2008 FC Spartak Moscow season

Spartak Moscow
2008 season
ManagerStanislav Cherchesov
(until September)
Michael Laudrup
(from 12 September)
StadiumLuzhniki Stadium
Premier League8th
Russian CupProgressed to 2009 season
UEFA Champions LeagueThird Qualifying Round vs Dynamo Kyiv
UEFA CupGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Four Players (6)
All: Nikita Bazhenov (8)
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The 2008 FC Spartak Moscow season was the club's 17th season in the Russian Premier League season. Spartak finished the season in 8th while progressing to the Quarterfinals of the 2008–09 Russian Cup which took place during the 2009 season. In Europe, Spartak were knocked out of the UEFA Champions League by Dynamo Kyiv at the Third Qualifying round before dropping into the 2008–09 UEFA Cup where they finished 4th in their group.

Season events

On 12 September, Spartak announced the appointment of Michael Laudrup as their new manager.[1]

Squad

As of match played 18 December 2008[2]
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (Age) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
12 Ivan Komissarov Russia GK (1988-05-28)28 May 1988 (aged 20) Youth Team 2005 0 0
16 Yevgeniy Gubin Russia GK (1989-01-25)25 January 1989 (aged 19) Youth Team 2005 0 0
22 Stipe Pletikosa Croatia GK (1979-01-08)8 January 1979 (aged 29) Shakhtar Donetsk 2007 73 0
35 Soslan Dzhanayev Russia GK (1987-03-13)13 March 1987 (aged 21) KAMAZ 2008 2 0
46 Azamat Jioyev Russia GK (1991-01-06)6 January 1991 (aged 17) Youth Team 2008 0 0
Defenders
3 Martin Stranzl Austria DF (1980-06-16)16 June 1980 (aged 28) VfB Stuttgart 2006[3] 46 2
4 Malik Fathi Germany DF (1983-10-29)29 October 1983 (aged 25) Hertha BSC 2008[4] 2011[4] 27 4
7 Martin Jiránek Czech Republic DF (1979-05-25)25 May 1979 (aged 29) Reggina 2004 123 2
14 Clemente Rodríguez Argentina DF (1981-07-31)31 July 1981 (aged 27) Boca Juniors 2004[5] 83 5
15 Radoslav Kováč Czech Republic DF (1979-11-27)27 November 1979 (aged 29) Sparta Prague 2005[6] 133 13
33 Ilya Gultyayev Russia DF (1988-09-05)5 September 1988 (aged 20) Youth Team 2006 0 0
48 Yevgeni Makeyev Russia DF (1989-07-24)24 July 1989 (aged 19) Youth Team 2008 0 0
49 Roman Shishkin Russia DF (1987-01-27)27 January 1987 (aged 21) Youth Team 2004 86 1
53 Mikhail Badyautdinov Russia DF (1989-10-11)11 October 1989 (aged 19) Youth Team 2008 0 0
54 Aleksandr Karakin Russia DF (1991-03-06)6 March 1991 (aged 17) Youth Team 2008 0 0
56 Konstantin Kadeyev Russia DF (1989-01-17)17 January 1989 (aged 19) Youth Team 2008 0 0
59 Andrei Ivanov Russia DF (1988-10-08)8 October 1988 (aged 20) Youth Team 2006 24 0
65 Irakli Chezhiya Georgia (country) DF (1992-05-22)22 May 1992 (aged 16) Youth Team 2008 0 0
70 Ignas Dedura Lithuania DF (1978-01-06)6 January 1978 (aged 30) Skonto 2004[7] 45 4
88 Egor Filipenko Belarus DF (1988-04-10)10 April 1988 (aged 20) BATE Borisov 2008 17 0
Midfielders
5 Mozart Brazil MF (1980-11-08)8 November 1980 (aged 28) Reggina 2005[8] 100 11
8 Aleksandr Pavlenko Russia[9] MF (1985-01-20)20 January 1985 (aged 23) Lausanne-Sport 2001 138 16
19 Cristian Maidana Argentina MF (1987-01-24)24 January 1987 (aged 21) Banfield 2008 31 3
21 Igor Gorbatenko Russia MF (1989-02-13)13 February 1989 (aged 19) Krylia Sovetov-SOK Dimitrovgrad 2008 0 0
