FC Shakhtar Donetsk
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FC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian
professional football club from the city of Donetsk
. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year before the competition was revamped as the Europa League. They are one of only two Ukrainian clubs, the other being Dynamo Kyiv
to have won a major UEFA competition.
The clubs draws its history from the very start of the Soviet football league competitions and is one of the oldest clubs in Ukraine. The club was a member of the Soviet Voluntary Sports Society of Shakhtyor having connections with other Soviet teams from Karaganda (Kazakhstan
), Soligorsk (Belarus
) etc. The Donetsk-based club became culturally entwined with the heavily industrialized and Russified
region of Ukraine, Donets Basin
, better known as the Donbas hence the name of its stadium. In the late Soviet period Shakhtar was considered a tough mid-table club of the Soviet Top League
and a cup competition specialist after winning the Soviet Cup
two years in a row (1961 and 1962).
The team has played under the following names: Stakhanovets (1936–1946), Shakhtyor (Shakhtar) (1946–1992) and FC Shakhtar (since 1992).
when the industrialization of the country has began. Numerous foreigns, particularly the British workers, were forming their own football teams. In September 1911 at the factory of Novorossiysk Association (currently Donetsk Steel Works Factory – DMZ) owned by John Hughes was created the Yuzovka Sports Association which contained a football club as well. The football team existed until 1919. In 1920s the club was reorganized into the Lenin's club. One of the most prominent players of that period was Viktor Shylovsky who became famous, however, playing for Dynamo Kyiv.
The club Shakhtar was originally formed in May 1936 and was initially named Stakhanovets meaning the participant of Stakhanovite movement which derived from Aleksei Stakhanov
, a coal-miner in the Donets basin
and propaganda celebrity in 1935. The first team was based upon two other local teams, the participants of the All-Ukrainian Spartakiad
s: Dynamo Horlivka and Stalino. The first game was unofficial against Dynamo Odessa
and took place on May 12, 1936 at Balitsky Stadium. The team of Donbas lost it 2:3 after scoring the first. Its first official game with Dynamo Kazan was even more disappointing, which they lost 1:4. Nonetheless, the selective job conducted constructively by the clubs administration allowed the club to compete successfully at the top level by the end 1930s. During the war championship of 1941 which was interrupted unexpectedly the club defeated the Soviet champions FC Dynamo Moscow
and after about ten games was placing the fifth. The last game of that championship they played on June 24 two days after the start of the Great Patriotic War, which they lost at home to Traktor Stalingrad.
The All-Union coal mining society of Stakhanovite had changed its name in July 1946 to Shakhtyor. The first success for the team was in 1951, under name of Shakhtyor when it took the third place in the USSR Championship
.
In the 1960s, Shakhtar under Oleg Oshenkov’s coaching were three-time USSR Cup finalists, winning it twice in 1961 and 1962. The club was nicknamed “The Cup Team” due to Shakhtar’s success in vying for the trophy every year, however the Miners’ more notable achievements occurred later from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s.
In 1975, Shakhtar took 2nd in the USSR Championship
and received the right to represent the Soviet Union
in European competition. In 1978, Shakhtar finished third in the USSR Championship. A year later, the team finished second and its captain – striker Vitaliy Starukhin
– was named the best player and the best forward in the USSR Championship
(26 goals scored).
Shakhtar twice, in 1980 and 1983, brought home the crystal USSR Cup to Donbas and in 1983, it won the USSR Super Cup
over then-domestic league champions Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
.
In 1996, Rinat Akhmetov
took over as president and subsequently invested heavily in the club.
In the newly independent Ukraine, Shakhtar along with Dynamo Kyiv
became perennial first place competitors. In 1999, a Shakhtar Football academy was opened and now hosts football training for roughly 3000 children.
Shakhtar have, to date, appeared in all three editions of the First Channel Cup, winning the 2006 edition and finishing runners up in 2008.
For the last several seasons Shakhtar has the highest home attendance in a league, averaging at about 20,000 per game.
In 2009, they became only the second Ukrainian team to win a European competition (and the first since independence), and the first to win the UEFA Cup
, beating Werder Bremen
in the final, with goals from Brazilians Luiz Adriano
and Jadson
. This also made them the last UEFA Cup winners before the tournament was rebranded as the UEFA Europa League.
stadium. The construction of a new stadium, Donbass Arena has finished and was opened on 29 August 2009. The stadium has a capacity of 50,149 and has been awarded a UEFA
five star rating.
FC Shakhtar's old home, the central Shakhtar Stadium
which was built in 1936, and was reconstructed four times, is currently being used by FC Shakhtar Reserves
. The stadium received some major renovations, including the installation of bench seats in 2000, when FC Shakhtar made it to the Champions League
Group Stage.
A mascot
mole (moles is a nickname for the club) will entertain spectators during the home matches.
. In 1946, when the club was renamed, the logo was changed to black and white, with addition of club's name.
Later in the middle of the 60s logo depicted two crossed hammers and a writing Shakhtar 'Donetsk' in the circle. About the same time the crest was added to the kit and remained there since, except for several seasons, in the beginning of 1990s. The clubs name was often depicted in the Russian language as the rest of participants of the Soviet football competitions. Therefore some sources have its name written often as Shakhter or rarely Shakhtyor.
In 1989, an artist, Viktor Savilov, on the event of the club restructuring offered a draft variant of a logo with elements of the ball
and a pitch
. Some time later the logo was remodelled into the present one. The emblem was added to the kit in 1997.
In 2008, during the presentation of club's new stadium Shakhtar's new logo was unveiled. For the first time in over 30 years, traditional symbols of the club "Crossed Hammers" were present on the crest.
. The match between them has grown into what is called the Ukrainian derby
. The stadiums in Kiev
and Donetsk are nearly full for matches between the two teams and are the main football events within the country. The other rivalry with Metalurh Donetsk is local and, although not as significant as games against the rivals from the capital, the games between the two Donetsk teams have been proclaimed the Donetsk Derby
.
Among the extinguished rivalries are the games against FC Spartak Moscow
and, particularly, the third place champions FC Dinamo Tbilisi
that took place at times of the Soviet Top League
. Another interesting rivalry, Donbas Derby, is with FC Zorya Luhansk
, games with which gather a significant crowd in Luhansk
. During the early Ukrainian championships another interesting rivalry has developed with FC Chornomorets Odessa
, Miners vs. Sailors, which declined with the turn of the millennium due to inconsistent performance of the Odessa
based club.
Refrain:
For recent transfers, see 2010–11 FC Shakhtar Donetsk season
.
Ukraine, USSR and former USSR countries Sergey Hyerasimets
Timofei Kalachev
Giorgi Chikhradze
Tornike Okriashvili Mikheil Potskhveria Andrejs Štolcers
Armands Zeiberliņš
Dainius Gleveckas
Viktor Onopko
Viktor Chanov
Yuriy Degterev Viktor Grachyov
Andrei Kanchelskis
Anatoly Konjkov
Viktor Hrachov Valery Lobanovsky Nikolai Parshin
Yury Sevidov
Vitaliy Starukhin
Serhiy Atelkin
Aleksei Bakharev
Oleksiy Byelik
Dmytro Chygrynskiy Oleksiy Gai Oleksandr Hladky
Rustam Khudzhamov
Vasyl Kobin
Valeriy Kriventsov
Oleksandr Kucher
Volodymyr Mykytyn
Serhiy Nahorniak
Hennadiy Orbu
Igor Petrov
Serhiy Pohodin
Serhiy Popov
Adrian Pukanych
Andriy Pyatov
Serhiy Rebrov
Yevhen Seleznyov Vyacheslav Shevchuk
Sergey Shcherbakov Bohdan Shust
Dmytro Shutkov
Oleksandr Spivak Mykhailo Starostyak
Vyacheslav Sviderskiy
Serhiy Tkachenko
Anatoliy Tymoschuk
Andriy Vorobey Yuri Virt Volodymyr Yezerskiy
Serhiy Zakarlyuka
Hennady Zubov
Europe Predrag Pažin
Eduardo
Stipe Pletikosa
Darijo Srna
Tomáš Hübschman
Cristiano Lucarelli
Igor Gjuzelov
Wojciech Kowalewski
Mariusz Lewandowski
Marian Aliuţă
Cosmin Bărcăuan
Daniel Florea
Ciprian Marica
Răzvan Raţ
Marian Savu
Flavius Stoican
Bojan Neziri
Predrag Ocokoljić
Zvonimir Vukić
Igor Duljaj
Milan Jovanović
Muamer Vugdalič
Tolga Seyhan
South and North America
Marcelo Moreno
Douglas Costa
Elano
Fernandinho
Ilsinho Jádson
Willian
Nery Castillo
Pedro Benítez
Damián Rodríguez
Africa Julius Aghahowa Isaac Okoronkwo
Assane N'Diaye
in the UEFA Cup 1976-77. Since 1997, however, the club is continuously participates on annual basis with variable successes, while also takes part in the UEFA Champions League competition since 2000. The first qualification to a group stage took place in the 2000-01 UEFA Champions League when Shakhtar Donetsk played against Arsenal
, Lazio
, and Sparta Prague.
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
professional football club from the city of Donetsk
Donetsk
Donetsk , is a large city in eastern Ukraine on the Kalmius river. Administratively, it is a center of Donetsk Oblast, while historically, it is the unofficial capital and largest city of the economic and cultural Donets Basin region...
. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year before the competition was revamped as the Europa League. They are one of only two Ukrainian clubs, the other being Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football...
to have won a major UEFA competition.
