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Dinamo Minsk
Full nameФутбольны клуб „Дынама-Мінск“
Футбольный клуб «Динамо-Минск»
Football Club Dinamo Minsk
Founded18 June 1927; 97 years ago (1927-06-18)
GroundDinamo Stadium, Minsk
Capacity22,000
ChairmanAndrey Tolmach
ManagerVadim Skripchenko
LeagueBelarusian Premier League
2024Belarusian Premier League, 1st of 16 (champions)
Websitehttps://dinamo-minsk.by/

FC Dinamo Minsk or FK Dynama Minsk (Belarusian: ФК Дынама Мінск; Russian: ФК Динамо Минск) is a Belarusian professional football club based in the capital city of Minsk.

It was founded in 1927 as part of the Soviet Dinamo Sports Society, and was the only club from the Byelorussian SSR that competed in the Soviet Top League, playing 39 of the 54 seasons, and winning the title in 1982. Since the independence of Belarus, the club participates in the Belarusian Premier League, having won 9 league titles and 3 Belarusian Cups.

Dinamo plays its home games in the 22,246-capacity Dinamo Stadium in Minsk. Dinamo is the second Belarusian team, after BATE Borisov, to reach UEFA Europa League group stages (2014–15 and 2015–16).

History

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Soviet Union

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Dinamo Minsk was founded in 1927 as a part of the Soviet Dinamo Sports Society. They spent some of their history in the lower leagues of the Soviet Union, but in 1940, they were promoted to the Soviet Top League, becoming the first and only Belarusian team to compete in the Soviet top division. They were relegated to the second level in 1952, but returned to the top level the next year. In 1954, they finished in the third place, their best performance in the top flight to date, and were dissolved, being re-founded as Spartak Minsk, only to be renamed as Belarus Minsk in 1959, in honor of the Soviet republic in the national championship. However, in 1962, they returned to the original name of Dinamo Minsk. They were relegated again from the top level in 1955 and in 1957. They played in the top level again in the 1960 season. They were relegated again in 1973 and returned to the top level in the 1975 season. But they relegated immediately in 1976. They returned to the top level after 2 years.

In 1982, Dinamo Minsk won the Soviet championship for the first and only time in their history. The following year saw them debuting in the European Cup against Grasshopper of Switzerland. They reached the quarter-finals of the European Cup after eliminating Grasshoppers and Győri ETO of Hungary, only to be eliminated by Dinamo București. In the 1984–85 season, Dinamo Minsk reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup after beating HJK Helsinki, Sporting CP and Widzew Łódź, but were eventually stopped by Željezničar Sarajevo. 1988 saw Dinamo Minsk up to a new European performance, the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, passing through Gençlerbirliği and Real Sociedad, but being eliminated by Mechelen.

Dinamo Minsk also participated in Belarusian SSR league. Since the mid-50s, their appearances were only sporadic and they were represented by youth teams in later seasons. They have won the championship 7 times.

Belarus

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Dinamo Minsk won the inaugural season of the Belarusian Premier League in 1992. They won 5 league titles until 1995, making only one appearance in the UEFA Champions League, in 1993. However, after a title in 1997, Dinamo Minsk last won the championship in 2004. The 2000s saw Dinamo Minsk failing to secure any league title in the battle against BATE Borisov, thus finishing in lower places.

In 2014, Dinamo Minsk beat MYPA, CFR Cluj and Nacional to be drawn in Group K of UEFA Europa League, along with Italian side Fiorentina, French team Guingamp and Greek side PAOK, becoming the second team, after BATE Borisov, to reach group stages of Europa League. Dinamo finished at the bottom with four points, after a draw with Guingamp and a historical 2–1 victory over Fiorentina.

Name history

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  • 1927, club founded as Dinamo Minsk as part of Dynamo sports society
  • 1954, renamed to Spartak Minsk being transferred to Spartak volunteer sports society
  • 1959, renamed to Belarus Minsk
  • 1962, renamed to Dinamo Minsk being transferred back to Dynamo sports society

Supporters and Rivalries

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The ultras of Dinamo Minsk are famous for their right-wing political orientation and there have been several riots, clashes with the police forces and chants against the Belarusian authoritarian regime, led by long-time President Alexander Lukashenko.

