2021–22 FC Spartak Moscow season

Spartak Moscow
2021–22 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 (4 goals); All: ; Quincy Promes; Aleksandr Sobolev; (5 each)
Home colours	Away colours

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

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

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		17	6	5	6	20	23	−3	035.29
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					25	9	6	10	30	36	−6	036.00

Last updated: 9 December 2021
Source: Soccerway

Russian Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Akhmat Grozny	18	9	0	9	24	24	0	27[lower-alpha 1]
8	Krylia Sovetov Samara	18	8	3	7	22	18	+4	27[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 2]

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:

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
3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3	0	0	1	1	2	−1	1	0	1	1	1	0

Last updated: 7 August 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
Ground	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	Н	H	А	А	Н	A
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)				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	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SPM	NAP	LEI	LEG
1	Spartak Moscow	6	3	1	2	10	9	+1	10[lower-alpha 1]	Advance to round of 16	—	2–1	3–4	0–1
2	Napoli	6	3	1	2	15	10	+5	10[lower-alpha 1]	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:

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.

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[table_hth_AKH0.39459158545108-1] Head-to-head points: Akhmat Grozny 3, Krylia Sovetov Samara 0.

[table_hth_URA0.39459158545108-2] Head-to-head points: Ural Yekaterinburg 4, Arsenal Tula 3, Nizhny Novgorod 1.

[table_hth_SPM0.50692741968992-7] 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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