FC Spartak Moscow

FC Spartak Moscow (Russian: Футбольный клуб «Спартак» Москва [spɐrˈtak mɐˈskva]) is a Russian professional football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships (second only to Dynamo Kyiv) and a record 10 Russian championships, it is the country's most successful club. They have also won a record 10 Soviet Cups, 3 Russian Cups and one Russian Super Cup. Spartak have also reached the semi-finals of all three European club competitions.

This article is about the football club. For the ice hockey club, see HC Spartak Moscow.

"FCSM" redirects here. For the French football team, see FC Sochaux-Montbéliard.

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 (Meat)
Founded	18 April 1922 (1922-04-18)
Ground	Otkritie Arena
Capacity	45,360
Owner	Vagit Alekperov Leonid Fedun[1]
General Director	Shamil Gazizov
Head coach	Domenico Tedesco
League	Russian Premier League
2019–20	Russian Premier League, 7th of 16
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

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 the Spartak sports society and is an independent privately owned organisation.

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 patronising other teams. Almost all the teams had such kind of patrons — Dynamo Moscow with the militsiya, CSKA Moscow with the Red Army and Spartak, created by a trade union public organization was considered to be "the people's team".

The history of the football club and sports society "Spartak" originates from the Russian Gymnastics Society (RGO "Sokol"), which was founded on May 4, 1883. The society was founded under the influence of the Pan-Slavic "Sokol movement" with the aim of promoting the "Sokolsk gymnastics" and then other sports: fencing, wrestling, figure skating, skating, football, hockey, lawn tennis, boxing, skis, Athletics, cycling ... In the spring of 1922 the RGO "Sokol" was renamed into MKS. (Moscow Sport Circle).

In 1922, the Moscow Sport Circle (Moscow sport club of Krasnopresnensky district) (МКС, Московский кружок спорта), later named Krasnaya Presnya (Red Presnya), was formed by Ivan Artemyev and involved Nikolai Starostin, especially in its football team. Presnya is a district of Moscow renowned for the radical politics of its inhabitants. For example, it was the centre of the Moscow uprising of 1905.

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 Dynamo 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 name Spartak means "Spartacus", a gladiator who led an uprising against Ancient Rome).

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. It was inspired by the Italian novel Spartaco, written by Raffaello Giovagnoli, and means Spartacus ("Spartak" in Russian), a gladiator-slave who led a rebellion against Rome. Starostin is also credited with the creation of the Spartak logo.[2] The same year, the club became a part of newly created Spartak 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.[3] 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.[4] 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 (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,[5] making it Russia's worst sporting disaster.

In 1989, Spartak won 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.[6]

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, 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. In the 2012–13 season, Spartak qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League group stage and finished last after disappointing performances against FC Barcelona, Celtic and Benfica. In the league, Spartak finished in fourth place while in the cup it was eliminated in the round of 16 by FC Rostov 0–0 (3–5 p), completing a disappointing season. The next 3 seasons (2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16) were somewhat similar as Spartak finished 6th, 6th and 5th accordingly while the club did not qualify for European Competitions.

Revival of Spartak

By the beginning of the 2016-17 season, Spartak had acquired a strong squad consisting of talented foreign players such as Quincy Promes, Fernando, Zé Luís, Lorenzo Melgarejo and noteworthy Russians such as Denis Glushakov, Roman Zobnin and Ilya Kutepov. As a result, Spartak won the 2016–17 Russian Premier League after a spectacular performance and the club won most derbies and finished with a difference of 7 points. In the 2016–17 Russian Cup, Spartak was eliminated in the round of 32 and in the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League Spartak was eliminated in the third qualifying round by AEK Larnaca FC 2–1 on aggregate and did not qualify for European Competitions. However, Spartak will be participating in the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage. On 6 December 2017, Spartak suffered the biggest defeat in its history, losing 0–7 in an away UCL group match against Liverpool F.C., though they earlier defeated Sevilla FC 5–1.[7]

Achievements

Domestic competitions

• Soviet Top League / Russian Premier League:

• Winners (22) (record): 1936 (autumn), 1938, 1939, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1962, 1969, 1979, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2016–17
• Runners-up (16): 1937, 1954, 1955, 1963, 1974, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1991, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011–12

• Soviet Cup / Russian Cup:

• Winners (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:

• Winners (1): 2017
• Runners-up (3): 2004, 2006, 2007

• Soviet First League / Russian National Football League:

Winners (1): 1977

• USSR Federation Cup / Russian Premier League Cup:

Winners (1): 1987

International

• Commonwealth of Independent States Cup:

• Winners (6): 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001
• Runners-up (3): 1997, 1998, 2002

Non-official

• Match Premier Cup: 2

Winners (2): 2019, 2020

• Ciutat de Barcelona Trophy: 1

Winners (1): 1982

• Copa del Sol: 1

Winners (1): 2012

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 club coefficient ranking

As of 14.12.2018, Source:

Rank	Team	Points
81	Real Sociedad	18.428
82	Red Star Belgrade	16.750
83	Spartak Moscow	16.000
84	Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.	16.000
85	FC Dynamo Moscow	16.000

