Football records in Ukraine

Team records

As of 2017-2018 season.

Vyscha Liha

Titles

• Most League titles:
  • 15, Dynamo Kyiv
• Most consecutive League titles:
  • 9, Dynamo Kyiv (1992–93 – 2000–01)
• Biggest title-winning margin:
  • 18 points, 1999–2000; Dynamo Kyiv (84 points) over Shakhtar Donetsk (66 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.

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: 25, Shakhtar Donetsk (2016–17)
  • 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: 4, Volyn Lutsk (2016–17)
  • 34 games: 4, Zorya Luhansk (1995–96)

Losses

• Most losses in a season:
  • 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:
  • 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)
  • 34 games: 1, Dynamo Kyiv (1993–94, 1994–95)

Points

• Most points in a season:
  • 26 games: 70, Dynamo Kyiv (2015–16)
  • 28 games: 65, Shakhtar Donetsk (2013–14)
  • 30 games: 84, Dynamo Kyiv (1999–2000)
  • 32 games: 80, Shakhtar Donetsk (2016–17)
  • 34 games: 83, Dynamo Kyiv (1994–95)
• Fewest points in a season:
  • 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:
  • 26 games: 76, Shakhtar Donetsk (2015–16)
  • 28 games: 65, Shakhtar Donetsk (2013–14)
  • 30 games: 85, Dynamo Kyiv (1999–2000)
  • 32 games: 71, Shakhtar Donetsk (2017–18)
  • 34 games: 87, Dynamo Kyiv (1994–95)
• Fewest goals scored in a season:
  • 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:
  • 26 games: 65, Nyva Ternopil (2000–01)
  • 28 games: 54, Metalurh Zaporizhya (2013–14)
  • 30 games: 69, Torpedo Zaporizhzhya (1997–98)
  • 32 games: 51, Volyn Lutsk (2016–17)
  • 34 games: 80, Zorya-MALS Luhansk (1995–96)
• Fewest goals conceded in a season:
  • 26 games: 9, Dynamo Kyiv (2001–02)
  • 28 games: 22, Chornomorets Odesa (2013–14)
  • 30 games: 12, Dynamo Kyiv (2011–12)
  • 32 games: 24, Shakhtar Donetsk (2016–17), Shakhtar Donetsk (2017–18)
  • 34 games: 17, Dynamo Kyiv (1995–96)

Appearances

• Most top flight appearances overall: 27 (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)

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

Individual

• Champion with clubs: Oleksandr Holovko (Tavriya Simferopol and Dynamo Kyiv), Oleksandr Rybka (Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk)
• First Premier League goal: Anatoliy Mushchinka (for Karpaty Lviv–Chornomorets Odessa, 6 March 1992) ^[1]
• 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)
  • 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

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

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	111	230	0.483
4	Andriy Vorobey	105	315	0.333
5	Andriy Yarmolenko	99	228	0.434
6	Oleksandr Haydash	95	258	0.368
7	Marko Dević	90	219	0.411
	Serhiy Mizin	90	342	0.263
9	Tymerlan Huseynov	85	215	0.395
10	Oleksandr Kosyrin	84	240	0.35
	Oleksandr Gladkyy	84	300	0.28
Players in bold are still playing in Premier League Data as of 4 March 2018 [4] [5]

All-time Vyscha Liha foreign scorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Games	Ratio
1	Maksim Shatskikh	124	341	0.364
2	Marko Dević	90	219	0.411
3	Luiz Adriano	77	162	0.475
4	Júnior Moraes	72	136	0.529
5	Alex Teixeira	67	146	0.459
6	Brandão	65	140	0.464
7	Vasil Gigiadze	61	245	0.249
8	Avtandil Kapanadze	57	189	0.302
9	Lucky Idahor	54	221	0.244
	Roman Bondarenko	54	231	0.234
Players in bold are still playing in Premier League Data as of 4 March 2018 [6] [7]

