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FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg is a Russian
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club from
Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
, in
Northwest Russia Northwest Russia, or the Russian North is the northern part of western Russia. It is bounded by Norway, Finland, the Arctic Ocean, the Ural Mountains and the east-flowing part of the Volga. The area is roughly coterminous with the Northwestern Fe ...
. Founded in 1922, the club was one of the oldest in the city. It plays in the third-tier
Russian Football National League 2 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 ...
. They were a regular 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 ...
until relegation in
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. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, their highest status was in the second-level
Russian National Football 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 ...
for several seasons, and the fifth place in the league is their greatest achievement. In July 2015, the club was purchased by Boris Rotenberg. In June 2018, the team moved to
Sochi Sochi ( rus, Со́чи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi River, along the Black Sea in Southern Russia, with a population of 466,078 residents, up to 600,000 residents in ...
, becoming
PFC Sochi Football Club Sochi (russian: Футбольный клуб Сочи, Futbolny Klub Sochi), is a Russian professional football club based in Sochi. The club is playing its home matches at the 47,000-capacity Fisht Stadium. History FC Sochi was ...
; in Saint Petersburg there remained Dynamo youth team. In April 2019 Dynamo was reestablished by Clubs' Veterans on resources of FC LAZ Luga. Since August 2021, Chinese trucks manufacturer
SAIC Iveco Hongyan SAIC Iveco Hongyan Commercial Vehicle Co., Ltd. is a Chinese joint venture headquartered in Chongqing, China and owned by SAIC Motor, SAIC (as a majority holder), the Chongqing city and Iveco. SAIC Iveco Hongyan was established in January 2003 as ...
is the main sponsor.


History


The glorious past

The club was founded in 1922 as part of the All-Union Sport Society "Dinamo" that had clubs in a variety of sports throughout the Soviet Union. The society was the main sponsor of the club. ''Dinamo'' debuted 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 ...
in 1936 among the original seven teams in the first edition 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 ...
. The club reentered 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 ...
following the end of
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as the member of the interrupted edition of 1941. The club then participated in the Top League between 1936 and 1954, finishing in the top five, three times. In 1954, its record was cause to replace Dynamo with
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after the team's tenth-place finish in the League. From 1955 to 1961, they had only Jewish striker, Israel "Zolik" Olshanetsky.


A resurrection

The club was resurrected in 1960 in the place of
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and spent the next two seasons in "the second tier (Class B) of the Soviet league, before making it back to the Top Division.


Loss of professional status

Dynamo lost its professional status in 2000 with the lack of financing; a local building society stepped in. Professional status was lost in 2004.


FC Petrotrest Saint Petersburg

''FC Petrotrest Saint Petersburg'' (russian: ФК "Петротрест" Санкт-Петербург) was a former
association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
club from
Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
, Russia, founded in 2001. In 2002 the team played in Amateur Football League (North-West zone), in 2003, 2004, 2006 and since 2011 - in Second Division (West zone), in 2005 - in First Division (was relegated). From 2007 to 2010 the team played under the name of FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg. After the team was relegated to the
Russian Second Division The Russian Second League (russian: Первенство России II дивизиона ФНЛ), formerly Russian Professional Football League is the third level of Russian professional football (soccer), football. History In 1998–2010, it ...
after the 2010 season, the team returned to their previous name FC Petrotrest and another independent team called FC Dynamo was organized to play in the
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 ...
. In 2012 the club was finished in the 1st place and was promoted to the First division. In 2013 it was merged back into Dynamo Saint Petersburg.


