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Ground Capacity 10,060 Website Club home page Manager Uladzimir Zhuravel		2016 8th League Belarusian Premier League Founded 1960

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

History

The club was founded in 1960 as Spartak Brest and joined Soviet Class B (second-tier league) the same year. After 1962 season they were relegated as a result of league reorganization. They were close to promotion twice (in 1964 and 1967) but lost the final round both times. They finally got promoted from the third attempt (1969), but the following year they again dropped to the third tier due to league reorganization. In 1972 the team was renamed to Bug Brest and finally, in 1976 to Dуnamo Brest. From 1970 till the end of 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.

In 1992 Dynamo Brest joined Belarusian Premier League and have been playing there ever since. Their best result was a third place in inaugural 1992 season, and they were finishing in the middle and bottom parts of the table ever since. In 2007 Dynamo Brest won Belarusian Cup, also securing their only UEFA Cup participation. During 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.

Name changes

1960: founded as Spartak Brest

1972: renamed to Bug Brest (after Bug River)

1976: renamed to Dynamo Brest

2012: renamed to FC Brest

2013: renamed back to Dynamo Brest

Supporters and rivalries

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

The club have two fan-clubs: Volna Pinsk and SC 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, FK Homel, Dnepr Mogilev, Shakhtyor Soligorsk, Slavia Mozyr, Belshina Bobruisk, Torpedo Minsk and Neman Grodno.

Honours

Belarusian Premier League

3rd place (1): 1992

Belarusian Cup

Winners (1): 2007

Current squad

As of March 2017

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

League and Cup history

Soviet Union

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 semifinal 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 to 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.

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