The clubs draws its history from the very start of the Soviet football league competitions and is one of the oldest clubs in Ukraine. The club was a member of the Soviet Voluntary Sports Society of Shakhtyor having connections with other Soviet teams from Karaganda (Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
), Soligorsk (Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
) etc. The Donetsk-based club became culturally entwined with the heavily industrialized and Russified
Russification
Russification is an adoption of the Russian language or some other Russian attributes by non-Russian communities...
region of Ukraine, Donets Basin
Donets Basin
Donbas or Donbass , full rarely-used name Donets Basin , is a historical, economic and cultural region of eastern Ukraine. Originally a coal mining area, it has become a heavily industrialised territory suffering from urban decay and industrial pollution.-Geography:Donbas covers three...
, better known as the Donbas hence the name of its stadium. In the late Soviet period Shakhtar was considered a tough mid-table club of the Soviet Top League
Soviet Top League
The Soviet Top League since 1970 was officially known as the Supreme League serving as the top division of Soviet Union football since 1936.It was one of the best football leagues in Europe ranking second among the UEFA members in 1988-1989 seasons...
and a cup competition specialist after winning the Soviet Cup
Soviet Cup
The Soviet Cup, or USSR Cup , was the premier football cup competition in the Soviet Union.-Finals:-Performance by club:-Performance by republic:-References:*, rsssf.com. Accessed on 16 May 2006....
two years in a row (1961 and 1962).
The team has played under the following names: Stakhanovets (1936–1946), Shakhtyor (Shakhtar) (1946–1992) and FC Shakhtar (since 1992).
History overview
The football to the Donetsk region came in times of the Russian EmpireRussian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
when the industrialization of the country has began. Numerous foreigns, particularly the British workers, were forming their own football teams. In September 1911 at the factory of Novorossiysk Association (currently Donetsk Steel Works Factory – DMZ) owned by John Hughes was created the Yuzovka Sports Association which contained a football club as well. The football team existed until 1919. In 1920s the club was reorganized into the Lenin's club. One of the most prominent players of that period was Viktor Shylovsky who became famous, however, playing for Dynamo Kyiv.
The club Shakhtar was originally formed in May 1936 and was initially named Stakhanovets meaning the participant of Stakhanovite movement which derived from Aleksei Stakhanov
Aleksei Grigorievich Stakhanov
Alexey Grigoryevich Stakhanov was a miner in the Soviet Union, Hero of Socialist Labor , and a member of the CPSU . He became a celebrity in 1935 as part of a movement that was intended to increase worker productivity and demonstrate the superiority of the socialist economic system.Stakhanov was...
, a coal-miner in the Donets basin
Donets Basin
Donbas or Donbass , full rarely-used name Donets Basin , is a historical, economic and cultural region of eastern Ukraine. Originally a coal mining area, it has become a heavily industrialised territory suffering from urban decay and industrial pollution.-Geography:Donbas covers three...
and propaganda celebrity in 1935. The first team was based upon two other local teams, the participants of the All-Ukrainian Spartakiad
Spartakiad
Spartakiad initially was the name of an international sports event that the Soviet Union attempted to use to both oppose and supplement the Olympics...
s: Dynamo Horlivka and Stalino. The first game was unofficial against Dynamo Odessa
FC Chornomorets Odessa
FC Chornomorets Odesa is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Odessa. The club's home ground is the 34,164 Chornomorets Stadium opened in 1935 and rebuilt in 2011. During the reconstruction , the team played in the 4,610 Spartak Stadium...
and took place on May 12, 1936 at Balitsky Stadium. The team of Donbas lost it 2:3 after scoring the first. Its first official game with Dynamo Kazan was even more disappointing, which they lost 1:4. Nonetheless, the selective job conducted constructively by the clubs administration allowed the club to compete successfully at the top level by the end 1930s. During the war championship of 1941 which was interrupted unexpectedly the club defeated the Soviet champions FC Dynamo Moscow
FC Dynamo Moscow
Dynamo Moscow is a Russian football club based in Moscow, currently playing in the Russian Premier League. Dynamo's traditional kit colours are blue and white...
and after about ten games was placing the fifth. The last game of that championship they played on June 24 two days after the start of the Great Patriotic War, which they lost at home to Traktor Stalingrad.
The All-Union coal mining society of Stakhanovite had changed its name in July 1946 to Shakhtyor. The first success for the team was in 1951, under name of Shakhtyor when it took the third place in the USSR Championship
Soviet Top League
The Soviet Top League since 1970 was officially known as the Supreme League serving as the top division of Soviet Union football since 1936.It was one of the best football leagues in Europe ranking second among the UEFA members in 1988-1989 seasons...
.
In the 1960s, Shakhtar under Oleg Oshenkov’s coaching were three-time USSR Cup finalists, winning it twice in 1961 and 1962. The club was nicknamed “The Cup Team” due to Shakhtar’s success in vying for the trophy every year, however the Miners’ more notable achievements occurred later from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s.
In 1975, Shakhtar took 2nd in the USSR Championship
Soviet Top League
The Soviet Top League since 1970 was officially known as the Supreme League serving as the top division of Soviet Union football since 1936.It was one of the best football leagues in Europe ranking second among the UEFA members in 1988-1989 seasons...
and received the right to represent the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
in European competition. In 1978, Shakhtar finished third in the USSR Championship. A year later, the team finished second and its captain – striker Vitaliy Starukhin
Vitaliy Starukhin
Vitaliy Vladimirovich Starukhin was a Soviet professional football player.- Statistics for Shakhtar :*Other - USSR Super Cup-Honours:* Soviet Top League top scorer: 1979 .* Soviet Top League runner-up: 1975, 1979....
– was named the best player and the best forward in the USSR Championship
Soviet Top League
The Soviet Top League since 1970 was officially known as the Supreme League serving as the top division of Soviet Union football since 1936.It was one of the best football leagues in Europe ranking second among the UEFA members in 1988-1989 seasons...
(26 goals scored).
Shakhtar twice, in 1980 and 1983, brought home the crystal USSR Cup to Donbas and in 1983, it won the USSR Super Cup
USSR Super Cup
The USSR Super Cup, or Season's Cup, featured the winners of the previous season's Soviet Top League and USSR Cup in a one or two legged playoff for the trophy. The competition never took off, as the Super Cup winner was only determined 7 times in the last 15 years of Soviet football. It wasn't...
over then-domestic league champions Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Football Club Dnipro is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Dnipropetrovsk.-BRIT:The club's franchise traces its history all the way back when the first team that was formed in 1918 by the Petrovsky factory and was called as BRIT . The team participated in the regional competition...
.
In 1996, Rinat Akhmetov
Rinat Akhmetov
Rinat Leonidovych Akhmetov is a Ukrainian businessman. He is the founder and President of System Capital Management, and is ranked among the wealthiest men in the nation. Akhmetov is also the owner and President of the Ukrainian football club Shakhtar Donetsk...
took over as president and subsequently invested heavily in the club.
In the newly independent Ukraine, Shakhtar along with Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football...
became perennial first place competitors. In 1999, a Shakhtar Football academy was opened and now hosts football training for roughly 3000 children.
Shakhtar have, to date, appeared in all three editions of the First Channel Cup, winning the 2006 edition and finishing runners up in 2008.
For the last several seasons Shakhtar has the highest home attendance in a league, averaging at about 20,000 per game.
In 2009, they became only the second Ukrainian team to win a European competition (and the first since independence), and the first to win the UEFA Cup
2009 UEFA Cup Final
The 2009 UEFA Cup Final was the final match of the 2008–09 UEFA Cup, the 38th season of the UEFA Cup, UEFA's second-tier club football tournament. It was also the last final to be held under the UEFA Cup name, as the competition was rebranded as the UEFA Europa League from the 2009–10 season...
, beating Werder Bremen
SV Werder Bremen
SV Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its association football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. The club was founded on 4 February 1899 as Fußballverein Werder by a group of sixteen vocational high school students who had won a prize...
in the final, with goals from Brazilians Luiz Adriano
Luiz Adriano
Luiz Adriano de Souza da Silva or simply Luiz Adriano , is a Brazilian striker who plays for Shakhtar Donetsk.-Internacional:...
and Jadson
Jádson
Jádson Rodrigues da Silva , commonly known as Jádson, is an footballer who plays for Shaktar Donetsk and the Brazilian national football team.-Shakhtar Donetsk:...
. This also made them the last UEFA Cup winners before the tournament was rebranded as the UEFA Europa League.
Stadium
FC Shakhtar has been playing most of its games at the RSK OlimpiyskiyLokomotiv Stadium (Donetsk)
RSK Olimpiyskyi is a multi-purpose stadium in Donetsk, Ukraine, owned by Shakhtar Donetsk. The stadium's maximum capacity is 25,678, and it is used exclusively for football matches. After its reconstruction in 2003, the stadium was also host to Shakhtar's city-rivals, FC Metalurh Donetsk...
stadium. The construction of a new stadium, Donbass Arena has finished and was opened on 29 August 2009. The stadium has a capacity of 50,149 and has been awarded a UEFA
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....
five star rating.
FC Shakhtar's old home, the central Shakhtar Stadium
Shakhtar Stadium
Shakhtar Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Donetsk, Ukraine. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 31,718 people. The stadium is currently used by FC Shakhtar Donetsk reserves and FC Metalurh Donetsk for the European competition . The stadium was built in 1936...
which was built in 1936, and was reconstructed four times, is currently being used by FC Shakhtar Reserves
FC Shakhtar Donetsk Reserves and Youth Team
Shakhtar Donetsk Reserves are the reserve team of Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club.- Youth Squad :Squad is as of May 29, 2011.- External links :...
. The stadium received some major renovations, including the installation of bench seats in 2000, when FC Shakhtar made it to the Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
Group Stage.
