FC Spartak Moscow

Spartak Moscow

Full name	Футбольный клуб Спартак Москва (Football Club Spartak-Moscow)
Nickname(s)	Narodnaya komanda (The People's Team) Krasno-Belye (The Red-Whites) Myaso (The Meat)
Founded	18 April 1922
Ground	Otkrytie Arena
Capacity	45,360
Owner	Leonid Fedun
Chairman	Sergey Rodionov
Manager	Dmitri Alenichev
League	Russian Premier League
2014–15	Russian Premier League, 6th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

FC Spartak Moscow (Russian: Футбольный клуб «Спартак» Москва [spɐrˈtak mɐˈskva]) is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships (second only to Dynamo Kyiv) and nine Russian championships, they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup ten times and the Russian Cup three times. Spartak have also reached the semi-finals of all three European club competitions.

Historically, the club was a part of the Spartak sports society. Other teams in the society include ice hockey club HC Spartak Moscow. Currently, the club is not connected with Spartak sports society and is an independent privately owned organization. They are nicknamed "Meat" (Russian: "мясо", "myaso").

History

Foundation

In the early days of Soviet football, many government agencies such as the police, army and railroads created their own clubs. So many statesmen saw in the wins of their teams the superiority over the opponents patronizing other teams. Almost all the teams had such kind of patrons—Dinamo with the police, CSKA with the army and Spartak, created by a trade union public organization considered to be "the people's team."

In 1922, the Moscow Sport Circle (Moscow sport club of Krasnopresnensky district) (МКС, Московский кружок спорта), later named Krasnaya Presnya, was formed by Ivan Artemyev and involved Nikolai Starostin, especially in its football team. The team grew, building a stadium, supporting itself from ticket sales and playing matches across the Russian SFSR. As part of a 1926 reorganization of football in the Soviet Union, Starostin arranged for the club to be sponsored by the food workers union and the club moved to the 13,000 seat Tomsky Stadium, known as Pishcheviki. The team changed sponsors repeatedly over the following years as it competed with Dinamo Moscow, whose 35,000 seat Dinamo Stadium lay close by.

As a high-profile sportsman, Starostin came into close contact with Alexander Kosarev, secretary of the Komsomol (Communist Union of Youth) who already had a strong influence on sport and wanted to extend it. In November 1934, with funding from Promkooperatsiia, Kosarev employed Starostin and his brothers to develop his team to make it more powerful. Again the team changed its name, this time to Spartak Moscow.

The club founders, four Starostin brothers, played a big role in the formation of the team. The Starostins played for the red-whites in the 1930s but right before World War II they were subjected to repression as the leaders of the most hated team by the state authorities. Elder brother Nikolai Starostin wrote in his books that he had survived in the State Prison System due to his participation in football and with Spartak. After the political rehabilitation, in 1954, he would later return to the team as the squad's manager.

Soviet period

In 1935, Starostin proposed the name Spartak that was derived from Spartacus, a gladiator-slave who led a rebellion against Rome, and was inspired by eponymous book by Raffaello Giovagnoli. Starostin is also credited with the creation of the Spartak logo.^[1] The same year, the club became a part of newly created Spartak sports society.

Spartak's third logo, still in use by the sports society.

Czechoslovak manager Antonin Fivebr is credited as the first head coach of Spartak, though he worked as a consultant in several clubs simultaneously.^[2] In 1936, the Soviet Top League was established, where its first championship was won by Dynamo Moscow while Spartak won its second, which was held in the same calendar year. Before World War II, Spartak earned two more titles.^[3] In 1937 Spartak won the football tournament of Workers' Olympiad at Antwerp.

During the 1950s, Spartak, together with Dynamo, dominated the Soviet Top League. When the Soviet national team won gold medals at the Melbourne Olympics, it consisted largely of Spartak players. Spartak captain Igor Netto was the captain of the national team from 1954 to 1963. In the 1960s, Spartak won two league titles, but by the mid-1960s, Spartak was no more regarded as a leading Soviet club. The club was even less successful in the 1970s and in 1976 Spartak was relegated into the lower league.

