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Shakhtar Donetsk

Shakhtar Donetsk

Ukraine · Premier Liga · Premier Liga
Squad size30
Avg age24.3
Nations5
Latest season2011
Squad value €134.60m

About Shakhtar Donetsk

Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club that was based in the city of Donetsk until 2014 when, due to the War in Donbas, the club was forced to move to Lviv, and played matches in Lviv (2014–2016) and in Kharkiv (2017–2020) whilst having its office headquarters and training facilities in Kyiv. In May 2020, Shakhtar started to play home matches at NSC Olimpiyskyi in Kyiv. Since the beginning of the 2023–24 season, Shakhtar has played home matches once again at Arena Lviv.

Streaks & runs — longest sequences in our dataset

Squad size30active players
Avg age24.3years
Domestic18Ukraine
Foreigners1240% of squad
EU passport1non-EU: 29
Nationalities5different countries

Age distribution

0
U18
14
18–22
6
23–26
9
27–30
1
31+

Position breakdown

GK
2 (7%)
DEF
10 (33%)
MID
7 (23%)
FWD
11 (37%)
40% foreign players
12 of 30
24.8y avg squad age
2 Goalkeepers
10 Defenders
7 Midfielders
11 Attackers
35 seasons in dataset
00/01 – 99/00
168 players ever
€9.00m biggest signing ever
€8.00m biggest sale ever
25 most goals (single season by one player)
View all-time top scorers & club history →
PlayerPosAgeNationalityFootHeightContractMarket value
Mykola Matvienko Defender - Centre-Back 30 Ukraine left 182.00m 2027-12-31 €16.00m
Kauã Elias Attack - Centre-Forward 20 Brazil right 181.00m 2029-12-31 €14.00m
Artem Bondarenko Midfield - Attacking Midfield 25 Ukraine left 187.00m 2028-12-31 €10.00m
Marlon Gomes Midfield - Central Midfield 22 Brazil right 184.00m 2028-12-31 €10.00m
Alisson Attack - Right Winger 20 Brazil left 183.00m 2029-12-31 €9.00m
Dmytro Kryskiv Midfield - Central Midfield 25 Ukraine right 180.00m 2026-12-31 €7.00m
Dmytro Riznyk Goalkeeper 27 Ukraine right 191.00m 2027-12-31 €7.00m
Isaque Midfield - Attacking Midfield 19 Brazil right 172.00m 2030-06-30 €7.00m
Lucas Ferreira Attack - Right Winger 20 Brazil left 187.00m 2030-06-30 €7.00m
Pedrinho Attack - Right Winger 28 Brazil left 172.00m 2029-06-30 €7.00m
Valeriy Bondar Defender - Centre-Back 27 Ukraine right 185.00m 2027-12-31 €7.00m
Vinícius Tobias Defender - Right-Back 22 Brazil Spain right 177.00m 2029-06-30 €5.00m
Yukhym Konoplya Defender - Right-Back 26 Ukraine right 180.00m 2026-09-30 €5.00m
Eguinaldo Attack - Left Winger 21 Brazil right 175.00m 2028-06-30 €4.00m
Lassina Traoré Attack - Centre-Forward 25 Burkina Faso right 183.00m 2026-06-30 €4.00m
Pedro Henrique Defender - Left-Back 23 Brazil left 177.00m 2028-06-30 €4.00m
Marlon Defender - Centre-Back 30 Brazil right 182.00m 2026-06-30 €3.00m
Oleg Ocheretko Midfield - Attacking Midfield 22 Ukraine left 181.00m 2028-12-31 €2.50m
Kiril Fesyun Goalkeeper 23 Ukraine right 191.00m 2029-06-30 €1.50m
Maryan Shved Attack - Right Winger 28 Ukraine left 171.00m 2027-06-30 €1.00m
Yegor Nazaryna Midfield - Central Midfield 28 Ukraine right 183.00m 2027-06-30 €1.00m
Dmytro Topalov Attack - Left Winger 28 Ukraine left 176.00m 2025-12-31 €600k
Viktor Korniyenko Defender - Left-Back 27 Ukraine left 178.00m 2027-12-31 €500k
Maryan Faryna Defender - Centre-Back 22 Ukraine left 180.00m 2029-06-30 €400k
Danylo Udod Defender - Centre-Back 22 Ukraine right 181.00m 2028-06-30 €300k
