Articles tagged with "spartak moscow"
Russian league takes #6 spot
By Ian Rose | February 21st, 2008As predicted last week, the Russian Premier League has taken its place as the sixth-ranked league in Europe. Their current UEFA coefficient of 40.75, added to by Spartak Moscow's 2-0 win over Marseille today, puts them just over Romania and into the cove
The current situation in the UEFA Cup
By Ian Rose | December 7th, 2007There is one matchday to go in the group stages of the 2007-08 UEFA Cup. Here are the current standings in each group, and which scenarios mean qualification for which teams. Group A Qualified: Everton (9 pts) Still in the mix: Zenit St. Petersburg
Early results: Bolton take shock point in Munich
By Ian Rose | November 8th, 2007The early matches of UEFA Cup group stage day 2 are over, and there are some real shocks. Bayern Munich, nearly everyone's favorite for the Cup title, dropped their first points at home today, as Bolton shocked them with a 2-2 draw. It's the third draw
UEFA Cup Group E Preview
By Ian Rose | October 15th, 2007The fifth of eight groups in the UEFA Cup might just be the most interesting. There might not be any English or Italian teams in this one, but representatives from France, Germany, Russia and the Czech Republic make this one of the toughest groups out th
Swedes in classic UC comeback, Italians fall
By Ian Rose | October 4th, 2007We have some early results from today's action in the UEFA Cup, and one of the big stories is Sweden's Helsingborg. Having lost their opening leg 5-3 to Heerenveen of the Netherlands, their UEFA Cup campaign looked very near an end. But the Mjölkkossan
SPL Words of the Week from Anatoliy Karobochka
By Ian Rose | August 28th, 2007This week's quote is from Hearts football director Anatoliy Karobochka, who has finally explained, briefly and succinctly, what it takes to win a Champions League football match. He told the Scotsman: "Spartak are totally capable of getting past Celti
A huge week ahead for Scotland
By Ian Rose | August 12th, 2007This week, three Scottish sides are playing in European competition - Celtic and Rangers in the Champions League, and Dunfermline in the UEFA Cup. Here are short previews of this week's three European matches. Rangers v. Crvena Zvezda Tuesday, 14 Aug
Could This Draw Suck Any More?
By JT | August 3rd, 2007Its highly unlikely. Celtic have drawn Russian league leaders FC Spartak Moskva, the team no one wanted to face, in the third qualifying round of the Champions League. The first leg is in Moscow on August 15, and will be played on TURF of all damn thing
LOSC Lille Métropole Has Now Lost 13 Total Players: Farewell Odemwingie
By Julien | July 20th, 2007According to L’Équipe, Peter Odemwingie has left LOSC. He will soon be playing for Lokomotiv Moscow. The official terms and information will be released tomorrow according to Oudaltsov. Odemwingie has signed a 4 year contract with the Russian club fo
Spartak Moscow Offers Lille 6 Million € for Odemwingie
By Julien | July 18th, 2007The LOSC office has recently received an offer of 6 million euros for Peter Odemwingie from Spartak Moscow. Is Odemwingie worth that much? I am eager to see the outcome of this story. Also, the Sporting Lisbon/LOSC match will be televised on RTPI this u
Seydoux’s Pointless Interview With Mercato 365, and Odemwingie Linked to Werder Bremen
By Julien | July 16th, 2007Mercato365.com recently interviewed Michel Seydoux, LOSC Lille Métropole club chairman. There wasn’t really anything interesting that Seydoux touched on in the interview (what a surprise!). Regarding the club’s status during this transfer period, S
Eastern Europe Loves Odemwingie
By Julien | July 12th, 2007It turns out that Peter Odemwingie's move to VfB Stuttgart is not final. Supposely, they don't have the 9 million euros for him. Three Eastern European clubs still want him: FC Shakhtar Donetsk, Spartak Moscow, and Lokomotiv Moscow. Odemwingie has playe
Latest Transfer News
By Julien | June 20th, 2007On Monaco's RMC radio, Lille's chairman, Michel Seydoux, revealed LOSC's budget for the new season. Lille's budget this season is 47 million euros, which is up from last season's 36 million. A proper replacement? Also, Lille has been negotiati
Week 4: Elephant and Kitten scored goals, Lokomotiv jumped the track
By Ivan | April 10th, 2007Sorry for some space in Russian blog last week but here we come again. There are still news to read and goals to watch. Enjoy. Good weekend Alexander Prudnikov Spartak teenager from B-squad was late substitute and became a winning goal scorer. Prud
Week 3: Story of Three Derbies and the Broken Jaw
By Ivan | April 2nd, 2007Good Weekend Spartak Moscow Won the very principal away derby against Zenit. That was really Saint Petersburg versus Moscow clash and Muscovites suddenly crushed home side by three goals in first half. Juicy was the fact that first was scored by Spart
Week 2: Sad Tune for Mozart (not composer, just midfielder)
By Ivan | March 19th, 2007Good weekend Leonid Slutskiy Coach of FC Moscow was the triumphant of principal "manager derby" vs Tom Tomsk (read more here). FC Moscow lost their best striker but Slutskiy bet on young forward Roman Adamov and won: he scored twice. Lucky "Russian Mo
It's Good To See Your Team One Position Higher
By Ivan | March 17th, 2007Spartak Moscow can't make up their mind to losing status of the greatest Russian team to CSKA. Club's glorious history force them to win, win and win. They can't even stand the fourth place in table after the first game and changed it to third! Spartak's
How Do You Call Them?
