2024–25 FC Polissya Zhytomyr season

Polissya Zhytomyr
2024–25 season
ChairmanHennadiy Butkevych
Head coachImad Ashur
(until 12 May 2025)
Oleksandr Maksymov
(caretaker, from 12 May 2025)
StadiumTsentralnyi Stadion
Ukrainian Premier League4th
Ukrainian CupSemi-finals
UEFA Conference LeagueSecond qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Oleksiy Hutsulyak (11)
All:
Oleksiy Hutsulyak (12)

The 2024–25 season was FC Polissya Zhytomyr's 57th season in existence and the club's 2nd consecutive season in the top flight of Ukrainian football. In addition to the domestic league, Polissya Zhytomyr participated in that season's editions of the Ukrainian Cup and the UEFA Conference League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025.

Players

First team squad

Squad at the end of season[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  UKR Oleh Kudryk
2 DF  ALB Andi Hadroj
4 DF  CRO Matej Matić
5 DF  UKR Eduard Sarapiy
7 FW  UKR Oleksandr Nazarenko
8 MF  UKR Ruslan Babenko
9 FW  URU Facundo Batista
10 MF  ISR Tomer Yosefi
11 MF  UKR Oleksiy Hutsulyak
13 DF  BRA Lucas Taylor
14 MF  ISR Ofek Biton
15 DF  UKR Bohdan Mykhaylichenko
18 MF  UKR Oleksandr Andriyevskyi
19 MF  CGO Borel Tomandzoto
23 GK  UKR Yevhen Volynets
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 FW  BIH Admir Bristrić (on loan from Olimpija Ljubljana)
30 MF  UKR Bohdan Lyednyev
31 DF  GEO Giorgi Maisuradze
34 DF  BRA João Vialle
37 MF  BRA Talles Costa
40 FW  POR André Gonçalves
44 DF  UKR Serhiy Chobotenko (captain)
55 DF  UKR Borys Krushynskyi
58 MF  UKR Serhiy Korniychuk
60 MF  UKR Maksym Melnychenko
70 FW  CGO Jerry Yoka
73 DF  UKR Danylo Beskorovaynyi
90 FW  BRA Cauã Paixão (on loan from Vasco da Gama)
99 GK  UKR Viktor Ulihanets

Left during the season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
9 FW  VEN Luifer Hernández (loan to Vinotinto)
10 FW  CGO Béni Makouana (loan to LNZ Cherkasy)
16 FW  MKD Dimitar Trajkov (loan to Dugopolje)
19 FW  UKR Dmytro Shastal (to Livyi Bereh Kyiv)
29 DF  UKR Artem Smolyakov (to Los Angeles FC)
No. Pos. Nation Player
33 GK  UKR Artem Pospyelov (released)
77 MF  UKR Bohdan Kushnirenko (to LNZ Cherkasy)
80 FW  BRA Wendell (loan to Veres Rivne)
95 MF  AZE Emil Mustafayev (loan to Chornomorets Odesa)

Transfers

Friendlies

3 July 2024 Friendly Polissya Zhytomyr 2–1 Nyva Buzova
17:30
6 July 2024 Friendly Polissya Zhytomyr 1–0 LNZ Cherkasy Berezyna, Zhytomyr Raion
16:00 Stadium: Polissya Zhytomyr Training Base
10 July 2024 Friendly Veres Rivne 1–4 Polissya Zhytomyr
16:00
Note: 4 x 30 minutes
17 July 2024 Friendly Polissya Zhytomyr 2–2 Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi
16:30
12 October 2024 Friendly Polissya Zhytomyr 0–0 Veres Rivne Berezyna, Zhytomyr Raion
12:30 Report Stadium: Polissya Zhytomyr Training Base

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Ukrainian Premier League 11 August 2024 25 May 2025 Matchday 1 4th 30 12 12 6 38 28 +10 040.00
Ukrainian Cup 30 October 2024 23 April 2025 Round of 16 Semi-finals 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 066.67
UEFA Conference League 25 July 2024 1 August 2024 Second qualifying round Second qualifying round 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 000.00
Total 35 14 12 9 42 34 +8 040.00

Source: Soccerway

Ukrainian Premier League

Main article: 2024–25 Ukrainian Premier League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Oleksandriya 30 20 7 3 46 22 +24 67 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
3 Shakhtar Donetsk 30 18 8 4 69 26 +43 62 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]
4 Polissya Zhytomyr 30 12 12 6 38 28 +10 48 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 30 13 8 9 34 26 +8 47
6 Karpaty Lviv 30 13 7 10 42 36 +6 46
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).[2]
Notes:
  1. ^ Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2024–25 Ukrainian Cup; the second Conference League spot was passed to the fourth-placed team.

