Football records and statistics in Ukraine

• 1 Ukrainian Premier League
  • 1.1 Team records
    • 1.1.1 Titles
    • 1.1.2 Wins
    • 1.1.3 Losses
    • 1.1.4 Points
    • 1.1.5 Goals scored
    • 1.1.6 Goals conceded
    • 1.1.7 Appearances
    • 1.1.8 Participation
    • 1.1.9 Scorelines
  • 1.2 Individual Records
    • 1.2.1 All-time Vyscha Liha scorers
    • 1.2.2 All-time Vyscha Liha foreign scorers
    • 1.2.3 Active Vyscha Liha scorers
    • 1.2.4 All-time Vyscha Liha appearance leaders
    • 1.2.5 All-time Vyscha Liha foreign appearance leaders
    • 1.2.6 Active Vyscha Liha appearance
    • 1.2.7 Goalscoring categories
    • 1.2.8 Goalkeeping categories
• 2 Ukrainian Cup
  • 2.1 Final
    • 2.1.1 Team records
    • 2.1.2 Individual records
    • 2.1.3 Managerial records
    • 2.1.4 Host of the finals
  • 2.2 Teams by semi-final appearances
  • 2.3 Overall
    • 2.3.1 All-time Ukrainian Cup top scorers
• 3 Ukrainian Super Cup
  • 3.1 Team records
• 4 Most successful clubs overall
  • 4.1 Key
  • 4.2 Performance by club
• 5 References

As of the end of the 2019–20 season, unless stated otherwise.

Team records

Titles

• Most League titles:
  • 15, Dynamo Kyiv
• Most consecutive League titles:
  • 9, Dynamo Kyiv (1992–93 – 2000–01 )
• Biggest title-winning margin:
  • 23 points, 2019–20 ; Shakhtar Donetsk (82 points) over Dynamo Kyiv (59 points).
• Smallest title-winning margin:
  • 0 points:
    • 1992–93, Dynamo Kyiv and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk both finished on 44 points, but Dynamo Kyiv won the title with a superior goal difference : (+45) over (+31);
    • 2005–06, Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv both finished on 75 points, but Shakhtar won the title by winning the golden match.
• Winning a title with most remaining games:
  • 5 games, Shakhtar Donetsk (2019–20 )

Wins

• Most wins in a season:27, Dynamo Kyiv (1999–2000 )
  • 26 games:23, Dynamo Kyiv (2015–16 )
  • 28 games:21, Shakhtar Donetsk (2013–14 )
  • 30 games:27, Dynamo Kyiv (1999–2000 )
  • 32 games:26, Shakhtar Donetsk (2019–20 )
  • 34 games:25, Dynamo Kyiv (1994–95 )
• Fewest wins in a season:0, Zirka Kirovohrad (1999–2000 )
  • 26 games:2, Nyva Ternopil (2000–01 )
  • 28 games:2, Metalurh Zaporizhya and Tavriya Simferopol (2013–14 )
  • 30 games:0, Zirka Kirovohrad (1999–2000 )
  • 32 games:2, Karpaty Lviv (2019–20 )
  • 34 games:4, Zorya Luhansk (1995–96 )

Losses

• Most losses in a season:26, Zorya Luhansk (1995–96 )
  • 26 games:21, Nyva Ternopil (2000–01 )
  • 28 games:22, Tavriya Simferopol (2013–14 )
  • 30 games:22, SC Mykolaiv (1998–99 )
  • 32 games:24, Volyn Lutsk (2016–17 )
  • 34 games:26, Zorya Luhansk (1995–96 )
• Fewest losses in a season:0, Dynamo Kyiv (1999–2000, 2006–07, 2014–15 ), Shakhtar Donetsk (2001–02 )
  • 26 games:0, Shakhtar Donetsk (2001–02 ), Dynamo Kyiv (2014–15 )
  • 28 games:3, Metalist Kharkiv (2013–14 )
  • 30 games:0, Dynamo Kyiv (1999–2000, 2006–07 )
  • 32 games:2, Shakhtar Donetsk (2016–17, 2019–20 )
  • 34 games:1, Dynamo Kyiv (1993–94, 1994–95 )