Ivan Petryak Attack - Left Winger 32 Ukraine right 171.00m 2026-06-30 €250k
Anton Glushchenko Attack - Left Winger 22 Ukraine right 185.00m 2028-06-30 €200k
Roman Savchenko Defender - Centre-Back 22 Ukraine left 190.00m 2028-06-30 €200k
Khusrav Toirov Attack - Left Winger 21 Tajikistan right 181.00m 2027-12-31 €100k
Mykhaylo Khromey Midfield - Central Midfield 22 Ukraine right 173.00m 2026-12-31 €50k
SeasonDatePlayerPosFromTypeFee
12/13 2013-01-01 Pylyp Budkivskyi Attack - Centre-Forward Illichivets Transfer
13/14 2013-12-31 Pylyp Budkivskyi Attack - Centre-Forward FC Sevastopol Return from loan
15/16 2016-06-30 Pylyp Budkivskyi Attack - Centre-Forward Zorya Lugansk Return from loan
16/17 2017-06-30 Pylyp Budkivskyi Attack - Centre-Forward Anzhi Return from loan
17/18 2017-12-31 Pylyp Budkivskyi Attack - Centre-Forward KV Kortrijk Return from loan
17/18 2018-06-30 Pylyp Budkivskyi Attack - Centre-Forward Anzhi Return from loan
18/19 2018-12-31 Pylyp Budkivskyi Attack - Centre-Forward FC Sochaux Return from loan
92/93 1992-09-21 Bazhanovets Transfer
96/97 1997-01-01 Rotor Volgograd Transfer
98/99 1998-07-01 Yevgen Kotov Defender - Centre-Back Stal Alchevsk Transfer
04/05 2004-07-01 Tomas Hübschman Midfield - Defensive Midfield Sparta Prague Transfer €3.00m
09/10 2009-09-01 Vitaliy Vitsenets Midfield - Central Midfield Shakhtar II Transfer
10/11 2010-09-01 Vitaliy Vitsenets Midfield - Central Midfield Zorya Lugansk Return from loan
12/13 2013-06-30 Vitaliy Vitsenets Midfield - Central Midfield Illichivets Return from loan
13/14 2013-12-31 Vitaliy Vitsenets Midfield - Central Midfield FC Sevastopol Return from loan
14/15 2014-12-31 Vitaliy Vitsenets Midfield - Central Midfield Illichivets Return from loan
14/15 2015-01-01 Bogdan Butko Defender - Right-Back Shakhtar II Transfer
15/16 2016-06-30 Bogdan Butko Defender - Right-Back Amkar Perm Return from loan
19/20 2020-07-31 Bogdan Butko Defender - Right-Back Lech Poznan Return from loan
20/21 2021-01-04 Bogdan Butko Defender - Right-Back Lech Poznan Return from loan
20/21 2021-06-30 Bogdan Butko Defender - Right-Back BB Erzurumspor Return from loan
23/24 2023-07-01 Denil Castillo Midfield - Central Midfield LDU Quito Transfer €800k
23/24 2024-06-30 Denil Castillo Midfield - Central Midfield Partizan Return from loan
13/14 2013-07-09 Facundo Ferreyra Attack - Centre-Forward Vélez Sarsfield Transfer €7.00m
14/15 2015-06-30 Facundo Ferreyra Attack - Centre-Forward Newcastle Return from loan
24/25 2024-07-01 Kyrylo Sigeev Midfield - Central Midfield Shakhtar U19 Transfer
24/25 2025-06-30 Kyrylo Sigeev Midfield - Central Midfield Chornomorets Return from loan
25/26 2026-06-30 Kyrylo Sigeev Midfield - Central Midfield Tatran Presov Return from loan
25/26 2025-07-01 Anton Drozd Defender - Right-Back Shakhtar U19 Transfer
25/26 2026-06-30 Anton Drozd Defender - Right-Back FC Oleksandriya Return from loan
24/25 2024-07-01 Roman Savchenko Defender - Centre-Back Shakhtar U19 Transfer
24/25 2025-06-30 Roman Savchenko Defender - Centre-Back Chornomorets Return from loan
25/26 2025-07-01 Mykola Ogarkov Defender - Centre-Back Shakhtar U19 Transfer
25/26 2026-06-30 Mykola Ogarkov Defender - Centre-Back FC Oleksandriya Return from loan
22/23 2022-07-01 Maryan Faryna Defender - Centre-Back Shakhtar U19 Transfer
23/24 2024-06-30 Maryan Faryna Defender - Centre-Back Metalist 1925 Return from loan
