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{{short description|German association football club based in Dresden}}
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| owner = Holger Scholze
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| manager = [[Thomas Stamm]]
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'''Sportgemeinschaft Dynamo Dresden e.V.''', commonly known as '''SG Dynamo Dresden''' or '''Dynamo Dresden''', is a German [[association football]] club based in [[Dresden]], [[Saxony]].<ref name="vereinslexikon">Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs 7. Vereinslexikon. Kassel: Agon-Sportverlag. {{ISBN|978-3-89784-147-5}}.</ref> They were founded on 12 April 1953 as a club affiliated with the East German [[Volkspolizei|police]]<ref name="history-50s">{{cite web|url=http://www.dynamo-dresden.de/verein/tradition/geschichte/1948-1959/|title=Die Fünfziger: Gründerjahre|work=Dynamo Dresden|language=de|access-date=11 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101110183003/http://www.dynamo-dresden.de/verein/tradition/geschichte/1948-1959/|archive-date=10 November 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> and became one of the most popular and successful clubs in [[East German football league system|East German football]], winning eight [[East German football champions|league titles]].<ref name="honours">{{cite web|url=http://www.dynamo-dresden.de/verein/tradition/erfolge/|title=Erfolge|work=Dynamo Dresden|language=de|access-date=9 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101110034512/http://www.dynamo-dresden.de/verein/tradition/erfolge/|archive-date=10 November 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>

After the [[German reunification|reunification of Germany]], Dynamo played four seasons in the top division, [[Bundesliga]], from 1991 to 1995,<ref name="honours" /><ref name="history-90s">{{cite web|url=http://www.dynamo-dresden.de/verein/tradition/geschichte/1990-1999/|title=Die Neunziger: Bundesliga und 3.Liga|work=Dynamo Dresden|language=de|access-date=9 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101109033655/http://www.dynamo-dresden.de/verein/tradition/geschichte/1990-1999|archive-date=9 November 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> but have since drifted between the second and fourth tiers.<ref name="seasons">{{cite web|url=http://www.dynamo-dresden.de/archiv/spielzeiten/|title=SAISON&nbsp;– ARCHIV|work=Dynamo Dresden|access-date=11 November 2010|language=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101023173515/http://www.dynamo-dresden.de/archiv/spielzeiten/|archive-date=23 October 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> The Club competes in the 3.liga, the third Division of German Football; but will compete in the 2.Bundesliga following promotion in the 2024-25 season.

The club's traditional uniform colours are gold and black, derived from the official city flag and the [[coat of arms]] of the city of Dresden.

==History==
===Early years (1950–1954)===
[[File:Dynamo Dresden Performance Chart.png|260px|thumb|Historical chart of Dynamo Dresden league performance]]
The city of [[Dresden]] played a significant part in German football before and during World War II. Local football team [[Dresdner SC]] won the [[List of German football champions|national championships]] in 1943 and 1944. The [[Allied occupation of Germany|occupying Allied authorities]] dissolved organizations across Germany, including sports clubs like Dresdner SC, after the war as part of the process of [[denazification]]. Dresdner SC was reestablished in 1946 as [[Friedrichstadt (Dresden)|SG Friedrichstadt]]. However, the eastern part of Germany, including Dresden, was under Soviet control, and the sports club was considered too [[bourgeois]] by authorities.<ref>{{Cite book|title=German football: history, culture, society|date=2006|publisher=Routledge|author1=Tomlinson, Alan.|author2=Young, Christopher|isbn=0-415-35195-2|location=London|pages=41 and 56|oclc=60323413}}</ref>

SG Friedrichstadt met [[FSV Zwickau|ZSG Horst Zwickau]] at the [[Heinz-Steyer-Stadion]] in Dresden on 16 April 1950. The match would practically decide which of the two teams that would win the East German championship in the [[1949–50 DDR-Oberliga|1949–50 season]].{{vague|date=January 2024|reason='The match would practically decide which of the two teams that would win the East German championship'... what?}} The match was attended by 60,000 spectators at the Heinz-Steyer-Stadion.<ref name="Tor!p225226">{{cite book |last=Hesse-Lichtenberger |first=Ulrich |date=2003 |title=Tor!: The Story of German Football |location=[[London]] |edition= 3rd |publisher=WSC Books Ltd. |pages=225–226 |isbn=095401345X }}</ref> The [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany|SED First Secretary]] [[Walter Ulbricht]] and his entourage were also present.<ref name="UlbrichtimHeinzSteyer">{{cite news |last=Leimert |first=Jochen |date=16 April 2020 |title=Als Ulbricht im Heinz-Steyer-Stadion den Volkszorn zu spüren bekam |url=https://www.sportbuzzer.de/artikel/als-ulbricht-im-heinz-steyer-stadion-den-volkszorn-zu-spuren-bekam/ |language=German |newspaper=Sportbuzzer |location=Hannover |publisher=Sportbuzzer GmbH|access-date=14 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415101423/https://www.sportbuzzer.de/artikel/als-ulbricht-im-heinz-steyer-stadion-den-volkszorn-zu-spuren-bekam/ |archive-date=15 April 2021 }}</ref> ZSG Horch Zwickau had been founded only one year earlier and embodied the form of organization that the SED and the state leadership wanted to promote for the sports movement they propagated.<ref name="UlbrichtimHeinzSteyer"/> ZSG Horch Zwickau won the match 1–5 and became East German champions. The match was characterized by a very physical play from ZSG Horch Zwickau and several controversial referee decisions in favor of ZSG Horch Zwickau. The players of SG Friedrichstadt left the pitch without greeting their opponents and thousands of angry Dresden spectators invaded the pitch.<ref name="Tor!p225226"/><ref name="UnderCommunismP136">{{cite book |last1=Mike |last2=Grix |first1=Dennis |first2=Jonathan |date=2012 |title=Sport under Communism – Behind the East German 'Miracle' |location=[[Hampshire]] |edition=1st |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan (Macmillan Publishers Limited) |page=136 |isbn=978-0-230-22784-2 }}</ref> East German sports authorities took these events as a pretext to dissolve SG Friedrichstadt and delegate the players to BSG VVB Tabak Dresden.<ref name="history-50s" />

The city needed a new, ideologically safe representative in the [[DDR-Oberliga]]. BSG VVB Tabak Dresden was planned to take over the place of SG Friedrichstadt in the DDR-Oberliga. However, most players from the former team of SG Friedrichstadt, including player-coach [[Helmut Schön]], did not agree with the move to BSG VVB Tabak Dresden and left Dresden to join [[Hertha BSC]] or other clubs under the [[German Football Association|German Football Association (DFB)]].<ref name="Tor!p225226"/> To save the place in the DDR-Oberliga for Dresden, the place was instead given to SV Deutsche Volkspolizei Dresden.

SV Deutsche Volkspolizei Dresden played in the lower-tier Stadtliga Dresden at the time of the dissolution of SG Fredrichsstadt.<ref name="3LigaGeschichteDD">{{cite web |url=http://www.3-liga.com/news-3liga-die-geschichte-dynamo-dresdens-13721.html |title=Die Geschichte Dynamo Dresdens |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=29 June 2014 |website=3-liga.com |location=[[Lübeck]] |publisher=Niels-Frederik Popien |language=de |access-date=15 August 2020 }}</ref>
<ref name="SportbuzzerSpüren">{{cite news |last=Leimert |first=Jochen |date=16 April 2020 |title=Als Ulbricht im Heinz-Steyer-Stadion den Volkszorn zu spüren bekam |url=https://www.sportbuzzer.de/artikel/als-ulbricht-im-heinz-steyer-stadion-den-volkszorn-zu-spuren-bekam/ |language=German |newspaper=Sportbuzzer |location=Hannover |publisher=Sportbuzzer GmbH|access-date=22 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322224433/https://www.sportbuzzer.de/artikel/als-ulbricht-im-heinz-steyer-stadion-den-volkszorn-zu-spuren-bekam/ |archive-date=22 March 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dynamo-dresden.de/verein/news/newsdetails/70-jubilaeum-des-ersten-spiels.html |title=70. Jubiläum des ersten Spiels |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=13 August 2020 |website=dynamo-dresden.de |location=Dresden |publisher=SG Dynamo Dresden e.V. |language=de |access-date=12 April 2021 |archive-date=12 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412222813/https://www.dynamo-dresden.de/verein/news/newsdetails/70-jubilaeum-des-ersten-spiels.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> SV Deutsche Volkspolizei Dresden was thus able to enter DDR-Oberliga without having to progress through divisions.<ref name="UnderCommunismP136"/> To keep its place in the [[DDR-Oberliga]], the team of SV Deutsche Volkspolizei Dresden would be reinforced with players from all over the country.<ref name="3LigaGeschichteDD"/>

SV Deutsche Volkzpolizei Dresden was originally founded as SG Volkspolizei Dresden in 1948.<ref name="GesternHeut">{{cite web |url=https://www.dynamo-dresden.de/verein/gestern-und-heute/gestern-und-heute.html |title=Dynamo Dresden – Gestern und Heute |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=n.d. |website=dynamo-dresden.de |location=Dresden |publisher=SG Dynamo Dresden e.V. |language=de |access-date=15 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929093543/https://www.dynamo-dresden.de/verein/gestern-und-heute/gestern-und-heute.html |archive-date=29 September 2020  }}</ref><ref name="SportbuzzerSpüren"/> The head of the Volkspolizei [[Kurt Fischer (politician)|Kurt Fischer]] ordered the founding of a central [[Sports associations (East Germany)|sports association]] for all sports communities of the Volkspolizei around East Germany on 20 June 1950. The new sports association was named SV Deutsche Volkspolizei.<ref name="DNNDresdenfeiert">{{cite news |last=Schramm |first=Stefan |date=11 April 2023 |title=Dynamo Dresden feiert sich und seine 70 Jahre |url=https://www.dnn.de/sport/regional/jubilaeum-12-april-1953-dynamo-dresden-feiert-sich-und-seine-70-jahre-6M2QJTCRBBDR5LFX7IMQ4BO7HI.html |work=[[Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten]] |language=de |location=Hannover |publisher=Verlagsgesellschaft Madsack GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=8 July 2023 }}</ref> SG Volkspolizei Dresden was thus incorporated into the new sports association and renamed SV Deutsche Volkspolizei Dresden.<ref name="GesternHeut"/> The order from Fischer also contained the passage that the best football players in the sports communities of the Volkspollizei should be concentrated in the now first-tier SV Deutsche Volkspolizei Dresden.<ref name="DNNDresdenfeiert"/>

The 40 best players of the various Volkspolizei teams in East Germany were then brought together for a training session in [[Forst (Lausitz)|Forst]] in July 1950. Coaches {{ill|Fritz Sack|de|Fritz Sack (Fußballtrainer)}} and {{ill|Paul Döring|de}} picked out 17 players from 11 different cities who were delegated to Dresden to form the team.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bitzer |last2=Wilting |first1=Dirk |first2=Bernd |date=2003 |title=Stürmen für Deutschland: die Geschichte des deutschen Fussballs von 1933 bis 1954 |edition=1st |location=[[Frankfurt am Main]] |publisher=Campus Verlag GmbH |page=73 |isbn=978-3593371917 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.3-liga.com/news-3liga-die-geschichte-dynamo-dresdens-13721.html |title=Die Geschichte Dynamo Dresdens |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=29 June 2014 |website=3-liga.com |location=[[Lübeck]] |publisher=Niels-Frederik Popien |language=de |access-date=15 August 2020 }}</ref><ref name="Tor!p225226"/><ref name="GesternHeut"/><ref name="history-50s" />{{refn|group=nb|East German football weekly Die neue Fußballwoche wrote on 8 August 1950 that 22 candidates for a place in the squad of SV Deutsche Volkszpolizei Dresden had been on a training camp in Forst for around three weeks.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=8 August 1950 |title=Premiäre der Volkspolizei-Dresden |url=https://www.fcc-supporters.org/fuwo/files/FUWO%201950/FUWO%201950%2032.pdf |magazine=Die neue Fußballwoche  |language=de |location=Berlin |publisher=[[Deutscher Fußball-Verband der DDR|DFV der DDR]] |volume=1950 |issue=32 |page=5 |issn=0323-8407 |access-date=8 July 2023 |quote=Seit ungefähr drei Wochen befinden sich 22 Anwärter auf einen platz in der Dresdner Volkspolizei-Elf zu einen Vorbereitungslehrhang in Forst, der von den  Trainern Dörng und Sack geleitert wird. }}</ref>}} [[SG Volkspolizei Potsdam|SV Deutsche Volkspolizei Potsdam]] lost its five top performers to Dresden, including [[Herbert Schoen]], [[Johannes Matzen]] and [[Günter Schröter]], and was severely weakened.<ref name="UnderCommunismP136"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Grüne |first=Hardy |date=1 June 2020 |title=Der angefeindete Serienmeister des Ostens |url=https://www.fussball-woche.de/artikel/der-angefeindete-serienmeister-des-ostens/ |language=de |newspaper=Fußball-Woche ([[:de:Fußball-Woche|de]]) |location=Hamburg |publisher=SPM Sportplatz Media GmbH |access-date=16 August 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> SV Deutsche Volkspolizei Dresden quickly established itself as a force{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} in East German football. The team won its first title in the 1951–52 FDGB-Pokal.<ref name="history-50s"/>

