2017–18 FC Shakhtar Donetsk season

Shakhtar Donetsk
2017–18 season
ChairmanRinat Akhmetov
ManagerPaulo Fonseca
StadiumDonbass Arena
Premier League1st
Ukrainian CupWinners
Super CupWinners
UEFA Champions LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Facundo Ferreyra (21)
All: Facundo Ferreyra (30)
Highest home attendance35,124 vs Roma
Lowest home attendance1,350 vs Veres Rivne
Average home league attendance7,466

The 2017–18 Shakhtar Donetsk season is the club's 27th season.

Squad[edit]

The squad is as of 2 March 2018.[1]

Squad no. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
26 Mykyta Shevchenko Ukraine GK (1993-01-26) 26 January 1993 (age 31)
30 Andriy Pyatov Ukraine GK (1984-06-28) 28 June 1984 (age 39)
55 Oleh Kudryk Ukraine GK (1996-10-17) 17 October 1996 (age 27)
Defenders
2 Bohdan Butko Ukraine DF (1991-01-13) 13 January 1991 (age 33)
4 Serhiy Kryvtsov Ukraine DF (1991-03-15) 15 March 1991 (age 33)
5 Davit Khocholava Georgia (country) DF (1993-02-08) 8 February 1993 (age 31)
18 Ivan Ordets Ukraine DF (1992-07-08) 8 July 1992 (age 31)
22 Mykola Matviyenko Ukraine DF (1996-05-02) 2 May 1996 (age 27)
31 Ismaily Brazil DF (1990-01-11) 11 January 1990 (age 34)
33 Darijo Srna Croatia DF (1982-05-01) 1 May 1982 (age 41)
44 Yaroslav Rakitskiy Ukraine DF (1989-08-03) 3 August 1989 (age 34)
98 Dodô Brazil DF (1998-11-17) 17 November 1998 (age 25)
Midfielders
6 Taras Stepanenko Ukraine MF (1989-08-08) 8 August 1989 (age 34)
7 Taison Brazil MF (1988-01-13) 13 January 1988 (age 36)
8 Fred Brazil MF (1993-03-05) 5 March 1993 (age 31)
9 Dentinho Brazil MF (1989-01-19) 19 January 1989 (age 35)
10 Bernard Brazil MF (1992-09-08) 8 September 1992 (age 31)
11 Marlos Ukraine MF (1988-06-07) 7 June 1988 (age 35)
12 Wellington Nem Brazil MF (1992-02-06) 6 February 1992 (age 32)
17 Maksym Malyshev Ukraine MF (1992-12-24) 24 December 1992 (age 31)
20 Vyacheslav Tankovskyi Ukraine MF (1995-08-16) 16 August 1995 (age 28)
21 Alan Patrick Brazil MF (1991-02-13) 13 February 1991 (age 33)
24 Dmytro Hrechyshkin Ukraine MF (1991-09-22) 22 September 1991 (age 32)
34 Ivan Petryak Ukraine MF (1994-03-13) 13 March 1994 (age 30)
59 Oleksandr Zubkov Ukraine MF (1996-08-03) 3 August 1996 (age 27)
74 Viktor Kovalenko Ukraine MF (1996-02-14) 14 February 1996 (age 28)
Forwards
19 Facundo Ferreyra Argentina FW (1991-03-14) 14 March 1991 (age 33)
86 Ruslan Fomin Ukraine FW (1986-03-02) 2 March 1986 (age 38)
88 Olarenwaju Kayode Nigeria FW (1993-05-08) 8 May 1993 (age 30)
99 Gustavo Blanco Leschuk Argentina FW (1991-11-05) 5 November 1991 (age 32)

Other players under the contract[edit]

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 Ukraine UKR Dmytro Shevchenko
59 MF Ukraine UKR Mykyta Adamenko
FW Ukraine UKR Artur Zahorulko
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Belarus BLR Ilya Vasilevich
90 FW Ukraine UKR Artem Dudik

