2017–18 FC Dnipro season

The 2017–18 season was the 1st season in the history of FC Dnipro in Ukrainian Second League and the last one before Dnipro lost professional status. Dnipro competed in Second League and in the Ukrainian Cup. During the season Dnipro was deducted of 18 points in total, which resulted in team finishing at 8th position despite decent results in the first half of the season. During the midseason Dnipro was relegated to 2018–19 Ukrainian Football Amateur League following the FIFA sanctions.

Dnipro

2017–18 season
President	Ihor Kolomoyskyi
Manager	Oleksandr Poklonskyi
Stadium	Dnipro-Arena
Ukrainian Second League	8th (relegated)
Ukrainian Cup	Round 1 (1/64)
Top goalscorer	League: Artem Dovbyk (12) All: Artem Dovbyk (12)
Home colours Away colours
← 2016-17 2018–19 →

Players

Squad information

As of 31 May 2018

Squad no.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
1	Ivan Ponomarenko		GK	(1998-05-10)10 May 1998 (aged 20)
12	Maksym Luhovskyi		GK	(2000-08-08)8 August 2000 (aged 17)
13	Danylo Kucher		GK	(1997-01-25)25 January 1997 (aged 21)
99	Oleksiy Bashtanenko		GK	(1994-03-16)16 March 1994 (aged 24)
Defenders
2	Dmytro Bondar		DF	(1998-12-20)20 December 1998 (aged 19)
3	Dmytro Semenov		DF	(1999-11-04)4 November 1999 (aged 18)
4	Oleksandr Kulinich		DF	(2000-01-23)23 January 2000 (aged 18)
5	Serhiy Palyukh (Captain)		DF	(1996-01-02)2 January 1996 (aged 22)
6	Oleksandr Andrushko		DF	(1999-02-17)17 February 1999 (aged 19)
14	Volodymyr Kirychuk		DF	(1996-02-28)28 February 1996 (aged 22)
15	Denys Taraduda		DF	(2000-08-17)17 August 2000 (aged 17)
16	Mykyta Nechystenko		DF	(2000-07-12)12 July 2000 (aged 17)
22	Nazar Sydorenko		DF	(2001-03-13)13 March 2001 (aged 17)
28	Serhiy Zayets		DF	(2001-10-03)3 October 2001 (aged 16)
Midfielders
7	Dmytro Verhun		MF	(1996-06-12)12 June 1996 (aged 21)
8	Ivan Budnyak		MF	(1999-01-17)17 January 1999 (aged 19)
10	Danylo Poddubnyi		MF	(1999-10-28)28 October 1999 (aged 18)
11	Oleksiy Bandurin		MF	(1998-03-25)25 March 1998 (aged 20)
17	Valentyn Rubchynskyi		MF	(2002-05-15)15 May 2002 (aged 16)
19	Oleksandr Nazarenko		MF	(2000-02-01)1 February 2000 (aged 18)
20	Artem Dzhumyha		MF	(2000-05-30)30 May 2000 (aged 18)
21	Maksym Voytikhovskyi		MF	(1999-01-07)7 January 1999 (aged 19)
23	Anton Rykun		MF	(2000-06-21)21 June 2000 (aged 17)
24	Maksym Solovyov		MF	(2002-02-22)22 February 2002 (aged 16)
25	Danylo Volynets		MF	(2002-05-04)4 May 2002 (aged 16)
26	Daniil Shelayev		MF	(2001-01-17)17 January 2001 (aged 17)
30	Arsentiy Doroshenko		MF	(2000-06-07)7 June 2000 (aged 17)
32	Danylo Krylov		MF	(2001-09-06)6 September 2001 (aged 16)
35	Arseniy Batahov		MF	(2002-03-05)5 March 2002 (aged 16)
Forwards
9	Ivan Mykhaylenko		FW	(1999-04-19)19 April 1999 (aged 19)
18	Denys Kostyshyn		FW	(1997-08-31)31 August 1997 (aged 20)
29	Edvard Kobak		FW	(2002-04-22)22 April 2002 (aged 16)

