2018 FC Ukraine United season

The 2018 season was FC Ukraine United's third season in the Canadian Soccer League, and twelve 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.

FC Ukraine United
2018 season
OwnerVladimir Koval
Head CoachAndrei Malychenkov
Canadian Soccer League1st place (First Division)
CSL ChampionshipSemifinal
Top goalscorerPavlo Lukyanets
(12 goals)

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

Management

Position Staff
Head coach Andrei Malychenkov
Assistant coach Mykhailo Hurka
Goalkeeper coach Arthur Zaslavski
Manager Vladimir Koval
Chairman Vladimir Koval

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

Canadian Soccer League

First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FC Ukraine United (A, C) 16 12 2 2 60 16 +44 38 Qualification for Playoffs
2 FC Vorkuta (A, O) 16 12 2 2 55 16 +39 38
3 SC Waterloo Region (A) 16 9 2 5 34 33 +1 29
4 Scarborough SC (A) 16 8 5 3 34 20 +14 29
5 Hamilton City SC (A) 16 8 1 7 41 38 +3 25
6 Serbian White Eagles (A) 16 5 4 7 20 20 0 19
7 SC Real Mississauga (A) 16 3 2 11 14 42 28 11
8 Brantford Galaxy (A) 16 3 2 11 9 37 28 11
9 CSC Mississauga 16 1 2 13 9 37 28 5
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
16 12 2 2 60 16  +44 38 5 2 1 29 8  +21 7 0 1 31 8  +23

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

Results by round

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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 30' Report Lakusta 43'
Kerchu 77'
Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium
Referee: Milomir Tomic
June 9 Hamilton City SC 1–3 FC Ukraine United Hamilton, Ontario
18:30 Vukasin Kovacevic 75' Report Kucherenko 41'
Malysh 81'
Milishchuk 91'
Stadium: Heritage Field

Postseason

Statistics

Goals

Correct as of September 30, 2018[14]

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