2019–20 FC Vorskla Poltava season

The 2019–20 season was the 24th consecutive season in the top Ukrainian football league for Vorskla Poltava. Vorskla competed in Premier League and Ukrainian Cup.

Vorskla Poltava

2019–20 season
Chairman	Roman Cherniak
Manager	Vitaliy Kosovskyi (until 14 November 2019) Yuriy Maksymov (since 15 November 2019)
Stadium	Oleksiy Butovskyi Vorskla Stadium
Ukrainian Premier League	10th
Ukrainian Cup	Final
Top goalscorer	League: Ruslan Stepanyuk, Denys Vasin (4) All: Ruslan Stepanyuk, Denys Vasin (5)
Highest home attendance	11,399 (vs Dynamo Kyiv, 22 September 2019)
Lowest home attendance	0 (all home matches were played behind closed doors starting 31 May 2020)
Average home league attendance	2,879
Home colours Away colours
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Players

Squad information

As of 19 July 2020

Squad no.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
12	Danylo Kanevtsev		GK	(1996-07-26)26 July 1996 (aged 23)
21	Oleksandr Tkachenko		GK	(1993-02-19)19 February 1993 (aged 27)
31	Dmytro Riznyk List B		GK	(1999-01-30)30 January 1999 (aged 21)
51	Pavlo Isenko List B		GK	(2003-07-21)21 July 2003 (aged 16)
Defenders
3	Juanma García		DF	(1997-01-18)18 January 1997 (aged 23)
5	Najeeb Yakubu List B		DF	(2000-05-01)1 May 2000 (aged 20)
17	Volodymyr Chesnakov (Captain)		DF	(1988-02-12)12 February 1988 (aged 32)
23	Vadym Sapay		DF	(1986-02-07)7 February 1986 (aged 34)
25	Yevhen Martynenko		DF	(1993-06-25)25 June 1993 (aged 27)
27	Volodymyr Bayenko		DF	(1990-02-09)9 February 1990 (aged 30)
36	Bohdan Chuyev List B		DF	(2000-02-23)23 February 2000 (aged 20)
37	Valeriy Dubko List B		DF	(2001-03-22)22 March 2001 (aged 19)
39	Yevhen Opanasenko		DF	(1990-08-25)25 August 1990 (aged 29)
43	Taras Dmytruk List B		DF	(2000-03-09)9 March 2000 (aged 20)
45	Maksym Melnychuk List B		DF	(2000-01-11)11 January 2000 (aged 20)
48	Denys Taraduda List B		DF	(2000-08-17)17 August 2000 (aged 19)
50	Ibrahim Kane List B		DF	(2000-06-23)23 June 2000 (aged 20)
Midfielders
4	Ihor Perduta		MF	(1990-11-15)15 November 1990 (aged 29)
6	Oleksandr Sklyar		MF	(1991-02-26)26 February 1991 (aged 29)
8	Artem Habelok		MF	(1995-02-01)1 February 1995 (aged 25)
13	Oleh Vlasov List B		MF	(2002-10-25)25 October 2002 (aged 17)
15	Artem Kulakovskyi List B		MF	(2000-02-11)11 February 2000 (aged 20)
19	Yan Kostenko List B		MF	(2003-07-04)4 July 2003 (aged 17)
24	Radion Posyevkin List B		MF	(2001-05-18)18 May 2001 (aged 19)
28	David Puclin		MF	(1992-06-17)17 June 1992 (aged 28)
38	Artem Chelyadin List B		MF	(1999-12-29)29 December 1999 (aged 20)
42	Illya Hadzhuk List B		MF	(2002-08-02)2 August 2002 (aged 17)
47	Artem Bilyi List B		MF	(1999-10-03)3 October 1999 (aged 20)
49	Danylo Buhayenko List B		MF	(2002-10-04)4 October 2002 (aged 17)
52	Daniil Syemilyet List B		MF	(2001-03-07)7 March 2001 (aged 19)
82	Pavlo Rebenok		MF	(1985-07-23)23 July 1985 (aged 34)
92	Pape-Alioune Ndiaye List B		MF	(1998-02-04)4 February 1998 (aged 22)
Forwards
10	Vladyslav Kulach		FW	(1993-05-07)7 May 1993 (aged 27)
11	Ruslan Stepanyuk		FW	(1992-01-16)16 January 1992 (aged 28)
14	Danylo Kravchuk List B		FW	(2001-07-02)2 July 2001 (aged 19)
16	Yuriy Kozyrenko List B		FW	(1999-11-27)27 November 1999 (aged 20)
35	Denys Halata List B		FW	(2000-09-04)4 September 2000 (aged 19)
77	Denys Vasin		FW	(1989-03-04)4 March 1989 (aged 31)
99	Dmytro Shcherbak		FW	(1996-12-08)8 December 1996 (aged 23)

