FC Dynamo Brest

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FC Dynamo Brest (Belarusian: ФК Дынама Брэст, FK Dynama Brest; Russian: ФК Динамо Брест) is a Belarusian professional football club based in Brest. The club plays in the Belarusian Premier League, the top division in Belarusian football.

Dynamo Brest

Full name	Football Club Dynamo Brest[1]
Founded	1960; 65 years ago (1960)
Ground	Regional Sport Complex Brestsky
Capacity	10,169
Manager	Aleksandr Sednyov
League	Belarusian Premier League
2024	Belarusian Premier League, 4th of 15
Website	https://dynamo-brest.by/
Home colours Away colours

In 2019, Dynamo won its first Belarusian Premier League title.^[2] The club has also won the Belarusian Cup in 2007, 2017 and 2018.^[3][4]

History

Origins

The club was founded in 1960 as Spartak Brest and joined Soviet Class B (second-tier league) the same year. After the 1962 season, they were relegated as a result of league reorganization. They came close to promotion twice in 1964 and 1967 but lost the final round both times. They were finally promoted on their third attempt in 1969, but the following year they again dropped to the third tier due to league reorganization.^[5] In 1972, the team was renamed Bug Brest and finally, in 1976 Dуnamo Brest. From 1970 until the end of the Soviet era, the club was playing in the Soviet third-tier league. Dynamo Brest had a strong connection with Dinamo Minsk during these years (as both clubs were affiliated to Dinamo Sports Society) and often accepted young Minsk team players on loan.^[6]

Belarusian Premier League

In 1992, Dynamo Brest joined the Belarusian Premier League and have been playing there ever since. Their best result was a title in 2019 season, with 5 points of difference to BATE Borisov. In 2007, Dynamo Brest won the Belarusian Cup, also securing their only UEFA Cup participation. During the 2012 season, they were using the name FC Brest due to legal issues with using a Dynamo brand name the rights to which were claimed by Belarusian Dynamo Sport Society. This issue was resolved only by the end of the year. In the 2017 season, Dinamo Brest drew an average home league attendance of 5,689, the highest in the league.^[7]

Name changes

• 1960: founded as Spartak Brest
• 1972: renamed Bug Brest (after Bug River)
• 1976: renamed Dinamo Brest
• 2012: renamed FC Brest
• 2013: renamed Dinamo Brest (in 2017, Latin spelling altered to Dynamo, as seen on the updated logo)

Supporters and rivalries

June 2018, Torpedo Minsk – Dynamo Brest

The first organised fan group was created on 1 August 1998, and the fan-dedicated stand can hold around 200–500 fans. An ultras group was created in 2008. The fans call themselves the Blue White Devils. They are politically right-wing.^[8]

The club have two fan-clubs: in Pinsk and Kobrin. The one official friendship, with fans of Orlęta Radzyń Podlaski, and good contacts with fans Dinamo Minsk and BATE Borisov. Their rivals are all left-wing fans, FC Gomel, Dnepr Mogilev, Shakhtyor Soligorsk, Slavia Mozyr, Belshina Bobruisk, Torpedo Minsk and Neman Grodno.^[8]

Honours

• Belarusian Premier League
  • Winners (1): 2019
  • Third place (1): 1992
• Belarusian Cup
  • Winners (3): 2006–07, 2016–17, 2017–18
  • Runners-up (1): 2019–20
• Belarusian Super Cup
  • Winners (3): 2018, 2019, 2020

Current squad

As of March 2025^[9]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 MF  BLR Andrey Rylach 4 MF  NGA Adewale Oladoye 5 DF  BLR Yegor Khralenkov 6 MF  BLR Daniil Narchuk 7 MF  BLR Artyom Bykov 8 FW  BLR Anton Shramchenko 10 MF  KAZ Vladislav Vasilyev 11 MF  BLR Denis R. Kovalevich 12 DF  BLR Denis Gruzhevsky 15 DF  BLR Maksim Kasarab 16 GK  BLR Mikhail Kozakevich 17 MF  RUS Igor Konovalov 18 DF  BLR Nikita Stepanov 19 DF  BLR Denis Polyakov 20 DF  BLR Artem Zaychuk 21 MF  BLR Ilya Sedro

