"Nobody feels like Shakhtar are a refugee team. "The appointment of a second foreign coach - Romanian Mircea Lucescu, in 2004 - was another turning point. Suddenly the attitude of the media was changing.

"The rivalry with Dynamo really began when Shakhtar started beating them in 2004," says Sharafudinov. He left the club in January for Russian champions Zenit St Petersburg, although his picture is still plastered on the outside of the Donbas Arena.Rakitskiy, 30, has been derided as a traitor over the transfer. Barely 18,000 turned up as the city braced for war. The stadium was built in 1936 with the most recent reconstruction in 2000. Kadergröße: 39 ... Diese Seite bietet Informationen zu dem Stadion, in dem die angewählte Mannschaft ihre Heimspiele austrägt. We can't comment on his decisions. "Our aim is to help them feel at home while not forgetting that they are guests," says Anton Ivanov, club director of Shakhtar's new landlords, FC Metalist. The amateur league games draw tiny attendances, with most matches gathering only a few hundred spectators.As for Shakhtar themselves, home now is the Metalist Stadium in Kharkiv. Media playback is not supported on this device Shakhtar Donetsk. Shakhtar Donetsk: Referee: TBD – Stadium: Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon (POR) 01/09/2020 16:58:29: 29 February 2020 29 Feb - Ukrainian Premier League. Moscow denies this, but admits that Russian "volunteers" are fighting for the rebels.Shakhtar's glorious 50,000-capacity Donbas Arena was the setting for a 3-1 win against Illichivets Mariupol that secured a fifth straight league title. This war came into all our lives very suddenly, but we are still one nation. Seventeen of the 18 teams wore them. Who knows? A little after 10pm, there's not one set of footsteps to be heard on the pavements of Donetsk.It's an hour before the nightly military curfew starts but no-one's taking any chances and the city is already slipping into a state of quiet. Shakhtar Donetsk's first match at the stadium was a 4–0 victory in a Ukrainian Premier League 2009–10 Round 8 fixture on 27 September 2009 against FC Obolon Kyiv. It was all out of our hands. "Scala brought something the club hadn't had before," says ex-Shakhtar and Ukraine captain Igor Petrov. 8.

The following 25 files are in this category, out of 25 total. Situated in the east of Ukraine close to Russia's borders, it is now a key location in About 13,000 people have been killed, and the United Nations estimates at least 1.3 million have fled their homes. The capital was taken over by Shakhtar's colours of orange and black. OSC Metalist stadium in Kharkiv will host the Europa League clash between Shakhtar Donetsk and Wolfsburg. "What he did for the city means nothing now. "Even if they have left their home city, there is no way for Shakhtar to avoid the conflict altogether.In 2017, a Ukrainian nationalist organisation issued T-shirts to all teams in Ukraine's Premier League bearing supportive slogans for war veterans to be worn before kick-off. "Stepping down the players' tunnel, we tread the concrete corridors where mountains of food and medical supplies had been stored until 2017, transported in lorries from Ukraine as part of Shakhtar owner Rinat Akhmetov's 'Let's Help' aid drive. The veterans' organisation blamed the Football Federation of Ukraine for intervening on Shakhtar's behalf, accusing it, somewhat dramatically, of "drinking the blood of simple Ukrainian patriots". The stadium holds 31,718 people. 4. The stadium is currently used by FC Shakhtar Donetsk reserves and FC Metalurh Donetsk for the European competition . For whatever business reasons he chose to sacrifice Donetsk and move the club away. He has not been picked since being sold.Shakhtar moved to the Donbas Arena in 2009, swapping the crumbling 1930s terraces over at Shcherbakov Park for a glistening new ground. The shockwaves shook part of the roof off. Look at us now."

English: Shakhtar Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Donetsk, Ukraine.It is currently used mostly for football matches. The one exception was Shakhtar. "It was pretty costly to repair the roof after the blast pulled it off," says Victoria, a stadium guide.

In Soviet times, the Communist Party used to force Ukraine's best players to join Dynamo.

The first international game took place on 18 November 2009 against Greece, which Ukraine lost 0–1 failing to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Maybe in the future, Shakhtar could become the key to peace. Two days later, the DPR flag was raised - illegally - over the police headquarters.

He had rebuilt his political standing and was once again close to rule.

Shakhtar Donetsk and VFL Wolfsburg meet in a UEFA Europa League round of 16 matchup from the NSC Olumpiyskiy Stadium on Wednesday afternoon. World champions Spain beat Portugal on penalties in front of a capacity crowd and the hundreds of millions watching on TV. Your children are thrown out of school." "Nikolai Tarapat, the DPR's sports minister, says: "It's up to Mr Akhmetov. 13. "Imagine it. When we look back, there was no other option. You had 30,000 fans travelling from Donetsk to Kyiv when the teams played. It won't stir again till 4am tomorrow, once the curfew is lifted.Donetsk is a city that once bristled with promise.

It includes a clutch of names who were once highly regarded in Ukraine, people like the ex-Shakhtar captain Zvyaginstev.

13. I believe that in my life, we will see football at the Donbas Arena again. "And once you were out of the party, you were gone. Shakhtar refused.Ex-Shakhtar defender Yaroslav Rakitskiy, a Donbas native, faced repeated questioning in the press about his refusal to sing the national anthem when he played for Ukraine. Shakhtar Donetsk: Victoria adds: "The job needs finishing and that takes money the DPR don't have. "If you defied the party, you would be thrown out," says ex-Shakhtar captain Viktor Zvyaginstev. "We have to look to our future.

They lead the division again at the halfway stage of the season.Their matches are played at the Donetsk Olympic Stadium, where as recently as 2008 Shakhtar played against Barcelona, AC Milan and Roma in the Champions League in front of 25,000 fans.