Ukraine footballFootball in Ukraine
Football is the most popular sport in Ukraine. Over half of the people in Ukraine are interested in football. The Ukrainian Association of Football is the national governing body and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of football game in the country. It was organised in 1991 to replace the Soviet republican-level Football Federation of Ukrainian SSR, created earlier in the 1920s as part of the Soviet system of physical culture councils. The Ukrainian Association of Football is a non-governmental organization and is a member of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine.
Most valuable players from Ukraine — top 60 by current market value
Ilya Zabarnyi
Paris Saint-Germain · 23y
€42.00m
Georgiy Sudakov
SL Benfica · 23y
€32.00m
Artem Dovbyk
AS Roma · 28y
€30.00m
Anatoliy Trubin
SL Benfica · 24y
€28.00m
Vitaliy Mykolenko
Everton FC · 26y
€28.00m
Oleksandr Zinchenko
Nottingham Forest · 29y
€20.00m
Andriy Lunin
Real Madrid · 27y
€18.00m
Mykola Matvienko
Shakhtar Donetsk · 30y
€16.00m
Vladyslav Vanat
Girona FC · 24y
€15.00m
Yegor Yarmolyuk
Brentford FC · 22y
€15.00m
Volodymyr Brazhko
Dynamo Kyiv · 24y
€12.00m
Artem Bondarenko
Shakhtar Donetsk · 25y
€10.00m
Oleksandr Zubkov
Trabzonspor · 29y
€8.00m
Valeriy Bondar
Shakhtar Donetsk · 27y
€7.00m
Dmytro Riznyk
Shakhtar Donetsk · 27y
€7.00m
Dmytro Kryskiv
Shakhtar Donetsk · 25y
€7.00m
Taras Mykhavko
Dynamo Kyiv · 20y
€6.00m
Danylo Sikan
Trabzonspor · 25y
€6.00m
Yukhym Konoplya
Shakhtar Donetsk · 26y
€5.00m
Arseniy Batagov
Trabzonspor · 24y
€4.50m
Vladyslav Kabaev
Dynamo Kyiv · 30y
€4.00m
Maksym Taloverov
Stoke City · 25y
€3.00m
Oleksandr Pikhalyonok
Dynamo Kyiv · 29y
€3.00m
Oleksiy Gutsulyak
Polissya Zhytomyr · 28y
€3.00m
Roman Yaremchuk
Olympiacos Piraeus · 30y
€3.00m
Oleg Ocheretko
Shakhtar Donetsk · 22y
€2.50m
Georgiy Yermakov
Maccabi Haifa · 24y
€2.50m
Ruslan Malinovskyi
Genoa CFC · 33y
€2.50m
Vladyslav Kochergin
Raków Częstochowa · 30y
€2.50m
Mykola Mykhaylenko
Dynamo Kyiv · 25y
€2.50m
Bogdan Mykhaylichenko
Polissya Zhytomyr · 29y
€2.00m
Gennadiy Synchuk
CF Montréal · 19y
€2.00m
Ivan Kalyuzhnyi
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv · 28y
€2.00m
Ilya Kvasnytsya
Rukh Lviv · 23y
€2.00m
Oleksandr Martynyuk
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv · 24y
€2.00m
Valentyn Rubchynskyi
Dynamo Kyiv · 24y
€1.80m
Oleksiy Kashchuk
Qarabağ FK · 25y
€1.80m
Artem Smolyakov
Los Angeles FC · 22y
€1.80m
Danylo Ignatenko
Slovan Bratislava · 29y
€1.50m
Ilya Krupskyi
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv · 21y
€1.50m
Maksym Pashayev
--- · 38y
€1.50m
Yegor Tverdokhlib
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rig · 25y
€1.50m
Kiril Fesyun
Shakhtar Donetsk · 23y
€1.50m
Maksym Khlan
Górnik Zabrze · 23y
€1.50m
Yevgen Cheberko
Columbus Crew · 28y
€1.50m
Andriy Yarmolenko
Dynamo Kyiv · 36y
€1.50m
Eduard Sarapiy
Polissya Zhytomyr · 27y
€1.20m
Oleksandr Svatok
Austin FC · 31y
€1.20m
Borys Krushynskyi
Polissya Zhytomyr · 24y
€1.20m
Mykola Kukharevych
Slovan Bratislava · 24y
€1.20m
Mykyta Kravchenko
Polissya Zhytomyr · 28y
€1.20m
Bogdan Viunnyk
Lechia Gdansk · 24y
€1.00m
Ivan Ordets
Without Club · 33y
€1.00m
Igor Krasnopir
Karpaty Lviv · 23y
€1.00m
Maksym Bragaru
Polissya Zhytomyr · 23y
€1.00m
Nazariy Rusyn
