Death of the former coach of the Carpathians who led the Lvov to the USSR High League

On January 28, 2019, Istvan Sekecch died at the age of 80 years. Former footballer of Dynamo Kyiv, SKA Lviv and CSKA Moscow, as well as Odessa Chornomorets (29 goals for 161 matches), led the Lviv Carpathian two seasons (1978-1980).

Istvan Jozefovich led the Lviv team from September 3, 1978 to August 17, 1980. Under his leadership, "Carpathians" in 1979 reached the semi-finals of the USSR Cup and received a ticket for the Highest Soviet Football League, Establishing a Number of Records in the History of the First Allied League