2015–16 FC Karpaty Lviv season

Karpaty Lviv

2015–16 season
Chairman	Petro Dyminsky
Manager	Volodymyr Bezubyak
Stadium	Ukraina Stadium and Arena Lviv, Lviv
Premier League	7th
Ukrainian Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Artur Karnoza (4) All: Artur Karnoza (4)
Highest home attendance	14,656 vs Dynamo 11 March 2016
Lowest home attendance	1,000 vs Vorskla 18 October 2015
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The 2015–16 FC Karpaty Lviv season was the 53rd season in club history.

Review and events

On 17 June 2015 FC Karpaty gathered at club's base for medical inspection after vacations. On 23 June 2015 Karpaty went for two week long pre-season training camp in Slovenia with six friendly matches planned.^[1]

Competitions

Friendly matches

Pre-season

Red Star Belgrade v Karpaty Lviv

25 June 2015 Friendly match	Red Star Belgrade	4 – 1	Karpaty Lviv	Krško, Slovenia
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Parker  20' Orlandić  34' Katai  37' Jović  86'	Report	Plastun  25'	Stadium: Matija Gubec Stadium Referee: Dejan Budić (Slovenia)

Krško v Karpaty Lviv

28 June 2015 Friendly match	Krško	1 – 2	Karpaty Lviv	Krško, Slovenia
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bučar  67'	Report	Hladkyi  30' Mance  40'	Stadium: Matija Gubec Stadium

Split v Karpaty Lviv

28 June 2015 Friendly match	Split	0 – 0	Karpaty Lviv	Krško, Slovenia
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Matija Gubec Stadium

Voždovac v Karpaty Lviv

3 July 2015 Friendly match	Voždovac	1 – 2	Karpaty Lviv	Čatež ob Savi, Slovenia
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sikimić  25'	Report	Daushvili  10' Hladkyi  75'	Stadium: Pitch of Terme Hotel

Olimpija Ljubljana v Karpaty Lviv

3 July 2015 Friendly match	Olimpija Ljubljana	2 – 3	Karpaty Lviv	Krško, Slovenia
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Matić  8' Šporar  17'	Report	Strashkevych  44' Mance  77', 82'	Stadium: Matija Gubec Stadium

Sarajevo v Karpaty Lviv

7 July 2015 Friendly match	Sarajevo	1 – 3	Karpaty Lviv	Krško, Slovenia
10:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bekić  31'	Report	Karnoza  25' Khudobyak  43' Hutsulyak  82'	Stadium: Matija Gubec Stadium

Hrvatski Dragovoljac v Karpaty Lviv

8 July 2015 Friendly match	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	1 – 2	Karpaty Lviv	Čatež ob Savi, Slovenia
10:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cetina  84' (pen.)	Report	Mance  36' Serhiychuk  89' (pen.)	Stadium: Pitch of Terme Hotel

Mid-season

Karpaty Lviv v FC Mykolaiv

24 September 2015 Friendly match	Karpaty Lviv	5 – 1	FC Mykolaiv	Lviv
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Strashkevych Kozhanov Karnoza	Report	Ukrainets	Stadium: Ukraina Stadium

Karpaty Lviv v FC Mykolaiv

24 October 2015 Friendly match	Karpaty Lviv	2 – 0	FC Mykolaiv	Lviv
	Kozhanov Klyots	Report		Stadium: Ukraina Stadium

Winter break

Petrolul Ploiești v Karpaty Lviv

28 January 2016 Friendly match	Petrolul Ploiești	3 – 1	Karpaty Lviv	Antalya, Turkey
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Nepomuceno  54' Marinescu  77' Paolucci  85'	Report	Blanco Leschuk  6'	Stadium: Mardan Stadium

Slovácko v Karpaty Lviv

2 February 2016 Friendly match	Slovácko	1 – 2	Karpaty Lviv	Kundu, Turkey
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kerbr  30' (pen.)	Report	Holodyuk  11' Ksyonz  73'

Rudar Pljevlja v Karpaty Lviv

6 February 2016 Friendly match	Rudar Pljevlja	2 – 2	Karpaty Lviv	Antalya, Turkey
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Živković  55' Knežević  65'	Report	Blanco Leschuk  10' Karnoza  76'	Stadium: WOW Sport Center Attendance: 100

Dinamo Tbilisi v Karpaty Lviv

13 February 2016 Friendly match	Dinamo Tbilisi	3 – 3	Karpaty Lviv	Kundu, Turkey
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kvilitaia  28', 45' Lobjanidze  72'	Report	Blanco Leschuk  63' Karnoza  80', 90'

Kyzyl-Zhar v Karpaty Lviv

17 February 2016 Friendly match	Kyzyl-Zhar	0 – 5	Karpaty Lviv	Kundu, Turkey
11:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Kozhanov  14' Hutsulyak  27' Zaviyskyi  32', 45' Ndoye  81' (o.g.)