U21 team squad[edit]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF Ukraine UKR Volodymyr Hrachov
16 DF Ukraine UKR Serhiy Chobotenko
41 FW Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Arabidze
54 GK Ukraine UKR Yevhen Hrytsenko
58 DF Ukraine UKR Yevhen Chahovets
60 MF Ukraine UKR Illya Putrya
61 MF Ukraine UKR Dmytro Topalov
62 MF Ukraine UKR Vladyslav Yakymets
63 FW Ukraine UKR Oleksandr Hlahola
No. Pos. Nation Player
64 FW Ukraine UKR Roman Yalovenko
65 DF Ukraine UKR Yukhym Konoplya
69 DF Ukraine UKR Danylo Sahutkin
70 GK Ukraine UKR Ruslan Yefanov
75 MF Ukraine UKR Viktor Korniyenko
76 DF Azerbaijan AZE Murad Khachayev
77 DF Ukraine UKR Valeriy Bondar
91 DF Ukraine UKR Andriy Zaporoshchenko

New contracts[edit]

No. Pos Player Date Source
4 DF Ukraine Serhiy Kryvtsov 27 April 2017 [2]
6 MF Ukraine Taras Stepanenko 30 May 2017 [3]
7 MF Brazil Taison 25 May 2017 [4]
24 MF Ukraine Vyacheslav Tankovskyi 15 June 2017 [5]
30 GK Ukraine Andriy Pyatov 10 April 2018 [6]
33 DF Croatia Darijo Srna 1 May 2017 [7]
44 DF Ukraine Yaroslav Rakitskiy 28 April 2017 [8]
59 MF Ukraine Oleksandr Zubkov 22 June 2017 [9]
95 DF Ukraine Eduard Sobol 15 June 2017 [10]

Transfers[edit]

Transfer in[edit]

Date Position No. Player From club Fee Ref.
11 April 2017 DF 5 Georgia (country) Davit Khocholava Ukraine Chornomorets Odesa Free [11]
18 August 2017 FW 90 Ukraine Artem Dudik Ukraine Volyn Lutsk Free [12]
8 December 2017 DF 98 Brazil Dodô Brazil Coritiba €2,000,000 [13]
2 February 2018 FW 86 Ukraine Ruslan Fomin Ukraine Mariupol Free [14]
15 April 2018 FW 89 Belarus Ilya Vasilevich Belarus Baranovichi Free [15]
Total €2,000,000

Transfer out[edit]

Date Position No. Player To club Fee Ref.
30 May 2017 MF 95 Ukraine Ruslan Malinovskyi Belgium Genk €3,000,000 [16]
1 June 2017 DF 5 Ukraine Oleksandr Kucher Turkey Kayserispor Free [17]
1 June 2017 DF 14 Ukraine Vasyl Kobin Ukraine Veres Free [18]
1 June 2017 GK 32 Ukraine Anton Kanibolotskiy Azerbaijan Qarabağ Free [19]
19 June 2017 MF Ukraine Vitaliy Koltsov Ukraine Mariupol Free [20]
20 June 2017 MF Ukraine Artur Avahimyan Ukraine Mariupol Free [21]
29 June 2017 MF Ukraine Serhiy Horbunov Ukraine Mariupol Free [22]
1 July 2017 MF Ukraine Ihor Sukhaninskyi Ukraine Metalist 1925 Free [23]
11 July 2017 DF Ukraine Illya Hlushytskyi Ukraine Helios Free [24]
12 July 2017 MF Ukraine Yevhen Prodanov Ukraine Mariupol Free [25]
22 July 2017 DF Ukraine Maksym Zhychykov Lithuania Jonava Free [26]
24 August 2017 MF 24 Ukraine Oleksandr Karavayev Ukraine Zorya Free [27]
16 December 2017 DF Ukraine Mykhaylo Pysko Ukraine Rukh Free [28]
8 February 2018 GK Ukraine Andriy Bubentsov Ukraine Sumy Free [29]
12 February 2018 MF 64 Ukraine Yuriy Hluschuk Ukraine Vorskla Free [30]
14 February 2018 MF Ukraine Oleksandr Mihunov Kazakhstan Shakhter Free [31][32][33]
20 February 2018 MF Ukraine Valeriy Hryshyn Maldives Valencia Free [34]
Total €3,000,000

