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Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (Ukrainian: Futbol'nii klub Dinamo>> Kiyiv pronounced [dI'namo'kIjiu(pronounced [dI'namo 'kIjiu]) is an Ukrainian professional football club that is based in Kyiv. The club was established in 1927, as an affiliate of the Soviet Dynamo Sports Society, it plays in the Ukrainian Premier League, and was never relegated to the lower division. The stadium they play in is the Olimpiyskiy Stadium, which has a capacity of 70,0 National Sports Complex.

In the years since 1936 Dynamo Kyiv has spent its entire existence in the top division in Soviet as well as later Ukrainian football. The most successful times have been attributed to Valeriy Lobanovskyi who was the coach of the team for three seasons and led them in numerous championships both domestically and European championships. It was in the year 1961 that the team became the first ever to be a part of Soviet football to defeat the total dominance of Moscow-based clubs within the Soviet Top League. The Spartak Moscow-Dynamo Kiev rivalry, which began in the late 1970s, is widely regarded to be among the top and most thrilling soccer rivalries within the Soviet Union. Since being the only Soviet soccer club in the world to take part at UEFA competition in the year 1965, Dynamo Kyiv has played in European tournaments nearly every season.

Through its long history, Dynamo Kyiv have won sixteen Ukrainian Top-flight League titles and thirteen Soviet premier league championships the 11 Ukrainian cups, nine Soviet National Cup competitions and three titles in the continental competitions (including two cups from the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup). The two European Cup Winners Cups make it the sole two Soviet clubs to win the UEFA trophy, with the one is Dinamo Tbilisi. Its Dynamo Kyiv first team became the base team of the Soviet Union national football team during the 1970-1980s as well as the Ukraine national team of football during the 1990s and 2000s. Two stars on the crest of the club each represent 10 seasons of top flight football that Dynamo Kyiv won.

The club was deemed"the Eastern European Club of the 20th Century by France-Presse.

1. History

FC Dynamo Kyiv

 

1.1. Early history

The club today was founded in the form of the first team of Kyiv's division of the all-Union Dynamo sports association as well as its republican division within the Ukrainian SSR, initially based in Kharkiv. The Soviet government moved capital in 1934 to Kyiv around 1934. The all-Union Dynamo Sports Society was a department of sports within the Soviet state security KGB which was originally Cheka-OGPU. The Soviet period, the Dynamos' players were treated as all Dynamos within the Soviet Union were officially Soviet uniformed members of the service, receiving rank, salary and pensions while playing as masters on the team.

On May 13, 1927, the Statute for the Kyivan Proletarian Sport Society (PST) Dynamo was officially registered by the special commission that deals with the affairs of public organisations and unions in the Kyiv district. The All-Union sports society that was formed by Dynamo is located in Moscow was founded in 1923 at the request of Felix Dzerzhinsky. Under the banner of Kyivan 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"[3] (portmanteau for Soviet retail servicemen). The leaders of Dynamo however, was not able to change the organization of the club or the primary title contenders at the midst of a football season, and the first mention of the club's football team Dynamo could be seen only on April 5, 1928 within the newspaper in Russian. Vecherniy Kiev ("Evening Kyiv").

It was at this point that, thanks to on the suggestion of Semyon Zapadny Chief of Kyiv's GPU the team of football was formed. His assistant, Serhiy Barminsky, started the team not just from regular Chekists (members from the Soviet secret police) as well as players from other clubs within the city. The footballers were all part of the city's consolidated team or were champions of the city. The team was formed and had its first game on the 1st of July 1928 against a local , consolidated city team, while in Bila Tserkva. The game began in the fifth minute. the Dynamo-men had scored during the match, however they lost the game 2-1. team was defeated 1-1. On the 15th of July it was reported that the Bila the newspaper Tserkva Radyanska Nyva ("Soviet Fields") described the game in these words.

The next game held by Dynamo was on July 17 1928 when they hosted an additional Dynamo in the city that was a port, Odessa. With the team gaining experience and was regularly playing and began to fill the stadium with spectators , the football club as well as generally gaining popularity throughout Soviet Ukraine.

The club stadium Dynamo opened on the 12th of June 1933, just one year prior to when the Soviet government transformed the city into the capital of Soviet Ukraine.

In the Soviet time period, the club was among the major competitors, and in many cases, the sole rival to the football clubs of Moscow. The club's ability to compete with the dominance of Moscow clubs of Soviet football and often defeat them in the Soviet championship as a matter of pride for Ukraine. The leaders from Ukraine's Ukrainian SSR unofficially believed that the team was their national team and supported the team with a generous amount of assistance and made Dynamo an official team of international significance.

In 1936 it was the year that the inaugural Soviet Championship was played in which Dynamo Kyiv was one of the early pioneers of the new league. The team's first successes were but limited to a second-place finish in 1936 , and third in 1937. The 1941 season was a solitary one. the club played just nine games as World War II stopped games in the league.

1.2. The Death Match

The popular story is related that it was that the Dynamo team, known in the name of "Start of Kyiv All-Stars", of Kyiv All-Stars", was executed by a firing squad during 1943, during the Summer of War after defeating an All-Star squad from the German army with a score of 5-1. The real story that was told by Y. Kuznetsov, is much more complicated. However, the match was later referred to by media in the Soviet press as "The The Death Match".