A mascot
Mascot
The term mascot – defined as a term for any person, animal, or object thought to bring luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team, society, military unit, or brand name...
mole (moles is a nickname for the club) will entertain spectators during the home matches.
Crests and colours
The first logo of the club was designed in 1936, it featured a blue hexagon, with a red 'S' in the middle, crossed over by a jackhammerJackhammer
A jackhammer is a pneumatic tool that combines a hammer directly with a chisel that was invented by Charles Brady King. Hand-held jackhammers are typically powered by compressed air, but some use electric motors. Larger jackhammers, such as rig mounted hammers used on construction machinery, are...
. In 1946, when the club was renamed, the logo was changed to black and white, with addition of club's name.
Later in the middle of the 60s logo depicted two crossed hammers and a writing Shakhtar 'Donetsk' in the circle. About the same time the crest was added to the kit and remained there since, except for several seasons, in the beginning of 1990s. The clubs name was often depicted in the Russian language as the rest of participants of the Soviet football competitions. Therefore some sources have its name written often as Shakhter or rarely Shakhtyor.
In 1989, an artist, Viktor Savilov, on the event of the club restructuring offered a draft variant of a logo with elements of the ball
Ball
A ball is a round, usually spherical but sometimes ovoid, object with various uses. It is used in ball games, where the play of the game follows the state of the ball as it is hit, kicked or thrown by players. Balls can also be used for simpler activities, such as catch, marbles and juggling...
and a pitch
Association football pitch
An association football pitch is the playing surface for the game of association football made of turf. Its dimensions and markings are defined by Law 1 of the Laws of the Game, "The Field of Play".All line markings on the pitch form part of the area which they define...
. Some time later the logo was remodelled into the present one. The emblem was added to the kit in 1997.
In 2008, during the presentation of club's new stadium Shakhtar's new logo was unveiled. For the first time in over 30 years, traditional symbols of the club "Crossed Hammers" were present on the crest.
Former kits
Rivalry
Shakhtar's biggest rival today is DynamoFC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football...
. The match between them has grown into what is called the Ukrainian derby
Ukrainian derby
The Ukrainian derby, or the Ukrainian classico is the football match between the two top Ukrainian clubs FC Dynamo Kyiv and FC Shakhtar Donetsk.- Formation of the derby :-Soviet Union:...
. The stadiums in Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
and Donetsk are nearly full for matches between the two teams and are the main football events within the country. The other rivalry with Metalurh Donetsk is local and, although not as significant as games against the rivals from the capital, the games between the two Donetsk teams have been proclaimed the Donetsk Derby
Donetsk Derby
The Donetsk derby is the football match between Shakhtar and Metalurh both from Donetsk, Donbas.-Statistics:- External links :* *...
.
Among the extinguished rivalries are the games against FC Spartak Moscow
FC Spartak Moscow
FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...
and, particularly, the third place champions FC Dinamo Tbilisi
FC Dinamo Tbilisi
FC Dinamo Tbilisi is a Georgian football team, based in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the most prominent clubs in Soviet football and a major contender in the Soviet Top League almost immediately after it was established in 1936...
that took place at times of the Soviet Top League
Soviet Top League
The Soviet Top League since 1970 was officially known as the Supreme League serving as the top division of Soviet Union football since 1936.It was one of the best football leagues in Europe ranking second among the UEFA members in 1988-1989 seasons...
. Another interesting rivalry, Donbas Derby, is with FC Zorya Luhansk
FC Zorya Luhansk
FC Zorya Luhansk , formerly known as Zorya Voroshilovgrad and Zorya-MALS, is a Ukrainian football team. Zorya Luhansk is based in the city of Luhansk , Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine.-History:...
, games with which gather a significant crowd in Luhansk
Luhansk
Luhansk also known as Lugansk is a city in southeastern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Luhansk Oblast . The city itself is also designated as its own separate municipality within the oblast...
. During the early Ukrainian championships another interesting rivalry has developed with FC Chornomorets Odessa
FC Chornomorets Odessa
FC Chornomorets Odesa is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Odessa. The club's home ground is the 34,164 Chornomorets Stadium opened in 1935 and rebuilt in 2011. During the reconstruction , the team played in the 4,610 Spartak Stadium...
, Miners vs. Sailors, which declined with the turn of the millennium due to inconsistent performance of the Odessa
Odessa
Odessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...
based club.
Club song
Lyrics by: K.Arsenev; Music: I.Krutoiy- Glory to you, Shakhtar!
- Heavens of football stars
- Will always be on your side,
- And the light of your best dreams
- Is shining from above.
Refrain:
- Beauty of green fields, that's for you, Shakhtar.
- My fate is in your hands, you are the best, Shakhtar.
- And for you, Shakhtar, the medal of my love
- Will always shine on pitch where you are,
- And forever will protect you from defeat
- The brightest football star!
Soviet Union
- Soviet Top LeagueSoviet Top LeagueThe Soviet Top League since 1970 was officially known as the Supreme League serving as the top division of Soviet Union football since 1936.It was one of the best football leagues in Europe ranking second among the UEFA members in 1988-1989 seasons...
- Runners-Up: (2) 19751975 Soviet Top LeagueThe 1975 season of the Soviet Top League proved that Dynamo Kyiv was at the moment unbeatable for other Soviet clubs. Besides that, the Ukrainian club was one of the strongest on the international arena, winning the UEFA Cup Winners Cup the same year...
, 1979 - Third place: (2) 19511951 Soviet Top LeagueFifteen teams took part in the 1951 Soviet Top League, with CDSA Moscow winning the championship.-League standings:P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points...
, 1978
- Runners-Up: (2) 1975
- Soviet CupSoviet CupThe Soviet Cup, or USSR Cup , was the premier football cup competition in the Soviet Union.-Finals:-Performance by club:-Performance by republic:-References:*, rsssf.com. Accessed on 16 May 2006....
- Winners: (4) 1961, 1962, 1980, 1983
- Runners-Up: (4) 1963, 1978, 1985, 1986
- Soviet Super Cup
- Winners: (1) 1983
- Runners-Up: (2) 1980, 1985
Ukraine
- Ukrainian Premier LeagueUkrainian Premier LeagueThe Ukrainian Premier League is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Supreme League it was founded in 1991 after the fold of the Soviet Union's Vysshaya Liga. In 2008 it was reformed into a more autonomous entity of the Football Federation of Ukraine and changed...
- Winners: (6) 2001–02, 2004–05Ukrainian Premier League 2004-05The 2004–05 Ukrainian Premier League season was the fourteenth since its establishment.The season started on July 15, 2004 with all eight games of the first round. The last day of the competition was June 16, 2005. Shakhtar Donetsk has managed to win its second champion's title place ahead of the...
, 2005–06Ukrainian Premier League 2005-06The 2005–06 Ukrainian Premier League season was the fifteenth since its establishment.The season started on July 12, 2005 with six games of the first round. The last day of the competition was May 10, 2006. However, because the top two teams have finished with equal amount of points, it was decided...
, 2007–08Ukrainian Premier League 2007-08The 2007–08 Ukrainian Premier League season is the seventeenth since its establishment. This season competition was sponsored by Biola which became the title sponsor of the League for the season. It began on July 17, 2007, and ended on May 18, 2008...
, 2009–10, 2010–112010–11 Ukrainian Premier LeagueThe 2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League season was the 20th since its establishment and third since its reorganization. Shakhtar Donetsk were the defending champions, having won their 5th league title... - Runners-Up: (10) 1993–94Ukrainian Premier League 1993-94Ukrainian Premier League 1993–94 was the third season of the Ukrainian Premier League.Last season the league champions Dynamo received a fierce competition from the Pavlov led Dnipro out of Dnipropetrovsk. The third season was promising to be even more exiting...
, 1996–97Ukrainian Premier League 1996-97-Preseason changes:Managers-Final standings:Note:* In bold are the participants of the 1997 Ukrainian Cup Final.-Top goalscorers:Notable Transfers*Andrei Fedkov, FC Torpedo Zaporizhia to FC Baltika Kaliningrad...
, 1997–98Ukrainian Premier League 1997-98-Preseason changes:Managers-Final table of Ukrainian Premier League season 1997-98:Note:* In bold are the participants of the 1998 Ukrainian Cup Final.-Top goalscorers:-Managers:-External links:*...
, 1998–99Ukrainian Premier League 1998-99-Preseason changes:Managers-Final table of Ukrainian Premier League season 1998-99:Note:* In bold are the participants of the 1999 Ukrainian Cup Final.-Top goalscorers:Notable Transfers...
, 1999–2000, 2000–01Ukrainian Premier League 2000-01-Preseason changes:Managers-Final table of Ukrainian Premier League season 2000-01:Note:* In bold are the participants of the 2001 Ukrainian Cup Final.-Top goalscorers:Notable Transfers...
, 2002–03Ukrainian Premier League 2002-03-Final standings:-Top goal scorers:-European competitions:Champion's Cup Champion's Cup UEFA Cup UEFA Cup -External links:*...
, 2003–04Ukrainian Premier League 2003-04-Final standings:-Top goal scorers:-European competitions:Champion's Cup Champion's Cup UEFA Cup UEFA Cup -External links:*...
, 2006–07Ukrainian Premier League 2006-07The 2006-07 Ukrainian Premier League season is the sixteenth since its establishment. The official name of the competition was Soyuz-Viktan Ukrainian football championship. Soyuz-Viktan became the first title sponsor in the League's history....
, 2008–09Ukrainian Premier League 2008-09The 2008–09 Ukrainian Premier League season was the eighteenth since its establishment. Shakhtar Donetsk were the defending champions, having won their fourth league title. The season began on 16 July 2008 with a scoreless draw between Tavriya and Dnipro. The last round of matches were played on 26...
