2025–26 FC Karpaty Lviv season

Karpaty Lviv
2025–26 season
PresidentStepan Yurchyshyn
ManagerVladyslav Lupashko
StadiumUkraina Stadium, Lviv
Premier League9th
Ukrainian CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague: Bruninho (5)
All: Bruninho (6)
Highest home attendance8,700 vs Dynamo
27 September 2025
Lowest home attendance2,655 vs Metalist 1925
22 November 2025

The 2025–26 season is 29th season in the top Ukrainian football league for FC Karpaty Lviv overall and their second since reorganization in 2021. Karpaty will participate in Premier League and Ukrainian Cup.

Season events

On 24 June Karpaty gathered at club's base in Bartativ for the first pre-season training camp, which continued until 5 July.

On 7 July Karpaty departed for two-week training camp in Austria. Five friendly fixtures were planned, but match against Hertha Berlin on 18 July was cancelled due to excessive number of injuries in German team.[1]

Players

Squad information

As of 18 September 2025
Squad no. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
1 Nazar Domchak GK (2007-04-06) 6 April 2007
30 Andriy Klishchuk GK (1992-07-03) 3 July 1992
80 Roman Mysak GK (1991-09-09) 9 September 1991
Defenders
2 Mykola Kyrychok DF (2006-05-16) 16 May 2006
3 Volodymyr Adamyuk DF (1991-07-17) 17 July 1991
4 Vladislav Baboglo DF (1998-11-14) 14 November 1998
5 Andriy Buleza DF (2004-01-25) 25 January 2004
11 Denys Miroshnichenko DF (1994-10-11) 11 October 1994
22 Yurii Kokodyniak DF (2007-07-14) 14 July 2007
25 Diego Palacios DF (1999-07-12) 12 July 1999
28 Pavlo Polehenko DF (1995-01-06) 6 January 1995
39 Vitaliy Katrych DF (2005-02-17) 17 February 2005
47 Jean Pedroso DF (2004-01-28) 28 January 2004
55 Tymur Stetskov DF (1998-01-27) 27 January 1998
77 Oleksiy Sych DF (2001-04-01) 1 April 2001
Midfielders
7 Paulo Vitor MF (1999-06-24) 24 June 1999
8 Ambrosiy Chachua MF (1994-04-02) 2 April 1994
9 Fabiano MF (2006-04-15) 15 April 2006
16 Ivan Chaban MF (2006-07-24) 24 July 2006
17 Oleh Fedor MF (2004-07-23) 23 July 2004
18 Vladyslav Klymenko MF (1994-06-19) 19 June 1994
19 Yaroslav Karabin MF (2002-11-19) 19 November 2002
21 Patricio Tanda MF (2002-04-05) 5 April 2002
23 Pablo Álvarez MF (1997-04-23) 23 April 1997
26 Yan Kostenko MF (2003-07-04) 4 July 2003
33 Artur Shakh MF (2005-05-11) 11 May 2005
37 Bruninho MF (2000-04-27) 27 April 2000
Forwards
10 Igor Neves FW (1999-03-13) 13 March 1999
95 Ihor Krasnopir FW (2002-12-01) 1 December 2002
Away on loan
35 Oleksandr Kemkin GK (2002-08-05) 5 August 2002
43 Stênio MF (2003-04-05) 5 April 2003
Players who left during the season
14 Illya Kvasnytsya MF (2003-03-20) 20 March 2003

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Player Age Moving from Type Fee Source
Summer
14 June 2025 DF Jean Pedroso 21 Coritiba Transfer €900,000 [2][3]
18 June 2025 MF Bruninho 25 Atlético Mineiro Transfer €800,000 [4]
30 June 2025 FW Vadym Sydun 20 Nyva Ternopil End of loan
1 July 2025 GK Andriy Klishchuk 32 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Transfer Free [5]
1 July 2025 MF Yaroslav Karabin 22 Rukh Lviv Transfer €600,000 [6]
23 July 2025 GK Roman Mysak 33 Kolos Kovalivka Transfer Free [7]
24 July 2025 MF Paulo Vitor 26 Portimonense Loan [8]
14 August 2025 DF Diego Palacios 26 Corinthians Loan [9]
Winter

