Football records and statistics in Ukraine

• 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:
    • 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)[1]

• 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 Zaporizhzhia 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• Most goals conceded in a season: 80, Zorya-MALS Luhansk (1995–96)
  • 26 games: 65, Nyva Ternopil (2000–01)
  • 28 games: 54, Metalurh Zaporizhzhia (2013–14)
  • 30 games: 69, Torpedo Zaporizhzhia (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)

• 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)

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

• 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)

• 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 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)
  • 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 Milevskyi 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
  • €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, 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:
  • €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, 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 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, Andriy Shevchenko, in 1999, from Dynamo Kyiv to A.C. Milan

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:

Best all-time Vyscha Liha goalkeeper:

Most all-time Vyscha Liha goals allowed:

Best single season Vyscha Liha goalkeeper:

• Most wins: 13, joint record:
  • Shakhtar Donetsk (1995, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
  • Dynamo Kyiv (1993, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021)
• 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:[11]
  • 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)[11]
• Least yellow/red cards in a final: 0 (no cards shown), Chornomorets Odesa 0–0 (5–3 p) Tavriya Simferopol (1994)[11]

• Most wins: 10, Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (Dynamo Kyiv) (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014, 2015)[12]
• Fastest goal: 1st minute, Andriy Shevchenko, Dynamo Kyiv 2–1 CSKA Kyiv, 1998[10]
• Latest goal: 120th minute, Serhiy Atelkin, Shakhtar Donetsk 2–1 (a.e.t.) CSKA Kyiv, 2001[11]
• Most goals in finals: 4, Andriy Shevchenko (Dynamo Kyiv), Serhiy Atelkin (Shakhtar Donetsk)

• Most wins: 7, Mircea Lucescu (Shakhtar Donetsk, 2004, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016; Dynamo Kyiv, 2021)[12]

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.

• 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]

• 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)

Record competitions winners shown in bold.

Data through 22 September 2021.