2018–19 FC Vorskla Poltava season

Vorskla Poltava
2018-19 season
ChairmanRoman Cherniak
ManagerVasyl Sachko
(until 27 March 2019)
Vitaliy Kosovskyi (interim)
(since 28 March 2019)
StadiumOleksiy Butovskyi Vorskla Stadium
Ukrainian Premier League7th
Ukrainian CupQuarter-finals
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Sharpar (6)
All: Sharpar (7)
Highest home attendance10,082 vs Sporting
Lowest home attendance951 vs Oleksandriya

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

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Squad information

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As of 31 May 2019
Squad no. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
1 Bohdan Shust Ukraine GK (1986-03-04)4 March 1986 (aged 33)
21 Oleksandr Tkachenko Ukraine GK (1993-02-19)19 February 1993 (aged 26)
31 Dmytro Riznyk List B Ukraine GK (1999-01-30)30 January 1999 (aged 20)
Defenders
3 Andro Giorgadze List B Georgia (country) DF (1996-05-03)3 May 1996 (aged 23)
5 Najeeb Yakubu List B Ghana DF (2000-05-01)1 May 2000 (aged 19)
17 Volodymyr Chesnakov (Captain) Ukraine DF (1988-02-12)12 February 1988 (aged 31)
23 Vadym Sapay Ukraine DF (1986-02-07)7 February 1986 (aged 33)
25 Yevhen Martynenko Ukraine DF (1993-06-25)25 June 1993 (aged 25)
33 Oleksandr Chyzhov Ukraine DF (1986-08-10)10 August 1986 (aged 32)
40 Taras Sakiv List B Ukraine DF (1997-11-19)19 November 1997 (aged 21)
44 Ardin Dallku KosovoAlbania DF (1994-11-01)1 November 1994 (aged 24)
48 Denys Taraduda List B Ukraine DF (2000-08-17)17 August 2000 (aged 18)
50 Ibrahim Kane List B Mali DF (2000-06-23)23 June 2000 (aged 18)
55 Ihor Honchar Ukraine DF (1993-01-10)10 January 1993 (aged 26)
Midfielders
4 Ihor Perduta Ukraine MF (1990-11-15)15 November 1990 (aged 28)
6 Oleksandr Sklyar Ukraine MF (1991-02-26)26 February 1991 (aged 28)
8 Artem Habelok Ukraine MF (1995-02-01)1 February 1995 (aged 24)
9 Edin Šehić Bosnia and HerzegovinaCroatia MF (1995-02-03)3 February 1995 (aged 24)
11 Vyacheslav Sharpar Ukraine MF (1987-06-02)2 June 1987 (aged 31)
13 Maryan Mysyk Ukraine MF (1996-10-02)2 October 1996 (aged 22)
19 Volodymyr Odaryuk Ukraine MF (1994-02-13)13 February 1994 (aged 25)
29 Dmytro Kravchenko Ukraine MF (1995-02-25)25 February 1995 (aged 24)
30 Aleksandre Kobakhidze Georgia (country) MF (1987-02-11)11 February 1987 (aged 32)
66 Artur Brazil MF (1994-08-05)5 August 1994 (aged 24)
82 Pavlo Rebenok Ukraine MF (1985-07-23)23 July 1985 (aged 33)
94 Todor Petrović SerbiaBosnia and Herzegovina MF (1994-08-18)18 August 1994 (aged 24)
Forwards
14 Nicolas Careca (on loan from Grêmio) List B Brazil FW (1997-05-18)18 May 1997 (aged 22)
22 Dmytro Shapoval Ukraine FW (1996-06-17)17 June 1996 (aged 22)
26 Yuriy Kolomoyets Ukraine FW (1990-03-22)22 March 1990 (aged 29)
77 Denys Vasin Ukraine FW (1989-03-04)4 March 1989 (aged 30)

