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GNK Dinamo Zagreb is a Croatian football club based in Zagreb. The club was officially founded on 6 June 1945 as a municipal multi-sports club and was intended to replace the three Zagreb football powerhouses which had dominated the game in Croatia in the interwar period (Concordia, Građanski and HAŠK) and which were all disbanded by a government decree in 1945 for political reasons (because the three had continued to participate in the national championship sponsored by the fascist Independent State of Croatia during World War II).
Soon after that initial meeting, the football section was formed and its first chairman (and de facto the very first chairman of Dinamo Zagreb football club) was Ico Hitrec. The initial caretaker coach of the first team was Branko Kunst (former Kingdom of Yugoslavia international and HAŠK player), while the first generation of Dinamo's youth team was coached by Maks Mihelčić, former goalkeeper at Građanski and also a former international. Former Građanski players such as Urch, Dubac, Kokotović, Wölfl, Lešnik, Pleše, Cimermančić, Antolković and Reiss also joined the newly formed club.
After winning the first post-war Zagreb municipal championship held in January and February 1946 and finishing runners-up in the Croatian regional championship (behind Hajduk Split), they qualified for the nationwide 1946–47 Yugoslav First League. For the first three years the club played their games at Građanski's old ground at Koturaška street, but in 1948 they moved to HAŠK's Stadion Maksimir which remained their home ground to the present day.
The club spent their entire existence paying top-flight football, and they soon established themselves as one of the Yugoslav Big Four (along with Hajduk Split, Partizan and Red Star Belgrade), finishing runners-up in the inaugural season of the national championship, and then winning Yugoslav titles in 1948, 1954 and 1958.
They were the third Yugoslav club to play in an UEFA-sponsored competition (after Partizan in 1955 and Red Star in 1956) and their first European Cup tie was against Czechoslovak side Dukla Prague in 1958. In the 1960s Dinamo experienced their most successful period in both domestic and European football which saw them win four Yugoslav Cups but failing to clinch a single championship title, finishing runners-up five times between 1960 and 1969. On the European stage, the club had two successful campaigns in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, reaching the finals on two occasions. In the 1963 final Dinamo lost to Valencia, but in 1967 they beat England's Leeds United. This was the first and only European silverware won by a Yugoslav club until Red Star Belgrade won the 1990–91 European Cup 24 years later.
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Dinamo in Europe
- Dinamo played their first European match on 10 September 1958 against Dukla Prague. The match ended in a 2-2 draw, with Luka Lipošinović netting a brace and Jaroslav Borovička and Jan Brumovský scoring for the Czech side. The second leg was played on 1 October, with Franjo Gašpert scoring in a 1-2 loss and a 3-4 aggregate defeat.
- Biggest defeat was against Barcelona in the away game of the second round of ICFC. The game was played on 13 December 1961 and ended in a 5-1 trashing, with Evaristo de Macedo scoring a hat-trick. Other scorers for Barcelona were Sándor Kocsis and Jesús María Pereda, while Dražan Jerković claimed a consolation goal in the 87th minute. The second leg in Zagreb ended in a 2-2 draw, with two goals from Stjepan Lamza and another goal from Evaristo de Macedo and Pedro Zaballa to make it 7-3 on aggregate for the Catalan club.
- In the 1962-63 season Dinamo enjoyed a successful campaign in the ICFC. Dinamo beat FC Porto 2-1 with goals from Borislav Ribic and Ilijas Pašić.
- In the 1982-83 season Dinamo was knocked out in the first round once again, this time by Sporting CP. Dinamo won the first leg at Maksimir by a single goal from Snješko Cerin, but then lost the away leg 3-0 with a hat-trick from Sporting's António Oliveira.
- In the 1988-89 season Dinamo was knocked out in the second round of the UEFA cup by VfB Stuttgart, coached by Arie Haan and featuring Jurgen Klinsmann and Srečko Katanec. Stuttgart later reached the finals of the competition, only to be beaten by Diego Maradona's Napoli.
Summary
By competition
Note: This summary includes matches played in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, which was not endorsed by UEFA and is not counted in UEFA's official European statistics.
