FC Shakhtar Donetsk

"FC Shakhtar" redirects here. For the volleyball club, see VC Shakhtar Donetsk. For the futsal club, see MFC Shakhtar Donetsk. For the handball club, see Shakhtar-Academiya. For the song, see Global a Go-Go. For other uses, see Shakhtar.
Shakhtar Donetsk
Full name Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk
Nickname(s) Hirnyky (The Miners), Kroty (The Moles)
Founded 24 May 1936 (1936-05-24)
Ground Donbass Arena, Donetsk (Currently playing at Arena Lviv due to safety concerns in Donbass)
Ground Capacity 52,187[1]
Owner Rinat Akhmetov
Chairman Rinat Akhmetov
Manager Mircea Lucescu
League Ukrainian Premier League
2014–15 2nd
Website Club home page
Departments of Shakhtar Donetsk
Football Volleyball Handball
Futsal

Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukrainian: Футбольний клуб «Шахта́р» Доне́цьк [fudˈbɔlʲnɪj klub ʃɐxˈtɑr doˈnɛt͡sʲk]) is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk.

Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first club in independent Ukraine to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year before the competition was revamped as the Europa League. FC Shakhtar Donetsk is one of two Ukrainian clubs, the other one is Dynamo Kyiv, who have won a major UEFA competition. The club normally plays its home matches at the Donbass Arena. However, because of the conflict in Eastern Ukraine, this season home games are being played more than 600 miles to the west in Arena Lviv.[2] Shakhtar Donetsk is Ukraine's second most popular football club.[3] The club is the sole favorite of football fans in the Donbas.[3]

The club 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), among others. 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 in 1961 and 1962.

The team has played under the following names: Stakhanovets (1936–46), Shakhtyor (Shakhtar) (1946–92), and FC Shakhtar (1992–present).

History

Before Shakhtar

Football came to the Donetsk region in the time of the Russian Empire when the industrialization of the country began. Numerous foreigners, particularly British workers, were forming their own football teams. In September 1911, at the factory of Novorossiysk Association (currently the Donetsk Steel Works Factory – DMZ) owned by John Hughes has created the Yuzovka Sports Association which contained a football club as well. The football team existed until 1919. In the 1920s, the club was reorganized into the one of Vladimir Lenin's club. One of the most prominent players of that period was Viktor Shylovsky[4] who later became famous, however, playing for Dynamo Kyiv.

Early years – first two decades

The team in 1937.

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 Spartakiads: Dynamo Horlivka and Dynamo Stalino. The first game was unofficial against Dynamo Odessa and took place on 12 May 1936 at Balitsky Stadium. The team lost it 3–2 after scoring the first goal. Its first official game with Dynamo Kazan was even more disappointing, which they lost 4–1. Nonetheless, the selective job conducted constructively by the clubs administration allowed the club to compete successfully at the top level by the end of the 1930s. During the war championship of 1941, which was interrupted unexpectedly, the club defeated Soviet champions Dynamo Moscow and after about ten games were placed in fifth in the league. In the last game of that championship, played on 24 June, two days after the start of the Great Patriotic War,[5] which they lost at home to Traktor Stalingrad.[6]

The All-Union coal mining society of Stakhanovite had changed its name in July 1946 to Shakhtyor. In 1950, Viktor Fomin was named Ukrainian Footballer of the Year, despite the club finishing only 11th in the league. The first success for the team was in 1951, when it achieved third place in the USSR Championship. The most notable player of that achievement was the striker Aleksandr Ponomarev, who came to finish his football career in Donbass, the region he was born in, and was named Ukrainian Footballer of the Year for 1951. Despite the latest achievement, Shakhtar was relegated at the end of the 1952 season and as part of the re-organization of the team, former player Aleksandr Ponomarev became the head coach of the club. In 1954, Shakhtar under Ponomarev won the Class B League, thus sealing a return to the top league.

Cup triumphs and establishment in the Soviet League

A star in the Shakhtar Walk of Fame in honor of Oleg Oshenkov, who as manager twice lead Shakhtar to Soviet Cup victory.

In 1958, the players of the club received less yellow and red cards then any other team in the championship, for what the Sovetsky Sport newspaper awarded the club with the "Fair Play Award."[7] In the 1960s, Shakhtar, under Oleg Oshenkov’s coaching, were three-time USSR Cup finalists, winning it twice in 1961 and 1962. Among the players playing for the club then where defenders Viacheslav Aliabiev and Vladimir Salkov. The club was nicknamed "The Cup Team" due to Shakhtar’s success in vying for the trophy every year. The Miners’ more notable achievements, however, occurred later from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s.

