The team was founded in 1923 (Metalist).
Achievements: - Champion of the USSR in 1972
- Champion of the Ukrainian SSR in 1938, 1962, 1986
- Bronze medalist of the Premier League of Ukraine 2016/2017, 2019/2020, 2020/21
- Winner of the second group of class “A” in 1966
- Winner of the First League of the Ukrainian Championship 2005/2006
- Winner of the Second League of the Ukrainian Championship 2002/2003
- Finalist of the USSR Cup 1974, 1975
- Finalist of the Cup of Ukraine 2015/2016, 2020/2021
- Champion of Ukraine 2012/2013 among youth teams.
The team and its players have won prizes of big football:
“For a Fair Game” - 1967, 1976 (spring), 1978, 1979, 1992 (spring), ‘Big Score’ - 1972, USSR Football Federation - 1972, Start magazine editorial prize - 1972, ‘For the best goal difference’ - 1972, ‘Progress Cup’ - 1972, ‘For the most beautiful goal’ - Volodymyr Onyshchenko (1973), ‘Ruby Cup’ - 1962, 1989.
SUMMARY TABLE
Results of the Luhansk team's performances
“ZORYA" in the Ukrainian championship
Debut in the USSR championships - 1939, second group: 22 games, 8 wins, 3 draws, 11 losses, goals 37-51, 19 points, 16th place. The biggest victory was 5-0 (Spartak Yerevan). The biggest defeats were 1-5 (Osnova Ivanovo) and 0-4 (Kharchovik Moscow and Krylia Sovetov Moscow). N. Lokotosh, M. Sukharev and G. Nosko played the most matches - 22 each. The best scorer was P. Yurchenko - 11 goals.
Class “B” (1957-1962): 200 games, 96 wins, 49 draws, 55 defeats, goals 312-211. The best result was 1st place (1962). The biggest wins were 7-0 (Kolhospnyk Poltava, 1960; Naftovyk Drohobych, 1962). The biggest defeat was 0:5 (Khimik Yaroslavl, 1957). V. Gureev played the largest number of matches - 169. The best scorer was A. Gulevsky - 61 goals, he is also the club's record holder for the season - 29 goals in 1960.
The second group of class “A” (1963-1966): 156 games, 67 wins, 56 draws, 33 defeats, goals 171-104. Best result: 1st place (1966). Biggest wins: 4-0 (SKA Novosibirsk, 1964; Avangard Kharkiv, 1965; Lokomotiv Vinnytsia, 1966). The biggest defeat was 0:5 (Zalgiris Vilnius, 1965). V. Galustov played the largest number of matches - 148. The best scorer - V. Hryshyn - 20 goals. The club's record holder for the season is V. Prodanets - 13 goals in 1965.
Major League of the USSR (1967-1979): 412 matches, 125 wins, 135 draws, 152 defeats, goals 416-469. The best result was 1st place (1972). The biggest wins were 5-1 (Shakhtar Donetsk, 1970) and 4-0 (Ararat Yerevan, 1972; Krylia Soviets Kuibyshev, 1977; Zenit Leningrad, 1978). The biggest defeat was 0:6 (Dynamo Moscow, 1975). V. Kuznetsov played the largest number of matches - 319. The best scorer is A. Kuksov - 42 goals. The club's record holder for the season is Y. Kolesnikov - 11 goals in 1979.
First League of the USSR (1980-1984, 1987-1988): 302 matches, 105 wins, 77 draws, 120 defeats, goals 387-412. The best result was 6th place (1982). The biggest victory - 7:0 (“Zvezda” Dzhyzak, 1982). The biggest defeats - 0:5 (“Zvezda” Dzhizak, 1982; “Spartak” Ordzhonikidze, 1987). The largest number of matches was played by Y. Kolesnikov - 269. The best scorer was A. Malyshenko - 70 goals, he also held the record for a season - 20 goals in 1983.
