FC Dynamo Kyiv

Dynamo Kyiv
Full name Football Club Dynamo Kyiv
Founded 13 May 1927 (1927-05-13)
Ground NSC Olimpiyskiy
Ground Capacity 70,050
Owner Ihor Surkis
President Ihor Surkis
Head coach Alyaksandr Khatskevich
League Ukrainian Premier League
2016–17 2nd
Website Club website

Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (Ukrainian: Футбольний клуб «Динамо» Київ, [dɪˈnɑmo ˈkɪjiw]) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kiev. Founded in 1927 as part of the Soviet Dynamo Sports Society, the club plays in the Ukrainian Premier League, and has never been relegated to a lower division. Their home is the 70,050 capacity Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex.

Since 1936, Dynamo has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football. Its most successful periods are associated with Valeriy Lobanovskyi, who coached the team during three stints, leading them to numerous domestic and European titles. The club became the only in Soviet football that managed to overcome the total hegemony of Moscow-based clubs in the Soviet Top League. The Spartak Moscow–Dynamo Kyiv rivalry became the most exciting football rivalry in the Soviet Union that almost completely eclipsed the Spartak Moscow–Dynamo Moscow rivalry. Since the late 1960s, the club has participated in the UEFA continental competitions almost every year. It is the first Soviet football club that started to participate in the UEFA European competitions since 1965.

Over its history, Dynamo Kyiv has won 15 national titles Ukraine (including 13 Soviet), 11 national cup Ukraine competitions (including 9 Soviet Cups), and 3 continental titles (including 2 UEFA Cup Winners' Cups). Along with Dinamo Tbilisi, they were the only two Soviet clubs that succeeded in the UEFA competitions. The first team of Dynamo became a base team for the Soviet Union national football team in the 1970–1980s and the Ukraine national football team in the 1990–2000s. The two stars on the club's crest each signify ten domestic titles the club has won.

History

Early history

Dynamo Kyiv in 1928

On 13 May 1927, the statute of the Kievan Proletarian Sport Society (PST) Dynamo was officially registered by the special commission in affairs of public organizations and unions of the Kiev district. The All-Union sport society of Dynamo itself was just earlier formed in 1923 on the initiative of the Felix Dzerzhinsky. Under the banner of Dynamo gathered the representatives of the GPU (the State Political Directorate, that is, the Soviet secret police), the best footballers of which defended the honors of the Trade Union club "Sovtorgsluzhashchie"[1] (portmanteau for Soviet retail servicemen). The leadership of Dynamo, however, did not dare to reorganize the well-established club and the main title contender in the middle of a playing season and therefore the first mentioning about the football club Dynamo could only be found on 5 April 1928 in the Russian-language newspaper Vecherni Kiev ("Evening Kiev").

The Kievan Sport Society Dynamo currently is organizing its own football team. "Dynamo" petitioned to Okrsofik for inclusion of its team in the playing season.

It was then when by the initiative of Semen Zapadny, chief of the Kiev 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. 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. 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:

In the second halftime Bila Tserkva easily strikes the ball in the net, thus, equalizing the score. Kiev tried several counter attacks and even earned a free kick which was not able to convert. Near the end Bila Tserkva under the applause of thousands of spectators strikes in the second ball. The final whistle of the referee has fixated the victory of Bila Tserkva with the score 2:1.

The next match played by Dynamo was on 17 July 1928 against another Dynamo from the port city of Odessa. 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.

Soviet era

During the Soviet era, the club was one of the main rivals, and often the only rival, to football clubs from Moscow. 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 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 interrupted league play.

The Death Match

Poster of the return match

The propaganda story is often told of how the Dynamo team, playing as "Start, City of Kiev 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".

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 soldiers. The Kiev'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 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 Gestapo, 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, the 1981 American film Escape to Victory and the 2012 Russian film Match.

