2016–17 FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi season

The 2016–17 season was 7th season in the top Ukrainian football league for Zirka Kropyvnytskyi. Zirka competed in Premier League and in the Ukrainian Cup.

Zirka Kropyvnytskyi

2016-17 season
President	Maksym Berezkin
Manager	Dario Hernan Drudi (until 15 November 2016) Roman Monaryov (from 15 November 2016)
Stadium	Zirka Stadium
Ukrainian Premier League	9th
Ukrainian Cup	Round of 20 (1/16)
Top goalscorer	League: Ihor Zahalskyi (4) All: Ihor Zahalskyi (4)
Home colours Away colours

Players

Squad information

Squad no.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
41	Roman Lyopka ^List B		GK	26 January 1997 (aged 20)
44	Yevhen Past		GK	16 March 1988 (aged 29)
Defenders
4	Federico Pereyra		DF	4 January 1989 (aged 28)
5	Nailson ^List B (on loan from F.C. Famalicão)		DF	24 February 1994 (aged 23)
13	Oleksandr Zozulya ^List B		DF	11 April 1996 (aged 21)
18	Oleksandr Kucherenko		DF	1 October 1991 (aged 25)
20	Dmytro Fatyeyev		DF	21 June 1994 (aged 23)
23	Oleksandr Matkobozhyk ^List B		DF	3 January 1998 (aged 19)
31	Ihor Chenakal ^List B		DF	25 April 1997 (aged 20)
55	Maksym Kovalyov		DF	20 March 1989 (aged 28)
Midfielders
7	Maksym Drachenko		MF	28 January 1990 (aged 27)
8	Vladyslav Lupashko (Captain)		MF	4 December 1986 (aged 30)
9	Artem Schedryi		MF	9 November 1992 (aged 24)
11	Andriy Batsula		MF	6 February 1992 (aged 25)
14	Artem Sitalo		MF	1 August 1989 (aged 27)
17	Bruno Vieira de Souza ^List B		MF	12 August 1997 (aged 19)
21	Ihor Zahalskyi		MF	19 May 1991 (aged 26)
22	Yevhen Vekhliak ^List B		MF	8 May 1998 (aged 19)
26	Dmytro Bilonoh ^List B (on loan from Ural Yekaterinburg)		MF	26 May 1995 (aged 22)
27	Kyrylo Dryshlyuk ^List B		MF	16 September 1999 (aged 17)
28	Pavlo Polehenko		MF	6 January 1995 (aged 22)
81	Denys Sidelnyk ^List B		MF	5 June 1995 (aged 22)
85	Serhiy Kernozhytskyi ^List B		MF	23 June 1997 (aged 20)
95	Roman Popov ^List B		MF	29 June 1995 (aged 22)
99	Mykyta Zhukov ^List B (on loan from Inhulets Petrove)		MF	19 March 1995 (aged 22)
Forwards
10	Aderinsola Habib Eseola		FW	28 June 1991 (aged 26)
15	Oleksiy Zbun ^List B		FW	9 June 1997 (aged 20)
29	Maksym Pryadun ^List B		FW	17 February 1997 (aged 20)
50	Oleksandr Akymenko		FW	5 September 1985 (aged 31)
77	Oleksiy Chychykov		FW	30 September 1987 (aged 29)

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Type	Fee	Source
Summer
26 June 2016	DF	Volodymyr Bayenko	26	Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih	Transfer	Undisclosed	[1]
26 June 2016	FW	Artem Sitalo	27	Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih	Transfer	Undisclosed	[2]
27 June 2016	GK	Hennadiy Hanyev	26	Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih	Transfer	Undisclosed	[3]
27 June 2016	MF	Vitaliy Havrysh	30	Hoverla Uzhhorod	Transfer	Undisclosed	[4]
31 August 2016	DF	Federico Pereyra	27	The Strongest	Transfer	Undisclosed	[5]
7 September 2016	MF	Artem Favorov	22	Obolon-Brovar	Transfer	Free	[6]
9 September 2016	DF	Borja Ekiza	28	SD Eibar	Transfer	Free	[7]
9 September 2016	DF	Aitor	30	Real Avilés	Transfer	Free	[8]
16 September 2016	DF	Pavlo Polehenko	21	Dynamo Kyiv	Transfer	Free	[9]
24 September 2016	MF	Ihor Kalinin	20	Unattached	Transfer	Free	[10]
20 July 2016	MF	Yevhen Chumak	21	Dynamo Kyiv	Loan		[11]
29 July 2016	MF	Dmytro Bilonoh	21	Ural Yekaterinburg	Loan		[12]
31 August 2016	FW	Jonathan Moya	24	Saprissa	Loan		[13]
Winter
20 January 2017	MF	Bruninho	19	Sobradinho	Transfer	Undisclosed	[14]
30 January 2017	FW	Aderinsola Habib Eseola	25	Arsenal Kyiv	Transfer	Undisclosed	[15]
21 February 2017	MF	Maksym Drachenko	27	Olimpik Donetsk	Transfer	Free	[16]
February 2017	MF	Mykyta Zhukov	21	Inhulets Petrove	Loan
2 March 2017	DF	Nailson	23	Famalicão	Loan

