Football records and statistics in Ukraine

Ukrainian Premier League

As of the end of the 2020–21 season, unless stated otherwise.

Team records

Titles

• Most League titles:
  • 16, 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:
    • 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)^[1]

Wins

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

Losses

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

Points

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

Goals scored

• Most goals scored in a season: 87,
  1994–95
  )
  • 26 games: 76, Shakhtar Donetsk (2015–16)
  • 28 games: 65, Shakhtar Donetsk (2013–14)
  • 30 games: 85,
    1999–2000
    )
  • 32 games: 80, Shakhtar Donetsk (2019–20)
  • 34 games: 87,
    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,
    2004–05
    )
  • 32 games: 17, Volyn Lutsk (2016–17)
  • 34 games: 16,
    1995–96
    )

Goals conceded

• Most goals conceded in a season: 80,
  1995–96
  )
  • 26 games: 65,
    2000–01
    )
  • 28 games: 54,
    Metalurh Zaporizhzhia (2013–14
    )
  • 30 games: 69,
    1997–98
    )
  • 32 games: 59, Kolos Kovalivka (2019–20)
  • 34 games: 80,
    1995–96
    )
• Fewest goals conceded in a season: 9,
  2001–02
  )
  • 26 games: 9,
    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,
    1995–96
    )

Appearances

• Most top flight appearances overall: 30 (all seasons since the formation of league in 1992), joint record:
  • Dynamo Kyiv
  • Shakhtar Donetsk
• Fewest top flight appearances overall: 1, joint record:
  • Odesa (1992)
  • Mynai (2020–21)

Participation

• Most participants from one region: During the season
  Illichivets Mariupol

Scorelines

• Biggest home win: 9:0,
  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:
  Chornomorets Odesa, 6 March 1992)^[2]
• First hat-trick: Ivan Hetsko (for Chornomorets Odesa–Nyva Vn., 4 April 1992)^[2]
• Most goals in a game: 4, joint record:^[3]
  • Yuri Hudymenko for SC Tavriya Simferopol (Tavriya Simferopol–Temp Shepetivka
    (6–0), 9 June 1992)
  • Serhii Rebrov for Dynamo Kyiv (Dynamo Kyiv–Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
    (5–0), 13 October 1996)
  • Oleh Matviiv for Shakhtar Donetsk (Shakhtar Donetsk–Torpedo Zaporizhzhia
    (9–1), 16 May 1997)
  • Oleksandr Haidash for SC Tavriya Simferopol (SC Tavriya Simferopol–FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia
    (5–0), 7 September 1997)
  • 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)
  • Illichivets Mariupol
    (9–0), 31 October 2010)
  • Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk–FC Volyn Lutsk
    (5–1), 15 April 2014)
  • 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
  • €18,000,000, Pedrinho, in 2021, from Benfica to Shakhtar Donetsk
  • €15,000,000, Dmytro Chyhrynskyi, in 2010, from Barcelona to Shakhtar Donetsk
  • €15,000,000,
    Internacional to Shakhtar Donetsk
  • €15,000,000, Taison, in 2013, from Metalist Kharkiv to Shakhtar Donetsk
  • €15,000,000,
    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:
  • €70,000,000, Mykhailo Mudryk, in 2023, from Shakhtar Donetsk to Chelsea F.C.
  • €60,000,000, Fred, in 2018, from Shakhtar Donetsk to Manchester United
  • €50,000,000,
    Jiangsu Suning
  • €40,000,000, Fernandinho, in 2013, from Shakhtar Donetsk to Manchester City
  • €34,500,000,
    Anzhi Makhachkala
  • €30,000,000, Douglas Costa, in 2015, from Shakhtar Donetsk to FC Bayern Munich
  • €27,900,000, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, in 2013, from Shakhtar Donetsk to Borussia Dortmund
  • €25,000,000, Dmytro Chyhrynskyi, in 2009, from Shakhtar Donetsk to FC Barcelona
  • €25,000,000, Andriy Yarmolenko, in 2017, from Dynamo Kyiv to Borussia Dortmund
  • €24,000,000,
    A.C. Milan

