1927-1945
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| Dynamo's first squad |
The chronicle has it that the first match was played on June 17, 1928 against Dynamo Odesa. Yet the first crucial trial came later in the month, when the squad was beaten 2:6 by a more experienced Dynamo Moscow in a friendly.
As the years passed, able youngsters joined the team, adding the feeling of thorough performance and team discipline. The matches of the multi-generation squad were beginning to draw crowds of those football-crazed.
The first crucial point for the Kyiv-based team came in the year 1936, when the USSR club championship was held for the first time. The Kyiv club hosted the opener, the fact alone proving its recognition. Unluckily, it was the visitors from Moscow who won the encounter by putting the ball five times into the net. The matches following the infamous 1:5 defeat proved more fruitful, with 4 wins and just one defeat. Consequently, the club returned home runner-up. A promising start!
The first match to open a passport to the international life was the encounter against Lower Austria. The team kicked three goals, this, however, not sufficing to secure a win (3:4).
Kyiv soccer players soon were capped by the USSR international and made a significant contribution to the two wins over a then-serious contender, Turkey international in 1933 – with Shchehodskyy scoring a hat trick – and 1934.
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