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Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( ukrainian : Футбольний клуб « Шахта́р » Донецьк [ fʊdˈbɔlʲnɪj ˈklub ʃɐxˈtɑr doˈnɛtsʲk ], short dub “ miners ” ) is a ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, the club was forced to move to Lviv, and had played matches in Lviv ( 2014–2016 ) and in Kharkiv ( 2017–2020 ) whilst having its agency headquarters and education facilities in Kyiv. [ 1 ] In May 2020, Shakhtar started to play family matches at NSC Olimpiyskiy in Kyiv. [ 2 ]

Shakhtar has appeared in respective european competitions and is often a participant in the UEFA Champions League. The club became the inaugural club in freelancer Ukraine to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the final year before the competition was revamped as the Europa League. FC Shakhtar Donetsk is one of two ukrainian clubs, the early being Dynamo Kyiv, who have won a major UEFA competition. The club once played its dwelling matches in Donetsk at the newly built Donbass Arena, however, due to the Russo-Ukrainian War in 2014, the team were forced to relocate 1,000 kilometres ( 620 mile ) to the west in Arena Lviv in the interim. [ 3 ] Following the winter break of the 2016–17 season the club then moved again to the Metalist Stadium in Kharkiv ( 250 kilometres ( 160 security service ) to the northwest of Donetsk ) early in 2017. [ 1 ] In May–July 2020 Shakhtar played home matches at NSC Olimpiyskiy in Kyiv. [ 2 ] Shakhtar Donetsk is one of Ukraine ‘s most democratic football clubs, [ 4 ] and is particularly favoured in the easterly Donbas region. [ 4 ] The club draws its history from the very beginning of the Soviet football league competitions and is one of the oldest clubs in Ukraine. The club was a penis of the soviet volunteer 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 street fighter mid-table club of the Soviet Top League and a cup rival specialist after winning the soviet Cup two years in a row in 1961 and 1962. The team has played under the follow names : Stakhanovets ( 1936–46 ), Shakhtyor ( Shakhtar ) ( 1946–92 ), and FC Shakhtar ( 1992–present ) .

history [edit ]

early on years – inaugural two decades [edit ]

The team in 1937. The club Shakhtar was originally formed on a decision of the All-Union Council on physical culture and sports of 3 April 1936 and was initially named Stakhanovets, meaning “ the player 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 anesthetic teams, the participants of the All-Ukrainian Spartakiads : Dynamo Horlivka and Dynamo Stalino. The first game was against Dynamo Odessa as part of the 1936 Cup of the ukrainian SSR ( at that clock time known as ukrainian give challenge ) and took place on 12 May 1936 at Balitsky Stadium in Horlivka ( the first base home stadium ). The team that played as Stakhonovets Horlivka lost it 3–2 after scoring the first goal by Mykhailo Pashchenko, [ a ] the second base goal belonged to Boris Terentiev. [ 6 ] Its first league plot in Group V took place on 24 May 1936 against Dynamo Kazan was even more disappointing, which miners lost 4–1. Stakhonovets that had on its roll 15 players left for Kazan by string on 20 May. [ 6 ] Beside players, as region of delegating there were representative of regional council of physical culture Gololobov and republican referee I.Rozanov. [ 6 ] The team returned to Stalino on 28 May and the like day Gololobov in interview to newspaper “ Stalinskiy rabochiy ” told that “ … the crippled in Kazan with local anesthetic “ Dynamo ” was witnessed by 3,000 spectators. [ 6 ] With the first minutes, the airfield hosts offered a eminent pace. [ 6 ] “ Miners ”, a road tire, could not respond with the lapp and already on 13th moment conceded the first finish and by the end of first half two more. [ 6 ] In many respects the reason was poor people performance of right halfback Kutsev ( who played rather of K.Pashchenko ) and correct external forth Korotynsky. [ 6 ] Through their flank Dynamo players successfully attacked. [ 6 ] In the first one-half Stakhanovets forwards looked bleak and changeable. [ 6 ] In the second half the bet on equalized and on 55th minute Fedor Manov opened score to Donetsk team goals. [ 6 ] Final mark is 4:1 in privilege of the hosts. ” [ 6 ] however, the selective job conducted constructively by the clubhouse ‘s administration allowed the club to compete successfully at the exceed level by the end of the 1930s. During the war championship of 1941, which was interrupted by chance, the club defeated soviet champions Dynamo Moscow and after approximately ten games were placed in fifth in the league. In the last game of that backing, played on 24 June, two days after the begin of the Great Patriotic War, [ 7 ] which they lost at home to Traktor Stalingrad. [ 8 ] During the war many players went to frontlines and perished among which are Ivan Ustinov, Ivan Putyatov, Volodymyr Shkurov, Ivan Horobets, Mykhailo Vasin and others. From the pre-war team in 1945 there were left entirely three players Georgiy Bikezin, Mykola Kuznetsov, and Petro Yurchenko. The All-Union char mine society of Stakhanovite ( Stakhanovets ) had changed its name in July 1946 to Shakhtyor ( Shakhter ) and indeed did the Sports Society of Donbas Miners. In 1950, Viktor Fomin was named ukrainian Footballer of the year, despite the club finishing only 11th in the league. The first base success for the team was in 1951, when it achieved third place in the USSR Championship. The most noteworthy actor of that accomplishment was the hitter Aleksandr Ponomarev, who came to finish his football career in Donbas, the area he was born in, and was named ukrainian Footballer of the year for 1951. Despite the latest accomplishment, Shakhtar was relegated at the goal of the 1952 temper and as partially of the re-organization of the team, former player Aleksandr Ponomarev became the head coach of the clubhouse. In 1954, Shakhtar under Ponomarev won the class B League, therefore sealing a fall to the top league .