Points

• Most points in a season:84, Dynamo Kyiv (1999–2000 )
  • 26 games:70, Dynamo Kyiv (2015–16 )
  • 28 games:65, Shakhtar Donetsk (2013–14 )
  • 30 games:84, Dynamo Kyiv (1999–2000 )
  • 32 games:82, Shakhtar Donetsk (2019–20 )
  • 34 games:83, Dynamo Kyiv (1994–95 )
• Fewest points in a season:9, Zirka Kirovohrad (1999–2000 ), Nyva Ternopil (2000–01 )
  • 26 games:9, Nyva Ternopil (2000–01 )
  • 28 games:10, Tavriya Simferopol (2013–14 )
  • 30 games:9, Zirka Kirovohrad (1999–2000 )
  • 32 games:10, Volyn Lutsk (2016–17 )
  • 34 games:16, Zorya Luhansk (1995–96 )

Goals scored

• Most goals scored in a season:87, Dynamo Kyiv (1994–95 )
  • 26 games:76, Shakhtar Donetsk (2015–16 )
  • 28 games:65, Shakhtar Donetsk (2013–14 )
  • 30 games:85, Dynamo Kyiv (1999–2000 )
  • 32 games:80, Shakhtar Donetsk (2019–20 )
  • 34 games:87, Dynamo Kyiv (1994–95 )
• Fewest goals scored in a season:13, Hoverla Uzhhorod (2015–16 )
  • 26 games:13, Hoverla Uzhhorod (2015–16 )
  • 28 games:15, Tavriya Simferopol (2013–14 )
  • 30 games:15, Borysfen Boryspil (2004–05 )
  • 32 games:17, Volyn Lutsk (2016–17 )
  • 34 games:16, Zorya Luhansk (1995–96 )

Goals conceded

• Most goals conceded in a season:80, Zorya-MALS Luhansk (1995–96 )
  • 26 games:65, Nyva Ternopil (2000–01 )
  • 28 games:54, Metalurh Zaporizhya (2013–14 )
  • 30 games:69, Torpedo Zaporizhzhya (1997–98 )
  • 32 games:59, Kolos Kovalivka (2019–20 )
  • 34 games:80, Zorya-MALS Luhansk (1995–96 )
• Fewest goals conceded in a season:9, Dynamo Kyiv (2001–02 )
  • 26 games:9, Dynamo Kyiv (2001–02 )
  • 28 games:22, Chornomorets Odesa (2013–14 )
  • 30 games:12, Dynamo Kyiv (2011–12 )
  • 32 games:11, Shakhtar Donetsk (2018-19 )
  • 34 games:17, Dynamo Kyiv (1995–96 )

Appearances

• Most top flight appearances overall:29 (all seasons since the formation of league in 1992), joint record:
  • Dynamo Kyiv
  • Shakhtar Donetsk
• Fewest top flight appearances overall:1:
  • Odesa (1992)

Participation

• Most participants from one region:During the season 2014–15, Donetsk oblast had 4 participants: Shakhtar Donetsk, Olimpik Donetsk, Metalurh Donetsk and Illichivets Mariupol

Scorelines

• Biggest home win:9:0, Dynamo Kyiv v. Illichivets (31 October 2010)
• Biggest away win:0:7, Nyva Ternopil v. Shakhtar Donetsk (15 June 2001), Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih v. Dynamo Kyiv (22 September 2001), Obolon Kyiv v. Dynamo Kyiv (11 November 2004)

