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Valeriy Lobanovskyi
Lobanovski in 1985
Personal information
Full name Valeriy Vasylyovych Lobanovskyi
Date of birth (1939-01-06)6 January 1939[1]
Place of birth Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union[1]
Date of death 13 May 2002(2002-05-13) (aged 63)[1]
Place of death Zaporizhia, 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 Odessa 59 (15)
1967–1968 Shakhtar Donetsk 50 (14)
Total 253 (71)
International career
1960–1961 Soviet Union 2 (0)
Managerial career
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
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Lobanovskyi's signature

Valeriy Vasylyovych Lobanovskyi (Ukrainian: Вале́рій Васи́льович Лобано́вський [wɐˈlɛrɪj lobɐˈnɔu̯sʲkɪj]; Russian: Вале́рий Васи́льевич Лобано́вский; 6 January 1939 – 13 May 2002) was а Ukrainian football manager.[1] He was the Master of Sports of USSR, the Distinguished Coach of USSR, and the laureate of the UEFA Ruby Order (2002) and FIFA Order of Merit, the highest honour awarded by FIFA.[2][3] In 2002 he was awarded the Hero of Ukraine award (posthumously), the highest Ukrainian honour, for his contribution to Ukrainian football. Lobanovskyi is highly esteemed for his achievements as a coach and is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all time.[4][5] Nicknamed "the football scientist",[6][7][8] Lobanovskyi is credited for bringing a scientific and analytical approach and strong emphasis on physical fitness and diet to the game.[1][6][9] With the cooperation with Anatoly Zelentsov, a scientist from the department of physical education theory of Kyiv State Institute of Physical Education, Lobanovskyi brought an accurate system of calculation of the training process and mathematical modeling of physical load for players.[10]

Lobanovskyi is most famous for his spells managing FC Dynamo Kyiv and the USSR national football team. Lobanovskyi established Dynamo as the most dominant club in Soviet football in the 1970s and 1980s, winning Soviet Top League eight times and Soviet Cup six times in 16 years. In 1975 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. During the tournament, Dynamo Kyiv won eight games out of nine, resulting in a winning percentage of 88.88% – a record among all European main tournaments'[11] winning club sides, matched only by Paris Saint-Germain in 1995/96. Lobanovskyi and the team repeated the Cup Winners' Cup success in 1986, beating Atletico Madrid in the final. In both 1975 and 1986, Dynamo's players (Oleg Blokhin and Igor Belanov respectively) were also rewarded with Ballon d'Or. During Lobanovskyi's first two stints, the team has also reached European Cup semi-finals in 1977 and 1987 and quarter-finals in 1976, 1982 and 1983. With the Soviet Union national team, Lobanovskyi reached the finals of the Euro 1988, losing the championship to Netherlands, and won the bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympic Games.

After returning to Dynamo Kyiv in 1997 for the third time, Lobanovskyi led the team to another successful run in international tournaments. In a first full season during the third run, Dynamo reached quarter-finals of the Champions League in 1998, winning the group that included FC Barcelona, Newcastle United and PSV Eindhoven, famously beating Barcelona both times, 3:0 in Kyiv and 4:0 on Camp Nou.[12][13][14] The next season, Lobanovskyi and the club ended their Champions League campaign in semi-finals, where they were stopped by Bayern Munich, and Dynamo's striker Andriy Shevchenko ended up third in 1999 Ballon d'Or voting process. Lobanovskyi has also won the Ukraininan league title in each of his five seasons with the club.

Throughout his coaching career Lobanovskyi has won 33 official trophies, becoming the second most decorated manager of all time (behind Alex Ferguson) and the most successful football manager of the 20th century.[15][16] He also holds several managerial records in Soviet football, including most Soviet Top League titles, most Soviet Cup wins (shared with Viktor Maslov) and most USSR Super Cup wins. Lobanovskyi is the only manager to win a major European competition[11] with Eastern European club twice. He is one of the four managers to win the Cup Winners' Cup twice, and is one of the two (along with Nereo Rocco) to do it with one team. Lobanovskyi has also won the Ukrainian championship five times out of five, an accomplishment not matched by any other manager. Lobanovskyi is also credited for being a tutor to three Ballon d'Or winners — Oleg Blokhin, Igor Belanov and Andriy Shevchenko.[17][18][19]

Career

Playing career

Lobanovskyi was a graduate of the Kiev Football School No. 1 and the Football School of Youth in Kiev. He began his playing career as a left-winger with Dynamo Kyiv, his hometown club, whilst with the side he won both the USSR league and cup. He spent seven years with the club before finishing his career with brief spells at Chornomorets Odessa, and Shakhtar Donetsk. Lobanovskyi ended his playing career at the age of 29 having scored 71 goals in 257 games.[1] He also earned two full caps for the Soviet Union and played in two Olympic games. Lobanovskyi played his first international game on 4 September 1960 away against Austria. He is most famous for his legendary ability to score from corner kicks and his ability to curve the ball and place it wherever he pleased.

