FC Dynamo Brest (, FK Dynama Brest; ) is a Belarusian professional football club based in Brest. The club plays in the Belarusian Premier League, the top division in Belarusian football.

In 2019, Dynamo won its first Belarusian Premier League title. The club has also won the Belarusian Cup in 2007, 2017 and 2018.

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

Belarusian Premier League In 1992, Dynamo Brest joined the Belarusian Premier League and has been playing there ever since. Their best result was a title in the 2019 season, with 5 points of difference to BATE Borisov. In 2007, Dynamo Brest won the Belarusian Cup, also securing their only UEFA Cup participation. During the 2012 season, they were using the name FC Brest due to legal issues with using the 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. In the 2017 season, Dinamo Brest drew an average home league attendance of 5,689, the highest in the league.

Name changes 1960: founded as Spartak Brest 1972: renamed Bug Brest (after Bug River) 1976: renamed Dinamo Brest 2012: renamed FC Brest 2013: renamed Dinamo Brest (in 2017, Latin spelling altered to Dynamo, as seen on the updated logo)

Supporters and rivalries

The first organised fan group was created on 1 August 1998, and the fan-dedicated stand can hold around 200–500 fans. An ultras group was created in 2008. The fans call themselves the Blue White Devils. They are politically right-wing.To My Kibice Plus, No.1(43), Spring 2014, pages 42–43

The club has two fan clubs: in Pinsk and Kobrin. Fans of Orlęta Radzyń Podlaski,Dinamo Minsk, and BATE Borisov are in support of one another. They have a rivalry with clubs such as FC Gomel, Dnepr Mogilev, Shakhtyor Soligorsk, Slavia Mozyr, Belshina Bobruisk, Torpedo Minsk and Neman Grodno.

Honours Belarusian Premier League Winners (1): 2019 Third place (1): 1992 Belarusian Cup Winners (3): 2006–07, 2016–17, 2017–18 Runners-up (1): 2019–20 Belarusian Super Cup Winners (3): 2018, 2019, 2020

Current squad As of 25 August, 2026

Out on loan

League and Cup history

Soviet Union SeasonGoalsPointsDomestic CupNotes 1960 2nd 15 30 7 4 19 27–59 18 1961 2nd 13 30 7 8 15 28–43 22 Round of 64 1962 2nd 4 32 15 9 6 39–25 39 Round of 512 Relegated1 1963 3rd 15 30 7 9 14 16–27 23 Round of 1024 1964 3rd 4 30 12 12 6 25–12 36 Round of 2048 5 4 0 0 4 2–6 0 Final round2 1965 3rd 10 30 9 8 13 28–30 26 Round of 1024 1966 3rd 11 32 8 11 13 26–34 27 1967 3rd 4 34 14 12 8 33–28 40 Round of 4096 2 3 1 2 0 3–2 4 Semi-final round31968 3rd 3 38 21 8 9 48–27 50 2 1 1 0 2–0 3 Promotion/relegation play-off4 1969 2nd 13 40 12 13 15 30–29 37 Round of 32 Relegated5 1970 3rd 16 42 12 13 17 32–48 37 Round of 128 1971 3rd 9 38 13 16 9 33–29 55 1972 3rd 6 38 14 15 9 44–32 57 1973 3rd 11 32 10 9 13 35–46 236 1974 3rd 14 40 10 14 16 33–44 34 1975 3rd 10 34 12 7 15 38–44 31 1976 3rd 2 38 20 10 8 63–38 50 1977 3rd 11 40 14 13 13 51–44 41 Round of 64 1978 3rd 6 46 24 10 12 62–37 58 1979 3rd 3 46 24 14 8 77–35 62 1980 3rd 4 32 12 10 10 39–36 34 1981 3rd 6 40 13 10 17 45–37 56 1982 3rd 13 30 9 4 17 30–44 22 1983 3rd 9 32 10 10 12 41–36 30 1984 3rd 12 34 9 9 16 38–50 27 1985 3rd 6 30 13 7 10 40–33 33 1986 3rd 7 30 15 3 12 41–31 33 1987 3rd 4 34 18 6 10 54–26 42 1988 3rd 10 34 14 6 14 43–41 34 1989 3rd 5 42 19 10 13 53–51 48 Round of 128 1990 3rd 9 42 15 15 12 49–39 45 1991 3rd 16 42 14 9 19 50–50 37 1992 Round of 128

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 semi-final 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 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.