During the following season, the stadium was still full as the club's fans stayed with the team during its time in the lower division. Konstantin Beskov, who became the head coach (ironically, as a footballer Beskov made his name playing for Spartak's main rivals, Dynamo), introduced several young players, including Rinat Dasayev and Georgi Yartsev. Spartak came back the next year and won the title in 1979, beating Dynamo Kyiv and thanks to Spartak supporters, the period is considered to be the start of the modern-style fans' movement in the Soviet Union.

On 20 October 1982, disaster struck during the UEFA Cup match between Spartak and Dutch club HFC Haarlem. Sixty-six people died in a stampede during the match,^[4] making it Russia's worst sporting disaster.

In 1989, Spartak won the its last USSR Championship, rivals Dynamo Kyiv 2–1 in the closing round. Spartak's striker Valery Shmarov scored the "golden" free kick with almost no time left. The next season, Spartak reached the European Cup semi-final, consequently eliminating Napoli on penalties and Real Madrid (with 3–1 away victory), but losing to Marseille.

Modern period

View of the Otkrytie Arena.

A new page in the club’s history began when the Soviet Union collapsed and its championship ceased to exist. In the newly created Russian league, Spartak, led by coach and president Oleg Romantsev, dominated and won all but one title between 1992 and 2001. Year-after-year the team also represented Russia in the Champions League.

Problems began in the new century, however. Several charismatic players (Ilya Tsymbalar and Andrey Tikhonov among others) left the club as a result of conflict with Romantsev. Later, Romantsev sold his stock to oil magnate Andrei Chervichenko, who in 2003 became the club president. The two were soon embroiled in a row that would continue until Romantsev was sacked in 2003 with the club suffering several sub-par seasons until Chervichenko finally sold his stock in 2004. The new ownership made a number of front office changes with the aim of returning the team to the top of the Russian Premier League.^[5]

In the 2005 season, Spartak, led by Aleksandrs Starkovs, finished second in the league following an impressive run to beat Lokomotiv Moscow, Zenit Saint Petersburg and Rubin Kazan to the last Champions League place.

Following a mixed start to the 2006 season and public criticism from Dmitry Alenichev, the team's captain and one of its most experienced players, the Starkovs left his position to Vladimir Fedotov.

Spartak has been entitled to place a golden star on its badge since 2003 to commemorate winning five Russian championships in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996 and 1997. They have won the championship another four times since 1997. Since 2013, the club have added another three stars as rules allowed teams to include titles won during the Soviet era.

Spartak '30s

Spartak '40s

Spartak '50s-'60s

Spartak 1963,1971 Soviet Cup final

Achievements

Domestic competitions

• Soviet Top League / Russian Premier League: 21

1936 (autumn), 1938, 1939, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1962, 1969, 1979, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001

• • Runners-up (16): 1937, 1954, 1955, 1963, 1974, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1991, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011–12
• Soviet Cup / Russian Cup: 13

1938, 1939, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1958, 1963, 1965, 1971, 1992, 1993–94, 1997–98, 2003

• • Runners-up (7): 1948, 1952, 1957, 1972, 1981, 1995–96, 2006
• Soviet Super Cup / Russian Super Cup:
  • Runners-up (3): 2004, 2006, 2007
• Soviet First League / Russian National Football League: 1

1977

• • Runners-up : none
• USSR Federation Cup: 1

1987

• • Runners-up : none

International competitions

• Commonwealth of Independent States Cup: 6

1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001

• • Runners-up (3): 1997, 1998, 2002

Non-official

• Ciutat de Barcelona Trophy: 1

1982

• • Runners-up : none
• Copa del Sol: 1

2012

• • Runners-up : none

Notable European campaigns

Season	Achievement	Notes
European Cup / UEFA Champions League
1980–81	Quarter-final	eliminated by Real Madrid 0–0 in Tbilisi, 0–2 in Madrid
1990–91	Semi-final	eliminated by Marseille 1–3 in Moscow, 1–2 in Marseille
1993–94	Group stage	finished third in a group with Barcelona, AS Monaco and Galatasaray
1995–96	Quarter-final	eliminated by Nantes 2–2 in Moscow, 0–2 in Nantes
2000–01	Second group stage	Finished fourth in a group with Bayern Munich, Arsenal and Lyon
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
1972–73	Quarter-final	eliminated by Milan 0–1 in Moscow, 1–1 in Milan
1992–93	Semi-final	eliminated by Antwerp 1–0 in Moscow, 1–3 in Antwerp
UEFA Cup
1983–84	Quarter-final	eliminated by Anderlecht 2–4 in Brussels, 1–0 in Tbilisi
1997–98	Semi-final	eliminated by Internazionale 1–2 in Moscow, 1–2 in Milan
UEFA Europa League
2010–11	Quarter-final	eliminated by Porto 1–5 in Porto, 2–5 in Moscow

