2020–21 FC Zorya Luhansk season

The 2020–21 season was 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 participated 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.

FC Zorya Luhansk
2020–21 season
ChairmanYevhen Heller
Head coachViktor Skrypnyk
StadiumSlavutych-Arena
Ukrainian Premier League3rd
Ukrainian CupFinal
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Oleksandr Hladkyy (10)
All: Oleksandr Hladkyy (10)
Highest home attendance4,127 (vs Dynamo Kyiv, 14 March 2021)
Lowest home attendance0
Average home league attendance631

Players

Squad information
As of 30 June 2021
Squad no. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
23 Nikola Vasilj GK (1995-12-02)2 December 1995 (aged 25)
30 Mykyta Shevchenko GK (1993-01-26)26 January 1993 (aged 28)
53 Dmytro Matsapura List B GK (2000-03-10)10 March 2000 (aged 21)
Defenders
5 Agron Rufati List B DF (1999-04-06)6 April 1999 (aged 22)
6 Leovigildo DF (1995-12-26)26 December 1995 (aged 25)
15 Vitaliy Vernydub DF (1987-10-17)17 October 1987 (aged 33)
17 Vladyslav Yemets DF (1997-09-09)9 September 1997 (aged 23)
20 Joel Abu Hanna DF (1998-01-22)22 January 1998 (aged 23)
21 Dmytro Ivanisenya DF (1994-01-11)11 January 1994 (aged 27)
34 Denys Nahnoynyi List B DF (2002-02-03)3 February 2002 (aged 19)
45 Denys Favorov DF (1991-04-01)1 April 1991 (aged 30)
46 Yuriy Dudnyk List B DF (2002-09-12)12 September 2002 (aged 18)
Midfielders
4 Lovro Cvek MF (1995-07-06)6 July 1995 (aged 25)
7 Vladyslav Kocherhin MF (1996-04-30)30 April 1996 (aged 25)
10 Dmytro Khomchenovskyi MF (1990-04-16)16 April 1990 (aged 31)
14 Maksym Khlan List B MF (2003-01-27)27 January 2003 (aged 18)
29 Yehor Nazaryna MF (1997-07-10)10 July 1997 (aged 23)
28 Artem Hromov MF (1990-01-14)14 January 1990 (aged 31)
48 Maksym Kazakov MF (1996-02-06)6 February 1996 (aged 25)
50 Serhiy Hryn MF (1994-06-06)6 June 1994 (aged 27)
80 Vladlen Yurchenko MF (1994-01-22)22 January 1994 (aged 27)
97 Andrejs Cigaņiks MF (1997-04-12)12 April 1997 (aged 24)
Forwards
8 Maksym Lunyov FW (1998-05-22)22 May 1998 (aged 23)
9 Shahab Zahedi FW (1995-08-18)18 August 1995 (aged 25)
11 Oleksandr Hladkyy FW (1987-08-24)24 August 1987 (aged 33)
22 Vladyslav Kabayev FW (1995-09-01)1 September 1995 (aged 25)
43 Danylo Alefirenko List B FW (2000-04-19)19 April 2000 (aged 21)
47 Raymond Owusu List B FW (2002-04-20)20 April 2002 (aged 19)
90 Allahyar Sayyadmanesh List B (on loan from Fenerbahçe) FW (2001-06-29)29 June 2001 (aged 20)

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 FW Denys Yanakov 21 Dynamo Kyiv Transfer Undisclosed [3]
9 August 2020 DF Denys Favorov 29 Desna Chernihiv Transfer Free [4]
7 September 2020 FW Oleksandr Hladkyy 33 Adana Demirspor Transfer Undisclosed [5]
21 September 2020 DF Agron Rufati 21 Istra 1961 Transfer Undisclosed [6]
6 October 2020 MF Serhiy Hryn 26 Vejle Transfer Free [7]
31 July 2020 DF Maksym Bilyi 30 Rukh Lviv Loan return
31 July 2020 DF Tymofiy Sukhar 21 Metalurh Zaporizhya Loan return
5 August 2020 DF Max Grechkin 24 Beitar Jerusalem Loan [8]
6 October 2020 FW Allahyar Sayyadmanesh 19 Fenerbahçe Loan [9]
Winter
27 January 2021 MF Maksym Khlan 18 Karpaty Lviv Transfer Undisclosed [10]
8 February 2021 FW Shahab Zahedi 25 Olimpik Donetsk Transfer EUR 300Th [11]
1 March 2021 FW Raymond Owusu 18 Gold Coast Football Academy Transfer Undisclosed [12]
31 December 2020 DF Vladyslav Yemets 23 Kolos Kovalivka Loan return [13]