Cup gloat and institution in the Soviet League [edit ]

A star in the Shakhtar Walk of Fame in honor of Oleg Oshenkov, who as director twice lead Shakhtar to soviet Cup victory. In 1958, the players of the club received fewer yellow and bolshevik cards than any other team in the backing, for what the Sovetsky Sport newspaper awarded the club with the “ Fair Play Award. ” [ 9 ] 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 celebrated achievements, however, occurred late from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s .
[10] A ace in the Shakhtar Walk of Fame in award of Vitaliy Starukhin, considered by many fans the greatest musician in the history of Shakhtar. Despite the passing of the team ‘s drawing card midfielder Anatoliy Konkov, in 1975, Shakhtar under management of early player Vladimir Salkov, earned second invest in the USSR Championship and received the correct to represent the Soviet Union in european competition. At the end of the season, Shakhtar received the Progress Cup for making the biggest advance from former temper in the league ( they received the award again in 1977 ). In 1978, Shakhtar finished third base in the USSR Championship. A year late, the team finished second in the league campaign and its captain— striker Vitaliy Starukhin —became the top scorekeeper in the USSR Championship with 26 goals scored, besides being named soviet Footballer of the year. The cabaret was only two points aside from the first home, despite having authoritative players leaving the club before the season, and other significant players receiving injuries. [ 11 ] other crucial players besides Starukhin at the time were Mykhaylo Sokolovsky, who went on to set a cap record for the clubhouse ( 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 class and took third place for soviet Footballer of the year in 1977. [ 10 ] Shakhtar doubly, 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 exceed scorers of the tournament. In 1987, Shakhtar received the fewest 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. [ 12 ] Between 1982 and 1988, Shakhtar received the “ together With The Club ” award five times, an award given for effective arrangement of home games and demeanor of the home plate fans. [ 13 ]

first decade in autonomous Ukraine – the beginning of the Akhmetov era [edit ]

In the newly independent Ukraine, Shakhtar, along with Dynamo Kyiv, became perennial first gear put competitors. In October 1995, a bombing-assassination took place at the team ‘s stadium, killing cabaret president Akhat Bragin. In the class that followed, Rinat Akhmetov took over as president and subsequently invested heavy in the baseball club. [ 14 ] Despite Shakhtar not being a impregnable rival for the backing at the time, finishing second many times with a large charge gap from the first-place position, they won the ukrainian Cup three times, in 1995 ( under the management of early player Vladimir Salkov ), 1997 and 2001. In the 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup, Shakhtar were eliminated after a 5–2 aggregate loss to Vicenza, losing the first gear and second legs. crucial players at the time were defenders Serhiy Popov and Mykhaylo Starostyak, goalkeeper Dmytro Shutkov, striker Oleh Matveyev ( who was top scorer of the Premier League in the 1996–97 season ), and midfielders Hennadiy Orbu, Valeriy Kriventsov and Ihor Petrov. Most of the players playing for the team of the time came through the team ‘s youth ranks .
Shakhtar ‘s jersey with DCC alternatively of SCM Towards the end of the decade, the team ultimately started to look like a team able to become supporter. In 1999, a Shakhtar football academy was opened and immediately hosts football train for approximately 3,000 young person. In 2000, Andriy Vorobey was named ukrainian Footballer of the year by Komanda, the first Shakhtar player in mugwump Ukraine to do indeed, and became the top scorer in the 2000–01 ukrainian Premier League. That year, Shakhtar competed in the UEFA Champions League for the first time, drawn in a group with Lazio, Arsenal and Sparta Prague. They finished third in the group, qualifying for the UEFA Cup after a 3–0 home gain against Arsenal .

