Yury Pavlovich Syomin (russian: Юрий Павлович Сёмин; born 11 May 1947) is a Russian football coach. He has managed

FC Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three o ...

for 4 different stints, for a total of over 23 years. The recent history of the Russian club has been associated with him, as he was also president for a short period.

Biography

Syomin was born on 11 May 1947 in Orenburg. His family moved to Oryol some time later. As a child he has showed interest in football,

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, and

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. His son

Andrei Syomin Andrei Yuryevich Syomin (russian: Андрей Юрьевич Сёмин; born 26 August 1969) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He is the manager of FC Zenit Penza. Personal life He is a son of Yuri Syomin Yur ...

is also a player and a coach.

Player career

At the age of 16, while still attending school, Syomin started his player career at

Spartak Oryol FC Oryol (russian: ФК «Орёл») is a Russian football club based in the city of Oryol. From 2004 to 2006 FC Oryol played in the Russian First Division. History Football has been played in Oryol since 1911. In 1960 a team named '' Lokom ...

, a

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club. One year later he was invited to

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. He has scored two first Spartak's goals in a European competition (in 1966 against

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). At the age of 20, Syomin changed club again, this time to

Dynamo Moscow MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (russian: МГО ВФСО «Динамо»), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (russian: Динамо Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. Founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky on 18 April 1923, Dynamo Moscow was the first ...

. With this club, he won his only player's trophy, the 1970

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. He calls the spell with Dynamo the most successful period of his player career. Syomin left Dynamo due to disagreements with the coach after he was not fielded in a European match. After that he has changed several other clubs. Syomin played for Kairat Almaty, Chkalovets Novosibirsk,

Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three oc ...

, and Kuban Krasnodar. He ended his career as a player at the age of 33.

Coach career

Syomin started his coaching career in 1983, when he was called to save

Pamir Dushanbe CSKA Pamir Dushanbe ( tg, Клуби футболи ЦСКА-Помир Душанбе, Klubi Futboli CSKA Pomir Dushanbe; fa, زسکا پامیر دوشنبه) is a professional football club based in Dushanbe, Tajikistan that currently plays i ...

, a First League team, from relegation. Syomin succeeded and was recognized as the honorary coach of

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for this achievement. In 1986 Syomin went on to coach

, where he spent 19 years. During the period of his work Lokomotiv transformed from a mid-table club to one of the leaders of Russian football, winning the

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in 2002 and 2004. Syomin also enjoyed cup success, winning Russian Cup five times,

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twice and reaching

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semifinal twice. In 2005 Syomin left Lokomotiv for the Russia national team to help it reach the

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final tournament. He failed to achieve that and decided to leave the national team. In November 2005, Syomin began coaching

, but was sacked in 2006. In 2007, he returned to

as club president, but one year later his contract was terminated due to team's low league position. Later in 2007 Syomin took over the managerial position with FC Dynamo Kyiv in

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and guided the club to a championship in the 2008-09 season as well as a semi-final appearance in the

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. On 26 May 2009 he quit FC Dynamo Kyiv and returned to

. Under the terms of his contract, he was expected to stay with the club until December 2011. Syomin replaced Rashid Rakhimov (who had been fired a few weeks before that). He was fired as Lokomotiv manager on 29 November 2010. On 24 December 2010, he signed a new contract with Dynamo Kyiv ending in 2012. On 29 May 2013 Syomin was officially unveiled as manager of Gabala of the Azerbaijani Premier League. After leading Gabala to third in the

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and as runners up in the Cup, Syomin left Gabala on 23 May 2014. Syomin was announced as

Anzhi Makhachkala Football Club Anzhi Makhachkala (russian: link=no, Футбо́льный клуб «Анжи́» Махачкала́, ), known simply as FC Anji, was a Russian professional football club based in the Dagestani capital of Makhachkala. Founded ...

manager on 18 June 2015, signing a one-year contract with the option of an additional year. After gaining only 6 points in first 10 games of the 2015-16 season and with Anzhi in last place, Syomin left Anzhi on 29 September 2015. On 26 August 2016,

announced new appointment of Syomin as a manager of the team. He won his third title with the team in the 2017–18 season. He also won the 2016–17 Russian Cup and

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with the club, meaning he won a trophy in each of his three full seasons of this stint with Lokomotiv. On 14 May 2020, Lokomotiv's board of directors dismissed Syomin as his contract was expiring on 31 May and they decided not to extend it. The Russian Premier League was suspended at the time due to the

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, with Lokomotiv in 2nd position in the standings. On 4 August 2021, he was hired by

FC Rostov FC Rostov (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб Ростов) is a Russian professional football club based in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast. The club are members of the Russian Premier League, and play at the Rostov Arena. After the ...

on a two-year contract. In the first 6 league games under his management, Rostov won only one, and after Rostov was eliminated from the Russian Cup by a third-tier club FC Chayka Peschanokopskoye, Syomin resigned on 25 September 2021.

Managerial statistics

Honours

As a player

;Dynamo Moscow *

: 1970

As a manager

;Lokomotiv Moscow *

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: 2002, 2004, 2017–18 * Russian Cup: 1995–96, 1996–97, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2016–17, 2018–19 *

: 2003, 2005,

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;Dynamo Kyiv *

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: 2008–09

References

External links

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