Out
Date Pos. Player Age Moving to Type Fee Source
Summer
31 July 2020 MF Maksym Kazakov 24 Unattached Transfer Free
31 July 2020 MF Mykyta Kamenyuka 35 Retired Transfer Free [14]
1 August 2020 MF Yevhen Cheberko 22 LASK Transfer Undisclosed [15]
1 August 2020 MF Bohdan Mykhaylychenko 23 Anderlecht Transfer Undisclosed [16]
1 August 2020 FW Nemanja Ivanović 23 Zlatibor Čajetina Transfer Undisclosed [17]
20 August 2020 DF Serhiy Mayboroda 22 Avanhard Kramatorsk Transfer Free [18]
22 August 2020 DF Maksym Bilyi 30 Rukh Lviv Transfer Free [19][20]
31 July 2020 DF Oleksandr Tymchyk 23 Dynamo Kyiv Loan return [21]
31 July 2020 MF Bohdan Lyednyev 22 Dynamo Kyiv Loan return [22]
10 September 2020 GK Danylo Khmelovskyi 21 Metalurh Zaporizhya Loan [23]
14 September 2020 MF Volodymyr Bilotserkovets 22 Inhulets Petrove Loan [24]
6 October 2020 FW Denys Yanakov 21 Inhulets Petrove Loan [25]
Summer
11 January 2021 FW Ruslan Skydan 19 Obolon Kyiv Transfer Undisclosed [26]
14 January 2021 GK Zauri Makharadze 27 SC Dnipro-1 Transfer Undisclosed [27]
26 January 2021 FW Mihailo Perović 27 Olimpija Ljubljana Transfer Free [28]
4 March 2021 DF Ihor Chaykovskyi 29 Inhulets Petrove Transfer Free [29][30]
10 February 2021 DF Max Grechkin 24 Beitar Jerusalem Loan return [31]
21 January 2021 DF Maksym Ahapov 20 VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka Loan [32]
21 January 2021 DF Tymofiy Sukhar 21 VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka Loan [33]
21 January 2021 MF Dmytro Piddubnyi 21 VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka Loan [34]

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 2–1 FC Mariupol Zaporizhia
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Lunyov 11'
Perović 88'		 Report Kulakov 15' Stadium: Torpedo Stadium
30 August 2020 Friendly Zorya Luhansk 3–1 Inhulets Petrove Zaporizhia
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Bilotserkovets 17'
Perović 36'
Yanakov 82'		 Report 30' Stadium: Training facility
5 September 2020 Friendly Zorya Luhansk 4–0 FC Oleksandriya Zaporizhia
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Hladkyy 17'
Hromov 25'
Kabayev 32'
Yurchenko 74'		 Report Stadium: Torpedo Stadium
12 January 2021 Friendly Zorya Luhansk 2–2 Raków Częstochowa Turkey
16:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Hromov 56'
Favorov 82' (pen.)		 Report Gutkovskis 54' (pen.)
Litwa 66'
15 January 2021 Friendly Zorya Luhansk 1–2 Piast Gliwice Turkey
14:30 EET (UTC+02:00) Yurchenko 86' (pen.) Report Huk 6'
Lipski 57'
19 January 2021 Friendly Zorya Luhansk 2–2 Vojvodina Novi Sad Turkey
16:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Khomchenovskyi 4'
Nazaryna 78'		 Report Zukić 14'
Simić 63'
20 January 2021 Friendly Zorya Luhansk Cancelled Voždovac Turkey
EET (UTC+02:00) Report
25 January 2021 Friendly Zorya Luhansk 1–1 Shkëndija Tetovo Turkey
16:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Khomchenovskyi 28' Report Doriev 13'
29 January 2021 Friendly Zorya Luhansk 2–1 MFM Turkey
16:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Kabayev 47' (pen.)
Lunyov 79'		 Report 49' (pen.)
2 February 2021 Friendly Zorya Luhansk 0–1 Valmiera Turkey
16:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Report Krollis 29'
6 February 2021 Friendly Zorya Luhansk 1–1 Dinamo Tbilisi Turkey
14:30 EET (UTC+02:00) Kocherhin 28'
Aliferenko 77'		 Report 16'