A star in the Shakhtar Walk of Fame in honor of Vitaliy Starukhin, considered by many fans the greatest player in the history of Shakhtar.[8]

Despite the departure of the team's leader midfielder Anatoliy Konkov, in 1975, Shakhtar under management of former player Vladimir Salkov, earned second place in the USSR Championship and received the right to represent the Soviet Union in European competition. At the end of the season, Shakhtar received the Progress Cup for making the biggest progress from previous season in the league (they received the award again in 1977). In 1978, Shakhtar finished third in the USSR Championship. A year later, the team finished second in the league campaign and its captain—striker Vitaliy Starukhin—became the top scorer in the USSR Championship with 26 goals scored, also being named Soviet Footballer of the Year. The club was only two points away from the first place, despite having important players leaving the club before the season, and other important players receiving injuries.[9] Other important players besides Starukhin at the time were Mykhaylo Sokolovsky, who went on to set a caps record for the club (for what he received the Club Loyalty Award in 1987), defenders Viktor Zvyahintsev and Valeriy Horbunov, who both made it numerous times to the 33 Top Players of the Soviet Championship lists, and goalkeeper Yuriy Dehteryov, who was named Soviet goalkeeper of the year and took third place for Soviet Footballer of the Year in 1977.[8]

Shakhtar twice, in 1980 and 1983, brought home the crystal USSR Cup to Donetsk and in 1983, it won the USSR Super Cup over then-domestic league champions Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. Shakhtar reached the 1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup quarter-final, and strikers Viktor Hrachov and Serhiy N. Morozov became joint top scorers of the tournament. In 1987, Shakhtar received the smallest amount of yellow and red cards in the championship, for which the club was awarded the "Soviet Top League Fair Play Award" by Man and Law magazine.[10] Between 1982 and 1988, Shakhtar received the "Together With The Club" award five times, an award given for good organization of home games and behaviour of the home fans.[11]

First decade in independent Ukraine – the beginning of the Akhmetov era

In the newly-independent Ukraine, Shakhtar, along with Dynamo Kyiv, became perennial first place competitors. In October 1995, a bombing-assassination took place at the team's stadium, killing team President Akhat Bragin. In the year that followed, Rinat Akhmetov took over as president and subsequently invested heavily in the club.[12]

Even though Shakhtar was not a contester for the championship at the time, finishing second many times with a large point gap from the first place position, they won the Ukrainian Cup three times in 1995 (under the management of former player Vladimir Salkov), 1997 and 2001. In the 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Shakhtar were eliminated after a 5–2 aggregate loss to Italian club Vicenza, losing the first and second legs. Important players at the time were defenders Serhiy Popov and Mykhaylo Starostyak, goalkeeper Dmytro Shutkov, striker Oleh Matveyev, who was top scorer of the Ukrainian Premier League in season 1996–97, and midfielders Hennadiy Orbu, Valeriy Kriventsov and Ihor Petrov. Most of the players plying for the team of the time came through the team's youth ranks.

Towards the end of the decade, the team finally started to look like a team able to become champion. In 1999, a Shakhtar football academy was opened and now hosts football training for roughly 3,000 children. In 2000, Andriy Vorobey was named Ukrainian Footballer of the Year by Komanda, the first Shakhtar player in independent Ukraine to do so, and became the top scorer in the 2000–01 Ukrainian Premier League.

First league triumph

President of the Club, Rinat Akhmetov, shaking hands with captain Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, 2002 Ukrainian Footballer of the Year.

The club won its first ever Ukrainian Premier League title in the 2001–02 season under coach Nevio Scala, winning by a single point over Dynamo Kyiv. They were also victorious in the 2001–02 Ukrainian Cup, defeating Dynamo 3–2 after extra time in the Final.[13] Among the key players at the club at the time were captin defensive midfielder Anatoliy Tymoschuk, striker Andriy Vorobey, midfielder Hennadiy Zubov and defender Mykhaylo Starostyak. At the end of the season, Tymoschuk, who emerged as the club's leader on the field, was named Ukrainian Footballer of the Year by Komanda and Ukrainskiy Football.

Manager Mircea Lucescu took over Shakhtar in 2004 and has led them to becoming the dominant force in the league.

