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.
Oleg Vladimirovich Blokhin, or Oleh Volodymyrovych Blokhin, is a Ukrainian and Soviet former football player and manager. Regarded as one of the greatest footballers of his generation, Blokhin was a standout striker for Dynamo Kyiv and the Soviet Union.
Oleh Valeriyovych Protasov is a Ukrainian and Soviet former footballer who played as a striker. He was a key member of the Soviet Union national team throughout the 1980s; his 28 goals for the Soviet Union are second in the team's history, behind Oleg Blokhin's 42. It should be considered that his first name is often spelled as Oleg on most of international rosters, particularly during his playing career.
Hennadiy Volodymyrovych Lytovchenko is a Ukrainian football coach and former player who played as a midfielder.
Pavlo Oleksandrovych Yakovenko – or Pavel Aleksandrovich Yakovenko, is a Ukrainian former footballer who played as a midfielder. He represented the USSR national team at international level.
Yuriy Mykolayovych Voynov was a Soviet and Ukrainian football player and manager, who played as a midfielder.
Viktor Mikhailovich Kolotov was a Soviet and Ukrainian footballer who played as a midfielder.
Yuriy Vitaliyovych Dehteryov was a Ukrainian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Mykola Ivanovych Fedorenko is a retired Soviet football player and a current Ukrainian football coach.
Viktor Oleksandrovych Zvyahintsev was a Ukrainian footballer who played as a defender. He was a member of the football congress of the unrecognised Donetsk People's Republic.
Volodymyr Fedorovych Lozynskyi was a Soviet and Ukrainian football player and coach.
Oleh Oleksandrovych Makarov was a Ukrainian and Soviet football player, coach, and sports writer.
Viktor Trokhymovych Fomin was a Ukrainian football player. Master of Sports of the USSR (1970). The first Ukrainian Player of the year (1950).
Serhiy Anatoliyovych Protsyuk is a former Soviet and Ukrainian professional footballer.
Yuriy Ivanovych Hulyayev is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet First League in 1982 for SC Tavriya Simferopol.
Yevhen Ivanovych Drahunov was a Ukrainian professional football player.
Sergei Vasilievich Kuznetsov is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Serhiy Volodymyrovych Tretyak is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. Tretyak made his professional debut in the Soviet First League in 1982 for SKA Odessa. In 1992 Tretyak moved to Israel, accepting a 6-year contract from Beitar Jerusalem. He retired in 2001 and then worked for more than ten years as the manager of Beitar's youth team, he also worked as the assistant manager in the senior team from 2006 to 2009.
Yevhen Lemeshko was a Ukrainian football player and coach as well as chairman of the Council of Veteran Footballers.
Ihor Volodymyrovych Rutkovskyi is an association footballer from the former Soviet Union.