Following the Nazi occupation of Ukraine began, professional footballers (Dynamo as well as Lokomotyv) were employed at the town's Bakery No. 3. They continued to play in amateur football. The team played in exhibition matches which took place in the city, along with other teams, which included teams comprised of Wehrmacht soldiers. Kyiv's squad played under the name "Start" consisting of 8 players of 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 the months of July and August 1942 "Start" participated in a number of matches against Germans as well as their allies. On the 12th of July the German military team fell. A more powerful army squad was picked for the next game on July 17 and "Start" beat by 6-0. On the 19th of July "Start" won against MSG Wal, the Hungarian side MSG Wal 5-1. The Hungarians suggested a return match that was held on the 26th of July, but lost by the same score, 3-2.

"Start"'s streak was observed and a game was scheduled to be played on the 6th of August against an "most robust" "undefeated" German Luftwaffe Flakelf (anti-aircraft artillery) team. However, despite the match being hyped in the media and media, they did not report the 5-1 win. On the 9th of August, "Start" played a "friendly" match against Flakelf and once more beat Flakelf. The team beat Rukh 8-0 on the 16th of August Then, a few players of "Start"'s players were taken into custody by the Gestapo and tortured - Nikolai Korotkykh passed away in the torture process and later taken for the local labour camp in Syrets. There is an idea it was because the team members were detained because of the intrigues of Georgy Shvetsov, founder and coach for"Rukh" "Rukh" group, given that the arrests took place the days following "Start" beat "Rukh".

On February 23, 1943, after an assault by the partisans, or a war between administration and prisoners in Syrets, one-third of prisoner at Syrets were murdered in retaliation and included Ivan Kuzmenko, Oleksey Klymenko and goalkeeper Nikolai Trusevich. Three of the other prisoners were Makar Honcharenko Fedir Tyutchev, and Mikhail Sviridovskiy were part of the work force in the city at the time and were later arrested days later. According to various sources, fled and fled the city until liberated.

The story was the inspiration for 3 films: the film of the same name in 1961, the Hungarian movie thriller Two Half Times in Hell The 2001 American movie Escape to Victory and the 2012 Russian film Match.

1.3. Last Soviet years

Since 1989 the team changed into an autonomous company, removed with its parent organization, Ukrainian republican society known as Dynamo. In the final seasons in the Soviet Top League, it was a part of the national colours in Ukraine within the nationalist movement that became extremely popular.

1.4. Ukrainian Independence

Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the club was admitted to the newly-formed Ukrainian Premier League. In the summer of 1993 the club was in a state of crisis due to the economic policies that was implemented by Dynamo president Viktor Belverkhy put Dynamo on the road towards bankruptcy. On the 19th July 1993, a symphony of players and coaches sacked Bezverkhy and created an stock company named "Football Club "Dynamo (Kyiv)". Hryhoriy Surkis took over as president of the new organization. The city and republican councils representing the Dynamo society decided to sell two training facilities as well as Dynamo Stadium for Dynamo Kiev. The people who founded the club, in addition to the football club and the Dynamo councils also became the commercial consulting center Slavutych as well as Newport Management, a British business Newport Management. The review committee was formed composed of directors from the Ministry of Interior of Ukraine as well as members of the Security Service, Border Troops and the general Prosecutor of Ukraine.

Dynamo's status as Ukraine's main club was not altered However, they continued to dominate domestic competitions, claiming or finishing second throughout the existence of the Premier League, and becoming a regular participant within the UEFA Champions League. Its primary rival to the north of Ukraine has been Shakhtar Donetsk, a club located in the Donbas region that was second to Dynamo many times before winning the inaugural Premier League in 2002. The games between the two teams are referred to as the Ukrainian derby.

As part of the club's anniversary celebrations celebrating 80 years in 2007, two gold stars were added to the crest. These represent the ten Ukrainian championships and 10 USSR title winners. In the wake of the team's disappointing performance during the UEFA Champions League during the previous two seasons, the Dynamo management made an unusual choice by appointing the very first manager from outside their history. Prior to this the only players who were former and Dynamo players from the football academy had been appointed managers. However, in December 2007, Russian head coach Yuri Semin was invited to become the new coach at Dynamo Kyiv. However, the club lost in the face of Shakhtar Donetsk in both the Ukrainian Cup and Premier League in the year 2008. In 2009. during this club's best European game since 1999 it made the semi-finals of UEFA Cup (eliminating such teams such as Valencia as well as Paris Saint-Germain) but was lost to Shakhtar Donetsk. But 2009 also brought great success when the club celebrated their thirteenth Premier League title.

In a season that featured their most successful win, a 9-0 triumph against Illichivets Mariupol, the club was able to finish runners-up in in 2010-11, a year after Shakhtar Donetsk. In what would be Andriy Shevchenko's last season at Dynamo, Dynamo was also runners-up the 2011-12 season. The 2011-12 campaign Dynamo was also able to make it to an initial group phase of Europa League after being eliminated in the Champions League third qualifying round by Rubin Kazan by 0-2 in Kyiv and 2-1 in Kazan. At the Europa League playoffs, the club defeated Litex Lovech by the score 3-1 in aggregate. The group phase saw Dynamo was third in the group stage following an unsatisfactory campaign within a group comprising Besiktas, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Stoke City.