After multiple managerial changes, in 2004, the Romanian Mircea Lucescu was invited to built a team in Shakhtar. After ten days at the club, he won the 2003–04 Ukrainian Cup, and after three month, for the first time in club history, the club made it to the UEFA Champions League group stage, which won him the 2004 Romania Coach of the Year title.[8] The strategy chosen was looking for young talented players in Brazil, which was to form the base of the attack, while the defence would supplied by largely Ukrainian talent in order to adjust to rules forcing teams to have a certain number of local players on the field.[14][15] The large amount of Brazilians arriving to the club through the years earned Shakhtar the nickname "the most Brazilian club in Europe."[16][17][18][19][20][21] They won their second Premier League title in the 2004–05 season. They lost to Dynamo Kyiv in the inaugural Ukrainian Super Cup tournament in 2004. They finished as runners up in the 2004–05 Ukrainian Cup, losing to Dynamo in a penalty shoot-out the Final.[22]

They retained the Premier League crown in the 2005–06 season and managed to avenge the defeat to Dynamo in the previous Super Cup by defeating them on penalties to win their first-ever Super Cup title.[23] At the end of the season, Anatoliy Tymoschuk was named Ukrainian Footballer of the Year for by Ukrainskiy Football for the second time, becoming the first Shakhtar player to be named so more than once. Brazilian striker Brandão became the league's joint top scorer.

Shakhtar appeared in all three editions of the Channel One Cup, winning the 2006 edition and finishing runners-up in 2008. Having missed out on the league title in 2006–07,[24] Shakhtar regained the title in 2007–08, also being victorious in the Ukrainian Cup after defeating Dynamo Kyiv 2–0 in the final.[25] Shakhtar's attendance levels at league matches have continually risen over the years to a point where they averaged 36,983 spectators over the 2011–12 Premier League season.

UEFA Cup triumph and domination in Ukraine

Team captain Darijo Srna, one of the greatest players in the history of the team[8] and considered by some "the icon of Shakhtar."[26]

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 after defeating Werder Bremen in the final, with goals from Brazilians Luiz Adriano and Jádson.[27] The victory earned the player Mariusz Lewandowski the 2009 Polish Footballer of the Year award. This also made them the last UEFA Cup winners before the tournament was rebranded as the UEFA Europa League.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan was named the 2012 CIS Footballer of the Year[28] and set the Ukraine Premier League record for goals scored in one season (25).[29]

Before the start of the 2009–10 season, Shakhtar won the friendly Uhrencup tournament. Shakhtar won the Premier League title in the 2009–10 season,[30] goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov was named Ukraine Premier League MVP by Komanda, and Manager Mircea Lucescu was named Romania Coach of the Year for the second time. The 2010–11 season was a very successful one for Shakhtar. They reached the quarter-final stage of the Champions League, their then-best-ever performance in the competition.[31] Captain Darijo Srna was chosen to be part of the Champions League team of the season as voted by fans.[32] They also won a domestic treble with victory in the Premier League, Ukrainian Cup and the Super Cup.[33] The successful season didn't go unnoticed by the experts, and in 2011, the IFFHS gave Shakhtar a special award for making the biggest progress of the decade among football clubs.[34][35] They then went on to win the Premier League and Ukrainian Cup in the 2011–12 season.[36] Shakhtar player Yevhen Seleznyov topped the goal scoring charts in the league, with 14 goals, midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan was named Armenian Footballer of the Year, and manager Mircea Lucescu was named 2012 Romania Coach of the Year, receiving the award for the third time. The main players at that time were captain Darijo Srna, defender Yaroslav Rakitskiy, Armenian midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan (who was named Armenian Footballer of the Year twice while playing for Shakhtar) and Brazilian midfielders Fernandinho and Willian.

In the 2012–13 season Shakhtar won the Premier League, Cup and Super Cup. Henrikh Mkhitaryan became the top scorer of the league, setting a Ukrainian championship record of 25 goals. Mkhitaryan was also named the Ukraine Premier League MVP by Komanda, Armenian Footballer of the Year and the CIS Footballer of the Year for 2012.

Leaders depart, new titles and War in Donbass

Before the 2013–14 season, many of the main players of the club were sold after Shakhtar accepted high bids on them. Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Fernandinho and Willian brought the club over €100 million, and Shakhtar spent the following summer trying to integrate new young players into the team, who along with the remaining players were to form the backbone of the renewed Shakhtar.[37][38][39] Despite selling its leaders, before the 2013–14 season, Shakhtar set a new record for East Europe for number of season tickets sold.[40] Before the beginning of the 2013–14 season, Shakhtar won two friendly tournaments in Abu Dhabi, the Match World Cup, and the Super Cup of Champions played against the Russian champion Zenit Saint Petersburg.[41] In the mid-season break, Shakhtar won the 2014 United Supercup (the second edition of the United Tournament), a tournament between the top-two placed clubs of Ukraine and of Russia,[42][43] which strengthened Shakhtar's status as the strongest club in Eastern Europe.[39][44][45] At the end of the 2013–14 season, Shakhtar won the Ukraine Premier League, while Luiz Adriano was the league top scorer. Shakhtar also won the 2014 Ukrainian Super Cup, holding the trophy for the sixth time. Manager Mircea Lucescu was named the 2014 Romania Coach of the Year, receiving the award for the fourth time.