Individual Records

• Champion with clubs:Oleksandr Holovko (Tavriya Simferopol and Dynamo Kyiv ), Oleksandr Rybka (Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk ), Júnior Moraes (Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk )
• First Premier League goal:Anatoliy Mushchinka (for Karpaty Lviv –Chornomorets Odessa, 6 March 1992)
• First hat-trick:Ivan Hetsko (for Chornomorets Odesa –Nyva Vn., 4 April 1992)
• Most goals in a game:4, joint record:
  • Yuri Hudymenko for SC Tavriya Simferopol (Tavriya Simferopol –Temp Shepetivka (6–0), 9 June 1992)
  • Serhiy Rebrov for Dynamo Kyiv (Dynamo Kyiv –Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (5–0), 13 October 1996)
  • Oleh Matviiv for Shakhtar Donetsk (Shakhtar Donetsk –Torpedo Zaporizhzhya (9–1), 16 May 1997)
  • Oleksandr Haidash for SC Tavriya Simferopol (SC Tavriya Simferopol –FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhya (5–0), 7 September 1997)
  • Ivan Hetsko for Karpaty Lviv (Karpaty Lviv –Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (4–0), 29 August 1999)
  • Ivan Hetsko for Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih –Nyva Ternopil (5–1), 14 May 2000)
  • Georgi Demetradze for Dynamo Kyiv (Nyva Ternopil –Dynamo Kyiv (3–7), 27 August 2000)
  • Brandão for Shakhtar Donetsk (FC Metalist Kharkiv –Shakhtar Donetsk (1–5), 20 August 2005)
  • Artem Milevskiy for Dynamo Kyiv (Dynamo Kyiv –Illichivets Mariupol (9–0), 31 October 2010)
  • Matheus for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk –FC Volyn Lutsk (5–1), 15 April 2014)
  • Yevhen Seleznyov for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk –Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk ) (0–6), 17 October 2015)
  • Stanislav Kulish for FC Oleksandriya (Oleksandriya -Volyn Lutsk ) (6–0), 25 February 2017)
• Most expensive incoming transfer fee paid:
  • €25,000,000, Bernard, in 2013, from Atlético Mineiro to Shakhtar Donetsk
  • €20,000,000, Nery Castillo, in 2007, from Olympiacos to Shakhtar Donetsk
  • €15,000,000, Dmytro Chygrynskiy, in 2010, from Barcelona to Shakhtar Donetsk
  • €15,000,000, Fred, in 2013, from Internacional to Shakhtar Donetsk
  • €15,000,000, Taison, in 2013, from Metalist Kharkiv to Shakhtar Donetsk
  • €15,000,000, Tetê, in 2019, from Grêmio to Shakhtar Donetsk
  • €14,000,000, Matuzalém, in 2004, from Brescia Calcio to Shakhtar Donetsk
  • €14,000,000, Willian, in 2007, from Corinthians to Shakhtar Donetsk
• Most expensive outgoing transfer fee paid:
  • €60,000,000, Fred, in 2018, from Shakhtar Donetsk to Manchester United
  • €50,000,000, Alex Teixeira, in 2016, from Shakhtar Donetsk to Jiangsu Suning
  • €40,000,000, Fernandinho, in 2013, from Shakhtar Donetsk to Manchester City
  • €34,500,000, Willian, in 2013, from Shakhtar Donetsk to Anzhi Makhachkala
  • €30,000,000, Douglas Costa, in 2015, from Shakhtar Donetsk to Bayern Munich
  • €27,900,000, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, in 2013, from Shakhtar Donetsk to Borussia Dortmund
  • €25,000,000, Dmytro Chygrynskiy, in 2009, from Shakhtar Donetsk to Barcelona
  • €25,000,000, Andriy Yarmolenko, in 2017, from Dynamo Kyiv to Borussia Dortmund

All-time Vyscha Liha scorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Games	Ratio
1	Maksim Shatskikh	124	341	0.364
2	Serhiy Rebrov	123	261	0.471
3	Yevhen Seleznyov	112	233	0.481
4	Andriy Vorobey	105	315	0.333
5	Andriy Yarmolenko	99	228	0.434
6	Júnior Moraes	97	176	0.551
7	Oleksandr Haydash	95	258	0.368
8	Marko Dević	90	219	0.411
	Serhiy Mizin	90	342	0.263
10	Oleksandr Gladkyy	86	305	0.282
11	Tymerlan Huseynov	85	215	0.395
12	Oleksandr Kosyrin	84	240	0.35
Players in boldare still playing in Premier League. Data as of 18 October 2020

All-time Vyscha Liha foreign scorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Games	Ratio
1	Maksim Shatskikh	124	341	0.364
2	Júnior Moraes	97	176	0.551
3	Marko Dević	90	219	0.411
4	Luiz Adriano	77	162	0.475
5	Alex Teixeira	67	146	0.459
6	Marlos	66	205	0.322
7	Brandão	65	140	0.464
8	Vasil Gigiadze	61	245	0.249
9	Avtandil Kapanadze	57	189	0.302
10	Lucky Idahor	54	221	0.244
	Roman Bondarenko	54	231	0.234
Players in boldare still playing in Premier League. Data as of 18 October 2020