All-time Vyscha Liha scorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Games	Ratio
1	Maksim Shatskikh	124	341	0.364
2	Serhii Rebrov	123	261	0.471
3	Yevhen Seleznyov	117	256	0.457
4	Andriy Vorobey	105	315	0.333
5	Júnior Moraes	103	189	0.545
6	Andriy Yarmolenko	99	228	0.434
7	Oleksandr Gladkyy	98	338	0.29
8	Oleksandr Haydash	95	258	0.368
9	Marko Dević	90	219	0.411
	Serhiy Mizin	90	342	0.263
11	Tymerlan Huseynov	85	215	0.395
12	Oleksandr Kosyrin	84	240	0.35
13	Andriy Shevchenko	83	172	0.483
14	Oleh Matveyev	81	210	0.39
Players in bold are still playing in Premier League Data as of 14 December 2021[4][5]

All-time Vyscha Liha foreign scorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Games	Ratio
1	Maksim Shatskikh	124	341	0.364
2	Júnior Moraes	103	189	0.545
3	Marko Dević	90	219	0.411
4	Luiz Adriano	77	162	0.475
5	Marlos	68	232	0.293
6	Alex Teixeira	67	146	0.459
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
12	Giorgi Demetradze	52	130	0.4
13	Valyantsin Byalkevich	51	224	0.228
14	Henrikh Mkhitaryan	50	109	0.459
	Taison	50	239	0.209
Players in bold are still playing in Premier League Data as of 20 August 2022[6][5]

Active Vyscha Liha scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	Games	Ratio
1	Yevhen Seleznyov	Mynai	117	256	0.457
2	Oleksandr Gladkyy	Chornomorets Odesa	98	338	0.29
3	Viktor Tsyhankov	Dynamo Kyiv	71	143	0.497
4	Artem Hromov	SC Dnipro-1	48	244	0.197
5	Vladyslav Kulach	Dynamo Kyiv	40	145	0.276
6	Vitaliy Buyalskyi	Dynamo Kyiv	38	182	0.209
7	Denys Oliynyk	Vorskla Poltava	37	138	0.268
8	Andriy Totovytskyi	Shakhtar Donetsk	34	129	0.264
9	Denys Harmash	Dynamo Kyiv	33	213	0.155
=	Volodymyr Lysenko	Kolos Kovalivka	33	213	0.155
11	Artem Besyedin	Dynamo Kyiv	31	102	0.304
12	Oleksandr Karavayev	Dynamo Kyiv	29	216	0.134
13	Artem Dovbyk	SC Dnipro-1	25	63	0.397
=	Serhiy Kravchenko	Chornomorets Odesa	25	279	0.09
15	Yuriy Kolomoyets	Mynai	24	101	0.238
16	Vyacheslav Churko	Zorya Luhansk	23	155	0.148
=	Dmytro Khomchenovskyi	Kryvbas Kryvyi	23	194	0.119
Data as of 20 August 2022[4]

All-time Vyscha Liha appearance leaders

Rank	Player	Games
1	Oleksandr Shovkovskyi	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 20 August 2022.[7][8]

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	Mladen Bartulović	252
8	Vasil Gigiadze	245
9	Taison	239
10	Marlos	232
Data as of 20 August 2022.[7][8]

Active Vyscha Liha appearance

Rank	Player	Team	Games
1	Andriy Pyatov	Shakhtar Donetsk	342
2	Oleksandr Gladkyy	Chornomorets Odesa	337
3	Volodymyr Chesnakov	Vorskla Poltava	333
4	Taras Stepanenko	Shakhtar Donetsk	315
5	Serhiy Kravchenko	Chornomorets Odesa	279
6	Yevhen Seleznyov	Mynai	256
7	Valeriy Fedorchuk	Rukh Lviv	252
8	Vitaliy Vernydub	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	246
9	Artem Hromov	SC Dnipro-1	244
10	Serhiy Politylo	Chornomorets Odesa	241
11	Yuriy Pankiv	Rukh Lviv	240
12	Serhiy Yavorskyi	Vorskla Poltava	228
13	Mykola Morozyuk	Chornomorets Odesa	227
14	Andriy Bohdanov	Kolos Kovalivka	226
15	Serhiy Sydorchuk	Dynamo Kyiv	220
16	Ihor Perduta	Vorskla Poltava	217
17	Oleksandr Karavayev	Dynamo Kyiv	216
18	Denys Harmash	Dynamo Kyiv	213
=	Volodymyr Lysenko	Kolos Kovalivka	213
20	Denys Miroshnichenko	Oleksandriya	203
Data as of 20 August 2022.[7][8]