Second League of the USSR (1985, 1986, 1989): 136 matches, 69 wins, 34 draws, 33 defeats, goals 217-138. Best result - 1st place (1986). The biggest victory was 7-0 (Stakhanovets Stakhanov, 1985). The biggest defeat was 1:5 (SKA Odesa, 1989). The largest number of matches was played by V. Tarasenko - 131. The best scorer is T. Huseynov - 35 goals. The club's record for a season is V. Karachun - 28 goals in 1989.
Buffer zone of the USSR Second League (1990, 1991): 84 matches, 46 wins, 14 draws, 24 defeats, goals 141-78. Best result - 2nd place (1991). The biggest victory - 7:0 (“Chirac” Leninakan, 1990). The biggest defeats were 0:3 (Niva Vinnytsia, 1990; Dnipro Mogilev, 1991). The largest number of matches was played by I. Fokin - 82. The best scorer is O. Volotek - 23 goals. The club's record for a season is A. Sevidov - 18 goals in 1991.
Premier League (major league) of Ukraine (1992-1996, 2006 / 2007-2018 / 2019): 414 games, 120 wins, 88 draws, 206 losses, goals 392-645. Best place - 4th place (2015/2016). The biggest win - 6:0 (Metalurh Zaporizhzhia, 2015/2016). The biggest defeat was 1:7 (Shakhtar Donetsk, 2015/2016). Mykyta Kamenyuka has played the most matches. Oleksiy Korobchenko is the top scorer with 26 goals. The club's record-breaker for the season is Pylyp Budkivskyi - 13 goals in the 2015/2016 season.
First League of Ukraine (1996-1998, 2003-2005 / 2006): 190 games, 81 wins, 39 draws, 70 defeats, goals 256-243. Best result - 1st place (2005/2006). The biggest win - 6:0 (Dnipro Cherkasy, 1996; CSKA Kyiv, 2004; Spartak Sumy, 2005). The biggest defeat was 0:6 (Dynamo-2 Kyiv, 1997; Stal Alchevsk, 1998). I. Shopin played the largest number of matches - 98. The best scorer - I. Shopin - 31 goals. The record holder for the season is V. Kyrylov - 14 goals in the 2005/2006 season.
Second League of Ukraine (1998-2002 / 2003): 144 matches, 88 wins, 17 draws, 39 losses, goals 269-141. Best result - 1st place (2002/2003). The biggest wins are 7:1 (Desna Chernihiv, 2002) and 6:0 (Torpedo Zaporizhzhia, 2001; Vorskla-2 Poltava, 1998; VVS Kramatorsk, 1998; Avangard Rovenky, 1999; Adoms Kremenchuk, 2001). The biggest defeat was 0:6 (Vorskla-2 Poltava, 2001). The largest number of matches was played by D. Babenko - 126 matches. The best scorer - D. Mashchenko - 21 goals. The club's record for the season is Y. Tsilykh and A. Chalmaev with 12 goals each in the 1998/1999 season.
In the USSR Cup (1957-1991), 89 matches were played: 33 wins, 14 draws, 42 defeats, goals 117-142. The highest achievement was reaching the final (1974, 1975). The biggest victories in the USSR Cup are 4-0 (SKA Novosibirsk, 1964; Kairat Alma-Ata, 1974). The biggest defeats are 0:5 (Dynamo Tbilisi, 1979; Spartak Nalchik, 1991). The best scorer is V. Kuznetsov - 8 goals.
In European club tournaments (Champions Cup - 1973/1974, UEFA Europa League 2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2016/2017, 2017/18, 2018/19), Zorya played 26 games: 7 wins, 8 draws and 11 defeats, goals 25:32. The best result is in the group stage. The strongest defeated opponent is Athletic Bilbao. The victory was won in Spain with a score of 1-0 in our favor.
Zorya played 60 matches in the Ukrainian Cup competitions: 22 wins, 11 draws, 27 defeats, goals 73-97. The best achievement is reaching the final of the Ukrainian Cup in the 2015/16 season. The biggest victory - 6:2 (Stal Alchevsk, 2000/2001). The biggest defeat - 0:7 (Stal Alchevsk, 1998/1999). The top scorer is A. Sevidov with 5 goals.
