2016–17 FC Karpaty Lviv season explained

Club:	Karpaty Lviv
Season:	2016–17
Manager:	Oleg Dulub
Chairman:	Petro Dyminskyi
Stadium:	Arena Lviv, Lviv
League:	Premier League
League Result:	10th
Cup1:	Ukrainian Cup
Cup1 Result:	Round of 16
League Topscorer:	Gustavo Blanco Leschuk (7)
Season Topscorer:	Gustavo Blanco Leschuk (7)
Highest Attendance:	10,044 vs Dynamo 31 July 2016
Lowest Attendance:	1,200 vs Stal 22 October 2016
Prevseason:	2015–16
Nextseason:	2017–18

The 2016–17 FC Karpaty Lviv season is the 54th season in club history.

Review and events

On 1 June 2016 FC Karpaty gathered at club's base for medical inspection after vacations.^[1]

After changing 3 managers in a month due to various reasons, Karpaty went to training camp in Poland on 6 July 2016 with 3 friendly matches planned.

Competitions

Friendly matches

Winter break

Premier League

See main article: 2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League.

Matches

Ukrainian Cup

See main article: 2016–17 Ukrainian Cup.

Squad information

Squad and statistics

Squad, appearances and goals

|-|colspan="14"|Players away from the club on loan:|-|colspan="14"|Players featured for Karpaty but left before the end of the season:|}

Goalscorers

width=60	Place	width=60	Position	width=60	Nation	width=60	Number	width=150	Name	width=80	Premier League	width=80	Ukrainian Cup	width=80	Total
1	FW		9		7	0	7
2	MF		16		5	0	5
3	MF		11		4	0	4
	FW		21		4	0	4
5	MF		7		3	0	3
	FW		9		3	0	3
	DF		5		3	0	3
8	MF		47		2	0	2
9	DF		70		1	0	1
	FW		98		0	1	1
	FW		73		1	0	1
	DF		22		1	0	1
					1	0	1
				TOTALS	35	1	36

Disciplinary record

width=40 rowspan="2"	Number	width=40 rowspan="2"	Nation	width=40 rowspan="2"	Position	width=250 rowspan="2"	Name	width=150 colspan="2"	Total	width=150 colspan="2"	Premier League	width=150 colspan="2"	Ukrainian Cup
width=60 style="background: #FFEE99"		width=60 style="background: #FF8888"		width=60 style="background: #FFEE99"		width=60 style="background: #FF8888"		width=60 style="background: #FFEE99"		width=60 style="background: #FF8888"
1		GK	Roman Pidkivka	2	0	2	0	0	0
3		DF	Vasyl Kravets	6	0	6	0	0	0
5		DF	Andriy Nesterov	8	0	8	0	0	0
7		MF	Pavlo Ksyonz	7	1	7	1	0	0
8		DF	Volodymyr Kostevych	4	0	4	0	0	0
8		MF	Artem Filimonov	4	0	4	0	0	0
9		FW	Gustavo Blanco Leschuk	3	0	3	0	0	0
9		FW	Oleksiy Hutsulyak	1	0	1	0	0	0
10		FW	China	1	0	1	0	0	0
11		MF	Ambrosiy Chachua	3	1	3	1	0	0
16		MF	Ihor Khudobyak	5	0	4	0	1	0
19		MF	Serhiy Rudyka	2	0	2	0	0	0
21		MF	Kostyantyn Yaroshenko	1	0	1	0	0	0
21		FW	Oleksandr Hladkyi	3	0	3	0	0	0
22		DF	Mykola Matviyenko	1	0	1	0	0	0
23		GK	Roman Mysak	1	0	1	0	0	0
26		DF	Artur Novotryasov	4	1	4	1	0	0
27		MF	Oleh Holodyuk	1	0	1	0	0	0
28		MF	Yevhen Chumak	2	0	1	0	1	0
34		DF	Oleksiy Dytyatev	3	1	3	1	0	0
42		DF	Yevhen Zubeyko	5	0	5	0	0	0
47		MF	Maksym Hrysyo	5	0	4	0	1	0
48		MF	Dmytro Klyots	4	0	4	0	0	0
66		GK	Yevhen Borovyk	1	0	1	0	0	0
70		DF	Ivan Lobay	3	0	2	0	1	0
73		FW	Taras Zaviyskyi	1	0	1	0	0	0
79		DF	Andriy Markovych	1	0	1	0	0	0
88		MF	Nazar Verbnyi	5	0	5	0	0	0
94		DF	Denys Miroshnichenko	3	0	3	0	0	0
			TOTALS	90	4	86	4	4	0

