Viktor Skrypnyk
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Viktor Anatoliyovych Skrypnyk (Template:Langx; born 19 November 1969) is a Ukrainian professional football manager and former player who has been the manager of Ukrainian Premier League club Zorya Luhansk since 2025. As a player, he played as a left-back and he helped Werder Bremen to the league and cup double in 2004.
Skrypnyk became the first Ukrainian head coach in Bundesliga.[1]
Playing career
Before playing professionally, in 1987–88 Skrypnyk participated in the reserve competitions of the Soviet Top League[2] for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk playing some 46 games. In 1987 Skrypnyk also played one game for Dnipro in the Soviet Cup.[2]
In 1989 Skrypnyk signed with the prime Zaporizhzhia club Metalurh that played at the Soviet First League (tier 2) and for which he started his professional career.[2] His debut in the Soviet Top League (Vysshaya Liga), Skrypnyk made for FC Metalurh Zaporizhya (Metallurg) in 1991 along with the club's debut at the top level.[2][1] He continued to play for the Zaporizhzhia team after dissolution of the Soviet Union when the Metalurh Zaporizhya was admitted to the Vyshcha Liha (Ukrainian Top League) in 1992–1994.[2][1] In the mid 1990s Skrypnyk returned to his "home" club in Dnipro for couple of seasons.[2] In 1995–1996 he played for FC Dnipro when it was coached by Bernd Stange who later recommended Skrypnyk to Werder[3] that was coached by Hans-Jürgen Dörner.[4] Around that time he was also called up to the Ukraine national football team for which Skrypnyk debuted in 1994. In 1996 he was sold for 1.5 million DM[4] to the German side Werder Bremen[2] with which he stayed for about 22 years (1996–2018).[5][1][2] In 1999–2000 Skrypnyk was injured several times and even hospitalized, because of that he did not play neither for the club or the national team.[4] At the end of 2002–03 season Skrypnyk again sustained a major injury and recovered only by the winter intermission of the 2003–04.[4] After the 2003–04 season aged at 34, he decided to retire.[4]
Coaching career
After retiring from playing career Skrypnyk stayed with Werder as a coach at the Werder's football academy.[3] His coaching UEFA license "A" Skrypnyk received initially in Kyiv and supposedly it had to be good across whole Europe.[1] But in Germany no one was acknowledging the license and he had to take the coaching courses again in Germany.[1] At first it was the category "B" license which allowed Skrypnyk to train children.[1] With time he received the top category license.[1]
Skrypnyk became head coach of Werder Bremen II from 18 June 2013 until 25 October 2014 when he took over the first team of Werder Bremen.[6][7] He finished with a record of 31 wins, seven draws, and nine losses for the reserve team.[8] He made his debut against Chemnitzer FC in the DFB-Pokal on 28 October 2014. He was sacked on 18 September 2016 along with assistant coach Torsten Frings.[9]
On 5 July 2018, he was appointed as the new manager of Latvian Higher League club Riga FC.[10] On 5 February 2019 it was announced, that Skripnik had left the club.[11]
On 10 June 2022 Skrypnyk was appointed as new manager of Vorskla Poltava.[12] On 20 December 2023 he had left FC Vorskla and was appointed as new manager of Metalist 1925 Kharkiv.[13] On 26 July 2024, Skrypnyk resigned from Metalist 1925.[14]
On 16 June 2025, Skrypnyk was appointed as new manager of Zorya Luhansk.[15]
Career statistics
Club
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk | 1987 | Soviet Top League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | [2] |
| Metallurg Zaporozhye | 1989 | Soviet First League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | [16][2] |
| 1990 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | [16][2] | ||
| 1991 | Soviet Top League | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | [16][2] | |
| Total (Soviet Union)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 46 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0 | – | ||
| Metalurh Zaporizhya | 1992 | Vyshcha Liha | 18 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | [16][17] |
| 1992–93 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | [16][17][2] | ||
| 1993–94 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 6 | [16][17][2] | ||
| Total (Ukraine)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 78 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 10 | – | ||
| Total (Soviet Union and Ukraine)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 124 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 10 | – | ||
| Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 1994–95 | Vyshcha Liha | 31 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 8 | [16][17][2] |
| 1995–96 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 8 | [16][17][2] | ||
| 1996–97 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | [16][17][2] | ||
| Total | 64 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 19 | – | ||
| Total (Soviet Union and Ukraine)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 64 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 19 | – | ||
| Werder Bremen | 1996–97 | Bundesliga | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | [18] |
| 1997–98 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | [18] | ||
| 1998–99 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | [18] | ||
| 1999–00 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | [18] | ||
| 2000–01 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | [18][16] | ||
| 2001–02 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 4 | [18] | ||
| 2002–03 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | [18] | ||
| 2003–04 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | [18] | ||
| Total | 138 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 7 | – | ||
| Career total | 326 | 31 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 347 | 31 | – | ||
International
| National team | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | ||
| Ukraine[17][2] | 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 5 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | |
| Career total | 24 | 2 | |
International goals
- Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1[19] | 11 October 1995 | Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Slovenia | flag alias = Flag of Slovenia.svg | link alias-army = Slovenian Ground Force | link alias-military=Slovenian Armed Forces | flag alias-military=Flag of the Slovenian Armed Forces.svg | flag alias-naval=Naval Jack of Slovenia.svg | link alias-naval=Slovenian Navy | link-alias-navy=Slovenian Navy | link alias-air force = Slovenian Air Force and Air Defence | size = | variant = | name = | altlink = national football team
}} ||align=center| 1–0 ||align=center| 2–3 || UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying |
| 2[20] | 13 August 1996 | Olimpiyskiy NSC, Kyiv, Ukraine | Template:Country data LIT | 2–1 | 5–2 | Friendly |
Managerial statistics
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| Werder Bremen II | Template:Flagicon | 18 June 2013 | 25 October 2014 | [21] | ||||||||
| Werder Bremen | Template:Flagicon | 25 October 2014 | 18 September 2016 | [22] | ||||||||
| Riga | Template:Flagicon | 5 July 2018 | 5 February 2019 | [23] | ||||||||
| Zorya Luhansk | Template:Flagicon | 3 June 2019 | Present | [24] | ||||||||
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Honours
As player
Werder Bremen
As manager
Riga FC
Zorya Luhansk
- Ukrainian Cup: Runner-Up 2020-21
Individual
- Best Coach of Ukrainian Premier League: 2019–20
- Ukrainian Premier League Manager of the Month: February 2021, September 2021,[25] November 2021[26]
References
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- ↑ a b c d e f g h Nikolaev, S. Viktor Skrypnyk: Stange opened [my] eyes on many [things] (Виктор Скрипник: Штанге раскрыл глаза на многое). Pressball. 17 February 2015
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Template:FootballFacts.ru
- ↑ a b Barkov, Oleh. Muzhik for "muzhiks" (Виктор Скрипник: мужик для "мужиков"). Footboom. 4 June 2019
- ↑ a b c d e Viktor Skrypnyk. Peoples.ru
- ↑ Viktor Skrypnyk (all international games). Kopanyi myach.info
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- ↑ Ukraine–Lithuania (1996). Footballfacts.ru
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