FC Spartak Vladikavkaz

"FC Alania Vladikavkaz" redirects here. For new club established in 2019, see FC Alania Vladikavkaz (2019).

FC Spartak Vladikavkaz (Russian: Футбольный клуб «Спартак Владикавказ») was a Russian football club based in Vladikavkaz (formerly Ordzhonikidze), North Ossetia–Alania. Founded in 1921, the club played in the Soviet Top League during the communist era, and won its first and only league title in the 1995 Russian Top League.

Spartak Vladikavkaz

Full name	Football Club Spartak Vladikavkaz
Nickname(s)	Ossetian: Allon Franktæ, Russian: Alanskiye Barsy (Alanian Leopards) Red-Yellows
Founded	1921; 103 years ago (1921)
Dissolved	2020
Ground	Republican Spartak Stadium, Vladikavkaz
Capacity	32,464
League	N/A
2019–20	PFL Zone South, 16th (dissolved)

History

At dissolution of the Soviet Union, Spartak Vladikavkaz were the only non-Muscovite Russian club competing in the old Soviet Top League. This had been their second and last season in the STL. Before that the only other season they competed in the top Soviet division was in 1970.

Their most successful season was 1995 when they managed to win the Russian Premier League champions title after several years of domination by Spartak Moscow. They were the first non-Muscovite Russian club to win the title since Zenit St Petersburg won the STL in 1984. The team had previously won a silver medal for second place in 1992 and 1996. However, in the qualification stages of the UEFA Champions League Alania lost 10–3 on aggregate to the Scottish club Rangers.

However, after departure of manager Valery Gazzaev and several players from the club, Alania were not able to repeat its success, finishing in the bottom half of the table.

Previously, the club was known as Spartak Ordzhonikidze (1937–1990), Spartak Vladikavkaz (1990–1994, 2006 and from 2016), Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz (1995–1996 and 2003), Alania Vladikavkaz (1997–2002, 2004–2005 and from 2007 to 2016).

In season 2005 Alania was relegated from Russian Premier League after 15 seasons of top-flight football.

On 14 February 2006 Alania and another First Division club, Lokomotiv Chita, were denied professional licences by Professional Football League and excluded from professional football for juridical irregularities.^[1] On 22 February PFL decided to replace Alania and Lokomotiv with Lada Togliatti and Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk, the runners-up in the Second Division.^[2] The Russian Football Union did not endorse the exclusion and on 28 February decided to keep Alania and Lokomotiv in the First Division, giving them another chance to fulfill the league requirements.^[3] Consequently, on 6 March PFL decided to extend the First Division from 22 to 24 clubs, including Alania, Lokomotiv, Lada, and Mashuk-KMV.^[4]

However, on 20 March the Russian Football Union finally decided to exclude Alania and Lokomotiv from the league. This decision was announced by the Professional Football League on 21 March, five days before the start of the First Division.^[5]

Alania underwent reorganization, were renamed Spartak Vladikavkaz and on 4 April were admitted into the Russian Second Division, South zone.

After finishing first in the South Zone of 2nd division in the 2006 the team was promoted to Russian First Division and again renamed to Alania.

In 2009, Alania achieved 3rd place in the Russian First Division, just below the nominal promotion places. However, due to FC Moscow being expelled from the Russian Premier League, Alania were chosen to take their place. Their season back in the top flight was not successful and only Sibir Novosibirsk finished below them, thus going back to the First Division; despite the subsequent withdrawal of Amkar Perm and Saturn Moscow Oblast, Alania was refused a reprieve by the RPL.

In the spring of 2011, Alania qualified for the final of the 2010–11 Russian Cup, where it met PFC CSKA Moscow. CSKA already qualified for the UEFA Champions League spot, and therefore Alania secured a spot in the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League regardless of the final result. That is the second occasion in Russian football history when a second-level division team qualified for European competition (the first one was FC Terek Grozny). Alania achieved a rare feat of reaching the cup final without scoring a single regular-time goal. On three occasions they won a penalty shootout after playing the game with a score of 0–0 and once they received a bye after their opponent team went bankrupt.

In February 2014, Alania pulled out of the 2013–14 Russia First Division, due to financial liquidation and sponsorship problems, and the club was dissolved.^[6][7] Before the 2014–15 season, former Alania's farm club, FC Alania-d Vladikavkaz, was renamed to Alania, and this club participated in the Russian Professional Football League from the 2014–15 season.

