2021–22 FC Spartak Moscow season

Spartak Moscow
season
Managing director	Yevgeni Melezhikov
Head coach	Rui Vitória; (until 15 December 2021) Paolo Vanoli; (from 17 December 2021)
Stadium	Otkritie Arena
Russian Premier League	10th
Russian Cup	Round of 16
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Europa League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ezequiel Ponce; Aleksandr Sobolev; Quincy Promes; (4 goals); All: ; Quincy Promes; Aleksandr Sobolev; (6 each)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season is the 100th season in the existence of FC Spartak Moscow and the club's 30th consecutive season in the top flight of Russian football. In addition to the domestic league, Spartak Moscow participate in this season's editions of the Russian Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

Players[]

First-team squad[]

As of 10 September 2021

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
3	DF	BEL	Maximiliano Caufriez
4	MF	NED	Jorrit Hendrix
6	DF	BRA	Ayrton Lucas
7	FW	RUS	Aleksandr Sobolev
8	MF	NGA	Victor Moses
9	FW	ARG	Ezequiel Ponce
10	MF	RUS	Zelimkhan Bakayev
11	FW	SWE	Jordan Larsson
14	DF	RUS	Georgi Dzhikiya (captain)
17	MF	RUS	Aleksandr Lomovitsky
18	MF	RUS	Nail Umyarov
21	MF	RUS	Georgi Melkadze
22	MF	RUS	Mikhail Ignatov


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	FW	NED	Quincy Promes
29	DF	RUS	Ilya Kutepov
32	GK	RUS	Artyom Rebrov
38	DF	RUS	Andrey Yeshchenko
39	DF	RUS	Pavel Maslov
47	MF	RUS	Roman Zobnin
56	DF	RUS	Ilya Gaponov
57	GK	RUS	Aleksandr Selikhov
68	MF	RUS	Ruslan Litvinov
74	MF	RUS	Dmitri Markitesov
79	FW	RUS	Aleksandr Rudenko
84	FW	RUS	Stepan Oganesyan
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
—	DF	RUS	Ilya Golosov (at Rotor Volgograd)
—	DF	RUS	Nikita Morgunov (at Tyumen)
—	MF	CZE	Alex Král (at West Ham United)
—	MF	RUS	Maksim Glushenkov (at Krylia Sovetov)
—	MF	NED	Guus Til (at Feyenoord)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	UZB	Oston Urunov (at Ufa)
—	MF	RUS	Reziuan Mirzov (at Khimki)
—	FW	BRA	Pedro Rocha (at Athletico Paranaense)
—	FW	RUS	Svyatoslav Kozhedub (at Valmiera)

Transfers[]

In[]

Out[]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

11 July 2021 Premier Cup	Spartak Moscow	4–0	Sochi	Moscow, Russia
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Bakayev 6' Mirzov 38' Sobolev 62' Moses 83'	Report		Stadium: Otkrytiye Arena

14 July 2021 Friendly	Rubin Kazan	0–4	Spartak Moscow	Moscow, Russia
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Moses 10' Sobolev 56' Zobnin 59' Dzhikiya 63'	Stadium: Otkrytiye Arena

18 July 2021 Friendly	Spartak Moscow	5–1	Khimki	Moscow, Russia
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Gigot 10' Sobolev 21' Larsson 29' Kutepov 66' Melkadze 75'	Report	Danilkin 90'	Stadium: Otkrytiye Arena

28 January 2022 Friendly	Spartak Moscow	v	Slovan Bratislava	Moscow, Russia
--:-- MSK (UTC+3)				Stadium: Otkrytiye Arena

Competitions[]

Overall record[]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Russian Premier League	24 July 2021	May 2022	Matchday 1		18	6	5	7	20	26	−6	033.33
Russian Cup	2 March 2022		Round of 16		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Champions League	4 August 2021	10 August 2021	Third qualifying round	Third qualifying round	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	000.00
UEFA Europa League	15 September 2021		Group stage		6	3	1	2	10	9	+1	050.00
Total					26	9	6	11	30	39	−9	034.62

