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FC Shakhtar to wear club kit based on Ukraine national flag colors for Champions League game

Shakhtar faces Bologna away in its opening game of the new league phase of the Champions League

AP Bologna (Italy) Published 18.09.24, 04:29 PM
Shakhtar has launched a kit in the colours of the Ukrainian flag.

Shakhtar has launched a kit in the colours of the Ukrainian flag. X/@B24PT

Shakhtar Donetsk says it will wear a new club kit based on the colours of Ukraine's national flag in its Champions League match against Bologna on Wednesday.

“We are proud to be Ukrainians,” the club said. The jersey has blue and yellow stripes while the shorts are blue.

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Shakhtar faces Bologna away in its opening game of the new league phase of the Champions League.

The Ukraine champion still has two more traditional kits, orange for home games and black for away matches.

Shakhtar will play its “home” Champions League games in Gelsenkirchen at German club Schalke. Shakhtar hasn't been able to play European games in Ukraine since the Russian invasion in 2022.

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