2023–24 FC Vorskla Poltava season

FC Vorskla Poltava
2023–24 season
Head coach	Viktor Skrypnyk
Stadium	Butovsky Vorskla Stadium
Ukrainian Premier League	7th
Ukrainian Cup	Semi-finals
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →
	All statistics correct as of 25 November 2023.

The 2023–24 season is FC Vorskla Poltava's 59th season in existence and 26th consecutive in the Ukrainian Premier League. They are also competing in the Ukrainian Cup.

Players[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

As of 10 December 2023^[1]^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	UKR	Ihor Perduta (vice-captain)
5	DF	BRA	Lucas Ramires
6	MF	UKR	Oleksandr Sklyar
7	GK	UKR	Pavlo Isenko
9	DF	UKR	Viktor Korniyenko (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)
10	MF	UKR	Vladlen Yurchenko
11	FW	UKR	Ruslan Stepanyuk
17	MF	UKR	Volodymyr Chesnakov (captain)
18	DF	UKR	Yevhen Pavlyuk
20	FW	BRA	Thiago Cunha (on loan from Guarani de Palhoça)
25	DF	NIG	Najeeb Yakubu
27	DF	UKR	Illya Krupskyi
29	DF	UKR	Andriy Batsula
30	MF	UKR	Ivan Nesterenko


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
35	DF	UKR	Danylo Izotov
38	MF	UKR	Artem Chelyadin
39	FW	UKR	Yaroslav Ryazantsev
40	MF	UKR	Dmytro Chernysh
43	FW	UKR	Vladyslav Ostrovskyi (on loan from Vorskla Poltava)
44	MF	UKR	Daniil Khrypchuk
50	DF	MLI	Ibrahim Kane
57	FW	UKR	Taras Halas
58	MF	UKR	Mykyta Odentsov
61	GK	UKR	Oleksandr Domoleha
74	DF	BRA	Tiago Santana (on loan from Metropolitano)
77	DF	ALB	Ardit Toli
95	DF	BRA	Felipe Rodrigues
96	GK	UKR	Daniil Yermolov

Other players under contract[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ENG	Rodel Richards

Out on loan[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	UKR	Artem Kulakovskyi (at Oleksandriya until 30 June 2024)
—	MF	MKD	Ennur Totre (at Shkëndija until 30 June 2024)
—	MF	UKR	Danylo Tuzenko (at Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni until 30 June 2024)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	UKR	Artem Umanets (at Lokomotyv Kyiv until 30 June 2024)
—	FW	ALB	Taulant Seferi (at Baniyas until 30 June 2024)

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

14 January 2024 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	3–0	Sabah	Serik, Turkey
				Stadium: Club Megasaray Football Center

18 January 2024 Friendly

Vorskla Poltava

4–1

Kaisar

Turkey

22 January 2024 Friendly

Vorskla Poltava

0–2

Llapi

30 January 2024 Friendly

Vorskla Poltava

–

Nasaf

Competitions[edit]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ukrainian Premier League	6 August 2023	25 May 2024	Matchday 1	17	6	5	6	18	25	−7	035.29
Ukrainian Cup	27 September 2023		Round of 16	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
Total				19	8	5	6	24	25	−1	042.11

Last updated: 10 December 2023
Source: Soccerway

Ukrainian Premier League[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Polissia Zhytomyr	27	12	7	8	33	27	+6	43
7	LNZ Cherkasy	27	8	8	11	25	32	−7	32
8	Vorskla Poltava	27	8	6	13	25	41	−16	30
9	Kolos Kovalivka	26	6	11	9	18	24	−6	29^[b]
10	Chornomorets Odesa	27	9	2	16	35	43	−8	29^[b]

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2024. Source: upl.ua
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw or "Golden match" if two teams tied for title (Article 22, paragraph 3).^[3]
Notes:

^ The 2023–24 Ukrainian Cup winners (Shakhtar Donetsk or Vorskla Poltava) qualify for the Europa League third qualifying round. If the Ukrainian Cup winners finish in the top two, the Europa League spot will be passed to the third-placed team and the second Conference League second qualifying round spot will be passed to the fifth-placed team.
^ ^a ^b Ranked on head-to-head points: Kolos 2–0 Chornomorets, Chornomorets 1–0 Kolos.

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
17	6	5	6	18	25	−7	23	2	3	4	10	16	−6	4	2	2	8	9	−1

Last updated: 10 December 2023.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	W	D	W	D
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 10 December 2023. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches[edit]

1

v

Ukrainian Cup[edit]

27 September 2023 Round of 16	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	0–3	Vorskla Poltava	Kyiv
18:30				Stadium: Stadion Livyi Bereh Referee: Denys Reznikov

2 November 2023 Quarter-finals	Obolon Kyiv	0–3	Vorskla Poltava	Kyiv
17:00				Stadium: Obolon Arena Referee: Denys Shurman

References[edit]

^ "ФК Ворскла – Основний склад" [FC Vorskla – Main squad] (in Ukrainian). FC Vorskla Poltava. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
^ "Vorskla" (in Ukrainian). Ukrainian Premier League. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
^ Defining of teams' places in competitions (Визначення місць команд у змаганнях). 2021–22 Ukrainian Premier League regulations.

External links[edit]

Official website

[3] The 2023–24 Ukrainian Cup winners (Shakhtar Donetsk or Vorskla Poltava) qualify for the Europa League third qualifying round. If the Ukrainian Cup winners finish in the top two, the Europa League spot will be passed to the third-placed team and the second Conference League second qualifying round spot will be passed to the fifth-placed team.

[table_hth_KOL0.34140333688883-4] Ranked on head-to-head points: Kolos 2–0 Chornomorets, Chornomorets 1–0 Kolos.

[1] "ФК Ворскла – Основний склад" [FC Vorskla – Main squad] (in Ukrainian). FC Vorskla Poltava. Retrieved 22 August 2022.

[2] "Vorskla" (in Ukrainian). Ukrainian Premier League. Retrieved 22 August 2022.

[5] Defining of teams' places in competitions (Визначення місць команд у змаганнях). 2021–22 Ukrainian Premier League regulations.

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