UEFA Team Ranking 2015

Rank	Country	Team	Points
51		Celtic	38.030
52		Roma	37.968
53		Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	37.333
54		Spartak Moscow	36.699
55		Racing Genk	36.500
56		Fiorentina	36.488
57		Trabzonspor	36.440

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League history

Soviet Union

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Europe		Top scorer (league)	Manager/acting manager
1936 (s)	1st	3	6	3	1	2	12	7	13	-	-		Glazkov – 4	Kozlov
1936 (a)		1	7	4	2	1	19	10	17	QF	-		Glazkov – 7	Kozlov
1937		2	16	8	5	3	24	16	37	R16	-		Rumyantsev – 8	Kvashnin
1938		1	25	18	3	4	74	19	39	W	-		Sokolov – 18	Kvashnin P.Popov
1939		1	26	14	9	3	58	23	37	W	-		Semyonov – 18	P.Popov
1940		3	24	13	5	6	54	35	31	-	-		Semyonov – 13 Kornilov – 13	Gorokhov
1944		no league competition								SF	-		-	Kvashnin
1945		10	22	6	3	13	22	44	15	R16	-		Timakov – 7	Isakov Vollrat
1946		6	22	8	5	9	38	40	21	W	-		Salnikov – 9	Vollrat
1947		8	24	6	9	9	34	26	21	W	-		Dementyev – 9	Vollrat
1948		3	26	18	1	7	64	34	37	RU	-		Konov – 15	Kvashnin
1949		3	34	21	7	6	93	43	49	SF	-		Simonyan – 26	Dangulov
1950		5	36	17	10	9	77	40	44	W	-		Simonyan – 34	Dangulov
1951		6	28	13	5	10	50	35	31	QF	-		Simonyan – 10	Dangulov Gorokhov Glazkov
1952		1	13	9	2	2	26	12	20	RU	-		Paramonov – 8	Sokolov
1953		1	20	11	7	2	47	15	29	QF	-		Simonyan – 14	Sokolov
1954		2	24	14	3	7	49	26	31	R16	-		Ilyin – 11	Sokolov
1955		2	22	15	3	4	55	27	33	SF	-		Parshin – 13	Gulyaev
1956		1	22	15	4	3	68	28	34	-	-		Simonyan – 16	Gulyaev
1957		3	22	11	6	5	43	28	28	RU	-		Simonyan – 12	Gulyaev
1958		1	22	13	6	3	55	28	32	W	-		Ilyin – 19	Gulyaev
1959		6	22	8	8	6	32	28	24	-	-		Isaev – 8	Gulyaev
1960		7	30	15	7	8	52	32	37	R16	-		Ilyin – 13	Simonyan
1961		3	30	16	8	6	57	34	40	R16	-		Khusainov – 14	Simonyan
1962		1	32	21	5	6	61	25	47	R16	-		Sevidov – 16	Simonyan
1963		2	38	22	8	8	65	33	52	W	-		Sevidov – 15	Simonyan
1964		8	32	12	8	12	34	32	32	SF	-		Sevidov – 6	Simonyan
1965		8	32	10	12	10	28	26	32	W	-		Khusainov – 5 Reingold – 5	Simonyan
1966		4	36	15	12	9	45	41	42	QF	-		Osyanin – 15	Gulyaev
1967		7	36	13	14	9	38	30	40	R32	CWC	R16	Khusainov – 8	Salnikov Simonyan
1968		2	38	21	10	7	64	43	52	R32	-		Khusainov – 14	Simonyan
1969		1	32	24	6	2	51	15	54	R32	-		Osyanin – 16	Simonyan
1970		3	32	12	14	6	43	25	38	QF	-		Khusainov – 12	Simonyan
1971		6	30	9	13	8	35	31	31	W	ECC	R32	Kiselyov – 5 Silagadze – 5 Piskarev – 5	Simonyan
1972		11	30	8	10	12	29	30	26	RU	UC	R32	Papaev – 4 Andreev – 4 Piskarev – 4	Simonyan
1973		4	30	14	8	8	37	28	31	QF	CWC	QF	Piskarev – 12	Gulyaev
1974		2	30	15	9	6	41	23	39	QF	-		Piskarev – 10	Gulyaev
1975		10	30	9	10	11	27	30	28	R16	UC	R64	Lovchev – 8	Gulyaev
1976 (s)		14	15	4	2	9	10	18	10	-	UC	R16	Pilipko – 2 Lovchev – 2 Bulgakov – 2	Krutikov
1976 (a)		15	15	5	3	7	15	18	13	R32	-		Bulgakov – 6	Krutikov
1977	2nd	1	38	22	10	6	83	42	54	R16	-		Yartsev – 17	Beskov
1978	1st	5	30	14	5	11	42	33	33	R16	-		Yartsev – 19	Beskov
1979		1	34	21	10	3	66	25	50	Qual.	-		Yartsev – 14	Beskov
1980		2	34	18	9	7	49	26	45	SF	-		Rodionov – 7	Beskov
1981		2	34	19	8	7	70	40	46	RU	ECC	QF	Gavrilov – 21	Beskov
1982		3	34	16	9	9	59	35	41	Qual.	UC	R32	Shavlo – 11	Beskov
1983		2	34	18	9	7	60	25	45	R16	UC	R16	Gavrilov – 18	Beskov
1984		2	34	18	9	7	53	29	45	QF	UC	QF	Rodionov – 13	Beskov
1985		2	34	18	10	6	72	28	46	R16	UC	R16	Rodionov – 14	Beskov
1986		3	30	14	9	7	52	21	37	SF	UC	R16	Rodionov – 17	Beskov
1987		1	30	16	11	3	49	26	42	R16	UC	R16	Rodionov – 12 Cherenkov – 12	Beskov
1988		4	30	14	11	5	40	26	39	QF	UC	R32	Rodionov – 12	Beskov
1989		1	30	17	10	3	49	19	44	QF	ECC	R16	Rodionov – 16	Romantsev
1990		5	24	12	5	7	39	26	29	R16	UC	R32	Shmarov – 12	Romantsev
1991		2	30	17	7	6	57	30	41	QF	ECC	SF	Mostovoi – 13 Radchenko – 13	Romantsev
1992	-	-								W	UC	R32	-	Romantsev