Active Vyscha Liha scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	Games	Ratio
1	Yevhen Seleznyov	Kolos Kovalivka	112	233	0.481
2	Júnior Moraes	Shakhtar Donetsk	97	176	0.551
3	Oleksandr Gladkyy	Zorya Luhansk	86	305	0.282
4	Marlos	Shakhtar Donetsk	66	205	0.322
5	Viktor Tsyhankov	Dynamo Kyiv	51	111	0.459
6	Taison	Shakhtar Donetsk	48	229	0.21
7	Artem Hromov	Zorya Luhansk	43	219	0.196
8	Yevhen Konoplyanka	Shakhtar Donetsk	39	180	0.217
9	Pylyp Budkivskyi	Desna Chernihiv	32	127	0.252
=	Anton Shynder	Mynai	32	130	0.246
11	Dmytro Khlyobas	Desna Chernihiv	30	108	0.278
=	Mladen Bartulović	Inhulets Petrove	30	224	0.134
13	Denys Kozhanov	Mynai	29	227	0.128
14	Vladyslav Kulach	Vorskla Poltava	28	125	0.224
=	Volodymyr Lysenko	Kolos Kovalivka	28	180	0.156
16	Oleksandr Karavayev	Dynamo Kyiv	27	180	0.15
17	Artem Besyedin	Dynamo Kyiv	26	90	0.289
18	Vitaliy Buyalskyi	Dynamo Kyiv	25	150	0.167
Data as of 18 October 2020

All-time Vyscha Liha appearance leaders

Rank	Player	Games
1	Oleksandr Shovkovsky	426
2	Oleh Shelayev	412
3	Vyacheslav Checher	409
4	Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi	400
5	Oleksandr Horyainov	391
6	Ruslan Rotan	375
7	Serhiy Nazarenko	373
8	Serhiy Shyshchenko	363
9	Ruslan Kostyshyn	359
10	Serhiy Zakarlyuka	356
Data as of 18 October 2020.

All-time Vyscha Liha foreign appearance leaders

Rank	Player	Games
1	Maksim Shatskikh	341
2	Darijo Srna	339
3	Edmar	316
4	Željko Ljubenović	303
5	Papa Gueye	298
6	Armend Dallku	292
7	Vasil Gigiadze	245
8	Roman Bondarenko	231
9	Taison	229
10	Jovan Markoski	226
Data as of 18 October 2020.

Active Vyscha Liha appearance

Rank	Player	Team	Games
1	Andriy Pyatov	Shakhtar Donetsk	339
2	Oleksandr Gladkyy	Zorya Luhansk	305
3	Volodymyr Chesnakov	Vorskla Poltava	301
4	Pavlo Rebenok	Vorskla Poltava	293
5	Taras Stepanenko	Shakhtar Donetsk	288
6	Serhiy Kravchenko	Dnipro-1	262
7	Pavlo Ksyonz	Olimpik Donetsk	253
8	Yevhen Seleznyov	Kolos Kovalivka	233
9	Taison	Shakhtar Donetsk	229
10	Andriy Tkachuk	Mynai	227
=	Denys Kozhanov	Mynai	227
12	Mladen Bartulović	Inhulets Petrove	224
13	Dmytro Hryshko	Olimpik Donetsk	222
Data as of 18 October 2020.

Goalscoring categories

Most prolific all-time Vyscha Liha scorers:

Rank	Player	Games	Goals	Goals/Game
1	Ivan Hetsko	113	67	0.593
2	Viktor Leonenko	118	67	0.568
3	Júnior Moraes	176	97	0.551
4	Andriy Shevchenko	172	83	0.483
5	Yevhen Seleznyov	233	112	0.481
6	Luiz Adriano	162	77	0.475
7	Serhiy Rebrov	261	123	0.471
8	Brandão	139	65	0.468
9	Alex Teixeira	146	67	0.459
10	Andriy Yarmolenko	228	99	0.434
11	Marko Dević	219	90	0.411
12	Timerlan Huseinov	215	85	0.395
Minimum of 60 goals needed to qualify.			Data as of 18 October 2019.

Single season Vyscha Liha topscorers:

Goalkeeping categories

Best all-time Vyscha Liha goalkeeper:

Most all-time Vyscha Liha goals allowed:

Best single season Vyscha Liha goalkeeper:

As of the end of the 2019–20 season, unless stated otherwise.

• Highest attendance:81,000 – Shakhtar Donetsk 3–2 (a.e.t. ) Dynamo Kyiv at NSC Olimpiyskiy, 2002 Ukrainian Cup Final (26 May 2002)

Final

Team records

• Most wins:13, Shakhtar Donetsk (1995, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 )
• Most consecutive wins:4, Shakhtar Donetsk (2016–2019)
• Most appearances in finals:19, Shakhtar Donetsk (1995, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 )
• Longest consecutive appearances in finals:9, Shakhtar Donetsk (2011–2019)
• Most Final appearances without win:3, Dnipro (1995, 1997, 2004 )
• Longest winning streak in finals:5, Dynamo Kyiv (1993, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000 )
• Most defeats in finals:6, Shakhtar Donetsk (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2015 )
• Biggest win:4 goals, Shakhtar Donetsk 4–0 Inhulets Petrove (2019 )
• Most goals in a final:5, joint record:
  • Shakhtar Donetsk 3–2 (a.e.t. ) Dynamo Kyiv (2002 )
  • Tavriya Simferopol 3–2 (a.e.t. ) Metalurh Donetsk (2010 )
• Most red cards in a final:5, Shakhtar Donetsk 2–0 Dynamo Kyiv (2008 )
• Least yellow/red cards in a final:0 (no cards shown), Chornomorets Odessa 0–0 (5–3 p ) Tavriya Simferopol (1994 )