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Type	Fee	Source

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Type	Fee	Source
Summer
19 June 2017	FW	Maksym Lunyov	19	Zorya Luhansk	Transfer	Undisclosed	[1]
24 June 2017	GK	Andriy Lunin	18	Zorya Luhansk	Transfer	Undisclosed	[2]
24 June 2017	DF	Oleksandr Svatok	22	Zorya Luhansk	Transfer	Undisclosed	[2]
24 June 2017	MF	Yevhen Cheberko	19	Zorya Luhansk	Transfer	Undisclosed	[2]
24 June 2017	MF	Vladyslav Kocherhin	21	Zorya Luhansk	Transfer	Undisclosed	[2]
28 June 2017	MF	Ruslan Rotan	36	Slavia Prague	Transfer	Free	[3]
1 July 2017	DF	Alexandru Vlad	27	CFR Cluj	Transfer	Free
7 July 2017	DF	Dmytro Nagiev	20	Karabakh Wien	Transfer	Free	[4]
7 July 2017	DF	Yevhen Cheberyachko	34	Dnipro-1	Transfer	Free
7 July 2017	DF	Maksym Lopyryonok	22	Dnipro-1	Transfer	Free
7 July 2017	DF	Volodymyr Polyovyi	31	Dnipro-1	Transfer	Free
7 July 2017	DF	Oleksandr Safronov	19	Dnipro-1	Transfer	Free
7 July 2017	MF	Ihor Kohut	21	Dnipro-1	Transfer	Free
7 July 2017	MF	Oleh Kozhushko	19	Dnipro-1	Transfer	Free
7 July 2017	MF	Serhiy Kravchenko	34	Dnipro-1	Transfer	Free
11 July 2017	DF	Volodymyr Adamyuk	25	Veres Rivne	Transfer	Free	[5]
18 July 2017	GK	Denys Shelikhov	28	Isloch Minsk Raion	Transfer	Free	[6]
1 September 2017	GK	Viktor Babichyn	17	Dnipro-1	Transfer	Free	[7]
9 September 2017	FW	Denys Balanyuk	20	Wisła Kraków	Transfer	Free	[8]
Winter
4 January 2018	MF	Yehor Nazaryna	20	Royal Antwerp	Transfer	Unsisclosed	[9]
23 January 2018	MF	Yuriy Vakulko	20	Partizan	Transfer	Free	[10]
31 January 2018	FW	Artem Dovbyk	20	Midtjylland	Transfer	Free	[11]
28 February 2018	MF	Oleh Ilyin	20	Kolos Kovalivka	Transfer	Free	[12]

Pre-season and friendlies

Dnipro v Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka

27 June 2017 Friendly	Dnipro	1–2	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka	Dnipro
EEST (UTC+03:00)	60'	Report	90+' 90+'	Stadium: Dnipro train base

Dnipro v Metalurh Zaporizhya

28 June 2017 Friendly	Dnipro	2–1	Metalurh Zaporizhya	Dnipro
EEST (UTC+03:00)	15' 23'	Report		Stadium: Dnipro train base

Zorya Luhansk U-21 v Dnipro

30 June 2017 Friendly	Zorya Luhansk U-21	1–0	Dnipro	Zaporizhia
EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report		Stadium: Torpedo Stadium

Dnipro v Inhulets Petrove

2 July 2017 Friendly	Dnipro	4–3	Inhulets Petrove	Dnipro
EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report	2'	Stadium: Dnipro train base

Dnipro v Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

5 July 2017 Friendly	Dnipro	Cancelled	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	Dnipro
EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report		Stadium: Dnipro train base

FC Novomoskovsk v Dnipro

5 July 2017 Friendly	FC Novomoskovsk	2–1	Dnipro	Novomoskovsk
EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report	80'

Avanhard Kramatorsk v Dnipro

5 July 2017 Friendly	Avanhard Kramatorsk	0–1	Dnipro	Zaporizhia
EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report	36'

Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni v Dnipro

5 July 2017 Friendly	Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	2–0	Dnipro	Horishni Plavni
EEST (UTC+03:00)	(pen.)	Report

Dnipro v Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni

25 January 2018 Friendly	Dnipro	0–2	Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	Dnipro
EET (UTC+02:00)		Report	32' Batyushyn 55'	Stadium: Dnipro train base

Dnipro v Metalurh Zaporizhya

29 January 2018 Prydniprovya Cup	Dnipro	5–0	Metalurh Zaporizhya	Dnipro
12:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Mykhaylenko 19' Nazarenko 20' Budnyak 38' (pen.) Palyukh 48' Kobak 65'	Report		Stadium: Dnipro train base

Dnipro v FC Volchansk

4 February 2018 Prydniprovya Cup	Dnipro	1–2	FC Volchansk	Dnipro
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Poddubnyi 33'	Report	Batusov 5' Volga 38'	Stadium: Dnipro train base

Dnipro v Tavriya-Skif Rozdol

7 February 2018 Prydniprovya Cup	Dnipro	1–2	Tavriya-Skif Rozdol	Dnipro
13:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Mykhaylenko 59'	Report	Kaskov 66', 79'	Stadium: Dnipro train base

Dnipro v VPK-Ahro Mahdalynivka

10 February 2018 Prydniprovya Cup	Dnipro	2–1	VPK-Ahro Mahdalynivka	Dnipro
EET (UTC+02:00)	Kobak 47' Mykhaylenko 63'	Report	Sokolyanskyi 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Dnipro train base

Dnipro v Avanhard Kramatorsk

20 February 2018 Prydniprovya Cup	Dnipro	2–1	Avanhard Kramatorsk	Dnipro
13:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Kobak 69' Shynkarenko 73'	Report		Stadium: Dnipro train base

Dnipro v Avanhard Kramatorsk

20 February 2018 Prydniprovya Cup	Dnipro	3–6	Avanhard Kramatorsk	Dnipro
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Voytikhovskyi 44' Mykhaylenko 56' Poddubnyi 64'	Report		Stadium: Dnipro train base

Dnipro v Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka

24 February 2018 Prydniprovya Cup	Dnipro	1–0	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka	Dnipro
12:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Verhun 38'	Report		Stadium: Dnipro train base

Dnipro v FC Petrykivka

1 March 2018 Yednist Cup	Dnipro	5–1	FC Petrykivka	Dnipro
13:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Taraduda 21' Verhun 43', 60' Mykhaylenko 66' Nazarenko 80'	Report	Sosna 90'	Stadium: Dnipro train base

Dnipro v Viktoriya Mykolayivka

6 March 2018 Yednist Cup	Dnipro	0–3	Viktoriya Mykolayivka	Dnipro
13:00 EET (UTC+02:00)		Report	Kuzmin 6' Shevchenko 21', 27'	Stadium: Dnipro train base

Dnipro v Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni

9 March 2018 Exhibition game	Dnipro	1–2	Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	Dnipro
13:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Andrushko 29'	Report	Shevchuk 43' Fayuk	Stadium: Dnipro train base

Dnipro v Motor Zaporizhia

13 March 2018 Yednist Cup	Dnipro	1–2	Motor Zaporizhia	Dnipro
13:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Solovyov 51'	Report	Lomaka 53' Molodozhon 83'	Stadium: Dnipro train base

Dnipro v VPK-Ahro Mahdalynivka

16 March 2018 Prydniprovya Cup	Dnipro	0–1	VPK-Ahro Mahdalynivka	Dnipro
13:00 EET (UTC+02:00)		Report	Bozhenko 81'	Stadium: Dnipro train base

Dnipro v Zorya Luhansk U-21

24 March 2018 Prydniprovya Cup	Dnipro	3–1	Zorya Luhansk U-21	Dnipro
14:20 EET (UTC+02:00)	Mykhaylenko 4', 32', 36'	Report	Novikov 51'	Stadium: Dnipro train base

