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Oldest Russian derby

Moscow football rivalry

Oldest Russian derby

Summary

Moscow football rivalry

FieldValue
nameOldest Russian derby
image[[File:Spartak Moscow supporters 4756.jpg200pxSpartak supporters]]
captionSpartak and Dynamo supporters.
city or regionMoscow Moscow
teams involvedDynamo Moscow
Spartak Moscow
total206
most winsSpartak (80)
seriesSpartak Moscow: 80
Drawn: 70
Dynamo Moscow: 57
mostrecentDynamo 2-3 Spartak
(2 October 2024)
nextmeeting7 February 2025
largestvictorySpartak 7–1 Dynamo
(14 September 1991)
(Soviet Top League)
Dynamo supporters.

Spartak Moscow Drawn: 70 Dynamo Moscow: 57 (2 October 2024) (14 September 1991) (Soviet Top League)

The Oldest Russian derby () is a football rivalry played between Moscow rivals FC Spartak Moscow and FC Dynamo Moscow. The derby became less intense as Dynamo Moscow has not won a title since 1976 and only once succeeded in domestic competitions since the fall of the Soviet Union. Spartak missed the 1977 season of the Soviet League due to relegation, while Dynamo missed the 2016–17 season of the Russian Premier League.

History

Game of political importance

This Moscow derby has also a political dimension. The teams fought each other for the championship of Moscow, and then for the Soviet Top League. In 1942, the founder and footballer of Spartak, Nikolai Starostin, was arrested, along with his three brothers among other teammates, facing accusations of involvement in a plot to kill Joseph Stalin. After two years of interrogations, the charges were dropped but the Starostin brothers were tried and sentenced to spend 10 years in the camps of Siberia. Throughout all those years, Nikolai Starostin had always believed that Lavrentiy Beria, Dynamo Moscow's chief patron, was the one behind all this. Returning from prison, Nikolai Starostin became chairman of Spartak again and always demanded from his players at all costs to beat Dynamo.

Decline

Around the end of the 1970s, the Spartak-Dynamo rivalry had lost its status in Soviet football; the blue-and-whites were slowly declining and Dynamo Kiev became the main rival of the red-and-whites.

Honours

SpartakDynamoTotal3719
Competition
Soviet Top League12 times: 1936 Autumn, 1938, 1939, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1962, 1969, 1979, 1987, 198911 times: 1936 Spring, 1937, 1940, 1945, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1963, 1976 Spring
Russian Premier League10 times: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2016/20170
Soviet Cup10 times: 1938, 1939, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1958, 1963, 1965, 1971, 1991/19926 times: 1937, 1953, 1966/1967, 1970,1977, 1984
Russian Cup3 times: 1993/1994, 1997/1998, 2002/20031 time: 1994/1995
USSR Super Cup01 time: 1977
Russian Super Cup1 time: 20170
USSR Federation Cup1 time: 19870

