PFC Dynamo Stavropol () is an association football club from

Stavropol Stavropol (, ), known as Voroshilovsk from 1935 until 1943, is a city and the administrative centre of Stavropol Krai, in southern Russia. As of the 2021 Census, its population was 547,820, making it one of Russia's fastest growing cities. E ...

, south Russia, best known for winning the 1949

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championship in one of the 9 zones. In recent years it played mostly in

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, the third league in the national hierarchy. Due to severe financial difficulties, Dynamo missed the opportunity to be promoted to the

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in 2005. After that, it was formally liquidated two times and resurrected again as an amateur team, eventually redeeming the professional status. As of the season 2013–14, the team played in the amateur championship of Stavropol krai under the name ''Dynamo UOR''. A separate club was renamed FC Dynamo GTS Stavropol for the 2014–15 season in the

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. Before the 2015–16 season, FC Dynamo GTS was renamed FC Dynamo Stavropol.

History

The club's most significant victory was achieved in 1949, when it earned the title of Champion of Russia. From 1957 to 2004, Dynamo played in various leagues of the

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and Russia. In 1957, it was called FC Trudovye Rezervy Stavropol and from 1958 to 1961 it was called FC Spartak Stavropol. In 1980–1981 and 1985–1991, Dynamo played in the USSR First League. The best result was a 4th position in 1989. In 1991 they lost to Burnley in a record 10–0 defeat, with Burnley goalkeeper Ian Walsh saving 3 penalties in the space of six minutes. In 1992, Dynamo were entitled to play in the

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and finished 15th. Dynamo's 12th position in 1993 is their best ever result in professional football. In 1994, Dynamo finished 15th and were relegated from the Top Division. From 1995 to 1999, Dynamo played in the

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. The best position achieved was 5th in 1996. From 2000 to 2004, Dynamo played in the South Zone of

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and won the tournament in 2004, thus earning promotion to the First Division. Dynamo also won the Professional Football League Cup, a competition between zonal tournament winners, and became the champions of the Second Division. In January 2005, the club was denied professional license due to financial difficulties and relegated to the Amateur Football League. Since 2006, club has been playing in

again. It finished 2nd in 2007 season. It experienced financial difficulties in 2009 and did not play in the Second Division. Dynamo's license was taken over by FC Stavropolye-2009. 6 players from the 2008 Dynamo roster transferred to FC Stavropol for the 2009 season and 5 transferred to FC Stavropolye-2009. The club was resurrected in 2010, taking over another Stavropol team, FC Stavropolye-2009, and existed as a professional team until 2012. A separate club was renamed FC Dynamo GTS Stavropol for the 2014–15 season in the

. Before the 2015–16 season, FC Dynamo GTS was renamed FC Dynamo Stavropol.

Current squad

As of 27 March 2025, according to th
Second League website

Reserve squad

Dynamo's reserve squad played professionally as FC Dynamo-d Stavropol from 1994 to 1997 in the

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Notable players

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

Aleksandr Novikov Alexander Alexandrovich Novikov (; – 3 December 1976) was the chief marshal of aviation for the Soviet Air Forces during the Soviet Union's involvement in the Second World War. Lauded as "the man who has piloted the Red Air Force through th ...

Yuri Pudyshev Yuri Alekseyevich Pudyshev (; 3 April 1954 – 29 August 2021) was a Soviet and Belarusian football player and coach. Coaching career From 1997, Pudyshev worked closely with Yuri Puntus, following him to several teams as an assistant coach. He ...

Albert Borzenkov Albert Valentinovich Borzenkov (; born 3 January 1973) is a Russian football coach and a former player. Honours * Russian Premier League runner-up: 1997. * Russian Premier League bronze: 1996. * Top 33 players year-end list: 1996. Internat ...

Viktor Bulatov Viktor Gennadyevich Bulatov (; born 22 January 1972) is a Russian football coach and a former Russian international football player. He is the manager of Dynamo Kirov. Playing career Bulatov spent the prime years of his career at Spartak Mos ...

Vladislav Lemish Vladislav Yuryevich Lemish (, , ; 20 August 1970 – 30 September 2021) was an Azerbaijani professional footballer who played as a forward. International career Lemish played one game for the Russia national team on 16 August 1992, when he ...

Nikolai Olenikov Nikolai Vladimirovich Olenikov (; born 24 May 1975) is a Russian association football coach and a former defender. He is an assistant coach with the Under-19 squad of FC Rotor Volgograd. Honours * Russian Premier League runner-up: 1997. Inter ...

Kirill Panchenko Kirill Viktorovich Panchenko (; born 16 October 1989) is a Russian football coach and a former player who played as a second striker. He is an assistant coach with Dynamo-2 Moscow. Club career On 25 June 2013, Panchenko signed with Tom Tomsk ...

Roman Pavlyuchenko Roman Anatolyevich Pavlyuchenko (; born 15 December 1981) is a Russian football coach and a former player who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker. He works as a forwards coach with FC Rodina-2 Moscow, Rodina-2 Moscow. H ...

Sergei Podpaly Sergei Ivanovich Podpaly (; born 13 September 1963) is a Russian association football coach and former player. International career Podpaly made his debut for Russia on 16 August 1992 in a friendly against Mexico. That was the first game Russ ...

Vladislav Ternavski Vladislav Mikhailovich Ternavsky (; born 2 May 1969) is a Russian football coach and former player. Playing career He earned 7 caps for Russia from 1994 to 1996, and played in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. The clubs he played for included FC Dynamo ...

Karapet Mikaelyan Karapet Mikaelyan (, born 27 September 1969) is a former Russian-born Armenian football striker. Karapet was also a member of Armenia national team, participated in 20 international matches and scored 2 goals since his debut on 5 October 1996, i ...

Rasim Abuşev Rasim Fərzi oğlu Abuşev (born 15 October 1963) is a retired Azerbaijani professional footballer. He made his professional debut in 1985 for Ganclik Baku. International career For Azerbaijan, Abuşev is capped 40 times, scoring 3 goals. He mad ...

Igor Getman Igor may refer to: * Igor (given name), an East Slavic given name and a list of people with the name Arts, entertainment, and media *Igor (character), a stock character * Igors (''Discworld''), a fictional humanoid family in the ''Discworld'' ...

Gurban Gurbanov Gurban Osman oghlu Gurbanov (; born 13 April 1972) is an Azerbaijani football manager and former player who manages Qarabag. He played as a forward. Starting out with local club Kur in 1988, Gurbanov had a decorated 18-year career. He scored 1 ...

Vyaçeslav Lıçkin Vyacheslav Lychkin (; born 30 September 1973) is a retired Azerbaijani professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1989 for FC Termist Baku. International career For Azerbaijan, Lychkin is capped 45 ti ...

* Vladimir Sheleg * Alyaksandr Vyazhevich * Aleksandr Bogatyryov * Renat Dubinskiy *

Vitaliy Levchenko Vitaly Grigoryevich Levchenko (; born 28 March 1972, in Tajik SSR) is a Tajik retired professional footballer and current manager of Neftchi Fergana. Previously, Levchenko was manager of Ukrainian club Arsenal Kyiv's Football School. Manageri ...

* Aleksandr Ignatow * Oleksiy Antyukhyn *

Yuriy Hrytsyna Yuriy Vasylyovych Hritsyna (; born 15 June 1971) is a Ukrainian professional football coach and a former player. Club career He made his professional debut in the Soviet First League in 1988 for FC Zarya Voroshilovgrad. Honours * Ukrainian P ...

External links

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Official fan club
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News about Dynamo-Stavropol
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References

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