--- title: "Surkis Keeps Kostyuk: Dynamo to Face LNZ Under 50-Year-Old Coach" description: "Dynamo president Ihor Surkis has decided not to dismiss Ihor Kostyuk after the crushing defeat by Bukovyna. The coach will lead the Kyiv side into the match against LNZ on September 6, although his credit of trust may already be exhausted." date: 2026-09-01T11:46:06.000Z lang: en url: https://xab.info/en/posts/surkis-keeps-kostyuk-after-bukovyna-defeat tags: [dynamo-kyiv, igor-kostyuk, igor-surkis, ukrainian-premier-league, bukovyna, football] publisher: "XAB.info" --- # Surkis Keeps Kostyuk: Dynamo to Face LNZ Under 50-Year-Old Coach ![50-year-old Dynamo coach at press conference before the match against LNZ after Kostyuk's departure](https://xab.info/media/2026/09/01/surkis-ne-uvolil-kostyuka-posle-porazheniya-ot-bukoviny/surkis-ne-uvolil-kostyuka-posle-porazheniya-ot-bukoviny-1.webp) ## 🎯 Key Points - Ihor Surkis kept Ihor Kostyuk as Dynamo's head coach after the 0:3 defeat to Bukovyna. - Kostyuk will lead the Kyiv side into the match against LNZ on Sunday, September 6, 2026. - According to the insider, the credit of trust in the coach may be exhausted, but the club is approaching the replacement cautiously. - In 29 matches under Kostyuk's leadership, Dynamo recorded 18 wins, three draws, and eight defeats. Ihor Surkis, president of Kyiv's Dynamo, has decided not to dismiss Ihor Kostyuk from his position as head coach following the capital's giant's crushing 0:3 defeat to Bukovyna. According to insider Ihor Burbas, as reported by Sport RBC.UA, it is the 50-year-old specialist who will lead the "white-and-blues" into their next match against LNZ, taking place on Sunday, September 6, 2026. Thus, the high-profile failure against another UPL debutant did not become grounds for an immediate change of coach. ### Surkis's Decision: Kostyuk Stays for the LNZ Match As Burbas notes, the coach will retain his position at the helm of the team for the upcoming round as well. This decision appears to be a compromise: the club did not react to the defeat by Bukovyna with a radical change of coach, but it also did not give the coach an unconditional "green light" for the future. According to the insider, Ihor Vladymyrovych began his career as a senior coach precisely at Dynamo, and last season he joined the team in the capacity of acting head coach, replacing Oleksandr Shovkovskyi. His very first match in charge of Kostyuk ended in defeat — at that time the Kyiv side lost to another UPL debutant, Poltava, 1:2. ### Credit of Trust: A Measured Approach to the Question of Replacement The key caveat in the management's decision is Burbas's own position: "As far as I understand, this does not at all mean that the credit of trust in the coach is unlimited. Perhaps it has already been exhausted, but the club is approaching the question of replacement very cautiously." An additional factor, according to available information, is that Dynamo's management is not confident it can quickly find a specialist capable of adequately replacing Kostyuk at the head of the team. It is precisely this uncertainty in the coaching market that explains the club's caution in making a personnel decision. ### Kostyuk's Record at the Helm of Dynamo In total, Ihor Kostyuk has led the Kyiv side in 29 matches. In them the team recorded 18 wins, drew three times, and suffered eight defeats. The last match in this run was the most painful: Bukovyna, being a debutant in the top league, dealt the capital's giant a crushing 3:0 defeat. This result became the main trigger for the discussion about the coach's future and provoked emotional reactions within the club — earlier, Andriy Yarmolenko publicly and emotionally apologized for the thrashing by Bukovyna. ### Contradictory Data In the formulations of different sources following the defeat by Bukovyna, a difference in emphasis can be traced. The primary insider source (Sport RBC.UA, citing Burbas) emphasizes that Kostyuk *will remain* in his position and will lead the team into the match against LNZ, while the question of replacement is considered only as a "measured" prospect. At the same time, a number of other publications (in particular, 24tv.ua) present the situation in the sense that Surkis has "begun the search for a replacement" for the coach. These versions do not contradict each other in the essence of the fact — for the nearest match Kostyuk remains — but they diverge in assessing the current status: for some sources he is the incumbent coach without reservations, for others — a candidate for replacement, the search for which has already been launched. No official statement from Dynamo itself on the personnel question has been issued as of the time of publication. ### Context: The Thrashing by Bukovyna and the Coach's Reaction The defeat by Bukovyna became an emotional blow for the team and its entourage. According to other Ukrainian media, Kostyuk himself, in his post-match comments, noted that the result and the opponent's play "surprised him in no way," and in discussing the substitutions on the field after the fatal mistakes the coach phrased his position as "we accommodated him." The combination of these factors — the thrashing by a debutant, Yarmolenko's public apologies, and the coach's cautious rhetoric — creates a backdrop against which Surkis's decision to keep Kostyuk for the LNZ match is perceived more as a tactical pause than as a final confirmation of trust. ## 🔍 Fact-Check Verification - [Surkis Made a Decision: Who Will Coach Dynamo in the Match Against LNZ](https://sport.rbc.ua/ukr/football/surkis-priynyav-rishennya-hto-trenuvatime-1788263079.html) - Первичный источник: инсайдер Игорь Бурбас сообщает, что Костюк останется и выведет команду на матч с ЛНЗ 6 сентября; кредит доверия не безлимитен. - [Bukovyna, Which Scored Three Goals Against Dynamo, "Surprised" Kostyuk in No Way](https://ukranews.com/news/1172261-bukovina-zabivshaya-dinamo-tri-gola-nichem-ne-udivila-kostyuka) - Контекст: реакция тренера на поражение 0:3 от «Буковины». - [Will Kostyuk Stay: Surkis Made a Decision on Dynamo's Coach After the Defeat to the Newcomer ...](https://24tv.ua/sporttopnews/ru/kto-vozglavit-dinamo-igor-surkis-pristupil-k-poisku-zameny-igorju_n3133470) - Подача в ключе «приступил к поиску замены» — расхождение в акцентах с rbc.ua, отражено в блоке противоречий. - ["We Accommodated Him." Dynamo's Coach Commented on Surkis's Substitution After the Fatal Mistakes](https://sport.nv.ua/football/dinamo-proigralo-bukovine-vyacheslav-surkis-poprosil-zamenu-igor-kostyuk-prokommentiroval-50637398.html) - Контекст: комментарий Костюка по заменам после ошибок в матче с «Буковины». ## ❓ FAQ ### Q: Will Ihor Kostyuk remain Dynamo's head coach? **A:** According to insider Ihor Burbas, yes: Kostyuk will retain his position and lead Dynamo into the match against LNZ on September 6, 2026, although his credit of trust may already be exhausted. ### Q: When will Dynamo play LNZ? **A:** On Sunday, September 6, 2026. ### Q: What is Kostyuk's record at the head of Dynamo? **A:** In 29 matches under his leadership, the Kyiv side recorded 18 wins, three draws, and eight defeats; the last defeat was the 0:3 thrashing by Bukovyna. ### Q: Why did the club not fire the coach immediately after the defeat by Bukovyna? **A:** According to available information, the management is not confident it can quickly find a worthy replacement and is approaching the question of changing the coach cautiously.