- Winners: (6) 2001–02, 2004–05
- Ukrainian CupUkrainian CupThe Ukrainian Cup is a national knockout cup competition in Ukrainian football, run by the Football Federation of Ukraine. The winner of the competition is awarded a qualification to the UEFA Cup , under special circumstances the finalist also may enter...
- Winners: (7) 19951995 Ukrainian Cup FinalThe 1995 Ukrainian Cup Final is a football match that took place at the Republican Stadium on May 28, 1995. The match was the 4th Ukrainian Cup Final and it was contested by FC Shakhtar Donetsk and FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. The 1995 Ukrainian Cup Final was the fourth to be held in the Ukrainian...
, 19971997 Ukrainian Cup FinalThe 1997 Ukrainian Cup Final is a football match that took place at the NSC Olimpiyskiy on May 25, 1997. The match was the 6th Ukrainian Cup Final and it was contested by FC Shakhtar Donetsk and FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. The 1997 Ukrainian Cup Final was the fifth to be held in the Ukrainian capital...
, 2001, 2002, 2004, 20082008 Ukrainian Cup FinalThe 2008 Ukrainian Cup Final is a football match that took place at the Metalist Stadium on May 7, 2008. The match was the 17th Ukrainian Cup Final and it was contested by FC Shakhtar Donetsk and FC Dynamo Kyiv. The 2008 Ukrainian Cup FInal was the first to be held outside of the Ukrainian capital...
, 20112011 Ukrainian Cup FinalThe 2011 Ukrainian Cup Final was a football match that was played at the Yuvileiny Stadium, Sumy on May 25, 2011. The match was the 20th Ukrainian Cup Final and was contested by Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk... - Runners-Up: (4) 2003, 2005, 20072007 Ukrainian Cup FinalThe 2007 Ukrainian Cup Final was a football match that took place at the Olympic NSC on May 27, 2007. The match was the 16th Ukrainian Cup Final and it was contested by FC Shakhtar Donetsk and FC Dynamo Kyiv...
, 20092009 Ukrainian Cup FinalThe 2009 Ukrainian Cup Final was a football match that took place at the Dnipro Stadium on May 31, 2009. The match was the 18th Ukrainian Cup Final and it was contested by FC Shakhtar Donetsk and FC Vorskla Poltava. The 2009 Ukrainian Cup Final is the first time a Ukrainian Cup Final was be held in...
- Winners: (7) 1995
- Ukrainian Super CupUkrainian Super CupUkrainian Super Cup acts as the grand-opening for every new football competition season in Ukraine, officially having the winners of the previous season's Ukrainian Championship and Ukrainian Cup face-off against each other...
- Winners: (3) 2005, 2008, 2010
- Runners-Up: (3) 2004, 2006, 2007
Europe
- UEFA CupUEFA CupThe UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
- Winners: (1) 20092009 UEFA Cup FinalThe 2009 UEFA Cup Final was the final match of the 2008–09 UEFA Cup, the 38th season of the UEFA Cup, UEFA's second-tier club football tournament. It was also the last final to be held under the UEFA Cup name, as the competition was rebranded as the UEFA Europa League from the 2009–10 season...
- Winners: (1) 2009
- UEFA Super Cup
- Runners-Up: (1) 20092009 UEFA Super CupThe 2009 UEFA Super Cup was the 34th UEFA Super Cup, an annual football match between the winners of the previous season's UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup competitions...
- Runners-Up: (1) 2009
Unofficial
- Channel One CupChannel One Cup (football)For ice hockey cup, see Channel One Cup The Channel One Cup is an annual pre-season commerce football tournament, organized by Russian TV Channel One and Roman Abramovich's foundation, the National Football Academy. The participants are champions and...
- Winners: 2006
- La Manga CupLa Manga CupLa Manga Cup is a winter football tournament played in La Manga del Mar Menor . Usual participants are clubs from countries with a summer football season: Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Russia, Ukraine, and the United States and Canada. The first cup was played in 1999 which was won by Rosenborg...
- Winners: 2007
- UhrencupUhrencupThe Uhrencup is a club football tournament, held annually in Switzerland.The tournament usually features four teams , each playing two matches, and is held in July at Stadion Brühl in Grenchen. As a friendly tournament, the format tends to be fluid...
- Winners: 2009
- Copa del SolCopa del SolThe Copa del Sol is an annual exhibition international club football tournament played on the south coast of Spain. The inaugural tournament was first held 3–12 February 2010, one month before the kickoff of the national leagues....
- Winners: 2010 (Shared2010 Copa del SolThe 2010 Copa del Sol was the inaugural edition of an annual exhibition international club football tournament held on the Costa del Sol on the south coast of Spain and was played between 3–12 February 2010....
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- Winners: 2010 (Shared
- Special award from the IFFHS for making the biggest progress of the decade, 2011.
Current squad
Squad is as of November 23, 2011.For recent transfers, see 2010–11 FC Shakhtar Donetsk season
2010–11 FC Shakhtar Donetsk season
- First team squad :Squad is as of May 29, 2011.- Reserve squad :- Out on loan :- Transfers :In- Coaching staff :- Ukrainian Super Cup :...
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Reserve squad
Out on loan
Current coaching staff
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Manager | Mircea Lucescu Mircea Lucescu Mircea Lucescu is a Romanian former football player and current coach, and one of the most successful Romanian football managers. He is also the father of Rapid Bucharest coach, Răzvan Lucescu... |
| Assistant manager | Alexandru Spiridon |
| Reserve team coach | Valeriy Yaremchenko |
| Goalkeeping coach | Marian Ioniță |
| Goalkeeping coach | Dmytro Shutkov Dmytro Shutkov Dmytro Shutkov was an Ukrainian footballer who played in Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk his entire career. Now he is a part of goalkeeper coaching staff of Shakhtar.-Career statistics:*Other - USSR Federation Cup-External links:... |
| Physiotherapist | Carlo Nicolini |
| Fitness coach | Massimo Ugolini |
| Head of medical department | Paco Biosca |
| Club doctor | Artur Glushchenko |
| Match preparation manager | Ľuboš Micheľ Luboš Michel Ľuboš Micheľ is a former top-level Slovak football referee.Micheľ became a FIFA referee at the age of 25. One big milestone in his career was refereeing the 2003 UEFA Cup Final between Porto and Celtic... |
| Kit manager | Damir Zinatulin |
| Chief scout | Luis Gonsalves |
| Head of youth development | Patrick van Leeuwen |
Notable former players
Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Shakhtar.Ukraine, USSR and former USSR countries Sergey Hyerasimets
Syarhyey Hyerasimets
Syarhyey Ryhoravich Hyerasimets is a Belarusian professional football coach and a former player. He currently manages FC Okzhetpes. As a player, he made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1984 for FC Dynamo Irpen.-International goals:...
Timofei Kalachev
Timofei Kalachev
Timofei Kalachev ; ; born 1 May 1981 in Mogilev) is a Belarusian footballer. He plays in midfield for FC Rostov and the Belarus national side....
Giorgi Chikhradze
Giorgi Chikhradze
Giorgi Chikhradze is a Georgian football manager and former member of the Georgian national football team.Chikhradze played club football for FC Dinamo Sokhumi in the Soviet Second League and Spartak Anapa in the Russian First League....
Tornike Okriashvili Mikheil Potskhveria Andrejs Štolcers
Andrejs Štolcers
Andrejs Štolcers is a former Latvian professional football player, currently a football coach at Concept 4 Football based in Chessington, Surrey.- Club Career :...
Armands Zeiberliņš
Armands Zeiberliņš
Armands Zeiberliņš is a retired Latvian international football midfielder. He obtained a total number of 23 caps for the Latvia national football team, scoring four goals. His last club was FC Volyn Lutsk in Ukraine. He also played in Sweden, Russia, Poland and Israel during his career.-Honours:*...
Dainius Gleveckas
Dainius Gleveckas
Dainius Gleveckas is a Lithuanian football defender currently playing for FK Ekranas.-External links: *...
Viktor OnopkoViktor Onopko
Viktor Savelyevich Onopko is an association football coach and a former defender and holds the record for most international appearances for the Russian national team...
Viktor Chanov
Viktor Chanov
Viktor Viktorovich Chanov , is a former football goalkeeper. Throughout the 1980s in the former USSR, Chanov played mainly for FC Dynamo Kyiv.-Career in the USSR:...
Yuriy Degterev Viktor Grachyov
Viktor Grachyov
Viktor Oleksandrovych Hrachov is a retired Soviet and Ukrainian football player and currently a manager.- Statistics :*Other - USSR Super Cup & USSR Federation Cup-International career:...
Andrei KanchelskisAndrei Kanchelskis
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Anatoly Konjkov
Anatoly Konjkov
Anatoliy Kon'kov is a former Ukrainian soccer player. He played in defense as a stopper. Kon'kov won four Soviet championships, once was a holder of the Soviet Cup, UEFA Supercup, and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1974-75...
Viktor Hrachov Valery Lobanovsky Nikolai Parshin
Nikolai Parshin
Nikolai Ivanovich Parshin is a retired Soviet football player and manager.-International career:Parshin played his only game for USSR on August 21, 1955 in a friendly against West Germany, scoring a goal in that game....
Yury Sevidov
Yury Sevidov
-Career:He was the best bombardier of 1962 Soviet championship. He is gold champion of USSR in 1962 and bronze medalist in 1961.-Personal life:In 1965 while driving a car, Sevidov hit a man who was a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences Dmitry Ryabchikov, the prominent chemist,...
Vitaliy Starukhin
Vitaliy Starukhin
Vitaliy Vladimirovich Starukhin was a Soviet professional football player.- Statistics for Shakhtar :*Other - USSR Super Cup-Honours:* Soviet Top League top scorer: 1979 .* Soviet Top League runner-up: 1975, 1979....
