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	3rd
Ukrainian Cup	Final
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Oleksandr Hladkyy (10); All: Oleksandr Hladkyy (10)
Highest home attendance	4,127 (vs Dynamo Kyiv, 14 March 2021)
Lowest home attendance	0
Average home league attendance	631
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

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.

Players

Squad information

As of 30 June 2021

Squad no.	Name	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
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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

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).^[35]
(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
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: ^{[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	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	L	L	D	W	D	D	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W
Position	10	13	12	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	8	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 2021. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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

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

Group stage

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LEI	BRA	ZOR	AEK
1	Leicester City	6	4	1	1	14	5	+9	13^[a]	Advance to knockout phase	—	4–0	3–0	2–0
2	Braga	6	4	1	1	14	10	+4	13^[a]	Advance to knockout phase	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:

^ ^a ^b 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	Total		Premier League		Cup		EL
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
23	GK	BIH	Nikola Vasilj	21	0	15+1	0	3	0	2	0
30	GK	UKR	Mykyta Shevchenko	15	0	8+1	0	1+1	0	4	0
53	GK	UKR	Dmytro Matsapura	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
5	DF	MKD	Agron Rufati	12	0	4+6	0	1	0	0+1	0
6	DF	BRA	Leovigildo	14	1	10+3	1	1	0	0	0
15	DF	UKR	Vitaliy Vernydub	26	0	19+1	0	2	0	4	0
17	DF	UKR	Vladyslav Yemets	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
20	DF	ISR	Joel Abu Hanna	27	0	20	0	2	0	4+1	0
34	DF	UKR	Denys Nahnoynyi	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
45	DF	UKR	Denys Favorov	29	2	19+1	2	3	0	5+1	0
46	DF	UKR	Yuriy Dudnyk	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF	CRO	Lovro Cvek	18	0	9+5	0	0+2	0	2	0
7	MF	UKR	Vladyslav Kocherhin	33	9	23	6	4	2	6	1
10	MF	UKR	Dmytro Khomchenovskyi	25	0	15+4	0	1+1	0	3+1	0
21	MF	UKR	Dmytro Ivanisenya	31	6	17+4	4	4	1	6	1
28	MF	UKR	Artem Hromov	23	7	14+2	6	2+1	0	4	1
29	MF	UKR	Yehor Nazaryna	34	0	16+9	0	3	0	4+2	0
48	MF	UKR	Maksym Kazakov	4	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0
50	MF	UKR	Serhiy Hryn	9	0	1+5	0	0	0	0+3	0
80	MF	UKR	Vladlen Yurchenko	33	8	22+1	6	4	1	6	1
97	MF	LVA	Andrejs Cigaņiks	25	0	11+6	0	3	0	4+1	0
Forwards
8	FW	UKR	Maksym Lunyov	21	0	6+7	0	1+2	0	3+2	0
9	FW	IRN	Shahab Zahedi	14	2	5+7	2	0+2	0	0	0
11	FW	UKR	Oleksandr Hladkyy	31	10	18+4	10	2+1	0	3+3	0
22	FW	UKR	Vladyslav Kabayev	29	1	17+2	0	4	0	6	1
43	FW	UKR	Danylo Alefirenko	3	1	0+3	1	0	0	0	0
47	FW	GHA	Raymond Owusu	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
90	FW	IRN	Allahyar Sayyadmanesh	27	6	11+8	5	3+1	0	0+4	1
Players transferred out during the season
3	DF	ISR	Max Grechkin	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	MNE	Mihailo Perović	15	0	0+9	0	0+1	0	0+5	0
14	FW	UKR	Denys Yanakov	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	UKR	Ihor Chaykovskyi	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
47	MF	UKR	Dmytro Piddubnyi	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0

Source: Competitions

Last updated: 13 May 2021

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Premier League	Cup	Europa League	Total
1	11	FW	Oleksandr Hladkyy	10	0	0	10
2	7	MF	Vladyslav Kocherhin	6	2	1	9
3	80	MF	Vladlen Yurchenko	6	1	1	8
4	28	MF	Artem Hromov	6	0	1	7
5	21	MF	Dmytro Ivanisenya	4	1	1	6
5	90	FW	Allahyar Sayyadmanesh	5	0	1	6
7	9	FW	Shahab Zahedi	2	0	0	2
7	45	DF	Denys Favorov	2	0	0	2
9	6	DF	Leovigildo	1	0	0	1
	22	FW	Vladyslav Kabayev	0	0	1	1
	43	FW	Danylo Alefirenko	1	0	0	1
			Own goal	1	0	0	1
			Total	44	4	6	54