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, 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 club became a member of the newly formed Ukrainian Premier League. Already in the summer of 1993, however, the club appeared in its first 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 Viktor Bezverkhy and established a stock society "Football Club "Dynamo (Kyiv)". The president of the newly formed company was elected Hryhoriy Surkis. The republican and city councils of the Dynamo society agreed to hand over to Dynamo Kyiv two training centers and the Dynamo Stadium. 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 Ukrainian Ministry of Interior, Security Service of Ukraine, Border Troops and General Prosecutor.

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 UEFA Champions League. Its main rival in Ukraine is Shakhtar Donetsk, a club from the Donbas region, that came second to Dynamo several times before winning its first Premier League in 2002. The matches between these two sides are called the Ukrainian derby.

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 UEFA Champions League 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 Yuri Semin 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 UEFA Cup (eliminating such teams as Valencia and Paris Saint-Germain) but was defeated at that stage by Shakhtar Donetsk. However, 2009 also brought success, as the club celebrated its 13th Premier League title.

Serhiy Rebrov, former player and manager of the team from 2014 to 2017.

In a season which contained their record win, a 9–0 victory over Illichivets Mariupol, the club only managed to finish runners-up in the league in 2010–11, after Shakhtar Donetsk.[2] 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 Rubin Kazan by 0–2 in Kiev and 2–1 in Kazan. In the Europa League playoffs, the club managed to defeat Litex Lovech with a 3–1 aggregate score. In the group stage, Dynamo finished third after a disappointing campaign in a group containing Beşiktaş, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Stoke City.[3]

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 Feyenoord 3–1 and Borussia Mönchengladbach 4–3 on aggregate and qualified for the Champions League group stage. Dynamo was placed in a group with Paris Saint-Germain, Porto and Dinamo Zagreb and finished in third place with only five points and was eliminated in the Europa League round of 32 by Bordeaux 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 was sacked and was replaced by former player Serhiy Rebrov. As a result, Dynamo managed to win the 2013–14 Ukrainian Cup for the first time in five years.

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Dynamo's Revival

In the beginning of the 2014–15 season, Dynamo signed many promising players such as Aleksandar Dragović, Jeremain Lens (departed after end of the season), Łukasz Teodorczyk and Vitorino Antunes. Under Rebrov, Dynamo won the 2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League – undefeated – and the 2014–15 Ukrainian Cup 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 Aalborg BK, Steaua București and Rio Ave, finishing in first place with 15 points. In the round of 32, the club eliminated Guingamp 4–3 on aggregate, and in the round of 16, eliminated Everton 6–4 on aggregate after a spectacular 5–2 performance in Kiev. Rebrov prioritized the passing game but focused on solid defensive foundations. However, in the quarter-finals of the Europa League, Dynamo was eliminated by Fiorentina 3–1 on aggregate.

Alyaksandr Khatskevich, former player and current manager of the team.

In the beginning of the 2015–16 season, Dynamo signed the highly talented Derlis González and was drawn in Group G of the 2015–16 Champions League alongside Chelsea F.C.,FC Porto and Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. Dynamo finished in second place with 11 points after a spectacular performance and a memorable 0–2 in Porto. However, Dynamo was punished by UEFA 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 1999, where it was drawn with Manchester City. Dynamo was eliminated 1–3 on aggregate but managed to record an impressive 0–0 draw in Manchester. 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, Aleksandar Dragović, 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 2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League, 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 Napoli, Benfica and Beşiktaş. Dynamo finished in fourth place after a dismal campaign, but managed to record a memorable 6–0 win over Beşiktaş in Kiev. In the winter transfer window, Dynamo signed promising defenders Aleksandar Pantić and Tamás Kádár and focused on youth academy talents such as Viktor Tsyhankov,Artem Besyedin and Volodymyr Shepelyev, managing to improve its performances. Dynamo lost the 2016–17 Ukrainian Cup to Shakhtar Donetsk 0–1 in the final.

For the 2017–18 season, after Serhiy Rebrov departed, the club appointed former player Alyaksandr Khatskevich as Rebrov's replacement. Dynamo participated in the 2017–18 Champions League third qualifying round and was drawn with BSC Young Boys after a promising start to the season. Dynamo won the home game 3-1 but after a bad perfomance in Switzerland and a defeat of 0-2 was eliminated 3-3 on away goals and thus participated in the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League playoff round and was drawn with.

