Shakhtar — Best pictures!

Shakhtar Donetsk’s Ukraine international Aleksandr Kucher will go into the first game of the World Cup 2010 playoffs against Greece as Ukraine’s best player in the FTBL ranking, irrespective of position. The fact that he ranks ahead of even strikers is

Shakhtar Donetsk goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov has achieved the quasi-impossible: his FTBL rating is as close as ever to the 100-point mark despite the fact that he plays in a Cat 2 league. For perspective, remember that only 6 goalkeepers have ratings beyond

Shakhtar Donetsk’s Brazilian Luiz Adriano was the big winner in last night’s 4:0 trashing of French side Toulouse in the Europa League, earning 26.52 rating points in the FTBL system and taking the 5th spot in our Top 23 of Brazilian strikers.

Shakhtar Donetsk’s Fernandinho (pictured left) and Luiz Adriano (right) broke into the FTBL Top 23 of Brazilian players after the Ukrainians’ 4:0 drubbing of French side Toulouse in the Europa League last night.

Shakhtar Donetsk defender Dmytro Chigrinskiy will be handed a perfect opportunity to boost his FTBL rating when his side host Turkey’s Sivasspor tomorrow in the return leg of their Europa League contest. With a plank of just 1.67 rating points to beat,