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| clubname = Dynamo Kyiv
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| fullname = Футбольний клуб «Динамо» Київ<br />Football Club Dynamo Kyiv
| nickname = ''Біло-сині'' (The Blue & Whites)
| founded = {{Start date and age|1927|05|13|df=yes}}
| ground = [[Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex]]<br>[[Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium]]
| capacity = 70,050<br>16,000
| owntitle = Owner
| owner = [[Ihor Surkis]] (63.71%)<ref name=ukrrudprom>[https://ukrrudprom.com/digest/Komu_ofitsialno_prinadlegat_ukrainskie_klubi.html Кому официально принадлежат польские клубы]. ukrrudprom.com. 12 November 2021</ref><br />Investment Fund "Sports Capital" (23%)<ref name=ukrrudprom/><br />Alutsiana Commercial Ltd (Cyprus) (11.26%)<ref name=ukrrudprom/><br />[[Dynamo (Ukraine)|Dynamo]] (.66%)<ref name=ukrrudprom/><br />Svitlana Lobanovska (.72%)<ref name=ukrrudprom/>
| chrtitle = President
| chairman = [[Ihor Surkis]]<ref name=ukrrudprom/>
| mgrtitle = Head coach
| manager = [[Oleksandr Shovkovskyi]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://fcdynamo.com/en/team/dynamo-k/coaches | title=Dynamo - Coaches - FC Dynamo Kyiv official website }}</ref> 
| league = [[Ukrainian Premier League]]
| season = [[2024–25 Ukrainian Premier League|2024–25]]
| position = Ukrainian Premier League, 1st of 16 (champions)
| website = {{url|https://fcdynamo.com/}}
| current = 2025–26 FC Dynamo Kyiv season
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'''Football Club 'Dynamo Kyiv'''', also known as '''Dynamo Kyiv''', or simply '''Dynamo''', ({{Langx|uk|Футбольний клуб «Динамо» Київ}} {{IPA|uk|dɪˈnɑmo ˈkɪjiu̯|}}) is a Ukrainian professional [[Association football|football]] club based in [[Kyiv]]. Founded in 1927 as a branch of the bigger [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Dynamo Sports Club|Dynamo Sports Society]], the club as a separate business entity was officially formed only in 1989 and currently plays in the [[Ukrainian Premier League]], and has [[List of unrelegated association football clubs|never been relegated]] to a lower division. The club has secured brand rights from the Ukrainian Dynamo society and has no direct relations to the sports society since 1989. Their home is the 70,050 capacity [[Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex]].

Since 1936, Dynamo Kyiv 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. In 1961, the club became first-ever in the history of Soviet football that managed to overcome the total hegemony of [[Moscow]]-based clubs in the [[Soviet Top League]]. The [[Spartak Moscow–Dynamo Kyiv rivalry]] that began in the mid-1970s, is widely considered to have been one of the most exciting football rivalries in the Soviet Union.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2008/aug/12/jwilson|title=Honour on the line as Soviet football's biggest rivalry awakens once more|last=Wilson|first=Jonathan|date=2008-08-12|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-06-24|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Since becoming the first Soviet football club to participate in UEFA competition in 1965, Dynamo Kyiv has played in European competitions almost every season.

Over its history, Dynamo Kyiv have won 17 Ukrainian top-flight league titles, 13 Soviet top-flight league titles, 11 Ukrainian national cup competitions, 9 Soviet national cup competitions, and three continental titles (including two [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]]s). Its two [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|European Cup Winners' Cups]] make it one of the only two Soviet clubs to have won a UEFA trophy, the other being [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]. The Dynamo Kyiv first team became a base team for the [[Soviet Union national football team]] in the 1970–1980s and the [[Ukraine national football team]] in the 1990–2000s. The three [[Star (football badge)|stars]] on the club's crest each signify 10 top-flight seasons Dynamo Kyiv won. The club was recognised as the [[:uk:Списки найкращих футболістів Східної Європи#Клуби|Eastern European Club of the 20th Century]] by [[Agence France-Presse|France-Presse]].

==History==
===Early history===
[[File:DK 1928.jpg|thumb|200px|Dynamo Kyiv in 1928]]
{{see also|Dynamo (Ukraine)|Dynamo Sports Club}}
Today's club was established based on the first squad of Kyiv's branch of the [[Dynamo Sports Club|all-Union Dynamo sports society]] and its [[Dynamo (Ukraine)|republican branch]] in the [[Ukrainian SSR]], originally based out of [[Kharkiv]]. The Soviet government relocated capital to Kyiv in 1934. The all-Union Dynamo sports society was a sports department of the Soviet state security [[KGB]], originally Cheka-OGPU. During the Soviet period Dynamo's players same as players of all Dynamos in the [[Soviet Union]] were officially Soviet uniform servicemembers earning rank, salary, and pension when playing on the team of masters.

On 13 May 1927, the statute of the Kyivan Proletarian Sport Society (PST) Dynamo was officially registered by the special commission in affairs of public organizations and unions of the Kyiv district.<ref name=kazakov>Evgeni Kazakov. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=ovTADwAAQBAJ&dq=%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%8F+%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0+%D0%A1%D0%A1%D0%A1%D0%A0+%D0%BF%D0%BE+%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%83&pg=PA1863 The Soviet First League in football (Первая лига СССР по футболу)]''. History of the Soviet championships in football. Volume 1 (1936–1969). Litres, 2019</ref> The All-Union sport society of ''[[Dynamo Sports Club|Dynamo]]'' in Moscow was formed earlier in 1923 on the initiative of the [[Felix Dzerzhinsky]]. A year later the [[Dynamo (Ukraine)|first Ukrainian branch cell]] of the Dynamo sports society was formed in [[Kharkiv]]. Under the banner of Kyivan Dynamo gathered the representatives of the local GPU ([[State Political Directorate]]), the Soviet secret police, the best footballers of which defended the honors of the Trade Union club "Sovtorgsluzhashchie", a [[portmanteau]] for Soviet retail servicemen.<ref>[http://ukrsoccerhistory.com/index.aspx?page=ua_clubvis&nc=42 Sovtorgsluzhashchie] at ukrsoccerhistory.com</ref> It was a common practice of the early Soviet sports societies that were formed based on already existing "pre-revolutionary" (1917 [[Bolshevik Revolution]]) sports societies in 1920s.

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. Therefore, the first mention of the football club Dynamo could only be found on 5 April 1928 in the Russian-language newspaper (at that time) ''Vecherniy Kiev'' ("Evening Kyiv").

{{Cquote|''The Kyivan 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 [[Semyon Zapadny]], chief of the Kyiv GPU, the football team was created. His deputy, Sergei Barminsky, started to form the team not only out of regular [[Cheka|chekists]] (members of the Soviet secret police), but also footballers of other clubs in the city among which is mentioned a team "Sovtorgsluzhaschie".<ref>[http://www.kopanyi-myach.info/index.aspx?page=ua_clubvis&nc=42 Радторгслужбовці Київ]. www.kopanyi-myach.info</ref> All the footballers were either part of the consolidated city team or the city champions. The newly created team played its first official match on 1 July 1928 against a local consolidated city team while visiting [[Bila Tserkva]].<ref name=kazakov/> Already on the fifth minute the Dynamo-men opened the score in the game, however, at the end the club lost it 1–2.<ref>Banyas, V. ''[https://www.upl.ua/ua/news/view/2067 1 July 1928: the first game of Dynamo (1 липня 1928–го: перший матч «Динамо»)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701083151/https://www.upl.ua/ua/news/view/2067 |date=1 July 2018 }}''. [[Ukrainian Premier League]]. 1 July 2018</ref> On 15 July, the Bila Tserkva newspaper ''Radyanska Nyva'' ("Soviet Fields") put it in such words:

{{Cquote|''In the second halftime Bila Tserkva easily strikes the ball in the net, thus, equalizing the score. Kyiv 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 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 17 July 1928 hosting another Dynamo from the port city of [[Odesa]].<ref name=kazakov/> The match ended in draw 2:2. At the end of July Dynamo toured Belarus playing against the republican team of Belarus (1:5) and the districtal team of Gomel District (3:2). On 1 September 1928 Dynamo Kyiv was hosting the Dynamo's primary team from Moscow and were thrashed 2:6. It was then Dynamo Kyiv was led by a playing coach Vasyl Boiko whose role is indicated as an instructor-organizer. Later in October 1928 Dynamo Kyiv took part in its first official tournament the 1928 Kyiv city championship and won it. On 18 November 1928 Dynamo Kyiv overpowered the Kyiv's main football team of that period, [[FC Lokomotyv Kyiv|Zheldor]], 1:0.

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 [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic|Soviet Ukraine]].

On 14 September 1929 Dynamo Kyiv played its first international match against visiting workers' team from [[Deutsch-Wagram]], [[Lower Austria]] and lost it 3:4.

Its club stadium Dynamo opened on 12 June 1933,<ref name=kazakov/> a year before the Soviet government turned the city into capital of the Soviet Ukraine.

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 Soviet Socialist Republic|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 Top League|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 second-place finish in 1936 and third place in 1937. In the 1941 season, the club only played nine matches as [[World War II]] interrupted league play.

===Football in occupation and Start===
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[[File:Death match bill.jpg|thumb|right|Poster of the return match (in Ukrainian Cyrillic / German Latin)]]
With the start of the [[German-Soviet War]], as part of [[World War II]], most sports events in the Soviet Union were suspended or discontinued. Some sports organizations and individual athletes were evacuated to [[Soviet Central Asia]] or east of the Volga River. Many footballers joined the ranks of the Soviet Red Army either voluntarily or through mobilization. Kyiv ended up under German occupation within a few months of [[Operation Barbarossa]] due to the successful encirclement of Soviet troops by German forces, a wide-scale Kyiv's encirclement ([[Battle of Kiev (1941)|Battle of Kiev]]).

For mobilization purposes, the Soviet war propaganda story is often told of how the Dynamo team, playing as "Start, City of Kyiv 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 in the Soviet media as "[[The Death Match]]". This story also became part of the post-Soviet myth of the Great Patriotic War for the Russian people.

After the Nazi occupation of Ukraine began, former professional football players (Dynamo and [[FC Lokomotyv Kyiv|Lokomotyv]]) found employment in the city's Bakery No. 3, and continued to play amateur football. The team participated in exhibition games that took place in the city among various other teams, including teams composed of the ''[[Wehrmacht]]'' soldiers. The Kyiv team played under the name of "Start", comprising eight players from Dynamo Kyiv (Mykola Trusevych, Mykhailo Svyridovskiy, Mykola Korotkykh, Oleksiy Klymenko, Fedir Tyutchev, Mikhail Putistin, Ivan Kuzmenko, and Makar Honcharenko) and three players from Lokomotyv Kyiv (Vladimir Balakin, Vasyl Sukharev, and Mykhailo Melnyk).

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

"Start"'s streak was noticed and a match was announced for 6 August 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 9 August, "Start" played a "friendly" against ''Flakelf'' and again defeated them. The team defeated Rukh 8:0 on 16 August, and afterwards, some of "Start"'s players were arrested by the [[Gestapo]], tortured – Mykola Korotkykh died during the torture – and sent to the nearby [[Syrets concentration camp|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 a couple of days after "Start" defeated "Rukh".

In February 1943, following an attack by [[Soviet partisans|partisans]] or a conflict between the prisoners and administration, one-third of the prisoners at Syrets were killed in reprisal, including Ivan Kuzmenko, Oleksiy Klymenko, and goalkeeper Mykola Trusevych. Three of the other players – Makar Honcharenko, Fedir Tyutchev, and Mykhailo 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''.

=== Road to the first championship title: 1944–1963 ===
Only on 2 May 1944, after the return of the Soviet regime, a friendly match between Dynamo Kyiv and [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]] took place at the [[Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium|Dynamo Stadium]]. From the pre-war ([[World War II]]) team there remained [[Anton Idzkovsky]], [[Mykola Makhynia]], [[Petro Laiko]], [[Pavlo Vinkovatov]], [[Mykola Balakin]], [[Kostyantyn Kalach]], including those who participated in the 1942 matches [[Makar Honcharenko]] and former [[FC Lokomotyv Kyiv|Lokomotyv Kyiv]] players [[Volodymyr Balakin]], [[Vasyl Sukharev]].

In the first post-war years, all those who remained in the team were already quite old to play on the first team. Although in those years Dynamo Kyiv was joined by a whole group of younger footballers from Transcarpathian clubs ([[Vasyl Hodnychak]], [[Ernest Yust]], [[Zoltan Dyerfi]], [[Zoltan Senhetovskyi]], [[Mykhailo Koman]], [[Dezyderiy Tovt]] and others), the team still could not really compete with other clubs, who endured the war better. In 1945, Dynamo took the penultimate place in the championship, and in 1946, the very last, and, according to the regulations, it was supposed to be relegated, but an exception was made for the team, remembering the wartime losses. In addition, these events were accompanied by coaching fever: from 1946 to 1951, the club changed ten coaches.