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. 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 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. 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, Adidas and Nadra Bank, feature on the team shirt. Adidas is also the manufacturer of the kit.

Pre-war period

1927—1930
1930—1935
1936—1941

FC "Start"

1941—1944

Soviet post-war period

1944—1951
1952—1960s
1960s—1970s
1970s—1980s
1980s
1990—1991

Ukrainian period

1991—1993
1994—1996
1996—2004
2004—2008
2008—2010
2010—2013
2013—2016

Crest

Each gold star on the Dynamo's emblem represents 13 won seasons
Dynamo's emblems displayed at the stadium

Dynamo's first logo, which featured on their shirts in 1927, was a signature blue "Д" (D) in a vertical rhombus. The symbol the club obtained on franchise rights from the Ukrainian Fitness and Sports Society "Dynamo" (see DynamoUkraine). Over the years, the club's logo has undergone many changes and replacements, but the signature "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 13 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 was composed mostly of players from the club. Dynamo Kyiv also tied the national record for winning three consecutive Soviet Premier League titles in 1966, 1967, and 1968. Dynamo Kyiv won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 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. These victories are associated with the name of Valeriy Lobanovskyi, 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 UEFA Cup.

Dynamo striker Oleh Blokhin 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 and many players of the club represented the Soviet Union at international level. After fall of the Soviet Union, Dynamo became the base club of the Ukraine national football team.

Dynamo striker Oleh Blokhin 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 and Viktor Kolotov – 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 – 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, Oleh Bazylevych, Vladimir Salkov and Anatoliy Byshovets. All head coaches of the Ukraine national team but two were at some time former players of Dynamo Kyiv.

Continental (Europe)

1974–75, 1985–86
1975

Domestic competitions

1961, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1990
1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2015-16
1954, 1964, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990
1992–93, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2013–14, 2014–15
1981, 1986, 1987
2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2016
1936, 1937, 1938, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948

Friendly competitions

Individual player awards

Several players have won individual awards during or for their time with Dynamo Kyiv

European Footballer of the Year (Ballon d'Or)

UEFA Golden Player Award

Soviet Footballer of the Year

FIFA 100

European Championship winners

Two players have won the European Championship whilst at Dynamo Kyiv.

Stadiums

The club's home ground, Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, is situated in a park located in the centre of the city, close to the Dnieper River 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.[5] After being destroyed in 1941 during World War II, 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, 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 Kiev's and Ukraine's largest stadium, the Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, historically dubbed The Republican Stadium, which held 83,450 spectators. The stadium has been the home of the Ukrainian Cup 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 UEFA Euro 2012. The Olympiysky became Kiev'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 Kiev suburb of Koncha-Zaspa. The club maintains its own football school for children and youths, also situated in Kiev. 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.

Supporters and rivalries

The Dynamo fan movement is one of the oldest in Ukraine. Active support began in 1980s. Then began to appear first graffiti with the team's logo and was registered one of the biggest fights in the USSR: Dynamo fans against fans of Spartak Moscow in the center of Kiev.[6] In the 1990s on the stands became popular English style.

Dynamo Kyiv fans show at a match versus Borussia Mönchengladbach

Dynamo fans are usually right-wing and adhere to nationalist ideas.[7] Historically the fans would frequently hold patriotic (Ukrainian nationalism) and strongly anti-communist actions. During the reign of Viktor Yanukovych the fans had bad relations with the government, caused by persecutions of fans and other political factors.[8] The most publicized action was "Freedom Pavlichenko" (Ukrainian: Волю Павліченкам) in support of political prisoners father and son Pavlichenko.[9] The fans Dynamo took part in the Independence Day of Ukraine and Heroes Day celebrations.

