The company "Medialogy" prepared for the agency "R-Sport" ranking of the loudest and appointments and resignations in the sports arena. It is based on an estimate of approximately 25 thousand sources, such as reports from news agencies, online news media, TV, newspapers, radio, magazines.
Here are ten names that are on the list of the most talked about appointments and resignations 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 Continental Hockey League. The board of directors early terminated the powers of the previous president, Alexander Medvedev, approved the new composition of the board and voted unanimously for the new head.
9. Oleg Znarok
March 26, 2014 Oleg Znarok was appointed head coach of the Russian hockey team. After this appointment, the team for the fifth time became the world champion in the history of Russia, beating the Finnish team in the final with a score of 5: 2. “For contribution to the victory” Znarok was awarded the Order of Honor.
8. Dmitry Alenichev
On June 10, 2015, the board of directors of Moscow Spartak decided appoint Dmitry Alenichev, Honored Master of Sports of Russia, as the head coach. Alenichev previously headed the Tula Arsenal and managed to withdraw the team to the Premier League (although it failed to gain a foothold there).
7. Victor Goncharenko
November 13, 2014 football club "Kuban" announced its decision to resign head coach Viktor Goncharenko It was alleged that Goncharenko was too lenient with the players, and, according to 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 biggest scandals of 2013 - Kurban Berdyev's resignation as head coach of the Rubin football club in Kazan. 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 dismissed along with Vice President Kamil Iskhakov and General Director Andrei Gromov.
5. Valery Karpin
March 18, 2014 "by mutual agreement" Valery Karpin and Moscow Spartak split up. 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 a coach.
4. Luciano Spalletti
March 11, 2014 was adopted 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. Nikolai Tolstykh
May 31, 2015 he was removed from the post of president of the Russian Football Union (RFU). Several reasons were cited: the disastrous state of the budget, the non-payment of due money by Fabio Capello, and the fact that Tolstoy "spoiled the image of Russian football." Tolstoy himself said that he would defend his reputation, although he had no illusions on this score.
2. Joseph Blatter
June 2, 2015, just four days after being re-elected for a fifth term, 79-year-old Joseph Blatter announced his resignation as FIFA President. The reason is a huge scandal: several eminent officials of this organization were detained on suspicion of corruption in Zurich. The US insists on their extradition for trial. And the Swiss police are investigating cases of corruption during country elections for future world championships.
1. Fabio Capello
Topped the top 10 most discussed sports appointments and retirements of 2015, news about a possible retired Fabio Capello, head coach of the Russian team. His contract with the RFU was concluded until the end of the 2018 World Champion. In case of termination, the RFU is obliged to pay a penalty in the amount of 32 million minus the earned. The history of the conflict has been going on for at least a year - from the failure of the Russian team at the 2014 World Cup to the salary unpaid to the coach. And she (according to the results of 2014) was the highest in the world.
