Dynamo Kyiv Football Club Profile and Squad

Dynamo Kyiv

Founded in 1927, Dynamo Kyiv is one of Ukraine’s defining football institutions, recognised for its blue-and-white identity, Kyiv roots and enduring influence on the national game. The club carries a distinctive place in European football history, shaped by ambitious ideas, disciplined collective play and a celebrated youth tradition. Its story connects the capital’s sporting culture with generations of players, coaches and supporters, preserving a powerful sense of continuity through changing eras.

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Xtra rating
1669
Conservative: 1140
Rank club
304
Updated: 14 September 2026

Dynamo Kyiv Upcoming matches by league

Premier League

  • - Regular Season - 7
    Zorya Luhansk
    Dynamo Kyiv
  • - Regular Season - 8
    Dynamo Kyiv
    No H2H
    Karpaty
  • - Regular Season - 9
    Polessya
    No H2H
    Dynamo Kyiv
    Tsentralnyi Stadion
  • - Regular Season - 10
    Dynamo Kyiv
    No H2H
    Kudrivka

Dynamo Kyiv Last matches by league

Premier League

  • - Regular Season - 6
    Dynamo Kyiv
    Epitsentr Dunayivtsi
  • - Regular Season - 5
    Dynamo Kyiv
    LNZ Cherkasy
  • - Regular Season - 4
    Bukovyna
    Dynamo Kyiv
  • - Regular Season - 3
    Dynamo Kyiv
    Kolos Kovalivka

Cup

  • - Round of 32
    Nyva Vinnytsya
    Dynamo Kyiv
  • - Final
    Chernihiv
    Dynamo Kyiv
    Arena Lviv
  • - Semi-finals
    Bukovyna
    Dynamo Kyiv
  • - Quarter-finals
    Dynamo Kyiv
    Inhulets

UEFA Europa Conference League

  • - 3rd Qualifying Round
    Qarabag
    Dynamo Kyiv
  • - 3rd Qualifying Round
    Dynamo Kyiv
    Qarabag
  • - League Stage - 6
    Dynamo Kyiv
    FC Noah
  • - League Stage - 5
    Fiorentina
    Dynamo Kyiv

UEFA Europa League

  • - 2nd Qualifying Round
    PAOK
    Dynamo Kyiv
  • - 2nd Qualifying Round
    Dynamo Kyiv
    PAOK
  • - 1st Qualifying Round
    Universitatea Cluj
    Dynamo Kyiv
  • - 1st Qualifying Round
    Dynamo Kyiv
    Universitatea Cluj

Friendlies Clubs

  • - Club Friendlies
    Radomiak Radom
    Dynamo Kyiv
  • - Club Friendlies
    Dynamo Kyiv
    Lask Linz
  • - Club Friendlies
    Dynamo Kyiv
    Rapid
  • - Club Friendlies
    Wieczysta Kraków
    Dynamo Kyiv

UEFA Champions League

  • - 3rd Qualifying Round
    Pafos
    Dynamo Kyiv
  • - 3rd Qualifying Round
    Dynamo Kyiv
    Pafos
  • - 2nd Qualifying Round
    Dynamo Kyiv
    Hamrun Spartans
    Motor Lublin Arena
  • - 2nd Qualifying Round
    Hamrun Spartans
    Dynamo Kyiv
    MFA Centenary Stadium

Dynamo Kyiv Team Roster

Dynamo Kyiv’s recorded squad contains 37 players: 14 midfielders, 13 defenders, six attackers and four goalkeepers. The midfield selection includes A. Yarmolenko, M. Shaparenko, O. Pikhalyonok, V. Brazhko and V. Buyalskyi. Defensive options include D. Popov, O. Tymchyk, T. Kędziora and T. Mykhavko, while E. Guerrero, N. Voloshyn and Vladislav Blănuță feature among the attackers. Goalkeeping cover is listed through B. Manko, I. Olkhovyi, R. Neshcheret and V. Surkis. The roster therefore offers broad coverage across all four positions, with the largest concentration in midfield and a substantial defensive group.