The team played 6 matches in the Cup of the 2nd League of Ukraine: 2 wins, 3 draws and one defeat, goals 12-9.
There were 15 Luhansk players in the USSR national team. V. Onyshchenko played more often than others - 19 matches (4 goals scored).
Zorya players played for the national team of Ukraine: Pylyp Budkivskyi, Dmytro Khomchenovskyi, Andrii Pyliavskyi, Ruslan Malinovskyi, Vitalii Vernydub, Ivan Petriak, Oleksandr Karavaiev, Mykyta Kameniuka, Oleksii Shevchenko, Mykyta Shevchenko, Dmytro Ivanisenia, Serhii Buletsa, Vladyslav Kochergin.
The lists of the “33 best” included V. Kuznetsov, V. Onishchenko 2 times each, A. Zhuravlev, V. Semenov, and Y. Vasenin once each.
N. Zuenko was included in the list of the 22 best players of the 1992 Ukrainian championship (spring) - #2.
The Luhansk club has extensive experience in international friendly matches. Between 1957 and 2016, the team played more than 250 matches with foreign teams from 34 countries.
The largest number of matches was played by A. Kuksov - 517.
The club's top scorer is A. Malyshenko with 121 goals.
The team's record for one season is A. Gulevskyi - 29 goals in 1960.
The success of the Luhansk team is associated with its head coaches: G.S. Zonina, E.I. Horyansky, V.D. Dobizhei, A.Y. Kuksov, V.A. Kobzarev, Y.G. Koval, Y.M. Vernydub, and V.A. Skrypnyk. Well-known specialists worked with the team: G.F. Balaba, K.I. Beskov, Yu. Rashchupkin, O.P. Bazylevych, V.K. Blinkov, A.N. Zhuravlev, Y.Y. Sabo, E.V. Pestov, V.V. Nosov, Yu. Zakharov, Y.M. Vernydub, V.A. Skrypnyk.
Luhansk football has produced many bright and talented players for big football. A wide range of football fans know these brilliant players: Oleksandr Zavarov, Serhiy Yuran, Viktor Onopko, Oleksandr Polukarov, Vasyl Yevseyev, Serhiy Andreyev, Oleksandr Sorokalet, Serhiy Pogodin, Oleh Suslov, Serhiy Puchkov, Serhiy Zhuravlev, and Oleksandr Berezhnyi, Ihor Hamula, Valentyn Yelinskas, Artem Bezrodnyi, Eduard Mor, Timerlan Huseynov, Yurii Hrytsyna, Mykola Zuenko, Serhii Semak, Oleksandr Horshkov, Oleh Shelaiev, Ilya Halyuza, Denys Harmash, Ivan Petriak, Artem Hordienko.
The most popular players in the history of the club (in addition to the above-mentioned champions of the USSR and Ukraine) were: P. Buyanov, A. Gulevsky, O. Rodin, V. Belkov, A. Putiatov, V. Shvets, V. Hryshyn, O. Serhiyev, A. Olenev, Y. Rabochy, A. Ihnatenko, A. Malyshenko, V. Stulchin, Y. Bobkov, V. Yurchenko, V. Karachun, V. Slavinsky, S. Naidenko, Y. Belichenko, I. Fokin, A. Nikitin, V. Mykytyn, A. Sevidov, A. Korobchenko, V. Fursov, M. Potskhvelia, I. Shopin, S. Shevchenko, G. Sushko, A. Malygin, D. Babenko, A. Pylypenko, S. Sevostyanov, E. Simbir, A. Gorodov, A. Yakymenko, M. Kamenyuka, D. Kozachenko, D. Dunych, P. Jihani, T. Lazarovych, V. Yezersky, I. Shukhovtsev, M. Bilyi, A. Polyansky, A. Hrytsai, T. Shunich, J. Boli, I. Petryak, O. Karavayev, J. Lubenovich, O. Gladkyi.
SUMMARY TABLE
Results of the Luhansk team's performances
“ZORYA (DZERZHYNETS, LABOR RESERVES, ZORYA-MALS).
Note: data is as of 01.07.2019.
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