| 2015–16 season | |||
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| Chairman | Yevhen Heller | ||
| Manager | Yuriy Vernydub | ||
| Stadium | Slavutych-Arena | ||
| Premier League | 4th | ||
| Ukrainian Cup | Final | ||
| UEFA Europa League | Play-off round | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Budkivskyi (14) All: Budkivskyi (17) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 1,500 vs Metalist Kharkiv 25 July 2015 | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 1,000 vs Olimpik Donetsk 9 August 2015 | ||
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The 2014–15 Zorya Luhansk season is Zorya's sixteenth Ukrainian Premier League season, and their sixth season under manager Yuriy Vernydub. During the season Zorya Luhansk will compete in the Ukrainian Premier League, Ukrainian Cup and in the UEFA Europa League.
Transfers
In
Summer
| Position | Nationality | Name | From | Type | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF |  | Kyrylo Doroshenko |  Olimpik Donetsk | Transfer | 
| DF |  | Mikhail Sivakow |  Gabala FK | Transfer | 
| DF |  | Vyacheslav Checher |  Metalurh Donetsk | Transfer | 
| DF |  | Oleg Borodai | Reserves | Promotion | 
| FW |  | Artur Zahorulko |  Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan | 
| MF |  | Dmytro Hrechyshkin |  Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan | 
| DF |  | Vyacheslav Tankovskyi |  Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan | 
Winter
| Position | Nationality | Name | From | Type | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF |  | Artem Sukhotskyi |  Oleksandriya | Transfer | 
| FW |  | Paulinho |  Corinthians | Transfer | 
| DF |  | Yevhen Tkachuk |  Vorskla Poltava | Transfer | 
| DF |  | Rafael Forster | Unattached | |
| GK |  | Oleksiy Shevchenko |  Dynamo Kyiv | Transfer | 
| FW |  | Denys Bezborodko |  Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan | 
Out
Summer
| Position | Nationality | Name | To | Type | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK |  | Rustam Khudzhamov |  Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan return | 
| MF |  | Maksym Malyshev |  Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan return | 
| DF |  | Oleksandr Hrytsay | End of career | |
| DF |  | Maksim Bilyi |  Hajduk Split | Transfer | 
| DF |  | Vitaliy Vernydub |  Gabala FK | Transfer | 
| MF |  | Dmytro Khomchenovskyi |  Ponferradina | Transfer | 
Winter
| Position | Nationality | Name | To | Type | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW |  | Artur Zahorulko |  Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan return | 
| MF |  | Ruslan Malinovskyi |  Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan return | 
| MF |  | Ihor Kalinin | Unattached | Released | 
| DF |  | Oleg Borodai | Unattached | Released | 
| GK |  | Krševan Santini |  Enosis Neon Paralimni | Transfer | 
| GK |  | Andriy Poltavtsev |  Guria Lanchkhuti | Loan | 
| DF |  | Andriy Pylyavskyi |  Rubin Kazan | Transfer | 
Squad
Squad is given according to the club's official site,[1] and composed from players who playing in the main squad team as of 25 February 2016.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Competitions
Premier League
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 76 | 25 | +51 | 63 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1] | 
| 3 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk[lower-alpha 2] | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 50 | 22 | +28 | 53 | |
| 4 | Zorya Luhansk | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 51 | 26 | +25 | 48 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage | 
| 5 | Vorskla Poltava | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 42 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round | 
| 6 | FC Oleksandriya | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 38 | 
Source: uafootball.net.ua
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fairplay ranking; 8) Draw.[3]
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fairplay ranking; 8) Draw.[3]
Notes:
- ↑ Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 Ukrainian Cup. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league.
