74-509: Igor Vladimirovich Akinfeev (Russian: Игорь Владимирович Акинфеев , romanized : Igor' Vladimirovich Akinfeyev , IPA: [ˈiɡərʲ vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ ɐkʲɪnˈfʲe(j)ɪf] ; born 8 April 1986) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for and captains Russian Premier League club CSKA Moscow . He has spent his entire career at CSKA, making more than 700 official appearances. He has won six Russian Premier League titles and seven Russian Cups , as well as
148-522: A crowd crush during the match, making it Russia's worst sporting disaster. In 1989, Spartak won its last USSR Championship, rivals Dynamo Kyiv 2–1 in the closing round. Spartak's striker Valery Shmarov scored the "golden" free kick with almost no time left. The next season, Spartak reached the European Cup semi-final, consequently eliminating Napoli on penalties and Real Madrid (with 3–1 away victory), but losing to Marseille . A new page in
222-598: A gladiator -slave who led a rebellion against Rome . Starostin is also credited with the creation of the Spartak logo. The same year, the club became a part of newly created Spartak sports society . Czechoslovak manager Antonin Fivebr is credited as the first head coach of Spartak, though he worked as a consultant in several clubs simultaneously. In 1936, the Soviet Top League was established, where its first championship
296-442: A native Russian keyboard layout ( JCUKEN ). In the latter case, they would type using a system of transliteration fitted for their keyboard layout , such as for English QWERTY keyboards, and then use an automated tool to convert the text into Cyrillic. There are a number of distinct and competing standards for the romanization of Russian Cyrillic , with none of them having received much popularity, and, in reality, transliteration
370-652: A 50-year ban on entering the country. Romanization of Russian The romanization of the Russian language (the transliteration of Russian text from the Cyrillic script into the Latin script ), aside from its primary use for including Russian names and words in text written in a Latin alphabet, is also essential for computer users to input Russian text who either do not have a keyboard or word processor set up for inputting Cyrillic, or else are not capable of typing rapidly using
444-687: A Latin alphabet for the Russian language was discussed in 1929–30 during the campaign of latinisation of the languages of the USSR , when a special commission was created to propose a latinisation system for Russian. The letters of the Latin script are named in Russian as following (and are borrowed from French and/or German ): FC Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow ( Russian : Футбольный клуб «Спартак» Москва , romanized : Futbolʹnyy klub «Spartak» Moskva , pronounced [spɐrˈtak mɐˈskva] )
518-503: A controlling stake in the club was bought by Leonid Fedun, real steps were taken to promote the stadium project, and in 2006, the Government of Moscow allocated land at Tushino Aeropol at a size of 28.3 hectares for the construction of the stadium. The project involved the main arena of 42,000 people with natural lawn, sports, and an entertainment hall for tennis, handball, basketball and volleyball for 12,000 spectators. The ceremony of laying
592-439: A goalkeeper. He's very confident. I think he also tops all Russian goalkeepers in the length and precision of his goal kicks. With his right, he kicks 90 metres, with his left 80 metres." One of the few one-club men in Russian, European, and world football, Akinfeev had been playing for more than a decade as part of the club's and the national team's starting XI, which usually included the defensive trio of Aleksei Berezutski on
666-508: A new record with 490. On 20 May 2022, Akinfeev extended his contract with CSKA until the end of the 2023–24 season. On 11 June 2023, Akinfeev saved two penalty kicks in the 2023 Russian Cup Final shootout to win the trophy for CSKA. On 24 May 2024, Akinfeev extended his contract with CSKA until the end of the 2025–26 season. Akinfeev made his debut for the Russian national team in a friendly match against Norway , which Russia lost 2–3, on 28 April 2004, aged 18 years and 20 days. He thus became
740-409: A promising talent in his youth, Akinfeev's precocious performances as a youngster earned him comparisons with former esteemed Russian goalkeepers Lev Yashin and Rinat Dasayev . In 2005, UEFA 's Pavle Gognidze praised Akinfeev for being a "cool-headed" goalkeeper in spite of his young age, commenting: "On top of confidence, Akinfeev can also boast cat-like reflexes and excellent aerial ability while he
