2018–19 FC Vorskla Poltava season

Vorskla Poltava
2018-19 season
Chairman	Roman Cherniak
Manager	Vasyl Sachko; (until 27 March 2019); Vitaliy Kosovskyi (interim); (since 28 March 2019)
Stadium	Oleksiy Butovskyi Vorskla Stadium
Ukrainian Premier League	7th
Ukrainian Cup	Quarter-finals
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Sharpar (6); All: Sharpar (7)
Highest home attendance	10,082 vs Sporting
Lowest home attendance	951 vs Oleksandriya
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 season was 23rd consecutive season in the top Ukrainian football league for Vorskla Poltava. Vorskla competed in Premier League, Ukrainian Cup and UEFA Europa League.

Players

Squad information

As of 31 May 2019

Squad no.	Name	Position	Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
1	Bohdan Shust	GK	(1986-03-04)4 March 1986 (aged 33)
21	Oleksandr Tkachenko	GK	(1993-02-19)19 February 1993 (aged 26)
31	Dmytro Riznyk ^{List B}	GK	(1999-01-30)30 January 1999 (aged 20)
Defenders
3	Andro Giorgadze ^{List B}	DF	(1996-05-03)3 May 1996 (aged 23)
5	Najeeb Yakubu ^{List B}	DF	(2000-05-01)1 May 2000 (aged 19)
17	Volodymyr Chesnakov (Captain)	DF	(1988-02-12)12 February 1988 (aged 31)
23	Vadym Sapay	DF	(1986-02-07)7 February 1986 (aged 33)
25	Yevhen Martynenko	DF	(1993-06-25)25 June 1993 (aged 25)
33	Oleksandr Chyzhov	DF	(1986-08-10)10 August 1986 (aged 32)
40	Taras Sakiv ^{List B}	DF	(1997-11-19)19 November 1997 (aged 21)
44	Ardin Dallku	DF	(1994-11-01)1 November 1994 (aged 24)
48	Denys Taraduda ^{List B}	DF	(2000-08-17)17 August 2000 (aged 18)
50	Ibrahim Kane ^{List B}	DF	(2000-06-23)23 June 2000 (aged 18)
55	Ihor Honchar	DF	(1993-01-10)10 January 1993 (aged 26)
Midfielders
4	Ihor Perduta	MF	(1990-11-15)15 November 1990 (aged 28)
6	Oleksandr Sklyar	MF	(1991-02-26)26 February 1991 (aged 28)
8	Artem Habelok	MF	(1995-02-01)1 February 1995 (aged 24)
9	Edin Šehić	MF	(1995-02-03)3 February 1995 (aged 24)
11	Vyacheslav Sharpar	MF	(1987-06-02)2 June 1987 (aged 31)
13	Maryan Mysyk	MF	(1996-10-02)2 October 1996 (aged 22)
19	Volodymyr Odaryuk	MF	(1994-02-13)13 February 1994 (aged 25)
29	Dmytro Kravchenko	MF	(1995-02-25)25 February 1995 (aged 24)
30	Aleksandre Kobakhidze	MF	(1987-02-11)11 February 1987 (aged 32)
66	Artur	MF	(1994-08-05)5 August 1994 (aged 24)
82	Pavlo Rebenok	MF	(1985-07-23)23 July 1985 (aged 33)
94	Todor Petrović	MF	(1994-08-18)18 August 1994 (aged 24)
Forwards
14	Nicolas Careca (on loan from Grêmio) ^{List B}	FW	(1997-05-18)18 May 1997 (aged 22)
22	Dmytro Shapoval	FW	(1996-06-17)17 June 1996 (aged 22)
26	Yuriy Kolomoyets	FW	(1990-03-22)22 March 1990 (aged 29)
77	Denys Vasin	FW	(1989-03-04)4 March 1989 (aged 30)

