Mykhailo Fomenko - Football Coach

Mykhaylo Ivanovych Fomenko (Ukrainian: Михайло Іванович Фоменко; 19 September 1948 – 29 April 2024) was a Ukrainian football player and coach. As a player, he was capped 24 times for the Soviet Union, and, as a head coach, became the second ever manager – after Oleh Blokhin – to take the Ukraine national team to an international finals tournament, reaching UEFA Euro 2016. Fomenko was famous for his coaching in Dynamo Kyiv, winning its first Ukrainian gold medals for the club, first Ukrainian Cup for the club and most notably, defeating Barcelona in the first leg of the Champions League tournament. Barcelona, under Johan Cruyff and with such star players as Ronald Koeman and Pep Guardiola, ended up to be finalist of that UEFA Champions League season. Fomenko died in Sumy on 29 April 2024, at the age of 75. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article

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Dynamo Kyiv	92/93

CSCA Kyiv	94/96

Metalist Kharkiv	96/00

CSCA Kyiv	00/01

Metalist Kharkiv	01/03

Tavriya Symferopol	06/08
Premier-liha 07/08	30
Intertoto 08	4
Premier-liha 08/09	9
Ukrainian Cup 08/09	1

Salyut	10/11

Ukraine	12/16
Qualif WC 14	7
Friendlies 13	3
WC Qual playof 14	2
Friendlies 14	4
Euro Qual 16	12
Friendlies 15	1
Friendlies 16	3
Euro 2016 16	3