The Donetsk derby (, Donetske derbi) is the name given by the media to a football derby contested by any two of Shakhtar, Metalurh, Olimpik, Titan - the four Ukrainian professional clubs that play in the Ukrainian championship in Donetsk, Ukrainian city in the Donbas. It also may include some of their reserve teams, such as Shakhtar-2, Shakhtar-3, and Metalurh-2. The most prominent of all could be considered a match-up between Shakhtar and Metalurh. The derby was also called the Donbas derby.Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk – A Poor State Of Affairs, Futbolgrad (16 July 2015) The derby was discontinued soon after the Russian aggression against Ukraine in 2014.

While Donetsk hosted professional clubs at least since 1936, the two clubs (Shakhtar and Lokomotyv) that existed during the Soviet period never met as they played at different tiers of the Soviet football league pyramid. The first ever derby between two clubs from Donetsk took place on 17 October 1997, when Shakhtar beat Metalurh 2–0 at Tsentralnyi stadion "Shakhtar". The derby kicked off during the 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha season when Metalurh received its promotion from the Ukrainian First League. In a total of 39 matches between those clubs, Shakhtar won 34, drew 3, and Metalurh won 2.

The last ever derby was played on 6 March 2021, when Shakhtar beat Olimpik 1–0 at Stadion Dynamo imeni Lobanovskoho in Kyiv.Game report (Olimpik - Shakhtar). upl.ua

Shakhtar vs Metalurh Statistics CompetitionPlayedShakhtar DrawMetalurh Shakhtar goalsMetalurh goalsPremier League3632318719Cup210133Super Cup110020Total3934329222