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Type	Fee	Source
Summer
23 June 2018	DF	Yevhen Martynenko	24	Chornomorets Odesa	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[1]
3 July 2018	MF	Artem Habelok	23	Unattached	Transfer	Free	^[2]
3 July 2018	MF	Maryan Mysyk	22	Stal Kamianske	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[3]
1 August 2018	DF	Artur	23	Internacional	Transfer	Free	^[4]
3 September 2018	DF	Najeeb Yakubu	18	Niger Tornadoes	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[5]
3 September 2018	DF	Ibrahim Kane	18	Duguwolofila	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[6]
1 August 2018	FW	Nicolas Careca	21	Grêmio	Loan		^[7]
Winter
22 January 2019	MF	Todor Petrović	24	Voždovac	Transfer	Free	^[8]
22 January 2019	MF	Edin Šehić	23	Hajduk Split	Transfer	Free	^[9]
1 January 2019	DF	Ihor Honchar	25	Hirnyk-Sport	Loan		^[10]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Type	Fee	Source
Summer
1 July 2018	GK	Yan Vichnyi	21	Unattached	Transfer	Free	^[11]
1 July 2018	DF	Oleksiy Lutsenko	21	Unattached	Transfer	Free
1 July 2018	MF	Yuriy Hluschuk	23	Unattached	Transfer	Free
13 July 2018	DF	Oleh Ostapenko	21	Chornomorets Odesa	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[12]
13 September 2018	MF	Serhiy Kosovskyi	20	Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	Transfer	Free	^[13]
8 August 2018	GK	Danylo Kanevtsev	22	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	Loan		^[14]
7 September 2018	DF	Ihor Honchar	25	Hirnyk-Sport	Loan		^[15]
Winter
1 January 2019	MF	Gegham Kadymyan	26	Unattached	Transfer	Free	^[16]
18 January 2019	FW	Mykhaylo Serhiychuk	27	Desna Chernihiv	Transfer	Free	^[17]
1 January 2019	FW	Vladyslav Kulach	25	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan return
14 February 2019	MF	Volodymyr Odaryuk	25	Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	Loan		^[18]
26 February 2019	DF	Myroslav Mazur	20	Sfântul Gheorghe Suruceni	Loan		^[19]

Pre-season and friendlies

24 June 2018 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	0–0	SC Dnipro-1	Poltava
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report		Stadium: Ltava Stadium

28 June 2018 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	1–0	Žilina	Kranj, Slovenia
18:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kolomoyets 6'	Report		Stadium: Stanko Mlakar Stadium

1 July 2018 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	1–3	Shkëndija	Rogatec, Slovenia
18:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Habelok 57'	Report	Emini 20' Murati 64' Selmani 68'	Attendance: 100

4 July 2018 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	2–1	Voždovac	Rogatec, Slovenia
EEST (UTC+03:00)	Odaryuk 22' Kulach 51' (pen.)	Report	Ješić 13'	Attendance: 100

7 July 2018 Friendly	Celje	2–0	Vorskla Poltava	Celje, Slovenia
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Vancaš 36' Novak 70'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Z'dežele Attendance: 200

10 July 2018 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	2–1	Slaven Belupo	Rogatec, Slovenia
18:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kolomoyets 45' Martynenko 80'	Report	Mendy 66'	Attendance: 100

18 July 2018 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	0–1	Desna Chernihiv	Poltava
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report	Filippov 28'	Stadium: Ltava Stadium Attendance: 100

1 August 2018 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	2–1	Kremin Kremenchuk	Poltava
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kobakhidze 28' Nicolas Careca 39'	Report	Cherniy 64'	Stadium: Ltava Stadium Attendance: 70

8 September 2018 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	5–4	FC Oleksandriya	Poltava
16:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kulach 21' Careca 25' Odaryuk 55' Kolomoyets 75' Mysyk 84'	Report	Kovalets 4' Shastal 17', 23' Hrytsuk 45'	Stadium: Ltava Stadium

16 January 2019 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	0–0	CFR Cluj	Side, Turkey
16:00 EET (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Kamelya Collection

19 January 2019 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	0–3	Universitatea Craiova	Belek, Turkey
16:00 EET (UTC+02:00)		Report	Mitriță 12' Koljić 14' Cristea 77' (pen.)

