Yukhym Shkolnykov

Yukhym Shkolnykov
Personal information
Full name	Yukhym Hryhorovych Shkolnykov
Date of birth	31 January 1939
Place of birth	Chernihiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Date of death	3 September 2009 (aged 70)
Place of death	Woodbridge Township, New Jersey
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1960	Avanhard Chernihiv
1961–1963	Zirka Chernihiv
1963–1968	Desna Chernihiv
1969–1971	Khimik Chernihiv
International career
1965	Ukraine
Managerial career
1969–1971	Khimik Chernihiv (player-coach)
1974	SC Chernihiv
1976	Khimik Chernihiv
1977–1982	Desna Chernihiv
1983–1986	Nyva Vinnytsia
1987–1992	Bukovyna Chernivtsi
1992–1994	Nyva Vinnytsia
1994	CS Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol
1995–1996	Bukovyna Chernivtsi
1996–1999	Desna Chernihiv
2001	Polissya Zhytomyr
2004	Polissya Zhytomyr
2007	Desna Chernihiv (team's chief)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yukhym Hryhorovych Shkolnykov^[a] (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,^[5] 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 consecutive seasons.

In 1987–1992 he headed Bukovyna Chernivtsi in 1988 got the first place and in 1989 got second.^[6] 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.^[7] 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.^[8]