Spartak Moscow

Foundation and early period (1883–1941)

In the early days of Soviet football, government agencies such as the police, army, and railroads created their own clubs. 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 the Militsiya, CSKA Moscow with the Red Army, and Spartak, created by a trade union public organization, was considered to be "the people's team". The history of the football club and sports society "Spartak" originates from the Russian Gymnastics Society (RGO Sokol), 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 act under the name MCS, or Moscow Sports Club, with 18 April 1922 considered to be the formal foundation date. In 1923, the MCS, later named Krasnaya Presnya (Red Presnya), was formed by Ivan Artemyev and involved Nikolai 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 the…

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Top goalscorers

As of match played 12 November 2022

Domestic competitions

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 (18): 1937, 1954, 1955, 1963, 1968, 1974, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1991, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011–12, 2020–21 Soviet Cup/Russian Cup Winners (15) (record): 1938, 1939, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1958, 1963, 1965, 1971, 1992, 1993–94, 1997–98, 2002–03, 2021–22, 2025–26 Runners-up (7): 1948, 1952, 1957, 1972, 1981, 1995–96, 2005–06 Russian Super Cup Winners (1): 2017 Runners-up (5): 2004, 2006, 2007, 2022, 2026 Soviet First League Champions (1): 1977 USSR Federation Cup Winners (1): 1987

International

Commonwealth of Independent States Cup Winners (6): 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001 Runners-up (3): 1997, 1998, 2002

Non-official

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