FC Shakhtar Donetsk

Shakhtar Donetsk

Full name	Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk
Nickname(s)	Hirnyky (Miners), Kroty (Moles)
Founded	May 24, 1936 (1936-05-24)
Ground	Donbass Arena (capacity: 52,187)
Chairman	Rinat Akhmetov
Manager	Mircea Lucescu
League	Ukrainian Premier League
2012–13	1st
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours
Current season

For the volleyball club, see VC Shakhtar Donetsk.

For the futsal club, see MFC Shakhtar Donetsk.

FC Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukrainian: ФК «Шахтар» Донецьк) 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 club plays its home matches at the Donbass Arena.

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. The Donetsk-based club became culturally entwined with the heavily industrialized and Russified region of Ukraine, the Donets Basin, better known as the Donbas. 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 (1936–1946), Shakhtyor (Shakhtar) (1946–1992), and FC Shakhtar (since 1992).

History overview

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 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 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 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 Spartakiads: Dynamo Horlivka and 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 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 position. In the last game of that championship, they played on 24 June, two days after the start of the Great Patriotic War, which they lost at home to Traktor Stalingrad.

The team in 1937.

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, when it achieved 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. The Miners’ more notable achievements, however, occurred later from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s.

In 1975, Shakhtar earned second place 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 in the league campaign and its captain — striker Vitaliy Starukhin — was named the best player and the best forward in the USSR Championship with 26 goals scored.

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. In October of 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. 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.

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 3,000 children. The club won their first ever Ukrainian Premier League title in the 2001-02 season, 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. 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.

They retained the Premier League crown in the 2005–06 season and managed to avenge the defeat to Dynamo in the previous season's Super Cup by defeating them on penalties to win their first ever Super Cup title. 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 the 2006–07 season, Shakhtar regained the title in the 2007–08 season. They were also victorious in the Ukrainian Cup, defeating Dynamo Kyiv 2–0 in the final. 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.

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 Jádson. This also made them the last UEFA Cup winners before the tournament was rebranded as the UEFA Europa League. Shakhtar won the Premier League title in the 2009–10 season. The 2010–11 season was a very successful one for Shakhtar. They reached the quarter-final stage of the Champions League, their best ever performance in the competition at that time. They also won a domestic treble with victory in the Premier League, Ukrainian Cup, and the Super Cup. They then went on to win the Premier League and Ukrainian Cup in the 2011–12 season. Shakhtar player Yevhen Seleznyov topped the goal scoring charts in the league, with 14 goals.

Stadium

Shakhtar has been playing most of its games at the RSK Olimpiyskiy stadium. The construction of a new stadium, Donbass Arena, 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, 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.

Training Centre

Shakhtar Donetsk has its own training facilities for its first team, reserve team and youth academy all located at Kirsha Training Centre

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 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 often depicted in the Russian language, as were the rest of the non-Russian 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 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.

Former kits

Stakhanovets

Shakhtar '50s

Since 1961

Shakhtar '70s

Since 1983

Since 1986

Rivalry

Shakhtar's biggest rival today is Dynamo Kyiv. 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 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.

Club song

Lyrics by: K. Arsenev; Music: I. Krutoiy (translation from Russian)

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!

Honours

UEFA Cup won by Shakhtar Donetsk in 2009

Soviet Union / Ukraine

• Soviet Top League / Ukrainian Premier League
  • Winners : (8) 2001–02, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
  • Runners-Up : (12) 1975, 1979, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2008–09
• Soviet Cup / Ukrainian Cup
  • Winners : (13) 1961, 1962, 1980, 1983, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013
  • Runners-Up : (8) 1963, 1978, 1985, 1986, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009
• Soviet Super Cup / Ukrainian Super Cup
  • Winners : (5) 1983, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012
  • Runners-Up : (6) 1980, 1985, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011

Europe

• UEFA Cup
  • Winners : (1) 2009

• UEFA Super Cup
  • Runners-Up : (1) 2009

Unofficial

• Channel One Cup
  • Winners : 2006

• La Manga Cup
  • Winners : 2008

• Uhrencup
  • Winners : 2009

• Copa del Sol
  • Winners : 2010 (Shared), 2013

• Match World Cup
  • Winners : 2013

• Super Cup of Champions
  • Winners : 2013

• Special award from the IFFHS for making the biggest progress of the decade, 2011.

Players

Current squad

Squad is as of May 4, 2013.

For recent transfers, see 2012–13 FC Shakhtar Donetsk season.