The new sports association SV Dynamo was founded on 27 March 1953. SV Dynamo was formed from SV Deutsche Volkspolizei and the sports communities of the [[Stasi|Secretariat of State Security]], commonly known as the Stasi. The president of SV Dynamo was [[Erich Mielke]], at the time deputy head of the Stasi.<ref name="guardian">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2009/oct/22/ddr-oberliga-football-east-germany|title=The forgotten story of ... East Germany's DDR-Oberliga|work=[[The Guardian]]|author=Will Buckley|author-link=Will Buckley (journalist)|date=22 October 2009|access-date=6 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215121508/http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2009/oct/22/ddr-oberliga-football-east-germany|archive-date=15 December 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> SV Deutsche Volkspolizei was incorporated into SV Dynamo and reformed as Dynamo Dresden on 12 April 1953. The official founding date of Dynamo Dresden has since been 12 April 1953. Shortly after this, the club claimed its [[1953–54 DDR-Oberliga|first]] [[East German football champions|league title]].<ref name="history-50s" />

However, success proved to be the club's undoing. The team Dynamo Dresden was relocated to Berlin in November 1954 to play for the new [[Sports club (East Germany)|sports club]] [[SC Dynamo Berlin]] in the DDR-Oberliga.<ref name="history-50s" /><ref name="GFL">{{cite web|url=http://www.gfl-journal.de/2-2007/dennis.html|author=Mike Dennis|title=Behind the Wall: East German football between state and society|access-date=12 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719032159/http://www.gfl-journal.de/2-2007/dennis.html|archive-date=19 July 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> The remainder of Dynamo Dresden was left to regroup in the second-tier [[DDR-Liga]], taking over the place in the DDR-Liga, as well as points and goals, from dissolved SC DHFK Leipzig.<ref name="history-50s" /> Political factors and pressure from Erich Mielke were probably{{according to whom|date=January 2024}} the main reasons behind the relocation of Dynamo Dresden to Berlin.<ref name="UnderCommunismP137">{{cite book |last1=Mike |last2=Grix |first1=Dennis |first2=Jonathan |date=2012 |title=Sport under Communism – Behind the East German 'Miracle' |location=[[Hampshire]] |edition= 1st |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan (Macmillan Publishers Limited) |page=137 |isbn=978-0-230-22784-2 }}</ref><ref name="GFL"/> The relocation was meant to provide the capital with a competitive team that could rival [[Hertha BSC]], [[Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin]] and [[Tennis Borussia Berlin]], which were still popular in East Berlin and drew football fans to West Berlin.<ref>{{cite book |last=Pleil |first=Ingolf |date=2013 |title=Mielke, Macht und Meisterschaft: Dynamo Dresden im Visier der Stasi |language=de |location=[[Berlin]] |edition= 2nd |publisher=Ch. Links Verlag (LinksDruck GmbH) |page=16 |isbn=978-3-86153-756-4  }}</ref><ref name="UnderCommunismP137"/><ref name="GFL"/>

===Re-emergence (1954–1969)===
Dynamo Dresden was left with a team composed of youth and reserve players and had dropped to the fourth tier by 1957, playing in the local [[Bezirksliga]].<ref name="Tor!p226">{{cite book |last=Hesse-Lichtenberger |first=Ulrich |date=2003 |title=Tor!: The Story of German Football |location=[[London]] |edition= 3rd |publisher=WSC Books Ltd. |page=226 |isbn=095401345X }}</ref><ref name="history-50s" /> Dynamo Dresden began to climb the divisions, though,<ref name="history-50s" /><ref name="history-60s">{{cite web|url=http://www.dynamo-dresden.de/verein/tradition/geschichte/1960-1969/|title=Die Sechziger: Der Aufstieg beginnt|work=Dynamo Dresden|language=de|access-date=11 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101110044928/http://www.dynamo-dresden.de/verein/tradition/geschichte/1960-1969/|archive-date=10 November 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> and by 1962 they were back in the [[DDR-Oberliga]],<ref name="history-60s" /> and although this [[1962–63 DDR-Oberliga|first season]] ended in relegation, they bounced back{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} immediately.<ref name="history-60s" /> They recovered equally well from another relegation in [[1967–68 DDR-Oberliga|1968]],<ref name="history-60s" /> and remained in the Oberliga from [[1969–70 DDR-Oberliga|1969]] until its dissolution in [[1990–91 NOFV-Oberliga|1991]]. This relegation came after a fourth-place finish in [[1966–67 DDR-Oberliga|1967]], which enabled Dynamo's first foray{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} into [[UEFA|European football]]&nbsp;– they entered the [[1967–68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup|1967–68 Fairs Cup]], where they were eliminated by Scottish side [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]] in the first round.<ref name="history-60s"/>

East German football was reorganized during the [[1965–66 DDR-Oberliga|1965–66 season]]. Ten football departments were separated from their sports clubs to create ten dedicated [[Football club (East Germany)|football clubs]] ({{langx|de| Fußballclub}}) (FC). The best talents in the country were meant to be concentrated in the new dedicated football clubs, with the object to bring stability to the game at the top level and to develop players for [[East Germany national football team|the national team]].<ref name="GFL"/> It had long been planned to merge Dynamo Dresden with the football department of sports club SC Einheit Dresden, to concentrate the best footballer in the regional district in one club. This had been done in Leipzig. However, a tug of war developed between Erich Mielke and the [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany|SED]] First Secretary in [[Bezirk Dresden]] [[Werner Krolikowski]]. Erich Mielke did not want to give up Dynamo Dresden, while Krolikowski advocated for the establishment of a civil football club. The stalemate continued for one and a half years. The football department of SC Einheit Dresden was reorganized as FSV Lokomotive Dresden on 12 January 1966.<ref name="FRJubiläumswelle">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=18 June 2016 |title=Jubiläumswelle im Osten: Beschluss der Sport-Führung war Auslöser |url=https://www.fr.de/sport/fussball/jubilaeumswelle-osten-beschluss-sport-fuehrung-ausloeser-11116639.html |language=de |newspaper=[[Frankfurter Rundschau]] |location=Frankfurt am Main |publisher=Frankfurter Rundschau GmbH |access-date=19 December 2021 }}</ref> Dynamo Dresden was then declared a regional district center of excellence ({{langx|de|Leistungszentrum}}) in Bezirk Dresden by the regional district board ({{langx|de|Bezirksvorstandes}}) of the [[Deutscher Turn- und Sportbund|DTSB]] on 5 August 1968.<ref name="PleilMielkep17">{{cite book |last=Pleil |first=Ingolf |date=2013 |title=Mielke, Macht und Meisterschaft: Dynamo Dresden im Visier der Stasi |language=de |location=[[Berlin]] |edition= 2nd |publisher=Ch. Links Verlag GmbH |page=16 |isbn=978-3-86153-756-4 |quote=Mit Beschluss des DTSB-Bezirksvorstandes vom 5. August 1968 wird Dynamo zum Fußball-Leistungszentrum im Berizk Dresden, das damit in der gesamten Region auf Spielersuche gehen kann. }}</ref><ref name="FRJubiläumswelle"/> The club could now draw on the best players in the whole regional district.<ref name="PleilMielkep17"/>

Dynamo Dresden would enjoy the same funding and the same privileges as a designated football club, although it retained its designation as a "Sports Community" ({{langx|de|Sportgemeinschaft}}) (SG).<ref>{{cite news |last=Müller |first=Ronny |date=18 December 2015 |title=Club der Bessergestellten |url=https://www.sportbuzzer.de/artikel/club-der-bessergestellten/ |language=German |newspaper=Sportbuzzer |location=Hannover |publisher=Sportbuzzer GmbH |access-date=19 December 2021 |archive-date=16 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516132801/https://www.sportbuzzer.de/artikel/club-der-bessergestellten/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Without this support, the club's future success would have been hard to achieve.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fischer |first=Stephan |date=18 January 2014 |title=Fußball, "streng vertraulich" |url=https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/921187.fussball-streng-vertraulich.html |language=German |work=[[Neues Deutschland]] |location=Berlin |publisher=Neues Deutschland Druckerei und Verlag GmbH |access-date=25 December 2021 }}</ref>

===Glory years (1969–1978)===
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-M1031-0300, DDR-Sportler des Jahres 1973, Mannschaftsfoto Dynamo Dresden.jpg|thumb|left|Dynamo face [[Bayern Munich]] in the [[1973–74 European Cup]]]] [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R0515-0006, Fußballmannschaft SG Dynamo Dresden.jpg|thumb|right|The championship-winning squad of [[1975–76 DDR-Oberliga|1975–76]]]]
During the 1970s, Dynamo established themselves as one of the top teams in East Germany, under the management of [[Walter Fritzsch]]. They won five league titles ([[1970–71 DDR-Oberliga|1971]], [[1972–73 DDR-Oberliga|1973]], [[1975–76 DDR-Oberliga|1976]], [[1976–77 DDR-Oberliga|1977]] and [[1977–78 DDR-Oberliga|1978]]),<ref name="honours" /> and two cups, ([[1970–71 FDGB-Pokal|1971]] and [[1976–77 FDGB-Pokal|1977]]).<ref name="honours" /> They battled with [[1. FC Magdeburg]] for domination of the league, and became the most popular team in the country, regularly drawing crowds of 25,000, around three times what other clubs were attracting.<ref name="GFL" /> They also began to establish themselves as a presence in [[UEFA|European football]]&nbsp;– they played in European competition every year during the 1970s, and eliminated some big names&nbsp;– beating [[FC Porto]], [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]<ref name="history-70s">{{cite web|title=Die Siebziger: Jahrzehnt der großen Erfolge|url=http://www.dynamo-dresden.de/verein/tradition/geschichte/1970-1979/|access-date=11 November 2010|language=de|work=Dynamo Dresden|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101109033637/http://www.dynamo-dresden.de/verein/tradition/geschichte/1970-1979|archive-date=9 November 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]] on their way to four quarter-final finishes.<ref name="europe">{{cite web|url=http://www.dynamo-dresden.de/archiv/international/|title=INTERNATIONAL|access-date=11 November 2010|language=de|work=Dynamo Dresden|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101024201307/http://www.dynamo-dresden.de/archiv/international/|archive-date=24 October 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> During this time Dynamo came up against [[West Germany|West German]] opposition for the first time, losing against [[Bayern Munich]] 7–6 on aggregate in the last 16 of the [[1973–74 European Cup]].<ref name="history-70s" /> Dynamo Dresden lost the first leg 4–3 away in Munich and managed a 3–3 draw home at the Dynamo-Stadion. The Stasi had tapped the salon at the Interhotel Newa in Dresden where the Bayern Munich team held their final meeting before the second leg. A message with information about the line-up of Bayern Munich was quickly sent by motorcycle to the coach of Dynamo Dresden Walter Fritzsch in preparation for the match.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Braun |last2=Wiese |first1=Jutta |first2=René |date=2 November 2013 |title=Aktion Vortsoss  |url=https://11freunde.de/artikel/aktion-vorstoss/460906  |language=de |newspaper=[[11 Freunde]] |location=Berlin |publisher=11FREUNDE Verlag GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=7 November 2020 }}</ref> On three occasions they were eliminated by English side [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]], twice in the [[UEFA Cup]] and once in the [[European Cup]],<ref name="europe" /> and each time Liverpool went on to win the competition. On three other occasions in the 1970s, Dynamo were eliminated by the team that eventually won the tournament — Leeds United in the 1970–71 Fairs Cup, Ajax in the 1971–72 European Cup, and Bayern Munich in the 1973–74 European Cup. In 1973, [[Hans-Jürgen Kreische]] was the first Dynamo Dresden player to be named [[East German Footballer of the Year]], and was followed by [[Hans-Jürgen Dörner]] in 1977.<ref name="POTY">{{cite web|url=http://www.hansanews.de/ddr/oberliga_fussballer.php|title=DDR-Fußballer des Jahres|work=hansanews.de|access-date=14 October 2010|language=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100822102852/http://www.hansanews.de/ddr/oberliga_fussballer.php|archive-date=22 August 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> Kreische was the league's leading goalscorer on four occasions,<ref name="topscorer">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/ddrtops.html|title=East Germany&nbsp;– Topscorers|access-date=14 October 2010|publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202113552/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesd/ddrtops.html|archive-date=2 December 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> and was named in [[East Germany national football team|East Germany]]'s squad for the [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974 World Cup]], along with teammate [[Siegmar Wätzlich]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=39/teams/team=44024.html|title=German DR|publisher=[[FIFA]]|access-date=12 November 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100507174249/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D39/teams/team%3D44024.html|archive-date=7 May 2010}}</ref>