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Type	Fee	Source
Summer
26 July 2019	FW	Andriy Stryzhak	19	Arsenal Kyiv	Transfer	Undisclosed	[1]
9 August 2019	DF	Zurab Ochihava	24	Dynamo Kyiv	Transfer	Undisclosed	[2]
12 August 2019	FW	Rubin Hebaj	21	Domžale	Transfer	Undisclosed	[3]
14 August 2019	DF	Volodymyr Bayenko	29	Buxoro	Transfer	Undisclosed	[4]
2 September 2019	MF	Yohana Oscar Mkomola	19	Young Africans	Transfer	Undisclosed	[5]
2 September 2019	MF	Pape-Alioune Ndiaye	21	Lorca Deportiva	Transfer	Undisclosed	[6]
5 September 2019	DF	Juanma García	22	Liverpool	Transfer	Free	[7]
30 June 2019	GK	Danylo Kanevtsev	22	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	Loan return
30 June 2019	DF	Ihor Honchar	26	Hirnyk-Sport	Loan return
30 June 2019	FW	Volodymyr Odaryuk	25	Hirnyk-Sport	Loan return
6 August 2019	MF	Luizão	21	Porto B	Loan		[8]
Winter
9 January 2020	FW	Ruslan Stepanyuk	27	Zhetysu	Transfer	Undisclosed	[9]
20 January 2020	FW	Vladyslav Kulach	26	Shakhtar Donetsk	Transfer	Undisclosed	[10]
30 January 2020	DF	Yevhen Opanasenko	29	Konyaspor	Transfer	Free	[11]
1 February 2020	DF	Dmytro Shcherbak	23	Unattached	Transfer	Free	[12]
13 February 2020	MF	David Puclin	27	Unattached	Transfer	Free	[13]
15 February 2020	MF	Artem Kulakovskyi	20	Dynamo Kyiv	Transfer	Undisclosed	[14]
19 February 2020	DF	Taras Dmytruk	19	Dynamo Kyiv	Transfer	Undisclosed	[15]
1 January 2020	DF	Myroslav Mazur	21	Sfântul Gheorghe Suruceni	Loan return
1 January 2020	FW	Volodymyr Odaryuk	25	Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	Loan return
28 February 2020	MF	Klim Prykhodko	20	Shakhtar DonetsK	Loan		[16]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Type	Fee	Source
Summer
1 June 2019	FW	Dmytro Shapoval	23	Unattached	Transfer	Free
2 June 2019	GK	Bohdan Shust	33	Inhulets Petrove	Transfer	Undisclosed	[17]
25 June 2019	DF	Oleksandr Chyzhov	32	Retired	Transfer	Free	[18]
25 June 2019	MF	Aleksandre Kobakhidze	32	SC Dnipro-1	Transfer	Undisclosed	[19]
8 July 2019	MF	Vyacheslav Sharpar	32	Riga	Transfer	Undisclosed	[20]
24 July 2019	MF	Maryan Mysyk	22	Rukh Lviv	Transfer	Undisclosed	[21]
24 July 2019	FW	Volodymyr Odaryuk	25	Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	Transfer	Undisclosed	[22]
13 August 2019	DF	Ihor Honchar	26	FC Lviv	Transfer	Undisclosed	[23]
5 September 2019	DF	Andro Giorgadze	23	Fastav Zlín	Transfer	Undisclosed	[24]
24 October 2019	DF	Ardin Dallku	24	Shkëndija	Transfer	Free	[25]
30 June 2019	FW	Nicolas Careca	22	Grêmio	Loan return
Winter
January 2020	FW	Rubin Hebaj	21	KF Teuta Durrës	Transfer	Free	[26]
14 January 2020	DF	Zurab Ochihava	24	Levadia Tallinn	Transfer	Free	[27]
24 January 2020	DF	Taras Sakiv	22	Rukh Lviv	Transfer	Undisclosed	[28]
8 February 2020	FW	Yuriy Kolomoyets	29	Levadia Tallinn	Transfer	Free	[29]
20 February 2020	DF	Myroslav Mazur	21	Umeå FC	Transfer	Undisclosed	[30]
28 February 2020	MF	Dmytro Kravchenko	25	Unattached	Transfer	Free	[31]
2 March 2020	MF	Todor Petrović	25	Inter Zaprešić	Transfer	Free	[32]
29 June 2020	MF	Yohana Oscar Mkomola	20	Inhulets Petrove	Transfer	Undisclosed	[33]
30 June 2020	DF	Artur	25	Unattached	Transfer	Free	[34]
10 July 2020	FW	Andriy Stryzhak	20	Chornomorets Odesa	Transfer	Undisclosed	[35]
19 July 2020	FW	Edin Šehić	25	Unattached	Transfer	Free	[36]
30 June 2020	MF	Klim Prykhodko	20	Shakhtar DonetsK	Loan return
16 July 2020	MF	Luizão	22	FC Porto	Loan return		[37]

