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{{Short description|Ukrainian football manager (1939–2002)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Valeriy Lobanovskyi
| image = Valeri Lobanovsky.jpg
| caption = Lobanovskyi in 1985
| fullname = Valeriy Vasylyovych Lobanovskyi
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1939|1|6}}<ref name=brit>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Valery-Vasilevich-Lobanovsky Valery Vasilevich Lobanovsky] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426020930/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Valery-Vasilevich-Lobanovsky |date=26 April 2019 }}. Encyclopedia Britannica</ref>
| birth_place = [[Kyiv]], [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic|Ukrainian SSR]], Soviet Union (now [[Ukraine]])<ref name=brit/>
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2002|5|13|1939|1|6}}<ref name=brit/>
| death_place = [[Zaporizhzhia]], [[Ukraine]]<ref name=brit/>
| height = {{height|m=1.87}}
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| currentclub = 
| youthyears1 = 1952–1955
| youthclubs1 = Football School No. 1
| youthyears2 = 1955–1956
| youthclubs2 = Football School of Youth (FShM)
| years1 = 1957–1964
| clubs1 = [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
| caps1 = 144
| goals1 = 42
| years2 = 1965–1966
| clubs2 = [[FC Chornomorets Odesa|Chornomorets Odesa]]
| caps2 = 59
| goals2 = 15
| years3 = 1967–1968
| clubs3 = [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]]
| caps3 = 50
| goals3 = 14
| totalcaps = 253
| totalgoals = 71
| nationalyears1 = 1960–1961
| nationalteam1 = [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union]]
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 = 1969–1973
| managerclubs1 = [[FC Dnipro|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]
| manageryears2 = 1973–1982
| managerclubs2 = [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
| manageryears3 = 1975–1976
| managerclubs3 = [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union]]
| manageryears4 = 1979
| managerclubs4 = [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic|Ukrainian SSR]]
| manageryears5 = 1982–1983
| managerclubs5 = [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union]]
| manageryears6 = 1984–1990
| managerclubs6 = [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
| manageryears7 = 1986–1990
| managerclubs7 = [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union]]
| manageryears8 = 1990–1993
| managerclubs8 = [[United Arab Emirates national football team|United Arab Emirates]]
| manageryears9 = 1994–1996
| managerclubs9 = [[Kuwait national football team|Kuwait]]
| manageryears10 = 1997–2002
| managerclubs10 = [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
| manageryears11 = 2000–2001
| managerclubs11 = [[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine]]
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
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{{Medal|Comp|[[UEFA European Championship]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[UEFA Euro 1988|1988 West Germany]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalBronze| [[Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]] | }}
{{Medal|Country|{{fb|KUW}}}} <small>(as manager)</small>
{{Medal|Comp|[[Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[Football at the 1994 Asian Games|1994 Hiroshima]] | }}
{{Medal|Comp|[[Arabian Gulf Cup]]}}
{{Medal|W| [[13th Arabian Gulf Cup|1996 Oman]] | }}
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|native_name=Валерій Лобановський
|honorific_suffix={{tooltip|HOU OS|Order of the State (HOU)}}
|awards={{ubl|{{Hero of Ukraine}}
|[[FIFA Order of Merit]]}}}}
}}
'''Valeriy Vasylyovych Lobanovskyi''' ({{langx|uk|Вале́рій Васи́льович Лобано́вський}}, {{IPA|uk|wɐˈlɛr⁽ʲ⁾ij lobɐˈnɔu̯sʲkɪj|pron}}; 6 January 1939 – 13 May 2002) was а Soviet and [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] [[association football|football]] player and manager.<ref name=brit/> He was Master of Sports of the USSR, Distinguished Coach of the USSR, and a laureate of the UEFA Order of Merit in Ruby (2002) and [[FIFA Order of Merit]], the highest honour awarded by FIFA.<ref name="orderofmerit">[https://web.archive.org/web/20150905084502/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/r%26a-awards/01/20/85/43/170490-factsheet-fifaorderofmerit(1984-2010)_neutral.pdf FIFA Order of Merit holders]</ref><ref name="rsc">[http://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/2003-04-12/1_2/ Lobanovskyi Tournament news: Russian Super Cup in Kyiv?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121184556/http://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/2003-04-12/1_2/ |date=21 January 2018 }} (rus.)</ref> In 2002 he was awarded the [[Hero of Ukraine]] award (posthumously), his nation's highest honour, for his contribution to Ukrainian football. 

In 2008, Lobanovskyi was ranked 6th in [[Inter (TV channel)|Inter]]'s list of the ''[[The Greatest Ukrainians|100 Greatest Ukrainians]]'' following a nationwide poll that saw around 2.5&nbsp;million people casting their votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDFqF5rZtvc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/wDFqF5rZtvc| archive-date=12 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Великі Українці – сто великих українців від 19 до 1
|website=youtube.com|date=3 January 2016 |access-date=23 November 2020|language=uk}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/1118306.html|title=У проекті "Великі Українці" на телеканалі "Інтер" переміг князь Ярослав Мудрий|newspaper=Радіо Свобода|date=29 May 2008 |access-date=23 November 2020|language=uk|archive-date=7 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207064939/https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/1118306.html|url-status=live  }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://zaxid.net/yaroslav_mudriy_mikola_amosov_stepan_bandera__veliki_ukrayintsi_n1053992|title=Ярослав Мудрий, Микола Амосов, Степан Бандера – ВЕЛИКІ УКРАЇНЦІ|website=zaxid.net|date=17 May 2008 |access-date=23 November 2020|language=uk|archive-date=7 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207082751/https://zaxid.net/yaroslav_mudriy_mikola_amosov_stepan_bandera__veliki_ukrayintsi_n1053992|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unian.ua/society/116673-veliki-ukrajintsi-yaroslav-mudriy-obiyshov-banderu.html|title="Великі Українці": Ярослав Мудрий обійшов Бандеру|website=unian.ua|access-date=23 November 2020|language=uk|archive-date=8 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208152644/https://www.unian.ua/society/116673-veliki-ukrajintsi-yaroslav-mudriy-obiyshov-banderu.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Lobanovskyi is most famous for his spells managing [[FC Dynamo Kyiv]] and the [[USSR national football team]]. Lobanovskyi established Dynamo as the most dominant club in [[Football in Soviet Union|Soviet football]] in the 1970s and 1980s, winning the [[Soviet Top League]] eight times and the [[Soviet Cup]] six times in 16 years. In 1975 his Dynamo Kyiv team became the first side from the [[Soviet Union]] to win a major European trophy when they beat Hungarian side [[Ferencvárosi TC|Ferencváros]] in the final of the [[Cup Winners' Cup]]. During the tournament, Dynamo Kyiv won eight games out of nine, resulting in a winning percentage of 88.88% – a record that stood for 45 years encompassing all of the major [[UEFA|European]] club football competitions.<ref name="majoruefa">[[UEFA Champions League]], [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]] and [[UEFA Europa League]]</ref> Lobanovskyi and his team repeated their Cup Winners' Cup success in [[1985–86 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|1986]], beating [[Atletico Madrid]] in the [[1986 European Cup Winners' Cup Final|final]]. In both 1975 and 1986, two of Dynamo's players ([[Oleg Blokhin]] and [[Igor Belanov]] respectively) were also awarded the [[Ballon d'Or]] under his tutelage. During Lobanovskyi's first two stints, the team also reached the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] semi-finals in [[1976-77 European Cup|1977]] and [[1986-87 European Cup|1987]] and quarter-finals in [[1975-76 European Cup|1976]], [[1981-82 European Cup|1982]] and [[1982-83 European Cup|1983]]. With the Soviet Union national team, Lobanovskyi reached the finals of [[Euro 1988]], losing to eventual winners [[Netherlands national football team|the Netherlands]], and won the bronze medal at the [[Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Summer Olympic Games]].

After returning to Dynamo Kyiv in 1997 for the third time, Lobanovskyi led the team to another successful run in European competition. In the first full season of his third spell, Dynamo reached the quarter-finals of the [[1997–98 UEFA Champions League|Champions League in 1998]], topping a group that included [[FC Barcelona]], [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]] and [[PSV Eindhoven]], famously winning both games against Barcelona, 3–0 in [[Kyiv]] and 4–0 at [[Camp Nou]].<ref name="dynamo90kh">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFz-gyVS3NY| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602135422/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFz-gyVS3NY| archive-date=2 June 2019 | url-status=dead|title=Грозное ДИНАМО конца 90-х. Как это было... [ФУТБОЛЬНЫЕ ИСТОРИИ]
|publisher=GOALNET |date=9 March 2018 |access-date=19 September 2019}}</ref><ref name="dynamo90kh2">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OCzbwotTFM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/6OCzbwotTFM| archive-date=12 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Три ВЕЛИКИХ ДИНАМО Валерия Лобановского. 1975, 1986, 1999|publisher=Portie Drogba|date=13 May 2020 |access-date=17 June 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="football24ua">{{cite web|url=https://sport.ua/news/170100-dinamo-barselona-3-0-15-let-velikoy-pobedy|title=Динамо – Барселона – 3:0. 15 лет великой победы!|publisher=sport.ua|date=22 October 2012|access-date=19 September 2019|archive-date=12 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512113719/https://sport.ua/news/170100-dinamo-barselona-3-0-15-let-velikoy-pobedy|url-status=live}}</ref> The following season, Lobanovskyi and his team reached the semi-finals, where they were knocked out by [[Bayern Munich]], with star striker [[Andriy Shevchenko]] finishing third in the [[1999 Ballon d'Or]] poll.

Lobanovskyi is highly regarded due to his achievements as a coach and is widely considered one of the greatest managers of all time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espnfc.com/story/1515677/greatest-managers-no-8-valeri-lobanovsky|title=Greatest Managers, No. 8: Lobanovsky|website=ESPNFC.com|access-date=23 September 2017|archive-date=4 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504212816/http://www.espnfc.com/story/1515677/greatest-managers-no-8-valeri-lobanovsky|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Top6FF"/><ref name=world-soccer-manager/> According to [[FourFourTwo]], Lobanovskyi is the most successful football manager of the 20th century, having won 30 trophies by 2000.<ref name="20th-c-fft">{{cite web|url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/ranked-the-100-best-football-managers-of-all-time/10|title=The 100 greatest football managers of all time|date=26 September 2023|publisher=[[FourFourTwo]]|access-date=21 June 2025|archive-date=27 May 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250527060556/https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/ranked-the-100-best-football-managers-of-all-time/10|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="UPL">{{cite web|url=https://upl.ua/ua/news/view/2889|title=Lobanovskyi or Lucescu: who has more trophies?|publisher=[[Ukrainian Premier League]]|date=22 March 2019|access-date=4 May 2019|archive-date=22 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322115145/https://upl.ua/ua/news/view/2889|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="uafootball_trophies">{{cite web|url=https://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/1553261302-luchesku-protiv-lobanovskogo-upl-podschitala-vyigrannye-trofei.html|title=Lobanovskyi and 33 trophies (rus.)|publisher=UA-Футбол|date=22 March 2019|access-date=9 September 2019|archive-date=19 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019085346/https://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/1553261302-luchesku-protiv-lobanovskogo-upl-podschitala-vyigrannye-trofei.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ua-football.com/ua/ukrainian/news/1578297449-rivno-81-rik-tomu-narodivsya-legendarniy-trener-kiyivskogo-dinamo-valeriy-vasilovich-lobanovskiy.html|title=Рівно 81 рік тому народився легендарний тренер київського Динамо – Валерій Васильович Лобановський|website=ua-football.com|date=6 January 2020|access-date=29 January 2021|language=uk|archive-date=29 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129161353/https://www.ua-football.com/ua/ukrainian/news/1578297449-rivno-81-rik-tomu-narodivsya-legendarniy-trener-kiyivskogo-dinamo-valeriy-vasilovich-lobanovskiy.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He also holds several managerial records in Soviet football, including most Soviet Top League titles, most Soviet Cup wins (shared with [[Viktor Maslov (footballer, born 1910)|Viktor Maslov]]) and most USSR Super Cup wins. Lobanovskyi is the only manager to win a major European competition<ref name="majoruefa"/> with an Eastern European club twice. He is one of four managers [[List of UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winning managers|to win the Cup Winners' Cup twice]], and one of two (along with [[Nereo Rocco]]) to accomplish the feat with the same team. Lobanovskyi has also won the Ukrainian championship five times out of five – an accomplishment not matched by any other manager. Lobanovskyi has coached three [[Ballon d'Or]] winners — [[Oleg Blokhin|Oleh Blokhin]], [[Igor Belanov]] and [[Andriy Shevchenko]].<ref name="sportsru_ballon_dor">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/histiryfootball/947100.html|title=In memory of Valeriy Lobanovskyi|publisher=sports.ru|date=13 May 2016|access-date=19 September 2019|archive-date=5 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105154833/https://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/histiryfootball/947100.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="uefa_lobanovskyi_ballon_dor">{{cite web |url=https://ru.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/022f-0e94a10af411-a0bf9cab9ebf-1000--%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%B5-%D1%82%D1%80/|title=In profile: Valeriy Lobanovskyi|publisher=sports.ru |date=13 May 2016 |access-date=19 September 2019}}</ref><ref name="nv_lobanovskyi_ballon_dor">{{cite web|url=https://apostrophe.ua/news/sport/2019-03-20/eks-trenera-shahtera-postavili-na-mesto-posle-skandalnyih-slov-o-lobanovskom/157748|title=Lucescu humbled after criticizing Lobanovskyi|publisher=sports.ru|date=20 March 2019|access-date=19 September 2019|archive-date=5 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105154833/https://apostrophe.ua/news/sport/2019-03-20/eks-trenera-shahtera-postavili-na-mesto-posle-skandalnyih-slov-o-lobanovskom/157748|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Early life==
Valeriy Lobanovskyi was born on 6 January 1939 in [[Kyiv]]. His father was a factory worker, while his mother was a housewife.<ref name="permian.ru">{{cite web|url=http://rusteam.permian.ru/players/lobanovsky.html|title=На сайті "Сборная России по футболу"|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611152901/http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/players/lobanovsky.html|archive-date=11 June 2013|access-date=4 November 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> He studied at the Kyiv school No.319 (now Valeriy Lobanovskyi Prospect, 146), where a plaque commemorating Lobanovskyi is installed and the school itself has been renamed in his honor.<ref>[http://football.sport.com.ua/news.php?id=29556&noredir ''Именем Лобановского назвали школу'' (sport.com.ua, 7 вересня 2007)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011120451/https://sport.ua/news/29556-imenem-lobanovskogo-nazvali-shkolu |date=11 October 2022 }}{{in lang|ru}}</ref> In 1956 he joined the [[Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute|Kyiv Polytechnic Institute]] but later transferred to the [[Odesa National Polytechnic University|Odesa Polytechnic Institute]], where he graduated.<ref>[http://www.podrobnosti.ua/podrobnosti/2008/01/06/487054.html ''69 years ago Valery Lobanovsky was born'' (Details, January 6, 2008)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609112910/http://podrobnosti.ua/487054-69-let-nazad-rodilsja-valerij-lobanovskij.html |date=9 June 2017 }} {{in lang|ru}}</ref>