Last updated: 17 December 2021
Source: Soccerway

Russian Premier League[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Akhmat Grozny	18	9	0	9	24	24	0	27^[a]
8	Krylia Sovetov Samara	18	8	3	7	22	18	+4	27^[a]
9	Spartak Moscow	18	6	5	7	20	26	−6	23
10	Rubin Kazan	18	6	4	8	23	27	−4	22
11	Ural Yekaterinburg	18	4	7	7	12	18	−6	19^[b]

Updated to match(es) played on 13 December 2021. Source: Premier Liga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head matches won; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Matches won; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) 2020–21 position (not applicable to final standings); 10) Play-off.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Akhmat Grozny 3, Krylia Sovetov Samara 0.
^ Head-to-head points: Ural Yekaterinburg 4, Arsenal Tula 3, Nizhny Novgorod 1.

Results summary[]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	6	5	7	20	21	−1	23	4	3	2	14	10	+4	2	2	5	6	11	−5

Last updated: 17 December 2021.
Source: FBref

Results by round[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Ground	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	Н	H	А	А	Н	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	D	L	D	W	L
Position	12	9	11	10	8	10	9	9	8	7	7	7	9	9	10	10	9	9

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2021. Source: Premier Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

24 July 2021 1	Rubin Kazan	1–0	Spartak Moscow	Kazan
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Uremović 18' Abildgaard 37' Despotović 42' Samoshnikov 49' Zuyev 66' Kvaratskhelia 68' Shatov 70'	Report	Gigot 18' Rasskazov 79' Sobolev 88' Mirzov 90'	Stadium: Ak Bars Arena Attendance: 14,409 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

30 July 2021 2	Krylia Sovetov	0–1	Spartak Moscow	Samara
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Sobolev 68' (pen.)	Stadium: Solidarnost Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Pavel Kukuyan

7 August 2021 3	Spartak Moscow	1–2	Nizhny Novgorod	Moscow
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Sololev 63' Rasskazov 81' Ponce 86'	Report	Gotsuk 4' Kozlov 16'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 2,849 Referee: Aleksei Suhoj

14 August 2021 4	Spartak Moscow	1–0	Ural	Moscow
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Rasskazov 23' Zobnin 27' Gigot 42'	Report	Gerasimov 33' Hodzyur 45' Yegorychev 76'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 2,945 Referee: Evgeni Kukulyak

21 August 2021 5	Arsenal Tula	1–1	Spartak Moscow	Tula
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Smolnikov 16' Markov 27' Guliyev 41' Novoseltev 50' Khlusevich 82' 90+2'	Report	Zobnin 32' Hendrix 75' Ponce 76' Larsson 86' Rasskazov 90+7'	Stadium: Arsenal Stadium Attendance: 2,945 Referee: Vladimir Moskalev

26 August 2021 6	Spartak Moscow	1–2	Sochi	Moscow
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Zobnin 38' 60' Sobolev 90+2' Hendrix 90+3'	Report	Angban 34' Margasov 39' Rodrigo 41' Barsov 65' Yusupov 72' Dzhanayev 90+5'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 2,713 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

11 September 2021 7	Spartak Moscow	3–1	Khimki	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Dzhikiya 8' Ayrton 25' Sobolev 41' Promes 48' Umayrov 61' Ponce 68' Gigot 81' Caufriez 88'	Report	Troshechkin 44' Sokolov 62' Glushakov 89'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 2,968 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

20 September 2021 8	CSKA Moscow	1–0	Spartak Moscow	Moscow
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Zablotny 43' 81' 43' 90+1' Bohinen 70' Oblyakov 75'	Report	Umyarov 53'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 9,023 Referee: Sergei Karasev

25 September 2021 9	Spartak Moscow	2–0	Ufa	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ponce 3' Promes 29'	Report	Krotov 18' Kamilov 19' Mrzljak 54' Golubev 68'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 6,898 Referee: Artem Lyubimov

3 October 2021 10	Akhmat Grozny	0–1	Spartak Moscow	Grozny
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Utsiyev 38' Konovalov 55'	Report	Litvinov 39' Sobolev 41' Moses 71' Ayrton 83' Lomovitskiy 90+6'	Stadium: Akhmat-Arena Attendance: 7,640 Referee: Kirill Levnikov