Pre-season and friendlies

Vorskla Poltava v Neftçi Baku

30 June 2019 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	3–2	Neftçi Baku	Turkey
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Rebenok 8' Martynenko 71' Kravchenko 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Platellas 28' Dário 33'	Stadium: Fenerbahçe Topuk Yaylası Resort & Sport Tesisleri Resmi Sitesi

Vorskla Poltava v Politehnica Iași

2 July 2019 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	1–0	Politehnica Iași	Turkey
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Chelyadin 22'	Report		Stadium: Fenerbahçe Topuk Yaylası Resort & Sport Tesisleri Resmi Sitesi

Vorskla Poltava v Westerlo

6 July 2019 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	0–2	Westerlo	Bolu, Turkey
18:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report	Vetokele 80' (pen.), 89'

Vorskla Poltava v Gabala

11 July 2019 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	3–1	Gabala	Turkey
EEST (UTC+03:00)	Petrović 44' Kolomoyets 55', 81'	Report

Vorskla Poltava v Inhulets Pertove

17 July 2019 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	2–3	Inhulets Pertove	Poltava
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Vasin 72' (pen.), 79' (pen.)	Report	Kovalenko 10', 41' Klymenko 29'	Stadium: Ltava Stadium

Vorskla Poltava v SC Dnipro-1

21 July 2019 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	3–4	SC Dnipro-1	Poltava
18:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Chesnakov 60' Vasin 88', 89' (pen.)	Report	Supriaha 30', 40', 61' Buletsa 50'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 1,200

Vorskla Poltava v FC Vovchansk

14 October 2019 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	3–1	FC Vovchansk	Poltava
13:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Chesnakov 43' Bayenko 66' Sklyar 82'	Report		Stadium: Ltava Stadium

Vorskla Poltava v ŁKS Łódź

25 January 2020 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	3–3	ŁKS Łódź	Turkey
14:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Luizão 62' Artur 70' Shcherbak 83'	Report	Ratajczyk 24' Dąbrowski 36' Pirulo 45'

Vorskla Poltava v Radnik Surdulica

27 January 2020 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	1–1	Radnik Surdulica	Belek, Turkey
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Shcherbak 70'	Report	25'

Vorskla Poltava v Drita

30 January 2020 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	1–1	Drita	Turkey
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Kulach 76'	Report	Shabani 59'

Vorskla Poltava v Spartak Subotica

2 February 2020 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	0–1	Spartak Subotica	Antalya, Turkey
16:00 EET (UTC+02:00)		Report	Tufegdžić 3'	Stadium: Fanatik tour

Vorskla Poltava v Nasaf Qarshi

10 February 2020 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	2–1	Nasaf Qarshi	Turkey
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Puclin 14' Shcherbak 20'	Report	Hasanov 28'

Vorskla Poltava v Termalica Nieciecza

13 February 2020 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	0–0	Termalica Nieciecza	Turkey
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00)		Report

Vorskla Poltava v Ordabasy

16 February 2020 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	0–2	Ordabasy	Turkey
16:00 EET (UTC+02:00)		Report	João Paulo 7' Simčević 84'

FC Oleksandriya v Vorskla Poltava

22 May 2020 Friendly	FC Oleksandriya	4–2	Vorskla Poltava	Oleksandriya
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Bukhal 20', 30' Ustymenko 83', 88'	Report	Rebenok 17' Opanasenko 81'	Stadium: CSC Nika Stadium Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi

Competitions

Overall

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	28 July 2019	19 July 2020	Matchday 1	10th	32	9	7	16	23	48	−25	028.13
Cup	30 October 2019	8 July 2020	Round of 16 (1/8)	Final	4	2	2	0	4	2	+2	050.00
Total					36	11	9	16	27	50	−23	030.56

Last updated: 19 July 2020
Source: Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	FC Mariupol	32	12	9	11	40	46	−6	45	Qualification for the playoff for Europa League second qualifying round
9	Olimpik Donetsk	32	10	6	16	32	47	−15	36
10	Vorskla Poltava	32	9	7	16	23	48	−25	34
11	FC Lviv	32	5	9	18	25	57	−32	24
12	Karpaty Lviv[a]	32	2	9	21	19	48	−29	15	Expelled from the league

Source: Ukrainian Premier League, 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).^[39]
Notes:

1. Karpaty Lviv was expelled from the league for failing to appear to two games.^[38]

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	9	7	16	23	48	−25	34	7	4	5	14	16	−2	2	3	11	9	32	−23

Last updated: 19 July 2020.
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	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A
Result	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	L
Position	9	10	8	10	4	7	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10

Updated to match(es) played on 19 July 2020. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Vorskla Poltava v Zorya Luhansk

28 July 2019 1	Vorskla Poltava	0–1	Zorya Luhansk	Poltava
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Habelok  13' Kolomoyets  55' Šehić  88'	Report	Lyednyev 3',  67' Mykhaylychenko  6' Budkivskyi  10' Vernydub  14' Khomchenovskyi  49'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 2,647 Referee: Dmytro Kutakov

Desna Chernihiv v Vorskla Poltava

3 August 2019 2	Desna Chernihiv	2–0	Vorskla Poltava	Chernihiv
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kalitvintsev 19' Mostovyi  22' Ohirya  53' Filippov 79' Past  85'	Report	Šehić  31' Perduta  39' Vasin  90+2' Martynenko  90+4'	Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium Attendance: 3,288 Referee: Yuriy Ivanov

Vorskla Poltava v FC Lviv

10 August 2019 3	Vorskla Poltava	3–2	FC Lviv	Poltava
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Šehić 2', 27' Luizão  14' Kolomoyets  28' Perduta  44' Sklyar  82' Kane  90' Vasin  90+3', 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Bruno Duarte 20' Kvasnyi  49' China 58',  59' Borzenko  78'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 2,149 Referee: Serhiy Boyko

Vorskla Poltava v SC Dnipro-1

17 August 2019 4	Vorskla Poltava	1–1	SC Dnipro-1	Poltava
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Šehić  7' Perduta  28' Kolomoyets 54' Chesnakov  73' Habelok  78' Stryzhak  90+2'	Report	Korkishko  26' Kohut  34' Chychykov 50' Kravchenko  90'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 2,307 Referee: Yevhen Aranovskyi

Kolos Kovalivka v Vorskla Poltava

24 August 2019 5	Kolos Kovalivka	0–3	Vorskla Poltava	Kyiv
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Nekhtiy  7' Zozulya  35' Smyrnyi  41'	Report	Perduta 4', 54' Artur  70' Kolomoyets 73'	Stadium: Obolon Arena Attendance: 2,002 Referee: Kateryna Monzul

Vorskla Poltava v FC Oleksandriya

31 August 2019 6	Vorskla Poltava	0–1	FC Oleksandriya	Poltava
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Bayenko  24' Petrović  54' Luizão  74'	Report	Shastal 23' Pashayev  34' Dubra  47' Dovhyi  90+2' Bukhal  90+3'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 6,075 Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk

Karpaty Lviv v Vorskla Poltava

14 September 2019 7	Karpaty Lviv	2–1	Vorskla Poltava	Lviv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Di Franco  38' Klyots  45+1' Ponde 69' (pen.) da Graça 80'	Report	Kolomoyets  18' Bayenko 41' Vasin  53' Chesnakov  68' Sapay  81'	Stadium: Ukraina Stadium Attendance: 2,950 Referee: Ihor Paskhal

Vorskla Poltava v Dynamo Kyiv

22 September 2019 8	Vorskla Poltava	0–5	Dynamo Kyiv	Poltava
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Luizão  19' Sklyar  40'	Report	Tsyhankov 9' Besyedin  20', 46' Shabanov 35' de Pena 37', 83' Mykolenko  58' Harmash  73'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 11,399 Referee: Yuriy Mozharovskyi