Teams that placed 13th and 14th in the 2024–25 Ukrainian Premier League played two-leg play-off with the third and fourth teams of the 2024–25 Ukrainian First League. As a result, both the Ukrainian First League teams (Metalist 1925 and Kudrivka) received promotion after beating the Ukrainian Premier League teams (Vorskla and Livyi Bereh), which in turn were relegated. Due to the Russian 2025 summer escalation and the Russian ballistic missile attack warnings, on 1 June 2025, both matches were suspended but later renewed.[3][4]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kudrivka 2–2 (4–3 p) Vorskla Poltava 1–2 1–0
Livyi Bereh Kyiv 0–2 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 0–1 0–1

First Semi-final

29 May 2025 Kudrivka 1–2Vorskla PoltavaKyiv
15:30
  • Kozak 83'
 Report
Stadium: Obolon Arena
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Dmytro Panchyshyn (Kharkiv)
1 June 2025 Vorskla Poltava0–1
(3–4 p)		 Kudrivka Poltava
13:00 Report Lytovchenko 9' Stadium: Vorskla
Attendance: 2,204
Referee: Mykola Balakin (Kyiv oblast)
Penalties

2–2 on aggregate; Kudrivka won 4–3 on penalties and promotion to Premier League. While, Vorskla lost 3–4 on penalties and relegation to First League

Second Semi-final

29 May 2025 Livyi Bereh Kyiv0–1 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Hnidyn, Kyiv Oblast
18:00 Report
Stadium: Arena Livyi Bereh
Attendance: 1,167
Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi (Kropyvnytskyi)
1 June 2025 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 1–0Livyi Bereh KyivHnidyn, Kyiv Oblast
15:30
Report Stadium: Arena Livyi Bereh
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Vitaliy Romanov (Dnipro)

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv won 2–0 on aggregate and promotion to Premier League. While, Livyi Bereh Kyiv lost 0–2 on aggregate and relegation to First 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 12 12 6 38 28  +10 48 5 8 2 19 12  +7 7 4 4 19 16  +3

Last updated: 28 February 2025.
Source: soccerway

Matches

The match schedule was released on 28 June 2024.[5]

