FC Dynamo Makhachkala

Dynamo Makhachkala

Full name	Football Club Dynamo Makhachkala
Founded	1927; 97 years ago (1927)
Ground	Trud Stadium, Makhachkala Anzhi Arena, Kaspiysk
Capacity	5,600 26,500
Chairman	Gadzhi Gadzhiyev
Manager	Khasanbi Bidzhiyev
League	Russian Premier League
2023–24	Russian First League, 2nd of 18 (promoted)
Website	https://dinamo-mx.ru
Home colours Away colours

FC Dynamo Makhachkala (Russian: ФК Динамо Махачкала) is a Russian professional football club based in Makhachkala. It has made its debut in the Russian Premier League in the 2024–25 season.

In the 2006 season Dynamo finished 16th in the Russian First Division. However, the club was denied the professional license and thus relegated to amateur level.

Colours are all white (home) or white shirt with broad blue stripe, blue shorts (away).

The club was founded in 1927 and debuted in the North Caucasus zone of the Soviet Group 3, finishing seventh of eight teams. Following this, Dynamo would not play in the Soviet League until 1958, when they entered Class B. In 1958–1960 the team was known as Temp. In 1967, Dynamo became the winners of Class B and were promoted to Class A, Group 2. After the reorganization of the league in 1971, Dynamo Makhachkala played in the Second League. They stayed at that level until 1990, when they were moved to Second League B. The best Dynamo's achievement in the league was the top finish in their zone and sixth position in the league finals in 1975.

Dynamo Makhachkala entered the Russian Second League in 1993, and after 1994 season they moved to the Third League. In 1996–1997 the team was known as Dynamo-Imamat. In 1998, following the reform of the league, Dynamo entered the Second Division and stayed there until winning in the South zone in 2003. Dynamo played in the First Division from 2004 to 2006.

Before the 2021–22 season, the team that previously played as FC Makhachkala was renamed to FC Dynamo Makhachkala. On 30 May 2022, Dynamo secured promotion to Russian First League.^[1]

On 20 May 2024, Dynamo secured promotion to the Russian Premier League for the first time in its history.^[2]

As of 2 December 2024, according to the Russian First League website. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  RUS Nikita Goylo (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg) 4 DF  RUS Idar Shumakhov 5 DF  GEO Jemal Tabidze 7 FW  RUS Abakar Gadzhiyev 8 MF  CIV Victorien Angban (on loan from Sochi) 9 MF  RUS Razhab Magomedov 10 MF  IRN Mohammad Javad Hosseinnejad 11 FW  ANG Egas Cacintura 13 DF  RUS Soslan Kagermazov 16 MF  ALG Houssem Eddine Mrezigue 17 MF  RUS Anton Krachkovsky 19 MF  BLR Kirill Zinovich 20 MF  RUS Alimkhan Zaynivov 22 MF  RUS Zalimkhan Yusupov

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 FW  RUS Gamid Agalarov 27 GK  RUS David Volk 28 MF  RUS Serder Serderov 39 GK  RUS Timur Magomedov 47 MF  RUS Nikita Glushkov 53 MF  RUS Shamil Gadzhiyev 54 DF  RUS Ilya Kirsh (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg) 70 DF  RUS Valentin Paltsev 71 DF  SVN Jan Đapo 72 DF  RUS Aleksandr Sandrachuk 77 MF  RUS Temirkan Sundukov 82 DF  RUS Nikita Kotin (on loan from Rostov) 99 DF  RUS Mutalip Alibekov

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  COL Francisco Campo (at Shakhter Karagandy until 31 January 2025) — DF  RUS Maksim Khramtsov (at Tyumen until 30 June 2025)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  RUS Shamil Isayev (at Ufa until 30 June 2025) — MF  RUS Abdulpasha Dzhabrailov (at Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk until 30 June 2025)

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Dynamo.

• Official website (in Russian) (archived 6 January 2007)
• Another Dynamo website (in Russian)
• Official Telegram Channel (in Russian)
• Club history at KLISF.info