- ↑ On 31 March 2016, the Adjudicatory Chamber of the UEFA Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) announced that Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk will be excluded from participating in the next UEFA club competition for which they would otherwise qualify in the next three (3) seasons (i.e. the 2016–17, 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons).[2]
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | 
| 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 24 | +17 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 
Results by round
Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2016. Source: Socceraway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
| 17 July 2015 1 | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 0–6 | Zorya Luhansk | Zaporizhia | 
| 19:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Zhurakhovskyi  42' Kulynych  43' Lysytskyi  72' | Summary | Khomchenovskyi  17' Ljubenović  34' Malinovskyi  50' Karavayev  72' Kamenyuka  81' Sivakow  90+3' | Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Anatoliy Abdula | 
| 25 July 2015 2 | Zorya Luhansk | 0–0 | Metalist Kharkiv | Zaporizhia | 
| 19:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Malinovskyi  57' | Summary | Kurylov  70' | Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Yuriy Mozharovsky | 
| 2 August 2015 3 | Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk | 2–0 | Zorya Luhansk | Dnipropetrovsk | 
| 19:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Putrash  25', 55' Vasin  62' | Summary | Lukanov  34' Lipartia  52' Yarmash  71' | Stadium: Meteor Stadium Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Anatolii Zhabchenko | 
| 9 August 2015 4 | Zorya Luhansk | 4–0 | Olimpik Donetsk | Zaporizhia | 
| 19:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Budkivskyi  33'  82', 85' Lipartia  43' Petryak  62' | Summary | Isa  47' Semenyna  90' | Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ivan Bondar | 
| 16 August 2015 5 | Chornomorets Odesa | 0–2 | Zorya Luhansk | Odesa | 
| 19:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Petko  20' Shapoval  30' | Summary | Shevchenko  30' Petryak  47' Karavayev  56' | Stadium: Chornomorets Stadium Attendance: 9,244 Referee:  Sergii Boiko | 
| 30 August 2015 6 | Zorya Luhansk | 0–0 | Dynamo Kyiv | Zaporizhia | 
| 19:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Pylyavskyi  10' Sivakow  54' Hordiyenko  81' Shevchenko  88' | Summary | Belhanda  30' Danilo Silva  52' Rybalka  56' Vitorino Antunes  74' Khacheridi  90' | Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 6,800 Referee:  Konstantin Trukhanov | 
| 13 September 2015 7 | Karpaty Lviv | 1–1 | Zorya Luhansk | Lviv | 
| 19:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Chachua  18' Ksyonz  19' Khudobyak  32'    66' Karnoza  36' Miroshnichenko  56' | Summary | Sivakow  9' Karavayev  11' Hrechyshkin  21' Petryak  32' Hordiyenko  43' Malinovskyi  75' Ljubenović  90+3' | Stadium: Ukraina Stadium Attendance: 7,328 Referee:  Anatolii Zhabchenko | 
| 20 September 2015 8 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 0–3 | Zorya Luhansk | Dnipropetrovsk | 
| 19:30 EET | Cheberyachko  40' Rotan  81' | Summary | Hordiyenko  7' Karavayev  14' Lipartia  85' Levchenko  90' | Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Attendance: 12,713 Referee:  Yury Vaks | 