Competitions

Overview
Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Ukrainian Premier League 22 August 2020 9 May 2021 Matchday 1 3rd 26 15 5 6 44 22 +22 057.69
Ukrainian Cup 16 December 2020 13 May 2021 Round of 16 (1/8) Final 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 050.00
Europa League 22 October 2020 10 December 2020 Group stage Group stage (3rd) 6 2 0 4 6 11 −5 033.33
Total 36 19 6 11 54 36 +18 052.78

Last updated: 13 May 2021
Source: Competitions

Ukrainian Premier League
Main article: 2020–21 Ukrainian Premier League

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dynamo Kyiv (C) 26 20 5 1 59 15 +44 65 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 26 16 6 4 54 19 +35 54 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 Zorya Luhansk 26 15 5 6 44 22 +22 50 Qualification to Europa League play-off round
4 Kolos Kovalivka 26 10 11 5 36 26 +10 41 Qualification to Europa Conference League third qualifying round
5 Vorskla Poltava 26 11 8 7 37 30 +7 41 Qualification to 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 bigger amount of goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Bigger amount of goals scored; 7) Draw or "Golden match" if two teams tied for title (Article 22, paragraph 3).[35]
(C) Champion

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
26 15 5 6 44 22  +22 50 8 3 2 23 10  +13 7 2 4 21 12  +9

Last updated: 9 May 2021.
Source:

