FC Dynamo Brest ( be, ФК Дынама Брэст, ''FK Dynama Brest''; russian: link=no, ФК Динамо Брест) is a Belarusian professional
football club based in
Brest
Brest may refer to:
Places
*Brest, Belarus
**Brest Region
**Brest Airport
**Brest Fortress
* Brest, Kyustendil Province, Bulgaria
* Břest, Czech Republic
*Brest, France
** Arrondissement of Brest
**Brest Bretagne Airport
** Château de Brest
*Br ...
. The club plays in the
Belarusian Premier League, the top division in Belarusian football.
In
2019
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, Dynamo won its first Belarusian Premier League title. The club has also won the
Belarusian Cup
The Belarusian Cup () is an annual association football knock-out cup competition for men's football clubs in Belarus. The tournament is organized by the Football Federation of Belarus.
Belarusian Cup was established in 1992. Each year the winnin ...
in 2007, 2017 and 2018.
History
Origins
The club was founded in 1960 as Spartak Brest and joined Soviet Class B (second-tier league) the same year. After the 1962 season, they were relegated as a result of league reorganization. They came close to promotion twice in 1964 and 1967 but lost the final round both times. They were finally promoted on their third attempt in 1969, but the following year they again dropped to the third tier due to league reorganization. In 1972, the team was renamed to Bug Brest and finally, in 1976 to Dуnamo Brest. From 1970 until the end of the Soviet era, the club was playing in the Soviet third-tier league. Dynamo Brest had a strong connection with
Dinamo Minsk during these years (as both clubs were affiliated to
Dinamo Sports Society) and often accepted young Minsk team players on loan.
Belarusian Premier League
In 1992, Dynamo Brest joined the
Belarusian Premier League and have been playing there ever since. Their best result was a title in 2019 season, with 5 points of difference to
BATE Borisov. In 2007, Dynamo Brest won the
Belarusian Cup
The Belarusian Cup () is an annual association football knock-out cup competition for men's football clubs in Belarus. The tournament is organized by the Football Federation of Belarus.
Belarusian Cup was established in 1992. Each year the winnin ...
, also securing their only
UEFA Cup
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participation. During the 2012 season, they were using the name FC Brest due to legal issues with using a ''Dynamo'' brand name the rights to which were claimed by Belarusian
Dynamo Sport Society. This issue was resolved only by the end of the year. In the 2017 season, Dinamo Brest drew an average home league attendance of 5,689, the highest in the league.
Name changes
*1960: founded as Spartak Brest
*1972: renamed to Bug Brest
(after Bug River
uk, Західний Буг be, Захо́дні Буг
, name_etymology =
, image = Wyszkow_Bug.jpg
, image_size = 250
, image_caption = Bug River in the vicinity of Wyszków, Poland
, map = Vi ...
)
*1976: renamed to Dinamo Brest
*2012: renamed to FC Brest
*2013: renamed back to Dinamo Brest (in 2017, Latin spelling altered to Dynamo, as seen on the updated logo)
Supporters and rivalries
The first organised fan group was created on 1 August 1998, and the fan-dedicated stand can hold around 200–500 fans. An
ultras
Ultras are a type of association football fans who are renowned for their fanatical support. The term originated in Italy, but is used worldwide to describe predominantly organised fans of association football teams. The behavioural tende ...
group was created in 2008. The fans call themselves the ''Blue White Devils''. They are politically right-wing.
[To My Kibice Plus, No.1(43), Spring 2014, pages 42–43]
The club have two fan-clubs: in
Pinsk
Pinsk ( be, Пі́нск; russian: Пи́нск ; Polish: Pińsk; ) is a city located in the Brest Region of Belarus, in the Polesia region, at the confluence of the Pina River and the Pripyat River. The region was known as the Marsh of Pinsk ...
and
Kobrin
Kobryn ( be, Кобрын; russian: Кобрин; pl, Kobryń; lt, Kobrynas; uk, Кобринь, Kobryn'; yi, קאָברין) is a city in the Brest Region of Belarus and the center of the Kobryn District. The city is located in the southwe ...