Transfers

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In

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

Out

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

Pre-season and friendlies

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24 June 2018 Friendly Vorskla Poltava Ukraine 0–0 Ukraine SC Dnipro-1 Poltava
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Report Stadium: Ltava Stadium
28 June 2018 Friendly Vorskla Poltava Ukraine 1–0 Slovakia Žilina Kranj, Slovenia
18:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Kolomoyets 6' Report Stadium: Stanko Mlakar Stadium
1 July 2018 Friendly Vorskla Poltava Ukraine 1–3 North Macedonia 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 Ukraine 2–1 Serbia Voždovac Rogatec, Slovenia
EEST (UTC+03:00) Odaryuk 22'
Kulach 51' (pen.)		 Report Ješić 13' Attendance: 100
7 July 2018 Friendly Celje Slovenia 2–0 Ukraine 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 Ukraine 2–1 Croatia 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 Ukraine 0–1 Ukraine Desna Chernihiv Poltava
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Report Filippov 28' Stadium: Ltava Stadium
Attendance: 100
1 August 2018 Friendly Vorskla Poltava Ukraine 2–1 Ukraine 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 Ukraine 5–4 Ukraine 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 Ukraine 0–0 Romania CFR Cluj Side, Turkey
16:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Kamelya Collection
19 January 2019 Friendly Vorskla Poltava Ukraine 0–3 Romania Universitatea Craiova Belek, Turkey
16:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Report Mitriță 12'
Koljić 14'
Cristea 77' (pen.)
23 January 2019 Friendly Vorskla Poltava Ukraine Cancelled Uzbekistan Pakhtakor Tashkent Turkey
EET (UTC+02:00) [ Report]
24 January 2019 Friendly Vorskla Poltava Ukraine 0–0 Iran Padideh Turkey
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Report
27 January 2019 Friendly Vorskla Poltava Ukraine 1–0 Serbia Mladost Lučani Turkey
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Careca 90' (pen.) Report
2 February 2019 Friendly Vorskla Poltava Ukraine 0–0 Serbia Radnik Surdulica Manavgat, Turkey
15:30 EET (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Camelia hotel complex
4 February 2019 Friendly Vorskla Poltava Ukraine 4–2 Serbia 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 Ukraine 0–2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar Sarajevo Belek, Turkey
EET (UTC+02:00) Report Ramović 45+3'
Osmanković 59'		 Stadium: Regnum hotel
10 February 2019 Friendly Vorskla Poltava Ukraine 4–1 Kazakhstan 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 Ukraine 1–1 Belarus 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 Ukraine 5–0 Ukraine 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

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Overall

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
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

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Main article: 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League

League table

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Pos Team
 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
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

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Chornomorets Odesa0 – 0Kolos Kovalivka
Report
Attendance: 5,435
Karpaty Lviv0 – 0Volyn Lutsk
Report
Attendance: 10,104

Second leg

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Kolos Kovalivka2 – 0Chornomorets Odesa
Havrysh 57', 63' (pen.) Report
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

Volyn Lutsk0 – 3
1 – 3		Karpaty Lviv
Kozhanov 42' Report Klyots 37'
Ponde 82' (pen.)
Miroshnichenko 90+5'
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

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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

