# 1983 FC Dynamo Kyiv season

The 1983 season was the 46th season in the top Soviet football league for Dynamo Kyiv. Dynamo competed in Vysshaya Liga, and Soviet Cup. Last season 2nd place runner-up, this season Dynamo placed only 7th with 10 league's losses.
In 1983 there was established a farm-team in the Kyiv's suburb of Irpin, Dynamo Irpin and managed by Viktor Kanevskyi.

## Players
### First squad information

| Squad no. | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (age) | Signed from | Signed in |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| | Mykhailo Mykhailov | / | GK | (1959-07-06)6 July 1959 (aged 24) | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 1980 |
| | Viktor Chanov | / | GK | (1959-07-21)21 July 1959 (aged 24) | Shakhtar Donetsk | 1982 |
| Defenders |||||||
| | Sergei Baltacha | / | DF | (1958-02-17)17 February 1958 (aged 25) | Metalist Kharkiv | 1976 |
| | Oleksandr Huyhanov | / | DF/MF | (1958-02-17)17 February 1958 (aged 25) | Atlantyka Sevastopol | 1980 |
| | Anatoliy Demyanenko | / | DF | (1959-02-19)19 February 1959 (aged 24) | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 1979 |
| | Vasyl Yevseyev | / | DF | (1962-08-30)30 August 1962 (aged 21) | Zaria Voroshilovgrad | 1983 |
| | Serhiy Zhuravlyov | / | DF | (1959-04-24)24 April 1959 (aged 24) | Zaria Voroshilovgrad | 1979 |
| | Oleh Kuznetsov | / | DF | (1963-03-22)22 March 1963 (aged 20) | Desna Chernihiv | 1983 |
| | Volodymyr Lozynskyi | / | DF | (1955-01-06)6 January 1955 (aged 28) | Dynamo Kyiv Sports School | 1972 |
| | Mykhailo Olefirenko | / | DF | (1960-06-06)6 June 1960 (aged 23) | RVUFK Kyiv | 1977 |
| | Igor Savelev | / | DF/MF | (1962-09-18)18 September 1962 (aged 21) | Rubin Kazan | 1982 |
| | Oleksandr Sorokalet | / | DF/MF | (1957-04-16)16 April 1957 (aged 26) | Zaria Voroshilovgrad | 1980 |
| | Valeriy Chernikov | | DF | (1962-04-27)27 April 1962 (aged 21) | RVUFK Kyiv | 1980 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| | Andriy Bal | / | MF | (1958-02-16)16 February 1958 (aged 25) | Karpaty Lviv | 1981 |
| | Volodymyr Bezsonov | / | MF | (1958-03-05)5 March 1958 (aged 25) | Metalist Kharkiv | 1976 |
| | Leonid Buryak | / | MF | (1953-07-10)10 July 1953 (aged 30) | Chornomorets Odesa | 1973 |
| | Yaroslav Dumanskyi | / | MF | (1959-08-04)4 August 1959 (aged 24) | Karpaty Lviv | 1981 |
| | Oleksandr Zavarov | / | MF | (1961-04-26)26 April 1961 (aged 22) | Zaria Voroshilovgrad | 1983 |
| | Oleksiy Mykhailychenko | / | MF | (1963-03-30)30 March 1963 (aged 20) | unknown | 1981 |
| | Pavlo Yakovenko | / | MF | (1964-12-19)19 December 1964 (aged 19) | Metalist Kharkiv | 1982 |
| Forwards |||||||
| | Oleh Blokhin | / | FW | (1952-11-05)5 November 1952 (aged 31) | Dynamo Kyiv Sports School | 1969 |
| res | Volodymyr Veremeyev | / | FW | (1948-11-08)8 November 1948 (aged 35) | Zirka Kirovohrad | 1968 |
| | Vadym Yevtushenko | / | FW | (1958-01-01)1 January 1958 (aged 25) | Zirka Kirovohrad | 1980 |
| | Viktor Khlus | / | FW | (1958-02-12)12 February 1958 (aged 25) | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 1980 |