==Playing career==
[[File:Кутові Лобановського.svg|thumb|290px|When the goalkeeper was too far from the closest bar, Lobanovskyi scored a goal right from the corner.]]
[[File:Кутові Лобановського2.svg|thumb|290px|When the goalkeeper was too close to the closest bar, Lobanovskyi sent the ball to the further bar, where [[Oleh Bazylevych]] scored a goal.]]
Lobanovskyi was a graduate of the Kyiv Football School No. 1 and the Football School of Youth in Kyiv (first coach – Mykola Chayka).

At the age of 18, Lobanovskyi was invited to the B-squad of Dynamo Kyiv, the most prominent [[Ukrainian SSR|Ukrainian]] football club at the time. His debut in the [[Soviet Top League]] came on 29 May 1959 against [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSK MO Moscow]].<ref name="debut">[http://www.dynamo.kiev.ua/Press/Interv9/bazilevich3.htm ''Лобановский жил футболом и футбол жил в нем!'' («Футбол в лицах», грудень 2005)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060529214448/http://dynamo.kiev.ua/Press/Interv9/bazilevich3.htm |date=29 May 2006 }}{{in lang|ru}}</ref> Lobanovskyi became famous for his ability to accurately deliver curled balls from corner and free kicks (so-called ''[[Curl (association football)|curl]]'') — often Lobanovskyi was able to score the goal directly from the corner. He had regularly been working on these shots during training sessions, using [[Magnus effect]] and his own calculations. The Soviet press compared him to Brazilian forward [[Didi (footballer, born 1928)|Didi]] who regularly curved the ball in a similar way at the [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958 World Cup]]. Teammates often praised Lobanovskyi for his unorthodox mindset and ability to use [[dribbling]], which was unusual for such tall (187&nbsp;cm) players.<ref name="50greatest_dynamo_kyiv">{{cite web|url=https://football.ua/top50uaplayers/article/94373-50-luchshykh-dynamo-chast-pervaja.html|title=50 Greatest Players: Dynamo Kyiv (part 1)|publisher=football.ua|date=30 March 2010|access-date=28 December 2019|archive-date=25 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125085557/https://football.ua/top50uaplayers/article/94373-50-luchshykh-dynamo-chast-pervaja.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Since 1960, Lobanovskyi was a full-fledged member of the starting line-up. He was mostly used as a [[left winger]], where he formed a duo with [[Valentyn Troyanovskyi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.junik.lv/~dynkiev/hronos/coaches/lobanovsky.htm|title=''Тренеры "Динамо" (Киев)&nbsp;— Лобановский Валерий Васильевич'' (Історичний сайт про "Динамо")|publisher=junik.lv|date=30 March 2007|access-date=28 December 2019|archive-date=26 November 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051126061625/http://www.junik.lv/~dynkiev/hronos/coaches/lobanovsky.htm|url-status=live}}{{in lang|ru}}</ref> That same year he became the club's top goalscorer with 13 goals. In [[1961 Soviet Top League|1961]], Dynamo Kyiv became the first football team not from Moscow to win USSR title, with Lobanovskyi scoring 10 goals. He was regularly invited to [[Soviet Union national football team|the national team]], but due to strong opposition (at the time there were many top-level left-wingers in Soviet Union like [[Mikheil Meskhi]], [[Anatoli Ilyin]] and [[Galimzyan Khusainov]]) was able to play only two international games, against [[Austria national football team|Austria]] and [[Poland national football team|Poland]].

Overall he spent seven years with the club before leaving in 1964 due to conflict with the coach [[Viktor Maslov (footballer, born 1910)|Viktor Maslov]]. Lobanovskyi finished his career after brief spells at [[FC Chornomorets Odesa|Chornomorets Odesa]] and [[Shakhtar Donetsk]]. Lobanovskyi ended his playing career at the age of 29 having scored 71 goals in 253 games in the Soviet Top League (42 goals in 144 matches with Dynamo Kyiv, 15 goals in 59 matches with Chornomorets and 14 goals in 50 matches with Shakhtar).<ref name=brit/>

==Coaching career==

=== Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (1968–1973) ===
A year after retiring as a player Lobanovskyi was named the manager of [[FC Dnipro|FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]] on 16 October 1968.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.upl.ua/ua/news/view/2438 |title=Жовтень 1968–го: Лобановський — тренер |access-date=11 December 2019 |archive-date=16 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016165120/https://www.upl.ua/ua/news/view/2438 |url-status=live }}</ref> That year Dnipro ended up third in the Group 3 ([[Ukrainian SSR]] group) of the [[Soviet First League|''Class A, group 2'']]. The team won its group next year and entered the league finals, finishing second. In 1970, the league system was reformed and Dnipro entered the newly created [[Soviet First League|''Class A, group 1'']] (later renamed to ''Soviet First League''), which the team won the following year, moving to the [[Soviet Top League|Top League]]. In its first season at the highest level, the club ended up sixth, one point away from silver medals.

=== Dynamo Kyiv (1973–1982), Soviet Union national team (1975–1976, 1982–1983) ===
Lobanovskyi moved to his former club, Dynamo Kyiv, who were impressed by his accomplishments with Dnipro, in October 1973. In January 1974 he was joined by his former teammate, [[Oleh Bazylevych]]. These two would work as a coaching duo until October 1976. Both managers had equal rights: Bazylevych was a theorist, and Lobanovskyi was in charge of the training process.<ref>[http://www.fcdynamo.kiev.ua/ru/dynamo/news/24059.html ''Volodymyr Muntyan interview'' (FC Dynamo Kyiv official site, October 2005)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003113934/http://www.fcdynamo.kiev.ua/ru/dynamo/news/24059.html |date=3 October 2011 }}{{in lang|ru}}</ref> During their first season, the Soviet press often criticized them for [[rationalism]] and unwillingness to play attacking football (the so-called ''away model'' — the team would play away games defensively to score a draw). In that season, the team won both [[Double (association football)|the league and Soviet Cup]].

Both Lobanovskyi and Bazylevych understood the importance of accurate calculation of the physical load on players. With cooperation from [[Anatoly Zelentsov]], a scientist from the department of physical education theory of [[National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport|Kyiv State Institute of Physical Education]], Lobanovskyi brought a system of calculation of the training process and mathematical modeling of physical load for the team. Zelentsov later headed Dynamo Kyiv's scientific laboratory, which was popularly called ''the Zelentsov Center''.<ref name="zelentsov" /><ref name="zelentsov_2">{{cite web|url=http://www.fcdynamo.kiev.ua/allnews/news/tsentr_modelirovaniya_pobed_anatoliya_zelentsova/|title=The Zelentsov Center of modeling wins|publisher=FC DK official website|date=21 September 2006|access-date=18 September 2019|archive-date=27 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927183346/http://www.fcdynamo.kiev.ua/allnews/news/tsentr_modelirovaniya_pobed_anatoliya_zelentsova/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="zelentsov_3">{{cite web|url=http://zbirna.com/2017/10/10/dinamo-nazyvali-chempionom-mira-po-ttd-otkroveniya-analitika-sbornoj/|title=Dynamo Kyiv were called 'tactical World Champions'|publisher=zbirna.com|date=10 October 2017|access-date=18 September 2019|archive-date=16 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216200901/http://zbirna.com/2017/10/10/dinamo-nazyvali-chempionom-mira-po-ttd-otkroveniya-analitika-sbornoj/|url-status=live}}</ref> Lobanovskyi was credited for inventing a style of play in which any outfield player can take over the role of any other player in a team, similarly to what was practiced by [[Rinus Michels]] at the same time in Netherlands. Unlike Michels, however, Lobanovskyi was developing his style of play scientifically, with a strong emphasis on [[Glossary of association football terms#P|pressing]].<ref name="totalf"/><ref name="totalf2"/><ref name="espn.co.uk">{{Cite web |url=http://www.espn.co.uk/football/news/story/_/id/1515677/valeri-lobanovsky |title=Greatest Managers, No. 8: Lobanovsky |date=7 August 2013 |access-date=12 December 2017 |archive-date=11 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011121026/https://www.espn.co.uk/football/news/story/_/id/1515677/valeri-lobanovsky |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1975, Dynamo Kyiv won the [[1974–75 European Cup Winners' Cup|European Cup Winners' Cup]] and then-highly regarded [[1975 European Super Cup|European Super Cup]]. Dynamo Kyiv became the first Soviet club to win a major [[UEFA|European]] trophy. In the first three rounds of Cup Winners' Cup, the team defeated [[CSKA Sofia]], [[Eintracht Frankfurt]] and [[Bursaspor]], winning all home and away games. In semi-finals, Dynamo faced the [[1974–75 Eredivisie]] winner, [[PSV Eindhoven]]. The Dutch club was considered one of the most powerful in Europe, being sponsored by [[Philips]]. The first leg played in [[Kyiv]] ended up 3–0 in favor of Lobanovskyi's team. After losing 1–2 in the second leg, Dynamo Kyiv moved to the final. On 14 May 1975, Dynamo Kyiv won Cup Winners' Cup for the first time, defeating [[Ferencvárosi TC|Ferencváros]] 3–0 in the [[1975 European Cup Winners' Cup Final|final]]. During the tournament, the team won 88.88% of its matches (8 games out of 9), which remained the best winning record [[UEFA club competition records and statistics|among all European main tournaments' winning club sides]] until 2019–20 season when Bayern Munich won all its matches on its way to the Champions League trophy.

[[File:PSV tegen Telstar 1-0, op tribune trainer Lobanovic ( Dynamo Kiev ) en manager V, Bestanddeelnr 927-8552.jpg|thumb|left|270px|Lobanovskyi (left) in [[Eindhoven]] in 1975 together with the manager of PSV Ben van Gelde]]
In the autumn of that year, Dynamo Kyiv faced the [[1974–75 European Cup]] winner [[Bayern Munich]] for the second ever [[1975 European Super Cup|European Super Cup]]. Besides winning a consecutive European Cup, Bayern was also the base club for the [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974 World Cup winners]]. The build-up to the match had a [[Second World War|political background]], mainly in USSR. The Soviet Ukrainian club won both games, 1–0 in [[Munich]] and 2–0 in [[Kyiv]] in front of 100,000 fans.<ref name="supercup75">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/koaalnews/1110253.html|title=Bayern Munich vs. Dynamo Kyiv|publisher=sports.ru|date=18 November 2016|access-date=18 September 2019|archive-date=15 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215221049/https://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/koaalnews/1110253.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="supercup75_2">{{cite web|url=https://sport.ua/news/408033-43-goda-nazad-dinamo-obygralo-bavariyu-i-zavoevalo-superkubok-uefa|title=43 years ago, Dynamo Kyiv won European Super Cup|publisher=sport.ua|date=6 October 2018|access-date=18 September 2019|archive-date=15 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215221052/https://sport.ua/news/408033-43-goda-nazad-dinamo-obygralo-bavariyu-i-zavoevalo-superkubok-uefa|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="supercup75_3">{{cite web|url=https://football24.ua/ru/retro_dnja_kak_dinamo_vyigralo_superkubok_evropy_v_1975_godu_n341088/|title=How Dynamo Kyiv won European Super Cup in 1975|publisher=football24.ua|date=6 October 2016|access-date=18 September 2019|archive-date=15 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215221059/https://football24.ua/ru/retro_dnja_kak_dinamo_vyigralo_superkubok_evropy_v_1975_godu_n341088/|url-status=live}}</ref> All goals were scored by [[Oleg Blokhin]] who would become [[1975 Ballon d'Or|Ballon d'Or]] winner that year. The Lobanovskyi—Bazylevych duo received the [[BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award|World Sports Coach of the Year]] award.<ref>Newspaper ''Ukrainian football'', 27 December 2016, №&nbsp;91–92</ref>

The Lobanovskyi–Bazylevych duo was appointed managers of the [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet national team]] in 1975, after the team lost its first game in the [[UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying|Euro qualifying]] group to [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Ireland]] 3–0. Dynamo Kyiv became the base club of the national team. Despite Lobanovskyi's demands to reorganize national league to autumn-spring format, the [[USSR Football Federation]] split 1976 into two seasons ([[1976 Soviet Top League|spring and autumn]]).