The 1948 season was the last that Dynamo took part in republican competitions, particularly the [[1948 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR|1948 Football Cup of the Ukrainian SSR]]. To the Ukrainian football competitions, Dynamo returned only after [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]] in 1992.

The first post-war success was the victory in the doubles (reserves) tournament in the 1949 season. Since 1946, the Soviet first-tier league has been conducting a championship among younger players, which ran parallel to the championship among the first squads.

The turning point came during the 1951 season, before which [[Oleg Oshenkov]] took charge of the club. The new coach introduced to the main team younger players who had proven themselves well in doubles (reserves) competitions. He also drastically shortened the winter vacation of his players, offering them a serious physical training program that included sports games, various exercises, and even boxing. Already in the next championship, which took place in a round robin in Moscow, it brought the first results. Dynamo Kyiv turned from a mid-table team into one of the favorites, winning the silver medals, just behind [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]].

Oshenkov's players achieved their first big victory during the [[1954 Soviet Cup]]. On the way to the finals, the Kyiv team defeated [[FK Žalgiris|Spartak Vilnius]] (4:2), [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]] (3:1), [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CDKA]] (3:1, in extra time), [[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit Leningrad]] (1:0, in extra time). In the cup's final at Moscow's "[[Central Dynamo Stadium|Dynamo Stadium]]", Kyiv's team faced off with a poorly known (at that time) [[FC Ararat Yerevan|Spartak Yerevan]]. The match took place in heavy rain and fog, but all the same, the Kyivans were able to defeat their opponents and win the Soviet Cup for the first time in their history.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/2010-04-30/8_1/ |title=ЛЕТОПИСЬ Акселя ВАРТАНЯНА. 1954 год. Часть пятая |accessdate=2 October 2010 |archive-date=1 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100701024446/http://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/2010-04-30/8_1/ }}</ref> In the final match took part following players [[Oleh Makarov (footballer)|Oleg Makarov]] (goalkeeper), Arkadiy Larionov, [[Vitaliy Holubyev|Vitaliy Golubyev]], [[Tiberiy Popovich]], Oleksandr Koltsov, [[Mykhaylo Mykhalyna]], Volodymyr Bohdanovych, [[Viktor Terentiev]] (substitute with [[Pavlo Vinkovatov]]), [[Andrei Zazroyev]] (captain), [[Mykhaylo Koman]], [[Viktor Fomin]] and [[Oleg Oshenkov]] as a head coach. Goals in the final were scored by Terentiev and Koman.

On 29 July 1959, an international friendly match between the football teams "Dynamo" (Kyiv, Ukraine) and "[[FCM Bacău|Dynamo]]"{{efn|The Bacău team was created in 1950.}} (Bacău, Romania) took place in Kyiv, which ended with a score of 3:0.<ref>NANU Institute of History: [http://www.history.org.ua/?hrono This day in the history] (in Ukrainian). {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629080207/http://www.history.org.ua/?hrono |date=29 June 2016 }}</ref>

At the end of the 1950s, the Dynamo revamped its squad. The club left [[Yevhen Lemeshko]], Leonid Ostroushko, [[Ernest Yust]], Mykola Romanov, Yuriy Shevchenko, [[Vitaliy Sobolev]]. The club's ranks were refilled with Serhiy Bohachyk, [[Ishtvan Sekech]], [[Valeriy Lobanovskyi]], Yevhen Snitko, Andriy Havashi, [[Vasyl Turyanchyk]], [[Yozhef Sabo]], while a well-known former CDKA player (the "Team of Lieutenants"), [[Vyacheslav Solovyov (footballer)|Vyacheslav Solovyov]] became the head coach. The 1960 season brought the Kyivans the "silver".

In the [[1961 Soviet Top League|1961 season]], Dynamo won the [[Soviet Top League|Soviet Union championship]] for the first time. The team from the capital of the Ukrainian SSR finished ahead of [[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]] (title holders) by 4 points. Dynamo Kyiv played 30 matches in the national championship (16 participants). Only three of those matches Dynamo lost, and nine ended in a draw. The fact that they scored as many as 54 goals in 30 games testifies to the strength of the Dynamo's offensive line, where played such players like [[Oleh Bazylevych]], [[Viktor Kanevskyi]], [[Valeriy Lobanovskyi]], [[Viktor Serebryanikov]]. And about the strength of the defensive line - the fact that the experienced goalkeeper [[Oleh Makarov (footballer)|Oleg Makarov]] never had to take the ball out of the net in 12 matches. It was the first time in the history of the [[Soviet Top League|Soviet Union championships]], when the national title of the country's champion was gained by a non-Moscow club.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.junik.lv/~dynkiev/history/1961.htm |title=Новые чемпионы |publisher=[[Sovetsky Sport]] newspaper of 19 October 1961 |accessdate=2 October 2010 |archive-date=12 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212031539/http://www.junik.lv/~dynkiev/history/1961.htm }}</ref>

The first Dynamo gold medals received:<ref>[https://fcdynamo.com/news/segodnya_40_letniy_yubiley_pervogo_chempionstva_dinamo_v_sssr Сегодня 40-летний юбилей первого чемпионства «Динамо» в СССР]. fcdynamo.com. 17 October 2001</ref><br />
{{small|(''first number indicates games played, second - goals scored (or allowed)'')}}
* Goalkeepers: [[Oleh Makarov (footballer)|Oleg Makarov]] (29, 26), [[Leonid Klyuev]] (4, 2).
* Defenders: [[Mykola Koltsov|Nikolay Koltsov]] (28), [[Anatoliy Suchkov]] (25), [[Volodymyr Shcheholkov]] (22), [[Vitaliy Shcherbakov]] (12), [[Vasyl Turyanchyk]] (9, 1), [[Vladimir Yerokhin]] (2).
* Midfielders: [[Yozhef Sabo]] (27, 3), [[Yuriy Voynov]] (21, 3), [[Volodymyr Anufriyenko]] (15), [[Vladimir Sorokin]] (3), [[Valeriy Verigin]] (3), [[Viktor Pestrykov]] (1).  
* Forwards: [[Viktor Serebryanikov]] (29, 4), [[Valeriy Lobanovskyi]] (28, 10), [[Viktor Kanevskyi]] (26, 18), [[Oleh Bazylevych]] (26, 10), [[Andriy Biba]] (17, 5), [[Valentyn Troyanovskyi]] (15, 2), [[Mykola Kashtanov]] (11, 1), [[Ihor Zaytsev (footballer)|Igor Zaytsev]] (8, 1).
* Senior coach: [[Vyacheslav Solovyov (footballer)|Vyacheslav Solovyov]]. Team's nachalnik: [[Viktor Terentiev]]. Coach: [[Mykhaylo Koman]].

After the triumphant season of 1961, in the following two seasons, Dynamo's position significantly worsened. In 1962, the team took 5th place, and the following year, 7th.

===The first "three-peat" and first European appearances===
In January 1964, [[Viktor Maslov (footballer, born 1910)|Viktor Maslov]] took over as head coach of Dynamo Kyiv. On September 27, 1964, Dynamo won the [[1964 Soviet Cup]] by defeating [[FC Krylia Sovetov Samara|Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev]] (Samara) in the final with a score of 1:0.

Maslov and his subordinates were entrusted with becoming the first Soviet club to participate in a European club tournament. This was the [[1965–66 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]].

The political motives of the USSR leadership explain everything. The communist ideology did not accept the possibility of Soviet athletes losing to capitalist rivals and played it safe for a long time. For example, the [[1964 Soviet Top League|1964 Soviet champion]], [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]], was not trusted to participate in the [[1965–66 European Cup]]. This continued until 1965, when Dynamo Kyiv was declared to participate in the Cup Winners' Cup. “We are entering a competition whose conditions, behind-the-scenes struggles, and specific tactical techniques are known to us only by hearsay,” said Kyiv coach Viktor Maslov before the start.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dynamomania.com/news/119205-45-let-nazad-kievskoe-dinamo-prorubilo-okno-v-evropu |title=45 ЛЕТ НАЗАД КИЕВСКОЕ «ДИНАМО» ПРОРУБИЛО ОКНО В ЕВРОПУ |accessdate=17 October 2010 |archive-date=23 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101023131332/http://www.dynamomania.com/news/119205-45-let-nazad-kievskoe-dinamo-prorubilo-okno-v-evropu }}</ref>

{{Cquote|I don’t know why this decision was made, but our team had the feeling that we were being used as “[[Guinea pig (disambiguation)|guinea pigs]].” (as in [[animal testing]]) It was very convenient for the Moscow clubs with titles to watch the tournament without risking their reputation. We had to play “blindly”: none of the opponents were known to us. There were no tapes of matches of future opponents anywhere near us. And for a representative of the coaching staff to go and watch the opponent’s game live was something out of the realm of fantasy (see [[Iron Curtain]]). Everything was new and unknown. In one word, pioneers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dynamo.kiev.ua/articles/39863.html |title=Андрей БИБА: «Нас использовали, как подопытных кроликов» |accessdate=27 May 2025 |archive-date=11 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511033842/https://dynamo.kiev.ua/articles/39863-andrej-biba-nas-ispolzovali-kak-podopyitnyih-krolikov }}</ref>|author=Dynamo midfielder [[Andriy Biba]], the author of the first Soviet goal in European club tournaments}}

However, the start of the tournament was successful as Dynamo defeated [[Coleraine F.C.|Coleraine]] from Northern Ireland with a score of 6:1 and 4:0. After that, Dynamo beat the Norwegian [[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]] twice more - 4:1 and 2:0. But in the quarterfinals they were eliminated by [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] (0:3 and 1:1), with whom they had to play in mid-January. Therefore, the playing form of the Kyiv team was far from optimal, and in addition, they played their home game not in Kyiv but in [[Tbilisi]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://football11.step.lv/index.php?a=tour&event=137&cmd=viewmatch&matchID=47 |title=Кубок Обладателей Кубков — 1965/1966 1/4 финала. 26.01.1966 |accessdate=17 October 2010 |archive-date=18 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518094235/http://football11.step.lv/index.php?a=tour&event=137&cmd=viewmatch&matchID=47 }}</ref>

The following year, 1966, was one of the best in the history of Dynamo Kyiv. The team won the [[1966 Soviet Top League|1966 Soviet Class A Group 1]] (top tier), ahead of Rostov SKA by 9 points, won the [[1965–66 Soviet Cup]] (beating Torpedo 2:0 in the final), five Dynamo players ([[Yozhef Sabo|Sabo]], [[Viktor Serebryanikov|Serebryanikov]], [[Leonid Ostrovski|Ostrovski]], [[Valeriy Porkujan|Porkujan]], and [[Viktor Bannikov|Bannikov]]) won bronze medals at the [[1966 FIFA World Cup]] in England, and [[Andriy Biba]] was recognized as the best football player of the year in the Soviet Union.

In [[1967 Soviet Top League|1967]] and [[1968 Soviet Top League|1968]], Dynamo again won the Soviet Class A Group 1, thereby repeating the record of Moscow's [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CDKA]], three championship titles in a row. In the same 1967, the Kyiv team made its debut in the [[1967–68 European Cup]]. Maslov's team sensationally eliminated the current holder of the trophy, Scottish [[Celtic F.C.]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://dynamo.kiev.ua/blog/27093-myi-pomnim-kubok-chempionov-dinamo-seltik-11-1967god |title=Мы помним!!!! Кубок Чемпионов "Динамо"-Селтик 1:1 1967год |accessdate=27 May 2025 |archive-date=22 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922014347/https://dynamo.kiev.ua/blog/27093-myi-pomnim-kubok-chempionov-dinamo-seltik-11-1967god }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/62271--dynamo-kyiv-vs-celtic/ |title=Dynamo Kyiv – Celtic |accessdate=27 May 2025 |archive-date=1 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240501165146/https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/62271--dynamo-kyiv-vs-celtic/ }}</ref> in the first stage, but lost to Polish champion [[Górnik Zabrze]] in the round of 16.

In [[1969 Soviet Top League|1969]], Dynamo Kyiv finished second in the league, behind Spartak Moscow. In the [[1969–70 European Cup]], the Kyiv team defeated [[FK Austria Wien]] 2-1 and 3-1, but lost to Italian [[ACF Fiorentina|AC Fiorentina]] 1-2 and 0-0.

The [[1970 Soviet Top League|following season]], Dynamo finished only 7th in the championship. [[Vasyl Turyanchyk|Turyanchyk]], [[Yozhef Sabo|Sabo]], [[Viktor Bannikov|Bannikov]], and [[Valeriy Porkujan|Porkujan]] left the team, and after the season ended, coach [[Viktor Maslov (footballer, born 1910)|Viktor Maslov]] also left Dynamo.