First league prevail [edit ]

The cabaret won its first ever ukrainian Premier League deed in the 2001–02 season under coach Nevio Scala, winning by a one point over Dynamo Kyiv. They were besides victorious in the 2001–02 ukrainian Cup, defeating Dynamo 3–2 after supernumerary time in the final. [ 15 ] Among the key players at the club at the time were captain defensive midfielder Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, striker Andriy Vorobey, midfielder Hennadiy Zubov and defender Mykhaylo Starostyak. At the end of the season, Tymoshchuk, 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 coerce in the league. After multiple managerial changes, in 2004 the romanian Mircea Lucescu was invited to build a team in Shakhtar. After ten-spot days at the clubhouse, he won the 2003–04 ukrainian Cup and after three months, for the first meter in club history, the club made it to the UEFA Champions League group stagecoach, which won him the 2004 Romania Coach of the Year style. [ 10 ] The scheme chosen was looking for young talented players in Brazil, which was to form the al-qaeda of the assail, while the defense would supplied by largely ukrainian endowment in order to adjust to rules forcing teams to have a certain total of local anesthetic players on the field. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] The big amount of Brazilians arriving to the club through the years earned Shakhtar the nickname “ the most brazilian cabaret in Europe ”. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] [ 20 ] [ 21 ] [ 22 ] [ 23 ] They won their second Premier League title in the 2004–05 temper, but lost to Dynamo Kyiv in the inauguration ukrainian Super Cup tournament in 2004. They finished as runners up in the 2004–05 ukrainian Cup, losing to Dynamo in a punishment shoot-out the final. [ 24 ] They retained the Premier League crown in the 2005–06 season and managed to avenge the get the better of to Dynamo in the previous Super Cup by defeating them on penalties to win their first-ever Super Cup title. [ 25 ] At the end of the season, Anatoliy Tymoshchuk was named ukrainian Footballer of the year for by Ukrainskiy Football for the irregular meter, becoming the first Shakhtar player to be named sol more than once. brazilian striker Brandão became the league ‘s joint top scorekeeper. Shakhtar appeared in all three editions of the Channel One Cup, winning the 2007 edition and finishing runner-up in 2008. Having missed out on the league entitle in 2006–07, [ 26 ] Shakhtar regained the championship in 2007–08, besides being triumphant in the ukrainian Cup after defeating Dynamo Kyiv 2–0 in the final. [ 27 ] 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 gloat and domination in Ukraine [edit ]

[10] and considered by some “the [28] team master Darijo Srna, one of the greatest players in the history of the teamand considered by some “ the picture of Shakhtar. ” 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. [ 29 ] The victory earned the player Mariusz Lewandowski the 2009 Polish Footballer of the Year prize. This besides made them the last UEFA Cup winners before the tournament was rebranded as the UEFA Europa League. Before the startle 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-finals of the Champions League, their then-best-ever performance in the rival. [ 31 ] Captain Darijo Srna was chosen to be contribution of the Champions League Team of the Season as voted by fans. [ 32 ] They besides won a domestic double with victory in the Premier League, ukrainian Cup and the Super Cup. [ 33 ] The successful season did not go unnoticed by the experts, and in 2011, the IFFHS gave Shakhtar a limited award for making the biggest advance of the decade among football clubs. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] They then went on to win the Premier League and ukrainian Cup in the 2011–12 temper. [ 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 coach 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 temper Shakhtar won the Premier League, Cup and Super Cup. Henrikh Mkhitaryan became the circus tent scorekeeper of the league, setting a ukrainian championship phonograph record of 25 goals. He was besides named the Ukraine Premier League MVP by Komanda, Armenian Footballer of the year and the CIS Footballer of the year for 2012 .