Active Vyscha Liha scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	Games	Ratio
1	Oleksandr Kovpak	Arsenal Kyiv	74	280	0.264
2	Júnior Moraes	Shakhtar Donetsk	72	136	0.529
3	Marlos	Shakhtar Donetsk	51	171	0.298
4	Ruslan Fomin	Mariupol	40	186	0.215
5	Taison	Shakhtar Donetsk	37	191	0.194
6	Artem Hromov	Zorya Luhansk	36	182	0.198
=	Vyacheslav Checher	Zorya Luhansk	36	408	0.088
8	Oleksiy Gai	Olimpik Donetsk	32	243	0.132
9	Anton Shynder	Olimpik Donetsk	31	123	0.252
10	Volodymyr Arzhanov	Chornomorets Odesa	28	195	0.144
11	Viktor Tsyhankov	Dynamo Kyiv	25	67	0.373
=	Pylyp Budkivskyi	Zorya Luhansk	25	87	0.287
=	Oleksandr Karavayev	Zorya Luhansk	25	135	0.185
14	Aleksandre Kobakhidze	Vorskla Poltava	24	158	0.152
15	Dmytro Khlyobas	Desna Chernihiv	22	80	0.275
=	Vladyslav Kulach	Oleksandriya	22	110	0.2
17	Denys Harmash	Dynamo Kyiv	21	167	0.126
=	Vyacheslav Sharpar	Vorskla Poltava	21	182	0.115
=	Artem Fedetskyi	Karpaty Lviv	21	223	0.094
20	Yuriy Kolomoyets	Vorskla Poltava	20	79	0.253
Data as of 4 March 2018 [4]

All-time Vyscha Liha appearance leaders

Rank	Player	Games
1	Oleksandr Shovkovsky	426
2	Oleh Shelayev	412
3	Vyacheslav Checher	408
4	Oleksandr Chizhevskiy	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 4 March 2018. [8] [9]

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	Armend Dallku	292
6	Papa Gueye	277
7	Vasil Gigiadze	245
8	Roman Bondarenko	231
9	Jovan Markoski	226
10	Valentin Belkevich	224
Data as of 4 March 2018. [10] [11]

Active Vyscha Liha appearance

Rank	Player	Team	Games
1	Vyacheslav Checher	Zorya Luhansk	408
2	Andriy Pyatov	Shakhtar Donetsk	301
3	Oleksandr Kovpak	Arsenal Kiev	280
4	Papa Gueye	Karpaty Lviv	277
5	Volodymyr Chesnakov	Vorskla Poltava	260
6	Pavlo Rebenok	Vorskla Poltava	259
7	Mykyta Kamenyuka	Zorya Luhansk	252
8	Taras Stepanenko	Shakhtar Donetsk	251
9	Oleksiy Gai	Olimpik Donetsk	243
10	Artem Fedetskyi	Karpaty Lviv	223
Data as of 4 March 2018. [12] [13]

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	136	72	0.529
4	Yevhen Seleznyov	230	111	0.483
	Andriy Shevchenko	172	83	0.483
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 4 March 2018.

Single season Vyscha Liha topscorers

Rank	Player	Year	Team	Games	Goals	Goals/Game
1	Henrikh Mkhitaryan	2012–13	Shakhtar Donetsk	28	25	0.893
2	Alex Teixeira	2015–16	Shakhtar Donetsk	15	22	1.467
=	Serhiy Rebrov	1997–98	Dynamo Kyiv	29	22	0.759
=	Maksim Shatskikh	2002–03	Dynamo Kyiv	29	22	0.759
5	Andriy Vorobei	2000–01	Shakhtar Donetsk	24	21	0.875
=	Oleh Matviiv	1996–97	Shakhtar Donetsk	25	21	0.84
=	Oleksiy Byelik	2002–03	Shakhtar Donetsk	28	21	0.75
=	Facundo Ferreyra	2017–18	Shakhtar Donetsk	30	21	0.7
=	Arsen Avakov	1994–95	Torpedo Zaporizhzhya	33	21	0.636
10	Maksim Shatskikh	1999–2000	Dynamo Kyiv	25	20	0.8
=	Luiz Adriano	2013–14	Shakhtar Donetsk	25	20	0.8
=	Serhiy Rebrov	1996–97	Dynamo Kyiv	30	20	0.667
=	Timerlan Huseinov	1995–96	Chornomorets Odesa	33	20	0.606
14	Andriy Shevchenko	1997–98	Dynamo Kyiv	23	19	0.826
=	Ivan Hetsko	1999–2000	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih / Karpaty Lviv	23	19	0.826
=	Oleh Venglinsky	2002–03	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	23	19	0.826
=	Marko Dević	2007–08	Metalist Kharkiv	27	19	0.704
=	Júnior Moraes	2013–14	Metalurh Donetsk	27	19	0.704
Data through 2017-18 season.

