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Valeriy Vasylyovych Lobanovskyi was а Soviet and Ukrainian football player and manager. He was Master of Sports of the USSR, Distinguished Coach of the USSR, and a laureate of the UEFA Order of Merit in Ruby (2002) and FIFA Order of Merit, the highest honour awarded by FIFA. In 2002 he was awarded the Hero of Ukraine award (posthumously), his nation's highest honour, for his contribution to Ukrain…
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sports · Ukrainian football manager (1939–2002) · association football player · association football coach · also Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Lobanovskyi
Born 6 January 1939 · Died 13 May 2002 · Q324484
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the first thing we have in mind is to strive for new courses of action that will not allow the opponent to adapt to our style of play. If an opponent has adjusted himself to our style of play and found a counterplay, then we need to find new a new strategy. That is the dialectic of the game. You have to go forward in such a way and with such a range of attacking options that it will force the opponent to make a mistake. In other words, it
the first thing we have in mind is to strive for new courses of action that will not allow the opponent to adapt to our style of play. If an opponent has adjusted himself to our style of play and found a counter-play, then we need to find a new strategy. That is the dialectic of the game. You have to go forward in such a way and with such a range of attacking options that it will force the opponent to make a mistake. In other words, it
“the first thing we have in mind is to strive for new courses of action that will not allow the opponent to adapt to our style of play. If an opponent has adjusted himself to our style of play and found a counterplay, then we need to find new a new strategy. That is the dialectic of the game. You have to go forward in such a way and with such a range of attacking options that it will force the opponent to make a mistake. In other words, it”
“the first thing we have in mind is to strive for new courses of action that will not allow the opponent to adapt to our style of play. If an opponent has adjusted himself to our style of play and found a counter-play, then we need to find a new strategy. That is the dialectic of the game. You have to go forward in such a way and with such a range of attacking options that it will force the opponent to make a mistake. In other words, it”
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BBC: Andriy Shevchenko and Valeriy Lobanovskyi: A collective quest for the European Cup
Won award: 10th place (FourFourTwo) (2023).
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The Independent: Valeriy Lobanovskyi defined what it is to be Ukrainian, not Russian
Won award: 6th place (France Football) (2019).
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Won award: 6th place (World Soccer) (2013).
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Won award: 8th place (ESPN) (2013).
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The Guardian: How Valeriy Lobanovskyi's appliance of science won hearts and trophies
Lobanovskyi was ranked 6th in Inter's list of the 100 Greatest Ukrainians following a nationwide poll that saw around 2
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The Valeriy Lobanovskyi Memorial Tournament was founded
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Lobanovskyi was awarded FIFA Order of Merit, the highest honour awarded by FIFA
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Won award: Ukrainian Manager of the Season (5 times) (2001–02).
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Won: Hero of Ukraine, Order of the State (2002).
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Won: Commonwealth of Independent States Cup (3) with Dynamo Kyiv (2002).
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Won: FIFA Order of Merit (2002).
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Won: UEFA Order of Merit in Ruby (2002).
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Died 2002-05-13.
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Was awarded the Hero of Ukraine award (posthumously), his nation's highest honour, for his contribution to Ukrainian football
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Won: Ukrainian National League (5) with Dynamo Kyiv (2001).
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Lobanovskyi missed all away games of Dynamo Kyiv in Champions League due to hypertension and being banned from travelling by air
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Won: Ukrainian Cup (3) with Dynamo Kyiv (2000).
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Won award: Ukrainian Manager of the Season (5 times) (1999–00).
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Won: Ukrainian National League (5) with Dynamo Kyiv (2000).
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When Ramiz Mamedov launched a throw straight into Husin's head, Husin flicked on a header-pass to Giorgi Demetradze in the penalty spot, who scored with an overhead kick
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Won award: Ukrainian Manager of the Season (5 times) (1998–99).
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Won award: European Football Coach of the Year (1999).
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Won: Ukrainian Cup (3) with Dynamo Kyiv (1999).
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Won: Ukrainian National League (5) with Dynamo Kyiv (1999).
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Won: Order of Merit (Ukraine), Class II (1998).
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Won: Order of Merit (Ukraine), Class III (1998).
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Won: Ukrainian National League (5) with Dynamo Kyiv (1998).
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Won: Ukrainian Cup (3) with Dynamo Kyiv (1998).
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Won: Commonwealth of Independent States Cup (3) with Dynamo Kyiv (1998).
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Won award: Ukrainian Manager of the Season (5 times) (1997–98).
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Topping a group that included FC Barcelona, Newcastle United and PSV Eindhoven, famously winning both games against Barcelona, 3–0 in Kyiv and 4–0 at Camp Nou
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Won: Commonwealth of Independent States Cup (3) with Dynamo Kyiv (1997).
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Won: Ukrainian National League (5) with Dynamo Kyiv (1997).
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Won award: Ukrainian Manager of the Season (5 times) (1996–97).