Crossing the divide

Players who have played for both clubs

PlayerDate of birthSpartakDynamoyearMatchesGoalsYearsMatchesGoals
Konstantin Kvashnin27.12.18981923–19271928–1930
Sergei Salnikov25.09.19251942–1944, 1946–1949, 1955–1960202641950–195411229
Jonas Bauža14.02.19421970–197121-231969–19703-4
Vadim Ivanov17.07.19431969–19717521962–19681443
Yury Syomin11.05.19471965–19674361962–19689519
Vladimir Eshtrekov16.05.19471965811968–197310211
Evgeny Lovchev29.01.19491969–1978249301979–1980190
Yuri Gavrilov03.05.19531977–1985280901972–1977375
Aleksandr Minayev11.08.19541972–197592101976–198421221
Nikolai Latysh02.08.19551986501979–198412420
Aleksandr Bubnov10.10.19551983–198916931974–19822067
Aleksandr Bokiy03.05.19571987–19894101978–1980180
Vagiz Khidiyatullin03.03.19591976–1980, 1986–1988155141994151
Aleksei Prudnikov20.03.19601979–1982, 198919–101983–1987129–138
Gennady Morozov30.12.19621980–1986, 1989-9019631987–1988401
Aleksei Yeryomenko17.01.19641986–19872651988–1990363
Dmytro Tyapushkin06.11.19641994–199522–151997–199852-40
Renat Ataulin02.05.196519861501984–1985, 1992521
Andrei Mokh20.10.196519912011989–1991462
Andrei Ivanov06.04.19671988–1990, 1991–1994, 199510911994161
Andrey Chernyshov07.01.19681992–19931988–1991, 1993–1994
Kakhaber Tskhadadze07.09.19681992701992120
Vali Gasimov04.10.196819926019921716
Nikolai Pisarev23.11.19681992–1995, 1998, 2000–2001115321999164
Andrei Smetanin21.06.19691998–20011401987–19971290
Yuri Kovtun05.01.19701999-200512271993–19981565
Vladimir Beschastnykh01.04.19741991–1994, 2001-2002104562004–2005214
Dmytro Parfyonov11.09.19741998–200512515200630
Konstantin Golovskoy25.04.19751996–19982401998–20014910
Pyotr Nemov18.10.19832002202000–2001111
Pavel Pogrebnyak08.11.19832002–20041822015–2018251
Andrey Yeshchenko09.02.19842016–20218912006, 2016180
Aleksandr Samedov19.07.19842001–20054762010–2012709
Aleksei Rebko23.04.19862001–20071302010190
Vladimir Granat22.01.19872015–20161402005–20152194
Dmitri Kombarov22.05.19872010–2019226212006–201013212
Kirill Kombarov22.05.19872010–20167302006–20101017
Sergei Parshivlyuk24.02.19892006–201614832019–811
Aleksandr Prudnikov18.03.19892007–2008334201460
Aleksandr Zotov27.08.19902008–20133202016–2018445
Aleksandr Kokorin19.03.19912020–2021822008–201617141
Roman Zobnin11.02.19942016–186132013–2016482
Aleksandr Tashayev23.06.19942018–20192002011–2018769
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    • A partial list of players*

Managers worked in both clubs

SpartakDynamo
Manager
Konstantin Kvashnin1937–1938, 1944, 1948
Konstantin Beskov1977–1988
Georgi Yartsev1996
Oleg Romantsev1989–1995, 1996–2003
Stanislav Cherchesov2007–2008

Statistics

Head-to-head record

SpartakDrawDynamoLeagueTotal152555641CupTotal16826Federation CupPrize Union CommitteeMoscow ChampionshipOtherTotal9324Total207757062
CompetitionCountryGames
USSR USSR99283932
RUS Russia5327179
USSR USSR11623
RUS Russia5203
USSR USSR7052
USSR USSR1010
USSR USSR22949
USSR USSR6312
RUS Russia3012

