The 2012–13 FC Arsenal Kyiv season was the club's 18th Ukrainian Premier League season and second season under manager Leonid Kuchuk. During the season, Arsenal Kyiv competed in the Premier League, UEFA Europa League and Ukrainian Cup.

Squad

As of 18 August 2012^[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 2 DF  FIN Veli Lampi 4 DF  UKR Serhiy Symonenko 6 DF  BRA Rafael Santos 7 FW  ROU Ionuț Mazilu 8 MF  UKR Oleksandr Maksymov 9 FW  UKR Oleksandr Kovpak 10 MF  ROU George Florescu 11 MF  UKR Artem Starhorodskyi 12 GK  UKR Yevhen Borovyk 13 MF  LTU Saulius Mikoliūnas 14 DF  CMR Éric Matoukou (on loan from Dnipro) 15 DF  MNE Janko Simović (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) 16 FW  UZB Maksim Shatskikh (captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  UKR Andriy Hitchenko 18 MF  GHA Abeiku Quansah 19 MF  GEO Alexander Kobakhidze (on loan from Dnipro) 20 FW  GHA Dominic Adiyiah 22 FW  UKR Volodymyr Homenyuk 25 MF  POR Pelé (on loan from Milan) 28 DF  UKR Volodymyr Polyovyi 31 MF  BRA Leandro 33 DF  UKR Andriy Khomyn 52 MF  UKR Yevhen Shakhov (on loan from Dnipro) 77 GK  UKR Yuriy Pankiv 78 MF  UKR Serhiy Valyayev

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 Bohdan Shershun (on loan to Kryvbas) — DF  NGA Michael Odibe (on loan to Dnipro)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  UKR Olavale Fabunmi (on loan to Slavutych) — MF  UKR Volodymyr Arzhanov (on loan to Volyn)

Competitions

2012-13 Ukrainian Premier League

Main article: 2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League

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
30	10	9	11	34	41	−7	39	6	4	5	20	14	+6	4	5	6	14	27	−13

Last updated: 26 May 2013.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	D
Position	16	16	12	11	8	7	6	5	6	5	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	13	12	12	12	9	9	9	9	9	8

Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Shakhtar v Arsenal

15 July 2012 Match 1	Shakhtar	6–0	Arsenal	Donetsk
19:00	Mkhitaryan 13', 31' Seleznyov 34' Teixeira 39' Ilsinho 66' Dević 90+4'	Summary		Stadium: Donbass Arena Attendance: 39,263 Referee: Yuri Mozharovskyi

Arsenal v Dynamo

22 July 2012 Match 2	Arsenal	0–1	Dynamo	Kyiv
19:30	Stargorodsky  77'  78'	Summary	Ideye 3'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 11,617 Referee: Anatoliy Zhabchenko

Zorya v Arsenal

29 July 2012 Match 3	Zorya	1–3	Arsenal	Luhansk
21:00	Galyuza 24'	Summary	Shatskikh 10', 14' (pen.) Homenyuk 21'	Stadium: Avanhard Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Andriy Kuz'min

Arsenal v Dnipro

5 August 2012 Match 4	Arsenal	1–1	Dnipro	Kyiv
19:30	Kobakhidze 90+2'	Summary	Matheus 65' (pen.)	Stadium: Valeriy Lobanovskyi Attendance: 3,920 Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk

Metalist v Arsenal

12 August 2012 Match 5	Metalist	0–1	Arsenal	Kharkiv
21:00		Summary	Kovpak 11'	Stadium: Metalist Stadium Attendance: 28,862 Referee: Oleksandr Derdo

Arsenal v Illichivets

17 August 2012 Match 6	Arsenal	2–1	Illichivets	Kyiv
19:00	Shatskikh 11' Homenyuk 87'	Summary	Okriashvili 27'	Stadium: Valeriy Lobanovskyi Attendance: 1,230 Referee: Yuri Moseichuk

Tavriya v Arsenal

26 August 2012 Match 7	Tavriya	1–1	Arsenal	Simferopol
21:00	Kalynychenko 23'	Summary	Mikoliūnas 61'	Stadium: RSC Lokomotiv Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Yuri Mozharovskyi

Arsenal v Metalurh Zaporizhya

2 September 2012 Match 8	Arsenal	3–0	Metalurh Zaporizhya	Kyiv
19:30	Kovpak 24' Adiyiah 64' Shatskikh 85'	Summary		Stadium: Valeriy Lobanovskyi Attendance: 1,640 Referee: Kostiantyn Trukhanov

Metalurh Donetsk v Arsenal

16 September 2012 Match 9	Metalurh Donetsk	5–0	Arsenal	Donetsk
16:30	Moraes 25' (pen.), 88' Ghazaryan 61' Traoré 75', 90+2'	Summary	Shakhov  23'  34' Florescu  38'	Stadium: Metalurh Stadium Attendance: 3,300 Referee: Andriy Kuz'min