In April 2013, the club announced the club will play two European matches behind closed doors due to the racism of fans in previous European matches. In the 2012-13 campaign, Dynamo managed to make it through qualifying for the Champions League group stage after defeating Feyenoord by 3-1. They also beat Borussia Monchengladbach by a score of 4-3 and also qualified as a finalist for qualifying for the Champions League group stage. Dynamo was put in a group along with Paris Saint-Germain, Porto and Dinamo Zagreb and finished in third position with just five points. The club was then exiled during the Europa League round of 32 by Bordeaux with a score of 2-1 the aggregate. For the Premier League, Dynamo finished third, while in the Cup the team lost in round 32. Overall this season of 2012-13 was disappointing for Dynamo. In 2013, the 2013-14 campaign was also a unsatisfactory one, in that Dynamo ended up in fourth position in the league. It was one of the lowest positions since the creation in the Premier League and only managed to make it to Round 32 of the Europa League where it was eliminated by Valencia 2 - 2 on the aggregate. Oleh Blokhin was sacked and was replaced by the former player Serhii Rebrov. The result was that Dynamo won this year's Ukrainian Cup for the first time in five years.

1.5. Dynamo's revival

In the first week of the 2014-15 campaign, Dynamo signed a number of promising players like Aleksandar Dragovic, Jeremain Lens (departed at the end to the campaign), Lukasz Teodorczyk and Vitorino Antunes. Under the leadership of Rebrov, Dynamo won the 2014-15 Ukrainian Premier League - undefeated and also it won the 2014-15 Ukrainian Cup to earn a domestic double for the first time in 8 years. For the 2014-2015 Europa League, Dynamo comfortably was able to qualify from a group that included Aalborg BK Steaua Romania and Rio Ave and finished in first spot by scoring 15 points. in the Round of 32 the team defeated Guingamp 4-3, and in round 16, they defeated Everton in a 6-4 aggregate victory following an impressive 5-2 win in Kyiv. Rebrov preferred to play the passing game but emphasized solid defensive base. In the quarter-finals of the Europa League, Dynamo was defeated by Fiorentina 3-1 in an aggregate.

At the beginning of the 2015-16 campaign, Dynamo hired the highly skilled Derlis Gonzalez. He was drawn as a Group G player in the 15-16 Champions League alongside Chelsea F.C., FC Porto and Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. Dynamo was second in the standings with 11 points following an incredible performance, and an unforgettable 2-2 loss in Porto. The team was however, Dynamo was punished by UEFA for an incident of racism during the home match against Chelsea in which four black players were slapped in the stadium by Dynamo supporters. However, Dynamo reached the round of 16 of the Champions League for the first time since 2000, and it played Manchester City. Dynamo was eliminated 3-1 on aggregate , yet was able to secure an impressive draw of 0-0 in Manchester. Dynamo's home performance was also unforgettable as the team was celebrating its year 2015-16 Ukrainian Premier League only losing to arch-rival Shakhtar Donetsk 0-3 twice and was eliminated in the quarterfinals in the 15-16 Ukrainian Cup. After the conclusion in the campaign, a number of superstars (such such as Miguel Veloso, Aleksandar Dragovic, Younes Belhanda and Lukasz Teodorczyk) left the club but were not substituted.

1.6. Stagnation period

It was an awful season in 2016-17. complete disappointment for Dynamo and the club finished second for the year 2016-17 in the Ukrainian Premier League, behind Shakhtar Donetsk by 13 points in the gap following a string of poor outcomes. For the year 2016-17 Champions League, the club was placed in Group B along with Napoli, Benfica and Besiktas J.K. Dynamo ended up fourth after an unsatisfactory campaign, however they was able to score an unforgettable 6-0 win against Besiktas on the road to Kyiv. The winter transfer window, Dynamo signed promising defenders Aleksandar Pantic and Tamas Kadar and emphasized youth academy talent like Viktor Tsyhankov, Artem Besyedin and Volodymyr Shepelyev. They managed to improve its performance. Dynamo was beaten in its 2016-17 Ukrainian Cup to Shakhtar Donetsk 1-1 at the end of the tournament.

In the 2017-18 season following the departure of Serhii Rebrov's departure the club, they named former player Alyaksandr Khtskevich to replace Rebrov. In his first two seasons as the club's manager, Dynamo failed to qualify for the UEFA Champions League group stage and had to settle for an UEFA Europa League group stage instead. Both times, they were knocked out in the round of 16 firstly through S.S. Lazio (2-4 on aggregate) in 2017-18, the following year in 2018-19 by Chelsea F.C. (0-8 in total) during 2018-19. In the domestic league, Dynamo remained firmly in second position ahead of Shakhtar Donetsk, in the Ukrainian Premier League. Despite the apparent lack any improvement in the performance, Khatskevich was rewarded with an extension of two years to his contract.

In the midst of only six matches into his new contract, Khatskevich was dismissed on August 14, 2019, after yet again failing to make it into group stage of UEFA Champions League group stage. Dynamo's Sports Director Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko, was sworn in as the club's manager. However however, the performance on the field were not much better however, as Dynamo was dropped from continental competitions, after placing 3rd in Group B in the 2019-20 UEFA Europa League group stage.

On the 23rd of July, the year 2020 began, Mircea Lucescu became the head coach of Dynamo. Lucescu signed the two-year contract.

2. Scandals

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2.1. FootballLeaks-2

German reporters who work for Der Spiegel Rafael Buschmann and Michael Wulzinger have published the book Football Leaks - 2.

A separate section called "Ukrainische Brderschaft" (Ukrainian Brotherhood) discusses the brothers' Ihor and Hryhorii Surkis soccer activities and their connection to "Newport" off-shore. All FC "Dynamo's" activities are supported by the company. The authors cite Football Leaks' documents.