Results by round
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundAHHAAHHAHAAHAHAAHHAAHAHHAH
ResultLLDWDDWDDLWWWWWWWLLWWLWWWW
Position10131299988998544333333333333
Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 2021. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches
22 August 2020 1 Desna Chernihiv 3–1 Zorya Luhansk Chernihiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Kalitvintsev  30'
Budkivskyi  49', 74'
Filippov 56' (pen.)
Mostovyi  59'
Tamm 62'
Dombrovskyi  74'
Imerekov  90'		 Report Favorov 43'
Grechkin  76'
Kocherhin  90'		 Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Dmytro Bondarenko
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.
13 September 2020 2 Zorya Luhansk 0–1 FC Mariupol Zaporizhia
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Cvek  11'
Abu Hanna  37'
Vernydub  89'		 Report Chobotenko  40'
Kyryukhantsev  58'
Topalov 61'
Ihnatenko  68'  86'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Serhiy Boyko
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.
20 September 2020 3 Zorya Luhansk 2–2 Shakhtar Donetsk Zaporizhia
17:00 Kocherhin 20',  90+3'
Yurchenko 28' (pen.)
Favorov  72'
Grechkin  81'		 Report Marlos 17',  30'
Kryvtsov  44', 49'
Stepanenko  57'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 2,482
Referee: Vitaliy Romanov
27 September 2020 4 FC Lviv 0–5 Zorya Luhansk Lviv
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Klymenchuk  33'
Hrysyo  64'		 Report Yurchenko 3'
Hromov 5', 28'
Hladkyy 33', 37'
Kabayev  33'
Favorov  55'
Cvek  82'
Vernydub  90'		 Stadium: Ukraina Stadium
Attendance: 253
Referee: Oleksandr Omelchenko
4 October 2020 5 Dynamo Kyiv 1–1 Zorya Luhansk Kyiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Sydorchuk  22'
Verbič 74'		 Report Kabayev  16'
Vernydub  20'
Kocherhin 65'		 Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kateryna Monzul
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.
17 October 2020 6 Zorya Luhansk 1–1 Kolos Kovalivka Zaporizhia
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Favorov  29'
Kocherhin 44'
Abu Hanna  44'
Yurchenko  46'  90+2'
Cvek  59'		 Report Seleznyov 90+3' (pen.) Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Anatoliy Abdula
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.
25 October 2020 7 Zorya Luhansk 4–0 Rukh Lviv Zaporizhia
19:30 EET (UTC+02:00) Khomchenovskyi  6'
Hladkyy 52'
Cvek  62'
Kocherhin 76'
Ivanisenya  84', 88'
Sayyadmanesh 90+2'		 Report Martynyuk  44'  48'
Hahun  45+3'
Mysyk  55'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Yuriy Ivanov
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.
1 November 2020 8 Inhulets Petrove 1–1 Zorya Luhansk Zaporizhia
19:30 EET (UTC+02:00) Semenko  27'
Kovalenko  45'
Yanakov 64'
Kvasnyi  70'
Kucherenko  73'
Zaporozhets  80'		 Report Ivanisenya  62'
Yurchenko 75' (pen.)
Vernydub  88'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andriy Kovalenko
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.
8 November 2020 9 Zorya Luhansk 0–0 Vorskla Poltava Zaporizhia
19:30 EET (UTC+02:00) Yurchenko  15'
Kabayev  24'
Khomchenovskyi  60'		 Report Rebenok  47'  70'
Perduta  50'
Kravchuk  89'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 8
Referee: Yevhen Aranovskyi
29 November 2020 11 FC Mynai 0–3 Zorya Luhansk Uzhhorod
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Holodyuk  14'
Shynder  30'
Nuriyev  89'		 Report Vernydub  13'
Kocherhin 53'
Ivanisenya 59'
Hladkyy 61'		 Stadium: Avanhard Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Volodymyr Novokhatniy
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.
6 December 2020 12 Zorya Luhansk 3–1 SC Dnipro-1 Zaporizhia
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Hromov 52', 75'
Svatok 85' (o.g.)		 Report Nazarenko 90' Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.
13 December 2020 13 FC Oleksandriya 0–2 Zorya Luhansk Oleksandriya
19:30 EET (UTC+02:00) Dovhyi  35'
Sitalo  60'
Bezborodko  82'  83'		 Report Kabayev  3'  50'
Hladkyy  4'
Abu Hanna  8'
Ivanisenya 31',  83'
Shevchenko  64'
Sayyadmanesh 90+4'		 Stadium: CSC Nika Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Vitaliy Romanov
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.
13 February 2021 14 Zorya Luhansk 2–1 Desna Chernihiv Zaporizhia
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Hladkyy 18', 61'
Abu Hanna  45+1'		 Report Totovytskyi 21'
Imerekov  51'
Ohirya  64'
Konoplya  77'
Budkivskyi  90+2'
Kalitvintsev  90+2'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Anatoliy Abdula
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.
20 February 2021 15 FC Mariupol 0–1 Zorya Luhansk Zaporizhia
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Tankovskyi  60'
Chekh  74'		 Report Zahedi 34',  39'
Hladkyy  50'
Vasilj  90+3'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Volodymyr Novokhatniy
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.
27 February 2021 16 Shakhtar Donetsk 0–1 Zorya Luhansk Kyiv
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Alan Patrick  57' Report Nazaryna  32'
Leovigildo  79'
Ivanisenya 90+4'		 Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy
Attendance: 4,267
Referee: Kateryna Monzul
7 March 2021 17 Zorya Luhansk 4–0 FC Lviv Zaporizhia
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Hladkyy 9', 16'
Sayyadmanesh 13', 39'
Vernydub  60'
Kocherhin  78'		 Report Mihoubi  35'
Romanchuk  90'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 836
Referee: Ihor Paskhal
14 March 2021 18 Zorya Luhansk 0–2 Dynamo Kyiv Zaporizhia
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Leovigildo  36'
Ivanisenya  72'
Abu Hanna  83'		 Report Buyalskyi  28'
Besyedin 55'
Sydorchuk 59'
Shepelyev  89'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 4,127
Referee: Yuriy Ivanov
21 March 2021 19 Kolos Kovalivka 1–0 Zorya Luhansk Kovalivka
19:30 EET (UTC+02:00) Kostyshyn  38'
Lysenko 42'
Zolotov  61'
Volynets  90+3'
Smyrnyi  90+3'		 Report Kocherhin  35'
Nazaryna  50'
Sayyadmanesh  86'		 Stadium: Kolos Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Dmytro Kryvushkin
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.
3 April 2021 20 Rukh Lviv 0–2 Zorya Luhansk Lviv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Stamenković  4'
Zec  15'		 Report Hromov 8', 60'
Zahedi  16'
Ivanisenya  38'  82'
Yurchenko  63'		 Stadium: Arena Lviv
Attendance: 0
Referee: Yuriy Ivanov
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.
11 April 2021 21 Zorya Luhansk 2–0 Inhulets Petrove Kropyvnytskyi
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Hromov  16'
Kabayev  44'
Yurchenko 51'
Hladkyy  55'
Leovigildo 66'		 Report Chaykovskyi  23'
Shyshka  61'
Balan  63'		 Stadium: Zirka Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Dmytro Kryvushkin
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.
17 April 2021 22 Vorskla Poltava 4–2 Zorya Luhansk Poltava
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Stepanyuk 8'
Kulach 24', 33', 49'
Yakubu  48'		 Report Cvek  9'
Zahedi  34'
Vernydub  40'
Khomchenovskyi  62'
Hladkyy 79'
Leovigildo  83'
Favorov 90+3'		 Stadium: Vorskla Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Yevhen Aranovskyi
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.
25 April 2021 23 Zorya Luhansk 2–1 Olimpik Donetsk Zaporizhia
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Yurchenko 12' (pen.)
Kabayev  23'
Favorov  53'
Zahedi 71'		 Report Ekra  33'
Kargbo 54' (pen.)		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Maksym Kozyryatskyi
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.
28 April 2021 10 Olimpik Donetsk 2–1 Zorya Luhansk Chernihiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Kargbo  18'
Talles  44'
Babenko  45+3', 53'
Veklyak  48'
Do Couto 72'
Kychak  90+1'		 Report Vasilj  32'
Khomchenovskyi  45+2'
Kocherhin  70'
Rufati  89'
Sayyadmanesh 90+2',  90+2'		 Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mykola Balakin
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.
2 May 2021 24 Zorya Luhansk 1–0 FC Mynai Zaporizhia
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Hladkyy  1'
Favorov  20'
Nazaryna  49'
Sayyadmanesh  63'
Kabayev  77'
Kocherhin 81'		 Report Pynyashko  43'
Petrusenko  71'
Tkachuk  87'
Knysh  90+2'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Vitaliy Romanov
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.
5 May 2021 25 SC Dnipro-1 0–1 Zorya Luhansk Dnipro
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Dubinchak  13'
Douglas  45+2'
Ihnatenko  69'
Di Franco  86'
Lucas Taylor  90+1'		 Report Ivanisenya  40'
Vernydub  44'
Yurchenko 79' (pen.)
Sayyadmanesh  85'		 Stadium: Dnipro-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Dmytro Kryvushkin
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.
9 May 2021 26 Zorya Luhansk 2–1 FC Oleksandriya Zaporizhia
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Rufati  33'
Hladkyy 63'
Alefirenko 73'
Zahedi  80'		 Report Kovalets  27'
Hrechyshkin  45'
Melnyk  50'
Novikov 86'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 762
Referee: Oleksandr Solovyan

