Under the control of legendary Russian head coach Oleg Romantsev, Spartak Moscow won nine Russian championships as well as four Russian cups between 1992 and 2003. Furthermore, they became the first, and only, Russian team to win all six of their Champions League group stage games, when they won Group H ahead of Rosenborg, Legia Warszawa and Blackburn in 1995/96. If that wasn’t enough, the Red-Whites also reached three European semifinals; the 1990/1991 European Cup, the 1992/1993 Cup … [Read more...]
The Russian Messi and Spartak’s Missing Youth
September 29, 2015 by 1 Comment
Fans of the Red-White Moscow side Spartak didn't have much to celebrate last season, as the club finished sixth in the league, six points behind the historic rivals from Dinamo. One of the few bright spots during Murat Yakin’s single year in charge of Spartak was, however, the amount of youngsters he managed to give debut and utilize on the first team. Most noticeable was the striker Denis Davydov who played 19 matches throughout the season, but also 22 year old Vyacheslav Krotov, 21 year old … [Read more...]
Around Match Day 30
June 5, 2015 by Leave a Comment
’Around the Match Day’ is a new feature on RussianFootballNews.com. We will take a look at all the major and minor stories surrounding the match day and give you an overview you do not get elsewhere. In the last round of the Russian Premier League Zenit St. Petersburg finally received the gold medals they secured long ago. Zenit celebrated the championship at home, when they won 1-0 at home against Lokomotiv Moscow. The league title is Zenit’s first since the 2011/2012 season, and it is also … [Read more...]
Around Match Day 27
May 13, 2015 by Leave a Comment
’Around the Match Day’ is a new feature on RussianFootballNews.com. We will take a look at all the major and minor stories surrounding the match day and give you an overview you do not get elsewhere. The 27th match day of the Russian Premier League was played on the same weekend as the 70th anniversary for the victory against Nazi-Germany in the Second World War, or the Great Patriotic War as it was known in the Soviet Union. Victory Day was celebrated Saturday the 9th of … [Read more...]
Round Table: Looking Back At Matchday 21-23
April 18, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Our panel consists of: Saul Pope (@SaulPope): Writer for WhenSaturdayComes and owner of SaulPope.wordpress.com Aleks V (@AleksVee): Founder of Goalchatter Joel Amorim (@Vostok1981): Founder of TheOldNumber10, Writer for RussianFootballNews, BettingAdda,Futnsoccer and The Secret Footballer Andrew Flint (@AndrewMijFlint): Writer for TheseFootballTimes, RussianFootballNews and BackPageFootball.com Toke Theilade (@TokeTheilade): Chief Editor at RussianFootballNews, featured … [Read more...]
Yekaterinburg Snow Freezes Spartak
October 20, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Snow has already begun to hit parts of Russia this weekend causing the postponement of the Premier League game between Amkar and Dynamo. It was in Yekaterinburg where, unluckily for Spartak Moscow, the snow was cleared from the pitch and they succumbed to a team who were only picking up just their second win of the season, forcing the pressure upon Spartak boss Murat Yakin. With no European qualification matches to contend with at the start of the season as a result of their lowly 6th place … [Read more...]