The book explains that in 1993, all financial operations of Kyiv's FC "Dynamo" were carried out by the company 'Newport" that is managed by the club's current boss Ihor Surkis. Citing FIFA information and a report by the authors, they found that from 2011 to 2017 "Newport" had spent $324 million to purchase the 82 football players of the FC "Dynamo". The tax on this amount weren't due in Ukraine.

3. Symbols

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3.1. Colours

The traditional colours of Dynamo are dark blue and white and white, with blue being the dominant color. Through the years, the club has typically played in white as well as blue shorts. The change came in 1961, when an embroidered blue sash was added to the kit. It was later removed. It was in 2004 that the management of the club took the decision to bring back the famed shash as a symbolic talisman. It was placed on the away kit, and it remained in place until the start of the 2008-09 campaign, after which it was replaced with the white kit, which featured the shirt sporting thin vertical stripes of blue, marking it was the first time more than fifty years that a team was wearing a design like this.

The last two seasons prior to the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Dynamo's kit was like Metalist yellow shirts as well as blue shorts. This colour scheme was associated with symbolic meaning, as it represented the colors of the yet to be adopted Ukraine the national flag. At the time of the 1991 Soviet Cup Final, the yellow-blue Dynamo team beat Red Lokomotiv 6-0 at Luzhniki Stadium. In the beginning in the process of Ukrainian independent, the team switched their yellow colours to white. Blue remained, however, the Dynamo's primary colour and remains the primary colour used in the away kit.

The club's sponsors, New Balance and ABank24 are featured on the team's shirt. New Balance is also the supplier of the jersey. There were former sponsors like Ostchem Holding, Nadra Bank, PrivatBank, Prominvestbank, Ukrtelecom among others.

3.2. Crest

As a member of the All-Union Sports Society Dynamo, the Dynamo football team from Kyiv adopted the emblem of the Dynamo's society for sports as its logo in the beginning and was displayed on their shirts from 1927. It was an elongated blue Cyrillic letter "D" in an rhombus that was vertical. Similar symbols were used in other Soviet football teams across the Soviet Union like FC Dynamo Moscow, FC Dinamo Tbilisi, FC Dinamo Minsk as well as other teams. The concept behind the symbol is believed to be the work of an ancestor from Ukraine Leonid Nedolya-Honcharenko. He was the head of the department of politics of the OGPU soldiers in Moscow District.

The club's logo was created through franchise rights was"Dynamo" Ukrainian Fitness and Sports Society "Dynamo" (see Dynamo Ukraine). Over time the logo of the club has changed and replaced many times however its cursive "D" remains since.

In 2003, when Dynamo took home their 10th domestic title, an gold star was added on in the center of the logo in celebration of the club's accomplishments. A second star appeared on the emblem in 2007, as part of celebrations to mark the club's 80th anniversary. Even though Dynamo has only won fifteen Ukrainian league titles the 13 titles they won being USSR Champions were taken into the equation.

4. Achievements and honours

Dynamo Kyiv has participated in every USSR as well as Ukrainian championships and has been a winner of each championship more times that any other club. The most impressive performances for the club came in the 1970s and the 1980s during which it was the Soviet Union national football team comprised mainly consisting of club members. Dynamo Kyiv also tied the national record by having won 3 consecutive Soviet Premier League titles in 1966 in 1967, 1967 and 1968. Dynamo Kyiv won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in the year 1975 and 1986 and in the European Super Cup in 1975 after two games with Bayern Munich. Between 1977 and 1987 as well as 1999, the team reached the semi-finals in the UEFA Champions League. These wins are linked to their name Valeriy Lobanovskyi, who was a player for the club during the 1960s before becoming the long-term coach of the club. In 2009 , the club made it to the semi-finals of UEFA Cup.

Dynamo forward Oleh Blokhin is the Soviet Premier League's top scorer of all time with 211 goals. He has played more games as a player than anyone else in tournament's time with 432.

Dynamo Kyiv is also was one of the clubs that formed the basis that played in the Soviet Union national football team and many of the players from the club played for this Soviet Union at international level. Following the collapse of Soviet Union, Dynamo became the club of base for the Ukraine national football team.

Dynamo striker Oleh Blokhin is the Soviet Union national team's most prolific scorer of all time with 42 goals. He's played more times that any player in the team, with 112 appearances. Other Dynamo strikers who are Oleh Protasov as well as Viktor Kolotov - are among the Soviet Union national football team top five scorers, scoring two goals each, 29 and 22. Another two Dynamo players are Anatoliy Demyanenko, and Volodymyr Bezsonov, are part of players on Soviet Union national football team top five players who have the most appearances between 80 and 79, respectively.

Four Dynamo players from the past were selected as head coach for the Soviet Union national team, including Valeriy Lobanovsky Oleh Bazylevych Vladimir Salkov and Anatoliy Byshovets. The head coach of all their respective teams were former players of the Ukraine national team, with the exception of two who were in the past players from Dynamo Kyiv.

4.1. Ukrainian competitions

Ukrainian Premier League :

  • 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, 2020–21

Ukrainian Cup :

  • 1992–93, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2019–20, 2020–21

Ukrainian Super Cup :

  • 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020

4.2. Soviet competitions

Soviet Top League :

  • 1961, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1990

Soviet Cup :

  • 1954, 1964, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990

Soviet Super Cup :

  • 1981, 1986, 1987

Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR

  • 1931, 1936

Cup of the Ukrainian SSR :

  • 1936, 1937, 1938, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948

4.3. European competitions

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup :

  • 1974–75, 1985–86

UEFA Super Cup :

  • 1975

4.4. International competitions

Commonwealth of Independent States Cup :

  • 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002

4.5. Friendly competitions

Channel One Cup / United Tournament :

  • 2008, 2013

Amsterdam Tournament :

  • 1986

Mohammed V Trophy :

  • 1975

4.6. Individual player awards

Many players have been awarded individual awards throughout or during their time at Dynamo Kyiv.

