2008–09 FC Shakhtar Donetsk season

During the 2008–09 Ukrainian football season, FC Shakhtar Donetsk competed in the Ukrainian Premier League.

Shakhtar Donetsk

2008–09 season
Chairman	Rinat Akhmetov
Manager	Mircea Lucescu
Ground	RSC Olimpiyskiy
Premier League	2nd
Ukrainian Cup	Runners-up
Super Cup	Winners
Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Yevhen Seleznyov (6 goals) All: Fernandinho Jádson (12 each)
Highest home attendance	25,500 vs Marseille (9 April 2009)
Lowest home attendance	8,300 vs Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (18 October 2008)
Average home league attendance	18,368 (23 May 2009)
Home colours Away colours

Season summary

Though Shakhtar failed to retain the league or cup, they made up for it by becoming the first Ukrainian team to win the UEFA Cup, defeating Werder Bremen in the final after extra time.

This season was the last played at RSC Olimpiyskiy. From the 2009–10 season onwards, Shakhtar played in the Donbass Arena.

On 28 May 2008, Shakhtar Donetsk announced the signing of Marcelo Moreno from Cruzeiro on a five-year contract. On the same day, Shakhtar also announced the signing of Oleksandr Chyzhov from Vorskla Poltava.

In January 2009, Shakhtar Donetsk sold Brandão to Marseille for a fee of €6,000,000.

On 9 February, Leonardo signed a new contract with Shakhtar Donetsk, until 28 June 2013, and joined Vasco da Gama on loan until 30 November 2009.

Squad

As of match played 31 May 2009

Number	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Bohdan Shust		GK	(1986-03-04)4 March 1986 (aged 23)	Karpaty Lviv	2005
12	Rustam Khudzhamov		GK	(1982-10-05)5 October 1982 (aged 26)	Kharkiv	2008		9	0
30	Andriy Pyatov		GK	(1984-06-28)28 June 1984 (aged 24)	Vorskla Poltava	2007		82	0
35	Yuriy Virt		GK	(1974-05-04)4 May 1974 (aged 35)	Metalurh Donetsk	2007
Defenders
3	Tomáš Hübschman		DF	(1981-09-04)4 September 1981 (aged 27)	Sparta Prague	2004		161	7
4	Igor Duljaj		DF	(1979-10-29)29 October 1979 (aged 29)	Partizan	2004		177	6
5	Oleksandr Kucher		DF	(1982-10-22)22 October 1982 (aged 26)	Metalist Kharkiv	2006		85	2
13	Vyacheslav Shevchuk		DF	(1979-05-13)13 May 1979 (aged 30)	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2005		106	0
18	Mariusz Lewandowski		DF	(1979-05-18)18 May 1979 (aged 30)	Dyskobolia Grodzisk	2001		256	28
26	Răzvan Raț		DF	(1981-05-26)26 May 1981 (aged 28)	Rapid București	2003		214	9
27	Dmytro Chyhrynskyi		DF	(1986-11-07)7 November 1986 (aged 22)	Academy	2002		129	10
28	Oleksiy Polyanskyi		DF	(1986-04-12)12 April 1986 (aged 23)	Metalurh Donetsk	2006
32	Mykola Ishchenko		DF	(1983-03-09)9 March 1983 (aged 26)	Karpaty Lviv	2008		27	0
33	Darijo Srna (Captain)		DF	(1982-05-01)1 May 1982 (aged 27)	Hajduk Split	2003		225	16
36	Oleksandr Chyzhov		DF	(1986-08-10)10 August 1986 (aged 22)	Vorskla Poltava	2008		9	0
44	Artem Fedetskyi		DF	(1985-04-26)26 April 1985 (aged 24)	Kharkiv	2008		9	1
55	Volodymyr Yezerskiy		DF	(1976-11-15)15 November 1976 (aged 32)	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2007
Midfielders
7	Fernandinho		MF	(1985-05-04)4 May 1985 (aged 24)	Paranaense	2005		157	30
8	Jádson		MF	(1983-10-05)5 October 1983 (aged 25)	Paranaense	2005		176	39
11	Ilsinho		MF	(1985-10-12)12 October 1985 (aged 23)	São Paulo	2007		60	9
19	Oleksiy Gai		MF	(1982-11-06)6 November 1982 (aged 26)	Illichivets Mariupol	2006		150	15
22	Willian		MF	(1988-08-09)9 August 1988 (aged 20)	Corinthians	2007		80	9
23	Kostyantyn Kravchenko		MF	(1986-09-24)24 September 1986 (aged 22)	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2008		6	0
Forwards
9	Nery Castillo		FW	(1984-06-13)13 June 1984 (aged 24)	Olympiacos	2007		18	2
10	Yevhen Seleznyov		FW	(1985-07-20)20 July 1985 (aged 23)	Academy	2002		31	11
15	Volodymyr Pryyomov		FW	(1986-01-02)2 January 1986 (aged 23)	Metalurh Donetsk	2007
17	Luiz Adriano		FW	(1987-04-12)12 April 1987 (aged 22)	Internacional	2007		54	14
21	Oleksandr Hladkyy		FW	(1987-08-24)24 August 1987 (aged 21)	Kharkiv	2007		88	28
24	Ruslan Fomin		FW	(1986-03-02)2 March 1986 (aged 23)	Arsenal Kharkiv	2005		15	3
99	Marcelo Moreno		FW	(1987-06-18)18 June 1987 (aged 21)	Cruzeiro	2008		21	3
Away on loan
	Jan Laštůvka		GK	(1982-07-07)7 July 1982 (aged 26)	Baník Ostrava	2004
	Leonardo		DF	(1986-03-09)9 March 1986 (aged 23)	Santos	2005	2013
Players who left during the season
25	Brandão		FW	(1980-06-16)16 June 1980 (aged 28)	Iraty	2002		220	91

