Yukhym Shkolnykov

Yukhym Shkolnikov
Personal information
Full name	Yukhym Hryhorovych Shkolnikov
Date of birth	31 January 1939
Place of birth	Chernihiv, Ukrainian SSR
Date of death	3 September 2009 (aged 70)
Place of death	Woodbridge Township, New Jersey, United States
Position(s)	Forward (later Coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1960	FC Avanhard Chernihiv
1961–1963	Zirka Chernihiv
1963–1968	FC Desna Chernihiv
1969–1971	FC Khimik Chernihiv
Teams managed
1969–1971	FC Khimik Chernihiv (playing coach)
1974	SC Chernigov
1976	FC Khimik Chernihiv
1977–1982	FC Desna Chernihiv
1983–1986	FC Nyva Vinnytsia
1987–1992	FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi
1992–1994	FC Nyva Vinnytsia
1994	CS Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol
1995–1996	FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi
1996–1999	FC Desna Chernihiv
2001	FC Polissya Zhytomyr
2004	FC Polissya Zhytomyr
2007	FC Desna Chernihiv (team's chief)
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Yukhym Shkolnikov (Ukrainian: Юхим Григорович Школьников; 31 January 1939, Chernihiv – 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]

Career[]

From 1960 he played for Chernihiv's Desna. In 1965, when he played for the USSR national team in India, Burma and Thailand (scored 8 goals), he received an invitation to move to Moscow "Spartak" from Nikolai Starostin, but decided to stay in the Chernihiv team.

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

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

After retirement[]

At the end of his playing career he coached the amateur team FC 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 2nd 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 FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi in 1988 got the 1st 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]