title: 2020–21 FC Olimpik Donetsk season
text: # 2020–21 FC Olimpik Donetsk season
  
  The 2020–21 season was the seventh consecutive season in the top Ukrainian football league for Olimpik Donetsk. Olimpik competed in Premier League and Ukrainian Cup.
  
  ## Players
  
  ### Squad information
  
      As of 30 June 2021
  
  | Squad no. | Name | Position | Date of birth (age) |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Goalkeepers |||||
  | 1 | Artem Kychak | GK | (1989-05-16)16 May 1989 (aged 32) |
  | 12 | Betim Halimi | GK | (1996-02-28)28 February 1996 (aged 25) |
  | 35 | Andrii Chekotun $^{ListB}$ | GK | (2002-09-02)2 September 2002 (aged 18) |
  | Defenders |||||
  | 2 | Bohdan Veklyak | DF | (1999-08-31)31 August 1999 (aged 21) |
  | 6 | Issiar Dramé | DF | (1999-02-16)16 February 1999 (aged 22) |
  | 13 | Ivan Zotko | DF | (1996-07-09)9 July 1996 (aged 24) |
  | 74 | Ihor Snurnitsyn $^{ListB}$ | DF | (2000-03-07)7 March 2000 (aged 21) |
  | 54 | Orest Lebedenko (on loan from CD Lugo) | DF | (1998-09-23)23 September 1998 (aged 22) |
  | Midfielders |||||
  | 4 | Yevhen Tsymbalyuk | MF | (1996-06-19)19 June 1996 (aged 25) |
  | 7 | Temur Chogadze | MF | (1998-05-05)5 May 1998 (aged 23) |
  | 9 | Taras Zaviyskyi | MF | (1995-04-12)12 April 1995 (aged 26) |
  | 11 | Vladyslav Khamelyuk | MF | (1998-05-04)4 May 1998 (aged 23) |
  | 14 | Daniel Romanovskij | MF | (1996-06-19)19 June 1996 (aged 25) |
  | 18 | Fabricio Alvarenga | MF | (1996-01-17)17 January 1996 (aged 25) |
  | 19 | Maxime Do Couto | MF | (1996-12-13)13 December 1996 (aged 24) |
  | 20 | Ruslan Babenko | MF | (1992-07-08)8 July 1992 (aged 28) |
  | 22 | Olabiran Muyiwa (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) | MF | (1998-09-07)7 September 1998 (aged 22) |
  | 30 | Talles | MF | (1998-05-12)12 May 1998 (aged 23) |
  | 42 | Yevhen Pasich | MF | (1993-07-13)13 July 1993 (aged 27) |
  | 55 | Geo Danny Ekra $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1999-01-10)10 January 1999 (aged 22) |
  | 89 | Serhiy Politylo | MF | (1989-01-29)29 January 1989 (aged 32) |
  | Forwards |||||
  | 17 | Taddeus Nkeng | FW | (2000-02-26)26 February 2000 (aged 21) |
  | 33 | Ibrahim Kargbo Jr. (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) | FW | (2000-01-03)3 January 2000 (aged 21) |
  
  ## Transfers
  
  ### In
  
  | Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Type | Fee |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Summer ||||||||
  | 1 August 2020 | FW | Kirill Kirilenko | 22 | Karpaty Lviv | Transfer | Free |
  | 17 August 2020 | FW | Yevhen Neplyakh | 28 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
  | 29 August 2020 | MF | Fabricio Alvarenga | 24 | Vélez Sarsfield | Transfer | Undisclosed |
  | 2 September 2020 | MF | Ruslan Babenko | 28 | Raków Częstochowa | Transfer | Undisclosed |
  | 10 September 2020 | DF | Rizvan Ablitarov | 31 | Kaisar | Transfer | Undisclosed |
  | 31 July 2020 | MF | Arziman Rizvanov | 20 | Avanhard Kramatorsk | Loan return | |
  | 29 August 2020 | MF | Olabiran Muyiwa | 21 | Dynamo Kyiv | Loan | |
  | 29 August 2020 | FW | Ibrahim Kargbo Jr. | 20 | Dynamo Kyiv | Loan | |
  | Summer ||||||||
  | 11 January 2021 | DF | Bohdan Veklyak | 21 | Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavnii | Transfer | Free |
  | 11 January 2021 | MF | Vladyslav Khamelyuk | 22 | Chornomorets Odesa | Transfer | Undisclosed |
  | 23 January 2021 | FW | Taddeus Nkeng | 20 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
  | 5 February 2021 | MF | Talles | 22 | Vila Nova | Transfer | Undisclosed |
  | 31 March 2021 | MF | Geo Danny Ekra | 22 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
  | 31 December 2020 | FW | Geoffrey Chinedu | 24 | Narva Trans | Loan return | |
  