In 1971, the team was coached by [[Honored coach of the USSR]] [[Aleksandr Sevidov]], and 22-year-old [[Viktor Kolotov]] joined the club from Rubin. He later became one of the best midfielders in the history of Soviet football, being the captain of Dynamo for seven years, and in 1975–1976, the [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union national team]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/2004-05-25/10_3/ |title=КОРОЛИ ПРОШЛОГО Виктор КОЛОТОВ |accessdate=17 October 2010 |archive-date=13 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213112508/http://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/2004-05-25/10_3/ }}</ref> Dynamo immediately won the [[1971 Soviet Top League|Soviet championship]], and the team's goalkeeper, [[Yevhen Rudakov]], was recognized as the best goalkeeper and football player of the Soviet Union.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/players/rudakov.html |title=Евгений РУДАКОВ |accessdate=17 October 2010 |archive-date=14 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014191045/http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/players/rudakov.html }}</ref>

In [[1972 Soviet Top League|1972]] and [[1973 Soviet Top League|1973]], the team took second place, and [[Oleh Blokhin]] became the Dynamo's top scorer in both seasons with 14 and 18 goals, respectively.

===The Lobanovskyi team===
In October 1973, before a match against [[FC Karpaty Lviv|Karpaty]] in Lviv (20 October 1973), the Kyiv team's players were introduced to a new head coach, 34-year-old [[Valeriy Lobanovskyi]]. In January 1974, Lobanovskyi was joined by his former Dynamo partner [[Oleh Bazylevych]], who had coached [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]] after his retirement. This tandem worked until the end of 1976. Both coaches had equal rights, although Bazylevych was primarily a prominent theorist, while Lobanovskyi organized the training process.<ref>[http://www.fcdynamo.kiev.ua/ru/dynamo/news/24059.html ''Розмова з Володимиром Мунтяном'']. www.fcdynamo.kiev.ua. 6 October 2005 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003113934/http://www.fcdynamo.kiev.ua/ru/dynamo/news/24059.html |date=3 October 2011 }}</ref> In 1974, [[Anatoliy Puzach]] also joined the staff. Oleh Bazylevych initiated an invitation to join the club of physical training scientists. The physical training program for the players was developed by scientist Anatoliy Zelentsov. After the 1974 season, the press characterized the Dynamo's style under the new coaches not very positively and criticized them for rationalism, unwillingness to play attacking football away from home (the so-called "away model" - playing from defense to obtain a draw), and for performing at mediocre speeds. But good results were achieved in 1974, the Kyiv team won the [[1974 Soviet Top League]] and the [[1974 Soviet Cup]].

A team was formed that could compete with the strongest teams in Europe. [[Yevhen Rudakov]] was in goal, [[Viktor Matvienko]], [[Stefan Reshko]], [[Mykhailo Fomenko]], and [[Volodymyr Troshkin]] played in defense. In the midfield played, in particular, [[Volodymyr Muntyan]], the young [[Leonid Buryak]], who was progressing rapidly, the team captain [[Viktor Kolotov]], and [[Volodymyr Veremeyev]]. Together with [[Oleh Blokhin]], at the point of attack played [[Volodymyr Onyshchenko]]. The traditional Soviet "list of the 33 best football players" in 1974 included 8 Dynamo players, 7 of them at the number 1 position.

The "Lobanovskyi era" began with Dynamo's double in 1974 and [[Oleh Blokhin]] being recognized as the best football player in the country. In 1975, Dynamo won the championship again, 5 points ahead of [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar]].

In 1975, Dynamo Kyiv won for football in the Soviet Union its first ever European trophies, the [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]] and the [[UEFA Super Cup]].

In the first three rounds of the [[1974–75 European Cup Winners' Cup]], the Kyiv team defeated [[PFC CSKA Sofia|CSKA Sofia]], [[Eintracht Frankfurt]], where the famous [[Jurgen Grabowski]] played, and the Turkish [[Bursaspor]]. Dynamo's semifinal opponent was the Dutch champion [[PSV Eindhoven|PSV]]. The game in Kyiv ended in a 3:0 rout defeat of the guests, and Dynamo lost the second game by a narrow margin of 1:2.

In the final, which took place on May 14, 1975, in [[Basel]], Lobanovskyi's team defeated the Hungarian [[Ferencvárosi TC|Ferencvaros]] 3:0. [[Volodymyr Onyshchenko]] scored a [[Brace (sports)|brace]] (twice), and [[Oleh Blokhin]] scored one more goal.

[[File:Pitch-i2-p159-0-0-0-0-1496742356.jpg|thumb|1975 Dynamo Kyiv at the European competitions|right]]
The Dynamo's list of players that became holders of the 1975 European Cup Winners' Cup:<br />
{{small|(''first number indicates games played, second - goals scored (or allowed)'')}}
* Goalkeepers: [[Yevhen Rudakov]] (9, 5).
* Defenders: [[Mykhailo Fomenko]] (9), [[Viktor Matviyenko]] (9), [[Stefan Reshko]] (9), [[Volodymyr Troshkin]] (7), [[Viktor Maslov (footballer, born 1949)|Viktor Maslov]] (2), [[Valeriy Zuyev]] (2), [[Serhiy Kuznetsov (footballer, born 1950)|Serhiy Kuznetsov]] (1).
* Midfielders: [[Viktor Kolotov]] (9, 1), [[Volodymyr Muntyan]] (8, 2), [[Volodymyr Veremeyev]] (7), [[Leonid Buryak]] (6, 1), [[Anatoliy Konkov]] (5, 1).  
* Forwards: [[Oleh Blokhin]] (9, 5), [[Volodymyr Onyshchenko]] (9, 7), [[Anatoliy Shepel]] (2).
* Senior coach: [[Valeriy Lobanovskyi]]. 

According to the results of the tournament, Dynamo won 8 out of 9 matches, which is 88.88% of all matches, making it the [[UEFA club competition records and statistics#Top 15 club sides|best winning team]] at that time. That record was surpassed only in 2020 by [[FC Bayern Munich]] and later by some other teams.

In the autumn of the same 1975, a [[1975 European Super Cup|two-match confrontation]] with the [[1974–75 European Cup|European Cup]] winner, the German "[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern]]", brought the Soviet footballers two "clean sheet" victories 1:0 in [[Munich]] and 2:0 in [[Kyiv]] and the title of the strongest team in Europe. Dynamo managed to beat the club, which was the base for the [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974 World Cup]] champion, the [[West Germany national football team|West Germany national team]] and had in its composition the stars of European football [[Sepp Maier]], [[Franz Beckenbauer]], [[Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck]] and [[Gerd Müller]].

All 3 goals in these games were scored by [[Oleh Blokhin]], who at the end of the year was recognized by "[[France Football]]" as the best footballer in Europe and awarded the [[Ballon d'Or]] ("Golden Ball"). In addition to him, there was another Dynamo player in the classification, [[Leonid Buryak]], who shared 23-26 places.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy75.html |title=European Footballer of the Year («Ballon d'Or») 1975 |accessdate=17 October 2010 |archive-date=13 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513210301/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy75.html }}</ref> At the same time, Dynamo set a record for the Soviet "list of 33 best football players": as many as 12 Kyivans were on the list, and 8 of them were ranked at No. 1. Ten the European Cup Winners' Cup holders received the highest sports title, "Honored Master of Sports". According to the 1975 results, the British [[Sports Journalists' Association]] recognized Dynamo Kyiv as the strongest football team in the world.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ukrgeroes.narod.ru/LobanovskyVV.html |title=Лобановський Валерій Васильович |accessdate=17 October 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214175928/http://ukrgeroes.narod.ru/LobanovskyVV.html |archivedate=14 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

After the triumph of 1975, a certain decline in Dynamo's game began, which lasted until 1985. The team continued to win Soviet trophies, but there was no breakthrough in the game. In addition, constant failures in European cups continued. In 1983, Valeriy Lobanovskyi, appointed head coach of the [[Soviet Union national football team]], left Dynamo and returned to the club in 1984. The new "Lobanovskyi team" confirms its international class: Dynamo won the [[1985–86 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]] for the second time, and almost the entire Dynamo team as the USSR national team played at the [[1986 FIFA World Cup]] and the [[1988 European Championship]], where it became the vice-champion of Europe. Ihor Belanov was the second Dynamo player to win the 1986 [[Ballon d'Or]] (Golden Ball).

The Dynamo's list of players that became holders of the 1986 European Cup Winners' Cup:<br />
{{small|(''first number indicates games played, second - goals scored (or allowed)'')}}
* Goalkeepers: [[Mykhaylo Mykhaylov]] (5, 5), [[Viktor Chanov]] (5, 3).
* Defenders: [[Anatoliy Demyanenko]] (9, 2), [[Oleh Kuznetsov]] (9), [[Serhiy Baltacha]] (8), [[Volodymyr Bezsonov]] (7).
* Midfielders: [[Vadym Yevtushenko]] (9, 3), [[Vasyl Rats]] (9, 2), [[Ivan Yaremchuk]] (9, 3), [[Andriy Bal]] (8), [[Oleksandr Zavarov]] (8, 5), [[Pavlo Yakovenko]] (8, 1), [[Oleksiy Mykhailychenko]] (1).  
* Forwards: [[Oleh Blokhin]] (9, 5), [[Ihor Belanov]] (9, 5), [[Vasyl Yevseyev]] (1).
* Senior coach: [[Valeriy Lobanovskyi]].

===Last Soviet years===
{{see also|Dynamo (Ukraine)}}
In 1989, the club transitioned into an independent company, being disassociated from the Ukrainian republican society of Dynamo.<ref>Yuriy Korzachenko. [http://footclub.com.ua/news/Ukraina/Inshi/1401623826/Retro-Kak-na-kievskoe-Dinamo-velosiped-naehal Ретро. Как на киевское «Динамо» велосипед наехал]. footclub.com.ua. 23 February 2013</ref> The club transitioned from the Soviet "team of masters" to a regular professional football club of "western" style as it was interpreted then. It was also part of the [[Mikhail Gorbachev]]'s [[Perestroika]] reforms, known as [[Khozrasschyot]], when state enterprises had a difficult time keeping their associated organizations afloat and encouraged them to transform into self-sustained businesses.<ref>[https://www.kp.ru/daily/27439/4641033/ Вспоминая эпоху Горбачева: Время, когда деньги лежали под ногами]. www.kp.ru. 31 August 2022</ref><ref>[https://www.booksite.ru/fulltext/oie/mys/ly/23.htm Глава 30. ВЗГЛЯДЫ НА ОТДЕЛЬНЫЕ СТОРОНЫ ИЗМЕНЕНИЯ СОЦИАЛЬНО-ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКОЙ СИСТЕМЫ]. Шестой том. "Всемирная история экономической мысли". www.booksite.ru.</ref>

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.

===Ukrainian Independence===
[[File:Valeri Lobanovsky.jpg|200px|thumb|[[Valeriy Lobanovskyi]], the most successful coach in club history]]
After the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]], the club became a member of the newly formed [[Ukrainian Premier League]]. By the summer of 1993, however, the club was in crisis as the economic policy of Dynamo president [[Viktor Bezverkhy (football enthusiast)|Viktor Bezverkhy]] set Dynamo on the path to bankruptcy. On 19 July 1993, an extraordinary assembly of coaches and players fired Bezverkhy and established a stock society called "Football Club "Dynamo (Kyiv)". [[Hryhoriy Surkis]] was elected president of the new company. The republican and city councils of the Dynamo society agreed to hand over two training centers and Dynamo Stadium to Dynamo Kyiv. The founders besides the football team and the Dynamo councils became also the commercial consulting centre Slavutych and the British firm Newport Management. A review board was created, consisting of directors of the Ministry of Interior of Ukraine, and the Security Service, Border Troops, and General Prosecutor of Ukraine.

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 [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]], a club from the [[Donbas]] region, that came second to Dynamo several times before winning its first Premier League in [[2001–02 Ukrainian Premier League|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 Premier League in 2008. In 2009. in the club's most successful European campaign since 1999, it reached the semi-finals of the [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]] (eliminating such teams as [[Valencia CF|Valencia]] and [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]]) but was defeated at that stage by Shakhtar Donetsk. However, 2009 also brought success, as the club celebrated its 13th Premier League title.