| 27 September 2015 9 | Zorya Luhansk | 1–1 | Oleksandriya | Zaporizhia | 
| 17:00 EET | Budkivskyi  26' | Summary | Kolomoyets  72' | Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 1,500 Referee:  Yuriy Mozharovsky | 
| 4 October 2015 10 | Volyn Lutsk | 0–3 | Zorya Luhansk | Lutsk | 
| 19:30 EET | Bohdanov  52' Shust  59' | Summary | Malinovskyi  19' Budkivskyi  22' Lipartia  61' (pen.) | Stadium: Avanhard Stadium Attendance: 5,100 Referee:  Yevhen Aranovsky | 
| 18 October 2015 11 | Zorya Luhansk | 2–1 | Hoverla Uzhhorod | Zaporizhia | 
| 19:30 EET | Budkivskyi  51' Kamenyuka  81' (pen.) | Summary | Savchenko  35' Lyulka  65' Serhiychuk  74' Rudko  80' Ivanov  86' | Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee:  Dmytro Kutakov | 
| 30 October 2015 13 | Zorya Luhansk | 1–7 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Zaporizhia | 
| 19:00 EET | Kamenyuka  67' (pen.) Sivakow  75' | Summary | Fred  40' Stepanenko  47'  90'  90+2' Alex Teixeira  58'  70' Eduardo  75'  86' | Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 3,500 Referee:  Yury Vaks | 
| 7 November 2015 14 | Zorya Luhansk | 4–1 | Metalurh Zaporizhya | Zaporizhia | 
| 14:00 EET | Karavayev  5'  90' Malinovskyi  28'  45+1' Budkivskyi  59' Totovytskyi  70' Hrechyshkin  84' | Summary | Ihnatenko  25' Demchenko  70' Zhurakhovskyi  90+3' | Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 1,200 Referee:  Oleksandr Ivanov | 
| 22 November 2015 15 | Metalist Kharkiv | 0–1 | Zorya Luhansk | Kharkiv | 
| 19:30 EET | Dovhyi  5' Zubeyko  40' Rudyka  56'  Sobol  90+1' | Summary | Hrechyshkin  21' Kamenyuka  33'  Petryak  54' Ljubenović  68' (pen.) Pylyavskyi  77' | Stadium: OSC Metalist Attendance: 6,180 Referee:  Sergii Boiko | 
| 28 November 2015 16 | Zorya Luhansk | 2–1 | Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk | Zaporizhia | 
| 13:00 EET | Hordiyenko  41' Kravchenko  57' (o.g.) Budkivskyi  63' Opanasenko  70' Chaykovskyi  75' Checher  78' Yarmash  90+3' | Summary | Kulach  12'  74' Baranovskyi  23' Budnik  85' | Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 600 Referee:  Mykola Balakin | 
| 5 December 2015 12 | Vorskla Poltava | 0–2 | Zorya Luhansk | Poltava | 
| 14:00 EET | Siminin  73' | Summary | Hordiyenko  35'  74' Budkivskyi  54' Opansenko  70' Shevchenko  90+2' | Stadium: Butovskyi Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee:  Yevhen Aranovsky | 
| 6 March 2016 17 | Olimpik Donetsk | 1–1 | Zorya Luhansk | Kyiv | 
| 14:00 | Nyemchaninov  50' Petrov  56' Fedoriv  66' Postupalenko  71' Shestakov  76' Tanchyk  81' | Summary | Budkivskyi  58' | Stadium: Bannikov Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee:  Sergiy Berezka | 
| 12 March 2016 18 | Zorya Luhansk | 4–0 | Chornomorets Odesa | Zaporizhia | 
| 17:00 | Budkivskyi  45'  72' Karavayev  54' Petryak  58' Totovytskyi  68' Ljubenović  83' | Summary | Azatskyi  5' Danchenko  56' Filimonov  70' | Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee:  Yury Grisjo | 
| 20 March 2016 19 | Dynamo Kyiv | 1–0 | Zorya Luhansk | Kyiv | 
| 19:30 | Harmash  32' Júnior Moraes  76' Sydorchuk  90+2' | Summary | Hordiyenko  12' Tankovskyi  51' Checher  78' Karavayev  81' Petryak  87' Kamenyuka  90' | Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 6,919 Referee:  Yuriy Mozharovsky | 