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Type	Fee	Source
Summer
7 July 2016	MF	Borys Baranets	30	Rukh Vynnyky	Transfer	Undisclosed	[17]
7 July 2016	MF	Hryhoriy Baranets	30	Rukh Vynnyky	Transfer	Undisclosed	[18]
8 July 2016	MF	Andriy Mostovyi	28	Desna Chernihiv	Transfer	Undisclosed	[19]
21 July 2016	GK	Pavlo Poshtarenko	25	Obolon-Brovar	Transfer	Undisclosed	[20]
3 August 2016	FW	Oleksandr Derebchynsky	25	Unattached	Transfer	Free	[21]
12 August 2016	DF	Oleh Dopilka	30	Unattached	Transfer	Free	[22]
29 September 2016	MF	Vitaliy Havrysh	30	Kolos Kovalivka	Transfer	Free	[23]
31 August 2016	MF	Yevhen Chumak	21	Dynamo Kyiv	Loan return		[24]
Winter
9 December 2016	GK	Hennadiy Hanyev	26	Inhulets Petrove	Transfer	Free	[25][26]
22 December 2016	MF	Oleksandr Kochura	30	Retired	Transfer	Free	[27]
25 January 2017	DF	Yarema Kavatsiv	30	Veres Rivne	Transfer	Free	[28]
29 January 2017	DF	Aitor	30	Extremadura UD	Transfer	Free	[29]
12 February 2017	DF	Volodymyr Bayenko	26	FK Buxoro	Transfer	Free	[30]
25 February 2017	MF	Ihor Kalinin	21	Volgar Astrakhan	Transfer	Free	[31]
9 March 2017	FW	Roman Loktionov	30	Neman Grodno	Transfer	Free	[32]
9 March 2017	MF	Ruslan Zubkov	25	Neman Grodno	Transfer	Free	[33]
8 May 2017	MF	Borja Ekiza	29	Unattached	Transfer	Free	[34]
2 February 2017	FW	Jonathan Moya	24	Saprissa	Loan return		[35]
22 January 2017	FW	Artem Favorov	22	Vejle Boldklub	Loan		[36]

Pre-season and friendlies

25 June 2016 Friendly	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	1–0	Inhulets Petrove	Kropyvnytskyi
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	47'	Report		Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 350 Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi

27 June 2016 Friendly	Cherkaskyi Dnipro	1–2	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Cherkasy
18:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kachur  68'	Report	Sitalo  22' Schedryi  31'	Stadium: Tsentralnyi Stadion Attendance: 50 Referee: Yuriy Foschiy

3 July 2016 Friendly	Skala Stryi	1–1	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Kamianytsa
11:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Bilala  34'	Report	Havrysh  15'	Stadium: "GSC Kamelot" Stadium Attendance: 50

6 July 2016 Friendly	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	3–0	Košice	Kamianytsa
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Bayenko  12' Chychykov  33' Zahalskyi  77'	Report		Stadium: "GSC Kamelot" Stadium Attendance: 50

9 July 2016 Friendly	Veres Rivne	0–0	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Kamianytsa
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report		Stadium: "GSC Kamelot" Stadium Attendance: 50

13 July 2016 Friendly	Balmazújvárosi FC	0–1	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Kamianytsa
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report	Batsula  24'	Stadium: "GSC Kamelot" Stadium Attendance: 50

2 September 2016 Friendly	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	2–0	Desna Chernihiv	Kharkiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	6'  47'	Report