Nordsjælland v Karpaty Lviv

17 February 2016 Friendly match	Nordsjælland	2 – 3	Karpaty Lviv	Belek, Turkey
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kostevych  70' (o.g.) Marcondes  75'	Report	Miroshnichenko  50' Karnoza  52' (pen.) Blanco Leschuk  66'

Shakhter Karagandy v Karpaty Lviv

20 February 2016 Friendly match	Shakhter Karagandy	1 – 1	Karpaty Lviv	Kundu, Turkey
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Nurybekov  3'	Report	Kravets  40'

Astana v Karpaty Lviv

21 February 2016 Friendly match	Astana	1 – 1	Karpaty Lviv	Antalya, Turkey
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Despotović  14'	Report	Kadymyan  31'	Stadium: Mardan Stadium Referee: ? (Moldova)

Okzhetpes v Karpaty Lviv

24 February 2016 Friendly match	Okzhetpes	1 – 2	Karpaty Lviv	Kundu, Turkey
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Buleshev  71' (pen.)	Report	Kadymyan  13' (pen.), 30'	Referee: ? (Moldova)

FC Ternopil v Karpaty Lviv

29 February 2016 Friendly match	FC Ternopil	1 – 4	Karpaty Lviv	Ternopil
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Shevchuk  3'	Report	Kadymyan  21', 27' Blanco Leschuk  61' Kozhanov  88' (pen.)	Stadium: Ternopil City Stadium Attendance: 2,900

Mid-season 2

Górnik Łęczna v Karpaty Lviv

25 March 2016 Friendly match	Górnik Łęczna	1 – 0	Karpaty Lviv	Łęczna, Poland
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pruchnik  45'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Górnik

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Vorskla Poltava	26	11	9	6	32	26	+6	42	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
6	FC Oleksandriya	26	10	8	8	30	29	+1	38
7	Karpaty Lviv	26	8	6	12	26	37	−11	30
8	Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk	26	7	8	11	22	31	−9	29
9	Olimpik Donetsk	26	6	7	13	22	35	−13	25

Source: UEFA, Soccerway, Ukrainian Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fairplay ranking; 8) Draw.^[2]

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
25	7	6	12	26	37	−11	27	5	3	5	20	15	+5	2	3	7	6	22	−16

Matches

Metalist Kharkiv v Karpaty Lviv

18 July 2015 1	Metalist Kharkiv	2 – 0	Karpaty Lviv	Kharkiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Pryyomov  45+2' (pen.), 76'	Report		Stadium: Metalist Stadium Attendance: 5,160 Referee: Oleksandr Derdo

Karpaty Lviv v Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk

25 July 2015 2	Karpaty Lviv	1 – 0	Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk	Lviv
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Karnoza  87' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Ukraina Stadium Attendance: 4,226 Referee: Oleksandr Ivanov

Olimpik Donetsk v Karpaty Lviv

1 August 2015 3	Olimpik Donetsk	0 – 1	Karpaty Lviv	Kyiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Kozhanov  20'	Stadium: Bannikov Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Oleksandr Holovkov

Karpaty Lviv v Chornomorets Odesa

8 August 2015 4	Karpaty Lviv	4 – 0	Chornomorets Odesa	Lviv
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Karnoza  5' Holodyuk  19' Strashkevych  75' Daushvili  90+2' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Ukraina Stadium Attendance: 6,200 Referee: Serhiy Berezka

Dynamo Kyiv v Karpaty Lviv

15 August 2015 5	Dynamo Kyiv	3 – 0	Karpaty Lviv	Kyiv
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Veloso  22' Yarmolenko  53' Moraes  72'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 17,476 Referee: Yuriy Vaks

