2024–25 FC Shakhtar Donetsk season

Shakhtar Donetsk
2024–25 season
Chairman	Rinat Akhmetov
Manager	Marino Pušić
Stadium	Arena Lviv (League) ; Arena AufSchalke (Europe)
Premier League	Preseason
Ukrainian Cup	Preseason
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 season is FC Shakhtar Donetsk's 34th season in existence and the club's 26th consecutive season in the top flight of Ukrainian football. In addition to the domestic league, Shakhtar Donetsk will participat in the Ukrainian Cup and the UEFA Champions League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025.

Season events

On 25 June, Shakhtar announced the signing of Kiril Fesyun from Kolos Kovalivka.^[1] The following day, 26 June, Shakhtar announced the signing of Alaa Ghram from CS Sfaxien and the departure of Denil Castillo to Midtjylland, on 1 July, in a permanent transfer.^[2]^[3]

On 30 June, Shakhtar announced that Yaroslav Rakitskyi had left the club as a free agent.^[4]

On 2 July, Shakhtar announced that they would play their European games this season at Schalke 04's Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen.^[5]

Squad

As of match played 25 May 2024^[6]

Number	Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
12	Tymur Puzankov	GK	(2003-03-04) 4 March 2003 (age 21)	Academy	2021		0	0
31	Dmytro Riznyk	GK	(1999-01-30) 30 January 1999 (age 25)	Vorskla Poltava	2023^[7]	2028^[7]	39	0
48	Denys Tvardovskyi	GK	(2003-06-13) 13 June 2003 (age 21)	Academy	2023		2	0
	Kiril Fesyun	GK	(2002-08-07) 7 August 2002 (age 21)	Kolos Kovalivka	2024^[1]	2029^[1]	0	0
Defenders
3	Stav Lemkin	DF	(2003-04-02) 2 April 2003 (age 21)	Hapoel Tel Aviv	2023^[8]	2028^[8]	5	0
5	Valeriy Bondar	DF	(1999-02-27) 27 February 1999 (age 25)	Academy	2019		101	2
13	Giorgi Gocholeishvili	DF	(2001-02-14) 14 February 2001 (age 23)	Saburtalo Tbilisi	2023^[9]	2027^[9]	36	1
16	Irakli Azarovi	DF	(2002-02-21) 21 February 2002 (age 22)	Red Star Belgrade	2023^[10]	2028^[10]	32	0
22	Mykola Matviyenko	DF	(1996-05-02) 2 May 1996 (age 28)	Academy	2015	2027^[11]	99	13
23	Pedrinho	DF	(2002-07-11) 11 July 2002 (age 21)	Athletico Paranaense	2023^[12]	2028^[12]	11	0
26	Yukhym Konoplya	DF	(1999-08-26) 26 August 1999 (age 24)	Academy	2017		67	5
28	Maryan Faryna	DF	(2003-08-28) 28 August 2003 (age 20)	Academy	2022		2	0
46	Luka Latsabidze	DF	(2004-03-18) 18 March 2004 (age 20)	Dinamo Tbilisi	2024^[13]	2028^[13]	0	0
	Marlon	DF	(1995-02-10) 10 February 1995 (age 29)	Sassuolo	2021^[14]	2026^[14]	22	0
	Vinicius Tobias	DF	(2004-02-23) 23 February 2004 (age 20)	Internacional	2022^[15]		0	0
	Alaa Ghram	DF	(2001-07-24) 24 July 2001 (age 22)	CS Sfaxien	2024^[3]	2029^[3]	0	0
	Andriy Buleza	DF	(2004-01-25) 25 January 2004 (age 20)	Academy	2019		1	0
	Oleksandr Drambayev	DF	(2001-04-21) 21 April 2001 (age 23)	Academy	2020		0	0
	Viktor Korniyenko	DF	(1999-02-14) 14 February 1999 (age 25)	Academy	2016		30	1
	Roman Savchenko	DF	(2004-02-17) 17 February 2004 (age 20)	Academy	2021		0	0
	Danylo Udod	DF	(2004-03-09) 9 March 2004 (age 20)	Academy	2021		0	0
Midfielders
6	Taras Stepanenko	MF	(1989-08-08) 8 August 1989 (age 34)	Metalurh Zaporizhya	2010	2025^[16]	424	29
7	Andriy Totovytskyi	MF	(1993-01-20) 20 January 1993 (age 31)	Kolos Kovalivka	2022^[17]	2025^[17]	19	1
8	Dmytro Kryskiv	MF	(2000-10-06) 6 October 2000 (age 23)	Academy	2019		59	11
9	Maryan Shved	MF	(1997-07-16) 16 July 1997 (age 26)	KV Mechelen	2022^[18]	2027^[18]	32	7
10	Heorhiy Sudakov	MF	(2002-09-01) 1 September 2002 (age 21)	Academy	2020	2028^[19]	99	19
11	Oleksandr Zubkov	MF	(1996-08-03) 3 August 1996 (age 27)	Ferencváros	2022^[20]	2027^[20]	86	13
21	Artem Bondarenko	MF	(2000-08-21) 21 August 2000 (age 23)	Academy	2020	2028^[21]	82	16
24	Viktor Tsukanov	MF	(2006-02-04) 4 February 2006 (age 18)	Academy	2024^[22]	2028^[22]	4	0
27	Oleh Ocheretko	MF	(2003-03-25) 25 March 2003 (age 21)	Academy	2020	2027^[23]	17	1
29	Yehor Nazaryna	MF	(1997-07-10) 10 July 1997 (age 26)	Zorya Luhansk	2022^[24]	2027^[24]	49	3
30	Marlon Gomes	MF	(2003-12-14) 14 December 2003 (age 20)	Vasco da Gama	2024^[25]	2028^[25]	13	4
34	Ivan Petryak	MF	(1994-03-13) 13 March 1994 (age 30)	Fehérvár	2022^[26]	2026^[26]	38	3
37	Kevin	MF	(2003-01-04) 4 January 2003 (age 21)	Palmeiras	2024^[27]	2028^[27]	17	3
77	Khusrav Toirov	MF	(2004-08-01) 1 August 2004 (age 19)	Atyrau	2023^[28]	2027^[28]	2	0
	Pedrinho	MF	(1998-04-13) 13 April 1998 (age 26)	Benfica	2021^[29]	2029^[30]	19	4
	Kyrylo Siheyev	MF	(2004-05-16) 16 May 2004 (age 20)	Academy	2021		0	0
Forwards
2	Lassina Traoré	FW	(2001-01-12) 12 January 2001 (age 23)	Ajax	2021^[31]	2026^[31]	64	19
7	Eguinaldo	FW	(2004-08-09) 9 August 2004 (age 19)	Vasco da Gama	2023^[32]	2028^[32]	21	4
14	Danylo Sikan	FW	(2001-04-16) 16 April 2001 (age 23)	Karpaty Lviv	2019	2028^[33]	99	27
39	Newerton	FW	(2005-06-03) 3 June 2005 (age 19)	São Paulo	2023^[34]	2028^[34]	21	1
Away on loan
15	Anton Hlushchenko	MF	(2004-04-20) 20 April 2004 (age 20)	Academy	2022		1	0
18	Kevin Kelsy	FW	(2004-07-27) 27 July 2004 (age 19)	Boston River	2023^[35]	2027^[35]	37	9
20	Dmytro Topalov	MF	(1998-03-12) 12 March 1998 (age 26)	Academy	2017		18	0
32	Eduard Kozik	DF	(2003-04-19) 19 April 2003 (age 21)	Academy	2021		8	0
	Maycon	MF	(1997-07-15) 15 July 1997 (age 26)	Corinthians	2018	2025^[36]	98	8
Players who left during the season