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer Window	Contract ends	Transfer fee	Sources
20	FW		Dmytro Zayikyn		Skala Stryi	—	Summer	30 June 2019	—	^[2]
17	FW		Maksym Salamakha		Dnipro	—	Summer	2019	—	^[3]
5	DF		Andriy Nesterov		Zaria Bălți	End of contract	Summer	2018	—	^[4]
19	MF		Serhiy Rudyka		Shakhtyor Soligorsk	Released	Summer	30 June 2018	—	^[5]
21	MF		Kostyantyn Yaroshenko		—	Free Agent	—	—	Free	^[6]
42	DF		Yevhen Zubeyko		—	Free Agent	—	—	Free
28	MF		Yevhen Chumak		Dynamo Kyiv	Released	—	30 June 2018	Free
66	GK		Yevhen Borovyk		Chornomorets Odesa	—	Winter	31 December 2018	Free	^[7]
8	MF		Artem Filimonov		Chornomorets Odesa	—	Winter	31 December 2018	Free	^[8]
34	DF		Oleksiy Dytyatev		Vorskla Poltava	—	Winter	31 December 2019	Free	^[9]
77	FW		Viktor Khomchenko		Volyn Lutsk	Transfer	Winter	31 December 2021	$50,000	^[10]
9	FW		Oleksiy Hutsulyak		Villarreal B	End of loan	Winter	—	Free	^[11]
24	DF		Cristian Paz		Temperley	Loan	Winter	30 June 2017	—	^[12]
22	DF		Mykola Matviyenko		Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan	Winter	30 June 2017	—	^[13]
27	MF		Oleh Holodyuk		Vorskla Poltava	Transfer	Winter	30 June 2018	Free	^[14]
21	FW		Oleksandr Hladkyi		Dynamo Kyiv	Loan	Winter	30 June 2017	—	^[15]
10	FW		China		Vai-Vai	—	Winter	31 December 2021	—	^[16]

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer Window	Transfer fee	Sources
77	MF		Murtaz Daushvili		Diósgyőr	End of contract	Summer	Free	^[17]
5	DF		Andriy Hitchenko		FC Oleksandriya	End of contract	Summer	Free	^[18]
9	MF		Denys Kozhanov		Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan return	Summer	Free
21	DF		Yevhen Neplyakh		Veres Rivne	End of contract	Summer	Free
22	FW		Taras Puchkovskyi		Veres Rivne	End of contract	Summer	Free	^[19]
97	FW		Oleksiy Hutsulyak		Villarreal B	Loan	Summer	€200,000	^[20] ^[21]
32	DF		Ihor Plastun		Ludogorets Razgrad	Transfer	Summer	€500,000	^[22]
17	MF		Oleh Holodyuk		Vorskla Poltava	End of contract	Summer	Free	^[23]
—	FW		Mykhaylo Serhiychuk		Veres Rivne	End of contract	Summer	Free	^[24]
19	MF		Serhiy Rudyka		Illichivets Mariupol	Released	—	Free	^[25]
26	DF		Artur Novotryasov		—	Released	—	Free	^[26]
10	MF		Artur Karnoza		—	End of contract	Winter	Free	^[27]
21	MF		Kostyantyn Yaroshenko		—	End of contract	Winter	Free
98	FW		Gabriel Okechukwu		—	End of contract	Winter	Free
27	MF		Vadym Strashkevych		—	End of contract	Winter	Free	^[28]
28	MF		Yevhen Chumak		—	Released	Winter	Free
77	FW		Heham Kadymyan		Zorya Luhansk	Released	Winter	Free
8	DF		Volodymyr Kostevych		Lech Poznań	End of contract	Winter	€350,000	^[29]
9	FW		Gustavo Blanco Leschuk		Shakhtar Donetsk	Transfer	Winter	€400,000	^[30]
3	DF		Vasyl Kravets		Lugo	Loan	Winter	?	^[31] ^[32]
79	DF		Andriy Markovych		Naftan Novopolotsk	Loan	Winter	?	^[33]

