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 | [1] | 6 January 1939||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 13 May 2002[1] | (aged 63)||||||||||||||||
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
As a player
Club statistics | League | |||
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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
- As of 26 February 2024.
Team | Nation | From | To | Record[3] | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Win % | ||||
FC Dnipro | ![]() | 31 October 1968 | 19 October 1973 | 206 | 104 | 51 | 51 | 305 | 191 | +114 | 50.49 |
FC Dynamo Kiev | ![]() | 20 October 1973 | 12 October 1982 | 406 | 230 | 112 | 64 | 652 | 294 | +355 | 56.65 |
Soviet Union | ![]() | 1 April 1975 | 31 July 1976 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 18 | +15 | 57.89 |
Soviet Union | ![]() | 12 October 1982 | 14 November 1983 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 60 |
FC Dynamo Kiev | ![]() | 1 January 1984 | 30 September 1990 | 269 | 135 | 83 | 51 | 451 | 238 | +211 | 50.56 |
Soviet Union | ![]() | 1986 | 1987 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 11 | +20 | 52.94 |
Soviet Union | ![]() | 1988 | 1990 | 31 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 51.61 |
UAE | ![]() | 1 October 1990 | 31 December 1992 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 19 | +11 | 36.84 |
Kuwait | ![]() | 1 July 1994 | 31 December 1996 | 41 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 64 | 49 | +15 | 41.46 |
FC Dynamo Kiev | ![]() | 1 January 1997 | 13 May 2002 | 271 | 190 | 47 | 32 | 629 | 195 | +436 | 70.11 |
Ukraine | ![]() | 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
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Player
Dynamo Kyiv
- Soviet Top League (1): 1961
- Soviet Cup (1): 1964
Manager
Dnipro 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
- UEFA European Championship: Runner-up 1988
- Summer Olympic Games Bronze Medal: 1976
Ukrainian SSR
- Spartakiad of Peoples Bronze Medal: 1979
United Arab Emirates
- AFC Asian Cup: 4th place 1992
Kuwait
- Asian Games Bronze Medal: 1994
- Arabian Gulf Cup (1): 1996
Individual
- 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
- Ukrainian Footballer of the Year: 1962, 1963, 1964
Orders and further honours
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
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