The most famous derby in Ukraine is Ukrainian derby, always held in a very tense atmosphere. Dynamo maintains friendly relations with: Karpaty Lviv, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (Braty po zbroyi; Band of Brothers), Hutnik Kraków[10] and with Zalgiris Vilnius fans. Strained relations with: Shakhtar Donetsk,[11] Chornomorets Odesa, Metalist Kharkiv, Spartak Moscow and Legia Warsaw.[12] Now all fans have declared a truce because of the war in Eastern Ukraine.[13] They play the Kyiv derby with Arsenal Kyiv, a strong rivalry also due to politics; Arsenal fans are known to be strongly left-wing.[14]

Football kits and sponsors

Old logo (1989–1996)
Old logo (1972—1989)
Years[15] Football kit Shirt sponsor
1975–1987 Adidas
1987 Commodore
1987–1988 OCRIM
1988–1989
1989 Duarig FISAC Como
1989–1990 Admiral FISAC
1990–1991 Lufthansa
1992–1994 Umbro Lufthansa
1994–1995
1996 Prominvestbank
1996–2004 Adidas Prominvestbank
2004–2006 EnergoHolding
2006–2007 Ukrtelekom
2007–2013 PrivatBank
2013–2015 Nadra Bank
2015–

Presidents

Players

First team squad

As of 11 August 2017[16][17]

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

No. Position Player
1 Ukraine GK Heorhiy Buschan
4 Serbia DF Aleksandar Pantić
8 Ukraine MF Volodymyr Shepelyev
9 Ukraine DF Mykola Morozyuk
10 Ukraine FW Andriy Yarmolenko (Captain)
11 Brazil FW Júnior Moraes
14 Ukraine DF Zurab Ochigava
15 Ukraine MF Viktor Tsyhankov
16 Ukraine MF Serhiy Sydorchuk
17 Ukraine MF Serhiy Rybalka
18 Belarus MF Nikita Korzun
19 Ukraine MF Denys Harmash
20 Ukraine MF Oleh Husyev (Vice-captain)
No. Position Player
22 Ukraine FW Artem Kravets
23 Croatia DF Josip Pivarić
24 Croatia DF Domagoj Vida (Vice-captain)
25 Paraguay MF Derlis González
26 Ukraine DF Mykyta Burda
29 Ukraine MF Vitaliy Buyalskyi
34 Ukraine DF Yevhen Khacheridi
35 Ukraine GK Maksym Koval
41 Ukraine FW Artem Besyedin
44 Hungary DF Tamás Kádár
70 Democratic Republic of the Congo FW Dieumerci Mbokani
72 Ukraine GK Artur Rudko
94 Poland DF Tomasz Kędziora

U-21 team squad

As of 8 August 2017[18]

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

No. Position Player
Ukraine GK Vladyslav Kucheruk
33 Ukraine GK Volodymyr Makhankov
Ukraine GK Vladyslav Petrus
Ukraine DF Vladyslav Dubinchak
Ukraine DF Danylo Karas
42 Ukraine DF Vitaliy Mykolenko
Ukraine DF Denys Popov
Ukraine MF Akhmed Alibekov
Ukraine MF Serhiy Buletsa
Ukraine MF Maksym Kazakov
Ukraine MF Ivan Kaliuzhnyi
Ukraine MF Yuriy Kozyrenko
No. Position Player
21 Ukraine MF Mykyta Kravchenko
Ukraine MF Bohdan Lednyev
Ukraine MF Oleksandr Petrusenko
40 Ukraine MF Mykola Shaparenko
Ukraine MF Yevhen Smyrnyi
Ukraine MF Heorhiy Tsitaishvili
Ukraine MF Denys Yanakov
Ukraine FW Vladyslav Alekseev
Ukraine FW Nazariy Rusyn
Ukraine FW Rostyslav Taranukha
Ukraine FW Roman Vantukh

Other players under the contract

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

No. Position Player
Ukraine MF Oleksandr Andriyevskyi
Ukraine MF Serhiy Myakushko
No. Position Player
Ukraine MF Pavlo Orikhovskyi
Ukraine FW Roman Yaremchuk