5 September 2016 Friendly	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	6–0	Metalurh Zaporizhya	Kharkiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Zahalskyi  48' Sitalo  68' Schedryi  79' Chychykov  85'	Report

7 September 2016 Friendly	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	4–0	Ankar Kharkiv	Kharkiv
11:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kochura  28' Moya  38' Sitalo  65' Schedryi  71'	Report

12 October 2016 Friendly	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	6–0	Metalurh Zaporizhya	Kropyvnytskyi
15:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Sitalo  6' Moya  21', 51', 79', 89' Batsula  78'	Report		Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi

13 November 2016 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	Cancelled	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Zaporizhia
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Torpedo Stadium

16 November 2016 Friendly	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Cancelled	Metalurh Zaporizhya	Kropyvnytskyi
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Zirka Stadium

26 January 2017 Friendly	Astra Giurgiu	1–1	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Cyprus
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Gheorghe  62'	Report	Chychykov  65'

26 January 2017 Friendly	Mezőkövesd-Zsóry	1–2	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Paralimni, Cyprus
12:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Veselinovic  23'	Report	Chychykov  4' Akymenko  70'	Stadium: Paralimni Stadium Attendance: 50

1 February 2017 Friendly	Beroe Stara Zagora	3–2	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Paralimni, Cyprus
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Mapuku  30' Tsonev  47', 63'	Report	Polehenko  45' Batsula  52' (pen.)	Stadium: Paralimni Stadium Attendance: 50

3 February 2017 Friendly	Wisła Płock	Cancelled	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Cyprus
EET (UTC+02:00)		Report

3 February 2017 Friendly	Karmiotissa Pano Polemidia	1–2	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Pano Polemidia, Cyprus
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	30'	Report	Eseola  37' Batsula  85'	Stadium: Pano Polemidia community stadium Attendance: 100

5 February 2017 Friendly	Gefle IF	2–1	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Ayia Napa, Cyprus
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Oremo  22' (pen.) Lantto  73'	Report	Eseola  87'	Stadium: Municipal stadium Attendance: 50

6 February 2017 Friendly	Partizan	4–0	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Germasogeia, Cyprus
16:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Janković  37' Leonardo  54' Đurđević  58', 64'	Report		Stadium: Municipal stadium

10 February 2017 Friendly	Crvena Zvezda	6–2	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Paphos, Cyprus
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Boakye  8', 45+1', 61' Plavšić  23', 33' Milić  82'	Report	Chychykov  42' Zahalskyi  50'	Attendance: 50

18 February 2017 Friendly	Oberwallis Naters	0–3	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Paralimni, Cyprus
11:00 EET (UTC+02:00)		Report	Batsula  21', 86' (pen.) Eseola  31'	Stadium: Paralimni Stadium Attendance: 50

21 February 2017 Friendly	Karmiotissa Pano Polemidia	0–4	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Pano Polemidia, Cyprus
12:30 EET (UTC+02:00)		Report	Sitalo  10' Dryshliuk  65' Akymenko  78' Zbun  81'	Stadium: Pano Polemidia community stadium

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position	First match	Last match
Premier League	Matchday 1	9th	22 July 2016	31 May 2017
Cup	Round of 20	Round of 20	21 September 2016	21 September 2016

Last updated:

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Vorskla Poltava[lower-alpha 1]	32	11	9	12	32	32	0	42
8	Stal Kamianske	32	11	8	13	27	31	−4	41
9	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	32	9	7	16	29	43	−14	34
10	Karpaty Lviv[lower-alpha 2]	32	9	9	14	35	41	−6	30
11	FC Dnipro[lower-alpha 3] (R)	32	8	13	11	31	40	−9	13	Relegation to the Ukrainian Second League
12	Volyn Lutsk[lower-alpha 4] (R)	32	4	4	24	17	51	−34	10	Relegation to the Ukrainian First League

