Shakhtar Stadium (Donetsk)

Coordinates: 47°59′40.18″N 37°47′08.69″E / 47.9944944°N 37.7857472°E / 47.9944944; 37.7857472
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Central Stadium "Shakhtar"
Shakhtar Donetsk reserves
Metalurh Donetsk
(international games)

Central Stadium Shakhtar (

Shakhtar Donetsk
and a major football arena in Ukraine until the early 2000s.

Description

The stadium was built in 1936 specifically for Shakhtar (Stakhanovets) Stalino with the most recent reconstruction in 2000. It is located in the central city's park near a big pond. The park itself is located on a border of Kuibyshevskyi, Leninskyi and Voroshylovskyi districts.

1995 explosion

On 15 October 1995, soon after the start of a football match between Shakhtar and

General Prosecutor Office of Ukraine.[1]
The stadium did not function as a sports facility for several years, a local radio market being established there instead.

Further plans

In 2010-11, the general director of Shakhtar

war in Donbass that idea became abandoned.[3]

Games of the Ukraine national football team

A Shakhtar match in the stadium seen from a nearby artificial hill
Date Type Host Score Guest Goals Attendance
20 August 2003 Friendly  Ukraine 0:2  Romania 0:1 Mutu 29' (pen.)
0:2 Mutu 57'
6 September 2003 Euro Qual.  Ukraine 0:0  Northern Ireland 32,000

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Kuibyshev, Dmitriy (1995-10-17). "Football club "Shakhtar" was left without president". Kommersant.
  2. ^ "Game report of Shakhtar – Tavriya". UAFootball.
  3. ^ In Donetsk showed how now looks the Shakhtar Stadium (В Донецке показали, как сейчас выглядит стадион «Шахтер»). Novosti Donbassa. 15 September 2017

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