The management of FC Shakhtar presented the new head coach. Bosnian Marino Pusic became him, the club’s press service reports.
“The contract with the mentor is designed until the end of the season-2025/26”, – is indicated in the message.
Pušić was born August 18, 1971 in Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina). At the professional level played for Dutch “De Grafshap” (1989-1990, 1992-1993) and “Gow Ahead Eagles” (1990), Serbian “Crvena Zvezda” (1990-1991), Bosnian “Velež” (1991-1992), “Reden” (1993-1994), German “Cologne” (1994-1995), Belgian “Eupen” (1995-1996), Dutch “Babberich” (1996-2000) and “De Trefers” (2000-2001). After finishing his career as a soccer player he played for futsal teams.
He started his coaching path also in futsal, then worked as a mentor at Vitesse Academy (2010-2013), assistant head coach at NAC Breda (2013-2014), Inter (Azerbaijan, 2015), Twente (2015-2018), was head coach of Twente (2018-2019), assistant head coach at AZ Alkmaar (2019-2021) and Feyenoord (2021-2023).
As head coach he won the Eerste Divisie (2019), as assistant head coach he won the Dutch Championship (2023).
The draw has named the rivals of the clubs in the 1/8 finals of the UEFA Europe League.
Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club will play against Roman Roma.
The draw took place at the UEFA headquarters in the Swiss city of Nyon on February 26.
The first matches of the 1/8 finals of the UEFA Europa League are scheduled for March 11, the return matches – for March 18.
Shakhtar footballers will play the first match in Rome.
FC Shakhtar has launched the Sports Innovation (SPIN) Accelerator project together with HYPE Sports Innovation, a platform that invests in the search for sports start-ups around the world. The Ukrainian club became one of 10 global partners of the project at the kick-off meeting at London’s Stamford Bridge stadium on September 5, the club’s press service said.
Along with FC Shakhtar Donetsk, the SPIN Accelerator partners are FC Koln, 1907 Fenerbahce, Maccabi Haifa FC and National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan.
“Innovative technologies in the sports area are the key driver of changes in the market. Our goal is to identify new opportunities, to support Ukrainian sports start-ups and take them to a new level,” Yuriy Sviridov, the FC Shakhtar Communications Director, has said.
The four-month program is tailored for the unique needs of sports-technology start-ups.
HYPE Sports Innovation aims to establish at least 25 accelerator host partners by 2021. The first SPIN Accelerator ran simultaneously with three partners: University of Loughborough in London, Australia’s University of Queensland and Italian Trentino Sviluppo. Out of 33 participating startups, 12 received investments totalling $3.5 million throughout the program.
Dynamo Kyiv Football Club could not defeat Amsterdam Ajax in the final round of the Champions League qualification. After the defeat in Amsterdam a week ago with a score of 1:3, the Ukrainian team played with Ajax in a draw at the home match.
Thus, the sum of two matches in the group stage of the Champions League is Ajax, and Dynamo will play in the group tournament of the Europe League.
The only representative of Ukraine in the Champions League will be Shakhtar. Vorskla will definitely play in the Europe League. Zaria competes for another ticket to the LE in the German Leipzig on Thursday.
