Only three wins in six league matches is the worst start any coach has shown leading Shakhtar in this century. To some extent, Marino Pusic can be justified by the autumn results in European competitions, but in general, 2024 started unsuccessfully for the miners: relegation from the Europa League and a goalless draw in Olexandria.

2023-24, Ukraine - Premier League

FC Oleksandriya - Shakhtar 0:0

FC Oleksandriya: Shevchenko M.; Campos; Lohinov; Shulianskyi (Geovani R., 69); Kopyna; Mykhailenko M. (Shostak De., 78); Martynyuk O. (Skorko, 78); Kovalets (Bieliaiev Ol., 68); Kalitvintsev V.; Kaliuzhnyi; Kulakov A. (Dé, 73)
Bench: Yermakov H.; Dolhyi; Biloshevskyi; Kulakovskyi; Smirniy; Kostyshyn D.; Pohorilyi
Yellow Cards: Campos 23; Martynyuk O. 65; Kalitvintsev V. 78; Shostak De. 91

Shakhtar: Riznyk D.; Konoplya; Matviyenko; Pedrinho; Bondar V.; Bondarenko A-m; Sudakov; Kryskiv (Stepanenko, 55); Kevin (Traoré Las., 55); Eguinaldo (Sikan, 46); Zubkov (Shved M., 35)
Bench: Rudko; Rakitskiy; Azarov I.; Gocholeishvili; Miroshi; Nazaryna; Tsukanov; Newerton
Yellow Cards: Kevin 24; Kryskiv 50; Matviyenko 88