16 October 2021 11	Spartak Moscow	2–2	Dynamo Moscow	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Gigot 42' 90' Dzhikiya 42' 87'	Report	Fomin 11' Ordets 17' 22' Yevgenyev 33' Zakharyan 42' Grulyov 42' Szymański 47' Tyukavin 60'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 10,443 Referee: Sergei Karasev

24 October 2021 12	Zenit St. Petersburg	7–1	Spartak Moscow	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Azmoun 20', 36' Claudinho 28' Mostovoy 45', 56' Rakitskyi 72' Dzyuba 80' (pen.) Yerokhin 88'	Report	Promes 53' Caufriez 65' 79' Bakaev 90+2'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 18,721 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

30 October 2021 13	Spartak Moscow	1–1	Rostov	Moscow
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Litvinov 78' Bakayev 84' Dzhikiya 87' Sobolev 90'	Report	Glebov 90+6'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 6,199 Referee: Artyom Lyubimov

7 November 2021 14	Spartak Moscow	1–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Litvinov 11' 35' Sobolev 36' Bakayev 36' Umyarov 64'	Report	Kerk 23' Maradishvili 26' Kulikov 30' Kerk 45+1' Zhivoglyadov 55' Barinov 78' Jedvaj 90' 90'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 7,186 Referee: Ivan Sidenkov

20 November 2021 15	Krasnodar	2–1	Spartak Moscow	Krasnodar
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Córdoba 16' Chernikov 33' Krychowiak 60' (pen.) Spertsyan 66' Vilhena 74'	Report	Umyarov 10' Sobolev 45+3' (pen.) Caufriez 56' Ayrton 59'	Stadium: Krasnodar Stadium Attendance: 10,554 Referee: Alexey Sukhoi

29 November 2021 16	Ufa	1–1	Spartak Moscow	Ufa
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Krotov 37' Zhuralev 38' Kamilov 45+3' Mrzljak 54' Jokić 67' Nikitin 71' 90+3' Aliyev 88'	Report	Ayrton 19' Umayrov 43' Rasskazov 74' 86'	Stadium: BetBoom Arena Attendance: 1,325 Referee: Pavel Kukuyan

4 December 2021 17	Spartak Moscow	2–1	Akmat Grozny	Moscow
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Moses 13' Sobolev 32' Promes 65' 87' Gigot 72' Ayrton 89' Selikhov 90+2'	Report	Konovalov 5' Semyonov 38' Utkin 45+3' Arkhipov 49'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 5,850 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

13 December 2021 18	Sochi	3–0	Spartak Moscow	Sochi
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Noboa 28' 65' Yusupov 36' 90+7' Prokhin 45+3' Tsallagov 48' Rodrigo 63' Popov 89' Adamov 90+1' 90+3'	Report	Ignatov 27' Gigot 79' Bakaev 90' Caufriez	Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium Attendance: 9,298 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

26 February 2022 19	Spartak Moscow	v	CSKA Moscow	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)				Stadium: Otkritie Arena

6 March 2022 20	Dynamo Moscow	v	Spartak Moscow	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)				Stadium: VTB Arena

13 March 2022 21	Spartak Moscow	v	Krasnodar	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)				Stadium: Otkritie Arena

Russian Cup[]

2 March 2022 Round of 16	Spartak Moscow	v	Kuban Krasnodar	Moscow
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)				Stadium: Otkritie Arena

UEFA Champions League[]

Third qualifying round[]

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2021.^[1]

4 August 2021 First leg	Spartak Moscow	0–2	Benfica	Moscow, Russia
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Sobolev 33' Ignatov 87'	Report	Vertonghen 48' Silva 51' Gilberto 74'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 2,933^[2] Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

10 August 2021 Second leg	Benfica	2–0 (4–0 agg.)	Spartak Moscow	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Otamendi 16' João Mário 58' Weigl 71' Gigot 90+2' (o.g.)	Report	Lomovitsky 25' Larsson 68'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 16,312^[3] Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

UEFA Europa League[]

Group stage[]