Leaders depart, fresh titles and war in Donbas [edit ]

prior to the 2013–14 season, many of the club ‘s chief players were sold after Shakhtar accepted high bids for them – Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Fernandinho and Willian brought the club over €100 million. Shakhtar spent the follow summer trying to integrate new youthful players into the team, who along with the remaining players were to form the anchor of the renewed Shakhtar. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] [ 41 ] Despite selling its leaders, before the 2013–14 season, Shakhtar set a newly record for East Europe for number of season tickets sold. Before the begin of the 2013–14 temper, Shakhtar won two friendly tournaments in Abu Dhabi, the Match World Cup, and the Super Cup of Champions played against russian champions Zenit Saint Petersburg. [ 43 ] In the mid-season break, Shakhtar won the 2014 United Supercup ( the irregular edition of the United Tournament ), a tournament between the top-two placed clubs of Ukraine and of Russia, [ 44 ] [ 45 ] which strengthened Shakhtar ‘s condition as the strongest cabaret in Eastern Europe. [ 41 ] [ 46 ] [ 47 ] At the end of the 2013–14 season, Shakhtar won the Ukraine Premier League, while Luiz Adriano was the league circus tent scorekeeper. Shakhtar besides 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 prison term. due to the war in Donbas, Shakhtar had to temporarily move and play its games in Arena Lviv, [ 48 ] resulting in very humble attendance. [ 49 ] As an anti-war protest, the players of Shakhtar refused the enterprise to wear the “ Glory to the ukrainian Army ” shirts. [ 50 ] In the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League, Shakhtar finished second gear in the group stage, therefore qualifying to the next stagecoach. Striker Luiz Adriano equaled both Lionel Messi ‘s record of five goals in a Champions League meet and Cristiano Ronaldo ‘s record of scoring nine goals in the group phase ; as a result, UEFA named him MVP of the rival ‘s group stage. [ 51 ] Shakhtar finished the temper second in the 2014–15 ukrainian Premier League after playing the hale season away from Donbas, with Alex Teixeira eat up as a joint top scorekeeper in the league. At the end of the season, Douglas Costa was sold to Bayern Munich, [ 52 ] while Luiz Adriano moved to Milan. [ 53 ] While the club itself moved to a Ukraine -controlled zone, a few outstanding Shakhtar players remained in the Donetsk People ‘s Republic and supported the unrecognized state. Among them were erstwhile defender Viktor Zvyahintsev, erstwhile goalkeeper Yuriy Dehteryov, erstwhile Shakhtar and Ukraine national football team captain Ihor Petrov, and the club ‘s first iron military officer Vyacheslav Sharafutdinov. [ 54 ] [ 55 ] During the 2015–16 ukrainian Premier League, on 16 October, Shakhtar beat Dynamo Kyiv 3–0 in Kyiv and set two new records. One record was that for the first time during a ukrainian bowler hat bet on in Kyiv a team scored three goals. The other criminal record was that for the first gear time Shakhtar had more ukrainian bowler hat victories, 26, than Dynamo. [ 56 ] In the center of the temper, Alex Teixeira moved to chinese club Jiangsu Suning for a fee of €50 million, [ 57 ] breaking both the Asian and ukrainian [ 58 ] transmit record. [ 59 ] [ 60 ] The club finished the 2015/16 season as stolon up and Marlos was recognised best league player by Komanda. After the 2015–16 season, long-time director Mircea Lucescu moved on to Zenit Saint Petersburg ; he was replaced by the Portuguese Paulo Fonseca, previously of Braga. Following the winter break of the 2016–17 temper, a temper when the club won the league, the cup, and the supercup, the cabaret moved to the Metalist Stadium in Kharkiv ( 241 kilometer to the north of Donetsk ). [ 1 ] In 2017–18, the baseball club won the league and the cup again, with Facundo Ferreyra becoming the league exceed scorekeeper and Marlos the league help leader. In the 2018–19 season, the club won ukrainian Premier League for the third time in a row. [ 61 ] In 2019–20, Shakhtar retained their league title for the one-fourth time in a course. They besides reached the semi-finals of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League. [ 62 ]

infrastructure [edit ]