23 January 2019 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	Cancelled	Pakhtakor Tashkent	Turkey
EET (UTC+02:00)		[ Report]

24 January 2019 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	0–0	Padideh	Turkey
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)		Report

27 January 2019 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	1–0	Mladost Lučani	Turkey
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Careca 90' (pen.)	Report

2 February 2019 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	0–0	Radnik Surdulica	Manavgat, Turkey
15:30 EET (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Camelia hotel complex

4 February 2019 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	4–2	Spartak Subotica	Antalya, Turkey
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Kobakhidze 24' Šehić 52', 84' Kerkez 65' (o.g.)	Report	Obradović 35' Tekijaški 69'	Stadium: Topkapi sport complex

7 February 2019 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	0–2	Željezničar Sarajevo	Belek, Turkey
EET (UTC+02:00)		Report	Ramović 45+3' Osmanković 59'	Stadium: Regnum hotel

10 February 2019 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	4–1	Shakhter Karagandy	Belek, Turkey
16:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Careca 15' Kobakhidze 45+1' Sharpar 71' Šehić 74'	Report	Najaryan 82'	Stadium: Titanic hotel

13 February 2019 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	1–1	FC Gorodeya	Çolaklı, Turkey
16:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Habelok 90+3'	Report	Pavlyuchek 14'	Stadium: Hane hotel

19 April 2019 Friendly	Dynamo Kyiv	5–0	Vorskla Poltava	Kyiv
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Mykolenko 9' Tsitaishvili 27' Andriyevskyi 31' de Pena 35' Tsyhankov 64' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Dynamo Stadium

Competitions

Overall

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	25 July 2018	29 May 2019	Matchday 1	7th	32	12	6	14	31	43	−12	037.50
Cup	31 October 2018	7 April 2019	Round of 16 (1/8)	Quarterfinal	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	050.00
Europa League	20 September 2018	13 December 2018	Group stage	Group stage	6	1	0	5	4	13	−9	016.67
Total					40	14	6	20	37	59	−22	035.00

Last updated: 31 May 2019
Source: Competitions

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Vorskla Poltava	32	12	6	14	31	43	−12	42
8	Desna Chernihiv	32	12	5	15	35	41	−6	41
9	Olimpik Donetsk	32	7	13	12	41	48	−7	34
10	Karpaty Lviv (O)	32	8	9	15	44	53	−9	33	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
11	Chornomorets Odesa (R)	32	8	7	17	31	49	−18	31	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs

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).^[20]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

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^[21] and the games will be played on 4 and 8 June 2019.^[22]

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)

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

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.^[23]

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	12	6	14	31	43	−12	42	6	4	6	18	22	−4	6	2	8	13	21	−8

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	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H
Result	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	D	W	D	D	W	W	L	D
Position	9	10	9	10	7	8	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	7	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7

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

Matches

25 July 2018 1	Dynamo Kyiv	1–0	Vorskla Poltava	Kyiv
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Dallku 33' (o.g.) Morozyuk 39'	Report	Chyzhov 37' Kravchenko 46' Kobakhidze 49' Kulach 10' Chesnakov 82' Mysyk 84'	Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 0 Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi

29 July 2018 2	Olimpik Donetsk	1–0	Vorskla Poltava	Kyiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Balashov 51' Hennadiy Pasich 86'	Report	Dallku 14' Mysyk 73'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 550 Referee: Ihor Paskhal

4 August 2018 3	Vorskla Poltava	1–0	FC Lviv	Lviv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kolomoyets 71' 90+1' Kadymyan 75' Careca 83', 90+3'	Report	Holikov 45' 90+1'	Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ivan Bondar

11 August 2018 4	Shakhtar Donetsk	4–1	Vorskla Poltava	Kharkiv
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Stepanenko 10', 59' Marlos 50' Khocholava 62' Moraes 74'	Report	Sharpar 25' Careca 30' Habelok 53'	Stadium: OSC Metalist Attendance: 6,438 Referee: Mykola Balakin

18 August 2018 5	Vorskla Poltava	2–1	FC Mariupol	Poltava
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kulach 29' Polehenko 88' (o.g.)	Report	Fomin 21' Fedorchuk 32' Churko 53' Chobotenko 64'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 3,360 Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk

25 August 2018 6	FC Oleksandriya	2–0	Vorskla Poltava	Oleksandriya
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Banada 15', 17' Protasov 50'	Report	Artur 24' Sharpar 32' Rebenok 40' Chyzhov 60' Kravchenko 62'	Stadium: CSC Nika Stadium Attendance: 2,260 Referee: Maksym Kozyryanskyi

31 August 2018 7	Vorskla Poltava	2–1	Chornomorets Odesa	Poltava
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Sklyar 3' Kulach 49' Careca 73' Sharpar 85' Ryzhuk 88' (o.g.) Habelok 90+3'	Report	Smirnov 54' Trubochkin 59' Chorniy 63' Hrachov 89'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 3,315 Referee: Kostiantyn Trukhanov

15 September 2018 8	Karpaty Lviv	0–1	Vorskla Poltava	Lviv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Di Franco 21' Carrascal 27' Fedetskyi 62' De Camargo 73'	Report	Dallku 17', 90+1' Sharpar 41'	Stadium: Ukraina Stadium Attendance: 1,756 Referee: Mykola Balakin

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

30 September 2018 10	Desna Chernihiv	0–2	Vorskla Poltava	Chernihiv
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report	Kulach 4' Chesnakov 28' Sharpar 62'	Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium Attendance: 2,847 Referee: Oleksandr Omelchenko

7 October 2018 11	Vorskla Poltava	0–2	Arsenal Kyiv	Poltava
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Chyzhov 35'	Report	Sahutkin 31' Jevtoski 38' Maydanevych 48' Hryn 72', 79'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 1,444 Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi

20 October 2018 12	Vorskla Poltava	0–1	Dynamo Kyiv	Poltava
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report	Buyalskyi 29' Tsyhankov 40' Kádár 59' Harmash 83'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 6,700 Referee: Anatoliy Abdula

28 October 2018 13	Vorskla Poltava	2–1	Olimpik Donetsk	Poltava
19:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Dallku 16' 33' Snurnitsyn 44' (o.g.) Sapay 51' Kulach 68'	Report	Politylo 16' (pen.) Ksyonz 87'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 1,757 Referee: Kostiantyn Trukhanov

4 November 2018 14	FC Lviv	0–2	Vorskla Poltava	Poltava
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Bruno Duarte 35' Jonatan Lima 70' Araujo 89'	Report	Rebenok 19' Yakubu 39' Careca 66' Chesnakov 90+2'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Kateryna Monzul

11 November 2018 15	Vorskla Poltava	0–2	Shakhtar Donetsk	Poltava
19:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Sklyar 66'	Report	Wellington Nem 19' Maycon 41', 68'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 2,783 Referee: Maksym Kozyryanskyi

24 November 2018 16	FC Mariupol	1–0	Vorskla Poltava	Mariupol
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Vakula 29' Ihnatenko 47' Zubkov 57' Demiri 59' Yavorskyi 88'	Report	Sapay 51' Sklyar 65' Sharpar 68'	Stadium: Volodymyr Boiko Stadium Attendance: 1,315 Referee: Dmytro Kutakov

3 December 2018 17	Vorskla Poltava	0–1	FC Oleksandriya	Poltava
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Artur 14' Chesnakov 19' Sapay 51' Perduta 74' Sklyar 78' Kulach 81'	Report	Kovalets 4', 73' Mykytsey 17' Banada 55'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 951 Referee: Vitaliy Romanov

8 December 2018 18	Chornomorets Odesa	0–1	Vorskla Poltava	Odesa
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Ostapenko 45+1' Koval 90+2'	Report	Chyzhov 4', 28' Sakiv 84'	Stadium: Chornomorets Odesa Attendance: 3,250 Referee: Volodymyr Novokhatniy

24 February 2019 19	Vorskla Poltava	0–4	Karpaty Lviv	Poltava
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Taraduda 47' Sklyar 73' Šehić 85' Kolomoyets 89'	Report	Debelko 7' Di Franco 25', 71' Shved 51' (pen.), 55', 90+1' Hutsulyak 60' Gueye 85'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 1,115 Referee: Kostiantyn Trukhanov