Loan in[edit]

Date Position No. Player From club Fee Ref.
2 March 2018 FW 88 Nigeria Olarenwaju Kayode England Manchester City Free [35]
Total €0

Loan out[edit]

Date Position No. Player To club Fee Ref.
13 June 2017 MF 72 Ukraine Vyacheslav Churko Ukraine Mariupol Free [36]
15 June 2017 FW Ukraine Vladyslav Kulach Ukraine Vorskla Free [37]
20 June 2017 FW 41 Ukraine Andriy Boryachuk Ukraine Mariupol Free [38]
23 June 2017 MF Ukraine Oleh Danchenko Russia Anzhi Free [39]
27 June 2017 DF Ukraine Ihor Duts Ukraine Rukh Free [40]
28 June 2017 DF 52 Ukraine Ihor Kyryukhantsev Ukraine Mariupol Free [41]
7 July 2017 MF 50 Ukraine Serhiy Bolbat Ukraine Mariupol Free [42]
12 July 2017 DF Ukraine Yuriy Senytskyi Ukraine Mariupol Free [43]
22 July 2017 MF 58 Ukraine Andriy Korobenko Ukraine Mariupol Free [44]
8 August 2017 DF 95 Ukraine Eduard Sobol Czech Republic Slavia Free [45]
8 August 2017 FW Ukraine Denys Bezborodko Ukraine Desna Free [46]
2 September 2017 MF 29 Ukraine Andriy Totovytskyi Ukraine Mariupol Free [47]
2 September 2017 FW Ukraine Vladyslav Buhay Ukraine Mariupol Free [48]
11 January 2018 DF 66 Brazil Márcio Azevedo Greece PAOK €400,000 [49]
25 January 2018 DF Ukraine Serhiy Vakulenko Ukraine Olimpik Free [50][51][52]
2 February 2018 DF Ukraine Taras Kacharaba Czech Republic Slovan Free [53][54][55]
12 February 2018 FW 50 Ukraine Pylyp Budkivskyi Russia Anzhi Free [56][57][58]
12 February 2018 DF 82 Ukraine Oleksandr Masalov Ukraine Kolos Free [59]
12 February 2018 MF 67 Ukraine Oleksandr Pikhalyonok Ukraine Mariupol Free [60]
14 February 2018 MF 60 Ukraine Oleksiy Zinkevych Ukraine Oleksandriya Free [61]
23 February 2018 MF 68 Ukraine Denys Arendaruk Ukraine Mariupol Free [62]
23 February 2018 MF 73 Ukraine Danylo Ihnatenko Ukraine Mariupol Free [63]
5 March 2018 MF 24 Ukraine Serhiy Hryn Ukraine Arsenal Kyiv Free [64]
Total €400,000

Loan return[edit]

Date Position No. Player From club Fee Ref.
1 January 2018 FW Ukraine Artur Zahorulko Ukraine Vorskla Free [65][66]
1 January 2018 MF 12 Brazil Nem Brazil São Paulo Free [67]
11 January 2018 DF 25 Ukraine Mykola Matviyenko Ukraine Vorskla Free [68][69]
14 January 2018 MF 22 Ukraine Dmytro Hrechyshkin Ukraine Zorya Free [70][71]
2 February 2018 MF 20 Ukraine Vyacheslav Tankovskyi Ukraine Mariupol Free [72][73]
Total €0

2017–18 selection by nationality[edit]

Nationality Ukraine Brazil Argentina Croatia Georgia (country) Azerbaijan Nigeria Total players
Current squad selection 17 8 2 1 1 - 1 30
Youth/reserves squad selection 15 - - - 1 1 - 17
Players out on loan 22 1 - - - - - 23

Friendlies[edit]