===Capital dominance (1978–1991)===
{{Main|Berliner FC Dynamo supporters#SG Dynamo Dresden|l1 = BFC Dynamo and SG Dynamo Dresden rivalry}}
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1990-0602-009, 1. FC Dynamo Dresden - PSV Schwerin 2-1.jpg|thumb|left|150px|[[Matthias Sammer]] lifts the [[FDGB-Pokal]] trophy in [[1989–90 FDGB-Pokal|1990]]]] [[BFC Dynamo]] stood out among other clubs within SV Dynamo. The club was located at the frontline of the Cold War and was a representative of the capital of East Germany. This meant that the club had to be well-equipped.<ref>{{cite book |last=Braun |first=Jutta |year=2015 |editor1-last=Münkel |editor1-first=Daniela |title=State Security: A reader on the GDR secret police |url=https://www.bstu.de/assets/bstu/en/Downloads/E_bstu_lesebuch_englisch.pdf |location=Berlin |publisher=[[Stasi Records Agency|Federal Commissioner for the Records of the State Security Service of the former German Democratic Republic]] |pages=86–87 |access-date=26 August 2020 |isbn=978-3-942130-97-4 }}</ref> BFC Dynamo was considered the favorite club of the president of SV Dynamo and the head of the Stasi Erich Mielke.<ref name="40Jahre">{{cite news |last=Kopp |first=Johannes |date=16 January 2006 |title=40 Jahre BFC Dynamo – "Wir sind doch sowieso die Bösen" |url=https://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/40-jahre-bfc-dynamo-wir-sind-doch-sowieso-die-boesen-a-395493.html |language=de |newspaper=[[Der Spiegel (website)|Der Spiegel]] |publisher=Der Spiegel GmbH & Co. KG |location=Hamburg |access-date=9 June 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mdr.de/zeitreise/ddr/sport426_page-0_zc-6615e895.html |title=Fangeschichten: Die andere Seite des DDR-Fußballs |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=12 May 2016 |website=mdr.de |location=Leipzig |publisher=[[Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk]] |language=de |access-date=27 August 2020}}</ref> Under the patronage of Erich Mielke and the Stasi, BFC Dynamo would get access to the best training facilities, equipment, coaching staff and talents.<ref>{{cite news |last=Crossland |first=David |date=14 January 2016 |title=Dynamo Berlin: The soccer club 'owned' by the Stasi |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/01/13/football/dynamo-berlin-stasi-east-germany-football/index.html|newspaper=[[CNN International]] |location=Atlanta |publisher=Cable News Network, Inc. |access-date=30 May 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=MacDougall |first=Alan |date=2014 |title=The People's Game: Football, State and Society in East Germany |location=[[Cambridge]] |edition=1st |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=224 |isbn=978-1-107-05203-1 }}</ref><ref name="GFL"/>

East German football had generally been set up in favour of the designated [[Football club (East Germany)|football clubs]] (FC), who had access to talents within designated areas.<ref name="GFL"/> Dynamo Dresden was a center of excellence in Bezirk Dresden, which meant that the club had privileged access to talents in the whole regional district.<ref name="PleilMielkep17"/> However, BFC Dynamo would be able to draw on talents from all parts of East Germany, except Bezirk Dresden.<ref name="GFL"/><ref>{{cite book |last=Leske |first=Hanns |year=2012 |chapter=Hierarchie des DDR-Klubfußballs: Privilegierung der Schwerpunktclubs |title=Fußball in der DDR: Kicken im Auftrag der SED |language=de |location=[[Erfurt]] |edition=2nd |publisher=Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Thüringen |isbn=978-3-937967-91-2 }}</ref><ref name="40Jahre"/> The club benefited from a nationwide scouting network, supported by numerous training centers (TZ) of SV Dynamo.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kannowski |first=Stephan |date=1999 |title=Der Einfluss der SED auf den Sport der DDR am Beispiel des Fußballvereins 1. FC Union Berlin |edition=October 1999 |location=Hamburg |publisher=Diplomarbeiten Agentur diplom.de (Bedey Media GmbH) |page=30 |isbn=978-3832419226 |quote=Der BFC Dynamo Berlin besaß das einmalige Privileg im Fußball der DDR, die besten Spieler und Talente nach Ostberlin zu delegieren. Allein für den Erfolg von Fußballverein BFC Dyamo Berlin wurden über 33 Trainingszentren des SV Dynamo errichtet, in denen junge begabte Fußballspieler ausgebildet wurden. Zuden bestand eine Partnerschat mit dem Bezirk Cottbus. }}</ref> BFC Dynamo would have the best material conditions in the league and the best team by far.<ref>{{cite news |last=Voss |first=Oliver |date=29 June 2004 |title=Der Schiri, der hat immer Recht |url=https://taz.de/!734771/ |language=de |newspaper=[[Die Tageszeitung]] |publisher=taz Verlags u. Vertriebs GmbH |location=Berlin |access-date=20 August 2019 }}</ref> BFC Dynamo won ten consecutive titles, from [[1978–79 DDR-Oberliga|1979]] to [[1987–88 DDR-Oberliga|1988]]. Of all clubs, Dynamo Dresden was the most affected by their success, finishing runners-up on six occasions.<ref name="seasons" />

However, Dynamo Dresden also had its patrons. According to [[Hans-Jürgen Dörner]], the club was helped to remain a top club by three local politicians. One of them was [[Hans Modrow]], the long-time [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany|SED]] First Secretary in [[Bezirk Dresden]].<ref name="UnderCommunismP145">{{cite book |last1=Mike |last2=Grix |first1=Dennis |first2=Jonathan |date=2012 |title=Sport under Communism – Behind the East German 'Miracle' |location=[[Hampshire]] |edition= 1st |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan (Macmillan Publishers Limited) |page=145 |isbn=978-0-230-22784-2 }}</ref> Another one was {{ill|Manfred Scheler|de}}, the head of the District Council in Bezirk Dresden. Scheler was a devoted fan, who was active in using his connections to provide players with shortage goods and services, such as a car, an apartment or a plumber.<ref name="UnderCommunismP145"/> A third was [[Lieutenant general]] {{ill|Willi Nyffenegger|de}}, the long-time head of the regional district authority of the [[Volkspolizei]] in Bezirk Dresden.<ref name="UnderCommunismP145"/> The club also benefited from support from Stasi [[Major general]] {{ill|Horst Böhm|de|Horst Böhm (MfS-Mitarbeiter)}}, the head of the regional district administration of the Stasi in Bezirk Dresden.<ref name="UnderCommunismP145"/><ref name="Minoritiesp130">{{cite book |last1=Dennis |last2=LaPorte |first1=Mike |first2=Norman |date=2011 |title=State and Minorities in Communist East Germany |location=[[New York (state)|New York]] |edition=1st |publisher=Berghahn Books |page=130 |isbn=978-0-85745-195-8 }}</ref><ref name="PleilMielke3132">{{cite book |last=Pleil |first=Ingolf |date=2013 |title=Mielke, Macht und Meisterschaft: Dynamo Dresden im Visier der Stasi |language=de |location=[[Berlin]] |edition=2nd |publisher=Ch. Links Verlag GmbH |pages=31–32 |isbn=978-3-86153-756-4 |quote=Bei Meisterfeiern war zumindest die Dresdner Stasispitze stets awesend, 1978 und 1989 auch Stasi-Chef Mielke als 1. Vorsitzender der Sportvereinigung Dynamo. Anfang der achtziger Jahre, die große Ära der Mannschaft war vorbei, wurde das Dresdner MfS – and dessen Spitze mittlerweile der von Honecker ungewöhnlich schnell zum Generalmajor beförderte Horst Böhm stand – neben seiner Sicherungs- und Aufklärungsarbeit, die von den Spielern auch bei den Auslandseinsätzen registriert wurde, als Sponsor aktiver.[…] Wenn es um ihren Fußball ging, wurde Dresdner Stasi, Polizei und SED zu reinen Lokalpatrioten. Von einer aus Berlin durchgestellten Linie konnten die Spieler da nichts erkennen. Häfner: »Eher im Gegenteil, würde ich fast sagen. Also allein, wenn ich an die Feierlichkeit denke, als wir gegen den BFC gewonnen hatten, als ich da den Böhm gesehen habe und die Seite von der Partei … Das war der größte Sieg, gerade gegen den ›großen Bruder‹. Da kann ich mir nicht vorstellen, daß, was den Fußball angeht, hier intern groß mit Berlin zusammengearbeitet wurde. Es waren Lokalpatrioten. Also die führenden Leute, gerade wie Böhm und Nyffenegger (Chef der Bezirksbehörde der Volkspolizei – d.A.). Modrow weniger, da war es mehr der Stammnitz (Lothar Stammnitz war 2. Sekretär der SED-Bezirksleitung und für Sport verantwortlich – d.A.), der war ganz verrückt. Jedes Jahr mußten wir – vor der Saison, nach der Halbserie – eine Art Rechenschaftsbericht ablegen, da gab es immer ein Essen, wir mußten unsere Bekenntnisse abgeben, dass wir kämpfen für den Bezirk Dresden.«}}</ref> Böhm took involvement in the appointment and dismissal of trainers and the contracts of players.<ref name="UnderCommunismP145"/><ref name="Minoritiesp130"/> He was also a sponsoring member of the club.<ref>{{cite news |last=Launer |first=Anton |date=15 May 2015 |title=In den Tiefen der Stasi-Keller |url=https://www.neustadt-ticker.de/37715/alltag/in-den-tiefen-der-stasi-keller |work=Neustadt-Geflüster |language=de |location=Dresden |publisher=Jan Frintert |access-date=19 October 2021 }}</ref> According to Hans-Jürgen Dörner, Horst Böhm put local patriotism first in the rivalry with BFC Dynamo. The rivalry between fans of the two Dynamo clubs also spread to units within the [[Felix Dzerzhinsky Guards Regiment|Stasi Guards Regiment "Felix E. Dzerzhinsky"]].<ref name="Minoritiesp130"/> Another keen supporter was the long time SED Second Secretary in Bezirk Dresden Lothar Stammnitz.<ref>{{cite book |last=MacDougall |first=Alan |date=2014 |title=The People's Game: Football, State and Society in East Germany |location=[[Cambridge]] |edition=1st |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=25 |isbn=978-1-107-05203-1 }}</ref><ref name="PleilMielke3132"/>
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1989-0419-044, Uefa-Cup, Dynamo Dresden - VFB Stuttgart 1-1.jpg|thumb|right|Dynamo v. [[VfB Stuttgart]] in the semi-final of the [[1988–89 UEFA Cup]]]]

[[Walter Fritzsch]] had retired in 1978, and was succeeded by [[Gerhard Prautzsch]],<ref name="seasons" /> who was in turn followed by former players [[Klaus Sammer]] (1983–86), [[Eduard Geyer]] (1986–90) and [[Reinhard Häfner]] (1990–91).<ref name="seasons" /> The star{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} players of the 1970 were replaced by a new generation, including [[Torsten Gütschow]], [[Ulf Kirsten]], [[Matthias Sammer]], and [[Andreas Trautmann]], although the club lost three key players in 1981: [[Gerd Weber]], who along with teammates [[Peter Kotte]] and [[Matthias Müller (footballer)|Matthias Müller]] had been offered a lucrative contract with [[1. FC Köln]], intended to [[Republikflucht|flee to the West]] while in [[Udine]] for a [[East Germany national football team|national team]] match against Italy in April 1981.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=The People's Game: Football, State and Society in East Germany|last=McDougall, Alan.|isbn=978-1-107-05203-1|location=Cambridge|pages=135–142|publisher=Cambridge University Press|oclc=869367458|date = 26 June 2014}}</ref> The [[Stasi]] somehow got wind of this plan, and, in January 1981, the three players were arrested at [[Berlin Schönefeld Airport|Schönefeld Airport]], from where the national team was about depart for [[Argentina]], and banned for life from the [[DDR-Oberliga]].<ref name=":0" /> Extensive activities in preparation for the escape were what put the Stasi on Weber's trail.<ref name="HABMielkeMacht">{{cite news |last=Pleil |first=Ingolf |date=31 July 2007 |title=Mielke, Macht und Meisterschaft|url=https://www.abendblatt.de/archiv/2001/article204913921/Mielke-Macht-und-Meisterschaft.html |work=[[Hamburger Abendblatt]] |language=de |location=Hamburg |publisher=FUNKE Medien Hamburg GmbH |access-date=17 February 2025 }}</ref> Weber was sentenced to two years' imprisonment. Kotte and Müller, who had decided to stay in Dresden, were nonetheless punished for their knowledge of Weber's plans.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dynamo-dresden.de/verein/tradition/geschichte/1980-1989/fall-mueller-kotte-weber/|title=Fall Müller-Kotte-Weber|language=de|access-date=11 November 2010|work=Dynamo Dresden|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024151852/http://www.dynamo-dresden.de/verein/tradition/geschichte/1980-1989/fall-mueller-kotte-weber/|archive-date=24 October 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> Former SED First Secretary in Bezirk Dresden [[Hans Modrow]] believes the measures against the three were "probably cautious overall", given the completely different consequences for other East German citizens in similar contexts. After all, the three were also members of the armed organs ({{langx|de|Bewaffnete Organe der DDR}}) with ranks.<ref>{{cite news |last=Pleil |first=Ingolf |date=31 July 2007 |title=Mielke, Macht und Meisterschaft|url=https://www.abendblatt.de/archiv/2001/article204913921/Mielke-Macht-und-Meisterschaft.html |work=[[Hamburger Abendblatt]] |language=de |location=Hamburg |publisher=FUNKE Medien Hamburg GmbH |access-date=25 December 2021 |quote=Der damalige SED-Bezirkschef in Dresden, Hans Modrow, ist heute noch der Ansicht, dass "die Maßnahmen angesichts ganz anderer Konsequenzen in ähnlichen Zusammenhängen der Abwerbung von DDR-Bürgern insgesamt wohl zurückhaltend geprägt" gewesen sind. Es habe sich schließlich um Angehörige eines bewaffneten Organs mit Dienstgraden gehandelt, so erklärt Modrow, inzwischen Ehrenvorsitzender der PDS und Mitglied des Europäischen Parlaments. }}</ref> Weber's escape helpers from Dresden - a technologist, a civil engineer and a waitress - received even harsher punishments.<ref name="HABMielkeMacht"/> Dynamo Dresden won the [[FDGB-Pokal]] three times ([[1981–82 FDGB-Pokal|1982]] and [[1983–84 FDGB-Pokal|1984]], [[1984–85 FDGB-Pokal|1985]]).<ref name="honours" />

