2023–24 SC Dnipro-1 season

SC Dnipro-1
2023–24 season
President	Maksym Bereza and Andriy Rusol (50/50); Yuriy Bereza (honorary president)
General Director	Andriy Fursov
Head coach	Oleksandr Kucher; (until 20 August); Valeriy Horodov; (from 22 August until 13 September, interim); Yuriy Maksymov; (from 14 September)
Stadium	Dnipro-Arena
Ukrainian Premier League	4th
Ukrainian Cup	Round of 16
UEFA Champions League	Second qualifying round
UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Europa Conference League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Oleksandr Filippov; Oleksiy Hutsulyak; (9 each); All: ; Oleksandr Filippov; Oleksiy Hutsulyak; (9 each)
Biggest win	Dnipro-1 5–2 Chornomorets Odesa
Biggest defeat	Slavia Prague 3–0 Dnipro-1; Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 3–0 Dnipro-1
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season was SC Dnipro-1's seventh season in existence and fifth consecutive season in the Ukrainian Premier League. They are also competing in the Ukrainian Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

FIFA placed a transfer onto the club for the 2023-2024 winter break following legal negotiations between the club and its former manager Igor Jovicevic.^[1] In addition to Jovicevic, Oleksandr Kucher admitted that he also was not get compensated by the club as well, but yet does not rush with pursuing his claim in international institutions.^[2]

Players

First-team squad

As of 10 September 2023^[3]^[4]

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	GK	UKR	Yevhen Volynets
3	DF	UKR	Volodymyr Adamyuk
4	DF	ARG	Emiliano Purita
5	MF	UKR	Eduard Sarapiy
6	DF	UKR	Oleh Horin
7	FW	UKR	Oleksandr Filippov
8	MF	UKR	Oleksandr Pikhalyonok
9	MF	UKR	Oleksiy Hutsulyak
10	MF	UKR	Maksym Tretyakov
11	DF	UKR	Denys Miroshnichenko
12	GK	UKR	Yakiv Kinareykin
14	FW	UKR	Ramik Hadzhyiev
17	MF	UKR	Bohdan Lyednyev
18	MF	UKR	Ruslan Babenko


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	BRA	Vitinho (on loan from Atlético Mineiro)
20	DF	UKR	Serhiy Horbunov
22	MF	UKR	Valentyn Rubchynskyi
25	MF	UKR	Ihor Kohut
26	DF	UKR	Oleksandr Kapliyenko (on loan from Metalist Kharkiv)
28	FW	BRA	Marcos André
30	DF	UKR	Vasyl Kravets
31	FW	UKR	Daniel Kivinda
33	GK	UKR	Valeriy Yurchuk
34	MF	UKR	Volodymyr Tanchyk
39	DF	UKR	Oleksandr Svatok (captain)
42	MF	UKR	Yevhen Pasich
95	FW	BRA	Felipe Pires
99	FW	BRA	Bill

Under contract

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	UKR	Vitaliy Fedoriv

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	UKR	Mykyta Kononov (at UCSA Kyiv until 30 June 2024)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ARG	Domingo Blanco (at Club Tijuana until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Artem Dovbyk	Girona	€7,000,000	6 August 2023	^[5]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

2 July 2023 Friendly	Dnipro-1	4–1	FC Khust	Uzhhorod
17:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Avanhard Stadium

5 July 2023 Friendly	Dnipro-1	4–0	FC Mynai	Uzhhorod
17:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Avanhard Stadium

9 July 2023 Friendly	Dnipro-1	1–0	Metalist Kharkiv	Uzhhorod
17:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Avanhard Stadium

13 July 2023 Friendly	Dnipro-1	4–0	Rukh Lviv	Uzhhorod
17:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Avanhard Stadium

18 July 2023 Friendly	Dnipro-1	2–2	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Uzhhorod
17:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Avanhard Stadium

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ukrainian Premier League	6 August 2023	25 May 2024	Matchday 1	4th	30	14	10	6	40	27	+13	046.67
Ukrainian Cup	27 September 2023		Round of 16	Round of 16	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
UEFA Champions League	25 July 2023	1 August 2023	Second qualifying round	Second qualifying round	2	0	1	1	3	5	−2	000.00
UEFA Europa League	10 August 2023	17 August 2023	Third qualifying round	Third qualifying round	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	000.00
UEFA Europa Conference League	24 August 2023	31 August 2023	Play-off round	Play-off round	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Total					37	14	14	9	47	40	+7	037.84