. The one official friendship, with fans of
Orlęta Radzyń Podlaski, and good contacts with fans
Dinamo Minsk and
BATE Borisov. Their rivals are all left-wing fans,
FC Gomel
FC Gomel ( be, ФК Гомель), or FK Homiel, is a Belarusian football club, playing in the city of Gomel. Their home stadium is Central Stadium.
History
Teams from Gomel (usually city or raion selection or railway-based team ''Lokomotiv'', ...
,
Dnepr Mogilev
FC Dnepr Mogilev ( be, ФК Дняпро Магілёў, ''FK Dniapro Mahilyow''; russian: ФК Днепр Могилёв) is a Belarusian association football, football team, playing in the city of Mogilev. Their home stadium is Spartak Stadium ...
,
Shakhtyor Soligorsk,
Slavia Mozyr,
Belshina Bobruisk,
Torpedo Minsk and
Neman Grodno.
Honours
*
Belarusian Premier League
** Winners (1):
2019
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** ''Third place (1):''
1992
*
Belarusian Cup
The Belarusian Cup () is an annual association football knock-out cup competition for men's football clubs in Belarus. The tournament is organized by the Football Federation of Belarus.
Belarusian Cup was established in 1992. Each year the winnin ...
** Winners (3):
2006–07,
2016–17,
2017–18
** ''Runners-up (1):''
2019–20
*
Belarusian Super Cup
The Belarusian Super Cup is an annual one-match association football competition in Belarus organized by the Football Federation of Belarus. This competition serves as the season opener and is played between the Belarusian Premier League Champio ...
** Winners (3):
2018
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,
2019
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,
2020
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Current squad
''As of December 2022''
League and Cup history
Soviet Union
*
1 Relegated as the 2nd level (''Class B'') was reduced from 10 zones (150 teams) in 1962 to a single group of 18 teams in 1963.
*
2 Advanced to the final round as the best-placed team from Belarusian SSR. No team won the promotion from this final group in the end.
*
3 Advanced to the semi-final round of promotion tournament (for one spot) as one of top 8 teams not from Russian, Ukrainian, Kazakh or Central Asian SSR.
*
4 As the best-placed team from Belarusian SSR, Spartak advanced to promotion/relegation play-off against the lowest-placed Belarusian team from the 2nd level.
*
5 Relegated as the 2nd level (''Class B Second Group'', renamed to ''Class B First Group'' from next season) was reduced from 4 zones (87 teams) in 1969 to a single group of 22 teams in 1970.
*
6 In 1973, every draw was followed by a penalty shoot-out, with a winner gaining 1-point and loser gaining 0.
Belarus
European record
Managers
*
Eduard Malofeyev
Eduard Vassilievich Malofeyev ( rus, Эдуа́рд Васи́льевич Малофе́ев, p=məlɐˈfʲeɪf, be, Эдуард Васілевіч Малафееў ''Eduard Malafyeyew''; born 2 June 1942 in Kolomna) is a Soviet and Belarusi ...
(1977–1978)
*
Ivan Shchekin (1 Jan 1985 – 31 December 1986)
*
Liudas Rumbutis
Liudas Rumbutis ( be, Людас Румбуціс; russian: Людас Румбутис; born 24 November 1955) is a Lithuanian– Belarusian professional football coach and a former player. After spending his youth and early senior football ca ...
(1 Jan 1987 – 31 December 1990)
*
Yuri Kurnenin
Yuri Anatolyevich Kurnenin ( be, Юрый Анатолевіч Курненін, russian: Юрий Анатольевич Курненин; 14 June 1954 – 30 July 2009) was a Belarusian professional football player and coach of Russian origin. A ...
