History of the club

History of the club

Historical background

The team «Metallurg» (Donetsk) was founded on 17 June 1996.

Colours of the club — blue and white.

President of the club — Sergiy Taruta.

General director — Yevgeniy Hayduk.

Coach — Nikolay Kostov (Bulgaria)

 

Address of the club: FC Metallurg Donetsk, Kuybisheva street , 25-а, Donetsk, Ukraine, 83062

Telephone numbers: + 38-062-385-04-88; + 38-062-341-83-54.

Fax: + 38-062-385-04-86.

Official site of the club: www.metallurg.donetsk.ua

E-mail: postmaster@metallurg.donetsk.ua

 

Plays at the stadium «Metallurg» (its capacity — 5100 seating).

Partner of the club — Corporation «Industrial union of Donbass».

The member of High League of Ukraine from the season 1997-1998.

 

The greatest advances:

The championship of Ukraine — bronze medallist (seasons 2001-2002, 2002-2003 and 2004-2005).

The Cup of Ukraine — semifinalist of the tournament (seasons 1997-1998, 2001-2002 and 2007-2008).

 

Vyacheslav Checher played more matches than other players (201 matches).

The best forward of the club for the whole time — Sergiy Shyshchenko (35 goals).

Record-holder of the club for a season — Georgi Demetradze (18 goals, season 2003-2004).

Twice the players of «Metallurg» became the best forwards of the championship of Ukraine: Sergiy Shyshchenko in 2002 — 12 goals and Georgi Demetradze in 2004 — 18 goals, they received « Golden Shoe ».

 

Played 18 matches in the UEFA Cup: 8 victories, 5 drawn games, 5 defeats. Goal difference 30-31.

 

At different times several players of «Metallurg» were the football players of the national team of Ukrainein  (Sergiy Shyshchenko, Aleksandr Zotov, Sergiy Zakarluka, Sergiy Tkachenko, Vyacheslav Checher).