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{{Short description|Former Russian basketball team}}
{{For|the sports club's departments|Dynamo Moscow}}
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'''MBC Dynamo Moscow''' ({{langx|ru|МБК Динамо Москва}}) was a Russian [[basketball team]] from Moscow. It was active for 93 years (from 1923 until 2016) as professional club, before being dissolved due to financial problems. The club had several successful years in the highest division in Russian basketball. In 2006, Dynamo won a continental trophy in the [[Eurocup Basketball|Eurocup]].

==History==
===Early years===
Created in 1923 when Russia was part of the Soviet Union, Dynamo was among the oldest sports clubs in the country. Its name was chosen because [[Dynamo]] means 'power in motion'. The club was backed by the [[State Political Directorate]] (GPU), a police apparatus of the USSR. That is why the team has always been thought of as the police club, while cross-town rival [[PBC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] was the [[Red Army|army club]]. Dynamo earned a reputation outside the Soviet Union borders due to its success in sports such as [[Association football|football]], [[Team handball|handball]], [[ice hockey]] and basketball. Dynamo Moscow won the [[USSR Premier Basketball League|USSR League]] championship in 1937 and 1948 and also made it to the final in 1944 and 1990.{{fact|date=March 2022}}

===1960s and 1970s===
Dynamo finished third in the [[Soviet Premier Basketball League|Soviet Union League]] standings in 1946, 1957 and 1958, as well as making it to the 1952 [[USSR Basketball Cup|USSR Cup]] final. Years of domestic obscurity followed in which the team could not achieve any remarkable domestic success. [[Aleksandr Boloshev]] was a member of the Olympic Team that won the [[gold medal]] in [[Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Munich 1972]]. Furthermore, [[Vladimir Zhigili]] was [[FIBA World Championship|World Champion]] in Puerto Rico in [[1974 FIBA World Championship|1974]].{{fact|date=March 2022}}

===Modern era===
The team found new success outside its domestic borders in the mid-1990s. Dynamo made it all the way to the [[Saporta Cup|Cup Winners' Cup]] semi-final in 1991, losing to eventual champ [[PAOK BC|PAOK Thessaloniki]]. The team also qualified for the [[Korać Cup]] in 1992. 1994 and 1995 without much success. Things changed in 1996, however, as Dynamo shone in the 1996 Saporta Cup. Dynamo went all the way from the previous round, survived the group stage and made it to the best-of-three semi-finals playoffs. [[TAU Cerámica]] swept the series with an 87-98 road win in Moscow and a 104–93 home triumph in [[Vitoria-Gasteiz|Vitoria]], and it went on to win the title against PAOK Thessaloniki. The club could not live up to the expectations and one year after that, in 1997, Dynamo Moscow disappeared due to financial reasons despite having played the [[Euroleague]] for the first time in club history.{{fact|date=March 2022}}

It was not until 2001 when Dynamo reappeared in the Russian basketball scene. MBC Dynamo Moscow was created under the support of the [[Dynamo (sports society)|Dynamo society]] and its chairman [[Vladimir Pronichev]]. Dynamo entered the Russian League second division in the 2001–02 season and won the title that very same year, returning to the elite of Russian basketball. The club had to face new financial problems but once again the Dynamo organization stepped up to solve all troubles. MBC Dynamo Moscow joined the Dynamo organization in Moscow City and found a new president in his ex-coach [[Evgeny Gomelsky]], brother of the coach and former CSKA president, the late [[Alexander Gomelsky]]. Dynamo finished sixth in the 2002-03 Russian League. Dynamo did even better in the 2003–04 season, in which players like [[Nikos Oikonomou]], [[Jimmy Oliver (basketball)|Jimmy Oliver]], [[Nikolay Padius]], [[Damir Mršić]] and the late [[Kenyon Jones (basketball)|Kenyon Jones]] helped the team to make it to the Russian League semi-finals.

[[File:Krylatskoe Sport Palace 2010.jpg|250px|thumb|right|The [[Krylatskoe Sport Palace|Krylatskoe Sports Center]], which Dynamo started playing in from 2006]]
Dynamo continues taking steps forward and making a big financial effort to incorporate some of the best European players in the market. As such, for 2004–05, Dynamo signed the Euroleague all-time top rebounder, [[Mirsad Türkcan]], the 2003-04 Euroleague regular season top scorer [[Lynn Greer]], center [[Lazaros Papadopoulos]] and veterans such as [[Ariel McDonald]], [[Trajan Langdon]], [[Kšyštof Lavrinovič]] and [[Andrei Fetisov]]. Dynamo won Group D in the [[ULEB Cup]] regular season and was considered a top candidate to go far in the elimination rounds, especially when the team won the first leg of the two-way eighth-finals series on the road against [[KK Hemofarm|Hemofarm]], 81–84, but lost 96–75 on their own home court. In 2006 the team won the [[ULEB Cup]].
In 2006 the club moved to its new arena in the [[Krylatskoe Sport Palace|Krylatskoe Sports Center]]. In the 2006–2007 season, Dynamo competed in the [[ULEB Euroleague]], reaching the quarterfinals. They lost to [[Panathinaikos B.C.]] 0:2. A poor finish in domestic competition (4th place) lead the team returning to the ULEB Cup. Before the 2007–2008 season, coach Ivković was replaced by [[Svetislav Pešić]]. Heavy favorites to win, Dynamo struggled - they made the ULEB Cup Final Eight, but lost in the semifinals to [[CB Girona]] 78:81 in a huge shock, which lead to the firing of Pešić. He was replaced by Sergei Bazarevich. Dynamo finished in 3rd place in the PBL. 

