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Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in
Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. Kyi ...
. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger
Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...
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 ...
, the club as a separate business entity was officially formed only in 1989 and currently plays in the
Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( uk, "Українська Прем'єр-ліга", ''Ukrayinska Premier Liha'') or UPL is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Vyshcha Liha ( uk, Вища ліга, ''Top League' ...
, and has never been relegated to a lower division. The club has secured brand rights from the Ukrainian Dynamo society and has no direct relations to the sports society since 1989. Their home is the 70,050 capacity
Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex The Olympic National Sports Complex (also known as Olympic Stadium; uk, Національний спортивний комплекс "Олімпійський", translit=Natsionalnyi sportyvnyi kompleks "Olimpiiskyi") is a multi-use sports ...
. Since 1936, Dynamo Kyiv has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football. Its most successful periods are associated with
Valeriy Lobanovskyi Valeriy Vasylyovych Lobanovskyi ( uk, Вале́рій Васи́льович Лобано́вський ; russian: Вале́рий Васи́льевич Лобано́вский; 6 January 1939 – 13 May 2002) was а Ukrainian football playe ...
, who coached the team during three stints, leading them to numerous domestic and European titles. In 1961, the club became first-ever in the history of Soviet football that managed to overcome the total hegemony of
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 ...
-based clubs in the
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 ...
. The Spartak Moscow–Dynamo Kyiv rivalry that began in the mid-1970s, is widely considered to have been one of the most exciting football rivalries in the Soviet Union. Since becoming the first Soviet football club to participate in UEFA competition in 1965, Dynamo Kyiv has played in European competitions almost every season. Over its history, Dynamo Kyiv have won 16 Ukrainian top-flight league titles, 13 Soviet top-flight league titles, 11 Ukrainian national cup competitions, 9 Soviet national cup competitions, and three continental titles (including two
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 ...
s). Its two European Cup Winners' Cups make it one of the only two Soviet clubs to have won a UEFA trophy, the other being
Dinamo Tbilisi Dinamo Tbilisi is a sports club from Tbilisi, Georgia. It was founded in 1925. Among its highest honors, is the European trophy earned by its football team which won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1981, beating FC Carl Zeiss Jena of East Germany 2–1 ...
. The Dynamo Kyiv first team became a base team for the
Soviet Union national football team The Soviet Union national football team ( rus, сбо́рная СССР по футбо́лу, r=sbórnaya SSSR po futbólu) was the national Association football, football team of the former Soviet Union. After the Dissolution of the Soviet U ...
in the 1970–1980s and the
Ukraine national football team The Ukraine national football team ( uk, Збірна України з футболу) represents Ukraine in men's international football and is governed by the Ukrainian Association of Football, the governing body for football in Ukraine. Uk ...
in the 1990–2000s. The two
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on the club's crest each signify 10 top-flight seasons Dynamo Kyiv won.


History


Early history

Today's club was established based on the first squad of Kyiv's branch of the all-Union Dynamo sports society and its republican branch in the
Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
, originally based out of
Kharkiv Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.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 ...
, originally Cheka-OGPU. During the Soviet period Dynamo's players same as players of all Dynamos in the
Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
were officially Soviet uniform servicemembers earning rank, salary, and pension when playing on the team of masters. On 13 May 1927, the statute of the Kyivan Proletarian Sport Society (PST) Dynamo was officially registered by the special commission in affairs of public organizations and unions of the Kyiv district.Evgeni Kazakov.
The Soviet First League in football (Первая лига СССР по футболу)
'. History of the Soviet championships in football. Volume 1 (1936–1969). Litres, 2019
The All-Union sport society of ''
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'' in Moscow was formed earlier in 1923 on the initiative of the
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 ...
. Under the banner of Kyivan Dynamo gathered the representatives of the GPU the
State Political Directorate The State Political Directorate (also translated as the State Political Administration) (GPU) was the intelligence service and secret police of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) from February 6, 1922, to December 29, 1922, ...
, the Soviet secret police, the best footballers of which defended the honors of the Trade Union club "Sovtorgsluzhashchie", a
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, chief of the Kyiv GPU, the football team was created. His deputy, Serhiy Barminsky, started to form the team not only out of regular chekists (members of the Soviet secret police), but also footballers of other clubs in the city among which is mentioned a team "Sovtorgsluzhaschie". All the footballers were either part of the consolidated city team or the city champions. The newly created team played its first official match on 1 July 1928 against a local consolidated city team while visiting
Bila Tserkva Bila Tserkva ( uk, Бі́ла Це́рква ; ) is a city in the center of Ukraine, the largest city in Kyiv Oblast (after Kyiv, which is the administrative center, but not part of the oblast), and part of the Right Bank. It serves as the admi ...
. Already on the fifth minute the Dynamo-men opened the score in the game, however, at the end the club lost it 1–2. On 15 July, the Bila Tserkva newspaper ''Radyanska Nyva'' ("Soviet Fields") put it in such words: The next match played by Dynamo was on 17 July 1928 hosting another Dynamo from the port city of
Odessa Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrativ ...
. As the club gained more experience and played on a regular basis, it started to fill the stadium with spectators with both the club and football in general gaining popularity in
Soviet Ukraine The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
. Its club stadium Dynamo opened on 12 June 1933, a year before the Soviet government turned the city into capital of the Soviet Ukraine. During the Soviet era, the club was one of the main rivals, and often the only rival, to football clubs from
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 ...
. Its ability to challenge the dominance of the Moscow clubs in Soviet football, and frequently defeat them to win the Soviet championship, was a matter of national pride for Ukraine. Leaders of the
Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
unofficially regarded the club as their national team and provided it with generous support, making Dynamo a professional team of international importance. In 1936, the first Soviet Championship was played, and Dynamo Kyiv was one of the pioneers of the newly formed league. The club's early successes were however limited to a second-place finish in 1936 and third place in 1937. In the 1941 season, the club only played nine matches as
World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
interrupted league play.