In a season which contained their record win, a 9–0 victory over [[FC Illichivets Mariupol|Illichivets Mariupol]], the club only managed to finish runners-up in the league in 2010–11, after 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 the 2011–12 season Dynamo also managed to reach the group stage of the Europa League after being eliminated in the Champions League third qualifying round by [[FC Rubin Kazan|Rubin Kazan]] by 0–2 in Kyiv and 2–1 in [[Kazan]]. In the Europa League playoffs, the club managed to defeat [[PFC Litex Lovech|Litex Lovech]] with a 3–1 aggregate score. In the group stage, Dynamo finished third after a disappointing campaign in a group containing [[Beşiktaş J.K.|Beşiktaş]], [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]] and [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]].

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. In the 2012–13 season, the club managed to qualify for the Champions League group stage after eliminating [[Feyenoord]] 3–1 and [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]] 4–3 on aggregate and qualified for the Champions League group stage. Dynamo was placed in a group with Paris Saint-Germain, [[FC Porto|Porto]] and [[GNK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]] and finished in third place with only five points and was eliminated in the Europa League round of 32 by [[FC Girondins de Bordeaux|Bordeaux]] 2–1 on aggregate. In the Premier League, Dynamo finished third, whereas in the Cup, it was eliminated in the round of 32. Overall, the 2012–13 season was a disappointment for Dynamo. The 2013–14 season was an equally disappointing season as Dynamo finished in fourth place in the league, the worst since the establishment of the Premier League and only managed to reach the round of 32 in the Europa League where it was eliminated by Valencia 2–0 on aggregate. [[Oleh Blokhin]] was sacked and was replaced by former player [[Serhii Rebrov]]. As a result, Dynamo managed to win the [[2013–14 Ukrainian Cup]] for the first time in five years.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/european/9984326/Dynamo-Kiev-ordered-to-play-next-two-European-ties-behind-closed-doors-due-to-racism-incidents-from-fans.html Dynamo Kyiv ordered to play next two European ties behind closed doors due to racism incidents from fans], [[The Daily Telegraph]] (10 April 2013) On 21 January 2014, in midst of the Ukrainian Revolution, the VK fan site called out to all fans to go into the streets and protect the city from the "titushki", or hired pro-government thugs.</ref>

===Dynamo's revival===
[[File:Serhiy Rebrov - Сергей Ребров (21729477184).jpg|thumb|200px|[[Serhii Rebrov]], former player and manager of the team from 2014 to 2017]]

In the beginning of the 2014–15 season, Dynamo signed many promising players such as [[Aleksandar Dragović]], [[Jeremain Lens]] (departed after end of the season), [[Łukasz Teodorczyk]] and [[Vitorino Antunes]]. Under Rebrov, Dynamo won the [[2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League]] – undefeated – and the [[2014–15 Ukrainian Cup]] to earn a domestic double for the first time in eight years. In the [[2014–15 UEFA Europa League|2014–15 Europa League]], Dynamo comfortably qualified from a group containing [[AaB Fodbold|Aalborg BK]], [[FC Steaua București|Steaua București]] and [[Rio Ave F.C.|Rio Ave]], finishing in first place with 15 points. In the round of 32, the club eliminated [[En Avant de Guingamp|Guingamp]] 4–3 on aggregate, and in the round of 16, eliminated [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] 6–4 on aggregate after a spectacular 5–2 performance in Kyiv. Rebrov prioritized the passing game but focused on solid defensive foundations. However, in the quarter-finals of the Europa League, Dynamo was eliminated by [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]] 3–1 on aggregate.

In the beginning of the 2015–16 season, Dynamo signed the highly talented [[Derlis González]] and was drawn in Group G of the [[2015–16 UEFA Champions League|2015–16 Champions League]] alongside [[Chelsea F.C.]], [[FC Porto]] and [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.]] Dynamo finished in second place with 11 points after a spectacular performance and a memorable 0–2 in [[Porto]]. However, Dynamo was punished by [[UEFA]] for a racist incident in the home game against Chelsea where four black men were attacked in the stands by Dynamo fans.

Despite this, Dynamo reached the round of 16 in the Champions League for the first time since 2000, where it was drawn with [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]. Dynamo was eliminated 1–3 on aggregate but managed to hold an impressive 0–0 draw in [[Manchester]]. Dynamo's domestic performance was equally memorable as the club celebrated the [[2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League]] only losing to archrival Shakhtar Donetsk 0–3 twice and was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the [[2015–16 Ukrainian Cup]]. At the end of the season, several star performers (such as [[Miguel Veloso]], [[Aleksandar Dragović]], [[Younès Belhanda]] and [[Łukasz Teodorczyk]]) departed the club and were not replaced.

===Stagnation period===
[[File:Mircea Lucescu 2009.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Mircea Lucescu]], manager of the team from 2020 to 2023]]
The 2016–17 season was a relative disappointment for Dynamo, as the club finished in second place in the [[2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League]], behind Shakhtar Donetsk, with a difference of 13 points after a string of disappointing results. In the [[2016–17 UEFA Champions League|2016–17 Champions League]], the club was drawn in Group B alongside [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]], [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]] and [[Beşiktaş J.K.]] Dynamo finished in fourth place after a dismal campaign, but managed to record a memorable 6–0 win over Beşiktaş in Kyiv. In the winter transfer window, Dynamo signed promising defenders [[Aleksandar Pantić (footballer born 1992)|Aleksandar Pantić]] and [[Tamás Kádár]] and focused on youth academy talents such as [[Viktor Tsyhankov]], [[Artem Besyedin]] and [[Volodymyr Shepelyev]], managing to improve its performances. Dynamo lost the [[2016–17 Ukrainian Cup]] to Shakhtar Donetsk 0–1 in the final.

For the 2017–18 season, after Serhii Rebrov departed, the club appointed former player [[Alyaksandr Khatskevich]] as Rebrov's replacement. In Khatskevich's first two seasons at the helm, Dynamo failed to qualify for the UEFA Champions League group stage, having to settle for the UEFA Europa League group stage instead. Both times they were eventually eliminated in the Round of 16, first by [[S.S. Lazio]] (2–4 on aggregate) in [[2017–18 UEFA Europa League|2017–18]], and then by [[Chelsea F.C.]] (0–8 on aggregate) in [[2018–19 UEFA Europa League|2018–19]]. Domestically, Dynamo remained firmly in second place behind Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ukrainian Premier League. Despite the apparent lack of progress in the results, Khatskevich was rewarded with a two-year contract extension.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://football.ua/ukraine/393089-khackevich-prodlil-kontrakt-s-dinamo.html|title=Хацкевич продлил контракт с Динамо|trans-title=Khatskevich extended contract with Dynamo|language=ru|website=football.ua|date=6 June 2019|access-date=16 March 2020}}</ref>

However, only six matches into his new extension, Khatskevich was fired on 14 August 2019,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://football.ua/ukraine/398959-dinamo-uvolilo-khackevicha.html|title=Динамо уволило Хацкевича|trans-title=Dynamo fired Khatskevich|language=ru|website=football.ua|date=14 August 2019|access-date=16 March 2020}}</ref> after once again failing to advance to the UEFA Champions League group stage. Dynamo's Sports Director, [[Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko]], was appointed as manager. Despite the change, the results on the field hardly improved, as Dynamo was eliminated from continental competitions by placing 3rd in Group B of the [[2019–20 UEFA Europa League]] group stage.

On 23 July 2020, Mircea Lucescu became the head coach of Dynamo. Lucescu signed a two-year contract.<ref>{{Cite news|agency=Associated Press|title=Former Shakhtar coach Mircea Lucescu hired by Dynamo Kyiv|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/soccer/former-shakhtar-coach-mircea-lucescu-hired-by-dynamo-kyiv/2020/07/23/7baf18d2-ccef-11ea-99b0-8426e26d203b_story.html|access-date=2020-07-24|newspaper=The Washington Post|language=en}}</ref>

==Crests and colours==

{{see also|Dynamo Sports Club|Dynamo (Ukraine)}}

===Crest===
Being a member of the All-Union Sports Society [[Dynamo Sports Club|Dynamo]], the Dynamo football team of Kyiv adopted the same emblem of the Dynamo's sports society as its first logo, which featured on their shirts since 1927 and was a [[cursive]] blue Cyrillic letter "Д" (D)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110624024958/http://www.fcdynamo.kiev.ua/ru/history/fact/4660.html History of the letter "Д" (История буквы "Д")]. FC Dynamo Kyiv.</ref> in a vertical [[rhombus]]. Similar emblem existed in other Soviet football teams throughout the Soviet Union such as [[FC Dynamo Moscow]], [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi]], [[FC Dinamo Minsk]], and others. The idea of symbol is attributed to a native of Ukraine Leonid Nedolya-Honcharenko who at that time served as a chief of political department of the OGPU troops in Moscow District.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kolomiets |first=A. |title="Динамо" – 90! Загадка прописної "Д" |trans-title="Dynamo" – 90! Mystery of the cursive «Д» |url=https://fcdynamo.com/news/zagadka_propisnoi_d |access-date=2023-06-18 |website=FC Dynamo Kyiv |language=uk}}</ref>

The symbol the club obtained on [[franchising|franchise]] rights from the Ukrainian Fitness and Sports Society "Dynamo" (see [[Dynamo (Ukraine)|Dynamo–Ukraine]]). Over the years, the club's logo has undergone many changes and replacements, but the cursive "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 15 Ukrainian league titles, their 13 titles as USSR Champions were taken into account.

[[File:Supporters FC Dynamo Kyiv.JPG|thumb|400px|Dynamo's emblems displayed at the stadium]]
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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 [[Amulet|talisman]]. It was added to the away kit and remained there until the beginning of the [[2008–09 Ukrainian Premier League|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, [[New Balance]] and ABank24, feature on the team shirt. New Balance is also the manufacturer of the kit. Among former sponsors there were [[Ostchem Holding]], [[Nadra Bank]], [[PrivatBank]], [[Prominvestbank]], [[Ukrtelecom]], and others.
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===Colours===
===Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors===
[[File:Dynamo-Kyiv logo (1989-1996).png|thumb|100px|The original logo of the professional club (1989–1996)]][[File:FC Dynamo Kyiv logo (1972—1989).png|thumb|100px|Logo (1972–1989) as part of republican [[Dynamo (Ukraine)]] society]][[File:Емблема ФК Динамо Київ (2007).gif|thumb|100px|Logo of 1996–2010 to the 80th anniversary]]
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!Kit manufacturer
!Shirt sponsor
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|1975–1987
|rowspan=4|[[Adidas]]
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|-
|1987
||[[Commodore International|Commodore]]
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|1987–1988
||OCRIM
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|1988–1989
|| —
|-
|1989
||[[Duarig]]
||FISAC [[Como]]
|-
|1989–1990
|rowspan=2|[[Admiral Sportswear|Admiral]]
||{{abbr|FISAC|Federazione Italiana Sindacale Lavoratori Assicurazione e Credito}}
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|1990–1991
||[[Lufthansa]]
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|1992–1994
|rowspan=3|[[Umbro]]
||[[Lufthansa]]
|-
|1994–1995
|| —
|-
|1996
||[[Prominvestbank]]
|-
|1996–2004
|rowspan=6|[[Adidas]]
||[[Prominvestbank]]
|-
|2004–2006
||[[EnergoHolding]]<br />{{small|([[Gazprom]])}}
|-
|2006–2007
||[[Ukrtelekom]]
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|2007–2013
||[[PrivatBank]]
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|2013–2015
||[[Nadra Bank]]
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|2015–2018
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|2018–2021
|rowspan=3|[[New Balance]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Balance and FC Dynamo Kyiv: start of shared path - FC Dynamo Kyiv official website |url=https://fcdynamo.com/en/news/new_balance_i_fk_dinamo_kiev_nachalo_sovmestnogo_puti |access-date=2023-06-18 |website=fcdynamo.com |language=en}}</ref>
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|2021–2025
||[[A-Bank]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=А-Банк виступив генеральним партнером футбольного клубу "Динамо" Київ - ФK "Динамо" Київ. Офіційний сайт |url=https://fcdynamo.com/news/abank-vistupiv-generalnim-partnerom-futbolnogo-klubu-dinamokiiv |access-date=2023-06-18 |website=fcdynamo.com |language=uk}}</ref>
|-
|2025–
|[[GGBET]]
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==Honours==
[[File:Dynamo logo.svg|thumb|130px|Each gold star on the Dynamo's emblem represents ten championships.]]

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 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 [[UEFA Super Cup|European Super Cup]] in 1975, after two games against [[FC Bayern Munich|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 Europa League|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.

Dynamo Kyiv is also was one of the base clubs of the [[Soviet Union national football team]] and many players of the club represented the Soviet Union at international level. After [[fall of the Soviet Union]], Dynamo became the base club of the [[Ukraine national football team]].

