2024–25 FC Polissya Zhytomyr season
| 2024–25 season | ||||
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| Chairman | Hennadiy Butkevych | |||
| Head coach | Imad Ashur | |||
| Stadium | Tsentralnyi Stadion | |||
| Ukrainian Premier League | 4th | |||
| Ukrainian Cup | Semi-finals | |||
| UEFA Conference League | Second qualifying round | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Oleksiy Hutsulyak (11) All: Oleksiy Hutsulyak (12) | |||
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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
[edit]First team squad
[edit]- 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.
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Left during the season
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
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Friendlies
[edit]| 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
[edit]Overall record
[edit]| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Ukrainian Premier League | 3 August 2024 | Matchday 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — | ||
| Ukrainian Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — | ||||
| UEFA Conference League | 25 July 2024 | 1 August 2024 | Second qualifying round | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0.00 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0.00 | ||||
Source: Soccerway
Ukrainian Premier League
[edit]League table
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Shakhtar Donetsk (Y) | 28 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 64 | 24 | +40 | 58 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round[a] |
| 4 | Karpaty Lviv | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 46 | |
| 5 | Polissya Zhytomyr | 28 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 36 | 27 | +9 | 44 | |
| 6 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 43 | |
| 7 | Zorya Luhansk | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 37 |
Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 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).[2]
(Y) Assured of at least Conference League
Notes:
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]
(Y) Assured of at least Conference League
Notes:
- ^ The winner of the 2024–25 Ukrainian Cup (Dynamo Kyiv or Shakhtar Donetsk) qualifies for the Europa League first qualifying round. If the cup winner finishes first, then the second place team gets the Europa League berth and the fourth place team gets the second Conference League berth.
Results summary
[edit]| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | +3 |
Last updated: 28 February 2025.
Source: soccerway
Matches
[edit]The match schedule was released on 28 June 2024.[3]
| 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 | v | Dynamo Kyiv | |
| 18:00 EET (UTC+2) | Report |
| 17 May 2025 29 | Zorya Luhansk | v | Polissya Zhytomyr | |
| Report |
| 24 May 2025 30 | Polissya Zhytomyr | v | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | |
| Report |
Ukrainian Cup
[edit]| 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
[edit]Second qualifying round
[edit]The draw was held on 19 June 2024.[4]
| 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 | 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.[5] Therefore, Polissia Zhytomyr will play their home match at Piotr Wieczorek Municipal Stadium, Gliwice, Poland, instead of their regular stadium, Tsentralnyi Stadion, Zhytomyr. | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Player Profiles - FC Polissya Zhytomyr. Official club website". polissyafc.com.
- ^ Defining of teams' places in competitions (Визначення місць команд у змаганнях). 2021–22 Ukrainian Premier League regulations.
- ^ "UPL unveiled the 2024/25 season schedule". Terrikon. 28 June 2024.
- ^ "The official website for European football".
- ^ "Decisions from today's extraordinary UEFA Executive Committee meeting". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.