Ukrainian Cup
Main article: 2020–21 Ukrainian Cup
16 December 2020 Round of 16 (1/8) Desna Chernihiv 0–1 Zorya Luhansk Kyiv
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Konoplya  53'
Past  88'
Hutsulyak  88'  89'		 Report Yurchenko 16' (pen.),  58'
Shevchenko  81'
Abu Hanna  88'		 Stadium: Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Denys Shurman
3 March 2021 Quarter-final Veres Rivne 1–2 Zorya Luhansk Lutsk
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Panasenko  7'  77'
Shestakov 18' (pen.)
Dakhnovskyi  30'		 Report Rufati  20'
Ivanisenya 25'
Kocherhin 59'
Abu Hanna  80'
Sayyadmanesh  90+5'		 Stadium: Avanhard Stadium
Attendance: 2,042
Referee: Maksym Kozyryatskyi
21 April 2021 Semifinal FC Oleksandriya 1–1
(3 – 4 p)		 Zorya Luhansk Oleksandriya
18:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Bondarenko  63', 90+2' (pen.) Report Kocherhin  7', 20'
Ivanisenya  60'
Hladkyy  62'
Cigaņiks  79'
Vernydub  111'		 Stadium: CSC Nika Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ihor Paskhal
Penalties
Shastal
Bondarenko
Myshenko
Dubra
Stetskov 		Nazaryna
Zahedi
Ivanisenya
Yurchenko
Favorov
13 May 2021 Final Dynamo Kyiv 1–0 Zorya Luhansk Ternopil
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Shaparenko  35'
Kędziora  67'
Sydorchuk  90+3'
Tsyhankov 98'		 Report Vernydub  14'
Yurchenko  52'
Kocherhin  76'
Sayyadmanesh  90+3'
Leovigildo  90+4'
Ivanisenya  111'		 Stadium: Ternopil city stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Yuriy Ivanov