The Death Match

The propaganda story is often told of how the Dynamo team, playing as "Start, City of Kyiv All-Stars", was executed by a firing squad in the summer of 1942 for defeating an All-Star team from the German armed forces by 5–1. The actual story, as recounted by Y. Kuznetsov, is considerably more complex. Still, this match has subsequently become known in the Soviet media as "
The Death Match The Death Match ( uk, Матч смерті, russian: Матч смерти) is a name given in postwar Soviet historiography to the football match played in Kyiv in ''Reichskommissariat Ukraine'' (abbreviated RKU) under occupation by Nazi German ...
". After the Nazi occupation of Ukraine began, former professional football players (Dynamo and Lokomotyv) found employment in the city's Bakery No. 3, and continued to play amateur football. The team participated in exhibition games that took place in the city among various other teams including teams composed of the ''
Wehrmacht The ''Wehrmacht'' (, ) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the ''Heer'' (army), the ''Kriegsmarine'' (navy) and the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force). The designation "''Wehrmacht''" replaced the previous ...
'' soldiers. The Kyiv's team played under the name of "Start", comprising eight players from Dynamo Kyiv (Nikolai Trusevych, Mikhail Svyridovskiy, Nikolai Korotkykh, Oleksiy Klymenko, Fedir Tyutchev, Mikhail Putistin, Ivan Kuzmenko, Makar Honcharenko) and three players from Lokomotyv Kyiv (Vladimir Balakin, Vasyl Sukharev and Mikhail Melnyk). In July and August 1942, "Start" played a series of matches against the Germans and their allies. On 12 July, a German army team was defeated. A stronger army team was selected for the next match on 17 July, which "Start" defeated 6–0. On 19 July, "Start" defeated the Hungarian team MSG Wal 5–1. The Hungarians proposed a return match, held on 26 July, but were defeated again, 3–2. "Start"'s streak was noticed and a match was announced for 6 August against a "most powerful" "undefeated" German
Luftwaffe The ''Luftwaffe'' () was the aerial-warfare branch of the German ''Wehrmacht'' before and during World War II. Germany's military air arms during World War I, the ''Luftstreitkräfte'' of the Imperial Army and the '' Marine-Fliegerabtei ...
''Flakelf'' (anti-aircraft artillery) team, but despite the game being talked up by the newspapers, they failed to report the 5–1 result. On 9 August, "Start" played a "friendly" against ''Flakelf'' and again defeated them. The team defeated Rukh 8–0 on 16 August, and afterwards, some of "Start"'s players were arrested by the
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, tortured – Nikolai Korotkykh died during the torture – and sent to the nearby labour camp at Syrets. There is speculation that the players were arrested due to the intrigues of Georgy Shvetsov, founder and trainer of the "Rukh" team, as the arrests were made in a couple of days after "Start" defeated "Rukh". In February 1943, following an attack by partisans or a conflict of the prisoners and administration, one-third of the prisoners at Syrets were killed in reprisal, including Ivan Kuzmenko, Oleksey Klymenko and goalkeeper Nikolai Trusevich. Three of the other players – Makar Honcharenko, Fedir Tyutchev and Mikhail Sviridovskiy – who were in a work squad in the city that day, were arrested a few days later or, according to other sources, escaped and hid in the city until it was liberated. The story inspired three films: the 1961 Hungarian film drama ''
Two Half Times in Hell ''Two Halves in Hell'' ( Hungarian: ''Két félidő a pokolban'') is a 1961 Hungarian war film directed and co-written by Zoltán Fábri. The film is based on a 1942 football match between German soldiers and their Soviet Ukrainian prisoners o ...
'', the 1981 American film ''
Escape to Victory ''Escape to Victory'' (stylized as ''Victory'') is a 1981 American-British-Italian sports war film directed by John Huston and starring Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Max von Sydow and Pelé. The film is about Allied prisoners of wa ...
'' and the 2012 Russian film ''Match''.


Invasion of Czechoslovakia and big politics in football

For the 1968–69 season of European football, on 10 July 1968 in Geneve took place a draw for the European Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cups. The draw itself was revolutionary at that time. The Soviet weekly " Football — Hockey" wrote the following on the subject: UEFA heeded the request of the federations of the
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- Sweden, Denmark and Norway - not to bring their clubs together in the first round. A similar request from Cyprus, Greece and Turkey was granted. The desire of the British to exclude an early meeting between Manchester United and Manchester City, the winner of the Champions Cup and the winner of the English championship, found understanding. The dates for the 1/16 and 1/8 final games were strictly fixed for the first time. An innovation was the replacement of two players during the game. Previously, only the goalkeeper was allowed to be substituted. The rival of Kyiv in the Champion's tournament was the Swiss
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, the matches with which were scheduled for September 18 and October 2. Materials devoted to this club appeared in the Ukrainian press, its matches in its national championship were now regularly monitored. However, about a month later on August 21, Soviet tanks and allied forces of the
Warsaw Pact The Warsaw Pact (WP) or Treaty of Warsaw, formally the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland, between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republic ...
occupied the capital of Czechoslovakia, marking the beginning of the end of democratic reforms - the so-called
Prague Spring The Prague Spring ( cs, Pražské jaro, sk, Pražská jar) was a period of political liberalization and mass protest in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. It began on 5 January 1968, when reformist Alexander Dubček was elected First Sec ...
. A few days later, UEFA reacted to the events that stirred the whole world. At the meeting of the Extraordinary Committee, a new partial draw was held, which brought the representatives of the socialist countries together. Why? Where did it come from? What kind of unprecedented, shameless discrimination against the teams of the socialist countries? - was asked in the editorial of the next issue of "Football — Hockey". Some members of the committee, headed by the UEFA president, a large manipulator Wiederkehr, did not like that the governments of the Soviet Union, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and the East Germany came to the aid to the people of Czechoslovakia in their fight against counter-revolution, and all the statutes and rules were immediately forgotten and only one desire remained in some way hurt the players of these countries. Petty politicking dictated this new drawing of lots, which is best called rigging. Sports organizations, including football, are founded on the principle of rejecting any form of discrimination, whether religious, racial or political. Those who reject this principle do not just put a spoke in the wheel, but in fact nullify the noble meaning of the sports movement, designed to unite and bring nations together. According to the new layouts, Dynamo Kyiv would be already playing in the first round of the European Champions Cup with the Polish Ruch Chorzów. Along with the results of the second draw, Soviet newspapers unanimously denounced UEFA, which was led by politicians. The local newspaper "Vechirniy Kyiv" reported that the initiator of the "
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" was "Celtic", which suffered from the team of
Viktor Maslov Viktor Maslov may refer to: * Viktor Maslov (footballer, born 1910) (1910–1977), Soviet footballer and coach * Viktor Maslov (footballer, born 1949) , Ukrainian footballer and football referee * Viktor Maslov (mathematician) (born 1930), Russia ...
a year ago. Having already reached the 1/16 finals at the Hungarian
Ferencvárosi TC Ferencvárosi Torna Club, known as Ferencváros (), Fradi, or simply FTC, is a professional football club based in Ferencváros, Budapest, Hungary, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top flight of Hungarian football. Ferencváros wa ...
, where the holder of the
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Florian Albert shone, the Scots, of course, were not happy. And then the occasion arrived. On September 4, 1968, the Soviet Union Football Federation sent a note of protest to the UEFA headquarters. This fiery opinion journalism had no effect on UEFA. The results of the second draw remained in force by seven votes of the Board members to two, with one abstention. To which the
Football Federation of the Soviet Union The Football Federation of the USSR (russian: Федерация футбола СССР) was a governing body of football in the Soviet Union and since 1972 the main governing body of football in the country. The Federation was created late i ...
reacted quite predictably withdrawing Kyivan and Muscovite Dynamos from European competitions and having substantiated his position in the corresponding statement, circulated through TASS channels. The mentioned “Ruch” and “Ferencváros” (the latter of which was determined by the repeated lot to be rivals of the Bulgarian “Levski”), as well as “Karl Zeiss” from the East Germany, also did not come to the start. The East German champion yielded a pass to the next round to Crvena Zvezda. The Yugoslavs, who did not support the démarche, were eliminated in the next round, missing the restless Celtic in the quarterfinals. Also, who accepted the terms of UEFA were Romania with Czechoslovakia. Steaua lost in the first round to Spartak Trnava, which eventually reached the semi-finals of that tournament!..


