FC Dynamo Moscow
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| Full name | Football Club Dynamo Moscow | ||
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| Nickname(s) | White-Blues, Menty (Cops), Musorah (Garbagemen (slang name of cops)) | ||
| Founded | 1923 | ||
| Ground | Dynamo Stadium (Capacity: 36,540) |
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| Chairman |  Dmitry Ivanov |
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| Manager | Andrey Kobelev |
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| League | Russian Premier League |
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| 2008 | RPL, 3rd | ||
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Dynamo Moscow (Dinamo Moscow, Dinamo Moskva, Russian: Динамо Москва) is a Russian football club based in Moscow, which currently plays 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.
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 April 10, 2009, VTB Bank acquired 76% of the stock in the club.[1] The club was founded in 1923 by Felix Dzerzhinsky.
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[edit] History
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.
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, lost 3:2 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 will be the first time that the club has taken part in the competition since its re-branding from the European Cup in 1992.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Achievements
- Soviet championship: 1936, 1937, 1940, 1945, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1963, 1976
- Soviet Cup champions: 1937, 1953, 1967, 1970, 1977, 1984
- Russian Cup champions: 1995
- USSR Super Cup champions: 1977
- Ciutat de Barcelona Trophy Champions: 1976
- Cup Winners Cup finalist: 1972
[edit] League and cup history
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Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes 1992 1st 3 26 14 6 6 55 29 34 UC 3rd round (Last 16) 1993 1st 3 34 16 10 8 65 38 42 Semi-finals UC 3rd round (Last 16) 1994 1st 2 30 13 13 4 55 35 39 Semi-finals UC 1st round 1995 1st 4 30 16 8 6 45 29 56 Winner UC 2nd round (Last 32) 1996 1st 4 34 20 7 7 60 35 67 Semi-finals CWC Quarter-finals 1997 1st 3 34 19 11 4 50 20 68 Runner-Up UC 1st round 1998 1st 9 30 8 15 7 31 30 39 Quarter-finals 1999 1st 5 30 12 8 10 44 41 44 Runner-Up UC 2nd round (Last 32) 2000 1st 5 30 14 8 8 45 35 50 Quarter-finals 2001 1st 9 30 10 8 12 43 51 38 Round of 16 UC 1st round 2002 1st 8 30 12 6 12 38 33 42 Quarter-finals UC 2nd round 2003 1st 6 30 12 10 8 42 29 46 Round of 32 2004 1st 13 30 6 11 13 27 38 29 Round of 16 2005 1st 8 30 12 2 16 36 46 38 Round of 16 2006 1st 14 30 8 10 12 31 40 34 Quarter-finals 2007 1st 6 30 11 8 11 37 35 41 Quarter-finals 2008 1st 3 30 15 9 6 41 29 54 Round of 16
[edit] European campaigns
| Season | Achievement | Notes | |
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| 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 | |
[edit] Current Squad
Players in Bold have senior international caps.
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[edit] Out on loan
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[edit] 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.
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[edit] Notable past players
[edit] Club Record Holders
As of 1 January 2009[update]
[edit] Most league games for Dynamo
- Aleksandr Novikov: 327
- Lev Yashin: 326
- Valeri Maslov: 319
- Aleksandr Makhovikov: 287
- Gennady Yevriuzhikin: 283
- Viktor Anichkin: 282
- Sergei Nikulin: 280
- Viktor Tsaryov: 279
- Andrei Kobelev: 253
- Aleksei Petrushin: 244
- Aleksandr Tochilin: 239
- Igor Chislenko: 229
- Vladimir Pilguy: 223
- Vasili Trofimov: 216
- Valeri Zykov: 213
- Vsevolod Blinkov: 211
- Mikhail Semichastny: 210
- Aleksandr Minayev: 209
- Sergei Solovyov: 209
- Aleksandr Bubnov: 206
[edit] Most league goals for Dynamo
- Sergei Solovyov: 135
- Konstantin Beskov: 93
- Vasili Kartsev: 72
- Valeri Gazzayev: 70
- Vasili Trofimov: 69
- Igor Chislenko: 68
- Oleg Teryokhin: 67
- Vladimir Ilyin: 63
- Vladimir Savdunin: 63
- Vladimir Kozlov: 58
- Gennady Yevriuzhikin: 54
- Aleksandr Borodyuk: 53
- Yuri Vshivtsev: 53
- Mikhail Semichastny: 52
- Valeri Maslov: 50
- Sergei Ilyin: 49
- Genrikh Fedosov: 48
- Yuri Avrutsky: 46
- Andrei Kobelev: 46
- Igor Simutenkov: 44
- Mikhail Yakushin: 44
[edit] Head coaches
- 1936 Konstantin Kvashnin
- 1937 Viktor Dubinin
- 1938 Mikhail Tovarovsky
- 1939 Viktor Dubinin
- 1939 Viktor Teterin
- 1939 Lev Korchebokov
- 1940-1944 Boris Arkadyev
- 1944 Lev Korchebokov
- 1944-1950 Mikhail Yakushin
- 1950-1951 Viktor Dubinin
- 1952-1953 Mikhail Semichastny
- 1953-1960 Mikhail Yakushin
- 1961 Vsevolod Blinkov
- 1962-1965 Aleksandr Ponomaryov
- 1965-1966 Vyacheslav Solovyov
- 1967-1972 Konstantin Beskov
- 1973-1974 Gavriil Kachalin
- 1975-1979 Aleksandr Sevidov
- 1979 Viktor Tsaryov
- 1980 Yevgeni Goryansky
- 1980-1983 Vyacheslav Solovyov
- 1983 Vadim Ivanov
- 1983-1985 Aleksandr Sevidov
- 1985-1987 Eduard Malofeyev
- 1987-1990 Anatoliy Byshovets
- 1990-1991 Semyon Altman
- 1991-1993 Valery Gazzaev
- 1993 Adamas Golodets
- 1994-1995 Konstantin Beskov
- 1995-1998 Adamas Golodets
- 1998-1999 Georgi Yartsev
- 1999 Aleksei Petrushin
- 2000-2001 Valery Gazzaev
- 2001-2002 Aleksandr Novikov
- 2002-2003 Viktor Prokopenko
- 2003-2004
Jaroslav Hřebík - 2004 Viktor Bondarenko
- 2004-2005 Oleg Romantsev
- 2005
Ivo Wortmann - 2005 Andrei Kobelev
- 2006 Yuri Semin
- 2006-present Andrei Kobelev
[edit] 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
[edit] 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 Alves was bought by Zenit for the record €30 million, making this transfer the most expensive in the history of Russian football.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ ВТБ получил 74 процента акций московского «Динамо»
- ^ IFFHS' Century Elections - rsssf.com - by Karel Stokkermans, RSSSF.
Bibliography
- Marc Bennetts, 'Football Dynamo - Modern Russia and the People's Game,' Virgin Books, (15 May 2008), 0753513196
[edit] External links
- Official Website (Russian)
- Official Website (English)
- Unofficial Web Portal (Russian)
- Football club fansite (Russian)
- official Fans Website
- Dynamo news (Russian)
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