FC Dynamo Moscow (''FC Dynamo Moskva'', russian: Дина́мо Москва́ ) is a Russian
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
club based in
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
. Dynamo returned to the
Russian Premier League
The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 2001 ...
for the 2017–18 season after one season in the second-tier
Russian Football National League
The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (russian: Первенство Футбольн ...
.
Dynamo was the only club that had always played in the
top tier of Soviet football (along with
Dynamo Kyiv
Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Union, Soviet Dynamo Sports Club, Dynamo Sports Soc ...
) and of Russian football from the end of the Soviet era until they were relegated in 2016. Despite this, they have never won the modern
Russian Premier League
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title and have won
Russian Cup only once, in the season of
1994–95.
During the
Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
era, they were affiliated with the
MVD
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation (MVD; russian: Министерство внутренних дел (МВД), ''Ministerstvo vnutrennikh del'') is the interior ministry of Russia.
The MVD is responsible for law enfor ...
(Ministry of Internal Affairs – The Soviet Militia) and with the
KGB
The KGB (russian: links=no, lit=Committee for State Security, Комитет государственной безопасности (КГБ), a=ru-KGB.ogg, p=kəmʲɪˈtʲet ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)əj bʲɪzɐˈpasnəsʲtʲɪ, Komitet gosud ...
and was a part of
Dynamo sports society
Dynamo, also Dinamo, (; , Belarusian: Дынама, ka, დინამო) was a sports and fitness society created in 1923 in the Soviet Union. The society was an association of multi-sport clubs whose members were drawn from the NKVD and, a ...
. Chief of the Soviet security and secret police apparatus
NKVD
The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (russian: Наро́дный комиссариа́т вну́тренних дел, Naródnyy komissariát vnútrennikh del, ), abbreviated NKVD ( ), was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union.
...
,
Lavrentiy Beria
Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria (; rus, Лавре́нтий Па́влович Бе́рия, Lavréntiy Pávlovich Bériya, p=ˈbʲerʲiə; ka, ლავრენტი ბერია, tr, ; – 23 December 1953) was a Georgian Bolshevik ...
, was a patron of the club until his downfall.
From 10 April 2009 the
VTB Bank
VTB Bank (; formerly known as ''Vneshtorgbank'', , lit. 'International Trade Bank') is a Russian majority state-owned bank headquartered in various federal districts of Russia; its legal address is registered in Saint Petersburg, St. Peter ...
has been the owner of Dynamo after acquiring a 74% share in the club.
Boris Rotenberg Sr. was chairman until he resigned on 17 July 2015. On 29 December 2016,
Dynamo Sports Society
Dynamo, also Dinamo, (; , Belarusian: Дынама, ka, დინამო) was a sports and fitness society created in 1923 in the Soviet Union. The society was an association of multi-sport clubs whose members were drawn from the NKVD and, a ...
agreed to buy VTB Bank shares back for 1 ruble.
On 14 February 2019, Dynamo Sports Society agreed to sell the club back to VTB for 1 ruble.
On 24 February 2022, the shares were transferred by VTB back to the
Dynamo sports society
Dynamo, also Dinamo, (; , Belarusian: Дынама, ka, დინამო) was a sports and fitness society created in 1923 in the Soviet Union. The society was an association of multi-sport clubs whose members were drawn from the NKVD and, a ...
.
Dynamo's traditional colours are blue and white. Their crest consists of a blue letter "D," written in a traditional
cursive style on a white background, with "Moscow" written below it, partially covering a football underneath. The club's motto is "Power in Motion," initially proposed by
Maxim Gorky
Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (russian: link=no, Алексе́й Макси́мович Пешко́в; – 18 June 1936), popularly known as Maxim Gorky (russian: Макси́м Го́рький, link=no), was a Russian writer and social ...
, the famous Russian author, who was once an active member of the Dynamo sports society.
History
Foundation and Soviet era
![RR5110-0100R](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/RR5110-0100R.png)
Dynamo Moscow has its roots in the football Club Sokolniki Moscow.
After the
Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution was a period of Political revolution (Trotskyism), political and social revolution that took place in the former Russian Empire which began during the First World War. This period saw Russia abolish its monarchy and ad ...
, the club eventually found itself under the authority of the Interior Ministry and its head
Felix Dzerzhinsky
Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky ( pl, Feliks Dzierżyński ; russian: Фе́ликс Эдму́ндович Дзержи́нский; – 20 July 1926), nicknamed "Iron Felix", was a Bolshevik revolutionary and official, born into Poland, Polish n ...
, chief of the
Cheka
The All-Russian Extraordinary Commission ( rus, Всероссийская чрезвычайная комиссия, r=Vserossiyskaya chrezvychaynaya komissiya, p=fsʲɪrɐˈsʲijskəjə tɕrʲɪzvɨˈtɕæjnəjə kɐˈmʲisʲɪjə), abbreviated ...
, the Soviet Union's secret police. The club was renamed Dynamo Moscow in 1923 but was also referred to disparagingly as "garbage", a Russian criminal slang term for "police", by some of the supporters of other clubs.
Dynamo won the first two Soviet Championships in 1936 and 1937, a Soviet Cup in 1937, and another pair of national titles in 1940 and 1945. They were also the first Soviet club to tour the West when they played a series of friendlies in the United Kingdom in 1945. Complete unknowns to the British, the Soviet players first drew 3–3 against
Chelsea
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* Chelsea, Victoria
Canada
* Chelsea, Nova Scotia
* Chelsea, Quebec
United Kingdom
* Chelsea, London, an area of London, bounded to the south by the River Thames
** Chelsea (UK Parliament consti ...
and then defeated
Cardiff City 10–1. They defeated an
Arsenal
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side reinforced with
Stanley Matthews
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,
Stan Mortensen
Stanley Harding Mortensen (26 May 1921 – 22 May 1991) was an English professional footballer, most famous for his part in the 1953 FA Cup Final (subsequently known as the "Matthews Final"), in which he became the only player ever to score a h ...
and
Joe Bacuzzi by a score of 4–3 in a match played in thick fog at
White Hart Lane
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. They then drew 2–2 against Scottish side
Rangers, meaning they completed the tour undefeated.
They continued to be a strong side at home after World War II, and enjoyed their greatest success through the 1950s. Dynamo captured another five championships between 1949 and 1959, as well as their second Soviet Cup in 1953. Honours were harder to come by after that time. The club continued to enjoy some success in the Soviet Cup, but has not won a national championship since 1976. Even so, Dynamo's 11 national titles make them the country's third-most decorated side behind
Dynamo Kyiv
Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Union, Soviet Dynamo Sports Club, Dynamo Sports Soc ...
(13 titles) and
Spartak Moscow Spartak Moscow may refer to the following teams based or formerly based in Moscow, Russia:
* FC Spartak Moscow, an association football club
* HC Spartak Moscow, a professional ice hockey team
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* WB ...
(12 titles).
Dynamo's greatest achievement in Europe was in the
1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup
The 1971–72 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Rangers, who defeated Dynamo Moscow in the final.
Preliminary round
First leg
----
Second leg
''4–4 on aggregate; Austria Wien won on away goals ...
, where they reached the
Final
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** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of cont ...
at
Camp Nou
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in
Barcelona
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, losing 3–2 to Rangers. This was the first time a Russian side had reached a final in a European competition, a feat not repeated until
CSKA Moscow
CSKA Moscow (russian: ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, it was a central piece ...
won the
UEFA Cup in 2005.
VTB Bank era (2009–2016)
![Dinamo-cska (4)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Dinamo-cska_%284%29.jpg)
At the end of the
2008 season, Dynamo finished third, qualifying for the
2009–10 Champions League preliminary round. On 29 July 2009, Dynamo recorded a 0–1 away win against
Celtic
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Language and ethnicity
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**Celts (modern)
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Sports Fo ...
at
Celtic Park
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, which gave them a strong advantage going into the second leg. However, Celtic comfortably defeated Dynamo 0–2 in Moscow to progress, sending Dynamo into the
Europa League
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play-off round where the club was eliminated by Bulgarian side
CSKA Sofia
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after a 0–0 away draw in
Sofia
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and a 1–2 home defeat in Moscow.
In 2012, after a poor start to the season in which they lost their first five league games, Dynamo replaced interim manager
Dmitri Khokhlov with the
Romania
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n
Dan Petrescu
Daniel Vasile Petrescu (; born 22 December 1967) is a Romanian football manager and former player, who is currently in charge of Liga I club CFR Cluj.
As a player, Petrescu was deployed as a full-back or a winger and represented Premier Lea ...