Individual records

• Most wins:10, Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (Dynamo Kyiv ) (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014, 2015 )
• Fastest goal:1st minute, Andriy Shevchenko, Dynamo Kyiv 2–1 CSKA Kyiv, 1998
• Latest goal:120th minute, Serhiy Atelkin, Shakhtar Donetsk 2–1 (a.e.t. ) CSKA Kyiv, 2001
• Most goals in finals:4, Andriy Shevchenko (Dynamo Kyiv ), Serhiy Atelkin (Shakhtar Donetsk )

Managerial records

• Most wins:6, Mircea Lucescu (Shakhtar Donetsk ) (2004, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016 )

Host of the finals

NSC Olimpiyskiy in Kyiv has hosted the most Ukrainian Cup Finals with 18, including all 16 finals up to 2006–07 season, and 2 Finals after. Starting from the 2007–08 season the final is held at different stadiums, the other stadiums which hosted multiple games are OSC Metalist in Kharkiv (5), Dnipro-Arena (2) and Arena Lviv (2). Yuvileiny Stadium in Sumy, Oleksiy Butovsky Vorskla Stadium in Poltava and Slavutych Arena in Zaporizhia hosted the final once.

Teams by semi-final appearances

Overall

• Most Ukrainian Cup games played:156, Shakhtar Donetsk
• Most Ukrainian Cup games won:116, Dynamo Kyiv
• Most Ukrainian Cup games lost:38, Chornomorets Odessa
• Most Ukrainian Cup games drawn:22, Shakhtar Donetsk
• Most Ukrainian Cup goals scored:357, Shakhtar Donetsk
• Most Ukrainian Cup goals conceded:134, Volyn Lutsk
• Highest Ukrainian Cup goal difference:+261, Dynamo Kyiv

All-time Ukrainian Cup top scorers

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Goals	Games	Ratio
1	Andriy Vorobei	Shakhtar-2 Donetsk, Shakhtar Donetsk, Dnipro, Arsenal Kyiv, Metalist Kharkiv	25	54	0.463
2	Maksim Shatskikh	Dynamo Kyiv, Arsenal Kyiv, Chornomorets Odesa, Hoverla Uzhhorod	24	50	0.48
3	Oleksandr Palyanytsia	Dnipro, Veres Rivne, Karpaty Lviv, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, Metalist Kharkiv	22	48	0.458
4	Andriy Shevchenko	Dynamo-2 Kyiv, Dynamo Kyiv	21	31	0.677
5	Serhiy Rebrov	Shakhtar Donetsk, Dynamo Kyiv	20	51	0.392
	Andriy Yarmolenko	Dynamo Kyiv	20	27	0.741
7	Andriy Pokladok	Skala Stryi, Karpaty Lviv, Metalurh Donetsk, Oleksandriya, Rava, Halychyna Lviv	19	47	0.404
8	Luiz Adriano	Shakhtar Donetsk	18	34	0.529
9	Oleh Matveyev	Shakhtar Donetsk, Kremin Kremenchuk, Metalurh Zaporizhia, Metalurh Donetsk	17	32	0.531
10	Oleksiy Antyukhin	Metalurh Zaporizhia, Tavriya Simferopol, Vorskla Poltava	16	34	0.471
	Oleh Husyev	Frunzenets-Liha-99 Sumy, Arsenal Kyiv, Dynamo Kyiv	16	51	0.314
Data through 8 July 2020.

As of the end of the 2020 edition, unless stated otherwise.

Team records

• Most wins:9, Dynamo Kyiv (2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020 )
• Most consecutive wins:4, Shakhtar Donetsk (2012–2015)
• Most appearances:16, Shakhtar Donetsk
• Longest consecutive appearances:11, Shakhtar Donetsk (2010–2020)
• Most goals:8, Shakhtar Donetsk 7–1 Tavriya Simferopol (2010 )

Key

Performance by club

Record competitions winners shown in bold.

Data through 25 August 2020.

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