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

9 March 2019 21	Vorskla Poltava	0–0	Desna Chernihiv	Poltava
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Kane 20' 83' Giorgadze 32' Chyzhov 39' 90+3' Habelok 60'	Report	Mostovyi 25' Bezborodko 71' Filippov 72' Volkov 87'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 1,602 Referee: Vitaliy Romanov

18 March 2019 22	Arsenal Kyiv	2–2	Vorskla Poltava	Kyiv
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Vakulenko 8', 90' (pen.) Kadymyan 54' Pidkivka 90+3'	Report	Sharpar 24' (pen.), 56' (pen.) Kolomoyets 55' Giorgadze 56' Perduta 83' Rebenok 90+2'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 732 Referee: Maksym Kozyryatskyi

2 April 2019 23	Karpaty Lviv	4–0	Vorskla Poltava	Lviv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Ponde 26' Shved 38', 62' Myakushko 59' Yoda 70' (pen.)	Report	Chesnakov 60' Perduta 90+2'	Stadium: Ukraina Stadium Attendance: 2,231 Referee: Dmytro Kryvushkin

14 April 2019 24	Arsenal Kyiv	1–0	Vorskla Poltava	Kyiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kadymyan 31' Dombrovskyi 35' Kalitvintsev 58' Tankovskyi 79'	Report	Perduta 37' Chesnakov 43' Sapay 57' 82' Petrović 59' Mysyk 80'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 490 Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi

23 April 2019 25	Vorskla Poltava	3–3	Desna Chernihiv	Poltava
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Martynenko 29' Habelok 52' Kobakhidze 55' Sharpar 62' (pen.) Careca 71'	Report	Serhiychuk 2' (pen.), 42' Khlyobas 14' Mostovyi 27' Artem Favorov 84'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 1,215 Referee: Volodymyr Novokhatniy

27 April 2019 26	Chornomorets Odesa	1–2	Vorskla Poltava	Odesa
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Vilhjálmsson 2' Hrachov 39'	Report	Sapay 35' Kane 44' Vasin 84' (pen.) Habelok 90+1'	Stadium: Chornomorets Odesa Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Kostiantyn Trukhanov

5 May 2019 27	Olimpik Donetsk	1–1	Vorskla Poltava	Kyiv
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Ksyonz 36' Tsymbalyuk 50' Valeyev 58' Hennadiy Pasich 63', 67'	Report	Chesnakov 39' Habelok 70' Martynenko 86' Rebenok 90+1'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 520 Referee: Dmytro Kutakov

12 May 2019 28	Vorskla Poltava	1–1	Karpaty Lviv	Poltava
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Rebenok 15' Sharpar 24' Šehić 65'	Report	Sandokhadze 34' Di Franco 54' Mehremić 85' Debelko 88'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 1,419 Referee: Serhiy Boyko

18 May 2019 29	Vorskla Poltava	2–0	Arsenal Kyiv	Poltava
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kolomoyets 6' Vasin 41', 58' Sklyar 63'	Report	Tankovskyi 21' Vakulenko 50'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 1,307 Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk

21 May 2019 30	Desna Chernihiv	0–1	Vorskla Poltava	Chernihiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Bezborodko 45'	Report	Petrović 30' Kolomoyets 38' Vasin 63' Tkachenko 80' Šehić 82' Martynenko 86'	Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium Attendance: 2,059 Referee: Dmytro Kutakov

25 May 2019 31	Vorskla Poltava	1–2	Chornomorets Odesa	Poltava
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Chesnakov 28' 68' Kolomoyets 54'	Report	Koval 26' Ryzhuk 30' Tanchyk 62' Trubochkin 81' Babenko 84'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 1,050 Referee: Serhiy Boyko

29 May 2019 32	Vorskla Poltava	2–2	Olimpik Donetsk	Poltava
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Sharpar 5' Vasin 44' (pen.) Sakiv 79'	Report	Klymenchuk 44' Dehtyarev 75', 83'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 1,053 Referee: Anatoliy Abdula

