2023–24 SC Dnipro-1 season

The 2023–24 season was SC Dnipro-1's seventh season in existence and fifth consecutive season in the Ukrainian Premier League. They are also competing in the Ukrainian Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

SC Dnipro-1

2023–24 season
President	Maksym Bereza and Andriy Rusol (50/50) Yuriy Bereza (honorary president)
General Director	Andriy Fursov
Head coach	Oleksandr Kucher (until 20 August) Valeriy Horodov (from 22 August until 13 September, interim) Yuriy Maksymov (from 14 September)
Stadium	Dnipro-Arena
Ukrainian Premier League	4th
Ukrainian Cup	Round of 16
UEFA Champions League	Second qualifying round
UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Europa Conference League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: Oleksandr Filippov Oleksiy Hutsulyak (9 each) All: Oleksandr Filippov Oleksiy Hutsulyak (9 each)
Biggest win	Dnipro-1 5–2 Chornomorets Odesa
Biggest defeat	Slavia Prague 3–0 Dnipro-1 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 3–0 Dnipro-1
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

FIFA placed a transfer onto the club for the 2023-2024 winter break following legal negotiations between the club and its former manager Igor Jovicevic.^[1] In addition to Jovicevic, Oleksandr Kucher admitted that he also was not get compensated by the club as well, but yet does not rush with pursuing his claim in international institutions.^[2]

Players

First-team squad

As of 10 September 2023^[3][4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  UKR Yevhen Volynets 3 DF  UKR Volodymyr Adamyuk 4 DF  ARG Emiliano Purita 5 MF  UKR Eduard Sarapiy 6 DF  UKR Oleh Horin 7 FW  UKR Oleksandr Filippov 8 MF  UKR Oleksandr Pikhalyonok 9 MF  UKR Oleksiy Hutsulyak 10 MF  UKR Maksym Tretyakov 11 DF  UKR Denys Miroshnichenko 12 GK  UKR Yakiv Kinareykin 14 FW  UKR Ramik Hadzhyiev 17 MF  UKR Bohdan Lyednyev 18 MF  UKR Ruslan Babenko

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  BRA Vitinho (on loan from Atlético Mineiro) 20 DF  UKR Serhiy Horbunov 22 MF  UKR Valentyn Rubchynskyi 25 MF  UKR Ihor Kohut 26 DF  UKR Oleksandr Kapliyenko (on loan from Metalist Kharkiv) 28 FW  BRA Marcos André 30 DF  UKR Vasyl Kravets 31 FW  UKR Daniel Kivinda 33 GK  UKR Valeriy Yurchuk 34 MF  UKR Volodymyr Tanchyk 39 DF  UKR Oleksandr Svatok (captain) 42 MF  UKR Yevhen Pasich 95 FW  BRA Felipe Pires 99 FW  BRA Bill

Under contract

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  UKR Vitaliy Fedoriv

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  UKR Mykyta Kononov (at UCSA Kyiv until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ARG Domingo Blanco (at Club Tijuana until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Artem Dovbyk	Girona	€7,000,000	6 August 2023	[5]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Dnipro-1 v FC Khust

2 July 2023 Friendly	Dnipro-1	4–1	FC Khust	Uzhhorod
17:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Avanhard Stadium

Dnipro-1 v FC Mynai

5 July 2023 Friendly	Dnipro-1	4–0	FC Mynai	Uzhhorod
17:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Avanhard Stadium

Dnipro-1 v Metalist Kharkiv

9 July 2023 Friendly	Dnipro-1	1–0	Metalist Kharkiv	Uzhhorod
17:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Avanhard Stadium

Dnipro-1 v Rukh Lviv

13 July 2023 Friendly	Dnipro-1	4–0	Rukh Lviv	Uzhhorod
17:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Avanhard Stadium

Dnipro-1 v Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih

18 July 2023 Friendly	Dnipro-1	2–2	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Uzhhorod
17:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Avanhard Stadium

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ukrainian Premier League	6 August 2023	25 May 2024	Matchday 1	4th	30	14	10	6	40	27	+13	046.67
Ukrainian Cup	27 September 2023		Round of 16	Round of 16	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
UEFA Champions League	25 July 2023	1 August 2023	Second qualifying round	Second qualifying round	2	0	1	1	3	5	−2	000.00
UEFA Europa League	10 August 2023	17 August 2023	Third qualifying round	Third qualifying round	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	000.00
UEFA Europa Conference League	24 August 2023	31 August 2023	Play-off round	Play-off round	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Total					37	14	14	9	47	40	+7	037.84

Source: Soccerway

Ukrainian Premier League

Main article: 2023–24 Ukrainian Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Dynamo Kyiv	30	22	3	5	72	28	+44	69	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	30	17	6	7	51	30	+21	57	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]
4	Dnipro-1	30	14	10	6	40	27	+13	52	Withdrew[b]
5	Polissya Zhytomyr	30	14	8	8	39	30	+9	50	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round[a]
6	Rukh Lviv	30	12	13	5	44	31	+13	49

Source: upl.ua
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw or "Golden match" if two teams tied for title (Article 22, paragraph 3).^[6]
Notes:

1. Since the 2023–24 Ukrainian Cup winners (Shakhtar Donetsk) finished in the top two, the Europa League spot was passed to the third-placed team, and the second Conference League second qualifying round spot was passed to the fifth-placed team.
2. SC Dnipro-1 that withdrew from all tournaments of the 2024–25 season due to financial hardship after finishing 4th in the league qualified for the Conference League second qualifying round, however it was awarded technical losses in both matches (0:3).

