Valeri Lobanovsky - International Matches as Coach


The outstanding Soviet coach coached four national teams (Soviet Union, UA Emirates, Kuwait and Ukraine) for (in total) 122 international matches and thereby belongs to the select company of coaches with 100 or more international matches. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.


Born:  6- 1-1939
Died: 13- 5-2002
Country: Soviet Union
Matches as Coach:		  122	(W58-D35-L29 - GF176-GA110 - %61.89)
Matches as Coach for Soviet Union: 77	(W42-D19-L16 - GF124-GA 64 - %66.88)
Matches as Coach for UA Emirates:  12	(W 4-D 5-L 3 - GF 11-GA 11 - %54.17)
Matches as Coach for Kuwait: 	   15	(W 6-D 4-L 5 - GF 21-GA 15 - %53.33)
Matches as Coach for Ukraine: 	   18	(W 6-D 7-L 5 - GF 20-GA 20 - %52.78)
Age First Match: 36 yr  86 d    2- 4-1975 vs. Turkey 3-0
Age Last Match:  62 yr 312 d   14-11-2001 vs. Germany 1-4
National Team Career: 26 yr 226 d

Caps    Date    Venue           Opponent       Score    Competition 

Coach for Soviet Union
together with Oleg Blazevic
  1    2- 4-75	Kiev    	Turkey  	3-0	European Ch. Qual.
  2   18- 5-75	Kiev    	Ireland 	2-1	European Ch. Qual.
  3    8- 6-75	Moskva  	Italy   	1-0		
  4   12-10-75	Zürich  	Switzerland	1-0	European Ch. Qual.
  5   12-11-75	Kiev    	Switzerland	4-1	European Ch. Qual.
  6   23-11-75	Izmir   	Turkey  	0-1	European Ch. Qual.
  7   29-11-75	Bucuresti	Romania 	2-2		
  8   10- 3-76	Kosice  	Czechoslovakia	2-2		
  9   20- 3-76	Kiev    	Argentina	0-1		
 10   24- 3-76	Sofia   	Bulgaria	3-0		
 11   24- 4-76	Bratislava	Czechoslovakia	0-2	European Champ.
 12   22- 5-76	Kiev    	Czechoslovakia	2-2	European Champ.
 13   26- 5-76	Budapest	Hungary 	1-1		
 14   23- 6-76	Wien    	Austria 	2-1		
 15   19- 7-76	Montréal	Canada  	2-1	Olympic Games
 16   23- 7-76	Ottawa  	North Korea	3-0	Olympic Games
 17   25- 7-76	Sherbrooke	Iran    	2-1	Olympic Games
 18   27- 7-76	Montréal	East Germany 	1-2	Olympic Games
 19   29- 7-76	Montréal	Brazil  	2-0	Olympic Games
first tenure
 20   13-10-82	Moskva  	Finland 	2-0	European Ch. Qual.
 21   23- 3-83	Paris   	France  	1-1 
 22   13- 4-83	Lausanne	Switzerland	1-0	
 23   27- 4-83	Moskva  	Portugal	5-0	European Ch. Qual.
 24   17- 5-83	Wien    	Austria 	2-2 		
 25   22- 5-83	Chorzów 	Poland  	1-1 	European Ch. Qual.
 26    1- 6-83	Helsinki	Finland 	1-0	European Ch. Qual.
 27   26- 7-83	Leipzig 	East Germany 	3-1	
 28    9-10-83	Moskva  	Poland  	2-0	European Ch. Qual.
 29   13-11-83	Lisboa  	Portugal	0-1	European Ch. Qual.
second tenure
 30    2- 6-86	Irapuato	Hungary  	6-0	World Cup
 31    5- 6-86	León    	France  	1-1	World Cup
 32    9- 6-86	Irapuato	Canada  	2-0	World Cup
 33   15- 6-86	León    	Belgium 	3-4	World Cup	
 34   20- 8-86	Göteborg	Sweden  	0-0	
 35   24- 9-86	Reykjavík	Iceland 	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
 36   11-10-86	Paris   	France  	2-0	European Ch. Qual.
 37   29-10-86	Simferopol	Norway    	4-0	European Ch. Qual.
 38   18- 2-87	Swansea 	Wales   	0-0	
 39   18- 4-87	Tbilisi 	Sweden  	1-3	
 40   29- 4-87	Kiev    	East Germany 	2-0	European Ch. Qual.
 41    3- 6-87	Oslo    	Norway    	1-0	European Ch. Qual.
 42   29- 8-87	Beograd 	Yugoslavia	1-0	
 43    9- 9-87	Moskva  	France  	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
 44   23- 9-87	Moskva  	Greece  	3-0	
 45   10-10-87	Ost-Berlin	East Germany 	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
 46   28-10-87	Simferopol	Iceland 	2-0 	European Ch. Qual.
 47   20- 2-88	Bari    	Italy   	1-4	
 48    1- 6-88	Moskva  	Poland  	2-1	
 49   12- 6-88	Köln    	Netherlands	1-0	European Champ.
 50   15- 6-88	Hannover	Ireland  	1-1	European Champ.
 51   18- 6-88	Frankfurt	England 	3-1	European Champ.
 52   22- 6-88	Stuttgart	Italy   	2-0	European Champ.
 53   25- 6-88	München 	Netherlands	0-2	European Champ.
 54   31- 8-88	Reykjavík	Iceland 	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 55   21- 9-88	Düsseldorf	West Germany 	0-1	
 56   19-10-88	Kiev    	Austria 	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 57   21-11-88	Damascus	Syria   	2-0	
 58   23-11-88	Adiliya 	Kuwait  	1-0	
 59   27-11-88	Adiliya 	Kuwait  	2-0	
 60   21- 2-89	Sofia   	Bulgaria	2-1	
 61   22- 3-89	Eindhoven	Netherlands	0-2	
 62   26- 4-89	Kiev    	East Germany 	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
 63   10- 5-89	Istanbul	Turkey  	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 64   31- 5-89	Moskva  	Iceland 	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 65   23- 8-89	Lubin   	Poland  	1-1	
 66    6- 9-89	Wien    	Austria 	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 67    8-10-89	Karl-Marx-Stadt	East Germany 	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
 68   15-11-89	Simferopol	Turkey  	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 69   20- 2-90	Los Angeles	Colombia	0-0	International Tourn.
 70   22- 2-90	Los Angeles	Costa Rica	2-1	International Tourn.
 71   24- 2-90	Stanford	United States	3-1	
 72   28- 3-90	Kiev    	Netherlands	2-1	
 73   25- 4-90	Dublin  	Ireland  	0-1	
 74   16- 5-90	Tel-Aviv	Israel  	2-3	
 75    9- 6-90	Bari    	Romania 	0-2	World Cup
 76   13- 6-90	Napoli  	Argentina	0-2	World Cup	
 77   18- 6-90	Bari    	Cameroon	4-0	World Cup

