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{{Short description|Ukrainian footballer and coach}}
{{Family name hatnote|Mykhailovych|Bal|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Andriy Bal<br>Андрій Баль
| image = Andriy Bal1.jpeg
| caption = Bal in 2011
| fullname = Andriy Mykhaylovych Bal
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1958|02|16}}
| birth_place = [[Rozdil]], [[Ukrainian SSR]] (now [[Ukraine]])
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2014|08|09|1958|01|16}}
| death_place = [[Kyiv]],<ref>[http://www.champion.com.ua/football/2014/08/9/580150/ Left the life Andriy Bal...] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316023653/https://www.champion.com.ua/football/2014/08/9/580150/ |date=16 March 2018 }}. Champion ([[Ukrayinska Pravda]]). 9 August 2014</ref> Ukraine
| height = 1.78 m<ref>{{Cite web |title=Andriy Bal (footballfacts) |url=https://footballfacts.ru/person/23839 |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=footballfacts.ru}}</ref>
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = –1971
| youthclubs1 = DYuSSh Novyi Rozdil
| youthyears2 = 1971–1975
| youthclubs2 = [[Lviv State School of Physical Culture|OShISP Lviv]]
| youthyears3 = 1975–1977
| youthclubs3 = [[FC Karpaty Lviv|Karpaty Lviv]]
| years1 = 1977–1980
| clubs1 = [[FC Karpaty Lviv|Karpaty Lviv]]
| caps1 = 134
| goals1 = 12
| years2 = 1981–1990
| clubs2 = [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
| caps2 = 240
| goals2 = 11
| years3 = 1990–1991
| clubs3 = [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]
| caps3 = 28
| goals3 = 4
| years4 = 1991–1993
| clubs4 = [[Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.|Bnei Yehuda]]
| caps4 = 62
| goals4 = 3
| totalcaps = 464
| totalgoals = 30
| nationalyears1 = 1990 | nationalteam1 = USSR U-21
| nationalcaps1 = 7 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1981–1989
| nationalteam2 = [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union]]
| nationalcaps2 = 20
| nationalgoals2 = 1
| manageryears1 = 1993–1998
| managerclubs1 = [[Maccabi Haifa F.C.|Maccabi Haifa]] (assistant)
| manageryears2 = 1998–1999
| managerclubs2 = [[Maccabi Herzliya F.C.|Maccabi Herzliya]]
| manageryears3 = 1999–2000
| managerclubs3 = [[Hakoah Maccabi Amidar Ramat Gan F.C.|Hakoah Ramat Gan]]
| manageryears4 = 2000–2001
| managerclubs4 = [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]] (assistant)
| manageryears5 = 2001–2003
| managerclubs5 = [[FC Vorskla Poltava|Vorskla Poltava]]
| manageryears6 = 2003–2007
| managerclubs6 = [[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine]] (assistant)
| manageryears7 = 2008
| managerclubs7 = [[FC Moscow|Moscow]] (assistant)
| manageryears8 = 2009–2010
| managerclubs8 = [[FC Chornomorets Odesa|Chornomorets Odesa]]
| manageryears9 = 2011–2012
| managerclubs9 = [[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine]] (assistant)
| manageryears10 = 2012–2013
| managerclubs10 = [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]] (assistant)
| manageryears11 = 2012
| managerclubs11 = [[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine]] (caretaker)
| medaltemplates-expand = yes
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{URS}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FIFA U-20 World Cup]]}} 
{{Medal|W|[[1977 FIFA World Youth Championship|1977 Tunisia]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[UEFA European Under-21 Championship]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1980 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1980 Europe]]|}}
{{Medal|W|[[1990 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1990 Europe]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[UEFA European Under-19 Championship]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1976 UEFA European Under-18 Championship|1976 Hungary]]|}}
}}
'''Andriy Mykhaylovych Bal''' ({{langx|uk|Андрій Михайлович Баль}}; 16 February 1958 &ndash; 9 August 2014) was a Soviet and Ukrainian professional [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[midfielder]] and football manager.

==Club career==
Born in [[Rozdil]], [[Ukrainian SSR]], Bal was a product of the [[Lviv]] youth football schools. By 1976 he was playing in the senior squad of [[FC Karpaty Lviv|Karpaty Lviv]]. After five years with the team, he earned a transfer to [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]. He went on to spend the majority of his playing career with the team, winning four championship medals with them, as well as four [[Soviet Cup]]s. He also picked up three runner-up medals. Another major achievement of his career with Dynamo Kyiv was winning the [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1985-86|1986 Cup Winners' Cup]]. In 1990, he left Dynamo to play in Israel with [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]. He spent a season there before moving on to [[Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.|Bnei Yehuda]], where he finished his playing career in 1993.