11 August 2024 2 Shakhtar Donetsk 0–1 Polissya Zhytomyr Kyiv
18:00 EET Kevin  90+12' Report Chobotenko 35'
Hutsulyak  65'
Mykhaylichenko  72'
Volynets  90+12'		 Stadium: Arena Livyi Bereh
Attendance: 1,185
Referee: Oleksandr Shandor
17 August 2024 3 Polissya Zhytomyr 1–1 Inhulets Petrove Zhytomyr
15:30 EET Nazarenko 45+2'
João Vialle  74'		 Report Lisnyak  39'
Vilivald 41'		 Stadium: Tsentralnyi Stadion
Attendance: 1,276
Referee: Oleksandr Kalyonov
25 August 2024 4 Polissya Zhytomyr 4–0 Obolon Kyiv Zhytomyr
13:00 EET Nazarenko 19', 39', 49'
Hutsulyak 23'
Chobotenko  45+1'		 Report Bliznichenko  45+4'
Hrysyo  54'
Vitenchuk  82'		 Stadium: Tsentralnyi Stadion
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Andriy Kovalenko
31 August 2024 5 Chornomorets Odesa 1–4 Polissya Zhytomyr Odesa
18:00 EET Butko 45+4'
Kysil  79'		 Report Nazarenko 3' (pen.)
Hutsulyak  4' 35'
Paixão 8'  90'
Talles Costa 35'
Makouana  81'
Lyednyev 90+5'		 Stadium: Chornomorets Stadium
Referee: Oleksandr Afanasyev
15 September 2024 6 Polissya Zhytomyr 2–1 Veres Rivne Zhytomyr
18:00 EET Hutsulyak 50'
Nazarenko 58' (pen.)
Babenko  90+1'
Lyednyev  90+4'		 Report Hayduchyk 6'
Vovchenko  63'		 Stadium: Tsentralnyi Stadion
Attendance: 1,450
Referee: Oleksandr Afanasyev
22 September 2024 7 Polissya Zhytomyr 1–1 LNZ Cherkasy Zhytomyr
18:00 EET Krushynskyi  21'
João Vialle  71'
Hutsulyak 88'		 Report Pasich  26'
Putrya  29'
Topalov 34'
Muravskyi  77'
Bessala  83'		 Stadium: Tsentralnyi Stadion
Attendance: 1,471
Referee: Dmytro Panchyshyn
28 September 2024 8 Karpaty Lviv 1–3 Polissya Zhytomyr Lviv
18:00 EET Miroshnichenko 19' Report Krushynskyi 18'  25'
Hutsulyak 45+1'
Nazarenko 70'		 Stadium: Ukraina Stadium
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Denys Reznikov
6 October 2024 9 Polissya Zhytomyr 2–1 Vorskla Poltava Zhytomyr
13:00 EET Hernández 32'
Talles Costa  58'
Smolyakov 71'		 Report Kane 40'
Izotov  82'		 Stadium: Tsentralnyi Stadion
Attendance: 1,450
Referee: Vitaliy Romanov
19 October 2024 10 Polissya Zhytomyr 0–0 Livyi Bereh Kyiv Zhytomyr
18:00 EET Krushynskyi  64'
Talles Costa  67'
Sarapiy  70'		 Report Spivakov  4'
Shapoval  54'		 Stadium: Tsentralnyi Stadion
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Oleksandr Kalyonov
25 October 2024 11 Polissya Zhytomyr 1–1 Kolos Kovalivka Zhytomyr
18:00 EET Talles Costa  2'
Mykhaylichenko  40'
João Vialle  43'
Hutsulyak 54'		 Report Veleten 19'
Kryvoruchko  20'
Popravka  62'
Tsurikov  85'		 Stadium: Tsentralnyi Stadion
Attendance: 980
Referee: Andriy Kovalenko
3 November 2024 12 Oleksandriya 1–0 Polissya Zhytomyr Oleksandriia
15:30 EET Kovalets  69'
Smyrnyi 83'
Martynyuk  85'		 Report Nazarenko  25'
Smolyakov  59'
Babenko  74'
Sarapiy  90+1'		 Stadium: CSC Nika Stadium
Attendance: 1,180
Referee: Oleksandr Shandor
10 November 2024 13 Dynamo Kyiv 2–1 Polissya Zhytomyr Kyiv
18:00 EET Vanat 22'
Yarmolenko 27' (pen.)
Popov  66'		 Report Mykhaylichenko  39'  45'
Smolyakov  45'
Lucas Taylor  82'
Hutsulyak 87'
Babenko  90'
Talles Costa  90+3'		 Stadium: Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: 3,443
Referee: Vitaliy Romanov
25 November 2024 14 Polissya Zhytomyr 1–1 Zorya Luhansk Zhytomyr
18:00 EET Lucas Taylor  69'
Sarapiy 85'
Babenko  87'
Bristrić  90+5'		 Report Jordan  27'
Vantukh  30'  71'
Budkivskyi 65'
Eskinja  71'		 Stadium: Tsentralnyi Stadion
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Oleksiy Derevinskyi
30 November 2024 15 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 3–1 Polissya Zhytomyr Kryvyi Rih
15:30 EET Tverdokhlib 11', 72', 86'
Bandeira  84'
Drambayev  90+1'		 Report Makouana  49'
Matić  51'
Hutsulyak 63'
Smolyakov  84'		 Stadium: Hirnyk Stadium
Attendance: 565
Referee: Oleksandr Afanasyev
4 December 2024 1 Rukh Lviv 1–1 Polissya Zhytomyr Lviv
18:00 EET Klymchuk  32'
Karabin 49'		 Report Krushynskyi  73'
Babenko  76'
Hutsulyak 82'
Matić  86'		 Stadium: Arena Lviv