Out

Date Pos. Player Age Moving to Type Fee Source
Summer
21 June 2025 DF Taras Sakiv 27 Bukovyna Chernivtsi Transfer Free [10]
30 June 2025 MF Oleh Ocheretko 22 Shakhtar Donetsk End of loan [11]
30 June 2025 MF Orest Kuzyk 30 Released
30 June 2025 GK Oleksandr Ilyushchenkov 35 Released
1 July 2025 MF Yevhen Pidlepenets 26 Bukovyna Chernivtsi Transfer Free [12]
5 July 2025 GK Oleksandr Kemkin 22 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Loan [13]
7 July 2025 FW Vadym Sydun 20 Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi Transfer Free [14]
15 July 2025 MF Maksym Chekh 26 Obolon Kyiv Transfer Free [15][16]
21 July 2025 GK Yakiv Kinareykin 21 Villarreal B Transfer €700,000 [17]
28 July 2025 DF Bohdan Veklyak 25 FC Kudrivka Transfer Free [18]
Winter

Pre-season and friendlies

1 July 2025 Friendly Karpaty Lviv 1–0 FC Kulykiv-Bilka Bartativ
11:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Bruninho 51' Report Stadium: FC Karpaty Training Center
5 July 2025 Friendly Karpaty Lviv 2–3 Ahrobiznes Volochysk Bartativ
15:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Neves 20'
Kostenko 52'
Report Tolochko 28'
Voytikhovskyi 43'
Len 78' (pen.)
Stadium: FC Karpaty Training Center
13 July 2025 Friendly Wolfsberger AC 3–3 Karpaty Lviv Maria Alm, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Emeka 39'
Pink 42', 56' (pen.)
Report Krasnopir 18' (pen.)
Bruninho 47' (pen.)
Shakh 86'
Stadium: Rudi Hasenauer Sportplatz
17 July 2025 Friendly Karpaty Lviv 1–2 Győri ETO Söchau, Austria
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Bruninho 10' Report Bumba 15'
Vitális 86'
Stadium: Kräuterdorfstadion
21 July 2025 Friendly Karpaty Lviv 1–1 Sharjah FC Söchau, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Krasnopir 88' Report Luanzinho 64' Stadium: Kräuterdorfstadion
25 July 2025 Friendly Karpaty Lviv 1–2 Leicester City Friedberg, Austria
11:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Karabin 48' Report Daka 50' (pen.), 73' Stadium: Sportzentrum Friedberg
Referee: Lena Hirtl

Competitions

Overall

Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premier League 16 4 7 5 20 21 −1 025.00
Cup 2 1 0 1 8 1 +7 050.00
Total 18 5 7 6 28 22 +6 027.78

Last updated: 13 December 2025
Source: Competitions

Premier League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 15 6 6 3 18 12 +6 24
8 Zorya Luhansk 16 6 5 5 19 18 +1 23
9 Karpaty Lviv 16 4 7 5 20 21 −1 19
10 Rukh Lviv 16 6 1 9 15 23 −8 19
11 Veres Rivne 15 4 6 5 13 17 −4 18
Updated to match(es) played on 14 December 2025. 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).[19]

Teams that placed 13th and 14th in the 2025–26 Ukrainian Premier League play two-leg play-off with the third and fourth teams of the 2025–26 Ukrainian First League.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
TBD x–x TBD
TBD x–x TBD

First Semi-final

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Second Semi-final

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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
16 4 7 5 20 21  −1 19 1 4 3 10 14  −4 3 3 2 10 7  +3

Last updated: 13 December 2025.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617
GroundHHAAHAHAHHAHHAAAA
ResultLDDDDWDWLDWWLDLL
Position1612131412111081010989999
Updated to match(es) played on 13 December 2025. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

