Rivne Veres head coach Yuriy Wirth is set to leave his position at the end of the season after three years at the club. The coach will become a free agent. Wirth’s wife, Svetlana, announced his departure in a Veres fan group, thanking fans for their support. Ostap Markevich has been named as a potential replacement, but fans are reportedly against his appointment. Wirth took over Veres in 2019, helping the club win the First League and spending one season in the Premier League.
The head coach of Rivne Veres, Yuriy Wirth, after three years at the club, will leave his position at the end of the season, and will receive the status of a free agent.
Yuri Virta’s wife Svetlana in the Veres fan group said goodbye to the fans of the Rivne club and thus announced the change of the head coach in the people’s club.
“Dear fans. We left the team. I want to thank you all for these years that we were together!
For our victories and defeats, for emotions, for tears and happiness, and somewhere there may have been misunderstandings, but we have traveled this path together with you, thank you from the bottom of my heart,” wrote Wirth on the social network.
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Earlier it became known that Ingulets fired its head coach Sergei Kovalets. Ostap Markevich was called a potential replacement for Wirth, but the fans of the Rivne club were categorically against his appointment.
- Wirth took over Veres in the summer of 2019. Under his leadership, the Rivne club won the First League and spent one season in the Premier League.
- During his coaching career, Wirth worked at Rukh and Veres (from April to December 2017).
- At the end of the season, Veres finished 13th in the UPL standings, earning 31 points in 30 rounds.
Premier League standings
| # | The team | me | INSIDE | N | P | M | ABOUT | Latest 5 games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Shakhtar D | 30 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 69:21 | 72 | |
| 2. | Dnepr-1 | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 61:27 | 67 | |
| 3. | Dawn | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 64:31 | 67 | |
| 4. | Dinamo K | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 51:25 | 60 | |
| 5. | Vorskla | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 38:37 | 45 | |
| 6. | Alexandria | 30 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 42:39 | 44 | |
| 7. | Krivbass | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 26:30 | 41 | |
| 8. | Ears | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 23:36 | 36 | |
| 9. | Chernomorets O | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 35:40 | 35 | |
| 10. | pass by | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 22:33 | 33 | |
| 11. | Movement | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 31:37 | 32 | |
| 12. | Metal worker 1925 | 30 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 23:42 | 32 | |
| 13. | Heather | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 35:45 | 31 | |
| 14. | Ingulec | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 22:34 | 31 | |
| 15. | metal worker | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 27:58 | 22 | |
| 16. | Lviv | 30 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 18:52 | 13 |
