The president of the Donetsk club privіtav bolіvalnikіv z 87-rіchchiam.

Rinat Akhmetov, President of FC Shakhtar. Privet vlasnik published on the official website "

\! Dear friends!

The 87th day of the people of Shakhtar is celebrated in the hour of the most important tests for our club, our country, for all Ukrainians. The war does not fill up the space for the Christmas mood, it takes away all our thoughts, our strengths, our emotions. That mi united dovkol spilnoy meti - the victory of Ukraine.

Kozhen from us today report all our efforts to bring our victory closer. Our soldiers, volunteers, doctors, power engineers, all-all Ukrainians are playing a lot of battles against the enemy and the fences and help the aggressor. Above all, what we need is strength, patience and faith in the win.

Football club Shakhtar will face all the difficulties in 2014, if through the invasion of Russian troops we were irritated to leave our native Donetsk, our native home - our Donbass Arena, our hospitals.

The protesters continued to fight: on the field they got brilliant wins for Ukraine, after the stadium - we helped and helped Ukrainian Ukrainians. FC Shakhtar honors our soldiers, as they have taken important wounds at the front, financed their rejoicing and prosthetics, talk about children, as they spent their fathers through the war, delivering humanitarian aid to those, de її especially require.

Zaraz Shakhtar is not just a football team, the club, having become a symbol of Ukraine in the European world, will always stand in the interests of Ukrainian football and our country. At the same time, I am especially grateful to the club for its active public position, as it helps to strengthen the international positions of Ukraine and at the same time to maintain the image of our country in the world. Vdyachny to the graves of Shakhtar for special training to colleagues from other football clubs, directing them to those who help them inspire good from evil.

Today I want to welcome the veterans of our club, who won the honor and glory of Shakhtar by stretching 87 years. I want to welcome coaches, gravitators, staff and practitioners of the club, so that they can write the current history of " I want to welcome all the generations of our killers, without whom it would not be possible for them to overcome that reach, and especially quiet, who at once defend our country.

Shakhtar's main victory - Ukraine's victory in the war. Golovne Bazhannya - the sound of all our lands, peace and prosperity in the country, peace and happiness of all Ukrainians. Only then we will be really happy, if in Donetsk and Luhansk, Mariupol and Crimea before the Shakhtar's skin match, the National Anthem of Ukraine.

Peace and goodness to you and your families, dear bollyonniks!

Happy National Day, Shakhtar! To the saint, dear friends! "

Today Shakhtar in Kyiv play against Zora within the UPL. Match on the cob - about 17:00. Football. ua host an online broadcast of the match.