23 Vladimir Bystrov Russia MF (1984-01-31)31 January 1984 (aged 24) Zenit St.Petersburg 2005[10] 2008[10] 113 14
27 Serghei Covalciuc Moldova MF (1982-01-20)20 January 1982 (aged 26) Karpaty Lviv 2004 79 3
30 Ivan Saenko Russia MF (1983-10-17)17 October 1983 (aged 25) 1. FC Nürnberg 2008 15 1
31 Sergei Parshivlyuk Russia MF (1989-03-18)18 March 1989 (aged 19) Youth Team 2007 29 0
37 Yehor Luhachov Ukraine MF (1988-12-24)24 December 1988 (aged 19) Lokomotyv Kyiv 2006 2 0
38 Artur Maloyan Russia MF (1989-02-04)4 February 1989 (aged 19) Youth Team 2007 5 0
41 Artak Aleksanyan Armenia MF (1991-03-10)10 March 1991 (aged 17) Youth Team 2008 0 0
43 Aleksandr Zotov Russia MF (1990-08-27)27 August 1990 (aged 18) Youth Team 2008 4 0
45 Aleksandr Kozhevnikov Russia MF (1990-04-18)18 April 1990 (aged 18) Youth Team 2008 0 0
47 Dmitri Malyaka Russia MF (1990-01-15)15 January 1990 (aged 18) Youth Team 2008 0 0
57 Maksim Grigoryev Russia MF (1990-07-06)6 July 1990 (aged 18) Youth Team 2008 2 0
58 Dmitri Tumenko Russia MF (1989-05-04)4 May 1989 (aged 19) Youth Team 2008 0 0
61 Igor Kireyev Russia MF (1992-02-17)17 February 1992 (aged 16) Youth Team 2008 0 0
90 Vladislav Ryzhkov Russia MF (1990-02-28)28 February 1990 (aged 18) Youth Team 2008 8 2
96 Konstantin Sovetkin Russia MF (1989-02-19)19 February 1989 (aged 19) Youth Team 2008 6 0
Forwards
11 Welliton Brazil FW (1986-10-22)22 October 1986 (aged 22) Goiás 2007[11] 24 10
17 Artyom Fomin Russia FW (1988-07-08)8 July 1988 (aged 20) Youth Team 2006 0 0
18 Aleksandr Prudnikov Russia FW (1989-02-26)26 February 1989 (aged 19) Youth Team 2007 42 6
32 Nikita Bazhenov Russia FW (1985-02-01)1 February 1985 (aged 23) Saturn Ramenskoye 2004[12] 94 19
40 Artem Dzyuba Russia FW (1988-08-22)22 August 1988 (aged 20) Youth Team 2006 49 8
44 Pavel Yakovlev Russia FW (1991-04-07)7 April 1991 (aged 17) Youth Team 2008 0 0
62 Vladimir Obukhov Uzbekistan[13] FW (1992-02-08)8 February 1992 (aged 16) Youth Team 2008 0 0
Away on loan
29 Amir Bazhev Russia MF (1988-10-15)15 October 1988 (aged 20) Youth Team 2006 1 0
34 Renat Sabitov Russia DF (1985-06-13)13 June 1985 (aged 23) Saturn Ramenskoye 2007[14] 21 0
36 Fyodor Kudryashov Russia DF (1987-04-05)5 April 1987 (aged 21) Sibiryak Bratsk 2005 12 0
55 Oleg Dineyev Russia MF (1987-10-30)30 October 1987 (aged 21) Youth Team 2007 4 0
Quincy Owusu-Abeyie Netherlands FW (1986-04-15)15 April 1986 (aged 22) Arsenal 2006 32 1
Players that left Spartak Moscow during the season
6 Florin Șoavă Romania MF (1978-07-24)24 July 1978 (aged 30) Rapid București 2004[15] 2008[15] 64 1
9 Yegor Titov Russia MF (1976-05-29)29 May 1976 (aged 32) Youth Team 1995 445 106
10 Roman Pavlyuchenko Russia FW (1981-12-15)15 December 1981 (aged 27) Rotor Volgograd 2003 180 82
25 Maksym Kalynychenko Ukraine MF (1979-01-26)26 January 1979 (aged 29) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2000 196 32
42 Sergei Harlamov Russia DF (1991-01-24)24 January 1991 (aged 17) Youth Team 2008 2008 0 0
52 Yevgeni Andreyev Russia MF (1988-03-11)11 March 1988 (aged 20) Youth Team 2005 0 0

On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
29 MF Russia RUS Amir Bazhev (at SKA Rostov)
34 DF Russia RUS Renat Sabitov (at Khimki)
36 DF Russia RUS Fyodor Kudryashov (at Khimki)
No. Pos. Nation Player
55 MF Russia RUS Oleg Dineyev (at Khimki)
— FW Netherlands NED Quincy Owusu-Abeyie (at Birmingham City)

