2021–22 FC Spartak Moscow season

The 2021–22 season was 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.

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
Premier League	10th
Russian Cup	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round vs Benfica
UEFA Europa League	Round of 16 (banned)
Top goalscorer	League: Aleksandr Sobolev (9) All: Aleksandr Sobolev (14)
Highest home attendance	11,366 vs Leicester City (20 October 2021)
Lowest home attendance	2,713 vs Sochi (26 August 2021)
Average home league attendance	6,609 (15 May 2022)
Home colours Away colours
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

Squad

As of match played 29 May 2022

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
27	Timur Akmurzin		GK	(1997-12-07)7 December 1997 (aged 24)	Rubin Kazan	2019		0	0
31	Anton Shitov		GK	(2000-01-29)29 January 2000 (aged 22)	Ararat Moscow	2018		0	0
57	Aleksandr Selikhov		GK	(1994-04-07)7 April 1994 (aged 28)	Amkar Perm	2016[1]		55	0
88	Ilya Svinov		GK	(2000-09-25)25 September 2000 (aged 21)	Fakel Voronezh	2022[2]	2025[2]	0	0
98	Aleksandr Maksimenko		GK	(1998-02-23)23 February 1998 (aged 24)	Youth Team	2014		124	0
Defenders
2	Samuel Gigot		DF	(1993-10-12)12 October 1993 (aged 28)	on loan from Marseille	2022[3]	2022[3]	110	10
3	Maximiliano Caufriez		DF	(1997-02-16)16 February 1997 (aged 25)	Sint-Truidense	2021[4]		25	0
5	Leon Klassen		DF	(2000-05-29)29 May 2000 (aged 22)	Tirol	2022[5]	2025[5]	3	0
14	Georgi Dzhikiya		DF	(1993-11-21)21 November 1993 (aged 28)	Amkar Perm	2016[6]		173	4
23	Nikita Chernov		DF	(1996-01-14)14 January 1996 (aged 26)	Krylia Sovetov	2022[7]	2026[7]	7	0
29	Ilya Kutepov		DF	(1993-07-29)29 July 1993 (aged 28)	Akademiya Tolyatti	2012		114	2
35	Leonid Mironov		DF	(1998-09-14)14 September 1998 (aged 23)	Youth team	2015		1	0
36	Artyom Voropayev		DF	(1999-10-30)30 October 1999 (aged 22)	Lada-Tolyatti	2018	2019	0	0
39	Pavel Maslov		DF	(2000-04-14)14 April 2000 (aged 22)	Tyumen	2018	2024[8]	39	0
63	Daniil Petrunin		DF	(1999-06-10)10 June 1999 (aged 22)	Youth team	2015		1	0
92	Nikolai Rasskazov		DF	(1998-01-04)4 January 1998 (aged 24)	Youth team	2015		75	2
97	Daniil Denisov		DF	(2002-10-21)21 October 2002 (aged 19)	Youth team	2020		8	0
Midfielders
8	Victor Moses		MF	(1990-12-12)12 December 1990 (aged 31)	Chelsea	2021[9]	2023[9]	52	7
10	Zelimkhan Bakayev		MF	(1996-07-01)1 July 1996 (aged 25)	Youth team	2013		104	14
17	Christopher Martins		MF	(1997-02-19)19 February 1997 (aged 25)	on loan from Young Boys	2022[10]	2022[10]	14	1
18	Nail Umyarov		MF	(2000-06-27)27 June 2000 (aged 21)	Chertanovo Moscow	2019		81	1
22	Mikhail Ignatov		MF	(2000-05-04)4 May 2000 (aged 22)	Youth team	2016		51	2
25	Danil Prutsev		MF	(2000-03-25)25 March 2000 (aged 22)	Krylia Sovetov	2022[11]	2026[11]	9	0
26	Daniil Khlusevich		MF	(2001-02-26)26 February 2001 (aged 21)	Arsenal Tula	2021[12]	2026[12]	12	0
