FC Dinamo Minsk or FK Dynama Minsk (; ) 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.

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

Honours

Belarus

Belarusian Premier League Winners (9): 1992, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995, 1997, 2004, 2023, 2024 Runners-up (10): 1996, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2025 Third place (7): 2000, 2003, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2021 Belarusian Cup Winners (3): 1992, 1993–94, 2002–03 Runners-up (4): 1995–96, 1997–98, 2012–13, 2025–26 Season Cup / Belarusian Super Cup Winners (2): 1994, 2025 Soviet Union

Soviet Top League Winners (1): 1982 Third place (3): 1954, 1963, 1983 Soviet Cup Runners-up (2): 1965, 1987 Federation Cup Runners-up (1): 1989 Soviet First League Winners (2): 1953, 1956 Runners-up (2): 1951, 1975 Third place (2): 1974, 1978 Football Championship of the Belarusian SSR Winners (6): 1937, 1938, 1939, 1945, 1951, 1975 Runners-up (5): 1934, 1935, 1946, 1952, 1977 Third place (2): 1940, 1947

Current squad As of 8 September, 2026

Out on loan

Coaching staff

NameRole Alyaksandr ShahoykaHead Coach Alyaksandr BylinaAssistant Coach Alyaksandr HurynovichAssistant Coach Alyaksandr PawlawAssistant Coach Andrey DrozdGoalkeeping 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 (2022–2025): Belarusian Championship 2023, 2024

League history Belarus SeasonGoalsPointsDomestic Cup19921st15113138–7251 (16)Winner1992–931st32265190–25571 (17)Semi-finals1993–941st30244276–20521 (16)Winner1994–951st30208283–24481 (16)Round of 161995 (autumn)1st15122142–13381 (16)Round of 1619961st30236183–20752 (16)Finals19971st30217274–24701 (16)Semi-finals19981st281161139–38398 (15)Finals19991st30149751–30516 (16)Round of 1620001st30195649–21623 (16)Round of 1620011st26165552–21532 (14)Semi-finals20021st26126844–28427 (14)Quarter-finals20031st30204662–24643 (16)Winner20041st30243364–18751 (16)Quarter-finals20051st26155650–26502 (14)Round of 1620061st26157444–22522 (14)Quarter-finals20071st26811727–28359 (14)Quarter-finals20081st30195649–29622 (16)Semi-finals20091st26148438–18502 (14)Round of 1620101st331751149–34564 (12)Quarter-finals20111st331471250–43494 (12)Round of 1620121st30168637–19563 (11)Round of 1620131st32159844–33543 (12)Finals20141st32187744–21612 (12)Round of 1620151st26158336–13532 (14)Semi-finals20161st301510546–28553 (16)Quarter-finals20171st30222646–15682 (16)Quarter-finals20181st30189341–17633 (16)Round of 1620191st301551043–39504 (16)Semi-finals20201st301641038–25526 (16)Quarter-finals20211st30195655–20623 (16)Quarter-finals20221st301611350–25594 (16)Quarter-finals20231st28223372-21691 (15)Round of 1620241st30208250-13681 (16)Semi-finals20251st30196552-27632 (16)Round of 1620261st30Finals

European record

Accurate as of 14 July 2022

CompetitionPlayedWonDrewLostGFGAGDWin% Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.