Source: UEFA, Ukrainian Premier League, 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.[45]
(R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Vorskla Poltava was awarded the UPL Prestige Trophy for winning the consolation tournament.[37]
2. Karpaty Lviv was deducted six points according to a decision by FIFA Disciplinary Committee on 4 March 2016.[38]
3. FC Dnipro was deducted a total of 24 points (six points by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee for failing to clear their debts with former coach Juande Ramos and his assistants,[39] six points by the Ukrainian Premier League for failing to comply with the decision of FIFA Disciplinary Committee to pay debts to former player Danilo Sousa Campos,[40] three more points by the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee for failing execute one of the decisions of the committee,[41] and 9 more points on 9 June 2017, after the end of the tournament.[42]). On the decision of FIFA, FFU enforced relegation of FC Dnipro straight to the Second League, skipping the First League. In a near future FFU will adopt a decision which team will be replacing Dnipro in the First League.[43]
4. Volyn Lutsk was deducted six points on the request of Football Federation of Ukraine which received a letter from the FIFA Disciplinary Committee on 11 May 2017 urging to implement its decision of 15 March 2017, due to debts with former player Saša Stević.[44]

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	29	43	−14	34	7	5	4	18	13	+5	2	2	12	11	30	−19

Last updated: 31 May 2017.
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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	D	D	W	L	L
Position	7	7	9	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2017. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

22 July 2016 1	Shakhtar Donetsk	4–1	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Lviv
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Bernard  3' Taison  32' Fred  37' Eduardo  45' Srna  48' Kovalyov  70' (o.g.) Stepanenko  84'	Report	Kucherenko  21' Sitalo  38' Dopilka  39' Batsula  44'	Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 1,536 Referee: Yevhen Aranovskyi

30 July 2016 2	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	1–1	Zorya Luhansk	Kropyvnytskyi
EEST (UTC+03:00)	Lupashko  67' Popov  80' Kucherenko  87' (pen.)	Report	Hordiyenko  73' Tkachuk  86' Shevchenko  89'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 6,188 Referee: Dmytro Kutakov

7 August 2016 3	Olimpik Donetsk	4–2	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Kropyvnytskyi
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Oliynyk  11' Shestakov  45+1',  59' Matyazh  53' Postupalenko  73',  73' Kornyev  87'	Report	Popov  28' Lupashko  69' Zahalskyi  90+3'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 3,988 Referee: Dmytro Kutakov

13 August 2016 4	Volyn Lutsk	1–0	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Lutsk
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Khomchenko  40' Bayenko  73' (o.g.)	Report	Havrysh  49' Batsula  90+2'	Stadium: Avanhard Stadium Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Yuriy Mozharovsky

21 August 2016 5	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	0–1	Chornomorets Odesa	Kropyvnytskyi
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Havrysh  81'	Report	Khocholava  3',  40' Filimonov  41' Martynenko  85' Borovyk  90+3' Tatarkov  90+4'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 4,619 Referee: Anatoliy Zhabchenko

28 August 2016 6	FC Oleksandriya	4–0	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Oleksandriya
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Chorniy  15',  38' Hitchenko  45+1',  63' Hrytsuk  70' Tsurikov  82' Ponomar  90'	Report	Lupashko  14' Zubkov  82'	Stadium: CSC Nika Attendance: 2,552 Referee: Oleksandr Holovkov

11 September 7	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	1–0	Karpaty Lviv	Kropyvnytskyi
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Zubkov  88' Bayenko  54' Favorov  81' (pen.)	Report	Ksyonz  27' Novotryasov  79'  90+6' Nesterov  88' Kostevych  90' Rudyka  90+5' Pidkivka  90+6'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 4,207 Referee: Ihor Paskhal

17 September 2016 8	Dnipro	0–1	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Dnipro
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Vakulko  45+1' Rotan  86'	Report	Pereyra  52' Favorov  74' Moya  85',  90+4' Borja Ekiza  88'	Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Attendance: 5,113 Referee: Yuriy Hryso

25 September 2016 9	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	0–0	Stal Kamianske	Kropyvnytskyi
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Chychykov  40'	Report	Kravchenko  46' Zaderaka  58' Pashayev  66' Karasyuk  90+1'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Referee: Ivan Bondar

2 October 2016 10	Dynamo Kyiv	2–0	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Kyiv
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Sydorchuk  20' Tsyhankov  57'	Report	Pereyra  20' Moya  25' Kochura  54' Bayenko  55' Borja Ekiza  56' Favorov  71'	Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 7,025 Referee: Olexandr Ivanov

16 October 2016 11	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	2–0	Vorskla Poltava	Kropyvnytskyi
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Federico Hernán Pereyra  26' Moya  51',  62' Popov  79',  79'	Report	Bartulović  37' Dytyatev  55' Perduta  59' Holodyuk  90+3'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 2,775 Referee: Serhiy Berezka

