Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk also known as FC 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. For the 2023–24 season, Shakhtar will now play home matches once again at Arena Lviv.
Republican Football Club Akhmat, commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, and formerly as Terek Grozny from 1958 to 2017, is a Russian professional football club based in Grozny that plays in the Russian Premier League.
Daniel "Dan" VasilePetrescu is a Romanian football manager and former player who is currently in charge of Liga I club CFR Cluj.
The Russian Premier League, also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 2001 as the Russian Football Premier League and was rebranded with its current name in 2018. From 1992 through 2001, the top level of the Russian football league system was the Russian Football Championship.
Mircea Lucescu is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, currently the head coach of the Romania national team. He is one of the most decorated managers of all time.
The following are the association football events of the year 2005 throughout the world.
Karen Dokhoyan is an Armenian former football defender. He currently is one of the coaches and scouts of the Armenian Premier League club Pyunik Yerevan. Karen was also a member of the Armenia national team, and has participated in 48 international matches and scored 2 goals since his debut in an away friendly match against Estonia on 18 August 1999. He is most famous for scoring his goal against Romania to draw 1–1 in a 2006 World Cup qualification match. Karen played for the defunct clubs Malatia Yerevan, Erebuni Yerevan, FC Yerevan, Araks Ararat, for the Russian Krylia Sovetov Samara, and for the Armenian Pyunik F.C.
Arman Karamyan is an Armenian retired professional footballer and former international for the Armenia national team. Arman is the twin brother of fellow football player Artavazd Karamyan.
Nicolás Sebastián Canales Calas is a Chilean former professional footballer who plays for as a striker.
Aleksei Vladimirovich Berezutski is a Russian football coach and a former player who played as a centre-back. He is an assistant coach with CSKA Moscow.
Uladzimir Hayew, also known as Vladimir Gaev, is a Belarusian association football coach and former player (goalkeeper).
Florin Lucian Cernat is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and playmaker. He made 14 appearances for the Romania national team scoring two goals.
Roman Stanislavovich Adamov is a retired Russian football player.
Eric Cosmin Bicfalvi is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a forward for Russian First League club Ural Yekaterinburg, which he captains.
Lacina Emeghara Traoré is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is nicknamed “The Big Tree”, due to his 1.98m frame, which puts him among the tallest professional footballers.
Vyacheslav Lychkin is a retired Azerbaijani professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1989 for FC Termist Baku.
Yevgeni Igorevich Shlyakov is a Russian professional footballer who plays for Dynamo Bryansk.
Bertrand Isidore Traoré is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a forward or a right winger for Eredivisie club Ajax and captains the Burkina Faso national team.
Cătălin Carp is a Moldovan professional footballer who plays as a centre back or defensive midfielder for Uzbekistan Super League club Neftchi Fergana.
