Valeriy Lobanovskyi

**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.

### As a player

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|1959||rowspan="6"|Dynamo Kyiv||rowspan="6"|Top League||10||4
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|1960||30||13
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|1961||28||10
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|1962||30||8
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|1963||38||8
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|1964||9||0
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|1965||rowspan="2"|Chornomorets Odesa||rowspan="2"|Top League||28||10
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|1966||31||5
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|1967||rowspan="2"|Shakhtar Donetsk||rowspan="2"|Top League||32||9
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|1968||18||5
254||72
254||72
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### As a manager

|rowspan=2 width=140|Team|rowspan=2 width=140|Nation|rowspan=2 width=125|From|rowspan=2 width=125|To|colspan=8|Record|||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left"|FC Dnipro|align="left"||align=left|31 October 1968|align=left|19 October 1973|206|104|51|51|305|191|+114||
|align="left"|FC Dynamo Kiev|align="left"||align=left|20 October 1973|align=left|12 October 1982|406|230|112|64|652|294|+355||
|align="left"|Soviet Union|align="left"||align=left|1 April 1975|align=left|31 July 1976|19|11|4|4|33|18|+15||
|align="left"|Soviet Union|align="left"||align=left|12 October 1982|align=left|14 November 1983|10|6|3|1|18|6|+12||
|align="left"|FC Dynamo Kiev|align="left"||align=left|1 January 1984|align=left|30 September 1990|269|135|83|51|451|238|+211||
|align="left"|Soviet Union|align="left"||align=left|1986|align=left|1987|17|9|6|2|31|11|+20||
|align="left"|Soviet Union|align="left"||align=left|1988|align=left|1990|31|16|6|9|42|29|+13||
|align="left"|UAE|align="left"||align=left|1 October 1990|align=left|31 December 1992|19|7|8|5|20|19|+11||
|align="left"|Kuwait|align="left"||align=left|1 July 1994|align=left|31 December 1996|41|17|11|13|64|49|+15||
|align="left"|FC Dynamo Kiev|align="left"||align=left|1 January 1997|align=left|13 May 2002|271|190|47|32|629|195|+436||
|align="left"|Ukraine|align="left"||align=left|2 March 2000|align=left|15 November 2001|18|6|7|5|20|20|0||

### 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 ranked top 10 by France Football, World Soccer and ESPN
    - 6th place (France Football): 2019
    - 6th place (World Soccer): 2013
    - 8th place (ESPN): 2013
- Ukrainian Footballer of the Year: 1962, 1963, 1964

### Orders and further honours

- Hero of Ukraine, Order of the State: 2002
- Order of Merit (Ukraine), Class II: 1998
- Order of Merit (Ukraine), Class III: 1998
- Order of the Badge of Honour: 1971
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour: 1987
- Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kyiv": 1982
- FIFA Order of Merit: 2002
- UEFA Order of Merit in Ruby: 2002

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Valeriy Lobanovskyi
- **image**: Valeri Lobanovsky.jpg
- **caption**: Lobanovskyi in 1985
- **fullname**: Valeriy Vasylyovych Lobanovskyi
- **birth place**: Kyiv, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
- **death place**: Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward
- **youthyears1**: 1952–1955
- **youthclubs1**: Football School No. 1
- **youthyears2**: 1955–1956
- **youthclubs2**: Football School of Youth (FShM)
- **years1**: 1957–1964
- **clubs1**: FC Dynamo Kyiv, Dynamo Kyiv
- **caps1**: 144
- **goals1**: 42
- **years2**: 1965–1966
- **clubs2**: FC Chornomorets Odesa, Chornomorets Odesa
- **caps2**: 59
- **goals2**: 15
- **years3**: 1967–1968
- **clubs3**: FC Shakhtar Donetsk, Shakhtar Donetsk
- **caps3**: 50
- **goals3**: 14
- **totalcaps**: 253
- **totalgoals**: 71
- **nationalyears1**: 1960–1961
- **nationalteam1**: Soviet Union national football team, Soviet Union
- **nationalcaps1**: 2
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **manageryears1**: 1969–1973
- **managerclubs1**: FC Dnipro, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
- **manageryears2**: 1973–1982
- **managerclubs2**: FC Dynamo Kyiv, Dynamo Kyiv
- **manageryears3**: 1975–1976
- **managerclubs3**: Soviet Union national football team, Soviet Union
- **manageryears4**: 1979
- **managerclubs4**: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukrainian SSR
- **manageryears5**: 1982–1983
- **managerclubs5**: Soviet Union national football team, Soviet Union
- **manageryears6**: 1984–1990
- **managerclubs6**: FC Dynamo Kyiv, Dynamo Kyiv
- **manageryears7**: 1986–1990
- **managerclubs7**: Soviet Union national football team, Soviet Union
- **manageryears8**: 1990–1993
- **managerclubs8**: United Arab Emirates national football team, United Arab Emirates
- **manageryears9**: 1994–1996
- **managerclubs9**: Kuwait national football team, Kuwait
- **manageryears10**: 1997–2002
- **managerclubs10**: FC Dynamo Kyiv, Dynamo Kyiv
- **manageryears11**: 2000–2001
- **managerclubs11**: Ukraine national football team, Ukraine
- **medaltemplates**: <small>(as manager)</small>