2012–13 FC Arsenal Kyiv season

Arsenal Kyiv
2012–13 season
Chairman	Vadim Rabinovich
Manager	Leonid Kuchuk
Stadium	Lobanovskyi Stadium
Premier League	5th
Ukrainian Cup	Round of 16
UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Maksim Shatskikh (4); All: Volodymyr Homenyuk (6)
	← 2011-12

The 2012–13 FC Arsenal Kyiv season was the club's 18th Ukrainian Premier League season and second season under manager Leonid Kuchuk. During the season, Arsenal Kyiv competed in the Premier League, UEFA Europa League and Ukrainian Cup.

Squad

As of 18 August 2012^[1]^[2]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	FIN	Veli Lampi
4	DF	UKR	Serhiy Symonenko
6	DF	BRA	Rafael Santos
7	FW	ROU	Ionuț Mazilu
8	MF	UKR	Oleksandr Maksymov
9	FW	UKR	Oleksandr Kovpak
10	MF	ROU	George Florescu
11	MF	UKR	Artem Starhorodskyi
12	GK	UKR	Yevhen Borovyk
13	MF	LTU	Saulius Mikoliūnas
14	DF	CMR	Éric Matoukou (on loan from Dnipro)
15	DF	MNE	Janko Simović (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv)
16	FW	UZB	Maksim Shatskikh (captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	UKR	Andriy Hitchenko
18	MF	GHA	Abeiku Quansah
19	MF	GEO	Alexander Kobakhidze (on loan from Dnipro)
20	FW	GHA	Dominic Adiyiah
22	FW	UKR	Volodymyr Homenyuk
25	MF	POR	Pelé (on loan from Milan)
28	DF	UKR	Volodymyr Polyovyi
31	MF	BRA	Leandro
33	DF	UKR	Andriy Khomyn
52	MF	UKR	Yevhen Shakhov (on loan from Dnipro)
77	GK	UKR	Yuriy Pankiv
78	MF	UKR	Serhiy Valyayev

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	UKR	Bohdan Shershun (on loan to Kryvbas)
—	DF	NGA	Michael Odibe (on loan to Dnipro)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	UKR	Olavale Fabunmi (on loan to Slavutych)
—	MF	UKR	Volodymyr Arzhanov (on loan to Volyn)

Competitions

2012-13 Ukrainian Premier League

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
30	10	9	11	34	41	−7	39	6	4	5	20	14	+6	4	5	6	14	27	−13

Last updated: 26 May 2013.
Source: Soccerway

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	D
Position	16	16	12	11	8	7	6	5	6	5	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	13	12	12	12	9	9	9	9	9	8

Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

15 July 2012 Match 1	Shakhtar	6–0	Arsenal	Donetsk
19:00	Mkhitaryan 13', 31' Seleznyov 34' Teixeira 39' Ilsinho 66' Dević 90+4'	Summary		Stadium: Donbass Arena Attendance: 39,263 Referee: Yuri Mozharovskyi

22 July 2012 Match 2	Arsenal	0–1	Dynamo	Kyiv
19:30	Stargorodsky 77' 78'	Summary	Ideye 3'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 11,617 Referee: Anatoliy Zhabchenko

29 July 2012 Match 3	Zorya	1–3	Arsenal	Luhansk
21:00	Galyuza 24'	Summary	Shatskikh 10', 14' (pen.) Homenyuk 21'	Stadium: Avanhard Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Andriy Kuz'min

5 August 2012 Match 4	Arsenal	1–1	Dnipro	Kyiv
19:30	Kobakhidze 90+2'	Summary	Matheus 65' (pen.)	Stadium: Valeriy Lobanovskyi Attendance: 3,920 Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk

12 August 2012 Match 5	Metalist	0–1	Arsenal	Kharkiv
21:00		Summary	Kovpak 11'	Stadium: Metalist Stadium Attendance: 28,862 Referee: Oleksandr Derdo

17 August 2012 Match 6	Arsenal	2–1	Illichivets	Kyiv
19:00	Shatskikh 11' Homenyuk 87'	Summary	Okriashvili 27'	Stadium: Valeriy Lobanovskyi Attendance: 1,230 Referee: Yuri Moseichuk

26 August 2012 Match 7	Tavriya	1–1	Arsenal	Simferopol
21:00	Kalynychenko 23'	Summary	Mikoliūnas 61'	Stadium: RSC Lokomotiv Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Yuri Mozharovskyi

2 September 2012 Match 8	Arsenal	3–0	Metalurh Zaporizhya	Kyiv
19:30	Kovpak 24' Adiyiah 64' Shatskikh 85'	Summary		Stadium: Valeriy Lobanovskyi Attendance: 1,640 Referee: Kostiantyn Trukhanov