Due to the War in Donbass, Shakhtar had to temporarily move and play its games in Arena Lviv.[46] That resulted in very low attendance.[47] As an anti-war protest, the players of Shakhtar refused the initiative to wear the "Glory to the Ukrainian Army" shirts.[48] In the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League, Shakhtar finished second in the group stage, therefore qualifying to the next stage. Striker Luiz Adriano equaled both Lionel Messi's record of five goals in a Champions League match and Cristiano Ronaldo's record of scoring nine goals in the group stage; as a result, UEFA named him MVP of the competition's group stage.[49] Shakhtar finished the season second in the 2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League after playing the whole season away from Donbass, with Alex Teixeira finishing as a joint top scorer in the league. At the end of the season, Douglas Costa was sold to Bayern Munich,[50] while Luiz Adriano moved to Milan.[51]

During the 2015-16 Ukrainian Premier League, on 16 October, Shakhtar beat FC Dynamo Kiev 0–3 in Kiev and set two new records. One record was that for the first time during a Ukrainian derby game in Kiev a team scored three goals. The other record was that for the first time Shakhtar had more Ukrainian derby victories, 26, than Dynamo.[52] In the middle of the season, Alex Teixeira moved to Chinese Jiangsu Suning F.C. for a fee of 50 million Euro,[53] breaking both the Asian and Ukrainian[54] transfer record.[55][56]

Infrastructure

Donbass Arena has been awarded a UEFA five star rating, the highest rating achievable.

Until 2009 Shakhtar had been playing most of its games at the RSC Olimpiyskiy stadium. The construction of a new stadium, Donbass Arena, finished and it was opened on 29 August 2009. The stadium has a capacity of 50,149 and has been awarded a UEFA five star rating, the highest rating achievable. Shakhtar's old home, the central Shakhtar Stadium which was built in 1936 and reconstructed four times, is currently being used by Shakhtar Donetsk Reserves. The stadium received some major renovations, including the installation of bench seats in 2000 when 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. Shakhtar are rated 40th by the average game attendance, being the top eastern European club on the rating charts.[57] Before season 2013–14 Shakhtar set a new record for Eastern Europe for number of season tickets sold, selling 27,000 season tickets, which means 52% of the seats in Donbass Arena belong to season tickets holders.[40]

From 2014, due to War in Donbass, Shakhtar and Metalurh Donetsk are playing at Arena Lviv.[58][59]

Training centre

Shakhtar Donetsk has its own training facilities for its first team, reserve team and youth academy all located at Kirsha Training Centre. During the period when their temporary venue for its home matches is Bannikov Stadium the team will use training facilities in Kiev.[59]

Reserves

The club has several reserve teams. Some play at professional level such as FC Shakhtar-3 Donetsk, while Shakhtar U-21 team participates in the youth championship of Ukrainian Premier League. Shakhtar also has its football academy that fields four teams in a special youth league designated for teenagers. Since 2012 the club also has a team for the U-19 championship of Ukrainian Premier League.

Created out of the Shakhtar reserves that played in the Soviet competitions, there also used to be FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk that played at profession level in Ukraine and eventually was merged with Shakhtar U-21 team yielding its place to the FC Spartak Sumy in 2006.

Crests and colours

Public billboard in Donetsk, using the Russian name of the club

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 jackhammer. 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 1960s, their logo depicted two crossed hammers, with "Shakhtar Donetsk" written in the circle. The crest was added to the kit and remained there since, except for several seasons in the beginning of the 1990s. The club's name was depicted in the Russian language, until the latest logo was chosen. 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.[60]

In 2008, during the presentation of the club's new stadium, Shakhtar's new logo was unveiled. For the first time in over 30 years, the crossed hammers, the traditional symbols of the club, were present on the crest. Also, for the first time the name was written in the Ukrainian language and not Russian.

Former kits

Stakhanovets
Shakhtar '50s
Since 1961
Shakhtar '70s
Since 1983

Football kits and sponsors

Years[61] Football kit Shirt sponsor
1992–98 Adidas Carlsberg
1998–05 DCC[62][63]
2005–06 life:)
2006–07 SCM
2008–present Nike

Supporters and rivalries

Shakhtar ultras at the Donbass Arena

The first riots associated with Shakhtar fans held on 20 September 1959 in the match against CSKA Moscow. Then on the field ran several dozen Shakhtar supporters and as a result the match was frustrated. In all matches involving Donetsk team always came many people that only promoted the development of fan movement in Donetsk. In the early 1980s began active development of football movement. In the early 2000s to the Ukrainian stadiums came English style – hooliganism. In 2003, during the final of the Ukrainian Cup there was a fierce fight between Dynamo and Shakhtar fans.