UEFA Europa League
Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League

Group stage
Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group G

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.[36]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LEI BRA ZOR AEK
1 Leicester City 6 4 1 1 14 5 +9 13[lower-alpha 1] Advance to knockout phase — 4–0 3–0 2–0
2 Braga 6 4 1 1 14 10 +4 13[lower-alpha 1] 3–3 — 2–0 3–0
3 Zorya Luhansk 6 2 0 4 6 11 −5 6 1–0 1–2 — 1–4
4 AEK Athens 6 1 0 5 7 15 −8 3 1–2 2–4 0–3 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Leicester City 4, Braga 1.
22 October 2020 1 Leicester City 3–0 Zorya Luhansk Leicester
22:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Tielemans  12'
Maddison 29'
Barnes 45'
Iheanacho 67'		 Report Kabayev  22'
Vernydub  77'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)
29 October 2020 2 Zorya Luhansk 1–2 Braga Zaporizhia
19:55 EET (UTC+02:00) Kocherhin  35'
Kabayev  47'
Ivanisenya 90+6'		 Report Paulinho 4'
Gaitán 11'
Carmo  29'
Fransérgio  78'
Raul Silva  85'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 853
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)
5 November 2020 3 Zorya Luhansk 1–4 AEK Athens Zaporizhia
22:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Vernydub  66'
Kocherhin 81'		 Report Tanković 7'
Mantalos  30', 34'
Livaja 54', 81'
Ansarifard  77'
Insúa  87'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Willie Collum
26 November 2020 4 AEK Athens 0–3 Zorya Luhansk Athens
19:55 EET (UTC+02:00) Shakhov  43'  49'
Tanković  49'
Simões  55'
Svarnas  70'		 Report Vernydub  49'
Hromov 61'
Kocherhin  74'
Kabayev 76'
Yurchenko 86' (pen.)		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)
3 December 2020 5 Zorya Luhansk 1–0 Leicester City Zaporizhia
19:55 EET (UTC+02:00) Cigaņiks  32'
Nazaryna  74'
Sayyadmanesh 84'		 Report Pereira  42'
Iheanacho  45+1'
Mendy  58'
Fofana  87'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)
10 December 2020 6 Braga 2–0 Zorya Luhansk Braga
22:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Abu Hanna 61' (o.g.)
Horta 68'		 Report Stadium: Estádio Municipal
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