814-612: A record breaking run of 43 consecutive matches without keeping a clean sheet in the Champions League (including qualifying rounds). His Champions League run without a clean sheet finally ended 11 years later, when CSKA Moscow beat AEK Athens 2–0 away in the qualifying stages of the Champions League on 25 July 2017; prior to the match, Akinfeev's last clean sheet in the Champions League had come against Arsenal in November 2006, and
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#1732884535211888-660: 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 [ ru ] ), 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
962-488: 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
1036-524: Is a district of Moscow renowned for the radical politics of its inhabitants; for example, it represented the centre of the Moscow uprising of 1905 . The team grew, building a stadium, supporting itself from ticket sales and playing matches across the Russian SFSR . As part of a 1926 reorganization of football in the Soviet Union, Starostin arranged for the club to be sponsored by the food workers union and
1110-654: Is a member of the Lev Yashin Club and has kept more clean sheets in Russian football than any other goalkeeper. Igor Akinfeev was born on 8 April 1986 in the town of Vidnoye, Moscow Oblast . When he was 4 years old his father sent him to the Sports school of CSKA. He has been a goalkeeper since his second training. As a member of the junior CSKA Moscow team, he won the Russian Junior Championship in 2002. Akinfeev made his professional debut for CSKA Moscow at
1184-577: Is often carried out without any consistent standards. Scientific transliteration, also known as the International Scholarly System , is a system that has been used in linguistics since the 19th century. It is based on the Czech alphabet and formed the basis of the GOST and ISO systems. OST 8483 was the first Soviet standard on romanization of Russian, introduced on 16 October 1935. Developed by
1258-415: Is quick off his line to deal with crosses and through balls. Handy with his kicks, what makes him so remarkable for his age is his positional sense – so well developed that the ball seems drawn towards him." Former goalkeeper and CSKA's goalkeeping coach at the time, Vyacheslav Chanov , also added: "Igor is a real goalkeeper, it's in his character and attitude. Since the age of four he only dreamed of becoming
1332-689: Is the main system of the Oxford University Press, and a variation was used by the British Library to catalogue publications acquired up to 1975. The Library of Congress system (ALA-LC) is used for newer acquisitions. The BGN/PCGN system is relatively intuitive for Anglophones to read and pronounce. In many publications, a simplified form of the system is used to render English versions of Russian names, typically converting ë to yo , simplifying -iy and -yy endings to -y , and omitting apostrophes for ъ and ь . It can be rendered using only
1406-594: The 2005 UEFA Cup Final , which the Army Men won 3–1 against Sporting CP at their opponents' Estádio José Alvalade . In 2006, he won a third Russian league title and second Russian Cup with CSKA and was awarded the Zvezda trophy , for the year's best football player from the former Soviet Union. In the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League , Akinfeev went 362 minutes without conceding a goal until Ricardo Quaresma scored past him for FC Porto in his team's fifth group match. This began
1480-448: The 2005 season , Spartak, led by Aleksandrs Starkovs , finished second in the league to beat Lokomotiv Moscow , Zenit Saint Petersburg and Rubin Kazan to the last Champions League place. Following a mixed start to the 2006 season and public criticism from Dmitry Alenichev , the team's captain and one of its most experienced players, Starkovs left his position to Vladimir Fedotov . In
1554-498: The 2008 season , starting in all 30 league matches and winning the Russian Cup . In 2009, he again started all 30 Russian Premier League matches and kept a clean sheet in the 1–0 Russian Cup Final defeat of league winners Rubin Kazan . In May 2011, Akinfeev captained CSKA to a fifth Russian Cup of his career. In 2012–13 , CSKA won their first Russian Premier League title in seven years, with Akinfeev named Russian Footballer of
