Andriy Mykhaylovych Bal (Ukrainian: Андрій Михайлович Баль; 16 February 1958 – 9 August 2014) was a Soviet and Ukrainian professional footballer who played as a midfielder and football manager.

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Andriy Bal

Bal in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Andriy Mykhaylovych Bal
Date of birth	(1958-02-16)16 February 1958
Place of birth	Rozdil, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine)
Date of death	9 August 2014(2014-08-09) (aged 56)
Place of death	Kyiv,[1] Ukraine
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
–1971	DYuSSh Novyi Rozdil
1971–1975	OShISP Lviv
1975–1977	Karpaty Lviv
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1977–1980	Karpaty Lviv	134	(12)
1981–1990	Dynamo Kyiv	240	(11)
1990–1991	Maccabi Tel Aviv	28	(4)
1991–1993	Bnei Yehuda	62	(3)
Total		464	(30)
International career
1981–1989	Soviet Union	20	(1)
Managerial career
1993–1998	Maccabi Haifa (assistant)
1998–1999	Maccabi Herzliya
1999–2000	Hakoah Ramat Gan
2000–2001	Dynamo Kyiv (assistant)
2001–2003	Vorskla Poltava
2003–2007	Ukraine (assistant)
2008	Moscow (assistant)
2009–2010	Chornomorets Odesa
2011–2012	Ukraine (assistant)
2012–2013	Dynamo Kyiv (assistant)
2012	Ukraine (caretaker)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Soviet Union FIFA U-20 World Cup Winner 1977 Tunisia UEFA European Under-21 Championship Winner 1980 Europe Winner 1990 Europe UEFA European Under-19 Championship Winner 1976 Hungary
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Born in Rozdil, Ukrainian SSR, Bal was a product of the Lviv youth football schools. By 1976 he was playing in the senior squad of Karpaty Lviv. After five years with the team, he earned a transfer to Dynamo Kyiv. He went on to spend the majority of his playing career with the team, winning four championship medals with them, as well as four Soviet Cups. He also picked up three runner-up medals. Another major achievement of his career with Dynamo Kyiv was winning the 1986 Cup Winners' Cup. In 1990, he left Dynamo to play in Israel with Maccabi Tel Aviv. He spent a season there before moving on to Bnei Yehuda, where he finished his playing career in 1993.

Bal played for the USSR national team 20 times,^{[3][dead link]} and scored 1 goal.,^{[3][dead link]} a 20-meter strike in the game against Brazil at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain. He represented the team at all levels and won the 1976 U-19 UEFA Championship, the 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship, twice won the U-21 UEFA Championship (in 1980 and 1990). He also played in the 1986 FIFA World Cup, where the Soviet team reached the Round of 16, losing to Belgium in extra-time.

After retiring from playing Bal began coaching in Israel. His first coaching job was with Maccabi Haifa. From there he went on to coach Maccabi Herzliya and Hakoah Ramat Gan. In 2000, he returned to Ukraine to join the coaching staff of Dynamo Kyiv. In 2001, he became head-coach of Vorskla Poltava. After two seasons with them, he became Oleg Blokhin's assistant coach with the Ukraine national team. On 14 December 2007, he was officially announced as assistant-coach at FC Moscow, again moving there with Blokhin.

His brother Orest Bal was also a professional footballer.

Bal died on 9 August 2014 during a football match of veteran teams as a result of a blood clot.^[3][4]