List of FC Shakhtar Donetsk seasons

Last updated February 10, 2024

This is a list of seasons played by Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukrainian, Soviet and European football, from 1936 (the year of the club's first entry) to the most recent completed season. Shakhtar Donetsk football club is considered to be founded as Stakhanovets, in April, 1936, on decision of All-Union Council on Physical Culture and Sports, based on former football team of Donbas. It was announced in local newspaper "Sotsialisticheskiy Donbass" (Socialist Donbas) on 9 April 1936.^[1] Itself the football team of Donbas consisted of players from Dynamo sports society some out of Stalino (now Donetsk), other from neighboring Horlivka.^[1] The team was gathered on initiative of the Yuzovka native and the team's captain Mykola Naumov and supported by the Coal-miners Union Central Committee (Russian : ЦК союз угольщиков).^[1] The first official competition, the team entered, was the 1936 Ukrainian spring tournament which was conducted by single elimination and was lost to Dynamo Odesa 2:3 in Horlivka.^[1]

During the Soviet period the club had modest achievements participating regularly in the Soviet top tier (Class A and Top League) since 1949, it missed only three seasons due to relegation. The club however won the USSR Cup in football four times and the USSR championship in football, Class B (precursor of the Soviet First League) once. Following dissolution of the Soviet Union, the club earned the most trophies becoming national leader in Ukraine. It has won the Top League/Premier League 13 times, the Ukrainian Cup in football 13 times, the Super Cup eight times, and the UEFA Cup once.

Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first club in independent Ukraine to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year before the competition was revamped as the Europa League. FC Shakhtar Donetsk is one of two Ukrainian clubs, the other one is Dynamo Kyiv, who have won a major UEFA competition.

Starting in 2014 the club has played (first) out of Lviv before moving early 2017 to Kharkiv with its headquarters in Kyiv.^[2] The club formerly played its home matches at the Donbass Arena, however, due to the conflict in Eastern Ukraine, the team relocated 600 miles to the west in Arena Lviv in the interim.^[3] Following the winter break of the 2016–17 season the club moved to the Metalist Stadium in Kharkiv (150 miles to the north of Donetsk) early 2017.^[2]

This list details the club's achievements in all major competitions, and the top scorers for each season. Top scorers with a "diamond" were also the top scorers in the Ukrainian league that season.

Key

Key to league record:

P – Played
W – Games won
D – Games drawn
L – Games lost
F – Goals for
A – Goals against
Pts – Points
Pos – Final position

Key to colours and symbols:
Symbol	Meaning
↑	Promoted
↓	Relegated
EC	European Cup / Champions League
EC	UEFA Cup / Europa League
♦	Top league scorer in Shakhtar Donetsk's division

Key to rounds:

Prel. – Preliminary round
QR1 – First qualifying round
QR2 – Second qualifying round, etc.
Inter – Intermediate round (between qualifying rounds and rounds proper)
GS – Group stage
1R – First round
2R – Second round, etc.
R64 – 1/32 Final
R32 – 1/16 Final
R16 – 1/8 Final
QF – Quarter-final
SF – Semi-final
F – Final
W – Winners
DNE – Did not enter

Seasons

Soviet Union

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Soviet Cup	Notes
1936	3rd (Group V)	7	7	2	1	4	14	24	12	–	1/32	spring half
1936		6	7	3	0	4	11	14	13	–	1/32	fall half
1937		3	9	4	4	1	20	13	21	1/4	1/64	Promoted
1938	1st (Group A)	11	25	11	7	7	56	51	29	1/4	1/4
1939		12	26	5	10	11	40	55	20	Not participated	1/4
1940		12	24	6	4	14	32	43	16	Not participated
1941		5	11	6	0	5	13	13	12	–		Unfinished
No championship in 1942–1944 due to the World War II
1944	No championship									Final pool		Cup competitions only
1945	2nd (Second Group)	5	17	9	5	3	36	25	23	1/2	1/8
1946		5	24	10	7	7	45	23	27	1/2
1947		2	24	15	4	5	48	19	34	1/16	1/32
1948		3	14	8	3	3	33	15	19	1/2		Promoted
1949	1st (First Group)	18	34	5	8	21	21	73	18		1/16

