Valeriy Lobanovskyi

Who was Valeriy Lobanovskyi?

Valeriy Vasylyovych Lobanovskyi was a Soviet-Ukrainian football manager. He was the Master of Sports of USSR, the Distinguished Coach of USSR, and the laureate of the UEFA Ruby Order.

Lobanovskyi is most famous for his spells managing Dynamo Kyiv, the Ukraine national football team, and earlier the USSR national football team. 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. Lobanovskyi is notorious for his both highly scientific and harsh disciplinarian approach to management.