The Russian football club FC Dynamo Moscow has taken part in many European competitions. It reached the finals or semi-finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup three times between 1972 and 1985, and in the 2014–15 season has performed strongly in the UEFA Europa League, winning every game at the group stage and reaching Round of 16. At the end of that season, Dynamo was excluded from 2015–16 Europa League competition for violating Financial Fair Play break-even requirements and did not return to UEFA competitions until the 2020–21 season. European Cup Winners' Cup 1968–69 Scheduled to play Górnik Zabrze , withdrew. European Cup Winners' Cup 1971–72 Manager: Konstantin Beskov. First round 15 September 1971 / Olympiacos F.C. – FC Dynamo Moscow 0–2 (Kozlov ) / Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus / Attendance: 50,000 Olympiacos: Mylonas, Angelis, Synetopoulos, Siokos, Persidis, Papadopoulos, Koumarias, Karavitis (Papadimitriou, 46), Gaitatzis, Gioutsos, Delikaris. FC Dynamo: Pilguy, Shtapov, Anichkin, Zykov, Maslov, Zhukov, Eshtrekov (Kozlov, 68), Sabo, Kozhemyakin (Grebnev, 84), Makhovikov, Yevryuzhikhin. 30 September 1971 / FC Dynamo Moscow – Olympiacos F.C. 1–2 (Sabo – Triantafyllos Gaitatzis ) / Dynamo Stadium, Moscow / Attendance: 22,000 FC Dynamo: Pilguy, Shtapov, Anichkin, Zykov (Basalayev, 46), Maslov, Zhukov, Eshtrekov, Sabo, Kozhemyakin (Kozlov, 55), Makhovikov, Yevryuzhikhin. Olympiacos: Karypidis, Zoannos, Synetopoulos, Persidis, Gaitatzis, Koureas, Papadimitriou, Karavitis (Papadopoulos, 70), Argyroudis (Pappas, 60), Triantafyllos, Gioutsos. Second round 20 October 1971 / Eskişehirspor – FC Dynamo Moscow 0–1 (Kozlov ) / Eskişehir Atatürk Stadium, Eskişehir / Attendance: 15,000 Eskişehirspor: Taşkın, Abdurrahman, İsmail, Kamuran, Faik, Burhan İ., Vahap, Burhan T. (İlhan, 46), Halil, Fethi (captain), Şevki. FC Dynamo: Pilguy, Basalayev, Anichkin, Grebnev, Dolbonosov, Makhovikov, Zhukov, Syomin, Baidachny, Kozlov, Yevryuzhikhin (Kozhemyakin, 46). 3 November 1971 / FC Dynamo Moscow – Eskişehirspor 1–0 (Kozlov ) / Dynamo Stadium, Moscow / Attendance: 12,000 FC Dynamo: Balyasnikov, Basalayev, Anichkin, Zykov, Dolbonosov, Zhukov, Eshtrekov (Piskunov, 60), Sabo, Kozlov, Makhovikov, Yevryuzhikhin (Larin, 46). Eskişehirspor: Taşkın, İlhan, Faik, Burhan İ. (Nihat, 35; Burhan T., 65), İsmail, Abdurrahman, Halil, Kamuran, Fethi (captain), Vahap, Süreyya. Quarterfinals 8 March 1972 / Red Star Belgrade – FC Dynamo Moscow 1–2 (Filipović – Kozhemyakin Gershkovich ) / Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade / Attendance: 55,000 Red Star Belgrade: Dujković, Klenkovski, Bogićević (Krivokuća, 46), Pavlović, Dojčinovski, Keri, Janković, Karasi (Jovanović, 58), Filipović, Aćimović, Sušić. FC Dynamo: Pilguy, Basalayev, Dolmatov, Zykov (captain), Sabo, Zhukov, Baidachny (Gershkovich, 81), Yakubik, Kozhemyakin, Makhovikov, Yevryuzhikhin (Kozlov, 66). 22 March 1972 / FC Dynamo Moscow – Red Star Belgrade