23 October 2016 12	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	0–3	Shakhtar Donetsk	Kropyvnytskyi
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Moya  31' Kovalyov  42' Bayenko  44' Kucherenko  79' Sitalo  84'	Report	Fred  29' Pereyra  35' (o.g.) Boryachuk  40' 73' Malyshev  51' Ferreyra  90' Rakitskiy  90+4' Bernard  90+4'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 8,056 Referee: Anatoliy Zhabchenko

30 October 2016 13	Zorya Luhansk	2–1	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Zaporizhia
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Petryak  15' Kharatin  26' Chaykovskyi  28' Kulach  60'	Report	Kucherenko  25' Artem Favorov  63' Zahalskyi  90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 800 Referee: Anatoliy Abdula

5 November 2016 14	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	1–2	Olimpik Donetsk	Kropyvnytskyi
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Sitalo  41' Favorov  45' Bayenko  52' Schedryi  60' Kalinin  63' Moya  71' Kovalyov  76'	Report	Doronin  46' Petrov  77' Postupalenko  80',  82' Fedoriv  90+4'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 1,669 Referee: Ivan Bondar

20 November 2016 15	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	2–0	Volyn Lutsk	Kropyvnytskyi
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Favorov  59' Bilonoh  73'	Report	Petrov  2' Didenko  36' Shapoval  70' Shandruk  83'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 1,554 Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk

26 November 2016 16	Chornomorets Odesa	2–1	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Odesa
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Filimonov  8' Korkishko  25' Danchenko  76' Andriyevskyi  78' Smirnov  90'	Report	Bilonoh  3' Batsula  29' Zahalskyi  37' Sitalo  41' Zubkov  77'  84'	Stadium: Chornomorets Stadium Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Dmytro Kutakov

3 December 2016 17	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	1–1	FC Oleksandriya	Zaporizhia
19:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Pereyra  21' Borja Ekiza  35' Batsula  90+3'	Report	Shendrik  26' Kozak  45+1' Novak  62' Chebotayev  86'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 253 Referee: Anatoliy Abdula

11 December 2016 18	Karpaty Lviv	2–3	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Lviv
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Blanco Leschuk  6',  44' Klyots  55' Chachua  70' Nesterov  73' Khudobyak  77' Hrysyo  90+1'	Report	Batsula  30' Lupashko  62' Pereyra  69' Kucherenko  74' Zahalskyi  77' Bilonoh  90' Past  90+4'	Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 1,573 Referee: Oleksandr Derdo

25 February 2017 19	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	1–1	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Kropyvnytskyi
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Sitalo  11' Drachenko  58'	Report	Lopyryonok  16' Rotan  42',  81' Vakulko  57'  89' Dovbyk  67' Kocherhin  68' Lunyov  84'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 2,771 Referee: Ihor Paskhal

4 March 2017 20	Stal Kamianske	3–0	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Dnipro
19:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Ischenko  17' da Silva  44' Karasyuk  49' Vasin  73' (pen.) Debelko  85'	Report	Kucherenko  32' Nailson  80'	Stadium: Meteor Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Kateryna Monzul

12 March 2017 21	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	2–0	Dynamo Kyiv	Kropyvnytskyi
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Eseola  6' Batsula  33' Polehenko  71' Bilonoh  90'	Report	Rybalka  26' Kádár  33' Harmash  60'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 7,933 Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk

18 March 2017 22	Vorskla Poltava	0–0	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Poltava
19:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Chesnakov  24' Zahorulko  49' Perduta  59' Chyzhov  69'	Report	Drachenko  54' Chychykov  60'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 1,030 Referee: Vitaliy Romanov

1 April 2017 23	Dnipro	1–0	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Dnipro
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Nagiev  33' Vlad  86' Kozhushko  87'	Report	Popov  18' Batsula  43' Drachenko  59' Fatyeyev  87'	Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Attendance: 2,872 Referee: Mykola Kryvonosov

8 April 2017 24	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	1–0	Vorskla Poltava	Kropyvnytskyi
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Borja Ekiza  33'	Report	Sapay  38' Odaryuk  69' Sakiv  85' Perduta  90+1'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 1,330 Referee: Ivan Bondar

