Dinamo Zagreb
Croatia's most successful club, with group-stage runs since 1998.
Dinamo Zagreb are a Croatian club from Zagreb and the most successful in Croatian football.
Quick Facts
- Nickname
- Modri, Plavi ('The Blues'); Purgeri ('The Citizens')
- Ground
- Stadion Maksimir
- Capacity
- 24,851
- Full name
- Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb (Citizens’ football club Dinamo Zagreb)
- Founded
- 26 April 1911 (as 1. HŠK Građanski); 9 June 1945 (as FD Dinamo)
- Short name
- Dinamo, DZG
- Chairman
- Zvonimir Boban
- Manager
- Mario Kovačević
Lore & Background
Dinamo first entered the European Cup in the 1958-59 preliminary round, losing to Dukla Prague, and went out to Sporting CP in 1982-83. They played in the 1998-99 and 1999-2000 Champions League group stages, opening one with a goalless draw at Old Trafford, and reached the group stage again in 2011.
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