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk v Karpaty Lviv

30 August 2015 6	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2 – 0	Karpaty Lviv	Dnipropetrovsk
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Seleznyov  81', 88'	Report		Stadium: Dnipro Arena Attendance: 12,169 Referee: Anatoliy Abdula

Karpaty Lviv v Zorya Luhansk

13 September 2015 7	Karpaty Lviv	1 – 1	Zorya Luhansk	Lviv
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Khudobyak  67'	Report	Karavayev  12'	Stadium: Ukraina Stadium Attendance: 7,328 Referee: Anatoliy Zhabchenko

FC Oleksandriya v Karpaty Lviv

20 September 2015 8	FC Oleksandriya	4 – 1	Karpaty Lviv	Oleksandriya
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ponomar  19', 54' Hrytsuk  52' Banada  73'	Report	Strashkevych  64'	Stadium: Nika Stadium Attendance: 3,488 Referee: Vitaliy Romanov

Karpaty Lviv v Volyn Lutsk

27 September 2015 9	Karpaty Lviv	0 – 2	Volyn Lutsk	Lviv
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Kravchenko  27' Hitchenko  79' (o.g.)	Stadium: Ukraina Stadium Attendance: 4,848 Referee: Yuriy Moseychuk

Hoverla Uzhhorod v Karpaty Lviv

4 October 2015 10	Hoverla Uzhhorod	0 – 2	Karpaty Lviv	Uzhhorod
14:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Savchenko  4' (o.g.) Plastun  40'	Stadium: Avanhard Stadium Attendance: 2,706 Referee: Oleksandr Ivanov

Karpaty Lviv v Vorskla Poltava

18 October 2015 11	Karpaty Lviv	1 – 3	Vorskla Poltava	Lviv
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Tursunov  4' (o.g.)	Report	Barannik  38', 49' A.Tkachuk  72'	Stadium: Ukraina Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Oleksandr Derdo

Karpaty Lviv v Metalurh Zaporizhya

31 October 2015 13	Karpaty Lviv	1 – 0	Metalurh Zaporizhya	Lviv
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Kostevych  41'	Report		Stadium: Ukraina Stadium Attendance: 2,362 Referee: Ivan Bondar

Karpaty Lviv v Metalist Kharkiv

7 November 2015 14	Karpaty Lviv	1 – 1	Metalist Kharkiv	Lviv
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Holodyuk  56'	Report	Pryyomov  41'	Stadium: Ukraina Stadium Attendance: 3,820 Referee: Vitaliy Romanov

Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk v Karpaty Lviv

22 November 2015 15	Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk	1 – 1	Karpaty Lviv	Dnipropetrovsk
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Adamyuk  25'	Report	Hutsulyak  57'	Stadium: Meteor Stadium Attendance: 900 Referee: Yevhen Aranovskyi

Karpaty Lviv v Olimpik Donetsk

28 November 2015 16	Karpaty Lviv	4 – 1	Olimpik Donetsk	Lviv
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kozhanov  15' (pen.) Chachua  20' Khudobyak  76' Klyots  90'	Report	Matyazh  27'	Stadium: Ukraina Stadium Attendance: 1,870 Referee: Oleksandr Derdo

Shakhtar Donetsk v Karpaty Lviv

3 December 2015 12	Shakhtar Donetsk	3 – 0	Karpaty Lviv	Odesa
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Eduardo  56' Ismaily  85' Teixeira  88'	Report		Stadium: Chornomorets Stadium Attendance: 2,837 Referee: Serhiy Berezka

Chornomorets Odesa v Karpaty Lviv

5 March 2016 17	Chornomorets Odesa	0 – 0	Karpaty Lviv	Odesa
14:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Chornomorets Stadium Attendance: 7,022 Referee: Ivan Bondar

Karpaty Lviv v Dynamo Kyiv

11 March 2016 18	Karpaty Lviv	1 – 2	Dynamo Kyiv	Lviv
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Chachua  27'	Report	Teodorczyk  55' Yarmolenko  64'	Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 14,656 Referee: Kostyantyn Trukhanov

Karpaty Lviv v Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

20 March 2016 19	Karpaty Lviv	0 – 1	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Lviv
17:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Zozulya  62'	Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 8,451 Referee: Anatoliy Abdula

Zorya Luhansk v Karpaty Lviv

2 April 2016 20	Zorya Luhansk	4 – 1	Karpaty Lviv	Zaporizhya
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ljubenović  5' Budkivskyi  21' Totovytskyi  43' Chaykovskyi  61'	Report	Okechukwu  38'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 900 Referee: Yuriy Vaks