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
6 MF Romania ROU Florin Șoavă (to Khimki)
9 MF Russia RUS Yegor Titov (to Khimki)
10 FW Russia RUS Roman Pavlyuchenko (to Tottenham Hotspur)
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 MF Ukraine UKR Maksym Kalynychenko (to Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)
52 MF Russia RUS Yevgeni Andreyev (to Irtysh Omsk)

Transfers

In

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
Winter 2008 GK Russia Soslan Dzhanayev KAMAZ Undisclosed
Winter 2008 DF Belarus Egor Filipenko BATE Borisov Undisclosed
Winter 2008 MF Argentina Cristian Maidana Banfield Undisclosed
Winter 2008 MF Russia Igor Gorbatenko Krylia Sovetov-SOK Dimitrovgrad Undisclosed
12 March 2008 DF Germany Malik Fathi Hertha BSC Undisclosed [4]
August 2008 MF Russia Ivan Saenko 1. FC Nürnberg Undisclosed

Out

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
September 2008 FW Russia Roman Pavlyuchenko Tottenham Hotspur Undisclosed
Summer 2008 MF Romania Florin Șoavă Khimki Undisclosed
Summer 2008 MF Russia Yevgeni Andreyev Irtysh Omsk Undisclosed

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date to Ref.
22 June 2007 DF Argentina Clemente Rodríguez Espanyol Summer 2008 [16]
2 September 2007 FW Netherlands Quincy Owusu-Abeyie Celta Vigo Summer 2008 [17]
19 June 2008 DF Russia Renat Sabitov Khimki End of Season
July 2008 DF Russia Fyodor Kudryashov Khimki End of Season
6 August 2008 FW Netherlands Quincy Owusu-Abeyie Birmingham City January 2009 [18]
27 August 2008 DF Russia Amir Bazhev SKA Rostov End of Season
Summer 2008 DF Russia Oleg Dineyev Khimki End of Season

Released

Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date
Summer 2008 MF Russia Yegor Titov Khimki 11 August 2008[19]
Summer 2008 MF Ukraine Maksym Kalynychenko Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 8 August 2008[20]
31 December 2008 DF Russia Aleksandr Karakin Dynamo Moscow
31 December 2008 MF Armenia Artak Aleksanyan Pyunik

Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2008 Russian Premier League

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultDWDDLWDWWDWLLDWWDDDWLLWLDWWLDL
Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2008. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

16 March 2008 1 Zenit St.Petersburg 0 – 0 Spartak Moscow Saint Petersburg
16:00 MSK (UTC+3) Pogrebnyak Yellow card 22'
Šírl Yellow card 27'
Fayzulin Yellow card 62'		 Report Mozart Yellow card 7'
Stranzl Yellow card 24'
Covalciuc Yellow card 38'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis
22 March 2008 2 Spartak Moscow 1 – 0 Tom Tomsk Moscow
18:30 MSK (UTC+3) Welliton 31'
Fathi Yellow card 69'
Prudnikov Yellow card 82'		 Report Bugayev Yellow card 16'
Klimov Yellow card 45+'
Tarasov Yellow card 72'
Arkhipov Yellow card 86'		 Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Vitali Doroshenko
29 March 2008 3 Khimki 3 – 3 Spartak Moscow Khimki
16:45 MSK (UTC+3) Nizamutdinov 7', 52'
Drozdov Yellow card 15'
Čeh 30' Yellow card 51'
Trivunović Yellow card 68'
Mijailović Yellow card 76'
Nikiforov Yellow card 90'		 Report Fathi Yellow card 2'
Welliton 5' Yellow card 90'
Dedura Yellow card 26' 90+'
Mozart Yellow card 30' Yellow-red card 90+'
Pavlenko Yellow card 33'
Parshivlyuk Yellow card 39'
Jiránek Yellow card 55'
Pavlyuchenko 70' (pen.)		 Stadium: Rodina Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Igor Egorov
6 April 2008 4 Spartak Moscow 1 – 1 Amkar Perm Moscow
19:00 MSK (DST) (UTC+4) Pavlyuchenko 61' Report Sirakov Yellow card 73'
Belorukov Yellow card 82'
Injac 90'		 Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
Attendance: 31,000
Referee: Vladimir Pettay
13 April 2008 5 Dynamo Moscow 4 – 3 Spartak Moscow Moscow
16:00 MSK (DST) (UTC+4) Kolodin Yellow card 3'
Genkov 15', 68' Yellow card 17'
Danny 32', 70'		 Report Bystrov 16'
Welliton Yellow card 30' 78'
Stranzl Yellow card 34'
Pavlyuchenko Yellow card 41' Yellow-red card 45'
Pavlenko Yellow card 49' 64'		 Stadium: Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Stanislav Sukhina
19 April 2008 6 Spartak Nalchik 1 – 2 Spartak Moscow Nalchik
19:00 MSK (DST) (UTC+4) Geteriev 39'
Džudović Yellow card 57'
Gogua Yellow card 68'
Mashukov Yellow card 90'		 Report Pletikosa Yellow card 40'
Maidana 42' Yellow card 76'
Sabitov Yellow card 50'
Welliton 57'
Bazhenov Yellow card 70'		 Stadium: Spartak Stadium
Attendance: 13,200
Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov
27 April 2008 7 Spartak Moscow 1 – 1 FC Moscow Moscow
16:00 MSK (DST) (UTC+4) Fathi Yellow card 13' Yellow-red card 90+'
Pavlenko 55'		 Report Adamov Yellow card 67'
Bracamonte 69'		 Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev
3 May 2008 8 Rubin Kazan 0 – 3 Spartak Moscow Kazan
MSK (DST) (UTC+4) Semak Yellow card 30'
Kvirkvelia Yellow card 62'
Balyaikin Yellow card 78'		 Report Welliton 20' Yellow card 30'
Mozart Yellow card 24'
Bazhenov 65'
Pavlenko 69'		 Stadium: Central Stadium
Attendance: 28,500
Referee: Nikolai Ivanov
7 May 2008 9 Spartak Moscow 4 – 2 Shinnik Yaroslavl Moscow
MSK (DST) (UTC+4) Mozart 14' (pen.)
Silva 34' (o.g.)
Welliton 64'
Pavlyuchenko 79'		 Report Monaryov 11'
Đorđević Yellow card 15' Yellow-red card 45+'
Laizāns Yellow card 19'
Silva 61'
Khazov Yellow card 75'
Stepanov Yellow card 76'
Kudryashov Red card 78'		 Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Vitali Doroshenko
11 May 2008 10 Krylia Sovetov 1 – 1 Spartak Moscow Samara
16:00 MSK (DST) (UTC+4) Escobar 40' Yellow card 71' Report Maidana 45'
Covalciuc Yellow card 60'
Welliton Yellow card 64'
Stranzl Yellow card 71'
Bazhenov Yellow card 75'		 Stadium: Metallurg Stadium
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Stanislav Sukhina
15 May 2008 11 Spartak Moscow 1 – 0 Saturn Ramenskoye Moscow
19:00 MSK (DST) (UTC+4) Kováč Yellow card 35'
Bazhenov Yellow card 41'
Pavlyuchenko 90' (pen.)		 Report Karyaka Yellow card 66'
Nakhushev Yellow card 72'
Husin Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev
6 July 2008 12 Terek Grozny 3 – 1 Spartak Moscow Grozny
14:00 MSK (DST) (UTC+4) Iliev Yellow card 21'
Dzhabrailov 53'
Bouli 57'
Kuzmichyov 66'
Kulik Yellow card 82'		 Report Kalynychenko 36'
Pavlyuchenko Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Sultan Bilimkhanov Stadium
Attendance: 9,650
Referee: Stanislav Sukhina
12 July 2008 13 Spartak Moscow 1 – 5 CSKA Moscow Moscow
16:00 MSK (DST) (UTC+4) Mozart Yellow card 50'
Kováč Yellow card 63'
Bazhenov 68'		 Report Vágner Love 15', 34', 44'
Krasić 51'
Erkin 77'		 Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Yuri Baskakov
19 July 2008 14 Lokomotiv Moscow 2 – 2 Spartak Moscow Moscow
16:00 MSK (DST) (UTC+4) Bilyaletdinov 23' Yellow card 52'
Sychev 42'
Rodolfo Yellow card 60'
Traoré Yellow card 77'		 Report Bazhenov Yellow card 65' 90+'
Pavlyuchenko Yellow card 70' 72'
Kováč Yellow card 73'
Prudnikov Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 23,783
Referee: Igor Zakharov
27 July 2008 15 Spartak Moscow 3 – 0 Luch-Energiya Vladivostok Moscow
18:00 MSK (DST) (UTC+4) Kováč 39'
Pavlyuchenko soccer ball with red X 55'
Prudnikov 66'
Mozart 89' (pen.)		 Report Lukačević Yellow card 33'