Russia

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Europe		Top scorer (league)	Manager/acting manager
1992	1st	1	26	18	7	1	62	19	43	-	-		Radchenko – 12	Romantsev
1993		1	34	21	11	2	81	18	53	R32	CWC	SF	Beschastnykh – 18	Romantsev
1994		1	30	21	8	1	73	21	50	W	UCL	GS	Beschastnykh – 10	Romantsev
1995		3	30	19	7	5	76	26	63	SF	UCL	GS	Shmarov – 16	Romantsev
1996		1	35	22	9	4	72	35	75	RU	UCL	QF	Tikhonov – 16	Yartsev
1997		1	34	22	7	5	67	30	73	QF	UC	R32	Kechinov – 11	Romantsev
1998		1	30	17	8	5	58	27	59	W	UCL UC	Qual. SF	Tsymbalar – 10	Romantsev
1999		1	30	22	6	2	75	24	72	R32	UCL	GS	Tikhonov – 19	Romantsev
2000		1	30	23	1	6	69	30	70	SF	UCL UC	GS R32	Titov – 13	Romantsev
2001		1	30	17	9	4	56	30	60	QF	UCL	2nd GS	Titov – 11 Robson – 11	Romantsev
2002		3	30	16	7	7	49	36	55	R32	UCL	GS	Beschastnykh – 12	Romantsev
2003		10	30	10	6	14	38	48	36	W	UCL	GS	Pavlyuchenko – 10	Romantsev Chernyshov Fedotov
2004		8	30	11	7	12	43	44	40	R32	UC UIC	R16 QF	Pavlyuchenko – 10	Scala Starkov
2005		2	30	16	8	6	47	26	56	R32	-		Pavlyuchenko – 11	Starkov
2006		2	30	15	13	2	60	36	58	RU	-		Pavlyuchenko – 18	Starkov Fedotov
2007		2	30	17	8	5	50	30	59	SF	UCL UC	GS R32	Pavlyuchenko – 14	Fedotov Cherchesov
2008		8	30	11	11	8	43	39	44	R32	UCL UC	Qual. R32	Bazhenov – 6 Pavlyuchenko – 6 Pavlenko – 6 Welliton – 6	Cherchesov M. Laudrup
2009		2	30	17	4	9	61	33	55	QF	-		Welliton – 21	M. Laudrup Karpin
2010		4	30	13	10	7	43	33	10	R16	UCL UC	Qual. GS	Welliton – 19	Karpin
2011–12		2	44	21	12	11	68	48	75	R16	UC	Qual	Emenike – 13	Karpin
2012–13		4	30	15	6	9	51	39	51	R16	UCL	GS	Y. Movsisyan – 13	Emery Karpin
2013–14		6	30	15	5	10	46	36	50	R16	UC	Qual	Y. Movsisyan – 16	Karpin Gunko
2014–15		6	30	12	8	10	42	42	43	R16	-		Promes – 13	Murat Yakin
2015–16										R16	-			Dmitri Alenichev

