2025–26 FC Shakhtar Donetsk season
{{Infobox football club season
| club = Shakhtar Donetsk
| season = 2025–26
| image =
| manager = Arda Turan
| chairman = Rinat Akhmetov
| stadium = Arena Lviv {{small|(League)}}
Arena AufSchalke {{small|(Europe)}}
| league = {{nowrap|Premier League}}
| league result = {{nowrap|Preseason}}
| cup1 = {{nowrap|Ukrainian Cup}}
| cup1 result = {{nowrap|Preseason}}
| cup2 = {{nowrap|UEFA Champions League}}
| cup2 result = {{nowrap|Second qualifying round}}
| league topscorer =
| season topscorer =
| highest attendance =
| lowest attendance =
| average attendance =
| prevseason = 2024–25
| nextseason = 2026–27
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The 2025–26 season is FC Shakhtar Donetsk's 35th season in existence and the club's 27th consecutive season in the top flight of Ukrainian football. In addition to the domestic league, Shakhtar Donetsk will participate in the Ukrainian Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026.
Season events
On 27 May, Shakhtar announced Arda Turan as their new Head Coach, on a two-year contract.{{cite web |title=Арда Туран – новий головний тренер Шахтаря |url=https://shakhtar.com/uk-ua/news/2025/may/27_news/27_arda-turan/ |website=shakhtar.com |publisher=FC Shakhtar Donetsk |access-date=27 May 2025 |language=Ukrainian |date=27 May 2025}}
On 11 July, Shakhtar announced the return of Marlon Santos.{{cite web |title=Марлон повертається до Шахтаря |url=https://shakhtar.com/uk-ua/news/2025/july/11_news/11_marlon-returns-to-shakhtar/ |website=shakhtar.com |publisher=FC Shakhtar Donetsk |access-date=13 July 2025 |language=Ukrainian |date=11 July 2025}}
Squad
{{updated|match played 10 July 2025}}{{Cite web|url=https://shakhtar.com/ru-ru/players/first-team/|title = Основной состав ФК "Шахтер" | Официальный сайт ФК "Шахтер" (Донецк)}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%; width:95%;" |
| style="background:orange; color:#000000; text-align:center;"| Number
! style="background:orange; color:#000000; text-align:center;"| Player ! style="background:orange; color:#000000; text-align:center;"| Nationality ! style="background:orange; color:#000000; text-align:center;"| Position ! style="background:orange; color:#000000; text-align:center;"| Date of birth (age) ! style="background:orange; color:#000000; text-align:center;"| Signed from ! style="background:orange; color:#000000; text-align:center;"| Signed in ! style="background:orange; color:#000000; text-align:center;"| Contract ends ! style="background:orange; color:#000000; text-align:center;"| Apps. ! style="background:orange; color:#000000; text-align:center;"| Goals |
|---|
| colspan="11" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Goalkeepers |
| 12
| Tymur Puzankov | {{flagicon|UKR}} | GK | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2003|03|4}} | Academy | 2021 | | 0 | 0 |
| 23
| {{flagicon|UKR}} | GK | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2002|8|7}} | 6 | 0 |
| 31
| {{flagicon|UKR}} | GK | {{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|01|30}} | 76 | 0 |
| 34
| Rostyslav Bahlay | {{flagicon|UKR}} | GK | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2008|2|1}} | Academy | 2024 | | 0 | 0 |
| 35
| Vladyslav Kravets | {{flagicon|UKR}} | GK | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2005|1|28}} | Academy | 2021 | | 0 | 0 |
| 48
| Denys Tvardovskyi | {{flagicon|UKR}} | GK | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2003|6|13}} | Academy | 2023 | | 3 | 0 |
| colspan="11" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Defenders |
| 3
| Diego Arroyo | {{flagicon|BOL}} | DF | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2005|4|29}} | 1 | 0 |
| 5
| {{flagicon|UKR}} | DF | {{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|02|27}} | Academy | 2019 | | 141 | 2 |
| 12
| {{flagicon|GEO}} | DF | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|02|14}} | 36 | 1 |
| 13
| {{flagicon|BRA}} | DF | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2002|7|11}} | 43 | 0 |
| 16
| {{flagicon|GEO}} | DF | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2002|2|21}} | 47 | 0 |
| 17
| {{flagicon|BRA}} | DF | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2004|02|23}} | 27 | 0 |
