Education
He spent a season there before moving on to Bnei Yehuda, where he finished his playing career in 1993.
He spent a season there before moving on to Bnei Yehuda, where he finished his playing career in 1993.
Club Born in Rozdil, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Bal was a product of the Lviv youth football schools. By 1976 he was playing in the senior squad of Karpaty Lviv. After 5 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 3 runner"s-up medals. In 1990 he left Dynamo to play in Israel with Maccabi Tel Aviv.
National He also played in the 1986 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup, where the Soviet team reached the Round of 16, losing to Belgium in extra-time. Coaching 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 football team
On 14 December 2007 he was officially announced as assistant-coach at Football Club Moscow, again moving there with Blokhin. Bal died on 9 August 2014 during a football match of veteran teams as a result of a blood clot.
As player As coach.
Soviet Top League (all with Dynamo Kyiv)Champion (4): 1981, 1985, 1986, 1990 Soviet First League (with Karpaty Lviv)Champion (1): 1979 Soviet Cup (with Dynamo Kyiv)Champion (4): 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990 Union of European Football Associations Cup Winners" Cup (with Dynamo Kyiv)Champion (1): 1986 Toto Cup (with Bnei Yehuda)Champion (1): 1992 U-21 Union of European Football Associations ChampionshipChampion, (2): 1980, 1990* * Bal was selected as an overage player U-20 Fédération internationale de football association World CupChampion (1): 1977 U-19 Union of European Football Associations ChampionshipChampion, (1): 1976 Israeli Championship (with Maccabi Haifa) Champion (1): 1993-1994.