Managerial career

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (1968—1973)

A year after retiring as a player Lobanovskyi was named as the manager of FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk on 16 October 1968.[20] That year Dnipro ended up third in the group 3 (Ukrainian SSR group) of the Class A, group 2. The team won the group next year and entered the league finals, finishing second. In 1970, 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. In its first season at the highest level, the club was ranked sixth, one point away from silver medals.

Dynamo Kyiv (1973—1982)

Lobanovskyi moved to his former club, Dynamo Kyiv, in October 1973. In January 1974 he was joined by his former teammate, Oleh Bazylevych. These two would work as a coaching duo until October 1976. Both managers were having equal rights: Bazylevych was a theorist, and Lobanovskyi was in charge of the training process.[21] After 1974 season, the Soviet press criticized them for rationalism and unwillingness to play attacking football (the so-called away model — the team would play away games defensively to score a draw). In that season, the team won both the league and Soviet Cup.

Both Lobanovskyi and Bazylevych understood the importance of accurate calculation of the physical load on players. With the cooperation with Anatoly Zelentsov, a scientist from the department of physical education theory of Kyiv State Institute of Physical Education, Lobanovskyi brought an accurate system of calculation of the training process and mathematical modeling of physical load for the team. Zelentsov later headed Dynamo Kyiv's scientific laboratory, which was popularly called the Zelentsov Center.[10]

In 1975, Dynamo Kyiv won the European Cup Winners' Cup and then-highly regarded European Super Cup. Dynamo Kyiv became the first Soviet club to win a major European trophy. In the first three rounds of Cup Winners' Cup, the team defeated CSKA Sofia, Eintracht Frankfurt and Bursaspor, winning all home and away games. In semifinals, Dynamo faced the 1974-75 Eredivisie winner, PSV Eindhoven. The Dutch club was considered one of the most powerful in Europe, being sponsored by Philips. The first leg played in Kyiv ended up 3:0 in favor of Lobanovskyi's team. After losing 1:2 in the second leg, Dynamo Kyiv moved to the final. On 14 May, 1975, Dynamo Kyiv won Cup Winners' Cup for the first time, defeating Ferencvaros 3:0 in the final. During the tournament, the team won 88.88% of their matches (8 games out of 9), which to this day remains the best winning record among all European main tournaments' winning club sides.

Lobanovskyi (left) in Eindhoven in 1975 together with the manager of PSV Ben van Gelde

In the autumn of that year, Dynamo Kyiv faced the 1974-75 European Cup winner Bayern Munich for the second ever European Super Cup. Besides winning second European Cup in a row, Bayern was also the base club for the 1974 World Cup winners. The build-up to the match was followed by a political background, mainly in USSR. The Soviet Ukrainian club won both games, 1:0 in Munich and 2:0 in Kyiv in front of 100,000 fans. All goals were scored by Oleg Blokhin who would become Ballon d'Or winner that year. The Lobanovskyi—Bazylevych duo received the World Sports Coach of the Year award.

In summer of 1976, after conflict between Kyiv's players and managerial stuff, Oleh Bazylevych left the team. In 1977 Dynamo Kyiv regained the USSR championship, losing once in 30 games, and reached semifinals of the European Cup. After winning all games on the road to quarterfinals, Lobanovskyi's side faced Bayern Munich, the winner of the last three European Cups, for the second time in the last two years. After losing 1:0 in Munich, Kyiv's team scored two unanswered goals in the last 10 minutes of the second leg, moving to semifinals and ending Bayern's European dominance. In semifinals, however, Dynamo Kyiv was beaten by another German club, Borussia Monchengladbach.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Dynamo was going through generational change. After finishing second and third in the following two years, the team won back-to-back USSR titles in 1980 and 1981. Lobanovskyi led Dynamo Kyiv to European Cup quarter-finals in 1981 and 1982, before leaving the team in October 1982, to return to managing Soviet national team.

Soviet Union national team (1975—1976, 1982—1983)

The duo Lobanovskyi—Bazylevych was appointed managers of the Soviet national team in 1975, after the team lost their first game in Euro qualifying group to Ireland 3:0. Dynamo Kyiv became the base club of the national team. Despite Lobanovskyi's demands to reorganize national league to autumn-spring format, the USSR Football Federation split 1976 into two seasons (spring and autumn). The club competed in the "spring" season mostly with B-squad, as the first team was able to concentrate their preparation for European Cup, Euro qualification and 1976 Summer Olympics. Dynamo Kyiv left European Cup after quarterfinals, losing to Saint-Etienne (2:0 in Kyiv and 0:3 in France). The national team won their qualifying group but lost to Czechoslovakia in play-offs, thus failing to qualify at the European championship. After winning bronze medal the Summer Olympic Games, the coaching duo left the national team.