Last updated: 13 May 2021

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Premier League	Cup	Europa League	Total
1	23	GK	Nikola Vasilj	8	0	1	9
1	30	GK	Mykyta Shevchenko	2	1	1	4
1	53	GK	Dmytro Matsapura	3	0	0	3
			Total	13	1	2	16

Last updated: 13 May 2021

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Player
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Premier League			Cup			Europa League			Total
3	DF		Max Grechkin	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
4	MF		Lovro Cvek	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
5	DF		Agron Rufati	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
6	DF		Leovigildo	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1
7	MF		Vladyslav Kocherhin	5	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	9	0	0
9	FW		Shahab Zahedi	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
10	MF		Dmytro Khomchenovskyi	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1
11	FW		Oleksandr Hladkyy	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
15	DF		Vitaliy Vernydub	8	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	13	0	0
18	MF		Artem Hromov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
20	DF		Joel Abu Hanna	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
21	MF		Dmytro Ivanisenya	5	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0
22	FW		Vladyslav Kabayev	6	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	1	0
23	GK		Nikola Vasilj	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
27	MF		Yehor Nazaryna	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
30	GK		Mykyta Shevchenko	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
45	DF		Denys Favorov	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
80	MF		Vladlen Yurchenko	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	1
90	FW		Allahyar Sayyadmanesh	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
97	MF		Andrejs Cigaņiks	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
			Total	68	3	3	13	0	1	9	0	0	90	3	4

Last updated: 13 May 2021

Attendances

	Matches	Attendances	Average	High
Premier League	13	8,215	631	4,127
Cup	0	0	0	0
Europa League	3	853	284	853
Total	16	9,068	566	4,127

Last updated: 13 May 2021

References

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^ "Егор Назарина стал игроком луганской "Зари"" (in Russian). 28 July 2020.
^ "Станислав Оганов: "Планово готовимся к матчу первого тура"" (in Russian). 5 August 2020.
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External links

Official website

[table_hth_LEI0.39610872762097-37] Head-to-head points: Leicester City 4, Braga 1.

[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] "Александр Гладкий – игрок "Зари"" (in Russian). 7 September 2020.

[6] "Агрон Руфати стал игроком "Зари"" (in Russian). 21 September 2020.

[7] "Сергей Гринь – игрок "Зари"" (in Russian). 6 October 2020.

[8] "Максим Гречкин арендован "Зарёй"" (in Russian). 10 August 2020.

[9] "Аллахьяр Сайядманеш – игрок "Зари"" (in Russian). 6 October 2020.

[10] "Максим Хлань перейшов у "Зорю"" (in Ukrainian). 27 January 2021. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021.

[11] "Захедитабар Шахаб – игрок "Зари"" (in Russian). 8 February 2021.

[12] "Рэймонд Овусу – игрок "Зари"" (in Russian). 1 March 2021.

[13] "Продлён контракт с Владиславом Емцем" (in Russian). 21 December 2020.

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

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

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

[17] ttps://www.facebook.com/Fudbalski.Klub.Zlatibor/posts/2644859082398142 ^{[user-generated source]}

[18] "Майборода Сергій Сергійович" (in Ukrainian). 20 August 2020.

[19] "Прекращено сотрудничество с Максимом Белым" (in Russian). 21 August 2020.

[20] "Білий Максим Ігорович" (in Ukrainian). 22 August 2020.

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

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

[23] "Даниил Хмеловский арендован "Металлургом"" (in Russian). 10 September 2020.

[24] "Владимир Белоцерковец арендован "Ингульцом"" (in Russian). 14 September 2020.

[25] "Денис Янаков арендован "Ингульцом"" (in Russian). 6 October 2020.

[26] "Руслан Скидан – гравець ФК "Оболонь"" (in Ukrainian). 11 January 2021.

[27] "Офіційно: Заурі Махарадзе – гравець СК "Дніпро-1"!" (in Ukrainian). 14 January 2021.

[28] "Olimpijo je okrepil Mihailo Perović" (in Slovenian). 26 January 2021.

[29] "Прекращено сотрудничество с Игорем Чайковским" (in Russian). 1 March 2021.

[30] "Чайковський Ігор Геннадійович" (in Ukrainian). 4 March 2021.

[31] "Прекращено сотрудничество с Максимом Гречкиным" (in Russian). 10 February 2021.

[32] ""ВПК-Агро" вышел из отпуска (плюс видео)" (in Russian). 21 January 2021. Archived from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.

[33] ""ВПК-Агро" вышел из отпуска (плюс видео)" (in Russian). 21 January 2021. Archived from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.

[34] ""ВПК-Агро" вышел из отпуска (плюс видео)" (in Russian). 21 January 2021. Archived from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.

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

[36] "2020/21 UEFA Europa League: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

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