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GNK Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb ( en, Dinamo Zagreb Citizens' Football Club, link=yes, italics=yes), commonly referred to as GNK Dinamo Zagreb or simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo ...

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. After winning the first post-

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Zagreb municipal championship held in January and February 1946 and finishing runners-up in the Croatian regional championship (behind

Hajduk Split Hrvatski nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split () or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, t ...

), they qualified for the nationwide

1946–47 Yugoslav First League The 1946–47 Yugoslav First League season was the first season of the First Federal League ( sh-Latn, Prva savezna liga), the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, which ended the six-year period in which national footbal ...

. The club spent their entire existence playing top-flight football, and they soon established themselves as one of the ''Yugoslav Big Four'' (along with Hajduk Split,

Partizan Partizan may refer to: Sport * JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs: **AK Partizan, athletics ** Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling ** Džudo Klub Partizan, judo **FK Partizan, association fo ...

and

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Bel ...

), finishing runners-up in the inaugural season of the national championship, and then winning Yugoslav titles in

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...

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 ...

and

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...

. They were the third Yugoslav club to play in an UEFA-sponsored competition (after Partizan in 1955 and Red Star in 1956) and their first

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tie was against

Czechoslovak Czechoslovak may refer to: *A demonym or adjective pertaining to Czechoslovakia (1918–93) **First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–38) **Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–39) **Third Czechoslovak Republic (1948–60) **Fourth Czechoslovak Repub ...

side

Dukla Prague Dukla Prague ( cz, Dukla Praha) was a Czech football club from the city of Prague. Established in 1948 as ATK Praha, the club won a total of 11 Czechoslovak league titles and eight Czechoslovak Cups, and in the 1966–67 season, reached the semi ...

. In the 1960s Dinamo experienced their most successful period in both domestic and European football which saw them win four

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s but failing to clinch a single championship title, finishing runners-up five times between

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

and

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

. On the European stage, the club had two successful campaigns in the

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, reaching the finals on two occasions. In the 1963 final Dinamo lost to

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, Valencia and the Municipalities of Spain, third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is ...

, but in

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...

they beat

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Leeds United Leeds United Football Club is a professional football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire in England. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of England's football league system, and plays its home matches at Elland Road S ...

. This was the only European silverware won by a Yugoslav club until Red Star Belgrade won the

1990–91 European Cup The 1990–91 European Cup was the 36th season of the European Cup, a tournament for men's football clubs in nations affiliated to the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). It was won for the first time by Red Star Belgrade on penaltie ...

24 years later.

Dinamo in Europe

*Dinamo played their first European match on 10 September 1958 against Dukla Prague. The match ended in a 2–2 draw, with

Luka Lipošinović Luka Lipošinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Лука Липошиновић; 12 May 1933 – 26 September 1992) was a Yugoslavian (ethnic Croat from Vojvodina) football player. He earned 13 caps for Yugoslavia. Club career With the Croatian clu ...

netting a brace and Jaroslav Borovička and Jan Brumovský scoring for the Czech side. The second leg was played on 1 October, with Franjo Gašpert scoring in a 1–2 loss and a 3–4 aggregate defeat. *Biggest defeat was against Barcelona in the away game of the second round of ICFC. The game was played on 13 December 1961 and ended in a 5–1 trashing, with

Evaristo de Macedo Evaristo de Macedo Filho, (born 22 June 1933, in Rio de Janeiro), known simply as Evaristo, is a Brazilian former footballer and coach. Club career Madureira (1950–1952) Raised in the north of Rio de Janeiro, Evaristo, like many children, play ...

scoring a hat-trick. Other scorers for Barcelona were

Sándor Kocsis Sándor Péter Kocsis (; ; 21 September 1929 – 22 July 1979) was a Hungarian footballer who played for Ferencváros TC, Budapest Honvéd, Young Fellows Zürich, FC Barcelona and Hungary as a striker. During the 1950s, along with Ferenc Pus ...

and

Chus Pereda Jesús María Pereda Ruiz de Temiño (15 June 1938 – 27 September 2011), also known as Chus Pereda, was a Spanish football midfielder and manager. In a 16-year professional career, he played mainly for Barcelona, amassing La Liga totals of 1 ...

, while

Dražan Jerković Dražan Jerković (; 6 August 1936 – 9 December 2008) was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional football manager and player. His professional playing career spanned from 1954 to 1966, during which he played for Dinamo Zagreb and AA La Gantoise. ...

claimed a consolation goal in the 87th minute. The second leg in Zagreb ended in a 2–2 draw, with two goals from

Stjepan Lamza Stjepan Lamza (23 January 1940 – 12 January 2022) was a Croatian footballer who played as a midfielder. He is considered one of the greatest Croatian players of all time and played for much of his career for Dinamo Zagreb, whom he helped in win ...

and another goal from Evaristo de Macedo and Pedro Zaballa to make it 7–3 on aggregate for the Catalan club. *In the 1962–63 season Dinamo enjoyed a successful campaign in the ICFC. Dinamo beat Porto 2–1 with goals from Borislav Ribic and Ilijas Pašić. *In the 1982–83 season Dinamo was knocked out in the first round, this time by Sporting CP. Dinamo won the first leg at Maksimir by a single goal from

Snješko Cerin Snježan "Snješko" Cerin (born 18 January 1955) is a retired Croatian association football striker who spent most of his career playing for his hometown club Dinamo Zagreb in the Yugoslav First League in the 1970s and 1980s. Club career A nat ...