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
22 May 2008	DF		Mykola Ishchenko	Karpaty Lviv	Undisclosed
25 May 2008	GK		Rustam Khudzhamov	Kharkiv	€80,000
28 May 2008	DF		Oleksandr Chyzhov	Vorskla Poltava	₴8,000,000
28 May 2008	FW		Marcelo Moreno	Cruzeiro	€9,000,000
1 July 2008	DF		Artem Fedetskyi	Karpaty Lviv	Undisclosed

† Moreno's move was announced on the above date, but was not finalised until the transfer window opened on 1 July 2008,

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
13 January 2009	FW		Brandão	Marseille	€6,000,000

Loans out

Date From	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date To	Ref.
25 March 2008	DF		Leonardo	São Caetano	30 November 2008
3 August 2008	GK		Jan Laštůvka	West Ham United	End of season
9 February 2009	DF		Leonardo	Vasco da Gama	18 June 2009

Competitions

Overall

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	20 July 2008	26 May 2009	Matchday 1	2nd	30	19	7	4	47	16	+31	063.33
Ukrainian Cup	12 September 2008	31 May 2009	Round of 32	Runners Up	5	4	0	1	10	3	+7	080.00
Super Cup	15 July 2008		Final	Champions	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
UEFA Champions League	13 August 2008	9 December 2008	Third qualifying round	Group Stage	8	5	0	3	16	8	+8	062.50
UEFA Cup	19 February 2009	20 May 2009	Round of 32	Champions	9	6	2	1	14	6	+8	066.67
Total					53	34	10	9	88	34	+54	064.15

Last updated: 31 May 2009
Source: Results

Super Cup

Main article: 2008 Ukrainian Super Cup

Shakhtar Donetsk v Dynamo Kyiv

15 July 2008	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Dynamo Kyiv	Poltava
20:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Chyhrynskyi 14' Srna  86'	Report	Ghioane  17' Milevskyi 38' Diakhaté  48'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 24,850 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
	Penalties
	Fernandinho Raț Chyhrynskyi Srna Brandão		Yarmolenko Diakhaté Ninković Aliyev

Premier League

Main article: 2008–09 Ukrainian Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dynamo Kyiv (C)	30	26	1	3	71	19	+52	79	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Shakhtar Donetsk	30	19	7	4	47	16	+31	64	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	Metalist Kharkiv	30	17	8	5	44	25	+19	59	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
4	Metalurh Donetsk	30	14	7	9	36	27	+9	49	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
5	Vorskla Poltava	30	14	7	9	32	26	+6	49	Qualification to Europa League play-off round