94/95 1995-01-01 Sergiy Dranov Attack - Centre-Forward Chayka S Transfer
97/98 1998-04-23 Sergiy Dranov Attack - Centre-Forward Stal Alchevsk Return from loan
98/99 1999-01-01 Sergiy Dranov Attack - Centre-Forward SC Mykolaiv Transfer
97/98 1997-07-01 Yuriy Seleznyov Midfield - Central Midfield Chornomorets Transfer
SeasonDatePlayerPosToTypeFee
13/14 2013-06-13 Pylyp Budkivskyi Attack - Centre-Forward FC Sevastopol Loan
13/14 2014-01-01 Pylyp Budkivskyi Attack - Centre-Forward Zorya Lugansk Loan
16/17 2016-07-01 Pylyp Budkivskyi Attack - Centre-Forward Anzhi Loan
17/18 2017-07-01 Pylyp Budkivskyi Attack - Centre-Forward KV Kortrijk Loan
17/18 2018-01-01 Pylyp Budkivskyi Attack - Centre-Forward Anzhi Loan
18/19 2018-07-01 Pylyp Budkivskyi Attack - Centre-Forward FC Sochaux Loan
18/19 2019-01-18 Pylyp Budkivskyi Attack - Centre-Forward Zorya Lugansk Transfer
95/96 1996-01-01 Rotor Volgograd Transfer
00/01 2000-08-01 Vorskla Poltava Transfer
00/01 2000-07-01 Yevgen Kotov Defender - Centre-Back Stal Alchevsk Transfer
14/15 2014-07-08 Tomas Hübschman Midfield - Defensive Midfield Baumit Jablonec Transfer
09/10 2010-03-01 Vitaliy Vitsenets Midfield - Central Midfield Zorya Lugansk Loan
11/12 2011-08-01 Vitaliy Vitsenets Midfield - Central Midfield Illichivets Loan
13/14 2013-07-01 Vitaliy Vitsenets Midfield - Central Midfield FC Sevastopol Loan
13/14 2014-01-01 Vitaliy Vitsenets Midfield - Central Midfield Illichivets Loan
16/17 2016-07-17 Vitaliy Vitsenets Midfield - Central Midfield Career break Transfer
14/15 2015-02-23 Bogdan Butko Defender - Right-Back Amkar Perm Loan
19/20 2020-02-17 Bogdan Butko Defender - Right-Back Lech Poznan Loan
20/21 2020-10-03 Bogdan Butko Defender - Right-Back Lech Poznan Loan
20/21 2021-02-01 Bogdan Butko Defender - Right-Back BB Erzurumspor Loan
21/22 2021-07-01 Bogdan Butko Defender - Right-Back Without Club Transfer
23/24 2024-01-19 Denil Castillo Midfield - Central Midfield Partizan Loan
24/25 2024-07-01 Denil Castillo Midfield - Central Midfield FC Midtjylland Transfer €4.00m
14/15 2014-08-03 Facundo Ferreyra Attack - Centre-Forward Newcastle Loan
18/19 2018-07-01 Facundo Ferreyra Attack - Centre-Forward Benfica Transfer
24/25 2024-08-28 Kyrylo Sigeev Midfield - Central Midfield Chornomorets Loan
25/26 2025-07-14 Kyrylo Sigeev Midfield - Central Midfield Tatran Presov Loan
25/26 2025-08-15 Anton Drozd Defender - Right-Back FC Oleksandriya Loan
24/25 2024-07-30 Roman Savchenko Defender - Centre-Back Chornomorets Loan
25/26 2025-08-08 Mykola Ogarkov Defender - Centre-Back FC Oleksandriya Loan
23/24 2023-09-01 Maryan Faryna Defender - Centre-Back Metalist 1925 Loan
97/98 1998-04-21 Sergiy Dranov Attack - Centre-Forward Stal Alchevsk Loan
98/99 1998-08-01 Sergiy Dranov Attack - Centre-Forward SC Mykolaiv Transfer
98/99 1999-04-01 Sergiy Dranov Attack - Centre-Forward Dnipro Transfer
99/00 2000-01-01 Yuriy Seleznyov Midfield - Central Midfield Rostselmash Transfer
98/99 1999-01-01 Energetyk Transfer
25/26 2025-09-01 Kevin Attack - Left Winger Fulham Transfer €40.00m
18/19 2019-01-28 Yaroslav Rakitskyi Defender - Centre-Back Zenit S-Pb Transfer €10.00m
24/25 2024-07-01 Yaroslav Rakitskyi Defender - Centre-Back Without Club Transfer
23/24 2024-04-23 Kevin Kelsy Attack - Centre-Forward Cincinnati Loan
NationalityPlayers% of squad
