Sergei Petrovich Derkach (russian: Серге́й Петрович Деркач; born 14 November 1966) is a Russian professional

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coach and a former player.

Club career

Derkach joined Basel's first team for their Basel's 1993–94 season, under head-coach

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. After playing in one test game, Derkach played his domestic league debut for his new club in the home game in the St. Jakob Stadium on 28 July 1993 Basel as were defeated 1–2 by local rivals

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. Derkach's team mates that season were the likes of Swiss international goalkeeper

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, defenders

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and

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, the midfielders

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and the Swiss international strikers

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and

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. Together they won the Promotion/Relegation group and became Nationalliga B champions and thus won promotion to the top flight of Swiss football. This after six seasons in the second tier. In his one season with the club Derkach played a total of 22 games for Basel scoring a total of two goals. 12 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, two in the

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and eight were friendly games. He scored both goal during the test games. He made his debut in the

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in 1986 for

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Honours

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champion: 1995. * Russian Premier League runner-up: 1994, 1996. * Russian Premier League bronze: 1992, 1993. *

bronze: 1990. *

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finalist: 1987.

European club competitions

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with FC Dinamo Minsk: 2 games. * European Cup Winners' Cup 1987–88 with FC Dinamo Minsk: 5 games, 1 goal. * UEFA Cup 1988–89 with FC Dinamo Minsk: 4 games. *

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with

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: 2 games. * UEFA Cup 1992–93 with FC Dynamo Moscow: 5 games, 1 goal. *

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with

FC Alania Vladikavkaz FC Spartak Vladikavkaz (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб «Спартак Владикавказ») was a Russian association football, football club based in Vladikavkaz (formerly Ordzhonikidze), North Ossetia–Alania. Founded in ...

: 2 games. * UEFA Cup 1996–97 with FC Alania Vladikavkaz: 1 game.

References

Sources

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