Shakhtar Donetsk v Vorskla Poltava

27 September 2019 9	Shakhtar Donetsk	4–0	Vorskla Poltava	Kharkiv
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Bondar 32' Konoplyanka 50' (pen.) Alan Patrick 72' Moraes 77'	Report	Artur  5' Bayenko  55'	Stadium: OSC Metalist Attendance: 4,638 Referee: Yevhen Aranovskyi

Vorskla Poltava v FC Mariupol

5 October 2019 10	Vorskla Poltava	1–1	FC Mariupol	Poltava
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Petrović  24' Sapay  37' Perduta  64' Vasin 90+2'	Report	Vakula  10' Yavorskyi  30' Tankovskyi  45+1' Fedorchuk  53' Bykov  55' Chobotenko 57'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Maksym Kozyryatskyi

Olimpik Donetsk v Vorskla Poltava

20 October 2019 11	Olimpik Donetsk	2–0	Vorskla Poltava	Kyiv
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Do Couto 67' Lukyanchuk 75' Zahedi  89'	Report	Sapay  22' Chelyadin  71'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 329 Referee: Oleksandr Derdo

Zorya Luhansk v Vorskla Poltava

26 October 2019 12	Zorya Luhansk	4–0	Vorskla Poltava	Zaporizhia
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Rusyn 16' Yurchenko 45+1' Kabayev 61' Lyednyev 77',  85'	Report	Bayenko  29'  55' Melnychuk  44' Vasin  45+1'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 2,687 Referee: Denys Shurman

Vorskla Poltava v Desna Chernihiv

2 November 2019 13	Vorskla Poltava	0–1	Desna Chernihiv	Poltava
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Petrović  41' Chesnakov  63'	Report	Dehtyarov  68' Imerekov 76'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 2,005 Referee: Dmytro Kutakov

FC Lviv v Vorskla Poltava

9 November 2019 14	FC Lviv	2–0	Vorskla Poltava	Lviv
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Renan 13' Pedro Vitor 41' (pen.)	Report	Luizão  14'  35' Bayenko  24' Sklyar  45' Chesnakov  50' Kravchenko  67' Martynenko  72'  80'	Stadium: Ukraina Stadium Attendance: 540 Referee: Maksym Kozyryatskyi

SC Dnipro-1 v Vorskla Poltava

23 November 2019 15	SC Dnipro-1	1–0	Vorskla Poltava	Dnipro
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Kravchenko  45+1' Korkishko 80' (pen.) Buletsa  90+4' Lopyryonok  90+6'	Report	Vasin  58' Rebenok  90+2'	Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Attendance: 1,941 Referee: Yuriy Ivanov

Vorskla Poltava v Kolos Kovalivka

30 November 2019 16	Vorskla Poltava	1–0	Kolos Kovalivka	Poltava
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Artur  1' Vasin 38' (pen.) Ndiaye  90+3'	Report	Zadoya  30' Lysenko  90+3'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 1,156 Referee: Kostiantyn Trukhanov

FC Oleksandriya v Vorskla Poltava

7 December 2019 17	FC Oleksandriya	3–0	Vorskla Poltava	Oleksandriya
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Pashayev  17' Luchkevych  54' Zaporozhan 59' (pen.) Kovalets 75', 85'	Report	Vasin  48' Kolomoyets  62' Artur  67' Ndiaye  84' Ochigava  89'	Stadium: CSC Nika Stadium Attendance: 911 Referee: Yuriy Mozharovskyi

Vorskla Poltava v Karpaty Lviv

15 December 2019 18	Vorskla Poltava	2–1	Karpaty Lviv	Poltava
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Luizão  20', 30' Vasin 42' (pen.) Perduta  51' Sklyar  74'	Report	Boiciuc 39' Mohamed  50' Hall  53' Yakimets  66' Kucher  69' Nazaryna  71'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 1,117 Referee: Oleksandr Derdo

Dynamo Kyiv v Vorskla Poltava

22 February 2020 19	Dynamo Kyiv	2–1	Vorskla Poltava	Kyiv
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Buyalskyi 50' Verbič 90+1'	Report	Kane  32' Šehić  52' Kulach  57' Stepanyuk 63'	Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 0 Referee: Vitaliy Romanov

Vorskla Poltava v Shakhtar Donetsk

1 March 2020 20	Vorskla Poltava	1–0	Shakhtar Donetsk	Poltava
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Stepanyuk 30',  59' Sklyar  55'  84' Perduta  63' Puclin  73' Yakubu  78' Luizão  88' Kane  90'	Report	Tetê  36' Kryvtsov  50' Cipriano  51' Marlos  86' Dodô  90' Dentinho  90+1'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 8,776 Referee: Ihor Paskhal