  ### Out
  
  | Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Type | Fee |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Summer ||||||||
  | 4 August 2020 | MF | Vitaliy Balashov | 29 | FC Tambov | Transfer | Free |
  | 12 August 2020 | FW | Maksym Dehtyarov | 27 | Desna Chernihiv | Transfer | Free |
  | 26 August 2020 | DF | Dmytro Lytvyn | 23 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
  | 27 August 2020 | MF | Vitaliy Hoshkoderya | 32 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Transfer | Undisclosed |
  | 28 August 2020 | MF | Demir Imeri | 24 | Vllaznia Shkodër | Transfer | Undisclosed |
  | 3 September 2020 | GK | Volodymyr Krynskyi | 23 | Inhulets Petrove | Transfer | Free |
  | 3 September 2020 | FW | Matar Dieye | 22 | HNK Gorica | Transfer | Free |
  | 14 September 2020 | FW | Denys Balanyuk | 23 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
  | 25 September 2020 | MF | Nazar Verbnyi | 23 | Karpaty Halych | Transfer | Free |
  | 7 October 2020 | DF | Yevhen Neplyakh | 28 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
  | 27 October 2020 | DF | Pavlo Lukyanchuk | 24 | Obolon Kyiv | Transfer | Free |
  | 31 July 2020 | FW | Mykyta Kravchenko | 23 | Dynamo Kyiv | Loan return | |
  | Summer ||||||||
  | 31 December 2020 | DF | Rizvan Ablitarov | 31 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
  | 31 December 2020 | DF | Dmytro Hryshko | 35 | Retired | Transfer | Free |
  | 31 December 2020 | MF | Andriy Kravchuk | 21 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
  | 8 February 2021 | MF | Pavlo Ksyonz | 34 | VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka | Transfer | Free |
  | 8 February 2021 | FW | Shahab Zahedi | 25 | Zorya Luhansk | Transfer | EUR 300th |
  | 14 February 2021 | MF | Kirill Kirilenko | 21 | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | Transfer | Free |
  | 24 February 2021 | FW | Geoffrey Chinedu | 24 | FC Lahti | Loan | |
  
  ## Competitions
  
  ### Overall
  
  | Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
  | Premier League | 21 August 2020 | 9 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 13th | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 28 | 48 | −20 | 023.08 |
  | Cup | 13 November 2020 | 13 November 2020 | Round of 32 (1/16) | Round of 32 (1/16) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
  | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 27 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 28 | 49 | −21 | 022.22 |
  
  Last updated: 9 May 2021 Source: Competitions
  
  ### Premier League
  
  **League table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 10 | Rukh Lviv | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 39 | −12 | 28 | |
  | 11 | FC Mariupol | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 41 | −14 | 26 | |
  | 12 | Inhulets Petrove | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 24 | 39 | −15 | 26 | |
  | 13 | Olimpik Donetsk (R) | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 28 | 48 | −20 | 22 | Relegation to the Ukrainian First League |
  | 14 | FC Mynai | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 47 | −31 | 18 | Readmitted |
  
  * 1 2 Head-to-head points: Mariupol 4, Inhulets 1
  
  **Results summary**
  
  | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  Last updated: 9 May 2021. Source: Competitive matches
  
  **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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
  | Result | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | D |
  | Position | 14 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
  