The United FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg

In preparations to 2013–14 season, FC Petrotrest and Dynamo signed on an agreement of merging FC Petrotrest into Dynamo in order to play in the
Russian First Division 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 ...
, now called the National Football League. At the end of the 2014–15 season, the club was relegated to the third level league, the
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 ...
. Following the season, the club was purchased by the billionaire Boris Rotenberg (technically, a new club called FC Dynamo-Saint Petersburg was formed, with
SMP Racing SMP Racing is the motor sport endurance racing team and also motorsport management created in 2013 by Boris Rotenberg, founder of the SMP Bank of Russia. Description The goal of SMP Racing is to train and unveil new talents. The team's training ...
becoming the new sponsor) and at the end of June 2015 "Dynamo" has with the new founders and sponsors were allowed to participate in the Second Division. The first season of the renewed team was not easy - meeting in full strength only a few days before the start of the Championship, Dynamo failed to show good performances in the first round, once in the basement of the standings at the end of the first part of the season. But in spring 2016, thanks to high-quality training in the winter and breeding spot, Dynamo straighten their figures, nearly becoming the best team in the "West" zone on the results of matches of the second stage of the Championship. in November 2016 The team finish in the 1st place in the table standing of Western Zone in the 2nd Division. They secured the top spot in their PFL zone and promotion back to the
Russian National Football 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 ...
on 21 May 2017.


The move to Sochi


Since 2019

Dynamo Saint Petersburg was re-established on the base of another Saint Petersburg club, this time it was FC LAZ Luga in 2019, and they won the Champions Cup of North-West Championship. In May 2020, it was reported that the club will be reorganize as a private football club to compete in the
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 ...
during 2020–21 season. Former Zenit's goalkeeper,
Vyacheslav Malafeev Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich Malafeev ( rus, Вячесла́в Алекса́ндрович Малафе́ев, p=vʲɪtɕɪˈslaf ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ məlɐˈfʲe(j)ɪf; born 4 March 1979) is a Russian football official and a former player ...
, was attached to manage the club. Dynamo reentered PFL (which was renamed to FNL 2) for the 2021–22 season. In August 2021, a Chinese company
SAIC Iveco Hongyan SAIC Iveco Hongyan Commercial Vehicle Co., Ltd. is a Chinese joint venture headquartered in Chongqing, China and owned by SAIC Motor, SAIC (as a majority holder), the Chongqing city and Iveco. SAIC Iveco Hongyan was established in January 2003 as ...
has become the main sponsor.


Current squad

''As of 8 September 2022, according to th
Second League website
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Team name history

* Dynamo Leningrad ''(1936–1990)'' * FC Prometey-Dynamo St. Petersburg ''(1991–1995)'' * FC Dynamo St. Petersburg ''(1995–1999)'' * FC Dynamo-Stroyimpuls St. Petersburg ''(2000)'' * FC Dynamo-SPb St. Petersburg ''(2001–2003)'' * FC Dynamo St. Petersburg (2007–2010) * FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg ''(2011)'' * FC Dynamo St. Petersburg ''(2013–2018, 2019–)''


Home Stadium


Dynamo Stadium

In 1929, ''Dinamo'' gained its own stadium, Dinamo. The Dynamo Stadium was built and designed by the architects O. Lyalin and Y. Svirskiy. The stadium was located on
Krestovsky Island Krestovsky Island (russian: Крестовский остров) is a 3.4 km2 island in Saint Petersburg, Russia, between several tributaries of the Neva: the Srednyaya Nevka, the Malaya Nevka and the Krestovka. The island is served by ...
in
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and was the home stadium for Dynamo F.C., the stadium had a capacity of 500 fans. On May 22, 1936, the stadium hosted 12,000 fans in the first ever game of the Soviet Championship. The game was between Dynamo Leningrad and
Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москв ...
and finished with Lokomotiv winning 1:3. During the
Siege of Leningrad The siege of Leningrad (russian: links=no, translit=Blokada Leningrada, Блокада Ленинграда; german: links=no, Leningrader Blockade; ) was a prolonged military blockade undertaken by the Axis powers against the Soviet city of L ...
, On May 31, 1942, the stadium host The Siege Game, between Dynamo Leningrad and the local football clubs. Nowadays, the stadium is used as a training compound for Dynamo. In 2007 the
Saint Petersburg City Administration Saint Petersburg City Administration (Администрация Санкт-Петербурга) is the superior executive body of Saint Petersburg (formerly Leningrad), Russian Federation. It is located in a historic building, Smolny and known a ...
announced a project to destroy the stadium and replace it with a housing building and a business center. In 2009 the compound become a full municipal property after the City Administration purchased the ground from Dynamo's owners.