16 September 2012 Match 9	Metalurh Donetsk	5–0	Arsenal	Donetsk
16:30	Moraes 25' (pen.), 88' Ghazaryan 61' Traoré 75', 90+2'	Summary	Shakhov 23' 34' Florescu 38'	Stadium: Metalurh Stadium Attendance: 3,300 Referee: Andriy Kuz'min

28 September 2012 Match 10	Karpaty	1–1	Arsenal	Lviv
19:30	Balažic 49'	Summary	Adiyiah 28'	Stadium: Ukraina Stadium Attendance: 11,100 Referee: Viktor Shvetsov

6 October 2012 Match 11	Arsenal	2–0	Hoverla	Kyiv
17:30	Homenyuk 45+1' Kovpak 68'	Summary		Stadium: Valeriy Lobanovskyi Attendance: 1,728 Referee: Yuri Mozharovskyi

21 October 2012 Match 12	Kryvbas	1–1	Arsenal	Kryvyi Rih
15:30	Jeslínek 65' Antonov 86' (pen.)	Summary	Adiyiah 19' Matoukou 45' Mikoliūnas 63', 90' Polyovyi 87'	Stadium: Metalurh Stadium Attendance: 1,780 Referee: Oleksandr Ivanov

26 October 2012 Match 13	Arsenal	1–1	Volyn Lutsk	Valeriy Lobanovskyi
19:00	Matoukou 35' Adiyiah 81'	Summary	Seun 86'	Attendance: 1,150 Referee: Yury Grisjo

4 November 2012 Match 14	Vorskla	1–0	Arsenal	Oleksiy Butovskyi Vorskla Stadium
16:00	Krasnopyorov 26' Sapay 47' Hromov 71' Sklyar 90'	Summary	Hitchenko 39' Leandro 56' Polyovyi 85'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Anatoliy Abdula

11 November 2012 Match 15	Arsenal	0–1	Choromorets Odesa	Valeriy Lobanovskyi
17:30	Valyayev 36' Mikoliūnas 39' Florescu 67' 85' Homenyuk 89'	Summary	Matos 39' Politylo 40' Bobko 44' Bakaj 45'	Attendance: 1,072 Referee: Vitaliy Romanov

17 November 2012 Match 16	Arsenal	2–0	Shaktar Donetsk	Valeriy Lobanovskyi
19:30	Shatskikh 34' Adiyiah 58' Pankiv 82' Shakhov 84' Kobakhidze 90+3'	Summary	Rakitskiy 48' Stepanenko 76'	Attendance: 3,050 Referee: Olexander Derdo

25 November 2012 Match 17	Dynamo Kyiv	4–0	Arsenal	Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex
17:00	Khacheridi 40', 51' Ideye 44', 90+1' Husyev 88'	Summary	Starhorodskyi 67' Matoukou 87'	Attendance: 20,815

2 December 2012 Match 18	Arsenal	0–1	Zorya Luhansk	Valeriy Lobanovskyi
17:30	Matoukou 56' Polyovyi 76' Shakhov 87' Kovpak 88'	Summary	Chaykovskyi 19' Ignjatijević 30' Hrytsay 53', 73'	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Victor Shvetsov

2 March 2013 Match 19	Dnipro	3–0	Arsenal	Dnipro Arena
17:30	Zozulya 19' Matheus 50' (pen.) Douglas 65' Rotan 66' Fedetskiy 68'	Summary	Kyrylo Sydorenko 54'	Attendance: 12,801 Referee: Oleksandr Ivanov

10 March 2013 Match 20	Arsenal	1–2	Metalist Kharkiv	Valeriy Lobanovskyi
19:30	Martynyuk 7' Kyrylo Sydorenko 41' Odibe 65' Ihor Brovko 83' Bohdanov 87'	Summary	Sosa 2' Jajá 12' Cleiton Xavier 80'	Attendance: 2,520 Referee: Andriy Kuzmin

17 March 2013 Match 21	Illichivets Mariupol	2–1	Arsenal	Illichivets Stadium
13:30	Okriashvili 62' (pen.), 78' Fomin 89' Ischenko 90+2'	Summary	Odibe 30' Romanchuk 58' Sarnavskyi 58' Arzhanov 73' Obradović 89' Santos 89' Reva 90'	Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Vitaliy Romanov

30 March 2013 Match 22	Arsenal	1–1	Tavriya Simferopol	Valeriy Lobanovskyi
17:30	Martynyuk 65' Bohdanov 82' (pen.)	Summary	Gadzhiyev 76', 90+2' Humenyuk 85'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Yuri Mozharovskiy