### Reserve squad information

| Squad no. | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (age) | Signed from | Signed in |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| res | Viktor Hryshko | / | GK | (1961-11-02)2 November 1961 (aged 22) | RVUFK Kyiv | 1979 |
| res | Valeriy Palamarchuk | / | GK | (1963-08-11)11 August 1963 (aged 20) | Dynamo Kyiv Sports School | 1981 |
| res | Volodymyr Tsytkin | / | GK | (1966-08-01)1 August 1966 (aged 17) | unknown | 1983 |
| Defenders |||||||
| res | Yuriy Bakalov | / | DF/MF | (1966-01-16)16 January 1966 (aged 17) | SDYuShOR Zmina Kyiv | 1983 |
| res | Oleh Derevinskyi | / | DF | (1966-07-17)17 July 1966 (aged 17) | unknown | 1983 |
| res | Oleksandr Dyuldin | / | DF/MF | (1966-08-11)11 August 1966 (aged 17) | RVUFK Kyiv | 1983 |
| res | Oleksandr Isayev | / | DF/MF | (1964-09-08)8 September 1964 (aged 19) | unknown | 1982 |
| res | Vadym Karatayev | / | DF/MF | (1964-01-15)15 January 1964 (aged 19) | unknown | 1980 |
| res | Ruslan Koloskov | | DF | (1966-11-03)3 November 1966 (aged 17) | unknown | 1983 |
| res | Yuriy Koshkin | / | DF | (1963-06-08)8 June 1963 (aged 20) | Dynamo Kyiv Sports School | 1982 |
| res | Yuriy Makhynia | / | DF | (1961-01-01)1 January 1961 (aged 22) | Kolos Poltava | 1980 |
| res | Oleksandr Prykhodko | / | DF | (1966-04-11)11 April 1966 (aged 17) | Dynamo Kyiv Sports School | 1983 |
| res | Serhiy Protsyuk | / | DF/MF | (1963-02-07)7 February 1963 (aged 20) | Dynamo Kyiv Sports School | 1981 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| res | Syarhey Herasimets | / | MF/FW | (1965-10-13)13 October 1965 (aged 18) | Dynamo Kyiv Sport School | 1983 |
| res | Valeriy Kinashenko | / | MF | (1964-02-04)4 February 1964 (aged 19) | Hungary | 1983 |
| res | Yevhen Komkov | | MF | (1966-03-14)14 March 1966 (aged 17) | Dynamo Kyiv Sports School | 1983 |
| res | Oleksiy Leonidov | | MF | (1966-04-21)21 April 1966 (aged 17) | unknown | 1983 |
| res | Vyacheslav Mazarati | | MF | (1963-01-12)12 January 1963 (aged 20) | unknown | 1982 |
| res | Serhiy Raiko | / | MF/FW | (1964-02-02)2 February 1964 (aged 19) | SKA-Karpaty Lvov | 1983 |
| res | Vasyl Rats | / | MF | (1961-03-25)25 March 1961 (aged 22) | Nyva Vinnytsia | 1981 |
| res | Vadym Sorokin | / | MF/FW | (1966-02-13)13 February 1966 (aged 17) | Dynamo Kyiv Sports School | 1983 |
| res | Yuriy Teslia | | MF | (1962-04-18)18 April 1962 (aged 21) | Avanhard Rivno | 1983 |
| res | Oleksandr Shlyakhtychenko | | | (1966-12-12)12 December 1966 (aged 17) | Dynamo Kyiv Sports School | 1983 |
| res | Ihor Yanchuk | | | (1965-09-27)27 September 1965 (aged 18) | Dynamo Kyiv Sports School | 1982 |
| Forwards |||||||
| res | Oleksandr Hushchyn | / | FW | (1966-08-05)5 August 1966 (aged 17) | RVUFK Kyiv | 1983 |
| res | Ihor Zherdev | | FW | (1963-01-22)22 January 1963 (aged 20) | Khujand Leninabad | 1983 |
| res | Volodymyr Koman | / | FW | (1964-02-20)20 February 1964 (aged 19) | unknown | 1982 |
| res | Yuriy Mykolayenko | / | FW | (1965-09-28)28 September 1965 (aged 18) | unknown | 1983 |
| res | Hryhoriy Pasichnyi | / | FW | (1961-10-02)2 October 1961 (aged 22) | RVUFK Kyiv | 1980 |
| res | Heorhiy Shpatenko | | FW | (1966-07-02)2 July 1966 (aged 17) | Dynamo Kyiv Sports School | 1983 |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Moving from |
| DF | Vasyl Yevseyev | Zaria Voroshilovgrad |
| MF | Oleksandr Zavarov | Zaria Voroshilovgrad |
| DF | Oleh Kuznetsov | Desna Chernihiv |
| FW | Ihor Zherdev | Khujand Leninabad |
| MF | Yuriy Teslia | Avanhard Rivno |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Moving to |
| FW | Volodymyr Veremeyev | retired |
| MF | Syarhey Herasimets | Dynamo Irpin (loaned) |
| MF | Valeriy Kinashenko | Dynamo Irpin (loaned) |
| DF | Oleh Derevinskyi | Dynamo Irpin (loaned) |
| MF | Vyacheslav Mazarati | Dynamo Irpin (loaned) |
| FW | Ihor Zherdev | Dynamo Irpin (loaned) |
| MF | Yuriy Teslia | Dynamo Irpin |
| FW | Oleksandr Hushchyn | SKA Kyiv (loaned) |
| MF | Yevhen Komkov | SKA Kyiv |
| MF | Oleksiy Leonidov | SKA Kyiv |
| DF/MF | Oleksandr Huyhanov | Tavriya Simferopol |
| DF/MF | Oleksandr Isayev | Tavriya Simferopol |
| DF | Igor Savelev | Tavriya Simferopol |
| MF | Vyacheslav Mazarati | Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv |
| GK | Valeriy Palamarchuk | Chornomorets Odesa |
| DF/MF | Oleksandr Sorokalet | Zorya Voroshilovgrad |
| MF/FW | Vadym Sorokin | Nyva Vinnytsia |
| FW | Hryhoriy Pasichnyi | murdered |

