Dynamo Kyiv head coach Mircea Lucescu has confirmed that he has no plans to leave the club before the end of his contract, which is set to expire in June 2024. The experienced Romanian specialist took over Dynamo Kyiv in July 2020 and led the team to the league title in his first season. However, the club’s results declined significantly last season, leading to rumors of his resignation. Turkey’s Fenerbahce have shown interest in the coach, but Lucescu plans to complete his contract with the Kiev side. The 77-year-old Lucescu is currently on sick leave after undergoing surgery on his hip joint on May 1.
Dynamo Kyiv head coach Mircea Lucescu has no plans to leave the club until the end of his contract, which runs until next summer.
Mircea Lucescu took over Dynamo Kyiv in July 2020 and led the team to the league title in his first season.
However, last season the results of the White-Blues declined significantly, which led to rumors about the possible resignation of the experienced Romanian specialist. Dynamo finished fourth in the Ukrainian Premier League and failed to qualify from the Europa League group.
Turkey’s Fenerbahce have shown interest in Lucescu, who are looking for a new head coach to replace Portugal’s Jorge Jesus.
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The Dynamo coach, who won league titles with Besiktas (2003) and Galatasaray (2002), said he was proud of the Istanbul club’s offer and considers Turkey his home, but plans to complete his contract with the Kiev side before it expires in June 2024. This was reported by SORX website.
- Remember that the 77-year-old Lucescu underwent surgery on the hip joint on May 1, which is why he is on sick leave. In the last eight games of the season, Oleksandr Shovkovskiy was Dynamo’s acting head coach.
- Dynamo finished fourth in the Ukrainian Premier League, which was a repeat of the club’s record, and will start in the third qualifying round of the Conference League next season.
- Fenerbahce and Dinamo played four games in European competition last season. In the second qualifying round of the Champions League, Lucescu’s team defeated the opponent (0:0, 2:1), but the Istanbul team took revenge in the Europa League group stage (2:1, 2:0).
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 |