Streltsov Yellow card 65'
Vujović Yellow card 74'
Čech Red card 87'		 Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov
2 August 2008 16 Tom Tomsk 0 – 1 Spartak Moscow Tomsk
15:00 MSK (DST) (UTC+4) Kharitonov Yellow card 10'
Vejić Yellow card 56'
Stoica Yellow card 59'
Kontsedalov Yellow card 78'
Arkhipov Yellow card 82'		 Report Fathi 10'
Prudnikov Yellow card 65'
Pletikosa Yellow card 71'		 Stadium: Trud Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Vladimir Pettay
9 August 2008 17 Spartak Moscow 1 – 1 Khimki Moscow
19:00 MSK (DST) (UTC+4) Pavlyuchenko 20'
Filipenko Yellow card 50'		 Report Șoavă Yellow card 45'
Blatnjak 71'		 Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis
17 August 2008 18 Amkar Perm 1 – 1 Spartak Moscow Perm
17:00 MSK (DST) (UTC+4) Volkov 15' Yellow card 15'
Belorukov Yellow card 44'		 Report Bazhenov 9'
Maidana Yellow card 60'
Filipenko Yellow card 84'
Mozart Yellow card 90+'		 Stadium: Zvezda Stadium
Attendance: 18,500
Referee: Alexei Kovalev
23 August 2008 19 Spartak Moscow 1 – 1 Dynamo Moscow Moscow
18:00 MSK (DST) (UTC+4) Jiránek Yellow card 21'
Sovetkin Yellow card 73'
Dzyuba 79'
Saenko Yellow card 86'
Kováč Yellow card 90'		 Report Kerzhakov 23'
Granat Yellow card 77'
Danny Yellow card 85'
Tanasijević Yellow card 90+'		 Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Maksim Layushkin
31 August 2008 20 Spartak Moscow 2 – 1 Spartak Nalchik Moscow
20:00 MSK (DST) (UTC+4) Fathi Yellow card 26' 61'
Jiránek Yellow card 32'
Saenko Yellow card 55'
Shishkin Yellow card 87'
Dzhanayev Yellow card 90+'
Prudnikov 90+'		 Report Yatchenko Yellow card 44'
Frunză Yellow card 50'
Filatov Yellow card 59'
Džudović Yellow card 68'
Kisenkov Yellow card 74'
Gogua 90+'		 Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Stanislav Sukhina
13 September 2008 21 FC Moscow 2 – 1 Spartak Moscow Moscow
14:00 MSK (DST) (UTC+4) Nababkin Yellow card 21'
Bystrov Yellow card 32'
Bracamonte 53' (pen.)
Ivanov 63'
Goore Yellow card 90+'		 Report Mozart soccer ball with red X 4' Yellow card 58'
Ryzhkov 15'
Filipenko Yellow card 26'
Kováč Yellow card 26'
Saenko Yellow card 66'		 Stadium: Eduard Streltsov Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Igor Zakharov
21 September 2008 22 Spartak Moscow 0 – 1 Rubin Kazan Moscow
18:00 MSK (DST) (UTC+4) Saenko Yellow card 24'
Bystrov Yellow card 90+'		 Report Rebrov 15'
Bukharov Yellow card 27'
Ryazantsev Yellow card 70'
Kvirkvelia Yellow card 76'		 Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Nikolai Ivanov
27 September 2008 23 Shinnik Yaroslavl 1 – 2 Spartak Moscow Yaroslavl
15:00 MSK (DST) (UTC+4) Monaryov 61'
Boyarintsev Yellow card 65'
Polovinchuk Yellow card 74'		 Report Rodríguez 21'
Fathi 39'		 Stadium: Shinnik Stadium
Attendance: 17,900
Referee: Stanislav Sukhina
4 October 2008 24 Spartak Moscow 0 – 1 Krylia Sovetov Moscow
MSK (DST) (UTC+4) Bystrov Yellow card 30' Yellow-red card 80'
Parshivlyuk Yellow card 38'
Kováč Yellow card 48'
Mozart Yellow card 65' Yellow-red card 88'
Fathi Yellow card 76'		 Report Booth Yellow card 70'
Ivanov 74'		 Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
Attendance: 15,500
Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis
18 October 2008 25 Saturn Ramenskoye 0 – 0 Spartak Moscow Ramenskoye
19:00 MSK (DST) (UTC+4) Zelão Yellow card 27'
Kovel Yellow card 90+'		 Report Saenko Yellow card 32'
Dedura Yellow card 50'
Kováč Yellow card 90+'		 Stadium: Saturn Stadium
Attendance: 13,200
Referee: Vladimir Pettay
25 October 2008 26 Spartak Moscow 3 – 1 Terek Grozny Moscow
16:00 MSK (DST) (UTC+4) Pavlenko 45+1' (pen.)
Bazhenov 58'
Kováč 61'		 Report Kuzmichyov Yellow card 14' 74'
Amelyanchuk Yellow card 45+1'
Mărgăritescu Yellow card 68'		 Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Vitali Doroshenko
1 November 2008 27 CSKA Moscow 0 – 1 Spartak Moscow Moscow
16:00 MSK (UTC+3) Zhirkov Yellow card 84' Yellow-red card 84'
Šemberas Yellow card 90'		 Report Rodríguez Yellow card 41'
Bazhenov 56'
Parshivlyuk Yellow card 67'		 Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev
8 November 2008 28 Spartak Moscow 0 – 1 Lokomotiv Moscow Moscow
MSK (UTC+3) Prudnikov Yellow card 26'
Kováč Yellow card 75'		 Report Mujiri 6'
Baša Yellow card 9'		 Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Stanislav Sukhina
16 November 2008 29 Luch-Energiya Vladivostok 2 – 2 Spartak Moscow Vladivostok
14:00 MSK (UTC+3) Kulyomin Yellow card 56'
Gvazava 67'
Bulyga 83'		 Report Pavlenko 4'
Maidana 89'		 Stadium: Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Vitali Doroshenko
22 November 2008 30 Spartak Moscow 1 – 3 Zenit St.Petersburg Moscow
14:00 MSK (UTC+3) Fathi Yellow card 29'
Covalciuc Yellow card 32'
Pavlenko 47'		 Report Pogrebnyak 5'
Danny 19', 45+1'
Anyukov Yellow card 23'		 Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Igor Egorov