47	Roman Zobnin		MF	(1994-02-11)11 February 1994 (aged 28)	Dynamo Moscow	2016		180	10
68	Ruslan Litvinov		MF	(2001-08-18)18 August 2001 (aged 20)	Youth team	2018		34	2
73	Vladislav Shitov		MF	(2003-05-07)7 May 2003 (aged 19)	Youth team	2021		2	0
74	Dmitri Markitesov		MF	(2001-03-22)22 March 2001 (aged 21)	Youth team	2018		11	0
75	Fanil Sungatulin		MF	(2001-12-24)24 December 2001 (aged 20)	Youth team	2021		1	0
80	Nikita Bakalyuk		MF	(2001-04-03)3 April 2001 (aged 21)	Youth team	2018		1	0
84	Stepan Oganesyan		MF	(2001-09-28)28 September 2001 (aged 20)	Youth team	2019		2	0
90	Konstantin Shiltsov		MF	(2002-05-07)7 May 2002 (aged 20)	Youth team	2019		1	0
Forwards
7	Aleksandr Sobolev		FW	(1997-03-07)7 March 1997 (aged 25)	Krylia Sovetov	2020[13]		73	33
13	Nikoloz Kutateladze		FW	(2001-03-19)19 March 2001 (aged 21)	Anzhi Makhachkala	2019		0	0
19	Shamar Nicholson		FW	(1997-03-16)16 March 1997 (aged 25)	Charleroi	2022[14]		16	8
24	Quincy Promes		FW	(1992-01-04)4 January 1992 (aged 30)	Ajax	2021[15]	2024[15]	176	81
87	Artur Maksimchuk		FW	(2002-01-12)12 January 2002 (aged 20)	Saturn Ramenskoye	2022[16]	2025[16]	0	0
Contracts suspended
11	Jordan Larsson		FW	(1997-06-20)20 June 1997 (aged 24)	IFK Norrköping	2019		83	27
Away on loan
4	Jorrit Hendrix		MF	(1995-02-06)6 February 1995 (aged 27)	PSV Eindhoven	2021[17]		22	0
6	Ayrton Lucas		DF	(1997-06-19)19 June 1997 (aged 24)	Fluminense	2018		108	4
9	Ezequiel Ponce		FW	(1997-03-29)29 March 1997 (aged 25)	Roma	2019		73	25
33	Alex Král		MF	(1998-05-19)19 May 1998 (aged 24)	Slavia Prague	2019		60	0
56	Ilya Gaponov		DF	(1997-10-25)25 October 1997 (aged 24)	Strogino Moscow	2018		23	0
61	Ilya Golosov		DF	(2001-08-09)9 August 2001 (aged 20)	Lokomotiv Moscow	2019	2024[18]	3	0
77	Reziuan Mirzov		FW	(1993-06-22)22 June 1993 (aged 28)	Rostov	2019		33	1
93	Nikita Morgunov		DF	(2001-01-31)31 January 2001 (aged 21)	Youth team	2018		0	0
	Guus Til		MF	(1997-12-22)22 December 1997 (aged 24)	AZ Alkmaar	2019		24	2
	Maksim Glushenkov		MF	(1999-07-28)28 July 1999 (aged 22)	Chertanovo Moscow	2019		11	0
	Oston Urunov		MF	(2000-12-19)19 December 2000 (aged 21)	Ufa	2020[19]		9	1
	Pedro Rocha		FW	(1994-10-01)1 October 1994 (aged 27)	Grêmio	2017		19	1
Players that left Spartak Moscow during the season
21	Georgi Melkadze		FW	(1997-04-04)4 April 1997 (aged 25)	Youth team	2014		26	0
23	Aleksandr Lomovitsky		MF	(1998-01-27)27 January 1998 (aged 24)	Youth team	2015		46	0
32	Artyom Rebrov		GK	(1984-03-04)4 March 1984 (aged 38)	Shinnik Yaroslavl	2011		132	0
38	Andrey Yeshchenko		DF	(1984-02-09)9 February 1984 (aged 38)	Anzhi Makhachkala	2016[20]		109	1
71	Stepan Melnikov		MF	(2002-04-25)25 April 2002 (aged 20)	Youth team	2021		1	0
79	Aleksandr Rudenko		FW	(1999-03-15)15 March 1999 (aged 23)	Youth team	2015		0	0
89	Ilya Golyatov		FW	(2002-04-06)6 April 2002 (aged 20)	Youth team	2019		0	0

Contract suspensions

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 — FW  SWE Jordan Larsson (at AIK)

