# 2008–09 FC Shakhtar Donetsk season

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. 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 | 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 | Name | From | Fee |
| 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 | Name | To | Date To |
| 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 | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | 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 | 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 53 | 34 | 10 | 9 | 88 | 34 | +54 | 064.15 |
Last updated: 31 May 2009 Source: Results

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |

#### Results
### UEFA Champions League
#### Qualifying rounds
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | |

### UEFA Cup
#### Final
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 31 May 2009

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Ukrainian Cup | Ukrainian Cup | Supercup | Supercup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Cup | 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 11 | MF | | 18 | Mariusz Lewandowski | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | | 27 | Dmytro Chyhrynskyi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | | 3 | Tomáš Hübschman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | | 4 | Igor Duljaj | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | | 44 | Artem Fedetskyi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | FW | | 9 | Nery Castillo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | | 26 | Răzvan Raț | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 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 | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 25 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Ukrainian Cup | Ukrainian Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup | Champions League | Champions League | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | Total | 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 |