29 June 2017 Rödinghausen Germany 3 – 4 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Marienfeld
18:00 EEST (UTC+3) Möllering 12'
Steffen 72'
Brosch 87'
Summary Taison 32'
Ferreyra 55'
Srna 77'
Alan Patrick 85'
Stadium: Hotel-Residence Klosterpforte
Attendance: 0
Referee: Markus Tzyna
1 July 2017 Bochum Germany 0 – 2 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Dülmen
17:30 EEST (UTC+3) Summary Rakitskiy 15'
Dentinho 43'
Stadium: Stadion am Grenzweg
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Thorben Siewer
3 July 2017 Odense Denmark 2 – 3 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Barsinghausen
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Jacobsen 10'
Grytebust Yellow card 46'
Uzochukwu 49'
Summary Stepanenko Yellow card 16'
Taison 47' (pen.), 54'
Ismaily 73'
Stadium: August-Wenzel-Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Harm Osmers
5 July 2017 Holstein Germany 0 – 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Braunschweig
18:50 EEST (UTC+3) Summary Khocholava Yellow card 84' Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 600
Referee: Erik Muller
7 July 2017 Charleroi Belgium 2 – 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Bochum
EEST (UTC+3) Pollet 48'
Benavente 76'
Summary Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bastien Bommer
7 September 2017 FC Mariupol Ukraine 2 – 3 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Shchaslyve
11:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Bolbat 54' (pen.)
Kisil 84'
Report Blanco Leschuk 7'
Ferreyra 13'
Taison 86'
Stadium: Knyazha Arena
Attendance: 0
20 January 2018 Ludogorets Razgrad Bulgaria 2 – 2 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Belek, Turkey
16:00 EEST (UTC+3) Marcelinho 42'
João Paulo 70'
Summary Zubkov 57'
Ferreyra 63'
Stadium: Regnum Sports Centre
Attendance: 50
24 January 2018 Dinamo Zagreb Croatia 1 – 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Belek, Turkey
10:00EEST (UTC+3) Hodžić 67' Summary Stadium: Regnum Sports Centre
Attendance: 100
30 January 2018 Copenhagen Denmark 2 – 1 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Dubai
14:00 EEST (UTC+3) Boilesen Yellow card 36'
Skov 45'
Ankersen 49'
Summary Ferreyra Yellow card 53'
Taison 57'
Rakitskiy Yellow card 86'
Stadium: Rashid Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Salem Yousef
3 February 2018 Slavia Prague Czech Republic 2 – 3 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Dubai
14:00EEST (UTC+3) Stoch 17', Yellow card 42'
Hromada Yellow card 36'
van Buren Yellow card 45'
Škoda 52'
Frydrych Yellow card 75'
Summary Ferreyra Yellow card 28', 39', 59'
Ismaily 30'
Fred Yellow card 36'
Rakitskiy Yellow card 67'
Stadium: Rashid Stadium
Referee: Abdulla Ajel
6 February 2018 Jiangsu Suning China 1 – 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Dubai
14:00EEST (UTC+3) Cao Haiqing 77' Summary Stadium: Rashid Stadium
7 February 2018 AIK Sweden 0 – 2 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Dubai
9:00EEST (UTC+3) Summary Rakitskiy Yellow card 4'
Marlos Yellow card 4' Yellow-red card 53' 48'
Ferreyra 90+2'
Stadium: Nad Al Sheba Sports Complex
Referee: Sultan Mohamed Saleh

Competitions[edit]

Overall[edit]

Competition Started round Current
position
Final
position
First match Last match
Premier League Matchday 1 Winners 18 July 2017 19 May 2018
Cup Round of 16 Winners 25 October 2017 9 May 2018
Super Cup Final Winners 15 July 2017 15 July 2017
Champions League Group stage Round of 16 13 September 2017 13 March 2018

Updated to match played 14 May 2018
Source: Competitions

Overview[edit]

Competition Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premier League 32 24 3 5 71 24 +47 075.00
Super Cup 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100.00
Cup 4 4 0 0 15 4 +11 100.00
Champions League 8 5 0 3 11 11 +0 062.50
Total 45 34 3 8 99 39 +60 075.56

Updated to match played 20 May 2018
Source: Competitions

Ukrainian Super Cup[edit]

15 July 2017 Shakhtar Donetsk 2 – 0 Dynamo Kyiv Odesa
21:00 EEST (UTC+3) Ferreyra 8', 56'
Stepanenko Yellow card 28' Yellow-red card 80'
Bernard Yellow card 31'
Summary Buyalskyi Yellow card 45'
Sydorchuk Yellow card 90+2'
Stadium: Chornomorets Stadium
Attendance: 34,164
Referee: Kostyantin Trukhanov