## Club management

| Position | Staff |
| Managers | / Yuriy Morozov |
| Team's chief | / Mykhailo Koman |
| Assistant managers | / Anatoliy Puzach |
| Assistant managers | / Mykhailo Fomenko |
| Goalkeeping coach | the post didn't exist. |
Last updated: March 2023 Source: Zenit Dynamo game report
The outgoing manager, Valeriy Lobanovsky, after accepting his appointment to national team, he recommended as his replacement his friend and coach of Zenit Leningrad Yuriy Morozov.

## Pre-season and friendlies

Its pre-season training Dynamo was holding at Georgian Gantiadi located on eastern-northern shores of the Black Sea, where they departed on 6 January and with few breaks stayed there until mid of February. On 15 February Dynamo had to dispatch some nine of its better players for the national team friendly with Dinamo Tbilisi. A planned training tour to Yugoslavia before the European Cup quarterfinal with Hamburg was cancelled.
* List of the 1983 Dynamo Kyiv friendlies

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Vysshaya Liga | 27 March 1983 | 6 November 1983 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 50 | 34 | +16 | 041.18 |
| Cup | 11 March 1983 | 11 March 1983 | Quarterfinals (1⁄4) | Quarterfinals (1⁄4) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| European Cup | 2 March 1983 | 16 March 1983 | Quarterfinals (1⁄4) | Quarterfinals (1⁄4) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Cup | 14 September 1983 | 28 September 1983 | First round (1⁄32) | First round (1⁄32) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 53 | 42 | +11 | 038.46 |
Source: Competitions

### Vysshaya Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Žalgiris Vilnius | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 39 |
| 6 | Torpedo Moscow | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 38 |
| 7 | Dynamo Kyiv | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 50 | 34 | +16 | 38 |
| 8 | Chornomorets Odesa | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 37 |
| 9 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 48 | 40 | +8 | 37 |
* ↑ 1 point deducted (10 draw limit)

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source:

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| Ground | A | A | A | | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | | A | A |
| Result | L | W | L | | L | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | | L | W |
| Position | 14 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 |

#### Matches

Notes: