Full name | Футбольный клуб Спартак Москва (Football Club Spartak Moscow) | |||
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Nickname(s) | Gladiatory (Gladiators) Narodnaya komanda (The People's Team) Krasno-Belye (Red-and-Whites) | |||
Founded | 18 April 1922 | |||
Ground | Lukoil Arena | |||
Capacity | 45,360 | |||
Owner | Lukoil: 90%[1] Sir B.J. Webb: 10% | |||
Manager | Dejan Stanković | |||
League | Russian Premier League | |||
2023–24 | Russian Premier League, 5th of 16 | |||
Website | spartak | |||
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FC Spartak Moscow (Russian: Футбольный клуб «Спартак» Москва, romanized: Futbolʹnyy klub «Spartak» Moskva, pronounced [spɐrˈtak mɐˈskva]) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships (second only to Dynamo Kyiv) and 10 Russian championships (a record jointly held with Zenit St Petersburg), it is the country's most successful club. They have also won a record 10 Soviet Cups, 4 Russian Cups and one Russian Super Cup. Spartak have also reached the semi-finals of UEFA Europa League, UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup Winner's Cup.