Dynamo Kiev Logo PNG
The sign indicates that you can get up from your knees and start the fight from scratch. The Dynamo Kyiv logo is a story about honor, glory, determination, and team spirit. The emblem, like epaulets, indicates that the athlete who joined the club has reached the highest rank.
On May 13, 1927, the Proletarian Sports Society “Dynamo” was registered in Kyiv as part of a network founded in Moscow in 1923 by the Cheka-OGPU. Early membership was restricted to security personnel; civilians joined later. The football team debuted on July 1, 1928, with a 1:2 loss, followed by a 1:5 defeat against the Belarusian SSR.
In 1936, Dynamo Kyiv entered the first USSR championship and finished second behind Dynamo Moscow. Rivalries with Spartak Moscow and Torpedo Moscow shaped the era. During the 1941 occupation, several players stayed in Kyiv; in 1942, they played the “match of death”, and four later died in a concentration camp.
The club won its first USSR Cup in 1954. In 1961, it became the first non-Moscow champion, with Valeriy Lobanovskyi in the squad. Under Viktor Maslov, titles followed in 1966–1968, with early use of pressing and zonal defense.
Appointed in 1973, Lobanovskyi led a new phase. In 1975, Dynamo beat FC Bayern Munich to win the Cup Winners’ Cup, then beat them again to claim the UEFA Super Cup. Oleg Blokhin won the Ballon d’Or.
In 1986, Dynamo again won the Cup Winners’ Cup against Atlético Madrid, and Igor Belanov received the Ballon d’Or. After 1991, the club dominated Ukrainian football, winning nine straight titles from 1992–93 to 2001.
Lobanovskyi returned in 1997 and led Dynamo to the 1998–99 Champions League semi-finals, including a 4:0 win over FC Barcelona. He died in 2002. Since the mid-2000s, Shakhtar Donetsk has been the main rival. In 2009, Dynamo reached the UEFA Cup semi-finals, beating Valencia CF and Paris Saint-Germain before losing to Shakhtar.
Meaning and History
The Kyiv club’s logo reflects its name, which it inherited from the Voluntary Sports Society “Dynamo.” Initially, this word was suggested by the head of the political department and a former employee of the electric machine-building enterprise “Dynamo.” The name chosen embodies movement, strength, and energy. True, only the first letter is depicted on many emblems – blue (as before) or white (as now).
What is Dynamo Kyiv?
Dynamo Kyiv is a Ukrainian football club. They play at the professional level in the Premier League and are based in Ukraine’s capital. The club’s actual founding date is 1927, but it was officially recognized in 1989, as it had previously been part of the Soviet Dynamo Sports Society.
1924 – 1926
On October 8, 1924, the State Political Directorate of the NKVD issued an order to create a governing body for the sports society “Dynamo,” which appeared in various cities of the Soviet Union. At the same time, its logo was approved: a black-and-white diamond depicting eleven sports attributes, including a soccer ball. The top corner of the diamond was decorated with a five-pointed star, and the name of the organization was written in the center.
1927 – 1938
Dynamo Kyiv was founded in 1927 and adopted a simple, laconic emblem featuring a white rhombus with a blue outline and the capital Cyrillic letter “D”. The designers used a faux-handwritten font with loops and smoothly curving lines.
1939 – the 1970s
In honor of the 15th anniversary of the Voluntary Sports Society “Dynamo,” a small logo redesign was carried out to coincide with the receipt of a special award – the Order of Lenin. The letter’s writing style has changed; the lines have become thinner, and a five-pointed star with a red-and-white gradient has appeared at the top of the rhombus.
the 1970s – 1988
In 1972, the logo took the form of a triangular heraldic shield with a rounded base. At the top was the Cyrillic inscription “URSR” (an abbreviation for the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic). The diamond with the letter “D” was reduced and moved down into two wide stripes of red and blue, representing the state flag of the Ukrainian SSR.
1989 – 1995
In 1989, based on the sports community Dynamo Kyiv, a football club of the same name was established. In honor of this event, the management organized a competition for the best logo. After considering many options, the jury chose a minimalistic wordmark. It contained the already familiar letter “D” (above, without a rhombus) and the Ukrainian inscription “КИЇВ” (below, in a blue rectangle). The geometric shape that bore the city’s name turned yellow in 1991. This color was chosen as a tribute to Ukraine’s national flag.
1996 – 2010
In 1996, the new leaders of Dynamo Kyiv initiated a change of the logo. As a result, the club crest became round like a seal. The center was a yellow circle with a large letter “D,” a blue rectangle with the city’s name, and the number “1927”. A blue ring was used as a frame, written in Russian letters “FOOTBALL CLUB DYNAMO.”
In 2003, a single yellow star appeared above the logo, marking the victory in ten national championships. In 2008, a second star was added to it, a reminder that the team won 13 USSR championships.
2011 – today
In the early 2010s, the club returned to its roots and adopted a diamond-shaped emblem with a capital letter “D.” It was distinguished from previous versions by the presence of the word “КИЇВ” and a simple frame consisting of two lines.
To avoid visual similarity to the Moscow Dynamo sign, blue was chosen for the background and white for the inscriptions. The yellow had to be removed because the yellow-and-blue palette was the national team’s. The author of the new logo is Maria Priydan.
Font and Colors
The main symbol of Dynamo Kyiv is the Cyrillic letter “D.” It was developed for the visual identification of the Voluntary Sports Society “Dynamo” and later adopted by all sports societies of the same name in different cities of the Soviet Union. The Ukrainian club kept it in place to avoid losing touch with its origins.
The logo uses two radically different fonts. The first one is handwritten, with rounded lines and decorative loops (letter “D”). The second is printed, strict, sans serif (the word “KYIV”).
The main colors are white and blue. When the Voluntary Sports Society “Dynamo” was created, they symbolized the organization’s employees’ pure thoughts. Now it is simply an iconic palette, without which the Dynamo football club cannot be imagined.