Yury Syomin

Yury Pavlovich Syomin (Russian: Юрий Павлович Сёмин; born 11 May 1947) is a Russian football coach. He has managed FC Lokomotiv Moscow for 4 different stints, for a total of over 23 years. The recent history of the Russian club has been associated with him, as he was also president for a short period.

For footballer born in 1968, see Yuri Syomin (footballer).
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Pavlovich and the family name is Syomin.
Yury Syomin
Syomin with FC Rostov in 2021
Personal information
Full name Yury Pavlovich Syomin
Date of birth (1947-05-11) 11 May 1947
Place of birth Orenburg, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1965 FC Oryol 16 (6)
1965–1967 Spartak Moscow 43 (6)
1968–1971 Dynamo Moscow 95 (19)
1972–1973 Kairat 43 (5)
1974 Chkalovets Novosibirsk 27 (4)
1975–1977 Lokomotiv Moscow 78 (9)
1978–1980 Kuban 84 (15)
Total 386 (67)
Managerial career
1983–1985 Pomir Dushanbe
1986–1990 Lokomotiv Moscow
1991 New Zealand Olympic
1992–2005 Lokomotiv Moscow
2005 Russia
2005–2006 Dynamo Moscow
2007–2009 Dynamo Kyiv
2009–2010 Lokomotiv Moscow
2010–2012 Dynamo Kyiv
2013–2014 Gabala
2014–2015 Mordovia Saransk
2015 Anzhi Makhachkala
2016–2020 Lokomotiv Moscow
2021 Rostov
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biography

Syomin was born on 11 May 1947 in Orenburg. His family moved to Oryol some time later. As a child he has showed interest in football, ice hockey, volleyball, and athletics. His son Andrei Syomin is also a player and a coach.

Player career

At the age of 16, while still attending school, Syomin started his player career at Spartak Oryol, a Soviet Second League club.

One year later he was invited to Spartak Moscow. He has scored two first Spartak's goals in a European competition (in 1966 against OFK Beograd).

At the age of 20, Syomin changed club again, this time to Dynamo Moscow. With this club, he won his only player's trophy, the 1970 Soviet Cup. He calls the spell with Dynamo the most successful period of his player career.

Syomin left Dynamo due to disagreements with the coach after he was not fielded in a European match. After that he has changed several other clubs. Syomin played for Kairat Almaty, Chkalovets Novosibirsk, Lokomotiv Moscow, and Kuban Krasnodar. He ended his career as a player at the age of 33.

Coach career

Syomin started his coaching career in 1983, when he was called to save Pamir Dushanbe, a First League team, from relegation. Syomin succeeded and was recognized as the honorary coach of Tajik SSR for this achievement.

In 1986 Syomin went on to coach FC Lokomotiv Moscow, where he spent 19 years. During the period of his work Lokomotiv transformed from a mid-table club to one of the leaders of Russian football, winning the championship in 2002 and 2004. Syomin also enjoyed cup success, winning Russian Cup five times, Russian Super Cup twice and reaching Cup Winners' Cup semifinal twice.

In 2005 Syomin left Lokomotiv for the Russia national team to help it reach the 2006 FIFA World Cup final tournament. He failed to achieve that and decided to leave the national team. In November 2005, Syomin began coaching Dynamo Moscow, but was sacked in 2006. In 2007, he returned to FC Lokomotiv Moscow as club president, but one year later his contract was terminated due to team's low league position.[1]

Later in 2007 Syomin took over the managerial position with FC Dynamo Kyiv in Ukraine and guided the club to a championship in the 2008-09 season as well as a semi-final appearance in the UEFA Cup.