In the 2008–2009 season, [[David Blatt]] became head coach, and solid NBA players like [[Jannero Pargo]] and [[Boštjan Nachbar]] were signed, along with stars in Europe like [[Hollis Price]] and [[Darjuš Lavrinovič]]. Dynamo was a heavy favorite to win the [[EuroCup Basketball]] tournament, formerly the ULEB Cup. Despite playing solidly most of the way, Dynamo was plagued by financial problems - Price and Pargo left the team in January, with [[Brian Chase (basketball)|Brian Chase]] signing to replace Price. Still a favorite to win the EuroCup, Dynamo suffered a fiasco in the Final Eight tournament, losing to [[KK Hemofarm|Hemofarm]] 85:93 in the quarterfinals. In the PBL, Dynamo finished in a disastrous 6th place. The next two seasons, 2009-2010 and 2010–2011, Dynamo didn't have any success in European competition, never reaching the playoffs in either the EuroCup and the [[FIBA EuroChallenge]] tournaments. In the PBL, Dynamo finished in 4th place in 2009–2010. In 2010–2011, in the PBL, Dynamo finished only in 9th place.{{fact|date=March 2022}} 

On June 18, 2011 the club was expelled from the [[Russian Professional Basketball League|PBL]].<ref name="БК «Динамо»">[http://www.pbleague.ru/news/963 БК «Динамо» исключен из членов НП «ПБЛ»] {{in lang|ru}}</ref> From then the club was playing in the second division, the [[Russian Basketball Super League 1|Super League 1]]. Dynamo also briefly played in the [[Baltic Basketball League|BBL]], but left early due to financial difficulties. The team left the Super League in 2015 and was dissolved a year later.{{fact|date=March 2022}}

===Since 2018===
In April 2018 the club was reestablished as amateur club and is participating in the [[Moscow Basketball League]].{{fact|date=March 2022}}

==Honours==
'''Total titles: 3'''

===Domestic competitions===
* '''[[Soviet Premier Basketball League|USSR Championship]]'''
**'''Winners (2):''' 1937, 1948

===European competitions===
*'''[[Eurocup Basketball|Eurocup]]'''
**'''Winners (1):''' [[2005–06 ULEB Cup|2006]]

==Notable players==
{{Basketball notable players criteria}}
{|
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
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* {{flagicon|USSR}}-{{flagicon|Estonia}} [[Tiit Sokk]]
* {{flagicon|USSR}}-{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Sergei Bazarevich]]
* {{flagicon|USSR}}-{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Aleksandr Boloshev]]
* {{flagicon|USSR}}-{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Yuri Ozerov (basketball)|Yuri Ozerov]]
* {{flagicon|USSR}}-{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Viktor Vlasov (basketball)|Viktor Vlasov]]
* {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Nikolay Padius]]
* {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Evgeniy Pashutin]]
* {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Petr Samoylenko]]
* {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Andrei Fetisov]]
* {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Ivan Chiriaev]]
* {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Ruslan Avleev]]
* {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Nikita Morgunov]]
* {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Dmitri Domani]]
* {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Vitaly Nosov]]
* {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Sergei Bykov]]
* {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Sergei Monia]]
* {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Yaroslav Korolev]]
* {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Dmitry Grigoryevich Khvostov|Dmitri Khvostov]]
* {{flagicon|Panama}} [[Ruben Douglas]]
|
* {{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Obinna Ekezie]]
* {{flagicon|Estonia}} [[Martin Müürsepp]]
* {{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Boštjan Nachbar]]
* {{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Kšyštof Lavrinovič]]
* {{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Darjuš Lavrinovič]]
* {{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Robertas Javtokas]]
* {{flagicon|Finland}} [[Hanno Möttölä]]
* {{flagicon|Georgia}} [[Giorgi Tsintsadze]]
* {{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} [[Damir Mršić]]
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Asım Pars]]
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Mirsad Türkcan]]
* {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Nikos Oikonomou]]
* {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Antonis Fotsis]]
* {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Lazaros Papadopoulos]]
* {{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Nikola Prkačin]]
* {{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Marino Baždarić]]
* {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Miroslav Raičević]]
* {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Miloš Vujanić]]
|
* {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Bojan Popović]]
* {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Nenad Mišanović]]
* {{flagicon|USA}}-{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Travis Hansen]]
* {{flagicon|USA}}-{{flagicon|Philippines}} [[Jason Brickman]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ariel McDonald]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Taquan Dean]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Henry Domercant]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Eddie Gill]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lynn Greer]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Derrick Hamilton (basketball)|Derrick Hamilton]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Trajan Langdon]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Pete Mickeal]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jimmy Oliver (basketball)|Jimmy Oliver]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mire Chatman]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brian Chase (basketball)|Brian Chase]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Hollis Price]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Roderick Blakney]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jannero Pargo]]
|}

==Head coaches==
* {{flagicon|Soviet Union}}-{{flagicon|Armenia}} [[Stepan Spandaryan]]
* {{flagicon|Soviet Union}}-{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Evgeny Alekseev (basketball)|Evgeny Alekseev]]
* {{flagicon|Soviet Union}}-{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Evgeny Gomelsky]]
* {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Sergei Bazarevich]]
* {{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Valdemaras Chomičius]]
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Zvi Sherf]]
* {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Valeri Tikhonenko]]
* {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Dušan Ivković]]
* {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Svetislav Pešić]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} {{flagicon|Israel}} [[David Blatt]]

== References ==
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{{MBC Dynamo Moscow 2005–06 ULEB Cup Champions}}
{{VTB United League}}
{{Russian Professional Basketball League}}

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