Defunct competitions are listed in italics.Competition Pld W D L GF GA Last season played European Cup
UEFA Champions League67 25 15 28 103 91 2011–12 UEFA Cup
UEFA Europa League88 32 22 34 120 106 2010–11 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 31 11 6 14 31 38 1994–95 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 39 16 10 13 65 47 1970–71 Total 226 84 53 89 329 282 Source: uefa.com, Last updated on 2 November 2011
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals againstBy result
Overall Pld W D L GF GA GD Home1 112 55 27 30 214 119 +95 Away2 114 29 25 59 115 163 –48 Total 226 84 53 89 329 282 +47 Last updated: 2 November 2011
1 Includes two matches where Dinamo played as hosts away from their home stadium. (The 1991–92 UEFA Cup fixture against Trabzonspor, played in Klagenfurt, Austria on 17 September 1991; and the 1993–94 Champions League first round game versus Steaua Bucharest played in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 28 September 1993.)
2 Includes two playoff matches before the introduction of penalties and the away goals rule in two-legged fixtures. (The 1962–63 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup game against Union Saint-Gilloise, played in Linz, Austria, on 13 February 1963; and the 1963–64 Cup Winners' Cup game versus Linzer ASK, also played in Linz, Austria, on 23 October 1963.)
List of matches
Note: Dinamo score always listed first.
1950s–1970
Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Agg. 1958–59 European Cup QR 
Dukla Prague2–2 1–2 3–4 1960–61 Cup Winners' Cup QF RH Brno2–0 0–0 2–0 SF 
Fiorentina2–1 0–3 2–4 1961–62 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup R1 
Stævnet2–2 7–2 9–4 R2 
Barcelona2–2 1–5 3–7 1962–63 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup R1 
FC Porto0–0 2–1 2–1 R2 
Union Saint-Gilloise2–1 0–1 2–2, (pm 3–2) QF 
Bayern Munich0–0 4–1 4–1 SF 
Ferencváros2–1 1–0 3–1 Final Valencia1–2 0–2 1–4 1963–64 Cup Winners' Cup QR 
Linzer ASK1–0 0–1 1–1, (pm 1–1) R1 
Celtic2–1 0–3 2–4 1964–65 Cup Winners' Cup R1 
AEK Athens3–0 0–2 3–2 R2 
Steaua Bucharest2–0 3–1 5–1 QF Torino1–2 1–1 2–3 1965–66 Cup Winners' Cup R1 Atlético Madrid0–1 0–4 0–5 1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup R1 Spartak Brno2–0 0–2 2–2 R2 Dunfermline Athletic2–0 2–4 4–4 R3 Dinamo Piteşti0–0 1–0 1–0 QF Juventus3–0 2–2 5–2 SF Eintracht Frankfurt4–0 0–3 4–3 Final 
Leeds United2–0 0–0 2–0 1967–68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup R1 Petrolul Ploieşti5–0 0–2 5–2 R2 Bologna FC1–2 0–0 1–2 1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup R1 Fiorentina1–1 1–2 2–3 1969–70 Cup Winners' Cup R1 Slovan Bratislava3–0 0–0 3–0 R2 
Olympique Marseille2–0 1–1 3–1 QF Schalke 041–3 0–1 1–4 1970–1990
Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Agg. 1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup R1 Barreirense6–1 0–2 6–3 R2 Hamburger SV4–0 0–1 4–1 R3 
FC Twente2–2 0–1 2–3 1971–72 UEFA Cup R1 
Botev Vratsa6–1 2–1 8–2 R2 Rapid Vienna2–2 0–0 2–2 (a) 1973–74 Cup Winners' Cup R1 AC Milan1–3 0–1 1–4 1976–77 UEFA Cup R1 ASA Târgu Mureş3–0 1–0 4–0 R2 
1. FC Magdeburg2–2 0–2 2–4 1977–78 UEFA Cup R1 Olympiacos5–1 1–3 6–4 R2 Torino1–0 1–3 2–3 1979–80 UEFA Cup R1 Perugia0–0 0–1 0–1 1980–81 Cup Winners' Cup R1 Benfica0–0 0–2 0–2 1982–83 European Cup R1 Sporting CP1–0 0–3 1–3 1983–84 Cup Winners' Cup R1 FC Porto2–1 0–1 2–2 (a) 1988–89 UEFA Cup R1 
