FC Shakhtar Donetsk

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Shakhtar Donetsk
Club crest
Full name FC Shakhtar Donetsk
Nickname(s) Hirnyky (Miners); Kroty (Moles)[1]
Founded 24 May 1936
Ground Donbass Arena
(Capacity: 51,504)
Chairman Rinat Akhmetov
Head coach Mircea Lucescu
League Ukrainian Premier League
2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League, 1st
Website Club home page

FC Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukrainian: Шахтар Донецьк) is a Ukrainian professional association football club, playing in the city of Donetsk, the capital of the Donetsk region. The club has won numerous domestic honours and appeared in several European competitions, but they are best known for having won the final UEFA Cup in 2009. In the Soviet times the Donetsk football team was the leader within the Soviet Volunteer Society of Shakhtyor having connections with teams from Karaganda (Kazakhstan), Soligorsk (Belarus), and others. It is the main representative and became culturally entwined with the heavily industrialized Donets Basin, better known as the Donbass hence the name of its stadium. The team has played under the following names: Stakhanovets (1936–1946), Shakhtyor (Shakhtar) (1946–1992) and FC Shakhtar (since 1992).

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[edit] History overview

The club was originally formed in May 1936 and was initially named Stakhanovets which was the name of a miners' labor society which was, in turn, named after Aleksei Stakhanov, the Russian coal-miner in the Donbas, who became a 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 May 12, 1936 at Balitsky Stadium. The team of Donbas lost it 2:3 after scoring the first. Its first official game with Dynamo Kazan was even more disappointing, which they lost 1:4. Nonetheless, the selective job conducted constructively by the clubs administration allowed the club to compete successfully at the top level by the end 1930s. During the war championship of 1941 which was interrupted unexpectedly the club defeated the Soviet champions FC Dynamo Moscow and after about ten games was placing the fifth. The last game of that championship they played on June 24 two days after the start of the Great Patriotic War, [2] which they lost at home to Traktor Stalingrad.[3]

The All-Union coal mining society of Stakhanovite had changed its name in July of 1946 to Shakhtyor. The first success for the team was in 1951, under name of Shakhtyor when it took the third place in the USSR Championship.

In the 1960s, Shakhtar under Oleg Oshenkov’s coaching were three-time USSR Cup finalists, winning it twice in 1961 and 1962. The club was nicknamed “The Cup Team” due to Shakhtar’s success in vying for the trophy every year, however the Miners’ more notable achievements occurred later from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s.

In 1975, Shakhtar took 2nd in the USSR Championship and received the right to represent the Soviet Union in European competition. In 1978, Shakhtar finished third in the USSR Championship. A year later, the team finished second and its captain – striker Vitaliy Starukhin – was named the best player and the best forward in the USSR Championship (26 goals scored).

Shakhtar twice, in 1980 and 1983, brought home the crystal USSR Cup to Donbass and in 1983, it won the USSR Super Cup over then-domestic league champions Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.

In 1996, Rinat Akhmetov took over as president and subsequently invested heavily in the club [4].

In the newly independent Ukraine, Shakhtar along with Dynamo Kyiv became perennial first place competitors. In 1999, a Shakhtar Football academy was opened and now hosts football training for roughly 3000 children.

Shakhtar have, to date, appeared in all three editions of the First Channel Cup, winning the 2006 edition and finishing runners up in 2008.

For the last several seasons Shakhtar has the highest home attendance in a league, averaging at about 20,000 per game.

In 2009, they became only the second Ukrainian team to win a European competition, and the first to win the UEFA Cup, beating Werder Bremen in the final, with goals from Brazilians Luiz Adriano and Jadson.[5] This also made them the last UEFA Cup winners before the tournament was rebranded as the UEFA Europa League.

[edit] Stadium

The new Donbass Arena

FC Shakhtar has been playing most of its games at the RSK Olimpiyskiy stadium. The construction of a new stadium, Donbas Arena has finished and was opened on 29 August 2009. The stadium has a capacity of 50,149 and has been awarded a UEFA five star rating.

FC Shakhtar's old home, the central Shakhtar Stadium which was built in 1936, and was reconstructed four times, is currently being used by FC Shakhtar Reserves. The stadium received some major renovations, including the installation of bench seats in 2000, when FC Shakhtar made it to the Champions League Group Stage.

A mascot mole (moles is a nickname for the club) will entertain spectators during the home matches[1].

[edit] Crest and colours

1997—07
2007–

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 60s logo depicted two crossed hammers and a writing Shakhtar 'Donetsk' in the circle. About the same time the crest was added to the kit and remained there since, except for several seasons, in the beginning of 1990s. The clubs name was often depicted in the Russian language as the rest of participants of the Soviet football competitions. Therefore some sources have its name written often as Shakhter or rarely Shakhtyor.

In 1989, an artist, Viktor Savilov, on the event of the club restructuring offered a draft variant of a logo with elements of the ball and a pitch. Some time later the logo was remodelled into the present one. The emblem was added to the kit in 1997.[6]

In 2008, during the presentation of club's new stadium Shakhtar's new logo was unveiled. For the first time in over 30 years, traditional symbols of the club "Crossed Hammers" were present on the crest.