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#17328845352111628-525: The 2016–17 Russian Premier League with the squad, winning most derbies and ultimately finishing with a difference of 7 points. The following season, Spartak participated in the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage. Despite suffering its greatest ever loss in a 7-0 result against Liverpool F.C. at Anfield , the club achieved considerable victories, including a 5-1 win against Sevilla FC . Having finished second 2020-21 Russian Premier League under manager Domenico Tedesco , whose contract expired at
1702-444: The ECA until further notice due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine , and the clubs continued to play with themselves. On 29 May 2022, in the final match of Paolo Vanoli (manager since December 2021), Spartak won the 2021–22 Russian Cup . On August 22, 2022, PJSC Lukoil Oil Company announced the acquisition of Spartak Moscow and Otkritie Arena. This occurred after numerous changes at
1776-464: The Russia national football team 's 1–0 win over Portugal . In August 2018, Akinfeev extended his CSKA contract to last until 2022. In December 2018, Akinfeev earned his 300th clean sheet, becoming the first Russian goalkeeper to do so. On 14 August 2021, he played his 489th game in the Russian top tier, repeating the record previously set by Sergei Ignashevich . In his next game on 21 August 2021, he set
1850-525: The UEFA Cup in 2005 . He is a record holder for most games played in the Russian top-level league at 584 (as of 23 November 2024). A full international for Russia between 2004 and 2018, he earned 111 caps and was selected in their squads for four UEFA European Championships and two FIFA World Cups . He was named captain of Russia in March 2017, after the retirement of his predecessor Vasili Berezutski . Akinfeev
1924-571: The UEFA Cup Winner's Cup . 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
1998-581: The Ukrainian Premier League , both teams must qualify for UEFA tournaments to meet each other. Since the mid-2000s the supporters of Spartak maintain brotherhood relations with Crvena Zvezda (Red Star Belgrade) and Olympiacos ultras – a friendship based on common Orthodox faith and same club colours. Also fans of Spartak have generally friendly relationships with Torpedo Moscow supporters, and of supporters of Polish club Lech Poznań . Until 2014, Spartak had never had its own stadium, with
2072-481: The 1920s, the team was renamed several times, from "Moscow Sports Club" to "Red Presnya" (after the name of one of the districts of Moscow) to "Pishcheviki" ("Food industry workers") to "Promkooperatsiya" ("Industrial cooperation") and finally to "Spartak Moscow" in 1935, and for many years the team was under patronage of one of the Moscow food factories that dealt with meat products. One of the most favourite slogans of both
2146-463: The 2012–13 season, Spartak qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League group stage and finished last after disappointing performances against FC Barcelona , Celtic and Benfica . In the league, Spartak finished in fourth place while in the cup it was eliminated in the round of 16 by FC Rostov 0–0 (3–5 p ) , completing a disappointing season. Since 2013, the club have added another three stars as rules allowed teams to include titles won during
2220-409: The 7th round of the championship. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Had international caps for their respective countries, or held any club record. Players whose name
2294-456: The British Library since 1975. The formal, unambiguous version of the system for bibliographic cataloguing requires some diacritics, two-letter tie characters , and prime marks. The standard is also often adapted as a "simplified" or "modified Library of Congress system" for use in text for a non-specialized audience, omitting the special characters and diacritics, simplifying endings, and modifying iotated initials. British Standard 2979:1958
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2368-529: The Latin Alphabet is an adoption of ISO 9:1995 . It is the official standard of both Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). GOST 52535.1-2006 Identification cards. Machine readable travel documents. Part 1. Machine readable passports is an adoption of an ICAO standard for travel documents. It was used in Russian passports for a short period during 2010–2013 ( see below ). The standard
2442-653: The National Administration for Geodesy and Cartography at the USSR Council of Ministers , GOST 16876-71 has been in service since 1973. Replaced by GOST 7.79-2000. This standard is an equivalent of GOST 16876-71 and was adopted as an official standard of the COMECON . GOST 7.79-2000 System of Standards on Information, Librarianship, and Publishing–Rules for Transliteration of the Cyrillic Characters Using
