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2018 FC Ukraine United season

The 2018 season was FC Ukraine United's third season in the Canadian Soccer League, and twelve season since their founding in the Ontario Soccer League. The season marked United's return to the First Division after participating in the Second Division the previous year. After a competitive season with FC Vorkuta the club won their first division title on September 23, 2018.In the postseason United won their preliminary match against Brantford Galaxy, but were defeated in the second round to Scarborough SC. Pavlo Lukyanets, a veteran striker from Ukraine was United's top goalscorer with twelve goals.

FC Ukraine United
2018 season
OwnerVladimir Koval
Head CoachAndrei Malychenkov
Canadian Soccer League1st place (First Division)
CSL ChampionshipSemifinal
Top goalscorerPavlo Lukyanets
(12 goals)
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Summary edit

After spending the 2017 season in the Second Division with a perfect season the club was promoted back into the First Division.[1][2]Andrei Malychenkov resumed his coaching duties, and maintained the majority of his previous roster with additional imports from the Ukraine.[3][4] From the onset of the season the club remained highly competitive, and battled with rivals FC Vorkuta for supremacy of the division.[5] Throughout the season Malychenkov achieved the necessary results in clinching the First Division title, and managed an undefeated streak of ten matches with the best offensive record.[6] In the opening round of the playoff tournament FC Ukraine faced Brantford Galaxy, and defeated Brantford 8-7 in a penalty shootout.[7] Their postseason campaign came to a conclusion in the second round after a 2-1 defeat to Scarborough SC.[8]

Team edit

Roster edit

As of 18 August 2018[9]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 FW    Oleksandr Popravka
2 GK   UKR Andriy Bandrivskyy
3 DF   UKR Ivan Kucherenko
4 DF   UKR Maksym Rohovskyi [10]
5 DF   UKR Mykhailo Hurka
6 MF   UKR Taras Hromyak
7 MF   UKR Yuri Sokolovsky
8 MF   UKR Sergiy Sergeyev
9 DF    Igor Bortnyk
10 FW   UKR Pavlo Lukyanets
11 FW   UKR Serhiy Savchenko [11]
10 FW   UKR Ihor Kozovyk [12]
13 FW   UKR Nazar Milishchuk
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW   UKR Ihor Shyshka [13]
15 MF   UKR Andriy Savchenko
16 FW   UKR Vasyl Chornyi
17 FW    Dmytro Mykhalchuk
18 DF   UKR Lubomir Ivansky
19 DF   UKR Mykola Hreshta
20 FW   UKR Vitaliy Bohdanov
21 MF   UKR Volodymyr Romaniv
22 FW   UKR Vadym Hetman
23 FW   UKR Yevhen Falkovskyi
24 FW   UKR Ihor Malysh
25 FW   UKR Roman Datsiuk
— MF    Amir Hosic

Management edit

Position Staff
Head coach Andrei Malychenkov
Assistant coach Mykhailo Hurka
Goalkeeper coach Arthur Zaslavski
Manager Vladimir Koval
Chairman Vladimir Koval

Last updated: August 10, 2018
Source: fcukraineunited.ca

Canadian Soccer League edit

Main article: 2018 Canadian Soccer League season

First Division edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FC Ukraine United (A, C) 16 12 2 2 60 16 +44 38 Qualification for Playoffs
2 FC Vorkuta (A, O) 16 12 2 2 55 16 +39 38
3 SC Waterloo Region (A) 16 9 2 5 34 33 +1 29
4 Scarborough SC (A) 16 8 5 3 34 20 +14 29
5 Hamilton City SC (A) 16 8 1 7 41 38 +3 25
6 Serbian White Eagles (A) 16 5 4 7 20 20 0 19
7 SC Real Mississauga (A) 16 3 2 11 14 42 −28 11
8 Brantford Galaxy (A) 16 3 2 11 9 37 −28 11
9 CSC Mississauga 16 1 2 13 9 37 −28 5
Updated to match(es) played on September 27, 2018. Source: http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/2018-csl-first-division-standings/
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
16 12 2 2 60 16  +44 38 5 2 1 29 8  +21 7 0 1 31 8  +23

Last updated: September 20, 2018.
Source: 2018 Canadian Soccer League season

Results by round edit

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Updated to match(es) played on September 25, 2018. Source: CSL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