As of 14 August 2018

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
UEFA Champions League	122	40	31	51	173	189	−16	032.79
UEFA Europa League	114	59	22	33	180	138	+42	051.75
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	18	10	4	4	31	17	+14	055.56
Total	254	109	57	88	382	341	+41	042.91

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 Scala
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	44	R16	-		Promes – 13	Yakin
2015–16		5	30	15	5	10	48	39	50	R16	-		Promes – 18	Alenichev
2016–17		1	30	22	3	5	46	27	69	R32	UC	Qual	Promes – 11	Alenichev Carrera
2017–18		3	30	16	8	6	51	32	56	SF	UCL	GS	Promes – 15	Carrera
2018–19		5	30	14	7	9	36	31	49	QF	UCL UEL	Qual. GS	Zé Luís – 10	Carrera Kononov
2019–20		7	30	11	6	13	35	33	39	QF	UEL	Qual.	Aleksandr Sobolev – 12	Kononov Tedesco

Most league goals for Spartak

As of 23 September 2018 (min. 50)

1. Nikita Simonyan: 133
2. Sergey Rodionov: 119
3. Galimzyan Khusainov: 102
4. Fyodor Cherenkov: 95
5. Yuri Gavrilov: 90
6. Yegor Titov: 86
7. Anatoli Ilyin: 83
8. Yuri Sevidov: 71
9. Roman Pavlyuchenko: 69
10. Andrey Tikhonov: 68
11. Sergei Salnikov: 64
12. Aleksei Paramonov: 63
13. Quincy Promes: 59
14. Welliton: 57
15. Vladimir Beschastnykh: 56
16. Anatoli Isayev: 54
17. Georgi Yartsev: 54
18. Valeri Shmarov: 54
19. 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!")

Kits and crests

FC Spartak Moscow's main colour is red. In 2014, Nike unveiled kit inspired by the club's new home.[8]

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit supplier	Shirt sponsor
1979–1987	Adidas
1988		Danieli
1989		JINDO
1990–1993		Unipack
1994–1996		Urengoygazprom
1997–1998		Akai
1999
2000–2002		Lukoil
2003–2004	Umbro
2005–present	Nike

Rival teams and friendships

At present, Spartak's archrival is CSKA Moscow, although this is a relatively recent rivalry that has only emerged after the collapse of the USSR. Seven of ten matches with the largest audience in Russian Premier League (including top three) were Spartak-CSKA derbies.[9] Historically, the most celebrated rivalry is with Dynamo Moscow, a fiercely contested matchup which is Russia's oldest derby. 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 and Olympiacos ultras – a friendship based on common Orthodox faith and same club colours. Also fans of Spartak have generally friendly relationships with Torpedo Moscow supporters.

Stadium

Until 2014, Spartak had 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. The team played home games at various Moscow stadiums - especially at the Locomotiv and Luzhniki stadiums. After the purchase of the club by Andrei Chervichenko in the early 2000s, several statements were made about the speedy construction of the stadium, but construction did not begin.

After a controlling stake in the club was bought by Leonid Fedun, real steps were taken to promote the stadium project, and in 2006, the Government of Moscow allocated land at Tushino Aeropol at a size of 28.3 hectares for the construction of the stadium. The project involved the main arena of 42,000 people with natural lawn, sports, and an entertainment hall for tennis, handball, basketball and volleyball for 12,000 spectators. The ceremony of laying the first stone took place on June 2, 2007.

In February 2013, it was announced that as a result of a sponsorship deal with Otkritie FC Bank ("Discovery"), the stadium will be called Otkritie Arena for 6 years. The opening match at the new stadium took place on September 5, 2014, when Spartak drew with the Serbian side Red Star Belgrade (1-1). The first competitive match took place on September 14, 2014, in which Spartak defeated Torpedo Moscow 3-1 in the 7th round of the championship.

Players

Current squad

As of 14 August 2020

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  FRA Samuel Gigot 6 DF  BRA Ayrton 7 FW  RUS Aleksandr Sobolev 8 MF  NED Guus Til 9 FW  RUS Aleksandr Kokorin 10 MF  RUS Zelimkhan Bakayev 11 FW  SWE Jordan Larsson 14 DF  RUS Georgi Dzhikiya 15 MF  RUS Maksim Glushenkov 19 FW  ARG Ezequiel Ponce 20 MF  UZB Oston Urunov 22 MF  RUS Mikhail Ignatov 29 DF  RUS Ilya Kutepov

No. Pos. Nation Player 32 GK  RUS Artyom Rebrov 33 MF  CZE Alex Král 38 DF  RUS Andrey Yeshchenko 39 DF  RUS Pavel Maslov 47 MF  RUS Roman Zobnin 54 MF  RUS Nail Umyarov 56 DF  RUS Ilya Gaponov 61 DF  RUS Ilya Golosov 74 MF  RUS Dmitri Markitesov 77 MF  RUS Reziuan Mirzov 92 DF  RUS Nikolai Rasskazov 98 GK  RUS Aleksandr Maksimenko