Last Soviet years

In 1989, the club transitioned into an independent company being disassociated from the Ukrainian republican society of Dynamo. During the last seasons of the
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 ...
, it competed in the national colors of Ukraine as part of the national movement that grew very popular.


Ukrainian Independence

After the
dissolution of the Soviet Union The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...
, the club became a member of the newly formed
Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( uk, "Українська Прем'єр-ліга", ''Ukrayinska Premier Liha'') or UPL is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Vyshcha Liha ( uk, Вища ліга, ''Top League' ...
. By the summer of 1993, however, the club was in crisis as the economic policy of Dynamo president Viktor Bezverkhy set Dynamo on the path to bankruptcy. On 19 July 1993, an extraordinary assembly of coaches and players fired Bezverkhy and established a stock society called "Football Club "Dynamo (Kyiv)".
Hryhoriy Surkis Hryhoriy Surkis ( ua, Григорій Суркіс; born 4 September 1949) is a Ukrainian businessman, one of five vice-presidents of UEFA since 24 May 2013. Surkis was the president of Football Federation of Ukraine until September 2012.
was elected president of the new company. The republican and city councils of the Dynamo society agreed to hand over two training centers and Dynamo Stadium to Dynamo Kiev. The founders besides the football team and the Dynamo councils became also the commercial consulting centre Slavutych and the British firm Newport Management. A review board was created, consisting of directors of the Ministry of Interior of Ukraine, and the Security Service, Border Troops, and General Prosecutor of Ukraine. Dynamo's status as the country's principal club did not change, however, as they went on to dominate domestic competitions, winning or being runner-up in every year of the Premier League's existence and becoming a fixture in the
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. Its main rival in Ukraine is
Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was f ...
, a club from the Donbas region, that came second to Dynamo several times before winning its first Premier League in
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. The matches between these two sides are called the
Ukrainian derby Klasychne derby (Ukrainian: ''Класичне'', as ''Classico''), or the ''Ukrainian football rivalry'' is the football match between the two top Ukrainian clubs Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk. The game between those two clubs is a focal poi ...
. In 2007, as a part of club's 80-year anniversary, two gold stars were added to the top of the crest, representing ten Ukrainian championship titles and ten USSR champion titles. Due to club's poor performance in the
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during the last two seasons, Dynamo's management took a somewhat unexpected decision by appointing the first foreign manager in the club's history. Previously, only former players or Dynamo football academy graduates became managers, but in December 2007 Russian coach
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was invited to become the new manager of Dynamo Kyiv. However, the club yielded to Shakhtar Donetsk in both the Ukrainian Cup and Premier League in 2008. In 2009. in the club's most successful European campaign since 1999, it reached the semi-finals of the
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(eliminating such teams as
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and
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) but was defeated at that stage by Shakhtar Donetsk. However, 2009 also brought success, as the club celebrated its 13th Premier League title. In a season which contained their record win, a 9–0 victory over
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, the club only managed to finish runners-up in the league in 2010–11, after Shakhtar Donetsk. In what would be icon Andriy Shevchenko's final season at the club, Dynamo also finished as runners-up in 2011–12. In the 2011–12 season Dynamo also managed to reach the group stage of the Europa League after being eliminated in the Champions League third qualifying round by
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by 0–2 in Kyiv and 2–1 in
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. In the Europa League playoffs, the club managed to defeat
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with a 3–1 aggregate score. In the group stage, Dynamo finished third after a disappointing campaign in a group containing Beşiktaş,
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and Stoke City. In April 2013, it was announced the club would play two European ties behind closed doors due to racism from fans during previous European ties. In the 2012–13 season, the club managed to qualify for the Champions League group stage after eliminating
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3–1 and
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4–3 on aggregate and qualified for the Champions League group stage. Dynamo was placed in a group with Paris Saint-Germain,
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and
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and finished in third place with only five points and was eliminated in the Europa League round of 32 by
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2–1 on aggregate. In the Premier League, Dynamo finished third, whereas in the Cup, it was eliminated in the round of 32. Overall, the 2012–13 season was a disappointment for Dynamo. The 2013–14 season was an equally disappointing season as Dynamo finished in fourth place in the league, the worst since the establishment of the Premier League and only managed to reach the round of 32 in the Europa League where it was eliminated by Valencia 2–0 on aggregate.
Oleh Blokhin Oleg Vladimirovich Blokhin, or Oleh Volodymyrovych Blokhin ( uk, Оле́г Володи́мирович Блохі́н, rus, Оле́г Влади́мирович Блохи́н; born 5 November 1952), is a former Ukrainian and Soviet footbal ...
was sacked and was replaced by former player
Serhii Rebrov Serhiy Stanislavovych Rebrov ( uk, Сергій Станіславович Ребров; born 3 June 1974) is a Ukrainian professional football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is in charge of UAE Pro League side Al-Ain. R ...
. As a result, Dynamo managed to win the
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for the first time in five years.


Dynamo's revival

In the beginning of the 2014–15 season, Dynamo signed many promising players such as
Aleksandar Dragović Aleksandar Dragović ( sr-cyr, Александар Драговић, ; born 6 March 1991) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serbian SuperLiga club Red Star Belgrade and the Austria national team. He is well k ...
,
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(departed after end of the season), Łukasz Teodorczyk and
Vitorino Antunes Vitorino Gabriel Pacheco Antunes (; born 1 April 1987) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for F.C. Paços de Ferreira. He spent most of his career abroad, winning several items of silverware with Dynamo Kyiv in U ...
. Under Rebrov, Dynamo won the
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– undefeated – and the
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to earn a domestic double for the first time in eight years. In the 2014–15 Europa League, Dynamo comfortably qualified from a group containing
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, Steaua București and
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, finishing in first place with 15 points. In the round of 32, the club eliminated
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4–3 on aggregate, and in the round of 16, eliminated Everton 6–4 on aggregate after a spectacular 5–2 performance in Kyiv. Rebrov prioritized the passing game but focused on solid defensive foundations. However, in the quarter-finals of the Europa League, Dynamo was eliminated by
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3–1 on aggregate. In the beginning of the 2015–16 season, Dynamo signed the highly talented
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and was drawn in Group G of the 2015–16 Champions League alongside
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,
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and
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Dynamo finished in second place with 11 points after a spectacular performance and a memorable 0–2 in
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. However, Dynamo was punished by
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for a racist incident in the home game against Chelsea where four black men were attacked in the stands by Dynamo fans. Despite this, Dynamo reached the round of 16 in the Champions League for the first time since 2000, where it was drawn with Manchester City. Dynamo was eliminated 1–3 on aggregate but managed to hold an impressive 0–0 draw in
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. Dynamo's domestic performance was equally memorable as the club celebrated the 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League only losing to archrival Shakhtar Donetsk 0–3 twice and was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the 2015–16 Ukrainian Cup. At the end of the season, several star performers (such as Miguel Veloso,
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, Younès Belhanda and Łukasz Teodorczyk) departed the club and were not replaced.


