Shakhtar vs Gorica: watch the match online at 19:00
Thursday, July 23, 2026
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On July 23, the Miners will play their third friendly at the training camp in Slovenia
Shakhtar will face Croatian league side HNK Gorica Velika Gorica. The game kicks off at 19:00 Kyiv time.
All of the Orange-and-Blacks' friendlies are streamed on Shakhtar’s YouTube channel and the FC Shakhtar mobile app (App Store and Google Play) in the Live section.
Opponents
Gorica is a young football club founded in 2009 as the successor to Radnik from the city of Velika Gorica (which existed from 1945 before going bankrupt). After spending several seasons in the third and second tiers, the team made their debut in the HNL in 2018 and have remained there ever since. Their best league finishes are fifth place in 2019 and 2021, and in the last 2025/26 season, Gorica finished seventh (36 matches, 41 points, goal difference 40-48) and reached the Croatian Cup quarter-finals.
The head coach is 44-year-old Croatian Mario Carevic, who has been in charge since October 2024. Under his leadership, the team have played 67 competitive matches, recording 22 wins, 15 draws and 30 defeats. The club's top performers last season were midfielder Jurica Prsir (8 goals and 3 assists), who joined Polish side Wisła this summer, and 36-year-old striker Ante Erceg (8 goals). The club's brightest prospect is considered to be 20-year-old attacking midfielder Ante Kavelj, a Croatia U21 international, who is valued at EUR 1 million by Transfermarkt.
This pre-season, Gorica have played five friendlies, beating Zorya Luhansk (2-1) and Slovenian side Brežice (5-1), losing to Turkish club Göztepe (0-2), defeating Epicentr (1-0) and suffering a defeat to German side St. Pauli (1-2).
Shakhtar and Gorica also met in a pre-season friendly in Slovenia last summer, when the Miners claimed a 1-0 victory through Eguinaldo's goal in the 51st minute.
All of the Orange-and-Blacks' friendlies are streamed on Shakhtar’s YouTube channel and the FC Shakhtar mobile app (App Store and Google Play) in the Live section.
Opponents
Gorica is a young football club founded in 2009 as the successor to Radnik from the city of Velika Gorica (which existed from 1945 before going bankrupt). After spending several seasons in the third and second tiers, the team made their debut in the HNL in 2018 and have remained there ever since. Their best league finishes are fifth place in 2019 and 2021, and in the last 2025/26 season, Gorica finished seventh (36 matches, 41 points, goal difference 40-48) and reached the Croatian Cup quarter-finals.
The head coach is 44-year-old Croatian Mario Carevic, who has been in charge since October 2024. Under his leadership, the team have played 67 competitive matches, recording 22 wins, 15 draws and 30 defeats. The club's top performers last season were midfielder Jurica Prsir (8 goals and 3 assists), who joined Polish side Wisła this summer, and 36-year-old striker Ante Erceg (8 goals). The club's brightest prospect is considered to be 20-year-old attacking midfielder Ante Kavelj, a Croatia U21 international, who is valued at EUR 1 million by Transfermarkt.
This pre-season, Gorica have played five friendlies, beating Zorya Luhansk (2-1) and Slovenian side Brežice (5-1), losing to Turkish club Göztepe (0-2), defeating Epicentr (1-0) and suffering a defeat to German side St. Pauli (1-2).
Shakhtar and Gorica also met in a pre-season friendly in Slovenia last summer, when the Miners claimed a 1-0 victory through Eguinaldo's goal in the 51st minute.