Statistics

Appearances and goals
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremier LeagueCupEL
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
23 GK  BIH Nikola Vasilj 21015+103020
30 GK  UKR Mykyta Shevchenko 1508+101+1040
53 GK  UKR Dmytro Matsapura 30300000
Defenders
5 DF  MKD Agron Rufati 1204+60100+10
6 DF  BRA Leovigildo 14110+311000
15 DF  UKR Vitaliy Vernydub 26019+102040
17 DF  UKR Vladyslav Yemets 200+100+1000
20 DF  ISR Joel Abu Hanna 270200204+10
34 DF  UKR Denys Nahnoynyi 100+100000
45 DF  UKR Denys Favorov 29219+12305+10
46 DF  UKR Yuriy Dudnyk 100+100000
Midfielders
4 MF  CRO Lovro Cvek 1809+500+2020
7 MF  UKR Vladyslav Kocherhin 3392364261
10 MF  UKR Dmytro Khomchenovskyi 25015+401+103+10
21 MF  UKR Dmytro Ivanisenya 31617+444161
28 MF  UKR Artem Hromov 23714+262+1041
29 MF  UKR Yehor Nazaryna 34016+90304+20
48 MF  UKR Maksym Kazakov 401+300000
50 MF  UKR Serhiy Hryn 901+50000+30
80 MF  UKR Vladlen Yurchenko 33822+164161
97 MF  LVA Andrejs Cigaņiks 25011+60304+10
Forwards
8 FW  UKR Maksym Lunyov 2106+701+203+20
9 FW  IRN Shahab Zahedi 1425+720+2000
11 FW  UKR Oleksandr Hladkyy 311018+4102+103+30
22 FW  UKR Vladyslav Kabayev 29117+204061
43 FW  UKR Danylo Alefirenko 310+310000
47 FW  GHA Raymond Owusu 100+100000
90 FW  IRN Allahyar Sayyadmanesh 27611+853+100+41
Players transferred out during the season
3 DF  ISR Max Grechkin 302+100000
9 FW  MNE Mihailo Perović 1500+900+100+50
14 FW  UKR Denys Yanakov 200+200000
17 DF  UKR Ihor Chaykovskyi 200+200000
47 MF  UKR Dmytro Piddubnyi 300+20000+10

Source: Competitions

Last updated: 13 May 2021

Goalscorers
Rank No. Pos Nat Name Premier League Cup Europa League Total
1 11 FW Oleksandr Hladkyy 100010
2 7 MF Vladyslav Kocherhin 6219
3 80 MF Vladlen Yurchenko 6118
4 28 MF Artem Hromov 6017
5 21 MF Dmytro Ivanisenya 4116
90 FW Allahyar Sayyadmanesh 5016
7 9 FW Shahab Zahedi 2002
45 DF Denys Favorov 2002
9 6 DF Leovigildo 1001
22 FW Vladyslav Kabayev 0011
43 FW Danylo Alefirenko 1001
Own goal 1001
Total 444654

Last updated: 13 May 2021

Clean sheets
Rank No. Pos Nat Name Premier League Cup Europa League Total
1 23 GK Nikola Vasilj 8019
1 30 GK Mykyta Shevchenko 2114
1 53 GK Dmytro Matsapura 3003
Total 131216

Last updated: 13 May 2021

Disciplinary record
No. Pos Nat Player Premier League Cup Europa League Total
       
3 DF Max Grechkin 200000000200
4 MF Lovro Cvek 500000000500
5 DF Agron Rufati 200000000200
6 DF Leovigildo 201100000301
7 MF Vladyslav Kocherhin 500200200900
9 FW Shahab Zahedi 400000000400
10 MF Dmytro Khomchenovskyi 301000000301
11 FW Oleksandr Hladkyy 400100000500
15 DF Vitaliy Vernydub 8002003001300
18 MF Artem Hromov 100000000100
20 DF Joel Abu Hanna 500100000600
21 MF Dmytro Ivanisenya 510200000710
22 FW Vladyslav Kabayev 610000200810
23 GK Nikola Vasilj 101000000101
27 MF Yehor Nazaryna 300000100400
30 GK Mykyta Shevchenko 100100000200
45 DF Denys Favorov 500000000500
80 MF Vladlen Yurchenko 210101000311
90 FW Allahyar Sayyadmanesh 400100000500
97 MF Andrejs Cigaņiks 000100100200
Total 683313019009034

Last updated: 13 May 2021

Attendances
Matches Attendances Average High Low
Premier League138,2156314,1270
Cup00000
Europa League38532848530
Total169,0685664,1270

Last updated: 13 May 2021

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