| Club: | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Season: | 2021–22 |
| Manager: | Roberto De Zerbi |
| Chairman: | Rinat Akhmetov |
| Stadium: | NSC Olimpiyskiy |
| League Result: | (no title awarded) |
| Cup1 Result: | (cancelled) |
| Highest Attendance: | 34,037 vs Real Madrid |
| Lowest Attendance: | 1,487 vs Lviv |
| Prevseason: | 2020–21 |
| Nextseason: | 2022–23 |
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The 2021–22 season was FC Shakhtar Donetsk's 31st season in existence and the club's 23rd consecutive season in the top flight of Ukrainian football. In addition to the domestic league, Shakhtar Donetsk participated in this season's editions of the Ukrainian Cup, the Ukrainian Super Cup and the UEFA Champions League. The season covered the period from 24 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.
On 12 May, Luís Castro and his coaching staff left Shakhtar Donetsk.[1] On 25 May, Roberto De Zerbi is going to be Shakhtar head coach for the next two seasons.[2]
For the season in a row, Shakhtar Donetsk will play their home games for at the NSC Olimpiyskiy in Kyiv.
On 20 July, Shakhtar Donetsk announced the signing of Vinicius Tobias from Internacional, with the defender joining Shakhtar Donetsk in February 2021 once he turns 18.[3]
On 26 July, Marquinhos Cipriano joined Sion on a season-long loan deal.[4]
On 8 November, Shakhtar Donetsk announced that Dentinho was leaving the club after 10 years.[5]
On 8 December, Júnior Moraes extended his contract with Shakhtar Donetsk until 30 June 2022.[6] The following day, 9 December, Alan Patrick and Maycon both extended their contracts with Shakhtar Donetsk until 31 December 2025.[7] [8]
On 12 December, Shakhtar Donetsk announced that Marlos would leave the club when his contract expired at the end of the year.[9]
On 15 January, Shakhtar Donetsk announced the signing of David Neres from AFC Ajax, on a contract until 31 December 2026.[10] Also on 15 January, Shakhtar Donetsk confirmed the signing of Vinicius Tobias from Internacional.[11]
On 30 January, Danylo Ihnatenko joined Girondins de Bordeaux on loan for the remainder of the season.[12] The following day, 31 January, Danylo Sikan joined Hansa Rostock on loan for the remainder of the season.[13]
On 12 February, Shakhtar Donetsk announced that Yevhen Konoplyanka had been released by the club.[14] The following day, Shakhtar Donetsk extended their contracts with Mykhailo Mudryk and Heorhiy Sudakov until 31 December 2026.[15]
On 24 February, the Ukrainian Premier League was suspended due to the imposition of Martial law in Ukraine due to the 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis.[16]
On 16 March, Júnior Moraes joined Corinthians on a permanent deal until December 2023.[17]
On 29 March, Azerbaijan Premier League club Sabah announced the signing of Oleksiy Kashchuk on loan until the end of the season.[18]
On 31 March, Shakhtar Donetsk confirmed that Maycon had joined Corinthians on loan until the end of 2022.[19] On the same day, Olympique Lyonnais announced the signing of Tetê on a contract until 30 June 2022, Tetê's contract currently being suspended with Shakhtar Donetsk.[20]
On 1 April, Vinicius Tobias joined Real Madrid on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season, with an option to make the move permanent.[21]
On 3 April, Shakhtar announced that they would play friendly matches in Turkey against Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe, Sevilla, Hajduk Split, Paris Saint-Germain and Lazio to help raise funds for Ukraine.[22]
On 7 April, Internacional announced the signing of Vitão on a contract until 30 June 2022, under the same rules that saw Tetê joining Olympique Lyonnais.[23]
