Soviet Union national football team
The Lobanovskyi—Bazylevych duo was appointed managers of the [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet national team]] in 1975, after the team lost their first game in the [[UEFA Euro 1976 qualification|Euro qualifying]] group to [[Republic of Ireland national football team|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 ([[1976 Soviet Top League|spring and autumn]]).