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
17	10	4	3	26	16	+10	34	5	2	2	14	8	+6	5	2	1	12	8	+4

Last updated: 13 December 2023.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	D	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	D
Position	4	3	4	7	2	5	5	6	3	1	1	3	2	1	1	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 27 November 2023. Source: VBET League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Dnipro-1 v Polissya Zhytomyr

6 August 2023 2	Dnipro-1	2–1	Polissya Zhytomyr	Uzhhorod
15:00 UTC+3	Pasich  36' Adamyuk  46' Pikhalyonok 62' Sarapiy  80' Babenko 90+1' Blanco  90+3'	Report	Kushnirenko  19' Tankovskyi  34' Yanakov 87' (pen.) Krushynskyi  90+3'	Stadium: Avanhard Stadium Referee: Denys Shurman

Mynai v Dnipro-1

13 August 2023 3	Mynai	1–1	Dnipro-1	Mynai
13:00 UTC+3	Panasenko  43' Petko  65' Tverdokhlib 89'	Report	Adamyuk  29' Sarapiy  50' Babenko  59', 82' Blanco 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Mynai Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi

Dnipro-1 v Obolon Kyiv

20 August 2023 4	Dnipro-1	1–2	Obolon Kyiv	Uzhhorod
15:00 UTC+3	Pikhalyonok 16' (pen.),  48' Svatok  67'	Report	Taranukha 46' Vovkun  73' Krasnopir 83'	Stadium: Avanhard Stadium Referee: Mykola Balakin

Dnipro-1 v LNZ Cherkasy

3 September 2023 6	Dnipro-1	0–0	LNZ Cherkasy	Uzhhorod
13:00 UTC+3	Kapliyenko  88' Horin  90+3'	Report	Kalyuzhnyi  54' Savin  58' Norenkov  68' Boyko  90+1'	Stadium: Avanhard Stadium Referee: Dmytro Panchyshyn

Dnipro-1 v Kolos Kovalivka

17 September 2023 7	Dnipro-1	1–1	Kolos Kovalivka	Dnipro
15:00	Kohut  26' Kravets  58' Hutsulyak 68'		Chornomorets  42' Salabay 61'	Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Referee: Igor Paskhal

Zorya Luhansk v Dnipro-1

24 September 2023 8	Zorya Luhansk	0–1	Dnipro-1	Lviv
15:00	Vantukh  39'		Kohut 24' Kravets  59' Babenko  61' Sarapiy  73'	Stadium: Ukraina Stadium Referee: Kateryna Monzul

Dnipro-1 v Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

2 October 2023 9	Dnipro-1	1–0	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	Dnipro
17:00	Kohut  25' Lednev 56' Volynets  82'		Boryachuk  63' Bezuhlyi  64' Kurylo  90+6'	Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Attendance: Roman Blavatskyi

Dnipro-1 v Veres Rivne

7 October 2023 10	Dnipro-1	2–0	Veres Rivne	Dnipro
13:15	Filippov 10' Vovchenko 31' (o.g.) Sarapiy  86'		Shevchenko  77'	Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Referee: Anastasiya Romanyuk

Dynamo Kyiv v Dnipro-1

22 October 2023 11	Dynamo Kyiv	0–1	Dnipro-1	Kyiv
17:00	Benito  67' Dubinchak  70'		Hutsulyak 13' Rubchynskyi  21' Sarapiy  31' Hutsulyak  40' Kapliyenko  90+4'	Stadium: Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi

Vorskla Poltava v Dnipro-1

25 October 2023 1	Vorskla Poltava	2–3	Dnipro-1	Poltava
15:00	Santana  10' Perduta  24' Stepanyuk 40', 90' (pen.) Sklyar  66'		Filippov 5' Gorbunov  32' Hutsulyak 42', 53' Horin  89'	Stadium: Oleksiy Butovsky Vorskla Stadium Referee: Kateryna Monzul

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih v Dnipro-1

28 October 2023 12	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	3–0	Dnipro-1	Kryvyi Rih
14:15	Kozhushko 11', 51' Kuzyk 41'		Pikhalyonok  43' Lednev  77' Klishchuk 87' Kravets  90'	Stadium: Stadion Shakhty Zhovtneva Referee: Dmytro Panchyshyn

Rukh Lviv v Dnipro-1

1 November 2023 5	Rukh Lviv	0–2	Dnipro-1	Lviv
18:00	Teslyuk  33' Slyubyk  63'		Filippov 16' Pikhalyonok  21', 26' Hutsulyak  75' Miroshnichenko  84'	Stadium: Arena Lviv Referee: Dmytro Kryvushkin