Out 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 — DF  BRA Ayrton Lucas (at Flamengo) — DF  RUS Ilya Gaponov (at Krylia Sovetov Samara) — DF  RUS Ilya Golosov (at Rotor Volgograd) — DF  RUS Nikita Morgunov (at Lada-Tolyatti) — MF  RUS Maksim Glushenkov (at Krylia Sovetov Samara) — MF  NED Jorrit Hendrix (at Feyenoord)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  CZE Alex Král (at West Ham United) — MF  RUS Reziuan Mirzov (at Khimki) — MF  NED Guus Til (at Feyenoord) — MF  UZB Oston Urunov (at FC Ufa) — FW  ARG Ezequiel Ponce (at Elche) — FW  BRA Pedro Rocha (at Athletico Paranaense)

Transfers

Main articles: List of Russian football transfers summer 2021 and List of Russian football transfers winter 2021–22

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
2 June 2021	DF		Ilya Agapov	Rubin Kazan	Undisclosed	[21]
2 July 2021	MF		Victor Moses	Chelsea	Undisclosed	[9]
9 July 2021	FW		Artyom Bykovskiy	Master-Saturn Yegoryevsk	Undisclosed	[22]
29 August 2021	DF		Maximiliano Caufriez	Sint-Truiden	Undisclosed	[4]
1 November 2021	MF		Daniil Khlusevich	Arsenal Tula	Undisclosed	[12]
6 December 2021	GK		Ilya Svinov	Fakel Voronezh	Undisclosed	[2]
21 December 2021	FW		Shamar Nicholson	Charleroi	Undisclosed	[14]
30 December 2021	DF		Leon Klassen	WSG Tirol	Undisclosed	[5]
21 January 2022	MF		Danil Prutsev	Krylia Sovetov	Undisclosed	[11]
25 January 2022	FW		Artur Maksimchuk	Saturn Ramenskoye	Undisclosed	[16]
22 February 2022	DF		Nikita Chernov	Krylia Sovetov	Undisclosed	[7]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
29 January 2022	DF		Samuel Gigot	Marseille	End of season	[3]
31 January 2022	MF		Christopher Martins	Young Boys	End of season	[10]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
11 May 2021	MF		Ayaz Guliyev	Arsenal Tula	Undisclosed	[23]
21 June 2021	MF		Aleksandr Tashayev	Rotor Volgograd	Undisclosed	[24][25]
31 July 2021	MF		Artyom Timofeyev	Akhmat Grozny	Undisclosed	[26]
18 August 2021	GK		Andrea Romagnoli	Catanzaro	Undisclosed	[27]
29 December 2021	MF		Aleksandr Lomovitsky	Rubin Kazan	Undisclosed	[28]
17 January 2022	FW		Svyatoslav Kozhedub	Akron Tolyatti	Undisclosed	[29]
20 January 2022	FW		Stepan Melnikov	Rostov	Undisclosed	[30]
25 January 2022	FW		Georgi Melkadze	Sochi	Undisclosed	[31]
29 January 2022	DF		Samuel Gigot	Marseille	Undisclosed	[3]
14 February 2022	GK		Artyom Poplevchenkov	Kuban Krasnodar	Undisclosed	[32]
20 February 2022	FW		Aleksandr Rudenko	Khimki	Undisclosed	[33]
22 February 2022	FW		Ilya Golyatov	Volna Nizhny Novgorod Oblast	Undisclosed

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
2 June 2021	MF		Guus Til	Feyenoord	End of season	[34]
11 July 2021	DF		Nikita Morgunov	Tyumen	End of season	[35]
22 July 2021	DF		Ilya Golosov	Rotor Volgograd	22 February 2022	[36]
23 July 2021	MF		Maksim Glushenkov	Krylia Sovetov	End of season	[37]
13 August 2021	FW		Pedro Rocha	Athletico Paranaense	End of season	[38]
19 August 2021	MF		Oston Urunov	Ufa	End of season	[39]>
31 August 2021	MF		Alex Král	West Ham United	End of season	[40]
7 September 2021	MF		Reziuan Mirzov	Khimki	End of season	[41]
26 January 2022	MF		Jorrit Hendrix	Feyenoord	End of season	[42]
31 January 2022	FW		Ezequiel Ponce	Elche	End of season	[43]
22 February 2022	DF		Ilya Gaponov	Krylia Sovetov	End of season	[7]
31 March 2022	DF		Ayrton Lucas	Flamengo	31 December 2022	[44]

