The club was formed back in 1953 and competed mostly at regional competitions.
[1] The team originally represented the Konotop Engineering Factory "Chervonyi Metalist" that manufactured the mining equipment, hence the name for the club "Shakhtar" - Miner.
[1][2] In 1965 and 1969 Shakhtar were winners of the Sumy Oblast cup competitions (single elimination tournament).
[1] On couple of occasions Shakhtar appeared in the Ukrainian Amateur Football Championship in 1965 and 1969 and earlier in the Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR in 1958 and 1959.
[1] It continues to play in the Sumy Oblast Championship.