Shakhtar at Facebook: more than Donbass Arena can seat

On 20 February, the number of the official FC Shakhtar Donetsk audience at Facebook exceeded 51,504. This means that the Facebook registered supporters of FC Shakhtar can now fill the Donbass Arena to capacity!

Shakhtar’s Facebook community at http://www.facebook.com/fcshakhtar was created back in June 2010. Since then, they have turned into one of Ukraine’s largest Facebook communities. Following the year 2011 results, the Pitmen have been rated third among the Ukrainian brands in social networks by Watcher web publication.

The Ukrainians are most numerous in the group. While Brazil, USA, Armenia, the Russian Federation, Turkey, Italy and Romania boast some two thousand members each. Over a thousand of FC Shakhtar fans live in each of the below countries: the UK, Germany, Croatia, Mexico, Indonesia and France. The FC Shakhtar communities in Spain, Argentine, Portugal, Poland, Serbia and even in India grow continuously.

No matter where you live, just join in if you really want to be with the team!

FC Shakhtar
Press Office