, who managed to pull the club out of the relegation zone into a position in the upper-half of the league table. The team was close to qualifying for a place in European competition, but a failure to win in the last matchday left them in seventh, two points below the last Europa League qualifier position. Despite his efforts, Petrescu's contract was terminated on 8 April 2014 by mutual agreement after a heavy loss to league outsiders
Anzhi Makhachkala
Football Club Anzhi Makhachkala (russian: link=no, Футбо́льный клуб «Анжи́» Махачкала́, ), known simply as FC Anji, was a Russian professional football club based in the Dagestani capital of Makhachkala. Founded ...
0–4. As Dynamo Director of Sports
Guram Adzhoyev stated, "Last year Dan drew the team from the complicated situation, lifted it to the certain level, but recently we have seen no progress." Petrescu was replaced by
Stanislav Cherchesov
Stanislav Salamovich Cherchesov (russian: Станислав Саламович Черчесов, ; os, Черчесты Саламы фырт Станислав, Ĉerĉesty Salamy fyrt Stanislav; born 2 September 1963) is a Russian football ma ...
as manager. Under his management, Dynamo qualified for the group stage of the
2014–15 UEFA Europa League in which they won every game before falling to
Napoli
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
in the Round of 16. Dynamo was only able to finish in fourth place in the
2014–15 season after a string of poor results in the latter stages.
In June 2015, Dynamo was excluded from
2015–16 Europa League competition for violating
Financial Fair Play
The UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations (FFP) are a set of regulations established to prevent professional football clubs spending more than they earn in the pursuit of success, and in doing so not getting into financial problems which might t ...
break-even requirements. As a result,
VTB Bank
VTB Bank (; formerly known as ''Vneshtorgbank'', , lit. 'International Trade Bank') is a Russian majority state-owned bank headquartered in various federal districts of Russia; its legal address is registered in Saint Petersburg, St. Peter ...
proposed to transfer 74 percent of the shares of the club to the
Dynamo sports society
Dynamo, also Dinamo, (; , Belarusian: Дынама, ka, დინამო) was a sports and fitness society created in 1923 in the Soviet Union. The society was an association of multi-sport clubs whose members were drawn from the NKVD and, a ...
. Under the proposed plan, the society would own 100 percent of shares of Dynamo as it did in 2009, while the shares of the
VTB Arena
The VTB Arena – Dynamo Central Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Moscow, Russia. It consists of an ice hockey and an association football venue. The football stadium is officially named Dynamo Central Stadium. The ice hockey venue is know ...
would still be held by the Bank. The move would allow the club to comply with the requirements of Financial Fair Play, and VTB Bank would continue to provide support to Dynamo to the extent consistent with Financial Fair Play regulations.
Manager Stanislav Cherchesov was replaced by the returning
Andrey Kobelev
Andrey Nikolayevich Kobelev (russian: Андрей Николаевич Кобелев; born 22 October 1968 in Moscow) is a Russian retired footballer who played as a midfielder and a current manager.
Playing career
During his career Kobelev ...
, and many foreign players, such as
Mathieu Valbuena
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,
Balázs Dzsudzsák
Balázs Dzsudzsák (; born 23 December 1986) is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays for Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Debreceni VSC.
Dzsudzsák began his career at his hometown club Debreceni VSC, winning consecutive league titles in e ...
and
Kevin Kurányi
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, subsequently left Dynamo. Several young Dynamo prospects, such as
Grigori Morozov,
Aleksandr Tashayev and
Anatoli Katrich, who won the Under-21 competition in the 2014–15 season, were introduced to the first-team squad.
On 22 December 2015, Chairman of Dynamo's board of directors Vasili Titov announced that the shares had not been transferred to the Dynamo society; that FFP compliance rather than the share transfer was the top priority for the club; and that he expected the club to achieve compliance by April 2016.
After the winter break of the 2015–16 season, Dynamo won only one game out of 12 played in 2016 and Kobelev was fired with 3 games left in the season. On the final day of the season, Dynamo lost 0–3 to
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
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at home, dropped to 15th place in the table and was relegated from the Premier League.
In October 2016, with Dynamo leading the second-tier
Russian Football National League
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at the time, the newly appointed club president Yevgeni Muravyov claimed that club's debts stand at 13 billion rubles (approximately 188 million euros) and unless a new owner is found shortly or VTB re-commits to covering the club's debts, the club might declare bankruptcy. That would have most likely meant the loss of professional license and relegation to the fourth-level
Russian Amateur Football League
Russian championship among amateur football clubs (III division) (russian: Первенство России среди любительских футбольных клубов (III дивизион)) is the fourth overall tier of the Russian fo ...
.
Dynamo Society era (2016 to 2019)
On 29 December 2016,
Dynamo Sports Society
Dynamo, also Dinamo, (; , Belarusian: Дынама, ka, დინამო) was a sports and fitness society created in 1923 in the Soviet Union. The society was an association of multi-sport clubs whose members were drawn from the NKVD and, a ...
agreed to buy VTB Bank shares back for 1 ruble.
On 13 January 2017, VTB Bank announced they will sponsor Dynamo Sports Society to the amount of 10.64 billion rubles for the period from 2017 to 2019 (approximately 167 million euros as of that date).
HC Dynamo Moscow
HC Dynamo Moscow () is a Russian professional ice hockey club based in Moscow. It is a member of the Tarasov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League.
Dynamo has won the Gagarin Cup twice, in 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons, and have won th ...
and other teams of the society were also to be financed under that deal. On 1 February 2017, former club president
Boris Rotenberg said that the 75 million euro debt the football club owes to Rotenberg's companies has been restructured and "is not harming anybody". On 12 April 2017, with 7 games left to play in the 2016–17 season, Dynamo secured the return to the top level
Russian Premier League
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for 2017–18. That is the
FNL record for the earliest a team secured promotion.
On 14 March 2018, Yevgeni Muravyov was dismissed as the club president due to unauthorized payment made as a "bonus" to a third company during the transfer of
Konstantin Rausch
Konstantin Viktorovich Rausch (russian: Константин Викторович Рауш, german: Konstantin Rausch; born 15 March 1990) is a former professional footballer who played as a left-back. Born in Germany, he represented the countr ...
from
1. FC Köln.
Return to VTB (2019 to 2022)
The new stadium for the club,
VTB Arena
The VTB Arena – Dynamo Central Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Moscow, Russia. It consists of an ice hockey and an association football venue. The football stadium is officially named Dynamo Central Stadium. The ice hockey venue is know ...
was completed in late 2018. Following that, the stadium majority owner and football club's major sponsor
VTB Bank
VTB Bank (; formerly known as ''Vneshtorgbank'', , lit. 'International Trade Bank') is a Russian majority state-owned bank headquartered in various federal districts of Russia; its legal address is registered in Saint Petersburg, St. Peter ...
expressed interest in reacquiring the control over the club. On 14 February 2019,
Dynamo Sports Society
Dynamo, also Dinamo, (; , Belarusian: Дынама, ka, დინამო) was a sports and fitness society created in 1923 in the Soviet Union. The society was an association of multi-sport clubs whose members were drawn from the NKVD and, a ...
agreed to sell back the club shares to "Dynamo Management Company" (the company that owns the stadium and has VTB bank as the majority owner).
The price was the same symbolic 1 ruble.
On 26 April 2019, it was reported that the deal is close to be finalized formally, but the price for the stock increased to 10 billion rubles (approximately €138 million). This reported larger number includes accumulated debts and the cost of the club's training centre. (At the beginning of 2021, the club's chairman Yuri Solovyov said in an interview that Dynamo's debts were about 5.4 billion rubles. The then state of the club Soloviev called "shocking".) On 30 April 2019, VTB confirmed that the deal has been closed and formal price is 1 ruble, the debts outstanding from the football club to Dynamo society has been restructured to an 8-year term, and Yuri Belkin was appointed club's general director.
The
2019–20 season, their first back at the home stadium, started poorly and head coach
Dmitri Khokhlov resigned after 12 games played with Dynamo in second-to-last position in the table. Under his replacement,
Kirill Novikov, results improved and at the end of the season Dynamo finished 6th. That allowed Dynamo to qualify for European competition (
UEFA Europa League
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) for the first time in 6 seasons.
However, at the end of September 2020, Novikov was dismissed after losing to
Locomotive Tbilisi
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History
Lo ...
(UEFA qualification) and
Khimki
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History Origins and formation
Khimki was initially a railway station tha ...
(RPL).
Sandro Schwarz
Sandro Schwarz (; born 17 October 1978) is a German football manager and a former player. He is the head coach at Hertha BSC.