4.6.1. European Footballer of the Year (Ballon d'Or)

  • Oleg Blokhin (1975)
  • Ihor Belanov (1986)

4.6.2. UEFA Golden Player Award

  • Oleg Blokhin

4.6.3. FIFA 100

  • Andriy Shevchenko

4.6.4. European Championship winners

Two players have been awarded this year's European Championship whilst at Dynamo Kyiv.

  • Yuriy Voynov (France 1960)
  • Yury Kovalyov (France 1960)

4.6.5. Ukrainian Footballer of the Year

  • Viktor Serebryanikov (1969)
  • Volodymyr Muntyan (1970)
  • Yevhen Rudakov (1971)
  • Oleg Blokhin (1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981)
  • Anatoliy Demyanenko (1982, 1985)
  • Oleksandr Zavarov (1986)
  • Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko (1987, 1988)
  • Volodymyr Bezsonov (1989)
  • Sergei Yuran (1990)
  • Akhrik Tsveiba (1991)
  • Viktor Leonenko (1992, 1993, 1994)
  • Yuriy Kalitvintsev (1995)
  • Serhii Rebrov (1996, 1998)
  • Andriy Shevchenko (1997, 1999)
  • Artem Milevskyi (2008, 2009)
  • Andriy Yarmolenko (2013, 2014, 2015, 2017)
  • Viktor Tsyhankov (2018)

4.6.6. Soviet Footballer of the Year

  • Andriy Biba (1966)
  • Volodymyr Muntyan (1969)
  • Yevhen Rudakov (1971)
  • Oleg Blokhin (1973, 1974, 1975)
  • Anatoliy Demyanenko (1985)
  • Oleksandr Zavarov (1986)
  • Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko (1988)

5. Infrastructure

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5.1. Stadiums

The stadium that the club plays at, Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium is located in a park in the center of the city, next to the Dnieper River bank. The stadium can accommodate 16,873 fans and has been home to the club since 1934. When it was constructed, it was able to hold set at 23,000. After it was destroyed in 1941 in World War II, it was rebuilt in 1954. At the close of the 20th century The stadium was rebuilt as a stadium for football only, with seats that were individually arranged. These modifications reduced the stadium's capacity to what it is today. In 2002, following the sudden passing of Dynamo's former coach and player Valeriy Lobanovskyi the stadium was renamed in honor of his memory. Following the time that NSK Olympiyskiy was closed for reconstruction in 2008, Dynamo also began to play its European matches at the Lobanovsky Stadium.

Due to the demand for European matches of Dynamo throughout their European time Dynamo played a large portion of their home games in Kyiv's, Ukraine's biggest stadium known as that of the Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, which was formerly known as The Republican Stadium, which accommodated 83,450 people. The stadium was the site of Ukraine's Ukrainian Cup final since its debut in 1992 and to 2007. The stadium was shut to be rebuilt in 2008, following the fact that Ukraine along with Poland were chosen as hosts for in the UEFA Euro 2012. The Olympiysky became Kyiv's main arena and also the stadium that played host to the final. It also became one of the UEFA Elite rated stadium.

Additionally, the team has its own modern training facility located in Kyiv's Kyiv neighborhood of Koncha Zaspa. The club has its own football club for youngsters and children which is located in Kyiv. The junior Dynamo teams are known as Dynamo-2 and 3. The reserve team - referred to as "double" (dubl') in both Ukrainian and Russianand Russian - is part of the national reserve tournament in which the "doubles" are part of the entire of the 16 Vyscha Liga teams compete. Numerous prominent Dynamo Kyiv players progressed through the youth program of the club, one of them being Andriy Shevchenko. He is among the students of the school.

5.2. Reserve, youth and junior teams

Dynamo Kyiv has several reserve teams. Dynamo reserve teams participated in national competitions from 1946. The club fielded its reserves in Soviet Top League competitions for reserve teams (so known as doubles) which ran from 1946 to 1991. Dynamo Doubles holds the record for the most champion titles in the Soviet Top League for doubles having won it 15 times. the closest rival Spartak doubles team claiming 9 titles. In 2004, the club reactivated its reserve team that was later transformed into a youngsters (U-21) team, which competed at Ukrainian Premier League competitions for U-21 and U-19 teams. Dynamo soccer school (academy) has a few teams in the Ukrainian Youth Football League as and Kyiv City Football League. One of the most intriguing soccer academy alumni is former Moroccan international player Tarik El Jarmouni.

Apart from its usual junior squads, FC Dynamo Kyiv also has a second team Dynamo-2 which played in regularly scheduled "teams that were masters" (Soviet analogs to professional squads) and the republican championships (amateur level) in that Soviet period. The first time that the team played in football tournaments at a professional level was 1964 when it was a participant of the Soviet Second League (in so known as"the" Ukrainian Soviet football competitions). After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Dynamo-2 was revived, based on the Dynamo reserve team which took part as part of the Soviet Top League for doubles. The team continued to play in the Ukrainian First League for over 20 years. Alongside the second team Dynamo established a third team called Dynamo-3 that initially played on an amateur level, and then advanced up to Ukrainian Second League. In 2016, Dynamo has discontinued its number-coded team.