2516-500: 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 officially act under the name MCS, or Moscow Sports Club. 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
2590-451: The Russian national squad in early November but was deemed unfit for the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier against Israel . Akinfeev later re-established his first choice place for Russia at UEFA Euro 2008 , and played every match as the nation reached the semi-finals. He was confirmed for the finalized UEFA Euro 2012 squad on 25 May 2012, but Malafeev played all of Russia's matches and the nation
2664-546: The Soviet era. The next 3 seasons (2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16) were somewhat similar as Spartak finished 6th, 6th and 5th accordingly while the club did not qualify for European Competitions. By the beginning of the 2016–17 season, under ex- Juventus manager Massimo Carrera , Spartak had acquired a squad consisting of foreign talents such as Quincy Promes , Fernando , Zé Luís , Lorenzo Melgarejo and Russians such as Denis Glushakov , Roman Zobnin and Ilya Kutepov . Spartak won
2738-630: The Year . Akinfeev also saved Yuri Zhirkov 's kick in CSKA's penalty shootout win over Anzhi Makhachkala in the 2013 Russian Cup Final . On 1 February 2014, CSKA Moscow announced that Akinfeev had extended his contract CSKA until the summer of 2019. In 2013–14 , Akinfeev won a fifth Russian Premier League title. On 14 May 2014, he overtook Lev Yashin as the goalkeeper with the third-highest number of clean sheets in Russian football. On 14 November 2015, he broke this clean sheet record with his 233rd career shutout in
2812-492: The age of 16, saving a penalty kick and keeping a clean sheet in a 2–0 win over FC Krylia Sovetov Samara . He broke into the starting line-up at the age of 17 in 2003, winning the club's first Russian Premier League in the same season . In 2005, CSKA won a treble of the Russian Premier League Russian Cup and UEFA Cup . During this season, Akinfeev played in all 19 of CSKA's European matches, including
2886-497: The aim of returning the team to the top of the Russian Premier League. Spartak has been entitled to place a golden star on its badge since 2003 to commemorate winning five Russian championships in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996 and 1997. They have won the championship another four times since 1997. In 2004, Leonid Fedun became the club's President and second-largest shareholder behind his business partner Vagit Alekperov . In
2960-599: The basic letters and punctuation found on English-language keyboards: no diacritics or unusual letters are required, although the interpunct character (·) may be used to avoid ambiguity. This particular standard is part of the BGN/PCGN romanization system which was developed by the United States Board on Geographic Names and by the Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use . The portion of
3034-421: The board of directors of FC Spartak. Lukoil's top managers Pavel Zhdanov, Ivan Maslyaev, and Yevgeny Khavkin joined the board of directors, as did Spartak's general director Yevgeny Melezhikov (left the club in the summer of 2023), academy president Sergei Rodionov , as well as independent directors Oleg Malyshev and Yusuf Alekperov. Englishman Paul Ashworth was appointed sporting director. In December 2023, it
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3108-480: The club and member of the board of directors. Under his leadership of more than 18 years, he left behind a mixed legacy. The club had won only a single Russian league, cup and supercup. Second place in the league was achieved six times, and four times the club head reached the group stage of the Champions League. A stadium solely for the use of the club was built for the first time. On September 26, 2022 Alexander Matytsyn, first vice president of Lukoil, became chairman of
3182-407: The club as a result of conflict with Romantsev. Later, Romantsev sold his stock to oil magnate Andrei Chervichenko, who in 2003 became the club president. The two were soon embroiled in a row that would continue until Romantsev was sacked in 2003 with the club suffering several sub-par seasons until Chervichenko finally sold his stock in 2004. The new ownership made a number of front office changes with