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position	First match	Last match
Second League	Matchday 1	8th	15 July 2017	31 May 2018
Cup	Round 1 (1/64)	Round 1 (1/64)	9 July 2017	9 July 2017

Last updated: 31 May 2018

Second League

Main article: 2017–18 Ukrainian Second League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
6	Real Pharma Odesa	33	15	7	11	54	40	+14	52
7	FC Nikopol	33	11	12	10	36	34	+2	45
8	FC Dnipro (R)	33	16	7	10	57	34	+23	37[a]	Relegation to Ukrainian Football Amateur League[b]
9	MFC Mykolaiv-2	33	10	7	16	41	58	−17	37
10	Inhulets-2 Petrove[c]	33	4	7	22	29	70	−41	19	Withdrew after the season

Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2018. Source: PFL.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) Fair play; 8) Draw or play-off.^[20]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. FC Dnipro were deducted 18 points. Initially 3 points were deducted for failing to comply with a decision of the FIFA's Disciplinary Committee of 29 August 2017^[13] Later on 16 January 2018, the PFL implemented FIFA's Disciplinary Committee findings which were originally informed to the FFU on 16 August 2017 about its decision to deduct the club 6 points.^[14] On 6 March 2018, Dnipro was deducted additional 9 points including 3 for breaking its contract with Egídio Pereira Júnior and 6 for other debts.^[15] On 2 May 2018 the President of Professional Football League Serhiy Makarov stated that he does not exclude a possibility of further relegation of Dnipro due to unpaid old debts.^[16]
2. After completing the season, FC Dnipro failed attestation for the 2018–19 Ukrainian Second League season and were approved by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee to be relegated to a lower classification level due to unpaid old debts.^[17] There are speculations that the club will be dissolved.^[18] FC Dnipro tried, but failed attestation for the season and were approved by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee to be relegated to a lower classification level due to unpaid old debts^[17]
3. After completing the season, the administration of Inhulets Petrove decided to dissolve its reserve club Inhulets-2 Petrove citing that the club would concentrate their funds on the main club and infrastructure.^[19]

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
33	16	7	10	57	34	+23	55	10	3	4	33	14	+19	6	4	6	24	20	+4

Last updated: 31 May 2018.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	W
Position	9	9	6	4	6	8	6	5	3	4	4	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8

Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2018. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Real Pharma Odesa v Dnipro

15 July 2017 1	Real Pharma Odesa	2–1	Dnipro	Odesa
18:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Sula 54' Kostyuk 90+2' Bondarenko  90+3'	Report	Kostyshyn 50' (pen),  73' Ilyin  57' Semenov  66'	Stadium: Ivan Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Dorosh

Dnipro v Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka

22 July 2017 2	Dnipro	2–2	Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka	Dnipro
18:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Nazarenko 3' Budnyak 49' Verhun  64' Kostyshyn  66'	Report	Kireyev  57' Shastal 67',  87' Molochko 70' Makhnyev  82'	Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Bych

MFC Mykolaiv-2 v Dnipro

31 July 2017 3	MFC Mykolaiv-2	2–4	Dnipro	Mykolaiv
18:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Berko 9' Minin  14' Lyashevskyi  53' Yavorskyi 63' Barskyi  69' Bessalov  86'	Report	Taraduda  13' Bondar  34'  55' Nazarenko 34', 64' Voytikhovskyi  53' Nazaryna 76' Kostyshyn  79' Poddubnyi 84'	Stadium: Tsentralnyi Stadion Attendance: 300 Referee: Kubryak

Dnipro v Inhulets-2 Petrove

5 August 2017 4	Dnipro	2–0	Inhulets-2 Petrove	Dnipro
18:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Ilyin 53' Kostyshyn 54' Nazaryna  87'	Report	Tsybin  45+2' Kretov  60' Radivilov  87' Besarab  90+2' Kobuladze  90+3'	Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Attendance: 1,207 Referee: Salnikov