During the 1980s, the club continued its regular participation in European football, generally earning respectable results.{{vague|date=January 2024|reason='generally'? 'respectable'? who decides this?}}<ref name="europe" /> In the [[1985–86 European Cup Winners' Cup|1985–86 Cup Winners' Cup]], however, they were on the receiving end of a shocking{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} defeat against [[Bayer Uerdingen]] of [[West Germany]]: having won the first leg 2–0, they were 3–1 up at half-time in the second leg, when goalkeeper [[Bernd Jakubowski]] was injured by Uerdingen's [[Wolfgang Funkel]]. Debutant [[Jens Ramme]] was introduced, and proceeded to{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} let in six goals, as the team lost 7–3.<ref name="history-80s">{{cite web|url=http://www.dynamo-dresden.de/verein/tradition/geschichte/1980-1989/|title=Die Achtziger: Auf Europas Bühnen|language=de|access-date=11 November 2010|work=Dynamo Dresden|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101110172829/http://www.dynamo-dresden.de/verein/tradition/geschichte/1980-1989/|archive-date=10 November 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition to this, striker [[Frank Lippmann]] took the opportunity of the match in [[Krefeld]] to escape to the west.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The People's Game: Football, State and Society in East Germany|last=McDougall, Alan.|isbn=978-1-107-05203-1|location=Cambridge|publisher=Cambridge University Press|pages=55–56|oclc=869367458|date = 26 June 2014}}</ref> Dynamo recorded their best ever European performance in the [[1988–89 UEFA Cup]], beating [[AS Roma]] on the way to a semi-final defeat against VfB Stuttgart.<ref name="history-80s"/> Their last European campaign was the [[1990–91 European Cup]], which ended in defeat to eventual winners [[Red Star Belgrade]]. Dynamo's fans rioted at the second leg, which resulted in the club being banned from Europe for the following season.<ref name="history-90s" />

The head of the Volkspolizei in Bezirk Dresden was also the head of the branch of SV Dynamo in Bezirk Dresden.<ref name="DNNGeheimdienst">{{cite news |last=Pleil |first=Ingolf |date=11 June 2018 |title=Was der Geheimdienst der DDR mit dem Sport zu tun hatte  |url=https://www.dnn.de/Dresden/Lokales/Was-der-Geheimdienst-der-DDR-mit-dem-Sport-zu-tun-hatte |language=de |newspaper=[[Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten]] |location=Hannover |publisher=Verlagsgesellschaft Madsack GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=22 November 2020 }}</ref> The official sponsor ({{langx|de|Trägerbetrieb}}) of Dynamo Dresden was the Volkspolizei. Players of Dynamo Dresden were formal employees of the Volkspolizei.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fritsche |first=Gerald |date=10 April 2018 |title="Der andere Verein": "Dixie" Dörner blickt auf 65 Jahre Dynamo Dresden |url=https://www.sportbuzzer.de/artikel/der-andere-verein-dixie-dorner-blickt-auf-65-jahre-dynamo-dresden/ |language=German |newspaper=[[Sportbuzzer]] |location=Hannover |publisher=Sportbuzzer GmbH |access-date=26 December 2021 |archive-date=25 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211225235507/https://www.sportbuzzer.de/artikel/der-andere-verein-dixie-dorner-blickt-auf-65-jahre-dynamo-dresden/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Many players then underwent their military service with the Stasi Guards Regiment "Felix E. Dzerzhinsky" and became formal employees of the Stasi.<ref>{{cite news |last=Leimert |first=Jochen |date=21 December 2017 |title=Dynamo und die Stasi: Warum Matthias Sammer nur zwei Tage "diente" |url=https://www.sportbuzzer.de/artikel/dynamo-und-die-stasi-warum-matthias-sammer-nur-zwei-tage-diente/ |language=German |newspaper=[[Sportbuzzer]] |location=Hannover |publisher=Sportbuzzer GmbH |access-date=25 December 2012 |archive-date=23 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223230419/http://www.sportbuzzer.de/artikel/dynamo-und-die-stasi-warum-matthias-sammer-nur-zwei-tage-diente/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> 18 of the 72 players who had played at least once for Dynamo Dresden between 1972 and 1989 had been listed as unofficial collaborators (IM) of the Stasi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/REZENSIO/buecher/2001/SpGi1201.htm|title=H-Soz-u-Kult / Mielke, Macht und Meisterschaft|website=hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de}}</ref><ref name="DNNGeheimdienst"/>

West German chancellor [[Helmut Kohl]] privately attended the match between Dynamo Dresden and [[FC Carl Zeiss Jena]] in the [[1987–88 DDR-Oberliga]] on 28 May 1988, during a private trip to East Germany with his wife Hannelore and son Peter.{{vague|date=January 2024|reason='privately attended... during a private trip'?}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Geisler |first=Sven |date=28 May 2013 |title=Kein Scherz, es ist wirklich der Bundeskanzler |url=https://www.saechsische.de/plus/kein-scherz-es-ist-wirklich-der-bundeskanzler-2582907.html |language=German |work=[[Sächsische Zeitung]] |location=Dresden |publisher=DDV Mediengruppe GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=26 December 2021 }}</ref> Dynamo Dresden ended the ten-year long dominance of BFC Dynamo and captured{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} the league title in the [[1988–89 DDR-Oberliga|1988–89 season]]. The title was celebrated after a 5–0 win against [[1. FC Union Berlin]] in front of 27,000 spectators at the [[Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion|Dynamo-Stadion]] in the last match day on 3 June 1989. Dynamo Dresden won the league title also in the [[1989–90 DDR-Oberliga|1989–90 season]], adding a [[1989–90 FDGB-Pokal|cup win]], to complete a [[Double (association football)|double]].<ref name="history-90s" /> The [[Berlin Wall]] opened on 9 November 1989. The Stasi then lost its influence over football mid-season. BFC Dynamo stood at fourth place in the league after the first half of the season, and only finished the 1989–90 season in fourth place.<ref name="guardian"/> With the fall of the Berlin Wall, many of the top{{according to whom|date=January 2024}} players in East Germany took the opportunity to head west. BFC Dynamo was the first team to lose a top{{according to whom|date=January 2024}} player. The team had lost its top{{according to whom|date=January 2024}} striker [[Andreas Thom]] already during the winter break, and would lose more top{{according to whom|date=January 2024}} players during the summer. Dynamo Dresden lost two star{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} players during the summer of 1990: [[Ulf Kirsten]] and [[Matthias Sammer]] joining [[Bayer Leverkusen]] and [[VfB Stuttgart]] respectively. With [[German reunification]] looming,{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} many clubs in the East changed their name to shed their Soviet image, and Dynamo Dresden changed from ''SG'' to the more traditional ''1. FC''.<ref name="history-90s" /> The DDR-Oberliga also changed name for its final season: the league, now called the [[NOFV-Oberliga]], was used to determine which places the East German clubs would take in the unified [[German football league system|German league]]. Dynamo Dresden finished second, behind [[Hansa Rostock]], thus qualifying for the [[Bundesliga]].<ref name="history-90s" />

===Bundesliga (1991–1995)===
[[File:Matthias Maucksch.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Matthias Maucksch]] made 118 [[Bundesliga]] appearances for Dynamo, more than any other player, and was manager of the club from 2009 to 2011.]]
Having been among the top clubs in the East, Dynamo found life in the [[Bundesliga]] much harder,{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} struggling both financially and on the pitch. They spent four years at this level,<ref name="seasons" /> during which they were in a near-constant battle against relegation. Their highest placing was 13th in [[1993–94 Dynamo Dresden season|1993–94]], but the [[1994–95 Dynamo Dresden season|following year]] they succumbed{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} to the drop, finishing in last place,<ref name="history-90s" /> having gone through three managers ([[Sigfried Held]], [[Horst Hrubesch]] and [[Ralf Minge]]) during the season.<ref name="seasons" /> To add to this, the club had accumulated debts of more than 10 million [[Deutschmark|DM]], and were denied a license to play in the [[2. Bundesliga]], and had to drop down to the third tier [[Regionalliga Nordost]].<ref name="history-90s" /> [[Rolf-Jürgen Otto]], the club's president was jailed for having [[embezzlement|embezzled]] around 3 million DM from the club.<ref name="history-90s" />

While many of the stars{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} of the 1980s had moved west, some remained for Dynamo's Bundesliga tenure, including [[Torsten Gütschow]] and [[Hans-Uwe Pilz]], while the club was able to attract players from other Eastern clubs, including [[Olaf Marschall]], [[René Müller]] and [[Heiko Scholz]]. The fall of the wall brought the influx of Dynamo's first foreign players, and the club saw internationals from [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia]] ([[Mark Schwarzer]]), [[Poland national football team|Poland]] ([[Piotr Nowak]]), [[Russia national football team|Russia]] ([[Stanislav Cherchesov]]) and [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]] ([[Johnny Ekström]]), among others.

===Ups and downs (1995–2006)===
Dynamo sought to regroup in the [[Fußball-Regionalliga|Regionalliga]], and again looked to former players to manage the team, being led by [[Hans-Jürgen Kreische]] (1995–96), [[Udo Schmuck]] (1996) and [[Hartmut Schade]] (1996–1998), but did not seriously challenge for promotion. In [[1997–98 Dynamo Dresden season|1998]], they finished second in the table, but with 60 points: 32 behind champions [[Tennis Borussia Berlin]]. [[1999–2000 Dynamo Dresden season|1999–2000]] saw a restructuring of the Regionalliga: the four leagues were to be reduced to two, and Dynamo would have to finish in the top 7 to avoid relegation. Having finished 11th in the previous season they turned to [[Colin Bell (footballer, born 1961)|Colin Bell]],<ref name="history-90s" /> an English coach who had had some success with youth football in Germany, but he left in March 2000 after poor results and a player revolt.<ref name="history-00s">{{cite web|url=http://www.dynamo-dresden.de/verein/tradition/geschichte/2000/|title=ab 2000&nbsp;– Turbulente Jahre|work=Dynamo Dresden|language=de|access-date=11 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101110183009/http://www.dynamo-dresden.de/verein/tradition/geschichte/2000/|archive-date=10 November 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Cor Pot]], a [[Netherlands|Dutchman]], was brought in to replace him,<ref name="history-00s" /> and he turned the team around,{{tone inline|date=January 2024}}{{vague|date=January 2024|reason='he turned the team around, but it was too late'? so he did not 'turn the team around'?}} but it was too late&nbsp;– they finished in eighth place, and were relegated to the fourth-tier [[Oberliga Nordost-Süd]].<ref name="history-00s" /> By this point Dynamo were not even the top team in Dresden: [[Dresdner SC]] had returned after reunification, and finished as runners-up in the [[Regionalliga Nordost]] in 2000.
[[File:Volker Oppitz.JPG|thumb|left|150px|[[Volker Oppitz (footballer)|Volker Oppitz]] was a key player in Dynamo's rise from the [[Fußball-Oberliga|Oberliga]] to the [[2. Bundesliga]]]]

Optimism was high,{{according to whom|date=January 2024}} though, after the way the last season had ended, and the slogan "''Wir kommen wieder''" (we're coming back), was adopted. However, the Oberliga was now highly competitive with [[VfB Leipzig]], [[1. FC Magdeburg]] and [[FSV Zwickau]] also having been relegated, and Dynamo couldn't{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} match the consistency of their main promotion rivals Magdeburg and Leipzig. A 2–1 defeat against Magdeburg in February ended their promotion chances, and Pot resigned.<ref name="history-00s" /> With nothing to play for, Dynamo slumped{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} [[2000–01 Dynamo Dresden season|to fifth place]].<ref name="history-00s" /> For [[2001–02 Dynamo Dresden season|the following season]], [[Christoph Franke]] was brought in as manager,<ref name="history-00s" /> and led the club to promotion&nbsp;– they won the league<ref name="history-00s" /> with only two defeats, and beat [[Hertha BSC II|Hertha BSC's reserve team]] in a playoff to earn their place in the [[Regionalliga Nord]].<ref name="history-00s" /> Dynamo's youth system was particularly successful{{according to whom|date=January 2024}} during this period, with players including [[Lars Jungnickel]], [[Silvio Schröter]], [[Maik Wagefeld]] and [[Daniel Ziebig]] going on to play at a higher level.

