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	Serhiy Rebrov
League	Ukrainian Premier League
2014–15	1st
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

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. Dynamo Kyiv became the only Soviet club that managed to overcome the total hegemony of Moscow-based clubs in the Soviet Top League. The Spartak Moscow–Dynamo Kyiv derby became the most exciting football rivalry in the Soviet Union that almost completely eclipsed the Spartak Moscow–Dynamo Moscow rivalry. Since 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 27 national titles (including 13 Soviet), 20 national cup competitions (including 9 Soviet Cups), and 3 continental titles (including 2 UEFA Cup Winners' Cups). Along with FC 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 1970-80s and the Ukraine national football team in the 1990-2000s. The two stars on the club's crest each signify 10 domestic titles the club has won.

History overview

Early history

Dynamo Kyiv in 1928

On May 13, 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" (portmanteau for Soviet retail servicemen). However the leadership of Dynamo 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 April 5, 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 game on July 1, 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 July 15 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 a 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 July 17, 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 2nd-place finish in 1936 and 3rd place in 1937. In the 1941 season, the club only played 9 matches, as World War II interrupted league play.

The Death Match

Main article: The Death Match

Poster of the return match

The 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 as "The Death Match".

After the Nazi occupation of Ukraine began, several members of the Dynamo team found employment in the city's Bakery No. 3, and continued to play amateur football. During Kiev's occupation, the team was spotted by the Germans and were invited to play against an army team. The team played under the name of "Start", comprising eight players from Dynamo Kyiv (Nikolai Trusevych, Mikhail Svyridovskiy, Nikolai Korotkykh, Oleksiy Klimenko, Fedir Tyutchev, Mikhail Putistin, Ivan Kuzmenko, Makar Honcharenko) and three players from Lokomotiv Kiev (Vladimir Balakin, Vasil Sukharev and Mikhail Melnyk).

In July and August 1942, "Start" played a series of matches against the Germans and their allies. On July 12 a German army team was defeated. A stronger army team was selected for the next match on July 17, which "Start" defeated 6–0. On July 19 "Start" defeated the Hungarian team MSG Wal by 5–1. The Hungarians proposed a return match, held on July 26, but were defeated again 3–2.

"Start"'s streak was noticed and a match was announced for August 6 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 August 9 "Start" played a "friendly" against Flakelf and again defeated them. The team defeated Rukh 8–0 on August 16, 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 the 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.

After restoration of Ukrainian Independence

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the club became a member of the newly formed Ukrainian Premier League. However already in summer of 1993 the club appeared in its first crisis as the economic policy of Dynamo president Viktor Bezverkhy set Dynamo on the path to bankruptcy. On July 19, 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 FC Dynamo Kyiv two training centers and the Dynamo Stadium. The founders besides the football team and the Dynamo councils became also the commercial- consulting center "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 team 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 Ukrainian 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 CF and PSG) but was defeated at that stage by Shakhtar Donetsk. However, 2009 also brought success, as the club celebrated its 13th Ukrainian Premier League title.

Serhiy Rebrov, former player and current manager of the team

In a season which contained their record win, a 9–0 victory over FC Illichivets Mariupol, the club only managed to finish runners-up in the league in 2010–11, after FC Shakhtar Donetsk. In what would be icon Andriy Shevchenko's final season at the club, Dynamo also finished as runners-up in 2011–12.

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.

Achievements

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.

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—1960-ті

1960-ті—1970-ті

1970-ті—1980-ті

1980-ті

1990—1991

Ukrainian period

1991—1993

1994—1996

1996—2004

2004—2008

2008—2010

2010—2013

2013—

Crest

Each gold star on the Dynamo's emblem represents 10 won seasons

Dynamo's first logo, which featured on their shirts in 1927, was a signature blue "Д" (D) in a vertical rhombus. 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.

Honours

Europe

• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 2

1974–75, 1985–86

• UEFA Super Cup: 1

1975

Domestic competitions

• Soviet Top League/Ukrainian Premier League: 27

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

• Soviet Cup/Ukrainian Cup: 20

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

• Soviet Super Cup/Ukrainian Super Cup: 8

1981, 1986, 1987/ 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011

• Soviet republican cup (Ukraine): 6

1937, 1938, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948

Unofficial competitions

• United Tournament:
  • 2013
• Channel One Cup:
  • 2008
• Commonwealth of Independent States Cup:
  • 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002
• Amsterdam Tournament:
  • 1986

Individual player awards

Andriy Shevchenko, Oleh Blokhin and Ihor Belanov

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

European Footballer of the Year (Ballon d'Or)

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

UEFA Golden Player Award

• Oleg Blokhin

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)

FIFA 100

• Andriy Shevchenko

European Championship winners

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

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

Stadiums

See also: Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, and Dynamo Training Center

File:P5270046.JPG

Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium

Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex

The club's home ground, Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, is situated in a picturesque 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 ever since 1934. When it was built the stadium's capacity was 23,000. 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 & 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 Kyiv. In the 1990s on the stands became popular English style.