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
Portugal DF Vitorino Antunes (at Getafe)
Ukraine DF Pavlo Lukyanchuk (at Olimpik)
Ukraine DF Oleksandr Osman (at Karpaty Lviv)
Ukraine DF Oleksandr Tymchyk (at Stal Kamianske)
Ukraine MF Vladyslav Kalitvintsev (at Zorya)
No. Position Player
Ukraine MF Bohdan Mykhaylychenko (at Stal Kamianske)
Colombia FW Andrés Ramiro Escobar (at Vasco da Gama)
Ukraine FW Dmytro Khlyobas (at Dinamo Minsk)
Ukraine FW Oleksiy Schebetun (at Stal Kamianske)

Retired number(s)

12Ukraine Club Supporters (the 12th Man)

Coaches and administration

Administration[19] Coaching[20] (senior team) Coaching[21][22] (U-21 and U-19 teams)
  • President – Ukraine Ihor Surkis
  • First vice-president – Ukraine Vitaliy Sivkov
  • General director – Italy Rezo Chohonelidze
  • Sports director – Ukraine Oleksiy Mykhailychenko
  • Vice-president – Leonid Ashkenazi
  • Vice-president – Andriy Madzianovsky
  • Vice-president – Mykhailo Petroshenko
  • Vice-president – Oleksiy Palamarchuk
  • Vice-president – Oleksiy Semenenko

Notable managers

The following individuals have all won at least one trophy while managing Dynamo Kyiv:

Name Period Trophies
Soviet Union Oleg Oshenkov 1954 1 domestic cup
Soviet Union Vyacheslav Soloviov 1961 1 league title
Soviet Union Viktor Maslov 1964, 1966–68 3 league titles, 2 domestic cups
Soviet Union Aleksandr Sevidov 1971 1 league title
Soviet Union Anatoliy Puzach 1990 1 league title, 1 domestic cup
Ukraine Mykhaylo Fomenko 1993 1 league title, 1 domestic cup
Ukraine Yozhef Sabo 1994, 1996, 2005, 2007 2 league titles, 2 domestic cups
Ukraine Mykola Pavlov 1995 1 league title
Ukraine Valeriy Lobanovskyi 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980–82, 1985–87, 1997–01 12 league titles, 8 domestic cups, 2 UEFA Cup Winners' Cups, 1 UEFA Supercup
Ukraine Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko 2003, 2004 2 league titles, 1 domestic cup, 1 super cup
Ukraine Anatoliy Demyanenko 2006, 2007 1 league title, 2 domestic cups, 2 super cups
Russia Yuri Semin 2009 1 league title, 1 super cup
Russia Valery Gazzaev 2009–2010 1 super cup
Ukraine Serhiy Rebrov 2014–2017 2 league titles, 2 domestic cups, 1 super cup

League and Cup history

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Ukraine

Before 1936 FC Dynamo Kyiv players participated in the Championship of the Ukrainian SSR as part of consolidated football team of Kiev city.

Season Division (Name) Pos./Teams Pl. W D L GS GA P Notes
1936 1st 1/(8) 3 3 0 0 13 3 6 as single-elimination tournament

