Football Association of Donetsk Oblast (FAD) is a football governing body in the region of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. The association started as a member of the Ukrainian Association of Football. The Donetsk Oblast was formed on 2 July 1932 by combining territories of okruhas of the Ukrainian SSR of Starobilsk, Luhansk, Artemivsk, Stalino and Mariupol. They also host local minifootball tournaments.
Championship
1932 Horlivka City 1933 Metalist Kostyantynivka 1934 Dynamo Horlivka 1935 Dynamo Horlivka 1936 Koval Factory Stalino 1937 Stal Kostyantynivka 1938 Stakhanovets Stalino (res) 1940 Stakhanovets Ordzhonikidze 1941-43 not held (World War II) 1944 Stakhanovets Stalino 1945 Stakhnovets Rutchenkove 1946 Stal Makiivka 1947 Avanhard Kramatorsk 1948 Stal Kostyantynivka 1949 Metalurh Zhdanov 1950 Vodnyk Zhdanov 1951 Shakhtar Druzhkivka 1952 Shakhtar Stalino (Kuibyshevskyi District) 1953 Metalurh Zhdanov 1954 Shakhtar Yenakieve 1955 Shakhtar Budyonivka 1956 Metalurh Chasiv Yar 1957 Shakhtar Stalino (Kuibyshevskyi District) 1958 Metalurh Chasiv Yar 1959 Shakhtar Stalino (Kuibyshevskyi District) 1960 Shakhtar Stalino (Kuibyshevskyi District) 1961 Metalurh Yenakieve 1962 Metalurh Yenakieve 1963 Shakhtar Chystyakove 1964 Shakhtar Torez 1965 Start Dzerzhynsk 1966 Avtoshklo Kostyantynivka 1967 Shakhtar Krasnoarmiysk 1968 Shakhtar Makiivka 1969 Kolormash Artemivsk 1970 Shakhtar Snizhne 1971 Khimik Horlivka 1972 Khimik Horlivka 1973 Shakhtar Torez 1974 Hirnyk Makiivka 1975 Kirovets Makiivka 1976 Monolit Donetsk 1977 Mashynobudivnyk Druzhkivka 1978 Kirovets Makiivka 1979 Shakhtar Dzerzhynsk 1980 Tekstylnyk Donetsk 1981 Azovstal Zhdanov 1982 Bazhanovets Makiivka 1983 Kirovets Makiivka 1984 Metalurh Yenakieve 1985 Bazhanovets Makiivka 1986 Bazhanovets Makiivka 1987 Kirovets Makiivka 1988 Shakhtobudivnyk Donetsk 1989 Kirovets Makiivka 1990 Kolormash Artemivsk 1991 Harant Donetsk =independence of Ukraine= 1992 Harant Donetsk 1992/93 Kirovets Makiivka 1993/94 Shakhtar Selidove 1994/95 Kolos Ilovaisk 1995/96 Avanhard Kramatorsk 1996 Pivdenstal Yenakiieve 1997 Shakhtar Horlivka 1998 Koksokhim Avdiivka 1999 Fortuna Shakhtarsk 2000 Vuhlyk Dymytrov 2001 Slavkhlib Slovyansk 2002 Slavkhlib Slovyansk 2003 Slavkhlib Slovyansk 2004 Slavkhlib Slovyansk 2005 Slavkhlib Slovyansk 2006 Portovyk Mariupol 2007 Slavkhlib Slovyansk 2008 Slavkhlib Slovyansk 2009 Slavkhlib Slovyansk 2010 Avanhard Kramatorsk 2011 Slavkhlib Slovyansk 2012 Voda Donbasa Donetsk 2013 Ayaks Shakhtarsk 2014 Russo-Ukrainian War 2015 Slavkhlib Slovyansk (as Donbas championship) 2016 Slavkhlib Slovyansk (as Open championship of Donetsk Oblast) 2017 Sapfir Kramatorsk 2018 Sapfir Kramatorsk 2019 Prometei Velyka Novosilka 2020 Shakhtar Rodynske 2021 FC Slovyansk =full-scale Russian invasion=
Top winners 11 - FC Slavkhlib Slovyansk 4 - (Dynamo (Shakhtar), Shakhtar Stalino (Kuibyshevskyi District), Kirovets M., Pivdenstal (Metalurh)) 3 - (Bazhanovets, Avanhard Kr., Sapfir)
Cup winners
