Editing FC Dynamo Moscow (section)

{{Short description|Russian association football club}}
{{For|the sports club's departments|Dynamo Moscow}}
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| clubname = Dynamo Moscow
| image = Dynamo Moscow logo.svg
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| fullname = Футбольный клуб Динамо Москва<br/>{{small|(Football Club Dynamo Moscow)}}
| nickname = ''Belo-golubye'' (White-blues) <br /> ''Dinamiki'' <br /> ''Menty'' (Cops)
| founded = {{Start date and age|1923|Apr|18|df=yes}}
| ground = [[VTB Arena]]
| capacity = 26,319
| owner = [[Dynamo (sports society)|Dynamo sports society]]
| chairman = Pavel Pivovarov
| chrtitle = General Director
| mgrtitle = Head coach
| manager = [[Rolan Gusev]] (caretaker)
| league = [[Russian Premier League]]
| season = [[2024–25 Russian Premier League|2024–25]]
| position = Russian Premier League, 5th of 16
| website = https://en.fcdm.ru/
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'''FC Dynamo Moscow''' (''FC Dynamo Moskva'',<ref>[https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/teams/52704--dynamo-moscow/ uefa.com] FC Dinamo Moskva</ref> {{langx|ru|Дина́мо Москва́|Dinamo Moskva}}, {{IPA|ru|dʲɪˈnamə mɐˈskva|}}) is a Russian professional [[association football|football]] club based in [[Moscow]]. Dynamo returned to the [[Russian Premier League]] for the 2017–18 season after one season in the second-tier [[Russian Football National League]].<ref name="backtoRFPL">{{cite web|publisher=[[Russian Football National League]]|url=http://1fnl.ru/news/6160|script-title=ru:«Динамо-Москва» возвращается в Премьер-лигу с рекордом ФНЛ!|date=12 April 2017|language=ru}}</ref>

Dynamo was the only club that had always played in the [[Soviet Top League|top tier of Soviet football]] (along with [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]) and of Russian football from the end of the Soviet era until they were relegated in 2016. Despite this, they have never won the modern [[Russian Football Premier League|Russian Premier League]] title and have won [[Russian Cup (football)|Russian Cup]] only once, in the season of [[1994–95 Russian Cup|1994–95]].

During the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] era, they were affiliated with the [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia)|MVD]] (Ministry of Internal Affairs – The Soviet Militia) and with the [[KGB]]<ref>{{cite news |url= http://soccernet.espn.go.com/feature?id=562743&cc=5901 |title= Kiev make mincemeat of Spartak |author= James Appell |date= 14 August 2008 |access-date= 22 December 2010 |publisher= ESPN Soccernet |archive-date= 24 October 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121024013733/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/feature?id=562743&cc=5901 |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/football/2003/may/08/theknowledge.sport |title= Men behaving badly |author1=Franklin Mossop |author2=Lawrence Booth |author3=Matthew Cunningham |date= 8 May 2003 |access-date = 22 December 2010 |newspaper = The Guardian}}</ref> and was a part of [[Dynamo (sports society)|Dynamo sports society]]. Chief of the Soviet security and secret police apparatus [[NKVD]] [[Lavrentiy Beria]] was a patron of the club until his downfall. For this reason, the team and fans was nicknamed "the cops" (менты).

From 10 April 2009 the [[VTB Bank]] has been the owner of Dynamo after acquiring a 74% share in the club.<ref name=vtbbank>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports.ru/football/7567680.html|title=ВТБ получил 74 процента акций московского "Динамо"|website=Sports.ru}}</ref> [[Boris Romanovitch Rotenberg|Boris Rotenberg Sr.]] was chairman until he resigned on 17 July 2015.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=FC Dynamo Moscow|url=http://fcdynamo.ru/news/events/?id_4=11710|script-title=ru:Борис Ротенберг покидает пост президента|date=17 July 2015|language=ru}}</ref> On 29 December 2016, [[Dynamo Sports Club|Dynamo Sports Society]] agreed to buy VTB Bank shares back for 1 ruble.<ref name="saleback">{{cite web|publisher=[[RIA Novosti]]|url=http://rsport.ru/football/20161229/1114386265.html|script-title=ru:ВФСО "Динамо" приняло решение купить акции одноименного футбольного клуба у банка ВТБ|date=29 December 2016|language=ru}}</ref> On 14 February 2019, Dynamo Sports Society agreed to sell the club back to VTB for 1 ruble.<ref name="DSsellBack">{{cite web|publisher=[[Dynamo Sports Club|Dynamo Sports Society]]|url=http://www.dynamo.su/news/27960/|title=Сообщение для прессы|trans-title=Press release|date=14 February 2019|language=ru}}</ref><ref name="SEsellBack">{{cite web|publisher=[[Sport Express]]|url=https://www.sport-express.ru/football/rfpl/news/fk-dinamo-pereydet-v-upravlenie-vtb-za-odin-rubl-1512286/|title=ФК "Динамо" перейдет в управление ВТБ за один рубль|trans-title=FC Dynamo moves to VTB for one ruble|date=14 February 2019|language=ru}}</ref> On 24 February 2022, the shares were transferred by VTB back to the [[Dynamo (sports society)|Dynamo sports society]].<ref name="backtosoc">{{cite press release|publisher=[[VTB Bank]]|url=https://www.vtb.ru/o-banke/press-centr/novosti-i-press-relizy/2022/02/2022-02-24-soobshchenie-vtb-ob-fk-dinamo/|title=Сообщение ВТБ об ФК "Динамо"|date=24 February 2022|access-date=24 February 2022|language=ru}}</ref>

Dynamo's traditional colours are blue and white. Their crest consists of a blue letter "D," written in a traditional [[Cursive#Russian|cursive style]] on a white background. The club's motto is "Power in Motion," initially proposed by [[Maxim Gorky]], the famous Russian author, who was once an active member of the Dynamo sports society.