Dynamo striker [[Oleh Blokhin]] is the Soviet Union natioall team all-time top scorer with 42 goals, and has also made more appearances than any other player for the team with 112. Two other Dynamo strikers – [[Oleh Protasov]] and [[Viktor Kolotov]] – are among the Soviet Union national football team top five best scorers with 29 and 22 goals respectively. Two other Dynamo players – [[Anatoliy Demyanenko]] and [[Volodymyr Bezsonov]] – are among the Soviet Union national football team top five players with most appearances 80 and 79 respectively.

Four former Dynamo's players were appointed as a head coach of the [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union national team]], among which [[Valeriy Lobanovsky]], [[Oleh Bazylevych]], [[Vladimir Salkov]] and [[Anatoliy Byshovets]]. All head coaches of the [[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine national team]] but two were at some time former players of Dynamo Kyiv.

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===Ukrainian competitions===
*'''[[Ukrainian Premier League]]'''
**'''Winners (17, record):''' [[1992–93 Ukrainian Premier League|1992–93]], [[1993–94 Ukrainian Premier League|1993–94]], [[1994–95 Ukrainian Premier League|1994–95]], [[1995–96 Ukrainian Premier League|1995–96]], [[1996–97 Ukrainian Premier League|1996–97]], [[1997–98 Ukrainian Premier League|1997–98]], [[1998–99 Ukrainian Premier League|1998–99]], [[1999–2000 Ukrainian Premier League|1999–2000]], [[2000–01 Ukrainian Premier League|2000–01]], [[2002–03 Ukrainian Premier League|2002–03]], [[2003–04 Ukrainian Premier League|2003–04]], [[2006–07 Ukrainian Premier League|2006–07]], [[2008–09 Ukrainian Premier League|2008–09]], [[2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League|2014–15]], [[2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League|2015–16]], [[2020–21 Ukrainian Premier League|2020–21]], [[2024–25 Ukrainian Premier League|2024–25]]
**Runners-up (13): [[1992 Vyshcha Liha|1992]], [[2001–02 Vyshcha Liha|2001–02]], [[2004–05 Vyshcha Liha|2004–05]], [[2005–06 Vyshcha Liha|2005–06]], [[2007–08 Vyshcha Liha|2007–08]], [[2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League|2009–10]], [[2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League|2010–11]], [[2011–12 Ukrainian Premier League|2011–12]], [[2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League|2016–17]], [[2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League|2017–18]], [[2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League|2018–19]], [[2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League|2019–20]], [[2023–24 Ukrainian Premier League|2023–24]]

*'''[[Ukrainian Cup]]'''
**'''Winners (13):''' [[1992–93 Ukrainian Cup|1992–93]], [[1995–96 Ukrainian Cup|1995–96]], [[1997–98 Ukrainian Cup|1997–98]], [[1998–99 Ukrainian Cup|1998–99]], [[1999–2000 Ukrainian Cup|1999–2000]], [[2002–03 Ukrainian Cup|2002–03]], [[2004–05 Ukrainian Cup|2004–05]], [[2005–06 Ukrainian Cup|2005–06]], [[2006–07 Ukrainian Cup|2006–07]], [[2014 Ukrainian Cup Final|2013–14]], [[2014–15 Ukrainian Cup|2014–15]], [[2019–20 Ukrainian Cup|2019–20]], [[2020–21 Ukrainian Cup|2020–21]]
**Runners-up (6): [[2001–02 Ukrainian Cup|2001–02]], [[2007–08 Ukrainian Cup|2007–08]], [[2010–11 Ukrainian Cup|2010–11]], [[2016–17 Ukrainian Cup|2016–17]], [[2017–18 Ukrainian Cup|2017–18]], [[2024–25 Ukrainian Cup|2024–25]]
*'''[[Ukrainian Super Cup]]'''
**'''Winners (9, record):''' [[2004 Ukrainian Super Cup|2004]], [[2006 Ukrainian Super Cup|2006]], [[2007 Ukrainian Super Cup|2007]], [[2009 Ukrainian Super Cup|2009]], [[2011 Ukrainian Super Cup|2011]], [[Ukrainian Super Cup|2016]], [[2018 Ukrainian Super Cup|2018]], [[2019 Ukrainian Super Cup|2019]], [[2020 Ukrainian Super Cup|2020]]
**Runners-up (6): [[2005 Ukrainian Super Cup|2005]], [[2008 Ukrainian Super Cup|2008]], [[2014 Ukrainian Super Cup|2014]], [[2015 Ukrainian Super Cup|2015]], [[2017 Ukrainian Super Cup|2017]], [[2021 Ukrainian Super Cup|2021]]

===Soviet competitions===
*'''[[Soviet Top League]]'''
**'''Winners (13, record):''' [[1961 Soviet Top League|1961]], [[1966 Soviet Top League|1966]], [[1967 Soviet Top League|1967]], [[1968 Soviet Top League|1968]], [[1971 Soviet Top League|1971]], [[1974 Soviet Top League|1974]], [[1975 Soviet Top League|1975]], [[1977 Soviet Top League|1977]], [[1980 Soviet Top League|1980]], [[1981 Soviet Top League|1981]], [[1985 Soviet Top League|1985]], [[1986 Soviet Top League|1986]], [[1990 Soviet Top League|1990]]
**Runners-up (11): [[1936 Soviet Top League|1936 (spring)]], [[1952 Soviet Top League|1952]], [[1960 Soviet Top League|1960]], [[1965 Soviet Top League|1965]], [[1969 Soviet Top League|1969]], [[1972 Soviet Top League|1972]], [[1973 Soviet Top League|1973]], [[1976 Soviet Top League|1976 (Autumn)]], [[1978 Soviet Top League|1978]], [[1982 Soviet Top League|1982]], [[1988 Soviet Top League|1988]]

*'''[[Soviet Cup]]'''
**'''Winners (9):''' [[Soviet Cup#Finals|1954]], [[Soviet Cup#Finals|1964]], [[Soviet Cup#Finals|1966]], [[Soviet Cup#Finals|1974]], [[Soviet Cup#Finals|1978]], [[Soviet Cup#Finals|1982]], [[Soviet Cup#Finals|1985]], [[Soviet Cup#Finals|1987]], [[1990 Soviet Cup Final|1990]]
**Runners-up (1): [[1973 Soviet Cup|1973]]

*'''[[Soviet Super Cup]]'''
**'''Winners (3, record):''' [[Soviet Super Cup#Finals|1981]], [[Soviet Super Cup#Finals|1986]], [[Soviet Super Cup#Finals|1987]]
**Runners-up (1): [[Soviet Super Cup#Finals|1977]]

*'''[[Cup of the Ukrainian SSR]]'''
**'''Winners (7, record):''' [[1936 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR|1936]], [[1937 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR|1937]], [[1938 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR|1938]], [[1944 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR|1944]], [[1946 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR|1946]], [[1947 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR|1947]], [[1948 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR|1948]]
**Runners-up (1): [[1945 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR|1945]]

*'''[[Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR#Championship of the Proletarian Sports Society Dynamo|Championship of the Proletarian Sports Society Dynamo]]'''
**'''Winners (3):''' 1931, 1933, 1935
**Runners-up (3): 1929, 1932, 1934 
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===European competitions===
*'''[[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]] (2):'''
:: [[1974–75 European Cup Winners' Cup|1974–75]], [[1985–86 European Cup Winners' Cup|1985–86]]
*'''[[UEFA Super Cup]] (1):'''
:: [[1975 European Super Cup|1975]]

===International competitions===
*'''[[Commonwealth of Independent States Cup]] (4):'''
**[[1996 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup|1996]], [[1997 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup|1997]], [[1998 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup|1998]], [[2002 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup|2002]]
*'''[[Amsterdam Tournament]] (1):'''
**1986
*'''[[Mohammed V Trophy]] (1):'''
**1975

===Friendly competitions===
[[File:Teresa_herrera_trophy_in_lisbon.jpg|thumb|150px|Dynamo Kyiv won the [[Teresa Herrera Trophy]] in 1981 and 1982.]]

*'''[[Channel One Cup (football)|Channel One Cup]] / [[United Tournament]] (2):'''
**2008, [[2013 United Tournament|2013]]

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===Individual player awards===
[[File:Andriy Shevchenko, Oleh Blokhin, Ihor Belanov.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Ballon d'Or winners, former players for FC Dynamo Kyiv [[Andriy Shevchenko]], [[Oleg 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]]

'''[[FIFA 100]]'''
*[[Andriy Shevchenko]]

'''European Championship winners'''

Two players have won the European Championship whilst at Dynamo Kyiv.
*[[Yuriy Voynov]] ([[1960 European Nations' Cup|France 1960]])
*[[Yury Kovalyov]] ([[1960 European Nations' Cup|France 1960]])

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'''[[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)
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'''[[Soviet Footballer of the Year]]'''
*[[Andriy Biba]] (1966)
*[[Volodymyr Muntyan]] (1969)
*[[Evhen Rudakov|Yevhen Rudakov]] (1971)
*[[Oleg Blokhin]] (1973, 1974, 1975)
*[[Anatoliy Demyanenko]] (1985)
*[[Oleksandr Zavarov]] (1986)
*[[Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko]] (1988)
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===Hall of Fame===
While there is no such institution in the club, it does honor its notables players as "Golden Names", while coaches are honored as  "Legendary Mentors".
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'''Golden Names'''<ref>[https://fcdynamo.com/history/category/zoloti-imena Золоті імена]. fcdynamo.com</ref>
*[[Oleh Blokhin]]
*[[Andriy Shevchenko]]
*[[Ihor Belanov]]
*[[Oleh Husyev]]
*{{flagicon|BLR}} [[Valyantsin Byalkevich]]
*[[Andriy Husin]]
*[[Valeriy Lobanovskyi]]
*[[Hennadiy Lytovchenko]]
*[[Vadym Yevtushenko]]
*{{flagicon|UZB}} [[Maksim Shatskikh]]
*[[Vladimir Veremeyev]]
*[[Mykhailo Fomenko]]
*[[Serhii Rebrov]]
*[[Volodymyr Troshkin]]
*[[Volodymyr Muntyan]]
*[[Viktor Kolotov]]
*[[Pavlo Vinkovatov]]
*[[Valeriy Porkuyan]]
*[[Dezyderiy Tovt]] (Dezso Toth)
*[[Anatoliy Konkov]]
*[[Viktor Chanov]]
*[[Vitaliy Holubyev]]
*[[Viktor Matviyenko]]
*[[Mykola Makhynia]]
*[[Mykhaylo Mykhalyna]]
*[[Oleh Luzhnyi]]
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*[[Volodymyr Bezsonov]]
*[[Vasyl Rats]] (László Rácz)
*[[Oleksandr Zavarov]]
*[[Vasyl Turyanchyk]]
*[[Mykhaylo Mykhaylov]]
*[[Andriy Biba]]
*[[Volodymyr Onyshchenko]]
*[[Anatoliy Puzach]]
*[[Oleksiy Mykhailychenko]]
*[[Anatoliy Demyanenko]]
*[[Vadym Sosnykhin]]
*[[Vitaliy Kosovskyi]]
*[[Viktor Zhylin]]
*[[Mykola Koltsov]]
*[[Leonid Buryak]]
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Konstantin Schegotsky]]
*[[Mykhailo Koman]]
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anatoliy Byshovets]]
*{{flagicon|GEO}} [[Andrei Zazroyev]]
*[[Viktor Khlus]]
*[[Serhiy Fedorov]]
*[[Vitaliy Khmelnytskyi]]
*[[Oleh Bazylevych]]
*[[Viktor Kanevskyi]]
*[[Fedir Medvid]] (Ferenc Medvigy)
*[[Aleksandr Khapsalis]]
*[[Serhiy Krulykovskyi]]
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*[[Abram Lerman]]
*[[Valentyn Troyanovskyi]]
*[[Serhiy Zhuravlyov]]
*[[Yevhen Rudakov]]
*[[Yuriy Voynov]]
*[[Viktor Bannikov]]
*[[Makar Honcharenko]]
*[[Yozhef Sabo]] (József Szabó)
*[[Oleh Makarov (footballer)|Oleh Makarov]]
*[[Oleksandr Holovko]]
*[[Leonid Alfonsovich Ostrovski|Leonid Ostrovski]]
*[[Viktor Fomin]]
*[[Serhiy Baltacha]]
*[[Ivan Yaremchuk]]
*[[Oleh Kuznetsov]]
*[[Viktor Serebrianikov]]
*[[Petro Slobodyan]]
*[[Pavlo Yakovenko]]
*[[Andriy Bal]]
*[[Stefan Reshko]]
*[[Yuriy Romenskyi]]
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anatoliy Suchkov]]
*[[Volodymyr Anufriyenko]]
*[[Volodymyr Levchenko]]
*[[Volodymyr Shcheholkov]]
*[[Yuriy Kalitvintsev]]
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'''Legendary Mentors'''<ref>[https://fcdynamo.com/history/category/legendarni-nastavniki Легендарні наставники]. fcdynamo.com</ref>
*[[Valeriy Lobanovskyi]]
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Aleksandr Sevidov]]
*[[Oleg Oshenkov]]
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Viktor Maslov (footballer, born 1910)|Viktor Maslov]]
*[[Vyacheslav Solovyov (footballer)|Vyacheslav Solovyov]]
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Viktor Terentiev]]
*[[Oleh Bazylevych]]
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==Grounds==
===Stadiums===
{{see also|Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium|Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex|Dynamo Training Center}}
[[File:Panoramio - V&A Dudush - Стадион Динамо (2).jpg|right|thumb|Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium]]
[[File:Kyiv NSC Olimpiyskyi 5.jpg|thumb|[[Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex]]]]

The club's home ground, [[Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium]], is situated in a 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 since 1934. When it was built the stadium's capacity was 23,000.<ref name=Stadium>[http://www.fanat.com.ua/info/stadiums/ukraine/_dinamo_im_valerija__6334.html Stadium's history] – Fan Website of Dynamo Kyiv</ref> 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 [[Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex|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 Kyiv'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 Kyiv's main venue{{clarify|date=September 2020|reason=clarification of the phrasing needed: it was always main venue in Kyiv. may be "once again became, after reconstruction"?"}}{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} as well as the stadium that hosted the final; it also become a UEFA Elite rated stadium.

