FC Spartak Moscow
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Full name | Футбольный клуб Спартак Москва (Football Club Spartak-Moscow) | ||
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Nickname(s) | Narodnaya komanda (The People's Team) Spartachi Krasno-Belye (The Red-Whites) Myaso (The Meat) | ||
Founded | 18 April 1922 | ||
Ground | Otkrytie Arena | ||
Capacity | 44,929 | ||
Manager | Murat Yakin | ||
League | Russian Premier League | ||
2014–15 | Russian Premier League, 6th | ||
Website | http://www.spartak.com/ | ||
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FC Spartak Moscow (Template:Lang-ru [spɐrˈtak mɐˈskva]) is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships (second only to Dynamo Kyiv) and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 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» – police, CSKA – army. «Spartak», created by trade union public organization considered to be «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 Russia. As part of a 1926 reorganization of football in the USSR, Starostin arranged for the club to be sponsored by the food workers union and the club moved to the 13,000 seat Tomsky Stadium and was 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 thirties but right before the war they were subjected to repression as the leaders of the most hated[clarification needed] 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 Spartak. After the political rehabilitation, in 1954, he returned to the team but to another position, the one of team'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.
Czech 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. The first Championship was won by Dynamo Moscow, while in the second one held the same year Spartak came first. Before World War II Spartak gained two more titles.[3] In 1937 Spartak won the football tournament of Workers' Olympiad at Antwerp.
During 1950-s Spartak together with Dynamo Moscow dominated in the Soviet Top League. When the USSR national football 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 mid-60s 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 Moscow), 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 HFC Haarlem. 66 people died in the stampede,[4] which made it Russia's worst sporting disaster.
In 1989 Spartak won the its last USSR Championship defeating 2–1 the main rival Dynamo Kyiv in the closing round. Spartak's striker Valery Shmarov scored the "golden" free kick with almost no time left. The next season Spartak reached European Cup semifinal consequently eliminating Napoli (by penalties) and Real Madrid (with 3–1 away victory) but losing to Olympique de Marseille.
Modern period
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A new page in the club’s history began when the USSR 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. 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 2nd in the league following an impressive run to beat Lokomotiv, Zenit and Rubin 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, '93, '94, '96 and '97. 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 period.
Achievements
Domestic competitions
- Soviet Cup / Russian Cup: 13
- Runners-up : none
- Runners-up : none
International competitions
Non-official
- Runners-up : none
- Copa del Sol: 1
- Runners-up : none
Notable European campaigns
Season | Achievement | Notes | |
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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 | Quarter Final | 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 | |
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 Inter 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 2013
Rank | Country | Team | Points |
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59 | K.R.C. Genk | 37.220 | |
60 | Standard Liège | 37.220 | |
61 | Celtic | 36.813 | |
62 | Spartak Moscow | 35.622 | |
63 | FC Viktoria Plzeň | 35.570 | |
64 | Hamburger SV | 33.899 | |
65 | FC BATE Borisov | 33.725 |
As of 27 December 2013.[6]
League history
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.Popov1939 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 – 13Gorokhov 1944 no league competition SF - - Kvashnin 1945 10 22 6 3 13 22 44 15 R16 - Timakov – 7 Isakov
Vollrat1946 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
Glazkov1952 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 – 5Simonyan 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
Simonyan1968 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 – 5Simonyan 1972 11 30 8 10 12 29 30 26 RU UC R32 Papaev – 4
Andreev – 4
Piskarev – 4Simonyan 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 – 2Krutikov 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 – 12Beskov 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 – 13Romantsev 1992 - - W UC R32 - Romantsev
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
UCQual.
SFTsymbalar – 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
UCGS
R32Titov – 13 Romantsev 2001 1 30 17 9 4 56 30 60 QF UCL 2nd GS Titov – 11
Robson – 11Romantsev 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
Fedotov2004 8 30 11 7 12 43 44 40 R32 UC
UICR16
QFPavlyuchenko – 10 Scala
Starkov2005 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
Fedotov2007 2 30 17 8 5 50 30 59 SF UCL
UCGS
R32Pavlyuchenko – 14 Fedotov
Cherchesov2008 8 30 11 11 8 43 39 44 R32 UCL
UCQual.