Most league goals for Spartak

As of 2 December 2011 (min. 50)

1. Nikita Simonyan: 133
2. Sergey Rodionov: 119
3. Yegor Titov: 106
4. Galimzyan Khusainov: 102
5. Fyodor Cherenkov: 95
6. Roman Pavlyuchenko: 89
7. Yuri Gavrilov: 89
8. Anatoli Ilyin: 83
9. Yuri Sevidov: 71
10. Andrey Tikhonov: 68
11. Sergei Salnikov: 64
12. Aleksei Paramonov: 63
13. Welliton: 61
14. Vladimir Beschastnykh: 56
15. Anatoli Isayev: 54
16. Valeri Shmarov: 54
17. Georgi Yartsev: 54
18. Nikolai Osyanin: 50

Nickname

The team is usually called "red-and-whites," but among the fans "The Meat" (Russian: "Мясо", "Myaso") is a very popular nickname. The origins of the nickname belong to the days of the foundation of the club; in the 1920s, the team was renamed several times, from "Moscow Sports Club" to "Red Presnya" (after the name of one of the districts of Moscow) to "Pishcheviki" ("Food industry workers") to "Promkooperatsiya" ("Industrial cooperation") and finally to "Spartak Moscow" in 1935, and for many years the team was under patronage of one of the Moscow food factories that dealt with meat products.

One of the most favourite slogans of both the fans and players is, "Who are we? We're The Meat!" (Russian: "Кто мы? Мясо!", "Kto my? Myaso!")

Rival teams and friendships

At present, Spartak's arch rival is CSKA Moscow, although this is a relatively-recent rivalry that has only emerged in the last 20 years. Seven of ten matches with the largest audience in Russian Premier League (including top three) were Spartak-CSKA derbies.^[6] Historically, the most celebrated rivalry is with Dynamo Moscow, a fiercely-contested matchup which is Russia's oldest derby. However, this has faded somewhat due to Dynamo's mediocre performances in recent years. Matches against Lokomotiv Moscow and Zenit Saint Petersburg attract thousands of people as well, almost always resulting in packed stadia. Upon the collapse of the Soviet Union, Spartak's rivalry with Dynamo Kyiv, one of the leaders of the USSR championship, was lost. Since Dynamo Kyiv now plays in the Ukrainian Premier League, both teams must qualify for UEFA tournaments to meet each other.

Since the mid-2000s the supporters of Spartak maintain brotherhood relations with Red Star Belgrade ultras – a friendship based on common Orthodox faith and same club colours. Also fans of Spartak have friendship relations with Torpedo Moscow supporters.

Stadium

Spartak has never had its own stadium, with the team historically playing in various Moscow stadia throughout its history, even once playing an exhibition match in Red Square. Currently, the club's home ground is the five-star rated Luzhniki Stadium.

However, the club's new board has declared that "Spartak will soon play on their own stadium." The Russian government has agreed to give land for the stadium near the Tushino air field. After a set of delays, actual construction begun in December 2010, immediately after Russia obtained the right to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The stadium was opened on 28 August 2014.

