3+1	1	1	0	0	0
91	MF	BRA	Mateus Norton	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
96	MF	BRA	Silas	33	3	22+4	3	2+1	0	4	0
98	MF	UKR	Yevhen Cheberko	19	1	16	0	2	1	0+1	0
99	MF	UKR	Levan Arveladze	24	0	14+8	0	2	0	0	0
Forwards
8	FW	SRB	Nemanja Ivanović	6	0	1+5	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	UKR	Pylyp Budkivskyi	15	1	11+2	1	2	0	0	0
19	FW	UKR	Maksym Lunyov	15	1	8+5	1	2	0	0	0
90	FW	COL	Leonardo Acevedo	11	0	3+7	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
3	DF	UKR	Oleksandr Svatok	21	0	16	0	1	0	4	0
4	DF	UKR	Vasyl Pryima	6	0	4+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
5	DF	UKR	Artem Hordiyenko	14	3	8+2	2	1	0	1+2	1
8	MF	UKR	Ihor Kharatin	21	2	12+4	2	1	0	4	0
21	FW	BRA	Rafael Ratão	15	4	10+1	2	0	0	4	2

Source: Competitions

Last updated: 31 May 2019

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Premier League	Cup	EL	Total
1	20	MF		Oleksandr Karavayev	8	0	2	10
2	28	MF		Artem Hromov	7	0	0	7
3	10	MF		Dmytro Khomchenovskyi	4	0	0	4
	21	FW		Rafael Ratão	2	0	2	4
5	5	DF		Artem Hordiyenko	2	0	1	3
	17	MF		Bohdan Lyednyev	1	2	0	3
	96	MF		Silas	3	0	0	3
8	8	MF		Ihor Kharatin	2	0	0	2
9	6	MF		Mykyta Kamenyuka	1	0	0	1
	7	MF		Vladyslav Kocherhin	1	0	0	1
	11	FW		Pylyp Budkivskyi	1	0	0	1
	15	DF		Vitaliy Vernydub	1	0	0	1
	18	DF		Oleksandr Tymchyk	1	0	0	1
	19	FW		Maksym Lunyov	1	0	0	1
	22	MF		Vladyslav Kabayev	1	0	0	1
	25	DF		Maksym Bilyi	1	0	0	1
	64	MF		Serhiy Mayboroda	1	0	0	1
	98	MF		Yevhen Cheberko	0	1	0	1
				Own goal	1	0	0	1
				Total	37	3	5	45

Last updated: 31 May 2019

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Premier League	Cup	EL	Total
1	73	GK		Luiz Felipe	5	1	2	8
1	23	GK		Zauri Makharadze	5	0	0	5
3	30	GK		Mykyta Shevchenko	2	0	0	2
				Total	12	1	2	15

Last updated: 31 May 2019

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Premier League			Cup			EL			Total
3	DF		Dmytro Lytvyn	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
3	DF		Oleksandr Svatok	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
4	DF		Vasyl Pryima	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
5	DF		Artem Hordiyenko	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
6	MF		Mykyta Kamenyuka	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
7	MF		Vladyslav Kocherhin	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
8	MF		Ihor Kharatin	5	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	9	0	0
10	MF		Dmytro Khomchenovskyi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
14	MF		Bohdan Mykhaylychenko	7	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0
15	DF		Vitaliy Vernydub	8	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0
11	FW		Pylyp Budkivskyi	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
17	MF		Bohdan Lyednyev	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	0	1
18	DF		Oleksandr Tymchyk	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
19	FW		Maksym Lunyov	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
20	MF		Oleksandr Karavayev	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1
21	FW		Rafael Ratão	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
22	MF		Vladyslav Kabayev	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0
25	DF		Maksym Bilyi	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
28	MF		Artem Hromov	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
30	GK		Mykyta Shevchenko	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
44	DF		Vyacheslav Checher	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
48	MF		Maksym Kazakov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
64	MF		Serhiy Mayboroda	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
73	GK		Luiz Felipe	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
77	DF		Ihor Chaykovskyi	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
90	FW		Leonardo Acevedo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
96	MF		Silas	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0
98	MF		Yevhen Cheberko	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
99	MF		Levan Arveladze	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
			Total	69	2	2	8	0	0	13	0	1	90	2	3

Last updated: 31 May 2019