3 August 2025 (2025-08-03) 1 Karpaty Lviv 0–2 Polissya Zhytomyr Lviv
18:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Álvarez  68'
Bruninho  78'
Baboglo  87'
Report Lyednyev  13'
Hayduchyk 29'
Nazarenko 38' (pen.)
Talles  68'
Filippov 89'
Stadium: Ukraina Stadium
Attendance: 6,490
Referee: Dmytro Panchyshyn
10 August 2025 (2025-08-10) 2 Karpaty Lviv 3–3 Shakhtar Donetsk Lviv
18:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Neves 18'
Krasnopir  64', 90+1'
Bruninho 77'
Miroshnichenko  90+8'
Report Newerton 9'
Elias 23'
Azarovi  28'
Konoplya  45'
Alisson 82'
Stadium: Ukraina Stadium
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Mykola Balakin
16 August 2025 (2025-08-16) 3 Kolos Kovalivka 1–1 Karpaty Lviv Kovalivka
15:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Klymchuk 20'
Rrapaj  35'
Alefirenko  55'
Report Chachua  43'
Krasnopir 67'
Álvarez  77'
Miroshnichenko  81'
Pedroso  81'
Baboglo  87'
Stadium: Kolos Stadium
Attendance: 1,287
Referee: Oleh Kohut
29 August 2025 (2025-08-29) 4 FC Kudrivka 2–2 Karpaty Lviv Kyiv
18:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Rohozynskyi 3'
Morozko  32'
Storchous 43'
Losenko  70'
Svityukha  72'
Nahnoynyi  90+5'
Report Pedroso  22', 90+6'
Baboglo  26'
Miroshnichenko  41'
Álvarez 52'
Stadium: Obolon Arena
Attendance: 1,053
Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi
14 September 2025 (2025-09-14) 5 Karpaty Lviv 1–1 SC Poltava Lviv
18:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Fabiano 68',  85'
Jean Pedroso  90'
Report Odaryuk 21'
Veremiyenko  70'
Khodulya  85'
Stadium: Ukraina Stadium
Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Ihor Paskhal
22 September 2025 (2025-09-22) 6 Obolon Kyiv 0–2 Karpaty Lviv Kyiv
13:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Chernenko  55'
Ilyin  64'
Report Lomnytskyi 5' (o.g.)
Baboglo 51'
Álvarez  65'
Krasnopir  87'
Stadium: Obolon Arena
Attendance: 750
Referee: Oleksandr Afanasiev
27 September 2025 (2025-09-27) 7 Karpaty Lviv 3–3 Dynamo Kyiv Lviv
18:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Álvarez 24'
Bruninho 27'
Kostenko  71'
Miroshnichenko 90+3'
Report Karavayev 43', 52'
Shaparenko 50'
Stadium: Ukraina Stadium
Attendance: 8,700
Referee: Vitaliy Romanov
4 October 2025 (2025-10-04) 8 FC Oleksandriya 0–2 Karpaty Lviv Oleksandriya
13:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Myshnyov  26'
Skorko  83'
Behiratche  85'
Report Kostenko  24'
Bruninho 43' (pen.)
Chachua  67'
Campos 71' (o.g.)
Baboglo  79'
Stadium: Nika Stadium
Attendance: 1,104
Referee: Denys Shurman
19 October 2025 (2025-10-19) 9 Karpaty Lviv 1–3 Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi Lviv
18:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Kostenko  45'
Vitor 62'
Report Tanchyk  8'
Kyryukhantsev  45+1'
Myronyuk 57'
Klymets 61'
Ceberio  75'
Moroz 85'
Stadium: Ukraina Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Yevhen Tsybulko
25 October 2025 (2025-10-25) 10 Karpaty Lviv 0–0 Rukh Lviv Lviv
15:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Vitor  12'
Pedroso  90+5'
Report Edson  60'
Lyakh  90+5'
Stadium: Ukraina Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Klym Zabroda
3 November 2025 (2025-11-03) 11 LNZ Cherkasy 0–1 Karpaty Lviv Cherkasy
15:30 EET (UTC+02:00) Jashari  13'
Muravskyi  62'
Horin  74'
Report Krasnopir 25',  62'
Domchak  54'
Álvarez  58'
Miroshnichenko  59'
Kyrychok  88'
Stadium: Cherkasy Arena
Attendance: 623
Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi
8 November 2025 (2025-11-08) 12 Karpaty Lviv 1–0 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Lviv
18:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Baboglo  45+5'
Bruninho 47'
Report Kemkin  16'
Tverdokhlib  36'
Stadium: Ukraina Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Dmytro Panchyshyn
22 November 2025 (2025-11-22) 13 Karpaty Lviv 1–2 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Lviv
13:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Bruninho 39'
Adamyuk  62'
Tanda  84'
Report Antyukh 21', 51'
Kalyuzhnyi  74'
Stadium: Ukraina Stadium
Attendance: 2,655
Referee: Mykola Balakin
29 November 2025 (2025-11-29) 14 Veres Rivne 0–0 Karpaty Lviv Rivne
18:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Kharatin  34'
Wesley  64'
Hodia  78'
Report Stadium: Avanhard Stadium
Attendance: 2,720
Referee: Oleksandr Afanasiev
5 December 2025 (2025-12-05) 15 Zorya Luhansk 1–0 Karpaty Lviv Kyiv
18:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Budkivskyi 28',  85' Report Baboglo  81' Stadium: Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: 389
Referee: Denys Shurman
13 December 2025 (2025-12-13) 16 Polissya Zhytomyr 3–2 Karpaty Lviv Zhytomyr
18:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Hayduchyk 15'
Hutsulyak 27'
Braharu 52'
Report Pedroso  47'
Kostenko 54'
Tanda  82'
Krasnopir 88'
Stadium: Tsentralnyi Stadion
Attendance: 1,894
Referee: Oleksandr Afanasiev
21 February 2026 (2026-02-21) 17 Shakhtar Donetsk Karpaty Lviv Lviv
EET (UTC+02:00) Stadium: Arena Lviv