Dynamo finished a respectable{{according to whom|date=January 2024}} 7th in their [[2002–03 Dynamo Dresden season|first season back]] in the third tier, and [[2003–04 Dynamo Dresden season|followed that]] with another promotion,<ref name="history-00s" /> finishing second behind [[Rot-Weiß Essen]]. Life in the [[2. Fußball-Bundesliga|2. Bundesliga]] began brightly, with a 3–1 win against [[MSV Duisburg]], but by the halfway point of [[2004–05 2. Bundesliga|their first season]] they were facing relegation, with only 18 points. They recovered strongly in the second half of the season though, and finished in 8th place, thanks in part to signings such as [[Ansgar Brinkmann]], [[Joshua Kennedy]] and [[Klemen Lavric]]. The [[2005–06 2. Bundesliga|2005–06]] season began in a similar way, as Dynamo climbed to third place with a 2–1 win over [[1860 Munich]] in the [[Allianz Arena]],<ref name="history-00s" /> but this was followed by thirteen matches without a win, resulting in the dismissal of Christoph Franke. Austrian manager [[Peter Pacult]] was brought in,<ref name="history-00s" /> with results improving temporarily, but Dynamo still failed to avoid relegation, finishing 15th.<ref name="history-00s" />

===Consolidation (2006–present)===
Dynamo were back in the [[Regionalliga]] with the immediate aim of promotion, yet, despite a successful start, [[Peter Pacult]] left the club after six matches for a chance to manage his former club, [[Rapid Vienna]].<ref name="history-00s" /> He was replaced by [[Norbert Meier]],<ref name="history-00s" /> but Dynamo could not keep up their promotion bid, and finished seventh, due in part to poor away form. Another re-organisation of the league structure was looming,{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} and Dynamo knew they'd have to finish in the top-10 to qualify for the new national [[3. Liga]]. A number of former star{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} players returned, including [[Lars Jungnickel]], [[Marek Penksa]] and [[Maik Wagefeld]],<ref name="history-00s" /> but results were not consistent, and Meier was sacked, replaced by former coach [[Eduard Geyer]].<ref name="history-00s" /> Dynamo secured qualification on the last day, finishing eighth,<ref name="history-00s" /> but Geyer was dismissed due to disagreements with the board.<ref name="history-00s" /> In 2007, the club reverted to the name ''SG Dynamo Dresden''.<ref name="history-00s" />

The club turned to [[Ruud Kaiser]], a [[Netherlands|Dutchman]] with a good reputation{{according to whom|date=January 2024}} at youth level, as Geyer's replacement.<ref name="history-00s" /> They played in the first ever match of the third Liga, beating [[Rot-Weiß Erfurt]] 1–0 with a goal from [[Halil Savran]],<ref name="history-00s" /> but results were not consistent, and they [[2008–09 Dynamo Dresden season|could only finish]] in mid-table.<ref name="history-00s" /> The [[2009–10 Dynamo Dresden season|2009–10]] season began badly,{{according to whom|date=January 2024}} and, with Dynamo in relegation trouble,{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} Kaiser was sacked and replaced by [[Matthias Maucksch]], a former player who had had some success with [[Dynamo Dresden II|the reserve team]].<ref name="history-00s" /> Maucksch managed to drag{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} the team away from relegation, and finished the season in 12th place. Maucksch led the team to contention for a playoff place during the [[2010–11 3. Liga|2010–11]] season, but was sacked in April after a run of five games without a win, and was replaced by [[Ralf Loose]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/dynamo-entlaesst-maucksch-und-holt-loose-551076/artikel|title=Dynamo entlässt Maucksch und holt Loose|work=[[Kicker Sportmagazin]]|date=12 April 2011|access-date=19 April 2011|language=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110425044305/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/3liga/vereine/551076/artikel_dynamo-entlaesst-maucksch-und-holt-loose.html|archive-date=25 April 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> Loose ended the season unbeaten and secured third place, and a playoff against [[VfL Osnabrück]] which Dynamo won [[2010–11 2. Bundesliga#Relegation play-offs|4–2 on aggregate]] to earn promotion to the [[2. Fußball-Bundesliga|2. Bundesliga]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/osnabrueck-gegen-dresden-2011-bundesliga-relegation-1124498/analyse|title=Dresden reißt das Ruder rum und steigt auf|date=24 May 2011|access-date=25 May 2011|work=[[kicker sportmagazin]]|language=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527015535/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/startseite/2-bundesliga-relegation-fb-1/2010-11/1/1124498/spielbericht_vfl-osnabrueck-45_dynamo-dresden-65.html|archive-date=27 May 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>

Dynamo Dresden performed well{{according to whom|date=January 2024}} in [[2011–12 Dynamo Dresden season|their first season back in the league]]. Consistently holding a position in the middle of the standings, the team was never in danger of being relegated. After securing a highly memorable{{according to whom|date=January 2024}} 4–3 victory after being down three goals against [[Bayer Leverkusen]] in the first round of the [[2011–12 DFB-Pokal|2011–12 DFB-Pokal season]], Dynamo was excluded from the 2012/2013 DFB-Pokal due to fan excesses and abuse of fireworks{{vague|date=January 2024|reason=what on earth are 'fan excesses and abuse of fireworks'??}} during the second round match against Borussia Dortmund (0–2) in a first trial.{{vague|date=January 2024|reason=the second round match was... in a trial? what?}} The sentence was later turned into one [[Behind closed doors (football)|Game behind closed doors]] and one away game without own fan support. Virtual tickets were offered to reduce the financial loss, leading to what was purported{{by whom|date=January 2024}} to be the first sold-out ghost game in history.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/dynamo-dresden-verkauft-virtuelle-tickets-ausverkauftes-geisterspiel-1.1305611|title=Dynamo Dresden verkauft virtuelle Tickets: Ausverkauftes Geisterspiel|work=Süddeutsche Zeitung|date=10 March 2012|language=de|access-date=23 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tz.de/sport/fussball/ausverkauftes-geisterspiel-dresden-1778189.html|title=Fans von Dynamo Dresden kaufen Karten für Geisterspiel gegen FC Ingolstadt|publisher=tz.de|date=9 March 2012|language=de|access-date=23 September 2020}}</ref> The 2012–13 season started poorly for Dynamo and [[Ralf Loose]] was sacked in December 2012 after a 3–0 defeat to [[VfL Bochum]] with the team in 15th place.{{vague|date=January 2024|reason=sacked because the team was in 15th place? the game occurred with the team already in 15th place? the result of the game left the team in 15th place?}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tz.de/sport/fussball/dynamo-dresden-entlaesst-trainer-ralf-loose-2656824.html|title=Dynamo Dresden entlässt Trainer Ralf Loose|publisher=tz.de|date=9 December 2012|language=de|access-date=15 October 2020}}</ref> He was replaced by [[Peter Pacult]], returning to the club after more than six years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dynamo-dresden.de/verein/news/newsdetails/peter-pacult-ist-neuer-cheftrainer-der-sg-dynamo-dresden.html|title=Peter Pacult ist neuer Cheftrainer der SG Dynamo Dresden|publisher=SG Dynamo Dresden|date=18 December 2012|language=de|access-date=15 October 2020|archive-date=20 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020040657/https://www.dynamo-dresden.de/verein/news/newsdetails/peter-pacult-ist-neuer-cheftrainer-der-sg-dynamo-dresden.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Dynamo's form improved after Pacult's arrival, but the team still finished the league as 16th.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fussballdaten.de/2liga/2013/tabelle/|title=2. Bundesliga 2012/2013 Tabelle, 34. Spieltag|publisher=Fussballdaten.de|language=de|access-date=15 October 2020}}</ref> Due to this, Dynamo had to enter relegation play-offs again after just two seasons, incidentally meeting [[VfL Osnabrück]] once more, with their roles now reversed. Dynamo emerged victorious{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} with [[2012–13 2. Fußball-Bundesliga#Relegation play-offs|2–1 on aggregate]] and remained in the second tier for the [[2013–14 Dynamo Dresden season|2013–14 season]]. Pacult was sacked in August 2013 after a poor start and replaced with [[Olaf Janßen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dynamo-dresden.de/verein/news/newsdetails/olaf-janssen-ist-neuer-cheftrainer-der-sg-dynamo-dresden.html|title=Olaf Janßen ist neuer Cheftrainer der SG Dynamo Dresden|publisher=SG Dynamo Dresden|date=4 September 2013|language=de|access-date=15 October 2020|archive-date=6 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106220337/https://www.dynamo-dresden.de/verein/news/newsdetails/olaf-janssen-ist-neuer-cheftrainer-der-sg-dynamo-dresden.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Jansen was unable to save the club from the drop to the [[3. Liga]] after they lost 3–2 at home to relegation rivals [[Arminia Bielefeld]] to drop{{vague|date=January 2024|reason='from the drop to... to drop into'? drop, drop... to, to, into..}} into 17th place,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fussballdaten.de/2liga/2014/34/dresden-bielefeld/|title=Dynamo Dresden – Arminia Bielefeld {{!}} 2. Bundesliga 2013/2014 – 34. Spieltag|publisher=Fussballdaten.de|language=de|access-date=15 October 2020}}</ref> a result which ultimately cost Jansen his job.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/dynamo-dresden-trennt-sich-von-trainer-olaf-janssen-58270/|title=Dynamo Dresden trennt sich von Trainer Olaf Janßen|publisher=dfb.de|date=13 May 2014|language=de|access-date=15 October 2020}}</ref> Dynamo had drawn half of their matches, winning just five all season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fussballdaten.de/2liga/2014/tabelle/|title=2. Bundesliga 2013/2014 Tabelle, 34. Spieltag|publisher=Fussballdaten.de|language=de|access-date=15 October 2020}}</ref>

Under their new coach [[Stefan Böger]], the club completely overhauled the squad with the intent of returning to the 2. Bundesliga as soon as possible. In August 2014, the team knocked Bundesliga giants{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} [[FC Schalke 04]] out of the first round of the [[DFB-Pokal]], beating them with 2–1.{{vague|date=January 2024|reason='beating them with 2–1'?}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/dresden-gegen-schalke-2014-dfb-pokal-2397921/spielbericht|title=Spielbericht {{!}} Teixeiras Volley zieht S04 endgültig den Zahn {{!}} Dynamo Dresden – FC Schalke 04 2:1 {{!}} 1. Runde {{!}} DFB-Pokal 2014/15|publisher=Kicker|date=18 August 2014|language=de|access-date=15 October 2020}}</ref> The team advanced to the third round after beating [[VfL Bochum]] 2–1,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/dresden-gegen-bochum-2014-dfb-pokal-2788803/analyse|title=Spielanalyse {{!}} Eilers, der Held: Dynamo ärgert auch Bochum {{!}} Dynamo Dresden – VfL Bochum 2:1 {{!}} 2. Runde {{!}} DFB-Pokal 2014/15|publisher=Kicker|date=28 October 2014|language=de|access-date=15 October 2020}}</ref> but were ultimately knocked out by [[Borussia Dortmund]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/dresden-gegen-dortmund-2015-dfb-pokal-2822051/analyse|title=Spielanalyse {{!}} Immobile nimmt Hefeles Geschenk dankend an {{!}} Dynamo Dresden – Borussia Dortmund 0:2 {{!}} Achtelfinale {{!}} DFB-Pokal 2014/15|publisher=Kicker|date=3 March 2015|language=de|access-date=15 October 2020}}</ref> Böger was sacked in February 2015,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radiodresden.de/beitrag/dynamo-trainer-stefan-boeger-entlassen-73338/|title=Dynamo-Trainer Stefan Böger entlassen|publisher=Radio Dresden|date=16 February 2015|language=de|access-date=15 October 2020}}</ref> with assistant coach [[Peter Németh]] taking over for the remainder for the season. The team finished 6th in the [[2014–15 3. Liga|2014–15 season]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/3-liga/tabelle/2014-15/38|title=Tabelle {{!}} 38. Spieltag {{!}} 3. Liga 2014/15|publisher=Kicker|language=de|access-date=15 October 2020}}</ref> Under new manager [[Uwe Neuhaus]], Dynamo went on to have [[2015–16 Dynamo Dresden season|a hugely successful season]],{{according to whom|date=January 2024}} and officially returned to second-level competition after a 2–2 draw at an away match against [[FC Magdeburg]] on 16 April 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/magdeburg-gegen-dresden-2016-liga-2862717/analyse|title=Spielanalyse {{!}} Dynamo ist durch! Eilers erlöst Dresden {{!}} 1. FC Magdeburg – Dynamo Dresden 2:2 {{!}} 34. Spieltag {{!}} 3. Liga 2015/16|publisher=Kicker|date=16 April 2016|language=de|access-date=15 October 2020}}</ref>

==Season-by-season record==
{{main|List of Dynamo Dresden seasons}}
[[File:Womens' World Cup Dresden 2011 USA vs North Korea Stadium 3.jpg|thumb|Exterior stadium view]]

==SV Dynamo==
When they were founded as ''SG Volkspolizei'', the club was sponsored by the [[Volkspolizei|East German police force]], and in 1953, when they became ''Dynamo Dresden'' they were part of the [[SV Dynamo]], the sport organization of the security agencies.<ref name="guardian" /> Dynamo were the most powerful of all the sports societies, and this conferred certain advantages on the club.{{vague|date=January 2024|reason='certain advantages'? what were they?}}<ref name="GFL" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/REZENSIO/buecher/2001/SpGi1201.htm|title=H-Soz-u-Kult / Mielke, Macht und Meisterschaft|language=de|access-date=9 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818025455/http://hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/REZENSIO/buecher/2001/SpGi1201.htm|archive-date=18 August 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> While many former security service clubs have struggled to shed their negative image,{{according to whom|date=January 2024}} particularly [[BFC Dynamo]], Dynamo Dresden remain popular and well-supported,{{according to whom|date=January 2024}} having come to represent{{vague|date=January 2024|reason=come where to represent? others do not represent their home city? what is special about this club representing its home city?}} their home city.