Ukrainian Premier League[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Shakhtar Donetsk 22 16 3 3 51 18 +33 51 Qualification for the Championship round
2 Dynamo Kyiv 22 13 6 3 42 20 +22 45
3 Vorskla Poltava 22 11 4 7 28 22 +6 37
4 Zorya Luhansk 22 8 9 5 38 28 +10 33
5 Veres Rivne 22 7 11 4 26 17 +9 32
Source: Ukrainian Premier League (in Ukrainian), UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Draw.
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zirka Kropyvnytskyi 1–5 Desna Chernihiv 1–1 0–4
Chornomorets Odesa 1–3 FC Poltava 1–0 0–3 (a.e.t.)

Championship round[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Shakhtar Donetsk (C) 32 24 3 5 71 24 +47 75 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Dynamo Kyiv 32 22 7 3 64 25 +39 73 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Vorskla Poltava 32 14 7 11 37 35 +2 49 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
4 Zorya Luhansk 32 11 10 11 44 44 0 43 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]
5 FC Mariupol 32 10 9 13 38 41 −3 39 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
Source: Ukrainian Premier League (in Ukrainian), UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Draw.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Since the winners of the 2017–18 Ukrainian Cup, Shakhtar Donetsk, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the third-placed team, the spot awarded to the third-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team.
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zirka Kropyvnytskyi 1–5 Desna Chernihiv 1–1 0–4
Chornomorets Odesa 1–3 FC Poltava 1–0 0–3 (a.e.t.)

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
32 24 3 5 71 24  +47 75 11 1 3 33 10  +23 13 2 2 38 14  +24

Results by round[edit]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132
GroundAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHHAAHAAHHAHHA
ResultWLWWWWWWDWWWDDWLWWLWWWWWWWLWWWWL
Position14222211211111111111111111111111
Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2018. Source: Socceraway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results[edit]

