GNK Dinamo Zagreb
| Full name | Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Modri, Plavi (The Blues) |
| Founded | 9 June 1945 |
| Ground | Stadion Maksimir |
| Capacity | 35,120 |
| Chairman | Mirko Barišić |
| Manager | Ivaylo Petev |
| League | Prva HNL |
| 2015–16 | Prva HNL, 1st |
| Website | Club home page |
| The "Best 11" squad chosen by fans and critics in 2011. |
Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb commonly referred to as GNK Dinamo Zagreb or simply Dinamo Zagreb (pronounced [dinamo ˈzâːɡreb]) is a professional Croatian football club based in Zagreb. The club was founded in 1911. They play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful club in Croatian football, having won 18 Prva HNL titles, 14 Croatian Football Cups and four Croatian Football Super Cups. The club has spent its entire existence in top flight, having been members of the Yugoslav First League from 1946 to 1991, and then the Croatian First League since its foundation in 1992.
Dinamo Zagreb was founded 1911 as HŠK Građanski. After WWII the new communist regime considered clubs like HAŠK and Građanski as fascist and nationalistic. As such, they were banned, and, in 1945, NK Dinamo was founded as a club to act as an unofficial successor to HŠK Građanski, getting around the ruling party's disapproval.
They entered the Yugoslav First League in its inaugural 1946–47 season, finishing as runners-up. In their second season in Yugoslav top flight in 1947–48 they finished as Yugoslav champions which was their first major trophy. The club won three more league titles and seven Yugoslav Cups.
Amid the breakup of Yugoslavia and formation of the Croatian football league system, Dinamo left the Yugoslav league in 1991. Dinamo are the only Croatian club with European silverware, having won the 1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup by defeating Leeds United in the final. They also finished runners-up in the same competition in 1963 when they lost to Valencia.
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