Stagnation period

The 2016–17 season was a relative disappointment for Dynamo, as the club finished in second place in the
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, behind Shakhtar Donetsk, with a difference of 13 points after a string of disappointing results. In the 2016–17 Champions League, the club was drawn in Group B alongside
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, Benfica and Beşiktaş J.K. Dynamo finished in fourth place after a dismal campaign, but managed to record a memorable 6–0 win over Beşiktaş in Kyiv. In the winter transfer window, Dynamo signed promising defenders Aleksandar Pantić and
Tamás Kádár Tamás Kádár (born 14 March 1990) is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays for Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Újpest. He is a defender and is equally capable at centre-back or left-back. He made his debut for Zalaegerszegi TE at the age ...
and focused on youth academy talents such as
Viktor Tsyhankov Viktor Vitaliyovych Tsyhankov ( uk, Віктор Віталійович Циганков; born 15 November 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dynamo Kyiv. Born in Israel, he represents the Ukraine national team. ...
, Artem Besyedin and Volodymyr Shepelyev, managing to improve its performances. Dynamo lost the
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to Shakhtar Donetsk 0–1 in the final. For the 2017–18 season, after Serhii Rebrov departed, the club appointed former player
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as Rebrov's replacement. In Khatskevich's first two seasons at the helm, Dynamo failed to qualify for the UEFA Champions League group stage, having to settle for the UEFA Europa League group stage instead. Both times they were eventually eliminated in the Round of 16, first by S.S. Lazio (2–4 on aggregate) in 2017–18, and then by
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(0–8 on aggregate) in 2018–19. Domestically, Dynamo remained firmly in second place behind Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ukrainian Premier League. Despite the apparent lack of progress in the results, Khatskevich was rewarded with a two-year contract extension. However, only six matches into his new extension, Khatskevich was fired on 14 August 2019, after once again failing to advance to the UEFA Champions League group stage. Dynamo's Sports Director,
Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko Oleksiy Oleksandrovych Mykhaylychenko ( uk, Олексій Олександрович Михайличенко; born 30 March 1963) is a Ukrainian football coach and former professional player. He is a Distinguished Master of Sports of the US ...
, was appointed as manager. Despite the change, the results on the field hardly improved, as Dynamo was eliminated from continental competitions by placing 3rd in Group B of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage. On 23 July 2020, Mircea Lucescu became the head coach of Dynamo. Lucescu signed a two-year contract.


Scandals


FootballLeaks-2

German journalists from ''
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'' Rafael Buschmann and Michael Wulzinger published a book titled ''Football Leaks – 2''. A separate part titled "Ukrainische Bruderschaft" (Ukrainian Brotherhood) describes brothers Ihor and Hryhorii Surkis's activities in the football sphere and their relation to the "Newport" offshore. All FC "Dynamo’s" activities are financed by this company. The authors refer to Football Leaks documents. The book tells that starting from 1993, all the financial activities of Kyiv-based FC "Dynamo" have been performed via the company 'Newport", controlled by the club's boss Ihor Surkis. Having cited the FIFA data, the authors noted that in 2011–2017 the "Newport" has spent US$324 million to buy 82 players for FC "Dynamo". The taxes from this sum haven't been paid in Ukraine.


Symbols


Colours

Dynamo's traditional colours are white and dark blue, with white being the predominant colour. Throughout their history the club has usually played in a white shirt and blue shorts. This was changed in 1961 when a blue sash was added to the kit; it was removed soon afterwards. In 2004, the club's management decided to restore the famous sash as a
talisman A talisman is any object ascribed with religious or magical powers intended to protect, heal, or harm individuals for whom they are made. Talismans are often portable objects carried on someone in a variety of ways, but can also be installed perm ...
. It was added to the away kit and remained there until the beginning of the 2008–09 season, when it was replaced by a white kit with a shirt having thin blue vertical stripes, the first time in over 50 years that a club had worn such a pattern. During the last two seasons before the breakup of the Soviet Union, Dynamo's kit was similar to Metalist, yellow shirts and blue shorts. This color scheme carried a symbolic meaning, representing the
national colours National colours are frequently part of a country's set of national symbols. Many states and nations have formally adopted a set of colours as their official "national colours" while others have ''de facto'' national colours that have become well ...
of the yet-not-adopted Ukraine national flag. In the 1990 Soviet Cup Final, the yellow-blue Dynamo team thrashed the all-Red Lokomotiv 6–1 at
Luzhniki Stadium Luzhniki Stadium ( rus, стадион «Лужники», p=stədʲɪˈon lʊʐnʲɪˈkʲi, ''Stadion Luzhniki'') is the national stadium of Russia, located in its capital city, Moscow. The full name of the stadium is Grand Sports Arena of the ...
. In the early years of Ukrainian independence, the club swapped their yellow colour for white. However blue remained one of Dynamo's colours and is still a main colour of the club's away kit. The club's current sponsors,
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and ABank24, feature on the team shirt. New Balance is also the manufacturer of the kit. Among former sponsors there were
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, Nadra Bank, PrivatBank, Prominvestbank,
Ukrtelecom Ukrtelecom JSC ( uk, Укртелеком) (PFTS Ukraine Stock Exchange, PFTS:]UTLM is Ukraine's monopolist telephone company, also active in the Internet service provider, ISP and mobile telephony, mobile markets. The company was governed by t ...
, and others.