1996 FC Vuhlyk Dymytrov 2001 FC Pivdenstal Yenakiieve 2002 FC Slavkhlib Slovyansk 2003 FC Slavkhlib Slovyansk 2007 FC Slavkhlib Slovyansk 2008 FC Konti Kostyantynivka 2009 FC Slavkhlib Slovyansk 2012 FC Slavkhlib Slovyansk 2013 FC Nova-Lyuks Donetsk 2014 Russian invasion of Ukraine 2015 FC Slavkhlib Slovyansk
Donbas Championship Along with the Football association of Luhansk Oblast, the Association conducted united Donbas Championship since 2012. Since 2015 it served as the championship of Donetsk Oblast. 2012 USK Rubin Donetsk 2013 USK Rubin Donetsk 2014 Russian invasion of Ukraine 2015 FC Slovkhlib Slovyansk 2016 FC Slovkhlib Slovyansk
DNR Championship 2016 FC Pobeda Donetsk 2017 FC Pobeda Donetsk 2018 FC Gvardeets Donetsk 2019 FC Gvardeets Donetsk 2020 FC Gvardeets Donetsk 2021 FC Gvardeets Donetsk 2022 not held 2023 FC Gvardeets Donetsk 2024 FC Niva Telmanovo
Additional tournaments Liga Donbassa (DNR Republican League) 2019 Shakhter Sverdlovsk 2020 Antratsyt Kirovskoye
Sodruzhestvo 2023 Dinamo Lugansk 2024 ChF Chernomorets Sevastopol
Professional clubs
FC Shakhtar Donetsk (Ugolschiki Horlivka, Stakhanovets), 1936-1941, 1945- (87 seasons) FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk (Metalurh Kostiantynivka), 1992-2006 (14 seasons) FC Shakhtar-3 Donetsk, 2000-2015 (15 seasons) FC Stal Kostiantynivka, 1936f, 1937 (2 seasons) FC Kramatorsk (Avanhard), 1948, 1949, 1960-1970, 2011-2014, 2015-2021 (22 seasons) FC Avanhard-2 Kramatorsk, 2019–2020 (a season) FC Lokomotiv Donetsk, 1958-1973 (16 seasons) FC Shakhtar Horlivka (Vuhlyk), 1959-1973, 1976-1988, 1992–1993, 1994–1995, 1998-2000 (22 seasons) FC Mariupol (Avangard, Azovstal), 1960-1964, 1966-1973, 1975–1989, 1992–2021 (58 seasons) FC Metalurh-2 Mariupol, 2000-2012, 2016–2017 (13 seasons) FC Metallurg Yenakieve (Industria), 1963, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1997–1998 (5 seasons) FC Shakher Torez, 1965-1970 (6 seasons) FC Avangard Makiivka, 1966-1970 (5 seasons) FC Start Dzerzhynsk, 1966-1969 (4 seasons) FC Shakhter Yenakieve, 1965-1967 (3 seasons) FC Sitall Kostiantynivka, 1967-1969 (3 seasons) FC Ugolyok Krasnoarmiysk, 1968, 1969 (2 seasons) FC Shakhter Makiivka, 1972, 1973 (2 seasons)
FC Shakhtar Makiivka, 1992-1999 (8 seasons) FC Shakhtar Shakhtarsk, 1992-1995 (4 seasons) → FC Metalurh Donetsk FC Metalurh Donetsk, 1996-2015 (19 seasons) → FC Stal Kamianske FC Metalurh-2 Donetsk, 2001-2004 (3 seasons) FC Khartsyzk, 1992-1994 (3 seasons) FC Antratsyt Kirovske, 1992-1993 (2 seasons) FC Dynamo Sloviansk, 1995–1996 (a season) FC Metalurh Komsomolske, 1997–1998 (a season) FC VPS Kramatorsk, 1998–1999 (a season) FC Mashynobudivnyk Druzhkivka, 1999-2002 (3 seasons) FC Uholyok Dymytrov, 2002-2005 (3 seasons) FC Olimpik Donetsk, 2004-2021 (17 seasons) FC Tytan Donetsk, 2007-2009 (2 seasons) FC Makiivvuhillia Makiivka, 2011-2015 (4 seasons) → FC Nikopol FSC Mariupol (Yarud), 2020- (5 seasons)
Other clubs at national/republican level Note: the list includes clubs that played at republican competitions before 1959 and the amateur or KFK competitions after 1964.