By Ivan | March 12th, 2007It's the last post of season preview – to summarize previous and give you a bit more. Let's dig into nicknames of Russian Premier League teams. CSKA Moscow. They are Horses because their stadium was built on site of stables. They are The Army too –
Week 1: Argentinian Score at Far East (much closer to his country than Moscow)
By Ivan | March 12th, 2007It has started! Past weekend was first of new Russian Premier League season. So here are its heroes and villains. Good weekend FC Moskva Won the very first match of Premier League at Far East against Luch-Energiya. Vladivostok fans cleaned the pitc
Season Preview: Spartak Moscow. Volksteam
By Ivan | March 11th, 2007Location. Spartak has a lot of fans not only in Moscow – they always were like Juventus in Italy. Every second man outside Moscow loves Spartak. The club was big throughout nineties and won 9 Premier League titles but didn’t gain much European success
CSKA vs. Spartak: The Saga Continues
By Ivan | March 5th, 2007Great weekend! Apologies to all British football fans, but Liverpool - Man Yoo fight wasn't the most fabulous. First I've enjoyed goal of Alexander Kerzhakov for Sevilla against Barcelona. Kerzhakov got famous in Russia with his motto "shot, shoot and wil
Champions Title Means No Need to Score
By Ivan | February 27th, 2007CSKA Moscow, Premier League champions and Russian Cup' last winners, lost in 5th round. Krylya Sovetov Samara beat them 2:0. Spartak Moscow, eternal rival of CSKA, progressed to next round and in some sense won over their concurrent. Few days ago the o
Farewell UEFA Cup
By Ivan | February 22nd, 2007Both Moscow teams lost in first round of UEFA Cup play-off. CSKA was frustrated by Maccabi Haifa' fast goal. First leg was 0:0 so all the Giner's horses all the Giner's men couldn't put the ball in net again. (Giner is the President and Horses is the t
The Problem with Goalkeeping
By Ivan | February 19th, 2007Times of Lev Yashin passed away. Now in Russia nobody wants to be goalkeeper. Almost every club in Premier League has a vacant first number jersey. The only exception is Igor Akinfeev, CSKA and national team main goalie who has no problem with doing his j
Start of a Season!
By Ivan | February 19th, 2007Usually there is nothing interesting about 18th February in Russia. But this year it's a start of season. Mighty Spartak and CSKA faced not so menacing Sibir Novosibirsk and Krylya Sovetov Samara in 5th round of Russian Cup. The temperature was about -10
Spartak vs CSKA: hotter than Old Firm derby
By Ivan | February 16th, 2007Russian Premier League isn’t one of the greatest in Europe but we have something special down here. Nine hours flights for away games, three home stadiums for one team, 7 teams from Moscow region out of 16 and especially no any chance for football on Ch
Inter Freeze Asses, Score Champions League Win
By Martha | November 1st, 2006The short story: Inter beat Spartak Moscow 1-0 in a game that was way more exciting than the scoreline suggests. The long story? A synthetic pitch in 28-degree weather is Zlatan Ibrahimovic's goddamn natural habitat. I mean, who knew? Kitted out in a pair
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