Source: uafootball.net.ua
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd overall wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored
(C) Champions

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
30	19	7	4	47	16	+31	64	12	3	0	30	8	+22	7	4	4	17	8	+9

Last updated: 26 May 2009.
Source: Results

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	W	D	D	L	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L
Position	15	13	7	8	7	9	11	11	11	10	8	8	7	7	5	5	5	5	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2009. Source: Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Lviv v Shakhtar Donetsk

20 July 2008 1	Lviv	2–0	Shakhtar Donetsk	Lviv
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Vashchuk  21' Panas 23' Baranets  57' Dankiv  72' Fedorchuk 90+1'	Report	Brandão  60' Srna  79' Hladkyi  85'	Stadium: Ukraina Stadium Attendance: 21,400 Referee: Vladimir Sirenko

Karpaty Lviv v Shakhtar Donetsk

27 July 2008 2	Karpaty Lviv	1–1	Shakhtar Donetsk	Lviv
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Zenjov 56' Khudobyak  68'	Report	Brandão  76' Fernandinho 81'	Stadium: Ukraina Stadium Attendance: 22,800 Referee: Yevhen Herenda

Shakhtar Donetsk v Illichivets Mariupol

3 August 2008 3	Shakhtar Donetsk	3–0	Illichivets Mariupol	Donetsk
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Srna 5'  48' Fernandinho  63' Seleznyov 83' Brandão 85'	Report	Vorobey  33'	Stadium: RSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Sergey Zadiran

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk v Shakhtar Donetsk

8 August 2008 4	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	0–0	Shakhtar Donetsk	Dnipro
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	M.Pashayev  52' Lyopa  74'	Report		Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Andriy Shandor

Shakhtar Donetsk v Metalist Kharkiv

17 August 2008 5	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–2	Metalist Kharkiv	Donetsk
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Brandão 54', 76' (pen.) Chyhrynskyi  56' Fedetskyi  65' Seleznyov  85'	Report	Jajá 19' Edmar  44' Bordian 45+1' Obradović  50' Gueye  61' Dević  64'  78' Horyainov  83' Gancarczyk  85'	Stadium: RSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Vitaliy Hodulian

Vorskla Poltava v Shakhtar Donetsk

23 August 2008 6	Vorskla Poltava	1–0	Shakhtar Donetsk	Poltava
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Kravchenko 5' Kulakov  53' Curri  55'	Report	Fedetskyi  62' Srna  79' Chyhrynskyi  85' Jádson  90+3'	Stadium: Oleksiy Butovsky Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 13,00 Referee: Eugene Wenger

Shakhtar Donetsk v Metalurh Zaporizhzhia

31 August 2008 7	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–2	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	Donetsk
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Fernandinho 35' (pen.)  47' Seleznyov 44'	Report	Alozie  12' 80' Arzhanov  33' Nevmyvaka  35' Stepanenko  48' Chelyadzinski  72'	Stadium: RSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Serhiy Shebek

Arsenal Kyiv v Shakhtar Donetsk

21 September 2008 8	Arsenal Kyiv	0–0	Shakhtar Donetsk	Kyiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Khomin  51' Yevseyev  53' Symonenko  80'	Report	Luiz Adriano  80' Srna  85'	Stadium: Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Vitaly Godulyan

Shakhtar Donetsk v Metalurh Donetsk

27 September 2008 9	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–1	Metalurh Donetsk	Donetsk
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Seleznyov  11' Ilsinho  39' 50' Brandão  61' Chyhrynskyi  90+3'	Report	Dimitrov 90'	Stadium: RSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Oleg Zubarev

Chornomorets Odesa v Shakhtar Donetsk

5 October 2008 10	Chornomorets Odesa	0–3	Shakhtar Donetsk	Odesa
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Vázquez  14' Shandruk  32' Nizhegorodov  47'	Report	Luiz Adriano  17' 90+1', 90+3' Fernandinho 22' Hladkyi 28'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Andriy Shandor

