Shakhtar, Shakhtyor or Shakhter (depending on transliteration from different languages) means "
miner
A miner is a person who extracts ore, coal, chalk, clay, or other minerals from the earth through mining. There are two senses in which the term is used. In its narrowest sense, a miner is someone who works at the rock face (mining), face; cutt ...
" in some
Slavic languages
The Slavic languages, also known as the Slavonic languages, are Indo-European languages spoken primarily by the Slavs, Slavic peoples and their descendants. They are thought to descend from a proto-language called Proto-Slavic language, Proto- ...
and may refer to:
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FC Shakhtar Donetsk
Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk () is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club that was based in the city of Donetsk until 2014 when, due to the War in Donbas (2014–2022), War in Donbas, the club was forced to move to Lvi ...
, a Ukrainian football club
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MFC Shakhtar Donetsk
MFC Shakhtar Donetsk was a futsal team from Donetsk, Ukraine.
The team was founded in 1998 as Ukrsplav, and after a year came up from the second league to the first one. The team was dissolved in January 2011.
Shakhtar are the most successful i ...
, a Ukrainian futsal club
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VC Shakhtar Donetsk
VC Shakhtar Donetsk is a volleyball club from Donetsk
Donetsk ( , ; ; ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin, and Stalino, is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine located on the Kalmius River in Donetsk Obl ...
, a defunct Ukrainian volleyball club
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PFC Shakhtar Sverdlovsk
Shakhtar Sverdlovsk () was a professional Ukrainian football club based in Luhansk oblast's Sverdlovsk city (Dovzhansk).
The club competed in the Ukrainian Second League but was suspended after the 2013–14 amid the Russian aggression against ...
, a Ukrainian football club
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FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk
FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk (, ) was a Belarus, Belarusian association football, football club, playing in the city of Salihorsk (Soligorsk).
History
The club was founded in 1961. During Soviet era, Shakhtyor Soligorsk played in the top or second ...
, a Belarusian football club
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HC Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Hockey Club Shakhtyor Soligorsk () is an ice hockey team based in Salihorsk (Soligorsk), Belarus
Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukra ...
, a Belarusian hockey club
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FC Shakhter Karagandy
Football Club Shakhter (), commonly referred to as FC Shakhter Karagandy ( ), is a professional football club based in Karagandy, Kazakhstan. They have been members of the Kazakhstan Premier League since its foundation in 1992, but fell of to t ...
, a Kazakh football club
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FC Shakhtyor Prokopyevsk
FC Shakhtyor Prokopyevsk () is a Russian football club from Prokopyevsk that currently plays in amateur competitions. It played professionally in 1946, 1962–1970, 1972–1974, 1994–1996 and 2001–2007. It played for one season in the second ...
, a former Russian football club
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FC Shakhtyor Shakhty
FC Burevestnik-YuRGUES Shakhty () was a Russian football team from Shakhty. It played professionally in 1958–1969 and 1989–2003. It played in the second-highest Soviet First League
The Soviet First League in football () was the second hig ...
a former Russian football club that was known as FC Shakhtyor Shakhty from 1958 to 2004 and as
FC Burevestnik-YuRGUES Shakhty
FC Burevestnik-YuRGUES Shakhty () was a Russian football team from Shakhty. It played professionally in 1958–1969 and 1989–2003. It played in the second-highest Soviet First League
The Soviet First League in football () was the second hig ...
from 2005 to 2006
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