Contract suspensions

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
4 April 2022	FW		Jordan Larsson	AIK	30 June 2022	[45]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
1 June 2021	DF		Georgi Tigiyev			[46]
14 December 2021	GK		Artyom Rebrov	Retired		[47]
13 January 2022	DF		Andrey Yeshchenko	Retired		[48]
1 June 2022	MF		Zelimkhan Bakayev	Zenit St.Petersburg	15 June 2022	[49][50]
2 June 2022	DF		Ilya Kutepov	Torpedo Moscow	1 July 2022	[51][52]
27 June 2022	FW		Jordan Larsson	Schalke 04	5 August 2022	[53][54]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Spartak Moscow v Sochi

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

Rubin Kazan v Spartak Moscow

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

Spartak Moscow v Khimki

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

Spartak Moscow v Slovan Bratislava

28 January 2022 Friendly	Spartak Moscow	2–2	Slovan Bratislava	Moscow, Russia
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Denisov 20' Bakayev 40'		Weiss 60' Čavrić 87'	Stadium: Otkrytiye Arena

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	24 July 2021	21 May 2022	Matchday 1	10th	30	10	8	12	37	41	−4	033.33
Russian Cup	2 March 2022	29 May 2021	Round of 16	Winners	4	4	0	0	12	2	+10	100.00
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	9 December 2021	Group stage	Round of 16	6	3	1	2	10	9	+1	050.00
Total					42	17	9	16	59	56	+3	040.48

Last updated: 29 May 2022
Source: Soccerway

Premier League

Main article: 2021–22 Russian Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Krylia Sovetov Samara	30	12	5	13	39	36	+3	41
9	Rostov	30	10	8	12	47	51	−4	38[a]
10	Spartak Moscow	30	10	8	12	37	41	−4	38[a]
11	Nizhny Novgorod	30	8	9	13	26	39	−13	33[b]
12	Ural Yekaterinburg	30	8	9	13	27	35	−8	33[b]

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:

1. Head-to-head points: Rostov 4, Spartak Moscow 1.
2. Head-to-head points: Nizhny Novgorod 4, Ural Yekaterinburg 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
30	10	8	12	37	36	+1	38	6	5	4	22	17	+5	4	3	8	15	19	−4

Last updated: 21 May 2022.
Source: FBref

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	Н	H	А	А	Н	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	D	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	W	D	L
Position	12	9	11	10	8	10	9	9	8	7	7	7	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	9	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2022. Source: Premier Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Rubin Kazan v Spartak Moscow

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

Krylia Sovetov v Spartak Moscow

30 July 2021 2	Krylia Sovetov	0–1	Spartak Moscow	Samara
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Gorshkov  47' Bozhin  67' Ivanisenya  90'	Report	Moses  58' Bakayev  65' Sobolev 68' (pen.)	Stadium: Solidarnost Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Pavel Kukuyan

Spartak Moscow v Nizhny Novgorod

7 August 2021 3	Spartak Moscow	1–2	Nizhny Novgorod	Moscow
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Sololev  63' Rasskazov  81' Ponce 86'	Report	Gotsuk 4' Kozlov 16'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 2,849 Referee: Aleksei Suhoj

Spartak Moscow v Ural

14 August 2021 4	Spartak Moscow	1–0	Ural	Moscow
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Rasskazov  23' Zobnin 27' Gigot  42'	Report	Gerasimov  33' Hodzyur  45' Yegorychev  76'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 2,945 Referee: Evgeni Kukulyak

Arsenal Tula v Spartak Moscow

21 August 2021 5	Arsenal Tula	1–1	Spartak Moscow	Tula
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Smolnikov  16' Markov  27' Guliyev  41' Novoseltev  50' Khlusevich 82'  90+2'	Report	Zobnin  32' Hendrix  75' Ponce 76' Larsson  86' Rasskazov  90+7'	Stadium: Arsenal Stadium Attendance: 2,945 Referee: Vladimir Moskalev

Spartak Moscow v Sochi

26 August 2021 6	Spartak Moscow	1–2	Sochi	Moscow
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Zobnin  38' 60' Sobolev  90+2' Hendrix  90+3'	Report	Angban  34' Margasov  39' Rodrigo  41' Barsov 65' Yusupov 72' Dzhanayev  90+5'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 2,713 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

