Valencia 2-0 Shakhtar Donetsk: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 18 October 2006

Result

Valencia 2-0 Shakhtar Donetsk

Champions League · Wednesday 18 October 2006, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

Valencia · Shakhtar Donetsk · Champions League predictions

Valencia 2-0 Shakhtar Donetsk: match report

Valencia beat Shakhtar Donetsk 2-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 18 October 2006. It was 2-0 at half-time.

David Villa opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Valencia's goals came from David Villa (31') and David Villa (45'). Shakhtar Donetsk did not score.

Discipline: Valencia received 1 yellow card; Shakhtar Donetsk received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Valencia were 9th on 9 points from 4 and Shakhtar Donetsk 18th on 7 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Going into the match Valencia's last five read W-W-W-L and Shakhtar Donetsk's D-L-W-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Yellow card · Vyacheslav SviderskyShakhtar Donetsk
  • 31'Goal · David VillaValencia · 1-0
  • 33'Yellow card · Anatoliy TymoshchukShakhtar Donetsk
  • 42'Yellow card · AlbeldaValencia
  • 45'Goal · David VillaValencia · 2-0
  • 58'Yellow card · Ciprian MaricaShakhtar Donetsk
  • 62'Yellow card · BrandãoShakhtar Donetsk
  • 76'Second yellow · Vyacheslav SviderskyShakhtar Donetsk

Team news

Valencia line-up

Cañizares, Miguel, David Navarro, Raúl Albiol, Emiliano Moretti, Edu Gaspar, David Villa, Morientes, Joaquín, Albelda, Mario Regueiro Pintos

Shakhtar Donetsk line-up

Stipe Pletikosa, Leonardo, Razvan Rat, Dmytro Chygrynskiy, Vyacheslav Svidersky, Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, Fernandinho, Francesco Matuzalem, Julius Aghahowa, Ciprian Marica, Jadson