FC Spartak Moscow (Russian:Футбольный клуб «Спартак» Москва,romanized: Futbolʹnyy klub «Spartak» Moskva,pronounced[spɐrˈtakmɐˈskva]) is a Russian professionalfootball club based inMoscow. Having won 12Soviet championships (second only toDynamo Kyiv) and 10Russian championships (a record jointly held withZenit St Petersburg), it is the country's most successful club. They have also won a record 10Soviet Cups, 4Russian Cups and oneRussian Super Cup. Spartak have also reached the semi-finals ofUEFA Europa League,UEFA Champions League and theUEFA Cup Winner's Cup.

Spartak Moscow

Full name	Футбольный клуб Спартак Москва (Football Club Spartak Moscow)
Nickname(s)	Gladiatory (Gladiators) Narodnaya komanda (The People's Team) Krasno-Belye (Red-and-Whites)
Founded	18 April 1922; 102 years ago (1922-04-18)
Ground	Lukoil Arena
Capacity	45,360
Owner	Lukoil[1]
Manager	Dejan Stanković
League	Russian Premier League
2023–24	Russian Premier League, 5th of 16
Website	spartak.com
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

In the early days of Soviet football, government agencies such as the police, army, and railroads created their ownclubs. 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 aligned with theMilitsiya,CSKA Moscow with theRed Army, and Spartak, created by a trade union public organization, was considered to be "the people's team".^{[citation needed]}

The history of the football club and sports society "Spartak" originates from the Russian Gymnastics Society (RGO Sokol [ru]), which was founded on 16 May 1883. The society was founded under the influence of the Pan-Slavic "Sokol movement" with the aim of promoting the "Sokolsk gymnastics" and then sports including fencing, wrestling,figure skating, skating, football, hockey,lawn tennis, boxing, skis, athletics, and cycling. In the RGO Sokol began to play football in the summer of 1897; the professional football section was founded in the spring of 1909. On 1 August 1920, the football team began to officially act under the name MCS, or Moscow Sports Club.^{[citation needed]}

In 1923, the MCS, later named Krasnaya Presnya (Red Presnya), was formed byIvan Artemyev and involvedNikolai Starostin, especially in its football team.Presnya is a district of Moscow renowned for the radical politics of its inhabitants; for example, it represented the centre of theMoscow uprising of 1905.^{[citation needed]}

The team grew, building a stadium, supporting itself from ticket sales and playing matches across theRussian 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 seatTomskyStadium, known as Pishcheviki. The team changed sponsors repeatedly over the following years as it competed with Dinamo Moscow, whose 35,000 seatDynamo Stadium lay close by.^{[citation needed]}

As a high-profile sportsman, Starostin came into close contact with Alexander Kosarev, secretary of theKomsomol (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 nameSpartak means "Spartacus", a gladiator who led anuprising againstAncient Rome).^{[citation needed]}

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 beforeWorld War II they were subjected torepression 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 with Spartak (after thepolitical rehabilitation, in 1954, he would later return to the team as the squad's manager).^{[citation needed]}

In 1935, Starostin proposed the nameSpartak. It was inspired by the Italian novelSpartaco, written byRaffaello Giovagnoli, and meansSpartacus ("Spartak" in Russian), agladiator-slave who led a rebellion againstRome. Starostin is also credited with the creation of the Spartak logo.^[2] The same year, the club became a part of newly createdSpartak sports society.^{[citation needed]}

Czechoslovak managerAntonin Fivebr is credited as the first head coach of Spartak, though he worked as a consultant in several clubs simultaneously.^[3] In 1936, theSoviet 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 ofWorkers' Olympiad atAntwerp.^[5]

During the 1950s, Spartak, together with Dynamo, dominated the Soviet Top League. When theSoviet national team won gold medals at theMelbourne Olympics, it consisted largely of Spartak players. Spartak captainIgor 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 thelower league.^{[citation needed]}

The following season in 1979, fans stayed with the team despite being relegated to the lower division, keeping the stadium full.Konstantin Beskov became the head coach. He had made his name playing for Spartak's main rivals,Dynamo Moscow). He introduced several young players, includingRinat Dasayev andGeorgi Yartsev. Spartak returned the following season and won the title in 1979, beatingDynamo Kyiv.^{[citation needed]}