16 April 2017 25	Volyn Lutsk	1–0	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Lutsk
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Roman Nykytyuk  2' Petrov  32' Didenko  40' Zaderetskyi  75' Chepelyuk  82' Kychak  90+4'	Report	Bilonoh  48'  67' Zahalskyi  50' Fatyeyev  90+3'	Stadium: Avanhard Stadium Attendance: 1,506 Referee: Vitaliy Romanov

22 April 2017 26	Stal Kamianske	1–0	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Dnipro
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Karikari  45+2' Shabanov  55' Vasin  58' Kalenchuk  60' Edgar Malakyan  61' Gor Malakyan  63' Zaderaka  77' Leandro  82'	Report	Pereyra  25' Eseola  29'  70' Zhukov  49' Drachenko  51'	Stadium: Meteor Stadium Attendance: 445 Referee: Ihor Paskhal

29 April 2017 27	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	3–2	Karpaty Lviv	Kropyvnytskyi
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Bilonoh  26' Zahalskyi  30' (pen.) Dryshlyuk  36' Drachenko  45' Fatyeyev  46' Schedryi  90+3'	Report	Filimonov  6' Hladkyi  15' (pen.) Hutsulyak  50' Ksyonz  56' Dytyatev	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 2,668 Referee: Serhiy Berezka

7 May 2017 28	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	1–1	Dnipro	Kropyvnytskyi
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Pereyra  48' Zahalskyi  69' Zbun  81' Polehenko  89'	Report	Cheberko  7',  37' Adamyuk  34' Dovbyk  52' Svatok  69' Kocherhin  83' Lunyov  86'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 4,110 Referee: Dmytro Kutakov

14 May 2017 29	Vorskla Poltava	1–1	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Poltava
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Chyzhov  18' Khlyobas  31' Chesnakov  36' Myakushko  47'	Report	Pereyra  2' Dryshlyuk  45+2' Zahalskyi  73'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 725 Referee: Yuriy Hryso

20 May 2017 30	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	2–0	Volyn Lutsk	Kropyvnytskyi
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Eseola  21',  68' Drachenko  77' Sitalo  82'	Report	Marushka  42' Goropevšek  45+1' Kotyun  45+3' Ilnytskyi  48' Lyashenko  56'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 1,966 Referee: Oleksandr Ivanov

27 May 2017 31	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	0–1	Stal Kamianske	Kropyvnytskyi
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Zbun  47' Pereyra  90+2'	Report	Klymchuk  41' Zaderaka  62' Vasin  78' Kalenchuk  82' Stamenković  86'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 2,124 Referee: Mykola Balakin

31 May 2017 32	Karpaty Lviv	2–1	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Lviv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Nesterov  22' Ksyonz  65' Matviyenko  68' China  70' Pidkivka  90+1'	Report	Pryadun  29' Bilonoh  88'	Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 1,851 Referee: Vitaliy Romanov

Ukrainian Cup

21 September 2016 Round of 20 (1/16)	FC Poltava	1–0	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Poltava
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Kovtun  20' Nedolya  45+1' Paramonov  58' Nasibulin  90+3'	Report	Popov  52' Aitor  62'	Stadium: Lokomotyv Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Volodymyr Mylanych