5.2.1. Reserve team (under-21) honours

Soviet Top League (reserves): 15 (record)

  • 1949, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1990

Ukrainian Premier League (reserves / under-21): 6 (record)

  • 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2015–16, 2016–17

6. Supporters and rivalries

The Dynamo fan movement is among the oldest movements in Ukraine. The active support for the team began in the 1980s in the Soviet period (Ukrainian SSR). Then, it began to show first graffiti bearing the logo of the team and was subsequently registered as one of the most significant battles of the history of USSR: Dynamo fans against supporters of Spartak Moscow in the center of Kyiv. In the 90s, the stands began to be popular in the English style.

Dynamo ultras are often associated with right-wing politics , and they tend to adhere to nationalist views. In the past, they have often been patriotic (Ukrainian nationalists) and take a strong anti-communist stance. In the time of Viktor Yanukovych, the ultras experienced negative relations with the authorities due to persecution of supporters as well as other political reasons. The most talked about campaign is "Freedom Pavlichenko" (Ukrainian: Voliu Pavlichenkam) in support of political prisoners ' father as well as son Pavlichenko. The ultra-conservative Dynamo were part of this year's Independence Day of Ukraine and Heroes Day celebrations.

Dynamo ultras frequently incorporate images of Sviatoslav the Brave on their banners. Svyatoslav is a magazine printed that is a part of Dynamo ultras, also has the Kyiv prince's name.

The most well-known derby in Ukraine is the Ukrainian derby that is held in a tension-filled atmosphere. Dynamo has a good relationship between: Karpaty Lviv, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (Braty po Zbroyi; Band of Brothers), Hutnik Krakow along with Zalgiris Vilnius, GNK Dinamo Zagreb, Dinamo Tbilisi, Stade Rennais F.C. fans. Relationships with Shakhtar Donetsk and Chornomorets Odesa Metalist Kharkiv, Spartak Moscow and Legia Warsaw. The fans of all clubs have signed truce due to the conflict within Eastern Ukraine. They will play in the Kyiv derby against Arsenal Kyiv, a strong rivalry, also because of the political climate; Arsenal fans are known as being left-wing.

7. Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Period Kit manufacturer 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
(Gazprom)
2006–2007 Ukrtelekom
2007–2013 PrivatBank
2013–2015 Nadra Bank
2015–2018  
2018–2021 New Balance  
2021– A-Bank

8. Presidents and other officials

As per detail below.

8.1. Presidents

  • 1927–1989: part of Dynamo, the republican section of Soviet sports society Dynamo
  • 1989–1993: Viktor Bezverkhy
  • 1993–2002: Hryhoriy Surkis
  • 2002–present: Ihor Surkis

8.2. Vice-Presidents

  • 2005–2010: Mykhailo Oshenkov (son of Oleg Oshenkov)
  • 2005–2010: Vadym Kostiuchenko
  • 2018–2020: Yevhen Krasnikov
  • 1993–2011: Vitaliy Sivkov

8.3. General directors

  • 2007–present:  Rezo Chohonelidze

8.4. Sports directors

  • 2011–2019: Oleksiy Mykhailychenko
  • 2018–2019:  Eduardo Docampo
  • 2020–2021: Oleksiy Mykhailychenko

8.5. Technical directors

  • 1992: Mykhailo Oshenkov (son of Oleg Oshenkov)

9. Players

Detail of the players as below mentioned.

 

9.1. First team squad

As of 29 July 2022

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Ukraine UKR Heorhiy Bushchan
2 DF Ukraine UKR Kostyantyn Vivcharenko
3 DF Ukraine UKR Anton Bol
4 DF Ukraine UKR Denys Popov
5 MF Ukraine UKR Serhiy Sydorchuk (captain)
6 DF Ukraine UKR Mykyta Burda
8 MF Ukraine UKR Volodymyr Shepelyev
10 MF Ukraine UKR Mykola Shaparenko
11 FW Ukraine UKR Vladyslav Vanat
14 MF Ukraine UKR Oleksandr Yatsyk
15 MF Ukraine UKR Viktor Tsyhankov (vice-captain)
17 FW Ukraine UKR Vladyslav Supryaha
18 MF Ukraine UKR Oleksandr Andriyevskyi
19 MF Ukraine UKR Denys Harmash
20 DF Ukraine UKR Oleksandr Karavayev
21 MF Ukraine UKR Mykyta Kravchenko
24 DF Ukraine UKR Oleksandr Tymchyk
25 DF Ukraine UKR Illya Zabarnyi
28 FW Ukraine UKR Vladyslav Kulach
29 MF Ukraine UKR Vitaliy Buyalskyi (vice-captain)
34 DF Ukraine UKR Oleksandr Syrota
35 GK Ukraine UKR Ruslan Neshcheret
37 MF Ukraine UKR Anton Tsarenko
41 FW Ukraine UKR Artem Besedin
44 DF Ukraine UKR Vladyslav Dubinchak
51 GK Ukraine UKR Valentyn Morhun
71 GK Ukraine UKR Denys Boyko
94 DF Poland POL Tomasz KÄ™dziora
99 MF Ukraine UKR Denys Antyukh