Ukrainian Cup

24 August 2025 (2025-08-24) Round of 64 Penuel Kryvyi Rih 0–8 Karpaty Lviv Lviv[a]
13:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Matko  60' Report Adamyuk 24', 42'
Krasnopir 47'
Vitor 55'
Klymenko 61'
Tanda 67'
Bruninho 82'
Kyrychok  86'
Neves 90'
Stadium: Ukraina Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Dmytro Kubriak
18 September 2025 (2025-09-18) Round of 32 Bukovyna Chernivtsi 1–0 Karpaty Lviv Chernivtsi
15:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Kozhushko 17'
Boychuk  22'
Dakhnovskyi  34'
Report Baboglo  39'
Klymenko  59'
Stadium: Bukovyna Stadium
Referee: Yevhen Tsybulko

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK  UKR Nazar Domchak 15 0 13 0 2 0
30 GK  UKR Andriy Klishchuk 3 0 3 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF  UKR Mykola Kyrychok 2 0 1 0 1 0
3 DF  UKR Volodymyr Adamyuk 8 2 4+2 0 2 2
4 DF  MDA Vladislav Baboglo 15 1 14 1 1 0
11 DF  UKR Denys Miroshnichenko 15 1 13+1 1 1 0
22 DF  UKR Yurii Kokodyniak 1 0 0 0 1 0
25 DF  ECU Diego Palacios 2 0 1 0 1 0
28 DF  UKR Pavlo Polehenko 11 0 11 0 0 0
47 DF  BRA Jean Pedroso 15 1 13+1 1 1 0
77 DF  UKR Oleksiy Sych 7 0 6+1 0 0 0
Midfielders
7 MF  BRA Paulo Vitor 17 2 12+3 1 1+1 1
8 MF  UKR Ambrosiy Chachua 17 0 15+1 0 0+1 0
9 MF  BRA Fabiano 12 1 0+10 1 0+2 0
16 MF  UKR Ivan Chaban 1 0 0 0 0+1 0
17 MF  UKR Oleh Fedor 10 0 2+6 0 2 0
18 MF  UKR Vladyslav Klymenko 11 1 1+8 0 2 1
19 MF  UKR Yaroslav Karabin 10 0 1+7 0 1+1 0
21 MF  ARG Patricio Tanda 14 1 8+4 0 2 1
23 MF  ESP Pablo Álvarez 13 2 12+1 2 0 0
26 MF  UKR Yan Kostenko 13 1 11+1 1 1 0
33 MF  UKR Artur Shakh 10 0 5+5 0 0 0
37 MF  BRA Bruninho 17 6 14+1 5 0+2 1
Forwards
10 FW  BRA Igor Neves 16 2 6+8 1 0+2 1
95 FW  UKR Ihor Krasnopir 18 5 10+6 4 2 1
Players who left during the season
14 MF  UKR Illya Kvasnytsya 2 0 0+1 0 1 0

Source: Competitions

Last updated: 13 December 2025

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Premier League Cup Total
1 37 MF Bruninho 5 1 6
2 95 FW Ihor Krasnopir 4 1 5
3 3 DF Volodymyr Adamyuk 0 2 2
10 FW Igor Neves 1 1 2
23 MF Pablo Álvarez 2 0 2
7 MF Paulo Vitor 1 1 2
Own goal 2 0 2
8 18 MF Vladyslav Klymenko 0 1 1
21 MF Patricio Tanda 0 1 1
47 DF Jean Pedroso 1 0 1
9 MF Fabiano 1 0 1
4 DF Vladislav Baboglo 1 0 1
11 DF Denys Miroshnichenko 1 0 1
26 MF Yan Kostenko 1 0 1
Total 20 8 28

Last updated: 13 December 2025

Clean sheets

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Premier League Cup Total
1 1 GK Nazar Domchak 6 1 7
Total 6 1 7

Last updated: 1 December 2025

Disciplinary record

No. Pos Nat Player Premier League Cup Total
     
1 GK Nazar Domchak 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2 DF Mykola Kyrychok 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
3 DF Volodymyr Adamyuk 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
4 DF Vladislav Baboglo 5 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 1
7 MF Paulo Vitor 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
8 MF Ambrosiy Chachua 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
9 MF Fabiano 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
11 DF Denys Miroshnichenko 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
18 MF Vladyslav Klymenko 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
21 MF Patricio Tanda 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
23 MF Pablo Álvarez 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
26 MF Yan Kostenko 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
37 MF Bruninho 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
47 DF Jean Pedroso 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
95 FW Ihor Krasnopir 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Total 34 0 1 3 0 0 37 0 1

Last updated: 13 December 2025

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