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Notes
1950	1st (Class A)	11	36	13	7	16	49	63	11	1/8
1951		3	28	12	10	6	44	30	34	1/2
1952		13	13	1	6	6	14	26	8	1/32			Relegated
1953	2nd (Class B)	1	14	9	4	1	33	9	22
1953		3	5	3	0	2	6	5	6	Semi-finals
1954		1	22	17	4	1	56	16	38
1954		1	5	4	1	0	10	1	9	1/4			Promoted
1955	1st (Class A)	7	22	4	10	8	23	34	18	1/8
1956		7	22	7	7	8	30	39	21
1957		8	22	7	5	10	19	35	19	1/4
1958		8	22	9	3	10	22	32	21	1/8
1959		12	22	4	5	13	24	43	13	Semi-finals
1960		17	30	9	8	13	34	48	26	Semi-finals
1961		12	32	12	10	10	45	37	34	Winner
1962		8	32	15	7	10	47	35	37	Winner
1963		11	38	11	14	13	29	33	36	Runner-up
1964		5	32	13	11	8	35	26	37	1/8
1965		12	32	7	14	11	29	34	28	1/4
1966		10	36	15	7	14	32	35	37
1967		6	36	13	16	7	43	38	42	1/8
1968		14	38	9	14	15	38	42	32	1/2
1969		3	18	5	8	5	20	17	18	1/16			Group 2^[4]
1969		10	26	6	8	12	20	28	20	1/16			Final
1970		10	32	11	8	13	35	50	30	1/16
1971	1st (Top League)	16	30	10	4	16	31	37	24	1/4			Relegated
1972	2nd (First League)	2	38	19	13	6	57	21	51	1/16			Promoted Finalist of the Ukrainian Cup
1973	1st (Top League)	6	30	14	3	13	32	26	31	1/8
1974		12	30	8	12	10	31	35	28	1/2
1975		2	30	15	8	7	45	23	38	1/16
1976		5	15	7	4	4	15	16	18	1/2			spring half
1976		10	15	5	4	6	12	10	14	1/2			fall half
1977		5	30	9	16	5	31	24	34	1/4	UC	1/8
1978		3	30	16	5	9	42	31	37	Runner-up
1979		2	34	20	8	6	57	33	48	Group stage	CWC	1/16
1980		6	34	13	9	12	45	40	35	Winner	UC	1/32
1981		7	34	12	10	12	51	39	34	Group stage	UC	1/32
1982		14	34	10	9	15	42	57	29	Group stage
1983		9	34	16	3	15	48	40	35	Winner
1984		13	34	10	9	15	47	46	29	1/8	CWC	1/4
1985		12	34	10	12	12	46	45	30	Runner-up
1986		6	30	11	9	10	40	38	31	Runner-up
1987		7	30	10	10	10	29	31	30	1/16
1988		8	30	9	10	11	30	28	28	1/8
1989		14	30	9	5	16	24	36	23	1/4
1990		8	24	6	10	8	23	31	22	1/8
1991		12	30	6	14	10	33	41	26	1/8
1992	No championship									1/8