Beşiktaş2–0 0–1 2–1 R2 VfB Stuttgart1–3 1–1 2–4 1989–90 UEFA Cup QR Auxerre1–3 1–0 2–3 1990–2000
Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Agg. 1990–91 UEFA Cup R1 Atalanta1–1 0–0 1–1 (a) 1991–92 UEFA Cup R1 Trabzonspor2–3 1–1 3–4 1993–94 Champions League PR 
B68 Toftir6–0 5–0 11–0 R1 Steaua Bucharest2–3 2–1 4–4 (a) 1994–95 Cup Winners' Cup R1 Auxerre3–1 0–3 3–4 1996–97 UEFA Cup PR 
KF Tirana4–0 6–2 10–2 QR 
Spartak Moscow3–1 0–2 3–3 (a) 1997–98 Champions League QR1 
Partizan5–0 0–1 5–1 QR2 Newcastle United2–2 1–2 3–4 UEFA Cup R1 
Grasshopper4–4 5–0 9–4 R2 MTK Budapest2–0 0–1 2–1 R3 
Atlético Madrid1–1 0–1 1–2 1998–99 Champions League QR2 Celtic3–0 0–1 3–1 Group
A Ajax0–0 1–0 – Olympiacos1–1 0–2 – FC Porto3–1 0–3 – 1999–2000 Champions League QR3 MTK Budapest0–0 2–0 2–0 Group
D Manchester United1–2 0–0 – Marseille1–2 2–2 – Sturm Graz3–0 0–1 – 2000–2010
Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Agg. 2000–01 Champions League QR3 Milan0–3 1–3 1–6 UEFA Cup R1 
Slovan Bratislava1–1 3–0 4–1 R2 Parma1–0 0–2 1–2 2001–02 UEFA Cup QR 
Flora Tallinn1–0 1–0 2–0 R1 
Maccabi Tel Aviv2–2 1–1 3–3 (a) 2002–03 UEFA Cup R1 Zalaegerszeg6–0 3–1 9–1 R2 Fulham0–3 1–2 1–5 2003–04 Champions League QR2 
Maribor2–1 1–1 3–2 QR3 
Dynamo Kiev0–2 1–3 1–5 UEFA Cup R1 MTK Budapest3–1 0–0 3–1 R2 Dnipro0–2 1–1 1–3 2004–05 UEFA Cup QR2 Primorje4–0 0–2 4–2 R1 
Elfsborg2–0 0–0 2–0 Group
G Beveren6–1 N/A – BenficaN/A 0–2 – Heerenveen2–2 N/A – VfB StuttgartN/A 1–2 – 2006–07 Champions League QR2 
Ekranas5–2 4–1 9–3 QR3 Arsenal0–3 1–2 1–5 UEFA Cup R1 Auxerre1–2 1–3 2–5 2007–08 Champions League QR1 
Khazar Lankaran3–1 1–1 4–2 QR2 Domžale3–1 2–1 5–2 QR3 Werder Bremen1–2 2–3 3–5 UEFA Cup R1 Ajax0–1 3–2 3–3 (a) Group
D FC Basel0–0 N/A – 
BrannN/A 1–2 – Hamburger SV0–2 N/A – RennesN/A 1–1 – 2008–09 Champions League QR1 
Linfield1–1 2–0 3–1 QR2 Domžale3–2 3–0 6–2 QR3 Shakhtar Donetsk1–3 0–2 1–5 UEFA Cup R1 
Sparta Prague0–0 3–3 3–3 (a) Group
D NEC3–2 N/A – Tottenham HotspurN/A 0–4 – Spartak Moscow0–1 N/A – UdineseN/A 1–2 – 2009–10 Champions League QR2 
Pyunik3–0 0–0 3–0 QR3 Red Bull Salzburg1–2 1–1 2–3 Europa League Playoff Hearts4–0 0–2 4–2 Group
A Ajax0–2 1–2 – Anderlecht0–2 1–0 – Timişoara1–2 3–0 – 2010–present
Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Agg. 2010–11 Champions League QR2 Koper5–1 0–3 5–4 QR3 
Sheriff Tiraspol1–1 1–1 2–2 (5–6 p) Europa League Playoff Győri ETO2–1 2–0 4–1 Group
D Club Brugge0–0 2–0 – PAOK0–1 0–1 – Villarreal2–0 0–3 – 2011–12 Champions League QR2 Neftchi Baku3–0 0–0 3–0 QR3 
HJK Helsinki1–0 2–1 3–1 Playoff Malmö FF4–1 0–2 4–3 Group
D Ajax0–2 0–4 – Lyon– 0–2 – Real Madrid0–1 – – Last updated: 2 November 2011
Player records
- Most appearances in UEFA club competitions: 57 appearances[1]
Sammir
- Top scorers in UEFA club competitions: 15 goals[1]
References
- General
- Purić, Bojan (22 December 1999). "NK Croatia/Dinamo Zagreb: Euro Cup Games (1958–1999)". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/dzagreb-ec.html. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
- Specific
- ^ a b "Dinamo Zagreb profile". UEFA.com. http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/teams/club=50164/profile/index.html. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
External links
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