20 August 2009 Dynamo defender Taras Mykhalyk is almost back to full fitness. After a long road of recovery from a meniscus problem, Taras looks determined to get back to his best as soon as possible.

As you remember, Taras sustained the knee injury during a last season's 2-0 victory at FC Metalurh Donetsk on 5 April and went under the knife in Belgium. Taras Mykhalyk is still completing his rehabilitation, but his recent appearances on the training pitch gives hope that he is not far from returning to full practice. The full-back has now resumed light ball-work and is expected to be back in normal training in October.

19 August 2009

The FFU Referees Committee has announced the names of the officials who will be in charge of the match between Dynamo and Vorskla at the Vorskla stadium in Poltava on Saturday 23 August.

The list is as follows:

Referee – Yuriy Mozharovskyy (Lviv)
Linesmen – Anatoliy Filevych, Viktor Kravchenko (both from Lviv)
Fourth official – Yevhen Herenda (Kalush)

Oleksiy Chelyshev from Sevastopol and Petro Kobychyk from Chernivtsi will act as FFU delegate and FFU referees observer, respectively.

19 August 2009

The draw for the DATAGROUP Ukrainian Cup Round of 16 was held today with Dynamo Kyiv being paired with FC Metalist Kharkiv.

The two opponents will meet in Kharkiv on 12 September.

Other results of the draw:

Volyn - Kryvbas
Feniks-Illichivets - Dnipro
Stal A – Obolon
Krymteplytsya - Metalurh Z
Tavriya - Illichivets
Metalurh D – Karpaty
Yednist - Shakhtar

18 August 2009

Dynamo Kyiv forward Balázs Farkas has been loaned out to FC Fehérvár for the 2009/2010 season. Also known as FC Videoton Székesfehérvár, the club currently lead their domestic table with maximum points from four matches.

Dynamo signed the 21-year-old Hungarian striker from Nyíregyháza Spartacus FC in 2006 but the player failed to claim a regular place in the first team, making just six appearances. Since then, Balázs has mainly played for Dynamo-2 and the club's reserves, but this didn’t prevent him making an international debut and playing three games for his national team.

17 August 2009

Dynamo new signing Gérson Alencar de Lima Júnior, or simply Magrão, has chosen his playing number. The newest member of Dynamo Kyiv team will wear the number '21' shirt, the one previously carried by Dynamo goalkeeper Taras Lutsenko.

We also have good news from another newcomer – Brazilian player Leandro Almeida. The central defender, who sustained knee injury in Austria during the training camp this summer, now feels fine and is expected to return to training with the squad within the next few days.

15 August 2009

Dynamo Kyiv kicked off their Ukrainian Cup campaign with a 1-2 victory against Arsenal Kyiv in the Round of 32 match on Saturday.

With both teams struggling hard, Dynamo defender Yevhen Khacheridi broke the deadlock in the 23rd minute with his debut goal for the first team, but Ionuţ Mazilu's goal after the interval levelled the scores. The White-Blues, however, continued to threaten much up front and were eventually rewarded for their persistence, when Dynamo captain Artem Milevskyy converted a penalty kick given for a foul by Arsenal goalkeeper.

The weekend match also marked the return of Dynamo's Senegalese defender Pape Diakhaté after his long-term absence due to a knee injury.

2009/2010 DATAGROUP Ukrainian Cup. Round of 32

ARSENAL – DYNAMO – 1:2 (0:1)

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15 August 2009

2009/2010 DATAGROUP Ukrainian Cup. Round of 32

ARSENAL – DYNAMO – 1:2 (0:1)

Arsenal: 1.Reva – cap, 18.Danylov, 5.Shershun, 16.Yevseyev, 4.Symonenko, 29.Eshchenko (8.R.Husyev, 84), 35.Hrytsay, 33.Homyn, 11.Josemar (13.Mikoliūnas, 69), 7.Mazilu, 10.Vorobey (88.Zavarov, 82).

Dynamo: 31.Bogush, 3.Betão, 5.Vukojević, 10.Milevskyy – cap, 11.Eremenko (25.Yussuf, 87), 15.Diakhaté, 20.O.Husyev (4.Ghioane, 72), 26.Nesmachnyy, 34.Khacheridi, 70.Yarmolenko, 77.Guilherme (36.Ninković, 46).

Goal: Mazilu (58) – Khacheridi (23), Milevskyy (61, pen.).

7 July 2009

Friendly match

Dynamo Kyiv - Eintracht Frankfurt - 2:1 (2:0).

Dynamo: Shovkovskyy, El Kaddouri, Eremenko, Vukojević (Corrêa, 46), Yussuf, Ghioane (Betão, 46), Husyev (Zozulya, 46), Khacheridi, Yarmolenko (Fachan, 60), Aliyev (Kravchenko, 46), Guilherme.

Eintracht: Fährmann, Ochs, Russ, Franz (Bellaid, 46), Spycher (Petkovic, 46), Teber (Chris, 65), Steinhöfer (Mahdavikia, 46), Titsch-Rivero, Toski (Tosun, 71), Korkmaz (Caio, 46), Liberopoulos (Mayer, 65).

Goals: (27, own goal), Guilherme (33) - Chris (89, on penalty).

7 July 2009

The FFU Referees Committee has announced the referees for the Ukrainian Super Cup fixture between Dynamo Kyiv and Vorskla Poltava to be played at the Yuvileinyy stadium in Sumy on Saturday 11 July.

The opening match of the 2009/2010 season will be handled by 44-year-old referee Yevhen Herenda from Kalush. In Sumy, he will be accompanied by assistant referees Mykola Vasyuta from Rivne and Vitaliy Demyanenko from Uzhgorod, with Yuriy Mozharovskyy from Lviv completing the quartet.

Mykola Zheleznyy and Yaroslav Grysyo have been appointed FFU delegate and FFU inspector, respectively.

Dynamo’s recent signing Leandro Almeida will not return to action until the middle of August at the earliest because of a knee problem. The 22-year-old sustained the injury during Dynamo's 2-3 friendly loss to FC Lokomotiv Moskva on Saturday – his second match for the club after he joined from Clube Atlético Mineiro during the summer transfer window.

Almeida underwent medical tests in Belgium on Monday, which confirmed the diagnosis of Dynamo's medical staff. The player has damaged knee ligament. Doctors predict that his rehabilitation will take from six to eight weeks.