2020–21 FC Zorya Luhansk season

FC Zorya Luhansk
2020–21 season
Chairman	Yevhen Heller
Head coach	Viktor Skrypnyk
Stadium	Slavutych-Arena
Ukrainian Premier League	Preseason
Ukrainian Cup	Preseason
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 season is FC Zorya Luhansk's 98th season in existence and the club's 15th consecutive season in the top flight of Ukrainian football. In addition to the domestic league, Zorya Luhansk will participate in this season's editions of the Ukrainian Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

Squad information

As of 1 August 2020

Squad no.	Name	Position	Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
1	Zauri Makharadze	GK	(1993-03-24) 24 March 1993 (age 31)
23	Nikola Vasilj	GK	(1995-12-02) 2 December 1995 (age 28)
30	Mykyta Shevchenko	GK	(1993-01-26) 26 January 1993 (age 31)
53	Dmytro Matsapura ^{List B}	GK	(2000-03-10) 10 March 2000 (age 24)
Defenders
3	Maksim Grechkin (on loan from Beitar Jerusalem)	DF	(1996-03-04) 4 March 1996 (age 28)
6	Leovigildo	DF	(1995-12-26) 26 December 1995 (age 28)
15	Vitaliy Vernydub	DF	(1987-10-17) 17 October 1987 (age 36)
20	Joel Abu Hanna ^{List B}	DF	(1998-01-22) 22 January 1998 (age 26)
45	Denys Favorov	DF	(1991-04-01) 1 April 1991 (age 33)
77	Ihor Chaykovskyi	DF	(1991-10-07) 7 October 1991 (age 32)
Midfielders
4	Lovro Cvek	MF	(1995-07-06) 6 July 1995 (age 29)
7	Vladyslav Kocherhin	MF	(1996-04-30) 30 April 1996 (age 28)
10	Dmytro Khomchenovskyi	MF	(1990-04-16) 16 April 1990 (age 34)
17	Denys Yanakov	MF	(1999-01-01) 1 January 1999 (age 25)
21	Dmytro Ivanisenya	MF	(1994-01-11) 11 January 1994 (age 30)
27	Yehor Nazaryna	MF	(1997-07-10) 10 July 1997 (age 27)
28	Artem Hromov	MF	(1990-01-14) 14 January 1990 (age 34)
29	Volodymyr Bilotserkovets ^{List B}	MF	(2000-01-22) 22 January 2000 (age 24)
48	Maksym Kazakov	MF	(1996-02-06) 6 February 1996 (age 28)
64	Serhiy Mayboroda ^{List B}	MF	(1997-11-21) 21 November 1997 (age 26)
80	Vladlen Yurchenko	MF	(1994-01-22) 22 January 1994 (age 30)
97	Andrejs Cigaņiks	MF	(1997-04-12) 12 April 1997 (age 27)
Forwards
8	Maksym Lunyov ^{List B}	FW	(1998-05-22) 22 May 1998 (age 26)
9	Mihailo Perović	FW	(1997-01-23) 23 January 1997 (age 27)
22	Vladyslav Kabayev	FW	(1995-09-01) 1 September 1995 (age 29)

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Type	Fee	Source
Summer
1 August 2020	DF	Leovigildo	24	Vardar	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[1]
1 August 2020	MF	Yehor Nazaryna	23	Royal Antwerp	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[2]
5 August 2020	MF	Denys Yanakov	21	Dynamo Kyiv	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[3]
9 August 2020	DF	Denys Favorov	29	Desna Chernihiv	Transfer	Free	^[4]
31 July 2020	DF	Maksym Bilyi	30	Rukh Lviv	Loan return
31 July 2020	DF	Tymofiy Sukhar	21	Metalurh Zaporizhya	Loan return
31 July 2020	MF	Yehor Shalfeyev	21	Metalurh Zaporizhya	Loan return
31 July 2020	MF	Ihor Zahoruyko	21	Metalurh Zaporizhya	Loan return
5 August 2020	DF	Maksim Grechkin	24	Beitar Jerusalem	Loan		^[5]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Type	Fee	Source
Summer
1 August 2020	MF	Yevhen Cheberko	22	LASK	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[6]
1 August 2020	MF	Mykyta Kamenyuka	35	Retired	Transfer	Free	^[7]
1 August 2020	MF	Bohdan Mykhaylychenko	23	Anderlecht	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[8]
1 August 2020	FW	Nemanja Ivanović	23	Zlatibor Čajetina	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[9]
31 July 2020	DF	Oleksandr Tymchyk	23	Dynamo Kyiv	Loan return		^[10]
31 July 2020	MF	Bohdan Lyednyev	22	Dynamo Kyiv	Loan return		^[11]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

11 August 2020 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	2–3	SC Dnipro-1	Zaporizhia
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kocherhin 6' Yurchenko 56' (pen.)	Report	Dovbyk 41' Batahov 75' Yarmolyuk 79'	Stadium: Torpedo Stadium

15 August 2020 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk	–	FC Mariupol	Zaporizhia
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)				Stadium: Torpedo Stadium

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ukrainian Premier League	2020	May 2021	Matchday 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Ukrainian Cup	2020		TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Europa League	22 October 2020		Group stage	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Last updated: August 2020
Source: Competitions