Before 1976 season, Lobanovskyi and Bazylevych were pressured by the Moscow officials to accept the Moscow-based Mark Godik as the [[professional fitness coach]] to prepare the team for [[1975–76 European Cup|European Cup]], [[UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying|Euro qualification]] and [[Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Summer Olympics]]. The duo was forced to move the training camp to the mountains where the [[atmospheric pressure]] was much higher and the oxygen levels were lower, all while maintaining the same indicators of the intensity of training. The training process was unbalanced, while basic correlation of [[aerobic exercise|aerobic]] and [[anaerobic exercise]]s was also butchered. Many players struggled during the training process, some players' measured pulses were above 200 beats per minute.<ref name="bazylevych">{{cite web|url=https://football24.ua/mi_vozili_syudi_treneriv_z_rosiyi__tse_ganba_sin_olega_bazilevicha_pro_tost_lobanovskogo_i_krah_genialnogo_tandemu_n496732/|title=43"Ми возили сюди тренерів з Росії – це ганьба". Син Олега Базилевича про тост Лобановського і крах геніального тандему|publisher=football24.ua|date=23 October 2018|access-date=28 December 2020|language=uk|archive-date=3 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603164954/https://football24.ua/mi_vozili_syudi_treneriv_z_rosiyi__tse_ganba_sin_olega_bazilevicha_pro_tost_lobanovskogo_i_krah_genialnogo_tandemu_n496732/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The club competed in the "spring" season mostly with B-squad, as the first team was able to concentrate on their preparation for the three international tournaments. Dynamo Kyiv left the European Cup after quarterfinals, losing to [[AS Saint-Étienne|Saint-Étienne]] (2–0 in Kyiv and 0–3 in France). The national team won its qualifying group but lost to [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]] in play-offs, thus failing to qualify at the European championship. After winning [[bronze medal]] at the Summer Olympic Games, the coaching duo left the national team.

In the summer of 1976, after a conflict between Kyiv's players and managerial stuff, [[Oleh Bazylevych]] left the team. In [[1977 Soviet Top League|1977]] Dynamo Kyiv regained the USSR championship, losing once in 30 games, and reached semi-finals of the [[1976–77 European Cup|European Cup]]. After winning all games on the road to quarterfinals, Lobanovskyi's side faced [[Bayern Munich]], the winner of the last three European Cups, for the second time in the last two years. After losing 1–0 in [[Munich]], Kyiv's team scored two unanswered goals in the last 10 minutes of the second leg, moving to semi-finals and ending Bayern's European dominance. In semi-finals, however, Dynamo Kyiv was beaten by another German club, [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]].

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Dynamo was going through [[generational change]]. After finishing second and third in the following two years, the team won back-to-back USSR titles in [[1980 Soviet Top League|1980]] and [[1981 Soviet Top League|1981]]. Lobanovskyi led Dynamo Kyiv to European Cup quarter-finals in [[1981–82 European Cup|1981]] and [[1982–83 European Cup|1982]], before leaving the team at the end of 1982 to return to managing Soviet national team, being in charge of it during [[UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying|Euro qualification]]. The team was leading its qualifying group before losing their last match against [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]] in Lisbon, conceding the only goal after an incorrectly ruled penalty (the foul happened outside of the penalty area). Lobanovskyi was sacked again.

=== Return to Dynamo Kyiv (1984–1986) ===
After being sacked by Soviet national team, Lobanovskyi returned to Dynamo Kyiv after just one year of absence. The club, having been led by [[Yury Morozov (footballer, born 1934)|Yury Morozov]] in 1983, ended up seventh in the league, the lowest since the spring of 1976, when Kyiv was represented mostly by B-squad. The team was going through crisis, with many key players injured. Dynamo Kyiv finished the [[1984 Soviet Top League|1984 season]] on tenth place, failing to qualify at UEFA tournaments for the first time in 14 years.

Lobanovskyi saw the problems and knew how to solve them. The coach received team's support. Lobanovskyi's side started the [[1985 Soviet Top League|1985 season]] very strongly and in the end captured another [[Double (association football)|Soviet double]], defeating their biggest rival, [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]], twice throughout the season.

In 1986, Dynamo Kyiv won their second [[1985-86 European Cup Winners' Cup|Cup Winners' Cup]]. The team lost the first game to [[Utrecht]] but then went on an impressive undefeated streak, winning six games and drawing two with a goal difference 25–6. Throughout the tournament, Lobanovskyi's side won all home games (and final) with at least three goals difference. On the road to the final, the team defeated [[Rapid Wien]], the runner-up of the previous [[1984-85 European Cup Winners' Cup|Cup Winners' Cup edition]], 9–2 on aggregate in quarterfinals and [[FK Dukla Prague|Dukla Prague]] in semi-finals. In the [[1986 European Cup Winners' Cup Final|final]], Dynamo beat [[Atletico Madrid]], led by [[Luis Aragones]], 3–0. The second goal, scored by [[Oleg Blokhin]], was especially memorable, as it was scored after the so-called "fan attack". Lobanovskyi's side was widely praised by the Soviet and [[UEFA|European]] media.<ref name="cwc86">{{cite web|url=http://www.footclub.com.ua/news/Ukraina/Prochie/657283059/Retro-Dinamovskaya-odisseya-1986-Final|title=Ретро. Динамовская одиссея-1986. Финал|publisher=footclub.com.ua|date=2 May 2016|access-date=13 December 2019|archive-date=13 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213201618/http://www.footclub.com.ua/news/Ukraina/Prochie/657283059/Retro-Dinamovskaya-odisseya-1986-Final|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="21century">{{cite web|url=https://www.soccer.ru/blogs/record/1088307/lobanovskiy-valeriy-dinamo|title=Они сделали это. "Динамо" (Киев) Валерия Лобановского. Сезон-1986|publisher=soccer.ru|date=8 January 2019|access-date=13 December 2019|archive-date=13 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213201627/https://www.soccer.ru/blogs/record/1088307/lobanovskiy-valeriy-dinamo|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="loban_dynamo">{{cite web|url=http://www.fcdynamo.kiev.ua/allnews/news/chto_nasha_zhizn_igra_ryzhiy_podsolnukh/|title=Що наше життя? Гра... Рудий соняшник (+ ВІДЕО)|publisher=FC DK official website|date=6 January 2019|access-date=13 December 2019|archive-date=13 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213203510/http://www.fcdynamo.kiev.ua/allnews/news/chto_nasha_zhizn_igra_ryzhiy_podsolnukh/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="dynamo90kh"/><ref name="dynamo90kh2"/> Many observers, fascinated by the quality of football shown by Dynamo Kyiv, called their style of play "football of the 21st century", and the side was labeled as "the team from another planet".<ref name="21century"/><ref name="loban_dynamo"/><ref name="dynamo90kh"/><ref name="dynamo90kh2"/><ref name="dynamo_kyiv_inoplanetnyi_futbol">{{cite web|url=https://ua.tribuna.com/tribuna/blogs/koaalnews/1072202.html|title=Как киевское "Динамо" ставило на уши всю Европу. 1986. Кубок обладателей кубков. Триумф на фоне Чернобыля|publisher=tribuna|date=5 October 2016|access-date=13 December 2019|archive-date=13 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213204528/https://ua.tribuna.com/tribuna/blogs/koaalnews/1072202.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Co-managing Dynamo Kyiv and Soviet Union national team again (1986–1990) ===
[[File:Автограф - Лобановський.svg|right|thumb|180px|Lobanovskyi's signature]]

Following success with Dynamo Kyiv in Cup Winners' Cup, Lobanovskyi was appointed manager of the national team for the third time. He was asked to manage the side on the eve of the [[Football World Cup 1986|1986 World Cup]]. The main squad consisted almost exclusively of Dynamo Kyiv's players.<ref name="wc86">{{cite web|url=http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/history/1986.html|title=СБОРНАЯ СССР' 1986. РЕЕСТР МАТЧЕЙ ПЕРВОЙ (НАЦИОНАЛЬНОЙ) СБОРНОЙ РОССИИ (СНГ, СССР)|publisher=rusteam.permian.ru|date=6 January 2011|access-date=13 December 2019|archive-date=1 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200501110526/http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/history/1986.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="wc86_2">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/koaalnews/920146.html|title=1986. Последний чемпионат мира романтического футбола. Часть 5. Сногсшибательный старт сборной СССР|publisher=sports.ru|date=25 March 2016|access-date=13 December 2019|archive-date=14 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214110936/https://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/koaalnews/920146.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In the group stage, Soviet players destroyed [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]], scoring six unanswered goals, and drew with [[UEFA Euro 1984|European champions]], France, 1–1. The team confirmed the first place in the group by defeating [[Canada men's national soccer team|Canada]] 2–0 with a B-squad. After an impressive performance, Lobanovskyi's side were predicted to be one of the favourites to win the tournament. In the first game of the knockout stage, however, Soviet team lost to [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] in an extra-time, after Belgium scored two goals due to referee's mistakes.<ref name="wc86"/><ref name="wc86_2"/><ref name="wc86_3">{{cite web|url=http://sport-weekend.com/Anons-svezhego-nomera-na-glavnoy/1986-1990-18548.html|title=Строки из истории: ЧМ-1986 и -1990. Сборная, которую боялись даже гранды…|publisher=Sport Week-End|date=25 June 2014|access-date=13 December 2019|archive-date=21 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221011617/http://sport-weekend.com/Anons-svezhego-nomera-na-glavnoy/1986-1990-18548.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

At the conclusion of 1986 season, Dynamo Kyiv won the [[1986 Soviet Top League|Soviet Top League]] for the 12th time (7th time during Lobanovskyi's time in charge of the club). [[Igor Belanov]] was rewarded with [[1986 Ballon d'Or|Ballon d'Or]], becoming the second Kyiv's player to receive the award, while [[Oleksandr Zavarov]] ended up 6th. Overall, Dynamo Kyiv's players scored the most points during the award's voting process, just as they did in [[1975 Ballon d'Or|1975]].

In 1987, after defeating [[Beşiktaş J.K.|Beşiktaş]] twice in [[1986-87 European Cup|European Cup]] quarterfinals, Dynamo Kyiv extended their unbeaten streak in main [[UEFA]] club tournaments to 14 games,<ref name="majoruefa"/> the longest unbeaten streak at the time. In the league Dynamo finished sixth but won the [[1986-87 Soviet Cup|Soviet Cup]] and prestigious Dynamo Games of the USSR.<ref name="UPL"/> Meanwhile, the Soviet team won its [[UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying|Euro 1988]] qualifying group which consisted of [[East Germany national football team|East Germany]] and defending champions, [[France national football team|France]], as ''sbornaja'' famously defeated them 0–2 in Paris.

The national team achieved great success at the [[1988 European Football Championship|1988 European Championship]], winning silver medals. In every game, at least seven players of the starting line-up represented Dynamo Kyiv and at least eight Kyiv players entered the field (substitutions including; only two were allowed at the time). ''Sbornaja'' won its group, defeating [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] and [[England national football team|England]] and drawing with [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Ireland]]. In semi-finals, Lobanovskyi's side defeated [[Italy national football team|Italy]], after [[Hennadiy Lytovchenko]] and [[Oleh Protasov]] (both Dynamo Kyiv's representatives) scored two unanswered goals. In the [[UEFA Euro 1988 Final|final]], Soviet team met Netherlands again but was unable to repeat their previous victory from the group stage, losing 0–2. Van Basten's goal, in which he volleyed right-footed over [[Rinat Dasayev]] from the tightest of angles on the right of the penalty area, would later be described as one of the greatest goals in the history of the [[UEFA European Championship|European Championships]].<ref>{{cite news |first= Jake |last= Humphrey |title= Which is the best Euro Goal Ever? |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/euro2008/2008/06/football_focus_needs_you_with.html |publisher= BBC Sport |access-date= 23 October 2008 |archive-date= 21 July 2012 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20120721191335/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/euro2008/2008/06/football_focus_needs_you_with.html |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://au.fourfourtwo.com/features/4468,10-greatest-goals-in-the-european-championships.aspx |title= 10 Greatest Goals in the European Championships |publisher= FourFourTwo |date= 8 May 2008 |access-date= 23 October 2008 |archive-date= 23 October 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131023055746/http://au.fourfourtwo.com/features/4468,10-greatest-goals-in-the-european-championships.aspx |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/477/euro-2012/2012/06/07/3154962/blast-from-the-past-euro-1988-final-ussr-0-2-netherlands|title= Holland 2 USSR 0|work= Goal.com|access-date= 27 June 2013|archive-date= 20 December 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131220154626/http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/477/euro-2012/2012/06/07/3154962/blast-from-the-past-euro-1988-final-ussr-0-2-netherlands|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/players/player=41373/index.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101118081402/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/players/player=41373/index.html|url-status= dead|archive-date= 18 November 2010|title= Van Basten, a Dutch goal machine|work=FIFA.com|access-date=27 June 2013 }}</ref>

Following [[perestroika]], many of Lobanovskyi's best players left the USSR to play in Western Europe. Going into the [[Football World Cup 1990|1990 World Cup]] he could not call upon the best Soviet players. As a result, ''sbornaja'' finished on the bottom of their group. In the same year, which happened to be the final year of Lobanovskyi's career in Soviet Union, Dynamo Kyiv, which was going through generational change, won their fourth Soviet double. The team cemented first place in the [[1990 Soviet Top League|Top League]] weeks before the end, winning its 13th league title and establishing themselves as the most successful Soviet football club of all time. In the [[1990 Soviet Cup Final|Cup final]], Lobanovskyi's team destroyed [[Lokomotiv Moscow]] 6–1. In the autumn of 1990, Lobanovskyi left Soviet Union to take a lucrative offer from [[United Arab Emirates national football team|United Arab Emirates]].

