FC Dynamo Moscow

For teams of this name in other sports, see Dynamo Moscow (disambiguation).

Dynamo

Full name	Football Club Dynamo Moscow
Nickname(s)	Belo-golubye (White-blues), Dinamiki (Louders) Politsyeĭskih (The Policemen) Musora (The Cops)
Founded	1923
Ground	Arena Khimki (Capacity: 18,636)
Owner	VTB Bank
Chairman	Yuri Isayev
Manager	Sergei Silkin
League	Russian Premier League
2010	Russian Premier League, 7th
Home colours Away colours

Dynamo Moscow (Dinamo Moscow, Dinamo Moskva, Russian: Динамо Москва) is a Russian football club based in Moscow, currently playing in the Russian Premier League. Dynamo's traditional kit colours are blue and white. Their crest is of a blue letter "D", written in a traditional Cyrillic style, on a white background with the name of their home town "Moscow" written in front of a football underneath. Club's motto "Power in Motion" had been proposed by Maxim Gorky, the famous Russian/Soviet author who once was an active member of the Dynamo sports society.

Dynamo Moscow is the oldest Russian football club and the only one which has always played in the top tiers of the Soviet (for the Soviet era – sharing this achievement jointly with Dynamo Kyiv) and the Russian football competitions never being relegated to the lower divisions. Despite this, it has never won today's Russian Premier League title.

During the Soviet era it was affiliated with the MVD (Ministry of Internal Affairs – The Soviet Militia & the KGB^[1][2]) and was a part of Dynamo sports society. On 10 April 2009, VTB Bank acquired 74% of the stock in the club.^[3] The club was founded in 1923 by Felix Dzerzhinsky.

History

Felix Dzerzhinsky

Dynamo Moscow has its roots in the club Morozovtsi Orekhovo-Zuevo Moskva founded as a factory team in 1887. The team was re-named OKS Moskva in 1906 and won a series of Moscow league championships from 1910 to 1914.

After the Russian revolution of 1917 the club eventually found itself under the authority of the Interior Ministry and its head Felix Dzerzhinsky, chief of the Soviet Union's first secret police force, the notorious Cheka. The club was re-named Dinamo Moskva in 1923 and developed some infamy for its intimidating association with the Interior Ministry, often being referred to as Garbage, a Russian criminal slang term for police, by the supporters of other clubs.

FC Dynamo Moscow. 13 November 1945. Stamford Bridge. Chelsea F.C – FC Dynamo Moscow

Dinamo won the first two Soviet Championships in 1936 and 1937, a Soviet Cup in 1937, and another pair of national titles in 1940 and 1945. They were also the first Soviet club to tour the West and put on an impressive display during a goodwill visit to the United Kingdom in 1945. Complete unknowns, the Soviet players delivered a surprising performance: they drew 3:3 at Chelsea, rode roughshod 10:1 over Cardiff City, beat an Arsenal side reinforced by the presence of Stanley Matthews, Stan Mortensen and Joe Bacuzzi by a score of 4:3 in a match played in thick fog, and finally, drew 2:2 with Rangers.

They continued to be a strong side at home after the war and enjoyed their greatest success through the 50's. Dinamo captured another five championships between 1949 and 1959, as well as their second Soviet Cup in 1953. Honours were harder to come by after that time. The club continued to enjoy some success in the Soviet Cup, but has not won a national championship since 1976. Even so, Dinamo's 11 national titles make it the country's third most decorated side behind Dynamo Kiev (13 titles) and Spartak Moscow (12 titles).

Since 1937

Since 1953

Since 1967

Since 1970

Since 1977

Since 1984

Dynamo's greatest achievement in Europe to this day was in the 1972 UEFA Cup Winners Cup. They got to the final at the Nou Camp in Barcelona where they lost to Scottish side Rangers 3–2. This was a Russian side's greatest achievement in Europe until CSKA Moscow won the 2005 UEFA Cup. At the end of the 2008 season of the Russian Premier League Dynamo finished the season in 3rd position, therefore gaining access to the 3rd qualification round for non-champions of the 2009/10 edition of the UEFA Champions League. This was the first time that the club had taken part in the competition since its re-branding from the European Cup in 1992. On 29 July 2009, Moscow beat Celtic 1–0 at Celtic Park which gave them a strong advantage going into the second leg. However, Celtic comfortably defeated Dynamo 2–0 in Moscow to progress and send them crashing into the Europa League play-off round, where Dinamo were eliminated by CSKA Sofia after 0–0 draw in Sofia and 1–2 loss in Moscow.

Stadium

Their ground used to be the historic Dynamo Stadium (Moscow) (1928) in Petrovsky Park, which seats 36,540. In 2008, it was closed for demolition. It is to be replaced by VTB Arena in 2016, which will have a capacity of 33,000 (adjustable up to 45,000). In the meantime, Dynamo have been sharing Arena Khimki with rivals PFC CSKA Moscow since 2010, as they too are awaiting the completion of their own new stadium.

