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Luis Castro: a year at Shakhtar

Friday, June 12, 2020

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On 12 June 2019, Luis Castro took charge of Shakhtar as its manager

The Portuguese is the 33rd coach in the club’s history.

Statistics

To date, the Miners have had 36 games under Luis, claiming 24 victories. 6 meetings ended in a draw and 6 more saw the opponents win. The aggregate goal difference is 82-40.

Shakhtar are topping the Ukrainian League table with a big lead, being just a stone's throw from winning the title early. The team played 25 UPL games: 21 wins, 2 draws, and 2 defeats (65-18). In European competitions, the Orange-and-Blacks had 9 games: 3 wins, 4 draws, and 2 defeats.

29 players this season

This season, Luis Castro has fielded 29 players. Of those, 10 are under 22: Anatolii Trubin, Dodo, Valerii Bondar, Marquinhos Cipriano, Marcos Antonio, Artem Bondarenko, Manor Solomon, Tete, Fernando, Danylo Sikan.
 
New additions to the squad

Under the current coaching staff, Danylo Sikan, Yevhen Konoplyanka, and Artem Bondarenko started playing for Shakhtar. Vladyslav Vakula and Vitao look forward to their appearances. The rest of the players debuted in previous seasons.