FC Metalurh Donetsk

Metalurh Donetsk
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Full name	FC Metalurh Donetsk
Nickname(s)	MetaDon
Founded	1996
Ground	Shakhtar Stadium
Capacity	31,718
Chairman	Serhiy Taruta
Manager	Nikola Kostov
League	Ukrainian Premier League
2007-08	12th
Home colours	Away colours

FC Metalurg Donetsk (Ukrainian: ФК «Металург» Донецьк) is a Ukrainian football club from the city of Donetsk. It is currently playing in the Ukrainian Premier League).

History

Metalurg has its roots in the team FC Antratsyt Kirovske. After a disappointing first season in the independent Ukraine, in the 1993 season Antratsyt placed third in the Third League and was promoted to the Second League. Once in the Second League the club relocated to Shahtarsk and changed its name to FC Medita Shahtarsk. A couple of years later the club was reorganized and renamed FC Metalurg Donetsk. After placing second in its league the club gained the promotion to First League, which Metalurg won in 1997.

Squad

Squad is given according to the club's official website [1], as of 28 March 2008.

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	UKR	Vyacheslav Checher (captain)
5	DF	UKR	Serhiy Bilozir
6	MF	ARM	Ararat Arakelyan
7	MF	UKR	Serhiy Danylovskyi
8	DF	SRB	Marko Grubelić
9	FW	BRA	Ailton
10	FW	UKR	Oleksandr Kosyrin
11	MF	UKR	Serhiy Tkachenko (on loan from FC Shakhtar Donetsk)
14	DF	UKR	Oleksandr Volovyk
17	MF	TUR	Erol Bulut
18	MF	BUL	Velizar Dimitrov
20	MF	SRB	Ivan Gvozdenović
23	MF	BLR	Alyaksandr Danilav
30	FW	UKR	Ihor Tymchenko
31	GK	UKR	Dmytro Vorobeyev


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
32	DF	UKR	Dmytro Nazarenko
35	MF	UKR	Badym Sapay
37	FW	UKR	Oleksandr Sytnyk
42	MF	UKR	Volodymyr Romanenko
50	MF	POR	Ricardo Fernandes
53	MF	UKR	Vitaliy Havrysh
55	MF	ARM	Samvel Melkonyan
66	GK	SRB	Vladimir Dišljenković
70	FW	BRA	Paulo Vogt
77	MF	NED	Jordi Cruijff
88	FW	UKR	Artem Kasyanov
99	FW	UKR	Oleh Myshchenko
—	FW	BUL	Antonio Pavlov
—	MF	CYP	Constantinos Makrides
—	DF	UKR	Andriy Berezovchuk
—	MF	BUL	Velizar Dimitrov

Out on loan

Samuel Okunowo (on loan to Stal Alchevsk)
Aristide Bancé (on loan to Kickers Offenbach)
Ruben Gomez (on loan to Y.R. K.V. Mechelen)
Abdoulaye Djire (on loan to K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot)
Daniel Fernandez (on loan to NEC Nijmegen)

Transfers 2008/09

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	CYP	Constantinos Makrides (from APOEL F.C.)
—	DF	UKR	Andriy Berezovchuk (from FC Kharkiv)
—	MF	BUL	Velizar Dimitrov (from CSKA Sofia)

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Notable former players

Head coaches

Volodymyr Onyschenko (1997-1998)
Volodymyr Gavrylov (1998)
Igor Yavorsky (1999)
Semen Altman (1999-2002)
Oleksandr Sevydov (2003)
Wim Vrosch (2003)
Ton Kaanen (2003-2004)
Slavoljub Muslin (2004-2005)
Vitaly Shevchenko (2004-2005)
Oleksandr Sevydov (2005)
Stepan Matviiv (2006)
Angel Alonso (2006)
Co Adriaanse (2006-2007)
Jos Daerden (2007)
Serhiy Yaschenko (2007-2008)
Nikola Kostov (2008-)

League and cup history

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe
1997-98	1st	6	30	11	7	12	28	27	40	Semi-finals
1998-99	1st	14	30	7	7	16	27	51	28	Quarter-finals
1999-00	1st	7	30	11	10	9	39	35	43	Quarter-finals
2000-01	1st	5	26	11	9	6	30	24	42	Semi-finals
2001-02	1st	3	26	12	6	8	38	28	42	Semi-finals
2002-03	1st	3	30	18	6	6	44	26	60	Quarter-finals	UC	1st round
2003-04	1st	4	30	14	10	6	51	34	52	Quarter-finals	UC	1st round
2004-05	1st	3	30	14	7	9	38	35	49	Quarter-finals	UC	1st round
2005-06	1st	9	30	10	9	11	35	35	39	Semi-finals	UC	1st round
2006-07	1st	9	30	9	9	12	26	35	36	Quarter-finals