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.

The club was founded on 12 April 1953 as a club affiliated with the East German police.^[1] They became one of the most successful clubs in East Germany, winning 8 DDR-Oberliga titles.^[2] 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.^[3]

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).^[1]

Current squad

As of 2 February 2026^[4]

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	Germany	Tim Schreiber
2	DF	Germany	Konrad Faber (on loan from St. Gallen)
5	MF	Germany	Vinko Šapina
6	MF	Germany	Kofi Amoako
7	MF	Germany	Jason Çeka (on loan from SV Elversberg)
8	MF	Germany	Luca Herrmann
9	FW	Netherlands	Vincent Vermeij
10	MF	Germany	Jakob Lemmer
13	DF	Germany	Julian Pauli (on loan from 1. FC Köln)
15	DF	Sri Lanka	Claudio Kammerknecht
16	FW	Sweden	Nils Fröling
18	MF	Germany	Robert Wagner (on loan from SC Freiburg)
19	DF	Germany	Alexander Rossipal
20	FW	Germany	Ben Bobzien (on loan from Mainz 05)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	GK	Germany	Lennart Grill
23	DF	Germany	Lars Bünning
24	MF	Germany	Tony Menzel
26	DF	Germany	Jan-Hendrik Marx
27	MF	Germany	Niklas Hauptmann
28	DF	Germany	Sascha Risch
29	DF	Germany	Lukas Boeder
30	FW	Germany	Stefan Kutschke (captain)
32	DF	Germany	Jonas Sterner (on loan from Hannover 96)
33	FW	Germany	Christoph Daferner
37	GK	Germany	Daniel Mesenhöler
39	DF	Germany	Thomas Keller (on loan from 1. FC Heidenheim)
40	GK	Germany	Elias Bethke
42	DF	Germany	Friedrich Müller

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

1 2 "Die Fünfziger: Gründerjahre". Dynamo Dresden (in German). Archived from the original on 10 November 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
↑ "Erfolge". Dynamo Dresden (in German). Archived from the original on 10 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
↑ "SAISON – ARCHIV". Dynamo Dresden (in German). Archived from the original on 23 October 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
↑ "Profis - Spieler". SG Dynamo Dresden (in German). Retrieved 31 October 2023.

Other websites

Official team site (in German)
Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables (in German)
Sport 1 News topic page Dynamo Dresden Archived 2013-09-09 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
Spiegel News topic page Dynamo Dresden (in German)
Facebook (in German)

[history-50s-1] 1 2 "Die Fünfziger: Gründerjahre". Dynamo Dresden (in German). Archived from the original on 10 November 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2010.

[honours-2] "Erfolge". Dynamo Dresden (in German). Archived from the original on 10 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.

[seasons-3] "SAISON – ARCHIV". Dynamo Dresden (in German). Archived from the original on 23 October 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2010.

[squad-4] "Profis - Spieler". SG Dynamo Dresden (in German). Retrieved 31 October 2023.

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