Dynamo Moscow is one of the oldest clubs in Russia. Founded in 1923. Throughout its history, the club has won many trophies, however, the last one was won more than 25 years ago - in 1995 (Russian Cup). It is considered one of the most successful clubs in the history of the USSR / Russia, however, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Dynamo never became the country's champions. The club colors are white and blue, hence the nickname blue and white. He plays home games at the Dynamo stadium. Lev Yashin.

The Moscow sports society Dynamo, of which the football club became a part, was organized on April 18, 1923. The founders of the society were employees and military officers of the GPU (State Political Administration under the NKVD). The main purpose of creating the organization was to provide an opportunity to play sports for law enforcement officers. From here came another nickname for Dynamo - cops, which haunted them for many years, and nowadays it is more used in fan circles.

Dynamo had their debut official duel on June 17, 1923. It was the quarterfinals of the spring Moscow championship against the Krasnaya Presnya team, which actually became the progenitor of another famous Moscow team, Spartak. The game ended with the defeat of Dynamo with a score of 2: 3. Dynamo soon acquired its first stadium. However, this cannot be called a stadium in full measure - it was a wasteland full of rubbish behind the children's hospital, which was equipped with the forces of the football players themselves.

The first significant success came to Dynamo in 1926 - the team became the champion of Moscow. In the same year, the same legendary Dynamo emblem appeared - a rhombus with the letter D enclosed in it (as we mentioned above). Its creator was the team's forward Alexander Borisov - by the way, in the future he will restore Stalingrad and Chisinau after the war. At the same time, the Dynamo uniform was approved - white and blue T-shirts with the emblem of the society. The colors have remained unchanged to this day, although the design, of course, has changed several times.

In September 1926, the first international Dynamo game took place - against the national team of the Latvian Working Sports and Self-Defense Union. Dynamo won easily - 7:1. Over the next 9 years, they will win the Moscow championship five more times.

In 1928, together with the second victory in the Moscow championship, Dynamo experienced another joy - the eponymous stadium was opened in Petrovsky Park, which became home for many years. A year later, the first match took place in the new arena, which ended in a 3: 2 victory over the team at the Hammer and Sickle plant.

As mentioned above, Dynamo Moscow is one of the most successful Russian clubs in terms of the number of domestic trophies. Dynamo won the USSR Championship 11 times, won the USSR / Russia Cup 7 times and took the Union Super Cup once. In terms of the total number of titles (19), the blue and white occupy the 4th place in the history of Russian football, behind only Spartak, CSKA and Zenit.

In the UFEA Cup, the blue-white played quite often, but did not gain much success. The maximum achievement remains two appearances in the 1/8 finals - in the 91/92 and 92/93 seasons.

The situation is similar in the Europa League - the best result is the 1/8 finals in the 2014/15 season (elimination from Napoli). Dynamo had a good chance to return to European competitions at the end of the 2020/21 season, but at the finish line they lost tickets to LE Rubin and Sochi.

In terms of the number of trophies won, the most successful coach of the Moscow Dynamo, undoubtedly, should be called Mikhail Yakushin. He led the team twice - from 1944 to 1950 and from 1953 to 1960. Under his leadership, Dynamo won a total of 6 championship titles and one USSR Cup.

In 1940 Sergei Soloviev made his debut for Dynamo. Prior to that, he played a little in another Dynamo, Leningrad, but spent the best years of his career in Moscow. Soloviev played for the blue and white from 1940 to 1952. and scored a total of 153 goals. Perhaps the scorer's indicators would have been higher if the war had not intervened, because of which the USSR championship was stopped for several years.

Coach: Novikov Kirill (Russia) Age: 39