FC Mariupol v Vorskla Poltava

4 March 2020 21	FC Mariupol	3–0	Vorskla Poltava	Mariupol
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Myshnyov 32' (pen.),  35' Topalov 47' Muravskyi  77'  90+3' Chobotenko 80' Ihnatenko  84'	Report	Ndiaye  54' Vasin  70' Kane  76'	Stadium: Volodymyr Boiko Stadium Attendance: 689 Referee: Oleksandr Derdo

Vorskla Poltava v Olimpik Donetsk

7 March 2020 22	Vorskla Poltava	1–0	Olimpik Donetsk	Poltava
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Chesnakov  34' Šehić  47' Kulach  58', 63' (pen.)	Report	Ksyonz  23' Zotko  26' Zahedi  28' Kravchuk  38'  78' Dehtyarov  43' Hryshko  62' Balanyuk  90+3'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 3,463 Referee: Dmytro Kutakov

Olimpik Donetsk v Vorskla Poltava

15 March 2020 23	Olimpik Donetsk	1–1	Vorskla Poltava	Kyiv
19:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Balanyuk 21' Kychak  22'	Report	Yakubu  9' Kulach 42' Sklyar  70'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.

Vorskla Poltava v FC Lviv

31 May 2020 24	Vorskla Poltava	1–1	FC Lviv	Poltava
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Kane 13' Sklyar  14'	Report	China  28', 90+4' (pen.) Alvaro  72' Baiano  87'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Maksym Kozyryatskyi
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.

Vorskla Poltava v Karpaty Lviv

6 June 2020 25	Vorskla Poltava	+ – -	Karpaty Lviv	Poltava
EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report		Stadium: Vorskla Stadium
Note: Technical victory

FC Mariupol v Vorskla Poltava

13 June 2020 26	FC Mariupol	1–1	Vorskla Poltava	Mariupol
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Bykov  14' Ihnatenko  23' Topalov 74'	Report	Puclin  27' Yakubu 59' Sapay  90+4' Perduta  90+5'	Stadium: Volodymyr Boiko Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Dmytro Kutakov
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.

Vorskla Poltava v SC Dnipro-1

19 June 2020 27	Vorskla Poltava	2–0	SC Dnipro-1	Poltava
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Chesnakov  8' Stepanyuk 18', 48' Rebenok  29' Kulach  39' Sklyar  69' Bayenko  76'	Report	Khoblenko  25' Kohut  26' Di Franco  43' Lopyryonok  55' Tsurikov  57' Korkishko  77'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Denys Shurman
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.

Vorskla Poltava v Olimpik Donetsk

28 June 2020 28	Vorskla Poltava	0–0	Olimpik Donetsk	Poltava
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Puclin  41'	Report	Zahedi  22' Kychak  45+2' Politylo  45+2' Verbnyi  53' Zotko  88'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.

FC Lviv v Vorskla Poltava

3 July 2020 29	FC Lviv	2–2	Vorskla Poltava	Ternopil
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Iacovelli  22', 55' Tatarkov  45+1' Sabino  52' Honchar  70' Borzenko 75'	Report	Chelyadin 8' Gadzhuk  17' Kravchuk  23', 89' Melnychuk  62' Dubko  74'	Stadium: Ternopilsky Misky Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Yurii Ivanov
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.

Karpaty Lviv v Vorskla Poltava

11 July 2020 30	Karpaty Lviv	- – +	Vorskla Poltava	Lviv
EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report		Stadium: Ukraina Stadium

Vorskla Poltava v FC Mariupol

16 July 2020 31	Vorskla Poltava	1–2	FC Mariupol	Poltava
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Pavliyk 46' Chelyadin  66'  90+1'	Report	Ihnatenko  40'  51' Churko 56' (pen.) Kulakov  58' Myshnyov  66' Bykov  68' Kyryukhantsev 86'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Denys Shurman
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.

SC Dnipro-1 v Vorskla Poltava

19 July 2020 32	SC Dnipro-1	3–0	Vorskla Poltava	Dnipro
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Lohinov  8' Buletsa  23' Supriaha 25', 40' Khoblenko 50' Nazarenko  90'	Report		Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Oleksiy Derevinskyi
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.