Until 2009 Shakhtar had been playing most of its games at the RSC Olimpiyskiy stadium which is a property of administration of Donetsk Oblast and the Serhiy Bubka College of Olympic Reserve. The stadium was built during soviet period for another Donetsk golf club, FC Lokomotyv Donetsk and carried its list. On 29 August 2009 the construction of its raw stadium, Donbass Arena, was accomplished and the stadium was opened. Located in the City Park of Culture and Recreation, it has a capability of 50,149 and has been honored with a UEFA five star rate, the highest rat accomplishable. Shakhtar ‘s old home, the central Shakhtar Stadium which was built in 1936 and reconstructed four times, is presently being used by Shakhtar Donetsk Reserves. The stadium received some major renovations, including the initiation of bench seats in 2000 when Shakhtar made it to the Champions League Group Stage. A mascot mole ( moles is a nickname for the golf club ) will entertain spectators during the home matches. Shakhtar are rated 40th by the average game attendance, being the top easterly european club on the rat charts. [ 63 ] Before the 2013–14 season, Shakhtar set a modern criminal 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 ticket holders. From 2014 until the end of 2016, due to the war in Donbas, Shakhtar played its home matches at the Arena Lviv. [ 64 ] [ 65 ] Following the winter better of the 2016–17 season the cabaret moved to the Metalist Stadium in Kharkiv ( 250 kilometers to the northwesterly of Donetsk ). [ 1 ]

training center [edit ]

Shakhtar Donetsk has its own trail facilities for its first team, reserve team and youth academy all located at Kirsha Training Centre. due to the war conditions in the eastern Ukraine, Shakhtar impermanent venue for its home matches has changed respective times, while it was announced that the team will use prepare facilities in Kyiv. [ 65 ] It was clarified that its train adeptness is the Training base of Olympic Preparation “ Svyatoshyn ” located 20 kilometer ( 12 myocardial infarction ) away from Kyiv and belongs to the ukrainian Federation of Trade Unions. [ 66 ] [ 67 ] [ 68 ]

youth, academy and reserves [edit ]

The cabaret used to airfield a couple of substitute teams that competed at professional level. By 2015 all reserve teams such as FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk and FC Shakhtar-3 Donetsk were withdrawn from professional competitions. The club however fields its young person Shakhtar U-21 team in the young person championship of ukrainian Premier League. Shakhtar besides has its football academy that fields four teams in a extra youth league designated for teenagers. Since 2012 the club besides has a team for the U-19 championship of ukrainian Premier League. During the Soviet times the club used to have one youth team named Shakhter-D Donetsk that participated in a distinguish soviet championship for doubles. Shakhter-D late was reorganized into FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk and admitted to the ukrainian First League .

Crests and colours [edit ]

Public billboard in Donetsk, using the russian name of the golf club The first logo of the clubhouse was designed in 1936, it featured a blue hexagon, with a crimson ‘S ‘ in the center, crossed over by a air hammer. In 1946, when the club was renamed, the logo was changed to black and white, with addition of golf club ‘s name. Later, in the middle of the 1960s, their logo depicted two crossed hammers, with “ Shakhtar Donetsk ” written in the set. The crest was added to the kit and remained there since, except for several seasons in the beginning of the 1990s. The baseball club ‘s mention was depicted in the russian language until the latest logo was chosen. Therefore, some sources have its name written much as “ Shakhter ” or rarely “ Shakhtyor. ” In 1989, an artist, Viktor Savilov, on the consequence of the club restructure offered a draft variant of a logo with elements of the ball and a pitch. Some prison term by and by, the logo was remodelled into the give one. The emblem was added to the kit in 1997. [ 69 ] In 2007, during the presentation of the club ‘s new stadium, Shakhtar ‘s raw logo was unveil. For the inaugural time in over 30 years, the cross hammers, the traditional symbols of the clubhouse, were salute on the crest. besides, for the first base meter the mention was written in the ukrainian terminology and not Russian. Since 1961 the official colours are black and orange .