position Goalkeeper

1 Heorhii Bushchan
Heorhii Bushchan
GK Ukraine
35 Ruslan Neshcheret
Ruslan Neshcheret
GK Ukraine
43 Illia Olkhovyi
Illia Olkhovyi
GK Ukraine
71 Viacheslav Surkis
Viacheslav Surkis
GK Ukraine

position Defender

4 Denys Popov
Denys Popov
DEF Ukraine
5 Oleksii Sych
Oleksii Sych
DEF Ukraine
13
18 Oleksandr Tymchyk
Oleksandr Tymchyk
DEF Ukraine
23 Navin Malysh
Navin Malysh
DEF Ukraine
32 Taras Mykhavko
Taras Mykhavko
DEF Ukraine
34 Vladyslav Zakharchenko
40 Kristian Bilovar
Kristian Bilovar
DEF Hungary
44 Vladyslav Dubinchak
66 Aliou Thiare
Aliou Thiare
DEF Senegal
90 Denys Dykyi
Denys Dykyi
DEF Ukraine

position Midfielder

6 Volodymyr Brazhko
Volodymyr Brazhko
MID Ukraine
7 Andrii Yarmolenko
Andrii Yarmolenko
MID Russia
8 Oleksandr Pikhalyonok
9 Nazar Voloshyn
Nazar Voloshyn
MID Ukraine
10 Mykola Shaparenko
Mykola Shaparenko
MID Ukraine
14
15 Valentyn Rubchynskyi
21 Justin Antonius Lonwijk
Justin Antonius Lonwijk
MID Netherlands
22 Vladyslav Kabaev
Vladyslav Kabaev
MID Ukraine
28
29 Vitalii Buyalskyi
Vitalii Buyalskyi
MID Ukraine
30 Gustavo Prado Alves
80
91 Mykola Mykhaylenko
Mykola Mykhaylenko
MID Ukraine

position Attacker

Last Dynamo Kyiv Coachs

Oleksandr Shovkovskyi is the latest recorded Dynamo Kyiv appointment and remains the current head coach, having started on 1 November 2023. His timeline follows Mircea Lucescu, who led the club from July 2020 to November 2023. Earlier recorded appointments were Oleksii Mykhailychenko from August 2019 to July 2020, Aleksandr Khatskevich from June 2017 to August 2019 and Serhii Rebrov from April 2014 to June 2017. The sequence places Shovkovskyi within a recent coaching lineage that includes Ukrainian, Romanian and Belarusian managers.

Oleksandr Shovkovskyi

Oleksandr Shovkovskyi

Ukraine
Coach since 1 November 2023
Coach until
History
Coach Coach country Coach since Coach until
Oleksandr Shovkovskyi Ukraine 1 November 2023
Mircea Lucescu Romania 1 July 2020 1 November 2023
Oleksii Mykhailychenko Ukraine 1 August 2019 1 July 2020
Aleksandr Khatskevich Belarus 1 June 2017 1 August 2019
Serhii Rebrov Ukraine 1 April 2014 1 June 2017
Oleh Blokhin Ukraine 1 September 2012 1 April 2014
Yuri Semin Russia 1 December 2010 1 September 2012
Yuri Semin Russia 1 January 2008 1 May 2009
Anatolii Demianenko Ukraine 1 August 2005 1 September 2007

Dynamo Kyiv Transfers

The recorded arrivals include O. Sych from Karpaty and I. Olkhovyi from Nyva Ternopil as transfers, while P. Mounguengue and T. Kędziora arrived as free agents. Several other entries are marked as returns from loan, including J. Lonwijk, N. Malysh, M. Dyachuk and O. Syrota. Denys Dykyi is also listed after moving from Dynamo Kyiv U19. The published summary is selective rather than a complete window total, so it describes movement patterns without establishing the club’s full number of arrivals.

Latest player transfers from
Player Team from Transfer type Transfer date
Gustavo Prado
Internacional
Loan 3 September 2026
K. Bah
Stade Lausanne-Ouchy
Transfer 2 September 2026
O. Sych
Karpaty
Transfer 20 July 2026
O. Sych
Karpaty
Transfer 19 July 2026
P. Mounguengue
Paris Saint Germain
Free agent 30 June 2026
I. Olkhovyi
Nyva Ternopil
Transfer 30 June 2026
P. Mounguengue
PSG U19
Free agent 30 June 2026
T. Kędziora
PAOK
Free agent 30 June 2026
Denys Dykyi
Dynamo Kyiv U19
- 29 June 2026
R. Ramadani
Shkendija
Return from loan 29 June 2026
V. Supryaga
Epitsentr Dunayivtsi
Return from loan 29 June 2026
P. Mounguengue
Paris Saint Germain
Free agent 29 June 2026
V. Rubchynskyi
Karpaty
Return from loan 29 June 2026
Á. Quiñones
Eyüpspor
Return from loan 29 June 2026
Vladyslav Herych
Chornomorets
Return from loan 29 June 2026

Recorded departures include G. Tsitaishvili, who left for Rayo Vallecano as a free agent, and free-agent exits by D. Ignatenko, Vitinho, O. Karavaev and V. Morgun. Loans include Vladyslav Herych to Chornomorets, A. Tsarenko to FC BW Linz, M. Dyachuk to Baník Ostrava and E. Ramírez to Carabobo FC. M. Bragaru and O. Yatsyk are marked as transfers. Other listed moves cover additional loans and free-agent changes. This selective recent summary is not a complete count of departures for the period.

