The situation in Ukraine has changed drastically, and football fans are concerned about two issues today:
1. The two districts of Wudong are independent, and the ranking of the national football team has dropped by two places?
No. The ranking of European teams has nothing to do with national football.
2. Will the Donetsk miners participate in the Don Super League or the Russian Super League?
In August and October 2014, the Donbass Arena, the home of Miner Donetsk, suffered two severe shelling damage. The Donetsk Miners Club changed its home stadium to Kharkiv, 600 km from Donetsk, and the club's administrative headquarters were moved to Kiev. In May 2020, the miners' home stadium was temporarily moved to the Kiev Olympic National Complex.
In view of the current situation, the road to "home" of the Donetsk miners is far away. At least it will continue to play in the Ukrainian league, and whether there will be changes in the future depends on the political situation.
The Donetsk Miners were founded in Stalino in 1936. The team was named Stalino Miner. In 1961, Stalino was renamed Donetsk and the team's name was renamed Donetsk Miner.
We often see miners in European competitions, where they have won the league 13 times and lifted the cup 13 times in the Ukrainian Premier League. In the 2008-09 season, he also defeated Werder Bremen in the final of the League Cup to win the UEFA Cup.
Before the collapse of the Soviet Union, in 1961-1983, the miners won the Soviet Cup four times, but never won the Soviet League.
In July 2014, Donetsk declared independence, and the Brazilian and Argentine players in the miners announced their refusal to return to Ukraine, and these foreign players left one after another, which had an impact on the team's combat effectiveness. However, since 2016, miners have achieved four consecutive league titles.
In the 2020-21 season, Shakhtar Donetsk was in the same group as Real Madrid, Inter Milan and Borussia Mönchengladbach, and in the first round of the group stage, the miners beat Real Madrid 3-2 away from home, when a number of key players in the miners team were absent due to the new crown virus, almost defeating Real Madrid with a second team.
This season, miners have won twice against Real Madrid at home and away, and drawn with Inter Milan in two legs, which can be called the dark horse of the Champions League. In the end, Inter Milan was forced to enter the Europa League, but lost to Roma to stop in the round of 16.
This season, miners met Real Madrid, Inter Milan again in the Champions League, and there was also Sharif in the same group, but the group stage was 2 draws and 4 losses at the bottom.