Serhiy Atelkin
Serhiy Atelkin
Serhiy Atelkin |Kirovske]], Donetsk Oblast) is a retired Ukrainian footballer.-Playing career:Atelkin made his name playing as a striker for the likes of Shakhtar Donetsk , U.S. Lecce and Boavista FC. Despite success in domestic competitions, Atelkin only played for the Ukrainian national football...
Aleksei BakharevAleksei Bakharev
Aleksei Aleksandrovich Bakharev is a retired Russian and Ukrainian football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner: 1997.* Russian Cup winner: 1998.* Ukrainian Premier League winner: 2002, 2005....
Oleksiy Byelik
Oleksiy Byelik
Oleksiy Hryhoriyovych Bielik is a professional Ukrainian football striker who plays for Metalurh Zaporizhya in the Ukrainian First League. He played for the Ukraine national football team and appeared on the main squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.-Shakhtar Donetsk:Byelik started his career in...
Dmytro Chygrynskiy Oleksiy Gai Oleksandr Hladky
Oleksandr Hladky
Oleksandr Mykolayovych Gladkiy is a Ukrainian football forward. He plays for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and the Ukraine national football team. His last name can also be transliterated as Hladkiy, Gladkiy and Gladkyy.-Kharkiv:...
Rustam Khudzhamov
Rustam Khudzhamov
Rustam Makhmudkulovych Khudzhamov is a Ukrainian football goalkeeper who plays for FC Metalurh Donetsk on loan from FC Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ukrainian Premier League.In Crimean Tatar, his name is Rüstam Mahmüdkuli Hucamov.- Club career :...
Vasyl Kobin
Vasyl Kobin
Vasyl Kobin is a Ukrainian football midfielder, he plays for the Ukrainian Premier League club FC Shakhtar Donetsk.-Career:He played for the club Zakarpattia Uzhhorod before joining Karpaty Lviv...
Valeriy Kriventsov
Valeriy Kriventsov
Valeriy Serhiyovych Kriventsov is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Ukrainian Premier League in 1991 for FC Shakhtar Donetsk.-Honours:* Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001....
Oleksandr Kucher
Oleksandr Kucher
Oleksandr Mykolayovych Kucher is a Ukrainian footballer who currently plays for Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk. In the 2007–2008 season Kucher won the Ukrainian Premier League with Shakhtar.-Club statistics:-External links:* National football teams...
Volodymyr Mykytyn
Volodymyr Mykytyn
Volodymyr Bohdanovych Mykytyn is a Ukrainian professional football coach and a former player. As of 2009, he manages FC Zarya-2 Luhansk. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1989 for SKA Odessa.-References:...
Serhiy Nahorniak
Hennadiy Orbu
Hennadiy Orbu
Hennadiy Hryhorovych Orbu is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Ukrainian Premier League in 1991 for FC Shakhtar Donetsk...
Igor Petrov
Ihor Petrov
Ihor Hryhorovych Petrov is a Ukrainian professional football coach and a former player. As of 2009, he manages FC Olimpik Donetsk.- Statistics :*Other - USSR Super Cup & USSR Federation Cup-Honours:...
Serhiy Pohodin
Serhiy Pohodin
Serhiy Anatoliyovych Pohodin is a Ukrainian professional footballer and coach. As of May 2009, he is a player-coach for FC Tytan Donetsk. He made his debut in the Soviet Second League in 1985 for FC Zarya Voroshilovgrad...
Serhiy Popov
Serhiy Popov
Serhiy Oleksandrovych Popov is a former footballer from Ukraine. A former Zenit St. Petersburg defender, Popov made a name under Ukrainian soccer giants, Shakhtar Donetsk, helping them in many of their successful finishes in the Ukrainian Premier League...
Adrian Pukanych
Adrian Pukanych
Adrian Pukanych is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder who plays for FC Illychivets Mariupol in the Ukrainian Premier League.- International career :...
Andriy Pyatov
Andriy Pyatov
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Serhiy Rebrov
Serhiy Rebrov
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Yevhen Seleznyov Vyacheslav Shevchuk
Vyacheslav Shevchuk
Vyacheslav Anatoliyovich Shevchuk is a professional Ukrainian football player for Shakhtar Donetsk...
Sergey Shcherbakov Bohdan Shust
Bohdan Shust
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Dmytro Shutkov
Dmytro Shutkov
Dmytro Shutkov was an Ukrainian footballer who played in Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk his entire career. Now he is a part of goalkeeper coaching staff of Shakhtar.-Career statistics:*Other - USSR Federation Cup-External links:...
Oleksandr Spivak Mykhailo Starostyak
Mykhailo Starostyak
Mykhaylo Volodymyrovych Starostyak is a former Ukrainian football player. He started off as a right back, but mostly plays as a center back.- External links :* * * * * *...
Vyacheslav Sviderskiy
Vyacheslav Sviderskiy
Vyacheslav Mykhaylovych Sviderskyi is a professional Ukrainian football defender playing for Tavriya Simferopol. He was a part of Ukraine's 2006 World Cup Squad. He played 3 games in the World Cup, where he was booked for all three games...
Serhiy Tkachenko
Serhiy Tkachenko
Serhiy Tkachenko is a Ukrainian footballer who plays for Ukrainian Premier League club PFC Sevastopol.-External links:*...
Anatoliy Tymoschuk
Anatoliy Tymoschuk
Anatoliy Oleksandrovych Tymoshchuk is a Ukrainian football midfielder who plays for German Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Ukrainian national team.Tymoshchuk began his professional career with his local Volyn Lutsk...
Andriy Vorobey Yuri Virt Volodymyr Yezerskiy
Volodymyr Yezerskiy
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Serhiy Zakarlyuka
Serhiy Zakarlyuka
Serhiy Zakarlyuka is a Ukrainian footballer who currently plays for Ukrainian Premier League club FC Vorskla Poltava.Zakarlyuka has played for a number of clubs in Ukraine and played for the Ukraine national team on 9 occasions between 2002 and 2004....
Hennady Zubov
Hennady Zubov
Hennadiy Zubov, born 12 September 1977 in Alchevsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, is a former footballer and Ukraine international. Zubov, a short midfielder , is most-known for his playing days at Shakhtar Donetsk , as he was one of the few reliable midfielders that helped Shakhtar become one of...
Europe Predrag Pažin
Predrag Pažin
Predrag Pažin is a naturalized Bulgarian former football player who has Bosnian Serb descent, and the current manager of Botev Kozloduy.Pazin had a decent spell at FK Partizan, before moving on to Levski Sofia in 1999...
Eduardo
Eduardo da Silva
Eduardo Alves da Silva , commonly known as Eduardo, sometimes nicknamed as Dudu, is a Brazilian-born Croatian footballer who plays for Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk and the Croatia national team...
Stipe Pletikosa
Stipe Pletikosa
Stipe Pletikosa is a Croatian football goalkeeper who plays for the Russian Premier League club FC Rostov and the Croatian national team, for which he has made 86 appearances.-Hajduk Split:...
Darijo Srna
Darijo Srna
Darijo Srna is a Croatian footballer who plays for Shakhtar Donetsk as a captain and is also the captain of the Croatian national team.-Club career:Srna's talent was seen by many scouts in Croatia while he was young...
Tomáš Hübschman
Tomáš Hübschman
Tomáš Hübschman is a Czech football player who plays for Shakhtar Donetsk.-Sparta Prague:Before joining Shakhtar in the summer of 2004, Hübschman played for AC Sparta Prague having started playing for the club's youth at the age of 5 and signing his first professional contract in 1998...
Cristiano Lucarelli
Cristiano Lucarelli
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Igor Gjuzelov
Igor Gjuzelov
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Wojciech Kowalewski
Wojciech Kowalewski
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Mariusz Lewandowski
Mariusz Lewandowski
Mariusz Lewandowski is a Polish footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for PFC Sevastopol and the Polish national football team. He also plays in defensive midfield where his stamina, strength and aerial ability come to good use.- Career :...
Marian Aliuţă
Marian Aliuta
Marian Aliuţă is a former Romanian football player.Aliuţă started to play football at Steaua Bucureşti and as soon as he reached the age of 18 is loaned to Steaua Mizil and then to Chindia Târgovişte and Gloria Bistriţa...
Cosmin Bărcăuan
Cosmin Barcauan
Cosmin Bărcăuan is a retired Romanian footballer.-Honours:Team*Ukrainian Premier League: 2005 with Shakhtar Donetsk*Romanian Cup: 2003, 2004 with Dinamo Bucureşti-External links:* at Romanian Soccer website.*...
Daniel Florea
Daniel Florea
Daniel Florea is a Romanian footballer who plays for Dunărea Galaţi.His Former clubs include: Farul Constanţa, Metalurg Zaporozhye, Shakhtar Donetsk, Dinamo Bucureşti, Oţelul Galaţi-External links:* *...
Ciprian Marica
Ciprian Marica
Ciprian Andrei Marica is a Romanian footballer currently playing for Bundesliga club Schalke 04 and the Romanian national team.-Dinamo Bucharest:...
Răzvan Raţ
Razvan Rat
Răzvan Dincă Raț is a Romanian footballer who currently plays as a left back for Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk and the Romanian national team.- Club:...
Marian Savu
Marian Savu
-Records:*Total matches played in Romanian First League: 223 matches - 77 goals.*European Cups: 12 matches - 1 goal.*Topscorer of Romanian First League: 2000.-External links:*...