==Stadium==
{{main|Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion}}
[[File:2021-05-12 SG Dynamo Dresden gegen Bischofswerdaer FV 08 (Wernesgrüner Sachsenpokal 2020-21) by Sandro Halank–042.jpg|thumb|Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion]]
Dynamo plays at the [[Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion]],<ref name="stadium">{{cite web|url=http://www.dynamo-dresden.de/verein/stadion/|title=Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion|language=de|work=Dynamo Dresden|access-date=11 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121160343/http://www.dynamo-dresden.de/verein/stadion/|archive-date=21 November 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> which was opened in 1923, and also originally named the ''Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion'' after local track and field athlete [[Rudolf Harbig]]. The stadium was renamed ''Dynamo-Stadion'' by the East German authorities in 1971, but reverted to its former name after the reunification. With an original capacity of 24,000 spectators, the stadium was rebuilt in the beginning of the 1990s, in line with [[German Football Association|DFB]] and [[FIFA]] regulations, and was thoroughly modernised between June 2007 and December 2009. The modernized stadium opened on 15 September 2009 with a [[exhibition match|friendly match]] against [[Schalke 04]] and has a capacity of 32,066 spectators.{{contradictory inline|date=January 2024|article=Dynamo Dresden|section=Infobox}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ddv-stadion.de/fakten-geschichte/ |title=Fakten und Geschichte |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=n.d. |website=ddv-stadion.de |location=Dresden |publisher=Stadion Dresden Projektgesellschaft mbH & Co.KG |language=de |access-date=14 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227045040/http://www.ddv-stadion.de/fakten-geschichte/ |archive-date=27 February 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Supporters==
[[File:Dynamo Dresden kblock.jpg|thumb|right|The K-Block terrace of the Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion]]
Dynamo were one of [[East Germany]]'s best-supported clubs, regularly drawing crowds of around 25,000 during their most successful period. Since reunification attendance levels have fluctuated along with the team's fortunes, while they were still one of the most well-supported teams in the lower leagues, drawing an average of around 10–15,000 fans in the [[3. Liga]]. Following their [[2010–11 3. Liga|2011 advance]] to the [[2. Bundesliga|2nd League]], they were again drawing crowds of 25,000. The [[2013–14 2. Bundesliga|2013–14]] season average attendance reached 27,004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/2-bundesliga-2013-2014/1/|title=Germany " 2. Bundesliga 2013/2014 " Attendance " Home matches|website=worldfootball.net|access-date=10 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222043851/http://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/2-bundesliga-2013-2014/1/|archive-date=22 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Dynamo's supporters have very close relations with [[FK Sarajevo]] fans, [[Horde zla]].<ref name=navijaci20>{{cite web|url=http://sportsport.ba/tifo/ultras-dynamo-u-velikom-broju-stizu-u-gladbach/137524|title=Ultras Dynamo u velikom broju stižu u Gladbach|language=bs|publisher=Sportsport.ba|access-date=17 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810080122/http://sportsport.ba/tifo/ultras-dynamo-u-velikom-broju-stizu-u-gladbach/137524|archive-date=10 August 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=navijaci21>{{cite web|url=http://www.faszination-fankurve.de/index.php?head=Ultras-Dynamo-gedenken-getoetetem-Sarajevo&folder=sites&site=news_detail&news_id=4536|title=Ultras Dynamo gedenken getötetem Sarajevo|language=de|publisher=Faszination-fankurve.de|access-date=17 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826161243/http://www.faszination-fankurve.de/index.php?head=Ultras-Dynamo-gedenken-getoetetem-Sarajevo&folder=sites&site=news_detail&news_id=4536|archive-date=26 August 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> In December 2020, Dynamo fans bought 72,000 tickets for the cup match at home to Darmstadt, even though it was played in an empty stadium – to show support for the struggling club.<ref>{{Cite web|agency=Reuters|date=23 December 2020|title=Dynamo Dresden fans buy 72,000 tickets for match in empty stadium|url=http://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/dec/23/dynamo-dresden-fans-by-72000-tickets-for-match-in-empty-stadium|access-date=31 December 2020|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref>

==Relationships with other clubs==
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1988-0406-032, BFC Dynamo - SG Dynamo Dresden 1-0.jpg|thumb|left|The two Dynamos meet in 1988: [[Andreas Thom]] of [[Berliner FC Dynamo|Berlin]] (left) and [[Andreas Trautmann]] of Dresden (right).]]
Dynamo Dresden have a particularly fractious relationship with [[BFC Dynamo]],{{according to whom|date=January 2024}} who took over the first team and the place in the DDR-Oberliga from Dynamo Dresden in 1954, then as a football section of [[SC Dynamo Berlin]]. BFC Dynamo were their main obstacle{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} to success in the 1980s,<ref name="GFL" /> but the two clubs rarely meet these days.{{vague|date=January 2024|reason='these days'? when? what decade is this in?}} [[1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig]] were traditionally Dynamo's main rivals in the battle for [[Saxony|Saxon]] dominance,{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} although this rivalry extends to other clubs, including [[Chemnitzer FC]], formerly [[FC Sachsen Leipzig]], [[Erzgebirge Aue]], and, most recently, upstart{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} [[RB Leipzig]], though the clubs' disparate financial capabilities have so far prevented them from ever playing in the same division, their only official encounter thus far being a first-round match in the [[2016–17 DFB-Pokal]] season, in which Dresden celebrated a victory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dfb.de/datencenter/dfb-pokal/2016-2017/1-runde/2235774|title=Dynamo Dresden – RB Leipzig, 5:4 i.E., DFB-Pokal 2016/17 1. Runde – DFB Datencenter|website=dfb.de|access-date=14 February 2020|language=de}}</ref>

Dynamo's most noteworthy{{according to whom|date=January 2024}} rival in their home city are [[Dresdner SC]], although they are perpetually ill-matched, as Dresdner SC are mired{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} in local football leagues. Another club, [[SC Borea Dresden]] were formed out of ''SG Dynamo Dresden-Heide'', a former [[feeder club]] for Dynamo, but there is no longer an official connection.
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==Colours and crest==
[[File:Logo Dinamo Dresde 1990 - 1995 versión.svg|thumb|103x103px|Crest of Dynamo Dresden from 1990 - 2002]]
When they were formed as ''SG Volkspolizei Dresden'', the club wore green and white, the colours of the former province of [[Saxony]].<ref name="history-50s" /> Green and white were the colours of the [[Volkspolizei]].<ref name="DNNDresdenfeiert" /> When the team became part of [[SV Dynamo]] they adopted the sports society's [[wine red]] colour scheme.<ref name="history-50s" /> In 1968, the club was declared a regional center of excellence in [[Bezirk Dresden]] and adopted its current colours of yellow and black, the city colours of [[Dresden]].<ref name="history-60s" />

The club's original crest was built around the shield of the [[Volkspolizei]], to whom they were affiliated. In 1953 they adopted the ''D'' logo of SV Dynamo, which was retained until [[German reunification|reunification]], when its wine red background was replaced with Saxon green. They reverted to the red background in the early 2000s.

==Players==
===Current squad===
{{updated|17 May 2025|<ref name="squad">{{cite web|url=https://www.dynamo-dresden.de/sport/profis/spieler/|title=Profis - Spieler|work=SG Dynamo Dresden|language=de|access-date=31 October 2023}}</ref>}}

{{fs start}}
{{fs player | no= 1  | nat= GER | pos=GK | name= [[Tim Schreiber]]}}
{{fs player | no= 4  | nat= GER | pos=DF | name= Dennis Duah}}
{{fs player | no= 5  | nat= GER | pos=MF | name= [[Vinko Šapina]]}}
{{fs player | no= 6  | nat= GER | pos=MF | name= Tom Berger}}
{{fs player | no= 10 | nat= GER | pos=FW | name= [[Jakob Lemmer]]}}
{{fs player | no= 11 | nat= GER | pos=FW | name= [[Dominik Kother]]}}
{{fs player | no= 14 | nat= GER | pos=DF | name= Paul Lehmann}}
{{fs player | no= 15 | nat= SRI | pos=DF | name= [[Claudio Kammerknecht]]}}
{{fs player | no= 16 | nat= GER | pos=DF | name= [[Philip Heise]]}}
{{fs player | no= 17 | nat= SVN | pos=MF | name= [[Aljaž Casar]]}}
{{Fs player | no= 20 | nat= KVX | pos=DF | name= [[Andi Hoti]]|other={{small|on loan from [[1. FC Magdeburg]]}}}}
{{fs player | no= 21 | nat= GER | pos=FW | name= [[Robin Meißner]]}}
{{fs player | no= 22 | nat= GER | pos=FW | name= [[Mika Baur]]|other={{small|on loan from [[SC Paderborn 07|SC Paderborn]]}}}}
{{fs mid}}
{{fs player | no= 23 | nat= GER | pos=DF | name= [[Lars Bünning]]}}
{{fs player | no= 24 | nat= GER | pos=FW | name= Tony Menzel}}
{{fs player | no= 25 | nat= GER | pos=MF | name= Jonas Oehmichen }}
{{fs player | no= 26 | nat= GER | pos=DF | name= [[Jan-Hendrik Marx]]}}
{{fs player | no= 27 | nat= GER | pos=MF | name= [[Niklas Hauptmann]] }}
{{Fs player | no= 28 | nat= GER | pos=DF | name= [[Sascha Risch]]}}
{{fs player | no= 29 | nat= GER | pos=DF | name= [[Lukas Boeder]]}}
{{fs player | no= 30 | nat= GER | pos=FW | name= [[Stefan Kutschke]] |other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]}}
{{Fs player | no= 31 | nat= GER | pos=GK | name= Phillip Böhm}}
{{Fs player | no= 32 | nat= GER | pos=MF | name= [[Jonas Sterner]]|other={{small|on loan from [[Holstein Kiel]]}}}}
{{fs player | no= 33 | nat= GER | pos=FW | name= [[Christoph Daferner]]}}
{{fs player | no= 37 | nat= GER | pos=GK | name= [[Daniel Mesenhöler]]}}
{{Fs player | no= 39 | nat= GER | pos=DF | name= David Kubatta}}
{{fs end}}

