Zaporizhzhia is best known in football circles as the birthplace of Maksym Koval, but the city has produced 136 documented association football players in total. Other notable players include Serhiy Kryvtsov, Viktor Matviyenko, Oleksiy Hai and Denys Oliynyk. Among them are 135 male and 1 female players. Birth years range from 1925 to 2004.