Karpaty v Arsenal

28 September 2012 Match 10	Karpaty	1–1	Arsenal	Lviv
19:30	Balažic 49'	Summary	Adiyiah 28'	Stadium: Ukraina Stadium Attendance: 11,100 Referee: Viktor Shvetsov

Arsenal v Hoverla

6 October 2012 Match 11	Arsenal	2–0	Hoverla	Kyiv
17:30	Homenyuk 45+1' Kovpak 68'	Summary		Stadium: Valeriy Lobanovskyi Attendance: 1,728 Referee: Yuri Mozharovskyi

Kryvbas v Arsenal

21 October 2012 Match 12	Kryvbas	1–1	Arsenal	Kryvyi Rih
15:30	Jeslínek  65' Antonov 86' (pen.)	Summary	Adiyiah  19' Matoukou  45' Mikoliūnas  63', 90' Polyovyi  87'	Stadium: Metalurh Stadium Attendance: 1,780 Referee: Oleksandr Ivanov

Arsenal v Volyn Lutsk

26 October 2012 Match 13	Arsenal	1–1	Volyn Lutsk	Valeriy Lobanovskyi
19:00	Matoukou  35' Adiyiah 81'	Summary	Seun 86'	Attendance: 1,150 Referee: Yury Grisjo

Vorskla v Arsenal

4 November 2012 Match 14	Vorskla	1–0	Arsenal	Oleksiy Butovskyi Vorskla Stadium
16:00	Krasnopyorov  26' Sapay  47' Hromov 71' Sklyar  90'	Summary	Hitchenko  39' Leandro  56' Polyovyi  85'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Anatoliy Abdula

Arsenal v Choromorets Odesa

11 November 2012 Match 15	Arsenal	0–1	Choromorets Odesa	Valeriy Lobanovskyi
17:30	Valyayev  36' Mikoliūnas  39' Florescu  67'  85' Homenyuk  89'	Summary	Matos  39' Politylo  40' Bobko  44' Bakaj 45'	Attendance: 1,072 Referee: Vitaliy Romanov

Arsenal v Shaktar Donetsk

17 November 2012 Match 16	Arsenal	2–0	Shaktar Donetsk	Valeriy Lobanovskyi
19:30	Shatskikh 34' Adiyiah  58' Pankiv  82' Shakhov  84' Kobakhidze 90+3'	Summary	Rakitskiy  48' Stepanenko  76'	Attendance: 3,050 Referee: Olexander Derdo

Dynamo Kyiv v Arsenal

25 November 2012 Match 17	Dynamo Kyiv	4–0	Arsenal	Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex
17:00	Khacheridi 40',  51' Ideye 44', 90+1' Husyev 88'	Summary	Starhorodskyi 67' Matoukou  87'	Attendance: 20,815

Arsenal v Zorya Luhansk

2 December 2012 Match 18	Arsenal	0–1	Zorya Luhansk	Valeriy Lobanovskyi
17:30	Matoukou  56' Polyovyi  76' Shakhov  87' Kovpak  88'	Summary	Chaykovskyi  19' Ignjatijević  30' Hrytsay  53', 73'	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Victor Shvetsov

Dnipro v Arsenal

2 March 2013 Match 19	Dnipro	3–0	Arsenal	Dnipro Arena
17:30	Zozulya 19' Matheus 50' (pen.) Douglas  65' Rotan  66' Fedetskiy 68'	Summary	Kyrylo Sydorenko  54'	Attendance: 12,801 Referee: Oleksandr Ivanov

Arsenal v Metalist Kharkiv

10 March 2013 Match 20	Arsenal	1–2	Metalist Kharkiv	Valeriy Lobanovskyi
19:30	Martynyuk 7' Kyrylo Sydorenko  41' Odibe  65' Ihor Brovko  83' Bohdanov  87'	Summary	Sosa 2' Jajá 12' Cleiton Xavier  80'	Attendance: 2,520 Referee: Andriy Kuzmin

Illichivets Mariupol v Arsenal

17 March 2013 Match 21	Illichivets Mariupol	2–1	Arsenal	Illichivets Stadium
13:30	Okriashvili 62' (pen.), 78' Fomin  89' Ischenko  90+2'	Summary	Odibe  30' Romanchuk  58' Sarnavskyi  58' Arzhanov 73' Obradović  89' Santos  89' Reva  90'	Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Vitaliy Romanov

Arsenal v Tavriya Simferopol

30 March 2013 Match 22	Arsenal	1–1	Tavriya Simferopol	Valeriy Lobanovskyi
17:30	Martynyuk  65' Bohdanov 82' (pen.)	Summary	Gadzhiyev  76', 90+2' Humenyuk  85'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Yuri Mozharovskiy