Their political views as well as geographic proximity and contest for dominance of the city make them rivals with neighbours Partizan Minsk, whose fans tend to be strongly left-wing.[1] Dinamo Minsk also has a big rivalry with BATE Borisov from the city of Barysaw.[2]

Honours

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Belarus Belarus

Soviet Union Soviet Union

Current squad

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As of September 2024[3]

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Belarus BLR Ivan Fralow
2 DF Belarus BLR Vadim Pigas
3 MF Nigeria NGA Joseph Okoro
4 DF Belarus BLR Alyaksey Hawrylovich
5 DF Belarus BLR Pavel Apetenok
6 DF Belarus BLR Sergey Politevich
7 MF Belarus BLR Maksim Budko
8 MF Belarus BLR Aleksandr Selyava
9 FW Nigeria NGA Steven Alfred
10 FW Belarus BLR Uladzimir Khvashchynski
11 MF Belarus BLR Gleb Zherdev
13 GK Belarus BLR Ivan Shimakovich
14 FW Nigeria NGA Raymond Adeola
16 MF Belarus BLR Daniil Silinskiy
17 FW Belarus BLR Ivan Bakhar
19 FW Belarus BLR Dmitry Podstrelov
20 DF Belarus BLR Alyaksandr Sachywka
21 GK Belarus BLR Fyodor Lapoukhov
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 MF Russia RUS Daniil Kulikov
25 FW Brazil BRA Pedro Igor
26 DF Belarus BLR Vladislav Kalinin
27 DF Belarus BLR Matvey Mikhayrin
29 MF Ivory Coast CIV Boni Amian
33 DF Belarus BLR Denis Polyakov
37 MF Belarus BLR Vladislav Krolik
49 GK Belarus BLR Artem Karatay
66 DF Brazil BRA Raí
67 DF Belarus BLR Roman Begunov
74 MF Belarus BLR Pavel Sedko
80 MF Russia RUS Igor Shkolik
81 MF Belarus BLR Trofim Melnichenko
88 MF Belarus BLR Nikita Demchenko
97 FW Belarus BLR Vasiliy Chernyavskiy
99 FW Belarus BLR Artem Sokolovskiy
— DF Belarus BLR Zakhar Kholodov

Coaching staff

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Name Role
Belarus Vadim Skripchenko Head Coach
Belarus Alyaksandr Bylina Assistant Coach
Belarus Denis Zubkovskiy Assistant Coach
Belarus Andrey Drozd Goalkeeping Coach

Reserves

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Main articles: FC Dinamo-93 Minsk, FC Dinamo-Juni Minsk, FC Dinamo-2 Minsk, and FC Bereza-2010

There has been several teams that served as Dinamo Minsk official reserve or farm clubs.

Notable managers

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League history

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Belarus Belarus

Season Level Pld W D L Goals Points Pos Domestic Cup
1992 1st 15 11 3 1 38–7 25 1 (16) Winner
1992–93 1st 32 26 5 1 90–25 57 1 (17) Semi-finals
1993–94 1st 30 24 4 2 76–20 52 1 (16) Winner
1994–95 1st 30 20 8 2 83–24 48 1 (16) Round of 16
1995 (autumn) 1st 15 12 2 1 42–13 38 1 (16) Round of 16
1996 1st 30 23 6 1 83–20 75 2 (16) Finals
1997 1st 30 21 7 2 74–24 70 1 (16) Semi-finals
1998 1st 28 11 6 11 39–38 39 8 (15) Finals
1999 1st 30 14 9 7 51–30 51 6 (16) Round of 16
2000 1st 30 19 5 6 49–21 62 3 (16) Round of 16
2001 1st 26 16 5 5 52–21 53 2 (14) Semi-finals
2002 1st 26 12 6 8 44–28 42 7 (14) Quarter-finals
2003 1st 30 20 4 6 62–24 64 3 (16) Winner
2004 1st 30 24 3 3 64–18 75 1 (16) Quarter-finals
2005 1st 26 15 5 6 50–26 50 2 (14) Round of 16
2006 1st 26 15 7 4 44–22 52 2 (14) Quarter-finals
2007 1st 26 8 11 7 27–28 35 9 (14) Quarter-finals
2008 1st 30 19 5 6 49–29 62 2 (16) Semi-finals
2009 1st 26 14 8 4 38–18 50 2 (14) Round of 16
2010 1st 33 17 5 11 49–34 56 4 (12) Quarter-finals
2011 1st 33 14 7 12 50–43 49 4 (12) Round of 16
2012 1st 30 16 8 6 37–19 56 3 (11) Round of 16
2013 1st 32 15 9 8 44–33 54 3 (12) Finals
2014 1st 32 18 7 7 44–21 61 2 (12) Round of 16
2015 1st 26 15 8 3 36–13 53 2 (14) Semi-finals
2016 1st 30 15 10 5 46–28 55 3 (16) Quarter-finals
2017 1st 30 22 2 6 46–15 68 2 (16) Quarter-finals
2018 1st 30 18 9 3 41–17 63 3 (16) Round of 16
2019 1st 30 15 5 10 43–39 50 4 (16) Semi-finals
2020 1st 30 16 4 10 38–25 52 6 (16) Quarter-finals
2021 1st 30 19 5 6 55–20 62 3 (16) Quarter-finals
2022 1st 30 16 11 3 50–25 59 4 (16) Quarter-finals
2023 1st 28 21 3 3 72-21 69 1 (15) Round of 16
2024 1st 30 1 (16) Semi-finals