Period[70]

Kit manufacturer

Shirt sponsor

1992–98

Adidas
Carlsberg

1998–05

DCC[71][72]

2005–06

Lifecell

2006–07

SCM

2008–21

Nike

2021–

Puma

Supporters and rivalries [edit ]

The first riots associated with Shakhtar fans took station on 20 September 1959 in the match against CSKA Moscow, when several twelve Shakhtar supporters ran onto the field, and as a solution the match was frustrated. In all matches involving Donetsk, many people came that promoted the development of fan bowel movement in Donetsk. Active development of football movement began in the early 1980s. In the early on 2000s to the ukrainian stadiums came English style – vandalism. In 2003, during the final examination of the ukrainian Cup there was a fierce crusade between Dynamo and Shakhtar fans. The other competition was with Metalurh Donetsk. This was another local club and, although not a 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. [ 73 ] Among the snuff out rivalries are the games against Spartak Moscow and, peculiarly, the third place champions Dinamo Tbilisi of Georgia that took place at times during the Soviet Top League. Another interesting competition, the Donbas Derby, is with Zorya Luhansk, which gathered a meaning crowd in Luhansk. During the early ukrainian championships, another interesting competition developed with Chornomorets Odessa labelled the “ Miners five. Sailors ”, which declined with the turn of the millennium due to the inconsistent performance of the Odessa -based club .

Honours [edit ]

put out numbers [edit ]

No.

Player

Nationality

Position

Shakhtar debut

Last match

Ref

33

 Croatia
Right back
12 July 2003
13 September 2017
[76][77]

Players [edit ]

First team police squad [edit ]

As of 8 November 2021[78][79]

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

other players under the contract [edit ]

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

On loanword [edit ]

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

Coaches and administration [edit ]

Presidents and other officials [edit ]

Presidents [edit ]

Chairmen of the Board [edit ]

  • 1990–1992: Oleksandr Kosevych (chair of the board)
  • 2006–present: Oleh Popov (chair of council of directors)

Vice Presidents [edit ]

General directors [edit ]

  • 2004–present: Serhiy Palkin (financial director in 2003-2004)

player records [edit ]

top goalscorers [edit ]

As of 21 May 2016 [ 82 ]

#

Name

Years

League

Cup

Europe

Other

Total

1
Brazil
2007–2015
77
16
32
3
128

2
Ukraine[83]
1998–2007
80
22
12
0
114

3
Soviet Union[84]
1973–1981
84
23
3
0
110

4
Soviet Union[85]
1974–1987
87
11
5
2
105

5
Brazil[86]
2002–2008
65
11
15
0
91

6
Brazil[87]
2010–2016
67
10
12
0
89

7
Ukraine[88]
1982–1991
1994–1996
1998
70

12
2
0
84

8
Soviet UnionUkraine[89]
1990–1995
1996–1997
2000–2002
61
9
12
0
82

9
Soviet UnionUkraine[90]
1980–1981
1982–1990
1994
65
10
5
0
80

10
Ukraine[91]
1992–1995
1996–2000
61
16
1
0
78

  • Other – National Super Cup

Most appearances [edit ]

As of 28 February 2020

#

Name

Years

League

Cup

Europe

Other

Total

1
Croatia
2003–2018
339
48
137
12
536

2
Soviet Union
1974–1987
400
63
18
4
485

3
Ukraine
2007–
283
37
123
8
451

4
Ukraine [92]
1982–1995
384
51
8
1
444

5
Soviet Union[93]
1967–1983
321
47
10
0
378

6
Ukraine[94]
1991–2008
267
56
24
0
347

7
Soviet Union [95]
1974–1986
277
44
16
3
340

8
Soviet Union[96]
1966–1978
297
32
8
0
337

9
Ukraine
1980–1981
1982–1990
1994
282
40
6
3
331

10
Ukraine
1982–1991
1994–1996
1998
281
39
10
1
331

  • Other – National Super Cup

luminary coaches [edit ]

League and Cup history [edit ]

Soviet Union [edit ]

ukraine [edit ]

european history [edit ]

Shakhtar Donetsk has participated in european competition since 1976, playing its first game against Berliner FC Dynamo in the UEFA Cup. Since 1997, the baseball club has participated in UEFA rival annually with variable amounts of success, and beginning took separate in the UEFA Champions League competition in 2000. Shakhtar Donetsk played against Arsenal, Lazio and Sparta Prague upon qualifying for the group stage for the first time in 2000–01 .

Notes [edit ]

  1. ^ some sources suggest it was Kostiantyn Pashchenko rather of Mykhailo Pashchenko .
  2. ^ Fourth oldest club contest, organized by the IFA ( W.B. ) and played between local clubs of West Bengal and other tempt ones .

References [edit ]

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