Shakhtar Donetsk v Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih

18 October 2008 11	Shakhtar Donetsk	4–2	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Donetsk
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Brandão 16', 71' Srna 48' Hladkyi 69'	Report	Balabanov  5' Maksymov 11' Shahoyka  56' Kostyshyn 85'	Stadium: RSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 8,300 Referee: Igor Ishchenko

Kharkiv v Shakhtar Donetsk

26 October 2008 12	Kharkiv	0–0	Shakhtar Donetsk	Sumy
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Ivanov  16' Hunchak  39' Stoyko  68'	Report	Duljaj  22' Fernandinho  58' Brandão  60'  88' Chyhrynskyi  70'	Stadium: Yuvileiny Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Oleh Oriekhov

Shakhtar Donetsk v Zorya Luhansk

1 November 2008 13	Shakhtar Donetsk	3–1	Zorya Luhansk	Donetsk
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Moreno 23', 80' Willian  39' 69'	Report	Xhihani 3' S.Kolesnychenko  13' Hrinchenko  56'	Stadium: RSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Sergey Dankovsky

Tavriya Simferopol v Shakhtar Donetsk

8 November 2008 14	Tavriya Simferopol	0–2	Shakhtar Donetsk	Simferopol
17:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Fernandinho 19' Seleznyov 71'	Stadium: RSK Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Orest Shmigelsky

Shakhtar Donetsk v Dynamo Kyiv

16 November 2008 15	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–0	Dynamo Kyiv	Donetsk
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Fernandinho  30' Willian 34' Brandão  52' Kucher  86'	Report	Aliyev  36' Sablić  73' Bangoura  90+1'	Stadium: RSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

Shakhtar Donetsk v Lviv

21 November 2008 16	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–0	Lviv	Donetsk
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	Gai 54' Luiz Adriano 60'	Report	Zhdanov  55'	Stadium: RSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Evgeniy Venger

Shakhtar Donetsk v Karpaty Lviv

30 November 2008 17	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–0	Karpaty Lviv	Donetsk
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Ishchenko  28' Seleznyov  64' Hladkyi 67'	Report	Oshchypko  9' Petrivskyi  35' Fedoriv  57' Tkachuk  82'	Stadium: RSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Evgeny Abrosimov

Illichivets Mariupol v Shakhtar Donetsk

2 March 2009 18	Illichivets Mariupol	1–2	Shakhtar Donetsk	Mariupol
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kirylchyk  39' Kashewski 52' Savin  64' Vorobey  82'	Report	Gai 22' Srna 82'	Stadium: Illichivets Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Oleg Zubarev

Shakhtar Donetsk v Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

7 March 2009 19	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–0	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Donetsk
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Fernandinho 34' (pen.)	Report	Serdyuk  33' Lysytskyi  37' Kankava  41'	Stadium: RSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Vladimir Sirenko

Metalist Kharkiv v Shakhtar Donetsk

15 March 2009 20	Metalist Kharkiv	0–3	Shakhtar Donetsk	Kharkiv
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Obradović  30' Acevedo  55'	Report	Fernandinho 17' (pen.) Hladkyi  19' Luiz Adriano 45' Chyhrynskyi 90+2'	Stadium: OSC Metalist Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Oleh Oriekhov

Shakhtar Donetsk v Vorskla Poltava

22 March 2009 21	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–0	Vorskla Poltava	Donetsk
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Chyzhov  38' Srna 48' Jádson  90'	Report		Stadium: RSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Igor Ishchenko

Metalurh Zaporizhzhia v Shakhtar Donetsk

5 April 2009 22	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	1–0	Shakhtar Donetsk	Zaporizhzhia
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Nevmyvaka 5' Vernydub  29' Stepanenko  58' Silyuk  78' Kalonas  82'	Report	Jádson  88'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 12,800 Referee: Ihor Pokydko

Shakhtar Donetsk v Arsenal Kyiv

12 April 2009 23	Shakhtar Donetsk	3–0	Arsenal Kyiv	Donetsk
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Hladkyi 51' Lewandowski 73' Jádson 79'	Report		Stadium: RSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Yuriy Grisio