Petrovsky Stadium

Since the end of the 2000s, Dinamo plays at Sport Complex Petrovsky in Saint Petersburg. The complex consists of two arenas (stadiums): the central sport arena (CSA) and the minor sport arena (MSA). Dinamo shares the complex with four other professional teams. In 2008 ''
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'' plays at CSA, the MSA is used by Dinamo, Zenit-2, Zenit-D, and Sever (Murmansk). The MSA provides 2,835 seats to its spectators. There are talks that ''Zenit'' will move out of this complex to its new stadium that will be built in 2009 in place of the
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. This migration might provide Dinamo with full exploitation of the whole complex.


League and cup history


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Russia


Farm club

Following Dynamo's promotion to the
Russian National Football 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 ...
at the end of the 2016–17 season, the club organized a farm-club FC Dynamo-2 Saint Petersburg and entered it into the
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 ...
.


Notable players

These are players who won international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Dynamo. ;USSR/Russia *
Sergey Dmitriev Sergey Igorevich Dmitriyev (russian: Сергей Игоревич Дмитриев; 19 March 1964 – 26 December 2022) was a Russian football coach and a player. International career Dmitriyev earned six caps for the USSR national footbal ...
* Pyotr Dementyev * Alexander Kanishchev *
Aleksandr Khapsalis Aleksandr Antonovich Khapsalis (russian: Александр Антонович Хапсалис; born 17 October 1957) is a former Soviet football player of Pontic Greek descent. His parents were deported from Odesa Oblast. At the end of his foo ...
* Nikolay Larionov * Fridrikh Maryutin */
Dmitri Radchenko Dmitri Leonidovich Radchenko (; born 2 December 1970) is a Russian football coach and former player who played as a striker. During his professional career he played in four countries, including in La Liga. Career Born in Leningrad, Soviet ...
* Aleksandr Tenyagin *
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 ...
*
Anatoli Zinchenko Anatoli Alekseyevich Zinchenko (russian: Анатолий Алексеевич Зинченко) (born 8 August 1949, in Stalinsk) is a retired Soviet football player and Russian coach. He is best known for being the first Soviet football player ...
*
Ilshat Faizulin Ilshat Galimzyanovich Fayzulin (russian: Ильшат Галимзянович Файзулин; tt-Cyrl, Илшат Галимҗан улы Фәйзуллин; born 5 March 1973) is a Russian football coach and a former player of Tatar ethnic ...
*
Sergei Filippenkov Sergei Aleksandrovich Filippenkov (russian: Серге́й Александрович Филиппенков; 2 August 1971 – 15 October 2015) was a Russian football manager and player. Filippenkov died of a heart attack during a friendly ma ...
*
Lyubomir Kantonistov Lyubomir Danilovich Kantonistov (russian: Любомир Данилович Кантонистов; born 11 August 1978) is a former Russian footballer. He played with FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Kuban Krasnodar and FC Torpedo Moscow in the Russi ...
*
Andrei Kondrashov Andrei Yuryevich Kondrashov (russian: Андрей Юрьевич Кондрашов; born 7 August 1972) is an association football coach and a former player. Honours * Russian Cup winner: 1999. * Russian Second Division Zone West best defen ...
* Aleksandr Panov * Roman Vorobyov ;Former USSR countries *
Vyaçeslav Lıçkin Vyacheslav Lychkin (russian: Вячеслав Лычкин; born 30 September 1973) is a retired Azerbaijani professional Association football, footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1989 for FC Termist Baku. I ...
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Rizvan Umarov Rizvan Sarutdinoviç Umarov (born 5 April 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre forward for Rotor Volgograd. Born in Russia, he represented Azerbaijan at international level. Club career Born in Stavropol, Russia, Umarov has ...
*
Dzmitry Aharodnik Dzmitry Barysavich Aharodnik ( be, Дзьмітры Барысавіч Агароднік; russian: Дмитрий Борисович Огородник; born 11 June 1978 in Zelva) is a retired Belarusian professional footballer. He made his pr ...
*
Alyaksandr Chayka Alyaksandr Leonidovich Chayka ( be, Аляксандр Чайка; russian: Александр Леонидович Чайка; born 27 January 1976) is a Belarusian professional football coach and a former player. Playing career He made his pr ...
* Syarhyey Hyerasimets *
Andrei Lavrik Andrei Ivanavich Lavrik ( be, Андрэй Лаўрык; russian: Андрей Лаврик; born 7 December 1974) is a retired Belarusian footballer. His last club was Torpedo Zhodino. After retirement in early 2011 he stayed in the team as as ...
*
Yuri Shukanov Yuri Vladimirovich Shukanov ( be, Юры Уладзіміравіч Шуканаў; russian: Юрий Владимирович Шуканов; born 10 March 1971) is a Belarusian professional football coach and former player. He made his professi ...
* Andrey Yegorov *
Rimantas Žvingilas Rimantas ("Rimas") Žvingilas (born 3 September 1973) is a Lithuanian former international association football, football striker. He has played in his home country, in Belgium, in several clubs in Russia, and in Kazakhstan. He retired on 7 Jul ...
* Andrei Mațiura *
Evgheni Hmaruc Evgheni Hmaruc (russian: Евгений Хмарук; born 13 June 1977) is a Moldovan former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career He was loaned to Constructorul Cioburciu in March 2002. He joined CSKA Sofia in Febr ...
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Serghei Rogaciov Serghei Ivanovich Rogaciov (born 20 May 1977) is a Moldovan soccer, football coach and a former player who played as a forward. Career He previously played for Constructorul Chişinău, FC Sheriff Tiraspol, FC Olimpia Bălţi, and Cristalul Făle ...
* Oleg Shishkin *
Andrei Manannikov Andrei Ivanovich Manannikov (russian: Андрей Иванович Мананников; born 5 August 1965) is a Tajikistani professional football coach and a former player. Club career Manannikov made his professional debut in the Soviet Fi ...
* Oleksandr Kyryukhin ;Europe *
Mark Švets Mark Švets (born 1 October 1976) is a retired Estonian professional footballer. Club career In a much-travelled career, Švets has played for various clubs in Estonia, Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus. He won the Kazakhstan Cup in 2003 with FC K ...
* Saša Ilić ;Africa * Brian Idowu


