# 2020–21 FC Dynamo Moscow season

The 2020–21 Dynamo Moscow season was the club's 98th season and fourth season back in the Russian Premier League, following their relegation at the end of the 2015–16 season. Dynamo Moscow finished the season in 7th place and where knocked out of the Russian Cup by Krylia Sovetov in the Quarterfinals and the UEFA Europa League by Locomotive Tbilisi at the Second Qualifying Round stage.

## Season events

On 3 August, Dynamo announced the signing of Daniil Fomin from Ufa. The following day, 4 August, Dynamo announced that they had activated the clause in their loan deal with Ufa to make Sylvester Igboun's transfer permanent.
On 17 August, Dynamo announced the signing of Nikola Moro from Dinamo Zagreb.
On 7 September, Dynamo announced the signing of Daniil Lesovoy from Arsenal Tula.
On 29 September, Kirill Novikov resigned as manager, with Alyaksandr Kulchy being appointed as caretaker manager. On 14 October, Sandro Schwarz was appointed as Dynamo's new permanent manager, with ex-Dynamo forward Andriy Voronin joining as an assistant coach.
On 15 October, Dynamo Moscow re-signed Roman Neustädter on a contract until the end of the season, after the defender had previously left the club when his contract expired at the end of the previous season. Two days later, 17 October, Guillermo Varela joined on loan for the remainder of the season from Copenhagen.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Anton Shunin |
| 2 | DF | URU | Guillermo Varela |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Zaurbek Pliyev |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Sergei Parshivlyuk |
| 5 | DF | PAR | Fabián Balbuena |
| 7 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Skopintsev |
| 8 | MF | CRO | Nikola Moro |
| 9 | FW | CMR | Clinton N'Jie |
| 15 | DF | RUS | Saba Sazonov |
| 16 | GK | RUS | Ivan Budachyov |
| 18 | DF | UKR | Ivan Ordets |
| 19 | FW | RUS | Daniil Lesovoy |
| 20 | FW | RUS | Vyacheslav Grulyov |
| 24 | DF | RUS | Roman Yevgenyev |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | MF | RUS | Denis Makarov |
| 26 | DF | RUS | Grigori Morozov |
| 30 | MF | RUS | Anton Terekhov |
| 31 | GK | RUS | Igor Leshchuk |
| 40 | FW | RUS | Fyodor Smolov |
| 47 | MF | RUS | Arsen Zakharyan |
| 50 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Kutitsky |
| 53 | MF | POL | Sebastian Szymański |
| 70 | FW | RUS | Konstantin Tyukavin |
| 74 | MF | RUS | Daniil Fomin |
| 90 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Galkin |
| 91 | FW | RUS | Yaroslav Gladyshev |
| 93 | DF | URU | Diego Laxalt |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | RUS | Sergei Slepov (at Rotor Volgograd) |
| — | MF | GEO | Luka Gagnidze (at Ural Yekaterinburg) |
| — | MF | RUS | Ilya Gomanyuk (at Volgar Astrakhan) |
| — | MF | RUS | Vladislav Karapuzov (at Akhmat Grozny) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | RUS | Igor Shkolik (at Rotor Volgograd) |
| — | FW | RUS | Maksim Danilin (at Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) |
| — | FW | RUS | Nikolay Komlichenko (at Rostov) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 3 August 2020 | MF | Daniil Fomin | Ufa | Undisclosed |
| 4 August 2020 | FW | Sylvester Igboun | Ufa | Undisclosed |
| 17 August 2020 | MF | Nikola Moro | Dinamo Zagreb | Undisclosed |
| 7 September 2020 | MF | Daniil Lesovoy | Arsenal Tula | Undisclosed |
| 15 October 2020 | DF | Roman Neustädter | Dynamo Moscow | Free |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 17 October 2020 | DF | | Guillermo Varela | Copenhagen | End of season | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 15 September 2020 | DF | | Toni Šunjić | Beijing Sinobo Guoan | Undisclosed | |
| 6 October 2020 | FW | | Yevgeni Markov | Krasnodar | Undisclosed | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| 21 February 2020 | DF | Ihor Kalinin | Ural Yekaterinburg | End of season |
| 11 August 2020 | DF | Danil Lipovoy | Khimki | 24 December 2020 |
| 18 August 2020 | MF | Miguel Cardoso | Belenenses SAD | End of season |
| 2 October 2020 | FW | Maximilian Philipp | VfL Wolfsburg | End of season |
| 17 October 2020 | DF | Grigori Morozov | Ufa | End of season |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 8 September 2020 | FW | Fedor Černych | Jagiellonia Białystok | 17 September 2020 |
| 19 December 2020 | MF | Konstantin Rausch | 1. FC Nürnberg | |
| 31 December 2020 | GK | Ilya Kuptsov | | |
| 31 December 2020 | GK | Yevgeni Figurov | | |
| 31 December 2020 | GK | Arsen Dzhioyev | | |
| 31 December 2020 | GK | Stanislav Latsevich | | |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | Roman Neustädter | | |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | Charles Kaboré | | |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | Danil Lipovoy | Krylia Sovetov Samara | 23 June 2021 |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | Vladimir Moskvichyov | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 9 July 2021 |