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 Krylia Sovetov Samara 30 12 12 6 46 28 +18 48[a] Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[b]
7 Lokomotiv Moscow 30 13 8 9 37 32 +5 47
8 Spartak Moscow 30 11 11 8 43 39 +4 44
9 FC Moscow 30 9 11 10 34 36 −2 38
10 Terek Grozny 30 9 8 13 28 42 −14 35
Source: RFPL (in Russian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored; 7th position in previous season or decision game
Notes:
  1. ^ Zenit St. Petersburg ahead of Krylia Sovetov on head-to-head points; Zenit St. Petersburg–Krylia Sovetov 1–1, Krylia Sovetov–Zenit St. Petersburg 0–3.
  2. ^ Since both finalists of the 2008–09 Russian Cup qualified for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, Krylia Sovetov earned a spot in the third qualifying round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.

Russian Cup

Main article: 2008–09 Russian Cup
6 August 2008 Last 32 Dynamo Bryansk 1 – 2 Spartak Moscow Bryansk
18:30 MSK (DST) (UTC+4) Kulumbegov 14' (pen.)
Tolstykh Yellow card 39' Yellow-red card 68'
Spirin Yellow card 46'
Sannikov Yellow card 79'
Larin Yellow card 83'		 Report Dzyuba 4' (pen.), 31'
Luhachov Yellow card 5'
Shishkin Yellow card 34' Yellow-red card 80'
Dzhanayev Yellow card 74'
Prudnikov Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Nikolai Ivanov
24 September 2008 Last 16 Shinnik Yaroslavl 1 – 2 Spartak Moscow Yaroslavl
18:30 MSK (DST) (UTC+4) Kudryashov 57'
Yashin Yellow card 81'		 Report Maidana Yellow card 42'
Ryzhkov 45'
Prudnikov 49'		 Stadium: Shinnik
Attendance: 11,200
Referee: Yuri Klyuchnikov (Rostov-on-Don)

The Quartfinal took place during the 2009 season.

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds
13 August 2008 Third Qualifying Round 1st leg
(Spartak Moscow–Dynamo Kyiv rivalry)		 Spartak Moscow Russia 1 – 4 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv Moscow, Russia
20:00 MSK (DST) (UTC+4) Bazhenov 5'
Kováč Yellow card 69'		 Report Nesmachniy Yellow card 22'
Bangoura 28', 47' Yellow card 72'
Ninković Yellow card 31'
Milevskyi 45', 86'		 Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
Attendance: 32,600
Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)
27 August 2008 Third Qualifying Round 2nd leg Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 4 – 1
(8 – 2 agg.)		 Russia Spartak Moscow Kyiv, Ukraine
21:45 MSK (DST) (UTC+4) Aliyev 4'
El Kaddouri Yellow card 7'
Bangoura 24'
Yussuf Yellow card 37'
Milevskyi 49', 78'		 Report Pavlenko Yellow card 45'
Dzyuba 47'		 Stadium: Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup

First round

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup first round
18 September 2008 1st leg Baník Ostrava Czech Republic 0 – 1 Russia Spartak Moscow Ostrava, Spain
20:45 MSK (DST) (UTC+4) Řezník Yellow card 67' Report Kováč Yellow card 42'
Fathi 56'
Bystrov Yellow card 68'
Pletikosa Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Bazaly
Attendance: 4,120
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)
2 October 2008 2nd leg Spartak Moscow Russia 1 – 1
(2 – 1 agg.)		 Czech Republic Baník Ostrava Moscow, Russia
18:00 MSK (DST) (UTC+4) Bazhenov 3'
Kováč Yellow card 59'		 Report Otepka 32'
Neuwirth Yellow card 74'
Bolf Yellow card 85'		 Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Tony Asumaa (Finland)

Group stage

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup group stage

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Italy Udinese 4 3 0 1 6 4 +2 9
England Tottenham Hotspur 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 7
Netherlands NEC 4 2 0 2 6 5 +1 6
Russia Spartak Moscow 4 1 1 2 5 6 −1 4
Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 4 1 0 3 4 9 −5 3
Source: [citation needed]
6 November 2008 1 Spartak Moscow Russia 1 – 2 Italy Udinese Moscow, Russia
20:00 MSK (UTC+3) Rodríguez 17' Report Quagliarella 12', 60' (pen.)
Pasquale Yellow card 40' Yellow-red card 87'
Flores Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)
27 November 2008 2 Dinamo Zagreb Croatia 0 – 1 Russia Spartak Moscow Zagreb, Croatia
22:45 MSK (UTC+3) Vrdoljak Yellow card 44'
Bišćan Yellow card 58'
Mandžukić Yellow card 90'		 Report Parshivlyuk Yellow card 48'
Kováč Yellow card 68'
Saenko 75' Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Maksimir Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Germany)
3 December 2008 3 Spartak Moscow Russia 1 – 2 Netherlands NEC Moscow, Russia
20:00 MSK (UTC+3) Covalciuc 2'
Zotov Yellow card 16'
Jiránek Yellow card 27'
Ivanov Yellow card 52'		 Report Sibum Yellow card 35'
Van Beukering 84'
Schöne 87'		 Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark)
18 December 2008 4 Tottenham Hotspur England 2 – 2 Russia Spartak Moscow London, England
22:45 MSK (UTC+3) Modrić 67'
Huddlestone 74'		 Report Dzyuba 23', 33' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 28,906
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Squad statistics

