On May 21 Donetsk "Shakhtar" went on vacation. Preparation for the new football season the team will start on June 18.

The plans of the Donetsk team include two training camps. More information will be available later..

In the meantime, some players will be involved in national teams.

From May 23 to June 4, the preparatory team will hold the national team of Ukraine, during the training the team will hold two sparring matches - with Morocco (May 31) and Albania (June 3).

To prepare for these meetings, 8 representatives of Shakhtar are summoned: goalkeeper Andrey Pyatov, defenders Yaroslav Rakitsky, Bogdan Butko, Sergey Krivtsov, Nikolai Matvienko, midfielders Taras Stepanenko, Victor Kovalenko and Marlos.

David Khocholava went to the national team of Georgia. Vladimir Weiss has planned two friendly matches: with Malta (June 1) and Luxembourg (June 5).

In addition, Fred and Tyson, participants in the 2018 World Cup, joined the national team of Brazil.

Recall, Shakhtar became the champion of Ukraine for the season-2017/18 and won the national Cup.