Editing FC Dynamo Kyiv (section)

===Early history===
[[File:DK 1928.jpg|thumb|200px|Dynamo Kyiv in 1928]]
{{see also|Dynamo (Ukraine)|Dynamo Sports Club}}
Today's club was established based on the first squad of Kyiv's branch of the [[Dynamo Sports Club|all-Union Dynamo sports society]] and its [[Dynamo (Ukraine)|republican branch]] in the [[Ukrainian SSR]], originally based out of [[Kharkiv]]. The Soviet government relocated capital to Kyiv in 1934. The all-Union Dynamo sports society was a sports department of the Soviet state security [[KGB]], originally Cheka-OGPU. During the Soviet period Dynamo's players same as players of all Dynamos in the [[Soviet Union]] were officially Soviet uniform servicemembers earning rank, salary, and pension when playing on the team of masters.

On 13 May 1927, the statute of the Kyivan Proletarian Sport Society (PST) Dynamo was officially registered by the special commission in affairs of public organizations and unions of the Kyiv district.<ref name=kazakov>Evgeni Kazakov. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=ovTADwAAQBAJ&dq=%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%8F+%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0+%D0%A1%D0%A1%D0%A1%D0%A0+%D0%BF%D0%BE+%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%83&pg=PA1863 The Soviet First League in football (Первая лига СССР по футболу)]''. History of the Soviet championships in football. Volume 1 (1936–1969). Litres, 2019</ref> The All-Union sport society of ''[[Dynamo Sports Club|Dynamo]]'' in Moscow was formed earlier in 1923 on the initiative of the [[Felix Dzerzhinsky]]. A year later the [[Dynamo (Ukraine)|first Ukrainian branch cell]] of the Dynamo sports society was formed in [[Kharkiv]]. Under the banner of Kyivan Dynamo gathered the representatives of the local GPU ([[State Political Directorate]]), the Soviet secret police, the best footballers of which defended the honors of the Trade Union club "Sovtorgsluzhashchie", a [[portmanteau]] for Soviet retail servicemen.<ref>[http://ukrsoccerhistory.com/index.aspx?page=ua_clubvis&nc=42 Sovtorgsluzhashchie] at ukrsoccerhistory.com</ref> It was a common practice of the early Soviet sports societies that were formed based on already existing "pre-revolutionary" (1917 [[Bolshevik Revolution]]) sports societies in 1920s.

The leadership of Dynamo did not dare to reorganize the well-established club and the main title contender in the middle of a playing season. Therefore, the first mention of the football club Dynamo could only be found on 5 April 1928 in the Russian-language newspaper (at that time) ''Vecherniy Kiev'' ("Evening Kyiv").

{{Cquote|''The Kyivan Sport Society Dynamo currently is organizing its own football team. "Dynamo" petitioned to Okrsofik for inclusion of its team in the playing season''.}}

It was then when by the initiative of [[Semyon Zapadny]], chief of the Kyiv GPU, the football team was created. His deputy, Sergei Barminsky, started to form the team not only out of regular [[Cheka|chekists]] (members of the Soviet secret police), but also footballers of other clubs in the city among which is mentioned a team "Sovtorgsluzhaschie".<ref>[http://www.kopanyi-myach.info/index.aspx?page=ua_clubvis&nc=42 Радторгслужбовці Київ]. www.kopanyi-myach.info</ref> All the footballers were either part of the consolidated city team or the city champions. The newly created team played its first official match on 1 July 1928 against a local consolidated city team while visiting [[Bila Tserkva]].<ref name=kazakov/> Already on the fifth minute the Dynamo-men opened the score in the game, however, at the end the club lost it 1–2.<ref>Banyas, V. ''[https://www.upl.ua/ua/news/view/2067 1 July 1928: the first game of Dynamo (1 липня 1928–го: перший матч «Динамо»)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701083151/https://www.upl.ua/ua/news/view/2067 |date=1 July 2018 }}''. [[Ukrainian Premier League]]. 1 July 2018</ref> On 15 July, the Bila Tserkva newspaper ''Radyanska Nyva'' ("Soviet Fields") put it in such words:

{{Cquote|''In the second halftime Bila Tserkva easily strikes the ball in the net, thus, equalizing the score. Kyiv tried several counter attacks and even earned a free kick which was not able to convert. Near the end Bila Tserkva under the applause of thousands of spectators strikes in the second ball. The final whistle of the referee has fixated the victory of Bila Tserkva with the score 2:1.''}}

The next match played by Dynamo was on 17 July 1928 hosting another Dynamo from the port city of [[Odesa]].<ref name=kazakov/> The match ended in draw 2:2. At the end of July Dynamo toured Belarus playing against the republican team of Belarus (1:5) and the districtal team of Gomel District (3:2). On 1 September 1928 Dynamo Kyiv was hosting the Dynamo's primary team from Moscow and were thrashed 2:6. It was then Dynamo Kyiv was led by a playing coach Vasyl Boiko whose role is indicated as an instructor-organizer. Later in October 1928 Dynamo Kyiv took part in its first official tournament the 1928 Kyiv city championship and won it. On 18 November 1928 Dynamo Kyiv overpowered the Kyiv's main football team of that period, [[FC Lokomotyv Kyiv|Zheldor]], 1:0.

As the club gained more experience and played on a regular basis, it started to fill the stadium with spectators with both the club and football in general gaining popularity in [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic|Soviet Ukraine]].

On 14 September 1929 Dynamo Kyiv played its first international match against visiting workers' team from [[Deutsch-Wagram]], [[Lower Austria]] and lost it 3:4.

Its club stadium Dynamo opened on 12 June 1933,<ref name=kazakov/> a year before the Soviet government turned the city into capital of the Soviet Ukraine.

During the Soviet era, the club was one of the main rivals, and often the only rival, to football clubs from [[Moscow]]. Its ability to challenge the dominance of the Moscow clubs in Soviet football, and frequently defeat them to win the Soviet championship, was a matter of national pride for Ukraine. Leaders of the [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic|Ukrainian SSR]] unofficially regarded the club as their national team and provided it with generous support, making Dynamo a professional team of international importance.

In 1936, the first [[Soviet Top League|Soviet Championship]] was played, and Dynamo Kyiv was one of the pioneers of the newly formed league. The club's early successes were however limited to a second-place finish in 1936 and third place in 1937. In the 1941 season, the club only played nine matches as [[World War II]] interrupted league play.