Ukrainian midfielder Alexander Zinchenko became the fourth champion in the top 5 European elite leagues for the period of Ukrainian independence.

Zinchenko became the champion of England, along with "Manchester City", which won the trophy ahead of schedule.

In this season Alexander spent for "townspeople" 7 matches in the Premier League. And according to the rules of the Premier League, to get the championship title you need to play 5 matches in the championship.

The first such title won with the London "Arsenal" in the season-2001/2002 defender Oleg Luzhny. In the season-2003/2004 Andriy Shevchenko together with "Milan" won the Italian Serie A, and Victor Skripnik in "Werder" became the winner of the German Bundesliga.

Note that in the times of the former USSR in the season-1990/1991 midfielder Alexei Mikhailichenko won the Italian Serie A together with "Sampdoria".

Recall, Zinchenko signed a five-year contract with the "townspeople" in July 2016. For some time he played on loan to PSV from the Netherlands. Earlier he played for the Donetsk "Shakhtar" and the Russian "Ufa".