On 26 May 2009 he quit FC Dynamo Kyiv and returned to FC Lokomotiv Moscow. Under the terms of his contract, he was expected to stay with the club until December 2011. Syomin replaced Rashid Rakhimov (who had been fired a few weeks before that). He was fired as Lokomotiv manager on 29 November 2010. On 24 December 2010, he signed a new contract with Dynamo Kyiv ending in 2012.[2]

On 29 May 2013 Syomin was officially unveiled as manager of Gabala of the Azerbaijani Premier League.[3] After leading Gabala to third in the Premier League and as runners up in the Cup, Syomin left Gabala on 23 May 2014.[4]

Syomin was announced as Anzhi Makhachkala manager on 18 June 2015, signing a one-year contract with the option of an additional year.[5] After gaining only 6 points in first 10 games of the 2015-16 season and with Anzhi in last place, Syomin left Anzhi on 29 September 2015.[6]

On 26 August 2016, Lokomotiv Moscow announced new appointment of Syomin as a manager of the team.[7] He won his third title with the team in the 2017–18 season. He also won the 2016–17 Russian Cup and 2018–19 Russian Cup with the club, meaning he won a trophy in each of his three full seasons of this stint with Lokomotiv.

On 14 May 2020, Lokomotiv's board of directors dismissed Syomin as his contract was expiring on 31 May and they decided not to extend it.[8] The Russian Premier League was suspended at the time due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia, with Lokomotiv in 2nd position in the standings.

On 4 August 2021, he was hired by FC Rostov on a two-year contract.[9] In the first 6 league games under his management, Rostov won only one, and after Rostov was eliminated from the Russian Cup by a third-tier club FC Chayka Peschanokopskoye, Syomin resigned on 25 September 2021.[10]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 22 September 2021
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Kuban Krasnodar 1 September 1982 31 December 1982 12 2 2 8 016.67
Pamir Dushanbe 1 January 1983 31 December 1985 143 62 31 50 043.36
Lokomotiv Moscow 1 January 1986 31 December 1990 204 92 55 57 045.10
New Zealand Olympic 1 January 1991 31 December 1991 12 7 3 2 058.33
Lokomotiv Moscow 1 January 1992 18 April 2005 533 281 126 126 052.72
Russia 18 April 2005 9 November 2005 7 3 4 0 042.86
Dynamo Moscow 21 November 2005 7 August 2006 20 4 7 9 020.00
Dynamo Kyiv 8 December 2007 26 May 2009 67 46 11 10 068.66
Lokomotiv Moscow 1 June 2009 29 November 2010 53 24 15 14 045.28
Dynamo Kyiv 24 December 2010 24 September 2012 77 50 13 14 064.94
Gabala 29 May 2013 23 May 2014 42 23 7 12 054.76
Mordovia 27 May 2014 31 May 2015 33 13 5 15 039.39
Anzhi Makhachkala 18 June 2015 29 September 2015 11 2 3 6 018.18
Lokomotiv Moscow 26 August 2016 31 May 2020 141 72 28 41 051.06
Rostov 4 August 2021 25 September 2021 7 1 3 3 014.29
Total 1,362 682 313 367 050.07

Honours

As a player
Dynamo Moscow

As a manager
Lokomotiv Moscow
Dynamo Kyiv

References
  1. "Юрий Семин уходит с поста президента "Локомотива"".
  2. Глава ФК "Локомотив" подтвердила уход Семина с поста главного тренера
  3. "Yuri Syomin - new head coach of Gabala". Gabala FC. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  4. "Semin ends his time with Gabala". Gabala FC. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  5. Юрий Семин – главный тренер Анжи» (in Russian). FC Anzhi Makhachkala. 18 June 2015.
  6. Официальное заявление ФК «Анжи» (in Russian). FC Anzhi Makhachkala. 29 September 2015.
  7. Юрий Семин - главный тренер «Локомотива» (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 26 August 2016.
  8. "Решение совета директоров ФК "Локомотив"" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 14 May 2020.
  9. "ЮРИЙ СЁМИН – ГЛАВНЫЙ ТРЕНЕР "РОСТОВА"" (in Russian). FC Rostov. 4 August 2021.
  10. "ЮРИЙ СЁМИН ПОДАЛ В ОТСТАВКУ" (in Russian). FC Rostov. 25 September 2021.
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