Coaching career
On 14 October 2020, he was hired as manager by the Russian Premier League club FC Dynamo Moscow. Sch ...
was appointed as the new coach on 14 October.
In the spring of 2021, the sports press started talking about the "revival" of the Moscow Dynamo. Since the appointment of Sandro Schwarz as coach, the team have won seven victories and four defeats in the Russian Premier League matches. The club's sporting director, Željko Buvač, has already described the start of the season as "great." The team finished the season in 7th place, despite gaining 50 points, which was the most points for Dynamo in the Premier League since the 2014–15 season.
Return to Dynamo Society (from 2022)
On 24 February 2022, as a consequence of the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
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, VTB Bank was sanctioned by the United Kingdom. On the same day, VTB Bank transferred the shares of FC Dynamo back to the
Dynamo Sports Society
Dynamo, also Dinamo, (; , Belarusian: Дынама, ka, დინამო) was a sports and fitness society created in 1923 in the Soviet Union. The society was an association of multi-sport clubs whose members were drawn from the NKVD and, a ...
.
After the invasion was launched, former
Liverpool F.C.
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and Ukraine striker
Andriy Voronin
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Voronin spent five full seasons in the Bundesliga of Germany, and last pla ...
, who had been the team's assistant coach, left the club, writing that he could not work in a country that was bombing his homeland.
The club remained in second place in the
2021–22 Russian Premier League and at competitive points distance from first-place defending champions
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
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for most of the season before some late Dynamo losses allowed Zenit to secure the title with three games left to play in the season. The club also qualified for the
2021–22 Russian Cup
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The competition qualification started on 14 July 2021 and it concluded on 29 May 2022. The winner of the cup wou ...
final, their first Russian Cup final appearance since 2012. On the last matchday of the league season on 21 May 2022, Dynamo lost 1–5 at home to
PFC Sochi
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and dropped to 3rd place, letting Sochi overtake them. Still, that was the first Top-3 finish for Dynamo since 2008. On 29 May 2022, Dynamo lost the Russian Cup final to Spartak 1–2, with
Daniil Fomin
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missing a penalty kick deep in added time. Manager
Sandro Schwarz
Sandro Schwarz (; born 17 October 1978) is a German football manager and a former player. He is the head coach at Hertha BSC.
Coaching career
On 14 October 2020, he was hired as manager by the Russian Premier League club FC Dynamo Moscow. Sch ...
resigned from the club after the Cup final.
Slaviša Jokanović
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A physical player considered strong in the ai ...
was hired as a new manager on 17 June 2022. Several key starting line-up foreign players from the 2021–22 season left the club on loan or suspended their contracts before the season due to the continuing Russian war in Ukraine, including
Sebastian Szymański
Sebastian Szymański (born 10 May 1999) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Eredivisie club Feyenoord, on loan from Dynamo Moscow, and the Poland national team.
Club career
On 31 May 2019, Szymański s ...
,
Nikola Moro,
Fabián Balbuena
Fabián Cornelio Balbuena González (born 23 August 1991) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A team Corinthians and the Paraguay national team. He is also under contract with Rus ...
,
Ivan Ordets
Ivan Ordets ( uk, Іван Миколайович Ордець; born 8 July 1992) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club VfL Bochum on loan from Dynamo Moscow. He is a former Ukraine national te ...
and
Guillermo Varela
Guillermo Varela Olivera (; born 24 March 1993) is a Uruguayan professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, right-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Clube de Regatas do Flameng ...
. Dynamo took positions in the upper half of the league table, but below the top 3 during the summer/fall part of the 2022–23 season, not going on any long unbeaten or winless streaks. New Cameroonian signing
Moumi Ngamaleu
Moumi Nicolas Brice Ngamaleu (born 9 July 1994) is a Cameroonian professional association football, footballer who plays as a winger (association football), right winger for Russian club FC Dynamo Moscow, Dynamo Moscow and the Cameroon national f ...
was the only Dynamo player selected for the
2022 FIFA World Cup
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squads (not counting Szymański and Varela who were loaned out before the season). Dynamo went into the winter break of the season in 4th place.
League position
European campaigns
UEFA ranking
FC Dynamo Moscow Women's team
In December 2021, according to the strategy of the club, FC Dynamo Football launched Women's team, as well as Women's Youth team and Girl's section in Lev Yashin Academy. Sergey Lavrentiev, graduate of the club UEFA "A" licence holder and former "man at the wheel" of Russian National Women's team, Chertanovo and CSKA Moscow women's teams, was appointed head coach of the new-born first squad. Goalkeepers coach Vitaly Shadrin (alongside same duties at Russian National Women's team) and strength & conditioning coach Yulia Gordeeva have also joined the staff.
Lev Yashin Academy
In 2021 the academy won both winter and summer championships in Moscow youth league, Club's League, being the only club to score more than 200 goals (2,85 per match) and conceding as well the fewest number of 47 goals. Soon after, Alexander Kuznetsov, academy's director since 2013 and since 2006 in the club, has overviewed the evolution of football education in the academy, precising that "we`ve stopped acquiring "running horses" in favour of footballers – creative, technically skilled and able to make right decisions on the pitch". Mr Kuznetsov has also mentioned the role in modern approach in the Academy of Juan Martinez Garcia, Spanish specialist, who had been working in the club for several years a decade ago. In March 2022, the academy and
Higher School of Economics
HSE University (russian: link=no, «Высшая школа экономики», ВШЭ), officially the National Research University Higher School of Economics (russian: link=no, Национальный исследовательский ун ...
became official partners in education and research.
; Franchise
The club has a football Academy named after
Lev Yashin
Lev Ivanovich Yashin (russian: Лев Иванович Яшин; 22 October 1929 – 20 March 1990), nicknamed the "Black Spider" or the "Black Panther", was a Soviet professional footballer regarded by many as the greatest goalkeeper in the h ...
official site, created on the basis of the Dynamo youth team. In recent years, the owners of the club have seriously taken up its development. VTB Group has created an endowment fund with a capital of 5 billion rubles to finance the training of young footballers. The board of trustees of the fund is headed by the former prime minister of Russia, member of the board of directors of Dynamo,
Sergei Stepashin
Sergei Vadimovich Stepashin (russian: Сергей Вадимович Степашин; born 2 March 1952) is a Russian politician who briefly served as Prime Minister of Russia in 1999. Prior to this he had been appointed as federal security m ...
.
In 2020, 13 graduates of the academy played for the main team of Dynamo.
In 2020, the academy began to develop a network of branches. The first branch was created in
Makhachkala
Makhachkala ( rus, Махачкала, , məxətɕkɐˈla, links=yes),; av, Махӏачхъала, Maħaçqala; ce, ХӀинжа-ГӀала, Hinƶa-Ġala; az, Маһачгала, Mahaçqala; nog, Махачкала; lbe, Махачкъала; ...
(
Dagestan
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) and then in more than 15 Russian cities and towns. In August and September 2021, the latest franchise football schools of the academy were opened in
Barnaul
Barnaul ( rus, Барнау́л, p=bərnɐˈul) is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and administrative centre of Altai Krai, Russia, located at the confluence of the Barnaulka and Ob Rivers in the West Siberian Plain. As ...
, in
Belgorod
Belgorod ( rus, Белгород, p=ˈbʲeɫɡərət) is a city and the administrative center of Belgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Seversky Donets River north of the border with Ukraine. Population: Demographics
The population of Be ...
, in
Vladivostok
Vladivostok ( rus, Владивосто́к, a=Владивосток.ogg, p=vɫədʲɪvɐˈstok) is the largest city and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai, Russia. The city is located around the Zolotoy Rog, Golden Horn Bay on the Sea ...
, in
Voronezh
Voronezh ( rus, links=no, Воро́неж, p=vɐˈronʲɪʂ}) is a city and the administrative centre of Voronezh Oblast in southwestern Russia straddling the Voronezh River, located from where it flows into the Don River. The city sits on the ...
and in stanitsa Novotitarovskaya in
Krasnodar Krai
Krasnodar Krai (russian: Краснода́рский край, r=Krasnodarsky kray, p=krəsnɐˈdarskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), located in the North Caucasus region in Southern Russia and administratively a part of t ...
. The next branch, based on local "Junior" school of sports, would be coming soon in
Nizhnevartovsk
Nizhnevartovsk ( rus, Нижневартовск, p=nʲɪʐnʲɪˈvartəfsk) is a city in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug–Yugra, Russia. Since the 1960s, the Western Siberian oil boom led to Nizhnevartovsk's rapid growth from a small settlement t ...
.
