FC Dinamo Samarqand (Uzbek: Динамо Самарқанд Футбол Клуби, Tajik: Dastai Futboli Dinamo Samarqand) is an Uzbek professional football club, based in city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Currently it plays in Uzbekistan Super League.
History
FC Dinamo Samarqand is one of the oldest clubs in Uzbekistan. The club was founded in 1960. Club started to play in one of regional zones of Soviet Second League. In 1992 club played in Uzbek League under name Maroqand Samarqand. Between 1994 and 1998 seasons club competed in First League. In the 2000 season FK Dinamo was runners-up of Uzbek Cup, losing in final against Dustlik and finished league as 4th, which is their highest ranking.
Club names
- 1960–1963: Dinamo Samarqand
- 1963–1967: Spartak Samarqand
- 1967–1968: Sogdiana Samarqand
- 1968–1970: FK Samarqand
- 1970–1976: Stroitel Samarqand
- 1976–1991: Dinamo Samarqand
- 1991–1993: Maroqand Samarqand
- 1993–1997: Dinamo Samarqand
- 1997–1998: Afrosiyob Samarqand
- 1998–2000: FK Samarqand
- 2000–2008: FK Samarqand-Dinamo
- 2008–present: FK Dinamo Samarqand
Domestic history
.Stadium
Dinamo Samarqand plays its home matches at Dinamo Stadium. The stadium was built in 1963 and originally holds 16,000 spectators. In 2011 stadium has undergone renovation works.
This page also has a version in other languages : Динамо (Самарканд) (russian)