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  UKR Andriy Bandrivskyy
3 DF  UKR Ivan Kucherenko
4 DF  UKR Maksym Rohovskyi [10]
5 DF  UKR Mykhailo Hurka
6 MF  UKR Taras Hromyak
7 MF  UKR Yuri Sokolovsky
8 MF  UKR Sergiy Sergeyev
9 DF   Igor Bortnyk
10 FW  UKR Pavlo Lukyanets
11 FW  UKR Serhiy Savchenko [11]
10 FW  UKR Ihor Kozovyk [12]
13 FW  UKR Nazar Milishchuk
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW  UKR Ihor Shyshka [13]
15 MF  UKR Andriy Savchenko
16 FW  UKR Vasyl Chornyi
17 FW   Dmytro Mykhalchuk
18 DF  UKR Lubomir Ivansky
19 DF  UKR Mykola Hreshta
20 FW  UKR Vitaliy Bohdanov
21 MF  UKR Volodymyr Romaniv
22 FW  UKR Vadym Hetman
23 FW  UKR Yevhen Falkovskyi
24 FW  UKR Ihor Malysh
25 FW  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) Champion; (O) Play-off winner.

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

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
July 6 CSC Mississauga 2–4 FC Ukraine United Mississauga, Ontario
Remi Oshin  29'
Priestley  30'
Report Milishchuk  34'
Datsiuk  45',  74'
Lukyanets  47'
Stadium: Iceland Field

Postseason

Statistics

Goals

Correct as of September 30, 2018[14]

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