Flavius Stoican
Flavius Stoican
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Bojan Neziri
Bojan Neziri
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Predrag Ocokoljić
Predrag Ocokoljic
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Zvonimir Vukić
Zvonimir Vukic
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Igor DuljajIgor Duljaj
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Milan Jovanović
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Muamer Vugdalič
Muamer Vugdalic
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Tolga Seyhan
Tolga Seyhan
Tolga Seyhan is a Turkish footballer who plays for the club Hacettepespor in the Turkish Super Lig. He was born in Giresun, a city on the Black Sea.-Club career:...
South and North America
Marcelo Moreno
Marcelo Moreno Martins
Marcelo Moreno Martins , is a Bolivian footballer. He currently plays for the Ukrainian Premier League side Shakhtar Donetsk, as well as the Bolivian national team....
Douglas Costa
Douglas Costa
Douglas Costa de Souza , commonly known as Douglas Costa or simply Douglas, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for FC Shakhtar Donetsk.- Shakhtar Donetsk :...
Elano
Elano Blumer
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Fernandinho
Fernandinho
Fernando Luiz Rosa or simply Fernandinho was born May 4, 1985 in Londrina, Brazil and is a footballer who currently plays for FC Shakhtar Donetsk...
Ilsinho Jádson
Jádson
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Willian
Willian Borges da Silva
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Nery Castillo
Nery Castillo
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Pedro Benítez
Pedro Benítez
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Damián Rodríguez
Damián Rodríguez
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Africa Julius Aghahowa Isaac Okoronkwo
Isaac Okoronkwo
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Assane N'Diaye
Assane N'Diaye
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Top goalscorers
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- Other – National Super Cup & USSR Federation Cup
Most appearances
| # | Name | Years | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total |
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| 1 | |
1974–1987 | |||||
| 2 | Sergey Yashenko |
1982–1995 | |||||
| 3 | |
1967–1983 | |||||
| 4 |  |
2003 - present | |||||
| 5 | |
1982–1991 1994–1996 1998 |
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| 6 | |
1989–2008 | |||||
| 7 | Valeriy Rudakov |
1972–1986 | |||||
| 7 | |
1980–1981 1982–1990 1994–1995 |
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| 7 | |
1966–1979 | |||||
| 10 | |
1998–2006 | |||||
- Other – National Super Cup & USSR Federation Cup
Head coaches
| A.Dangulov (1938) G.Arkhangelsky (1938) Alexander Ponomarev (1953–56) Oleg Oshenkov Oleg Oshenkov Oleg Petrovich Oshenkov was a Russian football player and coach.... (1960–69) Oleh Bazilevich Oleh Bazilevich Oleh Petrovych Bazylevych is a retired Ukrainian footballer, football coach, and sport administrator... (1972–73), (1986) |
Vladimir Salkov Vladimir Salkov Vladimir Maksimovich Salkov is a Russian-Ukrainian football manager and former defender. He played for Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev and Shakhtar Donetsk. He won Olympic gold as an assistant coach with the Soviet team at the 1988 Summer Olympics... (1974–78), (1995) Viktor Nosov (1979–85) Anatoly Konkov (1987–89) Valery Yaremchenko Valery Yaremchenko Valeriy Yaremchenko is a Ukrainian coach of Illichivets and a former footballer. He was born in the city of Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine. As a player he participated in 247 games as a member of FC Shakhtar Donetsk scoring 24 goals... (1989–94), (1996–98) Mykhaylo Sokolovskyi (1995–96) |
Anatoly Byshovets Anatoly Byshovets Anatoliy Fyodorovich Byshovets is a Russian football manager and former international striker. He played his entire professional career with club side Dynamo Kyiv. He won Olympic gold as a coach with the Soviet team at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He was also a manager of USSR, Russia, and South... (1998–99) Viktor Prokopenko Viktor Prokopenko Viktor Prokopenko was a football player and coach who played in GDR and Ukrainian SSR and later worked as a coach in Soviet Union and the post Soviet countries. He was born in Zhdanov, Soviet Union, which is now known as Mariupol and is part of Ukraine.Prokopenko was the first ever manager of... (2000–01) Nevio Scala (2002) Bernd Schuster Bernd Schuster Bernhard Schuster is a German football manager and former player, currently unemployed. His nickname is "der Blonde Engel" .-Club career:... (2003–04) Mircea Lucescu Mircea Lucescu Mircea Lucescu is a Romanian former football player and current coach, and one of the most successful Romanian football managers. He is also the father of Rapid Bucharest coach, Răzvan Lucescu... (2004–) |
Soviet UnionSoviet UnionThe Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Domestic Cup Soviet Cup The Soviet Cup, or USSR Cup , was the premier football cup competition in the Soviet Union.-Finals:-Performance by club:-Performance by republic:-References:*, rsssf.com. Accessed on 16 May 2006.... |
Europe | Notes | |
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| 1936(Spring) | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 12 | 1/32 | |||
| 1936(Autumn) | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 13 | - | |||
| 1937 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 21 | 1/64 | Promoted | ||
| 1938 1938 Soviet Top League The 1938 Soviet Top League combined all the Groups into one Super League.The season started on May 10 with the game between FC Torpedo Moscow and FC Spartak Kharkiv in Moscow. The very last game was played on November 14 between FC Dynamo Rostov-na-Donu and FC Dynamo Odessa in Rostov-na-Donu. Each... |
1 | 11 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 56 | 51 | 29 | 1/4 | |||
| 1939 1939 Soviet Top League 1939 Soviet Top League was the fifth season of the Soviet Top League known at that time as Group A.It started on May 12 with six games of the first round. The main calendar was scheduled to be finished on October 19 with the Moscow derby between Lokomotiv and Dynamo... |
1 | 12 | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 40 | 55 | 20 | 1/4 | |||
| 1940 1940 Soviet Top League -Standings:-Top scorers:21 goals* Grigory Fedotov * Sergei Solovyov 15 goals* Nikolai Dementyev 14 goals* Aleksandr Ponomarev 13 goals* Gayoz Dzhedzhelava... |
1 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 32 | 43 | 16 | ||||
| 1941 1941 Soviet Top League The 1941 Soviet Top League was cancelled due to World War II. The last matches were played on June 24.-League Standings as of June 24, 1941:P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = PointsCDKA were renamed... |
1 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 12 | ||||
| 1945 1945 Soviet Top League -League standings:P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points-Top scorers:24 goals* Vsevolod Bobrov 21 goals* Vasili Kartsev... |
2 | 5 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 25 | 23 | 1/8 | |||
| 1946 1946 Soviet Top League -League standings:P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points-Top scorers:18 goals* Aleksandr Ponomarev 17 goals* Vasili Kartsev... |
2 | 5 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 45 | 23 | 27 | ||||
| 1947 1947 Soviet Top League 13 teams took part in the league with CSKA Moscow winning the championship.-League standings:P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points-Top scorers:14 goals... |
2 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 48 | 19 | 34 | 1/32 | |||
| 1948 1948 Soviet Top League -League standings:P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points-Top scorers:25 goals* Sergei Solovyov 23 goals* Vsevolod Bobrov... |
2 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 15 | 19 | Promoted | |||
| 1949 1949 Soviet Top League -Standings:-Top scorers:26 goals* Nikita Simonyan 23 goals* Ivan Konov * Aleksandr Ponomarev 20 goals* Konstantin Beskov 19 goals* Andrei Zazroyev 18 goals... |
1 | 18 | 34 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 21 | 73 | 18 | 1/16 | |||
| 1950 1950 Soviet Top League -League standings:P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points-Top scorers:34 goals* Nikita Simonyan 25 goals... |
1 | 11 | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 49 | 63 | 11 | 1/8 | |||
| 1951 1951 Soviet Top League Fifteen teams took part in the 1951 Soviet Top League, with CDSA Moscow winning the championship.-League standings:P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points... |
1 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 44 | 30 | 34 | 1/2 | |||
| 1952 1952 Soviet Top League -League standings:P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points-Top scorers:11 goals* Andrei Zazroyev 8 goals* Vladimir Ilyin... |
1 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 8 | 1/32 | Relegated | ||
| 1953 1953 Soviet Top League -League standings:P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points-Top scorers:14 goals* Nikita Simonyan * Avtandil Gogoberidze... |
2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 22 | ||||
| 1953 1953 Soviet Top League -League standings:P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points-Top scorers:14 goals* Nikita Simonyan * Avtandil Gogoberidze... |
2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | Semifinals | |||
| 1954 1954 Soviet Top League Thirteen teams took part in the world champion national soda-pop soccer league with FC Dynamo Moscow winning the championship.-League standings:P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points-Top... |
2 | 1 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 56 | 16 | 38 | ||||
| 1954 1954 Soviet Top League Thirteen teams took part in the world champion national soda-pop soccer league with FC Dynamo Moscow winning the championship.-League standings:P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points-Top... |
2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 1/4 | Promoted | ||
| 1955 1955 Soviet Top League -League standings:P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points-Top scorers:15 goals* Eduard Streltsov 13 goals* Nikolai Parshin... |
1st | 7 | 22 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 23 | 34 | 18 | 1/8 | |||
| 1956 1956 Soviet Top League 12 teams took part in the league with FC Spartak Moscow winning the championship.-League standings:P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points-Top scorers:... |
1st | 7 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 39 | 21 | ||||
| 1957 1957 Soviet Top League -League standings:P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points-Top scorers:16 goals* Vasili Buzunov 14 goals* Valentin Ivanov... |
1st | 8 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 35 | 19 | 1/4 | |||
| 1958 1958 Soviet Top League -League standings:P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points-Top scorer:19 goals* Anatoli Ilyin 14 goals* Valentin Ivanov... |
1st | 8 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 21 | 1/8 | |||