Soviet Union Soviet Union

Season Division (Name) Pos./Teams Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Soviet Cup Notes
1936 1st
(Group A)
2/(7) 6 4 0 2 18 11 14 Not played 1/32 finals spring season
6/(8) 7 1 3 3 16 19 12 fall season
1937 3/(9) 16 7 6 3 33 24 36 Winner Quarter finals
1938 4/(26) 25 15 6 4 76 35 36 Winner 1/16 finals Point system change
1939 8/(14) 26 9 8 9 39 44 26 Not played 1/16 finals
1940 8/(13) 24 6 9 9 32 49 21 Not played Not played
1941 8/(15) 9 4 2 3 16 14 10 Not played Not played Unofficial (did not finish due to World War II)
No championship in 1942–1944
1944 No championship Winner 1/8 finals Cup tournaments took place
1945 1st
(First Group)
11/(12) 22 1 6 15 13 50 8 Finalist 1/16 finals
1946 12/(12) 22 4 5 13 18 39 13 Winner Semi-finals
1947 4/(13) 24 9 9 6 27 31 27 Winner Quarter finals
1948 10/(14) 26 7 6 13 32 50 20 Winner Quarter finals
1949 7/(18) 34 17 6 11 48 47 40 Not played 1/8 finals
Season Division (Name) Pos./Teams Pl. W D L GS GA P Soviet Cup Europe Notes
1950 1st
(Class A)
13/(19) 36 10 11 15 39 53 31
1951 8/(15) 28 9 9 10 43 39 27
1952 2/(14) 13 7 3 3 26 14 17
1953 8/(11) 20 6 5 9 21 26 17
1954 5/(13) 24 8 10 6 31 29 26 Winner
1955 6/(12) 22 8 6 8 31 37 22
1956 4/(12) 22 7 10 5 32 31 24 Not played
1957 6/(12) 22 8 7 7 30 30 23
1958 6/(12) 22 7 9 6 40 33 23
1959 7/(12) 22 6 8 8 26 33 20 Not played
1960 1/(11) 20 13 2 5 46 23 28 Qualifying round
2/(6) 10 5 1 4 19 14 11 Final group
1961 2/(11) 20 12 5 3 41 19 29 Qualifying round
1/(10) 30 18 9 3 58 28 45 Final group
1962 1/(11) 20 14 5 1 44 20 33 Qualifying round
5/(12) 22 8 9 5 36 28 25 Final group
1963 9/(20) 38 16 12 10 68 48 44
1964 6/(17) 32 10 16 6 42 29 36 Winner
1965 2/(17) 32 22 6 4 58 22 50
1966 1/(19) 36 23 10 3 66 17 56 Winner CWC 1/4 finals
1967 1/(19) 36 21 12 3 51 11 54
1968 1/(20) 38 21 15 3 58 25 57 ECC Second round
1969 1/(10) 18 10 8 0 25 6 28 1/4 finals ECC withdrew Qualifying round
2/(14) 26 16 7 3 37 13 39 Final round
1970 7/(17) 32 14 5 13 36 32 33 Semi-finals ECC Second round
1971 1st
(Top League)
1/(16) 30 17 10 3 41 17 44 1/8 finals
1972 2/(16) 30 12 11 7 52 38 35 1/8 finals
1973 2/(16) 30 16 8 6 44 23 36 Runner-up ECC 1/4 finals Draw games rule
1974 1/(16) 30 14 12 4 49 24 40 Winner UC Third round
1975 1/(16) 30 17 9 4 53 30 43 1/4 finals CWC Winner Winner of UEFA Super Cup
1976 8/(16) 15 5 5 5 14 12 15 1/4 finals ECC 1/4 finals spring half
2/(16) 15 6 6 3 22 16 18 fall half
1977 1/(16) 30 14 15 1 51 12 43 1/4 finals ECC Semi-finals
1978 2/(16) 30 15 9 6 42 20 38 Winner UC 1/32 finals (first round) Draw games rule
1979 3/(18) 34 21 5 8 51 26 47 1/4 finals ECC 1/8 finals (second round)
1980 1/(18) 34 21 9 4 63 23 51 Semi-finals UC 1/8 finals (third round)
1981 1/(18) 34 22 9 3 58 26 53 1/4 finals UC 1/32 finals (first round)
1982 2/(18) 34 18 10 6 58 25 46 Winner ECC 1/4 finals
1983 7/(18) 34 14 10 10 50 34 38 1/4 finals ECC 1/4 finals
1984 10/(18) 34 12 13 9 46 30 34 1/8 finals UC 1/32 finals (first round) Draw games rule
1985 1/(18) 34 20 8 6 64 26 48 Winner
1986 1/(16) 30 14 11 5 53 33 39 1/8 finals CWC Winner Runner-Up of UEFA Super Cup
1987 6/(16) 30 11 10 9 37 27 32 Winner ECC Semi-finals
1988 2/(16) 30 17 9 4 43 19 43 1/8 finals ECC 1/16 finals (first round)
1989 3/(16) 30 13 12 5 44 27 38 Semi-finals
1990 1/(13) 24 14 6 4 44 20 34 Winner UC 1/8 finals (third round)
1991 5/(16) 30 13 9 8 43 34 35 1/16 finals CWC 1/4 finals
1992 No championship 1/4 finals ECC Group stage Withdrew from Soviet Cup