==Dynamo Dresden II==
The [[German reserve football teams|club's reserve team]], '''Dynamo Dresden II''', played until 2015 in the tier five [[NOFV-Oberliga Süd]]. It has played at this level since 2009 with a fourth place in 2012 as its best result.<ref name="Archiv" >[http://www.f-archiv.de/ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814161708/http://www.f-archiv.de/ |date=14 August 2012 }} {{in lang|de}} Historical German domestic league tables</ref><ref name="Fussballreserve" >[http://www.fussball.de/mannschaft/sg-dynamo-dresden-ii-sg-dynamo-dresden-sachsen/-/saison/1415/team-id/011MIERO1G000000VTVG0001VTR8C1K7#!/section/stage Dynamo Dresden II at Fussball.de] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224205045/http://www.fussball.de/mannschaft/sg-dynamo-dresden-ii-sg-dynamo-dresden-sachsen/-/saison/1415/team-id/011MIERO1G000000VTVG0001VTR8C1K7#!/section/stage |date=24 February 2015 }} {{in lang|de}} Tables and results of all German football leagues</ref> In March 2015, the club announced that it would withdraw the reserve team from league competition and instead enter it in a friendlies competition with the reserve teams of [[Chemnitzer FC]], [[Hallescher FC]], [[Sparta Prague]], [[FC Slovan Liberec]] and [[FK Teplice]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.weltfussball.de/news/_n1496880_/dresden-meldet-u23-ab/|title=Dresden meldet U23 ab|date=25 March 2015|website=weltfussball.de|language=de|access-date=21 April 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411144746/http://www.weltfussball.de/news/_n1496880_/dresden-meldet-u23-ab/|archive-date=11 April 2015}}</ref> However, though the competition's name Future League would suggest a more organized and concrete structure,{{according to whom|date=January 2024}} this has so far led to little more than an incoherent{{vague|date=January 2024|reason='little more than an incoherent'... incoherent...}} series of friendly matches between amateur teams, with the idea appearing{{to whom?|date=January 2024}} to have been largely abandoned by the participating clubs,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dynamo-dresden.de/nachwuchs/news/newsdetails/future-league-nachholer-am-14-maerz.html|title="Future League": Nachholer am 14. März|date=9 March 2017|publisher=SG Dynamo Dresden|language=de|access-date=13 March 2020|archive-date=3 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003184413/https://www.dynamo-dresden.de/nachwuchs/news/newsdetails/future-league-nachholer-am-14-maerz.html|url-status=dead}} ''(This article includes a link to a no longer existing homepage of the competition)''</ref> despite some declarations of intent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportbuzzer.de/artikel/sport-geschaftsfuhrer-walter-dynamo-dresden-hat-ein-luxusproblem/|title=Sport-Geschäftsführer Walter: "Dynamo Dresden hat ein Luxusproblem"|date=20 July 2018|website=sportbuzzer.de|language=de|access-date=12 March 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722113806/https://www.sportbuzzer.de/artikel/sport-geschaftsfuhrer-walter-dynamo-dresden-hat-ein-luxusproblem/|archive-date=22 July 2018}}</ref>

The team also made a losing appearance in the 1995 [[Saxony Cup]] final<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fupa.net/liga/sachsenpokal-44630.html|title=Sachsenpokal 94/95 – Sachsen – FuPa|website=fupa.net|language=de|access-date=12 March 2020}}</ref> and won the competition in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fupa.net/liga/sachsenpokal-44617.html|title=Sachsenpokal 08/09 – Sachsen – FuPa|website=fupa.net|language=de|access-date=12 March 2020}}</ref>

==Club staff==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position
! Name
|-
| Head coach
|{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Thomas Stamm]]
|-
| Assistant head coach
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Heiko Scholz]]
|-
| Assistant coach
|{{flagicon|GER}} Manuel Klökler <br/> {{flagicon|GER}} Valentin Vochatzer
|-
| Goalkeeping coach
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[David Yelldell]]
|-
| Conditioning coach & Athletic coach
|{{flagicon|GER}} Matthias Grahé
|-
| Match analyst
|{{flagicon|GER}} Valentin Vochatzer
|-
| Managing director
|{{flagicon|GER}} Thomas Brendel
|-
| Sports coordinator
|{{flagicon|GER}} Christian Knoll
|-
| Advisor of management
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Ulf Kirsten]]
|-
| Scout
|{{flagicon|GER}} Hans-Jürgen Kreische <br/> {{flagicon|GER}} Felix Schimmel
|-
| Doctor
|{{flagicon|GER}} Dr. Michael Bata
|-
| Physiotherapist
|{{flagicon|GER}} Tony Fischer <br/> {{flagicon|GER}} Laura Seifert <br/> {{flagicon|URU}} José Portela
|-
| Medical Director
|{{flagicon|GER}} Henrik Lange
|-
| Press officer
| {{flagicon|GER}} Christoph Antal
|-
| Team manager
|{{flagicon|GER}} Justin Löwe
|-
| Marketing staff
|{{flagicon|GER}} Sebastian Schmidt
|-
| Supporter Liaison Officer
|{{flagicon|GER}} Marek Lange
|-
| Head of Media and Communications
|{{flagicon|GER}} Ronny Zimmermann
|-
| Kit manager
|{{flagicon|GER}} Tom Teichert-Tölg
|-
| Stadium Announcer
|{{flagicon|GER}} Peter Hauskeller
|-
| Academy manager
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Marco Hartmann]]
|}

==Coaching history==
{{Unreferenced section|date=January 2024}}
''Dynamo'' enjoyed{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} its greatest successes under Walter Fritzsch, capturing{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} the first division DDR-Oberliga title in 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, as well as finishing as vice-champions four times. The team also took the East German Cup (FDGB Pokal) in 1971 and 1977.
{{div col|colwidth=25em}}
*Fritz Sack 07/1950 &nbsp;– 9/1951
*[[Rolf Kukowitsch]] 09/1951&nbsp;– 04/1952
*Paul Döring 04/1952&nbsp;– 07/1953
*[[Janos Gyarmati]] 07/1953&nbsp;– 04/1954
*Helmut Petzold 04/1954&nbsp;– 11/1955
*[[Heinz Werner (footballer born 1916)|Heinz Werner]] 01/1956&nbsp;– 06/1956
*[[Rolf Kukowitsch]] 07/1956&nbsp;– 12/1956
*Helmut Petzold 01/1957&nbsp;– 05/1966
*[[Manfred Fuchs (footballer)|Manfred Fuchs]] 06/1966&nbsp;– 03/1968
*[[Kurt Kresse]] 03/1968&nbsp;– 06/1969
*[[Walter Fritzsch]] 06/1969&nbsp;– 06/1978
*[[Gerhard Prautzsch]] 06/1978&nbsp;– 06/1983
*[[Klaus Sammer]] 07/1983&nbsp;– 06/1986
*[[Eduard Geyer]] 07/1986&nbsp;– 04/1990
*[[Reinhard Häfner]] 04/1990&nbsp;– 06/1991
*[[Helmut Schulte]] 06/1991&nbsp;– 05/1992
*[[Klaus Sammer]] 06/1992&nbsp;– 04/1993
*[[Ralf Minge]] 04/1993&nbsp;– 06/1993
*[[Sigfried Held]] 06/1993&nbsp;– 11/1994
*[[Horst Hrubesch]] 11/1994&nbsp;– 02/1995
*[[Ralf Minge]] 02/1995&nbsp;– 06/1995
*[[Hans-Jürgen Kreische]] 06/1995&nbsp;– 04/1996
*[[Udo Schmuck]] 04/1996&nbsp;– 09/1996
*[[Hartmut Schade]] 09/1996&nbsp;– 03/1998
*[[Werner Voigt]] 04/1998&nbsp;– 12/1998
*[[Damian Halata]] 12/1998&nbsp;– 02/1999
*[[Rolf Schafstall]] 02/1999&nbsp;– 03/1999
*[[Colin Bell (footballer, born 1961)|Colin Bell]] 04/1999&nbsp;– 03/2000
*[[Cor Pot]] 03/2000&nbsp;– 03/2001
*[[Meinhard Hemp]] 03/2001&nbsp;– 06/2001
*[[Christoph Franke]] 07/2001&nbsp;– 12/2005
*[[Peter Pacult]] 12/2005&nbsp;– 09/2006
*[[Norbert Meier]] 09/2006&nbsp;– 09/2007
*[[Eduard Geyer]] 09/2007&nbsp;– 06/2008
*[[Ruud Kaiser]] 06/2008&nbsp;– 10/2009
*[[Matthias Maucksch]] 10/2009&nbsp;– 04/2011
*[[Ralf Loose]] 04/2011&nbsp;– 12/2012
*[[Peter Pacult]] 01/2013&nbsp;– 08/2013
*[[Olaf Janßen]] 09/2013&nbsp;– 05/2014
*[[Stefan Böger]] 05/2014&nbsp;– 02/2015
*[[Peter Németh]] 02/2015&nbsp;– 06/2015
*[[Uwe Neuhaus]] 07/2015&nbsp;– 08/2018
*[[Cristian Fiél]] 08/2018&nbsp;– 09/2018
*[[Maik Walpurgis]] 09/2018 – 02/2019&nbsp;
*[[Cristian Fiél]] 02/2019&nbsp;– 12/2019
*[[Markus Kauczinski]] 12/2019&nbsp;– 04/2021
*[[Alexander Schmidt (football manager)|Alexander Schmidt]] 04/2021&nbsp;– 03/2022
*[[Guerino Capretti]] 03/2022&nbsp;– 06/2022
*[[Markus Anfang]] 07/2022&nbsp;–04/2024
*[[Heiko Scholz]] 04/2024&nbsp;–
{{div col end}}

==Notable former players==
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1989-0603-031, Dynamo Dresden - 1. FC Union Berlin 5-0.jpg|thumb|right|[[Frank Lieberam]], [[Ralf Minge]], [[Jörg Stübner]] and [[Andreas Trautmann]] celebrate the [[East German football champions|title]] in [[1988–89 DDR-Oberliga|1989]]]]
{{main|List of Dynamo Dresden players}}

As one of the leading clubs in [[East Germany]], Dynamo Dresden provided 36 [[List of East Germany international footballers|DDR internationals]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dynamo-dresden-fan.de/dynamo/Datenbank/nationalspieler.htm|title=Alle DDR-National-Spieler von Dynamo Dresden 1952–1990|language=de|access-date=14 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718232742/http://www.dynamo-dresden-fan.de/dynamo/Datenbank/nationalspieler.htm|archive-date=18 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> including the country's second most-capped player, [[Hans-Jürgen Dörner]], and its joint second top scorer, [[Hans-Jürgen Kreische]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Kicker Sportmagazin|title=Kicker Edition: 100 Jahre Deutsche Länderspiele|language=de|author-link=Kicker Sportmagazin}}</ref> Twelve Dynamo players won [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic]] medals, including six gold medallists in [[Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976]].{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} After [[German reunification]] a number of Dynamo players went on to represent the [[Germany national football team|Germany national team]], including [[Jens Jeremies]], [[Ulf Kirsten]], [[Olaf Marschall]] and [[Alexander Zickler]].

Five Dynamo Dresden players were named [[East German Footballer of the Year]]: Hans-Jürgen Dörner, Hans-Jürgen Kreische, [[Andreas Trautmann]], Ulf Kirsten and [[Torsten Gütschow]]. Dörner won the award three times, and the latter three players were its last three winners.<ref name="POTY" /> Kreische and Gütschow were the leading scorers in the [[DDR-Oberliga]] seven times between them.<ref name="topscorer" />

Perhaps the most notable{{according to whom|date=January 2024}} Dynamo Dresden player is [[Matthias Sammer]]. He played for the club from 1985 to 1990, during which he won 23 caps for East Germany.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} He later made 51 appearances for Germany, winning the [[UEFA European Championship|European Championship]] in [[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]] and played at club level for [[VfB Stuttgart]], [[Internazionale]] and [[Borussia Dortmund]].{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} With the latter, he won two [[German football champions|German titles]], the [[UEFA Champions League]] and the [[Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)|Intercontinental Cup]], and was named [[European Footballer of the Year]] in 1996.