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
41	GK		Roman Lyopka	3	0	3	0	0	0
44	GK		Yevhen Past	28	0	28	0	0	0
Defenders
4	DF		Federico Pereyra	22	2	22	2	0	0
5	DF		Nailson	3	0	3	0	0	0
13	DF		Oleksandr Zozulya	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
18	DF		Oleksandr Kucherenko	22	2	20+1	2	1	0
20	DF		Dmytro Fatyeyev	15	0	14	0	1	0
23	DF		Oleksandr Matkobozhyk	3	0	2+1	0	0	0
55	DF		Maksym Kovalyov	13	0	13	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF		Maksym Drachenko	11	1	11	1	0	0
8	MF		Vladyslav Lupashko	18	1	15+2	1	0+1	0
9	MF		Artem Schedryi	27	0	17+10	0	0	0
11	MF		Andriy Batsula	26	3	26	3	0	0
14	MF		Artem Sitalo	30	3	29+1	3	0	0
21	MF		Ihor Zahalskyi	28	4	23+5	4	0	0
26	MF		Dmytro Bilonoh	16	3	8+8	3	0	0
27	MF		Kyrylo Dryshlyuk	7	0	5+2	0	0	0
28	MF		Pavlo Polehenko	20	1	15+4	1	1	0
95	MF		Roman Popov	14	1	5+8	1	1	0
99	MF		Mykyta Zhukov	9	0	4+5	0	0	0
Forwards
10	FW		Aderinsola Habib Eseola	10	1	7+3	1	0	0
15	FW		Oleksiy Zbun	8	0	6+2	0	0	0
29	FW		Maksym Pryadun	3	1	2+1	1	0	0
50	FW		Oleksandr Akymenko	8	0	2+6	0	0	0
77	FW		Oleksiy Chychykov	17	0	12+4	0	0+1	0
Players transferred out during the season
7	MF		Vitaliy Havrysh	6	0	6	0	0	0
7	MF		Ihor Kalinin	5	0	2+3	0	0	0
10	DF		Oleh Dopilka	2	0	2	0	0	0
10	FW		Artem Favorov	12	3	5+6	3	1	0
16	FW		Jonathan Moya	12	2	6+5	2	1	0
17	DF		Aitor	9	0	7+1	0	1	0
22	DF		Yarema Kavatsiv	1	0	0	0	1	0
24	MF		Ruslan Zubkov	9	0	5+4	0	0	0
27	MF		Oleksandr Kochura	3	0	0+2	0	1	0
28	MF		Yevhen Chumak	5	0	2+3	0	0	0
29	DF		Volodymyr Bayenko	14	0	14	0	0	0
30	GK		Hennadiy Hanyev	2	0	1	0	1	0
32	MF		Borja Ekiza	11	1	10	1	1	0
99	FW		Roman Loktionov	7	0	1+5	0	0+1	0

Source: Competitions

Last updated: 31 May 2017

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Premier League	Cup	Total
1	21	MF		Ihor Zahalskyi	4	0	4
2	10	FW		Artem Favorov	3	0	3
2	11	MF		Andriy Batsula	3	0	3
2	14	MF		Artem Sitalo	3	0	3
2	26	MF		Dmytro Bilonoh	3	0	3
6	4	DF		Federico Pereyra	2	0	2
6	16	FW		Jonathan Moya	2	0	2
6	18	DF		Oleksandr Kucherenko	2	0	2
9	7	MF		Maksym Drachenko	1	0	1
9	8	MF		Vladyslav Lupashko	1	0	1
9	10	FW		Aderinsola Habib Eseola	1	0	1
9	28	MF		Pavlo Polehenko	1	0	1
9	29	FW		Maksym Pryadun	1	0	1
9	32	MF		Borja Ekiza	1	0	1
9	95	MF		Roman Popov	1	0	1

Last updated: 31 May 2017

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Premier League	Cup	Total
1	44	GK		Yevhen Past	6	0	6
2	41	GK		Roman Lyopka	2	0	2

Last updated: 20 May 2017

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Premier League			Cup			Total
4	DF		Federico Pereyra	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
5	DF		Nailson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
7	MF		Vitaliy Havrysh	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
7	MF		Ihor Kalinin	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
7	MF		Maksym Drachenko	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
8	MF		Vladyslav Lupashko	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
9	MF		Artem Schedryi	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
10	DF		Oleh Dopilka	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
10	FW		Artem Favorov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
10	FW		Aderinsola Habib Eseola	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
11	MF		Andriy Batsula	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
14	MF		Artem Sitalo	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
15	FW		Oleksiy Zbun	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
16	FW		Jonathan Moya	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
17	DF		Aitor	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
18	DF		Oleksandr Kucherenko	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
20	DF		Dmytro Fatyeyev	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
21	MF		Ihor Zahalskyi	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
24	MF		Ruslan Zubkov	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
26	MF		Dmytro Bilonoh	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
27	MF		Oleksandr Kochura	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
27	MF		Kyrylo Dryshlyuk	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
28	MF		Pavlo Polehenko	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
29	DF		Volodymyr Bayenko	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
32	MF		Borja Ekiza	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
44	GK		Yevhen Past	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
55	DF		Maksym Kovalyov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
77	FW		Oleksiy Chychykov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
95	MF		Roman Popov	4	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
99	MF		Mykyta Zhukov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

Last updated: 31 May 2017

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External links

• Official Club website