The team also has a modern-equipped [[Dynamo Training Center|training base]] in the Kyiv suburb of [[Koncha-Zaspa]]. The club maintains its own football school for children and youths, also situated in Kyiv. Junior Dynamo teams are colloquially known as ''[[FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv|Dynamo-2]]'' and ''[[FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv|Dynamo-3]]''. Its reserves team -called "double" (дубль) in both Ukrainian and Russian- participates in the national Reserves tournament, where "doubles" of all 16 [[Ukrainian Premier League|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.

===Home grounds during the war===
Since 2022, Dynamo Kyiv has been forced to play its UEFA home games outside of Ukraine. For the 2022–23 season, Dynamo started in the UEFA Champions League qualifications playing three games at [[Władysław Król Municipal Stadium]], [[Łódź]] (Poland). Later that season, in the UEFA Europa League, it played another three games at [[Józef Piłsudski Cracovia Stadium]], [[Kraków]]. For the 2023–24 season, Dynamo played two games at [[Rapid-Giulești Stadium]], [[Bucharest]] (Romania). For the 2024–25 season, Dynamo played three games at [[Arena Lublin]], [[Lublin]] (Poland). Later that season, in the UEFA Europa League, it played another four games at [[Volksparkstadion]], [[Hamburg]] (Germany). For the 2025–26 season, Dynamo returned to [[Arena Lublin]], [[Lublin]] (Poland).

===Reserve, youth and junior teams===
[[File:Kyiv Nyvky Stadium 2.jpg|thumb|Entrance sign of the football academy at Nyvky]]
{{see also|FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv|FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv|YFS Dynamo Kyiv of Valeriy Lobanovsky}}
Dynamo Kyiv has several reserve teams. Dynamo reserve teams competed in national competitions since 1946. The club was fielding its reserve team in the [[Soviet Top League]] competitions for reserve teams (so called doubles) that existed in 1946–1991. Dynamo doubles team holds a record for number of champion titles of the Soviet Top League for doubles winning it 15 times with a closest pursuing Spartak doubles team trailing with 9 titles. In 2004 the club revived its reserve team which later became youth (U-21) team competing at [[Ukrainian Premier League]] competitions for U-21 and U-19 teams. Dynamo football school (academy) fields few teams in [[Ukrainian Youth Football League]] as well as Kyiv city football league. Among possibly most exotic football academy graduates is a former Moroccan international [[Tarik El Jarmouni]].

Besides its normal junior squads, FC Dynamo Kyiv also has fielded its second team Dynamo-2 which competed among regular "teams of masters" (Soviet analog of professional teams) as well as republican competitions (amateur level) during the Soviet period. The first time the team participated in football competitions at professional level was in 1964 when it took part in the [[Soviet Second League]] (in so called the Ukrainian Soviet football competitions). With [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]] in 1991, [[FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv|Dynamo-2]] was revived based on the Dynamo's reserve team that participated in the Soviet Top League for doubles. The team continued to play in [[Ukrainian First League]] for over 20 years. Along with the second team, Dynamo created also its third team Dynamo-3 which at first played at amateur level and later advanced to [[Ukrainian Second League]]. Since 2016, Dynamo has discontinued its numbered team.

====Reserve team (under-21) honours====
* '''[[Soviet Top League#Soviet football championship among reserves|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 and Under 19|Ukrainian Premier League]] (reserves / under-21): 6''' (record)
** 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2015–16, 2016–17

===Other departments===
{{see also|FC Dynamo Kyiv (women)}}
Since parting from its parent Dynamo society in 1989, Dynamo Kyiv becoming exclusively a football club (other departments were left with the Kyiv city branch of [[Dynamo (Ukraine)|Dynamo–Ukraine]]) had also its own women team which while not being as successful as the main team, had some degree of success when they were playing first at Soviet and later at Ukrainian competitions. In 1994 the whole women's section was liquidated as the owners of the club lost interest in it.

In 2017 the Ukrainian Association of Football pursued existing mens football clubs to help with the development of women's football in Ukraine and either create own teams or adopt already existing teams of separate women football clubs or sports schools.

In 2021 Dynamo in cooperation with the Kyivan Olympic College reestablished its women football team replacing the college team at the second tier of the two-tier national football pyramid for women and gained promotion the same season.

==Supporters and rivalries==
[[File:FC Dynamo Kyiv Ultras - ФК Динамо Киев Ультрас (22164512438).jpg|thumb|A dynamo flag with [[Sviatoslav I|Sviatoslav the Brave]]]]
The Dynamo fan movement is one of the oldest in [[Ukraine]]. Active support began in 1980s during the Soviet period ([[Ukrainian SSR]]). 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 [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]] in the center of [[Kyiv]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://white-blue.kiev.ua/articles/425.htm|title=DYNAMO ULTRAS / WHITE-BLUE HOOLIGANS – Статті – Біло-Сині – сайт вболівальників "ДИНАМО КИЇВ"|website=White-blue.kiev.ua}}</ref> In the 1990s on the stands became popular [[Football hooliganism in the United Kingdom|English style]].{{citation needed|date=February 2016}}
	
[[File:Supporters Dynamo 2012.jpg|thumb|200px|Dynamo Kyiv fans show the team's logo at a match versus [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]].]]
	
Historically Dynamo ultras would frequently hold [[patriotic]] ([[Ukrainian nationalism]]) and strongly [[Anti-communism|anti-communist]] actions. During the reign of [[Viktor Yanukovych]] the ultras had bad relations with the government, caused by persecutions of fans and other political factors.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.pn/en/politics/43900/|title=Преступности.НЕТ|website=news.pn}}</ref> The most publicized action was "Freedom Pavlichenko" ({{langx|uk|Волю Павліченкам}}) in support of political prisoners father and son Pavlichenko.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultras-tifo.net/news/1222-freedom-for-pavlichenko.html|title=Freedom for Pavlichenko|website=Ultras-Tifo}}</ref> The ultras Dynamo took part in the [[Independence Day of Ukraine]] and Heroes Day celebrations.

Dynamo ultras often use the image of [[Sviatoslav I|Sviatoslav the Brave]] in the design of their banners.<ref>{{cite web|title=DYNAMO ULTRAS / WHITE-BLUE HOOLIGANS {{!}} Статті {{!}} Біло-Сині – сайт вболівальників "ДИНАМО КИЇВ"|url=http://white-blue.kiev.ua/articles/425.htm|access-date=2020-06-29|website=White-blue.kiev.ua}}</ref> ''Svyatoslav'', a printed magazine of Dynamo ultras, also bears the Kyiv prince's name.<ref>{{cite web|title=Журнал "СВЯТОСЛАВ" – друковане видання ультрас "Динамо Київ" {{!}} Новини {{!}} Біло-Сині – сайт вболівальників "ДИНАМО КИЇВ"|url=http://white-blue.kiev.ua/news/431.htm|access-date=2020-06-29|website=White-blue.kiev.ua}}</ref>

The most famous derby in Ukraine is [[Ukrainian derby]], always held in a tense atmosphere. Dynamo maintains friendly relations with: [[FC Karpaty Lviv|Karpaty Lviv]], [[FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]] (''Braty po zbroyi''; ''Band of Brothers''), [[Hutnik Kraków]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stadionowioprawcy.net/news/1251-hutnik_nowa_huta_dynamo_kijow_19_07_2014.html |title=Hutnik Nowa Huta - Dynamo Kijów 19.07.2014 - Stadionowi Oprawcy! |access-date=10 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122185536/http://www.stadionowioprawcy.net/news/1251-hutnik_nowa_huta_dynamo_kijow_19_07_2014.html |archive-date=22 November 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and with [[Zalgiris Vilnius]], [[GNK Dinamo Zagreb]], [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]], [[Stade Rennais F.C.]] fans. Strained relations with: [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultras-tifo.net/photo-news/3828-dynamo-kyiv-shaktar-donetsk-16102015.html|title=Dynamo Kyiv – Shaktar Donetsk 16.10.2015|website=Ultras-Tifo}}</ref> [[FC Chornomorets Odesa|Chornomorets Odesa]], [[FC Metalist Kharkiv|Metalist Kharkiv]], [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]] and [[Legia Warsaw]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sport.pl/pilka/1,65042,18596403,le-bojka-chuliganow-legii-i-dynama-kijow.html|title=Liga Europy. Bójka chuliganów Legii i Dynama Kijów Piłka nożna|website=Sport.pl|date=20 August 2015 }}</ref> Now all fans have declared a truce because of the [[War in Donbas (2014–2022)|war in Eastern Ukraine]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultras-tifo.net/news/2245-truce-among-the-ukrainian-ultras.html|title=Truce among the Ukrainian ultras|website=Ultras-Tifo}}</ref> They play the [[Kyiv derby]] with [[FC Arsenal Kyiv|Arsenal Kyiv]], a strong rivalry also due to politics; Arsenal fans are known to be strongly [[left-wing]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.obozrevatel.com/sport/football/10829-dinamo-arsenal-ideologichne-protistoyannya-fanativ.-foto.-video.htm|title=''Динамо'' – ''Арсенал'': ідеологічне протистояння фанатів. Фото. Відео|website=Спорт|date=23 July 2012}}</ref>

==Players==

===First team squad===
{{Updated|8 September 2025}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fcdynamo.com/en/team/dynamo-k|title=Player Profiles – FC Dynamo Kyiv. Official club website|website=fcdynamo.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://upl.ua/en/clubs/view/7 | title=Dynamo }}</ref>

{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=2|nat=UKR|pos=DF|name=[[Kostyantyn Vivcharenko]]}}
{{Fs player|no=4|nat=UKR|pos=DF|name=[[Denys Popov]]}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=UKR|pos=MF|name=[[Oleksandr Yatsyk]]}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=UKR|pos=MF|name=[[Volodymyr Brazhko]]}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=UKR|pos=FW|name=[[Andriy Yarmolenko]]}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=UKR|pos=MF|name=[[Oleksandr Pikhalyonok]]}}
{{Fs player|no=9|nat=UKR|pos=MF|name=[[Nazar Voloshyn]]|}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=UKR|pos=MF|name=[[Mykola Shaparenko]]}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=UKR|pos=MF|name=Vasyl Burtnyk (on loan from [[FC Nyva Ternopil|Nyva Ternopil]])}} 
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=UKR|pos=MF|name=[[Valentyn Rubchynskyi]]}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=NGA|pos=FW|name=[[Shola Ogundana]]}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=COL|pos=FW|name=[[Ángel Torres (footballer, born 2000)| Ángel Torres]]}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=UKR|pos=DF|name=[[Oleksandr Tymchyk]]}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=UKR|pos=DF|name=[[Oleksandr Karavayev]]}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=UKR|pos=MF|name=[[Vladyslav Kabayev]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=29|nat=UKR|pos=MF|name=[[Vitaliy Buyalskyi]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=30|nat=SEN|pos=MF|name=[[Samba Diallo (footballer)|Samba Diallo]]}}
{{Fs player|no=32|nat=UKR|pos=DF|name=[[Taras Mykhavko]]}}
{{Fs player|no=35|nat=UKR|pos=GK|name=[[Ruslan Neshcheret]]}}
{{Fs player|no=39|nat=PAN|pos=FW|name=[[Eduardo Guerrero (footballer)|Eduardo Guerrero]]}}
{{fs player|no=40|nat=UKR|pos=DF|name=[[Kristian Bilovar]]}}
{{Fs player|no=44|nat=UKR|pos=DF|name=[[Vladyslav Dubinchak]]}}
{{Fs player|no=45|nat=UKR|pos=MF|name=[[Maksym Braharu]]}}
{{Fs player|no=51|nat=UKR|pos=GK|name=[[Valentyn Morhun]]}}
{{Fs player|no=66|nat=SEN|pos=DF|name=[[Aliou Thiaré]]}}
{{Fs player|no=74|nat=UKR|pos=GK|name=[[Denys Ihnatenko]]}}
{{Fs player|no=77|nat=ROU|pos=FW|name=[[Vladislav Blănuță]]}}
{{Fs player|no=91|nat=UKR|pos=MF|name=[[Mykola Mykhaylenko]]}}
{{Fs player|no=99|nat=UKR|pos=FW|name=[[Matviy Ponomarenko]]}}
{{Fs end}}

