2018–19 FC Mariupol season
# 2018–19 FC Mariupol season

The 2018–19 season was 19th season in the top Ukrainian football league for FC Mariupol. Mariupol 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 | Yevhen Halchuk | GK | (1992-03-05)5 March 1992 (aged 27) |
| 12 | Rustam Khudzhamov (Captain) | GK | (1982-10-05)5 October 1982 (aged 36) |
| 33 | Artem Pospelov $^{ListB}$ | GK | (1998-01-11)11 January 1998 (aged 21) |
| 55 | Yevhen Hrytsenko (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) | GK | (1993-02-05)5 February 1993 (aged 26) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Oleksiy Bykov $^{ListB}$ | DF | (1998-03-29)29 March 1998 (aged 21) |
| 4 | Serhiy Chobotenko $^{ListB}$ (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) | DF | (1997-01-16)16 January 1997 (aged 22) |
| 5 | Joyskim Dawa | DF | (1996-04-09)9 April 1996 (aged 23) |
| 13 | Serhiy Yavorskyi | DF | (1989-07-05)5 July 1989 (aged 29) |
| 23 | Besir Demiri | DF | (1994-08-01)1 August 1994 (aged 24) |
| 29 | Ihor Kyryukhantsev (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) | DF | (1996-01-29)29 January 1996 (aged 23) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 6 | Yevheniy Bilokin $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1998-06-16)16 June 1998 (aged 20) |
| 8 | Pavlo Polehenko | MF | (1995-01-06)6 January 1995 (aged 24) |
| 9 | Dmytro Myshnyov | MF | (1994-01-26)26 January 1994 (aged 25) |
| 11 | Vyacheslav Churko (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) | MF | (1993-05-10)10 May 1993 (aged 26) |
| 17 | Serhiy Horbunov | MF | (1994-03-14)14 March 1994 (aged 25) |
| 19 | Ihor Tyschenko | MF | (1989-05-11)11 May 1989 (aged 30) |
| 21 | Danylo Litovchenko $^{ListB}$ | MF | (2000-07-21)21 July 2000 (aged 18) |
| 22 | Oleksandr Zubkov $^{ListB}$ (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) | MF | (1996-08-03)3 August 1996 (aged 22) |
| 25 | Valeriy Fedorchuk | MF | (1988-10-05)5 October 1988 (aged 30) |
| 27 | Ivan Mochevinskyi $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1998-03-30)30 March 1998 (aged 21) |
| 28 | Andriy Korobenko $^{ListB}$ (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) | MF | (1997-05-28)28 May 1997 (aged 22) |
| 34 | Mykyta Peterman $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1999-06-12)12 June 1999 (aged 19) |
| 70 | Yevhen Prodanov $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1998-01-24)24 January 1998 (aged 21) |
| 76 | Oleksandr Pikhalyonok $^{ListB}$ (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) | MF | (1997-05-07)7 May 1997 (aged 22) |
| 97 | Danylo Ihnatenko $^{ListB}$ (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) | MF | (1997-03-13)13 March 1997 (aged 22) |
| 98 | Illya Putrya $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1998-05-15)15 May 1998 (aged 21) |
| Forwards |||||
| 7 | Andriy Boryachuk (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) | FW | (1996-04-23)23 April 1996 (aged 23) |
| 14 | Danylo Sikan $^{ListB}$ (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) | FW | (2001-04-16)16 April 2001 (aged 18) |
| 77 | Vladyslav Buhay $^{ListB}$ (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) | FW | (1997-10-27)27 October 1997 (aged 21) |
| 86 | Ruslan Fomin | FW | (1986-03-02)2 March 1986 (aged 33) |
| 99 | Vladyslav Vakula $^{ListB}$ | FW | (1999-04-29)29 April 1999 (aged 20) |

## Transfers

### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Type | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Summer ||||||||
| 18 June 2018 | MF | Pavlo Polehenko | 23 | Zirka Kropyvnytskyi | Transfer | Free |
| 18 June 2018 | FW | Vladyslav Vakula | 19 | Stal Kamianske | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 8 July 2018 | FW | Ruslan Fomin | 32 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Transfer | Free |
| 20 July 2018 | MF | Ihor Bykovskyi | 21 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 13 August 2018 | MF | Valeriy Fedorchuk | 29 | Riga | Transfer | Free |
| 30 August 2018 | MF | Kyrylo Matveyev | 22 | Arsenal Kyiv | Transfer | Free |
| 28 June 2018 | GK | Yevhen Hrytsenko | 23 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan | |
| 28 June 2018 | DF | Serhiy Chobotenko | 21 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan | |
| 31 August 2018 | MF | Oleksandr Zubkov | 22 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan | |
| Winter ||||||||
| 31 February 2019 | FW | Danylo Sikan | 17 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Type | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Summer ||||||||
| 31 May 2018 | MF | Roger Gomis | 23 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 4 June 2018 | MF | Denys Dedechko | 30 | SKA-Khabarovsk | Transfer | Free |
| 13 June 2018 | DF | Yevhen Neplyakh | 26 | Volyn Lutsk | Transfer | Free |
| 5 July 2018 | FW | Anatoliy Didenko | 35 | Chornomorets Odesa | Transfer | Free |
| 18 July 2018 | GK | Ihor Levchenko | 27 | IFK Mariehamn | Transfer | Free |
| 20 July 2018 | DF | Oleksandr Nasonov | 26 | Arsenal Kyiv | Transfer | Free |
| 31 May 2018 | MF | Serhiy Bolbat | 24 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan return | |
| 31 May 2018 | MF | Andriy Totovytskyi | 25 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan return | |
| 31 May 2018 | FW | Denys Arendaruk | 22 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan return | |
| Winter ||||||||
| 1 January 2019 | DF | Ivan Semenykhyn | 20 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 15 January 2019 | DF | Maksym Bilyi | 28 | Zorya Luhansk | Transfer | Free |
| 15 January 2019 | DF | Vladyslav Savin | 21 | Avanhard Kramatorsk | Transfer / Loan ? | Undisclosed |
| 17 January 2019 | MF | Ihor Bykovskyi | 22 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| January 2019 | MF | Ihor Bykovskyi | 23 | NTSV Strand 08 | Transfer | Free |

