For the seventh time, our Association has designated the best coach of the UPL. The ranking is based on five criteria calculated from average ratings, and the Association, together with the Ukrainian Premier League, names the best coaches in each individual round. According to the results of 2024, the best coach with an average rating of 4.54 is Ruslan Petrovich Rotan — the head coach of “Oleksandriya” and the Olympic team of Ukraine.
Among his achievements:
- “Oleksandriya” is in second place during the winter break;
- in the aggregate table for 2024, “Oleksandriya” is in third place (56 points);
- “Oleksandriya” reached the quarter-finals of the Ukrainian Cup;
- Under Rotan’s leadership, the youth national team qualified Ukraine for the Olympic Games football tournament for the first time.
During this season, Yuriy Mykolaiovych was recognized by our Association as the best in the VBET League after 5 rounds.
VBET League 2024 year/top five coaches
- Rotan Ruslan (“Oleksandriya”)
- Shovkovskyi Oleksandr (“Dynamo”)
- Vernydub Yuriy (“Kryvbas”)
- Ponomaryov Vitaliy (“Rukh”)
- Shandruk Oleg (“Veres”)
VBET League 2024 year/best coaches by rounds
Official website of the WOTF.The table indicates in which rounds coaches were recognized as the best by our Association.
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Winners of the UPL Best Coach nomination have included:
- in 2017 — Roman Mykolaiovych Sanzhar (“Olympik” from Donetsk),
- in 2018 — Volodymyr Bohdanovych Sharan (“Oleksandriya”),
- in 2019 — Oleksandr Dmytrovych Ryabokon (“Desna” from Chernihiv),
- in 2020 — Viktor Anatoliyovych Skrypnyk (“Zorya”),
- in 2021 — Mircea Lucescu (“Dynamo”),
- in 2022 — Oleksandr Mykolaiovych Kuchер (“Dnipro-1”),
- in 2023 — Yuriy Mykolaiovych Vernydub (“Kryvbas”).
Biographical note: Ruslan Rotan
Born on October 29, 1981, in Poltava. Midfielder.
Clubs as a player:
1999-2005, 2017-2018: “Dnipro” (Dnipro city, then known as Dnipropetrovsk); 2005-2008, 2018: “Dynamo” (Kyiv); 2017-2018: “Slavia” (Prague, Czech Republic).
Sequentially progressed through the youth, junior, youth national, and national teams of Ukraine. 100 matches, 8 goals, and 12 assists for the national team of Ukraine from 2003 to 2018.
Player achievements: Europa League finalist 2014/15 (“Dnipro”).
Ukrainian champion 2006/07 (“Dynamo”), silver medalist — 2005/06, 2007/08, 2017/18 (“Dynamo”), 2013/14 (“Dnipro”), bronze — 2000/01, 2003/04, 2014/15, 2015/16 (“Dnipro”).
Holder of the Ukrainian Cup 2005/06, 2006/07 (“Dynamo”), finalist — 2003/04 (“Dynamo”), 2017/18 (“Dnipro”).
Holder of the Super Cup of Ukraine 2006, 2007 (“Dynamo”).
Clubs as a coach: 2018: “Olympik” (Donetsk), assistant; 2019-2023: youth national team of Ukraine (U-21), 2023: national team of Ukraine, acting; 2024: Olympic team of Ukraine (U-23), since 2022 — “Oleksandriya”.
Coaching achievements: semi-finalist of the U21 European Championship 2023. Qualification for the Olympic tournament of the Olympic Games Paris-2024.