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

No. Position Player 3 MF Tomáš Hübschman 5 DF Oleksandr Kucher 6 MF Taras Stepanenko 7 MF Fernandinho (vice-captain) 9 FW Luiz Adriano 11 FW Eduardo 13 DF Vyacheslav Shevchuk 14 MF Vasyl Kobin 17 FW Maicon 19 MF Oleksiy Gai 20 MF Douglas Costa 21 MF Alan Patrick 22 MF Henrikh Mkhitaryan 24 MF Dmytro Hrechyshkin

No. Position Player 27 DF Dmytro Chygrynskiy 28 MF Taison 29 MF Alex Teixeira 30 GK Andriy Pyatov 31 DF Ismaily 32 GK Anton Kanibolotskiy 33 DF Darijo Srna (captain) 35 GK Mykyta Shevchenko 38 DF Serhiy Kryvtsov 44 DF Yaroslav Rakitskiy 77 MF Ilsinho 92 FW Pylyp Budkivskiy 95 DF Eduard Sobol

Reserve squad

The reserve team of Shakhtar, Shakhtar Donetsk Reserves (Ukrainian: ФК Шахтар Донецьк дубль) are playing in the Ukrainian Premier Reserve League.

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

No. Position Player GK Artem Tetenko GK Maksym Ivanov GK Mykyta Kryukov GK Vitaliy Kanibolotskyi DF Yevhen Yefremov DF Mykhaylo Pysko DF Ihor Duts DF Mykyta Bezuhlyi DF Maksym Zhychykov MF Oleksiy Chereda

No. Position Player MF Vyacheslav Tankovskyi MF Serhiy Vakulenko MF Vitaliy Koltsov MF Vladlen Yurchenko FW Serhiy Hryn FW Valeriy Hryshyn FW Artur Zahorulko FW Vladyslav Kulach FW Dmytro Bilonoh FW Leonid Akulinin

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player DF Oleksandr Chyzhov (on loan to Illichivets Mariupol) DF Mykola Ischenko (on loan to Illichivets Mariupol) DF Ivan Ordets (on loan to Illichivets Mariupol) DF Bohdan Butko (on loan to Illichivets Mariupol) MF Roman Yemelyanov (on loan to Illichivets Mariupol) MF Denys Kozhanov (on loan to FC Sevastopol) MF Vitaliy Vitsenets (on loan to Illichivets Mariupol) MF David Targamadze (on loan to Illichivets Mariupol) MF Oleksiy Polyanskiy (on loan to Illichivets Mariupol)

No. Position Player MF Vyacheslav Churko (on loan to Hoverla Uzhhorod) MF Vladyslav Nasibulin (on loan to Zirka Kirovohrad) MF Yaroslav Oliynyk (on loan to Zorya Luhansk) MF Tornike Okriashvili (on loan to Illichivets Mariupol) MF Ruslan Malinovskyi (on loan to FC Sevastopol) FW Bruno Renan (on loan to Criciúma) FW Oleksandr Karavayev (on loan to FC Sevastopol) FW Dentinho (on loan to Beşiktaş)

Current coaching staff

Position	Name
Manager	Mircea Lucescu
Assistant Manager	Alexandru Spiridon
Reserve Team Coach	Serhiy Popov
Goalkeeping Coach	Marian Ioniță
Goalkeeping Coach	Dmytro Shutkov
Fitness Coach	Carlo Nicolini
Fitness Coach	Massimo Ugolini
Physiotherapist	Clément Hazard
Physiotherapist	Igor Gršković
Massagist	Volodymyr Tkachenko
Head of Medical Department	Artur Glushchenko
Match Preparation Manager	Ľuboš Micheľ
Kit Manager	Damir Zinatulin
Chief Scout	Luís Gonsalves
Academy Director	Patrick van Leeuwen

Notable 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 Henrikh Mkhitaryan 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 Yaroslav Rakitskiy 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 Other European Countries 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 Brandão Elano Fernandinho Ilsinho Jádson Luiz Adriano Matuzalém Willian Nery Castillo Pedro Benítez Damián Rodríguez Africa Julius Aghahowa Isaac Okoronkwo Assane N'Diaye

Player records

Top goalscorers

As of 13 April 2013

#	Name	Years	League	Cup	Europe	Other	Total
1	Vorobey, AndriyAndriy Vorobey	1998–2007	080 !80	022 !22	012 !12	000 !0	114 !114
2	Starukhin, VitaliyVitaliy Starukhin	1973–1981	084 !84	023 !23	003 !3	000 !0	110 !110
3	Sokolovsky, MykhayloMykhaylo Sokolovsky	1974–1987	087 !87	011 !11	005 !5	002 !2	105 !105
4	, BrandãoBrandão	2002–2008	065 !65	011 !11	015 !15	000 !0	091 !91
5	Petrov, IhorIhor Petrov	1982–1991 1994–1996 1998	070 !70	012 !12	002 !2	000 !0	084 !84
6	Atelkin, SerhiySerhiy Atelkin	1990–1995 1996–1997 2000–2002	061 !61	009 !9	012 !12	000 !0	082 !82
7	Hrachov, ViktorViktor Hrachov	1980–1981 1982–1990 1994	065 !65	010 !10	005 !5	000 !0	080 !80
8	, Luiz AdrianoLuiz Adriano	2007–	048 !48	009 !9	020 !20	003 !3	080 !80
9	Matveyev, OlehOleh Matveyev	1992–1995 1996–2000	061 !61	016 !16	001 !1	000 !0	078 !78
10	Zubov, HennadiyHennadiy Zubov	1994–2004	057 !57	010 !10	006 !6	000 !0	073 !73

