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Viktor Skrypnyk

Viktor Anatoliyovych Skrypnyk (Ukrainian: Віктор Анатолійович Скрипник; born 19 November 1969) is a Ukrainian professional football manager and former player who has been the manager of Ukrainian Premier League club Zorya Luhansk since 2025. As a player, he played as a left-back and he helped Werder Bremen to the league and cup double in 2004.

Viktor Skrypnyk
Skrypnyk in 2018
Personal information
Full name Viktor Anatoliyovych Skrypnyk
Date of birth (1969-11-19) 19 November 1969 (age 56)
Place of birth Novomoskovsk, Ukrainian SSR,
Soviet Union
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1][2]
Position Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Zorya Luhansk (manager)
Youth career
Dnipropetrovsk [2][3]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1989 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 0 (0)
1989–1994 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 124 (7)
1994–1996 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 64 (17)
1996–2004 Werder Bremen 138 (7)
Total 326 (31)
International career
1991 USSR U-21 1 (0)
1994–2003[4] Ukraine 24 (2)
Managerial career
2013–2014 Werder Bremen II
2014–2016 Werder Bremen
2018–2019 Riga
2019–2022 Zorya Luhansk
2022–2023 Vorskla Poltava
2023–2024 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
2025– Zorya Luhansk
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Skrypnyk became the first Ukrainian head coach in Bundesliga.[3]

Playing career

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Before playing professionally, in 1987–88 Skrypnyk participated in the reserve competitions of the Soviet Top League[2] for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk playing some 46 games. In 1987 Skrypnyk also played one game for Dnipro in the Soviet Cup.[2]

In 1989 Skrypnyk signed with the prime Zaporizhzhia club Metalurh that played at the Soviet First League (tier 2) and for which he started his professional career.[2] His debut in the Soviet Top League (Vysshaya Liga), Skrypnyk made for FC Metalurh Zaporizhya (Metallurg) in 1991 along with the club's debut at the top level.[2][3] He continued to play for the Zaporizhzhia team after dissolution of the Soviet Union when the Metalurh Zaporizhya was admitted to the Vyshcha Liha (Ukrainian Top League) in 1992–1994.[2][3] In the mid-1990s Skrypnyk returned to his "home" club in Dnipro for couple of seasons.[2] In 1995–1996 he played for FC Dnipro when it was coached by Bernd Stange who later recommended Skrypnyk to Werder[5] that was coached by Hans-Jürgen Dörner.[6] Around that time he was also called up to the Ukraine national football team for which Skrypnyk debuted in 1994. In 1996 he was sold for 1.5 million DM[6] to the German side Werder Bremen[2] with which he stayed for about 22 years (1996–2018).[7][3][2] In 1999–2000 Skrypnyk was injured several times and even hospitalized, because of that he did not play neither for the club or the national team.[6] At the end of 2002–03 season Skrypnyk again sustained a major injury and recovered only by the winter intermission of the 2003–04.[6] After the 2003–04 season aged at 34, he decided to retire.[6]

Coaching career

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After retiring from playing career Skrypnyk stayed with Werder as a coach at the Werder's football academy.[5] His coaching UEFA license "A" Skrypnyk received initially in Kyiv and supposedly it had to be good across whole Europe.[3] But in Germany no one was acknowledging the license and he had to take the coaching courses again in Germany.[3] At first it was the category "B" license which allowed Skrypnyk to train children.[3] With time he received the top category license.[3]

Skrypnyk became head coach of Werder Bremen II from 18 June 2013 until 25 October 2014 when he took over the first team of Werder Bremen.[8][9] He finished with a record of 31 wins, seven draws, and nine losses for the reserve team.[10] He made his debut against Chemnitzer FC in the DFB-Pokal on 28 October 2014. He was sacked on 18 September 2016 along with assistant coach Torsten Frings.[11]

On 5 July 2018, he was appointed as the new manager of Latvian Higher League club Riga FC.[12] On 5 February 2019 it was announced, that Skripnik had left the club.[13]

On 10 June 2022 Skrypnyk was appointed as new manager of Vorskla Poltava.[14] On 20 December 2023 he had left FC Vorskla and was appointed as new manager of Metalist 1925 Kharkiv.[15] On 26 July 2024, Skrypnyk resigned from Metalist 1925.[16]

On 16 June 2025, Skrypnyk was appointed as new manager of Zorya Luhansk.[17]

Career statistics

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Club

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Note, according to the FIFA, Russia is the only successor of the Soviet Union (Ukraine or any other Union republics are not considered to any degree).

Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total Ref.
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk 1987 Soviet Top League 0010000010 [2]
Metallurg Zaporozhye 1989 Soviet First League 2000000020 [18][2]
1990 190100000200 [18][2]
1991 Soviet Top League 250000000250 [18][2]
Total (Soviet Union) 460200000480 –
Metalurh Zaporizhya 1992 Vyshcha Liha 181410000222 [18][19]
1992–93 282500000332 [18][19][2]
1993–94 324320000356 [18][19][2]
Total (Ukraine) 78712300009010 –
Total (Soviet Union and Ukraine) 1247133000013710 –
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1994–95 Vyshcha Liha 318700000318 [18][19][2]
1995–96 316320000348 [18][19][2]
1996–97 2300000023 [18][19][2]
Total 641710200007419 –
Total (Soviet Union and Ukraine) 641711200007519 –
Werder Bremen 1996–97 Bundesliga 221000000221 [20]
1997–98 230100000240 [20]
1998–99 160301000200 [20]
1999–00 5010000060 [20]
2000–01 100103000140 [20][18]
2001–02 314201000344 [20]
2002–03 251403000321 [20]
2003–04 6110000071 [20]
Total 138713080001597 –
Career total 32631130800034731 –

International

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National team Year
AppsGoals
Ukraine[19][2] 199430
199541
199651
199750
199800
199910
200000
200110
200240
200310
Career total242

International goals

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Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1[21]11 October 1995Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia Slovenia1–02–3UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
2[22]13 August 1996Olimpiyskiy NSC, Kyiv, Ukraine Lithuania2–15–2Friendly

Managerial statistics

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As of match played 23 August 2022
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Werder Bremen II Germany 18 June 2013 25 October 2014 47317911058+52065.96 [23]
Werder Bremen Germany 25 October 2014 18 September 2016 70261430106130−24037.14 [24]
Riga Latvia 5 July 2018 5 February 2019 2015413410+24075.00 [25]
Zorya Luhansk Ukraine 3 June 2019 Present 104552029166112+54052.88 [26]
Total 2411274569416310+106052.70 —

Honours

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References

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  1. ↑ KLISF information
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Viktor Skrypnyk at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian) Edit this at Wikidata
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Nikolaev, S. Viktor Skrypnyk: Stange opened [my] eyes on many [things] (Виктор Скрипник: Штанге раскрыл глаза на многое). Pressball. 17 February 2015
  4. ↑ "Viktor Skrypnyk - International Appearances". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  5. 1 2 Barkov, Oleh. Muzhik for "muzhiks" (Виктор Скрипник: мужик для "мужиков"). Footboom. 4 June 2019
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Viktor Skrypnyk. Peoples.ru
  7. ↑ Viktor Skrypnyk (all international games) Archived 3 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Kopanyi myach.info
  8. ↑ "Skripnik: "Frings soll noch lernen"" (in German). kicker. 18 June 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  9. ↑ Leslie, André (25 October 2014). "Werder Bremen coach Robin Dutt sacked". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "Werder Bremen II". Kicker (in German). kicker. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  11. ↑ "Interims-Coach Nouri übernimmt für Skripnik". werder.de. 18 September 2016. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  12. ↑ "Skripņiks paraksta ilgtermiņa līgumu ar "Riga" FC" (in Latvian). Riga FC. 5 July 2018. Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  13. ↑ Viktor Skripnik nicht mehr Trainer des FC Riga, deichstube.de, 5 February 2019
  14. ↑ ""ВОРСКЛА" ДОМОВИЛАСЬ ЗІ СКРИПНИКОМ". www.vorskla.com.ua. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  15. ↑ "Віктор Скрипник - головний тренер "Металіста 1925"". metalist1925.com (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  16. ↑ Ігор Чернявський (26 July 2024). "Скрипник подав у відставку з Металіста 1925". champion.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  17. ↑ "ОФІЦІЙНО. Віктор Скрипник – тренер "Зорі"". sport.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Viktor Skrypnyk". National Football Teams. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  19. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Viktor Skrypnyk". Ukrainian Association of Football. Archived from the original on 4 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Viktor Skripnik » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  21. ↑ Slovenia–Ukraine (1995). Footballfacts.ru
  22. ↑ Ukraine–Lithuania (1996). Footballfacts.ru
  23. ↑ "SV Werder Bremen II: Matches". Perform Group. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  24. ↑ "SV Werder Bremen: Matches". Perform Group. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  25. ↑ "Riga FC: Matches". Perform Group. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  26. ↑ "FC Zorya Luhansk: Matches". Perform Group. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  27. ↑ "Гармаш і Скрипник — найкращі гравець і тренер місяця VBET Ліги!".
  28. ↑ "Довбик і Скрипник — найкращі гравець і тренер місяця VBET Ліги!".
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