FC Dinamo Moskva - last updated on 23 April 2008
(Courtesy of Johnny Beaufays)
Club name: Football Club Dinamo Moskva
(Футбо́льный клуб Динамо Москва
)
Foundation: 1923
City: Moskva (Москва
)
Colours: Blue and white
Website: www.fcdynamo.ru
Honours:
Russian Premier League - 1 (1995)
Soviet Top League - 11 (1936, 1937, 1940, 1945, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1963, 1976)
Soviet Cup - 6 (1937, 1953, 1967, 1970, 1977, 1984)
A bit of history:
FC Dinamo Moskva has its roots in the club Morozovtsi Orekhovo Suevo Moskva founded as a factory team in 1887 by Englishman Clement Charnock. The team was re-named OKS Moskva in 1906 and won a series of Moscow league championships from 1910 to 1914.
After the Russian revolution of 1917 the club eventually found itself under the authority of the Interior Ministry and its head Felix Dzerzhinsky, chief of the Soviet Union's first secret police force, the notorious Cheka. The club was re-named Dinamo Moskva in 1923 and developed some infamy for its intimidating association with the Interior Ministry, often being referred to as Garbage, a Russian criminal slang term for police, by the supporters of other clubs.
Dinamo won the first two Soviet Championships in 1936 and 1937, a Soviet Cup in 1937, and another pair of national titles in 1940 and 1945. They were also the first Soviet club to tour the West and put on an impressive display during a goodwill visit to the United Kingdom in 1945. Complete unknowns, the Soviet players delivered a surprising performance: they drew 3:3 at Chelsea, rode roughshod 10:1 over Cardiff City, beat an Arsenal side reinforced by the presence of Stanley Matthews, Stan Mortensen and Joe Bacuzzi by a score of 4:3 in a match played in thick fog, and finally, drew 2:2 with Rangers.
They continued to be a strong side at home after the war and enjoyed their greatest success through the 50's. Dinamo captured another five championships between 1949 and 1959, as well as their second Soviet Cup in 1953. Honours were harder to come by after that time. The club continued to enjoy some success in the Soviet Cup (now the Russian Cup), but has not won a national championship since 1976. Even so, Dinamo's 11 national titles make it the country's third most decorated side behind Dynamo Kiev (13 titles) and Spartak Moscow (12 titles).
Dinamo's greatest achievement in Europe to this day was in the 1972 UEFA Cup Winners Cup. They got to the final at the Nou Camp in Barcelona where they lost to Scottish side Rangers 3-2. Plus the fact the referee blew for time 3 minutes early as the Rangers fans invaded the pitch. This was a Russian side's greatest achievement in Europe until CSKA Moscow won the 2005 UEFA Cup.
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FC Dinamo Moskva
