Roman Hryhorchuk

Roman Yosypovych Hryhorchuk (Ukrainian: Роман Йосипович Григорчук; born 22 March 1965) is a Ukrainian football manager who is the head coach of Chornomorets Odesa and a former player.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Yosypovych and the family name is Hryhorchuk.

Roman Hryhorchuk
Personal information
Full name Roman Yosypovych Hryhorchuk
Date of birth (1965-03-22) 22 March 1965
Place of birth Kornych, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Chornomorets Odesa (manager)
Youth career
Kornych football team
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983 Silmash Kolomyia
1987 Pokuttia Kolomyia
1988 Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk 34 (2)
1990 Temp Shepetivka 34 (19)
1991–1994 Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk 111 (57)
1994 VSE St. Poelten 3 (0)
1994–1995 Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk 7 (1)
1995 ZKS Petrochemia Płock 14 (3)
1995–1996 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 27 (10)
1996–1997 Saturn Ramenskoye 29 (9)
1998–2001 Dinaburg 63 (30)
Managerial career
1999–2000 Dinaburg (assistant)
2000–2004 Dinaburg
2005–2009 Ventspils
2009–2010 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
2010–2014 Chornomorets Odesa
2014–2018 Gabala
2018–2020 Astana
2020–2021 Shakhtyor Soligorsk
2021– Chornomorets Odesa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life

Since the fourth grade (around 11 years of age) Hryhorchuk was interested in handball and competed for local village team at district level.[1] For 2 years he never missed a training session and later had a chance to enroll in the Kyiv sports boarding school, but his mother was against it. Around that time trying to get Roman be involved in music, his father gave him a silver flute as a gift. Also, coincidently in Kornych was created a football team for which Hryhorchuk played on weekends. Eventually Hryhorchuk graduated from Chernivtsi music school and had an opportunity to enroll in a conservatory but decided to concentrate on football career.

Playing career

Following his obligatory service in the Soviet Armed Forces, he started playing for Silmash Kolomyia at amateur level (KFK competitions) until he received invitation to Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk. Hryhorchuk made his professional debut in 1988 playing for Prykarpattia at the Soviet third tier (Vtoraya Liga). For a season, in 1990 Hryhorchuk spent playing for the newly created Temp Shepetivka which played at the amateur level and qualified for professional level. In 1991 he returned to Prykarpattia which placed second at the Ukrainian conference of the Soviet Second League B and qualified for the newly established Vyshcha Liha (today Ukrainian Premier League). Along with Prykarpattia Hryhorchuk participated in the first season of the League playing only 6 games. Due to poor performance, the club relegated moving to the second tier (Persha Liha). During the 1992–93 Persha Liha season Hryhorchuk while playing for Prykarpattia became the top-scorers of the League and scored his first career hat-trick in a home win against Avtomobilist Sumy. During the winter breaka of the next season he was transferred to VSE St. Poelten which played in the 1993–94 Austrian Football Bundesliga, but only played 3 matches and VSE St. Poelten eventually relegated while Hryhorchuk returned to Prykarpattia. At the same time the Ivano-Frankivsk club placed first at the second tier and qualified again for the Top League. Without finishing the first half of the 1994–95 Vyshcha Liha season, in October Hryhorchuk moved to Petrochemia Plock. Following the 1994–95 Ekstraklasa Plock relegated and Hryhorchuk returned to Ukraine. For the 1995–96 Vyshcha Liha he joined FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih and at the end of the season moved to Russia playing for the second tier FC Saturn Ramenskoye. During mid-season of 1997, Hryhorchuk moved to Dinaburg FC playing in Latvian Virsliga (Top League) but did not play a match for the first team until the next season. In 1998 he finally made debut in the European clubs' competitions, the Intertoto Cup. With Dinaburg in 1998 Hryhorchuk placed 4th in the league and was a runner-up among the league's top scorers with 21 tallies.

Coaching career

In his coaching career, he was a successful manager in Latvia with FK Ventspils winning the Latvian championship three times from 2006 to 2008 as well as the Latvian Cup in 2005 and 2007.[2]

During the 2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League season, Hryhorchuk was hired by Metalurh Zaporizhzhia. He stayed in that position only until the end of the season, though.

On 16 November 2010, Hryhorchuk was appointed as the manager of Chornomorets Odesa.[3] He brought the club back into the Ukrainian Premier League after his 1st season in charge.

On 4 March 2012 his team won 1–0 against FC Illichivets Mariupol[4] and couple of weeks later defeated Vorskla Poltava.[5]

A year later Chornomorets won another 1-0 match against Metallurg Donetsk[6] which made it possible for it to appear at the Ukrainian Cup by May of the same year.[7] On 23 August 2013 his team played against KF Skënderbeu Korçë.[8]

Hryhorchuk was appointed manager of Azerbaijan Premier League side Gabala FK on 21 December 2014, on an 18-month contract.[9] On 20 December 2015, Hryhorchuk extended his Gabala contract for another season, until the end of the 2016–2017 season.[10] Following defeat to Keşla in the 2017–18 Azerbaijan Cup Final, Hryhorchuk left Gabala after his contract was not extended.[11]

On 1 June 2018, FC Astana announced Hryhorchuk as their new manager.[12] On 13 January 2020, Hryhorchuk left Astana by mutual consent.[13]

On 5 September 2020, he was hired by Belarusian club Shakhtyor Soligorsk.[14]

Honours

As Player

Temp Shepetivka

  • KFK competitions: 1990 (group winner)

Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk

As Coach

Shakhtyor Soligorsk

Astana

Chornomorets Odesa

Ventspils

References
  1. Роман Григорчук: “Мрію про перемогу і виступ з українською командою у груповому етапі Ліги чемпіонів”. sport.if.ua. 27 June 2022
  2. "Ventspils end Grigorchuk era". 11 August 2009. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  3. "Gabala meeting new head coach Roman Grigorchuk". gabalafc.az. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  4. Роман ГРИГОРЧУК: "Игра отобрала много нервов". "Черноморец" - "Ильичевец" - 1:0. 21-й тур. Sport Express (in Russian). 3 April 2012. Archived from the original on 8 July 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  5. Роман Григорчук: "Нам нужно еще много работать". "Черноморец" - "Ворскла" - 2:1. 24 тур. Sport Express (in Russian). 25 March 2012. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  6. "Roman Grigorchuk: It was really important for us to gain a victory today". Archived from the original on 20 August 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  7. Роман ГРИГОРЧУК: "Черноморец" может гордиться выходом в финал кубка". Sport Express (in Russian and Ukrainian). 22 May 2013. Archived from the original on 14 July 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  8. Григорчук: "Скендербеу тяготеет к комбинационным действиям" (in Russian). 23 August 2013. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  9. "New head coach Roman Grigorchuk introduced". www.gabalafc.az/. Gabala FK. 21 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  10. "Roman Qriqorçukla müqavilə yeniləndi". gabalafc.az (in Russian). Gabala FK. 20 December 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  11. "Qəbələ Roman Qriqorçukla yollarını ayırdı". gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  12. "Роман Григорчук – главный тренер Астаны". fca.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  13. "Роман Григорчук покинул Астану". fcastana.kz/ (in Russian). FC Astana. 13 January 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  14. "Роман Григорчук – главный тренер "Шахтера"" [Roman Hryhorchuk is the head coach of Shakhtyor] (in Russian). FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk. 5 September 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  15. "Ukrainian Cuo 2012 - 2013". www.desna.football/. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
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