Players

As of 16 February 2016

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 3 DF Sergei Bryzgalov 4 DF Sergei Parshivlyuk 5 MF Rômulo 7 MF Kirill Kombarov 8 MF Denis Glushakov 10 MF Quincy Promes 13 DF Vladimir Granat 16 DF Salvatore Bocchetti 17 MF Aleksandr Zuyev 20 FW Zé Luís 23 MF Dmitri Kombarov

No. Position Player 25 MF Lorenzo Melgarejo 27 MF Aleksandr Zotov 30 GK Sergei Pesyakov 32 GK Artyom Rebrov (Captain) 34 DF Yevgeni Makeyev 37 MF Georgi Melkadze 40 MF Artyom Timofeyev 45 DF Aleksandr Putsko 49 MF Jano Ananidze 52 MF Igor Leontyev 71 MF Ivelin Popov

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 35 DF Serdar Tasci (at Bayern until 30 June 2016) 44 FW Pavel Yakovlev (at Krylia Sovetov until 31 May 2016) — MF Tino Costa (at Fiorentina until 30 June 2016) — FW Yura Movsisyan (at Real Salt Lake until 31 December 2016) — FW Denis Davydov (at Mladá Boleslav until 30 June 2016)

Reserve squad

The following players are listed by Spartak's website as reserve players and are registered with the Premier League. They are eligible to play for the first team.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 29 MF Daniil Gorovykh 31 GK Fyodor Arsentyev 35 DF Leonid Mironov 36 FW Dmitri Malikov 42 MF Denis Patsev 43 MF Pyotr Volodkin 54 DF Ilya Ivanov 56 GK Vadim Averkiyev 57 MF Kirill Orekhov 58 GK Aleksei Kozlov 59 MF Nazar Gordeochuk 61 DF Kirill Feofilaktov 65 DF Oleg Krasilnichenko 68 DF Daniil Petrunin

No. Position Player 74 MF Nikita Kiselyov 75 FW Maximiliano Artemio Lyalushkin 76 DF Ivan Kostylev 79 FW Aleksandr Rudenko 80 DF Ivan Khomukha 81 GK Yuri Shcherbakov 82 MF Ilya Mazurov 84 MF Boris Tsygankov 87 MF Soltmurad Bakayev 89 MF Vladlen Babayev 91 MF Aleksandr Lomovitskiy 92 DF Nikolai Rasskazov 94 DF Andrei Shigorev 95 MF Vladislav Razdelkin

Beginning in 2013, Spartak's farm club, Spartak-2 Moscow, plays at the professional level in the third-tier Russian Professional Football League. Spartak's reserve squad previously played professionally as FC Spartak-d Moscow (Russian Second League in 1992–93, Russian Third Division in 1994–97) and as FC Spartak-2 Moscow (Russian Second Division in 1998–00).

Spartak-2

The following players are listed by Spartak's website as Spartak-2 players and are registered with the Premier League. They are eligible to play for the first team.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 3 DF Sergei Bryzgalov 17 MF Aleksandr Zuyev 18 DF Ilya Kutepov 22 MF Dmitri Kudryashov 26 DF Anton Khodyrev 27 MF Aleksandr Zotov 30 GK Sergei Pesyakov 34 DF Yevgeni Makeyev 37 FW Georgi Melkadze 38 DF Konstantin Shcherbakov 39 MF Ippey Sinodzuka 40 MF Artyom Timofeyev 41 FW Vladimir Obukhov 46 DF Artyom Mamin 47 GK Mikhail Filippov 51 MF Dmitri Kayumov 52 MF Igor Leontyev

No. Position Player 53 MF Artyom Samsonov 55 DF Nikolai Fadeyev 60 MF Konstantin Savichev 62 DF Aydar Lisinkov 63 MF Shamsiddin Shanbiyev 64 DF Denis Kutin 66 MF Maksim Yermakov 67 FW Artyom Fedchuk 70 FW Aleksandr Kozlov 73 MF Ayaz Guliyev 78 MF Zelimkhan Bakayev 83 MF Vladislav Panteleyev 85 GK Vladislav Tereshkin 93 DF Artyom Sokol 96 DF Aleksandr Likhachyov 97 MF Danil Poluboyarinov 98 GK Aleksandr Maksimenko

