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FC Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukrainian: Шахтар Донецьк, also known as Shakhtyor Donetsk (in Russian: Шахтeр Донецк) is a Ukrainian professional football club, playing in the city of Donetsk, the capital of Donetsk region.
History overview
The team has played under the following names: Stakhanovets (1936-1946), Shakhtyor (1946-1992) and FC Shakhtar (since 1992).
The team Shakhtar’s inception took place in May 1936. It was first named Stakhanovets after Alexei Stakhanov, a legendary coal-miner in Donbass distinguished for his prominently hard work. The first success for the team was in 1951, when Shakhtar took third-place in the USSR Championship.
The 'Miners’ country' team has always been famous for its willing disposition, team identity, and never-say-die attitude. Beginning in the 1960s, FC Shakhtar under Oleg Oshenkov’s coaching, were USSR Cup Finalist three time, twice becoming its holder (1961 and 1962). The club was nicknamed “The Cup Team” after Shakhtar’s success in winning the cup. But The Miners’ most spectacular achievements happened from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s.
In 1975, FC Shakhtar won the runner-up place in the USSR Championship and got the right to play for the USSR in EuroCups. In 1978, FC Shakhtar finished third in the USSR Championship. A year later, the team took the honorable second place and its captain – striker Vitaliy Starukhin – was named the best player and the best forward in the USSR Championship (26 goals scored).
FC Shakhtar twice, in 1980 and 1983, brought home the crystal USSR Cup to Donbass. And in 1984 it won over FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in a USSR Super-Cup match.
In the newly independent Ukraine, FC Shakhtar along with Dynamo Kyiv are perennial first place competitors. Ukrainian businessman Rinat Akhmetov has run FC Shakhtar since 1996. The club president has promised Donetsk to bring European glory to Shakhtar and its fans.
In 1999 an FC Shakhtar Football academy was opened and nowadays hosts ~3000 young players' football training. The same year, a Sports Training Complex "Kirsha", considered to be one of the best in Europe, was opened for the first team squad's use.
FC Shakhtar is about to build a new stadium, Shakhtar Stadium. The old one – the central Shakhtar Stadium was built in 1936, and was reconstructed four times (last time in 2000, when FC Shakhtar made it to the Champions League Group Stage).
Logo history
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 pith.
Today's emblem was added to the kit in 1997.
Honors
- 2002, 2005, 2006
- USSR Cup: 4
- 1961, 1962, 1980, 1983
- 1995, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004
- 1983
- 2005
Runner-Up
- 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004
- 1975, 1979
- USSR Cup: 4
- 1963, 1978, 1985, 1986
- 2003
- 1980, 1985
- 2004, 2006
Other
- Yuriy Degterev (1977): the best goalkeeper of the season.
- Vitaliy Starukhin (1979): the best USSR footballer player, the best USSR League striker (26 goals).
- Mikhail Sokolovsky: Prize holder 'Loyalty to Club' (400 matches in the same team squad).
- Oleg Matveyev (1997): Ukrainian League best striker (21 goals).
- Andriy Vorobei (2001): Ukrainian League best striker (21 goals).
Squad
Squad is given according to the club's official website *, as of May 16, 2006.
Out on loan
- Cosmin Barcauan (on loan to Dinamo Bucharest)
- Pedro Benítez (on loan to Cerro Porteño)
- Daniel Florea (on loan to Dinamo Bucharest)
- Ruslan Fomin (on loan to Metalist Kharkiv)
- Oleh Karamushka (on loan to FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhya)
- Ruslan Levyha (on loan to FC Illychivets Mariupol)
- Stipe Pletikosa (on loan to Hajduk Split)
- Adrian Pukanych (on loan to FC Illychivets Mariupol)
- Tolga Seyhan (on loan to Galatasaray)
- Vyacheslav Sviderskiy (on loan to Arsenal Kyiv)
- Zvonimir Vukic (on loan to Partizan Belgrade)
2006/2007 transfers
Note: these transfers will not be effective until the opening of the transfer market.In
Out
Famous players
Head coaches
Club song
Words 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!
External links
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