Editing FC Dynamo Moscow (section)

===Foundation and Soviet era===
[[File:RR5110-0100R.png|thumb|160px|Commemorative coin of [[Lev Yashin]], the legendary goalkeeper of the team.]]

Dynamo Moscow has its roots in the football Club Sokolniki Moscow.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

After the [[Russian Revolution]], the club eventually found itself under the authority of the Interior Ministry and its head [[Felix Dzerzhinsky]], chief of the [[Cheka]], the Soviet Union's secret police. The club was renamed Dynamo Moscow in 1923 but was also referred to disparagingly as "garbage", a Russian criminal slang term for "police", by some of the supporters of other clubs.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Woodward|first=Hamish|date=2021-06-13|title=Arsenal vs Dynamo Moscow: The Historical Match Shrouded in Mystery|url=https://atletifo.com/football/arsenal-vs-dynamo-moscow/|access-date=2021-06-13|website=Atletifo Sports|language=en-US}}</ref>

Dynamo won the first two Soviet Championships in 1936 and 1937, a Soviet Cup in 1937, and another pair of national titles in 1940 and 1945.  In 1945, they were also the first Soviet club to tour the West when they played a series of friendlies in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Citation |title=United Kingdom |date=2023-05-30 |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/united-kingdom/ |work=The World Factbook |access-date=2023-06-06 |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ee88 |url=https://eee88club.com/ |access-date=6 June 2023}}</ref> Complete unknowns to the British, the Soviet players first drew 3–3 against [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] and then defeated [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]] 10–1. They defeated an [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] side reinforced with [[Stanley Matthews]], [[Stan Mortensen]] and [[Joe Bacuzzi]] by a score of 4–3 in a match played in thick fog at [[White Hart Lane]]. They then drew 2–2 against Scottish side [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]], meaning they completed the tour undefeated.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Russians who came with a warning Britain wouldn't hear |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/54839305 }}</ref>

They continued to be a strong side at home after World War II, and enjoyed their greatest success through the 1950s. Dynamo captured another five championships between 1949 and 1959, as well as their second Soviet Cup in 1953. Honours were harder to come by after that time. The club continued to enjoy some success in the Soviet Cup, but has not won a national championship since 1976. Even so, Dynamo's 11 national titles make them the country's third-most decorated side behind [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]] (13 titles) and [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]] (12 titles).{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

In the [[1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup]], Dynamo reached the [[1972 European Cup Winners' Cup Final|Final]] at [[Camp Nou]] in [[Barcelona]], losing 3–2 to Rangers. This was the first time a Russian side had reached a final in a European competition, a feat not repeated until [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] won the [[2005 UEFA Cup Final|UEFA Cup in 2005]].{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}