Shakhtar’s last match at the Donbas Arena took place 10 years ago
Thursday, May 2, 2024
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Recalling the latest game of the Miners at their home stadium in Donetsk
On May 2, 2014, Shakhtar and Illichivets met at the Donbas Arena in the match of the 28th round of the UPL. The scoring was opened in the 26th minute, when defender of Mariupol team Ishchenko deflected the ball into his own net after Ilsinho’s cross. The visiting team equalised the score at the start of the second half – Totovytskyi headed the ball accurately. However, in a few minutes, Luiz Adriano gave the Orange-and-Blacks a lead again, beating the defender and the goalkeeper of the opponent in the penalty area. Douglas Costa finalised the score with a long-range shot – 3-1. It was the last goal of Shakhtar at the Donbas Arena.
May 2, 2014, 19:30
Donetsk, Donbas Arena, 18,017 spectators
Shakhtar Donetsk 3-1 Illichivets Mariupol
Shakhtar: Piatov, Srna, Kryvtsov, Rakitskyi, Sobol, Fernando (Douglas Costa, 63′), Fred, Taison, Teixeira (Bernard, 68′), Ilsinho (Stepanenko, 77′), Luiz Adriano
Head coach: Mircea Lucescu
Illichivets: Halchuk, S. Shevchuk (Tsiupa, 85′), Yavorskyi (Mishnov, 72′), Mandziuk, Churko (Kysil, 67′), Hrechyshkin, Ishchenko, Ordets, Putivtsev, Butko, Totovytskyi
Head coach: Mykola Pavlov
Goals: 1-0 Ishchenko (26′, o/g), 1-1 Totovytskyi (58′), 2-1 Luiz Adriano (67′), 3-1 Douglas Costa (82′)
Referee: Kostiantyn Trukhanov (Kharkiv)
History of matches at the Donbas Arena
The opening ceremony of the Donbas Arena took place on August 29, 2009, and already on September 27, Shakhtar held their first match at the new stadium, defeating Obolon 4-0. The debut goal was scored by Brazilian midfielder Jadson.
In total, Shakhtar played 102 matches at the Donbas Arena. In these games, Shakhtar achieved 80 victories, played 14 draws and had 8 losses. The Orange-and-Blacks scored 238 goals against the opponents and conceded 50 goals.
Most often, the Miners played at the Donbas Arena against Dynamo Kyiv: the stadium hosted the Ukrainian Clasico 7 times, and Shakhtar won all these matches with a total score of 17-3. The Orange-and-Blacks also held 20 European Cup games, in which they had 9 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses (goal difference: 32–16), at Donbas Arena.
Home matches at other arenas
After the forced move from Donetsk, Shakhtar held the home matches in Lviv (Arena Lviv), Kharkiv (OSC Metalist) and Kyiv (NSC Olimpiiskyi), and the international games took place in Warsaw (Stadion Miejski Legii Warszawa im. Marszałka J. Piłsudskiego) and Hamburg (Volksparkstadion). In total, the Miners played 181 home games in these cities. The team is currently based in Kyiv.
Serhii Palkin, FC Shakhtar CEO:
– The Donbas Arena is one of the best stadiums in Europe and the home of Shakhtar. We experienced all the most precious moments in Donetsk, together with our fans, at this stadium. The full stands of the Donbas Arena always created incredible atmosphere of football celebration, inspired our team for a beautiful game and great victories. After the outbreak of the war in Donbas, we held our home matches at different stadiums in Ukraine and Europe, and we are very grateful to these cities for the warm welcome, but nothing can replace Donetsk and Donbas Arena for us. Therefore, Shakhtar is living with a dream of returning home one day, to its city, free Ukrainian Donetsk, to its home stadium, and making its fans happy again with spectacular game and victories at the Donbas Arena.
May 2, 2014, 19:30
Donetsk, Donbas Arena, 18,017 spectators
Shakhtar Donetsk 3-1 Illichivets Mariupol
Shakhtar: Piatov, Srna, Kryvtsov, Rakitskyi, Sobol, Fernando (Douglas Costa, 63′), Fred, Taison, Teixeira (Bernard, 68′), Ilsinho (Stepanenko, 77′), Luiz Adriano
Head coach: Mircea Lucescu
Illichivets: Halchuk, S. Shevchuk (Tsiupa, 85′), Yavorskyi (Mishnov, 72′), Mandziuk, Churko (Kysil, 67′), Hrechyshkin, Ishchenko, Ordets, Putivtsev, Butko, Totovytskyi
Head coach: Mykola Pavlov
Goals: 1-0 Ishchenko (26′, o/g), 1-1 Totovytskyi (58′), 2-1 Luiz Adriano (67′), 3-1 Douglas Costa (82′)
Referee: Kostiantyn Trukhanov (Kharkiv)
History of matches at the Donbas Arena
The opening ceremony of the Donbas Arena took place on August 29, 2009, and already on September 27, Shakhtar held their first match at the new stadium, defeating Obolon 4-0. The debut goal was scored by Brazilian midfielder Jadson.
In total, Shakhtar played 102 matches at the Donbas Arena. In these games, Shakhtar achieved 80 victories, played 14 draws and had 8 losses. The Orange-and-Blacks scored 238 goals against the opponents and conceded 50 goals.
Most often, the Miners played at the Donbas Arena against Dynamo Kyiv: the stadium hosted the Ukrainian Clasico 7 times, and Shakhtar won all these matches with a total score of 17-3. The Orange-and-Blacks also held 20 European Cup games, in which they had 9 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses (goal difference: 32–16), at Donbas Arena.
Home matches at other arenas
After the forced move from Donetsk, Shakhtar held the home matches in Lviv (Arena Lviv), Kharkiv (OSC Metalist) and Kyiv (NSC Olimpiiskyi), and the international games took place in Warsaw (Stadion Miejski Legii Warszawa im. Marszałka J. Piłsudskiego) and Hamburg (Volksparkstadion). In total, the Miners played 181 home games in these cities. The team is currently based in Kyiv.
Serhii Palkin, FC Shakhtar CEO:
– The Donbas Arena is one of the best stadiums in Europe and the home of Shakhtar. We experienced all the most precious moments in Donetsk, together with our fans, at this stadium. The full stands of the Donbas Arena always created incredible atmosphere of football celebration, inspired our team for a beautiful game and great victories. After the outbreak of the war in Donbas, we held our home matches at different stadiums in Ukraine and Europe, and we are very grateful to these cities for the warm welcome, but nothing can replace Donetsk and Donbas Arena for us. Therefore, Shakhtar is living with a dream of returning home one day, to its city, free Ukrainian Donetsk, to its home stadium, and making its fans happy again with spectacular game and victories at the Donbas Arena.
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