Attendance: 580
Referee: Mykola Balakin
9 December 2024 16 Polissya Zhytomyr 0–1 Rukh Lviv Zhytomyr
18:00 EET Wendell
Volynets  64'  82'
Nazarenko  69'
Kushnirenko  90+6'		 Report Krasnopir 30'  33'
Kholod  63'
Klymchuk  79'
Didyk  90+6'		 Stadium: Tsentralnyi Stadion
Attendance: 400
Referee: Ihor Paskhal
15 December 2024 17 Polissya Zhytomyr 1–0 Shakhtar Donetsk Zhytomyr
18:00 EET (UTC+2) Matić  13'
Lucas Taylor  48'
Sarapiy  61'
Mykhaylichenko 90+1'
Bristrić  90+5'		 Report Kryskiv  62'
Sikan  90+3'		 Stadium: Tsentralnyi Stadion
Attendance: 2,100
Referee: Vitaliy Romanov
22 February 2025 18 Inhulets Petrove 0–1 Polissya Zhytomyr Zhytomyr
15:30 EET Benedyuk  68' Report Maisuradze  17'
Sarapiy  58'
Batista 63'		 Stadium: Tsentralnyi Stadion
Attendance: 700
Referee: Klym Zabroda
28 February 2025 19 Obolon Kyiv 0–0 Polissya Zhytomyr Kyiv
13:00 EET Ilyin  90' Report Maisuradze  4'
Lucas Taylor  80'
Batista  90'		 Stadium: Obolon Arena
Attendance: 670
Referee: Roman Blavatskyi
6 March 2025 20 Polissya Zhytomyr 3–1 Chornomorets Odesa Zhytomyr
13:00 EET (UTC+2) Batista 5'
Babenko  36'
Andriyevskyi 43'
Hutsulyak 78'		 Report Yanakov 57' (pen.)
Šporn  64'		 Stadium: Tsentralnyi Stadion
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Denys Shurman
11 March 2025 21 Veres Rivne 5–1 Polissya Zhytomyr Rivne
15:30 EET Stepanyuk 13', 45'
Honcharenko  50'
Dakhnovskyi 56'
Hayduchyk 65'
Shevchenko 88'		 Report Batista 33'
Yosefi  86'		 Stadium: Avanhard Stadium
Attendance: 1,220
Referee: Dmytro Panchyshyn
28 March 2025 22 LNZ Cherkasy 0–1 Polissya Zhytomyr Cherkasy
15:30 EET Putrya  35'
Jashari  76'		 Report Chobotenko  33'
Sarapiy  49'
Krushynskyi 54'
Biton  68'
Babenko  70'
Bristrić  90+1'		 Stadium: Cherkasy Arena
Attendance: 860
Referee: Mykola Balakin
7 April 2025 23 Polissya Zhytomyr 1–1 Karpaty Lviv Zhytomyr
18:00 EET (UTC+2) Sarapiy  26'
Batista  74'
Hutsulyak 88' (pen.)		 Report Stetskov  56'
Baboglo  58'
Chachua 59'
Miroshnichenko  85'		 Stadium: Tsentralnyi Stadion
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi
13 April 2025 24 Vorskla Poltava 0–2 Polissya Zhytomyr Poltava
13:00 EET Avdyli  39'
Krupskyi  78'
Salabay  88'		 Report Krushynskyi 16'
Matić  42'
Mykhaylichenko  53'
Nazarenko  54'
Sarapiy  71'
Gonçalves  78'
Yosefi 90'		 Stadium: Oleksiy Butovsky Vorskla Stadium
Attendance: 2,739
Referee: Vitaliy Romanov
19 April 2025 25 Livyi Bereh Kyiv 1–1 Polissya Zhytomyr Kyiv Oblast
15:30 EET Semenov 22' Report Krushynskyi 59' Stadium: Arena Livyi Bereh
Attendance: 944
Referee: Serhiy Zadyran
27 April 2025 26 Kolos Kovalivka 1–1 Polissya Zhytomyr Kovalivka
15:30 EET Veleten 57'
Burda  70'		 Report Sarapiy 46'
Hutsulyak  61'
Krushynskyi  62'		 Stadium: Kolos Stadium
Attendance: 1,221
Referee: Oleksiy Derevinskyi
4 May 2025 27 Polissya Zhytomyr 1–2 Oleksandriya Zhytomyr
18:00 EET (UTC+2) Maisuradze  35'  51'
Batista 45+1'
Andriyevskyi  90+4'		 Report Kalyuzhnyi 32'
Martynyuk  56'
Cara 78'
Shabanov  90+4'		 Stadium: Tsentralnyi Stadion
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Mykola Balakin
9 May 2025 28 Polissya Zhytomyr 0–0 Dynamo Kyiv Zhytomyr
18:00 EET (UTC+2) Hadroj  79' Report Vanat  68'
Popov  69'
Dubinchak  90+1'		 Stadium: Tsentralnyi Stadion
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Vitaly Romanov
17 May 2025 29 Zorya Luhansk 0–1 Polissya Zhytomyr Kyiv
13:00 EET (UTC+2) Trontelj  90' Report Batista 34'
Maisuradze  61'
Hadroj  74'
Chobotenko  89'
Bristrić  90+2'		 Stadium: Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: 947
Referee: Dmytro Panchyshyn
25 May 2025 30 Polissya Zhytomyr 1–1 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Zhytomyr
18:00 EET Krushynskyi  4'
Batista 50'
Yosefi  60'
Karaman  90'
Maisuradze  90+3'		 Report Sosah  21'
Tverdokhlib 30'
Vakulko  48'
Konaté  52'
Zaderaka  90+3'		 Stadium: Tsentralnyi Stadion
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Denys Shurman