The other rivalry was with Metalurh Donetsk was local and, although not as significant as games against the rivals from the capital, the games between the two Donetsk teams were proclaimed the Donetsk Derby. Metalurh went bankrupt in July 2015.[64]

Among the extinguished rivalries are the games against Spartak Moscow and, particularly, the third place champions Dinamo Tbilisi of Georgia that took place at times during the Soviet Top League. Another interesting rivalry, the Donbas Derby, is with Zorya Luhansk, which gather a significant crowd in Luhansk. During the early Ukrainian championships, another interesting rivalry developed with Chornomorets Odessa labelled the "Miners vs. Sailors," which declined with the turn of the millennium due to inconsistent performance of the Odessa-based club.

As a result of the War in Donbass, few clubs from abroad decided to show solidarity with the Donetsk People's Republic. During a group stage game of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League the fans of Athletic Bilbao displayed the flag of the Donetsk People's Republic.[65][66] A similar event took place during a friendly game between Shskhtar and Brazilian Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, when Flamengo fans displayed a Donetsk People's Republic flag in their stand.[67]

Honours

Europe

Domestic competitions

2001–02, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14
1994–95, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
1961, 1962, 1980, 1983
1984

Unofficial competitions

  • Special award from the IFFHS for making the biggest progress of the decade, 2011.[35][68]

Individual player awards

Several players have won individual awards during or for their time with Shakhtar Donetsk.

Soviet Footballer of the Year

Ukrainian Footballer of the Year

Ukraine Premier League MVP

As awarded by the Komanda newspaper

Armenian Footballer of the Year

Polish Footballer of the Year

Soviet Goalkeeper of the Year

Club Loyalty Award

Romania Coach of the Year

Players

Current squad

The squad is as of 5 February 2016.[69][70]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
5 Ukraine DF Oleksandr Kucher
6 Ukraine MF Taras Stepanenko
7 Brazil MF Wellington Nem
8 Brazil MF Fred
9 Brazil FW Dentinho
10 Brazil MF Bernard
11 Brazil MF Marlos
13 Ukraine DF Vyacheslav Shevchuk
14 Ukraine MF Vasyl Kobin
17 Ukraine MF Maksym Malyshev
18 Ukraine DF Ivan Ordets
19 Argentina FW Facundo Ferreyra
20 Georgia (country) MF Giorgi Arabidze
No. Position Player
21 Ukraine FW Oleksandr Hladkyi
22 Croatia FW Eduardo
23 Ukraine GK Bohdan Sarnavskyi
25 Ukraine DF Mykola Matviyenko
28 Brazil MF Taison
30 Ukraine GK Andriy Pyatov
31 Brazil DF Ismaily
32 Ukraine GK Anton Kanibolotskyi
33 Croatia DF Darijo Srna (captain)
38 Ukraine DF Serhiy Kryvtsov
44 Ukraine DF Yaroslav Rakytskyi
66 Brazil DF Márcio Azevedo
74 Ukraine MF Viktor Kovalenko

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Ukraine GK Mykyta Shevchenko (on loan to Zorya Luhansk)
Ukraine GK Yaroslav Stavytskyi (on loan to Oleksandriya)
Ukraine GK Rustam Khudzhamov (on loan to)
Ukraine DF Mykhaylo Pysko (on loan to Illichivets Mariupol)
Ukraine DF Serhiy Vakulenko (on loan to Illichivets Mariupol)
Ukraine DF Ihor Duts (on loan to Illichivets Mariupol)
Ukraine DF Eduard Sobol (on loan to Metalist Kharkiv)
Ukraine DF Ihor Honchar (on loan to Hoverla Uzhhorod)
Ukraine DF Bohdan Butko (on loan to Amkar Perm)
Ukraine DF Oleksandr Volovyk (on loan to Oud-Heverlee Leuven)
Ukraine MF Oleksandr Mihunov (on loan to Illichivets Mariupol)
Ukraine MF Maksym Zhychykov (on loan to Illichivets Mariupol)
Ukraine MF Dmytro Ivanisenya (on loan to Illichivets Mariupol)
Ukraine MF Vitaliy Koltsov (on loan to Illichivets Mariupol)
Ukraine MF Yuriy Hluschuk (on loan to Illichivets Mariupol)
Ukraine MF Serhiy Hryn (on loan to Illichivets Mariupol)
Ukraine MF Andriy Totovytskyi (on loan to Zorya Luhansk)
Ukraine MF Dmytro Hrechyshkin (on loan to Zorya Luhansk)
Ukraine MF Oleksandr Karavayev (on loan to Zorya Luhansk)
No. Position Player
Ukraine MF Vyacheslav Tankovskyi (on loan to Zorya Luhansk)
Ukraine MF Denys Kozhanov (on loan to Karpaty Lviv)
Ukraine MF Oleksiy Polyanskyi (on loan to Metalist Kharkiv)
Ukraine MF Ihor Bykovskyi (on loan to Arsenal-Kyiv)
Ukraine MF Ruslan Malinovskyi (on loan to Genk)
Ukraine MF Serhiy Bolbat (on loan to Lokeren)
Ukraine MF Vyacheslav Churko (on loan to Puskás Akadémia)
Ukraine MF Vasyl Shtander (on loan to Guria Lanchkhuti)
Ukraine MF Vitaliy Vitsenets (on loan to)
Georgia (country) MF David Targamadze (on loan to FC Oleksandriya)
Brazil MF Alan Patrick (on loan to Flamengo)
Ukraine FW Pylyp Budkivskyi (on loan to Zorya Luhansk)
Ukraine FW Artur Zahorulko (on loan to Zorya Luhansk)
Ukraine FW Denys Bezborodko (on loan to Illichivets Mariupol)
Ukraine FW Maksym Ilyuk (on loan to Illichivets Mariupol)
Ukraine FW Anton Shynder (on loan to Vorskla Poltava)
Ukraine FW Andriy Kapelyan (on loan to Ternopil)
Ukraine FW Vladyslav Kulach (on loan to Eskişehirspor)