| 18
| {{flagicon|TUN}} | DF | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|7|24}} | 13 | 0 |
| 22
| {{flagicon|UKR}} | DF | {{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|05|02}} | Academy | 2015 | 133 | 16 |
| 26
| {{flagicon|UKR}} | DF | {{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|08|26}} | Academy | 2017 | | 88 | 5 |
| 65
| Mykola Ogarkov | {{flagicon|UKR}} | DF | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2005|02|18}} | Academy | 2024 | | 1 | 0 |
| 74
| {{flagicon|UKR}} | DF | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2003|08|28}} | Academy | 2022 | | 6 | 0 |
| | Marlon Santos
| {{flagicon|BRA}} | DF | {{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|09|07}} | Unattached | | 22 | 0 |
| colspan="11" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Midfielders |
| 6
| {{flagicon|BRA}} | MF | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2003|12|14}} | 48 | 8 |
| 8
| {{flagicon|UKR}} | MF | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|10|06}} | Academy | 2019 | | 93 | 12 |
| 9
| {{flagicon|UKR}} | MF | {{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|07|16}} | 43 | 8 |
| 10
| {{flagicon|UKR}} | MF | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2002|09|01}} | Academy | 2020 | 137 | 34 |
| 11
| Kevin | {{flagicon|BRA}} | MF | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2003|01|04}} | 53 | 13 |
| 20
| {{flagicon|UKR}} | MF | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2004|04|20}} | Academy | 2022 | | 6 | 1 |
| 21
| {{flagicon|UKR}} | MF | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|8|21}} | Academy | 2020 | 124 | 28 |
| 24
| {{flagicon|UKR}} | MF | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2006|2|4}} | Academy | 8 | 0 |
| 27
| {{flagicon|UKR}} | MF | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2003|03|25}} | Academy | 2020 | 18 | 1 |
| 29
| {{flagicon|UKR}} | MF | {{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|07|10}} | 68 | 3 |
| 38
| Pedrinho | {{flagicon|BRA}} | MF | {{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|04|13}} | Benfica | 53 | 6 |
| 39
| Newerton | {{flagicon|BRA}} | MF | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2005|6|3}} | 44 | 6 |
| colspan="11" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Forwards |
| 2
| {{flagicon|BFA}} | FW | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|01|12}} | Ajax | 95 | 24 |
| 7
| {{flagicon|BRA}} | FW | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2004|8|9}} | 57 | 10 |
| 19
| {{flagicon|BRA}} | FW | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2006|3|28}} | 11 | 2 |
| 30
| {{flagicon|BRA}} | FW | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2005|9|21}} | 13 | 3 |
| colspan="11" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Away on loan |
| 20
| {{flagicon|UKR}} | MF | {{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|03|12}} | Academy | 2017 | | 18 | 0 |
| 25
| {{flagicon|UKR}} | MF | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2004|05|16}} | Academy | 2021 | | 0 | 0 |
| 32
| {{flagicon|UKR}} | DF | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2003|04|19}} | Academy | 2021 | | 8 | 0 |
| 55
| {{flagicon|GEO}} | DF | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2004|3|18}} | 0 | 0 |
| 77
| {{flagicon|TJK}} | MF | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2004|08|1}} | Atyrau | 2 | 0 |
| | Viktor Korniyenko
| {{flagicon|UKR}} | DF | {{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|02|14}} | Academy | 2016 | | 30 | 1 |
| | Roman Savchenko
| {{flagicon|UKR}} | DF | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2004|2|17}} | Academy | 2021 | | 0 | 0 |
| | Danylo Udod
| {{flagicon|UKR}} | DF | {{birth date and age|df=yes|2004|3|9}} | Academy | 2021 | | 0 | 0 |
| | Ivan Petryak
| {{flagicon|UKR}} | MF | {{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|03|13}} | Fehérvár | 38 | 3 |
| colspan="11" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Players who left during the season |
Transfers
{{main|List of Ukrainian football transfers summer 2025|List of Ukrainian football transfers winter 2025–26}}
=In=
