In the first part of the current Ukrainian championship, referees awarded penalties 43 times, but only 30 were converted.
The most frequent penalty takers were Andriy Yarmolenko (“Dynamo”) and Heorhii Sudakov (“Shakhtar”) — both took 3 times. However, only Yarmolenko converted all 3 attempts.
Yarmolenko currently has 17 successful penalties in the UPL and this is the best record among active players. In the overall ranking, he currently shares the 7th to 10th place.
Goals | Penalty Taker | Clubs (balls) | Shots |
27 | Vasil HIGIADZE | “Tavriya” (19), “Kryvbas” (8), “Naftovyk” | 30 |
24 | Victor TSYHANKOV | “Dynamo” | 28 |
24 | Serhii REBROV | “Shakhtar”, “Dynamo” (24) | 29 |
23 | Serhii ZAKARYLUKA | “CSKA/Arsenal” (18), “Mariupol” (4), "Metalurh” D (1), “Vorskla” | 25 |
20 | Oleg MATVEEV | “Shakhtar” (14), “Kremin” (5), “Metalurh” D (1) | 24 |
18 | Serhii MIZIN | “Dynamo” (7), “CSKA/Arsenal” (8), “Karpaty” (1), “Metalist” (1), “Dnipro” (1) | 20 |
17 | Andriy YARMOLENKO | “Dynamo” | 18 |
17 | Serhii NAZARENKO | “Dnipro” (12), “Tavriya” (5) | 19 |
17 | Marko DEVICH | “Metalist” (16), “Shakhtar” (1) | 20 |
17 | Serhii BEZHENAR | “Dnipro” (15), “Dynamo” (2), CSKA | 21 |
16 | Oleksandr KOSYRYN | CSKA (2), “Chornomorets” (10), “Metalurh” D (4), “Hoverla” | 22 |
15 | Volodymyr HASCHYN | “Volyn” (12), “Kryvbas” (3) | 17 |
15 | Igor VOLKOV | “Tavriya” | 18 |
14 | DIOGO RINCON | “Dynamo” | 15 |
14 | Junior MORAES | “Metalurh” D (9), “Dynamo” (2), “Shakhtar” (2) | 21 |
13 | Mladen BARTULOVIC | “Kryvbas” (4), “Karpaty” (3), “Inhulets” (6) | 14 |
13 | Ivan HETSKO | “Chornomorets” (6), “Kryvbas” (3), “Karpaty” (1), “Metalist” (3) | 15 |
13 | Artem DOVBIK | “Dnipro-1” | 16 |
13 | MARLOS | “Metalist” (1), “Shakhtar” (12) | 18 |
Note: statistics as of 15.01.2025.