Mykhaylo Ivanovych Fomenko ( uk, Михайло Іванович Фоменко; born 19 September 1948) is a Ukrainian former association footballer and former head coach of the Ukraine national team.Ukraine's football federation taps Fomenko to coach national team
Kyiv Post (26 December 2012) As a player, he was capped 24 times for the Soviet Union, and, as a head coach, became the second ever manager – after Oleh Blokhin – to take Ukraine to an international finals tournament, reaching UEFA Euro 2016. Fomenko was famous for his coaching in Dynamo Kyiv, winning its first Ukrainian gold medals for the club, first Ukrainian Cup for the club and most notably, defeating Barcelona in the first leg of the Champions League tournament. Barcelona, under Johan Cruyff and with such star players as Ronald Koeman and

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, ended up to be finalist of that UEFA Champions League season.

Career

Playing

Fomenko was an integral part of Dynamo Kyiv's achievements in the 1970s at the club level, which included hoisting the 1975 Winners Cup and Super Cup.

Coaching

After graduating the Higher School of Coaches in Moscow in 1979, Fomenko has coached numerous Ukrainian clubs, most notably Dynamo Kyiv. With Fomenko the club won its first Ukrainian gold medals, first Ukrainian Cup both in 1993 and most notably, beating Barcelona in the very first leg of the Champions League tournament. Barcelona ended up to be finalist of that 39th season of the UEFA Champions League. Before that success, in the end of 1989, he promoted Georgian club

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to the Soviet Top league and in 2001 reached Ukrainian Cup final with

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what is the best result in club's history. On 26 December 2012, Fomenko was given a one-year contract – with a possible second-year extension – as head coach of Ukraine national team after the Football Federation of Ukraine had failed to retain

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and

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for the role. Fomenko coached Ukraine to six

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wins, coming against Poland (twice), Moldova, Montenegro, San Marino and France, as well as one draw against England. After placing second in their qualifying group, Ukraine was matched against France in the second round of UEFA qualifiers. Despite winning the first leg 2–0 at home, Ukraine fell 3–0 away to lose 3–2 on aggregate, thus failing to make the 2014 World Cup finals. Despite this, Fomenko indicated he would like to continue is his role and lead Ukraine in its UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying campaign, and on 6 February 2014, the Football Federation of Ukraine announced it had extended his contract until the end of 2015.Fomenko to continue working with Ukraine's national football team until end of 2015

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(6 February 2014) Fomenko ultimately led Ukraine to successful qualification to the Euro 2016 finals in France after finishing in third place in its qualifying group, setting up a playoff matchup against Slovenia. Here, Ukraine won 3–1 on aggregate to ensure the nation's spot in France. Fomenko subsequently extended his contract to coach Ukraine up to Euro 2016 until 30 July 2016, though he was promised another extension should Ukraine perform well at Euro 2016. Ukraine, however, had a disastrous tournament, losing all three group stage matches, including a defeat against the then world champions Germany (0–2) and, most shockingly, a loss to Northern Ireland (0–2), which sent Ukraine to an early exit.

Honours

Player

; Club * Soviet Top League (3): 1974, 1975, 1977 * Soviet Cup (2): 1974, 1978 * UEFA Cup Winners' Cup:

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

* UEFA Super Cup:

* Merited Master of Sport of the USSR ; International * Olympic Games :* Bronze:

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

Manager

* Ukrainian Top League:

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...

* Ukrainian Cup :* Winner:

:* Runner-up:

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

Managerial statistics

References

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Biography in Russian
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fomenko, Mykhaylo 1948 births Living people Association football defenders Ukrainian footballers Soviet footballers Soviet Union international footballers Soviet Top League players FC Dynamo Kyiv players FC Spartak Sumy players FC Zorya Luhansk players Olympic footballers of the Soviet Union Footballers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Higher School of Coaches alumni Ukrainian football managers Soviet football managers FC Frunzenets Sumy managers FC Desna Chernihiv managers FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih managers Iraq national football team managers FC Ahrotekhservis Sumy managers FC Dynamo Kyiv managers NK Veres Rivne managers Expatriate football managers in Guinea Guinea national football team managers FC Arsenal Kyiv managers FC Metalist Kharkiv managers FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia managers SC Tavriya Simferopol managers Ukrainian Premier League managers Olympic medalists in football Ukraine national football team managers Ukrainian expatriate football managers Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics UEFA Euro 2016 managers Sportspeople from Sumy Oblast