Shakhtar played the first match at the Dutch training camp and the first match under the leadership of the new head coach Patrick van Leeuwen.

Game with "AZ Alkmaar" ended in a draw - 3:3. Zubkov, Bondar and Kelsey scored goals for the Ukrainian champions.

2023-24, Friendlies

AZ Alkmaar - Shakhtar 3:3 (1:1)
Goals: de Wit M., 9 (1:0); Zubkov, 17 (1:1); Barasi, 48 (2:1); Bondar V., 50 (2:2); van Bommel, 65 (3:2); Kelsy, 76 (3:3)

AZ Alkmaar: Clasie (van Bommel, 46); Odgaard (Barasi, 11); de Wit M.

Shakhtar: Tvardovskyi; Rakitskiy; Bondar V.; Konoplya; Nazaryna; Korniienko V.; Hlushchenko; Zubkov; Topalov; Kelsy
Bench: Puzankov; Farina; Kozik