Metalurh Zaporizhya v Arsenal Kyiv

6 April 2013 23	Metalurh Zaporizhya	0–0	Arsenal Kyiv	Slavutych-Arena
16:00	Nesterov  27' Sakhnevych  40' Mohammed Otman  70'	Summary	Odibe  68' Martynyuk  75' Obradović  83'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Oleksandr Golovkov

Arsenal Kyiv v Metalurh Donetsk

14 April 2013 24	Arsenal Kyiv	0–2	Metalurh Donetsk	Valeriy Lobanovskyi
19:30		Summary	Traoré 37', 51' Makrides  79'	Attendance: 1,850 Referee: Kostyantin Trukhanov

Arsenal Kyiv v Karpaty Lviv

22 April 2013 25	Arsenal Kyiv	4–1	Karpaty Lviv	Valeriy Lobanovskyi
18:00	Arzhanov 7' (pen.),  44' Adiyiah 11',  54' Bohdanov 42' Romanchuk 78'	Summary	Ozarkiv  7' Khudobyak  30' Harashchenkov  45+2' Štilić  59' Kenia 77',  89'	Attendance: 3,306 Referee: Anatoliy Abdula

Hoverla Uzhhorod v Arsenal Kyiv

27 April 2013 26	Hoverla Uzhhorod	1–3	Arsenal Kyiv	Avanhard Stadium
13:30	Petrov 55' Dopilka  56'	Summary	Homenyuk 8',  58' Sharpar 40' Tkachuk 44'	Attendance: 3,150 Referee: Yury Vaks

Arsenal Kyiv v Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih

4 May 2013 27	Arsenal Kyiv	1–1	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Valeriy Lobanovskyi
17:30	Adiyiah  70' Herasymyuk 75'	Summary	Samodin 11' Lyopa  70' Antonov  71'	Attendance: 1,970 Referee: Kostyantin Trukhanov

Volyn Lutsk v Arsenal Kyiv

11 May 2013 28	Volyn Lutsk	1–3	Arsenal Kyiv	Avanhard Stadium
17:30	Maslo  33' Šikov  60' Subotić 78'	Summary	Sharpar 20',  90' Arzhanov 21', 61' Bohdanov  25' Herasymyuk  28' Homenyuk  78'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Oleksandr Ivanov

Arsenal Kyiv v Vorskla Poltava

18 May 2013 29	Arsenal Kyiv	2–1	Vorskla Poltava	Valeriy Lobanovskyi
18:30	Bohdanov 38' Arzhanov 62' Herasymyuk  89'	Summary	Perduta  34' Kryvosheyenko  47' Kurylov  74' Hromov 78'	Attendance: 1,899 Referee: Yuriy Moseychuk

Chornomorets Odesa v Arsenal Kyiv

26 May 2013 30	Chornomorets Odesa	0–0	Arsenal Kyiv	Chornomorets Stadium
18:00	Matos  20' Bakaj  70'	Summary	Herasymyuk  8' Martynyuk  14' Obradović  67' Arzhanov  68' Valyayev  85'	Attendance: 14,792 Referee: Oleksandr Bilokur

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Chornomorets Odesa	30	12	7	11	32	36	−4	43	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
7	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (D)	30	12	7	11	36	41	−5	43	Club expelled after season[lower-alpha 1]
8	Arsenal Kyiv	30	10	9	11	34	41	−7	39
9	Illichivets Mariupol	30	10	8	12	30	32	−2	38
10	Zorya Luhansk	30	10	7	13	32	43	−11	37

Source: uafootball.net.ua
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored; 7th fair play; 8th draw (Regulation, p.52-53).
(D) Disqualified
Notes:

1. ↑ Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih were denied a license for the 2013–14 season due to financial problems and were expelled.^[3]

2012-13 Ukrainian Cup Results

Main article: 2012–13 Ukrainian Cup

Stal Alchevsk v Arsenal

22 September 2012 Round of 32	Stal Alchevsk	2–3 (aet)	Arsenal	Alchevsk
16:30	Stepanyuk 40' Hrytsay 116'	Summary	Homenyuk 68', 100' Shakhov  57'  109' Kobakhidze 111'	Stadium: Stal Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Andriy Yablonskyi (Ternopil)

Avanhard Kramatorsk v Arsenal

31 October 2012 Round of 16	Avanhard Kramatorsk	0–1	Arsenal	Kramatorsk
12:00		Summary	Kobakhidze 85'	Stadium: Avanhard Stadium Attendance: 4,100