Dnipro-1 v Dnipro

9 August 2017 5	Dnipro-1	0–0	Dnipro	Dnipro
20:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report	Vakulko  13'	Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Attendance: 8,451 Referee: Buyashov

Dnipro v Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

13 August 2017 6	Dnipro	2–3	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	Dnipro
18:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Dovbyk 79' (pen.) Mykhaylenko 85'	Report	Romanov  42' Bulychev 47' Davydov 55', 86' Edmar  67' Zhdanov  89'	Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Attendance: 1,563 Referee: Serputko

Metalurh Zaporizhya v Dnipro

18 August 2017 7	Metalurh Zaporizhya	0–5	Dnipro	Zaporizhia
12:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Chernyavskyi  36' Bozhyi  71'	Report	Dovbyk 37', 47' Budnyak 39', 87' Nazaryna  51' Ilyin 57'	Stadium: Metalurh Training Base Attendance: 300 Referee: Buyashov

Dnipro v Tavriya Simferopol

26 August 2017 8	Dnipro	1–0	Tavriya Simferopol	Dnipro
18:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Vakulko  42' Semenov  64' Ilyin  83' Palyukh  90' Mykhaylenko 90+5'	Report	Pavlyk  26' Shevel  64'	Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Blevatskyi

Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv v Dnipro

30 August 2017 9	Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv	0–2	Dnipro	Pervomaisk
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Honcharov  45+1'  79' Zaychek  72' Kotov  86'	Report	Semenov 50' Nazarenko  50', 82' Ilyin  86'	Stadium: Central City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Kovalenko

Myr Hornostayivka v Dnipro

4 September 2017 10	Myr Hornostayivka	0–0	Dnipro	Hornostaivka
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Rafalskyi  39' Tsurupin  41' Chmelenko  55'	Report		Stadium: Zatys Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Bych

Dnipro v Nikopol

9 September 2017 11	Dnipro	2–0	Nikopol	Dnipro
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Nazarenko  14' Dovbyk 64' Vakulko  69' Budnyak 95'	Report	Shvets  38' Taryanyk  62'  90'	Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Reznikov

Dnipro v Real Pharma Odesa

16 September 2017 12	Dnipro	3–1	Real Pharma Odesa	Dnipro
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Dovbyk 42' Nazaryna 45+1',  50' Bondar  62' Kulinich  77' Mykhaylenko 82'	Report	Kalitov  14' Horbovskyi  43' Trakanovskyi  45' Oprya 90+3'	Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Kovalenko

Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka v Dnipro

24 September 2017 13	Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka	1–2	Dnipro	Nova Kakhovka
16:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Bondarenko  39' Protsyshyn  40' Bochak 54'	Report	Dovbyk 32', 69' Nazaryna  55' Palyukh  78'	Stadium: Enerhiya Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Blavatskyi

Dnipro v MFC Mykolaiv-2

30 September 2017 14	Dnipro	1–0	MFC Mykolaiv-2	Dnipro
16:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Dovbyk 24' Vakulko  49'	Report	Zaykov  56'	Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Kuzovlyev

Inhulets-2 Petrove v Dnipro

7 October 2017 15	Inhulets-2 Petrove	3–3	Dnipro	Volodymyrivka
15:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Ryabushko 10', 47',  34' Kotsyumaka 12' Kobuladze  73' Besarab  83'	Report	Ponomarenko  22' Palyukh  26' Kostyshyn 40', 65',  68' Doroshenko 90+4'	Stadium: Povoroznyuk Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Zabroda

Dnipro v Dnipro-1

11 October 2017 16	Dnipro	2–0	Dnipro-1	Dnipro
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Verhun  16' Kulinich  35' Dovbyk 43' Bashtanenko  61' Nazarenko 80' Nazaryna  84'	Report	Brovchenko  45' Snizhko  61' Sula  70' Lohinov  86'	Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Aranovskyi

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv v Dnipro

15 October 2017 17	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	1–0	Dnipro	Kharkiv
15:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Davydov  44' Zhdanov 54' Krayev  85'	Report	Dovbyk  57' Palyukh  85'	Stadium: OSC Metalist Attendance: 7,886 Referee: Ivanov