Avanhard Kramatorsk (Ordzhonikidze, Bliuminh), 1936-1940, 1946-1952, 1956-1959, 1974-1976, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1992-93, 1995-96, 2011 Chystiakove (Torez), 1936-1938 Bakhmut (Artemivsk), 1936, 1938 Makiivka, 1936, 1938 Krasnoarmiisk (Postysheve), 1936, 1937 Horlivka, 1936 Zenit Stalino (Stalina), 1936-1939 Kostiantynivka, 1936 Mariupol (Zhdanov), 1937, 1950 Avanhard Horlivka, 1937-1940, 1946 Sloviansk, 1937, 1938, 1948 Druzhkivka, 1937 Metalurh Makiivka (Stal), 1937, 1948-1951 Metalurh Kostiantynivka (Stal), 1938, 1939, 1940, 1946, 1948-1952 Stakhanovets Krasnoarmiisk, 1938 Avanhard Druzhkivka, 1938-1940, 1959 Metalurh Mariupol (Stal), 1946, 1948, 1949, 1951-1957 Lokomotyv Yasynuvata, 1946, 1948, 1949 Shakhtar Rutchenkove (Stakhanovets), 1946, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1959 Shakhtar Chystiakove, 1948, 1956–1959, 1972, 1996-97, 1997-98 Shakhtar Smolianka, 1948, 1949, 1958 Shakhtar Horlivka, 1948, 1949, 1958, 1974, 1989-1991, 1993-94, 1997-98 Shakhtar Yenakieve, 1948, 1951, 1955 Shakhtar Druzhkivka, 1948, 1949 Pivdenstal Yenakieve (Metalurh, Stal), 1948, 1949, 1957, 1970, 1985, 1987-1990, 1992-93, 1994-95, 1996-97, 1998-99, 2002 Metalurh Horlivka (Stal), 1948, 1954, 1955 Lokomotyv Debaltseve, 1948 Azovstal Mariupol, 1948, 1980, 1982, 1987 Lokomotyv Artemivsk, 1949–1957 Metalurh Stalino, 1950-1952, 1958 Khimik Horlivka, 1950-1952, 1971-1973 Budivelnyk Zhdanov, 1951 Metalurh Chasiv Yar, 1952 Shakhtar Stalino, 1954-1956, 1967, 1984-1986 Shakhtar Makiivka, 1957, 1969-1971, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1994-95 Dzerzhynets Dzerzhynsk, 1957 Shakhtar Budyonivka, 1957, 1958 Avanhard Zhdanov, 1958, 1959 Avanhard Yenakieve, 1958, 1959 Ordzhonikidze Chasiv Yar, 1958 Avanhard Chasiv Yar, 1959 Khimik Makiivka, 1959 Mashynobudivnyk Druzhkivka, 1964, 1975, 1988, 1990 Avtosklo Kostiantynivka, 1965, 1971-1973 Khimik Sloviansk, 1966, 1976, 1978 GUS Horlivka, 1968 Dzerzhynets Dzerzhynsk, 1970 Tsvetmet Artemivsk, 1970-1974, 1986, 1988, 1991 Sitall Kostiantynivka, 1970 Vuhlyk Kramatorsk, 1970 Vuhlyk Donetsk, 1971, 1992-93, 1993-94 Shakhtar Snizhne, 1971, 1989, 1994-95 Prometei Shakhtarsk, 1972, 1989-1991 Vuhlyk Krasnoarmiysk, 1973, 1991 Kirovets Makiivka, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1979-1985, 1988, 1990, 1993-94 Vohnetryvnyk Chasiv