In 1949, a soccer school was created under the city council of the "Dynamo" society. In 1954, I was accepted into one of its groups. I chose a place in the goal.
Oleg BlokhinIn 1960 our team, coached by Nikolai Fominykh and Nikolai Pavlovich Melnichenko, won the gold medals of the national championship among juniors. In the decisive game in Michurinsk we defeated Spartak Moscow 3-0. The championship (zonal tournament, semi-finals and finals) was held in one breath. During 13 games we scored 59 goals, but conceded only 6.
Mykola Pinchuk (our captain), Vadim Sosnikhin (the then center forward) and Valeriy Kravchuk were invited to join the "Dynamo" reserve team. Pinchuk played in the Dynamo first team and in Dnipro, and Sosnikhin became a legend of Dynamo for many years.
Over the years, many graduates of the Dynamo soccer school, which is now named after Valeriy Lobanovskiy, have become well-known masters. I will not list them all, here are just some of them.
Oleg Blokhin, winner of the Golden Ball in 1975, two-time bronze medalist of the 1972 Olympic Games (in Munich) and 1976 (in Montreal). Sevenfold champion of the USSR, best footballer of the USSR (1973, 1974, 1975), two-time Cup Winner (1975 and 1986), UEFA Super Cup Winner - 1975. He played 112 matches for the USSR national team.
Andriy Shevchenko wins Golden Ball in 2004. Five-time champion of Ukraine, three-time owner of the Cup of the country. He scored 48 goals, playing in the national team of Ukraine, a quarterfinalist of the World Cup 2006 in Germany. Winner of the UEFA Champions League (with AC Milan), champion, winner of Italian Cup and Super Cup, winner of the English League Cup (with Chelsea).
Alexei Mikhailichenko - Olympic champion 1988 in Seoul, European vice-champion 1988. The winner of the Cup Winners' Cup (1986), the best footballer of the USSR (1986), three-time champion of the USSR, champion of Italy (1991 with "Sampdoria") and Scotland (1992-1996 with "Rangers").
Anatoly Byshovets - four-time champion of the USSR, two-time winner of the Cup of the country. He played 39 matches for the USSR national team. Participated in Euro 1968 and World Cup 1970. He was the head coach of the Soviet Olympic team that won the gold at the 1988 Games in Seoul.
Vladimir Onishchenko is four-time champion of the USSR, winner of Cup of the country. He played 44 matches in the USSR national team. Silver medalist of Euro 1972, bronze medalist of 1972 Olympics in Munich and 1976 Montreal Olympics. Winner of Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Super Cup in 1975.
Alexander Shovkovs'kyi is 14-times champion of Ukraine, 11-times owner of the Cup of the country, six-times owner of the Super Cup of Ukraine. In March 1994, he made his debut for Dynamo in the high league at the age of 19. In September 2016, he played his last match in the championship of Ukraine for Dynamo at the age of 41. He played 143 games in European competitions, and all in all he played 636 games for the Bilo-Syni in official tournaments. In 1994, he also debuted in the national team of Ukraine, in which he had 46 "dry" matches. 12 times he led the national team onto the pitch with the captain's armband.
Vyacheslav Semenov - USSR champion, bronze medalist of the 1972 Munich Olympics.
Vladimir Lozinski - three-time champion of the USSR, two-time Cup winner of the country. In the USSR championships in seasons 1980 and 1981 Dynamo defender played 45 (!) matches without substitution. Under Lozinski guidance the Ukraine national university football team became the champion of the World Summer Universiade twice.
Vadim Sosnikhin. In the USSR Championship and Cup he had played 291 matches for Dynamo. He was the four-time champion of the USSR, two-time owner of the Cup of the country.
Anatoliy Shepel, Serhiy Mizin, Victor Nastashevskiy, Alexandr Damin, Igor Kostyuk, Roman Zozula, Alexandr Rybka, Vitaliy Lisitskiy, Oleg Venglinski and other graduates of Dynamo soccer school I will speak about another time.
The above mentioned alumni of the famous Dynamo soccer school were coached (unfortunately, many of them have passed away) and continue to be coached by the highly qualified specialists. I will not list them all, sorry, I will not name them all, as there are many of them. These are Alexander Leonidov, Vitaly Golubev, Anatoly Molotay, Eugene Kotelnikov, Anatoly Byshovets, Alexander Shpakov, Victor Kashchey, Vyacheslav Semenov, Vadim Sosnikhin, Eugene Rudakov, Sergei Velichko, Anatoly Kroshchenko, Pavel Kikot, Ivan Terletsky, Victor Kondratov, Pavel Yakovenko, Vitaly Kosovsky, Sergei Zhuravlev, Yuri Dmitrulin, Vladimir Onishchenko, Sergei Bezhenar, Alexander Radchenko. Big Respect to all of you!
Oleksandr LYPENKO for Dynamo.kiev.ua
