"Shakhtar" defended the title of Ukraine champion (VIDEO) © EuroFootball.com

Donetsk's "Shakhtar" club on Saturday beat "Metalurg" 2-0 in the city derby and secured their sixth Ukrainian champion title in the last nine years.

With two rounds left before the end of the competition, "Shakhtar" leads closest pursuer Kyiv's "Dynamo" by eight points.

This season in the Champions League, Mircea Lucescu's players reached the quarterfinals, where they lost to the finalist team "Barcelona". "Shakhtar" will also play in the semifinals of the national cup tournament.