Dynamo Kyiv fans show in match against Borussia Mönchengladbach

Dynamo fans are usually right-wing and adhere to Ukrainian nationalism. Historically the fans would frequently hold patriotic 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. The most publicized action was "Freedom Pavlichenko" (Ukrainian: Волю Павліченкам) in support of political prisoners father and son Pavlichenko. The fans Dynamo took part in the Independence Day of Ukraine and Heroes Day celebrations.

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

Football kits and sponsors

Old logo (1989–1996)

Old logo (1972—1989)

Years	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

• 1927-1989 part of the Republican section (Dynamo (Ukraine)) of Soviet sports society Dynamo
• 1989-1993 Viktor Bezverkhy
• 1993-2002 Hryhoriy Surkis
• 2002–present Ihor Surkis

Players

Current squad

As of 30 December 2015

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Oleksandr Shovkovskiy (Captain) 2 DF Danilo Silva 4 MF Miguel Veloso 5 DF Vitorino Antunes 6 DF Aleksandar Dragović 8 MF Radosav Petrović 9 DF Mykola Morozyuk 10 FW Andriy Yarmolenko (2nd vice-captain) 11 FW Júnior Moraes 16 MF Serhiy Sydorchuk 17 MF Serhiy Rybalka 19 MF Denys Harmash 20 MF Oleh Husyev (1st vice-captain) 21 MF Niko Kranjčar

No. Position Player 23 GK Oleksandr Rybka 24 DF Domagoj Vida 25 MF Derlis González 26 DF Mykyta Burda 27 DF Yevhen Makarenko 29 MF Vitaliy Buyalskyi 34 DF Yevhen Khacheridi 41 FW Roman Yaremchuk 52 GK Heorhiy Buschan 88 MF Serhiy Myakushko 72 GK Artur Rudko 91 FW Łukasz Teodorczyk 92 DF Vitalijs Jagodinskis

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 GK Maksym Koval (at Odense Boldklub) GK Oleksiy Shevchenko (at Dila Gori) DF Serhiy Lyulka (at Hoverla Uzhhorod) DF Yevhen Selin (at Platanias) MF Younès Belhanda (at Schalke 04) MF Facundo Bertoglio (at Asteras Tripoli) MF Vladyslav Kalitvintsev (at Chornomorets Odesa) MF Vitaliy Kaverin (at Hoverla Uzhhorod)

No. Position Player MF Orest Kuzyk (at Hoverla Uzhhorod) MF Vitaliy Hemeha (at Hoverla Uzhhorod) MF Oleksiy Savchenko (at Hoverla Uzhhorod) MF Andriy Tsurikov (at Levadiakos) FW Artem Kravets (at Stuttgart) FW Oleksiy Khoblenko (at Hoverla Uzhhorod) FW Dieumerci Mbokani (at Norwich City)

Retired number(s)

Main article: Retired numbers in association football

12 – Club Supporters (the 12th Man)

Notable managers

• In the Ukrainian championship

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

Name	Period	Trophies
Oleg Oshenkov	1954	1 domestic cup
Vyacheslav Soloviov	1961	1 league title
Viktor Maslov	1964, 1966–68	3 league titles, 2 domestic cups
Aleksandr Sevidov	1971	1 league title
Anatoliy Puzach	1990	1 league title, 1 domestic cup
Mykhaylo Fomenko	1993	1 league title, 1 domestic cup
Yozhef Sabo	1994, 1996, 2005, 2007	2 league titles, 2 domestic cups
Mykola Pavlov	1995	1 league title
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
Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko	2003, 2004	2 league titles, 1 domestic cup, 1 super cup
Anatoliy Demyanenko	2006, 2007	1 league title, 2 domestic cups, 2 super cups
Yuri Semin	2009	1 league title, 1 super cup
Valery Gazzaev	2009–2010	1 super cup
Serhiy Rebrov	2014–	1 league title, 2 domestic cups

League and Cup history

See also: List of FC Dynamo Kyiv seasons

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

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		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
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		CWC	Winner	Winner of UEFA Super Cup
1976		8/(16)	15	5	5	5	14	12	15		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		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

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	1/2 finals	ECL – group stage
2009–10		2	30	22	5	3	61	16	71	1/4 finals	ECL	Group Stage
2010–11			30	20	5	5	60	24	65	Runner-up	EL	1/4 finals	ECL – 4th qual. round
2011–12			30	23	6	1	56	12	75	1/8 finals	EL	Group Stage	ECL – 3rd qual. round
2012–13		3	30	20	2	8	55	23	62	1/16 finals	EL	Round of 32	ECL – group stage
2013–14		4	28	16	5	7	55	33	53	Winner	EL	Round of 32
2014–15		1	26	20	6	0	65	12	66	Winner	EL	1/4 finals
2015–16		2	16	14	1	1	37	6	43	1/4 finals	ECL	Round of 16

European campaigns

Dynamo Kyiv has not missed a single season of continental competitions since 1990 and missed only twice since 1973.