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021.^[4]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SPM	NAP	LEI	LEG
1	Spartak Moscow	6	3	1	2	10	9	+1	10^[a]	Advance to round of 16	—	2–1	3–4	0–1
2	Napoli	6	3	1	2	15	10	+5	10^[a]	Advance to knockout round play-offs	2–3	—	3–2	3–0
3	Leicester City	6	2	2	2	12	11	+1	8	Transfer to Europa Conference League	1–1	2–2	—	3–1
4	Legia Warsaw	6	2	0	4	4	11	−7	6		0–1	1–4	1–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head–to–head points: Spartak Moscow 6, Napoli 0.

15 September 2021 1	Spartak Moscow	0–1	Legia Warsaw	Moscow, Russia
17:30 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Kastrati 90+1'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 6,832^[5] Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

30 September 2021 2	Napoli	2–3	Spartak Moscow	Naples, Italy
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Elmas 1' Mário Rui 29' Di Lorenzo 45+8' Koulibaly 65' Fabián 78' Manolas 85' Osimhen 90+4'	Report	Ponce 43' Litvinov 45+1' Sobolev 45+8' Promes 55', 90' Caufriez 65' 82' Ayrton 77' Ignatov 81' Maksimenko 89' Umyarov 90+10'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 13,373^[6] Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

20 October 2021 3	Spartak Moscow	3–4	Leicester City	Moscow, Russia
17:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Sobolev 11', 86' Litvinov 33' Larsson 44' Lomovitsky 90+5'	Report	Pereira 30' Daka 45', 48', 54', 79' Soumaré 89'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 11,366^[7] Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

4 November 2021 4	Leicester City	1–1	Spartak Moscow	Leicester, England
20:00 GMT (UTC±0)	Amartey 58' Tielemans 67' Vardy 75'	Report	Moses 51', 74' Sobolev 59'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 30,222^[8] Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

24 November 2021 5	Spartak Moscow	2–1	Napoli	Moscow, Russia
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Sobolev 3' (pen.), 28', 88' Litvinov 14' Promes 90+2'	Report	Elmas 64' Koulibaly 78'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

9 December 2021 6	Legia Warsaw	0–1	Spartak Moscow	Warsaw, Poland
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Martins 24' Josué 26' Slisz 44' Kastrat 61' Wieteska 81' Pekhart 90+5'	Report	Bakaev 17' Promes 34' Dzhikiya 61' Melkadze 80'	Stadium: Stadion Wojska Polskiego Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

References[]

^ "UEFA Champions League third qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
^ "Spartak Moscow vs. Benfica". UEFA. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
^ "Benfica vs. Spartak Moscow". Union of European Football Associations. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
^ "UEFA Europa League group stage draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 August 2021.
^ "Spartak Moscow vs. Legia Warsaw". Union of European Football Associations. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
^ "Napoli vs. Spartak Moscow". Union of European Football Associations. 30 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
^ "Spartak Moscow vs. Leicester City". Union of European Football Associations. 20 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
^ "Leicester City vs. Spartak Moscow". Union of European Football Associations. 4 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

[table_hth_AKH0.71112208613712-1] Head-to-head points: Akhmat Grozny 3, Krylia Sovetov Samara 0.

[table_hth_URA0.71112208613712-2] Head-to-head points: Ural Yekaterinburg 4, Arsenal Tula 3, Nizhny Novgorod 1.

[table_hth_SPM0.011272600391541-7] Head–to–head points: Spartak Moscow 6, Napoli 0.

[3] "UEFA Champions League third qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.

[4] "Spartak Moscow vs. Benfica". UEFA. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

[5] "Benfica vs. Spartak Moscow". Union of European Football Associations. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.

[6] "UEFA Europa League group stage draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 August 2021.

[8] "Spartak Moscow vs. Legia Warsaw". Union of European Football Associations. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.

[9] "Napoli vs. Spartak Moscow". Union of European Football Associations. 30 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.

[10] "Spartak Moscow vs. Leicester City". Union of European Football Associations. 20 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.

[11] "Leicester City vs. Spartak Moscow". Union of European Football Associations. 4 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

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