18 July 2017 1 Vorskla Poltava 0 – 3 Shakhtar Donetsk Poltava
19:00 EEST (UTC+3) Sklyar Yellow card 20'
Sapay Yellow card 65'
Chyzhov Yellow card 87'
Summary Ferreyra 27'
Kovalenko Yellow card 59'
Marlos 66'
Kryvtsov Yellow card 75'
Alan Patrick 90+4'
Stadium: Vorskla Stadium
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk
22 July 2017 2 Shakhtar Donetsk 0 – 1 Dynamo Kyiv Kharkiv
19:30 EEST (UTC+3) Marlos Yellow card 88' Summary Mbokani 46'
González Yellow card 53'
Koval Yellow card 68'
Sydorchuk Yellow card 84'
Khacheridi Yellow card 84'
Korzun Yellow card 88'
Stadium: OSC Metalist
Attendance: 14,168
Referee: Yuriy Mozharovsky
29 July 2017 3 Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk 1 – 2 Shakhtar Donetsk Dnipropetrovsk
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Kuzyk 9'
Tymchyk Yellow card 90+3'
Knysh Yellow card 90+5'
Danielyan Yellow card 90+6' Yellow-red card 90+7'
Summary Taison 45', Yellow card 52'
Rakitskiy Yellow card 53'
Stepanenko Yellow card 82'
Kryvtsov Yellow card 85'
Fred Yellow card 90'
Dentinho Yellow card 90+2'
Blanco Leschuk 90+5'
Marlos Yellow card 90+6'
Stadium: Meteor Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Ivan Bondar
5 August 2017 4 Shakhtar Donetsk 3 – 1 Mariupol Kharkiv
19:30 EEST (UTC+3) Bernard 7', Yellow card 32'
Marlos 42'
Rakitskiy Yellow card 61'
Kryvtsov 67'
Stepanenko Yellow card 77'
Petryak Yellow card 86'
Summary Tyschenko Yellow card 62', 72'
Bilyi Yellow card 74'
Stadium: OSC Metalist
Attendance: 9,141
Referee: Mykola Balakin
12 August 2017 5 Oleksandriya 1 – 2 Shakhtar Donetsk Oleksandriya
19:30 EEST (UTC+3) Banada 38'
Zaporozhan Yellow card 60'
Batsula Yellow card 63'
Summary Stepanenko Yellow card 29'
Fred 41', Yellow card 59'
Kryvtsov Yellow card 45+2'
Srna Yellow card 54'
Marlos Yellow card 57'
Kovalenko Yellow card 59'
Ferreyra 60'
Stadium: CSC Nika
Attendance: 3,816
Referee: Yevhen Aranovsky
19 August 2017 6 Shakhtar Donetsk 2 – 0 Olimpik Donetsk Kharkiv
19:30 EEST (UTC+3) Ferreyra 20'
Marlos 57' (pen.)
Rakitskiy Yellow card 89'
Summary Shabanov Yellow card 48'
Postupalenko Yellow card 55'
Lukhtanov Yellow card 75'
Stadium: OSC Metalist
Attendance: 11,254
Referee: Kostyantin Trukhanov
27 August 2017 7 Veres Rivne 1 – 2 Shakhtar Donetsk Lviv[D]
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Fedorchuk 2'
Stepanyuk Yellow card 36'
Voloshynovych Yellow card 68'
Summary Marlos 55', Yellow card 66'
Rakitskiy Yellow card 57'
Fred Yellow card 80'
Dentinho 88'
Taison Yellow card 90+5'
Stadium: Arena Lviv
Attendance: 7,027
Referee: Vitaliy Romanov
9 September 2017 8 Shakhtar Donetsk 3 – 1 Zorya Luhansk Kharkiv
17:00EEST (UTC+3) Bernard Yellow card 10', 89'
Kryvtsov 32'
Opanasenko 70' (o.g.)
Khocholava Yellow card 72'
Summary Hromov 13' Stadium: OSC Metalist
Attendance: 10,580
Referee: Kateryna Monzul
17 September 2017 9 Chornomorets Odesa 0 – 0 Shakhtar Donetsk Odesa
19:30EEST (UTC+3) Wagué Yellow card 72'
Politylo Yellow card 75'
Bamba Yellow card 81'
Musolitin Yellow card 90'
Hutar Yellow card 90+3'
Summary Fred Yellow card 90' Stadium: Chornomorets Stadium
Attendance: 10,642
Referee: Yuriy Mozharovsky
23 September 2017 10 Zirka Kropyvnytskyi 2 – 4 Shakhtar Donetsk Kropyvnytskyi
14:00EEST (UTC+3) Zahalskyi Yellow card 22'
El Hamdaoui 38', Yellow card 57'
Pryadun Yellow card 61'