| 1959 1959 Soviet Top League -League standings:P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points-Top scorers:16 goals* Zaur Kaloyev 14 goals* Viktor Sokolov... |
1st | 12 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 43 | 13 | ||||
| 1960 1960 Soviet Top League -Group A:P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points-Group B:P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points... |
1st | 17 | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 48 | 26 | 1/2 | |||
| 1961 1961 Soviet Top League -Group A:P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points-Group B:P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points... |
1st | 12 | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 45 | 37 | 34 | Winner | |||
| 1962 1962 Soviet Top League -Group A:P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points-Group B:P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points... |
1st | 8 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 47 | 35 | 37 | Winner | |||
| 1963 1963 Soviet Top League -League standings:P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points-Top scorers:27 goals* Oleg Kopayev 21 goals* Eduard Malofeyev 17 goals... |
1st | 11 | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 29 | 33 | 36 | Runner up | |||
| 1964 1964 Soviet Top League *17 teams took part in the league with FC Dinamo Tbilisi winning the championship.*FC Dynamo Kyiv qualified for CWC 1965-66 by winning the national cup this year.... |
1st | 5 | 32 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 35 | 26 | 37 | 1/8 | |||
| 1965 | 1st | 12 | 32 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 29 | 34 | 28 | 1/4 | |||
| 1966 1966 Soviet Top League -Overview:*19 teams took part in the league with FC Dynamo Kyiv winning the championship.*FC Dynamo Kyiv qualified for Champions Cup 1967-68 and FC Torpedo Moscow qualified for CWC 1967-68 as runners-up of the Soviet Cup 1965-66.... |
1st | 10 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 32 | 35 | 37 | 1/8 | |||
| 1967 1967 Soviet Top League -League standings:P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points-Top scorers:19 goals* Mikhail Mustygin 17 goals* Oleg Kopayev 14 goals... |
1st | 6 | 36 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 43 | 38 | 42 | 1/8 | |||
| 1968 1968 Soviet Top League -League standings:P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points-Top scorers:22 goals* Berador Abduraimov * Georgi Gavasheli 21 goals... |
1st | 14 | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 38 | 42 | 32 | 1/2 | |||
| 1969 1969 Soviet Top League -Group A:P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points-Group B:P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points... |
1st | 3 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 1/16 | |||
| 1969 1969 Soviet Top League -Group A:P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points-Group B:P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points... |
1st | 10 | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 28 | 20 | ||||
| 1970 1970 Soviet Top League -League standings:P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points-Top scorers:17 goals* Givi Nodia 15 goals* Boris Kopeikin... |
1st | 10 | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 35 | 50 | 30 | 1/16 | |||
| 1971 1971 Soviet Top League The 1971 season of the Soviet Top League saw Dynamo Kyiv clinching their title after three unsuccessful seasons. This season was also unique for successful performances of non-RSFSR clubs: Ararat Yerevan from the Armenian SSR took the second place, while bronze medals were awarded to Dinamo... |
1st | 16 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 31 | 37 | 24 | 1/4 | Relegated | ||
| 1972 Soviet Top League 1972 -Overview:Sixteen teams competed for the championships, and Zarya Voroshilovgrad won the championship.-League standings:-Top scorers:14 goals* Oleg Blokhin 13 goals* Oganes Zanazanyan 12 goals* Gennadi Khromchenkov... |
2nd | 2 | 38 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 57 | 21 | 51 | 1/16 | Promoted | ||
| 1973 | 1st | 6 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 32 | 26 | 31 | 1/8 | |||
| 1974 | 1st | 12 | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 35 | 28 | 1/2 | |||
| 1975 1975 Soviet Top League The 1975 season of the Soviet Top League proved that Dynamo Kyiv was at the moment unbeatable for other Soviet clubs. Besides that, the Ukrainian club was one of the strongest on the international arena, winning the UEFA Cup Winners Cup the same year... |
1st | 2 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 45 | 23 | 38 | 1/16 | |||
| 1976 | 1st Spring | 5 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 1/2 | |||
| 1976 | 1st Fall | 10 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 14 | ||||
| 1977 | 1st | 5 | 30 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 34 | 1/4 | UC | 1/8 | |
| 1978 | 1st | 3 | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 42 | 31 | 37 | Runner up | |||
| 1979 | 1st | 2 | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 57 | 33 | 48 | Group stage | UC UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1978-79 The season 1978-79 of the European Cup Winners' Cup was won by FC Barcelona in an exciting final in Basle against Fortuna Düsseldorf. It was the first of four occasions that the Catalan club won the tournament.- First round :-First leg:-Second leg:... |
1/16 | |
| 1980 | 1st | 6 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 45 | 40 | 35 | Winner | UC | 1/32 | |
| 1981 | 1st | 7 | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 51 | 39 | 34 | Group stage | UC | 1/32 | |
| 1982 | 1st | 14 | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 42 | 57 | 29 | Group stage | |||
| 1983 | 1st | 9 | 34 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 48 | 40 | 35 | Winner | |||
| 1984 | 1st | 13 | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 47 | 46 | 29 | 1/8 | CWC | 1/4 | |
| 1985 1985 Soviet Top League * Draw limit - 10 games, overlimit is deducted.* Next season the League has been planned to be reduced to 16 members. The teams that placed 15th and 16th played a mini-tournament with the two best out of the Soviet First League... |
1st | 12 | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 46 | 45 | 30 | Runner up | |||
| 1986 1986 Soviet Top League The 1986 Soviet Top League season was the 49th since its establishment. Dynamo Kyiv were the defending 11-times champions.A total of sixteen teams participated in the league, which is two teams less than in the 1985 season and no teams were promoted from the First League, due to the league... |
1st | 6 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 40 | 38 | 31 | Runner up | |||
| 1987 1987 Soviet Top League -Final Standings:* 10 draw limited* + - Newly promotedPromotion* Lokomotiv Moscow * Chornomorets Odessa -Top scorers:18 goals* Oleh Protasov 16 goals* Arminas Narbekovas 12 goals* Fyodor Cherenkov... |
1st | 7 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 31 | 30 | 1/16 | |||
| 1988 1988 Soviet Top League -Final Standings:* 10 draw limited * + - Newly promotedPromotion* Pamir Dushanbe * Rotor Volgograd -Top scorers:16 goals* Aleksandr Borodyuk * Yevhen Shakhov 15 goals... |
1st | 8 | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 1/8 | |||
| 1989 1989 Soviet Top League -Final Standings:Promotion* CSKA Moscow * Guria Lanchkhuti * After this season the teams in italics quit the USSR Football Federation and joined the leagues of their native countries... |
1st | 14 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 36 | 23 | 1/4 | |||
| 1990 1990 Soviet Top League The 1990 Soviet Top League season was the 53rd since its establishment. Spartak Moscow were the defending 12-times champions. The league was shortened and a total of fourteen teams participated. By the start of the season both Georgian teams have withdrew followed by another withdrawal from... |
1st | 8 | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 22 | 1/8 | |||
| 1991 1991 Soviet Top League The 1991 Soviet Top League season was the 54th since its establishment and the last one. Dynamo Kyiv were the defending 13-times champions. A total of sixteen teams participated in the league, twelve of them have contested in the 1990 season while the remaining four were promoted from the Soviet... |
1st | 12 | 30 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 33 | 41 | 26 | 1/8 | |||
UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Domestic Cup Ukrainian Cup The Ukrainian Cup is a national knockout cup competition in Ukrainian football, run by the Football Federation of Ukraine. The winner of the competition is awarded a qualification to the UEFA Cup , under special circumstances the finalist also may enter... |
Europe | Notes | |
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| 1992 Ukrainian Premier League 1992 Ukrainian Premier League 1992 was the very first football championship organized in Ukraine after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and disbandment of the Soviet Football Union... |
1st | 4 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 26 | 1/2 finals | yielded to FC Chornomorets Odessa FC Chornomorets Odessa FC Chornomorets Odesa is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Odessa. The club's home ground is the 34,164 Chornomorets Stadium opened in 1935 and rebuilt in 2011. During the reconstruction , the team played in the 4,610 Spartak Stadium... in 1/8 finals of Soviet Cup Soviet Cup The Soviet Cup, or USSR Cup , was the premier football cup competition in the Soviet Union.-Finals:-Performance by club:-Performance by republic:-References:*, rsssf.com. Accessed on 16 May 2006.... |
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| 1992–93 Ukrainian Premier League 1992-93 The Ukrainian Premier League 1992–93 season was the second since the nation's independence in 1991.-Overview:It started on August 15, 1992 and finished on June 15, 1993 with the winter break between November 22 and March 14. The Crimean Tavria were the defending champions, but managed only to place... |
1st | 4 | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 44 | 32 | 34 | 1/16 finals | |||
| 1993–94 Ukrainian Premier League 1993-94 Ukrainian Premier League 1993–94 was the third season of the Ukrainian Premier League.Last season the league champions Dynamo received a fierce competition from the Pavlov led Dnipro out of Dnipropetrovsk. The third season was promising to be even more exiting... |
1st | 2 | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 64 | 32 | 49 | 1/8 finals | |||
| 1994–95 Ukrainian Premier League 1994-95 -Preseason changes:Managers-Final standings:Legend:Note:* In bold are the participants of the 1995 Ukrainian Cup Final.-Top goalscorers:Notable Transfers... |
1st | 4 | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 52 | 29 | 62 | Winner | UC | Qual round | |
| 1995–96 Ukrainian Premier League 1995-96 -Preseason changes:Managers-Final standings:Note:* In bold are the participants of the 1996 Ukrainian Cup Final.-Top goalscorers:Notable Transfers*Oleksandr Palyanytsia, FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk to FC Karpaty Lviv... |