On 12 April, Shakhtar announced that former captain, Yaroslav Rakitskyi, had returned to the club to train and play for the club during their Global Tour for Peace matches.[24] The following day, Alan Patrick left the club to sign permanently for Internacional.[25]
On 26 April, the Premier League season was terminated due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, with the standings reflecting the positions of each team heading into the winter break, meaning Shakhtar Donetsk finished in first position.[26]
| Number | Player | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| 1 | Oleksiy Shevchenko |  | GK | 2022 4, df=yes | Karpaty Lviv | 2018 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 12 | Tymur Puzankov | | GK | 2022 4, df=yes | Academy | 2021 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 30 | Andriy Pyatov | | GK | 2022 4, df=yes | Vorskla Poltava | 2007 | 2023[28] | 480 | 0 | |
| 54 | Yevhen Hrytsenko | | GK | 2022 4, df=yes | Academy | 2012 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 81 | Anatoliy Trubin | | GK | 2022 4, df=yes | Academy | 2019 | 56 | 0 | ||
| Defenders | ||||||||||
| 2 | Dodô |  | DF | 2022 4, df=yes | Coritiba | 2018[29] | 2022 | 96 | 5 | |
| 4 | Serhiy Kryvtsov | | DF | 2022 4, df=yes | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 2010 | 212 | 13 | ||
| 5 | Marlon | | DF | 2022 4, df=yes | Sassuolo | 2021 | 2026 | 22 | 0 | |
| 22 | Mykola Matviyenko | | DF | 2022 4, df=yes | Academy | 2015 | 30 | 6 | ||
| 26 | Yukhym Konoplya | | DF | 2022 4, df=yes | Academy | 2017 | 11 | 1 | ||
| 31 | Ismaily | | DF | 2022 4, df=yes | Braga | 2013 | 228 | 16 | ||
| 44 | Viktor Korniyenko | | DF | 2022 4, df=yes | Academy | 2016 | 29 | 1 | ||
| 77 | Valeriy Bondar | | DF | 2022 4, df=yes | Academy | 2019 | 39 | 1 | ||
| Midfielders | ||||||||||
| 6 | Taras Stepanenko | | MF | 2022 4, df=yes | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 2010 | 357 | 26 | ||
| 8 | Marcos Antônio | | MF | 2022 4, df=yes | Estoril | 2019 | 101 | 9 | ||
| 15 | Artem Bondarenko | | MF | 2022 4, df=yes | Academy | 2020 | 14 | 1 | ||
| 17 | Maksym Malyshev | | MF | 2022 4, df=yes | Academy | 2009 | 77 | 7 | ||
| 19 | Manor Solomon |  | MF | 2022 4, df=yes | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 2019 | 106 | 22 | ||
| 20 | Mykhailo Mudryk | | MF | 2022 4, df=yes | Academy | 2019 | 2026 | 25 | 2 | |
| 25 | Heorhiy Sudakov | | MF | 2022 4, df=yes | Academy | 2020 | 2026 | 28 | 5 | |
| 38 | Pedrinho | | MF | 2022 4, df=yes | Benfica | 2021 | 2026 | 19 | 4 | |
| 50 | Serhiy Bolbat | | MF | 2022 4, df=yes | Olimpik Donetsk | 2011 | 63 | 3 | ||
| 99 | Fernando | | MF | 2022 4, df=yes | Palmeiras | 2018 | 69 | 12 | ||
| Forwards | ||||||||||
| 11 | David Neres | | FW | 2022 4, df=yes | Ajax | 2022 | 2026 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | Lassina Traoré |  | FW | 2022 4, df=yes | Ajax | 2021 | 2026 | 14 | 9 | |
| Contracts suspended | ||||||||||
| 3 | Vitão | | DF | 2022 4, df=yes | Palmeiras | 2019[30] | 2024 | 36 | 0 | |
| 14 | Tetê | | MF | 2022 4, df=yes | Grêmio | 2019 | 107 | 31 | ||
| Away on loan | ||||||||||
| 7 | Maycon | | MF | 2022 4, df=yes | Corinthians | 2018 | 2025 | 98 | 8 | |
| 28 | Marquinhos Cipriano | | MF | 2022 4, df=yes | São Paulo | 2018 | 25 | 1 | ||
| 45 | Danylo Sikan | | FW | 2022 4, df=yes | Karpaty Lviv | 2019 | 22 | 2 | ||
| 52 | Ihor Kyryukhantsev | | DF | 2022 4, df=yes | Academy | 2013 | ||||
| Vinicius Tobias | | DF | 2022 4, df=yes | Internacional | 2022 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Valeriy Bondarenko | | DF | 2022 4, df=yes | Oleksandriya | 2019 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Maksym Chekh | | MF | 2022 4, df=yes | Academy | 2018 | |||||
| Danylo Ihnatenko | | MF | 2022 4, df=yes | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 2016 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Oleksiy Kashchuk | | MF | 2022 4, df=yes | Vorskla Poltava | 2016 | |||||