Ukraine Ukraine

Season Division Position Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes
1992 1st
(Top League)
2 18 13 4 1 31 13 30 1/4 finals -N/A- -N/A-
1992–93 1 30 18 8 4 59 14 44 Winner UC 1/16 finals (second round)
1993–94 34 23 10 1 61 21 56 1/8 finals ECL first round
1994–95 25 8 1 87 24 83 1/4 finals ECL Final poule
1995–96 24 7 3 65 17 79 Winner ECL Group stage
1996–97 30 23 4 3 69 20 73 1/8 finals UC 1/32 finals (first round) ECL – Qual round
1997–98 30 23 3 4 70 15 72 Winner ECL 1/4 finals
1998–99 30 23 5 2 75 17 74 Winner ECL 1/2 finals
1999-00 30 27 3 0 85 18 84 Winner ECL 2nd group stage
2000–01 26 20 4 2 58 17 64 1/16 finals ECL 1st group stage
2001–02 2 26 20 5 1 62 9 65 Runner-up ECL 1st group stage
2002–03 1 30 23 4 3 66 20 73 Winner UC 3rd round ECL – 1st group stage
2003–04 30 23 4 3 68 20 73 1/2 finals ECL 1st group stage
2004–05 2 30 23 4 3 58 14 73 Winner UC Round of 64 ECL – Group stage
2005–06 30 23 6 1 68 20 75 Winner ECL 2nd qual round
2006–07 1 30 22 8 0 67 23 74 Winner ECL Group stage
2007–08 2 30 22 5 3 65 26 71 Runner-up ECL Group stage
2008–09 1st
(Premier League)
1 30 26 1 3 71 19 79 1/2 finals |UC UC 1/2 finals ECL – Group stage
2009–10 2 30 22 5 3 61 16 71 1/4 finals |UC ECL Group Stage
2010–11 30 20 5 5 60 24 65 Runner-up |UC EL 1/4 finals ECL – Play-off round
2011–12 30 23 6 1 56 12 75 1/8 finals |UC EL Group Stage ECL – 3rd qual. round
2012–13 3 30 20 2 8 55 23 62 1/16 finals |UC EL Round of 32 ECL – Group stage
2013–14 4 28 16 5 7 55 33 53 Winner |UC EL Round of 32
2014–15 1 26 20 6 0 65 12 66 Winner |UC EL 1/4 finals
2015–16 1 26 23 1 2 54 11 70 1/4 finals |UC ECL Round of 16
2016–17[23] 2 32 21 4 7 69 33 67 Runner-up |UC ECL Group Stage
2017–18 1 3 3 0 0 8 1 9 UC EL Play-off round ECL – 3rd qual. round

Dynamo Kyiv in European Competition

Dynamo Kyiv made a forceful entrance into European competition in the 1965-66 European Cup Winners' Cup, advancing into the Quarterfinals 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).

UEFA club coefficient ranking

As of 06.06.2017, Source:

Rank Team Points
23France Olympique Lyonnais68.833
24Italy ACF Fiorentina68.666
25Ukraine FC Dynamo Kyiv67.526
26Netherlands AFC Ajax67.212
27Spain Villarreal CF64.999

Player records

[24] [25]

Top goalscorers

As of 26 April 2017[26]
# Name Years League Cup Europe Other Total
1Soviet Union Oleh Blokhin1969–198721129260266
2Ukraine Serhiy Rebrov1992–2000
2005–2007
11319310163
3Uzbekistan Maksim Shatskikh1999–20089722230142
4Ukraine Andriy Yarmolenko2007–9119180128
5Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko1994–1999
2009–2012
8316250124
6Ukraine Oleh Husyev2003–2016571522296
7Ukraine Artem Milevskiy2002–2013571116387
8Soviet Union Viktor Kanevskyi1953–19648050085
9Soviet Union Leonid Buryak1973–1984561214082
10Soviet Union Viktor Kolotov1971–198162118081