1st | 10 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 44 | 43 | 45 | 1/2 finals | CWC UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1995-96 The season 1995-96 of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was won by Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 in the final against Austrian entrants SK Rapid Wien in Brussels on 8 May 1996.-Qualifying round:-First leg:... |
1st round | |
| 1996–97 Ukrainian Premier League 1996-97 -Preseason changes:Managers-Final standings:Note:* In bold are the participants of the 1997 Ukrainian Cup Final.-Top goalscorers:Notable Transfers*Andrei Fedkov, FC Torpedo Zaporizhia to FC Baltika Kaliningrad... |
1st | 2 | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 72 | 28 | 62 | Winner | |||
| 1997–98 Ukrainian Premier League 1997-98 -Preseason changes:Managers-Final table of Ukrainian Premier League season 1997-98:Note:* In bold are the participants of the 1998 Ukrainian Cup Final.-Top goalscorers:-Managers:-External links:*... |
1st | 2 | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 61 | 25 | 67 | 1/8 finals | CWC UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1997-98 The season 1997-98 of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Chelsea in the final against VfB Stuttgart.-Qualifying round:-First leg:... |
2nd round | |
| 1998–99 Ukrainian Premier League 1998-99 -Preseason changes:Managers-Final table of Ukrainian Premier League season 1998-99:Note:* In bold are the participants of the 1999 Ukrainian Cup Final.-Top goalscorers:Notable Transfers... |
1st | 2 | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 70 | 25 | 65 | 1/2 finals | UC | 2nd qual round | |
| 1999–2000 Ukrainian Premier League 1999-00 -Preseason changes:Managers-Final table of Ukrainian Premier League season 1999-00:Note:* In bold are the participants of the 2000 Ukrainian Cup Final.-Top goalscorers:Notable Transfers... |
1st | 2 | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 60 | 16 | 66 | 1/4 finals | UC UEFA Cup 1999-00 The UEFA Cup 1999-2000 season was won by Galatasaray of Turkey, who defeated Arsenal of England in the final. The game was scoreless through the first ninety minutes and stayed that way through thirty minutes of extra time. The game went on to penalty kicks in which Gheorghe Popescu, the Romanian... |
1st round | |
| 2000–01 Ukrainian Premier League 2000-01 -Preseason changes:Managers-Final table of Ukrainian Premier League season 2000-01:Note:* In bold are the participants of the 2001 Ukrainian Cup Final.-Top goalscorers:Notable Transfers... |
1st | 2 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 71 | 21 | 63 | Winner | UC UEFA Cup 2000-01 In perhaps the most bizarre European final ever, the 2000–01 UEFA Cup was won by Liverpool in a dramatic golden goal final against Deportivo Alavés for their third title in the competition. It completed a unique cup treble for the club, as they also won the FA Cup and the League Cup that season... |
3rd round | UCL – 1st group stage |
| 2001–02 Ukrainian Premier League 2001-02 -Final standings:Note:* In bold are the participants of the 2002 Ukrainian Cup Final.Play-off:-Top goalscorers:-European competitions:Champion's Cup Champion's Cup... |
1st | 1 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 49 | 10 | 66 | Winner | UC | 1st round | UCL – 3rd qual round |
| 2002–03 Ukrainian Premier League 2002-03 -Final standings:-Top goal scorers:-European competitions:Champion's Cup Champion's Cup UEFA Cup UEFA Cup -External links:*... |
1st | 2 | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 61 | 24 | 70 | Runner-up | UC | 1st round | UCL – 3rd qual round |
| 2003–04 Ukrainian Premier League 2003-04 -Final standings:-Top goal scorers:-European competitions:Champion's Cup Champion's Cup UEFA Cup UEFA Cup -External links:*... |
1st | 2 | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 62 | 19 | 70 | Winner | UC | 1st round | UCL – 3rd qual round |
| 2004–05 Ukrainian Premier League 2004-05 The 2004–05 Ukrainian Premier League season was the fourteenth since its establishment.The season started on July 15, 2004 with all eight games of the first round. The last day of the competition was June 16, 2005. Shakhtar Donetsk has managed to win its second champion's title place ahead of the... |
1st | 1 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 63 | 19 | 80 | Runner-up | UC UEFA Cup 2004-05 The 2004–05 UEFA Cup season was won by CSKA Moscow, coming from behind in the final against Sporting Clube de Portugal. It was the first win by a Russian side in any European competition, and was even more impressive considering that the final was held at the José Alvalade Stadium, the home of... |
Round of 16 | UCL – group stage |
| 2005–06 Ukrainian Premier League 2005-06 The 2005–06 Ukrainian Premier League season was the fifteenth since its establishment.The season started on July 12, 2005 with six games of the first round. The last day of the competition was May 10, 2006. However, because the top two teams have finished with equal amount of points, it was decided... |
1st | 1 | 30 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 64 | 14 | 75 | 1/8 finals | UC UEFA Cup 2005-06 The UEFA Cup 2005–06 season was won by Sevilla FC, beating Middlesbrough FC in the final. It was the first victory for Sevilla in a European competition, and the first appearance by Middlesbrough in a European final. The final took place at Philips Stadion, in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The match was... |
Round of 32 | UCL – 3rd qual round |
| 2006–07 Ukrainian Premier League 2006-07 The 2006-07 Ukrainian Premier League season is the sixteenth since its establishment. The official name of the competition was Soyuz-Viktan Ukrainian football championship. Soyuz-Viktan became the first title sponsor in the League's history.... |
1st | 2 | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 57 | 20 | 63 | Runner-up | UC UEFA Cup 2006-07 The 2006–07 UEFA Cup was the 36th UEFA Cup, Europe's second tier club football tournament. On 16 May 2007, at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland, Sevilla won their second consecutive UEFA Cup, defeating Espanyol 3–1 on penalties after the match finished 2–2 after extra time... |
Round of 16 | UCL – group stage |
| 2007–08 Ukrainian Premier League 2007-08 The 2007–08 Ukrainian Premier League season is the seventeenth since its establishment. This season competition was sponsored by Biola which became the title sponsor of the League for the season. It began on July 17, 2007, and ended on May 18, 2008... |
1st | 1 | 30 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 75 | 24 | 74 | Winner | UCL | Group stage | |
| 2008–09 Ukrainian Premier League 2008-09 The 2008–09 Ukrainian Premier League season was the eighteenth since its establishment. Shakhtar Donetsk were the defending champions, having won their fourth league title. The season began on 16 July 2008 with a scoreless draw between Tavriya and Dnipro. The last round of matches were played on 26... |
1st | 2 | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 47 | 16 | 64 | Runner-up | UC | Winner | UCL – group stage |
| 2009–10 | 1st | 1 | 30 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 62 | 18 | 77 | 1/2 finals | EL | Round of 32 | UCL – 3rd qual round |
| 2010–11 | 1st | 1 | 30 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 53 | 16 | 72 | Winner | UCL | 1/4 finals | |
| 2011–12 | 1st | 2 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 12 | 42 | 1/4 finals | UCL | Group stage | |
European history
Shakhtar Donetsk participates in European competitions since 1976 after playing its first against Berliner FC DynamoBerliner FC Dynamo
Berliner FC Dynamo is a German association football club and is the successor organization to the club that played in East Berlin as Dynamo Berlin from 1953 to 1966.-Founding and Stasi patronage:...
in the UEFA Cup 1976-77. Since 1997, however, the club is continuously participates on annual basis with variable successes, while also takes part in the UEFA Champions League competition since 2000. The first qualification to a group stage took place in the 2000-01 UEFA Champions League when Shakhtar Donetsk played against Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
, Lazio
S.S. Lazio
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, and Sparta Prague.
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| European Cup / UEFA Champions League UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It... |
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| 2010–11 | Quarter-Finalist | eliminated by  BarcelonaFC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.... 1–5 in Barcelona, 0–1 in Donetsk |
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| UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
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| 2008–09 UEFA Cup 2008–09 The UEFA Cup 2008–09 was the 38th edition of the UEFA Cup football tournament. The final was played at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, home ground of Fenerbahçe, in Istanbul, Turkey, on 20 May 2009. This season was the final one to use the UEFA Cup format; starting in 2009, the event is known as the... |
Winner | won  Werder BremenSV Werder Bremen SV Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its association football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. The club was founded on 4 February 1899 as Fußballverein Werder by a group of sixteen vocational high school students who had won a prize... 2–1 in Istanbul |
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| UEFA Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but... |
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| 1983–84 | Quarter-Finalist | eliminated by  Porto 2–3 in Porto, 1–1 in Donetsk |
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| 2009 2009 UEFA Super Cup The 2009 UEFA Super Cup was the 34th UEFA Super Cup, an annual football match between the winners of the previous season's UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup competitions... |
Finalist | defeated by Barcelona FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.... 0–1 in Monaco |
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See also
- FC Shakhtar Donetsk Reserves and Youth TeamFC Shakhtar Donetsk Reserves and Youth TeamShakhtar Donetsk Reserves are the reserve team of Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club.- Youth Squad :Squad is as of May 29, 2011.- External links :...
, second level in Shakhtar pyramid, U21 team. - Shakhtar-3 DonetskFC Shakhtar-3 DonetskFC Shakhtar-3 Donetsk is a Ukrainian football team based in Donetsk, Ukraine. The team has been featured in the Ukrainian Second Division, is the 3rd squad team or junior team from the FC Shakhtar Donetsk franchise....
, third level in Shakhtar pyramid, U19 team, top level team in club youth development system. - Shakhtar-2 DonetskFC Shakhtar-2 DonetskFC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk is a former Ukrainian football team based in Donetsk, Ukraine. The club used to feature regularly in the Ukrainian First Division, being a team from the Shakhtar Donetsk franchise...
, a team that participated in professional competition (part of PFL).