Crest

Being a member of the All-Union Sports Society
Dynamo file:DynamoElectricMachinesEndViewPartlySection USP284110.png, "Dynamo Electric Machine" (end view, partly section, ) A dynamo is an electrical generator that creates direct current using a commutator (electric), commutator. Dynamos were the f ...
, the Dynamo football team of Kyiv adopted the same emblem of the Dynamo's sports society as its first logo, which featured on their shirts since 1927 and was a
cursive Cursive (also known as script, among other names) is any style of penmanship in which characters are written joined in a flowing manner, generally for the purpose of making writing faster, in contrast to block letters. It varies in functionalit ...
blue Cyrillic letter "Д" (D) in a vertical
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. Similar emblem existed in other Soviet football teams throughout the Soviet Union such as
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,
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,
FC Dinamo Minsk FC Dinamo Minsk ( be, ФК Дынама Мінск, ''FK Dynama Minsk''; russian: link=no, ФК Динамо Минск) is a professional football club based in the Belarusian capital city of Minsk. It was founded in 1927 as part of the Sovi ...
, and others. The idea of symbol is attributed to a native of Ukraine Leonid Nedolya-Honcharenko who at that time served as a chief of political department of the OGPU troops in Moscow District. The symbol the club obtained on
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rights from the Ukrainian Fitness and Sports Society "Dynamo" (see Dynamo–Ukraine). Over the years, the club's logo has undergone many changes and replacements, but the cursive "D" has remained ever since. In 2003 after Dynamo won their 10th domestic trophy, a golden star was added at the top of the logo to celebrate the club's success. The second star was added to the logo in 2007 during celebrations of Dynamo's 80-year anniversary. Although Dynamo has won only 15 Ukrainian league titles, their 13 titles as USSR Champions were taken into account.


Achievements and honours

Dynamo Kyiv has participated in all of the USSR and Ukrainian championships to date, and has won both competitions more times than any other team. The club's best performances were in the 1970s and 1980s, a time in which the
Soviet Union national football team The Soviet Union national football team ( rus, сбо́рная СССР по футбо́лу, r=sbórnaya SSSR po futbólu) was the national Association football, football team of the former Soviet Union. After the Dissolution of the Soviet U ...
was composed mostly of players from the club. Dynamo Kyiv tied the national record for winning three consecutive Soviet Premier League titles in 1966, 1967, and 1968. Dynamo Kyiv won the
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in 1975 and 1986 as well as the European Super Cup in 1975, after two games against Bayern Munich. In 1977, 1987, and 1999, the club reached the semi-finals of the
UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...
. These victories are associated with the name of
Valeriy Lobanovskyi Valeriy Vasylyovych Lobanovskyi ( uk, Вале́рій Васи́льович Лобано́вський ; russian: Вале́рий Васи́льевич Лобано́вский; 6 January 1939 – 13 May 2002) was а Ukrainian football playe ...
, who played for the club in the 1960s and later became the club's long-term head coach. In 2009 the club reached the semi-final of the
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. Dynamo striker
Oleh Blokhin Oleg Vladimirovich Blokhin, or Oleh Volodymyrovych Blokhin ( uk, Оле́г Володи́мирович Блохі́н, rus, Оле́г Влади́мирович Блохи́н; born 5 November 1952), is a former Ukrainian and Soviet footbal ...
is the Soviet Premier League's all-time top scorer with 211 goals, and has also made more appearances than any other player in the championship's history with 432. Dynamo Kyiv is also was one of the base clubs of the
Soviet Union national football team The Soviet Union national football team ( rus, сбо́рная СССР по футбо́лу, r=sbórnaya SSSR po futbólu) was the national Association football, football team of the former Soviet Union. After the Dissolution of the Soviet U ...
and many players of the club represented the Soviet Union at international level. After
fall of the Soviet Union The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...
, Dynamo became the base club of the
Ukraine national football team The Ukraine national football team ( uk, Збірна України з футболу) represents Ukraine in men's international football and is governed by the Ukrainian Association of Football, the governing body for football in Ukraine. Uk ...
. Dynamo striker
Oleh Blokhin Oleg Vladimirovich Blokhin, or Oleh Volodymyrovych Blokhin ( uk, Оле́г Володи́мирович Блохі́н, rus, Оле́г Влади́мирович Блохи́н; born 5 November 1952), is a former Ukrainian and Soviet footbal ...
is the Soviet Union national football team all-time top scorer with 42 goals, and has also made more appearances than any other player for the team with 112. Two other Dynamo strikers –
Oleh Protasov Oleh Valeriyovych Protasov ( uk, Олег Валерійович Протасов; born 4 February 1964) is a Ukrainian and Soviet former footballer who played as a striker. He was a key member of the Soviet Union national team throughout the ...
and
Viktor Kolotov Viktor Mikhailovich Kolotov (russian: Виктор Михайлович Колотов; ua, Віктор Михайлович Колотов; 3 July 1949 – 3 January 2000) was a Soviet and Ukrainian footballer. He was born in the settlement ...
– are among the Soviet Union national football team top five best scorers with 29 and 22 goals respectfully. Two other Dynamo players – Anatoliy Demyanenko and
Volodymyr Bezsonov Volodymyr Vasylyovych Bezsonov ( uk, Володимир Васильович Безсонов, also spelled Vladimir Vasilijević Bessonov, born 5 March 1958) is a Ukrainian football manager and former player, he played for the Soviet Union nat ...
– are among the Soviet Union national football team top five players with most appearances 80 and 79 respectfully. Four former Dynamo's players were appointed as a head coach of the Soviet Union national team, among which
Valeriy Lobanovsky Valeriy Vasylyovych Lobanovskyi ( uk, Вале́рій Васи́льович Лобано́вський ; russian: Вале́рий Васи́льевич Лобано́вский; 6 January 1939 – 13 May 2002) was а Ukrainian football play ...
,
Oleh Bazylevych Oleh Petrovych Bazylevych ( uk, Оле́г Петро́вич Базиле́вич; also: Bazilevich, Bazylewicz; 6 July 1938 – 16 October 2018
, Vladimir Salkov and
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 ...
. All head coaches of the Ukraine national team but two were at some time former players of Dynamo Kyiv.


Ukrainian competitions

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(13): :: 1992–93, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2019–20,
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(9): :: 2004,
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, 2016, 2018, 2019,
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Soviet competitions

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(13, record): ::
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, 1966, 1967, 1968,
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, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1985,
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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 ( Moldov ...
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(3, record): :: 1981,
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, 1987 *
Cup of the Ukrainian SSR Football Cup of the Ukrainian SSR ( uk, Кубок УРСР з футболу, Kubok URSR z futbolu, russian: Кубок УССР по футболу, Kubok USSR po futbolu) was a playoff republican competitions in association football that were ta ...
(7, record): :: 1936, 1937, 1938,
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, 1946, 1947, 1948 * Championship of the Proletarian Sports Society Dynamo (3): :: 1931, 1933, 1935


European competitions

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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 ...
(2): :: 1974–75, 1985–86 *
UEFA Super Cup The UEFA Super Cup is an annual super cup football match organised by UEFA and contested by the winners of the two main European club competitions; the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. The competition's official name was originall ...
(1): :: 1975


International competitions

*
Commonwealth of Independent States Cup The Commonwealth of Independent States Cup (russian: Кубок чемпионов Содружества, Кубок Содружества, Кубок чемпионов содружества стран СНГ и Балтии) is a defunct ann ...
(4): ** 1996, 1997, 1998,
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Friendly competitions