==International career==
Bal played for the [[USSR national football team|USSR national team]] 20 times,<ref name=BalTOI/>{{Dead link|date=June 2021}} and scored 1 goal.,<ref name=BalTOI/>{{Dead link|date=June 2021}} a 20-meter strike in the game against [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] at the [[1982 FIFA World Cup]] in Spain. He represented the team at all levels and won the [[UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship|1976 U-19 UEFA Championship]], the [[1977 FIFA World Youth Championship]], twice won the [[UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship|U-21 UEFA Championship]] (in [[1980 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship|1980]] and [[1990 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship|1990]]). He also played in the [[1986 FIFA World Cup]], where the Soviet team reached the Round of 16, losing to [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] in extra-time.

==Coaching career==
After retiring from playing Bal began coaching in Israel. His first coaching job was with [[Maccabi Haifa F.C.|Maccabi Haifa]]. From there he went on to coach [[Maccabi Herzliya F.C.|Maccabi Herzliya]] and [[Hakoah Maccabi Amidar Ramat Gan F.C.|Hakoah Ramat Gan]]. In 2000, he returned to Ukraine to join the coaching staff of [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]. In 2001, he became head-coach of [[FC Vorskla Poltava|Vorskla Poltava]]. After two seasons with them, he became [[Oleg Blokhin]]'s assistant coach with the [[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine national team]]. On 14 December 2007, he was officially announced as assistant-coach at [[FC Moscow]], again moving there with Blokhin.

==Personal life==
His brother [[Orest Bal]] was also a professional footballer.

==Death==
Bal died on 9 August 2014 during a football match of veteran teams as a result of a [[blood clot]].<ref name=BalTOI>{{Cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Former-Dynamo-Kiev-midfielder-Andrei-Bal-dies/articleshow/39953526.cms |title=Former Dynamo Kiev midfielder Andrei Bal dies |website=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=9 August 2014 |archive-date=14 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814062151/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Former-Dynamo-Kiev-midfielder-Andrei-Bal-dies/articleshow/39953526.cms |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Dynamo Kiev mourn loss of Bal, Byalkevich |url=http://www.espnfc.com/blog/espn-fc-united-blog/68/post/1982084/dynamo-kiev-mourn-loss-of-balbyalkevich|author=Michael Yokhin |access-date=13 August 2014|date=13 August 2014 |work=[[ESPN]]}}</ref>

==Honours==

===As player===
'''Dynamo Kyiv'''
* [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]]: [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1985-86|1986]]<ref name="info1" />
* [[Soviet Top League]]: 1981, 1985, 1986, 1990<ref name="info1">{{cite web|title=Андрей БАЛЬ|url=http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/players/bal.html|publisher=RussiaTeam|access-date=27 August 2014}}</ref>
* [[Soviet Cup]]: 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990<ref name="info1" />

'''Karpaty Lviv'''
* [[Soviet First League]]: 1979 <ref name="hof" />

'''Bnei Yehuda'''
* [[Toto Cup]]: 1992<ref name="hof">{{cite web|title=Andriy Mykhailovych Bal |url=http://theviktorleonenkohalloffame.wordpress.com/2013/03/28/andriy-mykhailovych-bal/ |publisher=The Viktor Leonenko Hall of Fame |access-date=27 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905020201/http://theviktorleonenkohalloffame.wordpress.com/2013/03/28/andriy-mykhailovych-bal/ |archive-date=5 September 2014 }}</ref>

'''Soviet Union U21'''
* [[UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship|U-21 UEFA Championship]]: [[1980 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship|1980]], [[1990 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship|1990]]<ref name="info1" />

'''Soviet Union U20'''
* [[1977 FIFA World Youth Championship|U-20 FIFA World Cup]]: 1977<ref name="info1" />

'''Soviet Union U19'''
* [[UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship|U-19 UEFA Championship]]: 1976<ref name="info1" />

===As coach===
'''Maccabi Haifa'''
* [[List of Israeli football champions|Israeli Championship]]: [[1993–94 Liga Leumit|1993–94]]<ref name="hof" />

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Andriy Bal}}
*[http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/players/bal.html RussiaTeam biography] {{in lang|ru}}
* {{Footballfacts.ru}}

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