# FC Metalurh Donetsk (ФК «Металург» Донецьк)
**FC Metalurh Donetsk** (Футбо́льний клуб «Металу́рг» Доне́цьк) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Donetsk, founded on 17 June 1996 and dissolved on 10 July 2015 after going bankrupt.[1](https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/e/e10356.html) • [2](https://www.playerhistory.com/en/club/4945-metalurh-donetsk) The club competed in the [Ukrainian Premier League](https://www.edgepedia.org/ukrainian-premier-league) and the Ukrainian Cup, and played in UEFA club competitions from 2002 to 2014.[3](https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/teams/64312--metalurh-donetsk/) • [4](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/history/clubs/64312--metalurh-donetsk/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Full name | Football Club Metalurh Donetsk (Футбо́льний клуб «Металу́рг» Доне́цьк)[3](https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/teams/64312--metalurh-donetsk/) |
| Founded / dissolved | 17 June 1996; 10 July 2015[1](https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/e/e10356.html) |
| Home city | Donetsk, Ukraine[3](https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/teams/64312--metalurh-donetsk/) |
| Ownership | Industrial union "ISD" of Serhiy Taruta, whose businesses were metallurgy and shipbuilding (estimated wealth $2.3 billion)[5](https://football.ua/ukraine/34331-skolko-tratjat-futbolnye-khozjaeva-ukrayny-y-rossyy.html) |
| European record | Seven UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League seasons between 2002/03 and 2013/14[4](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/history/clubs/64312--metalurh-donetsk/) |
| Leading European scorer | Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Serhiy Shyshchenko, 4 goals each in UEFA competition[4](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/history/clubs/64312--metalurh-donetsk/) |
| Final match | 0:6 loss to Dynamo Kyiv on 10 May 2015[6](https://www.wildstat.com/p/103/club/UKR_Metalurh_Donetsk) |
## Club identity
The club carried the name of Donetsk's metallurgical industry, "Metalurh" being the Ukrainian word for metallurgist. UEFA's club records list it as a Ukrainian entrant in the Ukrainian Premier League, the Ukrainian Cup, and the Ukrainian Persha Liga.[3](https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/teams/64312--metalurh-donetsk/) The statistics archive FBref records the club playing in the Ukrainian first tier in the 2005-06 and 2014-15 seasons.[7](https://fbref.com/en/squads/dc099c92/history/Metalurh-Donetsk-Stats-and-History)
## European record
Metalurh Donetsk appeared in seven UEFA Cup and [UEFA Europa League](https://www.edgepedia.org/uefa-europa-league) campaigns. Its first European ties came in the 2002/03 and 2003/04 UEFA Cup first rounds, where it went 0 wins, 1 draw, and 1 loss in two matches each season. It then played four-match first-round campaigns in 2004/05 (2 wins, 2 losses) and 2005/06 (2 wins, 2 draws, unbeaten). Its deepest run came in 2009/10, when it played six matches in the play-off round with 4 wins, 1 draw, and 1 loss. It returned in 2012/13 (4 matches, 2 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss in the third qualifying round) and 2013/14 (2 matches, 1 win, 1 loss in the third qualifying round).[4](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/history/clubs/64312--metalurh-donetsk/)
The club's first recorded European match was played on 19 September 2002 against Werder Bremen of Germany, and its last European match came on 8 August 2013, also against Werder Bremen.[8](https://donfutbolisto.com/en/team/metalurh-donetsk-1526/) In between, on 8 August 2013 Metalurh won 1-0 against the Albanian club Kukës in the second leg of its third-round Europa League qualifier in Donetsk.[9](https://archive.ukrweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/The_Ukrainian_Weekly_2013-34.pdf)
[Henrikh Mkhitaryan](https://www.edgepedia.org/henrikh-mkhitaryan) and Serhiy Shyshchenko lead the club's European scoring list with 4 goals each, followed by Ghazaryan, Dimitrov, Oleksienko, and Mguni with 3 each. Viacheslav Checher made 23 European appearances for the club, more than any other player, ahead of Makridis and Lazić with 12 each.[4](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/history/clubs/64312--metalurh-donetsk/) The PlayerHistory archive lists Checher with 59 matches for the club overall, followed by Mário Sérgio with 49 and Sunny Kingsley and Velizar Dimitrov with 44 each; [Yaya Touré](https://www.edgepedia.org/yaya-toure) and Henrikh Mkhitaryan, both later prominent elsewhere, also passed through the club.[2](https://www.playerhistory.com/en/club/4945-metalurh-donetsk)
## Ownership
The club was financed by the industrial union "ISD" led by Serhiy Taruta, a Ukrainian businessman whose holdings were in metallurgy and shipbuilding; a contemporaneous survey of Ukrainian club owners estimated his wealth at $2.3 billion.[5](https://football.ua/ukraine/34331-skolko-tratjat-futbolnye-khozjaeva-ukrayny-y-rossyy.html)
## Exclusion and dissolution
In April 2014, UEFA excluded FC Metalurh Donetsk from UEFA competition, alongside the Latvian club [Skonto FC](https://www.edgepedia.org/skonto-fc), while clearing other clubs to participate in the next UEFA club competitions for which they qualified.[10](https://kassiesa.net/uefa/news/20140404.html)
The club's final season ended in May 2015. Its last match was a 0:6 home defeat to Dynamo Kyiv on 10 May 2015;[6](https://www.wildstat.com/p/103/club/UKR_Metalurh_Donetsk) the Global Sports Archive records the same result, along with a 1:0 win over Chornomorets Odesa on 25 April 2015 in the club's closing fixtures.[11](https://globalsportsarchive.com/en/soccer/team/fk-metalurh-donetsk/905/) The club went bankrupt in July 2015 and was dissolved on 10 July 2015.[1](https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/e/e10356.html) • [8](https://donfutbolisto.com/en/team/metalurh-donetsk-1526/)
## References
1. [Metalurh Donetsk, BDFutbol](https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/e/e10356.html)
2. [Metalurh Donetsk, PlayerHistory](https://www.playerhistory.com/en/club/4945-metalurh-donetsk)
3. [FC Metalurh Donetsk, UEFA.com](https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/teams/64312--metalurh-donetsk/)
4. [Metalurh Donetsk, History, UEFA Europa League, UEFA.com](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/history/clubs/64312--metalurh-donetsk/)
5. [Сколько тратят футбольные хозяева Украины и России, football.ua](https://football.ua/ukraine/34331-skolko-tratjat-futbolnye-khozjaeva-ukrayny-y-rossyy.html)
6. [Club Metalurh D (Donetsk), Ukraine, WildStat](https://www.wildstat.com/p/103/club/UKR_Metalurh_Donetsk)
7. [Metalurh Donetsk Stats, Records and History, FBref.com](https://fbref.com/en/squads/dc099c92/history/Metalurh-Donetsk-Stats-and-History)
8. [Team Futbolnyy Klub Metalurh Donetsk, DonFutbolisto](https://donfutbolisto.com/en/team/metalurh-donetsk-1526/)
9. [The Ukrainian Weekly 2013, No. 34](https://archive.ukrweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/The_Ukrainian_Weekly_2013-34.pdf)
10. [UEFA news, 4 April 2014, kassiesa.net](https://kassiesa.net/uefa/news/20140404.html)
11. [FK Metalurh Donetsk team profile, Global Sports Archive](https://globalsportsarchive.com/en/soccer/team/fk-metalurh-donetsk/905/)
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