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132
GroundAAHAHAHAHAHHHAHAHAHAHAAAHAAHHAHH
ResultLLWLWLWWWWLLWWLLLWLLDDLLDWDDWWLD
Position9109107875444444445567678888887777
Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2019. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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25 July 2018 1 Dynamo Kyiv 1–0 Vorskla Poltava Kyiv
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Dallku 33' (o.g.)
Morozyuk Yellow card 39'		 Report Chyzhov Yellow card 37'
Kravchenko Yellow card 46'
Kobakhidze Yellow card 49'
Kulach Yellow card 10'
Chesnakov Yellow card 82'
Mysyk Yellow card 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 Yellow card 86'		 Report Dallku Yellow card 14'
Mysyk Yellow card 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 Yellow card 71' Yellow-red card 90+1'
Kadymyan Yellow card 75'
Careca 83', Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Holikov Yellow card 45' Yellow-red card 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 Yellow card 10', 59'
Marlos 50'
Khocholava 62'
Moraes 74'		 Report Sharpar 25'
Careca Yellow card 30'
Habelok Yellow card 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 Yellow card 32'
Churko Yellow card 53'
Chobotenko Yellow card 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 Yellow card 50'		 Report Artur Yellow card 24'
Sharpar Yellow card 32'
Rebenok Yellow card 40'
Chyzhov Yellow card 60'
Kravchenko Yellow card 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 Yellow card 3'
Kulach 49'
Careca Yellow card 73'
Sharpar Yellow card 85'
Ryzhuk 88' (o.g.)
Habelok Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Smirnov Yellow card 54'
Trubochkin Yellow card 59'
Chorniy 63'
Hrachov Yellow card 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 Yellow card 21'
Carrascal Yellow card 27'
Fedetskyi Yellow card 62'
De Camargo Yellow card 73'		 Report Dallku Yellow card 17', 90+1'
Sharpar Yellow card 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 Yellow card 24'
Dallku Yellow card 63'
Rebenok 64'
Kulach Yellow card 68'
Serhiychuk Yellow card 69'
Pryima 90' (o.g.)
Shust Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Mykhaylychenko Yellow card 58'
Rafael Ratão Yellow card 68'
Karavayev 70', Yellow card 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 Yellow card 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 Yellow card 35' Report Sahutkin Yellow card 31'
Jevtoski Yellow card 38'
Maydanevych Yellow card 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 Yellow card 29'
Tsyhankov 40'
Kádár Yellow card 59'
Harmash Yellow card 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 Yellow card 16' Yellow-red card 33'
Snurnitsyn 44' (o.g.)
Sapay Yellow card 51'
Kulach 68'		 Report Politylo 16' (pen.)
Ksyonz Yellow card 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 Yellow card 35'
Jonatan Lima Yellow card 70'
Araujo Yellow card 89'		 Report Rebenok 19'
Yakubu 39'
Careca Yellow card 66'
Chesnakov Yellow card 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 Yellow card 66' Report Wellington Nem 19'
Maycon 41', Yellow card 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 Yellow card 29'
Ihnatenko Yellow card 47'
Zubkov 57'
Demiri Yellow card 59'
Yavorskyi Yellow card 88'		 Report Sapay Yellow card 51'
Sklyar Yellow card 65'
Sharpar Yellow card 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 Yellow card 14'
Chesnakov Yellow card 19'
Sapay Yellow card 51'
Perduta Yellow card 74'
Sklyar Yellow card 78'
Kulach Yellow card 81'		 Report Kovalets 4', Yellow card 73'
Mykytsey Yellow card 17'
Banada Yellow card 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 Yellow card 45+1'
Koval Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Chyzhov 4', Yellow card 28'
Sakiv Yellow card 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 Yellow card 47'
Sklyar Yellow card 73'
Šehić Yellow card 85'
Kolomoyets Yellow card 89'		 Report Debelko Yellow card 7'
Di Franco 25', Yellow card 71'
Shved 51' (pen.), 55', 90+1'
Hutsulyak Yellow card 60'
Gueye Yellow card 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 Yellow card 24', 62'
Silas Yellow card 29', 45+1'
Karavayev 77'
Vernydub Yellow card 88'		 Report Šehić Yellow card 11'
Artur Yellow card 26'
Sklyar Yellow card 54'
Chyzhov Yellow card 71'
Vasin Yellow card 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 Yellow card 20' Yellow-red card 83'
Giorgadze Yellow card 32'
Chyzhov Yellow card 39' Yellow-red card 90+3'
Habelok Yellow card 60'		 Report Mostovyi Yellow card 25'
Bezborodko Yellow card 71'
Filippov Yellow card 72'
Volkov Yellow card 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 Yellow card 54'
Pidkivka Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Sharpar 24' (pen.), 56' (pen.)
Kolomoyets Yellow card 55'
Giorgadze Yellow card 56'
Perduta Yellow card 83'
Rebenok Yellow card 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 Yellow card 59'
Yoda 70' (pen.)		 Report Chesnakov Yellow card 60'
Perduta Yellow card 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 Yellow card 31'
Dombrovskyi Yellow card 35'
Kalitvintsev 58'
Tankovskyi Yellow card 79'		 Report Perduta Yellow card 37'
Chesnakov Yellow card 43'
Sapay Yellow card 57' Yellow-red card 82'
Petrović Yellow card 59'
Mysyk Yellow card 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 Yellow card 29'
Habelok 52'
Kobakhidze Yellow card 55'
Sharpar 62' (pen.)
Careca 71'		 Report Serhiychuk 2' (pen.), 42'
Khlyobas 14'
Mostovyi Yellow card 27'
Artem Favorov Yellow card 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 Yellow card 39'		 Report Sapay Yellow card 35'
Kane Yellow card 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 Yellow card 36'
Tsymbalyuk Yellow card 50'
Valeyev Yellow card 58'
Hennadiy Pasich 63', Yellow card 67'		 Report Chesnakov 39'
Habelok Yellow card 70'
Martynenko Red card 86'
Rebenok Yellow card 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 Yellow card 24'
Šehić Yellow card 65'		 Report Sandokhadze Yellow card 34'
Di Franco Yellow card 54'
Mehremić Yellow card 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 Yellow card 41', 58'
Sklyar Yellow card 63'		 Report Tankovskyi Yellow card 21'
Vakulenko Yellow card 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 Yellow card 45' Report Petrović 30'
Kolomoyets Yellow card 38'
Vasin Yellow card 63'
Tkachenko Yellow card 80'
Šehić Yellow card 82'
Martynenko Yellow card 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 Yellow card 28' Yellow-red card 68'
Kolomoyets 54'		 Report Koval 26'
Ryzhuk Yellow card 30'
Tanchyk 62'
Trubochkin Yellow card 81'
Babenko Yellow card 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 Yellow card 79'		 Report Klymenchuk Yellow card 44'
Dehtyarev 75', 83'		 Stadium: Vorskla Stadium
Attendance: 1,053
Referee: Anatoliy Abdula

