Yukhym Shkolnykov Explained

Yukhym Shkolnykov
Fullname:	Yukhym Hryhorovych Shkolnykov
Birth Date:	1939 1, df=yes
Birth Place:	Chernihiv, Ukrainian SSR
Death Place:	Woodbridge Township, New Jersey,^[1] United States
Position:	Forward
Years1:	1960
Clubs1:	Avanhard Chernihiv
Caps1:	2
Goals1:	0
Years2:	1961–1963
Clubs2:	Zirka Chernihiv
Years3:	1963–1968
Clubs3:	Desna Chernihiv
Caps3:	86
Goals3:	50
Years4:	1969–1971
Clubs4:	Khimik Chernihiv
Nationalyears1:	1965
Nationalteam1:	Ukraine
Nationalgoals1:	8
Manageryears1:	1969–1971
Managerclubs1:	Khimik Chernihiv (player-coach)
Manageryears2:	1974
Managerclubs2:	SC Chernihiv
Manageryears3:	1976
Managerclubs3:	Khimik Chernihiv
Manageryears4:	1977–1982
Managerclubs4:	Desna Chernihiv
Manageryears5:	1983–1986
Managerclubs5:	Nyva Vinnytsia
Manageryears6:	1987–1992
Managerclubs6:	Bukovyna Chernivtsi
Manageryears7:	1992–1994
Managerclubs7:	Nyva Vinnytsia
Manageryears8:	1994
Managerclubs8:	CS Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol
Manageryears9:	1995–1996
Managerclubs9:	Bukovyna Chernivtsi
Manageryears10:	1996–1999
Managerclubs10:	Desna Chernihiv
Manageryears11:	2001
Managerclubs11:	Polissya Zhytomyr
Manageryears12:	2004
Managerclubs12:	Polissya Zhytomyr
Manageryears13:	2007
Managerclubs13:	Desna Chernihiv (team's chief)

Yukhym Hryhorovych Shkolnykov (Ukrainian: Юхим Григорович Школьников; 31 January 1939 – 3 September 2009) was a Ukrainian coach and Soviet footballer. He was on the original squad of Avanhard Chernihiv, that in 1960 joined the Class B competitions.^[2]

Playing career

Since 1960 he played for the Chernihiv's Desna (Avanhard at first). In 1965, when he was touring with the Ukraine football national team India, Burma and Thailand (scored 8 goals), he received an invitation from Nikolai Starostin to move to Muscovite "Spartak", but decided to stay in his Chernihiv team.

In 1963 after his return from Zirka Chernihiv, Shkolnikov became a fan's favorite whom the Chernihiv's fans called "Fima, davai" (Fima, let's go).^[3]

In 1976 as a coach of amateur Khimik Chernihiv he won the Chernihiv Oblast Football Championship in 1976. The year later, in 1977, Desna Chernihiv was reestablished.^[4]

Coaching career

At the end of his playing career he coached the amateur team Khimik Chernihiv, which under his leadership became the Champion of Ukrainian Amateur Football Championship in 1976. In 1977, on the basis of "Chemist" was revived "Desna", in 1982 took second place in the Ukrainian zone of the Second League of the USSR. With Vinnytsia's Niva (1983–1986) he won medals in the Second All-Union League for three seasons in a row.

In 1987–1992 he headed Bukovyna Chernivtsi in 1988 got the first place and in 1989 got second.^[5] The team entered won the Soviet Second League in 1990 and was promoted to First League of the USSR and the following season took 5th place.^[6] In 1991, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, he was one of the candidates for the position of head coach of the national team of Ukraine.^[7]