"A 10-year contract for the coach of the national team is only a matter of common sense and the ability to think critically," —

Ex-employee of the UAF Volodymyr Chorno-Ivanov spoke on the basis of the news that UAF offered Serhii Rebrova to lead the national team of Ukraine with a 10-year contract.

"On April 9, 2023, information appeared on Twitter that UAF offered Serhiy Rebrov a 10-year contract.

Analyzing such a proposal, in my opinion, it should be noted that the statistics of major FIFA (World Cup) and UEFA (UEFA Euro) tournaments for the period from 2000 to 2018 (five FIFA World Cups and five UEFA Euros) indicate the following . Only one coach who took part in the final tournament of the FIFA World Cup and only one coach who led the national team "A" during the UEFA Euro has worked with her for 10 years.

This was respectively 0.69% for the FIFA tournament and 1.3% for UEFA of the total number of coaches who took part in the competition during the time period under review. At the same time, during this period, 145 coaches worked at the FIFA World Cup, and 77 at the UEFA Euro. In total, the statistics cover 222 head coaches.

Denmark's Morten Olsen is probably the record holder for continuous work with the "A" team (16 years). He surpassed one of the greatest German coaches Sepp Herberger (Sepp Herberger), who worked with the German team from 1936 to 1964, but with a break between 1942 and 1950. And also his Nationalmannschaft colleague Helmut Schön (Helmut Schön, 1964 -1978).

Now let's turn our attention to modern long-lived people.

Oscar Tabarez URU → 13.02.2006 — 13.11.2021 (>15)
Joachim Löw GER → 12.07.2006 — 31.07.2021 (15)
Michael O'Neill NIR → 28/12/2011 — 22/04/2020 (>8)
Fernando Santos POR → 23/09/2014 — 15/12/2022 (>8)
Didier Deschamps FRA → since 07/08/2012 — expected Jul 31, 2026 (>10)

There are only five of them. Among them, only one continues his way at the head of the "A" team. Yes, it has been working for more than ten years. During this time, he became vice-champion of Europe, vice-champion of the world and won the FIFA World Cup.

Finally, based on the available and fairly broad statistics, it should be noted that the duration of the coach's work with the "A" team most likely ranges from two to six years, or from one to three selection cycles. This is, of course, an average statistic for coaches who participated in the final tournaments of the FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro.

Almost every national football association that is a member of FIFA has its own views and traditions regarding the duration of the contracts of the head coaches of the "A" national teams. Does it make sense to consider a 10-year cooperation in advance? For the respective managers and coaches to decide. At the same time, the existing regulatory documents of FIFA do not have any objections in this regard. The main thing, in my opinion, is common sense and the ability to think critically," Chorno-Ivanov wrote in his Telegram channel Know-Nothing in the football.