[edit] Former kits
Stakhanovets
Shakhtar 50's
Since 1961


[edit] Rivalry

Shakhtar's biggest rival today is Dynamo. The match between them has grew in what is called as 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 games between two Donetsk teams have been proclaimed as the Donetsk Derby.

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

[edit] Club song

Lyrics by: K.Arsenev; Music: I.Krutoiy

Glory to you, Shakhtar!
Heavens of football stars
Will always be on your side,
And the light of your best dreams
Is shining from above.

Refrain:

Beauty of green fields, that's for you, Shakhtar.
My fate is in your hands, you are the best, Shakhtar.
And for you, Shakhtar, the medal of my love
Will always shine on pitch where you are,
And forever will protect you from defeat
The brightest football star!


[edit] Honours

UEFA Cup won by Shakhtar

[edit] Soviet Union

[edit] Ukraine

[edit] Europe

[edit] Non-official

[edit] Players

[edit] Current squad

Squad is as of September 15, 2010. [7][8] The Cyrillic-based names of players, although not in the accordance to the official decision of the Verkhovna Rada (Decision #9 of April 19, 1996)[9] for the Ukrainian-English transliteration, are transliterated in accordance to the official website of the FFU.
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 Czech Republic DF Tomáš Hübschman
5 Ukraine DF Oleksandr Kucher
7 Brazil MF Fernandinho (vice-captain)
8 Brazil MF Jádson
9 Brazil FW Luiz Adriano
10 Brazil MF Willian
11 Croatia FW Eduardo
12 Ukraine GK Rustam Khudzhamov
13 Ukraine DF Vyacheslav Shevchuk
14 Ukraine MF Vasyl Kobin
15 Ukraine MF Taras Stepanenko
19 Ukraine MF Oleksiy Gai
20 Brazil MF Douglas Costa
22 Armenia MF Henrikh Mkhitaryan
26 Romania DF Răzvan Raţ
No. Position Player
27 Ukraine DF Dmytro Chygrynskiy
29 Brazil MF Alex Teixeira
30 Ukraine GK Andriy Pyatov
32 Ukraine DF Mykola Ischenko
33 Croatia MF Darijo Srna (captain)
35 Ukraine GK Yuriy Virt
36 Ukraine DF Oleksandr Chyzhov
37 Brazil MF Bruno
38 Ukraine DF Serhiy Kryvtsov
44 Ukraine DF Yaroslav Rakytskiy
52 Georgia (country) MF Tornike Okriashvili (on loan from FC Gagra)
60 Ukraine GK Artem Tetenko
90 Ukraine FW Vitaliy Vitsenets
99 Bolivia FW Marcelo Moreno

For recent transfers, see List of Ukrainian football transfers summer 2009 and List of Ukrainian football transfers Winter 2008-09.

[edit] 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
Ukraine GK Bohdan Shust (on loan to Zorya Luhansk)
Ukraine MF Oleksiy Polyanskiy (on loan to Zorya Luhansk)
Ukraine MF Serhiy Shevchuk (on loan to Zorya Luhansk)
Ukraine MF Maksym Kovalyov (on loan to Zorya Luhansk)
Ukraine MF Ihor Chaykovskyi (on loan to Zorya Luhansk)
Ukraine DF Stanislav Mykytsey (on loan to Zorya Luhansk)
Ukraine FW Oleksandr Kasyan (on loan to Zorya Luhansk)
Ukraine FW Yehor Kartushov (on loan to Zorya Luhansk)
Ukraine FW Ruslan Fomin (on loan to Zorya Luhansk)
Ukraine DF Ihor Korotetskiy (on loan to Metalurh Donetsk)
Ukraine DF Bohdan Butko (on loan to Volyn Lutsk)
Ukraine MF Vitaliy Hoshkoderya (on loan to Volyn Lutsk)
No. Position Player
Ukraine DF Artem Fedetskiy (on loan to Karpaty Lviv)
Ukraine MF Denys Kozhanov (on loan to Karpaty Lviv)
Ukraine MF Konstantyn Kravchenko (on loan to Illichivets Mariupol)
Ukraine MF Konstantyn Yaroshenko (on loan to Illichivets Mariupol)
Ukraine DF Serhiy Yavorskyi (on loan to Illichivets Mariupol)
Ukraine MF Vladyslav Nasibulin (on loan to Illichivets Mariupol)
Ukraine MF Oleksandr Noyok (on loan to Zakarpattia Uzhhorod)
Ukraine DF Maksym Bilyi (on loan to Stal Alchevsk)
Nigeria FW Julius Aghahowa (on loan to PFC Sevastopol)
Brazil DF Leonardo (on loan to Grêmio Prudente)
Mexico FW Nery Castillo (on loan to Chicago Fire)
Russia MF Roman Yemelyanov (on loan to Zorya Luhansk)