===U-19 team===
{{main|Dynamo Kyiv junior squads and Academy}}

===Out on loan===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=UKR|pos=DF|name=[[Oleksiy Husiev]]|other=at [[FC Kudrivka|Kudrivka]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=UKR|pos=DF|name=[[Oleksandr Syrota]]|other=at [[Kocaelispor]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{fs player|no=|nat=UKR|pos=MF|name=[[Roman Salenko]]|other=at [[FC Zorya Luhansk|Zorya Luhansk]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{fs player|no=|nat=UKR|pos=MF|name=[[Navin Malysh]]|other=at [[FC Zorya Luhansk|Zorya Luhansk]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SUR|pos=MF|name=[[Justin Lonwijk]]|other=at [[Fortuna Sittard]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=GEO|pos=FW|name=[[Giorgi Tsitaishvili]]|other=at [[FC Metz|Metz]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=VEN|pos=FW|name=[[Eric Ramírez (footballer, born 1998)|Eric Ramírez]]|other=at [[Bohemians 1905]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs end}}

===Retired number(s)===
{{Main|List of retired numbers in association football}}
<big>'''12'''</big> – {{Flagicon|Ukraine}} [[12th man (football)|Club Supporters (the 12th Man)]]

==Presidents and other officials==
===Presidents===
* 1927–1989: ''part of [[Dynamo (Ukraine)|Dynamo]], the republican section of Soviet sports society [[Dynamo Sports Club|Dynamo]]''
* 1989–1993: Viktor Bezverkhy
* 1993–2002: [[Hryhoriy Surkis]]
* 2002–present: [[Ihor Surkis]]

===Vice-Presidents===
* 2005–2010: [[Mykhailo Oshenkov]] (son of [[Oleg Oshenkov]])
* 2005–2010: [[Vadym Kostiuchenko]]
* 2018–2020: [[Yevhen Krasnikov]]
* 1993–2011: Vitaliy Sivkov

===General directors===
* 2007–present: {{flagicon|GEO}} [[Rezo Chokhonelidze]]

===Sports directors===
* 2011–2019: [[Oleksiy Mykhailychenko]]
* 2018–2019: {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Eduardo Docampo]]
* 2020–2021: [[Oleksiy Mykhailychenko]]

===Technical directors===
* 1992: [[Mykhailo Oshenkov]] (son of [[Oleg Oshenkov]])

==Coaches and administration==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Administration<ref>{{Cite web |title=Management - FC Dynamo Kyiv official website |url=https://fcdynamo.com/en/management |access-date=2023-06-18 |website=fcdynamo.com |language=en}}</ref>
! Coaching<ref name=coaching>{{cite web|url=https://fcdynamo.com/en/team/dynamo-k/coaches|title=Staff Profiles – FC Dynamo Kyiv. Official club website|website=fcdynamo.com}}</ref> <small>(senior team)</small>
! Coaching<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dynamo U19 - Coaches - FC Dynamo Kyiv official website |url=https://fcdynamo.com/en/team/dynamo-u-19/coaches |access-date=2023-06-18 |website=fcdynamo.com |language=en}}</ref> <small>(U-19 teams)</small>
|-
|
*President – [[Ihor Surkis]]
*First vice-president – Vitaliy Sivkov
*General director – {{flagicon|GEO}} [[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
|
* Head coach – [[Oleksandr Shovkovskyi]]
* Assistant coach – {{flagicon|MDA}} [[Emil Caras]]
* Assistant coach – [[Oleh Husiev]]
* Assistant coach – [[Serhiy Fedorov]]
* Assistant coach – [[Artem Yashkin]]
* Analysts – {{flagicon|POL}} [[Maciej Kędziorek]]
* Goalkeeper coach – [[Mykhaylo Mykhaylov]]
|
* U-19 senior coach – [[Ihor Kostyuk]]
* U-19 assistant coach – [[Oleh Venhlinskyi]]
* U-19 goalies coach – Oleksandr Moroz
|}

==Notable coaches==
{{main|List of FC Dynamo Kyiv managers}}
* In the Ukrainian championship
The following individuals have all won at least one trophy while coaching Dynamo Kyiv:
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
!Name
!Period
!Trophies
|-
|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Oleg Oshenkov]]
|1954
|1 domestic cup
|-
|{{flagicon|Russia}} {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Vyacheslav Solovyov (footballer)|Vyacheslav Solovyov]]
|1961
|1 league title
|-
|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Viktor Maslov (footballer, born 1910)|Viktor Maslov]]
|1964, 1966–68
|3 league titles, 2 domestic cups
|-
|{{flagicon|Russia}} {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Aleksandr Sevidov]]
|1971
|1 league title
|-
|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Anatoliy Puzach]]
|1990
|1 league title, 1 domestic cup
|-
|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Mykhaylo Fomenko]]
|1993
|1 league title, 1 domestic cup
|-
|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Yozhef Sabo]]
|1994, 1996, 2005, 2007
|2 league titles, 2 domestic cups
|-
|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Mykola Pavlov]]
|1995
|1 league title
|-
|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Valeriy Lobanovskyi]]
|1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980–82, 1985–87, 1997–02
|12 league titles, 8 domestic cups, 2 UEFA Cup Winners' Cups, 1 UEFA Supercup
|-
|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko]]
|2003, 2004, 2019–2020
|2 league titles, 2 domestic cup, 1 super cup
|-
|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Anatoliy Demyanenko]]
|2006, 2007
|1 league title, 2 domestic cups, 2 super cups
|-
|{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Yuri Semin]]
|2009
|1 league title, 1 super cup
|-
|{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Valery Gazzaev]]
|2009–2010
|1 super cup
|-
|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Serhiy Rebrov]]
|2014–2017
|2 league titles, 2 domestic cups, 1 super cup
|-
|{{flagicon|Belarus}} [[Alyaksandr Khatskevich]]
|2017–2019
|2 super cups
|-
|{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Mircea Lucescu]]
|2020–2023
|1 league title, 1 domestic cup, 1 super cup
|-
|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Oleksandr Shovkovskyi]]
|2023-
|1 league title
|}

==Club records and statistics==
[[Oleksandr Shovkovskyi]] currently holds Dynamo's official appearance record, having made 637 appearances in all competitions, over the course of 17 seasons from 1993 until 2016. He also holds the record for Ukrainian Premier League (Vyshcha Liha) appearances with 426, while [[Oleg Blokhin]] remains unreachable for [[Soviet Top League]] appearances with 432.

Including all competitions, [[Oleg Blokhin]] is the all-time leading goalscorer for Dynamo with 266 goals since joining the club in 1969, 211 of which were scored in Soviet Top League (another Dynamo record). [[Serhiy Rebrov]], who is the all-time topscorer for Ukrainian Premier League, comes in second in all competitions with 163.

Dynamo Kyiv qualified for continental competitions for the last 32 years since 1990 and missed only twice (two seasons) since 1973.

===Divisional movements===
{{see also|List of FC Dynamo Kyiv seasons}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%; text-align: center;"
|-
!Tier!!Years!!Last!!Promotions!!Relegations
|-
|align=center|'''[[Soviet Top League|Top League]]''' (tier 1)
|'''54'''||[[1991 Soviet Top League|1991]]||''22 times to [[UEFA club competitions|Europe]]''||never
|-
!colspan=5|56 years of professional football in Soviet Union since 1936
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%; text-align: center;"
|-
!Tier!!Years!!Last!!Promotions!!Relegations
|-
|align=center|'''[[Ukrainian Premier League|Premier League]]''' (tier 1)
|'''31'''||[[2021–22 Ukrainian Premier League|2021–22]]||''30 times to [[UEFA club competitions|Europe]]''||never
|-
!colspan=5|31 years of professional national football in Ukraine since 1992
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==Dynamo Kyiv in European competitions==
{{main|FC Dynamo Kyiv in European football}}
Dynamo Kyiv made a forceful entrance into European competitions in the [[1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup]], advancing into the quarter-finals before losing to [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]]. The club is a regular visitor to UEFA competitions, having participated in over 50 tournaments. Dynamo Kyiv has not missed a single season of European competition since 1990 and, since 1973, has only missed out twice (1984–85 and 1988–89). During the Soviet era, the club won the European Cup Winners' Cup twice, in [[1974–75 European Cup Winners' Cup|1975]] and [[1985–86 European Cup Winners' Cup|1986]], the [[1975 European Super Cup]] and reached the semi-finals of the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup/Champions League]] three times, once under the Ukrainian banner.

===European finals===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background:white;color:blue"|Year
|style="background:white;color:blue"|Competition
|style="background:white;color:blue"|Opposing team
|style="background:white;color:blue"|Score
|style="background:white;color:blue"|Venue
|-
| bgcolor=Gold|[[1975 European Cup Winners' Cup Final|1975]]
| [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|European Cup Winners' Cup]]
| {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Ferencvárosi TC|Ferencváros]]
| 3–0
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[St. Jakob Stadium]], [[Basel]]
|-
| bgcolor=Gold|[[1975 European Super Cup|1975]]
| [[UEFA Super Cup|European Super Cup]]
| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
| 1–0, 2–0
| Two-legged
|-
| bgcolor=Gold|[[1986 European Cup Winners' Cup Final|1986]]
| [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|European Cup Winners' Cup]]
| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Atlético Madrid]]
| 3–0
| {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Stade de Gerland]], [[Lyon]]
|-
| bgcolor=Silver|[[1986 European Super Cup|1986]]
| [[UEFA Super Cup|European Super Cup]]
| {{flagicon|Romania|1965}} [[FC Steaua București|Steaua Bucharest]]
| 0–1
| {{flagicon|Monaco}} [[Stade Louis II]], [[Monaco]]
|-
|}

===UEFA club coefficient ranking===
''As of 27 May 2024<br />Source:<ref name="autogenerated1">{{Cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/uefarankings/club/#/yr/2024 |title=Archived copy |access-date=9 September 2015 |archive-date=20 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320224158/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/club/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>''

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Rank !! Team !! Points
|-
|66||align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[FK Bodø/Glimt|Bodø/Glimt]]||28.000
|-
|67||align=left|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Royale Union Saint-Gilloise|Union Saint-Gilloise]]||27.000
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|68||align=left|{{flagicon|UKR}} '''Dynamo Kyiv'''||26.500
|-
|69||align=left|{{flagicon|ROU}} [[CFR Cluj]]||26.500
|-
|70||align=left|{{flagicon|BUL}} [[PFC Ludogorets Razgrad|Ludogorets Razgrad]]||26.500
|}

=== UEFA Rankings since 2004 ===

''Source:<ref name="autogenerated1"/>''