6 April 2013 23	Metalurh Zaporizhya	0–0	Arsenal Kyiv	Slavutych-Arena
16:00	Nesterov 27' Sakhnevych 40' Mohammed Otman 70'	Summary	Odibe 68' Martynyuk 75' Obradović 83'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Oleksandr Golovkov

14 April 2013 24	Arsenal Kyiv	0–2	Metalurh Donetsk	Valeriy Lobanovskyi
19:30		Summary	Traoré 37', 51' Makrides 79'	Attendance: 1,850 Referee: Kostyantin Trukhanov

22 April 2013 25	Arsenal Kyiv	4–1	Karpaty Lviv	Valeriy Lobanovskyi
18:00	Arzhanov 7' (pen.), 44' Adiyiah 11', 54' Bohdanov 42' Romanchuk 78'	Summary	Ozarkiv 7' Khudobyak 30' Harashchenkov 45+2' Štilić 59' Kenia 77', 89'	Attendance: 3,306 Referee: Anatoliy Abdula

27 April 2013 26	Hoverla Uzhhorod	1–3	Arsenal Kyiv	Avanhard Stadium
13:30	Petrov 55' Dopilka 56'	Summary	Homenyuk 8', 58' Sharpar 40' Tkachuk 44'	Attendance: 3,150 Referee: Yury Vaks

4 May 2013 27	Arsenal Kyiv	1–1	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Valeriy Lobanovskyi
17:30	Adiyiah 70' Herasymyuk 75'	Summary	Samodin 11' Lyopa 70' Antonov 71'	Attendance: 1,970 Referee: Kostyantin Trukhanov

11 May 2013 28	Volyn Lutsk	1–3	Arsenal Kyiv	Avanhard Stadium
17:30	Maslo 33' Šikov 60' Subotić 78'	Summary	Sharpar 20', 90' Arzhanov 21', 61' Bohdanov 25' Herasymyuk 28' Homenyuk 78'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Oleksandr Ivanov

18 May 2013 29	Arsenal Kyiv	2–1	Vorskla Poltava	Valeriy Lobanovskyi
18:30	Bohdanov 38' Arzhanov 62' Herasymyuk 89'	Summary	Perduta 34' Kryvosheyenko 47' Kurylov 74' Hromov 78'	Attendance: 1,899 Referee: Yuriy Moseychuk

26 May 2013 30	Chornomorets Odesa	0–0	Arsenal Kyiv	Chornomorets Stadium
18:00	Matos 20' Bakaj 70'	Summary	Herasymyuk 8' Martynyuk 14' Obradović 67' Arzhanov 68' Valyayev 85'	Attendance: 14,792 Referee: Oleksandr Bilokur

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Chornomorets Odesa	30	12	7	11	32	36	−4	43	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
7	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (D)	30	12	7	11	36	41	−5	43	Club expelled after season^[a]
8	Arsenal Kyiv	30	10	9	11	34	41	−7	39
9	Illichivets Mariupol	30	10	8	12	30	32	−2	38
10	Zorya Luhansk	30	10	7	13	32	43	−11	37

Source: uafootball.net.ua
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored; 7th fair play; 8th draw (Regulation, p.52-53).
(D) Disqualified
Notes:

^ Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih were denied a license for the 2013–14 season due to financial problems and were expelled.^[3]

2012-13 Ukrainian Cup Results

22 September 2012 Round of 32	Stal Alchevsk	2–3 (aet)	Arsenal	Alchevsk
16:30	Stepanyuk 40' Hrytsay 116'	Summary	Homenyuk 68', 100' Shakhov 57' 109' Kobakhidze 111'	Stadium: Stal Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Andriy Yablonskyi (Ternopil)

31 October 2012 Round of 16	Avanhard Kramatorsk	0–1	Arsenal	Kramatorsk
12:00		Summary	Kobakhidze 85'	Stadium: Avanhard Stadium Attendance: 4,100

17 April 2013 Quarter-finals	Arsenal	1–2	Chornomorets Odesa	Kyiv
20:00	Tkachuk 45+1' Kyrylo Sydorenko 58'	Summary	Burdujan 6' Kutas 45+1' Matos 66' Fontanello 77' Anderson Santana 90+2'	Stadium: Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Yuri Mozharovskiy

UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

2 August 2012 3QR 1st Leg	Arsenal Kyiv	3–0 ¹	Mura 05	Kyiv
20:00	Mazilu 6' Kovpak 61' Matoukou 83'	Report		Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Antti Munukka

9 August 2012 3QR 2nd Leg	Mura 05	0–2 (3–2 agg.)	Arsenal Kyiv	Maribor
22:00		Report	Kobakhidze 2' Symonenko 31' Homenyuk 61' Shakhov 71' 90+4'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Oliver Drachta