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! style="background:#FF8000; color:black; width:50px;"| Position ! style="background:#FF8000; color:black; width:50px;"| Nationality ! style="background:#FF8000; color:black; width:200px;"| Name ! style="background:#FF8000; color:black; width:200px;"| From ! style="background:#FF8000; color:black; width:200px;"| Fee ! style="background:#FF8000; color:black; width:50px;"| Ref. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 July 2025 | DF | {{flagicon|BRA}} | Marlon Santos | Unattached | Free |
=Out=
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 June 2025 | DF | {{flagicon|ISR}} | Stav Lemkin | Twente | Undisclosed | {{cite web |title=Став Лемкін переходить у Твенте |url=https://shakhtar.com/uk-ua/news/2025/june/27_news/27_lemkin/ |website=shakhtar.com/ |publisher=FC Shakhtar Donetsk |access-date=2 July 2025 |language=Ukrainain |date=27 June 2025}} |
=Loans out=
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| style="background:#FF8000; color:black; width:200px;"| Date from
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 July 2025 | MF | {{flagicon|UKR}} | Kyrylo Siheyev | Tatran Prešov | End of season | {{cite web |title=Ukrajinec KYRYLO SIHEIEV posilňuje zeleno-bielych! |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DMFW9o9Mlaz/?img_index=1 |website=instagram.com/fctatranpresov/ |publisher=1. FC Tatran Prešov Instagram |access-date=14 July 2025 |language=Slovak |date=14 July 2025}} |
Friendlies
{{Football box collapsible
|round =
|date = 4 July 2025
|team1 = ND Gorica
|score = 0–1
|report = https://shakhtar.com/uk-ua/news/2025/july/4_news/4_shakhtar_gorica/
|team2 = Shakhtar Donetsk
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Eguinaldo {{goal|51}}
|stadium = Brdo Elegance Hotel sports complex
|location = Predoslje, Slovenia
|attendance = 100
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round =
|date = 6 July 2025
|team1 = 1. FC Slovácko
|score = 1–1
|report = https://shakhtar.com/uk-ua/news/2025/july/6_news/6_shakhtar_slovacko/
|team2 = Shakhtar Donetsk
|goals1 = Havlík {{goal|26}}
|goals2 = Newerton {{goal|71}}
|stadium = Brdo Elegance Hotel sports complex
|location = Predoslje, Slovenia
|attendance = 100
|referee =
|result = D
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round =
|date = 11 July 2025
|team1 = Brinje Grosuplje
|score = 0–5
|report = https://www.soccer24.com/match/t6fqBmIb/#/match-summary
|team2 = Shakhtar Donetsk
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Eguinaldo {{goal|45||59}}
Traoré {{goal|47||66}}
Gocholeishvili {{goal|79|pen.}}
|stadium = Brdo Elegance Hotel sports complex
|location = Predoslje, Slovenia
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round =
|date = 18 July 2025
|team1 = Triglav Kranj
|score = –
|report =
|team2 = Shakhtar Donetsk
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Brdo Elegance Hotel sports complex
|location = Predoslje, Slovenia
|attendance =
|referee =
|result =
}}
Competitions
=Overall record=
{{Fb overview2
|c=3
|c1=Premier League |fm1=2025 |lm1= |sr1=Matchday 1 |fp1= |w1=0 |d1=0 |l1=0 |f1=0 |a1=0
|c2=Ukrainian Cup |fm2=2025 |lm2= |sr2= |fp2= |w2=0 |d2=0 |l2=0 |f2=0 |a2=0
|c3=Europa League |fm3=10 July 2025 |lm3= |sr3=First qualifying round |fp3= |w3=1 |d3=0 |l3=0 |f3=6 |a3=0
|u=10 July 2025
|s=Results
}}
=Premier League=
{{main article|2025–26 Ukrainian Premier League}}
==League table==
{{:2025–26 Ukrainian Premier League|showteam=SHA}}
==Results summary==
{{Fb_rs |hw=0 |hd=0 |hl=0 |hgf=0 |hga=0 |aw=0 |ad=0 |al=0 |agf=0 |aga=0 }}
{{Fb_rs footer|u=24 May 2025|s=Results |date=July 2024}}
==Results by round==
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| header=Round
|label1= Ground
| res1=
|label2= Result
| res2=
|label3= Position
| res3=
|text_H=Home|text_A=Away
|color_W=green2|text_W=Win
|color_D=yellow2|text_D=Draw
|color_L=red2|text_L=Loss
|color_1=1st|color_2=2nd|color_3=3rd|color_18-=red1
|updated=24 May 2025
|source=Results
|date=May 2023
| notes=
}}
{{notelist}}
==Results==
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|round = 1
|date = 2 August 2025
|team1 = Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi
|score = –
|report =
|team2 = Shakhtar Donetsk
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium =
|location =