In August 2021, the club started providing online workshops as a manual to launch Lev Yashin Academy franchises in any Russian city.
; Endowment fund
In September 2021,
Alexander Ovechkin
Alexander Mikhailovich Ovechkin ( rus, Александр Михайлович Овечкин, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐˈvʲetɕkʲɪn; born 17 September 1985) is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger and captain of the Washington Capitals ...
, worldwide hockey superstar and former
HC Dynamo Moscow
HC Dynamo Moscow () is a Russian professional ice hockey club based in Moscow. It is a member of the Tarasov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League.
Dynamo has won the Gagarin Cup twice, in 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons, and have won th ...
forward, was named official ambassador for the endowment fund of Lev Yashin Academy.
Since September 2021, FC Dynamo Moscow has been launched marketing activities to promote the endowment fund of Lev Yashin Academy. Within the first promo offer, 30% of the cost of official new kit is transferred to support young Dynamo players sustainability, and each kit's buyer could get a number and a name on it for free.
Since September 2021, each purchase in roubles, miles or bonus points by card of
VTB Bank
VTB Bank (; formerly known as ''Vneshtorgbank'', , lit. 'International Trade Bank') is a Russian majority state-owned bank headquartered in various federal districts of Russia; its legal address is registered in Saint Petersburg, St. Peter ...
could be directly converted into a single donation for the endowment fund of Lev Yashin Academy.
Ownerships, kit suppliers and shirt sponsors
B2C Marketing
; Fashion and Merchandise
In August 2021, FC Dynamo Moscow opened the official fanstore with sports and casualwear at
VTB Arena
The VTB Arena – Dynamo Central Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Moscow, Russia. It consists of an ice hockey and an association football venue. The football stadium is officially named Dynamo Central Stadium. The ice hockey venue is know ...
as an integral part of club's renewed brand platform. In December 2021, premiere screening of "Legends of the Future", dedicated to Dynamo's stars
Mikhail Yakushin
Mikhail Iosifovich Yakushin (Russian: Михаил Иосифович Якушин; 15 November 1910 – 3 February 1997) was a Russian football and field hockey player, later a manager of Dynamo Moscow and the USSR.
Playing career
Yakushin pla ...
,
Konstantin Beskov
Konstantin Ivanovich Beskov (russian: Константи́н Ива́нович Бе́сков; 18 November 1920 – 6 May 2006) was a Soviet/Russian footballer and coach.
Beskov was born in Moscow. He played for Dynamo Moscow as forward, sc ...
and
Alexei Khomich, was held at club's official fanstore.
The first ever vintage Dynamo's collection was produced in 2008 and then in the late 2010-ies. A new vintage fashion line was launched in August 2021 featuring heritage brand "Olovo".
In September 2021, iconic British designer
Nigel Cabourn started cooperating with the club with a fashion line, which will be his first cooperation with a football club, in a view of FC Dynamo Moscow's centenary in 2022, because vintage has always been a source of inspiration for the designer. In February 2022, Nigel Cabourn presented the whole FC Dynamo Moscow casual range at
Pitti Uomo Pitti Immagine is a collection of fashion industry events in Italy.
Pitti Immagine Uomo
Pitti Uomo (in English, "Pitti Men"), is one of the world's most important platforms for men's clothing and accessory collections, and for launching new projec ...
, famous international men's fashion show, at
Fortezza da Basso
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in
Florence
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.
In October 2021, capsule collection, dedicated to Lev Yashin's anniversary, was shown in his favourite cinema, Pioner, in Moscow.
In November 2021, the club organized auction to sell all new collection retro shirts, presented by Dynamo's footballers before the kick-off of the home game with
FC Khimki
FC Khimki (russian: ФК Химки) is a Russian professional football club based in Khimki. The club returned to the Russian Premier League in the 2020–21 season.
History
The team was formed in 1996 by merging two amateur clubs from Khimki, ...
, held on October, 22th, the day of the anniversary of
Lev Yashin
Lev Ivanovich Yashin (russian: Лев Иванович Яшин; 22 October 1929 – 20 March 1990), nicknamed the "Black Spider" or the "Black Panther", was a Soviet professional footballer regarded by many as the greatest goalkeeper in the h ...
, for the benefit of endowment fund of FC Dynamo Moscow.
In December 2021, the club launched its first full-range New Year's collection. In February 2022, in the way to promote the fanstore and the 2nd round of the championship, where FC Dynamo Moscow is running on the Champions League's 2nd place, the club offered a free ticket for each more than 5000 roubles purchase.
; "Dynamo Runners" club
In August 2021, "Dynamo Runners" club was launched to promote Dynamo's spirit on a larger scale. Running, fitness and healthy lifehacks in
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
are scheduled for every new training of the club. Olympic champion
Yuri Borzakovskiy has become one of the ambassadors of "Dynamo Runners" club together with top bloggers and other celebrities.
; Dynamo & VTB Bank day
In October 2021, Dynamo & VTB Bank day was dedicated to 92th anniversary of
Lev Yashin
Lev Ivanovich Yashin (russian: Лев Иванович Яшин; 22 October 1929 – 20 March 1990), nicknamed the "Black Spider" or the "Black Panther", was a Soviet professional footballer regarded by many as the greatest goalkeeper in the h ...
together with school students, invited to Dynamo's game against
FC Khimki
FC Khimki (russian: ФК Химки) is a Russian professional football club based in Khimki. The club returned to the Russian Premier League in the 2020–21 season.
History
The team was formed in 1996 by merging two amateur clubs from Khimki, ...
, won 4 to 1, and to the official club fanshop at
VTB Arena
The VTB Arena – Dynamo Central Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Moscow, Russia. It consists of an ice hockey and an association football venue. The football stadium is officially named Dynamo Central Stadium. The ice hockey venue is know ...
. Communication with school students has been carried on in December 2021 within tours at
VTB Arena
The VTB Arena – Dynamo Central Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Moscow, Russia. It consists of an ice hockey and an association football venue. The football stadium is officially named Dynamo Central Stadium. The ice hockey venue is know ...
for school students from
Khimki
Khimki ( rus, Химки, p=ˈxʲimkʲɪ) is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, 18.25 kilometres northwest of central Moscow, and immediately beyond the Moscow city boundary.
History Origins and formation
Khimki was initially a railway station tha ...
.
; Cyber and high-Tech Marketing
The last home matchday vs
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
Football Club Zenit (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб «Зенит» ), also known as Zenit Saint Petersburg or simply Zenit, is a Russian professional association football, football club based in Saint Petersburg. Founded in ...
at
VTB Arena
The VTB Arena – Dynamo Central Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Moscow, Russia. It consists of an ice hockey and an association football venue. The football stadium is officially named Dynamo Central Stadium. The ice hockey venue is know ...
was powered by the first Augmented reality (AR) show within a football game in Russia.
; Dynamo Bookshelf
In February 2022, the club presented two books about
Gavriil Kachalin
Gavriil Dmitriyevich Kachalin (russian: Гавриил Дмитриевич Качалин; 17 January 1911 – 23 May 1995) was a Soviet and Russian football player and coach.
He led the USSR national football team to their greatest achievem ...
and
Igor Chislenko
Igor Leonidovich Chislenko (russian: Игорь Леонидович Численко, 4 January 1939 — 22 September 1994) was a Soviet association football player. He played over 200 league games for FC Dinamo Moscow, winning two Soviet leag ...
as a part of "Legends and Lives" serie. One year before, the club also published the book about
Mikhail Yakushin
Mikhail Iosifovich Yakushin (Russian: Михаил Иосифович Якушин; 15 November 1910 – 3 February 1997) was a Russian football and field hockey player, later a manager of Dynamo Moscow and the USSR.
Playing career
Yakushin pla ...
.
; Social Media
In January 2022, according to Deportes y Finanzas, the club became the most popular Russian football team on
YouTube
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in the year 2021.
; Charity
During the season 2021–22, the club upscaled its charity matchday activities with 100 roubles from each ticket and 20% of merchandise sales provided to numerous charity funds.
Rivalries
![FirstRFPLmatch](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/FirstRFPLmatch.jpg)
Since its establishment in 1923, Dynamo's historical rival has been
Spartak Moscow Spartak Moscow may refer to the following teams based or formerly based in Moscow, Russia:
* FC Spartak Moscow, an association football club
* HC Spartak Moscow, a professional ice hockey team
* Spartak GM Moscow, a semi-professional rugby club
* WB ...