Yar, 1974, 1975 Lokomotyv Zhdanov, 1974 Monolit Donetsk, 1974, 1975, 1977-1979 Metalurh Artemivsk, 1976, 1977 Shakhtobudivnyk Donetsk, 1977-1982, 1989 Enerhia Kurakhove, 1980, 1981 Shakhtar Dzerzhynsk, 1980-1990 Shakhtar Ukrainsk, 1981 Tekstylnyk Donetsk, 1981, 1983, 1987 Mashynobudivnyk Artemivsk, 1983 Udarnyk Snizhne, 1986 Sotsdonbasovets Donetsk, 1988-1991 Antratsyt Kirovske, 1990, 1991 Novator Mariupol, 1990, 1991 Krystal Torez, 1991-1994-95 FC Khartsyzk, 1991, 1994-95, 1996-97, 1997-98 Vuhlyk Dymytriv, 1992-93 – 1994-95, 2001 Azovmash Mariupol, 1992-93, 1993-94 Harant Donetsk, 1992-93, 1993-94 Lidiyevka Donetsk, 1993-94, 1994-95 Kholodna Balka Makiivka, 1993-94 Shakhtar Selydove, 1994-95 Hirnyk Makiivka, 1994-95 Dynamo Sloviansk, 1994-95 AFK-UOR Mariupol, 1994-95 Aton Donetsk, 1994-95 Metalurh Komsomolske, 1994-95, 1996-97, 1998-99 – 2001, 2004-2006 Butovska Makiivka, 1994-95 Hirnyk Torez, 1997-98 Shakhta Ukraina Ukrainsk, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2000 Fortuna Shakhtarsk, 2000 Monolit Kostiantynivka, 2000-2002 VAVK Volodymyrivka, 2001, 2002 Slovkhlib Sloviansk, 2002, 2004, 2009 Shakhtar Rodynske, 2002 FC Torez, 2003 Olimpik Donetsk, 2004 Donbas-Krym Donetsk, 2007 Makiivvuhillia Makiivka, 2011 USC-Rubin Donetsk, 2013, 2014 Yarud Mariupol, 2017-18, 2019-20
Notable footballers Soviet Union national football team
Sergei Baltacha Volodymyr Troshkin Viktor Chanov Yuriy Dehteryov Viktor Zvyahintsev Viktor Fomin Valeriy Horbunov Viktor Hrachov
Ukraine national football team
Taras Stepanenko Serhiy Rebrov Andriy Vorobey Yevhen Seleznyov Serhiy Popov Mykola Shaparenko Oleksandr Zubkov Bohdan Butko Yukhym Konoplya Anatoliy Trubin Oleksiy Byelik Valeriy Kryventsov Hennadiy Orbu Oleksandr Radchenko Ivan Ordets Oleksandr Pikhalyonok Serhiy Kovalyov Serhiy Kravchenko Mykyta Burda Yevhen Levchenko Eduard Tsykhmeystruk Serhiy Zadorozhnyi Oleh Ocheretko Serhiy Bolbat Dmytro Shutkov Dmytro Khomchenovskyi Oleksandr Koval Denys Kozhanov Oleksandr Zotov Serhiy Valyayev Ihor Petrov Oleksandr Spivak Serhiy Atelkin Yevhen Drahunov Oleksandr Haydash Volodymyr Savchenko Oleksiy Ivanov
See also Regional football associations of Ukraine Donetsk People's Republic national football team FC Shakhtyor Donetsk (2025) Luhansk Oblast Football Association
External links Football Association of Donetsk Oblast (archived)