 Syomin with FC Rostov in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yury Pavlovich Syomin | ||
| Date of birth | (1947-05-11)11 May 1947 (age 77) | ||
| 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 | |||
Yury Pavlovich Syomin (Russian:Юрий Павлович Сёмин; born 11 May 1947) is a Russianfootball coach. He has managedFC 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.
Syomin was born on 11 May 1947 inOrenburg. His family moved toOryol some time later. As a child he has showed interest infootball,ice hockey,volleyball, andathletics. His sonAndrei Syomin is also a player and a coach.
At the age of 16, while still attending school, Syomin started his player career atSpartak Oryol, aSoviet Second League club.
One year later he was invited toSpartak Moscow. He has scored two first Spartak's goals in a European competition (in 1966 againstOFK Beograd).
At the age of 20, Syomin changed club again, this time toDynamo Moscow. With this club, he won his only player's trophy, the 1970Soviet 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 forKairat Almaty,Chkalovets Novosibirsk,Lokomotiv Moscow, andKuban Krasnodar. He ended his career as a player at the age of 33.
Syomin started his coaching career in 1983, when he was called to savePamir Dushanbe, aFirst League team, from relegation. Syomin succeeded and was recognized as the honorary coach ofTajik SSR for this achievement.
In 1986 Syomin went on to coachFC 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 thechampionship in 2002 and 2004. Syomin also enjoyed cup success, winningRussian Cup five times,Russian Super Cup twice and reachingCup Winners' Cup semifinal twice.
In 2005 Syomin left Lokomotiv for theRussia national team to help it reach the2006 FIFA World Cup final tournament. He failed to achieve that and decided to leave the national team. In November 2005, Syomin began coachingDynamo Moscow, but was sacked in 2006. In 2007, he returned toFC 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 withFC Dynamo Kyiv inUkraine and guided the club to a championship in the2008-09 season as well as a semi-final appearance in theUEFA Cup.
On 26 May 2009 he quitFC Dynamo Kyiv and returned toFC 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 ofGabala of theAzerbaijani Premier League.[3] After leading Gabala to third in thePremier League and as runners up in theCup, Syomin left Gabala on 23 May 2014.[4]
Syomin was announced asAnzhi 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 the2017–18 season. He also won the2016–17 Russian Cup and2018–19 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 theCOVID-19 pandemic in Russia, with Lokomotiv in 2nd position in the standings.
On 4 August 2021, he was hired byFC 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 theRussian Cup by a third-tier clubFC Chayka Peschanokopskoye, Syomin resigned on 25 September 2021.[10]
| 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 | |||||
