Valeriy Lobanovskyi
Ukrainian football manager (1939–2002)
Valeriy Lobanovskyi (6 January 1939 – 13 May 2002) was a Ukrainian football player turned manager. He played for Soviet Union national team. He died after a stroke and brain surgery.
 Lobanovskyi in 1985 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Valeriy Vasylyovych Lobanovskyi | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 6 January 1939[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 13 May 2002 (aged 63)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1952–1955 | Football School No. 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1955–1956 | Football School of Youth (FShM) | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1957–1964 | Dynamo Kyiv | 144 | (42) | ||||||||||||||
| 1965–1966 | Chornomorets Odesa | 59 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
| 1967–1968 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 50 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 253 | (71) | |||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| 1960–1961 | Soviet Union | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Teams managed | |||||||||||||||||
| 1969–1973 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | ||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1982 | Dynamo Kyiv | ||||||||||||||||
| 1975–1976 | Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||
| 1979 | Ukrainian SSR | ||||||||||||||||
| 1982–1983 | Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1990 | Dynamo Kyiv | ||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1990 | Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1993 | United Arab Emirates | ||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1996 | Kuwait | ||||||||||||||||
| 1997–2002 | Dynamo Kyiv | ||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||||||||||||||||
Career statistics
changeAs a player
change| Club statistics | League | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals |
| Soviet Union | League | |||
| 1959 | Dynamo Kyiv | Top League | 10 | 4 |
| 1960 | 30 | 13 | ||
| 1961 | 28 | 10 | ||
| 1962 | 30 | 8 | ||
| 1963 | 38 | 8 | ||
| 1964 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 1965 | Chornomorets Odesa | Top League | 28 | 10 |
| 1966 | 31 | 5 | ||
| 1967 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Top League | 32 | 9 |
| 1968 | 18 | 5 | ||
| Country | Soviet Union | 254 | 72 | |
| Total | 254 | 72 | ||
As a manager
change- As of 26 February 2024.
| Team | Nation | From | To | Record[3] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Win % | ||||
| FC Dnipro |  Soviet Union
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31 October 1968 | 19 October 1973 | 206 | 104 | 51 | 51 | 305 | 191 | +114 | 50.49 |
| FC Dynamo Kiev | Soviet Union
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20 October 1973 | 12 October 1982 | 406 | 230 | 112 | 64 | 652 | 294 | +355 | 56.65 |
| Soviet Union | Soviet Union
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1 April 1975 | 31 July 1976 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 18 | +15 | 57.89 |
| Soviet Union | Soviet Union
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12 October 1982 | 14 November 1983 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 60 |
| FC Dynamo Kiev | Soviet Union
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1 January 1984 | 30 September 1990 | 269 | 135 | 83 | 51 | 451 | 238 | +211 | 50.56 |
| Soviet Union | Soviet Union
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1986 | 1987 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 11 | +20 | 52.94 |
| Soviet Union | Soviet Union
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1988 | 1990 | 31 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 51.61 |
| UAE |  United Arab Emirates
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1 October 1990 | 31 December 1992 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 19 | +11 | 36.84 |
| Kuwait |  Kuwait
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1 July 1994 | 31 December 1996 | 41 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 64 | 49 | +15 | 41.46 |
| FC Dynamo Kiev |  Ukraine
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1 January 1997 | 13 May 2002 | 271 | 190 | 47 | 32 | 629 | 195 | +436 | 70.11 |
| Ukraine | Ukraine
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2 March 2000 | 15 November 2001 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Total | 1,307 | 741 | 344 | 233 | 2,275 | 1,060 | +1,215 | 56.22 | |||
Honours
change
Player
changeDynamo Kyiv
- Soviet Top League (1): 1961
- Soviet Cup (1): 1964
Manager
changeDnipro Dnipropetrovsk
- Soviet First League (1): 1971
Dynamo Kyiv
- Soviet Top League (8): 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1990
- Soviet Cup (6): 1974, 1978, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990
- Soviet Super Cup (3): 1980, 1985, 1986
- Tournament of the Soviet society "Dynamo" (1): 1987
- Ukrainian National League (5): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
- Ukrainian Cup (3): 1998, 1999, 2000
- European Cup Winners' Cup (2): 1975, 1986
- European Super Cup (1): 1975; Runner-up: 1986
- European Cup/UEFA Champions League: Semifinalist 1977, 1987, 1999; Quarterfinalist 1976, 1982, 1983, 1998
- Commonwealth of Independent States Cup (3): 1997, 1998, 2002
Soviet Union
Ukrainian SSR
United Arab Emirates
- AFC Asian Cup: 4th place 1992
Kuwait
Individual
change- Ukrainian Manager of the Season (5 times): 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2001–02 (posthumously)
- Greatest Manager of All Time – one of 5 managers[4] ranked top 10 by France Football, World Soccer and ESPN
- 6th place (France Football): 2019[5][6][7]
- 6th place (World Soccer): 2013[8][9]
- 8th place (ESPN): 2013[10]
- Ukrainian Footballer of the Year: 1962, 1963, 1964
Orders and further honours
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Hero of Ukraine, Order of the State: 2002[11]
Order of Merit (Ukraine), Class II: 1998[12]
Order of Merit (Ukraine), Class III: 1998[13]
Order of the Badge of Honour: 1971
Order of the Red Banner of Labour: 1987[14]
Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kyiv": 1982- FIFA Order of Merit: 2002[11]
- UEFA Order of Merit in Ruby: 2002[11]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Valery Vasilevich Lobanovsky Archived 26 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Encyclopedia Britannica
- ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Valeriy Lobanovskiy". www.national-football-teams.com.
- ↑ Banyas, V. Valeriy Lobanovskyi: 1317 games! (Валерій Лобановський: 1317 матчів!) Archived 8 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine Ukrainian Premier League. 7 May 2018
- ↑ Along with Alex Ferguson, Rinus Michels, Arrigo Sacchi and Helenio Herrera
- ↑ "Top 50 des coaches de l'histoire". France Football. 19 March 2019. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ↑ "Los 50 mejores entrenadores de la historia". FOX Sports. 19 March 2019. Archived from the original on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ↑ "Los 50 mejores entrenadores de la historia del fútbol". ABC. 19 March 2019. Archived from the original on 20 March 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ↑ Jamie Rainbow (4 July 2013). "The Greatest Manager of all time". World Soccer. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ↑ Jamie Rainbow (2 July 2013). "The Greatest XI: how the panel voted". World Soccer. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ↑ "Greatest Managers, No. 8: Lobanovsky". 7 August 2013. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Lobanovsky remembered («BBC Sport», 15 May 2003)". 15 May 2003. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ↑ "Указ Президента України № 1423/98 від 31 грудня 1998 року «Про нагородження відзнакою Президента України — орденом "За заслуги"»". Archived from the original on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ↑ Указ Президента України № 59/98 від 27 січня 1998 року
- ↑ "Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР от 8 января 1987 года № 6345—XI «О награждении тов. Лобановского В.В. орденом Трудового Красного Знамени»". Archived from the original on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2019.