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF  LBR David Tweh 23 MF  BLR Artem Turich 24 MF  RUS Yegor Kortsov 26 GK  BLR Danila Kashtelyan 33 DF  BLR Artsyom Rakhmanaw 42 MF  BLR Nikita Burak 44 DF  SLE Abdoulie Jarjue Kabia 51 FW  BLR Denis Laptev 55 DF  BLR Aleksey Lavrik 62 MF  BLR Mikhail Gordeychuk 78 FW  BLR Ilya Yurkevich 88 MF  BLR Denis M. Kovalevich 91 GK  BLR Dmitry Dudar 97 FW  BLR Nikita Lyukevich 99 MF  BLR Ivan Zenkov — FW  BLR Daniil Chernyavskiy

League and Cup history

Soviet Union

Season	Level	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	Goals	Points	Domestic Cup	Notes
1960	2nd	15	30	7	4	19	27–59	18
1961	2nd	13	30	7	8	15	28–43	22	Round of 64
1962	2nd	4	32	15	9	6	39–25	39	Round of 512	Relegated1
1963	3rd	15	30	7	9	14	16–27	23	Round of 1024
1964	3rd	4	30	12	12	6	25–12	36	Round of 2048
		5	4	0	0	4	2–6	0		Final round2
1965	3rd	10	30	9	8	13	28–30	26	Round of 1024
1966	3rd	11	32	8	11	13	26–34	27
1967	3rd	4	34	14	12	8	33–28	40	Round of 4096
		2	3	1	2	0	3–2	4		Semi-final round3
1968	3rd	3	38	21	8	9	48–27	50
			2	1	1	0	2–0	3		Promotion/relegation play-off4
1969	2nd	13	40	12	13	15	30–29	37	Round of 32	Relegated5
1970	3rd	16	42	12	13	17	32–48	37	Round of 128
1971	3rd	9	38	13	16	9	33–29	55
1972	3rd	6	38	14	15	9	44–32	57
1973	3rd	11	32	10	9	13	35–46	236
1974	3rd	14	40	10	14	16	33–44	34
1975	3rd	10	34	12	7	15	38–44	31
1976	3rd	2	38	20	10	8	63–38	50
1977	3rd	11	40	14	13	13	51–44	41	Round of 64
1978	3rd	6	46	24	10	12	62–37	58
1979	3rd	3	46	24	14	8	77–35	62
1980	3rd	4	32	12	10	10	39–36	34
1981	3rd	6	40	13	10	17	45–37	56
1982	3rd	13	30	9	4	17	30–44	22
1983	3rd	9	32	10	10	12	41–36	30
1984	3rd	12	34	9	9	16	38–50	27
1985	3rd	6	30	13	7	10	40–33	33
1986	3rd	7	30	15	3	12	41–31	33
1987	3rd	4	34	18	6	10	54–26	42
1988	3rd	10	34	14	6	14	43–41	34
1989	3rd	5	42	19	10	13	53–51	48	Round of 128
1990	3rd	9	42	15	15	12	49–39	45
1991	3rd	16	42	14	9	19	50–50	37
1992									Round of 128

• ¹ Relegated as the 2nd level (Class B) was reduced from 10 zones (150 teams) in 1962 to a single group of 18 teams in 1963.
• ² Advanced to the final round as the best-placed team from Belarusian SSR. No team won the promotion from this final group in the end.
• ³ Advanced to the semi-final round of promotion tournament (for one spot) as one of top 8 teams not from Russian, Ukrainian, Kazakh or Central Asian SSR.
• ⁴ As the best-placed team from Belarusian SSR, Spartak advanced to promotion/relegation play-off against the lowest-placed Belarusian team from the 2nd level.
• ⁵ Relegated as the 2nd level (Class B Second Group, renamed Class B First Group from next season) was reduced from 4 zones (87 teams) in 1969 to a single group of 22 teams in 1970.
• ⁶ In 1973, every draw was followed by a penalty shoot-out, with a winner gaining 1-point and loser gaining 0.

