Despite his efforts, Petrescu's contract was terminated on 8 April 2014 by mutual agreement after a heavy loss to league outsiders Anzhi Makhachkala 0–4. The team was close to qualifying for a place in European competition, but a failure to win in the last matchday left them in seventh, two points below the last Europa League qualifier position. In 2012, after a poor start to the season in which they lost their first five league games, Dynamo replaced interim manager Dmitri Khokhlov with the Romanian Dan Petrescu, who managed to pull the club out of the relegation zone into a position in the upper-half of the league table. However, Celtic comfortably defeated Dynamo 0–2 in Moscow to progress, sending Dynamo into the Europa League play-off round where the club was eliminated by Bulgarian side CSKA Sofia after a 0–0 away draw in Sofia and a 1–2 home defeat in Moscow. On 29 July 2009, Dynamo recorded a 0–1 away win against Celtic at Celtic Park, which gave them a strong advantage going into the second leg. VTB Bank era (2009–2016) Īt the end of the 2008 season, Dynamo finished third, qualifying for the 2009–10 Champions League preliminary round. This was the first time a Russian side had reached a final in a European competition, a feat not repeated until CSKA Moscow won the UEFA Cup in 2005. ĭynamo's greatest achievement in Europe was in the 1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup, where they reached the Final at Camp Nou in Barcelona, losing 3–2 to Rangers. Even so, Dynamo's 11 national titles make them the country's third-most decorated side behind Dynamo Kyiv (13 titles) and Spartak Moscow (12 titles). The club continued to enjoy some success in the Soviet Cup, but has not won a national championship since 1976. Honours were harder to come by after that time. Dynamo captured another five championships between 19, as well as their second Soviet Cup in 1953. They continued to be a strong side at home after World War II, and enjoyed their greatest success through the 1950s. They then drew 2–2 against Scottish side Rangers, meaning they completed the tour undefeated. They defeated an Arsenal side reinforced with Stanley Matthews, Stan Mortensen and Joe Bacuzzi by a score of 4–3 in a match played in thick fog at White Hart Lane. Complete unknowns to the British, the Soviet players first drew 3–3 against Chelsea and then defeated Cardiff City 10–1. They were also the first Soviet club to tour the West when they played a series of friendlies in the United Kingdom in 1945. ĭynamo won the first two Soviet Championships in 19, a Soviet Cup in 1937, and another pair of national titles in 19. The club was renamed Dynamo Moscow in 1923 but was also referred to disparagingly as "garbage", a Russian criminal slang term for "police", by some of the supporters of other clubs. Īfter the Russian Revolution, the club eventually found itself under the authority of the Interior Ministry and its head Felix Dzerzhinsky, chief of the Cheka, the Soviet Union's secret police. History Foundation and Soviet era Ĭommemorative coin of Lev Yashin, the legendary goalkeeper of the team.ĭynamo Moscow has its roots in the football Club Sokolniki Moscow. The club's motto is "Power in Motion," initially proposed by Maxim Gorky, the famous Russian author, who was once an active member of the Dynamo sports society. Their crest consists of a blue letter "D," written in a traditional cursive style on a white background, with "Moscow" written below it, partially covering a football underneath. ĭynamo's traditional colours are blue and white. On 24 February 2022, the shares were transferred by VTB back to the Dynamo sports society. On 14 February 2019, Dynamo Sports Society agreed to sell the club back to VTB for 1 ruble. On 29 December 2016, Dynamo Sports Society agreed to buy VTB Bank shares back for 1 ruble. was chairman until he resigned on 17 July 2015. Chief of the Soviet security and secret police apparatus NKVD, Lavrentiy Beria, was a patron of the club until his downfall.įrom 10 April 2009 the VTB Bank has been the owner of Dynamo after acquiring a 74% share in the club. Despite this, they have never won the modern Russian Premier League title and have won Russian Cup only once, in the season of 1994–95.ĭuring the Soviet era, they were affiliated with the MVD (Ministry of Internal Affairs – The Soviet Militia) and with the KGB and was a part of Dynamo sports society. ĭynamo was the only club that had always played in the top tier of Soviet football (along with Dynamo Kyiv) and of Russian football from the end of the Soviet era until they were relegated in 2016. Dynamo returned to the Russian Premier League for the 2017–18 season after one season in the second-tier Russian Football National League. FC Dynamo Moscow ( FC Dynamo Moskva, Russian: Дина́мо Москва́ ) is a Russian football club based in Moscow.
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