Current coaching staff

Position Name
Manager Mircea Lucescu
Assistant Manager Alexandru Spiridon
Fitness Coach Carlo Nicolini
Fitness Coach Massimo Ugolini
Goalkeeping Coach Tomislav Rogić
Goalkeeping Coach Dmytro Shutkov
Reserve Team Manager Miguel Cardoso
Reserve Team Assistant Manager Anatoliy Skyrchuk
Reserve Team Assistant Manager Serhiy Kovalyov
Reserve Team Physical Training Coach Volodymyr Rashevskyi
Reserve Team Goalkeeping Coach Borys Tkachov

Player records

Top goalscorers

As of 26 December 2015

# Name Years League Cup Europe Other Total
1Brazil , Luiz AdrianoLuiz Adriano 2007–20157716323128
2Ukraine Vorobey, AndriyAndriy Vorobey[71]1998–20078022120114
3Soviet Union Starukhin, VitaliyVitaliy Starukhin[72]1973–1981842330110
4Soviet Union Sokolovsky, MykhayloMykhaylo Sokolovsky[73]1974–1987871152105
5Brazil , BrandãoBrandão [74]2002–2008651115091
6Brazil , Alex TeixeiraAlex Teixeira [75] 2010–2016671012089
7Ukraine Petrov, IhorIhor Petrov[76]1982–1991
1994–1996
1998		70122084
8Ukraine Atelkin, SerhiySerhiy Atelkin[77]1990–1995
1996–1997
2000–2002		61912082
9Ukraine Hrachov, ViktorViktor Hrachov[78]1980–1981
1982–1990
1994		65105080
10Ukraine Matveyev, OlehOleh Matveyev[79]1992–1995
1996–2000		61161078

Most appearances

As of 16 October 2015

# Name Years League Cup Europe Other Total
1Soviet Union Sokolovsky, MykhayloMykhaylo Sokolovsky1974–198740063184485
2Croatia Srna, DarijoDarijo Srna2003–2984311610467
3Ukraine Yashchenko, SerhiySerhiy Yashchenko [80] 1982–1995 3845181444
4Soviet Union Dehteryov, YuriyYuriy Dehteryov[81]1967–198332147100378
5Ukraine Shutkov, DmytroDmytro Shutkov[82]1991–200826756240347
6Soviet Union Rudakov, ValeriyValeriy Rudakov [83]1974–198627744163340
7 Soviet Union Yaremchenko, ValeriyValeriy Yaremchenko[84] 1966–19782973280337
8Ukraine Hrachov, ViktorViktor Hrachov1980–1981
1982–1990
1994		2824063331
9Ukraine Petrov, IhorIhor Petrov1982–1991
1994–1996
1998		28139101331
10Ukraine Tymoshchuk, AnatoliyAnatoliy Tymoshchuk[85]1998–200622740572326

