List of FC Shakhtar Donetsk seasons

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]

Departments of Shakhtar Donetsk
Football	Volleyball	Handball
Futsal

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
		6	7	3	0	4	11	14	13			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
		3	5	3	0	2	6	5	6	Semi-finals
1954		1	22	17	4	1	56	16	38
		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
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]
		10	26	6	8	12	20	28	20				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
		10	15	5	4	6	12	10	14				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
	League											UEFA		Top goalscorer[5]
1992	Premier League (1)	18	10	6	2	31	10	26	2nd[6]	SF
1992–93		30	11	12	7	44	32	45	4th	R32
1993–94		34	20	9	5	64	32	69	2nd	R16
1994–95		34	18	8	8	52	29	62	4th	Winners		UC	Prel.
1995–96		34	13	6	15	44	43	45	10th	SF		CWC	R1
1996–97		30	19	5	6	72	28	62	2nd	Winners
1997–98		30	20	7	3	61	25	67	2nd	R16		CWC	R16
1998–99		30	20	5	5	70	25	65	2nd	SF		UC	QR2
1999–2000		30	21	3	6	60	16	66	2nd	QF		UC	R1
2000–01		26	19	6	1	58	17	63	2nd	Winners		UCL UC	GS1 R3
2001–02		26	20	6	0	61	10	66	1st	Winners		UCL UC	QR3 R1
2002–03		30	22	4	4	61	24	70	2nd	Runners-up		UCL UC	QR3 R1
2003–04		30	22	4	4	62	19	70	2nd	Winners		UCL UC	QR3 R1
2004–05		30	26	2	2	63	19	80	1st	Runners-up	Runners-up	UCL UC	GS R32
2005–06		30	23	6	1	64	14	75	1st	R16	Winners	UCL UC	QR3 R32
2006–07		30	19	6	5	57	20	63	2nd	Runners-up	Runners-up	UCL UC	GS R16
2007–08		30	24	2	4	75	24	74	1st	Winners	Runners-up	UCL	GS
2008–09		30	19	7	4	47	16	64	2nd	Runners-up	Winners	UCL UC	GS Winners
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

References

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