Lucescu named new head coach of Dynamo Kyiv
One of the most unexpected appointments in the history of the Kyiv club.
Mircea Lucescu has been named the new head coach of Dynamo Kyiv. This is reported by the official website of the club.
Details of the contract with the Romanian coach have not been disclosed. However, the media previously reported that Lucescu signed an agreement with the Kyiv club for two years. The contract also includes an option to extend the agreement for one more year.
Mircea Lucescu
new coach of Dynamo KyivI missed Ukraine. I wanted to return to this country, where I had successful results. Here I had very good relations with the fans. I am grateful to fate that I joined a club with great traditions and talented footballers. And I am sure that together we will work productively. I believe that my work here will be appreciated, as well as the results that I will achieve at the head of Dynamo. I am grateful to the club president for the trust placed in me, and also to the fans, who entrust me with a team with such great traditions.
TK Media reported yesterday that Lucescu was a likely candidate for the head coach position at Dynamo.
The need to appoint a new head coach of Dynamo is linked to the dismissal of Oleksiy Mykhailychenko. The former coach of the Kyiv club left his post the day after the 0:2 defeat to Kolos, which was the team's last match of the season.
For 12 years, Lucescu worked as head coach of Dynamo's main rival — Shakhtar Donetsk. From 2004 to 2016, he won the Ukrainian championship eight times, and also won the UEFA Cup in the 2008/09 season.
After leaving Shakhtar, the 74-year-old Romanian coach worked at Russia's Zenit and with the Turkish national team. However, he failed to achieve notable success with these teams.
Dynamo finished the season in second place in the Ukrainian championship, which earned them a spot in the Champions League qualifiers. They also won the Ukrainian Cup final, beating Vorskla on penalties, but failed to advance from their group in the Europa League.
The team will begin preparations for the new season on August 1. That is when Dynamo players return from their holidays.
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