On 20 October 1982,disaster struck during theUEFA Cup match between Spartak and Dutch clubHFC Haarlem. Sixty-six people died in acrowd crush during the match,^[6] making it Russia's worst sporting disaster.^{[citation needed]}

In 1989, Spartak won its last USSR Championship, rivals Dynamo Kyiv 2–1 in the closing round. Spartak'sstrikerValery Shmarov scored the "golden"free kick with almost no time left. The next season, Spartak reached theEuropean Cup semi-final, consequently eliminatingNapoli on penalties andReal Madrid (with 3–1 away victory), but losing toMarseille.^{[citation needed]}

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 presidentOleg Romantsev, dominated and won all but one title between 1992 and 2001. Season after season the team also represented Russia in theChampions League.^{[citation needed]}

Problems began in the new century, however. Several charismatic players (Ilya Tsymbalar andAndrey 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.^[7]

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.

In 2004,Leonid Fedun became the club's President and second-largest shareholder behind his business partnerVagit Alekperov.

In the2005 season, Spartak, led byAleksandrs Starkovs, finished second in the league to beatLokomotiv Moscow,Zenit Saint Petersburg andRubin Kazan to the last Champions League place.^{[citation needed]} Following a mixed start to the 2006 season and public criticism fromDmitry Alenichev, the team's captain and one of its most experienced players, Starkovs left his position toVladimir Fedotov.^{[citation needed]}

In the 2012–13 season, Spartak qualified for the2012–13 UEFA Champions League group stage and finished last after disappointing performances againstFC Barcelona,Celtic andBenfica. In the league, Spartak finished in fourth place while in the cup it was eliminated in the round of 16 byFC Rostov 0–0(3–5p), completing a disappointing season.

Since 2013, the club have added another three stars as rules allowed teams to include titles won during the Soviet era.

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.^{[citation needed]}

By the beginning of the 2016–17 season, under ex-Juventus managerMassimo Carrera, Spartak had acquired a squad consisting of foreign talents such asQuincy Promes,Fernando,Zé Luís,Lorenzo Melgarejo and Russians such asDenis Glushakov,Roman Zobnin andIlya Kutepov. Spartak won the2016–17 Russian Premier League with the squad, winning most derbies and ultimately finishing with a difference of 7 points.

The following season, Spartak participated in the2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage. Despite suffering its greatest ever loss in a 7-0 result againstLiverpool F.C. atAnfield, the club achieved considerable victories, including a 5-1 win againstSevilla FC.^[8]

Having finished second2020-21 Russian Premier League under managerDomenico Tedesco, whose contract expired at the season's end, Spartak followed up with a successful run in the2021–22 UEFA Europa League, now led byRui Vitoria. Spartak topped its group, which includedNapoli (which it defeated both home and away),Leicester City andLegia Warsaw. It was set to faceRB Leipzig in the round of 16, but the club - along with all Russian club and national teams - was suspended fromFIFA,UEFA and theECA until further notice due toRussia's invasion of Ukraine, and the clubs continued to play with themselves.^[9][10][11]

On 29 May 2022, in the final match ofPaolo Vanoli (manager since December 2021), Spartak won the2021–22 Russian Cup.^[12][13]