Personnel

• Owner: Leonid Fedun
• Chairman: Sergey Rodionov
• Manager: Dmitri Alenichev
• Assistant Manager: Dmitri Ananko
• Assistant Manager: Yegor Titov
• Goalkeeping coach: Gianluca Riommi
• Physical training coach: Oleg Samatov
• Doctor: Mikhail Vartapetov
• Rehabilitation coaches: Liu Hungsheng, Vladislav Kornitsky, Diego Mantovani
• Reserves team Manager: Vacant
• Reserves team Assistant Manager: Ilya Salekhov
• Reserves team Goalkeeping coach: Rinat Dasaev
• Masseur team: Stjepko Skreblin, Andrey Pronchev

Spartak-2 Personnel

• Manager: Yevgeni Bushmanov
• Assistant Manager: Andrei Konovalov
• Goalkeeping coach: Vasili Kuznetsov
• Physical training coach: Javier Noya Salces
• Doctor: Oleg Novitskiy

Managers

Name Period Trophies Antonin Fivebr 1936 Mikhail Kozlov Aug 1936–37 Konstantin Kvashnin 1937 – Sept 38 Pyotr Popov Sept 1938–39 Vladimir Gorokhov 1940 Pyotr Popov 1941 Vladimir Gorokhov 1942–43 Konstantin Kvashnin 1944 Pyotr Isakov Jan 1945 – Aug 45 (caretaker) Albert Vollrat Sept 1945–47 Konstantin Kvashnin 1948 Abram Dangulov 1949 – May 51 Georgi Glazkov June 1951 – Dec 51 Vasily Sokolov 1952–54 Nikolay Gulyaev 1955–59 Nikita Simonyan Jan 1, 1960 – Dec 31, 1965 Nikolay Gulyaev 1966 Sergei Salnikov Jan 1967 – July 67 Nikita Simonyan July 1, 1967 – Dec 31, 1972 Nikolay Gulyaev 1973–75

Name Period Trophies Anatoly Krutikov 1976 Konstantin Beskov Jan 1, 1977 – Dec 31, 1988 Oleg Romantsev Jan 1, 1989 – Dec 31, 1995 Georgi Yartsev Jan 1, 1996 – Dec 31, 1996 Oleg Romantsev Jan 1, 1997 – May 3, 2003 Vladimir Fedotov May 2003 – June 3 (caretaker) Andrei Chernyshov June 19, 2003 – Sept 1, 2003 Vladimir Fedotov Sept 2, 2003 – Nov 30, 2003 (caretaker) Nevio Scala Dec 10, 2003 – Sep 15, 2004 Aleksandrs Starkovs Oct 10, 2004 – April 26, 2006 Vladimir Fedotov June 1, 2006 – June 19, 2007 Stanislav Cherchesov July 1, 2007 – Aug 14, 2008 Igor Lediakhov Aug 15, 2008 – Sept 12, 2008 (caretaker) Michael Laudrup Sept 9, 2008 – April 15, 2009 Valeri Karpin April 16, 2009 – June 30, 2012 Unai Emery July 1, 2012 – Nov 25, 2012 Valeri Karpin Nov 26, 2012 – Dec 13, 2012 (caretaker) Valeri Karpin Dec 13, 2012 – March 18, 2014 Dmitri Gunko March 18, 2014 – May 31, 2014 (caretaker) Murat Yakin June 16, 2014 – May 30, 2015 Dmitri Alenichev 2015 –

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit Manufacturer	Shirt Sponsor
1979–87	Adidas
1988		Danieli
1989		JINDO
1990–93		Unipack
1994–96		Urengoygazprom
1997–98		Akai
1999
2000–02		Lukoil
2003–04	Umbro
2005–	Nike

Affiliated clubs

• Red Star Belgrade
• Olympiacos
• Khammouan United

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries, or held any club record. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Spartak. For further list, see List of FC Spartak Moscow players.

