Oleh Bazylevych
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Career & Clubs
Bazylevych played club football for Dynamo Kyiv, Chornomorets Odesa and Shakhtar Donetsk, winning the Soviet Top League with Dynamo Kyiv in 1961 and the USSR cup in 1964. Bazylevych played for Dynamo Kyiv from 1957 to 1965 in 161 matches and scored 53 goals. This player was noted for his high speed, technique of ball possession and excellent play in the air. He is remembered for often locking himself in the far post of Valery Lobanovsky. The Bazylevych-Lobanovsky duo scored 11 of the team's 29 goals in the 1966 tournament. Following his playing career, Bazylevych became a manager. As a co-manager with Valeriy Lobanovskyi Bazylevych won with Dynamo Kyiv the 1974–75 Cup Winners' Cup and the 1975 European Super Cup (and a bronze medal with the Soviet Union Olympic football team at the 1976 Summer Olympics). In 1977–1978 he was the head coach of Dinamo Minsk, and in 1979 of Pakhtakor Tashkent. He avoided the plane crash that killed most of the Pakhtakor squad on 11 August 1979 by traveling a day ahead of the team to Sochi (to visit his wife and son staying there on vacation), intending to join the team the next day. Bazylevych was fired from the position of the head coach of the Ukraine main team in 1994 when his team managed to lose at home to Lithuania 0:2 in its first game of official competitions. From 1998 to 2001 lead the FFU Committee that worked with national teams.
- Club
- FC Shakhtar Donetsk (1967–1968)
- Club
- FC Dynamo Kyiv (1957–1965)
- Club
- FC Chornomorets Odesa (1966–1966)
- National team
- Ukraine
- National team
- Soviet Union
Trophies & Awards
- Award
- Merited Coach of the USSR
- Award
- Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class
- Award
- Order of Merit (Ukraine), 2nd class
Legacy
Champion USSR: 1961 (player), 1974, 1975 (coach) Silver medals of USSR Championship: 1960, 1965 (player) Soviet Cup: 1964 (player), 1974 (coach) Cup Winners' Cup: 1975 (coach) UEFA Super Cup: 1975 (coach) Olympics bronze medal: 1976 (coach)
Clubs
Played together with
Aderinsola Habib EseolaFC Dynamo Kyiv · 2009–2010
Admir MehmediFC Dynamo Kyiv · 2012–2014
Adolphe TeikeuFC Chornomorets Odesa · 2014–2015
Akhrik TsveibaFC Dynamo Kyiv · 1990–1993
Alan MatturroFC Shakhtar Donetsk · 2026
Alan PatrickFC Shakhtar Donetsk · 2011–2013
Aleksandar DragovićFC Dynamo Kyiv · 2013–2016
Aleksandr FilimonovFC Dynamo Kyiv · 2001–2001- Aleksandr PonomarevFC Shakhtar Donetsk · 1936–1936
- Aleksandr PonomarevFC Shakhtar Donetsk · 1951–1952
Aleksandre AmisulashviliFC Dynamo Kyiv · 2003–2005
Aleksei IgoninFC Chornomorets Odesa · 2004–2004
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Identifiers & aliases
Oleh Petrovych Bazylevych was a Ukrainian footballer, coach, and sport administrator. He holds titles of the Master of Sports of the USSR, Merited Coach of the Soviet Union, and Merited Coach of Ukraine.
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