Spartak Moscow v Khimki

11 September 2021 7	Spartak Moscow	3–1	Khimki	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Dzhikiya  8' Ayrton 25' Sobolev  41' Promes 48' Umayrov  61' Ponce 68' Gigot  81' Caufriez  88'	Report	Troshechkin  44' Sokolov  62' Glushakov  89'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 2,968 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

CSKA Moscow v Spartak Moscow

20 September 2021 8	CSKA Moscow	1–0	Spartak Moscow	Moscow
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Zablotny  43'  90+1', 81' Bohinen  70' Oblyakov  75'	Report	Umyarov  53'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 9,023 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Spartak Moscow v Ufa

25 September 2021 9	Spartak Moscow	2–0	Ufa	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ponce 3' Promes 29'	Report	Krotov  18' Kamilov  19' Mrzljak  54' Golubev  68'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 6,898 Referee: Artem Lyubimov

Akhmat Grozny v Spartak Moscow

3 October 2021 10	Akhmat Grozny	0–1	Spartak Moscow	Grozny
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Utsiyev  38' Konovalov  55'	Report	Litvinov  39' Sobolev 41' Moses  71' Ayrton  83' Lomovitskiy  90+6'	Stadium: Akhmat-Arena Attendance: 7,640 Referee: Kirill Levnikov

Spartak Moscow v Dynamo Moscow

16 October 2021 11	Spartak Moscow	2–2	Dynamo Moscow	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Gigot  42' 90' Dzhikiya  42' 87'	Report	Fomin  11' Ordets 17' N'Jie  22' Yevgenyev  33' Zakharyan  42' Grulyov  42' Szymański  47' Tyukavin 60'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 10,443 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Zenit St. Petersburg v Spartak Moscow

24 October 2021 12	Zenit St. Petersburg	7–1	Spartak Moscow	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Azmoun 20', 36' Claudinho 28' Mostovoy 45', 56' Rakitskyi  72' Dzyuba 80' (pen.) Yerokhin 88'	Report	Promes 53' Caufriez  65'  79' Bakaev  90+2'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 18,721 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

Spartak Moscow v Rostov

30 October 2021 13	Spartak Moscow	1–1	Rostov	Moscow
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Litvinov 78' Bakayev  84' Dzhikiya  87' Sobolev  90'	Report	Glebov 90+6'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 6,199 Referee: Artyom Lyubimov

Spartak Moscow v Lokomotiv Moscow

7 November 2021 14	Spartak Moscow	1–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Litvinov  11'  35' Sobolev  36' Bakayev  36' Umyarov 64'	Report	Kerk 23' Maradishvili  26' Kulikov  30' Kerk  45+1' Zhivoglyadov  55' Barinov  78' Jedvaj  90'  90'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 7,186 Referee: Ivan Sidenkov

Krasnodar v Spartak Moscow

20 November 2021 15	Krasnodar	2–1	Spartak Moscow	Krasnodar
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Córdoba 16' Chernikov  33' Krychowiak 60' (pen.) Spertsyan  66' Vilhena  74'	Report	Umyarov  10' Sobolev 45+3' (pen.) Caufriez  56' Ayrton  59'	Stadium: Krasnodar Stadium Attendance: 10,554 Referee: Alexey Sukhoi

Ufa v Spartak Moscow

29 November 2021 16	Ufa	1–1	Spartak Moscow	Ufa
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Krotov  37' Zhuralev  38' Kamilov  45+3' Mrzljak  54' Jokić  67' Nikitin 71'  90+3' Aliyev  88'	Report	Ayrton  19' Umayrov  43' Rasskazov  74'  86'	Stadium: BetBoom Arena Attendance: 1,325 Referee: Pavel Kukuyan

Spartak Moscow v Akmat Grozny

4 December 2021 17	Spartak Moscow	2–1	Akmat Grozny	Moscow
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Moses 13' Sobolev  32' Promes  65' 87' Gigot  72' Ayrton  89' Selikhov  90+2'	Report	Konovalov  5' Semyonov  38' Utkin 45+3' Arkhipov  49'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 5,850 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

Sochi v Spartak Moscow

13 December 2021 18	Sochi	3–0	Spartak Moscow	Sochi
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Noboa 28'  65' Yusupov  36' 90+7' Prokhin  45+3' Tsallagov  48' Rodrigo  63' Popov 89' Adamov  90+1'  90+3'	Report	Ignatov  27' Gigot  79' Bakaev  90' Caufriez  90+6'	Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium Attendance: 9,298 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