=== Middle East (1990–1996) ===
In September 1990, Lobanovskyi decided to leave Soviet Union and take up a lucrative offer of managing the [[United Arab Emirates national football team]]. Lobanovskyi is recognized as one of the great managers in the history of the national team.<ref name="uae">{{cite web|url=http://dynamomania.com/news/115231-lobanovskiy-sumel-izmenit-igru-komandy-oae|title=Lobanovskyi was able to change football in UAE|work=dynamomania.com|access-date=15 December 2019|archive-date=15 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215205920/http://dynamomania.com/news/115231-lobanovskiy-sumel-izmenit-igru-komandy-oae|url-status=live}}</ref> During his four-year tenure, the team ended up fourth at the [[1992 AFC Asian Cup|Asian Cup]] (losing bronze medal to [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]] in a penalty shootout), its best finish up to that date. He left Emirates due to a conflict with [[UAE Football Association|Emirates football federation]] and went on to spend the next two years managing the [[Kuwait national football team]] (winning a bronze medal at the [[Football at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]), before agreeing to return to Dynamo Kyiv in November 1996.<ref name="uae2">{{cite web|url= http://zbirna.com/2018/03/25/nash-chelovek-v-emiratah-lobanovskogo-i-sejchas-zdes-pomnyat/|title= Lobanovskyi is still recognized and respected in UAE|work= zbirna.com|date= 25 March 2018|access-date= 15 December 2019|archive-date= 11 October 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221011121028/https://zbirna.com/post/nash-chelovek-v-emiratah-lobanovskogo-i-sejchas-zdes-pomnyat|url-status= live}}</ref>

=== Third stint at Dynamo Kyiv (1997–2002) ===
In January 1997, Lobanovskyi returned to manage Dynamo Kyiv for the third time. The club by this time had fallen somewhat from their former heights. The club had been facing little opposition in [[Ukrainian Premier League|Ukraine]] but had little success in European competitions, having been able to enter the [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] first round only twice in the last five years. During its last [[UEFA|European]] campaign before Lobanovsky's return, the team failed to qualify at the group stage of [[1996-97 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] and was beaten by [[Neuchâtel Xamax FCS|Neuchâtel Xamax]] in the first round of the [[1996-97 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]].

Within a month after Lobanovskyi's return, the team won the [[1997 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup|1997 edition]] of the [[CIS Cup]], defeating its biggest rival, Russian champion [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]], in the final. The team won the [[1996–97 Vyshcha Liha|1996–97 Ukrainian league]] with 11 points gap against the second best team, [[Shakhtar Donetsk]]. At the start of the 1997–98 season, Dynamo Kyiv defeated [[Brøndby IF|Brøndby]] in the qualifying round of the [[1997-98 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] and entered the group stage. Lobanovskyi's team were seeded against [[FC Barcelona]], [[Newcastle United]] and [[PSV Eindhoven]]. The group was often described as the ''death group'' of the tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.sport-express.ua/football/eurocups/news/276756-liga-chempionov-dorogoj-zhizni-v-gruppe-smerti-video.html|title= The road of life in the death group|work= Sport-Express|access-date= 18 December 2019|archive-date= 18 December 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191218165139/http://www.sport-express.ua/football/eurocups/news/276756-liga-chempionov-dorogoj-zhizni-v-gruppe-smerti-video.html|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://news.liga.net/sport/articles/dinamo_kiev_v_lige_chempionov_istoriya_pobed_i_porazheniy/section2|title= Dynamo Kyiv in Champions League: history of wins and losses|work= news.liga.net|date= 13 September 2016|access-date= 18 December 2019|archive-date= 18 December 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191218165137/https://news.liga.net/sport/articles/dinamo_kiev_v_lige_chempionov_istoriya_pobed_i_porazheniy/section2|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.sports.ru/football/148693951.html|title= Команды, которые мы не забудем. Киевское "Динамо" 1997–1999|work= sports.ru|date= 7 May 2013|access-date= 18 December 2019|archive-date= 18 December 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191218165135/https://www.sports.ru/football/148693951.html|url-status= live}}</ref> In the first two games, however, the team defeated PSV 1–3 in [[Eindhoven]] and drew with Newcastle. After that, Lobanovskyi's side defeated [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]], a generally recognized favourite, 3–0 in [[Kyiv]] in front of 100,000 fans.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://news.sportbox.ru/Vidy_sporta/Futbol/Liga_Chempionov/stats/turnir_7180/game_1353038133|title= Dynamo Kyiv vs. FC Barcelona|work= news.sportbox.ru|access-date= 18 December 2019|archive-date= 11 October 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221011121033/https://news.sportbox.ru/Vidy_sporta/Futbol/Liga_Chempionov/stats/turnir_7180/game_1353038133|url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="7to0">{{cite web|url= https://aif.ua/sport/soccer/barselona_-_dinamo_-_0_7_i_nikakoy_fantastiki|title= Barcelona vs. Dynamo Kyiv – 0:7!|work= aif.ua|date= 6 November 2017|access-date= 18 December 2019|archive-date= 18 December 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191218165156/https://aif.ua/sport/soccer/barselona_-_dinamo_-_0_7_i_nikakoy_fantastiki|url-status= live}}</ref> In the rematch two weeks later the Spanish team, which were coming off of an away victory against [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] and were leading [[1997-98 La Liga|La Liga]], lost the home game to Dynamo Kyiv 0–4, with [[Andriy Shevchenko]] scoring hat-trick in the first half.<ref name="7to0_2">{{cite web|url= https://football24.ua/ru/igroki_barselony__marionetki_v_rukah_lobanovskogo_ispanskaja_pressa_o_04_ot_legendarnogo_dinamo_na_kamp_nou_n567940/|title= Spanish press on the 4:0 victory of Lobanovskyi's team at Camp Nou|work= football24.ua|access-date= 18 December 2019|archive-date= 18 December 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191218170725/https://football24.ua/ru/igroki_barselony__marionetki_v_rukah_lobanovskogo_ispanskaja_pressa_o_04_ot_legendarnogo_dinamo_na_kamp_nou_n567940/|url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="7to0"/><ref name="dynamo90kh"/><ref name="dynamo90kh2"/><ref name="football24ua"/> The Ukrainian team won their group after drawing with PSV 1–1. In quarterfinals, Dynamo faced [[Juventus]]. Lobanovskyi's side were able to draw the first game in Italy but were outclassed 1–4 in Ukraine. On the domestic field, the team won [[Double (association football)|the league and Ukrainian Cup]].

At the start of the 1998–99 season, Dynamo struggled to get through qualification. After beating [[Barry Town FC|Barry Town]] with an aggregate score 9–1, the team moved to the [[1998-99 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] group stage after defeating [[AC Sparta Prague|Sparta Prague]] in a penalty shootout when both games ended 1–0 in favor of the away team. Dynamo were seeded against [[Arsenal FC|Arsenal]], [[Racing Lens]] and [[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]]. The team lost its first game to Panathinaikos in [[Greece]] and then drew the home match with Lens, 1–1. Lobanovskyi's side then faced Arsenal at [[Wembley Stadium]]. In the second half, [[Andriy Shevchenko]] scored a goal that was cancelled due to [[Offside (association football)|offside]]. The replay, however, showed that the goal was valid.<ref name="arsenal_vs_dynamo1">{{cite web|url= http://fc-dynamo.ru/eurocup/prot.php?id=199910970|title= КИЕВ ВЫЦАРАПЫВАЕТ НИЧЬЮ, НО ТРЕНЕР "АРСЕНАЛА" СЧИТАЕТ ЕГО ФАВОРИТОМ|work= fcdynamo.ru|access-date= 18 December 2019|archive-date= 5 January 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220105154833/http://fc-dynamo.ru/eurocup/prot.php?id=199910970|url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="arsenal_vs_dynamo">{{cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt25rRBOAAc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/lt25rRBOAAc| archive-date=12 December 2021 |url-status=live|title= Арсенал – Динамо Киев. ЛЧ-1998/99 (1–1)|work=Youtube|date=3 May 2017 |access-date=18 December 2019 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> Instead, [[Dennis Bergkamp]] took Arsenal to the lead in the 72nd minute. In the 88th minute, Dynamo equalised after a strike from [[Serhiy Rebrov]] to the left corner of the net, and the match finished as a 1–1 draw.<ref name="arsenal_vs_dynamo1"/> In the rematch against Arsenal two weeks later, Lobanovskyi's team won after [[Serhiy Rebrov]], [[Oleksandr Holovko]] and [[Andriy Shevchenko]] took the team to the 3–0 lead and [[Stephen Hughes (footballer, born 1976)|Stephen Hughes]] scored the only goal for Arsenal in the 82nd minute of the match. Dynamo then defeated Panathinaikos in [[Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex|Kyiv]] thanks to an own goal from [[Angelos Basinas]]. Before the final match, Dynamo, Panathinaikos and Racing Lens had 8 points, while Arsenal earned only 6 points. Panathinaikos lost the home game to Arsenal while the Ukrainian team was able to earn a 3–1 victory against Lens in [[Stade Bollaert-Delelis|France]], win their group and move to quarter-finals.

In the play-offs, Lobanovskyi's team were seeded against the defending champions, [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]. The first match at [[Santiago Bernabéu Stadium]] ended in a 1–1 draw. In the rematch in Kyiv, Dynamo won 2–0. All Kyiv's goals were scored by [[Andriy Shevchenko]]. To this day, Dynamo Kyiv remains the only team not from The Big 5 Leagues,<ref name="big5">{{cite news|url= https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/49652966|title= European Clubs' Association: Europe's big five leagues warned about dominance|work= BBC|access-date= 18 December 2019|archive-date= 12 September 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190912013037/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/49652966|url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="big5statista">{{cite web|url= https://www.statista.com/statistics/261218/big-five-european-soccer-leagues-revenue/|title= Revenue of the biggest (Big Five*) European soccer leagues from 1996/97 to 2019/20|work= statista.com|access-date= 18 December 2019|archive-date= 20 August 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190820122004/https://www.statista.com/statistics/261218/big-five-european-soccer-leagues-revenue/|url-status= live}}</ref> [[Primeira Liga|Portugal]] and [[Eredivisie|Netherlands]] to enter the Champions League semi-finals since non-champions of the [[UEFA coefficient|top European leagues]] were eligible to compete in the competition [[1997-98 UEFA Champions League|for the first time]]. In semi-finals, the team faced [[Bayern Munich]]. In the first match in Ukraine, Dynamo were leading 3–1 after fifty minutes of the playing time and missed at least two promising opportunities to score the fourth goal.<ref name="dk_bayern99">{{cite web|url= https://football24.ua/dinamo_moglo_vigravati_u_bavariyi_40_abo_50_oleg_luzhniy__pro_dramatichnu_nichiyu_33_u_pivfinali_ligi_chempioniv_199899_n451416/|title= Dynamo could have won 4:0 or even 5:0|work= football24.ua|access-date= 18 December 2019|archive-date= 20 December 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191220162250/https://football24.ua/dinamo_moglo_vigravati_u_bavariyi_40_abo_50_oleg_luzhniy__pro_dramatichnu_nichiyu_33_u_pivfinali_ligi_chempioniv_199899_n451416/|url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="dk99_tribuna">{{cite web|url= https://ua.tribuna.com/tribuna/blogs/rrretro/1647921.html|title= 20 years since Dynamo Kyiv faced Bayern Munich in semi-finals|work= football24.ua|access-date= 18 December 2019|archive-date= 20 December 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191220162251/https://ua.tribuna.com/tribuna/blogs/rrretro/1647921.html|url-status= live}}</ref> Instead, [[Stefan Effenberg]] reduced Kyiv's lead and [[Carsten Jancker]] equalised in the 88th minute. Bayern then won the second leg 1–0 and moved to the [[1999 UEFA Champions League Final|final]]. [[Andriy Shevchenko]] became Champions League's [[1998–99 UEFA Champions League#Top goalscorers|top goalscorer]] and received the [[UEFA Club Football Awards#Best Forward|UEFA Club Forward of the Year]] award. Shevchenko also ended up third in the [[1999 Ballon d'Or]] voting process.