Dnipro v Metalurh Zaporizhya

21 October 2017 18	Dnipro	5–0	Metalurh Zaporizhya	Dnipro
15:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kostyshyn 29', 75' Nazaryna  35' Dovbyk 50' Mykhaylenko 76' Semenov 88' Doroshenko  90+4'	Report		Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Attendance: 849 Referee: Tsybulko

Tavriya Simferopol v Dnipro

30 October 2017 19	Tavriya Simferopol	2–1	Dnipro	Beryslav
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Voronchenko 10', 20' Masalov  14' Lohvinenko  54'  83'	Report	Palyukh  8' Nazaryna  19' Poddubnyi 85' Voytikhovskyi  87'	Stadium: Mashynobudivnyk Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Serputko

Dnipro v Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv

4 November 2017 20	Dnipro	5–0	Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv	Dnipro
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Nazaryna 9' Nazarenko 25' Dovbyk 27', 70' Kirychuk  36' Semenov 53' (pen.) Bondar  71'	Report	Kuyanov  20' Ratushnyi  47' Zaychek  57'	Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Attendance: 800 Referee: Zora

Dnipro v Myr Hornostayivka

11 November 2017 21	Dnipro	1–1	Myr Hornostayivka	Dnipro
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Nazarenko  30' Nazaryna  79' Kirychuk  83' Doroshenko 84'	Report	Tsybulskyi 31' Sorokyn  39' Krasov  49'	Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Attendance: 600 Referee: Kovalenko

Nikopol v Dnipro

18 November 2017 22	Nikopol	0–0	Dnipro	Nikopol
13:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Shestipalov  57' Milesin  84' Shmyhelskyi  88'	Report		Stadium: Elektrometalurh Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Koshura

Dnipro v Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv

30 March 2018 23	Dnipro	2–0	Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv	Dnipro
13:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Mykhaylenko 16', 69' Kostyshyn  47'	Report	Honcharov  31' Zadera  54' Chastokolyanyi  68'	Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Tytov

Inhulets-2 Petrove v Dnipro

6 April 2018 24	Inhulets-2 Petrove	1–3	Dnipro	Volodymyrivka
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Prokhnya  45', 78' Ella  68'	Report	Palyukh  27' Verhun 37',  42'  74' Voytikhovskyi  58' Mykhaylenko 65' Andrushko  69' Nazarenko 82' Taraduda  90'	Stadium: Povoroznyuk Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Kuzovlyev

Dnipro v Dnipro-1

13 April 2018 25	Dnipro	1–2	Dnipro-1	Dnipro
19:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Voytikhovskyi  49' Bondar  59' Kirychuk  69'  80', 78' Palyukh  71'	Report	Poplavka 48' Memeshev  56' Supryaha 83'	Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Attendance: 5,300 Referee: Bych

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv v Dnipro

22 April 2018 26	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	3–0	Dnipro	Kharkiv
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Krayev 6' Davydov 19' Synytsya  55' Skotarenko 63'	Report	Verhun  53' Kostyshyn  55' Semenov  80'	Stadium: OSC Metalist Attendance: 8,638 Referee: Osaulenko

Dnipro v Metalurh Zaporizhya

27 April 2018 27	Dnipro	2–1	Metalurh Zaporizhya	Dnipro
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Verhun  26' Mykhaylenko 36',  45+1' Nazarenko  50' Kostyshyn 54'	Report	Chumak  51' Bashynskyi 81' Kernozhytskyi  90+2' Nekrasov  90+5'	Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Ponomarenko

Dnipro v Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka

2 May 2018 28	Dnipro	0–1	Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka	Novomoskovsk
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Semenov  41' Palyukh  76'	Report	Molochko  42' Semenov 51' (o.g.) Protsyshyn  66' Roslyakov  77' Bondarenko  90+2'	Stadium: Metalurh Stadium Attendance: 900 Referee: Lepko