Honours

Domestic honours

Soviet Union

• Soviet Top League
  • Winners: 1936, 1937, 1940, 1945, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1957 1959, 1963, 1976
• Soviet Cup
  • Winners: 1937, 1953, 1967, 1970, 1977, 1984
• Soviet Super Cup
  • Winners: 1977

Russia

• Russian Cup
  • Winners: 1995

UEFA competitions

• Ciutat de Barcelona Trophy
  • Winners: 1976
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  • Runners-Up: 1972

League and cup history

Russia

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Top Scorer	Head Coach
1992	1st	3	26	14	6	6	55	29	34		UC	3rd round (Last 16)	Gasimov – 16	Gazzaev
1993	1st	3	34	16	10	8	65	38	42	Semi-finals	UC	3rd round (Last 16)	Simutenkov – 16	Gazzaev Golodets
1994	1st	2	30	13	13	4	55	35	39	Semi-finals	UC	1st round	Simutenkov – 21	Beskov
1995	1st	4	30	16	8	6	45	29	56	Winner	UC	2nd round (Last 32)	Terekhin – 11	Beskov Golodets
1996	1st	4	34	20	7	7	60	35	67	Semi-finals	CWC	Quarter-finals	Cheryshev – 17	Golodets
1997	1st	3	34	19	11	4	50	20	68	Runner-Up	UC	1st round	Terekhin – 17	Golodets
1998	1st	9	30	8	15	7	31	30	39	Quarter-finals			Terekhin – 12	Golodets Yartsev
1999	1st	5	30	12	8	10	44	41	44	Runner-Up	UC	2nd round (Last 32)	Terekhin – 14	Yartsev Petrushin
2000	1st	5	30	14	8	8	45	35	50	Quarter-finals			Gusev – 12	Gazzaev
2001	1st	9	30	10	8	12	43	51	38	Round of 16	UC	1st round	Khazov – 10	Gazzaev Novikov
2002	1st	8	30	12	6	12	38	33	42	Quarter-finals	UC	2nd round	Koroman – 6	Novikov Prokopenko
2003	1st	6	30	12	10	8	42	29	46	Round of 32			Bulykin – 9	Prokopenko Hřebík
2004	1st	13	30	6	11	13	27	38	29	Round of 16			Korchagin – 4	Hřebík Bondarenko Romantsev
2005	1st	8	30	12	2	16	36	46	38	Round of 16			Derlei – 13	Romantsev Wortmann Kobelev
2006	1st	14	30	8	10	12	31	40	34	Quarter-finals			Derlei – 7	Semin Kobelev
2007	1st	6	30	11	8	11	37	35	41	Quarter-finals			Kolodin – 9	Kobelev
2008	1st	3	30	15	9	6	41	29	54	Round of 16			Kerzhakov – 7	Kobelev
2009	1st	8	30	12	6	12	31	37	42	Semi-finals	CL EL	3rd qualifying round Play-off round	Kerzhakov – 12	Kobelev
2010	1st	7	30	9	13	8	39	31	40	Round of 8	—		Kurányi – 9	Kobelev Božović

European campaigns

For more details on this topic, see FC Dynamo Moscow in Europe.

Season	Achievement
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
1971–72	Final	defeated by Rangers 2–3
1977–78	Semi Final	eliminated by Austria Wien 2–1 in Moscow, 1–2 in Wien
1979–80	Quarter Final	eliminated by Nantes 0–2 in Moscow, 3–2 in Nantes
1984–85	Semi Final	eliminated by Rapid Wien 1–3 in Wien, 1–1 in Moscow
1995–96	Quarter Final	eliminated by Rapid Wien 0–1 in Moscow, 0–3 in Wien

Players

Current squad

As of August 31, 2011, according to the club's official website

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Anton Shunin 2 DF Vladimir Kisenkov 3 DF Boris Rotenberg 4 DF Igor Shitov 5 DF Alexandru Epureanu 6 DF Leandro Fernández 7 MF Andrei Karyaka 8 MF Zvjezdan Misimović 9 FW Aleksandr Kokorin 10 FW Andriy Voronin (captain) 12 MF Pavel Nyakhaychyk 13 DF Vladimir Granat 14 MF Artur Yusupov

No. Position Player 16 GK Yevgeni Frolov 17 MF Alan Gatagov 18 MF Tomislav Dujmović 19 MF Aleksandr Samedov 21 MF Igor Semshov 22 FW Kevin Kurányi 23 MF Luke Wilkshire 25 DF Denis Kolodin 27 FW Fyodor Smolov 32 DF Marko Lomić 33 DF Vladimir Rykov 41 MF Aleksandr Sapeta

For recent transfers, seeList of Russian football transfers winter 2010–11.

