Football records and statistics in Ukraine explained

Ukrainian Premier League

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

Team records

Titles

Wins

Losses

Points

Goals scored

Goals conceded

Appearances

Participation

Scorelines

Individual Records

All-time Vyscha Liha scorers

RankPlayerGoalsGamesRatio
1 Maksim Shatskikh124341
2 Serhii Rebrov123261
3 Yevhen Seleznyov117256
4 Andriy Vorobey105315
5 Júnior Moraes103189
6 Andriy Yarmolenko99228
7 Oleksandr Gladkyy98338
8 Oleksandr Haydash95258
9 Marko Dević90219
Serhiy Mizin90342
11 Tymerlan Huseynov85215
12 Oleksandr Kosyrin84240
13 Andriy Shevchenko83172
14 Oleh Matveyev81210
Players in bold are still playing in Premier League
Data as of 14 December 2021[4] [5]

All-time Vyscha Liha foreign scorers

RankPlayerGoalsGamesRatio
1 Maksim Shatskikh124341
2 Júnior Moraes103189
3 Marko Dević90219
4 Luiz Adriano77162
5 Marlos68232
6 Alex Teixeira67146
7 Brandão65140
8 Vasil Gigiadze61245
9 Avtandil Kapanadze57189
10 Lucky Idahor54221
Roman Bondarenko54231
12 Giorgi Demetradze52130
13 Valyantsin Byalkevich51224
14 Henrikh Mkhitaryan50109
Taison50239
Players in bold are still playing in Premier League
Data as of 20 August 2022[6]

Active Vyscha Liha scorers

width=50pxRankPlayerTeamGoalsGamesRatio
1 Yevhen SeleznyovMynai117256
2 Oleksandr GladkyyChornomorets Odesa98338
3 Viktor TsyhankovDynamo Kyiv71143
4 Artem HromovSC Dnipro-148244
5 Vladyslav KulachDynamo Kyiv40145
6 Vitaliy BuyalskyiDynamo Kyiv38182
7 Denys OliynykVorskla Poltava37138
8 Andriy TotovytskyiShakhtar Donetsk34129
9 Denys HarmashDynamo Kyiv33213
= Volodymyr LysenkoKolos Kovalivka33213
11 Artem BesyedinDynamo Kyiv31102
12 Oleksandr KaravayevDynamo Kyiv29216
13 Artem DovbykSC Dnipro-12563
= Serhiy KravchenkoChornomorets Odesa25279
15 Yuriy KolomoyetsMynai24101
16 Vyacheslav ChurkoZorya Luhansk23155
= Dmytro KhomchenovskyiKryvbas Kryvyi23194
Data as of 20 August 2022

All-time Vyscha Liha appearance leaders

RankPlayerGames
1 Oleksandr Shovkovskyi426
2 Oleh Shelayev412
3 Vyacheslav Checher409
4 Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi400
5 Oleksandr Horyainov391
6 Ruslan Rotan375
7 Serhiy Nazarenko373
8 Serhiy Shyshchenko363
9 Ruslan Kostyshyn359
10 Serhiy Zakarlyuka356
Data as of 20 August 2022.[7] [8]

All-time Vyscha Liha foreign appearance leaders

RankPlayerGames
1 Maksim Shatskikh341
2 Darijo Srna339
3 Edmar316
4 Željko Ljubenović303
5 Papa Gueye298
6 Armend Dallku292
7 Mladen Bartulović252
8 Vasil Gigiadze245
9 Taison239
10 Marlos232
Data as of 20 August 2022.

Active Vyscha Liha appearance

width=50pxRankPlayerTeamGames
1 Andriy PyatovShakhtar Donetsk342
2 Oleksandr GladkyyChornomorets Odesa337
3 Volodymyr ChesnakovVorskla Poltava333
4 Taras StepanenkoShakhtar Donetsk315
5 Serhiy KravchenkoChornomorets Odesa279
6 Yevhen SeleznyovMynai256
7 Valeriy FedorchukRukh Lviv252
8 Vitaliy VernydubKryvbas Kryvyi Rih246
9 Artem HromovSC Dnipro-1244
10 Serhiy PolityloChornomorets Odesa241
11 Yuriy PankivRukh Lviv240
12 Serhiy YavorskyiVorskla Poltava228
13 Mykola MorozyukChornomorets Odesa227
14 Andriy BohdanovKolos Kovalivka226
15 Serhiy SydorchukDynamo Kyiv220
16 Ihor PerdutaVorskla Poltava217
17 Oleksandr KaravayevDynamo Kyiv216
18 Denys HarmashDynamo Kyiv213
= Volodymyr LysenkoKolos Kovalivka213
20 Denys MiroshnichenkoOleksandriya203
Data as of 20 August 2022.

