Donbass Arena

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Donbass Arena
Донбас Арена
Entrance to the Donbass Arena
Entrance to the Donbass Arena
Data
place UkraineUkraine Donetsk , Ukraine
Coordinates 48 ° 1 '15 "  N , 37 ° 48' 35"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 1 '15 "  N , 37 ° 48' 35"  E
classification 4th
owner Rinat Akhmetov
opening August 29, 2009
First game September 19, 2009
Shakhtar Donetsk - Obolon Kiev 4-0
surface Natural grass
costs € 175.8 million
architect Arup Associates
capacity 51,504 places
playing area 105 × 68 m
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Events

The Donbass Arena ( Ukrainian Донбас Арена , Russian Донбасс Арена ) is a football stadium in the Ukrainian industrial city of Donetsk and home of the top club Shakhtar Donetsk . It was opened on August 29, 2009 and hosted the 2012 European Football Championship . The stadium is currently closed.

history

The arena was designed on behalf of Rinat Akhmetov by the British company Arup , which was already responsible for the Allianz Arena in Munich and the Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium in Barcelona . The construction was carried out by the Turkish company ENKA İnşaat ve Sanayi A.Ş. as general contractor. Construction began in 2006 and was completed in summer 2009. The main building materials used were steel and concrete, and glass for the outer facade. There is also a football museum on site. The Donbass Arena has been classified with 5 stars by UEFA .

As trees had to be cleared for the construction of the Donbass Arena, a park was created around the stadium and new trees were planted. In addition to sporting events, the stadium will also serve as a venue for concerts and shows. National and international celebrities from politics and entertainment such as Yulia Tymoshenko and Viktor Yushchenko were present at the opening ceremony . The American R&B singer Beyoncé made a guest appearance on August 29, 2009 as part of her I Am… tour .

In front of the arena is the world's largest "floating" granite soccer ball. This stone ball is composed of several black and light hard stones and slides on a wafer-thin film of water. The stone ball has a diameter of 270 cm and a weight of 28 tons. It was set up in 2009.

In August 2014, the stadium was damaged by two explosions during fighting related to the crisis in Ukraine . A nearby electricity station was also affected. It had already been decided beforehand that Shakhtar's home games would be played in the Lviv Arena in the 2014/15 season . The trophies and exhibits on display in the Schachtar Association Museum have been moved to a safe place. On October 20, 2014, the Donbass Arena was badly damaged by explosions; Parts of the glass facade collapsed due to pressure waves . Parts of the support structure of the remaining parts of the facade were raised by 20 to 30 centimeters, and by comparing the images from the surveillance cameras, it was also found that the facade began to give way in the course of the following day. In order to prevent further parts of the facade from collapsing, safety measures were taken on the girders immediately.

In August 2014, a logistics center for relief supplies for the population of the Donbass region was set up in the stadium's catacombs, which is financed by the oligarch and Shakhtar president Rinat Akhmetov .

In December 2015, Ukrainian media reported that Shakhtar was planning to return to the Donbass Arena. The repair of the damage began at the beginning of 2016. Due to the conflict, the work is only progressing slowly; at the end of May 2018, the lawn was completely restored.

network technology

60 kilometers of fiber optic and more than 400 kilometers of copper cables were laid in the stadium . With 6000 copper and over 1700 fiber optic connections, this is one of the largest networks ever installed in Ukraine .

European Football Championship 2012

During the European Championship, a total of five games were played in the Donbass Arena with three preliminary rounds, a quarter-final and a semi-final.

date round home guest Result
June 11, 2012 Preliminary round FranceFrance France EnglandEngland England 1: 1 (1: 1)
June 15, 2012 Preliminary round UkraineUkraine Ukraine FranceFrance France 0: 2 (0: 0)
June 19, 2012 Preliminary round EnglandEngland England UkraineUkraine Ukraine 1: 0 (0: 0)
June 23, 2012 Quarter finals SpainSpain Spain FranceFrance France 2: 0 (1: 0)
June 27, 2012 Semifinals PortugalPortugal Portugal SpainSpain Spain 2: 4 i. E. (0: 0 a.d.)

gallery

  • Construction of the arena on August 13, 2007

  • Construction site on August 1st, 2008

  • matchfield

  • Player tunnel

  • Shakhtar Donetsk Association Museum

  • Lighting at night

Web links

Commons : Donbass Arena  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://de.uefa.com/footballeurope/countries/association=57166/fixtureresult.html
  2. ↑ scmholding.com: DONBASS ARENA
  3. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from May 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.enka.com
  4. ↑ World's largest swimming soccer ball: Illustration and information on kusser.com ( Memento of the original from February 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed May 1, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kusser.com
  5. ↑ donbass-arena.com: Donbass Arena suffered shelling ( Memento of the original from August 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article dated August 23, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / donbass-arena.com
  6. ↑ a b Fighting in Ukraine: Donetsk Stadium badly damaged Spiegel Online
  7. ^ Shakhtar Donetsk: Football refugees in their own country. In: Bayern-Magazin 66 (2015), pp. 42–44.
  8. ↑ a b Damage to Donbass Arena: what, when and for how long will be recovered. (No longer available online.) In: donbass-arena.com. Archived from the original on January 5, 2016 ; Retrieved January 5, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / donbass-arena.com
  9. ↑ Ukraine football stadium acts as aid center as humanitarian crisis looms. In: Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved January 5, 2016 .
  10. ↑ Will you be returning in a few months? In: Stadium World. Retrieved January 5, 2016 .
  11. ^ "Donbass Arena's" field turf was restored in Donetsk. In: rusvesna.su. May 31, 2018, accessed July 13, 2018 .