Eduard Malofeev has been appointed as the new head coach

Eduard Malofeev has been appointed as the new head coach of MTZ-RIPO. One of the goals for the next season would be winning Belarusian Cup and advancing in the UEFA Cup. “We will try to win everything that’s available” said new coach during the press conference.
Chairman Mikhail Yuferev also announced MTZ-RIPO will officially change its name at the start of the next season.

Eduard Malofeev was born June 2, 1942 in Russia. He played for Avandard Kolomna (1960), Spartak Moscow (1961-1962) and Dynamo Minsk (1963-1972). In 1962 he won the Soviet championship with Spartak. Malofeev led FC Dinamo Minsk to the championship in the Soviet Top League in 1982. He also coached the Belarus national football team from 2000 to 2003. He was capped 40 times for the USSR national team in 1963-1968 and scored 6 goals. In 1984-1986 he was the head coach for USSR. With Malofeev at the helm, the Soviet national team qualified for the 1986 World Cup but he was fired shortly before the World Cup started in favor of Valery Lobanovsky. The dismissal of Malofeev was considered by many an especially egregious example of backstabbing and intrigues which overshadowed Soviet football.
Malofeev's trademark was what he called "sincere football", characterized by passion for the game and attacking style. It was in sharp contrast to the pragmatic, analytical approach favored by Lobanovsky. Source: Wikipedia