. Clashes between the clubs were seen by their fans and more generally as the most important games in the Soviet Union for more than three decades, attracting thousands of spectators. (Ironically, however, on New Year's Day in 1936, it was a combined Dynamo-Spartak team that traveled to
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
to face
Racing Club de France
Racing Club de France, also known as RCF, is a French Sports club, omnisport club that was founded on 20 April 1882 under the name Racing Club.
Racing Club changed its name to Racing Club de France (RCF) on 21 November 1885. The club is located a ...
, then one of Europe's top teams.) Dynamo clinched the first-ever Soviet League by beating Spartak 1–0 at Dynamo Stadium in front of 70,000 spectators. Spartak responded by winning the championship the following year.
Stadium
![Dynamo Stadium](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Dynamo_Stadium.jpg)
Dynamo's ground used to be the historic
Dynamo Stadium Dynamo Stadium or Dinamo Stadium is a stadium that often associated with the Dynamo (sports society).
It may also refer to:
Albania
*Selman Stërmasi Stadium, Tirana, formerly "Dinamo Stadium"
Belarus
*Dinamo Stadium (Brest), Belarus
*Dinamo Sta ...
in Petrovsky Park, which seated 36,540. In 2008, it was closed for demolition. From 2010 to 2016, Dynamo Moscow played their matches at the
Arena Khimki
Arena Khimki (russian: «Арена Химки») is a football stadium in Khimki, Russia. Located 300 metres north of the MKAD highway, it lies on the Moscow Oblast side of the border with Moscow. It is the home stadium of FC Khimki.
History ...
, which they shared with their Moscow rivals,
CSKA Moscow
CSKA Moscow (russian: ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, it was a central piece ...
. They continued to play at Arena Khimki until 26 May 2019, when FC Dynamo Moscow officially "returned home,"
as they played their first match at the newly opened
VTB Arena
The VTB Arena – Dynamo Central Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Moscow, Russia. It consists of an ice hockey and an association football venue. The football stadium is officially named Dynamo Central Stadium. The ice hockey venue is know ...
.
Average attendance
In the 1st half of the 2021–22 season Dynamo recorded the best attendance at home among Moscow football clubs, according to official stats provided by
Russian Premier League
The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 2001 ...
.
Honours
Domestic
Soviet Top League
The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991.
The professional top level ...
/
Russian Premier League
The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 2001 ...
*Champions (11):
1936 (spring),
1937,
1940,
1945
1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
Januar ...
,
1949
Events
January
* January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022.
* January 2 – Luis ...
,
1954
Events
January
* January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany.
* January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting.
* January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...
,
1955
Events January
* January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
* January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
* January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...
,
1957
1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th y ...
,
1959
Events January
* January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.
* January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...
,
1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...
,
1976
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
*Runners-up (12):
1936 (autumn),
1946
Events January
* January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
* January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into f ...
,
1947
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Events
January
* January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in ...
,
1948,
1950,
1956,
1958,
1962,
1967,
1970
Events
January
* January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC.
* January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...
,
1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal ente ...
,
1994
File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...
Soviet Cup
The Soviet Cup, or USSR Cup (russian: Кубок СССР),, be, Кубак СССР, uz, СССР Кубоги, kk, КСРО Кубогы, ka, სსრკ თასი, az, ССРИ кубоку, lt, TSRS taurė, ro, Cupa URSS (Moldova ...
/
Russian Cup
*Winners (7):
1937,
1953
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito i ...
,
1966–67,
1970
Events
January
* January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC.
* January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...
,
1977
Events January
* January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...
,
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...
,
1994–95
*Runners-up (9):
1945
1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
Januar ...
,
1949
Events
January
* January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022.
* January 2 – Luis ...
,
1950,
1955
Events January
* January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
* January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
* January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...
,
1979,
1996–97,
1998–99,
2011–12,
2021–22
Soviet Super Cup
The USSR Super Cup,, az, Futbol üzrə SSRİ Superkuboku, ka, საბჭოთა კავშირის სუპერთასი, sabch’ota k’avshiris sup’ertasi, lt, TSRS Futbolo Supertaurė, ro, Supercupa URSS, uk, Супер ...
/
Russian Super Cup
The Russian Super Cup () is a one-match football annual competition. Its official sponsored name is ''OLIMPBET Russian Supercup'' (). The two participating clubs are the Russian Premier League champions and the Russian Cup winners. If the Premie ...
*Winners:
1977
Events January
* January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...
*Runners-up: 1984
Russian Football National League
The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (russian: Первенство Футбольн ...
*Winners:
2016–17
European
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tournam ...
*Runners-up:
1971–72
Non-official
;
Ciutat de Barcelona Trophy
*Winners: 1976
;
Atlantic Cup
*Winners: 2015
;Lev Yashin Cup
*Winners: 2010
Players
Current squad
''As of 8 September 2022, according to th
RPL official website'
Out on loan
FC Dynamo-2 Moscow
Following Dynamo's relegation from the
Russian Premier League
The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 2001 ...
(which holds its own competition for the Under-21 teams of the Premier League clubs) at the end of the 2015–16 season, the reserve squad
FC Dynamo-2 Moscow received professional license and was registered to play in the third-tier
Russian Professional Football League
The Russian Second League (russian: Первенство России II дивизиона ФНЛ), formerly Russian Professional Football League is the third level of Russian professional football.
History
In 1998–2010, it was run by the Pr ...
, beginning with the 2016–17 season. Following the main squad's promotion back to the RPL, they stopped playing professionally in the 2017–18 season, with players returning to the RPL U-21 tournament.
Notable players
For further list, see
List of FC Dynamo Moscow players.
;USSR/Russia
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Viktor Anichkin
Viktor Ivanovich Anichkin (russian: Виктор Иванович Аничкин; born December 8, 1941, in Sverdlovsk (now Ekaterinburg); died on January 5, 1975, in Moscow from heart failure) was a Russian footballer. He scored 15 goals from 32 ...
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Anatoly Baidachny
Anatoly Nikolayevich Baidachny (russian: Анатолий Николаевич Байдачный) (born 1 October 1952) is a Russian football manager.
International career
Baidachny made his debut for USSR on 30 April 1972 in the UEFA Euro 1 ...
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Vladimir Belyayev
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Konstantin Beskov
Konstantin Ivanovich Beskov (russian: Константи́н Ива́нович Бе́сков; 18 November 1920 – 6 May 2006) was a Soviet/Russian footballer and coach.
Beskov was born in Moscow. He played for Dynamo Moscow as forward, sc ...
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Aleksandr Borodyuk
Aleksandr Genrikhovich Borodyuk (russian: Александр Генрихович Бородюк; born 30 November 1962) is a Russian football manager and former international player for USSR (playing one match in 1990 FIFA World Cup) and Russia ...
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Aleksandr Bubnov
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Igor Chislenko
Igor Leonidovich Chislenko (russian: Игорь Леонидович Численко, 4 January 1939 — 22 September 1994) was a Soviet association football player. He played over 200 league games for FC Dinamo Moscow, winning two Soviet leag ...
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Yevgeni Dolgov
Yevgeni Petrovich Dolgov (russian: Евгений Петрович Долгов; born 20 June 1969) is a former Soviet and Russian football player.
Club career
He played for three seasons in the Soviet Top League and Russian Premier League with ...
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Oleg Dolmatov
Oleg Vasilyevich Dolmatov (Russian: Олег Васильевич Долматов; born 29 November 1948 in Chelyabinsk-40) is a Russian football manager and a former player.
Honors
* Soviet Top League winner: 1976 (spring)
* Soviet Cup win ...
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Valery Gazzaev
Valery Georgiyevich Gazzaev (russian: Вале́рий Гео́ргиевич Газза́ев; os, Гæззаты Георгийы фырт Валери, translit=Gæzzaty Georgijy fyrt Valeri; born 7 August 1954) is a Russian politician, foot ...
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Gennadi Gusarov
Gennadi Aleksandrovich Gusarov (russian: Геннадий Александрович Гусаров) (11 March 1937 – 2 June 2014) was a Soviet Russian football player.
Honours
* Soviet Top League winner: 1960, 1963.
* Soviet Top League runn ...
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Vladimir Kesarev
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Dmitri Kharine
Dmitri Viktorovich Kharine (russian: Дмитрий Викторович Харин; born 16 August 1968) is a Russian football coach and former professional footballer, who is goalkeeping coach of National League South side Hemel Hempstead Tow ...
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Sergei Kiriakov
Sergei Vyacheslavovich Kiriakov (russian: Серге́й Вячеславович Кирьяков; born 1 January 1970) is a Russian football coach and a former player. He is the manager of FC Leningradets Leningrad Oblast.
Career
Kiriakov ...