Ukraine 18 60%
Brazil 9 30%
Brazil Spain 1 3.3%
Burkina Faso 1 3.3%
Tajikistan 1 3.3%
SeasonCompetition
99/00UEFA Cup
99/00UEFA-Cup Qualifikation
99/00Ukrainian Cup
99/00Vyshcha Liga
98/99UEFA-Cup Qualifikation
98/99Ukrainian Cup
98/99Vyshcha Liga
97/98Cup Winners' Cup
97/98Ukrainian Cup
97/98Vyshcha Liga
96/97Ukrainian Cup
96/97Vyshcha Liga
95/96Cup Winners' Cup
95/96Ukrainian Cup
95/96Vyshcha Liga
94/95Vyshcha Liga
90/91Soviet Cup (- 1992)
25/26Europa League Qualifying
25/26Premier Liga
25/26UECL Qualifiers
24/25Champions League
24/25Premier Liga
24/25Ukrainian Cup
23/24Champions League
23/24Europa League
23/24Premier Liga
23/24Ukrainian Cup
22/23Champions League
22/23Europa League
22/23Premier Liga
21/22Champions League
21/22Champions League Qu.
21/22Premier Liga
21/22Ukrainian Cup
21/22Ukrainian Super Cup
20/21Champions League
20/21Europa League
20/21Premier Liga
20/21Ukrainian Cup
20/21Ukrainian Super Cup
1991Vyschaya Liga (- 1991)
1990Vyschaya Liga (- 1991)
19/20Champions League
19/20Europa League
19/20Premier Liga
19/20Premier Liga - Meisterrunde
19/20Ukrainian Cup
19/20Ukrainian Super Cup
18/19Champions League
18/19Europa League
30 matches this season · 141 all-time
DateCompStageHomeScoreAwayStatus
2025-05-24 UKR1 REGULAR SEASON Rukh Lviv 1–1 Shakhtar Donetsk D
2025-05-18 UKR1 REGULAR SEASON Inhulets Petrove 1–4 Shakhtar Donetsk W
2025-05-09 UKR1 REGULAR SEASON Zorya Lugansk 0–0 Shakhtar Donetsk D
2025-05-03 UKR1 REGULAR SEASON Chernomorets Odessa 0–3 Shakhtar Donetsk W
2025-04-27 UKR1 REGULAR SEASON Shakhtar Donetsk 2–2 Dinamo Kiev D
2025-04-19 UKR1 REGULAR SEASON Shakhtar Donetsk 2–4 Kolos Kovalivka L
2025-04-16 UKR1 REGULAR SEASON Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 1–2 Shakhtar Donetsk W
2025-04-11 UKR1 REGULAR SEASON FC LNZ Cherkasy 1–4 Shakhtar Donetsk W
2025-04-06 UKR1 REGULAR SEASON Shakhtar Donetsk 3–0 NK Veres W
2025-03-29 UKR1 REGULAR SEASON FK Obolon 0–2 Shakhtar Donetsk W
2025-03-11 UKR1 REGULAR SEASON Karpaty Lviv 0–0 Shakhtar Donetsk D
2025-03-06 UKR1 REGULAR SEASON Shakhtar Donetsk 1–1 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih D
2025-03-01 UKR1 REGULAR SEASON Shakhtar Donetsk 3–0 FK Oleksandriya W
2025-02-24 UKR1 REGULAR SEASON Shakhtar Donetsk 1–0 Livyi Bereh W
2024-12-15 UKR1 REGULAR SEASON Polissya Zhytomyr 1–0 Shakhtar Donetsk L
2024-12-05 UKR1 REGULAR SEASON Shakhtar Donetsk 3–1 Vorskla Poltava W
2024-12-01 UKR1 REGULAR SEASON Shakhtar Donetsk 1–1 Rukh Lviv D
2024-11-23 UKR1 REGULAR SEASON Shakhtar Donetsk 6–0 Inhulets Petrove W
2024-11-10 UKR1 REGULAR SEASON Shakhtar Donetsk 3–1 Zorya Lugansk W
2024-11-02 UKR1 REGULAR SEASON Shakhtar Donetsk 2–1 Chernomorets Odessa W
2024-10-27 UKR1 REGULAR SEASON Dinamo Kiev 1–1 Shakhtar Donetsk D
2024-10-18 UKR1 REGULAR SEASON Kolos Kovalivka 0–1 Shakhtar Donetsk W
2024-10-06 UKR1 REGULAR SEASON Shakhtar Donetsk 5–1 FC LNZ Cherkasy W
2024-09-27 UKR1 REGULAR SEASON NK Veres 1–1 Shakhtar Donetsk D
2024-09-23 UKR1 REGULAR SEASON Shakhtar Donetsk 4–0 FK Obolon W
2024-09-14 UKR1 REGULAR SEASON Shakhtar Donetsk 5–2 Karpaty Lviv W
2024-08-24 UKR1 REGULAR SEASON FK Oleksandriya 4–3 Shakhtar Donetsk L
2024-08-18 UKR1 REGULAR SEASON Livyi Bereh 0–1 Shakhtar Donetsk W
2024-08-11 UKR1 REGULAR SEASON Shakhtar Donetsk 0–1 Polissya Zhytomyr L
2024-08-04 UKR1 REGULAR SEASON Vorskla Poltava 0–5 Shakhtar Donetsk W