Belarus

Season	Level	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	Goals	Points	Domestic Cup	Notes
1992	1st	3	15	8	3	4	21–10	19	Semi-finals
1992–93	1st	7	32	13	9	10	33–29	35	Round of 16
1993–94	1st	8	30	11	9	10	30–29	31	Semi-finals
1994–95	1st	10	30	9	10	11	33–33	28	Round of 16
1995	1st	10	15	5	2	8	27–32	17	Round of 16
1996	1st	10	30	7	11	12	39–43	32
1997	1st	7	30	12	6	12	44–52	42	Quarter-finals
1998	1st	9	28	12	2	14	40–40	38	Round of 16
1999	1st	7	30	14	4	12	59–52	46	Round of 16
2000	1st	10	30	10	4	16	37–51	34	Quarter-finals
2001	1st	11	26	8	5	13	26–38	29	Round of 16
2002	1st	10	26	8	8	10	25–26	32	Semi-finals
2003	1st	11	30	5	12	13	21–49	27	Round of 16
2004	1st	8	30	10	9	11	39–41	39	Round of 32
2005	1st	8	26	11	3	12	39–33	36	Round of 16
2006	1st	9	26	8	7	11	17–31	31	Quarter-finals
2007	1st	12	26	6	8	13	23–31	25	Winners
2008	1st	6	30	13	8	9	40–34	47	Round of 16
2009	1st	5	26	10	8	8	30–24	38	Round of 32
2010	1st	5	33	12	10	11	48–40	46	Round of 32
2011	1st	10	33	8	11	14	38–46	35	Quarter-finals
2012	1st	8	30	8	5	17	27–38	29	Quarter-finals
2013	1st	8	32	11	7	14	32–41	40	Quarter-finals
2014	1st	11	32	7	5	20	29–68	26	Round of 16
2015	1st	12	26	7	3	16	23–42	24	Quarter-finals
2016	1st	8	30	11	7	12	38–38	40	Round of 16
2017	1st	4	30	14	9	7	47–26	51	Winners
2018	1st	6	30	14	10	6	52–30	52	Winners
2019	1st	1	30	23	6	1	70–22	75	Round of 16
2020	1st	4	30	17	3	10	63–40	54	Runner-up
2021	1st	6	30	8	14	8	32-32	38	Round of 16
2022	1st	13	30	5	12	13	29-43	27	Quarter-finals
2023	1st	10	28	9	3	16	33-50	30	Round of 16

European record

Season	Competition	Round		Club	Home	Away	Agg.
2007–08	UEFA Cup	1Q		Liepājas Metalurgs	1–2	1–1	2–3
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	2Q		Rheindorf Altach	0–3	1–1	1–4
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	2Q		Atromitos	4–3	1–1	5–4
		3Q		Apollon Limassol	1–0	0–4	1–4
2020–21	UEFA Champions League	1Q		Astana	6–3	—	—
		2Q		Sarajevo	2–1	—	—
		3Q		Maccabi Tel Aviv	—	0–1	—
	UEFA Europa League	PO		Ludogorets Razgrad	0–2	—	—
2021–22	UEFA Europa Conference League	2Q		Viktoria Plzeň	1–2	1–2	2–4
2025–26	UEFA Conference League	1Q

Managers

• Eduard Malofeyev (1977–1978)
• Ivan Schyokin (1 Jan 1985 – 31 December 1986)
• Liudas Rumbutis (1 Jan 1987 – 31 December 1990)
• Yuri Kurnenin (1 Jan 1991 – 31 December 1992)
• Vladimir Gevorkyan (1 Jan 1994 – 1 January 1997)
• Viktor Sokol (2001)
• Andrey Sosnitsky (1 Jan 2002 – 1 January 2003)
• Vladimir Gevorkyan (1 July 2003 – 30 December 2003)
• Viktors Ņesterenko (9 Jan 2004 – 31 May 2004)
• Vladimir Kurnev (1 June 2004 – 30 November 2004)
• Mikhail Markhel (1 Jan 2005 – 5 December 2005)
• Sergei Borovsky (6 Dec 2005 – 31 December 2006)
• Vladimir Gevorkyan (1 Jan 2007 – 28 April 2008)
• Vyacheslav Arushanov (interim) (29 April 2008 – 11 June 2008)
• Evgeni Trotsyuk (12 June 2008 – 5 August 2009)
• Sergey Kovalchuk (interim) (6 Aug 2009 – 15 September 2009)
• Yury Puntus (16 September 2009 – 12 July 2011)
• Sergey Kovalchuk (13 July 2011 – 8 July 2012)
• Vladimir Kurnev (9 July 2012 – 20 September 2013)
• Andrey Prokopyuk (interim) (21 September 2013 – 24 September 2013)
• Sergey Kovalchuk (25 September 2013 – 4 December 2016)
• Uladzimir Zhuravel (4 Dec 2016 – Dec 2017)
• Radoslav Látal (Jan 2018 – May 2018)
• Sergey Kovalchuk (May 2018 – June 2018)
• Aleksey Shpilevsky (June 2018 – August 2018)
• Marcel Lička (August 2018 – December 2019)
• Sergey Kovalchuk (January 2020 – )