Shakhtar suffers a crushing defeat at home in the Ukrainian championship for the first time in history

In Lviv, Shakhtar, losing to LNZ 1:4 in the match of the 8th round of the Ukrainian Premier League, experienced its first major defeat in the Ukrainian championship as hosts. This event occurred in the 502nd (!) game of Shakhtar at home in the UPL.

Photo: shakhtar.com

In total, the «orange and black» have now lost to opponents by a margin of three or more goals for the 9th time after more than a 9-year break, including for the first time against LNZ.

At the «Arena Lviv,» the Donetsk club, having conceded 4 goals in one UPL game, matched the club record.

All major defeats of Shakhtar in the Ukrainian championship

Date

Opponent

Score (field)

Shakhtar’s Coach

25.04.1992

Chornomorets

0:3 (a)

Valeriy Yaremchenko

10.03.1995

Dynamo

0:3 (a)

Volodymyr Salkov

06.08.1995

CSKA-Boryspil

0:4 (a)

Volodymyr Salkov

05.11.1995

Torpedo

0:3 (a)

Valeriy Rudakov

01.09.1997

Dynamo

0:3 (a)

Valeriy Yaremchenko

21.11.2009

Dynamo

0:3 (a)

Mircea Lucescu

01.05.2011

Dynamo

0:3 (a)

Mircea Lucescu

13.03.2016

Dnipro

1:4 (a)

Mircea Lucescu

05.10.2025

LNZ

1:4 (h)

Arda Turan

Clubs with 4 goals against Shakhtar in the Ukrainian championship

Date

Club

Goals

Score (field)

Shakhtar’s Goalkeeper

25.07.1995

Niva (Ternopil)

25', 58′, 75′, 88′

4:2 (a)

Andriy Nikitin

06.08.1995

CSKA-Boryspil

2', 47′, 60′, 81′

4:0 (h)

Dmytro Shutkov

10.04.2004

Dynamo

17', 35′, 61′, 87′

4:2 (a)

Stipe Pletikosa

13.03.2016

Dnipro

10', 44′, 50′, 90+3'

4:1 (a)

Andriy Pyatov

24.08.2024

Oleksandriya

37', 42′, 48′, 57′

4:3 (a)

Dmytro Riznyk

19.04.2025

Kolos

26', 38′, 84′, 90+7'

4:2 (h)

Kiril Fesiun

05.10.2025

LNZ

13', 62′, 71′, 89′

4:1 (h)

Dmytro Riznyk

Note: statistics as of 07.10.2025.