Head coaches

Years Name Trophies
1936–37 Soviet Union Nikolay Naumov
1938 Soviet Union Vasiliy Borisenko
1938 Soviet Union Grigoriy Arkhangelsky
1939–41 Soviet Union Abram Dangulov
1944–45 Soviet Union Nikolay Kuznetsov
1946–48 Soviet Union Aleksey Kostylev
1949 Soviet Union Georgiy Mazanov
1949–51 Soviet Union Viktor Novikov
1952 Soviet Union Konstantyn Kvashnin
1952–56 Soviet Union Aleksandr Ponomarev 1 Soviet First League
1956–57 Soviet Union Vasiliy Yermilov
1958 Soviet Union Abram Dangulov
1959 Soviet Union Viktor Novikov
1959–60 Soviet Union Konstantin Shchegodskiy
1960–69 Soviet Union Oleg Oshenkov 2 Soviet Cup
1969–70 Soviet Union Yuriy Voynov
1970–71 Soviet Union Artem Falyan
1971 Soviet Union Yuriy Zakharov
1971–72 Soviet Union Nikolai Morozov
1972–73 Soviet Union Oleh Bazylevych
1974 Soviet Union Yuriy Zakharov
1974–78 Soviet Union Vladimir Salkov
1979–85 Soviet Union Viktor Nosov 2 Soviet Cup
1 USSR Super Cup
1986 Soviet Union Oleh Bazylevych
1987–89 Soviet Union Anatoliy Kon'kov
1989–94 Soviet Union/Ukraine Valeriy Yaremchenko
1995 Ukraine Vladimir Salkov 1 Ukrainian Cup
1995–96 Ukraine Valeriy Rudakov
1 Aug 1996 – 30 March, 1999 Ukraine Valeriy Yaremchenko 1 Ukrainian Cup
1 April 1999 – Sept 30, 1999 Russia Anatoliy Byshovets
1999 Ukraine Oleksiy Drozdenko
30 Nov 1999 – 12 Oct, 2001 Ukraine Viktor Prokopenko 1 Ukrainian Cup
12 Oct 2001 – 31 Dec, 2001 Ukraine Valeriy Yaremchenko (interim)
1 Jan 2002 – Sept 18, 2002 Italy Nevio Scala 1 Ukrainian Premier League
1 Ukrainian Cup
Sept 18, 2002 – 30 June 2003 Ukraine Valeriy Yaremchenko
1 July 2003 – 3 May, 2004 Germany Bernd Schuster
8 May 2004 – 20 June, 2004 Ukraine Viktor Prokopenko
17 May 2004 – Romania Mircea Lucescu 8 Ukrainian Premier League
5 Ukrainian Cup
6 Ukrainian Super Cup
1 UEFA Cup

League and Cup history

Soviet Union Soviet Union

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Soviet Cup Notes
1936 3rd
(Group V)		 7 7 2 1 4 14 24 12 – 1/32 spring half
6 7 3 0 4 11 14 13 fall half
1937 3 9 4 4 1 20 13 21 1/4 1/64 Promoted
1938 1st
(Group A)		 11 25 11 7 7 56 51 29 1/4 1/4
1939 12 26 5 10 11 40 55 20 Not participated 1/4
1940 12 24 6 4 14 32 43 16 Not participated
1941 5 11 6 0 5 13 13 12 – Unfinished
No championship in 1942-1944 due to the World War II
1944 No championship Final pool Cup competitions only
1945 2nd
(Second Group)		 5 17 9 5 3 36 25 23 1/2 1/8
1946 5 24 10 7 7 45 23 27 1/2
1947 2 24 15 4 5 48 19 34 1/16 1/32
1948 3 14 8 3 3 33 15 19 1/2 Promoted
1949 1st
(First Group)		 18 34 5 8 21 21 73 18 1/16
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes
1950 1st
(Class A)		 11 36 13 7 16 49 63 11 1/8
1951 3 28 12 10 6 44 30 34 1/2
1952 13 13 1 6 6 14 26 8 1/32 Relegated
1953 2nd
(Class B)		 1 14 9 4 1 33 9 22
3 5 3 0 2 6 5 6 Semi-finals
1954 1 22 17 4 1 56 16 38
1 5 4 1 0 10 1 9 1/4 Promoted
1955 1st
(Class A)		 7 22 4 10 8 23 34 18 1/8
1956 7 22 7 7 8 30 39 21
1957 8 22 7 5 10 19 35 19 1/4
1958 8 22 9 3 10 22 32 21 1/8
1959 12 22 4 5 13 24 43 13 Semi-finals
1960 17 30 9 8 13 34 48 26
1961 12 32 12 10 10 45 37 34 Winner
1962 8 32 15 7 10 47 35 37 Winner
1963 11 38 11 14 13 29 33 36 Runner-up
1964 5 32 13 11 8 35 26 37 1/8
1965 12 32 7 14 11 29 34 28 1/4
1966 10 36 15 7 14 32 35 37
1967 6 36 13 16 7 43 38 42 1/8
1968 14 38 9 14 15 38 42 32 1/2
1969 3 18 5 8 5 20 17 18 1/16 Group 2[86]
10 26 6 8 12 20 28 20 Final
1970 10 32 11 8 13 35 50 30 1/16
1971 1st
(Top League)		 16 30 10 4 16 31 37 24 1/4 Relegated
1972 2nd
(First League)		 2 38 19 13 6 57 21 51 1/16 Promoted
Finalist of the Ukrainian Cup
1973 1st
(Top League)		 6 30 14 3 13 32 26 31 1/8
1974 12 30 8 12 10 31 35 28 1/2
1975 2 30 15 8 7 45 23 38 1/16
1976 5 15 7 4 4 15 16 18 1/2 spring half
10 15 5 4 6 12 10 14 fall half
1977 5 30 9 16 5 31 24 34 1/4 UC 1/8
1978 3 30 16 5 9 42 31 37 Runner-up
1979 2 34 20 8 6 57 33 48 Group stage UC 1/16
1980 6 34 13 9 12 45 40 35 Winner UC 1/32
1981 7 34 12 10 12 51 39 34 Group stage UC 1/32
1982 14 34 10 9 15 42 57 29 Group stage
1983 9 34 16 3 15 48 40 35 Winner
1984 13 34 10 9 15 47 46 29 1/8 CWC 1/4
1985 12 34 10 12 12 46 45 30 Runner-up
1986 6 30 11 9 10 40 38 31 Runner-up
1987 7 30 10 10 10 29 31 30 1/16
1988 8 30 9 10 11 30 28 28 1/8
1989 14 30 9 5 16 24 36 23 1/4
1990 8 24 6 10 8 23 31 22 1/8
1991 12 30 6 14 10 33 41 26 1/8
1992 No championship 1/8