In the summer of 1999, Shevchenko was sold to [[AC Milan]], while the team's captain [[Oleh Luzhnyi]] was transferred to [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]. Dynamo won the domestic double for the third consecutive season and ended their [[1999-00 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] campaign in the second group stage. The team was able to finish second in the first group stage, in a group which consisted of [[S.S. Lazio]], [[Bayer Leverkusen]] and [[NK Maribor|Maribor]], but ended up third behind [[Bayern Munich]] and [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] in the next round, having earned 10 points.

Afterwards, Dynamo's second forward, [[Serhii Rebrov]], was sold to [[Tottenham Hotspur]] and [[Kakha Kaladze]] was bought by [[AC Milan]]. With many key players sold, Dynamo Kyiv, which were also going through generational change, was not able to go past the first group stage in the next two seasons. Lobanovskyi won his last trophy in January 2002, when the team won its fourth [[2002 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup|CIS Cup]], having entered the A-squad for the tournament for the first time since 1998. The team won all matches in the competition, defeating [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]] 4–3 in the final.

Lobanovskyi was appointed manager of the Ukraine national side in March 2000. Once again he was co-managing Dynamo Kyiv and the national team. Lobanovskyi left Ukraine national team after the side failed to qualify for the [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002 World Cup]], losing to [[Germany national football team|Germany]] in the play-offs.

Under his predecessor [[Yozhef Sabo]], the national squad consisted almost exclusively of Dynamo Kyiv players. Lobanovskyi, despite his own obvious connection with Dynamo, initiated into the national squad many players outside of Dynamo. [[Anatoliy Tymoshchuk]] and [[Andriy Vorobey]] (from Shakhtar Donetsk), [[Dmytro Parfenov]] and [[Maksym Kalynychenko]] (from Spartak Moscow), [[Oleksandr Spivak]] (from Zenit St. Petersburg), [[Volodymyr Yezerskiy]] (from Dnipro) and [[Andriy Voronin]] (from [[1. FSV Mainz 05|Mainz]]) were all either initiated or given their first starting spots in the national team during his tenure. Together with the Dynamo generation of the late 1990s (Shevchenko, Rebrov, [[Andriy Husin|Husin]], [[Vladyslav Vashchuk|Vashchuk]], [[Oleksandr Shovkovskyi|Shovkovskyi]]) these players were to form, after Lobanovskyi's death, the core of the team that reached the [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006 World Cup]] quarter-finals – the first and only time Ukraine has ever qualified at the World Cup – managed by [[Oleg Blokhin|Oleh Blokhin]] who had worked under Lobanovskyi for 13 years as a Dynamo Kyiv and Soviet Union national team player.

== Death ==
[[File:VVLobanovsky funeral.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Lobanovskyi's burial location and monument at Baikove cemetery in Kyiv]]
Lobanovskyi had to deal with health issues since 1988, when he suffered his first heart attack. Having come back from the Middle East in 1996, Lobanovskyi looked in a visibly worse shape.<ref>[http://www.zn.ua/3000/3900/41234/ ''ЛОБАНОВСКИЙ И В КУВЕЙТЕ ЛОБАНОВСКИЙ'' («Зеркало недели», 29 квітня 1995)]{{dead link|date=August 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{in lang|ru}}</ref> He suffered a second heart attack in the autumn of 2001, which required surgery. In 2001, Lobanovskyi missed all away games of Dynamo Kyiv in [[2001-02 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] due to [[hypertension]] and being banned from travelling by air.<ref>[http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?DocsID=322674 ''Последний матч Валерия Лобановского'' («Коммерсантъ», 21 травня 2002)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011120506/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/322674 |date=11 October 2022 }}{{in lang|ru}}</ref>

On 7 May 2002 during Dynamo Kyiv's game against [[FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhya]], Lobanovskyi fainted and was hospitalized with a stroke. Lobanovskyi went through a brain surgery and his health was rated as critical. The press, which regularly monitored Lobanovsky's state of health, wrote that there was hope, but Valeriy Lobanovskyi had not regained consciousness.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://old.dynamo.kiev.ua/Press/Other/se0515_2.htm |title=Навеки мой Лобановский |access-date=21 December 2019 |archive-date=21 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221113030/http://old.dynamo.kiev.ua/Press/Other/se0515_2.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> His heart stopped on 13 May at 8:35&nbsp;pm. At the [[2002 UEFA Champions League Final|Champions League final]] in [[Hampden Park|Glasgow]] two days later, [[UEFA]] held a minute's silence in his honour.

Lobanovskyi's funeral on 14 May 2002 was attended by the [[President of Ukraine]] [[Leonid Kuchma]], Ukraine's Prime Minister [[Anatoliy Kinakh]], other politicians, Lobanovskyi's former players [[Andriy Shevchenko]], [[Oleg Blokhin|Oleh Blokhin]], [[Igor Belanov]], [[Oleksandr Zavarov]], [[Serhiy Rebrov]] etc. In general, from 60.000 to 150.000 people attended the funeral.<ref>[http://www.peoples.ru/sport/football/lobanovski/history1.html ''Валерия Лобановского похоронили на Байковом кладбище'' (peoples.ru)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203133426/http://www.peoples.ru/sport/football/lobanovski/history1.html |date=3 December 2007 }}{{in lang|ru}}</ref>

Lobanovskyi was buried at [[Baikove Cemetery]]. The tombstone is adorned with a colonnade with the inscription in Russian ''We are alive as long as we are remembered'' (in original: ''Мы живы до тех пор, пока нас помнят'').

==Management style and influence==

Along with [[Rinus Michels]], Lobanovskyi is recognized for being the inventor of the major football playing style known as "[[Total Football]]" in the 1970s.<ref name="totalf">{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsdaily.ru/articles/futbol-poshel-po-puti-ryzhego-lobanovskij-popal-v-czvety|title=The road of football defined by Lobanovskyi|publisher=Sports Daily in Russian|date=24 March 2019|access-date=18 September 2019|archive-date=24 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224115932/https://www.sportsdaily.ru/articles/futbol-poshel-po-puti-ryzhego-lobanovskij-popal-v-czvety|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="totalf2">{{cite web|url=http://www.fcdynamo.kiev.ua/ru/allnews/news/total_nyy_futbol_i_metr/|title=Total football and Valeriy Lobanovskyi|publisher=FC DK official website|access-date=18 September 2019}}</ref> Lobanovskyi often referred to ''Total Football'' as "gold vein" that would be exploited for many years to come.<ref name=loban-interview>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTCMSRBg9zA| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200107150330/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTCMSRBg9zA| archive-date=7 January 2020 | url-status=dead|title=Валерий Лобановский_интервью 1997 г.|publisher=youtube.com|access-date=18 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">Е. Шаинский. Возвращение. «Спорт-Экспресс журнал», №&nbsp;2 за 1997&nbsp;р., стр.62</ref> According to Lobanovskyi, the "revolutionary process" in football ended in 1974 with the discovery of ''Total Football'', and in modern football, all players must be able to play in offense and defense equally effectively. Per Lobanovskyi, "Now we are talking about the so-called 'smart' universalization. What do I mean? Well, for example, we would not want [[Andriy Shevchenko]], the striker, to play the [[right defender]]. But if he gets into this zone, he must be able to perform there. And in the future, football will gradually move from 'smart' universalization to full universalization".<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name=loban-interview/>

Lobanovskyi viewed football game as a system of 22 elements, divided into two sub-systems consisted of 11 elements – if the two sub-systems are equal, the game ends in a draw. The nuance that Lobanovsky considered the most interesting and important was that the efficiency of the subsystem will always be higher than the sum of the efficiencies of its individual elements.<ref name=loban-dk-off-web>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcdynamo.kiev.ua/ru/allnews/news/valeriy_lobanovskiy_naukovets/|title=Valeriy Lobanovskyi: The Scientist|publisher=fcdynamo.com|access-date=18 May 2020|archive-date=21 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221221002/http://www.fcdynamo.kiev.ua/ru/allnews/news/valeriy_lobanovskiy_naukovets/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2011/may/12/valeriy-lobanovskyi-dynamo-kyiv|title=How Valeriy Lobanovskyi's appliance of science won hearts and trophies|date=12 May 2011|publisher=theguardian.com|access-date=18 May 2020|archive-date=25 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200525180651/https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2011/may/12/valeriy-lobanovskyi-dynamo-kyiv|url-status=live}}</ref> Lobanovskyi insisted that the training process should be modeled, and fragments of future actions on the field should be practiced. According to Lobanovskyi, team coordination was an outdated concept – each player goes out and does what is needed at this time, and how he does this depends on his skill, training, and ability to express himself. But the structure of the game, tactics should not suffer from who acts as a performer in that particular moment.<ref>Е. Шаинский. Возвращение. «Спорт-Экспресс журнал», №&nbsp;2 за 1997&nbsp;р., стр.61</ref>

Lobanovskyi is credited for bringing a scientific and analytical approach and strong emphasis on physical fitness and diet to the game.<ref name=brit/><ref name="90min"/> Many observers recognized Lobanovskyi as the first person to bring science into football, at the time when most managers used basic attributes in their training process. The media often referred to Lobanovskyi as "ahead of his time".<ref name="90min2">{{cite web|url=https://thefutebolist.wordpress.com/2016/06/22/valeriy-lobanovskyi/|title=The Iron Curtained Billy Beane: Valeriy Lobanovskyi|publisher=thefutebolist.wordpress.com|date=22 June 2016|access-date=18 September 2019|archive-date=11 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011121027/https://thefutebolist.wordpress.com/2016/06/22/valeriy-lobanovskyi/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="espn_l">{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/news/story/_/id/1515677/valeri-lobanovsky|title=Greatest Managers, No. 8: Lobanovsky|work=espn.com|date=7 August 2013|access-date=18 May 2020|archive-date=28 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928015926/https://www.espn.com/soccer/news/story/_/id/1515677/valeri-lobanovsky|url-status=live}}</ref> With the cooperation with [[Anatoly Zelentsov]], a scientist from the department of physical education theory of [[National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport|Kyiv State Institute of Physical Education]], Lobanovskyi brought an accurate system of calculation of the training process and mathematical modeling of physical load for players.<ref name="zelentsov">{{cite web|url=http://gpu.ua/index.php?&id=130297&eid=208|title=Anatoly Zelentsov|publisher=Newspaper in Ukrainian|date=15 September 2006|access-date=18 September 2019|archive-date=11 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011120458/https://gazeta.ua/articles/ukraine-newspaper/_pomer-anatolij-zelencov/130297|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="90min">{{cite web|url=https://www.90min.com/posts/6413281-valeriy-lobanovskyi-the-scientist-who-dominated-football-in-the-soviet-union|title=Valeriy Lobanovskyi: The Scientist Who Dominated Football in the Soviet Union|publisher=90min.com|date=17 July 2019|access-date=18 September 2019|archive-date=11 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811070750/https://www.90min.com/posts/6413281-valeriy-lobanovskyi-the-scientist-who-dominated-football-in-the-soviet-union|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="uefaTopTen">{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0253-0d81cad2bd33-25a62e3a110f-1000--in-profile-valeriy-lobanovskiy/|title=Valeri Lobanovskiy: the soccer scientist|publisher=90min.com|date=31 July 2016|access-date=18 September 2019|archive-date=14 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214090527/https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2328420.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="90m2">{{cite web|url=https://www.90min.com/posts/6413282-valeriy-lobanovskyi-the-soviet-scientist-s-all-time-best-xi|title=Valeriy Lobanovskyi: The Soviet Scientist's All-Time Best XI|publisher=90min.com|date=17 July 2019|access-date=18 September 2019|archive-date=11 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811071354/https://www.90min.com/posts/6413282-valeriy-lobanovskyi-the-soviet-scientist-s-all-time-best-xi|url-status=live}}</ref> Zelentsov, viewed by many as unmistakably meticulous in his analysis, insisted that the team would not lose the match if, during the game, the number of key moments, during which the team made mistakes, would not exceed 18%.<ref name=loban-dk-off-web/> Many observers, players and managers credited Lobanovskyi's teams for being in great physical condition and being able to fulfill tactical ideas and perform certain operations almost on the level of automatism. Many observers described football played by Lobanovskyi's teams as "football from the future".<ref name="21century"/><ref name="loban_dynamo"/><ref name="dynamo90kh"/><ref name="dynamo90kh2"/><ref name="dynamo_kyiv_inoplanetnyi_futbol"/><ref name="simple complicated game">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HJXBDwAAQBAJ&q=%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9+%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F+%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C&pg=PT58|title=Простая сложная игра глазами профессионала|date=3 December 2019|publisher=Gadzhi Gadzhiev|isbn=9785042145964|access-date=18 May 2020|archive-date=11 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011120450/https://books.google.com/books?id=HJXBDwAAQBAJ&q=%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9+%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F+%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C&pg=PT58|url-status=live}}</ref>