* Channel One Cup / United Tournament (2): **2008,
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*
Amsterdam Tournament The Amsterdam Tournament ( nl, Amsterdam Toernooi) was a pre-season association football competition, held in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The competition was hosted by Eredivisie club Ajax at the Amsterdam Arena. It was inaugurated in 1975 as the A ...
(1): **1986 *
Mohammed V Trophy The Mohammed V Cup, also known as Mohammed V Trophy (french: Coupe Mohammed V) was an international football competition in the Kingdom of Morocco held in the cities of Casablanca, Rabat and Marrakech. The trophy was named after King Mohammed V ...
(1): **1975


Individual player awards

Several players have won individual awards during or for their time with Dynamo Kyiv
European Footballer of the Year The Ballon d'Or (; ) is an annual football award presented by French news magazine '' France Football'' since 1956. Between 2010 and 2015, in an agreement with FIFA, the award was temporarily merged with the FIFA World Player of the Year (f ...
(Ballon d'Or) *
Oleg Blokhin Oleg Vladimirovich Blokhin, or Oleh Volodymyrovych Blokhin ( uk, Оле́г Володи́мирович Блохі́н, rus, Оле́г Влади́мирович Блохи́н; born 5 November 1952), is a former Ukrainian and Soviet footbal ...
(1975) *
Ihor Belanov Igor Ivanovich Belanov ( rus, И́горь Ива́нович Бела́нов) or Ihor Ivanovych Bielanov ( uk, Ігор Іванович Бєланов; born 25 September 1960) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a stri ...
(1986) UEFA Golden Player Award *
Oleg Blokhin Oleg Vladimirovich Blokhin, or Oleh Volodymyrovych Blokhin ( uk, Оле́г Володи́мирович Блохі́н, rus, Оле́г Влади́мирович Блохи́н; born 5 November 1952), is a former Ukrainian and Soviet footbal ...
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* Andriy Shevchenko European Championship winners Two players have won the European Championship whilst at Dynamo Kyiv. *
Yuriy Voynov Yuriy Mykolayovych Voynov ( uk, Юрій Миколайович Войнов, russian: Юрий Николаевич Войнов; 29 November 1931 – 22 April 2003) was a Soviet and Ukrainian football player and manager. Honours * 1960 Euro ...
( France 1960) * Yury Kovalyov ( France 1960)
Ukrainian Footballer of the Year The Ukrainian Footballer of the Year is an annual journalist award given by the ''Ukrainskiy Football'' ("Ukrainian Football") newspaper to the best professional Ukrainian footballer since 1991. The Ukrainian Footballer of the Year award is given to ...
*
Viktor Serebryanikov Viktor Petrovich Serebryanikov (russian: Виктор Петрович Серебряников; uk, Віктор Петрович Серебряников, 29 March 1940 – 12 November 2014) was a Soviet association football player from Ukraine ...
(1969) * Volodymyr Muntyan (1970) *
Yevhen Rudakov Yevgeniy Vasilievich Rudakov (russian: Евгений Васильевич Рудаков; 2 January 1942 – 21 December 2011) was a Ukrainian footballer of Russian origin who played as a goalkeeper. In 1971, he was recognized as the Best Ukrain ...
(1971) *
Oleg Blokhin Oleg Vladimirovich Blokhin, or Oleh Volodymyrovych Blokhin ( uk, Оле́г Володи́мирович Блохі́н, rus, Оле́г Влади́мирович Блохи́н; born 5 November 1952), is a former Ukrainian and Soviet footbal ...
(1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981) * Anatoliy Demyanenko (1982, 1985) *
Oleksandr Zavarov Oleksandr Anatoliyovych Zavarov, also spelt Aleksandr Anatoljević Zavarov ( uk, Олександр Анатолійович Заваров, russian: Заваров, Александр Анатольевич) – (born 26 April 1961 in Luhansk, ...
(1986) *
Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko Oleksiy Oleksandrovych Mykhaylychenko ( uk, Олексій Олександрович Михайличенко; born 30 March 1963) is a Ukrainian football coach and former professional player. He is a Distinguished Master of Sports of the US ...
(1987, 1988) *
Volodymyr Bezsonov Volodymyr Vasylyovych Bezsonov ( uk, Володимир Васильович Безсонов, also spelled Vladimir Vasilijević Bessonov, born 5 March 1958) is a Ukrainian football manager and former player, he played for the Soviet Union nat ...
(1989) *
Sergei Yuran Sergei Nikolayevich Yuran (russian: link=no, Сергей Николаевич Юран, uk, Сергій Миколайович Юран ''Serhij Mykolajovyč Juran''; born 11 June 1969) is a Russian professional football manager and a forme ...
(1990) * Akhrik Tsveiba (1991) *
Viktor Leonenko Viktor Yevhenovych Leonenko ( ua, Ві́ктор Євге́нович Лео́ненко; russian: Виктор Евгеньевич Леоненко; born 5 October 1969) is a former footballer and Ukraine international who played as a forward. ...
(1992, 1993, 1994) *
Yuriy Kalitvintsev Yuriy Mykolayovych Kalitvintsev ( uk, Юрій Миколайович Калитвинцев, russian: link=no, Ю́рий Никола́евич Калитвинцев; born 5 May 1968) is a football manager and former player who manages Poli ...
(1995) *
Serhii Rebrov Serhiy Stanislavovych Rebrov ( uk, Сергій Станіславович Ребров; born 3 June 1974) is a Ukrainian professional football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is in charge of UAE Pro League side Al-Ain. R ...
(1996, 1998) * Andriy Shevchenko (1997, 1999) *
Artem Milevskyi Artem Volodymyrovych Milevskyi ( uk, Артем Володимирович Мілевський, be, Арцём Уладзіміравіч Мілеўскі; born 12 January 1985) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a se ...
(2008, 2009) *
Andriy Yarmolenko Andriy Mykolayovych Yarmolenko ( uk, Андрій Миколайович Ярмоленко; born 23 October 1989) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Emirati UAE Pro League club Al Ain and captains ...
(2013, 2014, 2015, 2017) *
Viktor Tsyhankov Viktor Vitaliyovych Tsyhankov ( uk, Віктор Віталійович Циганков; born 15 November 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dynamo Kyiv. Born in Israel, he represents the Ukraine national team. ...
(2018)
Soviet Footballer of the Year The award Soviet Footballer of the Year was awarded to the best footballer of the Soviet Union from 1964 until 1991. The poll was conducted among journalists by the weekly sport newspaper '' Football'' (Football-Hockey). Each journalist named his o ...
*
Andriy Biba Andriy Andriyovych (or Andrei Andreyevich) Biba (russian: Андрей Андреевич Биба; uk, Андрій Андрійович Біба; born 10 August 1937) is a retired Ukrainian football player and coach. Career Biba's first te ...
(1966) * Volodymyr Muntyan (1969) *
Yevhen Rudakov Yevgeniy Vasilievich Rudakov (russian: Евгений Васильевич Рудаков; 2 January 1942 – 21 December 2011) was a Ukrainian footballer of Russian origin who played as a goalkeeper. In 1971, he was recognized as the Best Ukrain ...
(1971) *
Oleg Blokhin Oleg Vladimirovich Blokhin, or Oleh Volodymyrovych Blokhin ( uk, Оле́г Володи́мирович Блохі́н, rus, Оле́г Влади́мирович Блохи́н; born 5 November 1952), is a former Ukrainian and Soviet footbal ...
(1973, 1974, 1975) * Anatoliy Demyanenko (1985) *
Oleksandr Zavarov Oleksandr Anatoliyovych Zavarov, also spelt Aleksandr Anatoljević Zavarov ( uk, Олександр Анатолійович Заваров, russian: Заваров, Александр Анатольевич) – (born 26 April 1961 in Luhansk, ...
(1986) *
Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko Oleksiy Oleksandrovych Mykhaylychenko ( uk, Олексій Олександрович Михайличенко; born 30 March 1963) is a Ukrainian football coach and former professional player. He is a Distinguished Master of Sports of the US ...
(1988)