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Player Statistics Goalscorers NameClubYearsLeagueCupSupercupTotal1 Andriy VorobeyShakhtar Donetsk Metalurh Donetsk1995–2007 2010–201370000072 Alex TeixeiraShakhtar Donetsk2007–201551063 Andrejs ŠtolcersShakhtar Donetsk1997–200040043 Oleksiy ByelikShakhtar Donetsk1998–200840043 BrandãoShakhtar Donetsk2002–200940043 Luiz AdrianoShakhtar Donetsk2007–201530143 Own goalsShakhtar Donetsk Metalurh Donetsk 31000048 Hennadiy ZubovShakhtar Donetsk Metalurh Donetsk1994–2004 200530000038 Julius AghahowaShakhtar Donetsk2000–2007, 2009–201230038 MatuzalémShakhtar Donetsk2004–200730038 FernandinhoShakhtar Donetsk2005–201321038 Oleksandr HladkyiShakhtar Donetsk2007–2010, 2014–201630038 Darijo SrnaShakhtar Donetsk2003–201830038 EduardoShakhtar Donetsk2010–2014, 2015–201630038 Henrikh MkhitaryanMetalurh Donetsk Shakhtar Donetsk2009–2010 2010–2013030000316 Serhiy KovalyovShakhtar Donetsk1994–2000200216 Serhiy PopovShakhtar Donetsk1992–1996, 1997–2004200216 Vitaliy MintenkoMetalurh Donetsk1997–2001200216 Anatoliy TymoshchukShakhtar Donetsk1998–2007200216 Ciprian MaricaShakhtar Donetsk2004–2007200216 JádsonShakhtar Donetsk2005–2011200216 Dmytro ChyhrynskyiShakhtar Donetsk2002–2009, 2010–2015, 2023200216 IlsinhoShakhtar Donetsk2007–2010, 2012–2015200216 Velizar DimitrovMetalurh Donetsk2008–2013110216 Oleksandr KucherMetalurh Donetsk Shakhtar Donetsk2002–2005 2006–2017010100216 Douglas CostaShakhtar Donetsk2010–2015101216 Mykola MorozyukMetalurh Donetsk2010–2015110228 Yuriy SeleznyovShakhtar Donetsk Metalurh Donetsk1997–2000 2001–2003100000128 Ihor LeonovShakhtar Donetsk Metalurh Donetsk1988–1991, 1993–2000 2000100000128 Yuri BelichenkoShakhtar Donetsk Metalurh Donetsk1985–1988, 1992–1994 1996, 1997–1998010000128 Oleh MatvyeyevShakhtar Donetsk Metalurh Donetsk1992–2000 2002100128 Mykola VoloshynMetalurh Donetsk1994–2000100128 Sergey ZhunenkoShakhtar Donetsk Metalurh Donetsk1997–1999 1999–2000010000128 Oleksandr SevidovMetalurh Donetsk1996–2000100128 Oleh PestryakovShakhtar Donetsk1999–2002100128 Serhiy AtelkinShakhtar Donetsk Metalurh Donetsk1989–1997, 2000–2002 2002100000128 Serhiy ShyshchenkoShakhtar Donetsk Metalurh Donetsk1994–1997 1999–2003, 2004–2006, 2008–2009100000128 Oleksiy HaiShakhtar Donetsk2000–2013100128 Volodymyr PonomarenkoMetalurh Donetsk2001–2003100128 Igor GjuzelovShakhtar Donetsk Metalurh Donetsk2001–2002 2002–2006010000128 Adrian PukanychShakhtar Donetsk2000–2009100128 Mariusz LewandowskiShakhtar Donetsk2001–2010100128 ElanoShakhtar Donetsk2005–2007100128 Giorgi DemetradzeMetalurh Donetsk2003–2007100128 Vyacheslav ChecherMetalurh Donetsk2002–2010, 2011–2015100128 Zvonimir VukićShakhtar Donetsk2003–2008100128 Venance ZézéMetalurh Donetsk2006–2007100128 Kostyantyn KravchenkoShakhtar Donetsk2008–2012100128 Oleksandr KosyrinMetalurh Donetsk2005–2008100128 Ricardo FernandesMetalurh Donetsk2008–2009, 2011100128 Tomáš HübschmanShakhtar Donetsk2004–2014100128 Oleksiy PolyanskyiMetalurh Donetsk Shakhtar Donetsk2003–2006 2006–2016010000128 Tomáš HübschmanShakhtar Donetsk2004–2014100128 Sunny KingsleyMetalurh Donetsk2008–2010100128 WillianShakhtar Donetsk2007–2013100128 Vyacheslav ShevchukShakhtar Donetsk Metalurh Donetsk2000–2001, 2005–2016 2002100000128 TaisonShakhtar Donetsk2013–2021100128 Júnior MoraesMetalurh Donetsk Shakhtar Donetsk2011–2015 2018–2022100000128 Serhiy KryvtsovShakhtar Donetsk2010–2022100128 Vasyl PryimaMetalurh Donetsk2008–2015100128 Đorđe LazićMetalurh Donetsk2009–2015100128 Musawengosi MguniMetalurh Donetsk2009–2010, 2013–20140101

Clean sheets NameClubYearsLeagueCupSupercupTotal1 Andriy PyatovShakhtar Donetsk2007–202350162 Yuriy VirtMetalurh Donetsk Shakhtar Donetsk1997–1999, 2002–2003, 2004–2007 1999–2002, 2007–201212000033 Wojciech KowalewskiShakhtar Donetsk2002–200320023 Dmytro ShutkovShakhtar Donetsk1991–200820023 Stipe PletikosaShakhtar Donetsk2003–200720023 Oleksandr RybkaShakhtar Donetsk2011–201220023 Anton KanibolotskyiShakhtar Donetsk2012–201720028 Andriy KurayevShakhtar Donetsk Metalurh Donetsk1990–1994, 1998–1999 1997–1998, 1999–200210000018 Jan LaštůvkaShakhtar Donetsk2004–20091001

Shakhtar-2 vs Metalurh Results League

Shakhtar-2/3 vs Metalurh-2 Results League

Shakhtar vs Olimpik Results League

References

External links FC Shakhtar Donetsk official site