Metalurh Donetsk v Shakhtar Donetsk

19 April 2009 24	Metalurh Donetsk	1–2	Shakhtar Donetsk	Donetsk
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Sytnik  42' Checher  43' Fernandes 52' Makrides  79' Dimitrov  85'	Report	Checher 15' (o.g.) Hübschman 54' Srna  87'	Stadium: Metalurh Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Yevhen Herenda

Shakhtar Donetsk v Chornomorets Odesa

25 April 2009 25	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–0	Chornomorets Odesa	Donetsk
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Willian 47'	Report	Didenko  39' Bondarenko  71'	Stadium: RSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Sergey Dankovsky

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih v Shakhtar Donetsk

3 May 2009 26	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	0–1	Shakhtar Donetsk	Kryvyi Rih
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bulku  35' Melaschenko  48' Maksymov  51' Shelayev  59' Bylykbashi  83'	Report	Jádson  45' Seleznyov 71' Ilsinho  83' Hübschman  88'	Stadium: Metalurh Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Vitaly Godulyan

Shakhtar Donetsk v Kharkiv

10 May 2009 27	Shakhtar Donetsk	3–0	Kharkiv	Donetsk
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Seleznyov 28' Willian 33' Duljaj 77'	Report		Stadium: RSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Evgeniy Venger

Zorya Luhansk v Shakhtar Donetsk

16 May 2009 28	Zorya Luhansk	0–3	Shakhtar Donetsk	Luhansk
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Kurilov  64'	Report	Seleznyov 28', 74' Willian 80'	Stadium: Avanhard Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Sergei Zadiran

Shakhtar Donetsk v Tavriya Simferopol

23 May 2009 29	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–0	Tavriya Simferopol	Donetsk
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Fedetskyi 33'  34' Castillo 73'	Report		Stadium: RSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Oleh Derevinsky

Dynamo Kyiv v Shakhtar Donetsk

26 May 2009 30	Dynamo Kyiv	1–0	Shakhtar Donetsk	Kyiv
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	El Kaddouri  14' Aliyev  62' Milevskyi 79'	Report	Hübschman  45'	Stadium: Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 15,800 Referee: Yevhen Herenda

Ukrainian Cup

Main article: 2008–09 Ukrainian Cup

Illichivets Mariupol v Shakhtar Donetsk

12 September 2008 Round of 32	Illichivets Mariupol	0–3	Shakhtar Donetsk	Mariupol
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Jádson 40' Ilsinho 69' Luiz Adriano 81'	Stadium: Illichivets Stadium Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Oleksandr Shamych

Zakarpattia Uzhhorod v Shakhtar Donetsk

29 October 2008 Round of 16	Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	1–4	Shakhtar Donetsk	Uzhhorod
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	S.Kostiuk 71'	Report	Seleznyov 14' Ishchenko  38' Willian 48' Moreno  59' 63' Fedetskyi  76' Raț 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Avanhard Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Orest Shmyhelsky

Oleksandriya v Shakhtar Donetsk

11 November 2008 Quarterfinal	Oleksandriya	1–2	Shakhtar Donetsk	Oleksandria
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Y.Bulychiv  29' O.Kazaniuk 41' Hitchenko  56'	Report	Gai  22' Seleznyov 34' (pen.) Hladkyy 90+2'	Stadium: CSC Nika Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Oleh Derevinsky

Shakhtar Donetsk v Dynamo Kyiv

13 May 2009 Semifinal	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–0	Dynamo Kyiv	Donetsk
19:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Ilsinho  39' Lewandowski 83' Pyatov  90'	Report	Milevskyi  27' El Kaddouri  51' Aliyev  85'	Stadium: RSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Yuriy Mozharovskyi

Final

Main article: 2009 Ukrainian Cup Final

Vorskla Poltava v Shakhtar Donetsk

31 May 2009	Vorskla Poltava	1–0	Shakhtar Donetsk	Dnipropetrovsk
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Sachko 50' Chesnakov  90+2'	Report	Fernandinho  57'	Stadium: Dnipro Stadium Attendance: 25,700 Referee: Vitaliy Hodulyan