| Andriy Kulakov | | MF | 2022 4, df=yes | Metalist Kharkiv | 2016 | |||||
| Dmytro Topalov | | MF | 2022 4, df=yes | Academy | 2017 | |||||
| Vladyslav Vakula | | MF | 2022 4, df=yes | Mariupol | 2019[31] | 2024 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Olarenwaju Kayode | FW | 2022 4, df=yes | Manchester City | 2018 | 2023 | 24 | 4 | |||
| Andriy Boryachuk | | FW | 2022 4, df=yes | Academy | 2015 | 17 | 6 | |||
| Bohdan Viunnyk | | FW | 2022 4, df=yes | Academy | 2020 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Players who left during the season | ||||||||||
| 9 | Dentinho | | FW | 2022 4, df=yes | Corinthians | 2011 | 197 | 29 | ||
| 10 | Júnior Moraes | | FW | 2022 4, df=yes | Dynamo Kyiv | 2018[32] | 2022 | 105 | 59 | |
| 11 | Marlos | | MF | 2022 4, df=yes | Metalist Kharkiv | 2014 | 287 | 74 | ||
| 21 | Alan Patrick | | MF | 2022 4, df=yes | Santos | 2011 | 2025 | 177 | 26 | |
| 70 | Yevhen Konoplyanka | | MF | 2022 4, df=yes | Schalke 04 | 2019[33] | 2022 | 44 | 5 | |
| Mark Mampassi | | DF | 2022 4, df=yes | Academy | 2020 | 0 | 0 | |||
See main article: List of Ukrainian football transfers summer 2021 and List of Ukrainian football transfers winter 2021–22.
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 June 2021 | MF | | Pedrinho | Benfica | €18,000,000 | [34] [35] | |
| 18 June 2021 | FW | | Lassina Traoré | Ajax | €8,000,000 | [36] [37] | |
| 22 June 2021 | DF | | Marlon | Sassuolo | Undisclosed | [38] | |
| 20 July 2021 | DF | | Vinicius Tobias | Internacional | Undisclosed | ||
| 15 January 2022 | FW | | David Neres | Ajax | Undisclosed |
Tobias' move was announced on the above date, and activated on 15 January 2022.
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 June 2021 | MF | | Oleksandr Pikhalyonok | Dnipro-1 | Undisclosed | [39] | |
| 6 July 2021 | DF |  | Davit Khocholava | Copenhagen | Undisclosed | [40] | |
| 17 December 2021 | DF | | Mark Mampassi | Lokomotiv Moscow | Undisclosed | [41] | |
| 16 March 2022 | FW | | Júnior Moraes | Corinthians | Undisclosed | ||
| 13 April 2022 | MF | | Alan Patrick | Internacional | Undisclosed |
| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2020 | MF | | Danylo Ihnatenko | Dnipro-1 | 30 January 2022 | [42] | |
| 8 July 2021 | DF | | Valeriy Bondarenko | Vorskla Poltava | End of season | [43] | |
| 8 July 2021 | FW | Olarenwaju Kayode | Sivasspor | End of season | |||
| 22 July 2021 | FW | | Bohdan Viunnyk | Mariupol | End of season | [44] | |
| 26 July 2021 | MF | | Marquinhos Cipriano | Sion | End of season | ||
| 30 January 2022 | MF | | Danylo Ihnatenko | Girondins de Bordeaux | End of season | ||
| 31 January 2022 | FW | | Danylo Sikan | Hansa Rostock | End of season | ||
| 29 March 2022 | MF | | Oleksiy Kashchuk | Sabah | End of season | ||
| 31 March 2022 | MF | | Maycon | Corinthians | 31 December 2022 | ||
| 1 April 2022 | DF | | Vinicius Tobias | Real Madrid | End of the 2022/23 season |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2022 | MF | | Tetê | Olympique Lyonnais | 30 June 2022 | ||
| 7 April 2022 | DF | | Vitão | Internacional | 30 June 2022 |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 November 2021 | FW | | Dentinho | Ceará | 2 March 2022 | [45] | |
| 31 December 2021 | MF | | Marlos | Athletico Paranaense | 1 February 2022 | [46] | |
| 11 February 2022 | MF | | Yevhen Konoplyanka | KS Cracovia | 11 February 2022 | [47] | |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | | Daniel Ehbudzhuo | Arminia Hannover | 31 January 2024 | ||
| 30 June 2022 | MF | | Yevhen Hrytsenko | Van | 7 November 2022 | [48] | |
| 30 June 2022 | FW | | Stanislav Biblyk | Aluston-YUBK Alushta | 1 September 2022 |
See main article: article and 2021–22 Ukrainian Premier League.