SeasonCompetition Round Club 1st Leg 2nd Leg1983–84European Cup1RGrasshopper1–0 (H)2–2 (A)2RRaba ETO6–3 (A)3–1 (H)QFDinamo București1–1 (H)0–1 (A)1984–85UEFA Cup1RHJK Helsinki4–0 (H)6–0 (A)2RSporting CP0–2 (A)2–0 (p. 5–3) (H)3RWidzew Łódź2–0 (A)0–1 (H)QFŽeljezničar Sarajevo0–2 (A)1–1 (H)1986–87UEFA Cup1RRaba ETO2–4 (H)1–0 (A)1987–88UEFA Cup Winners' Cup1RGençlerbirliği2–0 (H)2–1 (A)2RReal Sociedad1–1 (A)0–0 (H)QFMechelen0–1 (A)1–1 (H)1988–89UEFA Cup1RTrakia Plovdiv2–1 (A)0–0 (H)2RVictoria București2–1 (H)0–1 (A)1993–94UEFA Champions League1RWerder Bremen2–5 (A)1–1 (H)1994–95UEFA CupQRHibernians3–1 (H)3–4 (a.e.t.) (A)1RLazio0–0 (H)1–4 (A)1995–96UEFA CupQRUniversitatea Craiova0–0 (A)0–0 (p. 3–1) (H)1RAustria Wien2–1 (A)1–0 (H)2RWerder Bremen0–5 (A)2–1 (H)1996–97UEFA Cup1QBohemian1–1 (A)0–0 (H)2QBeşiktaş2–1 (H)0–2 (A)1997–98UEFA Cup1QKolkheti-1913 Poti1–0 (H)1–2 (A)2QLillestrøm0–2 (H)0–1 (A)1998–99UEFA Champions League1QSkonto Riga0–0 (A)1–2 (H)2001UEFA Intertoto Cup1RHobscheid6–0 (H)1–1 (A)2RHapoel Haifa2–0 (H)1–0 (A)3RWolfsburg3–4 (A)0–0 (H)2002–03UEFA CupQRCSKA Sofia1–4 (H)0–1 (A)2003–04UEFA CupQRBrøndby0–3 (A)0–2 (H)2004UEFA Intertoto Cup1ROdra Wodzisław0–1 (A)2–0 (H)2RSartid Smederevo1–2 (H)3–1 (a.e.t.) (A)3RLille1–2 (A)2–2 (H)2005–06UEFA Champions League1QAnorthosis1–1 (H)0–1 (A)2006–07UEFA Cup1QZagłębie Lubin1–1 (A)0–0 (H)2QArtmedia Petržalka1–2 (A)2–3 (H)2007–08UEFA Cup1QSkonto Riga1–1 (A)2–0 (H)2QOdense1–1 (H)0–4 (A)2009–10UEFA Europa League1QRenova2–1 (H)1–1 (A)2QTromsø0–0 (H)1–4 (A)2010–11UEFA Europa League2QSillamäe Kalev5–1 (H)5–0 (A)3QMaccabi Haifa0–1 (A)3–1 (H)POClub Brugge1–2 (A)2–3 (H)2013–14UEFA Europa League1QKruoja Pakruojis3–0 (A)5–0 (H)2QLokomotiva Zagreb1–2 (H)3–2 (A)3QTrabzonspor0–1 (H)0–0 (A)2014–15UEFA Europa League2QMyPa3–0 (H)0–0 (A)3QCFR Cluj1–0 (H)2–0 (A)PONacional2–0 (H)3–2 (A)Group KPAOK1–6 (A)0–2 (H)Fiorentina0–3 (H)2–1 (A)Guingamp0–0 (H)0–2 (A)2015–16UEFA Europa League2QCherno More1–1 (A)4–0 (H)3QZürich 1–0 (A) 1–1 (a.e.t.) (H)PORed Bull Salzburg2–0 (H)0–2 (p. 3–2) (A)Group EViktoria Plzeň0–2 (A)1–0 (H)Rapid Wien0–1 (H)1–2 (A)Villarreal0–4 (A)1–2 (H)2016–17UEFA Europa League1QSpartaks Jūrmala2–1 (H)2–0 (A)2QSt Patrick's Athletic1–1 (H)1–0 (A)3QVojvodina1–1 (A)0–2 (H)2017–18UEFA Europa League1QNSÍ Runavík2–1 (H)2–0 (A)2QRabotnički1–1 (A)3–0 (H)3QAEK Larnaca0–2 (A)1–1 (H)2018–19UEFA Europa League1QDerry City2–0 (A)1–2 (H)2QDunajská Streda3–1 (A)4–1 (H)3QZenit Saint Petersburg4–0 (H)1–8 (a.e.t) (A)2019–20UEFA Europa League1QLiepāja1–1 (A)1–2 (H)2020–21UEFA Europa League1QPiast Gliwice0–2 (H)2022–23UEFA Europa Conference League1QDečić1–1 (H)2–1 (A)2QHapoel Be'er Sheva1–2 (A)0–1 (H)2023–24UEFA Europa Conference League1QŽeljezničar2–2 (A)1–2 (H)2024–25UEFA Champions League1QPyunik0–0 (H)1–0 (A)2QLudogorets Razgrad0−2 (A)1−0 (H)UEFA Europa League3QLincoln Red Imps2–0 (H)1–2 (A)POAnderlecht0–1 (H)0–1 (A)UEFA Conference LeagueLeague Phase Heart of Midlothian1–2 (H)HJK Helsinki0–1 (A) Legia Warsaw0–4 (A)Copenhagen1–2 (H)Larne2–0 (H)Panathinaikos0–4 (A)2025–26UEFA Champions League1QLudogorets Razgrad0−1 (A)2−2 (a.e.t) (H)UEFA Conference League2QEgnatia0–2 (H)0–1 (A)2026–27UEFA Conference League1QSileks0–1 (H)1−0 (p. 6–5) (A)2QNeftçi4−2 (A)0–1 (H)3QBraga

References

External links

Official website Supporter Guestbook Dinamo Minsk at UEFA.COM Dinamo Minsk at EUFO.DE Dinamo Minsk at Weltfussball.de Dinamo Minsk at Weltfussballarchiv.com Dinamo Minsk at National Football Teams.com Dinamo Minsk at Football-Lineups.com