Infrastructure


Stadiums

The club's home ground,
Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium The Stadion Dynamo imeni Valeria Lobanovskoho is a multi-functional stadium in Kyiv, Ukraine that is modified for football use only. It is the home stadium of FC Dynamo Kyiv yet not the main stadium, for which Dynamo uses the bigger NSC Olym ...
, is situated in a park located in the centre of the city, close to the
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bank. The stadium holds 16,873 spectators, and has been the club's home since 1934. When it was built the stadium's capacity was 23,000.Stadium's history
– Fan Website of Dynamo Kyiv
After being destroyed in 1941 during
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, it was rebuilt in 1954. By the end of the 20th century, the stadium was reconstructed as a football-only venue with individual seats. These changes reduced the facility's capacity to its present one. In 2002 after the sudden death of Dynamo's longtime player and coach
Valeriy Lobanovskyi Valeriy Vasylyovych Lobanovskyi ( uk, Вале́рій Васи́льович Лобано́вський ; russian: Вале́рий Васи́льевич Лобано́вский; 6 January 1939 – 13 May 2002) was а Ukrainian football playe ...
, the stadium was renamed in his honour. After NSK Olympiyskiy was closed for reconstruction in 2008, Dynamo also began to play its European games at the Lobanovsky Stadium. Due to a high demand for European fixtures of the club throughout its European history Dynamo played a majority of their home fixtures at Kyiv's and Ukraine's largest stadium, the
Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex The Olympic National Sports Complex (also known as Olympic Stadium; uk, Національний спортивний комплекс "Олімпійський", translit=Natsionalnyi sportyvnyi kompleks "Olimpiiskyi") is a multi-use sports ...
, historically dubbed ''The Republican Stadium'', which held 83,450 spectators. The stadium has been the home of the
Ukrainian Cup The Ukrainian Cup ( uk, Кубок України) is an association football national knockout cup competition run by the Ukrainian Association of Football. The competition is conducted almost exclusively among professional clubs. Since the 2003 ...
final since its inaugural game in 1992 and up until 2007. The stadium was closed for a major reconstruction in 2008, after Ukraine and Poland were chosen to host the
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. The Olympiysky became Kyiv's main venue as well as the stadium that hosted the final; it also become an UEFA Elite rated stadium. The team also has a modern-equipped training base in the Kyiv suburb of
Koncha-Zaspa Koncha-Zaspa ( uk, Конча-Заспа) is a historic neighbourhood in the Holosiiv Raion (district) of the city of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It is known for being the place where Ukraine's political elite live. Koncha-Zaspa is located in ...
. The club maintains its own football school for children and youths, also situated in Kyiv. Junior Dynamo teams are colloquially known as '' Dynamo-2'' and '' Dynamo-3''. Its reserves team -called "double" (дубль) in both Ukrainian and Russian- participates in the national Reserves tournament, where "doubles" of all 16 Vyscha Liga teams compete. Many notable Dynamo Kyiv players progressed through the club's youth system, among them is Andriy Shevchenko, one of the graduates of the school.


Reserve, youth and junior teams

Dynamo Kyiv has several reserve teams. Dynamo reserve teams competed in national competitions since 1946. The club was fielding its reserve team in the
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 ...
competitions for reserve teams (so called doubles) that existed in 1946–1991. Dynamo doubles team holds a record for number of champion titles of the Soviet Top League for doubles winning it 15 times with a closest pursuing Spartak doubles team trailing with 9 titles. In 2004 the club revived its reserve team which later became youth (U-21) team competing at
Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( uk, "Українська Прем'єр-ліга", ''Ukrayinska Premier Liha'') or UPL is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Vyshcha Liha ( uk, Вища ліга, ''Top League' ...
competitions for U-21 and U-19 teams. Dynamo football school (academy) fields few teams in
Ukrainian Youth Football League The Ukrainian National Youth Competition ( uk, Дитячо-юнацька футбольна ліга України, (ДЮФЛУ)) is Ukrainian organization of the Ukrainian Association of Football that conducts association football competition ...
as well as Kyiv city football league. Among possibly most exotic football academy graduates is a former Moroccan international Tarik El Jarmouni. Besides its normal junior squads, FC Dynamo Kyiv also has fielded its second team Dynamo-2 which competed among regular "teams of masters" (Soviet analog of professional teams) as well as republican competitions (amateur level) during the Soviet period. The first time the team participated in football competitions at professional level was in 1964 when it took part in the
Soviet Second League The Soviet Second League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу (вторая лига), Soviet football championship (Second League)) was the third highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet First League. The leagu ...
(in so called the Ukrainian Soviet football competitions). With
dissolution of the Soviet Union The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...
in 1991, Dynamo-2 was revived based on the Dynamo's reserve team that participated in the Soviet Top League for doubles. The team continued to play in
Ukrainian First League The Persha Liha ( uk, Перша ліга) or Ukrainian First League is a professional football league in Ukraine and the second tier of national football competitions pyramid. Members of the league also participate in the Ukrainian Cup. It is t ...
for over 20 years. Along with the second team, Dynamo created also its third team Dynamo-3 which at first played at amateur level and later advanced to
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. Since 2016, Dynamo has discontinued its numbered team.


