2008–09 FC Shakhtar Donetsk season

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
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

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

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.^[1] On the same day, Shakhtar also announced the signing of Oleksandr Chyzhov from Vorskla Poltava.^[2]

In January 2009, Shakhtar Donetsk sold Brandão to Marseille for a fee of €6,000,000.^[3]

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.^[4]

Squad

As of match played 31 May 2009^[5]

Number	Name	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^[2]		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^[1]		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^[4]
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	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	^[2]
28 May 2008	FW	Marcelo Moreno	Cruzeiro	€9,000,000	^[1]
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	^[3]

Loans out

Date From	Position	Name	To	Date To	Ref.
25 March 2008	DF	Leonardo	São Caetano	30 November 2008	^[6]
3 August 2008	GK	Jan Laštůvka	West Ham United	End of season	^[7]
9 February 2009	DF	Leonardo	Vasco da Gama	18 June 2009	^[4]

Competitions

Overall

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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

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

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Qualifying rounds

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)

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

Pos	Team v t e	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	Advance to knockout phase
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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

Knockout stage

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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	Number	Name	Premier League	Ukrainian Cup	Super Cup	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Cup	Total
1	MF	7	Fernandinho	5	0	0	2	4	12
1	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
5	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	Number	Name	Premier League	Ukrainian Cup	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Cup	Total
1	GK	30	Andriy Pyatov	15	2	2	3	22
2	GK	12	Rustam Khudzhamov	3	0	0	0	3
TOTALS				18	2	2	3	25

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Shakhtar swoop for Bolivian starlet". uefa.com/. UEFA. 28 May 2008. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Чижов - в Шахтере!". football.ua/ (in Russian). Football UA. 28 May 2008. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Marseille agree deal for Brandão". uefa.com/. UEFA. 13 January 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Leonardo joins Vasco da Gama on loan". shakhtar.com/. FC Shakhtar Donetsk. 9 February 2009. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
^ "FootballSquads - Shakhtar Donetsk - 2008/09".
^ "Leonardo joins São Caetano on loan basis". shakhtar.com/. FC Shakhtar Donetsk. 25 March 2008. Archived from the original on 20 July 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
^ "Lastuvka joins West Ham on loan". BBC Sport. 4 August 2008. Retrieved 11 April 2012.

Notes

[Marcelo_Moreno-1] "Shakhtar swoop for Bolivian starlet". uefa.com/. UEFA. 28 May 2008. Retrieved 17 August 2021.

[Oleksandr_Chyzhov-2] "Чижов - в Шахтере!". football.ua/ (in Russian). Football UA. 28 May 2008. Retrieved 20 August 2021.

[Brandão_Marseille-3] "Marseille agree deal for Brandão". uefa.com/. UEFA. 13 January 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2021.

[Leonardo_Loan_2-4] "Leonardo joins Vasco da Gama on loan". shakhtar.com/. FC Shakhtar Donetsk. 9 February 2009. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2021.

[5] "FootballSquads - Shakhtar Donetsk - 2008/09".

[6] "Leonardo joins São Caetano on loan basis". shakhtar.com/. FC Shakhtar Donetsk. 25 March 2008. Archived from the original on 20 July 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2021.

[7] "Lastuvka joins West Ham on loan". BBC Sport. 4 August 2008. Retrieved 11 April 2012.

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