Ukrainian Cup

31 October 2018 Round of 16 (1/8)	Chornomorets Odesa	1–2	Vorskla Poltava	Odesa
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Savchenko 30' Karnoza 61' Hrachov 69' Norenkov 90+8'	Report	Sakiv 60' Careca 63' (pen.) Sklyar 90+5'	Stadium: Chornomorets Odesa Attendance: 2,639 Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi

7 April 2018 Quarterfinal	SC Dnipro-1	2–0	Vorskla Poltava	Dnipro
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Kulish 78' Kohut 83'	Report	Careca 13'	Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Attendance: 9,148 Referee: Yuriy Mozharovskyi

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ARS	SPO	VOR	QRB
1	Arsenal	6	5	1	0	12	2	+10	16	Advance to knockout phase	—	0–0	4–2	1–0
2	Sporting CP	6	4	1	1	13	3	+10	13	Advance to knockout phase	0–1	—	3–0	2–0
3	Vorskla Poltava	6	1	0	5	4	13	−9	3^[a]		0–3	1–2	—	0–1
4	Qarabağ	6	1	0	5	2	13	−11	3^[a]		0–3	1–6	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Goal difference in all group matches: Vorskla Poltava –9, Qarabağ –11.

20 September 2018 1	Arsenal	4–2	Vorskla Poltava	London, England
22:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Aubameyang 32', 56' Welbeck 48' Özil 74'	Report	Sharpar 19', 90+3' Chesnakov 77'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,039 Referee: Bart Vertenten

4 October 2018 2	Vorskla Poltava	1–2	Sporting CP	Poltava
20:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Artur 9' Kulach 10'	Report	Acuña 73' Montero 90' Cabral 90+3'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 10,082 Referee: Nikola Dabanović

25 October 2018 3	Qarabağ	0–1	Vorskla Poltava	Baku, Azerbaijan
20:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Zoubir 64'	Report	Kulach 4', 48' Perduta 41' Dallku 79' Serhiychuk 87'	Stadium: Baku Olympic Stadium Attendance: 22,450 Referee: Roi Reinshreiber

8 November 2018 4	Vorskla Poltava	0–1	Qarabağ	Poltava
22:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Yakubu 52' Sklyar 63' Chyzhov 81' Sharpar 90+6'	Report	Abdullayev 13' (pen.) Guerrier 34' Medvedev 56'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 5,479 Referee: Sandro Schärer

29 November 2018 5	Vorskla Poltava	0–3	Arsenal	Kyiv
19:55 EET (UTC+02:00)	Sklyar 29' Sharpar 32' Kolomoyets 72'	Report	Smith Rowe 11' Ramsey 27' (pen.) Willock 41' Holding 53'	Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 7,751 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski

13 December 2018 6	Sporting CP	3–0	Vorskla Poltava	Lisbon, Portugal
22:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Montero 17' Petrović 25' Miguel Luís 35' Dallku 44' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Referee: Manuel Schuettengruber

