Ural Yekaterinburg backroom staff
We hold the names of 34 people on Ural Yekaterinburg's staff for 2025/26, beyond the players. Vasily Berezutskiy manages the first team, with Dmitry Smirnov as assistant manager.
Coaching staff
The manager, the assistants and the coaches at every level of the club, 17 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vasily Berezutskiy | Manager | First team | 43 | Russia |  |
| Armen Stepanyan | Manager | Under-19s | 51 | Russia | - |
| Dmitry Smirnov | Assistant manager | First team | 44 | Russia | - |
| Alexandr Nagorny | Coach | First team | 42 | Russia |  |
| Alexandr Shalagin | Coach | First team | 42 | Russia | - |
| Vasily Brovin | Coach | Under-19s | 43 | Russia | - |
| Chisamba Lungu | Coach | Under-18s | 34 | Zambia | - |
| Denis Larin | Coach | Under-18s | 35 | Russia |  |
| Oleg Pichugin | Coach | Under-18s | 51 | Russia | - |
| Pavel Klyukin | Coach | Under-18s | 36 | Russia |  |
| Rustam Nisafutdinov | Coach | Under-18s | 29 | Russia | - |
| Andrey Shpilev | Goalkeeping coach | First team | 47 | Russia | - |
| Nikita Talalikhin | Goalkeeping coach | Under-19s | 38 | Russia | - |
| Stanislav Stromov | Goalkeeping coach | Under-18s | 40 | Russia | - |
| Igor Stepanov | Fitness coach | First team | 33 | Russia |  |
| Konstantin Agapov | Fitness coach | First team | 38 | Russia | - |
| Anastasia Berdnikova | Fitness coach | Under-19s | 32 | - | - |
Medical and sports science
Doctors, physios and sports scientists, 6 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrey Chernyshev | Chief doctor | Club-wide | 36 | Russia |
| Timur Nasyrov | Club doctor | First team | 29 | Russia |
| Dmitry Medyakov | Head physio | Club-wide | 36 | Russia |
| Iljas Nabiev | Physio | First team | 36 | Russia |
| Konstantin Permyakov | Physio | First team | 59 | Russia |
| Yury Zubritskiy | Physio | Under-19s | 57 | Russia |
Scouting and analysis
Scouts, recruitment analysts and performance analysts, 5 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexey Frol | Chief scout | Club-wide | 46 | Russia | - |
| Artem Fidler | Scout | Club-wide | 42 | Russia | - |
| Dmitry Mamchich | Scout | Club-wide | 20 | Russia | - |
| Mikhail Goncharov | Performance analyst | First team | 35 | Russia | - |
| Mikhail Malyavin | Performance analyst | First team | 35 | Russia | |
Football management
The people who run the football side, from the sporting director to the academy, 1 person
| NAME | ROLE | AGE | NATIONALITY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vladimir Kalashnikov | Technical director | 71 | Russia |
Owners and directors
Who owns Ural Yekaterinburg and sits on its board
Backrooms the size of Ural Yekaterinburg's, in every league
Ural Yekaterinburg's 34 names make the joint 254th longest staff list of the 815 clubs we hold one for
| # | CLUB | LEAGUE | STAFF |
|---|---|---|---|
| 254 |  | Ligue 2 | 34 |
| 254 |  | Ekstraklasa | 34 |
| 254 |  | Championship | 34 |
| 254 | Motor Lublin | Ekstraklasa | 34 |
| 254 | NK Istra 1961 | Croatian First League | 34 |
| 254 |  | Danish Superliga | 34 |
| 254 |  | - | 34 |
| 254 |  | La Liga 2 | 34 |
| 254 |  | Eredivisie | 34 |
| 254 |  | Ekstraklasa | 34 |
| 254 | | - | 34 |
| 254 |  | Danish Superliga | 34 |
| 254 |  | League One | 34 |
| 254 |  | Eredivisie | 34 |
| 254 |  | Ekstraklasa | 34 |
| 278 |  | Bundesliga | 33 |
| 278 |  | Saudi Pro League | 33 |
| 278 |  | Women's Super League | 33 |
| 278 | FC Baník Ostrava | Czech First League | 33 |
| 278 | HNK Rijeka | Croatian First League | 33 |
| 278 |  | J1 League | 33 |
Where Ural Yekaterinburg's former staff work now
On Ural Yekaterinburg's staff in an earlier season and at another club in 2025/26, 4 people
| NAME | ROLE NOW | NOW AT |
|---|---|---|
| Dmitry Parfenov | Manager | |
| Yury Kovtun | Assistant manager | |
| Yury Kuklin | Club doctor | Rodina Moscow |
| Dmitry Stolbikov | Performance analyst | |
Frequently asked questions
Who is Ural Yekaterinburg's manager?
Vasily Berezutskiy is the Ural Yekaterinburg first-team manager, aged 43. Dmitry Smirnov is the assistant manager.
Who is the goalkeeping coach at Ural Yekaterinburg?
Andrey Shpilev coaches the Ural Yekaterinburg first-team goalkeepers.
Who is Ural Yekaterinburg's head physio?
Dmitry Medyakov is head physio at Ural Yekaterinburg.
Who is Ural Yekaterinburg's chief scout?
Alexey Frol is chief scout at Ural Yekaterinburg.
Who is Ural Yekaterinburg's technical director?
Vladimir Kalashnikov is technical director at Ural Yekaterinburg.
How many backroom staff do Ural Yekaterinburg have?
We hold the names of 34 people on Ural Yekaterinburg's staff for 2025/26: 17 in coaching, 6 in medical and sports science, 5 in scouting and analysis, 1 in football management and 5 owners and directors. Across every league we hold, that list is the joint 254th longest of 815.
Where to next
For what Ural Yekaterinburg pays its squad, see Ural Yekaterinburg player wages. What each of these jobs pays across football is on backroom staff wages.