Ukrainian Cup

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Kolos Kovalivka v Vorskla Poltava

30 October 2019 Round of 16 (1/8)	Kolos Kovalivka	0–1	Vorskla Poltava	Kyiv
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Sakhnevych  27' Volkov  54'	Report	Sapay  26' Vasin  40' Perduta  57' Kozyrenko 68' Kravchenko  90+4'	Stadium: Obolon Arena Attendance: 628 Referee: Mykola Kozyryatskyi

Desna Chernihiv v Vorskla Poltava

12 March 2020 Quarterfinal	Desna Chernihiv	0–1	Vorskla Poltava	Chernihiv
19:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Kuzyk  41' Tamm  63' Yermakov  76'	Report	Kane  34' Vasin  39', 64' (pen.) Luizão  41' Yakubu  55' Bayenko  60' Sklyar  76'	Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Yevhen Aranovskyi
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic

FC Mariupol v Vorskla Poltava

24 June 2020 Semifinal	FC Mariupol	1–1 (2 – 3 p)	Vorskla Poltava	Mariupol
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Topalov  32' Horbunov 37' Tyschenko  84' Bykov  114'	Report	Sklyar  70' Kane 80' (pen.) Puclin  81' Chesnakov  87'	Stadium: Volodymyr Boiko Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Kateryna Monzul
	Penalties
	Kulakov Kashchuk Polehenko Ihnatenko Korniyenko		Puclin Šehić Kane Sklyar Bayenko
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.

Dynamo Kyiv v Vorskla Poltava

8 July 2020 Final	Dynamo Kyiv	1–1 (8 – 7 p)	Vorskla Poltava	Kharkiv
21:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Syrota  9' Verbič 28',  113' Shabanov  80' Buyalskyi  88'	Report	Stepanyuk 11' Sklyar  41' Perduta  105'	Stadium: OSC Metalist Attendance: 0 Referee: Kateryna Monzul
	Penalties
	Verbič Tsyhankov Kędziora de Pena Andriyevskyi Sydorchuk Shaparenko Mykolenko Shabanov		Puclin Kane Luizão Opanasenko Ndiaye Chesnakov Perduta Sapay Bayenko
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
12	GK	UKR	Danylo Kanevtsev	1	0	1	0	0	0
21	GK	UKR	Oleksandr Tkachenko	14	0	13+1	0	0	0
31	GK	UKR	Dmytro Riznyk	18	0	14	0	4	0
51	GK	UKR	Pavlo Isenko	3	0	2	0	0+1	0
Defenders
5	DF	GHA	Najeeb Yakubu	15	1	4+9	1	2	0
17	DF	UKR	Volodymyr Chesnakov	29	0	25	0	4	0
18	DF	UKR	Yevhen Pavlyuk	4	1	3+1	1	0	0
23	DF	UKR	Vadym Sapay	16	0	13	0	3	0
25	DF	UKR	Yevhen Martynenko	12	0	10+1	0	1	0
27	DF	UKR	Volodymyr Bayenko	19	1	13+2	1	1+3	0
36	DF	UKR	Bohdan Chuyev	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
37	DF	UKR	Valeriy Dubko	4	0	2+2	0	0	0
39	DF	UKR	Yevhen Opanasenko	3	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
43	DF	UKR	Taras Dmytruk	3	0	2+1	0	0	0
45	DF	UKR	Maksym Melnychuk	9	0	8	0	0+1	0
50	DF	MLI	Ibrahim Kane	21	2	16+2	1	3	1
Midfielders
4	MF	UKR	Ihor Perduta	28	2	24	2	4	0
6	MF	UKR	Oleksandr Sklyar	20	0	14+3	0	3	0
8	MF	UKR	Artem Habelok	14	0	11+2	0	1	0
13	MF	UKR	Oleh Vlasov	4	0	3+1	0	0	0
15	MF	UKR	Artem Kulakovskyi	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
19	MF	UKR	Yan Kostenko	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
24	MF	UKR	Radion Posyevkin	3	0	0+3	0	0	0
28	MF	CRO	David Puclin	12	0	9	0	3	0
38	MF	UKR	Artem Chelyadin	7	1	4+3	1	0	0
42	MF	UKR	Illya Hadzhuk	4	0	3+1	0	0	0
47	MF	UKR	Artem Bilyi	3	0	2+1	0	0	0
49	MF	UKR	Danylo Buhayenko	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
52	MF	UKR	Daniil Syemilyet	3	0	2+1	0	0	0
82	MF	UKR	Pavlo Rebenok	21	0	10+10	0	1	0
92	MF	FRA	Pape-Alioune Ndiaye	17	0	12+2	0	3	0
Forwards
10	FW	UKR	Vladyslav Kulach	12	2	8+1	2	3	0
11	FW	UKR	Ruslan Stepanyuk	12	5	9	4	2+1	1
14	FW	UKR	Danylo Kravchuk	9	1	3+4	1	0+2	0
16	FW	UKR	Yuriy Kozyrenko	10	1	6+3	0	0+1	1
35	FW	UKR	Denys Halata	4	0	0+4	0	0	0
77	FW	UKR	Denys Vasin	24	5	14+8	4	2	1
Players transferred out during the season
2	DF	UKR	Zurab Ochihava	3	0	1+2	0	0	0
7	MF	BRA	Luizão	23	1	18+2	1	2+1	0
9	FW	BIH	Edin Šehić	13	2	9+2	2	0+2	0
10	FW	ALB	Rubin Hebaj	5	0	1+4	0	0	0
22	FW	UKR	Andriy Stryzhak	5	0	3+2	0	0	0
26	FW	UKR	Yuriy Kolomoyets	13	2	12+1	2	0	0
29	MF	UKR	Dmytro Kravchenko	6	0	2+3	0	0+1	0
40	DF	UKR	Taras Sakiv	3	0	2+1	0	0	0
66	DF	BRA	Artur	15	0	11+3	0	1	0
94	MF	SRB	Todor Petrović	14	0	11+2	0	1	0