[edit] Notable players

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[edit] Player records

[edit] Top goalscorers

# Name Years League Cup Europe Total
1 Ukraine Vorobey, AndriyAndriy Vorobey[10] 1997-07 80 22 12 114
2 Soviet Union Starukhin, VitaliyVitaliy Starukhin[11] 1973-81 84 23 3 110
3 Soviet Union Sokolovsky, MykhayloMykhaylo Sokolovsky[12] 1974-87 87 13 5 105
4 Brazil , BrandãoBrandão [13] 2002-08 65 11 15 91
5 Soviet Union Petrov, IhorIhor Petrov[14] 1982-91
1994-96
1998		 70 13 2 85
6 Soviet Union Hrachov, ViktorViktor Hrachov[15] 1980-81
1982-90
1994-95		 65 12 5 82
6 Ukraine Atelkin, SerhiySerhiy Atelkin[16] 1989-97
2000-02		 61 9 12 82
8 Ukraine Matveyev, OlehOleh Matveyev[17] 1992-95
1996-00		 61 17 0 78
9 Ukraine Zubov, HennadiyHennadiy Zubov[18] 1994-04 57 10 6 73
10 Ukraine Byelik, OleksiyOleksiy Byelik[19] 1999-07 51 11 3 65

[edit] Most appearances

# Name Years League Cup Europe Total
1 Soviet Union Sokolovsky, MykhayloMykhaylo Sokolovsky 1974-87 400 66 18 484
2 Soviet Union Sergey Yashenko [20] 1982-95 388 70 8 466
3 Soviet Union Dehteryov, YuriyYuriy Dehteryov[21] 1967-83 321 47 10 378
4 Soviet Union Petrov, IhorIhor Petrov 1982-91
1994-96
1998		 282 58 10 350
5 Soviet Union Hrachov, ViktorViktor Hrachov 1980-81
1982-90
1994-95		 282 58 6 346
6 Ukraine Shutkov, DmytroDmytro Shutkov[22] 1991-08 267 56 21 344
7 Soviet Union Valeriy Rudakov [23] 1972-86 277 50 16 343
8 Soviet Union Yaremchenko, ValeriyValeriy Yaremchenko[24] 1966-79 297 32 8 337
9 Ukraine Tymoshchuk, AnatoliyAnatoliy Tymoshchuk[25] 1997-07 227 342 57 326
10 Ukraine Vorobey, AndriyAndriy Vorobey 1997-07 219 46 54 319

[edit] Head coaches

   

[edit] League and Cup history

[edit] Soviet Union 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 Полуфинал
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[27] 3 18 5 8 5 20 17 18 1/16 [28]
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

[edit] Ukraine 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
1999-00 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 1/8 finals UCL Group stage

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Players of Shahter FC became “moles” officially, UNIAN (september 18, 2009)
  2. ^ A local name for WWII military campaign against the Soviet Union
  3. ^ Club's History (English)
  4. ^ Wilson, Jonathan (April 30, 2009). "Dynamo and Shakhtar Donetsk fight for Ukraine supremacy on European stage". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2009/apr/30/shakhtar-donetsk-dynamo-kyiv-uefa-cup. Retrieved May 2, 2010. 
  5. ^ "S Donetsk 2–1 W Bremen (aet)". BBC Sport. 2009-05-20. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8057354.stm. Retrieved 2009-05-21. 
  6. ^ http://shakhtar.com/en/club/crest/ Short crest history
  7. ^ http://shakhtar.com/en/team/
  8. ^ http://www.fpl.ua/ukr/clubs/80/
  9. ^ Official Ukrainian-English Transliteration (English)
  10. ^ http://www.ffu.org.ua/ukr/tournaments/prof/26985/
  11. ^ http://footballfan.com.ua/club100/vitaliy_staruhin.html
  12. ^ http://footballfan.com.ua/club100/mihail_sokolovskiy.html
  13. ^ http://www.ffu.org.ua/ukr/tournaments/prof/50010/
  14. ^ http://footballfan.com.ua/club100/igor_petrov.html
  15. ^ http://footballfan.com.ua/club100/viktor_grachyov.html
  16. ^ http://www.ffu.org.ua/ukr/tournaments/prof/25760/
  17. ^ http://www.ffu.org.ua/ukr/tournaments/prof/25957/
  18. ^ http://www.ffu.org.ua/ukr/tournaments/prof/26524/
  19. ^ http://www.ffu.org.ua/ukr/tournaments/prof/27236/
  20. ^ http://shakhterstat.by.ru/gamer44.htm
  21. ^ http://shakhterstat.by.ru/gamer5.htm
  22. ^ http://www.ffu.org.ua/ukr/tournaments/prof/25751/
  23. ^ http://shakhterstat.by.ru/gamer118.htm
  24. ^ http://shakhterstat.by.ru/gamer6.htm
  25. ^ http://www.ffu.org.ua/ukr/tournaments/prof/26988/
  26. ^ 1938 Games Calendar
  27. ^ Group 2
  28. ^ Qualified for championship

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