Myr Hornostayivka v Dnipro

6 May 2018 29	Myr Hornostayivka	3–1	Dnipro	Hornostaivka
18:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Shmyhol  37' Brynko  55' Prytykovskyi  58' Chmelenko 65' Boyko 81',  81' Tsybulskyi 88' Tomenko  90'	Report	Kirychuk  11' Bondar  52' Budnyak 43',  55' Verhun  75' Voytikhovskyi  78' Semenov  89' Doroshenko  90'	Stadium: Zatys Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Stashuk

Dnipro v Tavriya Simferopol

13 May 2018 30	Dnipro	1–2	Tavriya Simferopol	Dnipro
16:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Voytikhovskyi  26' Kostyshyn  31' Kirychuk  65' Palyukh  70' Nazarenko  86' Poddubnyi 90'	Report	Voronchenko 45+1' Hryppa 60' Tyshchenko  64'	Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Attendance: 800 Referee: Kuzovlyev

Real Pharma Odesa v Dnipro

19 May 2018 31	Real Pharma Odesa	1–0	Dnipro	Odesa
14:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Zakharchenko  51' Dmytriyev 68' Yermakov  86' Kostyuk  90+1'	Report	Voytikhovskyi  20'  38' Verhun  24' Andrushko  45' Semenov  66' Bondar  79' Taraduda  82' Kostyshyn  90+1'	Stadium: Ivan Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Kovalenko

Dnipro v Nikopol

25 May 2018 32	Dnipro	1–1	Nikopol	Dnipro
17:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Verhun  31' Kobak 42',  51' Doroshenko  62' Palyukh  68'	Report	Voronin  48' Kolomoyets  53', 65' (pen.) Shmyhelskyi  60' Burkovskyi  68' Tverdoukh  90'	Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Dubrovets

MFC Mykolaiv-2 v Dnipro

31 May 2018 33	MFC Mykolaiv-2	1–2	Dnipro	Mykolaiv
17:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Barskyi  34' Tolharenko 89' (pen.) Kucherenko  90+1'	Report	Nazarenko 26',  90+8' Semenov 36' Bondar  58' Verhun  63' Taraduda  88' Palyukh  88'  90+8'	Stadium: Park Peremohy Attendance: 300 Referee: Bakulin

Ukrainian Cup

Main article: 2017–18 Ukrainian Cup

SCC Demnya v Dnipro

9 July 2017 Round 1 (1/64)	SCC Demnya	2–1	Dnipro	Demnya
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Panchenko  25' Barabash 34',  43' Krashevskyi  87' Kukharskyi  90+4' Denkiv 110' Husak  118'	Report	Kulinich  36' Poddubnyi 77' Budnyak  82'	Stadium: Kuziv Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Stepan Lapko

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	UKR	Ivan Ponomarenko	16	0	15	0	1	0
12	GK	UKR	Maksym Luhovskyi	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
99	GK	UKR	Oleksiy Bashtanenko	15	0	15	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	UKR	Dmytro Bondar	26	0	24+2	0	0	0
3	DF	UKR	Dmytro Semenov	30	3	27+2	3	1	0
4	DF	UKR	Oleksandr Kulinich	23	0	22	0	1	0
5	DF	UKR	Serhiy Palyukh	29	0	28+1	0	0	0
6	DF	UKR	Oleksandr Andrushko	12	0	11+1	0	0	0
14	DF	UKR	Volodymyr Kirychuk	28	1	24+3	1	1	0
15	DF	UKR	Denys Taraduda	22	0	8+13	0	0+1	0
16	DF	UKR	Mykyta Nechystenko	12	0	0+11	0	0+1	0
Midfielders
7	MF	UKR	Dmytro Verhun	26	1	19+7	1	0	0
8	MF	UKR	Ivan Budnyak	25	5	13+11	5	1	0
10	MF	UKR	Danylo Poddubnyi	31	4	6+24	3	0+1	1
11	MF	UKR	Oleksiy Bandurin	1	0	0	0	1	0
17	MF	UKR	Valentyn Rubchynskyi	4	0	0+4	0	0	0
19	MF	UKR	Oleksandr Nazarenko	28	8	26+1	8	1	0
20	MF	UKR	Artem Dzhumyha	6	0	0+6	0	0	0
21	MF	UKR	Maksym Voytikhovskyi	23	0	12+10	0	1	0
23	MF	UKR	Anton Rykun	6	0	0+6	0	0	0
25	MF	UKR	Danylo Volynets	7	0	0+7	0	0	0
30	MF	UKR	Arsentiy Doroshenko	16	3	9+7	3	0	0
35	MF	UKR	Arseniy Batahov	4	0	1+3	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	UKR	Ivan Mykhaylenko	27	8	12+14	8	1	0
18	FW	UKR	Denys Kostyshyn	32	7	24+7	7	1	0
29	FW	UKR	Edvard Kobak	4	1	2+2	1	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
17	MF	UKR	Oleh Ilyin	23	2	21+1	2	1	0
28	MF	UKR	Yuriy Vakulko	12	0	12	0	0	0
29	MF	UKR	Yehor Nazaryna	18	3	16+2	3	0	0
35	FW	UKR	Artem Dovbyk	13	12	11+2	12	0	0
41	GK	UKR	Viktor Babichyn	3	0	3	0	0	0