Reserve team (under-21) honours

*
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(reserves): 15 (record) ** 1949, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1990 *
Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( uk, "Українська Прем'єр-ліга", ''Ukrayinska Premier Liha'') or UPL is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Vyshcha Liha ( uk, Вища ліга, ''Top League'') ...
(reserves / under-21): 6 (record) ** 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2015–16, 2016–17


Supporters and rivalries

The Dynamo fan movement is one of the oldest in
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. Active support began in 1980s during the Soviet period (
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). Then began to appear first graffiti with the team's logo and was registered one of the biggest fights in the
USSR The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...
: Dynamo fans against fans of
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in the center of
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. In the 1990s on the stands became popular English style. Dynamo ultras are usually associated with
right-wing Right-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position on the basis of natural law, economics, authorit ...
politics and many adhere to
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ideas. Historically they would frequently hold
patriotic Patriotism is the feeling of love, devotion, and sense of attachment to one's country. This attachment can be a combination of many different feelings, language relating to one's own homeland, including ethnic, cultural, political or histor ...
(
Ukrainian nationalism Ukrainian nationalism refers to the promotion of the unity of Ukrainians as a people and it also refers to the promotion of the identity of Ukraine as a nation state. The nation building that arose as nationalism grew following the French Revol ...
) and strongly
anti-communist Anti-communism is Political movement, political and Ideology, ideological opposition to communism. Organized anti-communism developed after the 1917 October Revolution in the Russian Empire, and it reached global dimensions during the Cold War, w ...
actions. During the reign of
Viktor Yanukovych Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych ( uk, Віктор Федорович Янукович, ; ; born 9 July 1950) is a former politician who served as the fourth president of Ukraine from 2010 until he was removed from office in the Revolution of Di ...
the ultras had bad relations with the government, caused by persecutions of fans and other political factors. The most publicized action was "Freedom Pavlichenko" ( uk, Волю Павліченкам) in support of political prisoners father and son Pavlichenko. The ultras Dynamo took part in the
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and Heroes Day celebrations. Dynamo ultras often use the image of Sviatoslav the Brave in the design of their banners. ''Svyatoslav'', a printed magazine of Dynamo ultras, also bears the Kyiv prince's name. The most famous derby in Ukraine is
Ukrainian derby Klasychne derby (Ukrainian: ''Класичне'', as ''Classico''), or the ''Ukrainian football rivalry'' is the football match between the two top Ukrainian clubs Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk. The game between those two clubs is a focal poi ...
, always held in a tense atmosphere. Dynamo maintains friendly relations with:
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, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (''Braty po zbroyi''; ''Band of Brothers''),
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and with Zalgiris Vilnius, GNK Dinamo Zagreb,
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, Stade Rennais F.C. fans. Strained relations with:
Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was f ...
, FC Chornomorets Odesa, Chornomorets Odesa, FC Metalist Kharkiv, Metalist Kharkiv,
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and Legia Warsaw. Now all fans have declared a truce because of the War in Donbas (2014–2022), war in Eastern Ukraine. They play the Kyiv derby with FC Arsenal Kyiv, Arsenal Kyiv, a strong rivalry also due to politics; Arsenal fans are known to be strongly left-wing.


Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors


Presidents and other officials


Presidents

* 1927–1989: ''part of Dynamo (Ukraine), Dynamo, the republican section of Soviet sports society
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'' * 1989–1993: Viktor Bezverkhy * 1993–2002:
Hryhoriy Surkis Hryhoriy Surkis ( ua, Григорій Суркіс; born 4 September 1949) is a Ukrainian businessman, one of five vice-presidents of UEFA since 24 May 2013. Surkis was the president of Football Federation of Ukraine until September 2012.
* 2002–present: Ihor Surkis


Vice-Presidents

* 2005–2010: Mykhailo Oshenkov (son of Oleg Oshenkov) * 2005–2010: Vadym Kostiuchenko * 2018–2020: Yevhen Krasnikov * 1993–2011: Vitaliy Sivkov


General directors

* 2007–present: Rezo Chohonelidze


Sports directors

* 2011–2019: Oleksiy Mykhailychenko * 2018–2019: Eduardo Docampo * 2020–2021: Oleksiy Mykhailychenko


Technical directors

* 1992: Mykhailo Oshenkov (son of Oleg Oshenkov)


Players


First team squad


U-19 team


Other players under contract


Out on loan


Retired number(s)

12 – 12th man (football), Club Supporters (the 12th Man)


Coaches and administration


Notable coaches

* In the Ukrainian championship The following individuals have all won at least one trophy while coaching Dynamo Kyiv:


Club records and statistics

Oleksandr Shovkovskyi currently holds Dynamo's official appearance record, having made 637 appearances in all competitions, over the course of 17 seasons from 1993 until 2016. He also holds the record for Ukrainian Premier League (Vyshcha Liha) appearances with 426, while
Oleh Blokhin Oleg Vladimirovich Blokhin, or Oleh Volodymyrovych Blokhin ( uk, Оле́г Володи́мирович Блохі́н, rus, Оле́г Влади́мирович Блохи́н; born 5 November 1952), is a former Ukrainian and Soviet footbal ...
remains unreachable for
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appearances with 432. Including all competitions,
Oleh Blokhin Oleg Vladimirovich Blokhin, or Oleh Volodymyrovych Blokhin ( uk, Оле́г Володи́мирович Блохі́н, rus, Оле́г Влади́мирович Блохи́н; born 5 November 1952), is a former Ukrainian and Soviet footbal ...
is the all-time leading goalscorer for Dynamo with 266 goals since joining the club in 1969, 211 of which were scored in Soviet Top League (another Dynamo record). Serhiy Rebrov, who is the all-time topscorer for Ukrainian Premier League, comes in second in all competitions with 163. Dynamo Kyiv qualified for continental competitions for the last 32 years since 1990 and missed only twice (two seasons) since 1973.


Divisional movements


Soviet Union

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" from:01/07/1944 till:01/07/1962 color:bl1 shift:(0,13) text: "Pervaya Gruppa / Class A"
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Ukraine

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Dynamo Kyiv in European competitions

Dynamo Kyiv made a forceful entrance into European competitions in the 1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup, advancing into the quarter-finals before losing to Celtic F.C. The club is a regular visitor to UEFA competitions, having participated in over 50 tournaments. Dynamo Kyiv has not missed a single season of European competition since 1990 and, since 1973, has only missed out twice (1984–85 and 1988–89). During the Soviet era, the club won the European Cup Winners' Cup twice, in 1974–75 European Cup Winners' Cup, 1975 and 1985–86 European Cup Winners' Cup, 1986, the 1975 European Super Cup and reached the semi finals of the UEFA Champions League, European Cup/Champions League three times, once under the Ukrainian banner.


European cups finals


UEFA club coefficient ranking

''As of 5 May 2021
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UEFA Rankings since 2007

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Player records


Top goalscorers

*Other – National Super Cup


Most appearances

*Other – National Super Cup


See also

*FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv *FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv


References


External links


Official website

Youtube channel
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