Arka Gdynia · 27y
€1.00m
Oleksandr Petrusenko
NK Osijek · 28y
€1.00m
Denys Kuzyk
LNZ Cherkasy · 23y
€1.00m
Ivan Zhelizko
Lechia Gdansk · 25y
€1.00m
Yegor Nazaryna
Shakhtar Donetsk · 28y
€1.00m
All-time top scorers from Ukraine — top 24 by career goals (all competitions)
| # | Player | Pos | Current club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Andriy Shevchenko |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Retired | 342 |
| 2 | Andriy Yarmolenko |
Attack - Right Winger | Dynamo Kyiv | 201 |
| 3 |  Yevgen Seleznyov |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Retired | 200 |
| 4 |  Sergiy Chuychenko |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Retired | 159 |
| 5 |  Andriy Vorobey |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Retired | 145 |
| 6 |  Oleksandr Gladkyi |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Avangard Lozova | 143 |
| 7 | Artem Dovbyk |
Attack - Centre-Forward | AS Roma | 131 |
| 8 |  Oleksandr Akymenko |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Retired | 119 |
| 9 |  Oleksandr Kovpak |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Retired | 109 |
| 10 |  Denys Oliynyk |
Attack - Left Winger | Avangard Lozova | 104 |
| 11 | Roman Yaremchuk |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Olympiacos Piraeus | 103 |
| 12 |  Anton Shynder |
Attack - Centre-Forward | DJK Ammerthal | 101 |
| 13 |  Denys Kozhanov |
Attack - Right Winger | Retired | 99 |
| 14 |  Pavlo Onysko |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Retired | 99 |
| 15 |  Sergiy Nazarenko |
Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Retired | 97 |
| 16 |  Ruslan Stepanyuk |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Without Club | 94 |
| 17 |  Maksym Feshchuk |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Retired | 91 |
| 18 | Ruslan Malinovskyi |
Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Genoa CFC | 89 |
| 19 |  Artem Kravets |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Retired | 88 |
| 20 |  Bogdan Semenets |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Agron Velyki Gai OTG | 88 |
| 21 |  Sergii Tytarchuk |
Attack | Retired | 87 |
| 22 |  Oleksandr Melashchenko |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Retired | 85 |
| 23 |  Denys Dedechko |
Midfield - Defensive Midfield | FC Van | 84 |
| 24 |  Oleksandr Batalskyi |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Legiya Kyiv | 84 |
Top clubs from Ukraine — top 21 by squad value
Shakhtar Donetsk
30 players
€134.60m
Dynamo Kyiv
12 players
€37.80m
Polissya Zhytomyr
19 players
€17.50m
Karpaty Lviv
25 players
€16.60m
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
27 players
€16.50m
LNZ Cherkasy
21 players
€10.90m
FC Oleksandriya
26 players
€10.28m
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rig
14 players
€8.60m
Kolos Kovalivka
17 players
€8.10m
Zorya Lugansk
15 players
€8.00m
Rukh Lviv
12 players
€6.40m
Epicentr Kamyanets-Podilskyi
26 players
€6.30m
Obolon Kyiv
21 players
€6.15m
Chornomorets Odesa
21 players
€4.08m
SC Poltava
23 players
€3.90m
NK Veres Rivne
10 players
€2.85m
Livyi Bereg Kyiv
12 players
€2.83m
Metalist Kharkiv
20 players
€2.77m
FC Kudrivka
14 players
€2.75m
Vorskla Poltava
14 players
€2.68m
Ingulets Petrove
8 players
€685k