Coaches


Honours and Achievements

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 ...
: * 5th Place: 1940, 1945, 1946, 1952
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 ...
: * Semi-Finals: 1938, 1947, 1952 Russian Cup: * Eighth final: 2003, 2018
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 ...
* Champion (3): 2001, 2009, 2017 City Championship: * Champion (29): 1926–1927, 1930–1931, 1933, 1935–1936, 1938, 1945, 1948, 1950–1951, 1953, 1963–1964, 1966–1968, 1970–1978, 1980–1981, 1993 * Runner-up (1): 2019
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: * Winner (12): 1943–1944, 1948, 1950, 1969–1971, 1973, 1977–1979, 1983, 2019


See also

* Saint Petersburg derby *
FC Dinamo Moscow FC Dynamo Moscow (''FC Dynamo Moskva'', russian: Дина́мо Москва́ ) is a Russian football club based in Moscow. Dynamo returned to the Russian Premier League for the 2017–18 season after one season in the second-tier Russian Footb ...
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FC Dynamo Kyiv Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Dynamo Sports Society, the club as a separate business entity was offici ...
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FC Dinamo Tbilisi FC Dinamo Tbilisi ( ka, დინამო თბილისი, ) is a Georgian professional football club based in Tbilisi, Georgia, that competes in the Erovnuli Liga, the top flight of Georgian football. Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the mo ...
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Dynamo Sports Club 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 ...
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Petrovsky Stadium The Petrovsky Stadium (russian: стадион «Петровский») is on a sports complex that consists of a number of buildings, the stadium is used mostly for football and also for athletics. The Grand Sport Arena of the Petrovsky Sport Com ...


References


External links


Official website
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Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
1922 establishments in Russia Association football clubs established in 1922 Soviet Top League clubs