Coach for UA Emirates
  1   29- 1-92	Dubai   	Switzerland	0-2	
  2    2- 3-92	Dubai   	Iceland 	0-1	
  3   14- 5-92	Al-Ain  	Qatar   	1-0	
  4   27- 5-92	Al-Ain  	Kuwait  	3-2	Asian Cup Qualifier
  5   30- 5-92	Al-Ain  	Bahrain 	3-1	Asian Cup Qualifier
  6   21-10-92	Anyang  	South Korea	0-0	
  7   23-10-92	Seoul   	South Korea	1-1	
  8   30-10-92	Hiroshima 	Japan   	0-0	Asian Nations Cup
  9    1-11-92	Hiroshima 	Iran    	0-0	Asian Nations Cup
 10    3-11-92	Hiroshima 	North Korea	2-1	Asian Nations Cup
 11    6-11-92	Hiroshima 	Saudi Arabia	0-2	Asian Nations Cup
 12    8-11-92	Hiroshima 	China    	1-1 [1]	Asian Nations Cup
[1] UA Emirates lost 3-4 on penalty kicks.

Coach for Kuwait
  1   28- 4-94	Kuwait City	Bulgaria	2-2	
  2   22- 9-94	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	2-0	
  3   24- 9-94	Kuala Lumpur	Australia	0-0	
  4    1-10-94	Miyoshi 	Oman    	2-2	Asian Games 
  5    3-10-94	Onomichi 	Nepal   	8-0	Asian Games 
  6    7-10-94	Hiroshima 	South Korea	1-0	Asian Games 
  7   11-10-94	Hiroshima 	UA Emirates	2-1	Asian Games 
  8   13-10-94	Hiroshima 	China   	0-2	Asian Games 
  9   15-10-94	Hiroshima 	South Korea	2-1	Asian Games 
 10   29-10-94	Kuwait City 	Iceland 	0-1	
 11    4-11-94	Abu Dhabi 	Bahrain 	1-2	Gulf Cup
 12    7-11-94	Abu Dhabi 	Qatar   	1-0	Gulf Cup
 13    9-11-94	Abu Dhabi 	UA Emirates	0-2	Gulf Cup
 14   13-11-94	Abu Dhabi 	Oman    	0-0	Gulf Cup
 15   16-11-94	Abu Dhabi 	Saudi Arabia	0-2	Gulf Cup

Coach for Ukraine
  1   26- 4-00	Sofia   	Bulgaria	1-0	
  2   31- 5-00	London  	England 	0-2	
  3    2- 9-00	Kyiv    	Poland  	1-3	World Cup Qualifier
  4    7-10-00	Yerevan 	Armenia 	3-2	World Cup Qualifier
  5   11-10-00	Oslo    	Norway    	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
  6   14- 2-01	Tbilisi 	Georgia 	0-0	
  7   26- 2-01	Lefkosia	Romania 	0-1	International Tourn.
  8   28- 2-01	Larnaka 	Cyprus  	3-4 	International Tourn.
  9   24- 3-01	Kyiv    	Belarus 	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 10   28- 3-01	Cardiff 	Wales   	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 11    2- 6-01	Kyiv    	Norway    	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 12    6- 6-01	Kyiv    	Wales   	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 13   15- 8-01	Riga    	Latvia  	1-0	
 14    1- 9-01	Minsk   	Belarus 	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 15    5- 9-01	Lviv    	Armenia 	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
 16    6-10-01	Chorzów 	Poland  	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 17   10-11-01	Kyiv    	Germany 	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 18   14-11-01	Dortmund	Germany 	1-4	World Cup Qualifier


Total Record

Matches	Won Draw Lost	For-Against     Points	Percentage

    122  58  35  29	176- 110	151	61.89


Types of Matches

Friendlies		 42
World Cup Qualifier	 20
European Ch. Qualifier	 19
European Championship	  7
World Cup		  7
Asian Games		  6
Asian Nations Cup	  5
Gulf Cup		  5
Olympic Games		  5
Asian Cup Qualifier	  2
Other Tournaments	  4

Total matches:  	122


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