Notes

Note 1: UEFA awarded Mura 05 a 3–0 win due to Arsenal Kyiv fielding suspended player Éric Matoukou in the first leg. The original match had ended in a 3–0 win for Arsenal Kyiv.^[4]

Squad statistics

Goal scorers

As of 7 October 2012

Place	Position	Number	Name	Premier League	Ukrainian Cup	Europa League	Total
1	FW	22	Volodymyr Homenyuk	3	2	1	6
2	FW	9	Oleksandr Kovpak	3	0	1	4
2	FW	16	Maksim Shatskikh	4	0	0	4
4	MF	19	Alexander Kobakhidze	1	1	1	3
5	FW	20	Dominic Adiyiah	2	0	0	2
6	DF	14	Éric Matoukou	0	0	1	1
	FW	7	Ionuț Mazilu	0	0	1	1
	MF	13	Saulius Mikoliūnas	1	0	0	1
			TOTALS	14	3	5	22

Appearances and goals

As of 7 October 2012

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Ukrainian Cup		Europe League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
4	DF	UKR	Serhiy Symonenko	13	0	10+1	0	0+1	0	1	0
6	DF	BRA	Rafael Santos	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	ROU	Ionuț Mazilu	6	1	1+3	0	0	0	2	1
8	MF	UKR	Oleksandr Maksymov	5	0	2+1	0	0	0	2	0
9	FW	UKR	Oleksandr Kovpak	10	4	7+1	3	0	0	0+2	1
10	MF	ROU	George Florescu	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	UKR	Artem Starhorodskyi	12	0	7+3	0	1	0	0+1	0
12	GK	UKR	Yevhen Borovyk	7	0	5	0	1	0	1	0
13	MF	LTU	Saulius Mikoliūnas	11	1	4+4	1	1	0	1+1	0
14	DF	CMR	Éric Matoukou	9	1	8	0	0	0	1	1
15	DF	MNE	Janko Simović	2	0	0	0	1	0	0+1	0
16	FW	UZB	Maksim Shatskikh	14	4	9+2	4	1	0	2	0
17	DF	UKR	Andriy Hitchenko	6	0	2+1	0	1	0	2	0
19	MF	GEO	Alexander Kobakhidze	13	3	5+5	1	0+1	1	2	1
20	FW	GHA	Dominic Adiyiah	12	2	7+2	2	1	0	2	0
22	FW	UKR	Volodymyr Homenyuk	12	6	9+1	3	1	2	0+1	1
28	DF	UKR	Volodymyr Polyovyi	13	0	10	0	1	0	2	0
31	MF	BRA	Leandro	12	0	9+1	0	1	0	1	0
33	DF	UKR	Andriy Khomyn	3	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
52	MF	UKR	Yevhen Shakhov	11	0	7+1	0	1	0	2	0
77	GK	UKR	Yuriy Pankiv	7	0	6	0	0	0	1	0
78	MF	UKR	Serhiy Valyayev	5	0	3+2	0	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Arsenal who left the club during the season:
27	MF	UKR	Volodymyr Arzhanov	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Ukrainian Cup		Europa League		Total
4		DF	Serhiy Symonenko	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	1
6		DF	Rafael Santos	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10		MF	George Florescu	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
11		MF	Artem Starhorodskyi	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
12		GK	Yevhen Borovyk	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13		MF	Saulius Mikoliūnas	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
14		DF	Éric Matoukou	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
16		FW	Maksim Shatskikh	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
19		MF	Alexander Kobakhidze	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
20		FW	Dominic Adiyiah	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22		FW	Volodymyr Homenyuk	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
28		DF	Volodymyr Polyovyi	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
52		MF	Yevhen Shakhov	3	1	0	1	0	1	3	3
77		GK	Yuriy Pankiv	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	27	3	2	1	3	2	32	6

References

^ First team squad – FC Arsenal Kyiv website
^ Team squad Archived 2012-09-19 at the Wayback Machine – Ukrainian Premier League website
^ (in Russian) "ФФУ лишила Кривбасс лицензии". sport.ua. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
^ "Arsenal Kyiv handed forfeit defeat". UEFA.com. 8 August 2012.

[table_note_res_EXP0.0016262782745186-4] Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih were denied a license for the 2013–14 season due to financial problems and were expelled.^[3]

[1] First team squad – FC Arsenal Kyiv website

[2] Team squad Archived 2012-09-19 at the Wayback Machine – Ukrainian Premier League website

[3] (in Russian) "ФФУ лишила Кривбасс лицензии". sport.ua. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2013.

[5] "Arsenal Kyiv handed forfeit defeat". UEFA.com. 8 August 2012.

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