Ihor Kostiuk has come close to celebrating a coaching milestone in the Ukrainian Championship (U-19)

Throughout the history of the Ukrainian Championship (U-19), 37 clubs have been managed by 155 coaches.

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Among them stands out the current leader of "Dynamo" Ihor Kostiuk, who in the 2024/25 season increased his number of games to 199 (!), firmly establishing himself at the top of the list of youth coaching leaders.

Notably, among the coaches of youth teams from the last U-19 championship, Anatoliy Didenko ("Chornomorets") deserves mention. He played 92 games in youth championships and ranked 5th, ahead of Vasyl Baranov and Oleg Kolobych in the coaching list.

The ranking of coaching leaders also includes specialists who worked in the 2024/25 season: Pavlo Kikot ("Lviv") — 72 games, Stanislav Upilkov ("Veres"), Oleksandr Karpov ("Oleksandriya") — 60 each, Oleksiy Belyk ("Shakhtar") — 59, and Hennadiy Lytovchenko ("Polissia") — 54.

Top-20 coaching leaders in the Ukrainian Championship U-19