In the match against "Vorskla", the 18-year-old Denys Marchenko took his place in the "Obolon" goal, becoming the first goalkeeper born in 2007 to play in the history of the Ukrainian championship.
Marchenko debuted in the UPL at the age of 18 years and 18 days, and based on this indicator, he ranked immediately behind the top ten youngest debutants of the elite division of Ukraine - in 11th place.
The leading position in this ranking has belonged to the goalkeeper of "Dnipro" Serhiy Perkhun since 1993, who played his match at the age of 16 years and 34 days.
The youngest goalkeepers in the history of the Ukrainian championship (1992−2025)
Age at debut | Goalkeeper | Club | Debut | Opponent | Score (field) |
16 years 34 days | Serhiy Perkhun | "Dnipro" | 08.10.93 | "Kryvbas" | 2:1 (a) |
16 years 269 days | Yuriy-Volodymyr Hereta | "Rukh" | 25.10.20 | "Zorya" | 0:4 (a) |
16 years 327 days | Maxim Koval | "Metallurg" Z | 01.11.09 | "Hoverla" | 3:0 (a) |
16 years 348 days | Pavlo Isenko | "Vorskla" | 03.07.20 | "Lviv" | 2:2 (a) |
17 years 44 days | Viktor Kapustin | "Metallurg" Z | 08.08.98 | "Mykolaiv" | 4:1 (a) |
17 years 136 days | Oleksiy Shpak | "Tavria" | 24.05.94 | "Nyva" V | 2:2 (a) |
17 years 248 days | Andriy Lunin | "Dnipro" | 16.10.16 | "Karpaty" | 1:1 (a) |
17 years 277 days | Andriy Chekotu | "Olympic" | 05.07.20 | "Dnipro-1" | 0:2 (a) |
17 years 298 days | Anatoliy Trubin | "Shakhtar" | 26.05.19 | "Mariupol" | 4:0 (a) |
17 years 336 days | Serhiy Dolhansky | "Veres" | 16.08.92 | "Karpaty" | 1:1 (a) |
18 years 18 days | Denys Marchenko | "Obolon" | 23.02.25 | "Vorskla" | 1:0 (a) |
18 years 32 days | Bohdan Sarnavskyi | "Arsenal" | 02.03.13 | "Dnipro" | 0:3(a) |
18 years 41 day | Serhiy Derenov | "Kryvbas" | 18.11.94 | "Metallurg" Z | 2:0 (a) |
18 years 66 days | RomanPidkivka | "Karpaty" | 14.07.13 | "Vorskla" | 0:2 (a) |
Note: statistics as of 24.02.2025.