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About Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Shakhtar Donetsk (also known as Shakhtar Donetsk, FC Shakhtar, Hirnyky or Kroty) is a professional Ukrainian football club based in Donetsk and plays in the highest football division of the Ukrainian football league. FC Shakhtar Donetsk has won domestic honors and competed in several European competitions. Yet FC Shakhtar Donetsk is best known for winning the UEFA Cup final in 2009. The team holds its home matches at the Donbass Arena which has room for 50,000 spectators.
FC Shakhtar Donetsk was founded in 1936 and had modest success. After Ukraine became independent, FC Shakhtar Donetsk became first place competitor. In 2009, FC Shakhtar Donetsk won the UEFA Cup for the first time in its history and by that became the first Ukrainian team who won the UEFA Cup Shakhtar Donetsk News
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