Spartak Moscow v CSKA Moscow

26 February 2022 19	Spartak Moscow	0–2	CSKA Moscow	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Umyarov  40' Moses  90+6'	Report	Fernandes  24' Carrascal  30' Yazıcı 49' Zaynutdinov 79' Ejuke  83'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 10,961 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

Dynamo Moscow v Spartak Moscow

6 March 2022 20	Dynamo Moscow	0–2	Spartak Moscow	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Grulyov  3' Varela  42'  45+3' Zakharyan  65'	Report	Caufriez  1' Nicholson 26' Promes 37' Ayrton  40' Martins  72' Umyarov  86'	Stadium: VTB Arena Attendance: 19,353 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Spartak Moscow v Krasnodar

13 March 2022 21	Spartak Moscow	1 – 2	Krasnodar	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Promes 38' (pen.) Umyarov  43' Nicholson  44'	Report	Spertsyan 5', 86' (pen.) Chernikov  31'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 4,969 Referee: Evgeny Kukulyak

Nizhny Novgorod v Spartak Moscow

19 March 2022 22	Nizhny Novgorod	1 – 1	Spartak Moscow	Nizhny Novgorod
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ennin  43' Suleymanov  55' Yuldoshev 74' Stotsky  75' Kravtsov  88' Nigmatullin  90+'	Report	Martins 72'  83' Promes 79' Ignatov  90+'	Stadium: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Attendance: 18,517 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

Lokomotiv Moscow v Spartak Moscow

2 April 2022 23	Lokomotiv Moscow	1 – 0	Spartak Moscow	Moscow
20:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Beka Beka  24' Babkin  58' Maradishvili  80' Isidor 85'  90+'	Report	Caufriez  48'	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 15,073 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Spartak Moscow v Arsenal Tula

10 April 2022 24	Spartak Moscow	3 – 0	Arsenal Tula	Moscow
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Zobnin 53' Nicholson 57', 75' Gigot  62'	Report	K.Kangwa  32'  86' Radaković  44'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 7,022 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

Spartak Moscow v Rubin Kazan

16 April 2022 25	Spartak Moscow	1 – 1	Rubin Kazan	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Khlusevich  41' Bakayev  53' Sobolev 69'	Report	Lomovitsky  10' Ignatyev 30'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 7,351 Referee: Pavel Kukuyan

Rostov v Spartak Moscow

24 April 2022 26	Rostov	3 – 2	Spartak Moscow	Rostov-on-Don
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Tugarev 14' Shchetinin  20' Bayramyan  66' Poloz 75' (pen.) Sowe 90+' Golenkov  90+'	Report	Sobolev 17'  45+' Chernov  45+3' Litvinov 90+' Martins  90+'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 25,082 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

Spartak Moscow v Krylia Sovetov

1 May 2022 27	Spartak Moscow	2 – 1	Krylia Sovetov	Moscow
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Gigot  8' Dzhikiya  8' Selikhov  42' Sobolev 61' (pen.), 83' Martins  66'	Report	Gorshkov 30' (pen.) Soldatenkov  60' Fernando  77'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 11,844 Referee: Evgeny Turbin

Ural Yekaterinburg v Spartak Moscow

7 May 2022 28	Ural Yekaterinburg	1 – 3	Spartak Moscow	Yekaterinburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Goglichidze 55'	Report	Nicholson 11', 26' Moses 30'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 26,402 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

Spartak Moscow v Zenit St. Petersburg

15 May 2022 29	Spartak Moscow	1 – 1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Moscow
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Sobolev 49'  51' Martins  55' Moses  85' Khlusevich  87' Dzhikiya  90+'	Report	Mostovoy 90+'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 16,598 Referee: Pavel Kukuyan

Khimki v Spartak Moscow

21 May 2022 30	Khimki	2 – 1	Spartak Moscow	Khimki
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Glushakov 39' (pen.) Bozhenov 44' Lantratov  87'	Report	Gigot 11'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 4,597 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Russian Cup

Main article: 2021–22 Russian Cup

Spartak Moscow v Kuban Krasnodar

2 March 2022 Round of 16	Spartak Moscow	6–1	Kuban Krasnodar	Moscow
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Promes 6', 17' Nicholson 20', 62', 86' Khlusevich  47' Larsson 83'	Report	Sidorov  37' Dzhikiya 55' (o.g.) Ediyev  61' Sapeta  89'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Referee: Yan Bobrovskiy

