FC Dinamo Minsk

Dinamo Minsk
Full name	Футбольны клуб „Дынама-Мінск“; Футбольный клуб «Динамо-Минск»; Football Club Dinamo Minsk
Founded	18 June 1927; 97 years ago
Ground	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
Capacity	22,000
Chairman	Andrey Tolmach
Manager	Vadim Skripchenko
League	Belarusian Premier League
2024	Belarusian Premier League, 1st of 16 (champions)
Website	https://dinamo-minsk.by/
Home colours	Away colours

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

Soviet Union

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

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

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

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

Belarus

Belarusian Premier League
- Winners (9): 1992, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995, 1997, 2004, 2023, 2024
- Runners-up: 1996, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2017
- Third place: 2000, 2003, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2021
Belarusian Cup
- Winners (3): 1992, 1993–94, 2002–03
- Runners-up: 1995–96, 1997–98, 2012–13
Season Cup
- Winners: 1994

Soviet Union

Soviet Top League
- Winners: 1982
- Third place: 1954, 1963, 1983
Soviet Cup
- Runners-up: 1965, 1987
Federation Cup
- Runners-up: 1989
Soviet First League
- Winners: 1953, 1956
- Runners-up: 1951, 1975
- Third place: 1974, 1978
Football Championship of the Belarusian SSR
- Winners (6): 1937, 1938, 1939, 1945, 1951, 1975
- Runners-up: 1934, 1935, 1946, 1952, 1977
- Third place:1940, 1947

Current squad

As of September 2024^[3]


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	BLR	Ivan Fralow
2	DF	BLR	Vadim Pigas
3	MF	NGA	Joseph Okoro
4	DF	BLR	Alyaksey Hawrylovich
5	DF	BLR	Pavel Apetenok
6	DF	BLR	Sergey Politevich
7	MF	BLR	Maksim Budko
8	MF	BLR	Aleksandr Selyava
9	FW	NGA	Steven Alfred
10	FW	BLR	Uladzimir Khvashchynski
11	MF	BLR	Gleb Zherdev
13	GK	BLR	Ivan Shimakovich
14	FW	NGA	Raymond Adeola
16	MF	BLR	Daniil Silinskiy
17	FW	BLR	Ivan Bakhar
19	FW	BLR	Dmitry Podstrelov
20	DF	BLR	Alyaksandr Sachywka
21	GK	BLR	Fyodor Lapoukhov


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	MF	RUS	Daniil Kulikov
25	FW	BRA	Pedro Igor
26	DF	BLR	Vladislav Kalinin
27	DF	BLR	Matvey Mikhayrin
29	MF	CIV	Boni Amian
33	DF	BLR	Denis Polyakov
37	MF	BLR	Vladislav Krolik
49	GK	BLR	Artem Karatay
66	DF	BRA	Raí
67	DF	BLR	Roman Begunov
74	MF	BLR	Pavel Sedko
80	MF	RUS	Igor Shkolik
81	MF	BLR	Trofim Melnichenko
88	MF	BLR	Nikita Demchenko
97	FW	BLR	Vasiliy Chernyavskiy
99	FW	BLR	Artem Sokolovskiy
—	DF	BLR	Zakhar Kholodov

Coaching staff

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

Reserves

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

Dinamo-d Minsk was the club's reserve team which competed in the Soviet Top League (or First League) Reserves championship. In 1992 this reserve team was transformed into Dinamo-2 Minsk, which eventually got promoted to Belarusian Premier League and split into new club Belarus Minsk (later renamed to more commonly known Dinamo-93 Minsk). This club disbanded in 1998.
Dinamo-Juni Minsk was formed as an outfit for young Dinamo players in 1993 and played in Second League and First League from the 1993–94 season until the end of 2004.
New Dinamo-2 Minsk was formed 2000. They were active in the Second League during 2000–2002 and again in 2011–2012.
Bereza-2010 was originally an independent club, which since 2010 formed a partnership with Dinamo, serving as their farm club until the dissolution in late 2015.
Since 2001 Dinamo is represented by a reserve team in Belarusian Premier League Reserves Championship.

Notable managers

Eduard Malofeyev (1978–83): USSR Championship 1982
Mikhail Vergeyenko (1991–94): Belarusian Championship 1992, 1992–93, 1993–94
/ Ivan Schyokin: (1994–1997): Belarusian Championship 1994–95, 1995
Anatoly Baidachny (1997): Belarusian Championship 1997
Yuri Shukanov (2004–05): Belarusian Championship 2004
Vadim Skripchenko (2022–): Belarusian Championship 2023, 2024

League history

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

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