Source: Soccerway

Ukrainian Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Dynamo Kyiv	30	22	3	5	72	28	+44	69	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	30	17	6	7	51	30	+21	57	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[a]
4	Dnipro-1	30	14	10	6	40	27	+13	52	Withdrew^[b]
5	Polissya Zhytomyr	30	14	8	8	39	30	+9	50	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round^[a]
6	Rukh Lviv	30	12	13	5	44	31	+13	49

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).^[6]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Since the 2023–24 Ukrainian Cup winners (Shakhtar Donetsk) finished in the top two, the Europa League spot was passed to the third-placed team, and the second Conference League second qualifying round spot was passed to the fifth-placed team.
^ SC Dnipro-1 that withdrew from all tournaments of the 2024–25 season due to financial hardship after finishing 4th in the league qualified for the Conference League second qualifying round, however it was awarded technical losses in both matches (0:3).

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
17	10	4	3	26	16	+10	34	5	2	2	14	8	+6	5	2	1	12	8	+4

Last updated: 13 December 2023.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

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

Updated to match(es) played on 27 November 2023. Source: VBET League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

6 August 2023 2	Dnipro-1	2–1	Polissya Zhytomyr	Uzhhorod
15:00 UTC+3	Pasich 36' Adamyuk 46' Pikhalyonok 62' Sarapiy 80' Babenko 90+1' Blanco 90+3'	Report	Kushnirenko 19' Tankovskyi 34' Yanakov 87' (pen.) Krushynskyi 90+3'	Stadium: Avanhard Stadium Referee: Denys Shurman

13 August 2023 3	Mynai	1–1	Dnipro-1	Mynai
13:00 UTC+3	Panasenko 43' Petko 65' Tverdokhlib 89'	Report	Adamyuk 29' Sarapiy 50' Babenko 59', 82' Blanco 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Mynai Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi

20 August 2023 4	Dnipro-1	1–2	Obolon Kyiv	Uzhhorod
15:00 UTC+3	Pikhalyonok 16' (pen.), 48' Svatok 67'	Report	Taranukha 46' Vovkun 73' Krasnopir 83'	Stadium: Avanhard Stadium Referee: Mykola Balakin

3 September 2023 6	Dnipro-1	0–0	LNZ Cherkasy	Uzhhorod
13:00 UTC+3	Kapliyenko 88' Horin 90+3'	Report	Kalyuzhnyi 54' Savin 58' Norenkov 68' Boyko 90+1'	Stadium: Avanhard Stadium Referee: Dmytro Panchyshyn

17 September 2023 7	Dnipro-1	1–1	Kolos Kovalivka	Dnipro
15:00	Kohut 26' Kravets 58' Hutsulyak 68'		Chornomorets 42' Salabay 61'	Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Referee: Igor Paskhal

24 September 2023 8	Zorya Luhansk	0–1	Dnipro-1	Lviv
15:00	Vantukh 39'		Kohut 24' Kravets 59' Babenko 61' Sarapiy 73'	Stadium: Ukraina Stadium Referee: Kateryna Monzul

2 October 2023 9	Dnipro-1	1–0	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	Dnipro
17:00	Kohut 25' Lednev 56' Volynets 82'		Boryachuk 63' Bezuhlyi 64' Kurylo 90+6'	Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Attendance: Roman Blavatskyi

7 October 2023 10	Dnipro-1	2–0	Veres Rivne	Dnipro
13:15	Filippov 10' Vovchenko 31' (o.g.) Sarapiy 86'		Shevchenko 77'	Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Referee: Anastasiya Romanyuk

22 October 2023 11	Dynamo Kyiv	0–1	Dnipro-1	Kyiv
17:00	Benito 67' Dubinchak 70'		Hutsulyak 13' Rubchynskyi 21' Sarapiy 31' Hutsulyak 40' Kapliyenko 90+4'	Stadium: Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi

25 October 2023 1	Vorskla Poltava	2–3	Dnipro-1	Poltava
15:00	Santana 10' Perduta 24' Stepanyuk 40', 90' (pen.) Sklyar 66'		Filippov 5' Gorbunov 32' Hutsulyak 42', 53' Horin 89'	Stadium: Oleksiy Butovsky Vorskla Stadium Referee: Kateryna Monzul

28 October 2023 12	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	3–0	Dnipro-1	Kryvyi Rih
14:15	Kozhushko 11', 51' Kuzyk 41'		Pikhalyonok 43' Lednev 77' Klishchuk 87' Kravets 90'	Stadium: Stadion Shakhty Zhovtneva Referee: Dmytro Panchyshyn

1 November 2023 5	Rukh Lviv	0–2	Dnipro-1	Lviv
18:00	Teslyuk 33' Slyubyk 63'		Filippov 16' Pikhalyonok 21', 26' Hutsulyak 75' Miroshnichenko 84'	Stadium: Arena Lviv Referee: Dmytro Kryvushkin

6 November 2023 13	Dnipro-1	1–0	FC Oleksandriya	Dnipro
17:15	Filippov 34' Sarapiy 72'		Skorko 80'	Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Referee: Anastasiya Romanyuk

12 November 2023 14	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–3	Dnipro-1	Lviv
19:00	Sikan 5' Bondar 76'		Sarapiy 41' Hutsulyak 51' Lyednyev 55' Rubchynskyi 61'	Stadium: Arena Lviv Referee: Mykola Balakin

27 November 2023 15	Dnipro-1	5–2	Chornomorets Odesa	Dnipro
17:00	Filippov 16' Sarapiy 20' Adamyuk 49' Lyednyev 59' Rubchynskyi 90' Miroshnichenko 90+2'		Volynets 22' (o.g.) Avahimyan 26' Putrya 63' Badibanga 73' Kuzyk 76' Shtohrin 77'	Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Referee: Kateryna Monzul

2 December 2023 16	Dnipro-1	1–2	Vorskla Poltava	Dnipro
17:00	Lyednyev 3' Hutsulyak 38'		Chelyadin 31' Felipe Rodrigues 42' Yakubu 88'	Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Referee: Anastasiya Romanyuk

8 December 2023 17	Polissya Zhytomyr	1–1	Dnipro-1	Korosten
19:00	Taylor 62', 90+1' Budkivskyi 63' Shastal 85'		Rubchynskyi 20' Filippov 49'	Stadium: Stadion Spartak Referee: Mykola Balakin

Ukrainian Cup

27 September 2023 Round of 16	Polissya Zhytomyr	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Dnipro-1	Zhytomyr
15:00	Kushnirenko 90+1'		Adamyuk 77'	Stadium: Tsentralnyi Stadion Referee: Oleksandr Omelchenko
	Penalties
	Kushnirenko Hrytsuk Shapoval Tankovskyi Kozak		Hutsulyak Pikhalyonok Babenko Rubchynskyi Sarapiy

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 21 June 2023.

25 July 2023 First leg	Dnipro-1	1–3	Panathinaikos	Košice, Slovakia
20:00 UTC+2	Hutsulyak 69' Tanchyk 90'	Report	Šporar 10' Đuričić 74' Ioannidis 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Košická futbalová aréna Attendance: 5,248 Referee: Daniele Chiffi (Italy)

1 August 2023 Second leg	Panathinaikos	2–2 (5–3 agg.)	Dnipro-1	Athens, Greece
20:30 UTC+3	Šporar 15', 70' Palacios 45+2' Çokaj 90+5'	Report	Blanco 20' Dovbyk 24' Rubchynskyi 43' Sarapiy 54' Pikhalyonok 55' Tanchyk 75' Kohut 87'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 14,098 Referee: Bastian Dankert (Germany)

UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 24 July 2023.

10 August 2023 First leg	Slavia Prague	3–0	Dnipro-1	Prague, Czech Republic
19:00 UTC+2	Schranz 5', 38' Ogbu 59' Wallem 81' Masopust 90+7'	Report	Svatok 41' Babenko 53' Lyednyev 71' Rubchynskyi 74' Kravets 87'	Stadium: Fortuna Arena Attendance: 19,102 Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)

17 August 2023 Second leg	Dnipro-1	1–1 (1–4 agg.)	Slavia Prague	Košice, Slovakia
20:00 UTC+2	Hutsulyak 25' Rubchynskyi 45+1' Babenko 70'	Report	Jurečka 52'	Stadium: Košická futbalová aréna Attendance: 5,855 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)
Note: Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian teams are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.

