Viktor Skrypnyk has been appointed as the new head coach of Luhansk "Zorya", who already headed Luhansk from 2019 to 2022. Skrypnyk will replace Mladen Bartulovich in this position. This was reported by the press service of "Zorya", reports UNN.
The new coach of Luhansk "Zorya" will be a specialist well known to Luhansk fans – Viktor Skrypnyk
The club reminded that Skrypnyk had already headed "Zorya" from 2019 to 2022. Under his leadership, "Zorya" twice became the bronze medalist of the championship (seasons 2019/20 and 2020/21), and also played in the final of the National Cup in the 2020/2021 season.
Also under Skrypnyk's leadership, "Zorya" scored the highest number of points at that time in the group stage of European Cups. It was in the 2021/22 season in the Conference League, when the Luhansk team won 7 credit points.
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As already mentioned, Skrypnyk headed "Zorya" from 2019 to 2022. After being dismissed from "Zorya", the coach headed Poltava "Vorskla", and Skrypnyk's last place of work was Kharkiv "Metalist 1925", where he worked until July 2024.
It should be noted that today "Zorya" announced the dismissal of Mladen Bartulovich, who headed Luhansk since 2024. Under the leadership of Bartulovich, "Zorya" took 7th place in the Ukrainian Championship in the 2024/25 season.
Let us remind you
The former coach of "Alexandria", Ruslan Rotan, whose resignation from the club was announced today, headed Zhytomyr "Polissya". The contract with the club is valid until 2028.
The head coach of Kryvyi Rih "Kryvbas" Yuriy Vernydub and his coaching staff left the team.
Former coach of Kharkiv "Metalist 1925" Patrick van Leeuwen headed Kryvyi Rih "Kryvbas". The contract with the coach is for 3 years.