On August 22, 2022, PJSC Lukoil Oil Company announced the acquisition of Spartak Moscow and Otkritie Arena.^[14] This occurred after numerous changes at the club, such as the appointment of Spanish specialistGuillermo Abascal as manager,^[15] his assistants Carlos Maria Valle Moreno andVladimir Slišković, physical training coaches Fernando Perez Lopez and Alexander Zaichenko, and goalkeeper coachVasily Kuznetsov.^[16] At 33 years of age, Abascal became the youngest manager in the club's history. It was also reported that Leonid Fedun has resigned as President of the club and member of the board of directors. Under his leadership of more than 18 years, he left behind a mixed legacy. The club had won only a single Russian league, cup and supercup. Second place in the league was achieved six times, and four times the club head reached the group stage of the Champions League. A stadium solely for the use of the club was built for the first time.^[17] On September 26, 2022 Alexander Matytsyn, first vice president of Lukoil, became chairman of the board of directors of FC Spartak.^[18] Lukoil's top managers Pavel Zhdanov, Ivan Maslyaev, and Yevgeny Khavkin joined the board of directors, as did Spartak's general director Yevgeny Melezhikov (left the club in the summer of 2023),^[19] academy presidentSergei Rodionov, as well as independent directors Oleg Malyshev and Yusuf Alekperov.^[20] EnglishmanPaul Ashworth was appointed sporting director.In December 2023, it was announced that the club was reviving a second team, closed in 2022 due to lack of funding. It will be entered in the second league.^[21]

• Soviet Top League/Russian Premier League
  • Champions (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):1937,1954,1955,1963,1974,1980,1981,1983,1984,1985,1991,2005,2006,2007,2009,2011–12,2020–21
• Soviet Cup/Russian Cup
  • Winners (14) (record):1938,1939,1946,1947,1950,1958,1963,1965,1971,1992,1993–94,1997–98,2002–03,2021–22
  • Runners-up (7):1948,1952,1957,1972,1981,1995–96,2005–06
• Russian Super Cup
  • Winners:2017
  • Runners-up (4):2004,2006,2007,2022
• Soviet First League
  • Champions:1977
• USSR Federation Cup
  • Winners:1987

• Commonwealth of Independent States Cup
  • Winners (6):1993,1994,1995,1999,2000,2001
  • Runners-up:1997,1998,2002

• Match Premier Cup
  • Winners:2019,2020,2021
• Ciutat de Barcelona Trophy
  • Winners:1982
• Copa del Sol
  • Winners:2012

As of 22 September 2023, Source:[1]

As of 14 June 2023^[22]

As of 14 August 2018

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

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.	A.Sobolev – 12	Kononov  Tedesco
2020–21		2	30	17	6	7	52	34	57	R16	-		Larsson – 15	Tedesco
2021–22		10	30	10	8	12	16	19	38	W	UEL	R16[A]	A.Sobolev – 9	Rui Vitoria  Vanoli

Notes

As of match played 12 November 2022

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!")

FC Spartak Moscow's main colour is red. In 2014,Nike unveiled kit inspired by the club's new home.^[24]

At present, Spartak's archrival isCSKA 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) wereSpartak-CSKA derbies.^[25] Historically, the most celebrated rivalry is withDynamo Moscow, a fiercely contested matchup which isRussia's oldest derby. Matches againstLokomotiv Moscow andZenit Saint Petersburg attract thousands of people as well, almost always resulting in packed stadia. Upon the collapse of the Soviet Union, Spartak'srivalry withDynamo Kyiv, one of the leaders of the USSR championship, was lost. Since Dynamo Kyiv now plays in theUkrainian Premier League, both teams must qualify forUEFA tournaments to meet each other.

Since the mid-2000s the supporters of Spartak maintain brotherhood relations withCrvena Zvezda (Red Star Belgrade) andOlympiacos ultras – a friendship based on common Orthodox faith and same club colours.Also fans of Spartak have generally friendly relationships withTorpedo Moscow supporters, and of supporters of Polish clubLech Poznań.

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 inRed Square. The team played home games at various Moscow stadiums – especially at theLocomotiv andLuzhniki 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 2 June 2007.

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

As of 20 February 2025

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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

• Owner: Vagit Alekperov, Leonid Fedun
• Managing Director:  Yevgeni Melezhikov

• Director of Sports:Francis Cagigao
• Caretaker head coach: Vladimir Slišković
• Assistant coach: Carlos Valle
• Goalkeeping coach: Vasili Kuznetsov
• Physical coach: Fernando Perez Lopez
• Reserves team head coach:  Aleksei Lunin
• Reserves team assistant coach: Aleksei Melyoshin
• Reserves team goalkeeping coach: Vasili Kuznetsov

• 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. HarperCollins Oub Ltd.ISBN 978-0007251155.

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