Editing FC Dynamo Kyiv (section)

===The first "three-peat" and first European appearances===
In January 1964, [[Viktor Maslov (footballer, born 1910)|Viktor Maslov]] took over as head coach of Dynamo Kyiv. On September 27, 1964, Dynamo won the [[1964 Soviet Cup]] by defeating [[FC Krylia Sovetov Samara|Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev]] (Samara) in the final with a score of 1:0.

Maslov and his subordinates were entrusted with becoming the first Soviet club to participate in a European club tournament. This was the [[1965–66 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]].

The political motives of the USSR leadership explain everything. The communist ideology did not accept the possibility of Soviet athletes losing to capitalist rivals and played it safe for a long time. For example, the [[1964 Soviet Top League|1964 Soviet champion]], [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]], was not trusted to participate in the [[1965–66 European Cup]]. This continued until 1965, when Dynamo Kyiv was declared to participate in the Cup Winners' Cup. “We are entering a competition whose conditions, behind-the-scenes struggles, and specific tactical techniques are known to us only by hearsay,” said Kyiv coach Viktor Maslov before the start.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dynamomania.com/news/119205-45-let-nazad-kievskoe-dinamo-prorubilo-okno-v-evropu |title=45 ЛЕТ НАЗАД КИЕВСКОЕ «ДИНАМО» ПРОРУБИЛО ОКНО В ЕВРОПУ |accessdate=17 October 2010 |archive-date=23 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101023131332/http://www.dynamomania.com/news/119205-45-let-nazad-kievskoe-dinamo-prorubilo-okno-v-evropu }}</ref>

{{Cquote|I don’t know why this decision was made, but our team had the feeling that we were being used as “[[Guinea pig (disambiguation)|guinea pigs]].” (as in [[animal testing]]) It was very convenient for the Moscow clubs with titles to watch the tournament without risking their reputation. We had to play “blindly”: none of the opponents were known to us. There were no tapes of matches of future opponents anywhere near us. And for a representative of the coaching staff to go and watch the opponent’s game live was something out of the realm of fantasy (see [[Iron Curtain]]). Everything was new and unknown. In one word, pioneers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dynamo.kiev.ua/articles/39863.html |title=Андрей БИБА: «Нас использовали, как подопытных кроликов» |accessdate=27 May 2025 |archive-date=11 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511033842/https://dynamo.kiev.ua/articles/39863-andrej-biba-nas-ispolzovali-kak-podopyitnyih-krolikov }}</ref>|author=Dynamo midfielder [[Andriy Biba]], the author of the first Soviet goal in European club tournaments}}

However, the start of the tournament was successful as Dynamo defeated [[Coleraine F.C.|Coleraine]] from Northern Ireland with a score of 6:1 and 4:0. After that, Dynamo beat the Norwegian [[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]] twice more - 4:1 and 2:0. But in the quarterfinals they were eliminated by [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] (0:3 and 1:1), with whom they had to play in mid-January. Therefore, the playing form of the Kyiv team was far from optimal, and in addition, they played their home game not in Kyiv but in [[Tbilisi]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://football11.step.lv/index.php?a=tour&event=137&cmd=viewmatch&matchID=47 |title=Кубок Обладателей Кубков — 1965/1966 1/4 финала. 26.01.1966 |accessdate=17 October 2010 |archive-date=18 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518094235/http://football11.step.lv/index.php?a=tour&event=137&cmd=viewmatch&matchID=47 }}</ref>

The following year, 1966, was one of the best in the history of Dynamo Kyiv. The team won the [[1966 Soviet Top League|1966 Soviet Class A Group 1]] (top tier), ahead of Rostov SKA by 9 points, won the [[1965–66 Soviet Cup]] (beating Torpedo 2:0 in the final), five Dynamo players ([[Yozhef Sabo|Sabo]], [[Viktor Serebryanikov|Serebryanikov]], [[Leonid Ostrovski|Ostrovski]], [[Valeriy Porkujan|Porkujan]], and [[Viktor Bannikov|Bannikov]]) won bronze medals at the [[1966 FIFA World Cup]] in England, and [[Andriy Biba]] was recognized as the best football player of the year in the Soviet Union.

In [[1967 Soviet Top League|1967]] and [[1968 Soviet Top League|1968]], Dynamo again won the Soviet Class A Group 1, thereby repeating the record of Moscow's [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CDKA]], three championship titles in a row. In the same 1967, the Kyiv team made its debut in the [[1967–68 European Cup]]. Maslov's team sensationally eliminated the current holder of the trophy, Scottish [[Celtic F.C.]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://dynamo.kiev.ua/blog/27093-myi-pomnim-kubok-chempionov-dinamo-seltik-11-1967god |title=Мы помним!!!! Кубок Чемпионов "Динамо"-Селтик 1:1 1967год |accessdate=27 May 2025 |archive-date=22 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922014347/https://dynamo.kiev.ua/blog/27093-myi-pomnim-kubok-chempionov-dinamo-seltik-11-1967god }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/62271--dynamo-kyiv-vs-celtic/ |title=Dynamo Kyiv – Celtic |accessdate=27 May 2025 |archive-date=1 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240501165146/https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/62271--dynamo-kyiv-vs-celtic/ }}</ref> in the first stage, but lost to Polish champion [[Górnik Zabrze]] in the round of 16.

In [[1969 Soviet Top League|1969]], Dynamo Kyiv finished second in the league, behind Spartak Moscow. In the [[1969–70 European Cup]], the Kyiv team defeated [[FK Austria Wien]] 2-1 and 3-1, but lost to Italian [[ACF Fiorentina|AC Fiorentina]] 1-2 and 0-0.

The [[1970 Soviet Top League|following season]], Dynamo finished only 7th in the championship. [[Vasyl Turyanchyk|Turyanchyk]], [[Yozhef Sabo|Sabo]], [[Viktor Bannikov|Bannikov]], and [[Valeriy Porkujan|Porkujan]] left the team, and after the season ended, coach [[Viktor Maslov (footballer, born 1910)|Viktor Maslov]] also left Dynamo.

In 1971, the team was coached by [[Honored coach of the USSR]] [[Aleksandr Sevidov]], and 22-year-old [[Viktor Kolotov]] joined the club from Rubin. He later became one of the best midfielders in the history of Soviet football, being the captain of Dynamo for seven years, and in 1975–1976, the [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union national team]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/2004-05-25/10_3/ |title=КОРОЛИ ПРОШЛОГО Виктор КОЛОТОВ |accessdate=17 October 2010 |archive-date=13 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213112508/http://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/2004-05-25/10_3/ }}</ref> Dynamo immediately won the [[1971 Soviet Top League|Soviet championship]], and the team's goalkeeper, [[Yevhen Rudakov]], was recognized as the best goalkeeper and football player of the Soviet Union.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/players/rudakov.html |title=Евгений РУДАКОВ |accessdate=17 October 2010 |archive-date=14 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014191045/http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/players/rudakov.html }}</ref>

In [[1972 Soviet Top League|1972]] and [[1973 Soviet Top League|1973]], the team took second place, and [[Oleh Blokhin]] became the Dynamo's top scorer in both seasons with 14 and 18 goals, respectively.