Ukrainian Cup

Main article: 2024–25 Ukrainian Cup
30 October 2024 Round of 16 Polissya Zhytomyr 2–1 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Zhytomyr
15:30 EET João Vialle  11'
Krushynskyi 44'
Mykhaylichenko  53'
Hutsulyak 72'
Talles Costa  90+3'		 Report Zaderaka 17' Stadium: Tsentralnyi Stadion
Attendance: 950
Referee: Oleksandr Omelchenko
2 April 2025 Quarter-finals Veres Rivne 0–1 (a.e.t.) Polissya Zhytomyr Rivne
18:00 EET Protasevych  65'
Shevchenko  90+1'
Klyots  105+2'
Hodya  112'
Kutsia  119'		 Report Babenko  45+1'
Batista 93'  94'
Maisuradze  105+1'
Nazarenko  112'
Andriyevskyi  114'
Bristrić  118'
Kudryk  120+1'		 Stadium: Avanhard Stadium
Attendance: 2,960
Referee: Oleksiy Derevinskyi
23 April 2025 Semi-finals Polissya Zhytomyr 0–1 (a.e.t.) Shakhtar Donetsk Zhytomyr
18:00 EET Hutsulyak  50'
Sarapiy  57'
Babenko  102'
Mykhaylichenko  107'
Talles  120'
Bristrić  120+1'		 Report Tobias  103'
Alisson 114'		 Stadium: Tsentralnyi Stadion
Attendance: 4,550
Referee: Dmytro Panchyshyn

UEFA Conference League

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Conference League

Second qualifying round

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Conference League second qualifying round

The draw was held on 19 June 2024.[6]

25 July 2024 First leg Olimpija Ljubljana 2–0 Polissya Zhytomyr Ljubljana, Slovenia
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Silva  31'
Kojić  33'
Florucz 56'
Pinto 90+2'		 Report Sarapiy  25'
Budkivskyi  31'
Maisuradze  49'
Krushynskyi  87'		 Stadium: Stadion Stožice
Attendance: 3,572
Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas
1 August 2024 Second leg Polissya Zhytomyr 1–2
(1–4 agg.)		 Olimpija Ljubljana Gliwice, Poland
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Kushnirenko 1'
Costa  85'
Mykhaylichenko  86'		 Report Florucz 11'
Florucz  62'
Durdov 90+3'		 Stadium: Piotr Wieczorek Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 1,296
Referee: Miloš Milanović
Note: Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian teams are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[7] Therefore, Polissia Zhytomyr will play their home match at Piotr Wieczorek Municipal Stadium, Gliwice, Poland, instead of their regular stadium, Tsentralnyi Stadion, Zhytomyr.

References

  1. ^ "Player Profiles - FC Polissya Zhytomyr. Official club website". polissyafc.com.
  2. ^ Defining of teams' places in competitions (Визначення місць команд у змаганнях). 2021–22 Ukrainian Premier League regulations.
  3. ^ Все в укрытие. Матч между Ворсклой и Кудровкой снова приостановлен. sport.ua. 1 June 2025
  4. ^ Стало известно, когда Металлист 1925 и Левый Берег начнут игру. sport.ua. 1 June 2025
  5. ^ "UPL unveiled the 2024/25 season schedule". Terrikon. 28 June 2024.
  6. ^ "The official website for European football".
  7. ^ "Decisions from today's extraordinary UEFA Executive Committee meeting". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
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