|attendance =
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=Ukrainian Cup=
=UEFA Europa League=
{{main article|2025–26 UEFA Europa League}}
==Qualifying phase==
{{main|2025–26 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = First qualifying round 1st leg
|date = 10 July 2025
|team1 = Shakhtar Donetsk {{fbicon|UKR}}
|score = 6–0
|team2 = {{fbicon|FIN}} Ilves
|goals1 = Alisson {{goal|26||47}}
Kauã Elias {{goal|43}}
Kevin {{goal|74}}
Pedrinho {{goal|87}}
Newerton {{goal|90}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stožice Stadium
|location = Ljubljana, Slovenia
|attendance = 650
|referee = Marc Nagtegaal (Netherlands)
|result = W
|note = Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0272-148740475a92-1b97baa3e9d7-1000/ |title=Decisions from today's extraordinary UEFA Executive Committee meeting |work=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=25 February 2022 |access-date=25 February 2022}}
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = First qualifying round 2nd leg
|date = 17 July 2025
|team1 = Ilves {{fbicon|FIN}}
|score = –
|aggregatescore = –
|team2 = {{fbicon|UKR}} Shakhtar Donetsk
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Tammelan Stadion
|location = Tampere, Finland
|attendance =
|referee = Mohammad Usman Aslam (Norway)
|result =
}}
Squad statistics
{{updated|match played 10 July 2025}}
=Appearances and goals=
{{Efs start|Premier League|Ukrainian Cup|Europa League}}
{{Efs player|no=5 |name=Valeriy Bondar|pos=DF|nat=UKR |0|0|0|0|1|0}}
{{Efs player|no=6 |name=Marlon Gomes|pos=MF|nat=BRA |0|0|0|0|1|0}}
{{Efs player|no=10|name=Heorhiy Sudakov|pos=MF|nat=UKR |0|0|0|0|1|0}}
{{Efs player|no=11|name=Kevin|pos=MF|nat=BRA |0|0|0|0|1|1}}
{{Efs player|no=13|name=Pedrinho|pos=DF|nat=BRA |0|0|0|0|1|0}}
{{Efs player|no=17|name=Vinicius Tobias|pos=DF|nat=BRA |0|0|0|0|0+1|0}}
{{Efs player|no=19|name=Kauã Elias|pos=FW|nat=BRA |0|0|0|0|1|1}}
{{Efs player|no=21|name=Artem Bondarenko|pos=MF|nat=UKR |0|0|0|0|1|0}}
{{Efs player|no=22|name=Mykola Matviyenko|pos=DF|nat=UKR |0|0|0|0|1|0}}
{{Efs player|no=26|name=Yukhym Konoplya|pos=DF|nat=UKR |0|0|0|0|1|0}}
{{Efs player|no=27|name=Oleh Ocheretko|pos=MF|nat=UKR |0|0|0|0|0+1|0}}
{{Efs player|no=29|name=Yehor Nazaryna|pos=MF|nat=UKR |0|0|0|0|0+1|0}}
{{Efs player|no=30|name=Alisson Santana|pos=FW|nat=BRA |0|0|0|0|1|2}}
{{Efs player|no=31|name=Dmytro Riznyk|pos=GK|nat=UKR |0|0|0|0|1|0}}
{{Efs player|no=38|name=Pedrinho|pos=MF|nat=BRA |0|0|0|0|0+1|1}}
{{Efs player|no=39|name=Newerton|pos=MF|nat=BRA |0|0|0|0|0+1|1}}
|-
|colspan="16"|Players away on loan:
|-
|colspan="16"|Players who left Shakhtar Donetsk during the season:
|}
=Goalscorers=
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| width=20|Place
!width=20|Position !width=20|Nation !width=20|Number !width=150|Name !width=150|Premier League !width=150|Ukrainian Cup !width=150|Europa League !width=80|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | {{flagicon|BRA}} | 30 | Alisson Santana | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| rowspan="4"|2 | FW | {{flagicon|BRA}} | 19 | Kauã Elias | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| |MF | {{flagicon|BRA}} | 11 | Kevin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| |MF | {{flagicon|BRA}} | 38 | Pedrinho | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| |MF | {{flagicon|BRA}} | 39 | Newerton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| colspan="5"|TOTALS | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
=Clean sheets=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;" | ||||||||
| width=20|Place
!width=20|Position !width=20|Nation !width=20|Number !width=150|Name !width=150|Premier League !width=150|Ukrainian Cup !width=150|Europa League !width=80|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | {{flagicon|UKR}} | 31 | Dmytro Riznyk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| colspan="5"|TOTALS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Notes
{{reflist|group=note}}
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
- [http://shakhtar.com/ Official website]
{{FC Shakhtar Donetsk}}
{{2025–26 in Ukrainian football}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:2025-26 FC Shakhtar Donetsk season}}