R32Bazhenov – 6
Pavlyuchenko – 6
Pavlenko – 6
Welliton – 6Cherchesov
M.Laudrup2009 2 30 17 4 9 61 33 55 QF - Welliton – 21 M.Laudrup
Karpin2010 4 30 13 10 7 43 33 10 R16 UCL
UCQual.
GSWelliton – 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 – 16 Emery
Karpin
Most league goals for Spartak
As of 2 December 2011 (min. 50)
- Nikita Simonyan: 133
- Sergey Rodionov: 119
- Galimzyan Khusainov: 102
- Fyodor Cherenkov: 95
- Roman Pavlyuchenko: 89
- Yuri Gavrilov: 89
- Yegor Titov: 87
- Anatoli Ilyin: 83
- Yuri Sevidov: 71
- Andrey Tikhonov: 68
- Sergei Salnikov: 64
- Aleksei Paramonov: 63
- Welliton: 57
- Vladimir Beschastnykh: 56
- Anatoli Isayev: 54
- Valeri Shmarov: 54
- Georgi Yartsev: 54
- 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 which 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
At present, Spartak's arch rival is CSKA Moscow; although this is a relatively recent rivalry having only emerged in the last twenty years. Seven of ten matches with the largest audience in Russian Premier League (including top three) were Spartak-CSKA derbies.[7] One of the most celebrated rivalries is Spartak Moscow–Dynamo Moscow rivalry, with neighbours Dinamo Moscow. However, this has faded somewhat due to Dinamo's poor performances. Matches against Lokomotiv Moscow and Zenit St.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.
Stadium
Spartak has never had its own stadium and the team has played in various Moscow stadia throughout its history and even once an exhibition match on Red Square. Currently, the club's home ground is the 5-star Luzhniki Stadium.
However, the club's new board has recently declared that "Spartak will soon play on their own stadium". The federal 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 2018 FIFA World Cup. The stadium was opened on the 28th of August 2014.
Players
As of 13 August 2014
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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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.
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Beginning in 2013, Spartak's farm club called FC Spartak-2 Moscow plays on 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 1992–1993, Russian Third Division in 1994–1997) and as FC Spartak-2 Moscow (Russian Second Division in 1998–2000).
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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Personnel
- Owner: Leonid Fedun
- Executive director: Roman Askhabadze
- Manager: Murat Yakin
- Assistant coaches: Marcos Otero, Walter Grüter
- Goalkeeping coach: Gianluca Riommi
- Physical training instructor: Gulen Harun
- Physical training coach:
- Doctor: Mikhail Vartapetov
- Rehabilitation coaches: Liu Hungsheng, Gennady Belenky, Diego Mantovani
- Reserves team coaches: Vasily Kulkov, Vladimir Pchelnikov (goalkeeping)
- Masseur team: Stjepko Skreblin, Andrey Pronchev
Managers
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Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors
Period | Kit Manufacturer | Shirt Sponsor |
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1979–87 | Adidas | |
1988 | Danieli | |
1989 | JINDO | |
1990–93 | Unipack | |
1994–96 | Urengoygazprom | |
1997–98 | Akai | |
1999 | ||
2000–02 | Lukoil | |
2003–04 | Umbro | |
2004– | Nike |
Affiliated clubs
References
- ^ History of Spartak, fcspartak.ru Template:Ru icon
- ^ "History of Spartak 1936". Retrieved 28 November 2007.Template:Ru icon
- ^ Robert Edelman, Spartak Moscow: A History of the People's Team in the Worker's State. Cornell University Press, 2009.
- ^ Зайкин, В. (20 July 1989). "Трагедия в Лужниках. Факты и вымысел". Известия (in Russian) (202). Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- ^ All-star Spartak rise again, Eduard Nisenboim, uefa.com
- ^ http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/club/
- ^ Samye poseschaemye matchi v istorii chempionatov RossiiTemplate:Ru icon
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 Template:Ru icon
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- Official Facebook Page
- Official Twitter Page
- International Fansite
- Site of future stadium of Spartak
- Spartak-Video
- The Red-White INFOrmation History and statistics FC Spartak Moscow
- FC Spartak Moscow – news
- FC and HC Spartak Moscow – news, squad, history, statistics
- Multilanguage site of fans of Spartak Moscow team
- Official fan page