FC Dinamo Minsk

For other uses, see Dinamo Minsk.

Dinamo Minsk
Full nameФутбольны клуб „Дынама-Мінск“
Футбольный клуб «Динамо-Минск»
Football Club Dinamo Minsk
Founded18 June 1927 (1927-06-18)
GroundDinamo Stadium, Minsk
Capacity22,000
ChairmanAndrey Tolmach
ManagerVadim Skripchenko
LeagueBelarusian Premier League
2024Belarusian Premier League, 1st of 16 (champions)
Websitedinamo-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

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 were relegated immediately in 1976. They returned to the top level after 2 years. In November 1973, the team toured Bangladesh and played numerous exhibition matches against the regional selections.[1]

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.[2] Dinamo Minsk also has a big rivalry with BATE Borisov from the city of Barysaw.[3]

Honours

Belarus

Soviet Union

Current squad

As of 11 July 2025[5]

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  BLR Artem Makavchik
2 DF  BLR Vadim Pigas
3 DF  RUS Ilya Kalachyov
4 DF  BLR Alyaksey Hawrylovich
5 DF  BLR Pavel Apetenok
6 MF  BLR Maksim Myakish
7 MF  BLR Yevgeny Malashevich
8 MF  RUS Ruslan Chobanov (on loan from Krasnodar)
9 FW  MNE Dušan Bakić
10 FW  BLR Karen Vardanyan
11 MF  CTA Moustapha Djimet
13 GK  BLR Ivan Shimakovich
16 MF  BLR Daniil Silinsky
17 FW  BLR Ivan Bakhar
18 MF  BLR Denis Grechikho
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW  BLR Dmitry Podstrelov
21 MF  BLR Yevgeny Shevchenko
23 MF  BLR Aleksey Zhechko
24 DF  BLR Aleksey Vakulich
25 FW  BRA Pedro Igor
26 DF  BLR Vladislav Kalinin
31 GK  BLR Denis Shpakovsky
33 DF  GHA Fard Ibrahim
42 MF  NGA Fawaz Abdullahi
49 GK  BLR Artyom Karatay
67 DF  BLR Roman Begunov
88 MF  BLR Nikita Demchenko
90 DF  BLR Mikhail Aleksandrov
99 MF  BLR Kirill Tsepenkov

Coaching staff

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

Reserves

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

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 22 3 3 72-21 69 1 (15) Round of 16
2024 1st 30 20 8 2 50-13 68 1 (16) Semi-finals
2025 1st 30 Round of 16

European record

Accurate as of 14 July 2022
Competition Played Won Drew Lost GF GA GD Win%
UEFA Champions League / European Cup 16 5 6 5 20 20 +0 031.25
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 6 2 3 1 6 4 +2 033.33
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League 109 42 22 45 137 141 −4 038.53
UEFA Europa Conference League 12 2 2 8 11 22 −11 016.67
UEFA Intertoto Cup 12 5 3 4 22 13 +9 041.67
Total 155 56 36 63 196 200 −4 036.13

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)
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)
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)
2Q Beşiktaş 2–1 (H) 0–2 (A)
1997–98 UEFA Cup 1Q Kolkheti-1913 Poti 1–0 (H) 1–2 (A)
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)
2Q Artmedia Petržalka 1–2 (A) 2–3 (H)
2007–08 UEFA Cup 1Q Skonto Riga 1–1 (A) 2–0 (H)
2Q Odense 1–1 (H) 0–4 (A)
2009–10 UEFA Europa League 1Q Renova 2–1 (H) 1–1 (A)
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)
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)
2Q Ludogorets Razgrad 0−2 (A) 1−0 (H)
UEFA Europa League 3Q Lincoln Red Imps 2–0 (H) 1–2 (A)
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 1–2 (H) —
Larne 2–0 (H) —
Panathinaikos 0–4 (A) —
2025–26 UEFA Champions League 1Q Ludogorets Razgrad

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