Head-to-head record in Russian Football National League

Spartak-2DrawDynamoLeagueTotal2011
CompetitionCountryGames
RUS Russia2011

Record wins

Spartak biggest wins

1991 — Soviet Top League — Spartak — Dynamo 7:1

1985 —Soviet Top League — Spartak — Dynamo 5:1

2005 — Russian Premier League — Spartak — Dynamo 5:1

2012 — Russian Premier League — Dynamo — Spartak 0:4

Dynamo biggest wins

1946 — Soviet Top League — Dynamo — Spartak 5:0

1940 — Soviet Top League — Spartak — Dynamo 1:5

1945 — Soviet Top League — Dynamo — Spartak 4:0

1948 — Soviet Top League — Dynamo — Spartak 5:1

1966 — Soviet Top League — Dynamo — Dynamo 4:0

2012 — Russian Premier League — Spartak — Dynamo 1:5

Matches list

Soviet Top League 1936 - 1992

Spartak vs DynamoDynamo vs SpartakSeasonDivisionVenueAtten.ScoreVenueAtten.Score
1936Group Aalign: center;align: center;align: center;align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;60,0001–0
align: center;align: center;align: center;align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;40,0003–3
1937Group Aalign: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;60,0000–0align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;60,0000–1
1938Group Aalign: center;align: center;align: center;align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;60,0001–4
1939Group Aalign: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;75,0000–0align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;80,0001–1
1940Group Aalign: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;85,0001–5align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;80,0002–2
1941Group Aalign: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;80,0001–1align: center;align: center;align: center;
1945First Groupalign: center;Lokomotiv Stadiumalign: center;35,0001–1align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;60,0004–0
1946First Groupalign: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;80,0001–4align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;50,0005–0
1947First Groupalign: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;55,0001–2align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;65,0001–0
1948First Groupalign: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;50,0003–0align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;70,0005–1
1949First Groupalign: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;60,0001–4align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;60,0005–4
1950Class Aalign: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;70,0001–3align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;60,0001–1
1951Class Aalign: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;70,0001–3align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;70,0001–2
1952Class Aalign: center;align: center;align: center;align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;60,0000–0
1953Class Aalign: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;80,0001–1align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;60,0002–2
1954Class Aalign: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;60,0000–2align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;70,0001–0
1955Class Aalign: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;70,0002–1align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;70,0001–4
1956Class Aalign: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;100,0001–1align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;80,0001–1
1957Class Aalign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;103,0001–0align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;70,0001–1
1958Class Aalign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;105,0001–2align: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;90,0000–1
1959Class Aalign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;106,0000–1align: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;103,0001–3
1960Separated into two groups of 11 teams for the first round
1961Class Aalign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;103,0003–1align: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;100,0003–1
1962Class Aalign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;104,0001–0align: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;82,0002–0
1963Class A (1st Group)align: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;103,0000–1align: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;100,0000–0
1964Class A (1st Group)align: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;104,0001–0align: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;29,0002–1
1965Class A (1st Group)align: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;24,0000–1align: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;69,0000–2
1966Class A (1st Group)align: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;80,0001–0align: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;55,0004–0
1967Class A (1st Group)align: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;103,0000–0align: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;94,0000–0
1968Class A (1st Group)align: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;73,0002–1align: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;56,0002–1
1969Class A (1st Group)align: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;56,0002–3align: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;54,0000–2
1970Supreme Leaguealign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;65,0004–1align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;56,0000–0
1971Supreme Leaguealign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;47,8001–1align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;52,0000–0
1972Supreme Leaguealign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;6,5001–0align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;35,0001–4
1973Supreme Leaguealign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;30,8001–0align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;19,0000–0
1974Supreme Leaguealign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;35,8000–0align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;45,0001–1
1975Supreme Leaguealign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;40,8000–0align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;54,0002–1
1976Supreme Leaguealign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;3,5001–0align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;35,0001–0
1977There were no games due to the relegation of Spartak to the 2nd Division
1978Supreme Leaguealign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;10,8001–2align: center;Lokomotiv Stadiumalign: center;23,0000–0
1979Supreme Leaguealign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;35,8002–1align: center;Torpedo Stadiumalign: center;21,0000–0
1980Supreme Leaguealign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;50,8000–0align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;54,0002–2
1981Supreme Leaguealign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;35,2001–2align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;33,5001–1
1982Supreme Leaguealign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;37,2000–1align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;40,0000–2
1983Supreme Leaguealign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;42,7003–0align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;27,0000–0
1984Supreme Leaguealign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;14,8000–0align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;33,6000–0
1985Supreme Leaguealign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;25,8005–1align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;5,8002–0
1986Supreme Leaguealign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;45,8002–2align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;33,7002–1
1987Supreme Leaguealign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;60,8001–1align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;50,0001–1
1988Supreme Leaguealign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;41,0001–0align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;29,0001–2
1989Supreme Leaguealign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;42,0001–1align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;43,0000–0
1990Supreme Leaguealign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;33,8001–2align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;20,0001–1
1991Supreme Leaguealign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;25,0007–1align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;20,0001–1

