# Valeriy Lobanovskyi Memorial Tournament

Valeriy Lobanovskyi Memorial Tournament (Ukrainian: Турнір Пам'яті Валерія Лобановського) is an international football tournament established in honour and memory of Valeriy Lobanovskyi since his death on 13 May 2002, hence the name Memorial. The idea was initiated by the FC Dynamo Kyiv management and the tournament is played at the Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium in Kyiv, Ukraine.

## General rules

Since 2005, the tournament participants are a group of four selected national teams. From 2006 the tournament participants have been the Under-21 National Teams. The teams start-off in semifinals and the winners go on to play in the final; the other two teams play for the 3rd place.
In 2009 two games of the tournament were played at Boreks Stadium, Borodianka in Kyiv Oblast.
In 2011 two games of the U-21 international tournament were played at Obolon Arena.
In 2012 two games of the tournament were played at Bannikov Stadium.

## Champions and top goalscorers

| Season | Champion | Runner-Up | Third place | Fourth place | Top Goalscorer(s) | Top Goalscorer(s) |
| As clubs tournament |||||||
| 2003 | Dynamo Kyiv | Shakhtar Donetsk | CSKA Moscow | Lokomotiv Moscow | Diogo Rincón | 2 goals |
| 2004 | Dynamo Kyiv | Sheriff Tiraspol | Skonto Riga | Dinamo Tbilisi | Maksim Shatskikh | 2 goals |
| As senior national teams tournament |||||||
| 2005 | Poland | Israel | Ukraine | Serbia and Montenegro | Grzegorz Rasiak | 3 goals |
| As youth national teams tournament |||||||
| 2006 | Israel U21 | Belarus U21 | Ukraine U21 | Moldova U21 | Kiril Pavlyuchek | 3 goals |
| 2007 | Israel U21 | Serbia U21 | Ukraine U21 | Moldova U21 | Itay Shechter | 2 goals |
| 2008 | Poland U21 | Bulgaria U21 | Ukraine U21 | Northern Ireland U21 | Marcin Wodecki | 2 goals |
| 2008 | Poland U21 | Bulgaria U21 | Ukraine U21 | Northern Ireland U21 | Serhiy Kravchenko | 2 goals |
| 2009 | Ukraine U21 | Turkey U21 | Germany U21 | Iran U21 | Nine players | 1 goal |
| 2010 | Russia U20 | Iran U20 | Ukraine U20 | Turkey U20 | Andriy Bohdanov | 2 goals |
| 2011 | Uzbekistan U23 | Ukraine U21 | Serbia U21 | Israel U21 | Five players | 1 goal |
| 2012 | Slovakia U21 | Montenegro U20 | Ukraine U20 | Belarus U20 | Seven players | 1 goal |
| 2013 | Austria U21 | Ukraine U21 | Czech Republic U21 | Slovenia U21 | Toni Vastić | 2 goals |
| 2014 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2015 | Slovenia U21 | Ukraine U21 | Greece U21 | Moldova U21 | Luka Zahović | 2 goals |
| 2015 | Slovenia U21 | Ukraine U21 | Greece U21 | Moldova U21 | Nikolaos Ioannidis | 2 goals |
| 2016 | Israel U21 | Serbia U21 | Ukraine U21 | Austria U21 | Fourteen players | 1 goal |
| 2017 | Finland U21 | Ukraine U21 | Montenegro U21 | Slovenia U21 | Nikola Krstović | 2 goals |
| 2018 | Slovenia U21 | Israel U21 | Greece U21 | Ukraine U19 | Jan Mlakar | 3 goals |
| 2019 | Ukraine U21 | Israel U21 | Bulgaria U21 | Cyprus U21 | Six players | 1 goal |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine. | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine. | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine. | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine. | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine. | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine. |
| 2021 | Uzbekistan U21 | Azerbaijan U21 | Ukraine U21 | — | Four players | 1 goal |

## Performance among national teams
### Legend

* 1st – Champions
* 2nd – Runners-up
* 3rd – Third place
* 4th – Fourth place
| Team | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | Total |
| Austria | | | | | | | | | 1st | | 4th | | | | | 2 |
| Azerbaijan | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2nd | 1 |
| Belarus | | 2nd | | | | | | 4th | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Bulgaria | | | | 2nd | | | | | | | | | | 3rd | | 2 |
| Cyprus | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4th | | 1 |
| Czech Republic | | | | | | | | | 3rd | | | | | | | 1 |
| Finland | | | | | | | | | | | | 1st | | | | 1 |
| Germany | | | | | 3rd | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Greece | | | | | | | | | | 3rd | | | 3rd | | | 2 |
| Iran | | | | | 4th | 2nd | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Israel | 2nd | 1st | 1st | | | | 4th | | | | 1st | | 2nd | 2nd | | 7 |
| Moldova | | 4th | 4th | | | | | | | 4th | | | | | | 3 |
| Montenegro | | | | | | | | 2nd | | | | 3rd | | | | 2 |
| Northern Ireland | | | | 4th | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Poland | 1st | | | 1st | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Russia | | | | | | 1st | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Serbia | 4th | | 2nd | | | | 3rd | | | | 2nd | | | | | 4 |
| Slovakia | | | | | | | | 1st | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Slovenia | | | | | | | | | 4th | 1st | | 4th | 1st | | | 4 |
| Turkey | | | | | 2nd | 4th | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Ukraine | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 15 |
| Uzbekistan | | | | | | | 1st | | | | | | | | 1st | 2 |

## Stadiums

* Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium – 12 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
* Bannikov Stadium – 10 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021)
* Obolon Arena – 4 (2011, 2013, 2016, 2021)
* Systema Stadium (Borodyanka) – 2 (2009, 2010)
* Kolos Stadium (Boryspil) – 2 (2017, 2018)
* Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex – 1 (2019)