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 20 MF Adrian Ropotan (to Tom Tomsk) 29 MF Yuri Kirillov (to Krylya Sovetov Samara until June 2012) 44 DF Nikita Chicherin (to Sibir Novosibirsk until June 2012)

No. Position Player 63 DF Anton Rudakov (to Dynamo Stavropol until December 2011) 77 FW Irakli Logua (to Fakel Voronezh until June 2012) 91 DF Sergei Terekhov (to Baltika Kaliningrad until December 2011)

Reserve squad

The following players are registered with the RFPL and are listed by club's website as reserve players. They are eligible to play for the first team.

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 31 GK Yevgeni Puzin 35 GK Roman Khalanchuk 42 MF Artyom Katashevskiy 45 MF Borys Taschy 49 MF Igor Khokhlov 54 GK Yegor Generalov 55 DF Nikita Sergeyev 56 MF Vladimir Sobolev 57 MF Denis Rykhovskiy 58 FW Dmitri Otstavnov 59 MF Aleksandr Ilyin 61 DF Pavel Yevseyev 65 MF Kirill Zubkov 70 MF Roman Yeremeyev 72 MF Vladimir Torshentsev

No. Position Player 73 MF Aleksandr Tashayev 74 MF Anatoli Katrich 75 GK Ivan Shubkin 76 DF Anton Ivanov 78 MF Vladimir Shpyryov 79 MF Karen Akopyan 80 MF Marko Jevtovic 88 MF Oleg Valov 89 FW Yevgeni Kuklin 90 MF Ivan Solovyev 93 FW Andrei Panyukov 94 MF Dmitri Zhivoglyadov 95 MF Mikhail Zhabkin 97 MF Vitali Komisov 99 FW Timur Kalimzhanov

Dynamo's reserve squad played professionally as FC Dynamo-d Moscow (Russian Second League in 1992–1993, Russian Third League in 1994–1997) and FC Dynamo-2 Moscow (Russian Second Division in 1998–2000). A separate team called FC Dynamo-2 Moscow played in the Soviet Second League in 1986–1989, Soviet Second League B in 1990–1991, Russian Second League in 1992–1993 and Russian Third League in 1994–1997.

Notable players

For all Dynamo Moscow players with a Wikipedia article, see List of FC Dynamo Moscow players.

Player records

As of 30 November 2009 (2009 -11-30)^[update]

• Most league games for Dynamo - Aleksandr Novikov: 327
• Most league goals for Dynamo - Sergei Solovyov: 135
• Highest transfer fee received - €30 million from FC Zenit St. Petersburg for Danny (also a Russian record)

Coaching staff

• Head coach: Sergei Silkin
• Reserves team coaches: Sergei Chikishev, Yevgeni Plotnikov

Former head coaches

Konstantin Kvashnin (1936) Viktor Dubinin (1937) Mikhail Tovarovsky (1938) Viktor Dubinin (1939) Viktor Teterin (1939) Lev Korchebokov (1939) Boris Arkadyev (1940–44) Lev Korchebokov (1944) Mikhail Yakushin (1944–50) Viktor Dubinin (1950–51) Mikhail Semichastny (1952–53) Mikhail Yakushin (1953–60) Vsevolod Blinkov (1961) Aleksandr Ponomaryov (1962–65) Vyacheslav Solovyov (1965–66)

Konstantin Beskov (1967–72) Gavriil Kachalin (1973–74) Aleksandr Sevidov (1975–79) Viktor Tsaryov (1979) Yevgeni Goryansky (1980) Vyacheslav Solovyov (1980–83) Vadim Ivanov (1983) Aleksandr Sevidov (1983–85) Eduard Malofeyev (1985–87) Anatoliy Byshovets (1987–90) Semyon Altman (1990–91) Valery Gazzaev (1991–93) Adamas Golodets (1993) Konstantin Beskov (1994–95) Adamas Golodets (1995–98)

Georgi Yartsev (1998–99) Aleksei Petrushin (1999) Valery Gazzaev (2000–01) Aleksandr Novikov (2001–02) Viktor Prokopenko (2002–03) Jaroslav Hřebík (2003–04) Viktor Bondarenko (2004) Oleg Romantsev (2004–05) Ivo Wortmann (2005) Andrei Kobelev (2005) Yuri Semin (2006) Andrei Kobelev (2006–10) Miodrag Božović (2010–2011) Sergei Silkin (2011–)

References

1. ^ James Appell (August 14, 2008). "Kiev make mincemeat of Spartak". ESPN Soccernet. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/feature?id=562743&cc=5901. Retrieved December 22, 2010. 
2. ^ Franklin Mossop, Lawrence Booth and Matthew Cunningham (May 8, 2003). "Men behaving badly". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2003/may/08/theknowledge.sport. Retrieved December 22, 2010. 
3. ^ ВТБ получил 74 процента акций московского «Динамо»

External links

• Official Website (Russian)
• Official Website (English)
• Unofficial Web Portal (Russian)
• Football club fansite (Russian)
• official Fans Website
• Dynamo news (Russian)
• Unofficial Italian Fans Site (Italian)