Karpaty Lviv v FC Oleksandriya

10 April 2016 21	Karpaty Lviv	2 – 2	FC Oleksandriya	Lviv
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Karnoza  73', 90+5'	Report	Ponomar  70' Chorniy  75'	Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 3,556 Referee: Yevhen Aranovskyi

Volyn Lutsk v Karpaty Lviv

17 April 2016 22	Volyn Lutsk	0 – 0	Karpaty Lviv	Lutsk
14:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Avanhard Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Serhiy Berezka

Karpaty Lviv v Hoverla Uzhhorod

23 April 2016 23	Karpaty Lviv	3 – 0	Hoverla Uzhhorod	Lviv
14:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Miroshnichenko  36' Hutsulyak  48' Blanco Leschuk  75'	Report		Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 2,128 Referee: Kateryna Monzul'

Vorskla Poltava v Karpaty Lviv

30 April 2016 24	Vorskla Poltava	3 – 0	Karpaty Lviv	Poltava
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Sklyar  37' Khlyobas  67' Kolomoyets  86'	Report		Stadium: Butovskyi Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Kostyantyn Trukhanov

Karpaty Lviv v Shakhtar Donetsk

8 May 2016 25	Karpaty Lviv	1 – 2	Shakhtar Donetsk	Lviv
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Blanco Leschuk  36'	Report	Hitchenko  64' (o.g.) Marlos  88' (pen.)	Stadium: Arena Lviv Referee: Mykola Balakin

Metalurh Zaporizhya v Karpaty Lviv

15 May 2016 26	Metalurh Zaporizhya	^[a]	Karpaty Lviv	Zaporizhya
				Stadium: Slavutych-Arena

• ^a Metalurh Zaporizhya was expelled from the competition during the season. Victory awarded to Karpaty Lviv

Ukrainian Cup

Zirka Kirovohrad v Karpaty Lviv

22 August 2015 Round of 32	Zirka Kirovohrad	1 – 1 (5 – 4 p)	Karpaty Lviv	Kirovohrad
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Zahalskyi  70' (pen.)	Report	Chachua  50'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Mykhaylo Mytrovskyi
		Penalties
	Kovalyov Dopilka Kucherenko Kavatsiv Loktionov		Karnoza Holodyuk Khudobyak Kravets Daushvili

Squad information

Squad and statistics

Squad, appearances and goals

As of 8 May 2016

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Ukrainian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Roman Pidkivka	4	0	3	0	1	0
3	DF		Vasyl Kravets	16	0	8+7	0	0+1	0
5	DF		Andriy Hitchenko	21	0	19+1	0	1	0
7	MF		Pavlo Ksyonz	19	0	16+2	0	1	0
8	DF		Volodymyr Kostevych	25	1	23+1	1	1	0
9	MF		Denys Kozhanov	18	2	14+3	2	1	0
10	MF		Artur Karnoza	21	4	13+7	4	0+1	0
11	MF		Ambrosiy Chachua	17	3	10+6	2	1	1
16	MF		Ihor Khudobyak	24	2	22+1	2	1	0
17	MF		Oleh Holodyuk	24	2	23	2	1	0
18	MF		Dmytro Klyots	18	1	6+12	1	0	0
21	DF		Yevhen Neplyakh	1	0	1	0	0	0
23	GK		Roman Mysak	22	0	22	0	0	0
26	DF		Artur Novotryasov	13	0	10+3	0	0	0
27	MF		Vadym Strashkevych	12	2	3+8	2	0+1	0
29	FW		Gustavo Blanco Leschuk	9	2	9	2	0	0
32	DF		Ihor Plastun (C)	26	1	25	1	1	0
77	MF		Murtaz Daushvili	19	1	12+6	1	1	0
79	DF		Andriy Markovych	2	0	2	0	0	0
92	FW		Heham Kadymyan	8	0	8	0	0	0
94	DF		Denys Miroshnichenko	24	1	22+1	1	1	0
97	FW		Oleksiy Hutsulyak	15	2	3+12	2	0	0
98	FW		Gabriel Okechukwu	4	1	1+3	1	0	0
Players featured for Karpaty but left before the end of the season:
35	FW		Maryan Shved	2	0	0+2	0	0	0