, but then lost the away leg 3–0 with a hat-trick from Sporting's António Oliveira. *In the 1988–89 season Dinamo was knocked out in the second round of the UEFA cup by VfB Stuttgart, coached by Arie Haan and featuring Jurgen Klinsmann and Srečko Katanec. Stuttgart later reached the finals of the competition, only to be beaten by Diego Maradona's Napoli. In the 2019–20 season Dinamo finished on the last position in the Champions League group with Shakhtar,

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/small> ¹ Includes two matches where Dinamo played as hosts away from their home stadium (the 1991–92 UEFA Cup fixture against Trabzonspor, played in Klagenfurt, Austria on 17 September 1991, and the 1993–94 Champions League first round fixture against Steaua Bucharest, played in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 28 September 1993). ² Includes two playoff matches before the introduction of penalties and the away goals rule in two-legged fixtures (the 1962–63 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup fixture against Union Saint-Gilloise, played in Linz, Austria, on 13 February 1963, and the 1963–64 Cup Winners' Cup fixture against Linzer ASK, also played in Linz, Austria, on 23 October 1963).

Best results in international competitions

List of matches

Note: Dinamo score always listed first. Last updated: 15 February 2024

List of opponents

List of opponents by nation

Last game updated: Real Betis 0–1 Dinamo Zagreb (15 February 2024) ^GER – Including games against German clubs representing East Germany and West Germany in European competitions.
^SCG – Including games against Serbian clubs representing Serbia and Montenegro in European competitions.
^TCH – Including games against Czech and Slovak clubs representing Czechoslovakia in European competitions.

List of opponents by club

Last game updated: Real Betis 0–1 Dinamo Zagreb (15 February 2024)

Player records

Last updated after match against Ballkani on 14 December 2023.

Most appearances in UEFA club competitions

Arijan Ademi Arijan Ademi ( mk, Аријан Адеми; born 29 May 1991) is a professional footballer who captains Prva HNL side Dinamo Zagreb and plays for the North Macedonia national team. Ademi started his professional career at Šibenik, debuting f ...

: 104 appearances #

Sammir Jorge Sammir Cruz Campos (born 23 April 1987), commonly known as Sammir, is a Brazilian-Croatian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Born in Brazil, Sammir became a naturalized Croatian citizen and has been ca ...

: 76 appearances #

Dominik Livaković Dominik Livaković (; born 9 January 1995) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe and the Croatia national team. Club career NK Zagreb Livaković became part of NK Zagreb's first t ...

: 75 appearances #

Mislav Oršić Mislav Oršić (; born 29 December 1992) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Süper Lig club Trabzonspor and the Croatia national team. Born in Zagreb, Oršić started his senior career at Inter Zaprešić in 2 ...

: 70 appearances #

Bruno Petković Bruno Petković (; born 16 September 1994) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Dinamo Zagreb and the Croatia national team. Early career Petković was born in Metković, Croatia. His father Jakov Petković hails fr ...

: 70 appearances #

Amer Gojak Amer Gojak (; born 13 February 1997) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Ferencváros and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. Gojak started his professional career at O ...

: 53 appearances #

Milan Badelj Milan Badelj (; born 25 February 1989) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Genoa. He was a member of the Croatian squad that finished runners-up in the 2018 FIFA World Cup as well as part of the country's sq ...

: 52 appearances #

Kévin Théophile-Catherine Kévin Théophile-Catherine (born 28 October 1989) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for SuperSport HNL club Dinamo Zagreb. Career Stade Rennais Théophile-Catherine was born in Saint-Brieuc, Brittany to a Martiniqu ...

: 50 appearances #

Rudolf Belin Rudolf Belin (born 4 November 1942) is a Croatian retired football manager and player. Club career Belin started his career with Dinamo Zagreb in 1960, where he won the Yugoslav Cup three times and the 1967 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, beating the ...

: 49 appearances #

Mihael Mikić Mihael Mikić (; born 6 January 1980) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a right midfielder. He is currently working as an assistant manager of the Maribor. He most commonly played as a right winger or right-back, but w ...

: 48 appearances #

Edin Mujčin Edin Mujčin (born 14 January 1970) is a Bosnian retired footballer. Mujčin moved to Croatia during the Bosnian War. He holds the Croatian citizenship. Club career Mujčin spent most of his career with Croatian team Dinamo Zagreb, winning sever ...

: 48 appearances # Petar Stojanović: 48 appearances

Top scorers in UEFA club competitions

: 28 goals #

: 23 goals #

Igor Cvitanović Igor Cvitanović (; born 1 November 1970) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is currently the head coach of Dinamo Zagreb II in the Druga HNL. He is currently the 2nd all-time goalscorer of the Croatian F ...

: 15 goals #

Slaven Zambata Slaven Zambata (24 September 1940 – 29 October 2020) was a Croatian professional football player best known for his time at Dinamo Zagreb in the 1960s, for whom he appeared in 171 Yugoslav First League matches. He was also a Yugoslav interna ...

: 15 goals #

: 13 goals #

Hillal Soudani El Arabi Hilal Soudani ( ar, العربي هلال سوداني; born 25 November 1987) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Damac and the Algeria national team. Soudani made his international debut in 2010, and ...

: 13 goals #

Mario Mandžukić Mario Mandžukić (; born 21 May 1986) is a Croatian football coach and a former player who is an assistant coach of the Croatia national team. As a player, he played as a forward and became known for his aggressiveness, defensive contribution ...

: 11 goals # Marijan Novak: 10 goals #

: 9 goals

UEFA team ranking

The following data indicates Dinamo coefficient rankings. As of 6 August 2023

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