Ukraine

Results of league and cup competitions by season
Season	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	Cup	Super Cup	Cup	Result	Name	Goals
Season	League									Cup	Super Cup	UEFA		Top goalscorer^[5]
1992	Premier League (1)	18	10	6	2	31	10	26	2nd ^[6]	SF				Serhii Rebrov	11
1992–93		30	11	12	7	44	32	45	4th	R32				Serhiy Atelkin	12
1993–94		34	20	9	5	64	32	69	2nd	R16				Oleh Matviiv	20
1994–95		34	18	8	8	52	29	62	4th	Winners		UC	Prel.	Ihor Petrov	19
1995–96		34	13	6	15	44	43	45	10th	SF		CWC	R1
1996–97		30	19	5	6	72	28	62	2nd	Winners				Oleh Matviiv ♦	21
1997–98		30	20	7	3	61	25	67	2nd	R16		CWC	R16	Valeriy Kryventsov
1998–99		30	20	5	5	70	25	65	2nd	SF		UC	QR2	Andriy Vorobei	13
1999–2000		30	21	3	6	60	16	66	2nd	QF		UC	R1	Andriy Vorobei	15
2000–01		26	19	6	1	58	17	63	2nd	Winners		UCL UC	GS1 R3	Andriy Vorobei ♦	34
2001–02		26	20	6	0	61	10	66	1st	Winners		UCL UC	QR3 R1	Andriy Vorobei	16
2002–03		30	22	4	4	61	24	70	2nd	Runners-up		UCL UC	QR3 R1	Oleksiy Byelik	25
2003–04		30	22	4	4	62	19	70	2nd	Winners		UCL UC	QR3 R1	Zvonimir Vukić	13
2004–05		30	26	2	2	63	19	80	1st	Runners-up	Runners-up	UCL UC	GS R16	Brandão	20
2005–06		30	23	6	1	64	14	75	1st	R16	Winners	UCL UC	QR3 R32	Brandão ♦	21
2006–07		30	19	6	5	57	20	63	2nd	Runners-up	Runners-up	UCL UC	GS R16	Brandão	10
2007–08		30	24	2	4	75	24	74	1st	Winners	Runners-up	UCL	GS	Oleksandr Hladky	21
2008–09		30	19	7	4	47	16	64	2nd	Runners-up	Winners	UCL UC	GS Winners	Yevhen Seleznyov	11
2009–10		30	24	5	1	62	18	77	1st	SF		UCL UEL USC	QR3 R32 Runners-up	Luiz Adriano	17
2010–11		30	23	3	4	53	16	72	1st	Winners	Winners	UCL	QF	Luiz Adriano	20
2011–12		30	25	4	1	80	18	79	1st	Winners	Runners-up	UCL	GS	Luiz Adriano	16
2012–13		30	25	4	1	82	18	79	1st	Winners	Winners	UCL	R16	Henrikh Mkhitaryan ♦	29
2013–14		28	21	2	5	62	23	65	1st	Runners-up	Winners	UCL UEL	GS R32	Luiz Adriano ♦	25
2014–15		26	17	5	4	71	21	56	2nd	Runners-up	Winners	UCL	R16	Alex Teixeira ♦	22
2015–16		26	20	3	3	76	25	63	2nd	Winners	Winners	UCL UEL	GS SF	Alex Teixeira ♦	26
2016–17		32	25	5	2	66	24	80	1st	Winners	Runners-up	UCL UEL	QR3 R32	Facundo Ferreyra	16
2017–18		32	24	3	5	71	24	75	1st	Winners	Winners	UCL	R16	Facundo Ferreyra ♦	21
2018–19		32	26	5	1	73	11	83	1st	Winners	Runners-up	UCL UEL	GS R32	Júnior Moraes ♦	26
2019–20		32	26	4	2	80	26	82	1st	R16	Runners-up	UCL UEL	GS SF	Júnior Moraes	26
2020–21		26	16	6	4	54	19	54	2nd	QF	Runners-up	UCL UEL	GS R16	Manor Solomon	11
2021–22		18	15	2	1	49	10	47	1st	QF	Winner	UCL	GS	Tetê	10
2022–23		30	22	6	2	69	21	72	1st	Cancelled	Cancelled	UCL UEL	GS R16	TBD	TBD

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References

1 2 3 4 "Comrade Naumov (Товарищ Наумов)". "Futbol v litsakh" magazine No.3, 2005 (Журнал «Футбол в лицах» № 3 2005). Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
1 2 Still in exile, Shakhtar Donetsk picks new home, The Washington Post (30 January 2017)
↑ "Shakhtar Donetsk move training and games over Ukraine conflict". BBC Sport . 23 July 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
↑ Qualified for championship
↑ Goals in all competitions (Ukrainian Premier League or lower divisions, Ukrainian Cup, Ukrainian Super Cup and European tournaments.
↑ Lost third-place play-off versus Dnipro 3–2, finishing fourth overall

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[mag_football-1] 1 2 3 4 "Comrade Naumov (Товарищ Наумов)". "Futbol v litsakh" magazine No.3, 2005 (Журнал «Футбол в лицах» № 3 2005). Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2020.

[ShaktarKharkiv-2] 1 2 Still in exile, Shakhtar Donetsk picks new home, The Washington Post (30 January 2017)

[3] "Shakhtar Donetsk move training and games over Ukraine conflict". BBC Sport . 23 July 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.

[4] Qualified for championship

[5] Goals in all competitions (Ukrainian Premier League or lower divisions, Ukrainian Cup, Ukrainian Super Cup and European tournaments.

[6] Lost third-place play-off versus Dnipro 3–2, finishing fourth overall

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v t e FC Shakhtar Donetsk
General	Shakhtar-2 (defunct) Shakhtar-3 (defunct) Shakhtar (youth teams) History Managers Records Seasons
Stadiums	Shakhtar Stadium (1936–2003) RSC Olimpiyskiy (2004–09) Donbass Arena (2009–14) Arena Lviv (2014–16) Metalist Stadium (2017–20) NSC Olimpiyskiy (since 2020) Kirsha Training Centre (training)
Matches	Klasychne derby Donetsk derby In European football 2009 UEFA Cup final 2009 UEFA Super Cup
Categories	Players Managers Matches Seasons
Seasons	... 1992 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24