On this day, but twelve years earlier, in Istanbul, Shakhtar Donetsk won the most significant victory in the modern history of Ukrainian football..

Exactly 12 years ago, on May 20, 2009, Shakhtar Donetsk in the final match of the UEFA Cup, which was the last before the tournament was renamed the UEFA Europa League, at the Sukru Saracoglu stadium in the Turkish capital, Istanbul, won over Werder Bremen in extra time (.

The Orange-and-Blacks managed to open the scoring in the middle of the first half, when Luiz Adriano in the 25th minute went one-on-one with goalkeeper Tim Wiese, using Willian's pass, and then beautifully threw the ball over his head.

However, exactly ten minutes later, goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov made a gross mistake while repelling a blow from a long-range free kick from Brazilian Naldo, thanks to which the German team established the final score of the main time of this fight..

Overtimes were held according to an equally tense scenario and with serious pressure from nominal guests, however, already at the very beginning of the first fifteen minutes, Brazilian midfielder Jadson managed to bring his team forward again, using Darijo Srna's trademark pass from the right flank.

Ultimately, Donetsk Shakhtar did not miss the opportunity to raise the European trophy over their heads, becoming the first team in the history of independent Ukraine with such an achievement..

Subsequently, only then Dnipropetrovsk Dnipro managed to come close to victory in the UEFA Europa League, but lost to the final scoring shootout to Andalusian Seville (2: 3) in 2015.