Andriy Mykhailovych Bal (Ukrainian: Андрій Михайлович Баль, Russian: Андрей Михайлович Баль, Andrey Mikhaylovich Bal; 16 February 1958 – 9 August 2014) was a Ukrainian football player and coach who played as a midfielder.

Andriy Bal

Bal in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Andriy Mykhailovych Bal
Date of birth	(1958-02-16)16 February 1958
Place of birth	Rozdil, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
Date of death	9 August 2014(2014-08-09) (aged 56)
Place of death	Kyiv,[1] Ukraine
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1971–1975	Sports boarding school (Lviv)
1975–1977	Karpaty (reserve)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1977–1980	Karpaty Lviv	134	(12)
1981–1990	Dynamo Kyiv	240	(11)
1991	Maccabi Tel Aviv	28	(4)
1991–1993	Bnei Yehuda	62	(3)
Total		464	(30)
National team
1981–1989	USSR	20	(1)
Teams managed
1993–1998	Maccabi Haifa (assistant)
1998–1999	Maccabi Herzliya
1999–2000	Hakoah Ramat Gan
2000–2001	Dynamo Kyiv (assistant)
2001–2003	Vorskla Poltava
2003–2007	Ukraine (assistant)
2007–2009	FC Moscow (assistant)
2009–2010	Chornomorets Odesa
2011–2012	Ukraine (assistant)
2012	Ukraine (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Rozdil, Ukrainian SSR, Bal was a product of the Lviv youth football schools. By 1976 he was playing in the senior squad of Karpaty Lviv. After five years with the team, he earned a transfer to Dynamo Kyiv. He went on to spend the majority of his playing career with the team, winning four championship medals with them, as well as four Soviet Cups. He also picked up three runner-up medals. Another major achievement of his career with Dynamo Kyiv was winning the 1986 Cup Winners' Cup. In 1990, he left Dynamo to play in Israel with Maccabi Tel Aviv. He spent a season there before moving on to Bnei Yehuda, where he finished his playing career in 1993.

International career

Bal played for the USSR national team 20 times,[2]^{[dead link]} and scored 1 goal.,[2]^{[dead link]} a 20-meter strike in the game against Brazil at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain. He represented the team at all levels and won the 1976 U-19 UEFA Championship, the 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship, twice won the U-21 UEFA Championship (in 1980 and 1990). He also played in the 1986 FIFA World Cup, where the Soviet team reached the Round of 16, losing to Belgium in extra-time.

Coaching career

After retiring from playing Bal began coaching in Israel. His first coaching job was with Maccabi Haifa. From there he went on to coach Maccabi Herzliya and Hakoah Ramat Gan. In 2000, he returned to Ukraine to join the coaching staff of Dynamo Kyiv. In 2001, he became head-coach of Vorskla Poltava. After two seasons with them, he became Oleg Blokhin's assistant coach with the Ukraine national team. On 14 December 2007, he was officially announced as assistant-coach at FC Moscow, again moving there with Blokhin.

Death

Bal died on 9 August 2014 during a football match of veteran teams as a result of a blood clot.[2][3]

Honours

As player

Dynamo Kyiv

• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1986[4]
• Soviet Top League: 1981, 1985, 1986, 1990[4]
• Soviet Cup: 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990[4]

Karpaty Lviv

• Soviet First League: 1979 [5]

Bnei Yehuda

• Toto Cup: 1992[5]

Soviet Union U21

• U-21 UEFA Championship: 1980, 1990[4]

Soviet Union U20

• U-20 FIFA World Cup: 1977[4]

Soviet Union U19

• U-19 UEFA Championship: 1976[4]

As coach

Maccabi Haifa

• Israeli Championship: 1993–94[5]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Andriy Bal.

• RussiaTeam biography (in Russian)
• Andriy Bal at Find a Grave

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[ru] Баль, Андрей Михайлович