Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbas, the club was forced to move to Lviv, and had 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.
Republican Football Club Akhmat, commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, is a Russian professional football club based in Grozny that plays in the Russian Premier League. The team was named Terek between 1958 and 2017.
Daniel Vasile Petrescu is a Romanian football manager and former player, who is in charge of K League 1 club Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors.
Mircea Lucescu is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, who is currently head coach of Ukrainian Premier League club Dynamo Kyiv. 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 a retired Armenian footballer and former international for the Armenia national football 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.
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 Premier League club Ural Yekaterinburg.
Lacina Emeghara Traoré is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward. He is nicknamed “The Big Tree”, due to his 2.03m 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 Torpedo Moscow.
Bertrand Isidore Traoré is a Burkinabè professional footballer who plays as a forward or a right winger for Premier League club Aston Villa and the Burkina Faso national team.
Amir Adamovich Natkho is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Cătălin Carp is a Moldovan professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Romanian club UTA Arad.