Ukrainian Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dynamo Kyiv (C)	26	20	5	1	59	15	+44	65	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Shakhtar Donetsk	26	16	6	4	54	19	+35	54	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Zorya Luhansk	26	15	5	6	44	22	+22	50	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
4	Kolos Kovalivka	26	10	11	5	36	26	+10	41	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round
5	Vorskla Poltava	26	11	8	7	37	30	+7	41	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round

Source: Ukrainian Premier League
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 two teams tied for title (Article 22, paragraph 3).^[12]
(C) Champions

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 2020.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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
Ground
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 2020. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Ukrainian Cup

UEFA Europa League

The group stage draw will be held on 2 October 2020.^[13]

References

^ "Жуниньо – новичок «Зари»" (in Russian). 28 July 2020.
^ "Егор Назарина стал игроком луганской «Зари»" (in Russian). 28 July 2020.
^ "Станислав Оганов: «Планово готовимся к матчу первого тура»" (in Russian). 5 August 2020.
^ "Денис Фаворов – игрок «Зари»!" (in Russian). 9 August 2020.
^ "Максим Гречкин арендован «Зарёй»" (in Russian). 10 August 2020.
^ "LASK verpflichtet Yevgen Cheberko" (in German). 17 July 2020.
^ "Спасибо за всё, Капитан!" (in Russian). 20 July 2020.
^ "Bogdan Mykhaylichenko plays for RSCA". 3 August 2020.
^ https://www.facebook.com/Fudbalski.Klub.Zlatibor/posts/2644859082398142
^ "Станислав Оганов: ««Заря» сегодня прогрессирует»" (in Russian). 21 July 2020.
^ "Станислав Оганов: ««Заря» сегодня прогрессирует»" (in Russian). 21 July 2020.
^ Defining of teams' places in competitions (Визначення місць команд у змаганнях)^{[permanent dead link]}. 2020–21 Ukrainian Premier League regulations.
^ "2020/21 UEFA Europa League: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

External links

Official website

[1] "Жуниньо – новичок «Зари»" (in Russian). 28 July 2020.

[2] "Егор Назарина стал игроком луганской «Зари»" (in Russian). 28 July 2020.

[3] "Станислав Оганов: «Планово готовимся к матчу первого тура»" (in Russian). 5 August 2020.

[4] "Денис Фаворов – игрок «Зари»!" (in Russian). 9 August 2020.

[5] "Максим Гречкин арендован «Зарёй»" (in Russian). 10 August 2020.

[6] "LASK verpflichtet Yevgen Cheberko" (in German). 17 July 2020.

[7] "Спасибо за всё, Капитан!" (in Russian). 20 July 2020.

[8] "Bogdan Mykhaylichenko plays for RSCA". 3 August 2020.

[9] ttps://www.facebook.com/Fudbalski.Klub.Zlatibor/posts/2644859082398142

[10] "Станислав Оганов: ««Заря» сегодня прогрессирует»" (in Russian). 21 July 2020.

[11] "Станислав Оганов: ««Заря» сегодня прогрессирует»" (in Russian). 21 July 2020.

[12] Defining of teams' places in competitions (Визначення місць команд у змаганнях)^{[permanent dead link]}. 2020–21 Ukrainian Premier League regulations.

[13] "2020/21 UEFA Europa League: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

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Domestic leagues	Premier League Under-21 and Under-19 First League Under-19 Second League Amateur League Women League
Domestic cups	Ukrainian Cup Final Super Cup Women's Cup Amateur Cup
Regional championships	Cherkasy Oblast '20 '21 Chernihiv Oblast '20 '21 Chernivtsi Oblast '20 '21 Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Donetsk Oblast '20 '21 Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Kharkiv Oblast '20 '21 Kherson Oblast '20 '21 Khmelnytskyi Oblast '20 '21 Kyiv Oblast '20 '21 Kirovohrad Oblast '20 '21 Luhansk Oblast '20 '21 Lviv Oblast '20 '21 Mykolaiv Oblast '20 '21 Odesa Oblast '20 '21 Poltava Oblast '20 '21 Rivne Oblast '20 '21 Sumy Oblast '20 '21 Ternopil Oblast '20 '21 Vinnytsia Oblast Volyn Oblast 2019–20 Football Championship of Volyn Oblast
Club seasons
Premier League	Desna Chernihiv Dnipro-1 Dynamo Kyiv Inhulets Petrove Kolos Kovalivka Lviv Mariupol Mynai Oleksandriya Olimpik Donetsk Rukh Lviv Shakhtar Donetsk Vorskla Poltava Zorya Luhansk
Ukrainian First League	Ahrobiznes Volochysk Alians Lypova Dolyna Avanhard Chornomorets Odesa Hirnyk-Sport Kremin Krystal Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Mykolaiv Nyva Ternopil Obolon Kyiv Polissya Prykarpattia Veres Rivne Volyn VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka
Ukrainian Second League	Balkany Zorya Bukovyna Chaika Cherkashchyna FC Chernihiv Dinaz Vyshhorod Dnipro Cherkasy Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka Epitsentr Dunaivtsi Karpaty Halych Karpaty Lviv Kryvbas KR Metal Kharkiv Metalurh Zaporizhya Mykolaiv-2 Nikopol Nyva Vinnytsia Obolon-2 Bucha Peremoha Podillya Khmelnytskyi Real Pharma Rubikon Tavriya Uzhhorod Yarud Mariupol
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