Shakhtar (Donetsk)

Ukrainian football club from Donetsk

FC Shakhtar (Donetsk) was founded in May 1936 and is one of the most decorated football clubs in Ukraine. The club is a four-time winner of the USSR Cup and became the first in independent Ukraine to win the UEFA Cup in 2009. During Ukraine's independence, Shakhtar became a record holder for the number of victories in the Ukrainian Cup. The best scorer in Shakhtar's history is the Brazilian forward Luiz Adriano, who played for the "orange-blacks" from 2007-2015 and scored 128 goals.

1936

The club was founded

1961

Won its first USSR Cup

1984

Won the USSR Super Cup

2009

The club became the first in independent Ukraine to win the UEFA Cup

2011

The club reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League

2011

Received a special IFFHS award for the greatest progress of the decade

2023

Won the Ukrainian championship despite wartime challenges

2024

Secured an automatic spot in the UEFA Champions League group stage

2025

Won the Ukrainian Cup in the 2024-2025 season

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The "Animal Adoption" service has started working in Kyiv in the Kyiv Digital application, thanks to which several cats have already found new owners. Among them is the cat Tigrulya, who waited for a family for a month.

Society • April 16, 10:31 AM • 14021 views

Ukraine national team striker Yaremchuk won “gold” of the Greek championship: why is this bad for Ukrainian clubs?

Roman Yaremchuk became the champion of Greece, but this deprived Ukraine of a direct ticket to the Champions League 2025/2026. For the first time since 2008/09, no Ukrainian club will play in the main stage.

Sports • April 14, 12:01 PM • 7099 views

"LNZ" will meet with "Shakhtar": opening of the next round of the UPL

«LNZ» will meet with «Shakhtar» in the first match of the 24th round of the VBET Ukrainian Premier League. Shakhtar's» unbeaten streak has already lasted 6 games.

Sports • April 11, 06:55 AM • 3860 views

“Shakhtar” “signed” the legendary cat Stepan

Donetsk "Shakhtar" announced the signing of the cat Stepan, who will play under number 7. Together with the club, the cat started fundraising for M113 for the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade.

Sports • April 9, 04:54 PM • 51037 views

Semi-final of the Ukrainian Football Cup: draw results

The draw for the semi-final of the Ukrainian Cup took place: Bukovyna will host Dynamo in Chernivtsi, and Polissya will play Shakhtar in Zhytomyr. The final will take place on May 14 in Zhytomyr.

Sports • April 3, 12:57 PM • 9211 views

Semi-final of the Ukrainian Football Cup: participants determined

"Bukovyna", "Shakhtar", "Dynamo" and "Polissya" made it to the 1/2 of the Ukrainian Cup. The draw for the semi-finals will take place on April 3, the basic day for the matches is April 23.

Sports • April 2, 06:52 PM • 110807 views