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  RUS Aleksandr Lomovitsky (at Khimki) — MF  BRA Pedro Rocha (at Flamengo) — MF  RUS Artyom Timofeyev (at Akhmat Grozny)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  RUS Georgi Melkadze (at Akhmat Grozny) — FW  RUS Aleksandr Rudenko (at Sochi)

Other players under contract

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  RUS Aleksandr Selikhov — MF  RUS Ayaz Guliyev

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  RUS Aleksandr Tashayev

Staff

• Owner: Leonid Fedun
• General Director: vacant
• Director of communications: Anton Lisin
• Head coach: Domenico Tedesco
• Assistant coach: Andreas Hinkel
• Goalkeeping coach: Max Urwantschky
• Fitness coaches: Ramil Sharipov, Aleksandr Zaychenko
• Masseur team: Yevgeni Lavrushko, Nikolai Barkalov, Andrei Pronchev
• Medics: Mikhail Butovsky, Vladimir Vekovishchev, Gleb Chernov
• Physiotherapists: Dmitri Mironov, Pavel Guzeyev, Jorge Catalán Piera
• Reserves team head coach: Aleksei Lunin
• Reserves team assistant coach: Aleksei Melyoshin
• Reserves team goalkeeping coach: Vasili Kuznetsov

Coaches

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 (football) 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 Anatoly Krutikov 1976

Name Period Trophies 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 Murat Yakin June 16, 2014 – May 30, 2015 Dmitri Alenichev June 10, 2015 – August 5, 2016 Massimo Carrera August 5, 2016 – October 22, 2018

Affiliated clubs

• Olympiacos
• Red Star Belgrade

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 Ari Zelimkhan Bakayev 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 Soslan Dzhanayev Georgi Dzhikiya Artyom Dzyuba Vadim Evseev Aleksandr Filimonov Denis Glushakov Sergei Gorlukovich Vladimir Granat Maksim Grigoryev Oleg Ivanov Valeri Karpin Valery Kechinov Dmitri Khlestov Aleksandr Kokorin Dmitri Kombarov Aleksey Kosolapov Yuri Kovtun Fyodor Kudryashov Vasili Kulkov Ilya Kutepov Oleg Kuzmin Igor Lediakhov Yevgeni Makeyev Ramiz Mamedov Aleksandr Mostovoi Mukhsin Mukhamadiev Ruslan Nigmatullin Yuri Nikiforov Viktor Onopko Sergei Parshivlyuk Roman Pavlyuchenko Nikolai Pisarev Pavel Pogrebnyak Dmitri Popov Andrey Pyatnitsky 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 Andrey Yeshchenko Sergei Yuran Roman Zobnin 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 Emin Makhmudov 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 Dykan Oleksandr Hranovskyi Maksym Kalynychenko Maksym Levytskyi Oleh Naduda Dmytro Parfenov Serhiy Pohodin Oleksandr Pomazun

Eduard Tsykhmeystruk Dmytro Tyapushkin Vladyslav Vashchuk Jafar Irismetov Oston Urunov Europe Emanuel Pogatetz Martin Stranzl Ivelin Popov Mario Pašalić Stipe Pletikosa Ognjen Vukojević Martin Jiránek Radoslav Kováč Alex Král Marek Suchý Roman Eremenko Malik Fathi André Schürrle Serdar Tasci Salvatore Bocchetti Goran Maznov Igor Mitreski Quincy Promes Guus Til Demy de Zeeuw Bolesław Habowski Wojciech Kowalewski Aiden McGeady Adrian Iencsi Florin Şoavă Gabriel Tamaş Marko Petković Dušan Petković Mihajlo Pjanović Goran Trobok Nemanja Vidić Nikola Drinčić Kim Källström Jordan Larsson South and Central America Fernando Cavenaghi Tino Costa Juan Insaurralde Nicolás Pareja Clemente Rodríguez Marcos Rojo Luiz Adriano Alex Alexandre Lopes Fernando Rômulo Robert Scarlett Lucas Barrios Lorenzo Melgarejo Adam Wolanin Africa Jerry-Christian Tchuissé Zé Luís Waris Majeed Quincy Owusu-Abeyie Abdelillah Bagui Sylvanus Nimely Emmanuel Emenike Ali Ibra Kebe Fashion Sakala

References

1. https://www.forbes.ru/milliardery/371161-alekperov-okazalsya-akcionerom-spartaka
2. History of Spartak Archived 5 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine, fcspartak.ru (in Russian)
3. "History of Spartak 1936" (in Russian). Retrieved 28 November 2007.
4. Robert Edelman, Spartak Moscow: A History of the People's Team in the Worker's State. Cornell University Press, 2009.
5. Зайкин, В. (20 July 1989). Трагедия в Лужниках. Факты и вымысел. Известия (in Russian) (202). Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
6. All-star Spartak rise again, Eduard Nisenboim, uefa.com
7. https://ria.ru/sport/20171207/1510383440.html
8. SPARTAK MOSCOW AND NIKE UNVEIL THE NEW HOME AND AWAY KIT FOR 2014-15 SEASON
9. Samye poseschaemye matchi v istorii chempionatov Rossii(in 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
• Official website (in Russian)
• Official fan page (in Russian)
• Spartak stadium website