• Other – National Super Cup

Most appearances

As of 13 April 2013

#	Name	Years	League	Cup	Europe	Other	Total
1	Sokolovsky, MykhayloMykhaylo Sokolovsky	1974–1987	400 !400	063 !63	018 !18	004 !4	485 !485
2	Yashchenko, SerhiySerhiy Yashchenko	1982–1995	384 !384	051 !51	008 !8	001 !1	444 !444
3	Dehteryov, YuriyYuriy Dehteryov	1967–1983	321 !321	047 !47	010 !10	000 !0	378 !378
4	Srna, DarijoDarijo Srna	2003–	235 !235	033 !33	095 !95	007 !7	370 !370
5	Shutkov, DmytroDmytro Shutkov	1991–2008	267 !267	056 !56	024 !24	000 !0	347 !347
6	Rudakov, ValeriyValeriy Rudakov	1974–1986	277 !277	044 !44	016 !16	003 !3	340 !340
7	Yaremchenko, ValeriyValeriy Yaremchenko	1966–1978	297 !297	032 !32	008 !8	000 !0	337 !337
8	Hrachov, ViktorViktor Hrachov	1980–1981 1982–1990 1994	282 !282	040 !40	006 !6	003 !3	331 !331
9	Petrov, IhorIhor Petrov	1982–1991 1994–1996 1998	281 !281	039 !39	010 !10	001 !1	331 !331
10	Tymoshchuk, AnatoliyAnatoliy Tymoshchuk	1998–2006	227 !227	040 !40	057 !57	002 !2	326 !326

• Other – National Super Cup

Head coaches

Years	Name	Trophies
1936–37	Nikolay Naumov
1938	Vasiliy Borisenko
1938	Grigoriy Arkhangelsky
1939–41	Abram Dangulov
1944–45	Nikolay Kuznetsov
1946–48	Aleksey Kostylev
1949	Georgiy Mazanov
1949–51	Viktor Novikov
1952	Konstantyn Kvashnin
1952–56	Aleksandr Ponomarev
1956–57	Vasiliy Yermilov
1958	Abram Dangulov
1959	Viktor Novikov
1959–60	Konstantyn Shegodsky
1960–69	Oleg Oshenkov	2 Soviet Cup
1969–70	Yuriy Voynov
1970–71	Artem Falyan
1971	Yuriy Zakharov
1971–72	Nikolai Morozov
1972–73	Oleh Bazylevych
1974	Yuriy Zakharov
1974–78	Vladimir Salkov
1979–85	Viktor Nosov	2 Soviet Cup 1 USSR Super Cup
1986	Oleh Bazylevych
1987–89	Anatoliy Kon'kov
1989–94	/ Valeriy Yaremchenko
1995	Vladimir Salkov	1 Ukrainian Cup
1995–96	Valeriy Rudakov
Aug 1996–March 99	Valeriy Yaremchenko	1 Ukrainian Cup
April 1999–Sept 99	Anatoliy Byshovets
1999	Oleksiy Drozdenko
Nov 1999–Oct 01	Viktor Prokopenko	1 Ukrainian Cup
Oct 2001–Dec 01	Valeriy Yaremchenko (interim)
Jan 2002–Sept 02	Nevio Scala	1 Ukrainian Premier League 1 Ukrainian Cup
Sept 2002–June 03	Valeriy Yaremchenko
July 2003–May 04	Bernd Schuster
May 2004–June 04	Viktor Prokopenko
May 2004–	Mircea Lucescu	6 Ukrainian Premier League 4 Ukrainian Cup 4 Ukrainian Super Cup 1 UEFA Cup

