Nickname(s) Lions (Uzbek Sherlar) President Akbar Shukurov Website Club home page League Uzbek League Location Samarkand, Uzbekistan | Ground Capacity 16,000 2016 1st (promoted) Manager Edgar Gess Head coach Edgar Gess Founded 1960 | |
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Full name Dinamo Samarqand futbol clubi Grounds Dinamo Samarkand Stadium, Samarkand | ||
FC Dinamo Samarqand (Uzbek: Динамо Самарқанд Футбол Клуби, Tajik: Dastai Futboli Dinamo Samarqand, Russian: футбольный клуб "Динамо Самарканд") is an Uzbek football club, based in city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Currently it plays in Uzbek League.
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History
FC Dinamo Samarqand is one of the oldest clubs in Uzbekistan. The club was founded in 1960. Later club started to play in one of regional zones of Soviet Second League. In 1992 club played in Uzbek League under name Maroqand Samarqand. 1994 and 1998 seasons club competed in First League. In the 2000 season FK Dinamo was runners-up of Uzbek Cup, losing in final against Dustlik and finished league 4th which is the highest ranking of club. The season was the most successful in League.
Stadium
Dinamo Samarqand plays its home matches at Dinamo Stadium. The stadium was built in 1963 and originally holds 13,820 spectators. In 2011–2012 stadium has undergone the reconstruction and the rehabilitation works were finished in September 2011. The renovated stadium capacity increased to 16,000.
Current squad
As of 12 March 2015Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Youth squad
The following players are listed as reserve players to play in 2014 Uzbek Youth League. They are registered for 2014 Uzbek League and are eligible to play for the first team.
As of 24 March 2014Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.