| 2 April 2016 20 | Zorya Luhansk | 4–1 | Karpaty Lviv | Zaporizhia | 
| 17:00 | Ljubenović  5'  5' Budkivskyi  21' Tankovskyi  38' Totovytskyi  43' Chaykovskyi  61' | Summary | Okechukwu  38' Hitchenko  44' Miroshichenko  51'  | Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 900 Referee:  Yury Vaks | 
| 10 April 2016 21 | Zorya Luhansk | 1–2 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | Zaporizhia | 
| 19:30 | Hordiyenko  63' | Summary | Fedetskyi  20' Bruno Gama  32' Laštůvka  65' Shakhov  75' Anderson Pico  79'  86' | Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 5,500 Referee:  Anatoliy Zhabchenko | 
| 16 April 2016 22 | Oleksandriya | 2–0 | Zorya Luhansk | Oleksandriya | 
| 14:00 | Basov  45+1' Polyarus  48' Shendrik  62' Hrytsuk  89' | Summary | Tankovskyi  9' Rafael Forster  23' | Stadium: CSC Nika Stadium Attendance: 4,112 Referee:  Kostyantin Trukhanov | 
| 23 April 2016 23 | Zorya Luhansk | 1–1 | Volyn Lutsk | Zaporizhia | 
| 14:00 | Sivakov  67'  83'  Paulinho  71' Rafael Forster  90+7' | Summary | Kravchenko  15' Didenko  31' Goropevšek  59' Kvartsyanyi  60' Romanyuk  76' Memeshev  85' Kohinov  89' Humenyuk  90+2' Nedilko  90+5' | Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee:  Vitaliy Romanov | 
| 30 April 2016 24 | Hoverla Uzhhorod | 0–4 | Zorya Luhansk | Uzhhorod | 
| 14_00 | Savchenko  19' Havrysh  34' Toma  43' Ivanov  49' | Summary | Opanasenko  13' Budkivskyi  40', 46' Karavayev  45' | Stadium: Avanhard Stadium Attendance: 550 Referee:  Ivan Bondar | 
| 7 May 2016 25 | Zorya Luhansk | 1–2 | Vorskla Poltava | Zaporizhia | 
| 17:00 | Budkivskyi  12' Kamenyuka  77' | Summary | Sapay  28'  86'  Shynder  30'  85' (pen.) Dytyatev  41' Khlyobas  46' Kolomoyets  58' Sklyar  75' Chesnakov  77' Tkachuk  81' | Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee:  Igor Paskhal | 
| 15 May 2016 26 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2–3 | Zorya Luhansk | Lviv | 
| Facundo Ferreyra  32' Wellington Nem  52' Hladkyi  74' Rakytskyi  81' | Summary | Ljubenović  47' Totovytskyi  56', 61', 82' | Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 6,751 Referee:  Kateryna Monzul | 
Ukrainian Cup
Qualifying round
Round of 32
| 23 August 2015 | Krystal Kherson | 0–5 | Zorya Luhansk | Kherson | 
| 17:00 EET | Summary | Khomchenovskyi  21' Petryak  41' Hrechyshkin  54' Tankovskyi  60' Lipartia  88' | Stadium: Stadion Kherson | 
Round of 16
| 23 September 2015 First leg | Helios | 0–2 | Zorya Luhansk | Piatykhaty | 
| 19:00 EET | Cherednychenko  32' | Summary | Budkivskyi  34'  37' Tankovskyi  38' Opansenko  88' | Stadium: Stadion Sonyachnyj Attendance: 3,165 Referee:  Andriy Kuzmin | 
| 27 October 2015 Second leg | Zorya Luhansk | 3–1 (5–1 agg.) | Helios | Zaporizhia | 
| 17:00 EET | Budkivskyi  7' Karavayev  57'  68' Sivakow  64' | Summary | Serhiy Loboyko  15' Kravchenko  71' Mykola Ahapov  76' Cherednychenko  82' | Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 500 Referee:  Mikhailo Mytrovskyi | 
Quarter finals
| 2 March 2016 First leg | Volyn Lutsk | 1–1 | Zorya Luhansk | Lutsk | 
| 17:00 | Bohdanov  18' Kravchenko  90' | Summary | Kamenyuka  21' Totovytskyi  23' | Stadium: Avanhard Stadium Attendance: 3,200 Referee:  Yaroslav Kozyk | 
| 6 April 2016 Second leg | Zorya Luhansk | 5–0 (6–1 agg.) | Volyn Lutsk | Zaporizhia | 