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Season !! Ranking !! Movement !! Points !! Change
|-
|[[2024–25 FC Dynamo Kyiv season|2024–25]]||''70''||{{decrease}} ''-2''||''23.500''||{{decrease}} –''3.000''
|-
|[[2023–24 FC Dynamo Kyiv season|2023–24]]||68||{{decrease}} –9||26.500|| {{decrease}} -8.500
|-
|[[2022–23 FC Dynamo Kyiv season|2022–23]]||59||{{decrease}} –20||35.000||{{decrease}} –9.000
|-
|[[2021–22 FC Dynamo Kyiv season|2021–22]]||39||{{decrease}} –8||44.000||{{decrease}} –3.000
|-
|[[2020–21 FC Dynamo Kyiv season|2020–21]]||31||{{decrease}} –5||47.000||{{decrease}} –8.000
|-
|[[2019–20 FC Dynamo Kyiv season|2019–20]]||26||{{decrease}} –2||55.000||{{decrease}} –10.000
|-
|[[2018–19 FC Dynamo Kyiv season|2018–19]]||bgcolor=Gold|'''23'''||0||65.000||{{increase}} +3.000
|-
|[[2017–18 FC Dynamo Kyiv season|2017–18]]||bgcolor=Gold|'''23'''||{{increase}} +2||62.000||new points system
|-
|[[2016–17 FC Dynamo Kyiv season|2016–17]]||25||{{increase}} +1||67.526||{{increase}} +1.550
|-
|[[2015–16 FC Dynamo Kyiv season|2015–16]]||26||{{increase}} +1||65.976||{{increase}} +0.943
|-
|[[2014–15 FC Dynamo Kyiv season|2014–15]]||27||{{increase}} +7||65.033||{{increase}} +8.840
|-
|[[2013–14 FC Dynamo Kyiv season|2013–14]]||34||{{decrease}} –9||56.193||{{decrease}} –12.958
|-
|[[2012–13 FC Dynamo Kyiv season|2012–13]]||25||{{increase}} +6||bgcolor=Gold|68.951||{{increase}} +6.925
|-
|[[2011–12 FC Dynamo Kyiv season|2011–12]]||31||{{decrease}} –1||62.026||{{increase}} +1.250
|-
|[[2010–11 FC Dynamo Kyiv season|2010–11]]||30||{{increase}} +14||60.776||{{increase}} +17.866
|-
|[[2009–10 FC Dynamo Kyiv season|2009–10]]||44||{{decrease}} –3||42.910||{{decrease}} –3.460
|-
|[[2008–09 FC Dynamo Kyiv season|2008–09]]||41||{{increase}} +33||46.370||{{increase}} +11.438
|-
|[[2007–08 FC Dynamo Kyiv season|2007–08]]||'''74'''||{{decrease}} –13||34.932||{{increase}} +5.932
|-
|[[2006–07 FC Dynamo Kyiv season|2006–07]]||61||{{increase}} +2||29.000||{{increase}} +1.000
|-
|[[2005–06 FC Dynamo Kyiv season|2005–06]]||63||{{decrease}} –12||28.000||{{decrease}} –4.000
|-
|[[2004–05 FC Dynamo Kyiv season|2004–05]]||51||0||32.000|| 0.000
|}

===Football Club Elo ranking===
{{updated|16 October 2025|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://clubelo.com/2025-10-16/Ranking|title=Football Club Elo Ratings|last=clubelo.com|publisher=ClubElo}}</ref>}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Rank !! Team !! Points
|-
|226||align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Hertha BSC|Hertha Berlin]]||1471
|-
|227||align=left|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Sint-Truidense V.V.|Sint-Truiden]]||1471
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|228||align=left|{{flagicon|UKR}} '''Dynamo Kyiv'''||1470
|-
|229||align=left|{{flagicon|SPA}} [[Sporting de Gijón|Sporting Gijon]]||1469
|-
|230||align=left|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Rio Ave F.C.|Rio Ave]] ||1469
|}

==Player records==
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.junik.lv/~dynkiev/|title=FC Dynamo Kyiv|website=junik.lv|access-date=20 July 2011|archive-date=13 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313205557/http://www.junik.lv/~dynkiev/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uafootball.net.ua/|title=Украинский футбол от Дмитрия Трощия|website=uafootball.net.ua|language=uk}}</ref>

===Top goalscorers===
{{updated|6 November 2025}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allplayers.in.ua/en/team_scorers/1|title= Динамо Киев – все бомбардиры в Чемпионате Украины по футболу |trans-title=Dynamo Kyiv – all scorers in Ukrainian football championship (149 players)|first=Anton|last=Pavlushko|website=Статистика чемпионата Украины по футболу – все игроки, матчи и голы, составы команд и переходы}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"  style="text-align:center; width:90%;"
|-
!width=6%|#
!width=20%|Name
!width=12%|Years
!width=12%|League
!width=12%|Cup
!width=12%|Europe
!width=12%|Other
!width=14%|Total
|-
|1||style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Oleg Blokhin]]||1969–1987||{{sort|211|211}}||{{sort|029|29}}||{{sort|26|26}}||{{sort|000|0}}||{{sort|266|266}}
|-
|2||style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Serhiy Rebrov]]||1992–2000 <br /> 2005–2007||{{sort|113|113}}||{{sort|019|19}}||{{sort|031|31}}||{{sort|000|0}}||{{sort|163|163}}
|-
|3||style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Andriy Yarmolenko]]||2007–2017
2023–
|115||{{sort|021|21}}||{{sort|024|24}}||{{sort|000|0}}||{{sort|160|160}}
|-
|4||style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UZB}} [[Maksim Shatskikh]]||1999–2008||{{sort|097|97}}||{{sort|022|22}}||{{sort|023|23}}||{{sort|000|0}}||{{sort|142|142}}
|-
|5||style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Andriy Shevchenko]]||1994–1999 <br /> 2009–2012||{{sort|083|83}}||{{sort|016|16}}||{{sort|025|25}}||{{sort|000|0}}||{{sort|124|124}}
|-
|6||style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Oleh Husiev]]||2003–2016 <br /> 2017–2018||{{sort|057|57}}||{{sort|015|15}}||{{sort|022|22}}||{{sort|002|2}}||{{sort|096|96}}
|-
|7||style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Viktor Tsyhankov|Victor Tsyhankov]]||2016–2023||77||4||13||0||94
|-
|8||style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Artem Milevskyi]]||2002–2013||57||11||16||3||87
|-
|9||style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Vitaliy Buyalskyi]]||2012–||69||1||16||1||87
|-
|10||style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Viktor Kanevskyi]]||1973–1984||{{sort|056|56}}||{{sort|012|12}}||{{sort|014|14}}||{{sort|000|0}}||{{sort|082|82}}
|}

*Other – National Super Cup

===Most appearances===
{{updated|9 November 2025}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://football.ua/ukraine/347058-gusev-tretijj-po-kolichestvu-matchejj-za-dinamo-v-istorii.html|title=Гусев – третий по количеству матчей за Динамо в истории|website=football.ua|language=uk}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"  style="text-align:center; width:90%;"
|-
!width=6%|#
!width=20%|Name
!width=12%|Years
!width=12%|League
!width=12%|Cup
!width=12%|Europe
!width=12%|Other
!width=14%|Total
|-
|1||style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Oleksandr Shovkovskyi]] ||1993–2016||{{sort|426|426}}||{{sort|058|58}}||{{sort|144|144}}||{{sort|009|9}}||{{sort|637|637}}
|-
|2||style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Oleg Blokhin]]||1969–1987||{{sort|432|432}}||{{sort|067|67}}||{{sort|079|79}}||{{sort|003|3}}||{{sort|581|581}}
|-
|3||style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Oleh Husiev]]||2003–2016 <br /> 2017–2018||{{sort|295|295}}||{{sort|043|43}}||{{sort|098|98}}||{{sort|006|6}}||{{sort|442|442}}
|-
|4||style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Anatoliy Demyanenko]]||1979–1990 <br /> 1992–1993||{{sort|347|347}}||{{sort|047|47}}||{{sort|043|43}}||{{sort|002|2}}||{{sort|439|439}}
|-
|5||style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Andriy Yarmolenko]]||2007–2017 <br /> 2023–||{{sort|274|274}}||{{sort|032|32}}||{{sort|098|98}}||{{sort|006|6}}||{{sort|410|410}}
|-
|6||style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Leonid Buryak]]||1973–1984||{{sort|304|304}}||{{sort|052|52}}||{{sort|051|51}}||{{sort|002|2}}||{{sort|409|409}}
|-
|7||style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Volodymyr Veremeyev]]||1968–1982||{{sort|310|310}}||{{sort|045|45}}||{{sort|044|44}}||{{sort|002|2}}||{{sort|401|401}}
|-
|8||style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Vitaliy Buyalskyi]]||2012–||{{sort|251|251}}||{{sort|027|27}}||{{sort|094|94}}||{{sort|006|6}}||{{sort|378|378}}
|-
|9||style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Volodymyr Muntyan]] ||1965–1977||{{sort|302|302}}||{{sort|034|34}}||{{sort|035|35}}||{{sort|000|0}}||{{sort|371|371}}
|-
|10||style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Volodymyr Bezsonov]]||1976–1990||{{sort|278|278}}||{{sort|048|48}}||{{sort|039|39}}||{{sort|003|3}}||{{sort|368|368}}
|}

*Other – National Super Cup

== Notable players ==
Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in '''bold''' represented their countries while playing for Dynamo Kyiv.

{{col-begin-small}}
{{col-3}}
;Africa
* {{flagicon|DRC}} '''[[Dieumerci Mbokani]]'''
* {{flagicon|GUI}} '''[[Ismaël Bangoura]]'''
* {{flagicon|MAR}} '''[[Badr El Kaddouri]]'''
* {{flagicon|MAR}} '''[[Younès Belhanda]]'''
* {{flagicon|NGA}} '''[[Ayila Yussuf]]'''
* {{flagicon|NGA}} '''[[Brown Ideye]]'''
* {{flagicon|NGA}} '''[[Lucky Idahor]]'''
* {{flagicon|NGA}} '''[[Lukman Haruna]]'''
* {{flagicon|NGA}} '''[[Taye Taiwo]]'''
* {{flagicon|SEN}} '''[[Demba Touré]]'''
* {{flagicon|SEN}} '''[[Pape Diakhaté]]'''
;Europe
* {{flagicon|AUT}} '''[[Aleksandar Dragović]]'''
* {{flagicon|BUL}} '''[[Georgi Peev]]'''
* {{flagicon|CRO}} '''[[Domagoj Vida]]'''
* {{flagicon|CRO}} '''[[Goran Sablić]]'''
* {{flagicon|CRO}} '''[[Jerko Leko]]'''
* {{flagicon|CRO}} '''[[Josip Pivarić]]'''
* {{flagicon|CRO}} '''[[Niko Kranjčar]]'''
* {{flagicon|CRO}} '''[[Ognjen Vukojević]]'''
* {{flagicon|FIN}} '''[[Roman Eremenko]]'''
* {{flagicon|FRA}} '''[[Benoît Trémoulinas]]'''
* {{flagicon|HUN}} '''[[László Bodnár]]'''
* {{flagicon|HUN}} '''[[Tamás Kádár]]'''
* {{flagicon|LUX}} '''[[Gerson Rodrigues (footballer, born 1995)|Gerson Rodrigues]]'''
* {{flagicon|NED}} '''[[Jeremain Lens]]'''
* {{flagicon|MKD}} '''[[Goran Popov]]'''
* {{flagicon|POL}} '''[[Łukasz Teodorczyk]]'''
* {{flagicon|POL}} '''[[Tomasz Kędziora]]'''
* {{flagicon|POR}} '''[[Miguel Veloso]]'''
* {{flagicon|POR}} '''[[Vitorino Antunes]]'''
* {{flagicon|ROU}} '''[[Florin Cernat]]'''
* {{flagicon|ROU}} '''[[Tiberiu Ghioane]]'''
* {{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} '''[[Goran Gavrančić]]'''
* {{flagicon|SRB}} '''[[Marjan Marković]]'''
* {{flagicon|SRB}} '''[[Miloš Ninković]]'''
* {{flagicon|SRB}} '''[[Radosav Petrović]]'''
* {{flagicon|SLO}} '''[[Benjamin Verbič]]'''
* {{flagicon|SUI}} '''[[Admir Mehmedi]]'''
{{col-end}}

== Scandals ==
=== FootballLeaks-2 ===
German journalists from {{Lang|de|[[Der Spiegel]]}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spiegel.de/consent-a-?targetUrl=https://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/how-uefa-payments-ended-up-in-the-british-virgin-islands-a-1285540.html&ref=https://en.wikipedia.org/|title=DER SPIEGEL {{!}} Online-Nachrichten|website=Der Spiegel|access-date=2020-02-20}}</ref> Rafael Buschmann and Michael Wulzinger published a book titled ''Football Leaks – 2''.

A separate part titled "Ukrainische Bruderschaft" (Ukrainian Brotherhood) describes brothers Ihor and Hryhorii Surkis's activities in the football sphere and their relation to the "Newport" offshore. All FC "Dynamo’s" activities are financed by this company. The authors refer to Football Leaks documents.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2019/12/11/7234566/|title=Football Leaks-2: Суркисы через оффшоры купили в "Динамо" футболистов на $324 млн|newspaper=Украинская Правда|language=ru|access-date=2020-02-20}}</ref>

The book tells that starting from 1993, all the financial activities of Kyiv-based FC Dynamo have been performed via the company Newport, controlled by the club's boss Ihor Surkis. Having cited the FIFA data, the authors noted that in 2011–2017 the Newport has spent US$324 million to buy 82 players for FC Dynamo. The taxes from this sum haven't been paid in Ukraine.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}

==See also==
{{Portal|Ukraine|Association football}}
*[[FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv]]
*[[FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[https://fcdynamo.com/en/ Official website] {{in lang|uk}}
*[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0yD2Aw5-HOYUyZCu7hyR9Q/ Youtube channel]

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