UEFA Capacity: 50,000
Record attendance: 52,518 (1-0 v FC Dynamo Kyiv on 05/05/2010)
Tenants: FC Shakhtar Donetsk
Opened: August 2009

• This ultra-modern stadium, funded to the tune of €320m by Shakhtar owner Rinat Akhmetov, features an illuminated exterior and infrared heating system.

• Designed by the same company behind the Fußball Arena München, it is situated in central Donetsk and at night lights up the huge fountain built beside it, complete with 30-tonne football, and the surrounding parkland.

• The arena was officially opened on 29 August 2009 with a concert from pop star Beyoncé. The first match came two months later when Jadson's early penalty set Shakhtar on course to a 4-0 win against FC Obolon Kyiv.

• The stadium is 54m high from pitch level to the top of a roof held up by 3,800 tonnes of steel. The glazed area covers approximately 24,000m², protecting a field that measures 105×68m.

• Shakhtar spent 68 years playing at the Shakhtar Stadium, a 31,718-capacity venue that remains home to both their reserve side and city rivals FC Metalurh Donetsk. Between 2004 and 2009 they took temporary residence at RSC Olympiyskiy Stadium.