European record

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Accurate as of 14 July 2022
Competition Played Won Drew Lost GF GA GD Win%
UEFA Champions League / European Cup 12 3 5 4 18 18 +0 025.00
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 6 2 3 1 6 4 +2 033.33
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League 103 41 23 39 137 127 +10 039.81
UEFA Europa Conference League 3 1 1 1 4 4 +0 033.33
UEFA Intertoto Cup 12 5 3 4 22 13 +9 041.67
Total 136 52 35 49 187 166 +21 038.24

Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.

Season Competition Round Club 1st Leg 2nd Leg
1983–84 European Cup 1R Switzerland Grasshopper 1–0 (H) 2–2 (A)
2R Hungary Raba ETO 6–3 (A) 3–1 (H)
QF Romania Dinamo București 1–1 (H) 0–1 (A)
1984–85 UEFA Cup 1R Finland HJK Helsinki 4–0 (H) 6–0 (A)
2R Portugal Sporting CP 0–2 (A) 2–0 (p. 5–3) (H)
3R Poland Widzew Łódź 2–0 (A) 0–1 (H)
QF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željezničar Sarajevo 0–2 (A) 1–1 (H)
1986–87 UEFA Cup 1R Hungary Raba ETO 2–4 (H) 1–0 (A)
1987–88 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1R Turkey Gençlerbirliği 2–0 (H) 2–1 (A)
2R Spain Real Sociedad 1–1 (A) 0–0 (H)
QF Belgium Mechelen 0–1 (A) 1–1 (H)
1988–89 UEFA Cup 1R Bulgaria Trakia Plovdiv 2–1 (A) 0–0 (H)
2R Romania Victoria București 2–1 (H) 0–1 (A)
1993–94 UEFA Champions League 1R Germany Werder Bremen 2–5 (A) 1–1 (H)
1994–95 UEFA Cup QR Malta Hibernians 3–1 (H) 3–4 (a.e.t.) (A)
1R Italy Lazio 0–0 (H) 1–4 (A)
1995–96 UEFA Cup QR Romania Universitatea Craiova 0–0 (A) 0–0 (p. 3–1) (H)
1R Austria Austria Wien 2–1 (A) 1–0 (H)
2R Germany Werder Bremen 0–5 (A) 2–1 (H)
1996–97 UEFA Cup 1Q Republic of Ireland Bohemian 1–1 (A) 0–0 (H)
2Q Turkey Beşiktaş 2–1 (H) 0–2 (A)
1997–98 UEFA Cup 1Q Georgia (country) Kolkheti-1913 Poti 1–0 (H) 1–2 (A)
2Q Norway Lillestrøm 0–2 (H) 0–1 (A)
1998–99 UEFA Champions League 1Q Latvia Skonto Riga 0–0 (A) 1–2 (H)
2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Luxembourg Hobscheid 6–0 (H) 1–1 (A)
2R Israel Hapoel Haifa 2–0 (H) 1–0 (A)
3R Germany Wolfsburg 3–4 (A) 0–0 (H)
2002–03 UEFA Cup QR Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 1–4 (H) 0–1 (A)
2003–04 UEFA Cup QR Denmark Brøndby 0–3 (A) 0–2 (H)
2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Poland Odra Wodzisław 0–1 (A) 2–0 (H)
2R Serbia and Montenegro Sartid Smederevo 1–2 (H) 3–1 (a.e.t.) (A)
3R France Lille 1–2 (A) 2–2 (H)
2005–06 UEFA Champions League 1Q Cyprus Anorthosis 1–1 (H) 0–1 (A)
2006–07 UEFA Cup 1Q Poland Zagłębie Lubin 1–1 (A) 0–0 (H)
2Q Slovakia Artmedia Petržalka 1–2 (A) 2–3 (H)
2007–08 UEFA Cup 1Q Latvia Skonto Riga 1–1 (A) 2–0 (H)
2Q Denmark Odense 1–1 (H) 0–4 (A)
2009–10 UEFA Europa League 1Q North Macedonia Renova 2–1 (H) 1–1 (A)
2Q Norway Tromsø 0–0 (H) 1–4 (A)