Russian League 1992 -

Spartak vs DynamoDynamo vs SpartakSeasonDivisionVenueAtten.ScoreVenueAtten.Score
1992Russian Top Leaguealign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;20,0004–3align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;3,0002–5
1993Russian Top Leaguealign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;18,0003–0align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;19,0001–1
1994Russian Top Leaguealign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;15,0001–1align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;8,3000–0
1995Russian Top Leaguealign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;30,0002–0align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;11,0000–2
1996Russian Top Leaguealign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;17,0003–1align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;11,0002–1
1997Russian Top Leaguealign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;20,0001–2align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;35,0001–1
1998Russian Top Divisionalign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;15,0002–0align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;35,6830–0
1999Russian Top Divisionalign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;40,0002–2align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;22,0001–1
2000Russian Top Divisionalign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;24,0003–1align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;20,0002–4
2001Russian Top Divisionalign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;15,0002–1align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;13,5001–1
2002Russian Premier Leaguealign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;9,0001–0align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;13,0000–1
2003Russian Premier Leaguealign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;20,0002–1align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;14,0003–2
2004Russian Premier Leaguealign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;12,0002–2align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;14,5001–1
2005Russian Premier Leaguealign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;26,0005–1align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;20,0000–1
2006Russian Premier Leaguealign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;16,0003–2align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;20,0000–0
2007Russian Premier Leaguealign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;37,0002–1align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;22,0000–1
2008Russian Premier Leaguealign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;19,0001–1align: center;Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;30,0004–3
2009Russian Premier Leaguealign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;30,0000–2align: center;Arena Khimkialign: center;15,7581–1
2010Russian Premier Leaguealign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;43,0000–1align: center;Arena Khimkialign: center;12,3781–1
2011–12Russian Premier Leaguealign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;20,7520–2align: center;Arena Khimkialign: center;18,6361–1
align: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;14,6401–1align: center;Arena Khimkialign: center;15,4871–3
2012–13Russian Premier Leaguealign: center;Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;13,8561–5align: center;Arena Khimkialign: center;15,2090–4
2013–14Russian Premier Leaguealign: center;Lokomotiv Stadiumalign: center;12,1803–2align: center;Arena Khimkialign: center;16,7141–4
2014–15Russian Premier Leaguealign: center;Otkrytie Arenaalign: center;37,9231-0align: center;Arena Khimkialign: center;13,3511–2
2015–16Russian Premier Leaguealign: center;Otkrytie Arenaalign: center;26,5083-0align: center;Arena Khimkialign: center;13,7482-3
2016–17There were no games due to the relegation of Dynamo to the 2nd Division
2017–18Russian Premier Leaguealign: center;Otkrytie Arenaalign: center;42,1240–1align: center;Arena Khimkialign: center;17,1332–2
2018–19Russian Premier Leaguealign: center;Otkrytie Arenaalign: center;43,1392–1align: center;Arena Khimkialign: center;14,6740–1
2019–20Russian Premier Leaguealign: center;Otkrytie Arenaalign: center;34,3890–0align: center;VTB Arenaalign: center;24,9460–2
2020–21Russian Premier Leaguealign: center;Otkrytie Arenaalign: center;4,9531–1align: center;VTB Arenaalign: center;12,5671–2
2021–22Russian Premier Leaguealign: center;Otkrytie Arenaalign: center;10,4432–2align: center;VTB Arenaalign: center;19,3530–2
2022–23Russian Premier Leaguealign: center;Otkrytie Arenaalign: center;8,9853–3align: center;VTB Arenaalign: center;25,2491–0
2023–24Russian Premier Leaguealign: center;Otkrytie Arenaalign: center;19,0251–0align: center;VTB Arenaalign: center;18,0722–1
2024–25Russian Premier Leaguealign: center;Lukoil Arenaalign: center;26,2972–2align: center;align: center;

Soviet Cup 1936 - 1992

SeasonVenueAtten.Score
1949Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;-2–2
Dynamo Stadiumalign: center;-2–1
1950Dynamo Stadium75,0003–0
1952Olympic Stadium40,0000–3
1954Dynamo Stadium70,0003–1
1955Dynamo Stadium70,0001–4
1958Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;-2–1
1963Luzhniki Stadiumalign: center;-2–0
1979Luzhniki Stadium30,0003–0
1990LFK CSKAalign: center;3,5001–1
LFK CSKAalign: center;4,0002–1

Russian Cup 1992 -

SeasonVenueAtten.Score
1994Dynamo Stadium19,500
1995Dynamo Stadium13,000
2008–09Luzhniki Stadium23,000
2020–21VTB Arena11,322
2021–22Luzhniki Stadium69,306
2023–24Otkritie Arena19,280
VTB Arena18,205
VTB Arena25,512
2024–25Lukoil Arena20,431
VTB Arena2 October 2024

References

References

  1. (2020-05-06). "Dynamo Moscow vs Spartak Moscow: A Grizzly Tale of Stalinism, Gulags, Revenge... And Some Football".
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