Latest player transfers to
Player Team to Transfer type Transfer date
Vladislav Blănuță
Lechia Gdansk
- 28 August 2026
G. Tsitaishvili
Rayo Vallecano
Free agent 12 August 2026
O. Gusev
Chornomorets
Loan 7 August 2026
Á. Quiñones
Operario-PR
Loan 7 August 2026
Vladyslav Herych
Chornomorets
Loan 30 July 2026
A. Tsarenko
FC BW Linz
Loan 13 July 2026
M. Dyachuk
Baník Ostrava
Loan 9 July 2026
D. Ignatenko
Livyi Bereh
Free agent 1 July 2026
A. Matkevych
Obolon'-Brovar
Loan 30 June 2026
O. Yatsyk
FC Kharkiv
Transfer 30 June 2026
V. Morgun
Kolos Kovalivka
Free agent 30 June 2026
D. Ignatenko
Livyi Bereh
Free agent 30 June 2026
M. Bragaru
Polessya
Transfer 30 June 2026
O. Karavaev
Shakhtar Donetsk
Free agent 30 June 2026
Vitinho
Internacional
Free agent 30 June 2026

Transfers Synthesis

Taken together, the recent movement shows several distinct pathways into and out of Dynamo Kyiv. The arrivals include direct transfers for O. Sych and I. Olkhovyi, free-agent additions in P. Mounguengue and T. Kędziora, a progression from the under-19 side for Denys Dykyi and multiple returns from loan. The departures combine free-agent exits, listed transfers and a sizeable set of loans, including moves involving both established squad names and developing players. The pattern is therefore mixed rather than defined by one transaction type. Loan returns and subsequent departures appear within the same recent cycle, illustrating how the recorded movement can capture changing player status across adjacent windows. Because both lists are selective extracts, they support a description of movement categories and individual examples, not a definitive total, net balance or complete account of all business. All claims reflect the recorded activity available.

Leagues Dynamo Kyiv has participated in

Dynamo Kyiv’s recorded competition portfolio includes the Premier League and Cup, both logged from 2011 through 2025 and supported by recent activity. UEFA Champions League participation is likewise recorded from 2011 to 2025, while the UEFA Europa League appears from 2014 to 2025. The UEFA Europa Conference League is recorded from 2023 to 2025, and Friendlies Clubs from 2020 to 2025. The Super Cup entry spans 2020 to 2021 and is historical rather than recent. Together, these records show domestic, European and preparatory competition coverage.

More about Dynamo Kyiv

Dynamo Kyiv, formally FC Dynamo Kyiv, is a Ukrainian football club based in the capital and founded in 1927. Its identity is closely associated with blue and white colours, the stylised D on its badge and a football culture that links civic pride with competitive ambition. The club’s name is part of the wider Dynamo sports tradition, while its history has made it one of the defining institutions of Ukrainian football. Dynamo became a leading force in the Soviet era and carried that stature into the independent Ukrainian game. It is noted for a record haul of Soviet Top League championships and for its sustained importance in domestic football. Its European history is equally distinctive. Dynamo were the first Soviet club to win a major European trophy, lifting the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup in 1975, and winning the competition again in 1986 before adding the UEFA Super Cup. Those achievements helped establish the club as a major eastern European football power. The club is primarily associated with the NSC Olimpiyskiy in central Kyiv, while the Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium remains an important historic venue and is used for smaller fixtures. Lobanovskyi’s influence extends beyond the stadium’s name: his emphasis on collective movement, conditioning, discipline and tactical planning helped shape the club’s enduring football identity. Dynamo operates through a private joint-stock structure and has long been linked with the Surkis family’s stewardship. Its sporting model places strong value on youth development, sports science and the promotion of Ukrainian talent, balanced by selective international recruitment. That combination gives the club a distinctive ecosystem, connecting its academy, senior side, domestic competitions and regular UEFA involvement. Through changing political and sporting eras, Dynamo Kyiv has retained a recognisable visual tradition, a strong connection to its city and a reputation for developing players within a clear collective framework.

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Dynamo Kyiv vs LNZ Cherkasy
Premier League 2026 - 1565466
Dynamo Kyiv vs Kolos Kovalivka
Premier League 2026 - 1565449
Qarabag vs Dynamo Kyiv
UEFA Europa Conference League 2026 - 1607620
Veres Rivne vs Dynamo Kyiv
Premier League 2026 - 1565448
Dynamo Kyiv vs Qarabag
UEFA Europa Conference League 2026 - 1607581
PAOK vs Dynamo Kyiv
UEFA Europa League 2026 - 1593528
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2021-2022

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2nd
2021-2022

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