Arsenal v Chornomorets Odesa

17 April 2013 Quarter-finals	Arsenal	1–2	Chornomorets Odesa	Kyiv
20:00	Tkachuk 45+1' Kyrylo Sydorenko  58'	Summary	Burdujan 6' Kutas  45+1' Matos  66' Fontanello 77' Anderson Santana  90+2'	Stadium: Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Yuri Mozharovskiy

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2012–13 UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

Main article: 2012–13 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Arsenal Kyiv v Mura 05

2 August 2012 3QR 1st Leg	Arsenal Kyiv	3–0 1	Mura 05	Kyiv
20:00	Mazilu 6' Kovpak 61' Matoukou 83'	Report		Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Antti Munukka

Mura 05 v Arsenal Kyiv

9 August 2012 3QR 2nd Leg	Mura 05	0–2 (3–2 agg.)	Arsenal Kyiv	Maribor
22:00		Report	Kobakhidze 2' Symonenko  31' Homenyuk 61' Shakhov  71'  90+4'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Oliver Drachta

Notes

• Note 1: UEFA awarded Mura 05 a 3–0 win due to Arsenal Kyiv fielding suspended player Éric Matoukou in the first leg. The original match had ended in a 3–0 win for Arsenal Kyiv.^[4]

Squad statistics

Goal scorers

As of 7 October 2012

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Ukrainian Cup	Europa League	Total
1	FW		22	Volodymyr Homenyuk	3	2	1	6
2	FW		9	Oleksandr Kovpak	3	0	1	4
	FW		16	Maksim Shatskikh	4	0	0	4
4	MF		19	Alexander Kobakhidze	1	1	1	3
5	FW		20	Dominic Adiyiah	2	0	0	2
6	DF		14	Éric Matoukou	0	0	1	1
	FW		7	Ionuț Mazilu	0	0	1	1
	MF		13	Saulius Mikoliūnas	1	0	0	1
				TOTALS	14	3	5	22

Appearances and goals

As of 7 October 2012

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Ukrainian Cup		Europe League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
4	DF	UKR	Serhiy Symonenko	13	0	10+1	0	0+1	0	1	0
6	DF	BRA	Rafael Santos	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	ROU	Ionuț Mazilu	6	1	1+3	0	0	0	2	1
8	MF	UKR	Oleksandr Maksymov	5	0	2+1	0	0	0	2	0
9	FW	UKR	Oleksandr Kovpak	10	4	7+1	3	0	0	0+2	1
10	MF	ROU	George Florescu	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	UKR	Artem Starhorodskyi	12	0	7+3	0	1	0	0+1	0
12	GK	UKR	Yevhen Borovyk	7	0	5	0	1	0	1	0
13	MF	LTU	Saulius Mikoliūnas	11	1	4+4	1	1	0	1+1	0
14	DF	CMR	Éric Matoukou	9	1	8	0	0	0	1	1
15	DF	MNE	Janko Simović	2	0	0	0	1	0	0+1	0
16	FW	UZB	Maksim Shatskikh	14	4	9+2	4	1	0	2	0
17	DF	UKR	Andriy Hitchenko	6	0	2+1	0	1	0	2	0
19	MF	GEO	Alexander Kobakhidze	13	3	5+5	1	0+1	1	2	1
20	FW	GHA	Dominic Adiyiah	12	2	7+2	2	1	0	2	0
22	FW	UKR	Volodymyr Homenyuk	12	6	9+1	3	1	2	0+1	1
28	DF	UKR	Volodymyr Polyovyi	13	0	10	0	1	0	2	0
31	MF	BRA	Leandro	12	0	9+1	0	1	0	1	0
33	DF	UKR	Andriy Khomyn	3	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
52	MF	UKR	Yevhen Shakhov	11	0	7+1	0	1	0	2	0
77	GK	UKR	Yuriy Pankiv	7	0	6	0	0	0	1	0
78	MF	UKR	Serhiy Valyayev	5	0	3+2	0	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Arsenal who left the club during the season:
27	MF	UKR	Volodymyr Arzhanov	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Ukrainian Cup		Europa League		Total
4		DF	Serhiy Symonenko	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	1
6		DF	Rafael Santos	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10		MF	George Florescu	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
11		MF	Artem Starhorodskyi	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
12		GK	Yevhen Borovyk	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13		MF	Saulius Mikoliūnas	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
14		DF	Éric Matoukou	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
16		FW	Maksim Shatskikh	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
19		MF	Alexander Kobakhidze	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
20		FW	Dominic Adiyiah	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22		FW	Volodymyr Homenyuk	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
28		DF	Volodymyr Polyovyi	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
52		MF	Yevhen Shakhov	3	1	0	1	0	1	3	3
77		GK	Yuriy Pankiv	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	27	3	2	1	3	2	32	6

References