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

Shakhtar Donetsk v Dinamo Zagreb

13 August 2008 Third qualifying round 1st leg	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–0	Dinamo Zagreb	Donetsk, Ukraine
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Srna 3' Jádson  25' 31' Hladkyy  61'	Report	Hrgović  2' Mikić  47' Etto  60'	Stadium: RSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 24,810 Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

Dinamo Zagreb v Shakhtar Donetsk

27 August 2008 Third qualifying round 2nd leg	Dinamo Zagreb	1–3 (1–5 agg.)	Shakhtar Donetsk	Zagreb, Croatia
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Balaban  20' 57' Hrgović  40' Chago  74'	Report	Hübschman  25' Luiz Adriano 42' Brandão 59' Willian 70'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 13,655 Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Group stage

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Champions League group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Barcelona	6	4	1	1	18	8	+10	13	Advance to knockout phase
2	Sporting CP	6	4	0	2	8	8	0	12
3	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	3	0	3	11	7	+4	9	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Basel	6	0	1	5	2	16	−14	1

Source: RSSSF

Basel v Shakhtar Donetsk

16 September 2008 1	Basel	1–2	Shakhtar Donetsk	Basel, Switzerland
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Zanni  37' Abraham 90+3'	Report	Fernandinho 25' Hübschman  33' Shevchuk  41' Jádson 45+1' Brandão  90+4'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 34,820 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Shakhtar Donetsk v Barcelona

1 October 2008 2	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–2	Barcelona	Donetsk, Ukraine
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Ilsinho 45' Srna  47' Fernandinho  58' Chyhrynskyi  69' Brandão  88'	Report	Xavi  41' Keita  78' Messi 87', 90+4' Márquez  88' Iniesta  90+3'	Stadium: RSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 25,300 Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Shakhtar Donetsk v Sporting CP

22 October 2008 3	Shakhtar Donetsk	0–1	Sporting CP	Donetsk, Ukraine
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Srna  82'	Report	Liédson 76' Patrício  85'	Stadium: RSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 23,120 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

Sporting CP v Shakhtar Donetsk

4 November 2008 4	Sporting CP	1–0	Shakhtar Donetsk	Lisbon, Portugal
22:45 EET (UTC+2)	Moutinho  21' Postiga  41' Derlei 73'	Report	Hübschman  24' Chyhrynskyi  54' Jádson  63' Brandão  77' Kucher  90+1'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 24,282 Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Shakhtar Donetsk v Basel

26 November 2008 5	Shakhtar Donetsk	5–0	Basel	Donetsk, Ukraine
20:45 EET (UTC+2)	Jádson 32', 65', 72' Willian 50' Seleznyov 75'	Report	Stocker  87'	Stadium: RSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)

Barcelona v Shakhtar Donetsk

9 December 2008 6	Barcelona	2–3	Shakhtar Donetsk	Barcelona, Spain
20:45 EET (UTC+2)	Krkić  50' Sylvinho 59' Busquets 83'	Report	Hladkyy 31', 58'  87' Hübschman  65' Fernandinho 76' Brandão  86' Luiz Adriano  87' Kucher  89' Pyatov  90+1'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 22,763 Referee: Mike Riley (England)

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup

Knockout stage

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup final phase

Shakhtar Donetsk v Tottenham Hotspur

19 February 2009 Round of 32 1st leg	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Donetsk, Ukraine
20:45 EET (UTC+2)	Raț  40' Seleznyov 79' Jádson 88'	Report		Stadium: RSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)

Tottenham Hotspur v Shakhtar Donetsk

26 February 2009 Round of 32 2nd leg	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1 (1–3 agg.)	Shakhtar Donetsk	London, England
22:00 EET (UTC+2)	O'Hara  28' Dos Santos 55' Palacios  90+1'	Report	Lewandowski  17' Hübschman  50' Fernandinho 86'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 30,595 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

CSKA Moscow v Shakhtar Donetsk

12 March 2009 Round of 16 1st leg	CSKA Moscow	1–0	Shakhtar Donetsk	Moscow, Russia
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Vágner Love  38' 50' (pen.) Mamayev  63' Zhirkov  66'	Report	Chyhrynskyi  18' Fernandinho  26' Ishchenko  36'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 19,700 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Shakhtar Donetsk v CSKA Moscow

