The company "Medialogia" prepared for the agency "R-Sport" rating of the most high-profile and appointments and resignations in the sports arena. It is based on an estimate of approximately 25,000 sources, such as news agency reports, online news media, TV, newspapers, radio, magazines.
Here are ten names that made the list of the most talked about appointments and retirements in sports in 2014 and 2015.
10. Dmitry Chernyshenko
November 28, 2014 Chairman of the Board of Directors of Volga Group Dmitry Chernyshenko became the new President of the Kontinental Hockey League... The board of directors prematurely terminated the powers of the previous president, Alexander Medvedev, approved the new board and voted unanimously for the new head.
9.Oleg Znarok
March 26, 2014 Oleg Znarok was appointed head coach of the Russian national hockey team... After this appointment, the team became the world champion in the history of Russia for the fifth time, beating the Finnish national team in the final with a score of 5: 2. Znarok was awarded the Order of Honor for his contribution to victory.
8. Dmitry Alenichev
On June 10, 2015, the board of directors of Spartak Moscow decided to appoint Dmitry Alenichev, Honored Master of Sports of Russia, as head coach... Alenichev previously headed the Tula "Arsenal" and managed to bring the team to the Premier League (although she failed to gain a foothold there).
7. Viktor Goncharenko
On November 13, 2014, the football club "Kuban" announced its decision to dismiss head coach Viktor Goncharenko It was argued that Goncharenko was too soft with the players, and, in the opinion of the management, this behavior could not give a good result. Now Goncharenko is the head coach of Ural, and in Kuban he was replaced by Leonid Kuchuk.
6. Kurban Berdyev
One of the loudest scandals of 2013 - resignation of Kurban Berdyev from the post of head coach of the Kazan football club "Rubin". In 2012, he received complaints about extortion of money, but it turned out that it was impossible to prove his involvement. However, on December 20, 2013, Berdyev was fired from his post, along with Vice President Kamil Iskhakov and CEO Andrei Gromov.
5. Valery Karpin
March 18, 2014 "by mutual agreement" Valery Karpin and Moscow "Spartak" parted... One of the leaders explained the decision to part with Karpin by the fact that he spent more than $ 250 million during his tenure as coach.
4. Luciano Spalletti
On March 11, 2014 it was accepted decision to dismiss Luciano Spalletti, head coach of FC Zenit. Under him, the team won the Russian championship twice and for the first time in history reached the playoffs of the UEFA Champions League.
3. Nikolay Tolstykh
On May 31, 2015 he was removed from the post of President of the Russian Football Union (RFS). Several reasons were named: the catastrophic state of the budget, non-payment of the due money by Fabio Capello, and the fact that Tolstoy "spoiled the image of Russian football." Tolstykh himself said that he would defend his reputation, although he had no illusions about it.
2. Joseph Blatter
On June 2, 2015, just four days after being re-elected to a fifth term, 79-year-old Joseph Blatter announced his resignation from the post of FIFA President... The reason is a huge scandal: several eminent officials of this organization were detained on suspicion of corruption in Zurich. The USA insists on their extradition for the court. And the Swiss police are investigating cases of corruption during the elections of countries for future world championships.
1. Fabio Capello
Top 10 most talked about sports appointments and retirements of 2015 news of a possible retired Fabio Capello, head coach of the Russian national team. His contract with the RFU was signed until the end of the 2018 World Champion. In case of termination, the RFU is obliged to pay a forfeit in the amount of 32 million less already earned. The history of the conflict has been going on for at least a year - from the failure of the Russian national team at the 2014 World Cup to the unpaid salary to the coach. And it (according to the results of 2014) was the highest in the world.