Goalscoring categories

Most prolific all-time Vyscha Liha scorers:

RankPlayerGamesGoalsGoals/Game
1 Ivan Hetsko11367
2 Viktor Leonenko11867
3 Júnior Moraes189103
4 Viktor Tsyhankov14371
5 Andriy Shevchenko17283
6 Luiz Adriano16277
7 Serhii Rebrov261123
8 Brandão13965
9 Yevhen Seleznyov256117
10 Alex Teixeira14667
11 Andriy Yarmolenko22899
12 Marko Dević21990
13 Timerlan Huseinov21585
Minimum of 60 goals needed to qualify. Data as of 20 August 2022.

Single season Vyscha Liha topscorers:

RankPlayerYearTeamGamesGoalsGoals/Game
1Henrikh Mkhitaryan2012–13Shakhtar Donetsk2825
2Alex Teixeira2015–16Shakhtar Donetsk1522
=Serhii Rebrov1997–98Dynamo Kyiv2922
=Maksim Shatskikh2002–03Dynamo Kyiv2922
5Andriy Vorobei2000–01Shakhtar Donetsk2421
=Oleh Matviiv1996–97Shakhtar Donetsk2521
=Oleksiy Byelik2002–03Shakhtar Donetsk2821
=Facundo Ferreyra2017–18Shakhtar Donetsk3021
=Arsen Avakov1994–95Torpedo Zaporizhzhia3321
10Maksim Shatskikh1999–2000Dynamo Kyiv2520
=Luiz Adriano2013–14Shakhtar Donetsk2520
=Júnior Moraes2019–20Shakhtar Donetsk2720
=Serhii Rebrov1996–97Dynamo Kyiv3020
=Timerlan Huseinov1995–96Chornomorets Odesa3320
15Andriy Shevchenko1997–98Dynamo Kyiv2319
=Ivan Hetsko1999–2000Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih / Karpaty Lviv2319
=Oleh Venglinsky2002–03Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk2319
=Marko Dević2007–08Metalist Kharkiv2719
=Júnior Moraes2013–14Metalurh Donetsk2719
=Júnior Moraes2018–19Shakhtar Donetsk2719
Data as of 12 May 2021.

Goalkeeping categories

Best all-time Vyscha Liha goalkeeper:

PlayerGamesGoals Allowed/GameGoals Allowed
1Oleksandr Shovkovskyi[9] 3340.63210
2Andriy Pyatov1170.7082
3Oleh Suslov1500.79119
4Dmytro Shutkov2660.83222
5Mykola Medin2050.85174
6Yuri Virt1820.86157
7Vyacheslav Kernozenko1900.89169
8Vitaliy Reva2700.91246
9Ilya Blyznyuk1360.93126
10Volodymyr Tsytkin1040.9397
Minimum of 75 appearances needed to qualify. Data through 2009–10 season.

Most all-time Vyscha Liha goals allowed:

PlayerGamesGoals AllowedGoals Allowed/Game
1Ihor Shukhovtsev2923961.36
2Oleksandr Horyainov3043401.12
3Andriy Hlushchenko2253231.44
4Andriy Nikitin2443131.28
5Serhiy Dolhansky2412771.15
6Vitaliy Reva2702460.91
7Dmytro Shutkov2662220.84
8Volodymyr Marchuk1412091.48
9Andriy Kovtun1842031.10
10Bohdan Strontsitsky1982021.02
Data through 2008–09 season.

Best single season Vyscha Liha goalkeeper:

PlayerYearTeamGamesGoals Allowed/GameGoals Allowed
1Oleksandr Shovkovskyi2004–05Dynamo Kyiv230.399
2Oleksandr Shovkovskyi2011–12Dynamo Kyiv2410
3Andriy Pyatov2008–09Shakhtar Donetsk240.4611
4Stanislav Bohush2008–09Dynamo Kyiv210.4810
5Yuri Virt1999-00Shakhtar Donetsk300.5015
=Oleksandr Shovkovskyi1997–98Dynamo Kyiv260.5013
7Andriy Pyatov2010–11Shakhtar Donetsk2915
=Andriy Pyatov2009–10Shakhtar Donetsk270.5214
=Oleksandr Shovkovskyi1995–96Dynamo Kyiv250.5213
10Oleksandr Shovkovskyi2009–10Dynamo Kyiv240.5413
11Oleksandr Shovkovskyi1996–97Dynamo Kyiv240.5814
=Oleksandr Shovkovskyi1998–99Dynamo Kyiv240.5814
13Ilya Blyzniuk1996–97Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk290.5917
Minimum of 20 appearances needed to qualify. Data through 2011–12 season.

Ukrainian Cup

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

Final

Team records

Individual records

Managerial records

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, Slavutych Arena in Zaporizhzhia and City Stadium in Ternopil hosted the final once.