Dnipro-1 v FC Oleksandriya

6 November 2023 13	Dnipro-1	1–0	FC Oleksandriya	Dnipro
17:15	Filippov 34' Sarapiy  72'		Skorko  80'	Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Referee: Anastasiya Romanyuk

Shakhtar Donetsk v Dnipro-1

12 November 2023 14	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–3	Dnipro-1	Lviv
19:00	Sikan 5' Bondar  76'		Sarapiy 41' Hutsulyak 51' Lyednyev 55' Rubchynskyi  61'	Stadium: Arena Lviv Referee: Mykola Balakin

Dnipro-1 v Chornomorets Odesa

27 November 2023 15	Dnipro-1	5–2	Chornomorets Odesa	Dnipro
17:00	Filippov 16' Sarapiy  20' Adamyuk 49' Lyednyev 59' Rubchynskyi 90' Miroshnichenko 90+2'		Volynets 22' (o.g.) Avahimyan  26' Putrya  63' Badibanga  73' Kuzyk 76' Shtohrin  77'	Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Referee: Kateryna Monzul

Dnipro-1 v Vorskla Poltava

2 December 2023 16	Dnipro-1	1–2	Vorskla Poltava	Dnipro
17:00	Lyednyev 3' Hutsulyak  38'		Chelyadin 31' Felipe Rodrigues 42' Yakubu  88'	Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Referee: Anastasiya Romanyuk

Polissya Zhytomyr v Dnipro-1

8 December 2023 17	Polissya Zhytomyr	1–1	Dnipro-1	Korosten
19:00	Taylor 62',  90+1' Budkivskyi  63' Shastal  85'		Rubchynskyi  20' Filippov 49'	Stadium: Stadion Spartak Referee: Mykola Balakin

Ukrainian Cup

Main article: 2023–24 Ukrainian Cup

Polissya Zhytomyr v Dnipro-1

27 September 2023 Round of 16	Polissya Zhytomyr	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Dnipro-1	Zhytomyr
15:00	Kushnirenko 90+1'		Adamyuk 77'	Stadium: Tsentralnyi Stadion Referee: Oleksandr Omelchenko
	Penalties
	Kushnirenko Hrytsuk Shapoval Tankovskyi Kozak		Hutsulyak Pikhalyonok Babenko Rubchynskyi Sarapiy

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 21 June 2023.

Dnipro-1 v Panathinaikos

25 July 2023 First leg	Dnipro-1	1–3	Panathinaikos	Košice, Slovakia
20:00 UTC+2	Hutsulyak  69' Tanchyk 90'	Report	Šporar 10' Đuričić 74' Ioannidis 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Košická futbalová aréna Attendance: 5,248 Referee: Daniele Chiffi (Italy)

Panathinaikos v Dnipro-1

1 August 2023 Second leg	Panathinaikos	2–2 (5–3 agg.)	Dnipro-1	Athens, Greece
20:30 UTC+3	Šporar 15', 70' Palacios  45+2' Çokaj  90+5'	Report	Blanco  20' Dovbyk 24' Rubchynskyi  43' Sarapiy 54' Pikhalyonok  55' Tanchyk  75' Kohut  87'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 14,098 Referee: Bastian Dankert (Germany)

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 24 July 2023.

Slavia Prague v Dnipro-1

10 August 2023 First leg	Slavia Prague	3–0	Dnipro-1	Prague, Czech Republic
19:00 UTC+2	Schranz 5', 38' Ogbu  59' Wallem 81' Masopust  90+7'	Report	Svatok  41' Babenko  53' Lyednyev  71' Rubchynskyi  74' Kravets  87'	Stadium: Fortuna Arena Attendance: 19,102 Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)

Dnipro-1 v Slavia Prague

17 August 2023 Second leg	Dnipro-1	1–1 (1–4 agg.)	Slavia Prague	Košice, Slovakia
20:00 UTC+2	Hutsulyak  25' Rubchynskyi 45+1' Babenko  70'	Report	Jurečka 52'	Stadium: Košická futbalová aréna Attendance: 5,855 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)
Note: Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian teams are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.

UEFA Europa Conference League

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 7 August 2023.

Spartak Trnava v Dnipro-1

23 August 2023 First leg	Spartak Trnava	1–1	Dnipro-1	Trnava, Slovakia
18:30 UTC+2	Daniel  13' Bukata  45+6' Ofori  53', 55' Oseni  58'	Report	Sarapiy  9' Svatok  45+6' Rubchynskyi  45+8' Pikhalyonok 67' (pen.) Kohut  74'  88' Kinareykin  90+8'	Stadium: Anton Malatinský Stadium Attendance: 16,566 Referee: Juxhin Xhaja (Albania)

Dnipro-1 v Spartak Trnava

31 August 2023 Second leg	Dnipro-1	1–2 (a.e.t.) (2–3 agg.)	Spartak Trnava	Košice, Slovakia
20:00 UTC+2	Ezequiel Gorosito 60' (o.g.) Felipe Blanco  82' Babenko  99' Horin  103'  108'	Report	Daniel 3' Šulek  63' Bukata 106'	Stadium: Košická futbalová aréna Attendance: 5,266 Referee: Balázs Berke (Hungary)
Note: Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian teams are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.