| Club: | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Season: | 1991 |
| Manager: | Valeriy Yaremchenko |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Stadium: | Shakhtar Stadium |
| League: | Top League |
| League Result: | 12th place |
| Cup1: | Soviet Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Round of 16 (1/8) |
| Cup2: | Soviet Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Round of 16 (1/8) |
| Prevseason: | 1990 |
| Nextseason: | 1992 |
The 1991 season was the last season in the top Soviet football league for Shakhtar Donetsk.
| Squad no. | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (age) | Signed from | Signed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||||
| Andriy Kovtun | GK | November 2, 1991 | Dynamo Kyiv | 1990 | ||
| Dmytro Shutkov | GK | November 2, 1991 | Academy | 1989 | ||
| Volodymyr Vasyutyk | GK | November 2, 1991 | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | 1991 | ||
| Defenders | ||||||
| Stanislav Bondarev | DF | November 2, 1991 | SKA Rostov-na-Donu | 1991 | ||
| Yevhen Drahunov | DF | November 2, 1991 | Kolos Pavlohrad | 1985 | ||
| Oleksandr Martiuk | DF | November 2, 1991 | Bazhanovets Makiivka | 1990 | ||
| Vasyl Mazur | DF | November 2, 1991 | Sports College Luhansk | 1987 | ||
| Serhiy Onopko | DF | November 2, 1991 | Sports College Luhansk | 1990 | ||
| Viktor Onopko | DF | November 2, 1991 | Dynamo Kyiv | 1990 | ||
| Vasyl Yevseyev | DF | November 2, 1991 | Dynamo Kyiv | 1988 | ||
| Midfielders | ||||||
| Oleksandr Barabash | MF | November 2, 1991 | Academy | 1988 | ||
| Andrei Kanchelskis | MF | November 2, 1991 | Dynamo Kyiv | 1990 | ||
| Ihor Korniyets | MF | November 2, 1991 | Metalurh Zaporizhia | 1991 | ||
| Ihor Leonov | MF | November 2, 1991 | Tavriya Simferopol | 1988 | ||
| Ihor Petrov | MF | November 2, 1991 | Shakhtar Horlivka | 1981 | ||
| Mykhailo Stelmakh | MF | November 2, 1991 | Halychyna Drohobych | 1991 | ||
| Ihor Stolovytskyi | MF | November 2, 1991 | Spartak Ryazan | 1990 | ||
| Serhiy Yashchenko | MF | November 2, 1991 | CSKA Moscow | 1982 | ||
| Forwards | ||||||
| Serhiy Atelkin | FW | November 2, 1991 | Antratsyt Kirovske academy | 1989 | ||
| FW | November 2, 1991 | Dynamo Stavropol | 1988 | |||
| FW | November 2, 1991 | Zorya Luhansk | 1990 | |||
| Serhii Rebrov | FW | November 2, 1991 | UOR Donetsk | 1990 | ||
| Serhiy Scherbakov | FW | November 2, 1991 | Academy | 1988 | ||
| Squad no. | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (age) | Signed from | Signed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||||
| Oleksandr Kovalenko | GK | November 2, 1991 | — | 1991 | ||
| Defenders | ||||||
| Mykola Chesnokov | DF | November 2, 1991 | Novator Mariupol | 1991 | ||
| Oleksandr Dorokhov | DF | November 2, 1991 | — | 1991 | ||
| Oleh Ivanov | DF | November 2, 1991 | — | 1991 | ||
| Oleksandr Koval | DF | November 2, 1991 | Academy | 1991 | ||
| Vadym Krasnikov | DF | November 2, 1991 | Antratsyt Kirovske | 1991 | ||
| Andriy Kuptsov | DF | November 2, 1991 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 1989 | ||
| Andrei Kvashnev | DF | November 2, 1991 | UOR Donetsk | 1991 | ||
| Oleksandr Malevanov | DF | November 2, 1991 | UOR Donetsk | 1991 | ||
| Serhiy Mazur | DF | November 2, 1991 | Sports College Luhansk | 1987 | ||
| Oleh Muravyov | DF | November 2, 1991 | Novator Mariupol | 1991 | ||
| Sergei Rastegayev | DF | November 2, 1991 | Vuhlyk Krasnoarmiysk | 1990 | ||
| Sergei Zainulin | DF | November 2, 1991 | — | 1991 | ||
| Midfielders | ||||||
| Valeriy Kryventsov | MF | November 2, 1991 | Antratsyt Kirovske | 1991 | ||
| Hennadiy Orbu | MF | November 2, 1991 | Vuhlyk Makiivka | 1991 | ||
| Oleksandr Stolyarov | MF | November 2, 1991 | — | 1990 | ||
| Rais Terkulov | MF | November 2, 1991 | — | 1991 | ||
| Eduard Tsykhmeystruk | MF | November 2, 1991 | Shakhtar Makiivka academy | 1989 | ||
| Spartak Zhyhulin | MF | November 2, 1991 | — | 1989 | ||
| Forwards | ||||||
| FW | November 2, 1991 | Novator Mariupol | 1991 | |||
| FW | November 2, 1991 | Novator Mariupol | 1991 | |||
See main article: 1991 Soviet Top League.