See main article: article and 2021–22 Ukrainian Cup.
See main article: article and 2021 Ukrainian Super Cup.
See main article: article and 2021–22 UEFA Champions League.
See main article: article and 2021–22 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round.
See main article: 2021–22 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round.
|-|colspan="14"|Players who suspended their contracts:|-|colspan="16"|Players away on loan:|-|colspan="16"|Players who left Shakhtar Donetsk during the season:|}
| width=20 | Place | width=20 | Position | width=20 | Nation | width=20 | Number | width=150 | Name | width=150 | Premier League | width=150 | Ukrainian Cup | width=80 | Super Cup | width=150 | Champions League | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MF | | 14 | Tetê | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 2 | FW | | 23 | Lassina Traoré | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 3 | MF | | 99 | Fernando | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | | 25 | Heorhiy Sudakov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| MF | | 19 | Manor Solomon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||
| MF | | 38 | Pedrinho | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
| MF | | 21 | Alan Patrick | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 8 | MF | | 11 | Marlos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| MF | | 8 | Marcos Antônio | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 10 | FW | | 45 | Danylo Sikan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| MF | | 20 | Mykhailo Mudryk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| MF | | 6 | Taras Stepanenko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| FW | | 9 | Dentinho | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 15 | DF | | 44 | Viktor Korniyenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| DF | | 22 | Mykola Matviyenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| MF | | 15 | Artem Bondarenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| DF | | 26 | Yukhym Konoplya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| FW | | 10 | Júnior Moraes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| TOTALS | 49 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 64 | ||||||||||||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | | 30 | Andriy Pyatov | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2 | GK | | 81 | Anatoliy Trubin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| TOTALS | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Ukrainian Cup | Super Cup | Champions League | Total | |||||||||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | | DF | Dodô | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 4 | | DF | Serhiy Kryvtsov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| 5 | | DF | Marlon | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||||||
| 6 | | MF | Taras Stepanenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 8 | | MF | Marcos Antônio | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 15 | | MF | Artem Bondarenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 19 | | MF | Manor Solomon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 20 | | MF | Mykhailo Mudryk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 23 | | FW | Lassina Traoré | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 25 | | MF | Heorhiy Sudakov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 26 | | DF | Yukhym Konoplya | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 31 | | DF | Ismaily | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 38 | | MF | Pedrinho | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| 44 | | DF | Viktor Korniyenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 77 | | DF | Valeriy Bondar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 81 | | GK | Anatoliy Trubin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 99 | | MF | Fernando | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| Players who suspended their contracts: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | | DF | Vitão | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 14 | | MF | Tetê | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| Players away on loan: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | | MF | Maycon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 45 | | FW | Danylo Sikan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Players who left Shakhtar Donetsk during the season: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | | FW | Dentinho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 11 | | MF | Marlos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 21 | | MF | Alan Patrick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTALS | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 54 | 2 | |||||||||