Gavriil Kachalin

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Dmitriyevich and the family name is Kachalin.

Gavriil Kachalin

300px Kachalin as manager of Dinamo Tbilisi in 1972
Personal information
Full name	Gavriil Dmitriyevich Kachalin
Date of birth	(1911-01-17)17 January 1911
Place of birth	Moscow, Russian Empire
Date of death
Place of death	Moscow, Russia
Position(s)	Manager
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1928–?	Volny Trud
	Homel
	Dynamo Homel
1936–1942	Dynamo Moscow
Managerial career
1945–1948	Trudovye Rezervy Moscow
1949–1952	Lokomotiv Moscow
1955–1958	USSR
1960–1962	USSR
1963	Pakhtakor Tashkent
1964–1965	Dinamo Tbilisi
1965	USSR U-21
1966–1968	USSR (Olympics)
1968–1970	USSR
1971–1972	Dinamo Tbilisi
1973–1974	Dynamo Moscow
1975	Pakhtakor Tashkent
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gavriil Dmitriyevich Kachalin (Russian: Гавриил Дмитриевич Качалин; January 17, 1911 – May 23, 1995) was a Soviet/Russian football player and coach.

He led the USSR national football team to their greatest achievements, Olympics gold medals in 1956 and European Football Championship title in 1960, and also coached them in three World Cups: 1958, 1962 and 1970.

With Kachalin, FC Dinamo Tbilisi won the first Soviet Top League title in their history in 1964 and later finished 3rd twice, in 1971 and in 1972. Kachalin became 3rd again in 1973 with FC Dynamo Moscow.

Playing career

Kachalin started his career in 1928 in the club called Volny Trud. Then he played for Homel city football team and FC Dynamo Homel. From 1936 to 1942 he competed for FC Dynamo Moscow. During his career he played in 36 Soviet Top League matches, and became a twice champion in 1937 and 1940 and a Soviet Cup winner in 1937 with Dynamo Moscow. He also played against Basque Country football team.

Coaching career

Gavriil Kachalin was a head coach of following club and national teams:

• FC Trudovye Rezervy Moscow (1945–1948)
• FC Lokomotiv Moscow (1949–1952)
• USSR national football team as a head coach assistant (1954)
• USSR national football team (1955–1958, 1960–1962, 1968–1970)
• FC Pakhtakor Tashkent (1963, 1975)
• FC Dinamo Tbilisi (1964–1965, 1971–1972)
• USSR national under-21 football team (1965)
• USSR national olympics football team (1966–1968)
• FC Dynamo Moscow (1973–1974)

At the end of his career, Kachalin worked in Dynamo Moscow youth academy. He was a chairman of the Board of Coaches of Soviet Football Federation in 1963. Kachalin also was a member of FIFA technical committee.

Achievements

• Honorary master of sports of USSR
• Honorary coach of USSR
• 1956 Summer Olympics gold medals
• 1960 European Football Championship title
• Soviet Top League champion as a player: 1937, 1940
• Soviet Cup winner as a player: 1937
• Soviet Top League champion as a coach: 1964
• Soviet Top League 3rd place as a coach: 1971, 1972, 1973