UEFA Europa Conference League

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 7 August 2023.

23 August 2023 First leg	Spartak Trnava	1–1	Dnipro-1	Trnava, Slovakia
18:30 UTC+2	Daniel 13' Bukata 45+6' Ofori 53', 55' Oseni 58'	Report	Sarapiy 9' Svatok 45+6' Rubchynskyi 45+8' Pikhalyonok 67' (pen.) Kohut 74' 88' Kinareykin 90+8'	Stadium: Anton Malatinský Stadium Attendance: 16,566 Referee: Juxhin Xhaja (Albania)

31 August 2023 Second leg	Dnipro-1	1–2 (a.e.t.) (2–3 agg.)	Spartak Trnava	Košice, Slovakia
20:00 UTC+2	Ezequiel Gorosito 60' (o.g.) Felipe Blanco 82' Babenko 99' Horin 103' 108'	Report	Daniel 3' Šulek 63' Bukata 106'	Stadium: Košická futbalová aréna Attendance: 5,266 Referee: Balázs Berke (Hungary)
Note: Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian teams are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.

References

^ Береза: На клуб накладено трансферний бан після юридичних розбирань із паном Йовічевичем. sportarena.com. 20 December 2023
^ «Русол мені не відповів і ніхто не передзвонив»: Кучер розповів про позов до Дніпра-1 та розкрив суму боргу. ukrfootball.ua. 18 January 2024
^ "СК "Дніпро-1"". 2 October 2017.
^ "Dnipro-1".
^ "Girona FC sign Ukrainian striker Artem Dovbyk".
^ Defining of teams' places in competitions (Визначення місць команд у змаганнях). 2021–22 Ukrainian Premier League regulations.

External links

Official website

[table_note_res_EL3Q0.44134678153384-6] Since the 2023–24 Ukrainian Cup winners (Shakhtar Donetsk) finished in the top two, the Europa League spot was passed to the third-placed team, and the second Conference League second qualifying round spot was passed to the fifth-placed team.

[table_note_res_WTH0.44134678153384-7] SC Dnipro-1 that withdrew from all tournaments of the 2024–25 season due to financial hardship after finishing 4th in the league qualified for the Conference League second qualifying round, however it was awarded technical losses in both matches (0:3).

[1] Береза: На клуб накладено трансферний бан після юридичних розбирань із паном Йовічевичем. sportarena.com. 20 December 2023

[2] «Русол мені не відповів і ніхто не передзвонив»: Кучер розповів про позов до Дніпра-1 та розкрив суму боргу. ukrfootball.ua. 18 January 2024

[3] "СК "Дніпро-1"". 2 October 2017.

[4] "Dnipro-1".

[5] "Girona FC sign Ukrainian striker Artem Dovbyk".

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

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2023–24 season
President	Maksym Bereza and Andriy Rusol (50/50) Yuriy Bereza (honorary president)
General Director	Andriy Fursov
Head coach	Oleksandr Kucher (until 20 August) Valeriy Horodov (from 22 August until 13 September, interim) Yuriy Maksymov (from 14 September)
Stadium	Dnipro-Arena
Ukrainian Premier League	4th
Ukrainian Cup	Round of 16
UEFA Champions League	Second qualifying round
UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Europa Conference League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: Oleksandr Filippov Oleksiy Hutsulyak (9 each) All: Oleksandr Filippov Oleksiy Hutsulyak (9 each)
Biggest win	Dnipro-1 5–2 Chornomorets Odesa
Biggest defeat	Slavia Prague 3–0 Dnipro-1 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 3–0 Dnipro-1
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
17	10	4	3	26	16	+10	34	5	2	2	14	8	+6	5	2	1	12	8	+4

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
17	10	4	3	26	16	+10	34	5	2	2	14	8	+6	5	2	1	12	8	+4

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
17	10	4	3	26	16	+10	34	5	2	2	14	8	+6	5	2	1	12	8	+4