Romanian coach Mircea Lucescu has resigned as head coach of Shakhtar.
A few minutes ago Shakhtar in the Ukrainian Cup final with the score 2:0 beat “Dawn”. This match was the last for Mircea Lucescu, who led the Pitmen’s for 12 years.
“I want to thank everyone who during these 12 years, was near the team and near me personally. I would also like to thank the fans. I want to thank the aides, administrators, physicians for the work that they did. They always helped us. I thank all my players who are now playing and have played before. All want to embrace with all my heart, I want to thank them for all these years that we were together.
I want to thank the President Rinat Akhmetov for the friendship, which I always felt from him. For interaction, for the decisions that he took. He was the first who made an effort to “miner” was at the highest standard. The President, it was very hard without you these two years. Thank you,” Lucescu said in his farewell message.
Under Lucescu, Shakhtar eight times became the champion of Ukraine six times he took the Cup and seven times won the super bowl. Special mention deserves the victory Lucescu, in UEFA Cup in the 2008-2009 season. This European title was the first and remains the only one in the history of Ukrainian football.
Lucescu – the absolute record of “Shakhtar” for the duration of his tenure as head coach and number of appearances. For 12 years, Shakhtar under the guidance of Romanian coach in all tournaments played 573 of the match.
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Mircea Lucescu has no plans to put an end to a fruitful coaching career. Former coach of “Shakhtar” may lead “Zenith” or one of the Turkish grandees.