Belarus SeasonGoalsPointsDomestic CupNotes 1992 1st 3 15 8 3 4 21–10 19 Semi-finals 1992–93 1st 7 32 13 9 10 33–29 35 Round of 16 1993–94 1st 8 30 11 9 10 30–29 31 Semi-finals 1994–95 1st 10 30 9 10 11 33–33 28 Round of 16 1995 1st 10 15 5 2 8 27–32 17 Round of 16 1996 1st 10 30 7 11 12 39–43 32 1997 1st 7 30 12 6 12 44–52 42 Quarter-finals 1998 1st 9 28 12 2 14 40–40 38 Round of 16 1999 1st 7 30 14 4 12 59–52 46 Round of 16 2000 1st 10 30 10 4 16 37–51 34 Quarter-finals 2001 1st 11 26 8 5 13 26–38 29 Round of 16 2002 1st 10 26 8 8 10 25–26 32 Semi-finals 2003 1st 11 30 5 12 13 21–49 27 Round of 16 2004 1st 8 30 10 9 11 39–41 39 Round of 32 2005 1st 8 26 11 3 12 39–33 36 Round of 16 2006 1st 9 26 8 7 11 17–31 31 Quarter-finals 2007 1st 12 26 6 8 13 23–31 25 Winners 2008 1st 6 30 13 8 9 40–34 47 Round of 16 2009 1st 5 26 10 8 8 30–24 38 Round of 32 2010 1st 5 33 12 10 11 48–40 46 Round of 32 2011 1st 10 33 8 11 14 38–46 35 Quarter-finals 2012 1st 8 30 8 5 17 27–38 29 Quarter-finals 2013 1st 8 32 11 7 14 32–41 40 Quarter-finals 2014 1st 11 32 7 5 20 29–68 26 Round of 16 2015 1st 12 26 7 3 16 23–42 24 Quarter-finals 2016 1st 8 30 11 7 12 38–38 40 Round of 16 2017 1st 4 30 14 9 7 47–26 51 Winners 2018 1st 6 30 14 10 6 52–30 52 Winners 2019 1st 1 30 23 6 1 70–22 75 Round of 16 2020 1st 4 30 17 3 10 63–40 54 Runner-up 2021 1st 6 30 8 14 8 32-32 38 Round of 16 2022 1st 13 30 5 12 13 29-43 27 Quarter-finals 2023 1st 10 28 9 3 16 33-50 30 Round of 16

European record

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Agg.2007–08UEFA Cup1QLiepājas Metalurgs 1–2 1–1 2–32017–18UEFA Europa League2QRheindorf Altach 0–3 1–1 1–4 2018–19 UEFA Europa League2QAtromitos 4–3 1–1 5–43QApollon Limassol 1–0 0–4 1–4 2020–21 UEFA Champions League1QAstana 6–3 2QSarajevo 2–1 3QMaccabi Tel Aviv 0–1 UEFA Europa LeaguePOLudogorets Razgrad 0–2 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League2QViktoria Plzeň 1–2 1–2 2–4 2025–26 UEFA Conference League1QSutjeska 0–2 2–1 2−3

Managers

Eduard Malofeyev (1977–1978) Ivan Schyokin (1 Jan 1985 – 31 December 1986) Liudas Rumbutis (1 Jan 1987 – 31 December 1990) Yuri Kurnenin (1 Jan 1991 – 31 December 1992) Vladimir Gevorkyan (1 Jan 1994 – 1 January 1997) Viktor Sokol (2001) Andrey Sosnitsky (1 Jan 2002 – 1 January 2003) Vladimir Gevorkyan (1 July 2003 – 30 December 2003) Viktors Ņesterenko (9 Jan 2004 – 31 May 2004) Vladimir Kurnev (1 June 2004 – 30 November 2004) Mikhail Markhel (1 Jan 2005 – 5 December 2005) Sergei Borovsky (6 Dec 2005 – 31 December 2006) Vladimir Gevorkyan (1 Jan 2007 – 28 April 2008) Vyacheslav Arushanov (interim) (29 April 2008 – 11 June 2008) Evgeni Trotsyuk (12 June 2008 – 5 August 2009) Sergey Kovalchuk (interim) (6 Aug 2009 – 15 September 2009) Yury Puntus (16 September 2009 – 12 July 2011) Sergey Kovalchuk (13 July 2011 – 8 July 2012) Vladimir Kurnev (9 July 2012 – 20 September 2013) Andrey Prokopyuk (interim) (21 September 2013 – 24 September 2013) Sergey Kovalchuk (25 September 2013 – 4 December 2016) Uladzimir Zhuravel (4 Dec 2016 – Dec 2017) Radoslav Látal (Jan 2018 – May 2018) Sergey Kovalchuk (May 2018 – June 2018) Aleksey Shpilevsky (June 2018 – August 2018) Marcel Lička (August 2018 – December 2019) Sergey Kovalchuk (January 2020 – )

References

External links

Dynamo Brest at UEFA.com Dynamo Brest at EUFO.de Dynamo Brest at Weltfussball.de Dynamo Brest at Football-Lineups.com