Dinamo Kiev
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| Full name | Football Club Dynamo Kyiv |
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| Founded | 13 May 1927 |
| Ground | NSC Olimpiyskiy |
| Capacity | 70,050 |
| Owner | Ihor Surkis |
| President | Ihor Surkis |
| Head coach | Serhiy Rebrov |
| League | Ukrainian Premier League |
| 2015–16 | 1st |
| Website | Club home page |
Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (Ukrainian: Футбольний клуб «Динамо» [dɪˈnɑmo ˈkɪjiw]) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kiev. Founded in 1927 as part of the Soviet Dynamo Sports Society, the club plays in the Ukrainian Premier League, and has never been relegated to a lower division. Their home is the 70,050 capacity Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex.
Since 1936, Dynamo has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football. Its most successful periods are associated with Valeriy Lobanovskyi, who coached the team during three stints, leading them to numerous domestic and European titles. Dynamo Kyiv became the only Soviet club that managed to overcome the total hegemony of Moscow-based clubs in the Soviet Top League. The Spartak Moscow–Dynamo Kyiv rivalry became the most exciting football rivalry in the Soviet Union that almost completely eclipsed the Spartak Moscow–Dynamo Moscow rivalry. Since late 1960s, the club has participated in the UEFA continental competitions almost every year. It is the first Soviet football club that started to participate in the UEFA European competitions since 1965.
Over its history, Dynamo Kyiv has won 28 national titles (including 13 Soviet), 20 national cup competitions (including 9 Soviet Cups), and 3 continental titles (including 2 UEFA Cup Winners' Cups). Along with Dinamo Tbilisi, they were the only two Soviet clubs that succeeded in the UEFA competitions. The first team of Dynamo became a base team for the Soviet Union national football team in the 1970–1980s and the Ukraine national football team in the 1990–2000s. The two stars on the club's crest each signify ten domestic titles the club has won.
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