FC Dynamo Moscow
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| Full name | Football Club Dynamo Moscow | ||
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| Nickname(s) | White-Blues, Musora (Cops) | ||
| Founded | 1923 | ||
| Ground | Dynamo Stadium, Moscow | ||
| Capacity | 36,000 | ||
| Chairman | Dmitry Ivanov | ||
| Manager | Andrey Kobelev | ||
| League | Russian Premier League | ||
| 2006 | RPL, 14th | ||
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Dynamo Moscow (Dinamo Moscow, Dinamo Moskva, Russian: Динамо Москва) is a Russian football club based in Moscow. The team play in the Dynamo Stadium in the Russian Premier League, and wear blue and white strips. During the Soviet era it was affiliated with the MVD (Ministry of Internal Affairs) and was a part of Dynamo sports society.
History
Dynamo Moscow has its roots in the club Morozovtsi Orekhovo Suevo Moskva founded as a factory team in 1887 by Englishman Clement Charnock. 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 and Stan Mortensen by a score of 4:3 in a match played in thick fog, and finally, drew 2:2 with Rangers.
They continued to be a strong side at home after the war and enjoyed their greatest success through the 50's. Dinamo captured another five championships between 1949 and 1959, as well as their second Soviet Cup in 1953. Honours were harder to come by after that time. The club continued to enjoy some success in the Soviet Cup (now the Russian 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).
Dinamo's greatest achievment 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 FC 3-2. This was a Russian side's greatest achivement in Europe until PFC CSKA Moscow won the 2005 UEFA Cup.
Stadium
Their ground is the historic Dinamo Stadium in Petrovsky Park, which seats 36,000. Despite not having won a league title in over thirty years the club still has a quite extensive, though aging, fan base.
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.
Honours
- 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
- Cup Winners Cup finalist: 1972
Notable players
Lev Yashin, arguably the greatest goalkeepers of the game, played his entire career with Dinamo.
Current squad
As of 1 September 2006, according to the Russian Premier League official website.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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The following players are listed by Dynamo's website as reserve players. They are eligible to play for the first team. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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