Football records in Ukraine

Team records

As of 2015-2016 season.

Vyscha Liha

Titles

• Most League titles: 15, Dynamo Kyiv
• Most consecutive League titles: 9, Dynamo Kyiv
• 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 (26 games): 23, Dynamo Kyiv (2015–16)
• Most wins in a season (28 games): 21, Shakhtar Donetsk (2013–14)
• Most wins in a season (30 games): 27, Dynamo Kyiv (1999–2000)
• Most wins in a season (34 games): 25, Dynamo Kyiv (1994-95)
• Fewest wins in a season (26 games): 2, Nyva Ternopil (2000-01)
• Fewest wins in a season (28 games): 2, Metalurh Zaporizhya and Tavriya Simferopol (2013–14)
• Fewest wins in a season (30 games): 0, Zirka Kirovohrad (1999–2000)
• Fewest wins in a season (34 games): 4, Zorya Luhansk (1995–96)

Losses

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

Points

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

Goals scored

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

Goals conceded

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

Appearances

• Most top flight appearances overall: 26 (all seasons since the formation of league in 1992), joint record:
  • Dynamo Kyiv
  • Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
  • Shakhtar Donetsk
• Fewest top flight appearances overall:1, joint record:
  • Odesa (1992)
  • Lviv (2008–09)

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

• 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 (5–1), 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 (5–1), 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)
• 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
  • €14,000,000, Willian, in 2007, from Corinthians to Shakhtar Donetsk
• Most expensive outgoing transfer fee paid:
  • €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
• First Brazilian legionnaire: Émerson Luiz Firmino (for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in 1995-96)^[1]
• First representative of Ukraine in Seleção: Elano (from Shakhtar Donetsk)^[1]
• Champion with clubs: Oleksandr Holovko (Tavriya Simferopol and Dynamo Kyiv), Oleksandr Rybka (Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk)

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	Oleksandr Haydash	95	258	0.368
6	Marko Dević	90	219	0.411
	Serhiy Mizin	90	342	0.263
8	Tymerlan Huseynov	85	215	0.395
9	Oleksandr Kosyrin	84	240	0.35
10	Andriy Yarmolenko	84	207	0.406
11	Andriy Shevchenko	83	172	0.483
Players in bold are still playing in Premier League Data as of 28 November 2016[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	Alex Teixeira	67	146	0.459
5	Brandão	65	140	0.464
6	Vasil Gigiadze	61	245	0.249
7	Avtandil Kapanadze	57	189	0.302
8	Lucky Idahor	54	221	0.244
	Roman Bondarenko	54	231	0.234
10	Georgi Demetradze	52	130	0.4
11	Júnior Moraes	51	97	0.526
Players in bold are still playing in Premier League Data as of 28 November 2016[4][6]

Active Vyscha Liha scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	Games	Ratio
1	Yevhen Seleznyov	Shakhtar Donetsk	111	230	0.483
2	Andriy Yarmolenko	Dynamo Kyiv	84	207	0.406
3	Oleksandr Hladkyy	Dynamo Kyiv	77	271	0.284
4	Serhiy Nazarenko	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	73	373	0.196
5	Oleh Husyev	Dynamo Kyiv	59	315	0.187
6	Júnior Moraes	Dynamo Kyiv	51	97	0.526
7	Željko Ljubenović	Zorya Luhansk	40	284	0.141
8	Eduardo	Shakhtar Donetsk	38	109	0.349
9	Ruslan Rotan	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	37	357	0.104
10	Kostyantyn Yaroshenko	Karpaty Lviv	35	214	0.164
=	Vyacheslav Checher	Zorya Luhansk	35	378	0.093
Data as of 28 November 2016[4]

All-time Vyscha Liha appearance leaders

Rank	Player	Games
1	Oleksandr Shovkovsky	426
2	Oleh Shelayev	412
3	Oleksandr Chizhevskiy	400
4	Oleksandr Horyainov	391
5	Vyacheslav Checher	378
6	Serhiy Nazarenko	373
7	Serhiy Shyshchenko	363
8	Ruslan Kostyshyn	359
9	Ruslan Rotan	357
10	Serhiy Zakarlyuka	356
Data as of 28 November 2016.[7][8]

All-time Vyscha Liha foreign appearance leaders

Rank	Player	Games
1	Maksim Shatskikh	341
2	Darijo Srna	319
3	Edmar	316
4	Armend Dallku	292
5	Željko Ljubenović	284
6	Papa Gueye	271
7	Vasil Gigiadze	245
8	Roman Bondarenko	231
9	Jovan Markoski	226
10	Valentin Belkevich	224
Data as of 28 November 2016.[9][10]

Active Vyscha Liha appearance

Rank	Player	Team	Games
1	Oleksandr Shovkovsky	Dynamo Kyiv	426
2	Vyacheslav Checher	Zorya Luhansk	378
3	Serhiy Nazarenko	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	373
4	Ruslan Rotan	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	357
5	Darijo Srna	Shakhtar Donetsk	319
6	Oleh Husyev	Dynamo Kyiv	315
7	Željko Ljubenović	Zorya Luhansk	284
8	Yevhen Cheberyachko	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	279
9	Volodymyr Polyovyi	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	271
10	Oleksandr Hladkyy	Dynamo Kyiv	271
Data as of 28 November 2016.[11][12]

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	Yevhen Seleznyov	230	111	0.483
4	Andriy Shevchenko	172	83	0.483
5	Luiz Adriano	162	77	0.475
6	Serhiy Rebrov	261	123	0.471
7	Brandão	139	65	0.468
8	Alex Teixeira	146	67	0.459
9	Marko Dević	219	90	0.411
10	Andriy Yarmolenko	207	84	0.406
11	Timerlan Huseinov	215	85	0.395
12	Oleh Matviiv	210	81	0.386
Minimum of 60 goals needed to qualify.			Data as of 28 November 2016.

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
=	Arsen Avakov	1994–95	Torpedo Zaporizhzhya	33	21	0.636
9	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
13	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 2015-16 season.

Goalkeeping categories

Best all-time Vyscha Liha goalkeeper

Player		Games	Goals Allowed/Game	Goals Allowed
1	Oleksandr Shovkovsky[13]	334	0.63	210
2	Andriy Pyatov[13]	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[13]	190	0.89	169
8	Vitaliy Reva[13]	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 Goryainov[13]	304	340	1.12
3	Andriy Gluschenko[13]	225	323	1.44
4	Andriy Nikitin	244	313	1.28
5	Serhiy Dolgansky [13]	241	277	1.15
6	Vitaliy Reva[13]	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, Dnipro,	25	53	0.472
2	Maksim Shatskikh	Dynamo, Arsenal	23	46	0.5
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
6	Andriy Pokladok	Karpaty, Metalurh D, Rava, Halychyna L	19	47	0.404
7	Oleh Matveyev	Shakhtar, Metalurh Z	17	32	0.531
8	Oleksiy Antyukhin	Metalurh Z, Tavria, Vorskla	16	34	0.471
9	Bohdan Yesyp	Dynamo, Zirka, Zakarpattia, Naftovyk	15	37	0.405
10	Valentyn Poltavets	Shakhtar Pavlograd, Metalurh Z, Dnipro, Chornomorets, Dniester	15	48	0.313
Data through 21 August 2014.[14][15]

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	9	10	7	-	4	-	1	-	-	1	-	32
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 17 July 2016.

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