FC Shakhtar Museum

The FC Shakhtar Museum was inaugurated on 14 July 2010. The club president Rinat Akhmetov, the head coach Mircea Lucescu and the Pitmen’s legend Mikhail Sokolovskiy, who had played the most matches for Shakhtar (485), snipped the ribbon and the museum received its first visitors. Those were the coaches and players of FC Shakhtar, the team legends, the city authorities and the mass media.

Inside the museum you will immerse yourself into Shakhtar's rich historical legacy. The colourful arrangement of exhibits depicts every minute detail of the team's formation and growth - from football coming to the region to the Pitmen's most recent achievements.

Here the visitors are offered a diversity of entertainment. They can either learn more about unique exhibits and share in every timeless victory, or watch one of the FC Shakhtar landmark matches in the cinema hall, seating back in an armchair or taking in the action from an improvised 'fifth stand', just as the club fans did back in the 1950s.

History rooms
The museum's five rooms showcase a rich seam of the Pitmen's history for the visitors to mine. The awards and trophies won by the squad, the unique historical records and photos are on display there. Not only professional guides, but the living legends themselves, who actually made the history of FC Shakhtar, also act as the tour guides on special days.

Wall of Fame
A 23-metre long Wall of Fame occupies a central position in the museum. The genuine palmprints and footprints of the legendary footballers and coaches of FC Shakhtar, which are made from molten metal cast in plaster moulds, are placed alongside the Wall of Fame. The Wall itself encompasses photos and video footage capturing every significant moment in the club history and featuring its most outstanding players and coaches.

Club trophies
The museum displays an array of the squad's most important Cup trophies: the USSR Cup, the original 'Together with the team' cup (one of big-time football prizes that were formerly awarded to teams for high attendance at their matches, Shakhtar won it in 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987 and in 1988), the Ukrainian Premier League Cups (the 1997 Cup of Ukraine, The Ukrainian Premier League Cup won in 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2010, the 2010 Super Cup of Ukraine).

UEFA Cup
The UEFA Cup that the Pitmen won back in May 2009, in its turn won its permanent place in the club museum and in the hearts of the nation. Henceforth, every visitor can have a picture with Shakhtar's most important trophy taken as a meaningful memento. It is on display in the last (fifth) history room dedicated to the new history of the Orange & Black squad.

Entertainment
The facility also features a homely 25-seater cinema hall accommodating an improvised 'fifth stand' (that's how they used to call the slag heap near the Central Stadium Shakhtar in the fifties and sixties), a room for children and a videogame room.

In the Cinema Hall you can watch:

Showroom
This is an exclusively designed show room featuring the photographs of all the players of FC Shakhtar of all times. Moreover, the visitors can also enjoy an exciting virtual insight into the FC Shakhtar story there.

Show room admission times
The show room admission hours are 11:30, 12:30, 14:30, 15:30, 16:30, 17:30.
* For group visits the museum attendance time is agreed upon individually.

Useful information

1. The museum is located on the Mira Ave side (southern entrance to the Donbass Arena), its opening hours are 10am to 7pm, 9h/7 days a week (tickets are sold until 6:20pm).

2. On the match days the museum is open from 10am until an hour before kickoff (they stop selling tickets an hour and forty minutes prior to kickoff). 2nd and 4th Mondays in a month are days off.

3. Ticket pricing: UAH 30 for adults, UAH 15 for children. Special rates apply when you choose the stadium+museum tour option.

4. Concessions are available for the season card holders and the members of the fan clubs of FC Shakhtar and those of the Donbass Arena, along with 50% off for pensioners and students on production of a relevant ID.

5. If needed, you can order assistance by a tour guide or choose an audio guide option by paying for them at the museum reception. Assistance by a tour guide is priced at UAH 50 per a group, while an audio guide option will cost you UAH 25 per person.

Contacts

phone number for inquiries: 062 388 88 83.

Please email your group applications to museum@shakhtar.com