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Cup		EL
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	UKR	Bohdan Shust	27	0	22	0	0	0	5	0
21	GK	UKR	Oleksandr Tkachenko	13	0	10	0	2	0	1	0
Defenders
3	DF	GEO	Andro Giorgadze	9	0	6+2	0	1	0	0	0
5	DF	GHA	Najeeb Yakubu	8	1	4+1	1	1	0	2	0
17	DF	UKR	Volodymyr Chesnakov	32	2	24+1	1	1	0	6	1
23	DF	UKR	Vadym Sapay	21	0	16+1	0	1+1	0	2	0
25	DF	UKR	Yevhen Martynenko	13	0	12	0	1	0	0	0
33	DF	UKR	Oleksandr Chyzhov	19	1	15	1	1	0	2+1	0
40	DF	UKR	Taras Sakiv	14	1	7+3	0	2	1	1+1	0
44	DF	KOS	Ardin Dallku	24	1	14+4	1	0+1	0	5	0
48	DF	UKR	Denys Taraduda	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
50	DF	MLI	Ibrahim Kane	14	0	7+3	0	2	0	0+2	0
Midfielders
4	MF	UKR	Ihor Perduta	34	0	27	0	1	0	6	0
6	MF	UKR	Oleksandr Sklyar	31	0	14+9	0	2	0	5+1	0
8	MF	UKR	Artem Habelok	25	2	14+7	2	2	0	1+1	0
9	MF	BIH	Edin Šehić	9	0	4+5	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	UKR	Vyacheslav Sharpar	33	7	27	6	1	0	5	1
13	MF	UKR	Maryan Mysyk	14	0	3+10	0	1	0	0	0
29	MF	UKR	Dmytro Kravchenko	11	0	8+1	0	0	0	2	0
30	MF	GEO	Aleksandre Kobakhidze	17	0	13+3	0	0	0	1	0
66	MF	BRA	Artur	25	0	17+3	0	0	0	5	0
82	MF	UKR	Pavlo Rebenok	36	3	24+6	3	0	0	6	0
94	MF	SRB	Todor Petrović	9	1	7+1	1	0+1	0	0	0
Forwards
14	FW	BRA	Nicolas Careca	31	3	14+10	2	2	1	1+4	0
26	FW	UKR	Yuriy Kolomoyets	33	2	20+6	2	0+1	0	5+1	0
77	FW	UKR	Denys Vasin	8	3	7+1	3	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
7	MF	ARM	Gegham Kadymyan	4	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	UKR	Mykhaylo Serhiychuk	15	0	1+9	0	0+1	0	0+4	0
10	FW	UKR	Vladyslav Kulach	19	6	13+1	4	0	0	5	2
16	DF	UKR	Myroslav Mazur	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
19	MF	UKR	Volodymyr Odaryuk	4	0	0+3	0	1	0	0	0

Source: Competitions

Last updated: 31 May 2019

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Premier League	Cup	EL	Total
1	11	MF	Vyacheslav Sharpar	6	0	1	7
2	10	FW	Vladyslav Kulach	4	0	2	6
3	82	MF	Pavlo Rebenok	3	0	0	3
	14	FW	Nicolas Careca	2	1	0	3
	77	FW	Denys Vasin	3	0	0	3
6	8	MF	Artem Habelok	2	0	0	2
	17	DF	Volodymyr Chesnakov	1	0	1	2
	26	FW	Yuriy Kolomoyets	2	0	0	2
9	5	DF	Najeeb Yakubu	1	0	0	1
	33	DF	Oleksandr Chyzhov	1	0	0	1
	40	DF	Taras Sakiv	0	1	0	1
	44	DF	Ardin Dallku	1	0	0	1
	94	MF	Todor Petrović	1	0	0	1
			Own goal	4	0	0	4
			Total	31	2	4	37

Last updated: 31 May 2019

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Premier League	EL	Total
1	1	GK	Bohdan Shust	6	1	7
2	1	GK	Oleksandr Tkachenko	2	0	2
			Total	8	1	9

Last updated: 31 May 2019

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Player
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Premier League			Cup			EL			Total
1	GK		Bohdan Shust	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
3	DF		Andro Giorgadze	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
4	MF		Ihor Perduta	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
5	DF		Najeeb Yakubu	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
6	MF		Oleksandr Sklyar	7	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	10	0	0
7	MF		Gegham Kadymyan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
8	MF		Artem Habelok	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
9	MF		Edin Šehić	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
9	FW		Mykhaylo Serhiychuk	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
10	FW		Vladyslav Kulach	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
11	MF		Vyacheslav Sharpar	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	8	0	0
13	MF		Maryan Mysyk	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
14	FW		Nicolas Careca	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
17	DF		Volodymyr Chesnakov	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0
21	GK		Oleksandr Tkachenko	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	DF		Vadym Sapay	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0
25	DF		Yevhen Martynenko	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1
26	FW		Yuriy Kolomoyets	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	0
29	MF		Dmytro Kravchenko	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
30	MF		Aleksandre Kobakhidze	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
33	DF		Oleksandr Chyzhov	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	1	0
40	DF		Taras Sakiv	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
44	DF		Ardin Dallku	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	0
48	DF		Denys Tarduda	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
50	DF		Ibrahim Kane	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
66	MF		Artur	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
77	FW		Denys Vasin	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
82	MF		Pavlo Rebenok	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
94	MF		Todor Petrović	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
			Total	81	6	1	2	0	0	13	0	0	97	6	1

