This is a list of seasons played by Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukrainian, Soviet and European football, from 1936 (the year of the club's first entry) to the most recent completed season. Shakhtar Donetsk football club is considered to be founded as Stakhanovets, in April, 1936, on decision of All-Union Council on Physical Culture and Sports, based on former football team of Donbas. It was announced in local newspaper "Sotsialisticheskiy Donbass" (Socialist Donbas) on 9 April 1936. Itself the football team of Donbas consisted of players from Dynamo sports society some out of Stalino (now Donetsk), other from neighboring Horlivka. The team was gathered on initiative of the Yuzovka native and the team's captain Mykola Naumov and supported by the Coal-miners Union Central Committee (). The first official competition, the team entered, was the 1936 Ukrainian spring tournament which was conducted by single elimination and was lost to Dynamo Odesa 2:3 in Horlivka.

During the Soviet period the club had modest achievements participating regularly in the Soviet top tier (Class A and Top League) since 1949, it missed only three seasons due to relegation. The club however won the USSR Cup in football four times and the USSR championship in football, Class B (precursor of the Soviet First League) once. Following dissolution of the Soviet Union, the club earned the most trophies becoming national leader in Ukraine. It has won the Top League/Premier League 13 times, the Ukrainian Cup in football 13 times, the Super Cup eight times, and the UEFA Cup once.

Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first club in independent Ukraine to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year before the competition was revamped as the Europa League. FC Shakhtar Donetsk is one of two Ukrainian clubs, the other one is Dynamo Kyiv, who have won a major UEFA competition.

Starting in 2014 the club has played (first) out of Lviv before moving early 2017 to Kharkiv with its headquarters in Kyiv. The club formerly played its home matches at the Donbass Arena, however, due to the conflict in Eastern Ukraine, the team relocated 600 miles to the west in Arena Lviv in the interim. Following the winter break of the 2016–17 season the club moved to the Metalist Stadium in Kharkiv (150 miles to the north of Donetsk) early 2017.Still in exile, Shakhtar Donetsk picks new home, The Washington Post (30 January 2017)

This list details the club's achievements in all major competitions, and the top scorers for each season. Top scorers with a "diamond" were also the top scorers in the Ukrainian league that season.

Key

Key to league record: P – Played W – Games won D – Games drawn L – Games lost F – Goals for A – Goals against Pts – Points Pos – Final position

+ Key to colours and symbols:SymbolMeaning Promoted Relegated EC European Cup / Champions League EC UEFA Cup / Europa League ♦ Top league scorer in Shakhtar Donetsk's division

Key to rounds: Prel. – Preliminary round QR1 – First qualifying round QR2 – Second qualifying round, etc. Inter – Intermediate round (between qualifying rounds and rounds proper) GS – Group stage 1R – First round 2R – Second round, etc. R64 – 1/32 Final R32 – 1/16 Final R16 – 1/8 Final QF – Quarter-final SF – Semi-final F – Final W – Winners DNE – Did not enter

Seasons Soviet Union Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Soviet Cup Notes19363rd(Group V)77214142412–1/32spring half67304111413fall half1937394412013211/41/64Promoted19381st(Group A)112511775651291/41/41939122651011405520Not participated1/4194012246414324316Not participated1941511605131312–UnfinishedNo championship in 1942–1944 due to the World War II1944No championshipFinal poolCup competitions only19452nd(Second Group)5179533625231/21/8194652410774523271/2194722415454819341/161/3219483148333315191/2Promoted19491st(First Group)183458212173181/16

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic CupEurope Notes19501st(Class A)1136137164963111/81951328121064430341/219521313166142681/32Relegated19532nd(Class B)11494133922353026561/2195412217415616381541010191/4Promoted19551st(Class A)72241082334181/81956722778303921195782275101935191/4195882293102232211/81959122245132443131/219601730981334482619611232121010453734Winner196283215710473537Winner196311381114132933361/21964532131183526371/819651232714112934281/419661036157143235371967636131674338421/819681438914153842321/219693185852017181/16Group 2Qualified for championship10266812202820Final19701032118133550301/1619711st(Top League)1630104163137241/4Relegated19722nd(First League)238191365721511/16PromotedFinalist of the Ukrainian Cup19731st(Top League)630143133226311/819741230812103135281/2197523015874523381/1619765157441516181/2spring half1015546121014fall half197753091653124341/4UC1/819783301659423137Runner-up19792342086573348Group stageCWC1/16198063413912454035WinnerUC1/321981734121012513934Group stageUC1/321982143410915425729Group stage198393416315484035Winner19841334109154746291/8CWC1/419851234101212464530Runner-up198663011910403831Runner-up19877301010102931301/161988830910113028281/81989143095162436231/4199082461082331221/819911230614103341261/81992No championship1/8

Ukraine + Results of league and cup competitions by seasonSeasonDivisionPWDLFAPtsPosCupSuper CupCupResultNameGoalsLeagueUEFATop goalscorerGoals in all competitions (Ukrainian Premier League or lower divisions, Ukrainian Cup, Ukrainian Super Cup and European tournaments.1992Premier League (1)181062311026SFSerhii Rebrov111992–933011127443245Serhiy Atelkin121993–94342095643269Oleh Matviiv201994–95341888522962WinnersPrel.Ihor Petrov191995–963413615444345SF1996–97301956722862Winners ♦211997–98302073612567Valeriy Kryventsov1998–99302055702565SFQR2Andriy Vorobei131999–2000302136601666R1Andriy Vorobei152000–01261961581763WinnersUCLUCGS1R3 ♦342001–02262060611066WinnersUCLUCQR3R1Andriy Vorobei162002–03302244612470UCLUCQR3R1Oleksiy Byelik252003–04302244621970WinnersUCLUCQR3R1Zvonimir Vukić132004–05302622631980Runners-upUCLUCGSR16Brandão202005–06302361641475WinnersUCLUCQR3R32 ♦212006–07301965572063Runners-upUCLUCGSR16Brandão102007–08302424752474WinnersRunners-upUCLGSOleksandr Hladky212008–09301974471664WinnersUCLUCGSWinnersYevhen Seleznyov112009–10302451621877SFUCLUELUSCQR3R32Runners-upLuiz Adriano172010–11302334531672WinnersWinnersUCLQFLuiz Adriano202011–12302541801879WinnersRunners-upUCLGSLuiz Adriano162012–13302541821879WinnersWinnersUCLR16 ♦292013–14282125622365WinnersUCLUELGSR32Luiz Adriano ♦252014–15261754712156WinnersUCLR16 ♦222015–16262033762563WinnersWinnersUCLUELGSSF ♦262016–17322552662480WinnersRunners-upUCLUELQR3R32162017–18322435712475WinnersWinnersUCLR16 ♦212018–19322651731183WinnersRunners-upUCLUELGSR32 ♦262019–20322642802682R16Runners-upUCLUELGSSF262020–21261664541954QFRunners-upUCLUELGSR16112021–22 was terminated began on 24.02.2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine1521491047 Not played after QFWinnerUCLGSTetê102022–2330 22 5 3 63 24 71 Not played Not playedUCLUELGSR16Artem Bondarenko Mykhailo Mudryk102023–2430 22 6 2 69 21 72WinnersNot played UCLUELGSKR PODanylo Sikan162024–25301884692662Winners Not played UCLLPHeorhiy Sudakov152025–26302262712172R16 Not played UELUECLTQRSFKauã Elias11scope=row|2026–27 |3||3||0||0||8||1||9|style=background|2nd|style=background|R16|style=background|Not played |style=background|UCL |style=background|LP''

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