Managerial changes

Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment
Volodymyr Bezubyak	End of contract	8 May	Pre-season	Valeriy Yaremchenko^[34]	6 June
Valeriy Yaremchenko	Unknown	17 June	Pre-season	Anatoliy Chantsev (interim)^[35]	17 June
Anatoliy Chantsev (interim)	Health problems	5 July	Pre-season	Serhiy Zaytsev (interim)^[36]	5 July
Serhiy Zaytsev (interim)	End as interim	7 October	12th	Oleg Dulub^[37]	7 October

Notes and References

1. Web site: Karpaty go on vacation. FC Karpaty Lviv. 7 June 2016.
2. Web site: Dmytro Zayikin is a player of FC Karpaty. FC Karpaty Lviv. 21 July 2016. 18 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160918102713/http://www.fckarpaty.lviv.ua/en/news/16261/page.html. dead.
3. Web site: Maksym Salamakha is a player of FC Karpaty. FC Karpaty Lviv. 21 July 2016. 28 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160728034017/http://www.fckarpaty.lviv.ua/en/news/16262/page.html. dead.
4. Web site: Andriy Nesterov is a player of FC Karpaty. FC Karpaty Lviv. 22 July 2016. 18 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160918102735/http://www.fckarpaty.lviv.ua/en/news/16267/page.html. dead.
5. Web site: Serhiy Rudyka is a player of FC Karpaty. FC Karpaty Lviv. 12 August 2016.
6. Web site: Karpaty sign three new players. ZIK. 17 September 2016. Ukrainian.
7. Web site: Yevhen Borovyk is a player of FC Karpaty. FC Karpaty Lviv. 15 January 2017. 18 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170118065720/http://www.fckarpaty.lviv.ua/en/news/17151/page.html. dead.
8. Web site: Karpaty have signed Artem Filimonov. FC Karpaty Lviv. 15 January 2017. 18 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170118065707/http://www.fckarpaty.lviv.ua/en/news/17152/page.html. dead.
9. Web site: Oleksiy Dytyatyev is a player of FC Karpaty. FC Karpaty Lviv. 31 January 2017. 2 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202084303/http://www.fckarpaty.lviv.ua/en/news/17249/page.html. dead.
10. Web site: Viktor Khomchenko is a player of FC Karpaty. FC Karpaty Lviv. 31 January 2017. 3 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170203162947/http://www.fckarpaty.lviv.ua/en/news/17250/page.html. dead.
11. Web site: Oleksiy Hutsulyak returns to FC Karpaty. FC Karpaty Lviv. 3 February 2017. 3 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170203162305/http://www.fckarpaty.lviv.ua/en/news/17256/page.html. dead.
12. Web site: Cristian Paz is a player of FC Karpaty. FC Karpaty Lviv. 3 February 2017. 28 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170228110359/http://www.fckarpaty.lviv.ua/en/news/17254/page.html. dead.
13. Web site: Mykola Matviyenko is a player of FC Karpaty. FC Karpaty Lviv. 25 February 2017. 25 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170225211510/http://www.fckarpaty.lviv.ua/en/news/17362/page.html. dead.
14. Web site: Oleh Holodyuk returns to FC Karpaty. FC Karpaty Lviv. 28 February 2017. 3 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170303201014/http://www.fckarpaty.lviv.ua/en/news/17401/page.html. dead.
15. Web site: Oleksandr Hladkyi returns to Karpaty. FC Karpaty Lviv. 2 March 2017. Ukrainian. 3 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170303123118/http://www.fckarpaty.lviv.ua/ua/news/17417/page.html. dead.
16. Web site: Alves dos Santos Rogerio is a Karpaty player. FC Karpaty Lviv. 2 March 2017. Ukrainian. 8 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170308043033/http://www.fckarpaty.lviv.ua/ua/news/17418/page.html. dead.