| 14:00 | Hordiyenko  22' Petryak  49' Opanasenko  71'  90+1' Karavayev  78'  87' | Summary | Goropevšek  36'  Kravchenko  40' Polyovyi  68' Žunić  75' Bohdanov  85'  Shabanov  90+2' | Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee:  Kostyantin Trukhanov | 
Semi-finals
| 20 April 2016 First leg | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 1–0 | Zorya Luhansk | Dnipropetrovsk | 
| 19:00 | Zozulya  17'  26' Chyhrynskyi  59' | Summary | Sukhotsyi  38' Rafael Forster  45+2' Ljubenović  63'  73'  | Stadium: Dnipro Arena Attendance: 10,065 Referee:  Yevhen Aranovskyi | 
| 11 May 2016 Second leg | Zorya Luhansk | 2–0 (2–1 agg.) | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | Zaporizhia | 
| 17:00 | Lipartia  8' Opanasenko  58' Sivakov  90+1' Totovytsky  90+5' | Summary | Skhakhov  44' Laštůvka  90+5' Bezus  90+6' | Stadium: Slavutych Arena Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Anatoliy Abdula | 
Final
| 21 May 2016 | Zorya Luhansk | 0-2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Lviv | 
| 17:00[4] LST | Rafael Forster  12' Chaykovskyi  64' Sivakow  64' Yarmash  70' | Summary | Hladkyy  42'  57' | Stadium: Arena Lviv[4] Attendance: 21,720 Referee:  Yevhen Aranovskiy | 
UEFA Europa League
Qualifying round
Third qualifying round
| 30 July 2015 First leg | Charleroi .svg.png.webp)  | 0–2 |  Zorya Luhansk | Charleroi, Belgium | 
| 20:30 CEST (UTC+2) | N'Ganga  62' Marinos  90+1' | Summary | Pylyavskyi  30' Sivakow  59' Malinovskyi  70', 89' Chaykovskyi  75' | Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 9,415 Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania) | 
| 6 August 2015 Second leg | Zorya Luhansk   | 3–0 (5–0 agg.) | .svg.png.webp) Charleroi | Kyiv, Ukraine | 
| 20:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Kamenyuka  28' Chaykovskyi  40' Ljubenović  58', 68' (pen.) Malinovskyi  90+3' | Summary | Deweast  42' Marcq  67' | Stadium: Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia) | 
Play-off round
| 20 August 2015 First leg | Zorya Luhansk   | 0–1 |  Legia Warsaw | Kyiv, Ukraine | 
| 20:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Chaykovskyi  30' Ljubenović  57' Hordiyenko  61' Sivakow  90' | Summary | Guilherme  8' Kucharczyk  48' Jodłowiec  72' | Stadium: Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 16,000 Referee:  Anastasios Sidiropoulos | 
| 27 August 2015 Second leg | Legia Warsaw   | 3–2 (4–2 agg.) |  Zorya Luhansk | Warsaw, Poland | 
| 21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Pazdan  2' Brzyski  16' Guilherme  62' Rzeźniczak  65' Duda  90+4'  90+5' (pen.) | Summary | Kamenyuka  37' Khomchenovskyi  39' Sivakow  45+2' Malinovskyi  66' Budkivskyi  79' Opanasenko  90+4' | Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 23,163 Referee:  Tobias Welz | 
References
- ↑ "Официальный сайт ФК "Заря" – Луганск". Retrieved February 15, 2015.
- ↑ "CFCB adjudicatory chamber orders". uefa.org. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ↑ "Premier League 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- 1 2 Ukrainian Cup final will take place in Lviv. UA-Football. 29 April 2016
External links
- Official website
- (in Russian) zarya.lg.ua – Information site of fans of FC Zarya Lugansk
- (in Ukrainian) Unofficial website
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