A lot of people that worked alongside Lobanovskyi described him as a great psychologist.<ref name="shatskikh">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnW_aPFSZd8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/TnW_aPFSZd8| archive-date=12 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Шацких: Лобановский был сильным психологом и стратегом|date=2 November 2015 |publisher=youtube.com |access-date=18 May 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="geroi-skandaly">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aTi5AAAAQBAJ&q=%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9+%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3&pg=PT203|title=Украинский футбол: легенды, герои, скандалы в спорах "хохла" и "москаля"|date=12 March 2020|publisher=Igor Rabiner, Artem Frankov|isbn=9785457193895|access-date=18 May 2020|archive-date=11 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011120450/https://books.google.com/books?id=aTi5AAAAQBAJ&q=%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9+%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3&pg=PT203|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="reshko">{{cite web|url=https://sport.ua/news/421819-stefan-reshko-lobanovskiy-byl-nerealnym-psihologom|title=Стефан РЕШКО: "Лобановский был нереальным психологом"|publisher=sport.ua|access-date=18 May 2020|archive-date=3 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203014342/https://sport.ua/news/421819-stefan-reshko-lobanovskiy-byl-nerealnym-psihologom|url-status=live}}</ref> "A coach should always remember that he works with people, people that largely make the coach what he is now. And people, unlike robots, have a soul that is quite often very vulnerable, and sometimes obstinate", Lobanovskyi once said in an interview, "It's really important to know each player's personality and character. You can be more strict with one player and less strict with another, but for that you need to know their character. You must know which buttons to press to have each player bring as much benefit as possible".<ref name="sportarena-citaty">{{cite web|url=https://sportarena.com/football/valerij-lobanovskij-bessmertnye-tsitaty-velikogo/|title=Валерий Лобановский: бессмертные цитаты великого тренера. Сегодня День рождения легенды|date=6 January 2020|publisher=sportarena.com|access-date=15 June 2020|language=ru|archive-date=11 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011121029/https://sportarena.com/football/valerij-lobanovskij-bessmertnye-tsitaty-velikogo/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="sport-express">{{cite web|url=https://www.sport-express.ru/football/local/reviews/matematik-lobanovskiy-1337670/|title=Lobanovskiy The Mathematician|date=20 November 2017|publisher=sport-express.ru|access-date=18 May 2020|language=ru|archive-date=11 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011121030/https://www.sport-express.ru/football/local/reviews/matematik-lobanovskiy-1337670/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Stefan Reshko]], who played for Dynamo Kyiv in the 70s, said: "Lobanovskyi was a top-notch psychologist. He had the ability to get the absolute best out of the players he worked with.<ref name="reshko"/> [[Anatoliy Demyanenko]], trained by Lobanovskyi during the 80s, described him as "a great psychologist. He knew how to communicate with each player. He knew when and to whom he needs to raise his voice, or not to say anything".<ref name="demyanenko">{{cite web|url=https://www.soccer.ru/news/1031216/demyanenko-anatoliy-dinamo|title=Демьяненко: "Лобановский был великим психологом"|date=10 January 2018|publisher=soccer.ru|access-date=18 May 2020|archive-date=11 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011120453/https://www.soccer.ru/news/1031216/demyanenko-anatoliy-dinamo|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Vasyl Kardash]], who worked with Lobanovskyi during the late 90s and early 00s, said: "Lobanovskyi was a very good psychologist. His understanding of the psychology of a certain player – not just as a footballer, but as a human being – [is one of the things that] made him one of the great ones".<ref name="kardash">{{cite web|url=https://terrikon.com/posts/28433|title=Василий Кардаш: "Лобановский был сильным психологом"|publisher=terrikon.com|access-date=18 May 2020|archive-date=11 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011120451/https://terrikon.com/posts/28433|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Andriy Shevchenko]] often referred to Lobanovskyi as "paternal figure" in his life,<ref name="sheva">{{cite web |url=https://ria.ru/20020515/143053.html|title=Андрей Шевченко плакал, узнав о смерти Валерия Лобановского|date=15 May 2002|publisher=ria.ru |access-date=18 May 2020}}</ref> claiming that Lobanovskiy "handed him the key" to a successful life: "Lobanovskyi rarely raised his voice. He never yelled at us, nor he ever tried to 'sort things out' with anyone. He was respected and admired by everyone around him".<ref name="sheva-sportua">{{cite web|url=https://sport.ua/news/421841-andrey-shevchenko-lobanovskiy-pomog-i-menya-otpustili-v-milan|title=Андрей ШЕВЧЕНКО: "Лобановский помог, и меня отпустили в Милан"|publisher=sport.ua|access-date=18 May 2020|archive-date=11 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011121530/https://sport.ua/news/421841-andrey-shevchenko-lobanovskiy-pomog-i-menya-otpustili-v-milan|url-status=live}}</ref> Renowned Indian manager [[Armando Colaco]] is highly influenced by Lobanovskyi and his style of coaching in Dynamo Kiev.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sengupta|first=Somnath|title=Tactical Evolution Of Indian Football: Part Four – Modern Era (1999—2011)|url=http://www.thehardtackle.com/2011/tactical-evolution-of-indian-football-part-four-modern-era/|location=Kolkata|date=13 July 2011|access-date=11 October 2022|website=thehardtackle.com|publisher=The Hard Tackle|language=en-US|archive-date=18 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918041621/http://www.thehardtackle.com/2011/tactical-evolution-of-indian-football-part-four-modern-era/}}</ref>

Many observers, players and managers credited Lobanovskyi for being able to always improve as a manager. One of the famous Lobanovskyi quotes was, "A coach must learn all his life. If hardened, stopped learning – that means, stopped being a coach".<ref name="lobanovskyi-quotes">{{cite web|url=https://gazeta.ua/ru/articles/history/_trener-dolzhen-uchitsya-vsyu-zhizn-12-let-so-dnya-smerti-valeriya-lobanovskogo/557423?mobile=true|title="Тренер должен учиться всю жизнь" – 12 лет со дня смерти Валерия Лобановского|date=13 May 2014 |publisher=gazeta.ua|access-date=18 May 2020|archive-date=11 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011121530/https://gazeta.ua/ru/articles/history/_trener-dolzhen-uchitsya-vsyu-zhizn-12-let-so-dnya-smerti-valeriya-lobanovskogo/557423?mobile=true|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="lobanovskyi-citaty">{{cite web|url=https://sportarena.com/football/valerij-lobanovskij-bessmertnye-tsitaty-velikogo/|title=Валерий Лобановский: бессмертные цитаты великого тренера. Сегодня День рождения легенды|date=6 January 2020|publisher=sportarena.com|access-date=18 May 2020|archive-date=27 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220427043627/https://sportarena.com/football/valerij-lobanovskij-bessmertnye-tsitaty-velikogo/|url-status=live}}</ref> His ability to "stay in touch" with modern trends has been described as one of the reasons why he was able to build three great football teams in a span of three different decades – the 70s, 80s and 90s.<ref name="tribuna">{{cite web|url=https://ua.tribuna.com/football/1085131670.html|title=Сергей Ребров: "Лобановский всегда шагал в ногу со временем, а иногда его даже опережал"|publisher=tribuna.com|access-date=18 May 2020|archive-date=27 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527001110/https://ua.tribuna.com/football/1085131670.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="footballhd">{{cite web|url=https://footballhd.ru/allnews/ucrainanews/210926-rebrov-lobanovskiy-vsegda-shagal-v-nogu-so-vremenem-a-inogda-ego-dazhe-operezhal.html|title=Сергей Ребров: "Лобановский всегда шагал в ногу со временем, а иногда его даже опережал"|publisher=footballhd.ru|access-date=18 May 2020|archive-date=25 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025145538/https://footballhd.ru/allnews/ucrainanews/210926-rebrov-lobanovskiy-vsegda-shagal-v-nogu-so-vremenem-a-inogda-ego-dazhe-operezhal.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="sportua">{{cite web|url=https://sport.ua/uk/news/485567-sergey-kovalets-pri-lobanovskom-mehanizm-dinamo-rabotal-chetko|title=Сергій КОВАЛЕЦЬ: "За Лобановського механізм Динамо працював чітко"|publisher=sport.ua|access-date=18 May 2020|archive-date=13 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513102412/https://sport.ua/uk/news/485567-sergey-kovalets-pri-lobanovskom-mehanizm-dinamo-rabotal-chetko|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="dynamo90kh2"/>

==Tactics==

Lobanovskyi placed emphasis on the collective or "the system". He said "A system does not guarantee success, but it gives a much better chance of success than making it up as you go along."<ref>{{Citation|title=In profile: Valeriy Lobanovskiy - UEFA.com|date=31 July 2016|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0253-0d81cad2bd33-25a62e3a110f-1000--in-profile-valeriy-lobanovskiy/|access-date=15 September 2020|archive-date=24 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024172742/https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0253-0d81cad2bd33-25a62e3a110f-1000--in-profile-valeriy-lobanovskiy/|url-status=live}}</ref> Everything was meticulously planned, with the team's preparation divided into three levels. Players were to have individual technical coaching so as to equip them better to fulfil the tasks Lobanovskyi set them during a game; specific tactics and tasks for each player were drawn up according to the opponents; and a strategy was devised for a competition as a whole, placing each game in context by acknowledging that it is impossible for a side to maintain maximal levels over a protracted period.<ref name="reader.epubee.com">{{Citation|title=Jonathan Wilson: Inverting the Pyramid|url=http://reader.epubee.com/books/mobile/49/498f4bdb7097dd7fdd82e51881a87c0e/text00019.html|access-date=15 September 2020|archive-date=22 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022030351/http://reader.epubee.com/books/mobile/49/498f4bdb7097dd7fdd82e51881a87c0e/text00019.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Lobanovskyi and Zelentsov wrote in their book, The Methodological Basis of the Development of Training Models, "the first thing we have in mind is to strive for new courses of action that will not allow the opponent to adapt to our style of play. If an opponent has adjusted himself to our style of play and found a counter-play, then we need to find a new strategy. That is the dialectic of the game. You have to go forward in such a way and with such a range of attacking options that it will force the opponent to make a mistake. In other words, it's necessary to force the opponent into the condition you want them to be in. One of the most important means of doing that is to vary the size of the playing area." One thing remained central: keep the preferred playing area as large as possible while in possession, and as small as possible while the opponent had the ball.<ref name="reader.epubee.com"/>

In Methodological Basis, Lobanovskyi and Zelentsov give as an example of their preparation for a specific game the European Cup semi-final against Bayern Munich in 1977. ‘The play,’ they wrote, ‘was constructed on attacking actions, with the obligatory neutralisation of the opponent's players, the intention being to deprive him playing space and to defend against the attacks from wide at which Bayern were so strong. The objective was a draw, but we ended up losing 1–0. In the match in Kyiv, we chose a playing model based on squeezing the play and fighting for the ball in our opponents’ half of the pitch, trying to create a numerical advantage in various areas. Eventually we won 2–0.’<ref name="reader.epubee.com"/>

[[File:Pitch-i2-p159-0-0-0-0-1496742356.jpg|thumb|In the 1975–76 European Cup games against [[AS Saint-Étienne|Saint-Étienne]], Dynamo's formation featured no proper centre-forward, as strikers Blokhin and Onyshchenko constantly played on the flanks, with midfielders [[Leonid Buryak]], [[Viktor Kolotov]] and [[Volodymyr Veremeyev]] exploiting the central space as deep-lying forwards, anticipating the [[false nine]] position.]]
Lobanovskyi's preferable formation was the 4–1–3–2. All his teams used the talents of two strikers, in 1975 [[Oleg Blokhin|Oleh Blokhin]] and [[Volodymyr Onyshchenko]], in 1986 Blokhin or [[Oleh Protasov]] and [[Igor Belanov|Ihor Belanov]], and in 1999 [[Andriy Shevchenko]] and [[Serhiy Rebrov]]. Lobanovskyi's forwards were highly versatile, being equally capable of shifting to the flanks, organizing attacks as playmakers, joining midfield in defensive formations and even dropping back to help the full-backs during spells of opponent pressure.<ref name="medium.com">{{Citation|title=From The Vault: Lobanovskyi's last Dynamo|date=3 May 2020|url=https://medium.com/@Zuishek/from-the-vault-lobanovskyis-last-dynamo-496e134da393|access-date=15 September 2020|archive-date=11 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511002108/https://medium.com/@Zuishek/from-the-vault-lobanovskyis-last-dynamo-496e134da393|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=1997/98 CL Group C: Lobanovskiy's Dynamo trounce van Gaal's Barcelona|url=https://spielverlagerung.com/2017/12/22/1997-98-cl-group-c-lobanovskiy-lvg/|access-date=15 September 2020|archive-date=31 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031111215/https://spielverlagerung.com/2017/12/22/1997-98-cl-group-c-lobanovskiy-lvg/|url-status=live}}</ref> This versatility of the forwards was key in disorganizing opponents' defenses and creating space for players attacking from the back.

Pressing was always a key element of Lobanovskyi's teams. The main goal of pressing was to create situations of numerical superiority for Dynamo players where the ball was, and deny opponents both space and time for the right decisions, thus forcing them to always play the game at Dynamo's pace. The trademark Dynamo counter-attacks would start with a player dispossessing his opponent in midfield, then immediately playing a quick long ball either to the forwards or the advancing full-backs, so as to catch the opposition unorganized. Lobanovskyi always stressed the importance of the first seconds of an attack after winning the ball, as it is in these seconds that the opposition is less ready to defend in an organized manner. Pressing was a collective effort, and whenever a player moved up the pitch, a teammate covered his position. In this way Dynamo minimized the threat of having to face a counter-attack by the opponent in case the ball was lost.