Lobanovskyi returned to the national team in 1982, being in charge of it during Euro qualification. The team was leading their qualifying group before losing their last match against Portugal in Lisbon, conceding the only goal after an incorrectly ruled penalty (the foul happened outside of the penalty area). Lobanovskyi was sacked again.

Return to Dynamo Kyiv (1984—1986)

After being sacked by Soviet national team, Lobanovskyi returned to Dynamo Kyiv after just one year of absence. The club, having been led by Yuriy Morozov in 1983, ended up seventh in the league, the lowest since the spring of 1976, when Kyiv was represented in the league mostly by B squad. The team was going through crisis, with many key players injured. Dynamo Kyiv finished the 1984 season on tenth place, failing to qualify to UEFA tournaments for the first time in the last 14 years.

Lobanovskyi saw the problems and knew how to solve them. The coach received team's support. Lobanovskyi's side started the 1985 season very strongly and in the end captured another Soviet double, defeating their biggest rival, Spartak Moscow, twice throughout the season.

In 1975, Dynamo Kyiv won their second Cup Winners' Cup. The team lost the first game to Utrecht but then went on an impressive undefeated streak, winning six games and drawing two with a goal difference 25:6. Throughout the tournament, Lobanovskyi's side won all home (and final) games with at least three goals difference. In the final, Dynamo beat Atletico Madrid, led by Luis Aragones, 3:0. The second goal, scored by Oleg Blokhin, was especially memorable, as it was scored after the so-called "fan attack". Lobanovskyi's side was widely praised by the Soviet and European media.[22][23][24][12][13] Many observers, fascinated by the quality of football shown by Dynamo Kyiv, called their style of play "football of the 21st century", and the side was labeled as "the team from another planet".[23][24][12][13][25]

Co-managing Dynamo Kyiv and Soviet Union national team (1986—1990)

Following success with Dynamo Kyiv in Cup Winners' Cup, Lobanovskyi was appointed the manager of the national team for the third time. He was asked to manage the side on the eve of the 1986 World Cup. The main squad consisted almost exclusively of Dynamo Kyiv's players.[26][27] At the group stage, Soviet players destroyed Hungary, scoring six unanswered goals, and drew with European champions, France, 1:1. The team confirmed the first place in the group by defeating Canada 2:0 with a B-squad. After an impressive performance, Lobanovskyi's side were predicted to be one of the favourites in the tournament. In the first game of the knockout stage, however, Soviet team lost to Belgium in an extra-time, after Belgium scored two goals due to referee's mistakes.[26][27][28]

At the conclusion of 1986 season, Dynamo Kyiv won the Soviet Top League for the 12th time (7th time during Lobanovskyi's time in charge of the club). Igor Belanov was rewarded with Ballon d'Or, becoming the second Kyiv's player to receive the award, while Oleksandr Zavarov ended up 6th. Overall, Dynamo Kyiv's players scored the most points during the award's voting process, just as they did in 1975. Lobanovskyi himself was named both European Coach of the Season and Coach of the Year in 1986.[29]

In 1987, after defeating Besiktas twice in European Cup quarterfinals, Dynamo Kyiv extended their unbeaten streak in main UEFA club tournaments to 14 games[11], the longest unbeaten streak at the time. In the league Dynamo finished at sixth place but won the Soviet Cup and prestigious Dynamo Games of the USSR.[15] Meanwhile the Soviet team won their Euro 1988 qualifying group which consisted of East Germany and defending champions, France, defeating them 0:2 in Paris.

The national team achieved great success at the 1988 European Championship, winning silver medals. In every game, at least seven players of the starting line-up represented Dynamo Kyiv and at least eight Kyiv's players entered the field (substitutions including; only two were allowed at the time). Sbornaja won their group, defeating Netherlands and England and drawing with Ireland. In semifinals, Lobanovskyi's side defeated Italy, after Hennadiy Lytovchenko and Oleg Protasov (both Dynamo Kyiv's representatives) scored two unanswered goals. In the final, Soviet team met Netherlands again but was unable to repeat their previous victory from the group stage, losing 0:2. Van Basten's goal, in which he volleyed right-footed over Rinat Dasayev from the tightest of angles on the right of the penalty area, would later be described as one of the greatest goals in the history of the European Championships.[30][31][32][33]

Following perestroika, many of Lobanovskyi's best players left the USSR to play in Western Europe. Going into the 1990 World Cup he could not call upon the best Soviet players. As a result, sbornaja finished on the bottom of their group. In the same year, which happened to be the final year of Lobanovskyi's career in Soviet Union, Dynamo Kyiv, which was going through generational change, won their fourth Soviet double. The team cemented first place in the Top League weeks before the end, winning their 13th league title and establishing themselves as the most successful Soviet football club of all time. In the Cup final, Lobanovskyi's team destroyed Lokomotiv Moscow 6:1. In the autumn of 1990, Lobanovskyi left Soviet Union in order to take a lucrative offer from United Arab Emirates.

