Spartak Moscow

FC Spartak Moscow (Russian: ?????????? ???? "???????-??????") is considered to be one of the greatest football teams in Soviet and Russian history. In the early days of Soviet football, many government agencies, such as the police, army, railroads, created their own clubs. Spartak Moscow was created in 1922 as a Folk Team, one that would unite people all across the country. The team became the main competitor by 1936, when it won its first USSR title. But the popularity of the sport grew the most in the 1960s USSR. Spartak fared well, winning two championships in that decade. The 1970s were a time that many fans still remember with shivers. In 1976 Spartak was demoted into the lower league due to poor performances. The next season stadiums were still full of people, as the fans stayed with the team during its time in the lower division. Spartak Moscow came back the next year and reclaimed the gold in 1979, beating Dinamo Kiev.

Current Football Squad

Note: Squad is according to the Official Russian Premier League site.

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Goalkeepers

• 1 Dmitri Khomich (??????? ?????)
• 12 Ivan Komissarov (???? ??????????)
• 30 Wojciech Kowalewski (?????? ??????????)
• 46 Aleksei Zuev (??????? ????)

Defenders

• 2 Yuri Kovtun (???? ??????)
• 5 Adrian Iencsi (Adrian Mihai Iencsi; ?????? ????? ?????)
• 15 Radoslav Ková? (???????? ?????)
• 17 Clemente Rodriguez (Clemente Juan Rodriguez; ???????? ???? ????????)
• 18 Dmitri Parfenov (Dmitro Parfyonov; ??????? ????????)
• 20 Ignas Dedura (????? ??????)
• 26 Nemanja Vidi? (??????? ?????)
• 29 Yevgeni Shpedt (??????? ?????)
• 33 Martin Jiranek (?????? ??????)
• 35 Sergei Kabanov (?????? ???????)
• 36 Fyodor Kudryashov (????? ????????)
• 38 Yevgeni Krug (??????? ????)
• 44 Luc Owona Zoa (??? ????? ???)
• 49 Roman Shishkin (????? ??????)

Midfielders

• 4 Andrejs Rubins (?????? ?????)
• 7 Denis Boyarintsev (????? ?????????)
• 8 Dmitri Alenichev (??????? ????????)
• 9 Egor Titov (Yegor Titov; ???? ?????)
• 11 Aleksandr Pavlenko (????????? ????????)
• 23 Vladimir Bystrov (???????? ???????)
• 24 Santos Mozart (Santos Batista Mozart; ?????? ??????)
• 24 Aleksei Rebko (??????? ?????)
• 25 Maksym Kalynychenko (Maksim Kalinichenko; ?????? ???????????)
• 27 Serghei Covalciuc (?????? ?????????)
• 34 Dmitri Tarasov (??????? ???????)
• 41 Dmitri Torbinsky (??????? ??????????)

Strikers

• 10 Roman Pavlyuchenko (????? ??????????)
• 19 Fernando Cavenaghi (Fernando Ezequiel Cavenaghi; ???????? ???????? ????????)
• 28 Mihailo Pjanovic (??????? ????????)
• 32 Nikita Bazhenov (?????? ???????)
• 37 Tarmo Kink (????? ????)
• 40 Aleksandr Laktionov (????????? ?????????)
• 48 Nikolai Tyunin (??????? ?????)
• 50 Aleksandr Sonin (????????? ?????)