Shakhtar Donetsk History, Ownership, Support Staff, Squad members and Honors

Shakhtar Donetsk also known as The Moles is the Ukrainian Football Club. They participate in UPL, Ukrainian Cup and Ukrainian Super Cup.

HISTORY

The club was founded 83 years ago on 24^th May 1936 as Stakhanovets. They registered their 1^st victory in the early sixties after which renamed themselves as Shakhtar.

They won the Soviet Cup two years later in a row, 1961 and 1962. But have to wait two decades for two more Soviet Cups in 1980 and 1983.

During the first half of the nineties when Ukraine was beginning a new era of independence, the club was struggling in the newly established Ukrainian Premier League.

The club dip into sudden dramatic events when then-president Akhat Bragin was brutally assassinated in a bomb explosion during a Championship game. The club was facing a black phase back then.

After the entry of Rinat Akhmetov, the new man in charge leads the club to lead them to unprecedented glory. Under his leadership the club won the national championship as well as the 2009 UEFA Cup thus became the second Ukraine team to win an international title.

Club Ownership

The Club is under the ownership of Rinat Akhmetov who took the club after the mysterious October 1995 bombing assassination of former team president Akhat Bragin at the team’s stadium.

The Metalist Stadium serves the club as their home ground. Located in Kharkiv, Ukraine the stadium has a net capacity to hold 40,003 spectators.

The current net worth of the club is 137.40 Million Euros.

COACHING STAFF

Name	Position	Age
Luis Castro	Head Coach	58
Vitor Severino	Assistant Coach	–
Filipe Celikkaya	Assistant Coach	–
Joao Brandao	Assistant Coach	–
Darijo Srna	Assistant Coach	37

SQUAD

Name	Position	Jersey No.
A. Boriachuk	Forward	23
D. Sikan	Forward	45
Junior Moraes	Forward	10
Marquinhos Cipriano	Forward	28
Marlos	Forward	11
Tete	Forward	14
M. Solomon	Forward	19
Y. konoplianka	Forward	15
Taison	Forward	7
T. Stepanenko	Midfielder	6
M. Malyshev	Midfielder	17
Maycon	Midfielder	27
Marcos	Defender	8
Alan	Midfielder	21
O. Pikhalionok	Midfielder	76
V. Kovalenko	Midfielder	20
Dentinho	Midfielder	9
A. Totovytskyi	Midfielder	29
D. Khocholava	Defender	5
S. Kryvtov	Defender	4
M. Matviienko	Defender	22
V. Bondar	Defender	77
Vitao	Defender	49
Ismaily	Defender	31
S. Bolbat	Defender	50
B. butko	Defender	2
Doddo	Defender	98
A. Piatov	Goalkeeper	30
O. shevchenko	Goalkeeper	1
A. Trubin	Goalkeeper	81