Russia/USSR Dmitri Alenichev Dmitri Ananko Nikita Bazhenov Vladimir Beschastnykh Artyom Bezrodny Diniyar Bilyaletdinov Denis Boyarintsev Viktor Bulatov Yevgeni Bushmanov Maksim Buznikin Vladimir Bystrov Stanislav Cherchesov Andrey Chernyshov Valery Chizhov Denis Davydov Maksim Demenko Artyom Dzyuba Vadim Evseev Aleksandr Filimonov Denis Glushakov Maksim Grigoryev Sergei Gorlukovich Oleg Ivanov Valeri Karpin Valery Kechinov Dmitri Khlestov Dmitri Kombarov Aleksey Kosolapov Yuri Kovtun Vasili Kulkov Oleg Kuzmin Igor Lediakhov Yevgeni Makeev Ramiz Mamedov Aleksandr Mostovoi Mukhsin Mukhamadiev Ruslan Nigmatullin Yuri Nikiforov Viktor Onopko Sergei Parshivlyuk Roman Pavlyuchenko Andrei Piatnitski Nikolai Pisarev Pavel Pogrebnyak Dmitri Popov Dmitri Radchenko Rashid Rakhimov Aleksei Rebko Artyom Rebrov Ivan Saenko Aleksandr Samedov Igor Shalimov Aleksandr Sheshukov Aleksandr Shirko Roman Shirokov Roman Shishkin Dmitri Sychev

Vladislav Ternavsky Andrey Tikhonov Yegor Titov Dmitri Torbinski Ilia Tsymbalar Sergei Yuran Nikolay Abramov Aleksandr Bubnov Fyodor Cherenkov Rinat Dasayev Yuri Gavrilov Anatoli Ilyin Anatoli Isayev Valentin Ivakin Vagiz Khidiyatullin Galimzyan Khusainov Anatoly Krutikov Gennady Logofet Evgenii Lovchev Eduard Malofeyev Vladimir Maslachenko Anatoli Maslyonkin Alexander Mirzoyan Gennady Morozov Igor Netto Aleksei Paramonov Viktor Pasulko Gennady Perepadenko Sergey Rodionov Oleg Romantsev Sergey Shavlo Valeri Shmarov Nikita Simonyan Yuri Susloparov Georgi Yartsev Former USSR countries Vali Gasimov Yura Movsisyan Aghvan Papikyan Aras Özbiliz Vasili Baranov Yegor Filipenko Artem Kontsevoy Raman Vasilyuk Tarmo Kink Valeri Abramidze Jano Ananidze Otar Khizaneishvili Giorgi Lomaia Kakhaber Tskhadadze Andrejs Rubins Andrejs Štolcers Ignas Dedura Gintaras Staučė Serghei Covalciuc Andriy Dikan Oleksandr Hranovskyi Maksym Kalynychenko

Maksym Levytskyi Oleh Naduda Dmytro Parfenov Serhiy Pohodin Oleksandr Pomazun Eduard Tsykhmeystruk Dmytro Tyapushkin Vladyslav Vashchuk Jafar Irismetov Europe Emanuel Pogatetz Martin Stranzl Ivelin Popov Stipe Pletikosa Ognjen Vukojević Martin Jiránek Radoslav Kováč Marek Suchý Malik Fathi Serdar Tasci Salvatore Bocchetti Goran Maznov Igor Mitreski Nikola Drinčić Quincy Promes Demy de Zeeuw Wojciech Kowalewski Aiden McGeady Adrian Iencsi Florin Şoavă Gabriel Tamaş Dušan Petković Mihajlo Pjanović Goran Trobok Nemanja Vidić Kim Källström South and Central America Fernando Cavenaghi Tino Costa Juan Insaurralde Nicolás Pareja Clemente Rodríguez Marcos Rojo Alex Mozart Rômulo Robert Scarlett Lucas Barrios Lorenzo Melgarejo Adam Wolanin Africa Jerry-Christian Tchuissé Zé Luís Waris Majeed Quincy Owusu-Abeyie Abdelillah Bagui Emmanuel Emenike Ali Ibra Kebe

References

1. History of Spartak, fcspartak.ru (Russian)
2. "History of Spartak 1936" (in Russian). Retrieved 28 November 2007.
3. Robert Edelman, Spartak Moscow: A History of the People's Team in the Worker's State. Cornell University Press, 2009.
4. Зайкин, В. (20 July 1989). Трагедия в Лужниках. Факты и вымысел. Известия (in Russian) (202). Retrieved 6 February 2012.
5. All-star Spartak rise again, Eduard Nisenboim, uefa.com
6. Samye poseschaemye matchi v istorii chempionatov Rossii(Russian)

Further reading

• Edelman, Robert (2009). Spartak Moscow: A History of the People's Team in the Workers' State. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-4742-6.
• Riordan, Jim (2008). Comrade Jim: The Spy Who Played for Spartak.

External links

• Official website
• Spartak stadium website
• Official fan page (Russian)