Rassadkin 76', Yellow card 87'
Polehenko Yellow card 86'
Summary Ferreyra 12', 45'
Marlos 44'
Rakitskiy Yellow card 47'
Stepanenko Yellow card 57'
Ordets Yellow card 66'
Petryak Yellow card 85'
Kovalenko 90+4'
Stadium: Zirka Stadium
Attendance: 3,596
Referee: Yevhen Aranovsky
1 October 2017 11 Shakhtar Donetsk 2 – 0 Karpaty Lviv Kharkiv
17:00EEST (UTC+3) Ferreyra 7'
Fedetskyi 65' (o.g.)
Ordets Yellow card 75'
Bernard Yellow card 89'
Summary Fedetskyi Yellow card 45+1' Stadium: OSC Metalist
Attendance: 10,480
Referee: Oleksandr Derdo
13 October 2017 12 Shakhtar Donetsk 3 – 2 Vorskla Poltava Kharkiv
19:00EEST (UTC+3) Marlos 21'
Ferreyra 36', 82'
Rakitskiy Yellow card 64'
Alan Patrick Yellow card 66'
Summary Kolomoyets 42', 57'
Sapay Yellow card 53'
Sklyar Yellow card 62'
Stadium: OSC Metalist
Attendance: 6,020
Referee: Yuriy Mozharovsky
22 October 2017 13 Dynamo Kyiv 0 – 0 Shakhtar Donetsk Kyiv
19:30EEST (UTC+3) Mbokani Yellow card 16'
González Yellow card 43'
Khacheridi Yellow card 70'
Kędziora Yellow card 90+3'
Summary Taison Yellow card 52' Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy
Attendance: 38,618
Referee: Vitaliy Romanov
28 October 2017 14 Shakhtar Donetsk 1 – 1 Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk Kharkiv
17:00EEST (UTC+3) Ferreyra 14', Yellow card 51'
Khocholava Yellow card 69'
Ordets Yellow card 86'
Summary Danielyan Yellow card 51'
Meskhi Yellow card 57'
Tymchyk Yellow card 57'
Obradović 64'
Stadium: OSC Metalist
Attendance: 2,741
Referee: Serhiy Boyko
5 November 2017 15 Mariupol 1 – 3 Shakhtar Donetsk Mariupol
14:00EEST (UTC+3) Ferreyra 30'
Marlos 45+1' Yellow card 88'
Bernard 56'
Summary Gomis Yellow card 14' Yellow-red card 44'
Kozhanov Yellow card 45'
Fomin Yellow card 47' 49'
Stadium: Illichivets Stadium
Attendance: 11,670
Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi
17 November 2017 16 Shakhtar Donetsk 1 – 2 Oleksandriya Kharkiv
19:00EEST (UTC+3) Bernard 18'
Fred Yellow card 64'
Summary Polyarus 15', 27' Yellow card 64'
Dovhyi Yellow card 53'
Pankiv Yellow card 79'
Stadium: OSC Metalist
Attendance: 4,037
Referee: Mykola Balakin
25 November 2017 17 Olimpik Donetsk 2 – 4 Shakhtar Donetsk Kyiv
17:00EEST (UTC+3) Pryyomov 7', 86'
Shabanov Yellow card 89'
Summary Ferreyra 6', 39' (pen.)
Stepanenko Yellow card 34'
Bernard 57'
Fred 74' Yellow card 77'
Petryak Yellow card 90+1'
Stadium: Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Yevhen Aranovsky
2 December 2017 18 Shakhtar Donetsk 2 – 0 Veres Rivne Kharkiv
17:00EEST (UTC+3) Marlos 50' (pen.) Yellow card 90'
Ferreyra Yellow card 65' 75'
Bernard Yellow card 69'
Fred Yellow card 90+1'
Summary Ischenko Yellow card 48'
Voloshynovych Yellow card 64'
Borzenko Yellow card 66'
Siminin Yellow card 82'
Stadium: OSC Metalist
Attendance: 1,959
Referee: Denys Shurman
10 December 2017 19 Zorya Luhansk 2 – 1 Shakhtar Donetsk Zaporizhia
19:30EEST (UTC+3) Kabayev Yellow card 47'
Silas Yellow card 67' 90+2' (pen.)
Butko 90+6' (o.g.)
Summary Petryak Yellow card 18' Yellow-red card 79' 34'
Bernard Yellow card 51'
Fred Yellow card 53' Yellow-red card 86'
Stepanenko Yellow card 56'
Dentinho Yellow card 80'
Rakitskiy Yellow card 90' Yellow-red card 90'
Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 3,758
Referee: Serhiy Boyko
16 February 2018 20 Shakhtar Donetsk 5 – 0 Chornomorets Odesa Kharkiv