Middle East (1990—1996)

In September 1990, Lobanovskyi decided to leave Soviet Union and take up the lucrative offer of managing the United Arab Emirates national football team. After four years, during which the national team was ranked fourth at the Asian Cup, their best finish up to that date, he was sacked due to conflict with football federation and went on to spend the next two years managing the Kuwait national football team (winning a bronze medal at the Asian Games), before agreeing to return to Ukraine.

Third stint at Dynamo Kyiv (1997—2002)

In January 1997, Lobanovskyi returned to manage Dynamo Kyiv for a third time. The club by this time had fallen somewhat from their former heights. The club had no competition in Ukraine but was able to enter the Champions League first round/group stage only twice in the last five years. During the last European campaign before Lobanovsky's return, the team failed to qualify at the group stage of Champions League and was beaten by Neuchâtel Xamax in the UEFA Cup. Lobanovskyi, however, managed to turn the club around quickly. Aside from leading the team to five consecutive championships, Lobanovskyi managed to turn the side into one of the best sides in Europe, reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League in 1999. He was made manager of the Ukraine national side in March 2000, but was sacked after the side lost a playoff to reach the 2002 World Cup to Germany.

Lobanovskyi suffered a stroke on 7 May 2002 during Dynamo Kyiv's game against FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhya. He died on 13 May, during brain surgery, following complications suffered after the stroke. At the Champions League final in Glasgow two days later, UEFA held a minute's silence in his honour.

Remembrance

Lobanovskyi's burial location and monument at Baikove cemetery in Kiev

Following his death Lobanovskyi was awarded the title Hero of Ukraine, the nation's highest honour. Dynamo Kyiv's stadium was also renamed the Lobanovsky Stadium in his honour.

Lobanovskyi was buried at Baikove Cemetery where an impressive monument surrounds his tomb.

After his death, A.C. Milan won the Champions League in 2003 with Andriy Shevchenko in the team. After the victory Shevchenko flew to Kyiv to put his medal by the grave of his former manager.[34]

In 2005, the Valeri Lobanovsky Memorial Tournament was founded.

Personal life

Lobanovsky was born in Kiev to Vasyl Mykhailovych Lobanovsky and Oleksandra Maksymivna Boichenko. Vasyl Lobanovsky traces his roots to the Polish Szlachta family of Lobko-Lobanowski.

Lobanovskyi was married to Ada Lobanovskaya,[35] the couple had a daughter named Svitlana. She is a Russian philologist and owns a restaurant in Kiev called "U metrá" ("At The Metro").[36]

Lobanovsky is a nephew of the Ukrainian writer and a leader of the Komsomol of Ukraine Oleksandr Boichenko.

Career statistics

As a player

Club Season League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dynamo Kyiv 1959 10 4 - - 10 4
1960 29 12 1 0 30 12
1961 28 10 1 0 29 10
1962 30 8 1 0 31 8
1963 38 8 - - 38 8
1964 9 0 - - 9 0
Total 144 42 3 0 147 42
Chornomorets 1965 28 10 - - 28 10
1966 31 5 4 5 35 10
Total 59 15 4 5 63 20
Shakhtar 1967 32 9 2 1 34 10
1968 18 5 1 1 19 6
Total 50 14 3 2 53 16
Career Total 253 71 10 7 263 78

As a manager

Team From To Record[37]
G W D L Win %
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1968 1973 213 108 54 51 50.7
Dynamo Kyiv 1973 1990 681 356 199 126 52.28
Soviet Union 1975 1976 19 11 4 4 57.89
Ukrainian SSR 1979 1979 7 5 1 1 71.43
Soviet Union 1982 1983 10 6 3 1 60
Soviet Union 1986 1990 48 25 12 11 52.08
United Arab Emirates 1992 1992 12 6 3 3 50
Kuwait 1993 1996 41 17 11 13 41.46
Dynamo Kyiv 1997 2002 268 191 46 31 71.27
Ukraine 2000 2001 18 6 7 5 33.33
Total 1968 2002 1317 731 340 246 55.5

Honours

Lobanovskyi on a 2019 stamp of Ukraine

Player

Dynamo Kyiv

Manager

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Dynamo Kyiv

Soviet Union

Ukrainian SSR

United Arab Emirates

Kuwait

Individual

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