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FC Shakhtar Donetsk

Club profile

Shakhtar celebrate winning the last edition of the UEFA Cup
Shakhtar celebrate winning the last edition of the UEFA Cup ©Getty Images

FC Shakhtar Donetsk
Formed:
1936
Nickname: Hirnyky (The Pitmen)

UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets)
• UEFA Cup (1): 2009
• UEFA Super Cup: (2009)

Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets)
Ukrainian league title: 10 (2017)
USSR/Ukrainian Cup: 15 (2017)

Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise)
2016/17:
UEFA Europa League round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round)
2015/16:
UEFA Europa League semi-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage)
2014/15:
round of 16
2013/14:
UEFA Europa League round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage)
2012/13:
round of 16
2011/12:
group stage
2010/11:
quarter-finals
2009/10:
UEFA Europa League round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round)
2008/09:
UEFA Cup winners (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage)
2007/08:
group stage

Records
UEFA club competition

• Biggest home win
5-0:Shakhtar v KAA Gent
20/10/16, UEFA Europa League group stage
5-0: Shakhtar v FC BATE Borisov
05/11/14, UEFA Champions League group stage
5-0: Shakhtar v FC Basel 1893
26/11/08, UEFA Champions League group stage

• Biggest away win
0-7: FC BATE Borisov v Shakhtar
21/10/14, UEFA Champions League group stage

• Heaviest home defeat
0-3
three times, most recently v Paris Saint-Germain
30/09/15, UEFA Champions League group stage

• Heaviest away defeat
7-0: FC Bayern München v Shakhtar
11/03/15, round of 16 second leg

UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only)
• Biggest home win
5-0: Shakhtar v FC BATE Borisov (see above for details)
5-0: Shakhtar v FC Basel 1893 (see above for details)

• Biggest away win
0-7: FC BATE Borisov v Shakhtar (see above for details)

• Heaviest home defeat
0-3 three times, most recently v Paris Saint-Germain (see above for details)

• Heaviest away defeat
7-0: FC Bayern München v Shakhtar (see above for details)

UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League
• Biggest home win
5-0: Shakhtar v Gent (see above)

• Biggest away win
0-4: Birkirkara FC v Shakhtar
29/07/98, UEFA Cup first qualifying round second leg

• Heaviest home defeat
1-3: Shakhtar v AZ Alkmaar
10/03/05, round of 16 first leg
1-3: Shakhtar v Roda JC
30/09/99, first round second leg

• Heaviest away defeat
5-1: FK Austria Wien v Shakhtar
17/09/02, first round first leg
4-0: FC Zürich v Shakhtar
13/08/98, second qualifying round first leg