Teams by semi-final appearances

TeamNo.Years
align=center 23 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
align=center 20 1993, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021
align=center 12 1995, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017
align=center 7 1992, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2008, 2013, 2014
align=center 5 1993, 1994, 1999, 2006, 2012
align=center 5 1998, 2002, 2008, 2010, 2012
align=center 4 1992, 1993, 2007, 2009
align=center 4 1994, 1995, 2007, 2010
align=center 4 1997, 1998, 2001, 2011
align=center 4 2001, 2006, 2018, 2020
align=center 3 1998, 2000, 2005
align=center 3 1997, 2000, 2006
align=center 3 2003, 2010, 2012
align=center 3 2016, 2019, 2021
align=center 2 1992, 1993
align=center 2 1999, 2000
align=center 2 2018, 2019
align=center 2 2009, 2020
align=center 2 2016, 2021
align=center 1 1994
align=center 1 1996
align=center 1 1996
align=center 1 2013
align=center 1 2014
align=center 1 2015
align=center 1 2017
align=center 1 2019
align=center 1 2020
align=center 1 2021

Overall

All-time Ukrainian Cup top scorers

RankPlayerClub(s)GoalsGamesRatio
1 Andriy VorobeiShakhtar-2 Donetsk, Shakhtar Donetsk, Dnipro, Arsenal Kyiv, Metalist Kharkiv2554
2 Maksim ShatskikhDynamo Kyiv, Arsenal Kyiv, Chornomorets Odesa, Hoverla Uzhhorod2450
3Dnipro, Veres Rivne, Karpaty Lviv, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, Metalist Kharkiv2248
4Dynamo-2 Kyiv, Dynamo Kyiv2131
5Shakhtar Donetsk, Dynamo Kyiv2051
Andriy YarmolenkoDynamo Kyiv2027
7 Andriy PokladokSkala Stryi, Karpaty Lviv, Metalurh Donetsk, Oleksandriya, Rava, Halychyna Lviv1947
8 Luiz AdrianoShakhtar Donetsk1834
9Shakhtar Donetsk, Kremin Kremenchuk, Metalurh Zaporizhzhia, Metalurh Donetsk1732
10 Oleksiy AntyukhinMetalurh Zaporizhzhia, Tavriya Simferopol, Vorskla Poltava1634
Oleh HusyevFrunzenets-Liha-99 Sumy, Arsenal Kyiv, Dynamo Kyiv1651
Data through 8 July 2020.[14]

Ukrainian Super Cup

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

Team records

Most successful clubs overall

Key

Ukrainian domestic competitions organised by the UAF
LUkrainian Premier League, former Vyshcha Liha (1992–2008)
CUPUkrainian Cup
SCUPUkrainian Super Cup
Soviet domestic competitions organised by the FFSU (all defunct)
STLSoviet Top League, former Group A (1936–1941), First Group (1945–1949), Class "A" (1950–1962), First Group "A" (1963–1969)
SCSoviet Cup
SFCUSSR Federation Cup
SSCSoviet Super Cup, former Season's Cup (1977–1985)
European continental competitions organised by UEFA
UCLUEFA Champions League,[15] former European Champions Cup
CWCUEFA Cup Winners' Cup (defunct)
UELUEFA Europa League, former UEFA Cup
USCUEFA Super Cup

Performance by club

Record competitions winners shown in bold.

Data through 22 September 2021.

TeamUkrainian DomesticUSSR DomesticEuropeanTotalLast trophy
width=6% class="sortable"Lwidth=6% class="sortable"CUPwidth=6% class="sortable"SCUPwidth=5% class="sortable"STLwidth=5% class="sortable"SCwidth=5% class="sortable"SFCwidth=5% class="sortable"SSCwidth=6% class="sortable"UCLwidth=6% class="sortable"CWCwidth=6% class="sortable"UELwidth=6% class="sortable"USC
Dynamo Kyiv16139139align=center-3align="center" -2align=center-1bgcolor=#F0F0F0 align=center66
Shakhtar Donetsk1413aligncenter9align=center-4align=center-1align="center" -align=center-1align=center-bgcolor=#F0F0F0 align=center42
Dniproalign=center-align=center-align=center-2121align="center" -align=center-align=center-align=center-bgcolor=#F0F0F0 align=center6
Chornomorets Odesaalign=center-2align=center-align=center-align=center-1align=center-align="center" -align=center-align=center-align=center-bgcolor=#F0F0F0 align=center3
Tavriya Simferopol11align=center-align=center-align=center-align=center-align=center-align="center" -align=center-align=center-align=center-bgcolor=#F0F0F0 align=center2
Vorskla Poltavaalign=center-1align=center-align=center-align=center-align=center-align=center-align="center" -align=center-align=center-align=center-bgcolor=#F0F0F0 align=center1
Zorya Luhanskalign=center-align=center-align=center-1align=center-align=center-align=center-align="center" -align=center-align=center-align=center-bgcolor=#F0F0F0 align=center1
Metalist Kharkivalign=center-align=center-align=center-align=center-1align=center-align=center-align="center" -align=center-align=center-align=center-bgcolor=#F0F0F0 align=center1
Karpaty Lvivalign=center-align=center-align=center-align=center-1align=center-align=center-align="center" -align=center-align=center-align=center-bgcolor=#F0F0F0 align=center1
Lokomotyv Kharkivalign=center-align=center-align=center-align=center-align=center-align=center-align=center-align="center" -align=center-align=center-align=center-bgcolor=#F0F0F0 align=center1

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