17. Web site: Was proud to play for this city, this club and those fans. FC Karpaty Lviv. 21 July 2016. Ukrainian. 30 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160630172105/http://www.fckarpaty.lviv.ua/ua/news/15984/page.html. dead.
18. Web site: Hitchenko, Kozhanov and Neplyakh leave Karpaty. FC Karpaty Lviv. 7 June 2016. 20 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160820042129/http://www.fckarpaty.lviv.ua/en/news/15990/page.html. dead.
19. Web site: Taras Puchkovskyi has left Karpaty. FC Karpaty Lviv. 7 June 2016. 20 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160820134037/http://www.fckarpaty.lviv.ua/en/news/15997/page.html. dead.
20. Web site: Oleksiy Hutsulyak is a player of Villarreal CF. FC Karpaty Lviv. 7 June 2016. 12 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160612032148/http://www.fckarpaty.lviv.ua/en/news/16072/page.html. dead.
21. News: El Villarreal logra la cesión del ucraniano Gutsulyak. Marca. Madrid. 7 June 2016. Spanish.
22. Web site: Ihor Plastun will play for PFC Ludogorets. FC Karpaty Lviv. 7 June 2016.
23. Web site: Oleh Holodyuk leaves Karpaty. FC Karpaty Lviv. 11 June 2016. 20 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160820120533/http://www.fckarpaty.lviv.ua/en/news/16086/page.html. dead.
24. Web site: Serhiychuk returns to Veres. veres.club. 1 July 2016. Ukrainian.
25. Web site: Karpaty say adieu to Serhiy Rudyka. FC Karpaty Lviv. 3 November 2016.
26. Web site: Artur Novotryasov has left Karpaty. FC KarpatyLviv. 3 November 2016.
27. Web site: Karnoza, Yaroshenko and Gabriel leave Lviv. FC Karpaty Lviv. 5 January 2017. Ukrainian. 15 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161215151800/http://www.fckarpaty.lviv.ua/ua/news/17104/page.html. dead.
28. Web site: Five players have left Karpaty. FC Karpaty Lviv. 10 January 2017. Ukrainian. 13 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170113142227/http://www.fckarpaty.lviv.ua/ua/news/17149/page.html. dead.
29. Web site: Lech signs Kostevych. Lech Poznań. 11 January 2017.
30. Web site: Blanco Leschuk is Shakhtar player. FC Shakhtar Donetsk. 17 January 2017.
31. Web site: Vasyl Kravets is a player of CD Lugo. FC Karpaty Lviv. 24 January 2017. 2 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202083345/http://www.fckarpaty.lviv.ua/en/news/17221/page.html. dead.
32. Web site: LUG / NOTICIAS NOTICIAS: PRIMER EQUIPO Vasyl Kravets, nuevo jugador del CD Lugo. CD Lugo. 24 January 2017. Spanish.
33. Web site: Markovych and Mozil' out on loan. FC Karpaty Lviv. 2 March 2017. Ukrainian. 3 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170303043451/http://www.fckarpaty.lviv.ua/ua/news/17416/page.html. dead.
34. Web site: Valeriy Yaremchenko became Karpaty head coach. ZIK. 7 June 2016. Ukrainian.
35. Web site: Valeriy Yaremchenko leaves Karpaty. FC Karpaty Lviv. 17 June 2016. Ukrainian. 22 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160822060122/http://www.fckarpaty.lviv.ua/ua/news/16110/page.html. dead.
36. Web site: Serhiy Zaytsev will manage Karpaty during training camp in Poland. FC Karpaty Lviv. 5 July 2016. Ukrainian. 13 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160713205130/http://www.fckarpaty.lviv.ua/ua/news/16198/page.html. dead.
37. Web site: Oleg Dulub is the head coach of FC Karpaty. FC Karpaty Lviv. 16 October 2016.