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 % |
| Premier League | 10 August 2020 | 16 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 44 | 32 | +12 | 050.00 |
| Russian Cup | 20 February 2021 | 8 April 2021 | Round of 32 | Quarterfinal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 17 September 2020 | 17 September 2020 | 2QR | 2QR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 33 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 048.48 |
Last updated: 16 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 16 May 2021. Source: See Results

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | L | L | D | W |
| Position | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Sochi | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 49 | 33 | +16 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 6 | CSKA Moscow | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 51 | 33 | +18 | 50 | |
| 7 | Dynamo Moscow | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 44 | 33 | +11 | 50 | |
| 8 | Khimki | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 45 | |
| 9 | Rostov | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 43 | |
* ↑ Head-to-head points: Rubin 3, Sochi 3. Overall matches won: Rubin 16, Sochi 15.
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: CSKA 3, Dynamo 3. Head-to-head goal difference: CSKA +1, Dynamo -1.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying rounds
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 16 May 2021

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Anton Shunin | 30 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | URU | Guillermo Varela | 19 | 0 | 15+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Zaurbek Pliyev | 7 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Sergei Parshivlyuk | 25 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Roman Neustädter | 17 | 1 | 10+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Skopintsev | 26 | 1 | 22+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | CRO | Nikola Moro | 26 | 3 | 18+6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CMR | Clinton N'Jie | 25 | 4 | 15+8 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | NGA | Sylvester Igboun | 20 | 1 | 5+12 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Nikolay Komlichenko | 27 | 5 | 11+14 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | RUS | Danil Lipovoy | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Anton Terekhov | 7 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | UKR | Ivan Ordets | 30 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Daniil Lesovoy | 25 | 5 | 21+1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | RUS | Vyacheslav Grulyov | 27 | 4 | 15+10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | RUS | Igor Shkolik | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | RUS | Roman Yevgenyev | 29 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | RUS | Igor Leshchuk | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | RUS | Arsen Zakharyan | 13 | 3 | 10+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Kutitsky | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | MF | POL | Sebastian Szymański | 31 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 | MF | RUS | Vladimir Moskvichyov | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | RUS | Konstantin Tyukavin | 17 | 4 | 6+9 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | MF | RUS | Daniil Fomin | 31 | 8 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | BFA | Charles Kaboré | 21 | 0 | 9+10 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 79 | DF | RUS | Sergei Slepov | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | RUS | Grigori Morozov | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 5 | FW | GER | Maximilian Philipp | 8 | 1 | 4+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Dynamo Moscow but left during the season: ||||||||||||
| 23 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Karapuzov | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | RUS | Konstantin Rausch | 4 | 1 | 0+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | BIH | Toni Šunjić | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | MF | | 74 | Daniil Fomin | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | MF | | 19 | Daniil Lesovoy | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | FW | | 11 | Nikolay Komlichenko | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | FW | | 70 | Konstantin Tyukavin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | FW | | 9 | Clinton N'Jie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | | 20 | Vyacheslav Grulyov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | | 8 | Nikola Moro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | | 18 | Ivan Ordets | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | | 47 | Arsen Zakharyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | | 10 | Sylvester Igboun | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | | 5 | Maximilian Philipp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 44 | Toni Šunjić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | 53 | Sebastian Szymański | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 24 | Roman Yevgenyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 34 | Konstantin Rausch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | 7 | Dmitri Skopintsev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 5 | Roman Neustädter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 2 | 1 | 47 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 1 | Anton Shunin | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | GK | | 31 | Igor Leshchuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | | GK | Anton Shunin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | | DF | Guillermo Varela | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | | DF | Zaurbek Pliyev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | | DF | Sergei Parshivlyuk | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| 5 | | DF | Roman Neustädter | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | | MF | Dmitri Skopintsev | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | | MF | Nikola Moro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | | FW | Clinton N'Jie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | | FW | Sylvester Igboun | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | | FW | Nikolay Komlichenko | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 18 | | DF | Ivan Ordets | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 19 | | MF | Daniil Lesovoy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | | MF | Vyacheslav Grulyov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 24 | | DF | Roman Yevgenyev | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 47 | | MF | Arsen Zakharyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 53 | | MF | Sebastian Szymański | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 70 | | FW | Konstantin Tyukavin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 74 | | MF | Daniil Fomin | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 77 | | MF | Charles Kaboré | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 79 | | DF | Sergei Slepov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| 5 | | FW | Maximilian Philipp | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left Dynamo Moscow during the season: ||||||||||||
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 94 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 103 | 8 |