3256-635: The club moved to the 13,000 seat Tomsky Stadium , known as Pishcheviki. The team changed sponsors repeatedly over the following years as it competed with Dinamo Moscow, whose 35,000 seat Dynamo Stadium lay close by. As a high-profile sportsman, Starostin came into close contact with Alexander Kosarev, secretary of the Komsomol (Communist Union of Youth) who already had a strong influence on sport and wanted to extend it. In November 1934, with funding from Promkooperatsiia, Kosarev employed Starostin and his brothers to develop his team to make it more powerful. Again
3330-458: The club's history began when the Soviet Union collapsed and its championship ceased to exist. In the newly created Russian league, Spartak, led by coach and president Oleg Romantsev , dominated and won all but one title between 1992 and 2001. Season after season the team also represented Russia in the Champions League . Problems began in the new century, however. Several charismatic players ( Ilya Tsymbalar and Andrey Tikhonov among others) left
3404-416: The club, such as the appointment of Spanish specialist Guillermo Abascal as manager, his assistants Carlos Maria Valle Moreno and Vladimir Slišković , physical training coaches Fernando Perez Lopez and Alexander Zaichenko, and goalkeeper coach Vasily Kuznetsov . At 33 years of age, Abascal became the youngest manager in the club's history. It was also reported that Leonid Fedun has resigned as President of
3478-504: The fans and players is, "Who are we? We're The Meat!" ( Russian : "Кто мы ? Мясо!", "Kto my? Myaso!") FC Spartak Moscow's main colour is red. In 2014, Nike unveiled kit inspired by the club's new home. At present, Spartak's archrival is CSKA Moscow , although this is a relatively recent rivalry that has only emerged after the collapse of the USSR. Seven of ten matches with the largest audience in Russian Premier League (including top three) were Spartak-CSKA derbies . Historically,
3552-511: The first stone took place on 2 June 2007. In February 2013, it was announced that as a result of a sponsorship deal with Otkritie FC Bank ("Discovery"), the stadium will be called Otkritie Arena for 6 years. The opening match at the new stadium took place on 5 September 2014, when Spartak drew with the Serbian side Red Star Belgrade (1-1). The first competitive match took place on 14 September 2014, in which Spartak defeated Torpedo Moscow 3–1 in
3626-452: The game 1–0 after six minutes. In the 60th minute of the game, a green laser was shone in Akinfeev's face while he was defending from an Algerian free kick, from which Islam Slimani scored to equalise. Both Akinfeev and Russian coach Fabio Capello blamed the laser for the decisive conceded goal. On 27 March 2015, in a Euro 2016 Group G qualifier away to Montenegro , Akinfeev was struck in
3700-407: The head by a flare launched from the crowd, 20 seconds after kick-off. The game was called off for 35 minutes while he was treated, and resumed with his substitution for Yuri Lodygin . It was eventually abandoned after a brawl, while Akinfeev was taken to a Podgorica hospital with a neck injury and light burns. Akinfeev played his third UEFA European Championship for Russia at UEFA Euro 2016 as
3774-402: The head coach. He had made his name playing for Spartak's main rivals, Dynamo Moscow ). He introduced several young players, including Rinat Dasayev and Georgi Yartsev . Spartak returned the following season and won the title in 1979, beating Dynamo Kyiv . On 20 October 1982, disaster struck during the UEFA Cup match between Spartak and Dutch club HFC Haarlem . Sixty-six people died in
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#17328845352113848-443: The introduction of a dedicated Latin alphabet for writing the Russian language. Such an alphabet would not necessarily bind closely to the traditional Cyrillic orthography. The transition from Cyrillic to Latin has been proposed several times throughout history (especially during the Soviet era), but was never conducted on a large scale, except for informal romanizations in the computer era. The most serious possibility of adoption of
3922-510: The left, Sergei Ignashevich in the middle, Vasili Berezutski on the right. Appearances and goals by national team and year CSKA Moscow Russia Individual In April 2023, amidst the Russian invasion of Ukraine , Akinfeev was amongst a number of individuals in the field of sports to be placed under sanctions by the Ukrainian government , freezing his assets in Ukraine and implementing
3996-423: The most celebrated rivalry is with Dynamo Moscow , a fiercely contested matchup which is Russia's oldest derby . Matches against Lokomotiv Moscow and Zenit Saint Petersburg attract thousands of people as well, almost always resulting in packed stadia. Upon the collapse of the Soviet Union, Spartak's rivalry with Dynamo Kyiv , one of the leaders of the USSR championship, was lost. Since Dynamo Kyiv now plays in