  ## Statistics
  
  ### Appearances and goals
  
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Cup | Cup |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
  | Goalkeepers ||||||||||
  | 1 | GK | UKR | Artem Kychak | 17 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 12 | GK | KOS | Betim Halimi | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 35 | GK | UKR | Andrii Chekotun | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Defenders ||||||||||
  | 2 | DF | UKR | Bohdan Veklyak | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 6 | DF | FRA | Issiar Dramé | 18 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 13 | DF | UKR | Ivan Zotko | 15 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 54 | DF | UKR | Orest Lebedenko | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 74 | DF | UKR | Ihor Snurnitsyn | 18 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Midfielders ||||||||||
  | 4 | MF | UKR | Yevhen Tsymbalyuk | 9 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 7 | MF | GEO | Temur Chogadze | 15 | 0 | 4+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 9 | MF | UKR | Taras Zaviyskyi | 18 | 0 | 11+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 11 | MF | UKR | Vladyslav Khamelyuk | 4 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 14 | MF | LTU | Daniel Romanovskij | 13 | 1 | 5+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 18 | MF | ARG | Fabricio Alvarenga | 15 | 1 | 9+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 19 | MF | FRA | Maxime Do Couto | 22 | 3 | 17+5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
  | 20 | MF | UKR | Ruslan Babenko | 23 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
  | 22 | MF | NGA | Benito | 19 | 3 | 14+4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
  | 30 | MF | BRA | Talles | 13 | 0 | 8+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 42 | MF | UKR | Yevhen Pasich | 24 | 0 | 22+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 55 | MF | CIV | Geo Danny Ekra | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 89 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Politylo | 26 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | Forwards ||||||||||
  | 17 | FW | CMR | Taddeus Nkeng | 10 | 2 | 8+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | 33 | FW | BEL | Ibrahim Kargbo Jr. | 21 | 3 | 8+12 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
  | Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
  | 4 | DF | UKR | Dmytro Hryshko | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 5 | DF | UKR | Rizvan Ablitarov | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 8 | FW | IRN | Shahab Zahedi | 12 | 8 | 10+1 | 8 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 11 | MF | UKR | Pavlo Ksyonz | 8 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 16 | DF | UKR | Pavlo Lukyanchuk | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 17 | FW | UKR | Denys Balanyuk | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 21 | MF | UKR | Andriy Kravchuk | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 28 | DF | UKR | Yevhen Neplyakh | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 77 | MF | BLR | Kirill Kirilenko | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  
  Source: Competitions
  
  Last updated: 9 May 2021
  
  ### Goalscorers
  
  | Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Premier League | Cup | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 8 | FW | Shahab Zahedi | 8 | 0 | 8 |
  | 2 | 19 | MF | Maxime Do Couto | 3 | 0 | 3 |
  | 2 | 22 | MF | Benito | 3 | 0 | 3 |
  | 2 | 33 | FW | Ibrahim Kargbo Jr. | 3 | 0 | 3 |
  | 2 | 89 | MF | Serhiy Politylo | 3 | 0 | 3 |
  | 6 | 17 | FW | Taddeus Nkeng | 2 | 0 | 2 |
  | 7 | 11 | MF | Vladyslav Khamelyuk | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 7 | 13 | DF | Ivan Zotko | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 7 | 14 | MF | Daniel Romanovskij | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 7 | 18 | MF | Fabricio Alvarenga | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 7 | 20 | MF | Ruslan Babenko | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | | | | Total | 28 | 0 | 28 |
  
  Last updated: 9 May 2021
  
  ### Clean sheets
  
  | Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Premier League | Cup | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | GK | | Artem Kychak | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | | | | | Total | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  
  Last updated: 9 May 2021
  
  ### Disciplinary record
  
  | No. | Pos | Player | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | Cup | Cup | Cup | Total | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | GK | Artem Kychak | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
  | 2 | DF | Bohdan Veklyak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 4 | MF | Yevhen Tsymbalyuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 6 | DF | Issiar Dramé | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
  | 7 | MF | Temur Chogadze | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 8 | FW | Shahab Zahedi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | 9 | MF | Taras Zaviyskyi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 11 | MF | Vladyslav Khamelyuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 13 | DF | Ivan Zotko | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
  | 14 | MF | Daniel Romanovskij | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | 17 | FW | Taddeus Nkeng | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
  | 18 | MF | Fabricio Alvarenga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
  | 19 | MF | Maxime Do Couto | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
  | 20 | MF | Ruslan Babenko | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
  | 21 | MF | Andriy Kravchuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 22 | MF | Benito | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
  | 30 | MF | Talles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 33 | FW | Ibrahim Kargbo Jr. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
  | 42 | MF | Yevhen Pasich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 54 | DF | Orest Lebedenko | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 55 | MF | Geo Danny Ekra | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
  | 74 | DF | Ihor Snurnitsyn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
  | 89 | MF | Serhiy Politylo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
  | | | Total | 59 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 3 | 1 |
  
  Last updated: 9 May 2021
  
  ### Attendances
  
  | | Matches | Attendances | Average | High | Low |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Premier League | 13 | 1,000 | 76 | 1,000 | 0 |
  | Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Total | 13 | 1,000 | 76 | 1,000 | 0 |
  
  Last updated: 9 May 2021
  
  