Aggregated from 30 completed matches across all competitions in season 2024.

Record 18W-8D-4L 2.07 pts/game
Goals scored 69 2.30 per match
Goals conceded 26 0.87 per match
Goal difference +43
Clean sheets 12 40% of matches
Failed to score 4 13% of matches

Home vs Away

Home record 10W-3D-2L 41-15 goals
Away record 8W-5D-2L 28-11 goals

Highlights

10 players · sum across all competitions for selected season
PlayerPosNat MatMinGAG+APenYCRC G/90A/90G+A/90
Yuriy Virt Goalkeeper Ukraine 37 3,341 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Yuriy Seleznyov Midfield - Central Midfield Ukraine 18 958 3 3 6 0 1 0 0.28 0.28 0.56
Vitaliy Abramov Midfield - Attacking Midfield Kazakhstan Russia 13 494 3 2 5 0 1 0 0.55 0.36 0.91
Andriy Vorobey Attack - Centre-Forward Ukraine 28 127 15 2 17 1 2 0 10.63 1.42 12.05
Oleg Shelayev Midfield - Defensive Midfield Ukraine 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Aleksandr Shmarko Defender - Centre-Back Russia Ukraine 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Marian Aliuta Midfield - Attacking Midfield Romania 7 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Yakiv Kripak Attack - Centre-Forward Ukraine 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Sergiy Dmytriev Attack - Left Winger Ukraine Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Yevgen Kotov Defender - Centre-Back Ukraine 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.00 0.00

Frequently asked about Shakhtar Donetsk

What is Shakhtar Donetsk?

Shakhtar Donetsk is a professional football club based in Ukraine, competing in Premier Liga.

How many players are in Shakhtar Donetsk's squad?

Shakhtar Donetsk currently has 30 players in the first-team squad in our database.

What league does Shakhtar Donetsk play in?

Shakhtar Donetsk plays in Premier Liga.