FC Shakhtar brought the UEFA Cup to Donetsk

21 May 2009, Donetsk.

A plot about Shakhtar FC fans welcoming their team back with the UEFA Cup trophy. People wearing Shakhtar symbols near the bus, drinking champagne, footballers at the airport, team captain Darijo Srna showing the Cup to fans, head coach Mircea Lucescu present, photos from the game in Istanbul.

Comments: fan; club footballer Dmytro Chygrynskyi; club director Serhiy Palkin.

Reference: Mircea Lucescu is a Romanian football player and coach. He spent most of his playing career at Dynamo (Bucharest), playing as a striker. As head coach, he made Romanian clubs Dynamo and Rapid, Turkish Galatasaray and Besiktas, as well as Ukrainian Shakhtar and Dynamo champions.

From 2004 to 2016, he coached Shakhtar (Donetsk), with whom he won 8 Ukrainian championships, 6 Ukrainian Cups and the UEFA Cup in 2009. On July 23, 2020, Lucescu returned to Ukraine, signing a contract with Dynamo. He was the coach of Kyiv until November 2023.

The third most decorated coach in the history of world football. In 2015, Lucescu became the fifth coach in history to lead a club in 100 UEFA Champions League matches. Knight of the Order of the Star of Romania, the most decorated coach in the history of the Ukrainian championship, Honored Coach of Ukraine.

The oldest national team coach in the history of football. Mircea Lucescu died on April 7, 2026 at the age of 80.

Shakhtar Donetsk won the UEFA Cup on May 20, 2009. In the final match in Istanbul, the Ukrainian team, led by coach Mircea Lucescu, defeated Werder Bremen with a score of 2:1.