2010–11 UEFA Europa League 2Q Estonia Sillamäe Kalev 5–1 (H) 5–0 (A)
3Q Israel Maccabi Haifa 0–1 (A) 3–1 (H)
PO Belgium Club Brugge 1–2 (A) 2–3 (H)
2013–14 UEFA Europa League 1Q Lithuania Kruoja Pakruojis 3–0 (A) 5–0 (H)
2Q Croatia Lokomotiva Zagreb 1–2 (H) 3–2 (A)
3Q Turkey Trabzonspor 0–1 (H) 0–0 (A)
2014–15 UEFA Europa League 2Q Finland MyPa 3–0 (H) 0–0 (A)
3Q Romania CFR Cluj 1–0 (H) 2–0 (A)
PO Portugal Nacional 2–0 (H) 3–2 (A)
Group K Greece PAOK 1–6 (A) 0–2 (H)
Italy Fiorentina 0–3 (H) 2–1 (A)
France Guingamp 0–0 (H) 0–2 (A)
2015–16 UEFA Europa League 2Q Bulgaria Cherno More 1–1 (A) 4–0 (H)
3Q Switzerland Zürich 1–0 (A) 1–1 (a.e.t.) (H)
PO Austria Red Bull Salzburg 2–0 (H) 0–2 (p. 3–2) (A)
Group E Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 0–2 (A) 1–0 (H)
Austria Rapid Wien 0–1 (H) 1–2 (A)
Spain Villarreal 0–4 (A) 1–2 (H)
2016–17 UEFA Europa League 1Q Latvia Spartaks Jūrmala 2–1 (H) 2–0 (A)
2Q Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic 1–1 (H) 1–0 (A)
3Q Serbia Vojvodina 1–1 (A) 0–2 (H)
2017–18 UEFA Europa League 1Q Faroe Islands NSÍ Runavík 2–1 (H) 2–0 (A)
2Q North Macedonia Rabotnički 1–1 (A) 3–0 (H)
3Q Cyprus AEK Larnaca 0–2 (A) 1–1 (H)
2018–19 UEFA Europa League 1Q Republic of Ireland Derry City 2–0 (A) 1–2 (H)
2Q Slovakia Dunajská Streda 3–1 (A) 4–1 (H)
3Q Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 4–0 (H) 1–8 (a.e.t) (A)
2019–20 UEFA Europa League 1Q Latvia Liepāja 1–1 (A) 1–2 (H)
2020–21 UEFA Europa League 1Q Poland Piast Gliwice 0–2 (H) —
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League 1Q Montenegro Dečić 1–1 (H) 2–1 (A)
2Q Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1–2 (A) 0–1 (H)
2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League 1Q Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar 2–2 (A) 1–2 (H)
2024–25 UEFA Champions League 1Q Armenia Pyunik 0–0 (H) 1–0 (A)
2Q Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad 0−2 (A) 1−0 (H)
UEFA Europa League 3Q Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps 2–0 (H) 1–2 (A)
PO Belgium Anderlecht 0–1 (H) 0–1 (A)
UEFA Conference League League Phase Scotland Heart of Midlothian 1–2 (H) —
Finland HJK Helsinki 0–1 (A) —
Poland Legia Warsaw 0–4 (A) —
Denmark Copenhagen 28 Nov (H) —
Northern Ireland Larne 12 Dec (H) —
Greece Panathinaikos 19 Dec (A) —
2025–26 UEFA Champions League 1Q

References

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  1. ^ "Partizan Minsk – the DIY Football Club from Belarus – Futbolgrad". futbolgrad.com. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Rivals look to knock BATE off their Belarus perch". UEFA. 31 March 2011.
  3. ^ "FC Dinamo-Minsk first team". dinamo-minsk.by. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
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