Ukrainian Cup

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Main article: 2018–19 Ukrainian Cup
31 October 2018 Round of 16 (1/8) Chornomorets Odesa 1–2 Vorskla Poltava Odesa
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Savchenko Yellow card 30'
Karnoza Yellow card 61'
Hrachov 69'
Norenkov Yellow card 90+8'		 Report Sakiv 60'
Careca 63' (pen.)
Sklyar Yellow card 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 Yellow card 13' Stadium: Dnipro-Arena
Attendance: 9,148
Referee: Yuriy Mozharovskyi

UEFA Europa League

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Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League

Group stage

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Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group E

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ARS SPO VOR QRB
1 England Arsenal 6 5 1 0 12 2 +10 16 Advance to knockout phase — 0–0 4–2 1–0
2 Portugal Sporting CP 6 4 1 1 13 3 +10 13 0–1 — 3–0 2–0
3 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava 6 1 0 5 4 13 −9 3[a] 0–3 1–2 — 0–1
4 Azerbaijan 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:
  1. ^ a b Goal difference in all group matches: Vorskla Poltava –9, Qarabağ –11.
20 September 2018 1 Arsenal England 4–2 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava London, England
22:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Aubameyang 32', 56'
Welbeck 48'
Özil 74'		 Report Sharpar Yellow card 19', 90+3'
Chesnakov 77'		 Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 59,039
Referee: Bart Vertenten
4 October 2018 2 Vorskla Poltava Ukraine 1–2 Portugal Sporting CP Poltava
20:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Artur Yellow card 9'
Kulach 10'		 Report Acuña Yellow card 73'
Montero 90'
Cabral 90+3'		 Stadium: Vorskla Stadium
Attendance: 10,082
Referee: Nikola Dabanović
25 October 2018 3 Qarabağ Azerbaijan 0–1 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava Baku, Azerbaijan
20:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Zoubir Yellow card 64' Report Kulach Yellow card 4', 48'
Perduta Yellow card 41'
Dallku Yellow card 79'
Serhiychuk Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Baku Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 22,450
Referee: Roi Reinshreiber
8 November 2018 4 Vorskla Poltava Ukraine 0–1 Azerbaijan Qarabağ Poltava
22:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Yakubu Yellow card 52'
Sklyar Yellow card 63'
Chyzhov Yellow card 81'
Sharpar Yellow card 90+6'		 Report Abdullayev 13' (pen.)
Guerrier Yellow card 34'
Medvedev Yellow card 56'		 Stadium: Vorskla Stadium
Attendance: 5,479
Referee: Sandro Schärer
29 November 2018 5 Vorskla Poltava Ukraine 0–3 England Arsenal Kyiv
19:55 EET (UTC+02:00) Sklyar Yellow card 29'
Sharpar Yellow card 32'
Kolomoyets Yellow card 72'		 Report Smith Rowe 11'
Ramsey 27' (pen.)
Willock 41'
Holding Yellow card 53'		 Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy
Attendance: 7,751
Referee: Bartosz Frankowski
13 December 2018 6 Sporting CP Portugal 3–0 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava Lisbon, Portugal
22:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Montero 17'
Petrović Yellow card 25'
Miguel Luís 35'
Dallku 44' (o.g.)		 Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Referee: Manuel Schuettengruber

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League Cup EL
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Ukraine UKR Bohdan Shust 27 0 22 0 0 0 5 0
21 GK Ukraine UKR Oleksandr Tkachenko 13 0 10 0 2 0 1 0
Defenders
3 DF Georgia (country) GEO Andro Giorgadze 9 0 6+2 0 1 0 0 0
5 DF Ghana GHA Najeeb Yakubu 8 1 4+1 1 1 0 2 0
17 DF Ukraine UKR Volodymyr Chesnakov 32 2 24+1 1 1 0 6 1
23 DF Ukraine UKR Vadym Sapay 21 0 16+1 0 1+1 0 2 0
25 DF