19 March 2009 Round of 16 2nd leg	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–0 (2–1 agg.)	CSKA Moscow	Donetsk, Ukraine
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Ishchenko  20' Fernandinho 54' (pen.) Luiz Adriano 70' Seleznyov  90'	Report	Akinfeev  42' V.Berezutski  79' Ryzhov  90'	Stadium: RSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Shakhtar Donetsk v Marseille

9 April 2009 Quarterfinal 1st leg	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–0	Marseille	Donetsk, Ukraine
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Hübschman 39' Jádson 65' Ishchenko  82'	Report	M'bami  27'	Stadium: RSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 25,500 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Marseille v Shakhtar Donetsk

16 April 2009 Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Marseille	1–2 (1–4 agg.)	Shakhtar Donetsk	Marseille, France
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Cana  21' Ben Arfa 43' Cheyrou  69' Niang  85'	Report	Fernandinho 30' Luiz Adriano  54' 90+3' Willian  70'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 48,268 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Dynamo Kyiv v Shakhtar Donetsk

30 April 2009 Semifinal 1st leg	Dynamo Kyiv	1–1	Shakhtar Donetsk	Kyiv, Ukraine
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Chyhrynskyi 22' (o.g.) Vukojević  42' Corrêa  82'	Report	Kucher  65' Fernandinho 68'	Stadium: Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

Shakhtar Donetsk v Dynamo Kyiv

7 May 2009 Semifinal 2nd leg	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–1 (3–2 agg.)	Dynamo Kyiv	Donetsk, Ukraine
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Jádson 17' Hübschman  68' Ilsinho 89' Hladkyy  90+3'	Report	El Kaddouri  23' Aliyev  38' Bangoura  38' 47' Vukojević  45+1'	Stadium: RSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 24,300 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

Final

Main article: 2009 UEFA Cup Final

Shakhtar Donetsk v Werder Bremen

20 May 2009	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Werder Bremen	Istanbul, Turkey
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Luiz Adriano 25' Srna  57' Lewandowski  77' Ilsinho  87' Jádson 97'	Report	Naldo 35' Frings  45+1' Fritz  82' Tziolis  115' Boenisch  120+2'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 37,357 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

Squad statistics

As of match played 31 May 2009

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Ukrainian Cup		Supercup		UEFA Champions League		UEFA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	UKR	Bohdan Shust	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	CZE	Tomáš Hübschman	40	2	19+3	1	3	0	1	0	8	0	5+1	1
4	DF	SRB	Igor Duljaj	26	1	9+4	1	1+1	0	1	0	3+2	0	4+1	0
5	DF	UKR	Oleksandr Kucher	29	0	15	0	2	0	1	0	7	0	4	0
7	MF	BRA	Fernandinho	42	11	19+2	5	3	0	1	0	8	2	9	4
8	MF	BRA	Jádson	46	12	22+4	2	3	1	0+1	0	6+1	5	9	4
9	FW	MEX	Nery Castillo	4	1	2+2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	UKR	Yevhen Seleznyov	35	10	14+12	6	2+1	2	1	0	0+3	1	0+2	1
11	MF	BRA	Ilsinho	27	4	7+6	1	2	1	1	0	2	1	8+1	1
12	GK	UKR	Rustam Khudzhamov	9	0	6	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF	UKR	Vyacheslav Shevchuk	20	0	14	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	0
17	FW	BRA	Luiz Adriano	29	9	9+3	4	3	1	0	0	4+2	1	7+1	3
18	MF	POL	Mariusz Lewandowski	30	2	12+4	1	2+2	1	0	0	0+2	0	4+4	0
19	MF	UKR	Oleksiy Gai	31	2	10+7	2	4+1	0	0	0	2+1	0	2+4	0
21	FW	UKR	Oleksandr Hladkyi	41	8	11+14	5	2+3	1	0+1	0	2+1	2	3+4	0
22	MF	BRA	Willian	52	8	21+8	5	3+2	1	1	0	5+3	2	3+6	0
23	MF	UKR	Kostyantyn Kravchenko	8	0	3+3	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW	UKR	Ruslan Fomin	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	ROU	Răzvan Raț	32	1	16+1	0	2	1	0	0	5	0	8	0
27	DF	UKR	Dmytro Chyhrynskyi	37	2	23	1	3	0	1	1	2	0	8	0
28	DF	UKR	Oleksiy Polyanskyi	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	UKR	Andriy Pyatov	43	0	24	0	3	0	0	0	7	0	9	0
32	DF	UKR	Mykola Ishchenko	27	0	11+2	0	3	0	1	0	2+2	0	6	0
33	DF	CRO	Darijo Srna	45	5	25	4	1+1	0	1	0	8	1	9	0
36	DF	UKR	Oleksandr Chyzhov	9	0	8+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF	UKR	Artem Fedetskyi	9	1	2+3	1	3	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
55	DF	UKR	Volodymyr Yezerskiy	12	0	8	0	3	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
99	FW	BOL	Marcelo Moreno	21	3	9+5	2	1	1	0	0	2+2	0	0+2	0
Players away on loan:
Players who left Shakhtar Donetsk during the season:
25	FW	BRA	Brandão	21	6	9+3	5	1	0	0+1	0	5+2	1	0	0

Goalscorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Ukrainian Cup	Super Cup	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Cup	Total
1	MF		7	Fernandinho	5	0	0	2	4	12
	MF		8	Jádson	2	1	0	5	4	12
3	FW		10	Yevhen Seleznyov	6	2	0	1	1	10
4	FW		17	Luiz Adriano	4	1	0	1	3	9
5	MF		22	Willian	5	1	0	2	0	8
	FW		21	Oleksandr Hladkyi	5	1	0	2	0	8
7	FW		25	Brandão	5	0	0	1	0	6
8	DF		33	Darijo Srna	4	0	0	1	0	5
9	MF		11	Ilsinho	1	1	0	1	1	4
10	FW		99	Marcelo Moreno	2	1	0	0	0	3
11	MF		19	Oleksiy Gai	2	0	0	0	0	2
	MF		18	Mariusz Lewandowski	1	1	0	0	0	2
	DF		27	Dmytro Chyhrynskyi	1	0	1	0	0	2
	DF		3	Tomáš Hübschman	1	0	0	0	1	2
15	DF		4	Igor Duljaj	1	0	0	0	0	1
	DF		44	Artem Fedetskyi	1	0	0	0	0	1
	FW		9	Nery Castillo	1	0	0	0	0	1
	DF		26	Răzvan Raț	0	1	0	0	0	1
TOTALS					47	10	1	16	14	88

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Ukrainian Cup	Super Cup	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Cup	Total
1	GK		30	Andriy Pyatov	15	2	0	2	3	22
2	GK		12	Rustam Khudzhamov	3	0	0	0	0	3
TOTALS					18	2	0	2	3	25

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Ukrainian Cup		Super Cup		Champions League		UEFA Cup		Total
3		DF	Tomáš Hübschman	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	8	0
4		DF	Igor Duljaj	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5		DF	Oleksandr Kucher	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	4	0
7		MF	Fernandinho	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	6	2
8		MF	Jádson	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	1
10		FW	Yevhen Seleznyov	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
11		MF	Ilsinho	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
13		DF	Vyacheslav Shevchuk	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
17		FW	Luiz Adriano	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	0
18		DF	Mariusz Lewandowski	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
19		MF	Oleksiy Gai	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21		FW	Oleksandr Hladkyi	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	5	0
22		MF	Willian	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
26		DF	Răzvan Raț	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
27		DF	Dmytro Chyhrynskyi	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	7	0
30		GK	Andriy Pyatov	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
32		DF	Mykola Ishchenko	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	0
33		DF	Darijo Srna	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	9	0
36		DF	Oleksandr Chyzhov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
44		DF	Artem Fedetskyi	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
99		FW	Marcelo Moreno	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players away on loan:
Players who left Shakhtar Donetsk during the season:
25		FW	Brandão	6	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	10	1
			TOTALS	41	3	6	1	1	0	22	0	17	0	87	4