4070-475: The national team finished bottom of Group B with only one point from three matches. He was selected as captain for Russia's 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup campaign on home soil and kept a clean sheet as the Russian's defeated New Zealand 2–0 in the tournament's opening match. On 21 June, in Russia's second group match, a 1–0 defeat to Portugal , Akinfeev won his 100th cap for the national team. On 11 May 2018, he
4144-473: The new system and the old one, citizens who wanted to retain the old version of a name's transliteration, especially one that had been in the old pre-2010 passport, could apply to the local migration office before they acquired a new passport. The standard was abandoned in 2013. In 2013, Order No. 320 of the Federal Migration Service of Russia came into force. It states that all personal names in
4218-502: The passports must be transliterated by using the ICAO system , which is published in Doc 9303 " Machine Readable Travel Documents, Part 3 ". The system differs from the GOST R 52535.1-2006 system in two things: ц is transliterated into ts (as in pre-2010 systems), ъ is transliterated into ie (a novelty). In a second sense, the romanization or Latinization of Russian may also indicate
4292-403: The season's end, Spartak followed up with a successful run in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League , now led by Rui Vitoria . Spartak topped its group, which included Napoli (which it defeated both home and away), Leicester City and Legia Warsaw . It was set to face RB Leipzig in the round of 16, but the club - along with all Russian club and national teams - was suspended from FIFA , UEFA and
4366-478: The sequence became a record in the competition in October 2013 when he conceded two goals against FC Viktoria Plzen for a 17th consecutive 'non-clean sheet'. In May 2007, Akinfeev sustained a knee injury which kept him out for the remainder of the 2007 Russian Premier League season. CSKA ended the season third in the league behind city rivals Spartak Moscow and champions Zenit St. Petersburg . Akinfeev returned for
4440-625: The state authorities. Elder brother Nikolai Starostin wrote in his books that he had survived in the State Prison System due to his participation in football and with Spartak (after the political rehabilitation , in 1954, he would later return to the team as the squad's manager). In 1935, Starostin proposed the name Spartak . It was inspired by the Italian novel Spartaco , written by Raffaello Giovagnoli , and means Spartacus ("Spartak" in Russian),
4514-494: The system pertaining to the Russian language was adopted by BGN in 1944 and by PCGN in 1947. In Soviet international passports , transliteration was based on French rules but without diacritics and so all names were transliterated in a French-style system . In 1997, with the introduction of new Russian passports , a diacritic-free English-oriented system was established by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs , but
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#17328845352114588-447: The system was also abandoned in 2010. In 2006, GOST R 52535.1-2006 was adopted, which defines technical requirements and standards for Russian international passports and introduces its own system of transliteration. In 2010, the Federal Migration Service of Russia approved Order No. 26, stating that all personal names in the passports issued after 2010 must be transliterated using GOST R 52535.1-2006. Because of some differences between
4662-415: The team changed its name, this time to "Spartak Moscow" (the name Spartak means " Spartacus ", a gladiator who led an uprising against Ancient Rome ). The club founders, four Starostin brothers, played a big role in the formation of the team. The Starostins played for the red-whites in the 1930s but right before World War II they were subjected to repression as the leaders of the most hated team by
4736-537: The team historically playing in various Moscow stadia throughout its history, even once playing an exhibition match in Red Square . The team played home games at various Moscow stadiums – especially at the Locomotiv and Luzhniki stadiums. After the purchase of the club by Andrei Chervichenko in the early 2000s, several statements were made about the speedy construction of the stadium, but construction did not begin. After
