Dynamo Dresden

Sportgemeinschaft Dynamo Dresden e.V. (usually just called SG Dynamo Dresden or Dynamo Dresden) is a professional association football club from Dresden, Saxony, Germany. They currently play in the 2. Bundesliga.
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The club was founded on 12 April 1953 as a club affiliated with the East German police. They became one of the most successful clubs in East Germany, winning 8 DDR-Oberliga titles. After the German reunification, they played in the Bundesliga for a few seasons, but they have drifted between the 2. Bundesliga and the Regionalliga Nordost.

Their main rivals are Berliner FC Dynamo, Lokomotive Leipzig, Chemnitzer, Sachsen Leipzig, Erzgebirge Aue and Dresdner. Also, their main colours are yellow and black (previously the colours were green and white).

 Honours 
 DDR-Oberliga: 8
 Champions 1953, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1989, 1990
 FDGB-Pokal: 7 (Record, shared with 1. FC Magdeburg)
 Winners 1952, 1971, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1990
 Deutschland Cup: 1
 1990
 UEFA Cup
 Semi-final 1989
 NOFV-Oberliga: 1
 Winners 2002
 3rd Liga: 2
 Champions 2015-16
 3rd 2010-11 (promoted after promotion play-offs)
 Regionalliga Nord: 1 (As third tier)
 Runner-ups 2003-04 (promoted)
 Saxony Cup: 3
 Winners 2003, 2007, 2009
 Sachsenliga: 1
 Winners 2009
 GDR Junior Champion: 2
 1982, 1985
 Junge Welt Junior Cup: 2
 1976, 1985
 Indoor-Regio-Cup: 1
 2007

 References 

 Other websites 
 Official team site 
 Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables 
 Sport 1 News topic page Dynamo Dresden  
 Spiegel News topic page Dynamo Dresden 
 Facebook 

Category:Dresden
Category:Football clubs in Saxony
Category:1953 establishments in Germany