CSKA Moscow v Spartak Moscow

20 April 2022 Quarter-final	CSKA Moscow	0–1	Spartak Moscow	Moscow
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Carrascal  24' Gbamin  36'  45+3' Mukhin  37' Zabolotny  68' Shchennikov  78' Fuchs  90+3'	Report	Bakayev 21' (pen.)  32' Martins  43' Caufriez  45+1' Nicholson  78' Sobolev  87' Gigot  90+4' Maksimenko  90+5'	Stadium: VEB Arena Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

Spartak Moscow v Yenisey Krasnoyarsk

11 May 2022 Semi-final	Spartak Moscow	3–0	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	Moscow
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Promes 21' Martins  40' Bakayev 56' Sobolev 87' Litvinov  90'	Report		Stadium: Otkritie Arena Referee: Sergei Karasev

Final

Main article: 2022 Russian Cup Final

Spartak Moscow v Dynamo Moscow

29 May 2022 Final	Spartak Moscow	2–1	Dynamo Moscow	Moscow
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Sobolev 10'  81' Khlusevich  26' Promes 72' Gigot  90+3'	Report	Zakharyan 55' Fomin 90+9'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 69,306 Referee: Kirill Levnikov

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2021.^[55]

Spartak Moscow v Benfica

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[56] Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

Benfica v Spartak Moscow

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[57] Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group C

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021.^[58]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spartak Moscow	6	3	1	2	10	9	+1	10[a]	Advance to round of 16
2	Napoli	6	3	1	2	15	10	+5	10[a]	Advance to knockout round play-offs
3	Leicester City	6	2	2	2	12	11	+1	8	Transfer to Europa Conference League
4	Legia Warsaw	6	2	0	4	4	11	−7	6

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Head–to–head points: Spartak Moscow 6, Napoli 0.

Spartak Moscow v Legia Warsaw

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[59] Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

Napoli v Spartak Moscow

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[60] Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Spartak Moscow v Leicester City

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[61] Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

Leicester City v Spartak Moscow

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[62] Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

Spartak Moscow v Napoli

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 Attendance: 10,852[63] Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Legia Warsaw v Spartak Moscow

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 Attendance: 21,629[64] Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Knockout stage

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 25 February 2022.^[65] RB Leipzig won on walkover after Spartak Moscow were disqualified as a result of UEFA's suspension of Russian clubs from all competitions following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[66]

RB Leipzig v Spartak Moscow

10 March 2022 Round of 16 First leg	RB Leipzig	Cancelled	Spartak Moscow	Leipzig, Germany
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Red Bull Arena

Spartak Moscow v RB Leipzig

17 March 2022 Round of 16 Second leg	Spartak Moscow	Cancelled	RB Leipzig
--:-- CET (UTC+1)
Note: Spartak Moscow where scheduled to play their home match at a neutral venue due to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine before being suspended.[67]