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Valeri Kleimyonov
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Valery Korolenkov
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Igor Kolyvanov
Igor Vladimirovich Kolyvanov (russian: Игорь Владимирович Колыванов; born 6 March 1968) is a Russian football manager and a former player. He is the manager of Tekstilshchik Ivanovo. During his playing career, he play ...
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Viktor Losev
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Evgeny Lovchev
Evgeny Serafimovich Lovchev (russian: Евгений Серафимович Ловчев; born 29 January 1949) is a Russian sports journalist, a former footballer, football and futsal manager.
Honours
* Soviet Top League winner: 1969.
* Soviet ...
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Alakbar Mammadov
Alakbar Mammadov ( az, Ələkbər Məmmədov; russian: Алекпер Мамедов; 9 May 1930 – 28 July 2014) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani footballer best known as a striker for FC Dynamo Moscow in the 1950s and later as the first manager ...
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Andrei Mokh
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Eduard Mudrik
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Aleksandr Novikov
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Vladimir Pilguy
Vladimir Mikhailovich Pilguy (russian: Владимир Михайлович Пильгуй, uk, Володимир Михайлович Пільгуй; born 26 January 1948) is a former Ukrainian and Soviet footballer.
Honours
* Soviet Top Le ...
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Viktor Tsarev
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Aleksandr Uvarov
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Andrei Yakubik
Andrei Aleksandrovich Yakubik (russian: Андрей Александрович Якубик; born 24 August 1950) is a former Soviet football player.
Honours
* Soviet Top League winner: 1976 (spring).
* Soviet Cup winner: 1977.
* Olympic ...
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Mikhail Yakushin
Mikhail Iosifovich Yakushin (Russian: Михаил Иосифович Якушин; 15 November 1910 – 3 February 1997) was a Russian football and field hockey player, later a manager of Dynamo Moscow and the USSR.
Playing career
Yakushin pla ...
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Lev Yashin
Lev Ivanovich Yashin (russian: Лев Иванович Яшин; 22 October 1929 – 20 March 1990), nicknamed the "Black Spider" or the "Black Panther", was a Soviet professional footballer regarded by many as the greatest goalkeeper in the h ...
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Gennady Yevriuzhikin
Gennady Yegorovich Yevryuzhikhin (russian: Геннадий Егорович Еврюжихин; born 4 February 1944 in Kazan; died 15 March 1998 in Moscow) was a Russian footballer.
Honours
* Soviet Top League winner: 1976 (spring).
* Sovie ...
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Vladimir Beschastnykh
Vladimir Yevgenyevich Beschastnykh ( rus, Влади́мир Евге́ньевич Бесча́стных, p=vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪvʲɪdʑ bʲɪˈɕːasnɨx; born 1 April 1974) is a Russian football manager and a former player who ...
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Dmitri Bulykin
Dmitri Olegovich Bulykin (russian: Дмитрий Олегович Булыкин; born 20 November 1979) is a retired Russian footballer. Between 2003 and 2005, he played regularly for the Russian national team.
Club career
Lokomotiv Moscow
...
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Pyotr Bystrov
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Dmitri Cheryshev
Dmitri Nikolayevich Cheryshev (russian: Дмитрий Николаевич Черышев; born 11 May 1969) is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a forward, and a manager. He is the manager of Andorran club Santa Coloma.
...
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Igor Denisov
Igor Vladimirovich Denisov (russian: Игорь Владимирович Денисов; born 17 May 1984) is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Denisov spent most of his career from 2002 to 2013 at his home ...
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Igor Dobrovolsky
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Yuri Drozdov
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Daniil Fomin
Daniil Dmitriyevich Fomin (russian: Даниил Дмитриевич Фомин; born 2 March 1997) is a Russian professional association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Defensive midfielder, defensive midfielder for FC Dynamo Mo ...
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Vladimir Gabulov
Vladimir Borisovich Gabulov ( rus, Владимир Борисович Габулов, p=vlɐˈdʲimɪr bɐˈrʲisəvʲɪtɕ gɐˈbuləf, os, Гæбулты Борисы фырт Владимир, ''Gabulte Boriše fert Vlâdimir'', born 19 Oct ...
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Vladimir Granat
Vladimir Vasilyevich Granat ( rus, Владимир Васильевич Гранат, p=vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr vɐˈsʲilʲjɪvʲɪdʑ ɡrɐˈnat; born 22 May 1987) is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
Career Clu ...
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Sergey Grishin
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Rolan Gusev
Rolan Aleksandrovich Gusev (russian: Ролан Александрович Гусев; born 17 September 1977) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player who played as a midfielder. He is the manager of the Under-19 squad of ...
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Aleksei Ionov
Aleksei Sergeyevich Ionov (russian: Алексей Сергеевич Ионов; born 18 February 1989) is a Russian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Winger, winger for FC Krasnodar, Krasnodar and the Russ ...
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Andrei Ivanov
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Andrei Karyaka
Andrei Konstantinovich Karyaka (russian: Андрей Константинович Каряка; born 1 April 1978) is a Russian football coach and a former player who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Early career
Growing up in Dnipropetro ...
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Aleksandr Kerzhakov
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Yevgeni Kharlachyov
Yevgeni Valeryevich Kharlachyov (russian: Евгений Валерьевич Харлачёв; born 20 January 1974) is a Russian football coach and a former player. He is the manager of FC Sokol Saratov.
Honours
* Russian Premier League runn ...
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Dmitri Khokhlov
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Valeri Kleimyonov
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Andrey Kobelev
Andrey Nikolayevich Kobelev (russian: Андрей Николаевич Кобелев; born 22 October 1968 in Moscow) is a Russian retired footballer who played as a midfielder and a current manager.
Playing career
During his career Kobelev ...
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Aleksandr Kokorin
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kokorin ('' né'' Kartashov; russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Коко́рин, ; born 19 March 1991) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Cypriot club Aris Limassol ...
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Denis Kolodin
Denis Alexeyevich Kolodin (russian: Денис Алексеевич Колодин; born 11 January 1982) is a Russian football coach and former central defender. He was called up to the Russia squad for UEFA Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzer ...
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Sergei Kolotovkin
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Dmitri Kombarov
Dmitri Vladimirovich Kombarov ( rus, Дми́трий Влади́мирович Комба́ров, p=ˈdmʲitrʲɪj vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ kɐmˈbarəf; born 22 January 1987) is a Russian football coach and a former player who played as a ...
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Nikolay Komlichenko
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Yuri Kovtun
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Aleksei Kozlov
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Sergei Ovchinnikov
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Kirill Panchenko
Kirill Viktorovich Panchenko (russian: Кирилл Викторович Панченко; born 16 October 1989) is a Russian footballer who plays as a second striker for FC Arsenal Tula.
Career
On 25 June 2013, Panchenko signed with Tom Tom ...
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Aleksandr Panov
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Sergei Parshivlyuk
Sergei Viktorovich Parshivlyuk (; born 18 March 1989) is a Russian footballer who plays as a right-back for FC Dynamo Moscow.
Career Club
Parshivlyuk attended "Spartak Moscow" football school. In his youth, he began as a forward, then as a righ ...
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Ruslan Pimenov
Ruslan Valeryevich Pimenov (russian: Руслан Валерьевич Пименов; born 25 November 1981) is a Russian former football player.
Career
He played mostly for Lokomotiv Moscow and then briefly for Alania Vladikavkaz. In 2005 ...
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Nikolai Pisarev
Nikolai Nikolayevich Pisarev (russian: Николай Николаевич Писарев; born 23 November 1968) is a Russian football manager and a former player. He is an assistant coach with Russia national football team.
International car ...
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Pavel Pogrebnyak
Pavel Viktorovich Pogrebnyak (russian: Па́вел Ви́кторович Погребня́к ; born 8 November 1983) is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Born in Moscow, Pogrebnyak began his career at Spart ...
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Vladislav Radimov
Vladislav Nikolayevich Radimov ( rus, Владисла́в Никола́евич Ради́мов, p=vlədʲɪˈslaf nʲɪkɐˈlaɪvʲɪtɕ rɐˈdʲiməf; born 26 November 1975) is a Russian football coach and a former player who played midfi ...
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Konstantin Rausch
Konstantin Viktorovich Rausch (russian: Константин Викторович Рауш, german: Konstantin Rausch; born 15 March 1990) is a former professional footballer who played as a left-back. Born in Germany, he represented the countr ...
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Aleksei Rebko
Aleksei Vasilyevich Rebko (russian: Алексей Васильевич Ребко; born 23 April 1986) is a Russian association football coach and a former midfielder. He is an assistant manager with Fakel Voronezh.