May 13 FC Ukraine United 1–2 FC Vorkuta Toronto, Ontario
19:00 Chornyl   30' Report Lakusta   43'
Kerchu   77'		 Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium
Referee: Milomir Tomic
May 19 FC Ukraine United 2–0 Scarborough SC Toronto, Ontario
21:00 Amir Hosic   74'
Milishchuk   83'		 Report Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium
June 3 Scarborough SC 0–3 FC Ukraine United Toronto, Ontario
20:00 Report Lukyanets   64'
Malysh   74'
Amir Hosic   80'		 Stadium: Birchmount Stadium
June 9 Hamilton City SC 1–3 FC Ukraine United Hamilton, Ontario
18:30 Vukasin Kovacevic   75' Report Kucherenko   41'
Malysh   81'
Milishchuk   91'		 Stadium: Heritage Field
June 17 FC Ukraine United 1–1 Serbian White Eagles Toronto, Ontario
21:00 Malysh   37' Report Luka Bojic   1' Stadium: Centennial Stadium
June 22 Serbian White Eagles 1–0 FC Ukraine United Toronto, Ontario
19:00 Vukomanović   46' Report Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium
Attendance: 150
Referee: Marco Jaramillo
June 30 SC Waterloo Region 0–9 FC Ukraine United Waterloo, Ontario
18:30 Report Falkovskyi  ,  ,  
Lukyanets  ,  ,  
Milishchuk  ,  
Bohdanov  		 Stadium: RIM Park
July 6 CSC Mississauga 2–4 FC Ukraine United Mississauga, Ontario
Remi Oshin   29'
Priestley   30'		 Report Milishchuk   34'
Datsiuk   45',   74'
Lukyanets   47'		 Stadium: Iceland Field
July 14 Brantford Galaxy 1–7 FC Ukraine United Hamilton, Ontario
Slavko Knezevic   Report Bohdanov  
Datsiuk  ,  
Falkovskyi  
Milishchuk  
Hromyak  
Lukyanets  		 Stadium: Heritage Field Turf
July 21 FC Ukraine United 1–1 SC Waterloo Region Toronto, Ontario
14:00 Hromyak   51' Report Dzenan Karic   53' Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium
August 3 SC Real Mississauga 1–2 FC Ukraine United Mississauga, Ontario
20:30 Brennan McNicol   75' Report Hromyak   7'
Malysh   82'		 Stadium: Paramount Fine Foods Centre
August 18 FC Ukraine United 8–1 SC Real Mississauga Toronto, Ontario
21:00 Hromyak   15',   27',   28'
Malysh   18'
Falkovskyi   70'
Datsiuk   71'
Lukyanets   81'		 Report Jpan Syla   59' Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium
August 25 FC Ukraine United 3–0 Brantford Galaxy Toronto, Ontario
21:00 Malysh  
Milishchuk  
Lukyanets   76'		 Report Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium
Referee: Afsar Khan
September 1 FC Vorkuta 2–3 FC Ukraine United Toronto, Ontario
19:00 Riabets   27'
Volchkov   74'		 Report Amir Hosic  
Savchenko   48'
Bohdanov  		 Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium
September 9 FC Ukraine United 3–1 Hamilton City SC Toronto, Ontario
19:00 Hromyak   9'
Falkovskyi   69',   80'		 Report Filip Seculik   85' Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium
September 23 FC Ukraine United 10–2 CSC Mississauga Toronto, Ontario
19:00 Bohdanov  
Datsiuk  ,  
Hromyak  ,  
Lukyanets  ,  ,  
Malysh  
Milishchuk  		 Report Mauricio Konjic  
Pero Menalo  		 Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium

Postseason edit

September 30 Quarterfinal FC Ukraine United 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(8–7 p)		 Brantford Galaxy Toronto, Ontario
16:00 Report Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium
October 7 Semifinal FC Ukraine United 1–2 Scarborough SC Toronto, Ontario
14:00 Malysh   89' Report Bryan   68'
Stojiljkovic   91'		 Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium

Statistics edit

Goals edit

Correct as of September 30, 2018[14]

References edit

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  8. ^ Adamson, Stan. "STOJILJKOVIC WINNER PUTS SCARBOROUGH IN CSL CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL – Canadian Soccer League". Retrieved 2018-12-12.
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