Ukraine Ukraine

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes
1992 1st
(Top League)		 4 18 10 6 2 31 10 26 1/2 finals Lost playoff game for the third place against Dnipro
1992–93 4 30 11 12 7 44 32 34 1/16 finals
1993–94 2 34 20 9 5 64 32 49 1/8 finals
1994–95 4 34 18 8 8 52 29 62 Winner UC Qual. round
1995–96 10 34 13 6 15 44 43 45 1/2 finals CWC 1st round
1996–97 2 30 19 5 6 72 28 62 Winner
1997–98 2 30 20 7 3 61 25 67 1/8 finals CWC 2nd round
1998–99 2 30 20 5 5 70 25 65 1/2 finals UC 2nd qual. round
1999–2000 2 30 21 3 6 60 16 66 1/4 finals UC 1st round
2000–01 2 26 19 6 1 71 21 63 Winner UC 3rd round UCL – 1st group stage
2001–02 1 26 20 6 0 49 10 66 Winner UC 1st round UCL – 3rd qual. round
2002–03 2 30 22 4 4 61 24 70 Runner-up UC 1st round UCL – 3rd qual. round
2003–04 2 30 22 4 4 62 19 70 Winner UC 1st round UCL – 3rd qual. round
2004–05 1 30 26 2 2 63 19 80 Runner-up UC Round of 16 UCL – group stage
2005–06 1 30 23 6 1 64 14 75 1/8 finals UC Round of 32 UCL – 3rd qual. round
2006–07 2 30 19 6 5 57 20 63 Runner-up UC Round of 16 UCL – group stage
2007–08 1 30 24 2 4 75 24 74 Winner UCL Group stage
2008–09 1st
(Premier League)		 2 30 19 7 4 47 16 64 Runner-up UC Winner UCL – group stage
2009–10 1 30 24 5 1 62 18 77 1/2 finals EL Round of 32 UCL – 3rd qual. round
2010–11 1 30 23 3 4 53 16 72 Winner UCL Quarter-finals
2011–12 1 30 25 4 1 80 18 79 Winner UCL Group stage
2012–13 1 30 25 4 1 82 18 79 Winner UCL Round of 16
2013–14 1 28 21 2 5 62 23 65 Runner-up EL Round of 32 UCL – 3rd qual. round
2014–15 2 26 17 5 4 71 21 56 Runner-up UCL Round of 16
2015–16 1 16 14 1 1 50 11 43 1/4 finals EL Round of 32 UCL – Group stage

European history

Shakhtar Donetsk participates in European competitions since 1976 after playing its first against Berliner FC Dynamo in the UEFA Cup 1976–77. Since 1997, however, the club 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.

Season Achievement Notes
European Cup / UEFA Champions League
2010–11 Quarter-Finalist eliminated by Spain Barcelona 1–5 in Barcelona, 0–1 in Donetsk
UEFA Cup
2008–09 Winner won Germany Werder Bremen 2–1 in Istanbul
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
1983–84 Quarter-Finalist eliminated by Portugal Porto 2–3 in Porto, 1–1 in Donetsk
UEFA Super Cup
2009 Finalist defeated by Spain Barcelona 0–1 in Monaco

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