Source: Competitions

Last updated: 19 July 2020

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Premier League	Cup	Total
1	11	FW		Ruslan Stepanyuk	4	1	5
	77	FW		Denys Vasin	4	1	5
3	4	MF		Ihor Perduta	2	0	2
	9	FW		Edin Šehić	2	0	2
	10	FW		Vladyslav Kulach	2	0	2
	11	FW		Ruslan Stepanyuk	2	0	2
	26	FW		Yuriy Kolomoyets	2	0	2
	50	DF		Ibrahim Kane	1	1	2
9	5	DF		Najeeb Yakubu	1	0	1
	7	MF		Luizão	1	0	1
	14	FW		Danylo Kravchuk	1	0	1
	16	FW		Yuriy Kozyrenko	0	1	1
	18	DF		Yevhen Pavlyuk	1	0	1
	27	DF		Volodymyr Bayenko	1	0	1
	37	MF		Artem Chelyadin	1	0	1
				Total	23	4	27

Last updated: 19 July 2020

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Premier League	Cup	Total
1	31	GK		Dmytro Riznyk	4	2	6
1	21	GK		Oleksandr Tkachenko	2	0	2
				Total	6	2	8

Last updated: 19 July 2020

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Premier League			Cup			Total
2	DF		Zurab Ochihava	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
4	MF		Ihor Perduta	6	0	1	2	0	0	8	0	1
5	DF		Najeeb Yakubu	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
6	MF		Oleksandr Sklyar	7	1	0	3	0	0	10	1	0
7	MF		Luizão	5	1	0	1	0	0	6	1	0
8	MF		Artem Habelok	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
9	FW		Edin Šehić	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
10	FW		Vladyslav Kulach	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
11	FW		Ruslan Stepanyuk	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
14	FW		Danylo Kravchuk	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
17	DF		Volodymyr Chesnakov	6	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0
22	FW		Andriy Stryzhak	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	DF		Vadym Sapay	4	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
25	DF		Yevhen Martynenko	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
26	FW		Yuriy Kolomoyets	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
27	DF		Volodymyr Bayenko	4	1	0	1	0	0	5	1	0
28	MF		David Puclin	3	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	0
29	MF		Dmytro Kravchenko	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
37	DF		Valeriy Dubko	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
38	MF		Artem Chelyadin	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
45	MF		Maksym Melnychuk	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
50	DF		Ibrahim Kane	4	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
66	DF		Artur	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
77	FW		Denys Vasin	7	0	0	2	0	0	9	0	0
82	MF		Pavlo Rebenok	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
92	MF		Pape-Alioune Ndiaye	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
94	MF		Todor Petrović	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
			Total	84	4	1	15	0	0	99	4	1

Last updated: 19 July 2020

Attendances

	Matches	Attendances	Average	High	Low
Premier League	15	43,194	2,879	11,399	0
Cup	0	0	0	0	0
Total	15	43,194	2,879	11,399	0

Last updated: 19 July 2020