Mykhaylo Fomenko

Fomenko was an integral part of Dynamo Kyiv's achievements in the 1970s at the club level, which included hoisting the 1975 Winners Cup and Super Cup.

After graduating from the Higher School of Coaches in Moscow in 1979, Fomenko coached numerous Ukrainian clubs, most notably Dynamo Kyiv. With Fomenko the club won its first Ukrainian gold medals, and its first Ukrainian Cup, both in 1993 and most notably, beating Barcelona in the first leg of the Champions League tournament. Barcelona ended up being finalist of that 39th season of the UEFA Champions League. Before that success, in the end of 1989, he promoted the Georgian club Guria Lanchkhuti to the Soviet Top league and in 2001 reached the Ukrainian Cup final with CSKA Kyiv, which was the best result in the club's history. On 26 December 2012, Fomenko was given a one-year contract – with a possible second-year extension – as head coach of the Ukraine national team after the Football Federation of Ukraine had failed to retain Harry Redknapp and Sven-Göran Eriksson for the role. Fomenko coached Ukraine to six 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification wins, coming against Poland (twice), Moldova, Montenegro, San Marino and France, as well as one draw against England. After placing second in their qualifying group, Ukraine was matched against France in the second round of UEFA qualifiers. Despite winning the first leg 2–0 at home, Ukraine fell 3–0 away to lose 3–2 on aggregate, thus failing to make the 2014 World Cup finals. Despite this, Fomenko indicated he would like to continue in his role and lead Ukraine in its UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying campaign, and on 6 February 2014, the…

Player

Dynamo Kyiv

Soviet Top League: 1974, 1975, 1977 Soviet Cup: 1974, 1978 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1975 UEFA Super Cup: 1975 Soviet Union

Olympic Games bronze: 1976 Individual

Merited Master of Sport of the USSR

Manager

Dynamo Kyiv

Ukrainian Top League: 1993 Ukrainian Cup: 1993; runner-up: 2001