Last updated: 31 May 2019

References

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^ Юрмалу та Кам’янське змінили на Полтаву (in Ukrainian). 3 July 2018.
^ Підсилення з "Інтернасьоналя" і "Греміо"! (in Ukrainian). 1 August 2018.
^ Плюс два легіонери на перспективу (in Ukrainian). 4 September 2018.
^ Плюс два легіонери на перспективу (in Ukrainian). 4 September 2018.
^ Підсилення з "Інтернасьоналя" і "Греміо"! (in Ukrainian). 1 August 2018.
^ Сербсько-хорватський дует до полтавського двору (in Ukrainian). 22 January 2019.
^ Сербсько-хорватський дует до полтавського двору (in Ukrainian). 22 January 2019.
^ Первые изменения в «Горняке-Спорт» (in Russian). 15 January 2019. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
^ "Instagram".
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^ Police opened a criminal case because of damage of property during the Volyn - Карпаты game (Полиция открыла уголовное дело из-за порчи имущества во время матча Волынь - Карпаты). UA-Football. 10 June 2019

External links

Official website

[table_hth_VOR0.49468741775243-24] Goal difference in all group matches: Vorskla Poltava –9, Qarabağ –11.

[1] Ще один одесит до двору "біло-зелених" (in Ukrainian). 23 June 2018.

[2] Юрмалу та Кам’янське змінили на Полтаву (in Ukrainian). 3 July 2018.

[3] Юрмалу та Кам’янське змінили на Полтаву (in Ukrainian). 3 July 2018.

[4] Підсилення з "Інтернасьоналя" і "Греміо"! (in Ukrainian). 1 August 2018.

[5] Плюс два легіонери на перспективу (in Ukrainian). 4 September 2018.

[6] Плюс два легіонери на перспективу (in Ukrainian). 4 September 2018.

[7] Підсилення з "Інтернасьоналя" і "Греміо"! (in Ukrainian). 1 August 2018.

[8] Сербсько-хорватський дует до полтавського двору (in Ukrainian). 22 January 2019.

[9] Сербсько-хорватський дует до полтавського двору (in Ukrainian). 22 January 2019.

[10] Первые изменения в «Горняке-Спорт» (in Russian). 15 January 2019. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.

[11] "Instagram".

[12] "Черноморец" пополнился новыми игроками (in Russian). 13 July 2018.

[13] Сергій Косовський – гравець "Оболонь Бровар" (in Ukrainian). 13 September 2018. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.

[14] Данило Каневцев - гравець ФК "Металіст 1925" (in Ukrainian). 8 August 2018.

[15] Последний новичок и навесы Пучкова. Тренировка "Горняка-Спорт" (in Russian). 7 September 2018. Archived from the original on 9 February 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2018.

[16] Ті, що випередили дощ та вітер (in Ukrainian). 15 January 2019.

[17] Михайло Сергійчук - гравець ФК Десна (in Ukrainian). 18 January 2019.

[18] "Gornyak-sport.net" Дубль в подарок! Владимиру Одарюку - 25 лет! (in Russian). 13 February 2019. Archived from the original on 20 April 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2019.

[19] Одарюк і Мазур тимчасово змінили прописку (in Ukrainian). 26 February 2019.

[upl.ua-20] Defining of teams' places in competitions (Визначення місць команд у змаганнях). 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League regulations.

[21] There took place a draw of the UPL Championship play-off (Відбулося жеребкування плей-офф Чемпіонату УПЛ). Ukrainian Premier League. 24 May 2019

[22] The draw for the UPL play-off round will take place on 24 May (Жеребьевка плей-офф раунда УПЛ состоится 24 мая). UA-Football. 22 May 2019

[23] Police opened a criminal case because of damage of property during the Volyn - Карпаты game (Полиция открыла уголовное дело из-за порчи имущества во время матча Волынь - Карпаты). UA-Football. 10 June 2019

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