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	189	103	0.545
4	Viktor Tsyhankov	143	71	0.497
5	Andriy Shevchenko	172	83	0.483
6	Luiz Adriano	162	77	0.475
7	Serhii Rebrov	261	123	0.471
8	Brandão	139	65	0.468
9	Yevhen Seleznyov	256	117	0.457
10	Alex Teixeira	146	67	0.459
11	Andriy Yarmolenko	228	99	0.434
12	Marko Dević	219	90	0.411
13	Timerlan Huseinov	215	85	0.395
Minimum of 60 goals needed to qualify.			Data as of 20 August 2022.

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:

Ukrainian Cup

As of the end of the 2020–21 season, unless stated otherwise.

• Highest attendance: 81,000 –
  2002 Ukrainian Cup Final (26 May 2002)^[10]

• Most wins: 13, joint record:
  • 2019
    )
  • 2021
    )
• Most consecutive wins: 4, Shakhtar Donetsk (2016–2019)
• Most appearances in finals: 19,
  2019
  )
• Longest consecutive appearances in finals: 9, Shakhtar Donetsk (2011–2019)
• Most Final appearances without win: 3,
  2004
  )
• Longest winning streak in finals: 5,
  2000
  )
• Most defeats in finals: 6,
  2015
  )
• Biggest win: 4 goals,
  2019
  )
• Most goals in a final: 5, joint record:^[11]
  • 2002
    )
  • 2010
    )
• Most red cards in a final: 5,
  2008)^[11]
• Least yellow/red cards in a final: 0 (no cards shown),
  1994)^[11]

• Most wins: 10,
  2015)^[12]
• Fastest goal: 1st minute,
  1998^[10]
• Latest goal: 120th minute,
  2001^[11]
• Most goals in finals: 4, Andriy Shevchenko (Dynamo Kyiv), Serhiy Atelkin (Shakhtar Donetsk)

Managerial records

• Most wins: 7,
  2021)^[12]

• Most Ukrainian Cup games played: 157, Shakhtar Donetsk[13]
• Most Ukrainian Cup games won: 118, Dynamo Kyiv^[13]
• Most Ukrainian Cup games lost: 39, Chornomorets Odesa^[13]
• Most Ukrainian Cup games drawn: 22, Shakhtar Donetsk^[13]
• Most Ukrainian Cup goals scored: 359, Dynamo Kyiv^[13]
• Most Ukrainian Cup goals conceded: 135, Volyn Lutsk^[13]
• Highest Ukrainian Cup goal difference: +265, Dynamo Kyiv^[13]

All-time Ukrainian Cup top scorers

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Goals	Games	Ratio
1	Andriy Vorobei	Dnipro, Arsenal Kyiv, Metalist Kharkiv	25	54	0.463
2	Maksim Shatskikh	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	Serhii 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 Zaporizhzhia, Metalurh Donetsk	17	32	0.531
10	Oleksiy Antyukhin	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia, 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.[14]

Ukrainian Super Cup

As of the end of the 2021 edition, unless stated otherwise.

Team records

• Most wins: 9, joined record: Dynamo Kyiv, Shakhtar Donetsk
• Most consecutive wins: 4, Shakhtar Donetsk (2012–2015)
• Most appearances: 17, Shakhtar Donetsk
• Longest consecutive appearances: 12, Shakhtar Donetsk (2010–2021)
• Most goals: 8, Shakhtar Donetsk 7–1 Tavriya Simferopol (2010)

Most successful clubs overall

Key

Performance by club

Record competitions winners shown in bold.

Data through 22 September 2021.

References

• (in Russian) Ukrainian Football Database Spreadsheet – Copy link location directly to your URL bar to access