2018 FC Ukraine United season

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FC Ukraine United
2018 season
Owner Vladimir Koval
Head Coach Andrei Malychenkov
Canadian Soccer League 1st place (First Division)
CSL Championship Semifinal
Top goalscorer Pavlo Lukyanets
(12 goals)
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The 2018 season was FC Ukraine United's third season in the Canadian Soccer League, and twelfth season since their founding in the Ontario Soccer League. The season marked United's return to the First Division after participating in the Second Division the previous year. After a competitive season with FC Vorkuta the club won their first division title on September 23, 2018. In the postseason United won their preliminary match against Brantford Galaxy, but were defeated in the second round to Scarborough SC. Pavlo Lukyanets, a veteran striker from Ukraine, was United's top goalscorer with twelve goals.

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Summary

After spending the 2017 season in the Second Division with a perfect season the club was promoted back into the First Division. [1] [2] Andrei Malychenkov resumed his coaching duties, and maintained the majority of his previous roster with additional imports from Ukraine. [3] [4] From the onset of the season the club remained highly competitive, and battled with rivals FC Vorkuta for supremacy of the division. [5] Throughout the season Malychenkov achieved the necessary results in clinching the First Division title, and managed an undefeated streak of ten matches with the best offensive record. [6] In the opening round of the playoff tournament FC Ukraine faced Brantford Galaxy, and defeated Brantford 8-7 in a penalty shootout. [7] Their postseason campaign came to a conclusion in the second round after a 2-1 defeat to Scarborough SC. [8]

Team

Roster

As of August 18, 2018 [9]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 FW Flag placeholder.svg Oleksandr Popravka
2 GK Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Andriy Bandrivskyy
3 DF Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Ivan Kucherenko
4 DF Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Maksym Rohovskyi [10]
5 DF Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Mykhailo Hurka
6 MF Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Taras Hromyak
7 MF Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Yuri Sokolovsky
8 MF Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Sergiy Sergeyev
9 DF Flag placeholder.svg Igor Bortnyk
10 FW Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Pavlo Lukyanets
11 FW Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Serhiy Savchenko [11]
10 FW Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Ihor Kozovyk [12]
13 FW Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Nazar Milishchuk
No.Pos.NationPlayer
14 FW Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Ihor Shyshka [13]
15 MF Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Andriy Savchenko
16 FW Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Vasyl Chornyi
17 FW Flag placeholder.svg Dmytro Mykhalchuk
18 DF Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Lubomir Ivansky
19 DF Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Mykola Hreshta
20 FW Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Vitaliy Bohdanov
21 MF Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Volodymyr Romaniv
22 FW Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Vadym Hetman
23 FW Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Yevhen Falkovskyi
24 FW Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Ihor Malysh
25 FW Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Roman Datsiuk
— MF Flag placeholder.svg Amir Hosic

Management

PositionStaff
Head coach Andrei Malychenkov
Assistant coach Mykhailo Hurka
Goalkeeper coachArthur Zaslavski
Manager Vladimir Koval
Chairman Vladimir Koval

Last updated: August 10, 2018
Source: fcukraineunited.ca

Canadian Soccer League

First Division

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 FC Ukraine United (A, C)1612226016+4438Qualification for Playoffs
2 FC Vorkuta (A, O)1612225516+3938
3 SC Waterloo Region (A)169253433+129
4 Scarborough SC (A)168533420+1429
5 Hamilton City SC (A)168174138+325
6 Serbian White Eagles (A)165472020019
7 SC Real Mississauga (A)1632111442−2811
8 Brantford Galaxy (A)163211937−2811
9 CSC Mississauga 161213937−285
Updated to match(es) played on September 27, 2018. Source: http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/2018-csl-first-division-standings/
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
1612226016 +4438521298 +21701318 +23

Last updated: September 20, 2018.
Source: 2018 Canadian Soccer League season

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516
GroundHHAAHAAAAHAHHAHH
ResultLWWWDLWWWDWWWWWW
Updated to match(es) played on September 25, 2018. Source: CSL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

May 13 FC Ukraine United 1–2 FC Vorkuta Toronto, Ontario
19:00 Chornyl Soccerball shade.svg30' Report Lakusta Soccerball shade.svg43'
Kerchu Soccerball shade.svg77'		Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium
Referee: Milomir Tomic
June 9 Hamilton City SC 1–3 FC Ukraine United Hamilton, Ontario
18:30Vukasin Kovacevic Soccerball shade.svg75' Report Kucherenko Soccerball shade.svg41'
Malysh Soccerball shade.svg81'
Milishchuk Soccerball shade.svg91'		Stadium: Heritage Field

Postseason

Statistics

Goals

Correct as of September 30, 2018 [14]

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