Lobanovskyi put meticulous attention to set-pieces both in attack and in defense. In defense, Dynamo often used tactical fouling to prevent opponents from getting quality shots on goal, frequently conceding fouls just at the top of the penalty area. The logic behind this was that free kicks were much easier for the goalkeeper to defend that shots in open play. In addition, they also used tactical fouling to prevent counter attacks: by fouling around the halfway line Dynamo's midfield could get behind the ball to defend. In attack, Lobanovskyi's teams also were intelligent in their use of playing short from free kicks. During the 1990s, most teams would habitually play the ball long after a foul, using the opportunity to progress up the field as quick as possible. Dynamo recognized that opponents would prepare for this and retreat accordingly. Therefore when they played short, there was no pressure applied to the player with the ball for a long duration, allowing for runs to develop. Dynamo's first two goals in the 3–0 victory against [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] in 1997 came from such situations. The high degree of responsiveness and fast reaction speeds were traits to marvel at of Lobanovskyi's side, as they frequently looked to increase the tempo and take advantage of teams that used these moments in the game to slow down the match.<ref>{{Citation|title=1997/98 CL Group C: Lobanovskiy's Dynamo trounce van Gaal's Barcelona|url=https://spielverlagerung.com/2017/12/22/1997-98-cl-group-c-lobanovskiy-lvg/|access-date=15 September 2020|archive-date=31 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031111215/https://spielverlagerung.com/2017/12/22/1997-98-cl-group-c-lobanovskiy-lvg/|url-status=live}}</ref> When Dynamo had won a throw next to the opponents' area, the tallest midfielder ([[Andriy Husin]]) would usually stand just inside the area to receive the ball from the throw and make a header-pass to one of the strikers to create a chance. In this way Dynamo scored the 2–0 against [[Bayern Munich]] in 2000, when [[Ramiz Mamedov]] launched a throw straight into Husin's head, Husin flicked on a header-pass to [[Giorgi Demetradze]] in the penalty spot, who scored with an overhead kick.<ref name="soccer-europe.com">{{Cite web|url=http://soccer-europe.com/Archives/UCL/UCL9900/Reports/P2Groupc.html|title=Champions League Match Reports|access-date=15 September 2020|archive-date=22 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022041003/http://soccer-europe.com/Archives/UCL/UCL9900/Reports/P2Groupc.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Dynamo's shape in the late 1990s was a front two of Rebrov and Shevchenko but as an offensive principle they always attacked three lanes: right, left and center. It didn't matter what the shape was or who it was, there were always three players attacking the three lanes. This was split into two methods, the first being a player attacking one of the wide lanes as one of Rebrov or Shevchenko was central. That player was mostly Belkevich who not only operated behind the striker duo but also attacked the wide areas regularly. The second method was Rebrov and Shevchenko splitting, therefore allowing a runner in between.<ref name="medium.com"/>

In the "stretched diamond" formation, which differs from a typical diamond in that one player operates in a much wider position than the others, Lobanovskyi was able to fully make use of the talents of versatile midfielder [[Vitaliy Kosovskyi]], who was effectively both a left midfielder in the "standard" 4–1–3–2 and a left winger next to Shevchenko and Rebrov when attacks unfolded, practically making the formation a 4–3–3. When defending, Kosovskyi's speed made him useful also as a left back, enabling the actual left back [[Kakha Kaladze]] to drop inside as a third central defender, converting the formation into a 5–3–2. In the absence of Kosovskyi due to injury during the second half of the 1999–2000 season, Lobanovskyi used [[Giorgi Demetradze]] as a wide striker. Against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu, Demetradze was instructed to exploit the space in Madrid's defense left open by full-back [[Roberto Carlos]]' forward runs. In this game, Demetradze won a penalty (that Rebrov missed),<ref name="soccer-europe.com"/> won the corner for Dynamo's equalizer,<ref>{{Citation|title=Dynamo united this country at Santiago Bernabeu|url=https://m.day.kyiv.ua/en/article/time-out/dynamo-united-country-santiago-bernabeu|access-date=15 September 2020|archive-date=19 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419151220/https://m.day.kyiv.ua/en/article/time-out/dynamo-united-country-santiago-bernabeu|url-status=live}}</ref> and finally crossed for Dynamo's second goal that made it 1–2.

Dynamo's defending was usually organized as a [[Zona mista|mixed zonal-and-man-marking system]]; players would usually defend zonally yet the opposition's best player was in most cases man-marked by a Dynamo player who tracked him back whenever he went. Perhaps the most significant application of the tracking back was against Real Madrid in the 1999 Champions League quarter-finals at the Santiago Bernabeu. [[Alyaksandr Khatskevich]]'s role was to defend the right channel and center area as [[Predrag Mijatović]] drifted inside to overload the center.<ref>{{Citation|title=From The Vault: Lobanovskyi's first step towards the 1999 semi-final|date=28 April 2020|url=https://medium.com/@Zuishek/from-the-vault-lobanovskyis-first-step-towards-the-1999-semi-final-38ced0c180b5}}</ref> He also had [[Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko]] man-mark Holland's [[Ruud Gullit]] in the [[UEFA Euro 1988|Euro 1988]] final.<ref>{{Citation|title=Lobanovsky's Russian revolution goes full circle through the hands of Hiddink|date=26 June 2008 |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12469282.lobanovskys-russian-revolution-goes-full-circle-through-the-hands-of-hiddink/|access-date=17 September 2020|archive-date=20 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020151925/https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12469282.lobanovskys-russian-revolution-goes-full-circle-through-the-hands-of-hiddink/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Lobanovskyi was tactically versatile and would make risky changes during matches to alter the course of the game. In December 1998, Dynamo was playing away at [[RC Lens]] needing a draw to qualify as first from their Champions League group. Lobanovskyi chose a defensive-minded deployment, with Rebrov posted on the left wing and the midfield consisting of defense-oriented players, being effectively a 4–5–1 with Shevchenko as the lone striker. However, after Lens captain [[Frédéric Déhu]] was sent off for a hard challenge on Shevchenko with the score at 0–0, Lobanovskyi quickly made two offensive-minded changes, bringing in [[Vitaliy Kosovskyi]] for defender [[Yuriy Dmytrulin]] and [[Valentin Belkevich]] for [[Vasyl Kardash]] and pairing Rebrov with Shevchenko up front, thus changing the system into a 3–2–3–2. Dynamo won the game 3–1, also winning the group to advance to the quarter-finals.<ref>{{Citation|title=Lens-Dynamo 1998 stats, lineups and substitutions|url=https://www.football-lineups.com/match/297004/|access-date=15 September 2020|archive-date=7 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107114734/https://www.football-lineups.com/match/297004/|url-status=live}}</ref>

He insisted that a player should be able to play in more than one position. He converted [[Aleksei Gerasimenko]], originally a striker who had scored 46 goals in 71 games with [[FC Kuban Krasnodar]], into a right midfielder,<ref>{{Citation|title=Dynamo-Bayer 1999 lineups|url=https://www.kicker.de/dyn-kiew-gegen-leverkusen-1999-champions-league-506640/aufstellung|access-date=15 September 2020|archive-date=11 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011120507/https://www.kicker.de/dyn-kiew-gegen-leverkusen-1999-champions-league-506640/aufstellung|url-status=live}}</ref> a right full-back,<ref>{{Citation|title=Dynamo-Juventus 1998 lineups|url=https://www.football-lineups.com/match/307370/|access-date=15 September 2020|archive-date=7 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107114729/https://www.football-lineups.com/match/307370/|url-status=live}}</ref> and even into a sweeper.<ref>{{Citation|title=Rosenborg-Dynamo 2000 lineups|url=https://www.kicker.de/trondheim-gegen-dyn-kiew-2000-champions-league-506948/aufstellung|access-date=15 September 2020|archive-date=11 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011120958/https://www.kicker.de/trondheim-gegen-dyn-kiew-2000-champions-league-506948/aufstellung|url-status=live}}</ref> Likewise, central defender [[Oleksandr Holovko]] was also good when he joined midfield,<ref name="medium.com"/> and [[Kakha Kaladze]] was equally adept as left back, defensive midfielder and centre back.

Lobanovskyi's emphasis on the system rather than the individuals meant that his teams continued to perform well even when their best players were lost to transfers, injuries or bookings. In the [[1997–98 UEFA Champions League|1997–98 season]] Dynamo's two most important midfielders were [[Yuriy Kalitvintsev]] and [[Yuriy Maksymov]], who left the team in the end of the year. Lobanovskyi had already found their replacements in [[Alyaksandr Khatskevich]] and [[Valentin Belkevich]], and the team made an even more spectacular run [[1998–99 UEFA Champions League|next season]]. In the second half of the [[1999–2000 UEFA Champions League|1999–2000 season]] the team was plagued with injuries in key players [[Vladyslav Vashchuk]], [[Yuriy Dmytrulin]] and [[Vitaliy Kosovskyi]], and was forced to play important Champions League games against [[Real Madrid]], Bayern Munich and [[Rosenborg BK]] with a defensive line consisting of youngsters [[Andriy Nesmachniy]] and [[Serhiy Fedorov]] and with Gerasimenko playing as a sweeper, way out of his natural position. Despite all this, Dynamo were able to collect 10 points in these 4 matches, beating Rosenborg twice, Bayern once and drawing 2–2 with Real at the [[Santiago Bernabeu Stadium]].

==Remembrance==
Following his death Lobanovskyi was awarded the [[Hero of Ukraine]] order, the nation's highest honour, as well as the [[UEFA|UEFA Order of Merit in Ruby]].<ref name="hero"/> Dynamo Kyiv's stadium was also renamed the [[Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium|Lobanovsky Stadium]] in his honour. In 2003, Lobanovskyi was awarded [[FIFA Order of Merit]], the highest honour awarded by FIFA.<ref name="orderofmerit"/><ref name="rsc"/><ref name="hero"/>

On 11 May 2003, before the first anniversary of the death of Lobanovskyi, a monument was opened near the Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium.<ref>[http://www.otdihinfo.ru/catalog/1300.html Monument V. V. Lobanovsky. Description] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729115111/http://www.otdihinfo.ru/catalog/1300.html |date=29 July 2020 }} ((ref-ru))</ref>

After his death, [[A.C. Milan]] won the [[2002–03 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] in 2003 with [[Andriy Shevchenko]] in the team. After the victory Shevchenko flew to Kyiv to put his medal by the grave of his former manager.<ref name=champ>[http://photo.unian.net/eng/themes/1626 Events by themes: Persons. Valery Lobanovsky] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090730045447/http://photo.unian.net/eng/themes/1626 |date=30 July 2009 }}, [[Ukrainian Independent Information Agency]] photoservice (9 January 2009)</ref>

In 2003, the [[Valeriy Lobanovskyi Memorial Tournament]] was founded.

==Personal life==
Lobanovskyi was born in Kyiv to Vasyl Mykhailovych Lobko-Lobanovsky and Oleksandra Maksymivna Boichenko. Lobanovskyi's daughter Svitlana Lobanovska told [[Newspaper in Ukrainian]] that Vasyl Lobko-Lobanovsky had a double surname but double surnames were not welcome in the USSR, therefore his both sons, Valeriy and Yevhen, decided to use single surname Lobanovsky.<ref>[https://gazeta.ua/articles/people-newspaper/_u-zhilah-lobanovskogo-tekla-grafska-krov-/435209 Count's blood flowed in Lobanovsky's veins] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504140127/https://gazeta.ua/articles/people-newspaper/_u-zhilah-lobanovskogo-tekla-grafska-krov-/435209 |date=4 May 2021 }} – Newspaper in Ukrainian (11 May 2012) {{in lang|uk}}</ref>

Lobanovskyi was married to Ada Lobanovska,<ref name=seventy>[http://photo.unian.net/eng/themes/10879 Events by themes: 70th anniversary from the day of birth of Valeriy Lobanovskiy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090730045440/http://photo.unian.net/eng/themes/10879 |date=30 July 2009 }}, [[Ukrainian Independent Information Agency]] photoservice (6 January 2009)</ref> the couple had a daughter named Svitlana. She is a philologist of the Russian language and owns a restaurant in [[Kyiv]] called ''"U metrá"'' (''"At The Metr"''; "Metr" (ukr. ''Метр'') was one of Lobanovskyi's many nicknames).<ref>[http://www.ffu.org.ua/ukr/teams/teams_main/1918/ «Футбольний прес-клуб»: напередодні старту] – Official website of the Football Federation of Ukraine. Retrieved 11 ??? 2008 {{in lang|uk}}</ref>

== Career statistics ==

===As a manager===
[[File:Banner Valery Lobanovsky.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Portrait of Valeriy Lobanovskyi on the banner of [[Dynamo Kyiv]]'s fans, 2 March 2008]]

