FC Dynamo Moscow

Dynamo

Full name	Football Club Dynamo Moscow
Nickname(s)	White-Blues, Policemen
Founded	1923
Ground	Dynamo Stadium (under renovation) Arena Khimki (temporary) (Capacity: 36,540 + 18,000 Khimki)
Chairman	Yuri Isayev
Manager	Miodrag Božović
League	Russian Premier League
2009	8th
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. The team's home ground is Dynamo Stadium. 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) and was a part of Dynamo sports society. On 10 April 2009, VTB Bank acquired 74% of the stock in the club.^[1] 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).

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 is the historic Dinamo Stadium in Petrovsky Park, which seats 36,540. Despite not having won a league title in over thirty years the club still has a quite extensive, though aging, fan base.

Achievements

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

European

• 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)	Kasumov - 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	Round of 32	CL EL	3rd qualifying round Play-off round	Kerzhakov - 12	Kobelev
2010	1st									Round of 32	—			Kobelev Božović

European campaigns

Current squad

As of August 26, 2010, according to the Russian Professional Football League 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 MF Aleksei Rebko 4 DF Marcin Kowalczyk 5 DF Alexandru Epureanu 6 DF Leandro Fernández 8 MF Dmitry Khokhlov 10 FW Andriy Voronin 13 DF Vladimir Granat 18 MF Tomislav Dujmović 19 MF Aleksandr Samedov

No. Position Player 20 MF Adrian Ropotan 21 MF Igor Semshov 22 FW Kevin Kurányi 23 MF Luke Wilkshire 25 DF Denis Kolodin 26 FW Martin Jakubko 30 GK Vladimir Gabulov 32 DF Marko Lomić 77 FW Irakli Logua 88 MF Edgaras Česnauskis 99 FW Aleksandr Kokorin

For recent transfers, see List of Russian football transfers summer 2010 and List of Russian football transfers winter 2009–10.

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 11 FW Fyodor Smolov (on loan to Feyenoord until June 2011) 14 MF Artur Yusupov (on loan to Khimki until December 2010) 15 MF Aleksandr Dimidko (on loan to SKA-Energiya until December 2010) 16 FW Tsvetan Genkov (on loan to PFC Lokomotiv Sofia until Summer 2010) 27 DF Sergei Terekhov (on loan to Khimki until December 2010)

No. Position Player 29 MF Yuri Kirillov (on loan to Alania until December 2010) 44 DF Nikita Chicherin (on loan to Khimki until December 2010) 91 MF Viktor Svezhov (on loan to Tom until December 2010) MF Luis Aguiar (on loan to S.C. Braga until June 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 34 GK Sergey Panov 37 DF Aleksandr Lobkov 40 FW Min Kyu Lee 41 GK Yevgeni Puzin 45 MF Ivan Solovyov 46 DF Aleksandr Bortnik 47 MF Oleg Valov 49 DF Aleksandr Karakin 50 DF Nemanja Mijušković 55 DF Nikita Sergeyev 57 MF Vladimir Rykhovskiy 58 FW Dmitri Otstavnov 61 DF Pavel Yevseyev 63 DF Anton Rudakov

No. Position Player 66 MF Yevgeni Frolov 70 MF Dmitri Tikhonov 73 MF Yuri Petrakov 75 GK Ivan Shubkin 79 FW Andrei Ornat 80 FW Ruslan Pashtov 81 MF Andrei Zharkov 87 DF Aleksandr Kuzminov 89 FW Aleksandr Bebikh 92 FW Vadim Pronkin 93 MF Vladimir Shpyryov 94 MF Dmitri Zhivoglyadov 95 MF Artyom Katashevsky 97 MF Vitali Komisov

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 past players

For further list, see List of FC Dynamo Moscow players.

Club Record Holders

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

Most league games for Dynamo

1. Aleksandr Novikov: 327
2. Lev Yashin: 326
3. Valeri Maslov: 319
4. Aleksandr Makhovikov: 287
5. Gennady Yevriuzhikin: 283
6. Viktor Anichkin: 282
7. Sergei Nikulin: 280
8. Viktor Tsaryov: 279
9. Andrei Kobelev: 253
10. Aleksei Petrushin: 244
11. Aleksandr Tochilin: 239
12. Igor Chislenko: 229
13. Vladimir Pilguy: 223
14. Vasili Trofimov: 216
15. Valeri Zykov: 213
16. Vsevolod Blinkov: 211
17. Mikhail Semichastny: 210
18. Aleksandr Minayev: 209
19. Sergei Solovyov: 209
20. Aleksandr Bubnov: 206

Most league goals for Dynamo

1. Sergei Solovyov: 135
2. Konstantin Beskov: 93
3. Vasili Kartsev: 72
4. Valeri Gazzayev: 70
5. Vasili Trofimov: 69
6. Igor Chislenko: 68
7. Oleg Teryokhin: 67
8. Vladimir Ilyin: 63
9. Vladimir Savdunin: 63
10. Vladimir Kozlov: 58
11. Gennady Yevriuzhikin: 54
12. Aleksandr Borodyuk: 53
13. Yuri Vshivtsev: 53
14. Mikhail Semichastny: 52
15. Valeri Maslov: 50
16. Sergei Ilyin: 49
17. Genrikh Fedosov: 48
18. Yuri Avrutskiy: 46
19. Andrei Kobelev: 46
20. Igor Simutenkov: 44
21. Mikhail Yakushin: 44

Head coaches

Coaching staff

• Head coach: Miodrag Božović
• Reserves team coaches: Denis Ugarov, Vladimir Shalin, Yevgeni Plotnikov

Youth coaches

As of May 2009, as per Dynamo official site.

• U-18 (b. 1992) Aleksandr Novikov
• U-17 (b. 1993) Yuri Baturenko
• U-16 (b. 1994) Leonid Ablizin
• U-15 (b. 1995) Mikhail Galaktionov
• U-13 (b. 1997) Kirill Novikov
• U-12 (b. 1998) Gennadi Usenko
• U-11 (b. 1999) Aleksei Sherstnyov
• U-10 (b. 2000) Vladimir Smirnov
• U-9 (b. 2001) Sergei Stukashov
• U-8 (b. 2002) Dmitri Ivlev

Team trivia

• British diplomat Sir Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart – who played the 1912 championship season for OKS Moskva – was arrested, tried, and sentenced to death in 1918 for his role in an alleged plot to kill Lenin. He was saved when the British exchanged him for Maxim Litvinov.

• Notable Portugal players, Maniche and Costinha, and Greece defender, Giourkas Seitaridis have played at this club. The three players were signed by the club from F.C. Porto.

• In 1963 Dynamo's goalkeeper Lev Yashin was voted Europe's Best Football Player by the French weekly France Football.

• In 2008 Dynamo's midfielder Danny was bought by Zenit for the record €30 million, making this transfer the most expensive in the history of Russian football.

• Former Russian tennis star Yevgeny Kafelnikov is a registered player with the club. The honorary membership was awarded to the lifelong supporter of the club in 2003, in light of his success on the tennis court.

References

External links

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