Goalkeeping categories

Best all-time Vyscha Liha goalkeeper

Player		Games	Goals Allowed/Game	Goals Allowed
1	Oleksandr Shovkovsky [14]	334	0.63	210
2	Andriy Pyatov [14]	117	0.70	82
3	Oleh Suslov	150	0.79	119
4	Dmytro Shutkov	266	0.83	222
5	Mykola Medin	205	0.85	174
6	Yuri Virt	182	0.86	157
7	Vyacheslav Kernozenko [14]	190	0.89	169
8	Vitaliy Reva [14]	270	0.91	246
9	Ilya Blyznyuk	136	0.93	126
10	Volodymyr Tsytkin	104	0.93	97
Minimum of 75 appearances needed to qualify. Data through 2009-10 season.

Most all-time Vyscha Liha goals allowed

Player		Games	Goals Allowed	Goals Allowed/Game
1	Ihor Shukhovtsev	292	396	1.36
2	Oleksandr Horyainov [14]	304	340	1.12
3	Andriy Hlushchenko [14]	225	323	1.44
4	Andriy Nikitin	244	313	1.28
5	Serhiy Dolhansky [14]	241	277	1.15
6	Vitaliy Reva [14]	270	246	0.91
7	Dmytro Shutkov	266	222	0.84
8	Volodymyr Marchuk	141	209	1.48
9	Andriy Kovtun	184	203	1.10
10	Bohdan Strontsitsky	198	202	1.02
Data through 2008-09 season.

Best single season Vyscha Liha goalkeeper

Player		Year	Team	Games	Goals Allowed/Game	Goals Allowed
1	Oleksandr Shovkovsky	2004-05	Dynamo Kyiv	23	0.39	9
2	Andriy Pyatov	2008-09	Shakhtar Donetsk	24	0.46	11
3	Stanislav Bohush	2008-09	Dynamo Kyiv	21	0.48	10
4	Yuri Virt	1999-00	Shakhtar Donetsk	30	0.50	15
=	Oleksandr Shovkovsky	1997-98	Dynamo Kyiv	26	0.50	13
6	Andriy Pyatov	2009-10	Shakhtar Donetsk	27	0.52	14
=	Oleksandr Shovkovsky	1995-96	Dynamo Kyiv	25	0.52	13
8	Oleksandr Shovkovsky	2009-10	Dynamo Kyiv	24	0.54	13
9	Oleksandr Shovkovsky	1996-97	Dynamo Kyiv	24	0.58	14
=	Oleksandr Shovkovsky	1998-99	Dynamo Kyiv	24	0.58	14
10	Ilya Blyzniuk	1996-97	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	29	0.59	17
Minimum of 20 appearances needed to qualify. Data through 2009-10 season.

All-time Ukrainian Cup scorers

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Goals	Games	Ratio
1	Andriy Vorobei	Shakhtar Donetsk, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk,	25	54	0.463
2	Maksim Shatskikh	Dynamo Kyiv, Arsenal Kyiv, Chornomorets Odesa, Hoverla Uzhhorod	24	50	0.48
3	Oleksandr Palyanytsia	Dnipro, Veres, Karpaty, Metalist, Kryvbas	22	48	0.458
4	Andriy Shevchenko	Dynamo-2, Dynamo	21	31	0.677
5	Serhiy Rebrov	Shakhtar, Dynamo	20	51	0.392
=	Andriy Yarmolenko	Dynamo Kyiv	20	27	0.741
7	Andriy Pokladok	Karpaty, Metalurh D, Rava, Halychyna L	19	47	0.404
8	Oleh Matveyev	Shakhtar, Metalurh Z	17	32	0.531
9	Oleksiy Antyukhin	Metalurh Z, Tavria, Vorskla	16	34	0.471
=	Luiz Adriano	Shakhtar Donetsk	16	33	0.485
=	Oleh Husyev	Dynamo Kyiv	16	?
Data through 18 May 2017. [15] [16]

Most successful clubs overall

Team	Ukrainian Domestic			USSR Domestic				European				Total
	Ukrainian Premier League	Ukrainian Cup	Ukrainian Super Cup	Soviet Top League	Soviet Cup	USSR Federation Cup	Soviet Super Cup	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	UEFA Europa League	UEFA Super Cup
Dynamo Kyiv	15	11	6	13	9	-	3	-	2	-	1	60
Shakhtar Donetsk	11	12	8	-	4	-	1	-	-	1	-	37
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	-	-	-	2	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	6
Chornomorets Odesa	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	3
Tavriya Simferopol	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Vorskla Poltava	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Zorya Luhansk	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Metalist Kharkiv	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Karpaty Lviv	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1

Data through 22 July 2018.

References

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

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14. Currently active on a Premier League team's roster
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