9.2. U-19 team

As of 31 May 2022

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Ukraine UKR Denys Ihnatenko
GK Ukraine UKR Ilarion Tuhay
GK Ukraine UKR Dmytro Pohorilyi
DF Ukraine UKR Arseniy Filatov
DF Ukraine UKR Vasyl Tanchak
DF Ukraine UKR Artem Benedyuk
MF Senegal SEN Samba Diallo
MF Ukraine UKR Illya Skrypnyk
MF Ukraine UKR Navin Malysh
MF Ukraine UKR Dmytro Melnychenko
MF Ukraine UKR Marko Podolyak
MF Ukraine UKR Artem Slesar
MF Morocco MAR Mehdi El Hamlichi
FW Ukraine UKR Ihor Horbach
FW Ukraine UKR Arseniy Kilyevyi

9.3. Other players under contract

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Ukraine UKR Vladyslav Kucheruk
DF Ukraine UKR Kristian Bilovar
DF Ukraine UKR Volodymyr Kostevych
MF Nigeria NGA Benito
MF Ghana GHA Mohammed Kadiri
MF Belarus BLR Artem Khatskevich
MF Ukraine UKR Vadym Mashchenko
MF Ukraine UKR Roman Mykhayliv
MF Ukraine UKR Artur Vashchyshyn
FW Brazil BRA Vitinho
FW Ukraine UKR Oleh Vlasov

9.4. Out on loan

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Ukraine UKR Akhmed Alibekov (at Zorya Luhansk until 30 June 2023)
DF Ukraine UKR Maksym Dyachuk (at Oleksandriya until 30 June 2023)
DF Ukraine UKR Denys Kuzyk (at Kolos Kovalivka until 31 December 2022)
DF Ukraine UKR Roman Vantukh (at Zorya Luhansk until 30 June 2024)
MF Ukraine UKR Bohdan Biloshevskyi (at Oleksandriya until 30 June 2023)
MF Ukraine UKR Viktor Bliznichenko (at Inhulets Petrove until 30 June 2023)
MF Ukraine UKR Volodymyr Brazhko (at Zorya Luhansk until 30 June 2024)
MF Ukraine UKR Serhiy Buletsa (at Zorya Luhansk until 30 June 2023)
MF Denmark DEN Mikkel Duelund (at Netherlands NEC Nijmegen until 30 June 2023)
MF Ukraine UKR Bohdan Lyednyev (at Hungary Fehérvár until 31 December 2022)
MF Ukraine UKR Mykola Mykhaylenko (at Zorya Luhansk until 30 June 2024)
MF Ukraine UKR Yevheniy Smyrnyi (at Kolos Kovalivka until 30 June 2023)
MF Georgia (country) GEO Heorhiy Tsitaishvili (at Poland Lech PoznaÅ„ until 30 June 2023)
MF Ukraine UKR Nazar Voloshyn (at Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih until 30 June 2023)
MF Ukraine UKR Vikentiy Voloshyn (at Oleksandriya until 30 June 2023)
FW Ukraine UKR Yevhen Isayenko (at Kolos Kovalivka until 31 December 2022)
FW Belgium BEL Ibrahim Kargbo Jr. (at Cyprus Doxa Katokopias until 30 June 2023)
FW Ukraine UKR Kiril Popov (at Kolos Kovalivka until 30 June 2023)
FW Venezuela VEN Eric Ramírez (at Slovakia Slovan Bratislava until 30 June 2023)
FW Luxembourg LUX Gerson Rodrigues (at Saudi Arabia Al Wehda until 30 June 2023)
FW Spain ESP Fran Sol (at Spain Málaga until 30 June 2023)

9.5. Retired number

12 –  Club Supporters (the 12th Man)

10. Coaches and administration

Administration
  • President – Ihor Surkis
  • First vice-president – Vitaliy Sivkov
  • General director –  Rezo Chokhonelidze
  • Sports director – Heorhiy Vorogovskyi
  • Vice-president – Leonid Ashkenazi
  • Vice-president – Andriy Madzianovsky
  • Vice-president – Oleksiy Palamarchuk
  • Vice-president – Oleksiy Semenenko
  • Vice-president – Mark Ginsburg 
Coaching (senior team)
  • Head coach – Romania Mircea Lucescu
  • Assistant coach – Moldova Emil Caras
  • Assistant coach – Oleh Husiev
  • Assistant coach – Croatia Ognjen Vukojević
  • Goalkeeper coach – Mykhaylo Mykhaylov
Coaching (U-19 teams)
  • U-19 senior coach – Ihor Kostyuk
  • U-19 assistant coach – Serhiy Fedorov
  • U-19 assistant coach – Oleh Venhlinskyi
  • U-19 goalies coach – Oleksandr Moroz

11. Notable coaches

The following players have all received at least one award during their time playing for Dynamo Kyiv:

Name Period Trophies
Ukraine Yozhef Sabo 1994, 1996, 2005, 2007 2 league titles, 2 domestic cups
Ukraine Soviet Union 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 Soviet Union Anatoliy Puzach 1990 1 league title, 1 domestic cup
Ukraine Serhii Rebrov 2014–2017 2 league titles, 2 domestic cups, 1 super cup
Ukraine Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko 2003, 2004, 2019–2020 2 league titles, 2 domestic cup, 1 super cup
Ukraine Mykola Pavlov 1995 1 league title
Ukraine Mykhaylo Fomenko 1993 1 league title, 1 domestic cup
Ukraine Anatoliy Demyanenko 2006, 2007 1 league title, 2 domestic cups, 2 super cups
Soviet Union Viktor Maslov 1964, 1966–68 3 league titles, 2 domestic cups
Soviet Union Oleg Oshenkov 1954 1 domestic cup
Russia Yuri Semin 2009 1 league title, 1 super cup
Russia Valery Gazzaev 2009–2010 1 super cup
Russia Soviet Union Vyacheslav Solovyov 1961 1 league title
Russia Soviet Union Aleksandr Sevidov 1971 1 league title
Romania Mircea Lucescu 2020– 1 league title, 1 domestic cup, 1 super cup
Belarus Alyaksandr Khatskevich 2017–2019 2 super cups

