Shakhtar are in Antwerp

On October 2, after the morning training session in Lviv, Shakhtar players departed by a traditional route: they moved to Rzeszow by bus, there they took a charter flight to Brussels and reached Antwerp in the evening. In addition to the first team, the delegation also includes players and coaches of Shakhtar U19, management representatives with the club’s CEO Serhii Palkin.

Head coach of the Miners Patrick van Leeuwen took 28 players for the match against Antwerp.

Goalkeepers: Artur Rudko, Tymur Puzankov, Dmytro Riznyk, Denys Tvardovskyi

Defenders: Giorgi Gocholeishvili, Irakli Azarov, Dmytro Chyhrynskyi, Mykola Matviienko, Novatus Miroshi, Yukhym Konoplia, Eduard Kozik, Yaroslav Rakitskyi

Midfielders: Denil Castillo, Taras Stepanenko, Eguinaldo, Dmytro Kryskiv, Marian Shved, Heorhii Sudakov, Oleksandr Zubkov, Dmytro Topalov, Artem Bondarenko, Oleh Ocheretko, Yehor Nazaryna, Newerton, Oleksiі Kashchuk

Forwards: Danylo Sikan, Bohdan Viunnyk, Kevin Kelsy

A press conference and an open training session of the Orange-and-Blacks will take place on Tuesday. The match of the 2nd round of the Champions League group stage Antwerp vs Shakhtar will be held on October 4 at Bosuilstadion. It will kick off at 19:45 Kyiv time.