==Honours==
===Domestic===
*'''[[DDR-Oberliga]]'''
**'''Champions:''' [[1952–53 DDR-Oberliga|1952–53]], [[1970–71 DDR-Oberliga|1970–71]], [[1972–73 DDR-Oberliga|1972–73]], [[1975–76 DDR-Oberliga|1975–76]], [[1976–77 DDR-Oberliga|1976–77]], [[1977–78 DDR-Oberliga|1977–78]], [[1988–89 DDR-Oberliga|1988–89]], [[1989–90 DDR-Oberliga|1989–90]]
**''Runners-up:'' [[1951–52 DDR-Oberliga|1951–52]],{{efn|name=fn1}} [[1978–79 DDR-Oberliga|1978–79]], [[1979–80 DDR-Oberliga|1979–80]], [[1981–82 DDR-Oberliga|1981–82]] [[1983–84 DDR-Oberliga|1983–84]], [[1984–85 DDR-Oberliga|1984–85]], [[1986–87 DDR-Oberliga|1986–87]], [[1990–91 NOFV-Oberliga|1990–91]]
*'''[[FDGB-Pokal]]'''
**'''Winners:''' [[FDGB-Pokal#Finals|1952]],{{efn|name=fn1}} [[FDGB-Pokal#Finals|1970–71]], [[FDGB-Pokal#Finals|1976–77]], [[FDGB-Pokal#Finals|1981–82]], [[FDGB-Pokal#Finals|1983–84]], [[1984–85 FDGB-Pokal|1984–85]], [[1989–90 FDGB-Pokal|1989–90]] '''(record, shared with [[1. FC Magdeburg]])'''
**''Runners-up:'' 1971–72, 1973–74, [[1974–75 FDGB-Pokal|1974–75]], [[1977–78 FDGB-Pokal|1977–78]]
*'''[[DFV-Supercup]]'''
**''Runners-up:'' 1989
*'''[[Deutschland Cup (football)|Deutschland Cup]]'''
**'''Winners:''' 1990
*'''[[3. Liga]]'''
**'''Champions:''' [[2015–16 3. Liga|2015–16]], [[2020–21 3. Liga|2020–21]]
**'''Play-off winners:''' [[2010–11 2. Bundesliga#Relegation play-offs|2010–11]]

{{notelist|refs=
{{efn|name=fn1|Won by SV Deutsche Volkspolizei Dresden.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}}}
}}

===Regional===
*'''[[Regionalliga#Regionalliga Nord|Regionalliga Nord]]''' (III)
**Runners-up: [[2003–04 Regionalliga|2003–04]] (promoted){{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*'''[[NOFV-Oberliga]]''' (IV)
**'''Winners:''' 2002{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*'''[[Sachsenliga]]''' (VI)
**'''Winners:''' 2009{{efn|name=fn1}}{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*'''[[Saxony Cup]]''' (III–VI)
**'''Winners:''' 2003, 2007, 2009{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}, [[2023–24 Verbandspokal|2024]]

{{notelist|refs=
{{efn|name=fn1|Won by the reserve team.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}}}
}}

===Youth===
*'''Next Generation Oberliga''' ({{langx|de| Nachwuchsoberliga}}) ([[:de:Nachwuchsoberliga|de]]){{efn|name=fn1}}
**'''Winners:''' 1979,{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}  1983{{efn|name=fn1}}{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
** Runners-up: 1977{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*'''East German Junior Championship''' ([[:de:Jugendmeisterschaften der DDR (Fußball)|de]]){{efn|name=fn2}}
**'''Champions:''' 1962, 1972, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1988 '''(record)'''{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
**Runners-up: 1975, 1983, 1984, 1987{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*'''East German Youth Championship''' ([[:de:Jugendmeisterschaften der DDR (Fußball)|de]]){{efn|name=fn3}}
**'''Champions:''' 1983,{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} 1988,{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} 1989{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
**Runners-up: 1982,{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} 1990{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*'''East German Junior Cup ([[Junge Welt]]-Pokal)''' ([[:de:Junge Welt-Pokal|de]]){{efn|name=fn1}}
**'''Winners:''' 1976,{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} 1985,{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} 1986,{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} 1987 '''(record, shared with [[1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig]])'''{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*'''East German Youth Cup (Youth FDGB-Pokal)'''{{efn|name=fn2}}
**'''Winners:''' 1973,{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} 1989{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*'''U17 NOFV Cup''' ([[:de:NOFV-Vereinspokal|de]])
**'''Winners:''' 2003,{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} 2017{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
**Runners-up: 2006{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

{{notelist|refs=
{{efn|name=fn1|Corresponds to U21 level. The league existed from 1976 to 1983 and 1989 to 1991. The reserve teams of the 14 DDR-Oberliga clubs were no longer allowed to participate in the [[DDR-Liga]] after the 1975–76 season. The Junior Oberliga ([[:de:Juniorenoberliga|de]]) was also disbanded after the season. The Next Generation Oberliga was introduced instead. Youth teams of the 14 DDR-Oberliga clubs were all eligible to start in the 1976–77 Next Generation Oberliga.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}}}
{{efn|name=fn2|Corresponds to U19 level.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}}}
{{efn|name=fn3|Corresponds to U17 level.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}}}
}}

===Other===
*'''Indoor-Regio-Cup'''
**'''Winners:''' 2007{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

===European===
*'''[[UEFA Cup]]'''
**Semi-finalists: [[1988–89 UEFA Cup|1988–89]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*'''[[Intertoto Cup]]'''
**Co-winners: [[1993 Intertoto Cup|1993]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

===Doubles===
* '''[[Double (association football)#East Germany .28defunct.29|DDR-Oberliga and FDGB-Pokal]]'''
** '''Winners:''' 1970–71,{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} 1976–77,{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} 1989–90 '''(record)'''{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

==In Europe==
{{Unreferenced section|date=January 2024}}
{| class="wikitable"
! Season
! Competition
! Round
! Nation
! Club
! Score
|-
|[[1967–68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup|1967–68]]
|align="center" | [[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup]]
|1st round
|{{flagicon|Scotland}}
|[[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]]
|1–1, 1–2
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup|1970–71]]
| rowspan="2" align="center" | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
|1st round
|{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}}
|[[FK Partizan|Partizan]]
|0–0, 6–0
|-
|2nd round
|{{flagicon|England}}
|[[Leeds United A.F.C.|Leeds United]]
|0–1, 2–1
|-
|[[1971–72 European Cup|1971–72]]
|align="center"| [[European Champion Clubs' Cup]]
|1st round
|{{flagicon|Netherlands}}
|[[Ajax Amsterdam]]
|0–2, 0–0
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[1972–73 UEFA Cup|1972–73]]
| rowspan="4" align="center" | [[UEFA Cup]]
|1st round
|{{flagicon|Austria}}
|[[VÖEST Linz]]
|2–0, 2–2
|-
|2nd round
|{{flagicon|Poland|variant=1928}}
|[[Ruch Chorzów]]
|1–0, 3–0
|-
|Last 16
|{{flagicon|Portugal}}
|[[FC Porto]]
|2–1, 1–0
|-
|Quarter–finals
|{{flagicon|England}}
|[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
|0–2, 0–1
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[1973–74 European Cup|1973–74]]
| rowspan="2" align="center" | European Champion Clubs' Cup
|1st round
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|[[Juventus]]
|2–0, 2–3
|-
|Last 16
|{{flagicon|West Germany}}
|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|3–4, 3–3
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[1974–75 UEFA Cup|1974–75]]
| rowspan="3" align="center" | UEFA Cup
|1st round
|{{flagicon|Denmark}}
|[[Randers Freja]]
|1–1, 0–0
|-
|2nd round
|{{flagicon|USSR}}
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|1–0, 0–1 (4–3 a.p.)
|-
|Last 16
|{{flagicon|West Germany}}
|[[Hamburger SV]]
|1–4, 2–2
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[1975–76 UEFA Cup|1975–76]]
| rowspan="4" align="center" | UEFA Cup
|1st round
|{{flagicon|Romania|variant=1965}}
|[[ASA 1962 Târgu Mureș|ASA Târgu Mureș]]
|2–2, 4–1
|-
|2nd round
|{{flagicon|Hungary}}
|[[Budapest Honvéd FC|Budapest Honvéd]]
|2–2, 3–0
|-
|Last 16
|{{flagicon|USSR}}
|[[Torpedo Moscow]]
|3–0, 1–1
|-
|Quarter–finals
|{{flagicon|England}}
|[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
|0–0, 1–2
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[1976–77 European Cup|1976–77]]
| rowspan="3" align="center" | European Champion Clubs' Cup
|1st round
|{{flagicon|Portugal}}
|[[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]]
|2–0, 0–0
|-
|Last 16
|{{flagicon|Hungary}}
|[[Ferencvárosi TC|Ferencváros]]
|0–1, 4–0
|-
|Quarter–finals
|{{flagicon|Switzerland}}
|[[FC Zürich|Zürich]]
|1–2, 3–2
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[1977–78 European Cup|1977–78]]
| rowspan="2" align="center" | European Champion Clubs' Cup
|1st round
|{{flagicon|Sweden}}
|[[Halmstads BK]]
|2–0, 1–2
|-
|Last 16
|{{flagicon|England}}
|[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
|1–5, 2–1
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[1978–79 European Cup|1978–79]]
| rowspan="3" align="center" | European Champion Clubs' Cup
|1st round
|{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}}
|[[FK Partizan|Partizan]]
|0–2, 2–0 (5–4 a.p.)
|-
|Last 16
|{{flagicon|Ireland}}
|[[Bohemian F.C.|Bohemian]]
|0–0, 6–0
|-
|Quarter–finals
|{{flagicon|Austria}}
|[[FK Austria Wien|Austria Wien]]
|1–3, 1–0
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[1979–80 UEFA Cup|1979–80]]
| rowspan="2" align="center" | UEFA Cup
|1st round
|{{flagicon|Spain|variant=1977}}
|[[Atlético Madrid]]
|2–1, 3–0
|-
|2nd round
|{{flagicon|West Germany}}
|[[VfB Stuttgart]]
|1–1, 0–0
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[1980–81 UEFA Cup|1980–81]]
| rowspan="3" align="center" | UEFA Cup
|1st round
|{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}}
|[[FK Napredak Kruševac|Napredak Kruševac]]
|1–0, 1–0
|-
|2nd round
|{{flagicon|Netherlands}}
|[[FC Twente|Twente]]
|1–1, 0–0
|-
|Last 16
|{{flagicon|Belgium}}
|[[Standard Liège]]
|1–1, 1–4
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[1981–82 UEFA Cup|1981–82]]
| rowspan="2" align="center" | UEFA Cup
|1st round
|{{flagicon|USSR}}
|[[Zenit Leningrad]]
|2–1, 4–1
|-
|2nd round
|{{flagicon|Netherlands}}
|[[Feyenoord]]
|1–2, 1–1
|-
|[[1982–83 European Cup Winners' Cup|1982–83]]
|align="center" |[[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]]
|1st round
|{{flagicon|Denmark}}
|[[Boldklubben 1893|B93 Kopenhagen]]
|3–2, 1–2
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[1984–85 European Cup Winners' Cup|1984–85]]
| rowspan="3" align="center" | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
|1st round
|{{flagicon|Sweden}}
|[[Malmö FF]]
|0–2, 4–1
|-
|Last 16
|{{flagicon|France}}
|[[FC Metz|Metz]]
|3–1, 0–0
|-
|Quarter–finals
|{{flagicon|Austria}}
|[[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]]
|3–0, 0–5
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[1985–86 European Cup Winners' Cup|1985–86]]
| rowspan="3" align="center" | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
|1st round
|{{flagicon|Belgium}}
|[[Cercle Brugge]]
|2–3, 2–1
|-
|Last 16
|{{flagicon|Finland}}
|[[HJK Helsinki]]
|0–1, 7–2
|-
|Quarter–finals
|{{flagicon|West Germany}}
|[[Bayer Uerdingen]]
|2–0, 3–7
|-
|[[1987–88 UEFA Cup|1987–88]]
|align="center" | UEFA Cup
|1st round
|{{flagicon|USSR}}
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|0–3, 1–0
|-
| rowspan="5" | [[1988–89 UEFA Cup|1988–89]]
| rowspan="5" align="center" | UEFA Cup
|1st round
|{{flagicon|Scotland}}
|[[Aberdeen F.C.|Aberdeen]]
|0–0, 2–0
|-
|2nd round
|{{flagicon|Belgium}}
|[[K.S.V. Waregem|Waregem]]
|4–1, 1–2
|-
|Last 16
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|[[AS Roma|Roma]]
|2–0, 2–0
|-
|Quarter–finals
|{{flagicon|Romania|variant=1965}}
|[[Victoria Bucuresti]]
|1–1, 4–0
|-
|Semi–finals
|{{flagicon|West Germany}}
|[[VfB Stuttgart]]
|0–1, 1–1
|-
|[[1989–90 European Cup|1989–90]]
|align="center" | European Champion Clubs' Cup
|1st round
|{{flagicon|Greece}}
|[[AEK Athens F.C.|AEK Athens]]
|1–0, 3–5
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[1990–91 European Cup|1990–91]]
| rowspan="3" align="center" | European Champion Clubs' Cup
|1st round
|{{flagicon|Luxembourg}}
|[[Union Luxembourg]]
|3–1, 3–0
|-
|Last 16
|{{flagicon|Sweden}}
|[[Malmö FF]]
|1–1, 1–1 (5–4 a.p.)
|-
|Quarter–finals
|{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}}
|[[Red Star Belgrade]]
|0–3, 0–3 (match abandoned)
|}

===European record===
{{Unreferenced section|date=January 2024}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="2"| Competition
! colspan="5" | Record
|-
!G
!W
!D
!L
!Win %
|-
| align=left| [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]]
{{WDL|30|12|6|12}}
|-
| align=left| [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]]
{{WDL|48|21|17|10}}
|-
| align=left| [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]]
{{WDL|14|7|1|6}}
|-
| align=left| [[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup]]
{{WDL|6|2|2|2}}
|-
! Total
{{WDLtot|98|42|26|30}}
|}

==Explanatory notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
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*{{Official website}} {{in lang|de}}
*[http://www.f-archiv.de/ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv] historical German domestic league tables {{in lang|de}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130909051045/http://www.sport1.de/dynamic/datencenter/sport/team/fussball/dynamo-dresden/ Sport 1 News topic page Dynamo Dresden] {{in lang|de}}
*[http://www.spiegel.de/thema/dynamo_dresden/ Spiegel News topic page Dynamo Dresden] {{in lang|de}}
*[https://www.facebook.com/dynamodresden.de Facebook] {{in lang|de}}
*[http://www.dynamo-onlineshop.de/ Fan shop] {{in lang|de}}

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