
Rinat Akhmetov
Club President
Born on 21 September 1966.
FC Shakhtar Donetsk president since 11 October, 1996.
FC Shakhtar achievements over the period to date: UEFA Cup Winners 2009; Ukrainian League title holders 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014; Ukrainian Cup Winners 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013; reached the 2010/11 UEFA Champions League quarterfinals, played in the UEFA Champions League group stage editions 2000/01, 2004/05, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2008/09, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15.
In 1999, Rinat Akhmetov initiated foundation of a football academy with active affiliate network. Shakhtar's state-of-the-art Kirsha training ground, which is one of the best in Europe, was inaugurated the same year. In 2009, the Donbass Arena - one of Eastern Europe's biggest elite-status stadiums - was opened.

Boris Kolesnikov
FC Shakhtar Vice-president

Oleg Popov
Chairman Of The Board

Sergei Palkin
FC Shakhtar CEO

Gyulnara Akhmedzhanova
Financial Director

Oleksandr Funderat
Academy Director

Aleksandr Cherkasov
General Secretary

Artur Glushchenko
Medicine Department Head

Yuriy Taktashov
Director of Sports Facilities Department

Joe Palmer
Executive Director for Strategy, Commerce & Marketing

Dmitriy Kirilenko
Commercial Director

Yuriy Sviridov
Director of Marketing & Communications Department

Svetlana Slobodyanyuk
Director of HR & Organizational Development Department

Andrey Kharitonchuk
Legal Department Head

Alexandr Vishnyakov
Shakhtar Trading Director
League Table
P | TEAM | P | W | D | L | F:A | Pts |
1 | Shakhtar | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 50:11 | 43 |
2 | Dynamo | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 37:6 | 43 |
3 | Zorya | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 32:14 | 34 |
4 | Dnipro | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28:15 | 28 |
5 | Volyn | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 26:23 | 27 |