===Managerial statistics===
{{updated|26 February 2024.}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan=2 width=140|Team
!rowspan=2 width=140|Nation
!rowspan=2 width=125|From
!rowspan=2 width=125|To
!colspan=8|Record<ref>Banyas, V. ''[https://www.upl.ua/news/view/1918 Valeriy Lobanovskyi: 1317 games! (Валерій Лобановський: 1317 матчів!)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180508121821/https://www.upl.ua/news/view/1918 |date=8 May 2018 }}'' [[Ukrainian Premier League]]. 7 May 2018</ref>
|-
!width=40|G
!width=40|W
!width=40|D
!width=40|L
!width=40|F
!width=40|A
!width=40|GD
!width=50|Win %
|-
|align="left"|[[Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk|FC Dnipro]]
|align="left"|{{URS}}
|align=left|31 October 1968
|align=left|19 October 1973
| 206 || 104 || 51 || 51 || 305 || 191 || +114 || {{#expr: 104 / 206 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Dynamo Kiev|FC Dynamo Kiev]]
|align="left"|{{URS}}
|align=left|20 October 1973
|align=left|12 October 1982
| 406 || 230 || 112 || 64 || 652 || 294 || +355 || {{#expr: 230 / 406 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union]]
|align="left"|{{URS}}
|align=left|1 April 1975
|align=left|31 July 1976
| 19 || 11 || 4 || 4 || 33 || 18 || +15 || {{#expr: 11 / 19 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union]]
|align="left"|{{URS}}
|align=left|12 October 1982
|align=left|14 November 1983
| 10 || 6 || 3 || 1 || 18 || 6 || +12 || {{#expr: 6 / 10 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Dynamo Kiev|FC Dynamo Kiev]]
|align="left"|{{URS}}
|align=left|1 January 1984
|align=left|30 September 1990
| 269 || 135 || 83 || 51 || 451 || 238 || +211 || {{#expr: 135 / 267 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union]]
|align="left"|{{URS}}
|align=left|1986
|align=left|1987
| 17 || 9 || 6 || 2 || 31 || 11 || +20 || {{#expr: 9 / 17 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union]]
|align="left"|{{URS}}
|align=left|1988
|align=left|1990
| 31 || 16 || 6 || 9 || 42 || 29 || +13 || {{#expr: 16 / 31 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|align="left"|[[United Arab Emirates national football team|UAE]]
|align="left"|{{UAE}}
|align=left|1 October 1990
|align=left|31 December 1992
| 19 || 7 || 8 || 5 || 20 || 19 || +11 || {{#expr: 7 / 19 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Kuwait national football team|Kuwait]]
|align="left"|{{KUW}}
|align=left|1 July 1994
|align=left|31 December 1996
| 41 || 17 || 11 || 13 || 64 || 49 || +15 || {{#expr: 17 / 41 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Dynamo Kiev|FC Dynamo Kiev]]
|align="left"|{{UKR}}
|align=left|1 January 1997
|align=left|13 May 2002
| 271 || 190 || 47 || 32 || 629 || 195 || +436 || {{#expr: 190 / 271 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine]]
|align="left"|{{UKR}}
|align=left|2 March 2000 
|align=left|15 November 2001
|18||6||7||5||20||20||0||{{#expr: 6 / 18 * 100 round 2}}
|-
!align="center" colspan="4"|Total
! 1,307 !! 741 !! 344 !! 233 !! 2,275 !! 1,060 !! +1,215 !! {{#expr: 741 / 1318 * 100 round 2}}
|}

==Honours==
[[File:Valeriy Lobanovskyi 2019 stamp of Ukraine.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Lobanovskyi on a 2019 stamp of Ukraine]]

===Player===
'''Dynamo Kyiv'''
*[[Soviet Top League]] (1): [[1961 Soviet Top League|1961]]
*[[Soviet Cup]] (1): [[Soviet Cup#Finals|1964]]

===Manager===
'''Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk'''
*[[Soviet First League]] (1): 1971

'''Dynamo Kyiv'''
*Soviet Top League (8): [[1974 Soviet Top League|1974]], [[1975 Soviet Top League|1975]], [[1977 Soviet Top League|1977]], [[1980 Soviet Top League|1980]], [[1981 Soviet Top League|1981]], [[1985 Soviet Top League|1985]], [[1986 Soviet Top League|1986]], [[1990 Soviet Top League|1990]] 
*Soviet Cup (6): [[Soviet Cup#Finals|1974]], [[Soviet Cup#Finals|1978]], [[Soviet Cup#Finals|1982]], [[Soviet Cup#Finals|1985]], [[Soviet Cup#Finals|1987]], [[1990 Soviet Cup Final|1990]]
*[[Soviet Super Cup]] (3): [[USSR Super Cup#Finals|1980]], [[USSR Super Cup#Finals|1985]], [[USSR Super Cup#Finals|1986]]
*[[:uk:Чемпіонати_Всесоюзного_ПСТ_«Динамо»_з_футболу|Tournament of the Soviet society "Dynamo"]] (1): 1987
*[[Ukrainian Premier League|Ukrainian National League]] (5): [[1996–97 Vyshcha Liha|1997]], [[1997–98 Vyshcha Liha|1998]], [[1998–99 Vyshcha Liha|1999]], [[1999–2000 Vyshcha Liha|2000]], [[2000–01 Vyshcha Liha|2001]]
*[[Ukrainian Cup]] (3): [[1998 Ukrainian Cup final|1998]], [[1998–99 Ukrainian Cup|1999]], [[1999–2000 Ukrainian Cup|2000]]
*[[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|European Cup Winners' Cup]] (2): [[1975 European Cup Winners' Cup final|1975]], [[1986 European Cup Winners' Cup final|1986]]
*[[UEFA Super Cup|European Super Cup]] (1): [[1975 European Super Cup|1975]]; runner-up: [[1986 European Super Cup|1986]]
*[[Commonwealth of Independent States Cup]] (3): [[1997 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup|1997]], [[1998 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup|1998]], [[2002 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup|2002]]

'''Soviet Union'''
*[[UEFA European Championship]] runner-up: [[UEFA Euro 1988|1988]]
*[[Football at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympic Games]] bronze medal: [[Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976]]

'''Ukrainian SSR'''
*[[Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR|Spartakiad of Peoples]] bronze medal: 1979

'''Kuwait'''
*[[Football at the Asian Games|Asian Games]] bronze medal: [[Football at the 1994 Asian Games|1994]]
*[[Arabian Gulf Cup]] (1): [[13th Arabian Gulf Cup|1996]]

=== Individual ===
*[[Guerin Sportivo|Guerin Sportivo Manager of the Year]]: 1986 (2nd place)<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |title=Guerin Sportivo World Player of the Year awards 1979–1986 |url=https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/guerin-sportivo-world-player-of-the-year-awards-1979-1986.2019142/page-3 |access-date=7 December 2024|website=BigSoccer Forum |language=en-US}}</ref>
*Ukrainian Manager of the Season (5 times): 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2001–02 (posthumously)
*European Football Coach of the Year: 1986, 1988, 1999<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iiab.me/kiwix/content/wikipedia_en_all_maxi_2023-10/A/European_Football_Coach_of_the_Year#cite_note-2|title=European Football Coach of the Year|website=iiab.me|access-date=7 December 2024 |lang=en}}</ref>
*European Football Coach of the Season: 1985–86<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iiab.me/kiwix/content/wikipedia_en_all_maxi_2023-10/A/European_Football_Coach_of_the_Season|title=European Football Coach of the Season|website=iiab.me|access-date=7 December 2024 |lang=en}}</ref>
*Greatest Manager of All Time – one of 5 managers<ref>Along with [[Alex Ferguson]], [[Rinus Michels]], [[Arrigo Sacchi]] and [[Helenio Herrera]]</ref> ranked top 10 by [[France Football]], [[World Soccer (magazine)|World Soccer]] and [[ESPN]]
**6th place ([[France Football]]): 2019<ref name="Top6FF">{{cite web|url=https://www.francefootball.fr/magazine/?prov=W-HP-LBMU|title=Top 50 des coaches de l'histoire|publisher=France Football|date=19 March 2019|access-date=19 March 2019|archive-date=31 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331192808/https://www.francefootball.fr/magazine/?prov=W-HP-LBMU|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="FOXSports">{{cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com.mx/news/400382-los--mejores-entrenadores-de-la-historia|title=Los 50 mejores entrenadores de la historia|work=[[FOX Sports]]|date=19 March 2019|access-date=29 December 2019|archive-date=29 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229113735/https://www.foxsports.com.mx/news/400382-los--mejores-entrenadores-de-la-historia|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="ABCes">{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.es/deportes/futbol/abci-50-mejores-entrenadores-historia-futbol-201903191710_noticia.html|title=Los 50 mejores entrenadores de la historia del fútbol|publisher=[[ABC (newspaper)|ABC]]|date=19 March 2019|access-date=29 December 2019|archive-date=20 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320120700/https://www.abc.es/deportes/futbol/abci-50-mejores-entrenadores-historia-futbol-201903191710_noticia.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
**6th place ([[World Soccer (magazine)#Greatest Managers of All Time|World Soccer]]): 2013<ref name=world-soccer-manager>{{cite web|title=The Greatest Manager of all time|url=http://www.worldsoccer.com/features/the-greatest-manager-of-all-time-341473|publisher=World Soccer|author=Jamie Rainbow|date=4 July 2013|access-date=21 December 2019|archive-date=24 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224135927/https://www.worldsoccer.com/features/the-greatest-manager-of-all-time-341473|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Greatest XI">{{cite web|title=The Greatest XI: how the panel voted|url=http://www.worldsoccer.com/features/the-greatest-xi-how-the-panel-voted|publisher=World Soccer|author=Jamie Rainbow|date=2 July 2013|access-date=21 December 2019|archive-date=1 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101233404/http://www.worldsoccer.com/features/the-greatest-xi-how-the-panel-voted|url-status=dead}}</ref>
**8th place ([[ESPN]]): 2013<ref name="espn.co.uk"/>
**10th place ([[FourFourTwo]]): 2023<ref>{{cite web |title=Ranked! The 100 best football managers of all time |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/ranked-the-100-best-football-managers-of-all-time/10 |access-date=27 May 2025|work=FourFourTwo}}</ref>
* Most successful manager of the 20th century, with 30 trophies ([[FourFourTwo]])<ref name="20th-c-fft"/>
* [[Ukrainian Footballer of the Year]]: 1962, 1963, 1964
* [[IFFHS World's Best Club Coach]]:
**4th place (1997)
**6th place (1998)
**9th place (1999)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/iffhs-coach.html |title=IFFHS' World's Best Coaches of the Year 1996–2006 |publisher=[[IFFHS]] |access-date=24 July 2024 |lang=en}}</ref>

===Orders and further honours===
* [[File:Hero of Ukraine ribbon bar.png|40px]] [[Hero of Ukraine]], Order of the State: 2002<ref name="hero">{{Cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/3027457.stm |title=''Lobanovsky remembered'' («BBC Sport», 15 May 2003) |date=15 May 2003 |access-date=18 December 2019 |archive-date=29 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140129063841/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/3027457.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[File:Order of Merit 2nd Class of Ukraine.png|40px]] [[Order of Merit (Ukraine)]], Class II: 1998<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://zakon4.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1423/98 |title=Указ Президента України № 1423/98 від 31 грудня 1998 року «Про нагородження відзнакою Президента України — орденом "За заслуги"» |access-date=18 December 2019 |archive-date=13 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513224115/http://zakon4.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1423/98 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[File:Order of Merit 3rd Class of Ukraine.png|40px]] [[Order of Merit (Ukraine)]], Class III: 1998<ref>[http://zakon1.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=59%2F98 Указ Президента України №&nbsp;59/98 від 27 січня 1998 року]</ref>
* [[File:SU Order of the Badge of Honour ribbon.svg|40px]] [[Order of the Badge of Honour]]: 1971
* [[File:SU Order of the Red Banner of Labour ribbon.svg|40px]] [[Order of the Red Banner of Labour]]: 1987<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://naukaprava.ru/catalog/1/127/148/45546?view=1 |title=Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР от 8 января 1987 года № 6345—XI «О награждении тов. Лобановского В.В. орденом Трудового Красного Знамени» |access-date=18 December 2019 |archive-date=13 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513223725/https://naukaprava.ru/catalog/1/127/148/45546?view=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[File:SU Medal In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kiev ribbon.svg|40px]] [[Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kyiv"]]: 1982
* [[FIFA Order of Merit]]: 2002<ref name="hero"/>
* [[UEFA|UEFA Order of Merit in Ruby]]: 2002<ref name="hero"/>

== See also ==
* [[List of football managers with the most games]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{KLISF|name=Valeriy Vasil'evich Lobanovskiy|url=http://www.klisf.ru/index.app?cmd=ln&lang=en&id=230817843921561|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130729101947/http://www.klisf.ru/index.app?cmd=ln&lang=en&id=230817843921561|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 July 2013}}
*''[http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/sns-rt-uk-soccer-euro-ukraine-lobanovskybre85l0j7-20120622,0,1249535.story Lobanovsky legacy lives on in Ukraine] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421083259/http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/sns-rt-uk-soccer-euro-ukraine-lobanovskybre85l0j7-20120622,0,1249535.story |date=21 April 2014 }}'' ([[Chicago Tribune]] article)
* [http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/players/lobanovsky.html All statistics for the Soviet Union at rusteam.ru] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207123916/http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/players/lobanovsky.html |date=7 February 2020 }}
* {{Footballfacts.ru}}

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