12. Club records and statistics

Oleksandr Shovkovskyi is currently the his official record for appearances at Dynamo in the form of 637 appearances across all competitions, during the span of 17 seasons, from 1993 to 2016. Also, he holds the records for Ukrainian Premier League (Vyshcha Liha) appearances, with 426 in addition, Oleh Blokhin is still unattainable with respect to Soviet Top League appearances with 432 appearances.

In all competitions, Oleh Blokhin is the all-time top goalscorer with Dynamo who has scored 266 goals in the time since when he joined the club in 1969. Of these, 211 which came in the Soviet Top League (another Dynamo record). Serhiy Rebrov, the most prolific goal scorer of all time in the Ukrainian Premier League, comes second across all competitions with 163.

Dynamo Kyiv qualified for continental competitions in the last 32 years after 1990, and was absent only two times (two seasons) from 1973.

12.1. Divisional movements

Tier Years Last Promotions Relegations
Top League (tier 1) 54 1991 22 times to Europe never
56 years of professional football in Soviet Union Since 1936
Tier Years Last Promotions Relegations
Premier League (tier 1) 31 2021-22 30 times to Europe never
31 years of professional national football in Ukraine since 1992

13. Dynamo Kyiv in European competitions

Dynamo Kyiv made a forceful entry into European tournaments during the tournament of 1965 and 1966. European Cup Winners' Cup. The club advanced to the quarterfinals, but defeating Celtic F.C. It is also a frequent attendee of UEFA competitions, and has participated in more than 50 competitions. Dynamo Kyiv has not missed any period or European tournaments since the year 1990, and since 1973, the club has missed only two times (1984-85 in 1988 and 1989). In the Soviet time period, the team was crowned the European Cup Winners' Cup twice, in the year 1975 and 1986. Then, in 1975, they won the European Super Cup and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League and European Cup three times, twice as part of their Ukrainian banner.

13.1. UEFA club coefficient ranking

As of 5 May 2021

Rank Team Points
30 Turkey BeÅŸiktaÅŸ 49.000
31 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 47.000
32 Portugal Sporting CP 45.500
 

13.2. UEFA Rankings since 2007

Season Ranking Movement Points Change
2020–21 31 -5 47.000 -8.000
2019–20 26 -2 55.000 -10.000
2018-19 26 =0 65.000 3.000
2017-18 23 2 62.000 new points system
2016–17 25 1 67.526 1.550
2015–16 26 1 65.976 0.943
2014–15 27 7 65.033 8.840
2013–14 34 -9 56.193 -12.958
2012-13 25 6 68.951 6.925
2011–12 31 -1 62.026 1.250
2010–11 30 14 60.776 17.866
2009–10 44 -3 42.910 -3.460
2008–09 41 33 46.370 11.438
2007–08 74 -13 34.932 -3.791

14. Player records

Detail of the players record as below mentioned.

14.1. Top goalscorers

As of 19 May 2018

# Name Years League Cup Europe Other Total
1 Soviet Union Oleh Blokhin 1969–1987 211 29 26 0 266
2 Ukraine Serhii Rebrov 1992–2000
2005–2007
113 19 31 0 163
3 Uzbekistan Maksim Shatskikh 1999–2008 97 22 23 0 142
4 Ukraine Andriy Yarmolenko 2007–2017 99 19 19 0 137
5 Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko 1994–1999
2009–2012
83 16 25 0 124
6 Ukraine Oleh Husiev 2003–2016
2017–2018
57 15 22 2 96
7 Ukraine Artem Milevskyi 2002–2013 57 11 16 3 87
8 Soviet Union Viktor Kanevskyi 1953–1964 80 5 0 0 85
9 Soviet Union Leonid Buryak 1973–1984 56 12 14 0 82
10 Soviet Union Viktor Kolotov 1971–1981 62 11 8 0 81

Other – National Super Cup

14.2. Most appearances

As of 19 May 2018

# Name Years League Cup Europe Other Total
1 Ukraine Oleksandr Shovkovskyi 1993–2016 426 58 144 9 637
2 Soviet Union Oleh Blokhin 1969–1987 432 67 79 3 581
3 Ukraine Oleh Husiev 2003–2016
2017–2018
295 43 98 6 442
4 Ukraine Anatoliy Demyanenko 1979–1990
1992–1993
347 47 43 2 439
5 Soviet Union Leonid Buryak 1973–1984 304 52 51 2 409
6 Soviet Union Volodymyr Veremeyev 1968–1982 310 45 44 2 401
7 Soviet Union Volodymyr Muntyan 1965–1977 302 34 35 0 371
8 Soviet Union Volodymyr Bezsonov 1976–1990 278 48 39 3 368
9 Ukraine Serhii Rebrov 1992–2000
2005–2007
242 44 72 2 360
10 Ukraine Vladyslav Vashchuk 1993–2002
2005–2008
253 41 62 0 356

Other – National Super Cup

 

 

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