Most appearances

As of 9 April 2017[27]
# Name Years League Cup Europe Other Total
1Ukraine Oleksandr Shovkovskiy 1993–2016426581429635
2Soviet Union Oleh Blokhin1969–198743267793581
3Ukraine Anatoliy Demyanenko1979–1990
1992–1993
34747432439
4Ukraine Oleh Husyev2003–201629243976438
5Soviet Union Leonid Buryak1973–198430452512409
6Soviet Union Volodymyr Veremeyev1968–198231045442401
7Soviet Union Volodymyr Muntyan 1965–197730234350371
8Soviet Union Volodymyr Bezsonov1976–199027848393368
9Ukraine Serhiy Rebrov 1992–2000
2005–2007
24244732361
10Ukraine Vladyslav Vashchuk1993–2002
2005–2008
25341620356

See also

References

  1. Sovtorgsluzhashchie at ukrsoccerhistory.com
  2. http://www.fcdynamo.kiev.ua/en/news/chempionat_ukrainy/dynamo_illichivets_9_0_line_ups_and_events/
  3. http://www.fcdynamo.kiev.ua/en/news/dynamo_finish_runners_up_in_league_race/
  4. Dynamo Kiev ordered to play next two European ties behind closed doors due to racism incidents from fans, The Daily Telegraph (10 April 2013) On 21 January 2014, in midst of the Ukrainian Revolution, the VK fan site called out to all fans to go into the streets and protect the city from the "titushki", or hired pro-government thugs.
  5. Stadium's history – Fan Website of Dynamo Kyiv
  6. http://white-blue.kiev.ua/articles/425.htm
  7. http://www.depo.ua/ukr/sport/ultras-filya-avakov-diskreditue-sebe-neobdumanimi-zatrimannyami-25062015191700
  8. https://news.pn/en/politics/43900/
  9. http://www.ultras-tifo.net/news/1222-freedom-for-pavlichenko.html
  10. http://www.stadionowioprawcy.net/news/1251-hutnik_nowa_huta_dynamo_kijow_19_07_2014.html
  11. http://www.ultras-tifo.net/photo-news/3828-dynamo-kyiv-shaktar-donetsk-16102015.html
  12. http://www.sport.pl/pilka/1,65042,18596403,le-bojka-chuliganow-legii-i-dynama-kijow.html
  13. http://www.ultras-tifo.net/news/2245-truce-among-the-ukrainian-ultras.html
  14. http://sport.obozrevatel.com/football/10829-dinamo-arsenal-ideologichne-protistoyannya-fanativ.-foto.-video.htm
  15. Форма Динамо (Київ) від Юрія Марковича
  16. First team squad – FC Dynamo Kyiv website
  17. Ukrainian Premier League – Team squad
  18. http://www.fcdynamo.kiev.ua/team/junior/players/
  19. http://www.fcdynamo.kiev.ua/club/management/
  20. http://www.fcdynamo.kiev.ua/team/dynamo/coaches/
  21. https://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/1496405640-oficialno-aleksandr-hackevich-glavnyy-trener-dinamo.html
  22. http://www.fcdynamo.kiev.ua/team/junior/coaches/
  23. Competition was played in two phases. Official final league standings are cumulative from both phases. Dynamo competed in the Championship Group in Phase II.
    "Ліга Парі-Матч Сезон 2016/17" [League Pari-Match 201617 Season]. Ukrainian Premier League. 31 May 2017. Archived from the original on 31 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  24. Historical site of FC Dynamo Kyiv
  25. Украинский футбол от Дмитрия Трощия
  26. http://www.allplayers.in.ua/en/team_scorers/1
  27. "Oleh HUSIEV joins the rank of Dynamo guardsmen!". FC Dynamo Kyiv. 23 Nov 2013.
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