What anniversary events can be expected from the participants of the 2025/2026 season in the Ukrainian championship

The upcoming season of the Ukrainian Championship 2025/2026, already the 35th by count, will provide several reasons for statistics enthusiasts to celebrate various anniversaries — tournament, team, and individual ones. Some are easily predictable, while others are possible with a successful alignment of circumstances.

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Championship

1100th win with a score of 2:0 (currently — 1094).

1000th, possibly home double (978).

Teams

The 1000th match will be played by “Dynamo” (995), “Shakhtar” (995).

400th — “Oleksandriya” (375).

100th — “Metalist 1925” (78).

700th win will be achieved by “Shakhtar” (695).

2200th goal may be scored by “Dynamo” (2136), “Shakhtar” (2132).

800th, possibly “Kryvbas” (744).

1000th goal may be conceded by “Zorya” (957).

900th goal may be scored by “Kryvbas” (869).

500th, possibly “Oleksandriya” (471).

300th — “Veres” (296).

Players

Denys Myroshnychenko (282), Oleksandr Karavaev (274) may play their 300th match.

120th goal may be scored by Andriy Yarmolenko (114).

70th — Vitaliy Buyalskyi (67).

Coaches

Victor Skrypnyk may hold his 150th match (136).

100th — Ruslan Rotan (77), Ruslan Kostyshyn (75), Vitaliy Ponomariov (73).

150th goal will be scored by the pupils of Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (130).

100th — Ruslan Rotan (95), Ruslan Kostyshyn (90), Vitaliy Ponomariov (86).

Referees

110th match will be officiated by Mykola Balakin (101).

100th — Ihor Paschal (99).

Assistant Referees

240th match will be held by Oleksandr Korniyko (236).

200th — Semen Shlonchak (191).

Note: the numbers in brackets are data before the start of the season.