## Competitions

### Overall

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 22 July 2018 | 30 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 037.50 |
| Cup | 31 October 2018 | 31 October 2018 | Round of 16 (1/8) | Round of 16 (1/8) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Europa League | 26 July 2018 | 16 August 2018 | 2Q | 3Q | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 025.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 42 | 57 | −15 | 035.14 |

Last updated: 31 May 2019 Source: Competitions

### Premier League

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 32 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 54 | 18 | +36 | 72 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | FC Oleksandriya | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 49 | Qualification to Europa League group stage |
| 4 | FC Mariupol | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 43 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Zorya Luhansk | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 43 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 6 | FC Lviv | 32 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 40 | −15 | 34 | |

* 1 2 3 Since the winners of the 2018–19 Ukrainian Cup, Shakhtar Donetsk, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the third-placed team, the spot awarded to the third-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team.
* 1 2 Head to Head: Mariupol – Zorya +3=0-1, advantage Mariupol.

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 and the games will be played on 4 and 8 June 2019.

| Team 1 | Agg. | 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 |

### Second leg

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

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.

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | D | D | D | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | D | L | W |
| Position | 7 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |

## Statistics

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Cup | Cup | EL | EL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | UKR | Yevhen Halchuk | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | UKR | Rustam Khudzhamov | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | UKR | Artem Pospelov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | UKR | Oleksiy Bykov | 24 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | UKR | Serhiy Chobotenko | 24 | 0 | 18+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | CMR | Joyskim Dawa | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | UKR | Serhiy Yavorskyi | 32 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | ALB | Besir Demiri | 25 | 0 | 19+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | UKR | Ihor Kyryukhantsev | 17 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | UKR | Yevheniy Bilokin | 5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | UKR | Pavlo Polehenko | 26 | 1 | 17+4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | UKR | Dmytro Myshnyov | 35 | 1 | 29+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | UKR | Vyacheslav Churko | 27 | 2 | 17+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Horbunov | 12 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | UKR | Ihor Tyschenko | 29 | 0 | 16+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | UKR | Danylo Lytovchenko | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Zubkov | 22 | 8 | 19+3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | UKR | Valeriy Fedorchuk | 22 | 3 | 20+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | UKR | Ivan Mochevinskyi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | UKR | Andriy Korobenko | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | UKR | Mykyta Peterman | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | UKR | Yevhen Prodanov | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Pikhalyonok | 30 | 6 | 21+5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 97 | MF | UKR | Danylo Ihnatenko | 20 | 0 | 15+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | MF | UKR | Illya Putrya | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | UKR | Andriy Boryachuk | 28 | 7 | 15+11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | UKR | Danylo Sikan | 6 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | UKR | Vladyslav Buhay | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | FW | UKR | Ruslan Fomin | 22 | 7 | 15+3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 99 | FW | UKR | Vladyslav Vakula | 33 | 6 | 18+12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 30 | DF | UKR | Maksym Bilyi | 10 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | UKR | Ivan Semenykhyn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | MF | UKR | Ihor Bykovskyi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

Source: Competitions

Last updated: 31 May 2019

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Premier League | Cup | EL | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 22 | MF | Oleksandr Zubkov | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 7 | FW | Andriy Boryachuk | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 86 | FW | Ruslan Fomin | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 76 | MF | Oleksandr Pikhalyonok | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 99 | FW | Vladyslav Vakula | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | 25 | MF | Valeriy Fedorchuk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 11 | MF | Vyacheslav Churko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 8 | MF | Pavlo Polehenko | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 9 | MF | Dmytro Myshnyov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 13 | DF | Serhiy Yavorskyi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | Total | 36 | 1 | 5 | 42 |

Last updated: 31 May 2019

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Premier League | Cup | EL | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | GK | Yevhen Halchuk | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 12 | GK | Rustam Khudzhamov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

Last updated: 31 May 2019

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Player | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | Cup | Cup | Cup | EL | EL | EL | Total | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | Yevhen Halchuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Oleksiy Bykov | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Serhiy Chobotenko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Joyskim Dawa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Andriy Boryachuk | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Pavlo Polehenko | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | Dmytro Myshnyov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Vyacheslav Churko | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Rustam Khudzhamov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Serhiy Yavorskyi | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | Serhiy Horbunov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Ihor Tyschenko | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Oleksandr Zubkov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Besir Demiri | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Valeriy Fedorchuk | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Maksym Bilyi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Ihor Kyryukhantsev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | Artem Pospelov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 76 | MF | Oleksandr Pikhalyonok | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | Vladyslav Buhay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | FW | Ruslan Fomin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | MF | Danylo Ihnatenko | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Vladyslav Vakula | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Total | 85 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 2 | 3 |

Last updated: 31 May 2019