Career
He broke the record ...
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Aleksandr Samedov
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Igor Semshov
Igor Petrovich Semshov (russian: Игорь Петрович Семшов; born 6 April 1978) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He is the manager of Chayka Peschanokopskoye.
Career
Semshov graduated from the CSK ...
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Anton Shunin
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Igor Simutenkov
Igor Vitalyevich Simutenkov (russian: Игорь Витальевич Симутенков; born 3 April 1973 in Moscow) is a Russian football coach and a former player. Currently, he works as assistant manager at FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.
...
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Igor Sklyarov
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Alexey Smertin
Aleksey Gennadyevich Smertin ( rus, Алексе́й Генна́дьевич Сме́ртин, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej ɡʲɪˈnːadʲɪvʲɪtɕ ˈsʲmʲertʲɪn; born 1 May 1975) is a Russian football official and a former player. He was a fairly ...
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Fyodor Smolov
Fyodor Mikhaylovich Smolov ( rus, link=yes, Фёдор Миха́йлович Смо́лов, p=ˈfʲɵdər mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ ˈsmoləf; born 9 February 1990) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Dynamo Moscow and ...
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Sergei Terekhov
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Oleg Teryokhin
Oleg Ivanovich Teryokhin (russian: Олег Иванович Терёхин; born 12 August 1970 ) is a Russian football coach and a former player.
Honours
* Russian Premier League runner-up: 2000.
* Russian Premier League bronze: 1997.
* Rus ...
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Omari Tetradze
Omari Mikhaylovich Tetradze (russian: Омари Михайлович Тетрадзе, ka, ომარ თეთრაძე, el, Ομάρι Τετράντζε; born 13 October 1969 as Omari Mikhaylovich Osipov) is a Georgian-Russian professi ...
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Aleksandr Tochilin
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Akhrik Tsveiba
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Konstantin Tyukavin
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Andrey Yeshchenko
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Roman Yevgenyev
Roman Alekseyevich Yevgenyev (russian: Роман Алексеевич Евгеньев; born 23 February 1999) is a Russian football player who plays as a center back for Krylia Sovetov Samara. A former Russian youth international, Yevgenyev was ...
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Artur Yusupov
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Arsen Zakharyan
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Yuriy Zhirkov
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Roman Zobnin
Roman Sergeyevich Zobnin ( rus, Роман Сергеевич Зобнин, p=rɐˈman sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪdʑ ˈzobnʲɪn; born 11 February 1994) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Spartak Moscow. He ...
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Roman Berezovsky
Roman Anatoliyevich Berezovsky ( hy, Ռոման Բերեզովսկի; russian: Рома́н Анато́льевич Березо́вский ; born 5 August 1974) is an Armenian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Berez ...
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Vali Gasimov
Vali Aydin oglu Gasimov ( az, Vəli Aydın oğlu Qasımov, also spelled Veli Aydin oglu Kasumov; russian: Вели Айдынович Касумов; born 4 October 1968) is an Azerbaijani football coach and a former player who played as a str ...
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Dmitriy Kramarenko
Dmitriy Sergeyevich Kramarenko (born 12 September 1974) is an Azerbaijani football coach and a former goalkeeper. He is a goalkeepers coach at CSKA Moscow.
International career
He made his debut for Azerbaijan national football team in 1992 at ...
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Ramil Sheydayev
Ramil Teymurovich Sheydayev ( az, Ramil Teymur oğlu Şeydayev; russian: Рамиль Теймурович Шейдаев; born 15 March 1996) is an Azerbaijanis, Azerbaijani professional association football, footballer who plays for Qarabağ FK ...
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Stanislaw Drahun
Stanislaw Eduardavich Drahun ( be, Станіслаў Эдуардавіч Драгун; russian: Станислав Эдуардович Драгун; born 4 June 1988) is a Belarusian professional Association football, footballer who plays fo ...
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Vasily Khomutovsky
Vasil Iosifavich Khamutowski ( be, Васіль Іосіфавіч Хамутоўскі, russian: Василий Иосифович Хомутовский, ''Vasily Iosifovich Khomutovsky''; born 30 August 1978) is a former Belarusian football ...
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Aliaksandr Kulchiy
Alyaksandr Mikalaevich Kulchy ( be, Аляксандр Мікалаевіч Кульчы; russian: link=no, Александр Николаевич Кульчий; born 1 November 1973) is a Belarusian football manager and a former player. He is ...
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Pavel Nyakhaychyk
Pavel Alyaksandravich Nyakhaychyk ( be, Павел Аляксандравіч Няхайчык; russian: Павел Александрович Нехайчик (Pavel Aleksandrovich Nekhaychik); born 15 July 1988) is a Belarusian former professi ...
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Maksim Romaschenko
Maksim Yorevich Romaschenko ( be, Максім Рамашчанка, translit=Maksim Ramashchanka, uk, Макси́м Ю́рійович Рома́щенко, translit=Maksym Yuriyovych Romashchenko; born 31 July 1976) is a former professional ...
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Igor Shitov
Igor Sergeyevich Shitov, sometimes written Ihar Shytaw ( be, Ігар Сяргеевіч Шытаў; russian: Игорь Серге́евич Шитов; born 24 October 1986) is a Belarusian former football right back.
Career Club
On 5 July 2 ...
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Aleh Shkabara
Aleh Shkabara ( be, Алег Шкабара; russian: Олег Шкабара; born 15 February 1983) is a Belarusian former footballer.
Honours
Naftan Novopolotsk
*Belarusian Cup winner: 2011–12 Belarusian Cup, 2011–12
International goals ...
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Sergei Shtanyuk
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Gennady Tumilovich
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Otar Khizaneishvili
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Saba Sazonov
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Kakhaber Tskhadadze
Kakhaber Tskhadadze ( ka, კახაბერ ცხადაძე; born 7 September 1968) is a Georgian football manager and former player. He is the manager of Kazakhstani club Caspiy.
As a player he was defender who notably played in t ...
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Ruslan Baltiev
Ruslan Takhiruly Baltiyev ( kk, Рұслан Тахирұлы Балтиев, ''Rūslan Tahirūly Baltiev''; born 16 September 1978) is a retired Kazakh football midfielder. He is a former Kazakh international, whom he is the top goalscorer.
...
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Andrei Karpovich
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Andrejs Prohorenkovs
Andrejs Prohorenkovs (born 5 February 1977) is a Latvian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Prohorenkovs was born in Ogre. He started his career with Interskonto in the Latvian Higher League, and has since pl ...
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Fedor Černych
Fedor Ivanovič Černych (russian: Фёдор Иванович Черных, links=yes; born 21 May 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward
Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward.
Forward may also refer to ...
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Deividas Česnauskis
Deividas Česnauskis (born 30 June 1981) is a Lithuanian former professional footballer who played as a winger. He made 63 FIFA-official appearances for the Lithuanian national team scoring four goals.
Club career
Early career
Česnauskis wa ...
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Edgaras Česnauskis
Edgaras Česnauskis (born 5 February 1984) is a Lithuanian former professional footballer who played as a winger.
Club career
Česnauskis was born in Kuršėnai. He started his career in 2000 playing for his hometown team Ekranas. He played ...
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Mindaugas Kalonas
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Žydrūnas Karčemarskas
Žydrūnas Karčemarskas (born 24 May 1983) is a Lithuanian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Between 2003 and 2013, he earned 66 caps with Lithuania national team.
Club career
Karčemarskas was born in Alytus.
In Jan ...
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Arūnas Klimavičius
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Robertas Poškus
Robertas Poškus (born 5 May 1979) is a Lithuanian professional football manager and a former player.
Career Club
In 15 years he left for Germany, played there for several years for the team of Hamburger SV. From 2002 to 2005 he appeared in ...
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Deividas Šemberas
Deividas Šemberas (born 2 August 1978) is a Lithuanian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back or defensive midfielder.
Club career
Šemberas was born in Vilnius, Lithuania.
On 13 July 2012, Šemberas moved to Alania Vladika ...
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Tomas Tamošauskas
Tomas Tamošauskas (born 22 May 1983) is a Lithuanian football manager and a former midfielder.
Club career
Tamošauskas began his career at Banga Gargždai in 2000. In 2001, he moved to FK Atlantas where he scored the club's consolation goal ...
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Darius Žutautas
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Valeriu Andronic
Valeriu Andronic (born 21 December 1982) is a Moldovan football manager and a former player.
Career
Andronic started his career at capital club before cross border to join FC Dinamo București. In summer 2002, he joined MTK Hungária FC on a ...
