Season trivia for Premjer-Liha 2016/2017
It's not all about becoming the top scorer or winning matches - there's also a wealth of fascinating information related to goalscorers and other remarkable records. Below, you'll find trivia and interesting facts from the 2016/2017 Premjer-Liha season in Ukraine.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2016/2017 season were the players Facundo Ferreyra - Darijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk) and Andriy Yarmolenko - Artem Besyedin (Dynamo Kiev). Together they scored 4 goals for their teams, where one of the players scored the goal and the other one assisted to it.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2016/2017 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Andriy Bohdanov, playing for Olimpik Donetsk, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 40 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Olimpik Donetsk-Dnipro.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In April 2017, Andriy Yarmolenko (Dynamo Kiev) scored 6 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2016/2017 season.
Most braces by player
Andriy Yarmolenko in Dynamo Kiev scored (at least) two goals in a match 5 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2016/2017 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2016/2017 season was Facundo Ferreyra in Shakhtar Donetsk, in total he did it 6 times.
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were 2 players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, 5 times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Andriy Yarmolenko (Dynamo Kiev)
Facundo Ferreyra (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2016/2017 season was Rafael Forster, in total he scored 6 penalties for his Zorya Luhansk.
Most penalty goals by team
Dynamo Kiev was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2016/2017 season, in total they scored 8 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 4 players scored 2 goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Ihor Zahalskyi (Zirka Kropyvnytskyi)
Artem Besyedin (Dynamo Kiev)
Kwame Karikari (Stal Kamianske)
Stanislav Kulish (Oleksandriya)
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Dynamo Kiev was the best team, in total they scored 5 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2016/2017 season was Yevhen Khacheridi, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Premjer-Liha, which he did 3 times.
Most own goals by team
2 teams each scored 3 own goals, and the teams that were best at putting the ball into their own net were Zirka Kropyvnytskyi and Dynamo Kiev.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Facundo Ferreyra in Shakhtar Donetsk scored in 4 consecutive matches during the 2016/2017 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Gustavo Blanco Leschuk in Karpaty Lviv/Shakhtar Donetsk who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 9 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Facundo Ferreyra in Shakhtar Donetsk scored a total of 9 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Premjer-Liha during the 2016/2017 season.
Most consecutive wins
Shakhtar Donetsk was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2016/2017 season, with a total of 10 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Shakhtar Donetsk were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2016/2017 season, playing 23 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Volyn Lutsk had a streak of 7 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Premjer-Liha during the 2016/2017 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
The longest winless run in the 2016/2017 season was 12 matches in a row, and it was Volyn Lutsk and Karpaty Lviv who managed that dubious achievement.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The art of turning a deficit in a match into a win is something Dynamo Kiev were best at during the 2016/2017 season, they came back to win 5 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Karpaty Lviv have managed this in 5 matches during the 2016/2017 season, more than any other team in Premjer-Liha.
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