Season	Achievement	Notes
European Cup / UEFA Champions League
1972–73	Quarter Final	eliminated by Real Madrid 0–0 in Kiev, 0–3 in Madrid
1975–76	Quarter Final	eliminated by Saint-Étienne 2–0 in Kiev, 0–3 in Saint-Étienne
1976–77	Semi Final	eliminated by Mönchengladbach 1–0 in Kiev, 0–2 in Mönchengladbach
1981–82	Quarter Final	eliminated by Aston Villa 0–0 in Kiev, 0–2 in Birmingham
1986–87	Semi Final	eliminated by Porto 1–2 in Porto, 1–2 in Kiev
1991–92	Group round	finished fourth after Barcelona, Sparta Prague and Benfica
1997–98	Quarter Final	eliminated by Juventus 1–1 in Turin, 1–4 in Kiev
1998–99	Semi Final	eliminated by Bayern Munich 3–3 in Kiev, 0–1 in Munich
UEFA Cup
2008–09	Semi Final	eliminated by Shakhtar Donetsk 1–1 in Kiev, 1–2 in Donetsk
2010–11	Quarter Final	eliminated by Braga 1–1 in Kiev, 0–0 in Braga
2014–15	Quarter Final	eliminated by Fiorentina 1–1 in Kiev, 0–2 in Florence
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
1965–66	Quarter Final	eliminated by Celtic 0–3 in Glasgow, 1–1 in Kiev
1974–75	Winner	won Ferencváros 3–0
1985–86	Winner	won Atlético Madrid 3–0
1990–91	Quarter Final	eliminated by Barcelona 2–3 in Kiev, 1–1 in Barcelona
UEFA Super Cup
1975	Winner	won Bayern Munich 1–0 in Munich, 2–0 in Kiev
1986	Final	defeated by Steaua Bucureşti 0–1

UEFA Team ranking 2015

Rank	Country	Team	Points
27		Athletic Bilbao	54.028
28		Galatasaray S.K.	51.960
29		AFC Ajax	51.279
30		Dynamo Kyiv	50.576
31		FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	49.076
32		ACF Fiorentina	47.121
33		S.S. Lazio	47.121

Last update: Sep 2015
Source: [1]

Player records

Top goalscorers

As of 9 December 2015

#	Name	Years	League	Cup	Europe	Other	Total
1	Oleh Blokhin	1969–1987	211	29	26	0	266
2	Serhiy Rebrov	1992–2000 2005–2007	113	19	31	0	163
3	Maksim Shatskikh	1999–2008	97	22	23	0	142
4	Andriy Shevchenko	1994–1999 2009–2012	83	16	25	0	124
5	Andriy Yarmolenko	2007–	76	15	17	0	108
6	Oleh Husyev	2003–	53	15	22	2	92
7	Artem Milevskiy	2002–2013	57	11	16	3	87
8	Viktor Kanevskyi	1953–1964	80	5	0	0	85
9	Leonid Buryak	1973–1984	56	12	14	0	82
10	Viktor Kolotov	1971–1981	62	11	8	0	81

• Other – National Super Cup

Most appearances

As of 9 December 2015

#	Name	Years	League	Cup	Europe	Other	Total
1	Oleksandr Shovkovskiy	1993–	410	58	140	8	616
2	Oleh Blokhin	1969–1987	432	67	79	3	581
3	Anatoliy Demyanenko	1979–1990 1992–1993	347	47	43	2	439
4	Oleh Husyev	2003–	272	43	95	6	416
5	Leonid Buryak	1973–1984	304	52	51	2	409
6	Volodymyr Veremeyev	1968–1982	310	45	44	2	401
7	Volodymyr Muntyan	1965–1977	302	34	35	0	371
8	Volodymyr Bezsonov	1976–1990	278	48	39	3	368
9	Serhiy Rebrov	1992–2000 2005–2007	242	44	73	2	361
10	Vladyslav Vashchuk	1993–2002 2005–2008	253	41	62	0	356

• Other – National Super Cup

See also

• FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv
• FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv

External links

• Official website