2017–18 FC Dnipro season

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

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.

Players

Squad information

As of 31 May 2018

Squad no.	Name	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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pos	Team	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[lower-alpha 1]	Relegation to Ukrainian Football Amateur League[lower-alpha 2]
9	MFC Mykolaiv-2	33	10	7	16	41	58	−17	37
10	Inhulets-2 Petrove[lower-alpha 3]	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:

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]
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]
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Last updated: 31 May 2018.
Source: Competitive matches

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Player
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

Максим Лунёв – игрок "Зари"! (in Russian). 19 June 2017.
В "Заре" - новые игроки! (in Russian). 24 June 2017.
"Ruslan Rotan to sign 1 year deal". 28 June 2017.
"FC Karabakh Wien on Instagram: "Unser Neuzugang von Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk aus der Ukrainischen Premier League. Wir wünschen Dmytro Nagiev, dem U21 Aserbaidschan Nationalspieler, viel Erfolg. ⚽️⚽️⚽️ #fckarabakh"".
"Betting Sites - Top Online International Betting Sites for 2021" Сергійчук та Адамюк – гравці "Вереса" (in Ukrainian). 11 July 2017.
Денис Шелихов стал игроком "Ислочи" (in Russian). 18 July 2017.
Бабічин Віктор Вікторович (in Ukrainian). 1 September 2017.
"Denys Bałaniuk zagra w Wiśle Kraków!" (in Polish). 9 September 2017. Archived from the original on 23 February 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
Назарина: Я получил шанс играть в Европе (in Russian). 30 December 2017.
Трећа зимска ласта – Јуриј Вакулко (in Serbian). 23 January 2018.
FC MIDTJYLLAND KØBER UKRAINSK U21-LANDSHOLDSSPILLER Archived 2018-02-01 at the Wayback Machine‚ fcm.dk, 31 January 2018
"Колос" підписав Ільїна (in Ukrainian). 28 February 2018. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
ФІФА зобов'язала ФФУ зняти з ФК Дніпро ще три очки [FIFA obliged FFU to deduct three more points from the FC Dnipro]. UA-Football (in Ukrainian). 21 November 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
З ФК "Дніпро" знято шість очок [FC Dnipro was stripped of six points]. Professional Football League (in Ukrainian). 16 January 2018.
С Днепра сняли еще 9 очков за долги [FC Dnipro was stripped of additional 9 points for debts]. Sport Arena (in Russian). 6 March 2018.
Президент ПФЛ: Мы передали все материалы по матчу Волынь - Гелиос в Комитет этики и честной игры [President of PFL: We handed over all materials of the game Volyn - Helios to the Ethics and Fair play Committee]. UA-Football (in Russian). 2 May 2018.
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.
Dnipro lost its professional status (Днепр потерял профессиональный статус). Sport Arena. 7 June 2018
Офіційно: «Інгулець-2» припиняє виступи в Другій лізі [Official: Inhulets-2 terminates its appearance in the Second League]. Official web site of Inhulets Petrove (in Ukrainian). 8 June 2018.
"РЕГЛАМЕНТ Стаття 8. Визначення місць команд у турнірній таблиці (Regulations: Article 8 Standing place position in the tournament table)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). PFL. July 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.

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[table_hth_DNI0.488400602475-17] 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]

[table_note_res_REL0.488400602475-20] 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]

[table_note_IP20.488400602475-22] 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]

[1] Максим Лунёв – игрок "Зари"! (in Russian). 19 June 2017.

[новые_игроки-2] В "Заре" - новые игроки! (in Russian). 24 June 2017.

[3] "Ruslan Rotan to sign 1 year deal". 28 June 2017.

[4] "FC Karabakh Wien on Instagram: "Unser Neuzugang von Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk aus der Ukrainischen Premier League. Wir wünschen Dmytro Nagiev, dem U21 Aserbaidschan Nationalspieler, viel Erfolg. ⚽️⚽️⚽️ #fckarabakh"".

[5] "Betting Sites - Top Online International Betting Sites for 2021" Сергійчук та Адамюк – гравці "Вереса" (in Ukrainian). 11 July 2017.

[6] Денис Шелихов стал игроком "Ислочи" (in Russian). 18 July 2017.

[7] Бабічин Віктор Вікторович (in Ukrainian). 1 September 2017.

[8] "Denys Bałaniuk zagra w Wiśle Kraków!" (in Polish). 9 September 2017. Archived from the original on 23 February 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2017.

[9] Назарина: Я получил шанс играть в Европе (in Russian). 30 December 2017.

[10] Трећа зимска ласта – Јуриј Вакулко (in Serbian). 23 January 2018.

[11] FC MIDTJYLLAND KØBER UKRAINSK U21-LANDSHOLDSSPILLER Archived 2018-02-01 at the Wayback Machine‚ fcm.dk, 31 January 2018

[12] "Колос" підписав Ільїна (in Ukrainian). 28 February 2018. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2019.

[13] ФІФА зобов'язала ФФУ зняти з ФК Дніпро ще три очки [FIFA obliged FFU to deduct three more points from the FC Dnipro]. UA-Football (in Ukrainian). 21 November 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017.

[14] З ФК "Дніпро" знято шість очок [FC Dnipro was stripped of six points]. Professional Football League (in Ukrainian). 16 January 2018.

[15] С Днепра сняли еще 9 очков за долги [FC Dnipro was stripped of additional 9 points for debts]. Sport Arena (in Russian). 6 March 2018.

[16] Президент ПФЛ: Мы передали все материалы по матчу Волынь - Гелиос в Комитет этики и честной игры [President of PFL: We handed over all materials of the game Volyn - Helios to the Ethics and Fair play Committee]. UA-Football (in Russian). 2 May 2018.

[UA-Football-18] 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.

[19] Dnipro lost its professional status (Днепр потерял профессиональный статус). Sport Arena. 7 June 2018

[21] Офіційно: «Інгулець-2» припиняє виступи в Другій лізі [Official: Inhulets-2 terminates its appearance in the Second League]. Official web site of Inhulets Petrove (in Ukrainian). 8 June 2018.

[regulations-23] "РЕГЛАМЕНТ Стаття 8. Визначення місць команд у турнірній таблиці (Regulations: Article 8 Standing place position in the tournament table)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). PFL. July 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.