Igor Kostiuk — the number 1 guard coach in all the years at U-19

Starting from 2012, in the entire history of the U-19 championship in Ukraine, 155 coaches have managed the actions of 37 clubs.

Igor Kostiuk (photo: fcdynamo.com)

During the 2024/2025 season, 22 coaches worked. Among them, we highlight the head of “Dynamo” Igor Kostiuk, who increased his number of games to 199, securing his position at the top of the list of guard coaches in the entire history of the tournament.

Anton Didenko (“Chornomorets”) and Gennady Litovchenko (“Polissya”) have raised the standards of their own club records.

In some clubs, guard coaches have changed: Oleksiy Prylepov (“Kryvbas”) with 13 games surpassed Vitaliy Kosovskiy, while Yevhen Lozynskyi (“Obolon”) with 26 matches — Fedir Prokhorov.

We also highlight Artem Chorniy (LNZ), who repeated the club achievement of Oleksandr Kyryliuk.

For “Karpaty” and “Lviv Region,” the 2024/2025 season was the first, with their club rankings led by Oleg Holodyuk and Pavlo Kikoti, respectively.

Guard coaches of the participants of the 2024/2025 season in the U-19 championship of Ukraine

Note: seasons are indicated by the years of their completion, K — the number of all club coaches; statistics as of 10.07.2025.