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For the third time, Lobanovskyi led the team to another successful run in European competition
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Won: Arabian Gulf Cup (1) with Kuwait (1996).
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Lobanovskyi looked in a visibly worse shape
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Won: Asian Games bronze medal with Kuwait (1994).
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Won: Soviet Top League (8) with Dynamo Kyiv (1990).
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Won: Soviet Cup (6) with Dynamo Kyiv (1990).
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Runner-up: UEFA European Championship with Soviet Union (1988).
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Won award: European Football Coach of the Year (1988).
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Won: Soviet Cup (6) with Dynamo Kyiv (1987).
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Won: Tournament of the Soviet society "Dynamo" (1) with Dynamo Kyiv (1987).
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Won: Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1987).
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After defeating Beşiktaş twice in European Cup quarterfinals, Dynamo Kyiv extended their unbeaten streak in main UEFA club tournaments to 14 games, the longest unbeaten streak at the time
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Won: Soviet Top League (8) with Dynamo Kyiv (1986).
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Won: European Cup Winners' Cup (2) with Dynamo Kyiv (1986).
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Won award: Guerin Sportivo Manager of the Year (1986).
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Won award: European Football Coach of the Year (1986).
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Won: Soviet Super Cup (3) with Dynamo Kyiv (1986).
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Won award: European Football Coach of the Season (1985–86).
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Runner-up: European Super Cup (1) with Dynamo Kyiv (1986).
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Dynamo Kyiv won their second Cup Winners' Cup
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Won: Soviet Cup (6) with Dynamo Kyiv (1985).
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Won: Soviet Top League (8) with Dynamo Kyiv (1985).
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Won: Soviet Super Cup (3) with Dynamo Kyiv (1985).
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Ended up seventh in the league, the lowest since the spring of 1976, when Kyiv was represented mostly by B-squad
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Won: Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kyiv" (1982).
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Won: Soviet Cup (6) with Dynamo Kyiv (1982).
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Won: Soviet Top League (8) with Dynamo Kyiv (1981).
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And 1982, before leaving the team at the end of 1982 to return to managing Soviet national team, being in charge of it during Euro qualification
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Won: Soviet Top League (8) with Dynamo Kyiv (1980).
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Won: Soviet Super Cup (3) with Dynamo Kyiv (1980).
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Won: Spartakiad of Peoples bronze medal with Ukrainian SSR (1979).
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Won: Soviet Cup (6) with Dynamo Kyiv (1978).
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Won: Soviet Top League (8) with Dynamo Kyiv (1977).
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And 1987 and quarter-finals in 1976, 1982 and 1983
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Dynamo Kyiv regained the USSR championship, losing once in 30 games, and reached semi-finals of the European Cup
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Won: Summer Olympic Games bronze medal with Soviet Union (1976).
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Won: European Super Cup (1) with Dynamo Kyiv (1975).
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Won: European Cup Winners' Cup (2) with Dynamo Kyiv (1975).
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Won: Soviet Top League (8) with Dynamo Kyiv (1975).
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Dynamo Kyiv won the European Cup Winners' Cup and then-highly regarded European Super Cup
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His Dynamo Kyiv team became the first side from the Soviet Union to win a major European trophy when they beat Hungarian side Ferencváros in the final of the Cup Winners' Cup
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After the team lost its first game in the Euro qualifying group to Ireland 3–0
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Oleh Blokhin and Volodymyr Onyshchenko, in 1986 Blokhin or Oleh Protasov and Ihor Belanov, and in 1999 Andriy Shevchenko and Serhiy Rebrov
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Won: Soviet Cup (6) with Dynamo Kyiv (1974).
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Won: Soviet Top League (8) with Dynamo Kyiv (1974).
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With the discovery of Total Football, and in modern football, all players must be able to play in offense and defense equally effectively
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Won: Order of the Badge of Honour (1971).
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Won: Soviet First League (1) with Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (1971).
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The league system was reformed and Dnipro entered the newly created Class A, group 1 (later renamed to Soviet First League), which the team won the following year, moving to the Top League
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Played for FC Shakhtar Donetsk (1967–1968) — 50 appearances, 14 goals.
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Played for FC Chornomorets Odesa (1965–1966) — 59 appearances, 15 goals.
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Won award: Ukrainian Footballer of the Year (1964).
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Won: Soviet Cup (1) with Dynamo Kyiv (1964).
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Due to conflict with the coach Viktor Maslov
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Won award: Ukrainian Footballer of the Year (1963).
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Won award: Ukrainian Footballer of the Year (1962).
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Won: Soviet Top League (1) with Dynamo Kyiv (1961).
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Dynamo Kyiv became the first football team not from Moscow to win USSR title, with Lobanovskyi scoring 10 goals
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Played for Soviet Union national association football team (1960–1961) — 2 appearances, 0 goals.
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Played for FC Dynamo Kyiv (1957–1964) — 144 appearances, 42 goals.
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Joined the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute but later transferred to the Odesa Polytechnic Institute, where he graduated
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Born 1939-01-06.
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