Oleh Bazylevych

Oleh Petrovych Bazylevych (; also: Bazilevich, Bazylewicz; 6 July 1938 – 16 October 2018 ) was a Ukrainian footballer, coach, and sport administrator. He holds titles of the Master of Sports of the USSR, Merited Coach of the Soviet Union, and Merited Coach of Ukraine.

Career Bazylevych played club football for Dynamo Kyiv, Chornomorets Odesa and Shakhtar Donetsk, winning the Soviet Top League with Dynamo Kyiv in 1961 and the USSR cup in 1964. Bazylevych played for Dynamo Kyiv from 1957 to 1965 in 161 matches and scored 53 goals.

Following his playing career, Bazylevych became a manager. As a co-manager with Valeriy Lobanovskyi Bazylevych won with Dynamo Kyiv the 1974–75 Cup Winners' Cup and the 1975 European Super Cup (and a bronze medal with the Soviet Union Olympic football team at the 1976 Summer Olympics).

Managerial statistics

Awards Champion USSR: 1961 (player), 1974, 1975 (coach) Silver medals of USSR Championship: 1960, 1965 (player) Soviet Cup: 1964 (player), 1974 (coach) Cup Winners' Cup: 1975 (coach) UEFA Super Cup: 1975 (coach) Olympics bronze medal: 1976 (coach)

Death In January 2017, there were reports of Bazilevich's incurable Parkinson's disease, with which Oleh fought for many years.

On 16 October 2018, Oleh Bazylevych died in Kyiv. He was buried in the Central Avenue of the Baikove Cemetery.