On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	UKR	Eduard Kozik (at Karpaty Lviv until 31 December 2024)
—	MF	BRA	Maycon (at Corinthians until 31 December 2024)
—	MF	UKR	Anton Hlushchenko (at Vorskla Poltava until 31 December 2024)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	UKR	Dmytro Topalov (at Kolos Kovalivka until 31 December 2024)
—	FW	VEN	Kevin Kelsy (at Cincinnati until 31 December 2024)

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
25 June 2024	GK		Kiril Fesyun	Kolos Kovalivka	Undisclosed	^[1]
26 June 2024	DF		Alaa Ghram	CS Sfaxien	Undisclosed	^[3]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2024	MF		Denil Castillo	Midtjylland	Undisclosed	^[2]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
30 April 2024	FW		Kevin Kelsy	FC Cincinnati	31 December 2024	^[37]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
30 June 2024	DF		Yaroslav Rakitskyi			^[4]

Friendlies

29 June 2024	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–4	Sarajevo	Slovenia
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Sikan 12' Kryskiv 32' Traoré 67' (pen.) Eguinaldo 84'	Report	Oliveira 51'

6 July 2024	Shakhtar Donetsk	–	Hajduk Split	Slovenia
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)

20 July 2024	Shakhtar Donetsk	–	Ipswich Town
EEST (UTC+3)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	Starting round	Record
Competition	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	Matchday 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Ukrainian Cup	Round of 16	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Champions League	Group Stage	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Last updated: Preseason
Source: Results

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Qualification or relegation
11	Polissya Zhytomyr
12	Rukh Lviv
13	Shakhtar Donetsk	Qualification for the Relegation play-off
14	Veres Rivne	Qualification for the Relegation play-off
15	Vorskla Poltava	Relegation to Ukrainian First League

First match(es) will be played: 10 August 2024. Source: upl.ua
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw or "Golden match" if two teams tied for title (Article 22, paragraph 3).^[38]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: Preseason May 2024.
Source: Results

Results by round

Round	1
Ground
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on Preseason. Source: Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

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EEST (UTC+3)

Ukrainian Cup

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Squad statistics

As of match played 25 May 2024

Notes

References

External links

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