Odessky Chornomorets continues to be active in the transfer market, having completed two signings before the new season.

The club officially announced the transfer of Ukrainian forward Andriy Khomi. The 24-year striker joined the team of Roman Grigorchuk from Prykarpattya and signed a contract with a term for three years. In the first part of the season, Homa played 18 matches across all tournaments, scoring 10 goals and providing 3 assists, placing third on the list of top scorers in the First League.

Around this, the Odessa club returned to its owner Oleksandr Kaplienko, who had already played for the Sailors in 2017 and then played 14 official matches.. 28-River defencist signed a contract with Chornomorets and again protected black and blue colors.

Oleksandr Kaplienko was born on January 9, 1996 in Zaporizhia, and is a student of the Metalurg school. During his career, he played for Metalurg Zaporizhia, Metalist Kharkiv, Alanyaspor (Turkey), Smolevichi (Belarus), Dynamo Tbilisi (Georgia), Tambov and Torpedo Moscow, Audu (Latvia), Dnipro-1.

After 18 rounds, Chornomorets gained 38 points and is in third place in the First League standings, ten points ahead of leader Bukovina.