(1 Jan 1991 – 31 December 1992)
*
Vladimir Gevorkyan (1 Jan 1994 – 1 January 1997)
*
Viktor Sokol (2001)
*
Andrei Sosnitskiy (1 Jan 2002 – 1 January 2003)
*
Vladimir Gevorkyan (1 July 2003 – 30 December 2003)
*
Viktors Ņesterenko
Viktors Ņesterenko (born 3 May 1954) is a Latvian football coach and former player.
Career Playing career
Ņesterenko was born in Ukraine and played football there with the reserves of FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. In 1971 Ņesterenko was invited ...
(9 Jan 2004 – 31 May 2004)
*
Vladimir Kurnev
Vladimir Borisovich Kurnev (russian: Владимир Борисович Курнев; born 12 September 1950) is a Belarusian professional football coach and a former player. He works as youth coordinator with FC Minsk.
As a player, he spent t ...
(1 June 2004 – 30 November 2004)
*
Mikhail Markhel (1 Jan 2005 – 5 December 2005)
*
Sergei Borovsky
Sergei Vladimirovich Borovsky (russian: Серге́й Владимирович Боровский; be, Сяргей Уладзіміравіч Бароўскі) (born 29 January 1956) is a football coach and former player.
Career
During his c ...
(6 Dec 2005 – 31 December 2006)
*
Vladimir Gevorkyan (1 Jan 2007 – 28 April 2008)
*
Vyacheslav Arushanov ''(interim)'' (29 April 2008 – 11 June 2008)
*
Evgeni Trotsyuk (12 June 2008 – 5 August 2009)
*
Sergey Kovalchuk ''(interim)'' (6 Aug 2009 – 15 September 2009)
*
Yuri Puntus
Yury Iosifovich Puntus ( be, Юрый Іосіфавіч Пунтус; russian: Юрий Иосифович Пунтус; born 8 October 1960) is a Soviet football player and a Belarusian football coach. He quit playing football in 1987 because ...
(16 September 2009 – 12 July 2011)
*
Sergey Kovalchuk (13 July 2011 – 8 July 2012)
*
Vladimir Kurnev
Vladimir Borisovich Kurnev (russian: Владимир Борисович Курнев; born 12 September 1950) is a Belarusian professional football coach and a former player. He works as youth coordinator with FC Minsk.
As a player, he spent t ...
(9 July 2012 – 20 September 2013)
*
Andrey Prokopyuk ''(interim)'' (21 September 2013 – 24 September 2013)
*
Sergey Kovalchuk (25 September 2013 – 4 December 2016)
*
Uladzimir Zhuravel
Uladzimir Ivanavich Zhuravel ( be, Уладзімір Іванавіч Журавель; russian: Владимир Иванович Журавель; 9 June 1971 – 18 November 2018) was a Belarusian professional football player and coach. In 20 ...
(4 Dec 2016 – Dec 2017)
*
Radoslav Látal
Radoslav Látal (born 6 January 1970) is a Czech football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. Látal is currently in charge of I liga side Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza.
Club career
At a club level, Látal began to play football ...
(Jan 2018 – May 2018)
*
Sergey Kovalchuk (May 2018 – June 2018)
*
Aleksey Shpilevsky (June 2018 – August 2018)
*
Marcel Lička
Marcel Lička (born 17 July 1977) is a Czech football coach and former player. He works currently as a manager of FC Orenburg in Russian Premier League.
Playing career
He made over 171 appearances in the Czech First League and 37 appearances i ...
(August 2018 – December 2019)
*
Sergey Kovalchuk (January 2020 – )
References
External links
Home page' ''
Dynamo Brest at EUFO.DEDynamo Brest at Weltfussball.deDynamo Brest at Football-Lineups.com
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Football clubs in Belarus
Football clubs in Brest, Belarus
Brest
Brest may refer to:
Places
*Brest, Belarus
**Brest Region
**Brest Airport
**Brest Fortress
* Brest, Kyustendil Province, Bulgaria
* Břest, Czech Republic
*Brest, France
** Arrondissement of Brest
**Brest Bretagne Airport
** Château de Brest
*Br ...
Association football clubs established in 1960
1960 establishments in Belarus