As of match played 18 December 2008

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League 2008-09 Russian Cup UEFA Champions League UEFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
3 DF Austria AUT Martin Stranzl 19 0 16+1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
4 DF Germany GER Malik Fathi 27 4 21 3 0 0 1 0 5 1
5 MF Brazil BRA Mozart 26 2 19+2 2 1 0 2 0 2 0
7 DF Czech Republic CZE Martin Jiránek 33 0 26 0 0 0 2 0 5 0
8 MF Russia RUS Aleksandr Pavlenko 26 6 16+4 6 0+1 0 0+1 0 3+1 0
11 FW Brazil BRA Welliton 10 6 9+1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF Argentina ARG Clemente Rodríguez 16 2 8+2 1 1 0 0 0 5 1
15 DF Czech Republic CZE Radoslav Kováč 28 2 18+3 2 1 0 2 0 4 0
18 FW Russia RUS Aleksandr Prudnikov 28 3 10+11 2 2 1 0 0 4+1 0
19 MF Argentina ARG Cristian Maidana 31 3 17+7 3 2 0 1+1 0 1+2 0
22 GK Croatia CRO Stipe Pletikosa 38 0 30 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
23 MF Russia RUS Vladimir Bystrov 29 1 18+6 1 0 0 2 0 2+1 0
27 MF Moldova MDA Serghei Covalciuc 21 1 14+3 0 1 0 0 0 3 1
30 MF Russia RUS Ivan Saenko 15 1 5+3 0 1 0 0+1 0 5 1
31 MF Russia RUS Sergei Parshivlyuk 27 0 17+1 0 1+1 0 1 0 5+1 0
32 FW Russia RUS Nikita Bazhenov 31 8 18+4 6 1+1 0 2 1 4+1 1
35 GK Russia RUS Soslan Dzhanayev 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
37 MF Ukraine UKR Yehor Luhachov 2 0 0+1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
38 MF Russia RUS Artur Maloyan 5 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 2+1 0
40 FW Russia RUS Artem Dzyuba 21 6 6+10 1 1 2 1+1 1 1+1 2
43 MF Russia RUS Aleksandr Zotov 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1+2 0
49 DF Russia RUS Roman Shishkin 20 0 11+2 0 1 0 2 0 4 0
57 MF Russia RUS Maksim Grigoryev 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0
59 DF Russia RUS Andrei Ivanov 15 0 6+6 0 1 0 1 0 0+1 0
70 DF Lithuania LTU Ignas Dedura 9 1 6 1 1 0 0+1 0 1 0
88 DF Belarus BLR Egor Filipenko 17 0 10+1 0 2 0 1+1 0 2 0
90 MF Russia RUS Vladislav Ryzhkov 8 2 3+2 1 1 1 0 0 1+1 0
96 MF Russia RUS Konstantin Sovetkin 6 0 3+1 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
Players away from the club on loan:
29 MF Russia RUS Amir Bazhev 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
34 DF Russia RUS Renat Sabitov 3 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 DF Russia RUS Fyodor Kudryashov 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
55 MF Russia RUS Oleg Dineyev 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who appeared for Spartak Moscow but left during the season:
9 MF Russia RUS Yegor Titov 9 0 6+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 FW Russia RUS Roman Pavlyuchenko 15 6 12+2 6 0 0 1 0 0 0
25 MF Ukraine UKR Maksym Kalynychenko 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goal scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name Premier League 2008-09 Russian Cup UEFA Champions League UEFA Cup Total
1 FW Russia 32 Nikita Bazhenov 6 0 1 1 8
2 FW Brazil 11 Welliton 6 0 0 0 6
FW Russia 10 Roman Pavlyuchenko 6 0 0 0 6
MF Russia 8 Aleksandr Pavlenko 6 0 0 0 6
FW Russia 40 Artem Dzyuba 1 2 1 2 6
6 DF Germany 4 Malik Fathi 3 0 0 1 4
7 MF Argentina 19 Cristian Maidana 3 0 0 0 3
FW Russia 18 Aleksandr Prudnikov 2 1 0 0 3
9 MF Brazil 5 Mozart 2 0 0 0 2
DF Czech Republic 15 Radoslav Kováč 2 0 0 0 2
MF Russia 90 Vladislav Ryzhkov 1 1 0 0 2
DF Argentina 14 Clemente Rodríguez 1 0 0 1 2
13 DF Lithuania 70 Ignas Dedura 1 0 0 0 1
MF Russia 23 Vladimir Bystrov 1 0 0 0 1
MF Ukraine 25 Maksym Kalynychenko 1 0 0 0 1
MF Russia 30 Ivan Saenko 0 0 0 1 1
MF Moldova 27 Serghei Covalciuc 0 0 0 1 1
Own goal 1 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 43 4 2 7 56

Clean sheets

Place Position Nation Number Name Premier League 2008-09 Russian Cup UEFA Champions League UEFA Cup Total
1 GK Croatia 22 Stipe Pletikosa 8 0 0 2 10
TOTALS 8 0 0 2 10

Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name Premier League 2008-09 Russian Cup UEFA Champions League UEFA Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
3 Austria DF Martin Stranzl 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
4 Germany DF Malik Fathi 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
5 Brazil MF Mozart 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2
7 Czech Republic DF Martin Jiránek 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
8 Russia MF Aleksandr Pavlenko 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
11 Brazil FW Welliton 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
14 Argentina DF Clemente Rodríguez 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
15 Czech Republic DF Radoslav Kováč 8 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 12 0
18 Russia FW Aleksandr Prudnikov 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
19 Argentina MF Cristian Maidana 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
22 Croatia GK Stipe Pletikosa 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
23 Russia MF Vladimir Bystrov 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1
27 Moldova MF Serghei Covalciuc 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
30 Russia MF Ivan Saenko 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
31 Russia MF Sergei Parshivlyuk 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
32 Russia FW Nikita Bazhenov 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
35 Russia GK Soslan Dzhanayev 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
37 Ukraine MF Yehor Luhachov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
43 Russia MF Aleksandr Zotov 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
49 Russia DF Roman Shishkin 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
59 Russia DF Andrei Ivanov 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
70 Lithuania DF Ignas Dedura 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
88 Belarus DF Egor Filipenko 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
96 Russia MF Konstantin Sovetkin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Players away on loan:
34 Russia DF Renat Sabitov 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Players who left Spartak Moscow season during the season:
10 Russia FW Roman Pavlyuchenko 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
Total 76 5 6 1 2 0 10 0 94 6

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