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Alexandru Epureanu
Alexandru Epureanu (born 27 September 1986) is a Moldovan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Süper Lig club Ümraniyespor and the Moldova national team.
Club career
Born in Chișinau, Epureanu joined FC Sheriff Tiraspol i ...
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Yuri Kalitvintsev
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Maxym Levitsky
Maksym Anatoliyovych Levytskyi ( uk, Максим Анатолійович Левицький; russian: Макси́м Анато́льевич Леви́цкий; born 26 November 1972) is a retired Ukrainian footballer who played as a goalkeep ...
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Ivan Ordets
Ivan Ordets ( uk, Іван Миколайович Ордець; born 8 July 1992) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club VfL Bochum on loan from Dynamo Moscow. He is a former Ukraine national te ...
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Vyacheslav Sviderskyi
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Andriy Voronin
Andriy Viktorovych Voronin ( uk, Андрій Вікторович Воронін, born 21 July 1979) is a Ukrainian professional football manager and a former player.
Voronin spent five full seasons in the Bundesliga of Germany, and last pla ...
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Jakob Jantscher
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Zvjezdan Misimović
Zvjezdan Misimović (, ; born 5 June 1982) is a Bosnian former professional footballer who most notably played for Bayern Munich, VfL Wolfsburg, Galatasaray, Dynamo Moscow, and Beijing Renhe as an attacking midfielder. Misimović is the fourth m ...
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Toni Šunjić
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Tsvetan Genkov
Tsvetan Valentinov Genkov ( bg, Цветан Валентинов Генков; born 8 February 1984) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a striker for OFK Kostinbrod.
Career
Lokomotiv Mezdra
Born in Mezdra, Genkov began his career in the l ...
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Tomislav Dujmović
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Nikola Moro
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Gordon Schildenfeld
Gordon Schildenfeld (born 18 March 1985) is a Croatian retired Association football, footballer who played as a centre-back. He was capped 29 times for the Croatia national football team, Croatia national team.
Club career
Šibenik
Schildenfel ...
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Erich Brabec
Erich Brabec (born 24 February 1977) is a Czech football manager and a former player. He is the assistant manager of Bohemians 1905.
Club career
Brabec joined Dynamo Moscow in 2002, after receiving an offer on 18 December 2001. He left for Ala ...
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Martin Hašek
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Stanislav Vlček
Stanislav Vlček (born 26 February 1976) is a Czech former football striker. He is best known for playing for Slavia Prague, Anderlecht and Dynamo Moscow.
Career
Vlcek started his career with Bohemians Praha at the age of 17.
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Boris Rotenberg
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Moshtagh Yaghoubi
Moshtagh Hossain Yaghoubi (; in Dari: مشتاق حسین یعقوبی) aka Mosa (born 8 November 1994) is an Afghan-born Finnish footballer who plays for SJK.
Early life
Moshtagh Yaghoubi was born on 8 November 1994 to an ethnic Hazara fami ...
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Mathieu Valbuena
Mathieu Valbuena (born 28 September 1984) is a French professional footballer who plays for Super League Greece club Olympiacos. He plays as an attacking midfielder and a winger and is known for his pace, technical ability, and tenacious style ...
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Kevin Kurányi
Kevin Dennis Kurányi Rodríguez (, ; born 2 March 1982) is a German former professional footballer. He played as a striker and possessed great aerial ability and finishing skills. From 2003 to 2008, Kurányi was part of the German national t ...
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Roman Neustädter
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Giourkas Seitaridis
Georgios "Giourkas" Seitaridis ( ; born 4 June 1981) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a right-back and occasionally as a centre-back. He has last played in 2013 for Greek Superleague side Panathinaikos, having played pr ...
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Balázs Dzsudzsák
Balázs Dzsudzsák (; born 23 December 1986) is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays for Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Debreceni VSC.
Dzsudzsák began his career at his hometown club Debreceni VSC, winning consecutive league titles in e ...
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Eli Dasa
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Radoslav Batak
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Club career
Born in Novi Sad, Batak started out at Metalac Futog in 1989, ...
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Fatos Bećiraj
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Jovan Tanasijević
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Otman Bakkal
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He began his career at PSV, and was loaned to Den Bosch, Eindhoven, Twente and Feyenoord. After making a permanent move to ...
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Mathias Normann
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Marcin Kowalczyk
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Sebastian Szymański
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Club career
On 31 May 2019, Szymański s ...
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Costinha
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Best known for his tackling and positioning, as well as ...
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Custódio Castro
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Danny
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*Danny Baker (born 1957), English journal ...
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Jorge Ribeiro
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He totalled 118 Primeira Liga games and 15 goals, for six clubs incl ...
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Maniche
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He played top flight football in Portugal, Russia, England, Spain, Italy and Ge ...
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Nuno Frechaut
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He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 233 matches and 11 goals ove ...
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George Florescu
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Adrian Ropotan
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Career
Adrian Ropotan was born in Galați on 8 May 1986, playing his first Divizia A match for Dinamo București on 18 March 2006 in a 2–0 victory ag ...
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Marko Lomić
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Lomić started out at his hometown club Borac Čačak, before transferring to Že ...
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Ognjen Koroman
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As a player, he represented Serbia and Montenegro at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Club career
After coming through the youth systems Željez ...
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Michal Hanek
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Tomáš Hubočan
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He made his senior international debut in 2006. He has gone on to make 73 appearances for Slovakia, represe ...
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Martin Jakubko
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International career
On 30 November 2004, Jakubko made his int ...
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Oscar Hiljemark
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Sebastian Holmén
;South America
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Leandro Fernández
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Thiago Silva
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Christian Noboa
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Fabián Balbuena
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Andrés Mendoza
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Diego Laxalt
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Guillermo Varela
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Charles Kaboré
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Clinton N'Jie
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Moumi Ngamaleu
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Christopher Samba
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Baffour Gyan
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Cícero
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Samba Sow
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Joseph Enakarhire
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Club career
Born in Warri, Enakarhire impressed at a young age at Standard Liège before moving ...
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Sylvester Igboun
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Patrick Ovie
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Pascal Mendy
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Luke Wilkshire
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Most appearances
Most goals
One-club men
Coaching and medical staff
Former head coaches
Gallery
File:Arkadyev.jpg, Boris Arkadyev
File:Mikhail_Yakushin_1967.jpg, Mikhail Yakushin
Mikhail Iosifovich Yakushin (Russian: Михаил Иосифович Якушин; 15 November 1910 – 3 February 1997) was a Russian football and field hockey player, later a manager of Dynamo Moscow and the USSR.
Playing career
Yakushin pla ...
File:Konstantin_Beskov_%281982%29.jpg, Konstantin Beskov
Konstantin Ivanovich Beskov (russian: Константи́н Ива́нович Бе́сков; 18 November 1920 – 6 May 2006) was a Soviet/Russian footballer and coach.
Beskov was born in Moscow. He played for Dynamo Moscow as forward, sc ...
File:Anatoliy_Byshovets_2.JPG, Anatoliy Byshovets
Anatoliy Fyodorovich Byshovets (russian: Анатолий Фёдорович Бышовец, uk, Анато́лій Фе́дорович Бишове́ць; born 23 April 1946) is a Soviet and Russian football manager of Ukrainian origin and for ...
File:Valeriy Gazzaev.jpg, Valery Gazzaev
Valery Georgiyevich Gazzaev (russian: Вале́рий Гео́ргиевич Газза́ев; os, Гæззаты Георгийы фырт Валери, translit=Gæzzaty Georgijy fyrt Valeri; born 7 August 1954) is a Russian politician, foot ...
File:Koba.JPG, Andrei Kobelev
Andrey Nikolayevich Kobelev (russian: Андрей Николаевич Кобелев; born 22 October 1968 in Moscow) is a Russian retired footballer who played as a midfielder and a current manager.
Playing career
During his career Kobelev ...
File:Silkin.JPG, Sergei Silkin
File:Dan Petrescu 2012.jpg, Dan Petrescu
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As a player, Petrescu was deployed as a full-back or a winger and represented Premier Lea ...
File:Dmitry Khokhlov 2018.jpg, Dmitri Khokhlov
Personnel
Club management
Presidents
In the Dynamo organization, the position of "president" has not always been present; several times the head of the club was titled as "
chief executive officer
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(CEO)," or general director.
References
External links
FCDM.RUnbsp;– official site
fcdinnbsp;– official fan site
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Football
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Football clubs in Moscow
Association football clubs established in 1923
1923 establishments in Russia
Soviet Top League clubs
Police association football clubs in Russia