Source: Competitive matches

Last updated: 31 May 2018

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Second League	Cup	Total
1	35	FW		Artem Dovbyk	12	0	12
2	9	FW		Ivan Mykhaylenko	8	0	8
2	19	MF		Oleksandr Nazarenko	8	0	8
4	18	FW		Denys Kostyshyn	7	0	7
5	8	MF		Ivan Budnyak	5	0	5
6	10	MF		Danylo Poddubnyi	3	1	4
7	3	DF		Dmytro Semenov	3	0	3
7	29	MF		Yehor Nazaryna	3	0	3
7	30	MF		Arsentiy Doroshenko	3	0	3
10	17	MF		Oleh Ilyin	2	0	2
11	7	MF		Dmytro Verhun	1	0	1
11	14	DF		Volodymyr Kirychuk	1	0	1
11	29	FW		Edvard Kobak	1	0	1
				Total	57	1	58

Last updated: 31 May 2018.
Source: Competitive matches

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Premier League	Cup	Total
1	1	GK		Ivan Ponomarenko	6	0	6
1	99	GK		Oleksiy Bashtanenko	6	0	6
3	41	GK		Viktor Babichyn	1	0	1
				Total	13	0	13

Last updated: 31 May 2018.
Source: Competitive matches

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Premier League			Cup			Total
1	GK		Ivan Ponomarenko	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	DF		Dmytro Bondar	6	1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0
3	DF		Dmytro Semenov	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
4	DF		Oleksandr Kulinich	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
5	DF		Serhiy Palyukh	9	1	1	0	0	0	9	1	1
6	DF		Oleksandr Andrushko	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
7	MF		Dmytro Verhun	8	1	0	0	0	0	8	1	0
8	MF		Ivan Budnyak	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
9	FW		Ivan Mykhaylenko	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
14	DF		Volodymyr Kirychuk	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0
15	DF		Denys Taraduda	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
17	MF		Oleh Ilyin	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
18	FW		Denys Kostyshyn	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
19	MF		Oleksandr Nazarenko	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
21	MF		Maksym Voytikhovskyi	6	1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0
28	MF		Yuriy Vakulko	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
29	MF		Yehor Nazaryna	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
29	FW		Edvard Kobak	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
30	MF		Arsentiy Doroshenko	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
35	FW		Artem Dovbyk	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
99	GK		Oleksiy Bashtanenko	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
			Total	84	5	2	2	0	0	86	5	2

Last updated: 31 May 2018

References

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17. Дисциплінарний комітет ФІФА ухвалив рішення про зниження в класі ФК Дніпро [The FIFA Disciplinary Committee approved the decision to lower the FC Dnipro in class]. UA-Football (in Ukrainian). 7 June 2018.
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External links

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