League and Cup history

Soviet Union

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Notes
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	1	11	25	11	7	7	56	51	29	1/4
1939	1	12	26	5	10	11	40	55	20	1/4
1940	1	12	24	6	4	14	32	43	16
1941	1	5	11	6	0	5	13	13	12
1945	2	5	17	9	5	3	36	25	23	1/8
1946	2	5	24	10	7	7	45	23	27
1947	2	2	24	15	4	5	48	19	34	1/32
1948	2	3	14	8	3	3	33	15	19				Promoted
1949	1	18	34	5	8	21	21	73	18	1/16
1950	1	11	36	13	7	16	49	63	11	1/8
1951	1	3	28	12	10	6	44	30	34	1/2
1952	1	13	13	1	6	6	14	26	8	1/32			Relegated
1953	2	1	14	9	4	1	33	9	22
1953	2	3	5	3	0	2	6	5	6	Semifinals
1954	2	1	22	17	4	1	56	16	38
1954	2	1	5	4	1	0	10	1	9	1/4			Promoted
1955	1st	7	22	4	10	8	23	34	18	1/8
1956	1st	7	22	7	7	8	30	39	21
1957	1st	8	22	7	5	10	19	35	19	1/4
1958	1st	8	22	9	3	10	22	32	21	1/8
1959	1st	12	22	4	5	13	24	43	13
1960	1st	17	30	9	8	13	34	48	26	1/2
1961	1st	12	32	12	10	10	45	37	34	Winner
1962	1st	8	32	15	7	10	47	35	37	Winner
1963	1st	11	38	11	14	13	29	33	36	Runner up
1964	1st	5	32	13	11	8	35	26	37	1/8
1965	1st	12	32	7	14	11	29	34	28	1/4
1966	1st	10	36	15	7	14	32	35	37	1/8
1967	1st	6	36	13	16	7	43	38	42	1/8
1968	1st	14	38	9	14	15	38	42	32	1/2
1969	1st	3	18	5	8	5	20	17	18	1/16
1969	1st	10	26	6	8	12	20	28	20
1970	1st	10	32	11	8	13	35	50	30	1/16
1971	1st	16	30	10	4	16	31	37	24	1/4			Relegated
1972	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	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	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	1st	12	34	10	12	12	46	45	30	Runner up
1986	1st	6	30	11	9	10	40	38	31	Runner up
1987	1st	7	30	10	10	10	29	31	30	1/16
1988	1st	8	30	9	10	11	30	28	28	1/8
1989	1st	14	30	9	5	16	24	36	23	1/4
1990	1st	8	24	6	10	8	23	31	22	1/8
1991	1st	12	30	6	14	10	33	41	26	1/8

Ukraine

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Notes
1992	1st	4	18	10	6	2	31	10	26	1/2 finals			yielded to FC Chornomorets Odessa in 1/8 finals of Soviet Cup
1992–93	1st	4	30	11	12	7	44	32	34	1/16 finals
1993–94	1st	2	34	20	9	5	64	32	49	1/8 finals
1994–95	1st	4	34	18	8	8	52	29	62	Winner	UC	Qual round
1995–96	1st	10	34	13	6	15	44	43	45	1/2 finals	CWC	1st round
1996–97	1st	2	30	19	5	6	72	28	62	Winner
1997–98	1st	2	30	20	7	3	61	25	67	1/8 finals	CWC	2nd round
1998–99	1st	2	30	20	5	5	70	25	65	1/2 finals	UC	2nd qual round
1999–2000	1st	2	30	21	3	6	60	16	66	1/4 finals	UC	1st round
2000–01	1st	2	26	19	6	1	71	21	63	Winner	UC	3rd round	UCL – 1st group stage
2001–02	1st	1	26	20	6	0	49	10	66	Winner	UC	1st round	UCL – 3rd qual round
2002–03	1st	2	30	22	4	4	61	24	70	Runner-up	UC	1st round	UCL – 3rd qual round
2003–04	1st	2	30	22	4	4	62	19	70	Winner	UC	1st round	UCL – 3rd qual round
2004–05	1st	1	30	26	2	2	63	19	80	Runner-up	UC	Round of 16	UCL – group stage
2005–06	1st	1	30	23	6	1	64	14	75	1/8 finals	UC	Round of 32	UCL – 3rd qual round
2006–07	1st	2	30	19	6	5	57	20	63	Runner-up	UC	Round of 16	UCL – group stage
2007–08	1st	1	30	24	2	4	75	24	74	Winner	UCL	Group stage
2008–09	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	1	30	25	4	1	80	18	79	Winner	UCL	Group stage
2012–13	1st	1	18	17	0	1	52	9	51	1/8 finals	UCL	1/8 finals

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 Barcelona 1–5 in Barcelona, 0–1 in Donetsk
UEFA Cup
2008–09	Winner	won Werder Bremen 2–1 in Istanbul
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
1983–84	Quarter-Finalist	eliminated by Porto 2–3 in Porto, 1–1 in Donetsk
UEFA Super Cup
2009	Finalist	defeated by Barcelona 0–1 in Monaco

See also

• Shakhtar-3 Donetsk, third level in Shakhtar pyramid, U19 team, top level team in club youth development system.
• Shakhtar-2 Donetsk, a team that participated in professional competition (part of PFL).

External links

• Official website