4810-606: The third youngest player to compete for Russia after Eduard Streltsov and Sergey Rodionov and the youngest international footballer ever in the history of the Russian Federation . He held the record for the youngest national team player for 18 years before being overtaken by Sergei Pinyayev in 2022. He was later included into the Russian UEFA Euro 2004 squad as the third choice goalkeeper behind Sergei Ovchinnikov and Vyacheslav Malafeev . His major competitive debut
4884-657: The use of diacritics) that faithfully represents the original and allows for reverse transliteration for Cyrillic text in any contemporary language. The UNGEGN , a Working Group of the United Nations , in 1987 recommended a romanization system for geographical names, which was based on the 1983 version of GOST 16876-71 . It may be found in some international cartographic products. American Library Association and Library of Congress (ALA-LC) romanization tables for Slavic alphabets are used in North American libraries and in
4958-406: Was announced that the club was reviving a second team, closed in 2022 due to lack of funding. It will be entered in the second league. As of 22 September 2023, Source: [1] Notes The team is usually called "red-and-whites," but among the fans "The Meat" ( Russian : "Мясо" , "Myaso") is a very popular nickname. The origins of the nickname belong to the days of the foundation of the club; in
5032-601: Was eliminated in the group stages. On 2 June 2014, Akinfeev was included in Russia's 2014 FIFA World Cup squad, In Russia's first group match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup against South Korea , Akinfeev fumbled a long-range shot from Lee Keun-ho , dropping it over the line to give the Koreans the lead. Russia then went on to equalize, and the match finished 1–1. The final group stage match between Algeria and Russia on 26 June ended 1–1, advancing Algeria and eliminating Russia. A win for Russia would have seen them qualify, and they led
5106-556: Was included in Russia's extended 2018 FIFA World Cup squad. On 3 June 2018, he was included in the finalized World Cup squad. Akinfeev was later instrumental in the Russians knocking out Spain in the Round of 16 , being elected Man of the Match and saving two penalties in the shoot-out , ensuring a Russian victory. On 1 October 2018, he announced his retirement from the national team. Regarded as
5180-501: Was on 30 March 2005, in a 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Estonia and he was later promoted to Russia's first-choice goalkeeper after a long-term injury to Malafeev. Akinfeev kept his first choice place under Yuri Semin and later Guus Hiddink . On 6 May 2007, Akinfeev suffered a knee injury in a 1–1 draw against FC Rostov which put him out of action for four months. As a result, he lost his first choice position to Vyacheslav Malafeev and later Vladimir Gabulov . He returned to
5254-458: Was substituted in 2013 by GOST R ISO/ IEC 7501-1-2013, which does not contain romanization, but directly refers to the ICAO romanization ( see below ). Names on street and road signs in the Soviet Union were romanized according to GOST 10807-78 (tables 17, 18), which was amended by newer Russian GOST R 52290-2004 (tables Г.4, Г.5), the romanizations in both the standards are practically identical. ISO/R 9, established in 1954 and updated in 1968,
5328-559: Was the adoption of the scientific transliteration by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). It covers Russian and seven other Slavic languages. ISO 9:1995 is the current transliteration standard from ISO. It is based on its predecessor ISO/R 9:1968, which it deprecates; for Russian, the two are the same except in the treatment of five modern letters. ISO 9:1995 is the first language-independent, univocal system of one character for one character equivalents (by
5402-491: Was the captain of the national team from 1954 to 1963. In the 1960s, Spartak won two league titles, but by the mid-1960s, Spartak was no more regarded as a leading Soviet club. The club was even less successful in the 1970s and in 1976 Spartak was relegated into the lower league . The following season in 1979, fans stayed with the team despite being relegated to the lower division, keeping the stadium full. Konstantin Beskov became
5476-683: Was won by Dynamo Moscow while Spartak won its second, which was held in the same calendar year. Before World War II, Spartak earned two more titles. In 1937, Spartak won the football tournament of Workers' Olympiad at Antwerp . During the 1950s, Spartak, together with Dynamo, dominated the Soviet Top League. When the Soviet national team won gold medals at the Melbourne Olympics , it consisted largely of Spartak players. Spartak captain Igor Netto
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