Facts & figures

Construction:

• Construction was launched on 27 June 2006 (corresponding contract signed with ENKA).
• USD 400m was spent on the stadium construction and the surrounding park landscaping.
• Over 160,000 m3 of concrete was cast into the building frame.
• 12,295 tons of rebar was used for manufacturing the structure frame.
• 458,761 m3 of soil was excavated to make the foundation pit.
• 234,376 sq.m was the total construction site area (inclusive of mobilization areas).
• About 1,200 km of cabling was laid for various systems.
• 1,158 days passed since the construction start until the arena’s grand opening date.
• The stadium was officially opened on 29 August 2009.

Capacity:

• 52,187 is the total seating capacity of the stadium.
• 290 seats for the media, whereof 152 seats for journalists and 138 seats for TV commentators (an aggregate of 46 commentary boxes).
• 196 positions and seats for people with disabilities and their carers (104 and 92 respectively).
• The stadium’s 44 corporate boxes can accomodate 915 people.
• 180 media representatives can always feel at home at a spacious Conference Room at the arena.
• All restaurants, bars and cafés at the stadium have a total of 1,830 covers.
• The stadium has over 1,000 car parking spaces (245 of which are underground).
• It takes the spectators less than an hour to occupy all their seats in the stands.
• It takes the visitors about 8 minutes to evacuate.

Arena:

• The total area of the stadium's glazed facade is 14,283 sq.m.
• 2,482 triple-pane glass units were used for glazing the stadium’s outer façade.
• Over 16 thousand sq.m of vertical surfaces are made of glass, totaling 3,108 heavy-duty panes.
• The underground height of the building is: parking lot area - 12m; dressing rooms - 8m, media space rooms - 4m.
• Height from pitch level to the topmost roof point is 54m.
• The total floor area of all the stadium's levels makes 83,823 sq.m.
• 93% of stands are roof-covered, only 3,800 seats in the bottom tier are not covered.
• 24 first-aid stations (18 permanent ones and 6 mobile ambulance groups).
• 53 fast-food outlets, a fan cafe, 4 Silver bars, 3 restaurants (Diamond, Platinum, Gold), a media cafe and a lounge bar will satisfy any visitor's taste.
• 2,000 lux is the lighting intensity, ensured by 272 high-precision targeting spotlights mounted along the perimeter of the stadium's roof.
• 6,000 ports installed in the stadium for concurrent network connection.
• The stadium's video monitoring system comprises 570 CCTV cameras.
• 588 monitors installed throughout the stadium.
• 92 sq.m is the display surface of each of the 2 giant LED screens.
• 267m is the total length of the LED electronic advertising hoardings
• The stadium's logo structure weighs 50 tons, it is 8m high and 14m wide.
• 34 staircases availablethroughout the stadium space.
• 11,978 is the total number of stairs at the stadium. The flights of stairs comprise 4,181 steps.
• The shortest stairway includesonly 22 stairs (the sub-stand space on the arena’s western side). While the longest one is comprised of 240 steps (on the eastern side).
• The longest stairs are nearly 50m-long.
• 35 steps form each aisle in betweenneighbouring blocks.
• 550 heaters aggregately radiate 22 MW of thermal energy.
• Each heater weighs 49 kg.
• The bowl is divided into 24 heated areas.
• The prime cost of heating one spectator seat during the match is about UAH 1.
• The system consumes some 2200-2300 cubic centimetres of gas per hour.

Pitch:

• The pitch size is 105m х 68m.
• The ground surface includes: natural grass - 7,992 sq.m, artificial turf - 1,877 sq.m.
• 810 rolls of natural grass (each 10m long) were brought from Slovakia by 27 trucks.
• 26 automatic sprinklers water the pitch.

Park:

• 25 ha is the total area covered by the park area.
• 13 ha is the total area of the green lawns in the park.
• 77,000 plants grow in the park (281 trees and about 35,000 rose bushes).
• 40.5 tons is the total weight of the fountain ball which is located at the south entrance (the ball alone weighs 28 tons (made of a single piece of granite) and the stand weighs another 12.5 tons).
• 228 m3 of water circulates within the fountain cascades facing Chelyuskintsev St.
• 15,000 m3 is the water volume in the south pond.

Donbass Arena’s ‘first timers’:

• First match: 27/09/2009. Premier League. Matchday 8. Shakhtar 4-0 Obolon’.
• First European cup match: 01/10/2009. UEFA Europa League. Group stage. Matchday 2. Shakhtar 4-1 Partizan.
• First match by Ukrainian national team: 18/11/2009. The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier. Ukraine 0-1 Greece.
• FC Shakhtar’s international friendly match: 27/07/2011. Shakhtar 1-1 Olympique Lyonnais.
• First goal scored: 27/09/2009. Shakhtar 4-0 Obolon’. Penalty kick converted by Jadson (18’).
• Hat trick: 22/09/2010. Shakhtar 6-0 Kryvbas. Luiz Adriano (65’, 67’ and 89’).
• First goal scored in the UEFA Europa League: 01/10/2009. Shakhtar 4-1 Partizan. Own goal scored by Partizan’s Marko Lomic (24’).
• First goal scored within UEFA Champions League: 15/09/2010. Shakhtar 1-0 Partizan. Darijo Srna (71’).
• First red card: 28/10/2009. Ukrainian Cup quarter final. Shakhtar 2-0 Dynamo. Shown to Ognjen Vukojević (85’).
• Substitution for Shakhtar: 27/09/2009. Shaktar 4-0 Obolon’. Oleksiy Polyansky replaced Tomas Hübschman (65’).
• Stands heating system has been launched: 02/12/2011. Premier League. Matchday 19. Shakhtar 5-0 Arsenal.
• Penalty shoot-out:27/06/2012. Euro 2012. Semi-final. Portugal 0-0 Spain (2-4 on pens).

All-time highs & records:

• Highest attendance: 02/09/2012. Premier League. Matchday 8. Shakhtar 3-1 Dynamo. 53,423 spectators.
• The Grand Show for celebrating FC Shakhtar's 75th Anniversary has broken the stadium's attendance record for mass events on 14/05/2011 with an impressive 53,353.
• Highest score matches: 18/10/2009. Premier League. Matchday 10. Shakhtar 5-1 Karpaty.
  22/09/2010. Cup of Ukraine. Round of 32. Shakhtar 6-0 Kryvbas. 09/09/2011. Premier League. Matchday 9. Shakhtar 5-1 Volyn, 15/07/2012, Premier League Matchday One, Shakhtar 6-0 Arsenal, 24/11/2012. Premier League. Matchday 17. Shakhtar 5-1 Hoverla.
• Biggest win: 22/09/2010. Cup of Ukraine. Round of 32. Shakhtar 6-0 Kryvbas, 15/07/2012, Premier League Matchday One, Shakhtar 6-0 Arsenal.
• Top scorer: Luiz Adriano – 29 goals.
• Fastest goal: 23/10/2012. UEFA Champions League. Group Stage. Matchday 3. Shakhtar 2-1 Chelsea. Teixeira’s early goal on 3 minutes.
• Longest no-loss series: 35 matches.
• Longest winning series: 20 matches.
• Longest clean-sheet series: 916 minutes.
• Longest goal-scoring series: 20 matches.

Statistics for the matches played by FC Shakhtar Donetsk at the Donbass Arena*

Goals in Shakhtar’s matches*

* the data is quoted as of 12/05/2013.