Valery Kryventsov begins his Zorya career with a defeat from Metalist 1925, in a match where his team was no worse than the opponent, but not lucky enough to get a draw.

2023-24, Ukraine - Premier League

Metalist 1925 - Zorya 2:1 (2:1)
Goals: Dmytrenko Vl., 6 (1:0); Guerrero E., 17 (1:1); Boryachuk, 28 (penalty) (2:1)

Metalist 1925: Mozil; Bezuhlyi; Zhychykov; Kurylo; Chervak; Tkachuk A. (Farina, 69); Habelok; Rusyn R. (Ari Moura, 69); Dmytrenko Vl.; Boryachuk (Vachiberadze, 59); Chyruk (Igor, 79)
Bench: Potimkov; Sydorenko; Kovalenko I.; Rudavskyy M.; Tkachuk Y.; Kravchenko D.
Yellow Cards: Vachiberadze 62; Chyruk 77; Mozil 90

Zorya: Turbaievskyi; Jordan; Kyryukhantsev; Myshnov (Churko, 71); Yatsyk; Batahov (Snurnitsyn, 55); Voloshyn Vi. (Nahnoinyi, 46); Vantukh; Antiukh; Alefirenko (Vendell, 71); Guerrero E.
Bench: Saputin; Zhylkin; Danchenko O.; Bol; Holovkin; Dryshlyuk; Gorbach; Mićin P.
Yellow Cards: Myshnov 30; Nahnoinyi 68; Vendell 84; Snurnitsyn 86