Squad statistics

As of match played 29 May 2022

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Russian Cup		Champions League		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	FRA	Samuel Gigot	38	2	25+2	2	3	0	2	0	6	0
3	DF	BEL	Maximiliano Caufriez	25	0	15+2	0	3+1	0	0	0	4	0
5	DF	RUS	Leon Klassen	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	RUS	Aleksandr Sobolev	36	15	20+6	9	1+2	2	1+1	0	3+2	4
8	MF	NGA	Victor Moses	33	3	23+2	2	2	0	0	0	6	1
10	MF	RUS	Zelimkhan Bakayev	36	3	15+11	0	3	2	2	0	3+2	1
14	DF	RUS	Georgi Dzhikiya	40	1	28	1	4	0	2	0	6	0
17	MF	LUX	Christopher Martins	14	1	9+1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	RUS	Nail Umyarov	26	1	14+3	1	1+1	0	2	0	4+1	0
19	FW	JAM	Shamar Nicholson	16	8	8+4	5	3+1	3	0	0	0	0
22	MF	RUS	Mikhail Ignatov	35	1	11+13	0	2+2	0	0+2	0	3+2	1
23	DF	RUS	Nikita Chernov	7	0	4	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW	NED	Quincy Promes	31	12	19+3	6	3	4	0	0	5+1	2
25	MF	RUS	Danil Prutsev	9	0	2+3	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	RUS	Daniil Khlusevich	12	0	7+2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	RUS	Ilya Kutepov	5	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
47	MF	RUS	Roman Zobnin	33	3	20+5	3	1+1	0	2	0	4	0
57	GK	RUS	Aleksandr Selikhov	17	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
68	MF	RUS	Ruslan Litvinov	27	2	15+4	2	2+2	0	0	0	4	0
73	MF	RUS	Vladislav Shitov	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
74	MF	RUS	Dmitri Markitesov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
75	MF	RUS	Fanil Sungatulin	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
92	DF	RUS	Nikolai Rasskazov	25	0	10+8	0	0+2	0	2	0	2+1	0
97	DF	RUS	Daniil Denisov	8	0	2+4	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
98	GK	RUS	Aleksandr Maksimenko	25	0	16	0	4	0	2	0	3	0
Players who suspended their contracts:
11	FW	SWE	Jordan Larsson	23	2	11+6	0	0+1	1	2	0	2+1	1
Players away from the club on loan:
4	MF	NED	Jorrit Hendrix	11	0	2+6	0	0	0	1	0	0+2	0
6	DF	BRA	Ayrton Lucas	30	1	21	1	1	0	2	0	6	0
9	FW	ARG	Ezequiel Ponce	11	4	6+1	4	0	0	1+1	0	2	0
33	MF	CZE	Alex Král	7	0	3+2	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0
77	MF	RUS	Reziuan Mirzov	6	0	1+4	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players who left Spartak Moscow during the season:
17	MF	RUS	Aleksandr Lomovitsky	21	0	4+10	0	0	0	1	0	0+6	0
21	FW	RUS	Georgi Melkadze	4	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
71	MF	RUS	Stepan Melnikov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Russian Cup	Champions League	Europa League	Total
1	FW		7	Aleksandr Sobolev	9	2	0	4	15
2	FW		24	Quincy Promes	6	4	0	2	12
3	FW		19	Shamar Nicholson	5	3	0	0	8
4	FW		9	Ezequiel Ponce	4	0	0	0	4
5	MF		47	Roman Zobnin	3	0	0	0	3
	MF		8	Victor Moses	2	0	0	1	3
	MF		10	Zelimkhan Bakayev	0	2	0	1	3
8	MF		68	Ruslan Litvinov	2	0	0	0	2
	DF		2	Samuel Gigot	2	0	0	0	2
	FW		11	Jordan Larsson	0	1	0	1	2
11	DF		6	Ayrton Lucas	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		14	Georgi Dzhikiya	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		18	Nail Umyarov	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		17	Christopher Martins	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		22	Mikhail Ignatov	0	0	0	1	1
				TOTALS	37	12	0	10	59

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Russian Cup	Champions League	Europa League	Total
1	GK		98	Aleksandr Maksimenko	5	2	0	0	7
2	GK		57	Aleksandr Selikhov	1	0	0	1	2
				TOTALS	6	2	0	1	9

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Russian Cup		Champions League		Europa League		Total
2		DF	Samuel Gigot	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	11	0
3		DF	Maximiliano Caufriez	6	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	9	3
7		FW	Aleksandr Sobolev	8	1	2	0	1	0	3	0	14	1
8		MF	Victor Moses	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
10		MF	Zelimkhan Bakayev	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
14		DF	Georgi Dzhikiya	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
17		MF	Christopher Martins	5	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
18		MF	Nail Umyarov	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	9	0
19		FW	Shamar Nicholson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
22		MF	Mikhail Ignatov	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
23		DF	Nikita Chernov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24		FW	Quincy Promes	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0
26		MF	Daniil Khlusevich	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
47		MF	Roman Zobnin	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
57		GK	Aleksandr Selikhov	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
68		MF	Ruslan Litvinov	3	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	7	1
92		DF	Nikolai Rasskazov	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
98		GK	Aleksandr Maksimenko	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
Players who suspended their contracts:
11		FW	Jordan Larsson	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
Players away on loan:
4		MF	Jorrit Hendrix	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
6		DF	Ayrton Lucas	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
9		FW	Ezequiel Ponce	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
77		MF	Reziuan Mirzov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left Spartak Moscow during the season:
17		MF	Aleksandr Lomovitsky	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	0
21		FW	Georgi Melkadze	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
			TOTALS	79	5	13	0	4	0	22	1	118	6