19:00EEST (UTC+3) Ferreyra 20', 41'
Khocholava Yellow card 24'
Marlos 37', 52'
Kovalenko 90'
Summary Smirnov Yellow card 46'
Tatarkov Yellow card 84'
Stadium: OSC Metalist
Attendance: 2,189
Referee: Vitaliy Romanov
25 February 2018 21 Shakhtar Donetsk 5 – 0 Zirka Kropyvnytskyi Kharkiv
17:00EEST (UTC+3) Ferreyra 14', 45'
Kovalenko 19'
Marlos 21', 43' Yellow card 90+1'
Khocholava Yellow card 63'
Taison Yellow card 71'
Fred Yellow card 76'
Summary Matkobozhyk Yellow card 32'
Petrov Yellow card 35'
Zahalskyi Yellow card 56'
Tsyupa Yellow card 60'
Dryshlyuk Yellow card 74'
Stadium: OSC Metalist
Attendance: 1,517
Referee: Denys Shurman
4 March 2018 22 Karpaty Lviv 0 – 3 Shakhtar Donetsk Lviv[D]
19:30EEST (UTC+3) Hutsulyak Yellow card 28'
Fedetskyi Yellow card 42'
Shved Yellow card 90+1'
Summary Bernard 55'
Alan Patrick 70'
Ismaily 82'
Stadium: Arena Lviv
Attendance: 2,622
Referee: Kostyantyn Trukhanov
9 March 2018 23 Vorskla Poltava 0 – 3 Shakhtar Donetsk Poltava
19:00EEST (UTC+3) Sklyar Yellow card 25' Summary Ferreyra 22', 36'
Stepanenko Yellow card 27'
Khocholava Yellow card 65'
Marlos 67' (pen.)
Stadium: Vorskla Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Oleksandr Derdo
18 March 2018 24 Shakhtar Donetsk 3 – 0 Mariupol Kharkiv
17:00EEST (UTC+3) Ismaily 26'
Marlos 45+3'
Fred 67'
Rakitskiy Yellow card 68'
Summary Tyschenko Yellow card 88' Stadium: OSC Metalist
Attendance: 1,631
Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk
1 April 2018 25 Zorya Luhansk 0 – 3 Shakhtar Donetsk Zaporizhia
19:30EEST (UTC+3) Lunyov Yellow card 27'
Checher Yellow card 41'
Silas Yellow card 63'
Pryima Yellow card 70'
Opanasenko Red card 88'
Tymchyk Yellow card 90+2'
Iury Yellow card 90+5'
Summary Ismaily Yellow card 25'
Taison 41'
Ferreyra 61'Yellow card 90+1'
Fred Yellow card 85'
Kayode 90+3'
Khocholava Yellow card 90+5'
Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 8,350
Referee: Vitaliy Romanov
7 April 2018 26 Veres Rivne 0 – 2 Shakhtar Donetsk Lviv[D]
14:00EEST (UTC+3) Summary Taison 24'
Khocholava 78'
Stadium: Arena Lviv
Attendance: 2,764
Referee: Yuriy Mozharovsky
14 April 2018 27 Shakhtar Donetsk 0 – 1 Dynamo Kyiv Kharkiv
17:00EEST (UTC+3) Ferreyra Yellow card 5'
Rakitskiy Yellow card 55'
Khocholava Yellow card 74'
Taison Yellow card 90+1' Yellow-red card 90+4'
Summary Shepelyev 32'
Harmash Yellow card 54'
Verbič Yellow card 63'
Shabanov Yellow card 71'
Mbokani Yellow card 90+4'
Stadium: OSC Metalist
Attendance: 26,679
Referee: Kostyantin Trukhanov
21 April 2018 28 Shakhtar Donetsk 4 – 2 Vorskla Poltava Kharkiv
17:00EEST (UTC+3) Marlos 23', 47' Yellow card 83'
Stepanenko Yellow card 27'
Rakitskiy Yellow card 37'
Kovalenko 50'
Patrick Yellow card 83' 88'
Pyatov Yellow card 87'
Dentinho Yellow card 90+3'
Summary Giorgadze Yellow card 7'
Kolomoyets 53'
Serhiychuk 62'
Stadium: OSC Metalist
Attendance: 4,698
Referee: Anatoliy Abdula
27 April 2018 29 Mariupol 0 – 1 Shakhtar Donetsk Mariupol
17:00EEST (UTC+3) Neplyakh Yellow card 34' Summary Kayode 65'
Taison Yellow card 69'
Khocholava Yellow card 77'
Stadium: Illichivets Stadium
Attendance: 8,314
Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi
5 May 2018 30 Shakhtar Donetsk 2 – 1 Zorya Luhansk Kharkiv
19:30EEST (UTC+3) Ferreyra 20' Yellow card 33'
Taison 89'
Nem Yellow card 90+2'
Pyatov Yellow card 90+3'
Summary Silas