On Wednesday, September 25, FC Dynamo Kyiv will face SS Lazio at the Volksparkstadion in Hamburg in the Europa League main stage matchday 1 game (kick-off – 22:00 Kyiv time).
2023/2024 SEASON
DYNAMO
- Dynamo finished second in the domestic league last season with two points behind Shakhtar (W-22, D-3, L-5, goal difference – 72:28).
As for the Ukrainian Cup, Dynamo tumbled out in the round of 16 by losing against Obolon (0:1).
LAZIO
- Lazio finished second in the Serie A last season with 33 points behind champions Inter Milan (W-18, D-7, L-13, goal difference – 49:39).
Lazio reached the national Cup semifinal where they were outplayed by Juventus (0:2, 2:1).
LINEUP CHANGES
DYNAMO
This summer only two players who were close to the first team left Dynamo – center back Oleksandr Syrota, who joined Maccabi Haifa, and winger Benito, who was loaned out to Zoria. The rest who left the club weren’t with Dynamo last season – winger Kaheem Parris, right back Mykyta Kravchenko, attacking midfielder Mikkel Duelund, winger Gerson Rodrigues, attacking midfielder Serhii Buletsa, winger Heorhii Tsytaishvili, forward Eric Ramirez, midfielder Oleksandr Yatsyk and forward Ihor Horbach. Vladyslav Supriaha has been loaned out to Luhansk side as well.
Meanwhile Dynamo signed halfbacks Oleksandr Pikhalionok and Valentyn Rubchynskyi, left back/winger Maksym Braharu, center back Brayan Ceballos (loan move), promising Georgian midfielder Aleksandre Peikrishvili, returned from loan move halfback Mykola Mykhailenko. On the last day of the transfer window Panamanian forward Eduardo Guerrero joined Dynamo from Zoria.
LAZIO
In: Matteo Guendouzi, Loum Tchaouna, Tijjani Noslin, Fisayo Dele-Bashiru, Samuel Gigot, Filipe Bordon, Gaetano Castrovilli, Cristo Munoz, Nuno Tavares, Boulaye Dia.
Out: Luis Alberto, Luis Maximiano, Raul Moro, Ciro Immobile, Nicolo Casale, Matteo Cancellieri, Marcos Antonio, Daichi Kamada, Felipe Anderson, Danilo Cataldi, Sana Fernandes, Mohamed Salim Fares, Luigi Sepe.
2023/2024 SEASON START
DYNAMO
Dynamo started current season with the Champions League qualification where they beat Serbian side Partizan (6:2 and 3:0), Rangers (1:1 and 2:0) after which lost against Salzburg in the play-off round (0:2 and 1:1).
As for domestic league, Oleksandr Shovkovskyi’s men started with five victories in a row after which drew against FC Rukh Lviv (0:0).
LAZIO
Lazio start their euro cups campaign with the Europa League main stage.
As for the Serie A, the Eagles have won two games so far, lost two and played in a draw once.
TECHNICAL DATA
Dynamo – Lazio
September 25, 22:00, Hamburg, Volksparkstadion
Broadcasting – MEGOGO
Face to face
Champions League 1999/2000, first group stage
22.09.1999. Lazio – Dynamo – 2:1
02.11.1999. Dynamo – Lazio – 0:1
Europa League, round of 16
08.03.2018. Lazio – Dynamo – 2:2
15.03.2018. Dynamo – Lazio – 0:2