Goalscorers

As of 8 May 2016

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Ukrainian Cup	Total
1	MF		10	Artur Karnoza	4	0	4
2	MF		11	Ambrosiy Chachua	2	1	3
3	MF		27	Vadym Strashkevych	2	0	2
	MF		17	Oleh Holodyuk	2	0	2
	MF		9	Denys Kozhanov	2	0	2
	MF		16	Ihor Khudobyak	2	0	2
	FW		97	Oleksiy Hutsulyak	2	0	2
	FW		29	Gustavo Blanco Leschuk	2	0	2
				Own goal	2	0	2
10
	MF		77	Murtaz Daushvili	1	0	1
	DF		32	Ihor Plastun	1	0	1
	DF		8	Volodymyr Kostevych	1	0	1
	MF		18	Dmytro Klyots	1	0	1
	FW		98	Gabriel Okechukwu	1	0	1
	DF		94	Denys Miroshnichenko	1	0	1
				TOTALS	26	1	27

Disciplinary record

As of 8 May 2016

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Total		Premier League		Ukrainian Cup
3		DF	Vasyl Kravets	4	0	4	0	0	0
5		DF	Andriy Hitchenko	5	1	4	1	1	0
8		DF	Volodymyr Kostevych	4	0	3	0	1	0
9		MF	Denys Kozhanov	2	0	2	0	0	0
10		MF	Artur Karnoza	3	0	3	0	0	0
11		MF	Ambrosiy Chachua	4	0	4	0	0	0
16		MF	Ihor Khudobyak	3	1	2	1	1	0
17		MF	Oleh Holodyuk	5	0	5	0	0	0
19		MF	Pavlo Ksyonz	4	0	4	0	0	0
23		GK	Roman Mysak	2	0	2	0	0	0
26		DF	Artur Novotryasov	1	0	1	0	0	0
27		MF	Vadym Strashkevych	3	0	3	0	0	0
29		FW	Gustavo Blanco Leschuk	2	0	2	0	0	0
32		DF	Ihor Plastun	4	0	4	0	0	0
77		MF	Murtaz Daushvili	5	1	4	1	1	0
92		FW	Heham Kadymyan	2	0	2	0	0	0
94		DF	Denys Miroshnichenko	7	1	6	1	1	0
97		FW	Oleksiy Hutsulyak	3	0	3	0	0	0
			TOTALS	63	4	58	4	5	0

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer Window	Contract ends	Transfer fee	Sources
9	MF		Denys Kozhanov	28	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan	Summer	31 December 2015	—	[3]
29	FW		Gustavo Blanco Leschuk	24	Assyriska	End of contract	Winter	—	Free	[4]
92	FW		Heham Kadymyan	23	Olimpik Donetsk	End of contract	Winter	—	Free	[5]
21	DF		Yevhen Neplyakh	23	Platanias	End of contract	Winter	—	Free	[6]
98	FW		Gabriel Okechukwu	20	—	Free Agent	Winter	—	Free

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer Window	Transfer fee	Sources
35	FW		Maryan Shved	18	Sevilla Atlético	Transfer	Summer	€1 Million	[7][8]
7	FW		Mykhaylo Serhiychuk	24	Hoverla Uzhhorod	Loan	Summer	—	[9]

Managerial changes

Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment
Igor Jovićević	End of contract	31 December	8th	Volodymyr Bezubyak[10]	18 January

Sources

1. "Karpaty are ready for training camp". FC Karpaty Lviv. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
2. "Premier League 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
3. "Denys Kozhanov returns to Karpaty" (in Ukrainian). FC Karpaty Lviv. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
4. "Gustavo Blanco Leschuk is a Karpaty player" (in Ukrainian). FC Karpaty Lviv. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
5. "Heham Kadymyan is a Karpaty player" (in Ukrainian). FC Karpaty Lviv. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
6. "Yevhen Neplyakh is a player of FC Karpaty". FC Karpaty Lviv. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
7. "Karpaty have agreed terms with Sevilla for the permanent transfer of Maryan Shved". FC Karpaty Lviv. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
8. "El Sevilla ficha a Shved" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
9. "Mykhaylo Serhiychuk loaned to Hoverla" (in Ukrainian). FC Karpaty Lviv. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
10. "Volodomyr Bezubyak became Karpaty head coach" (in Ukrainian). ua-football.com. Retrieved 5 March 2016.