Before the 2016–17 season, FC Alania Vladikavkaz that participated in the third-tier Russian Professional Football League was dissolved and a formally new club called FC Spartak was organized again and registered for PFL. PFL did not allow the club to register with 'Alania' in their name due to accumulated debts for the club of that name.^[8]

Before the 2019–20 season, a new club was created with the historical name Alania that was privately owned, the team was tasked with returning to the elite of Russian football.^[9] However, Spartak Vladikavkaz also remained in the Russian Professional Football League for the 2019–20, where it finished in last place, before being dissolved in the summer of 2020.^[10]

European

As of match played 25 August 2011

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
UEFA Champions League	2	0	0	2	3	10	–7
UEFA Cup/Europa League	16	4	5	7	14	24	-10
Total	18	4	5	9	17	34	-17

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away
1993–94	UEFA Cup	R1		Borussia Dortmund	0–1	0–0
1995–96	UEFA Cup	R1		Liverpool F.C.	1–2	0–0
1996–97	Champions League	QR1		Rangers F.C.	2–7	1–3
1996–97	UEFA Cup	R1		RSC Anderlecht	2–1	0–4
1997–98	UEFA Cup	QR2		Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2–1	4–1
		R1		MTK Budapest	1–1	0–3
2000–01	UEFA Cup	R1		Amica Wronki	0–3	0–2
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	QR3		FC Aktobe	1–1	1–1 (4–2 p.)
		Play-off		Besiktas JK	2–0	0–3

Honours

• Russian Premier League^[11]
  • Winners (1): 1995
  • Runners-up (2): 1992, 1996
• Russian Cup^[12][13]
  • Runners-up (1): 2010–11
• Soviet First League
  • Winners (2): 1969, 1990
• Russian Football National League
  • Runners-up (1): 2011–12
• Soviet Second League/Russian Professional Football League
  • Winners (2): 1983, 2006^[14]
  • Runners-up (2): 1966, 1982

League history

Soviet Union

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Europe		Top Scorer (League)
1960	2nd, RSFSR-3	14	26	3	4	19	26	68	10	-	-
1961	2nd, RSFSR-4	10	24	6	6	12	32	57	18	1/64	-
1962	2nd, RSFSR-3	8	28	10	6	12	38	36	26	1/128	-
1963	3rd, RSFSR-3	7	30	12	8	10	47	39	32	1/512	-
1964	3rd, RSFSR-4	4	34	16	7	11	53	35	39	1/512	-
	3rd, RSFSR-final	4	8	3	2	3	9	10	8
1965	3rd, RSFSR-4	9	38	16	7	15	54	43	39	-	-
1966		1	38	22	9	7	80	40	53	1/32	-
	3rd, RSFSR-final	2	7	4	1	2	9	4	9
1967	2nd, group 1	16	38	10	11	17	34	45	31	1/32	-
1968	2nd, group 3	2	40	19	12	9	53	29	50	1/64	-		Kaishauri: 18
1969	2nd, group 1	1	38	22	12	4	60	25	60	1/64	-		Papelishvili: 16
	2nd, final	1	3	2	0	1	4	2	4
1970	Top League	17	32	7	8	17	31	48	22	1/16	-		Kaishauri: 8
1971	2nd	5	42	19	7	16	52	57	45	1/16	-		Zazroev: 11
1972		9	38	14	10	14	49	50	38	1/16	-		Kaishauri: 18
1973		17	38	13	7	18	29	44	30	1/16	-		Kaishauri: 7
1974		17	38	15	4	19	45	67	34	1/32	-		Kitaev: 17
1975		9	38	15	7	16	41	43	37	1/32	-		V. Gazzaev: 14
1976		15	38	11	14	13	40	50	36	1/32	-		Kaishauri: 11
1977		15	38	11	11	16	38	45	33	1/32	-		Khuadonov: 6
1978		18	38	10	8	20	30	50	28	1/16	-		Khuadonov: 9
1979		13	46	19	7	20	49	44	45	group stage	-		Suanov, Zazroev: 9
1980		15	46	17	9	20	43	50	43	group stage	-		Khuadonov: 9
1981		21	46	14	12	20	36	49	40	group stage	-		Y. Gazzaev: 10
1982	3rd, zone 3	1	32	22	6	4	64	18	50	-	-		Y. Gazzaev: 23
	3rd, final-1	2	4	1	2	1	5	4	4
1983	3rd, zone 3	1	30	23	2	5	69	23	48	-	-
	3rd, final-2	1	4	1	3	0	2	0	5
1984	2nd	16	42	15	8	19	42	51	38	1/32	-		Argudyaev: 13
1985		16	38	17	4	17	49	52	38	1/16	-		Ambalov: 12
1986		16	46	15	12	19	58	66	42	1/64	-		Ploshnik: 16
1987		18	42	12	12	18	37	46	36	1/64	-		Gagloev: 8
1988		13	42	15	9	8	57	60	39	1/32	-		Y. Gazzaev: 10
1989		17	42	12	11	19	44	61	35	1/64	-		Y. Gazzaev: 10, Tskhovrebov: 7
1990		1	38	24	9	5	73	30	57	1/64	-		Tedeev: 23
1991	Top League	11	30	9	8	13	33	41	26	1/64	-		Suleymanov: 13
1992	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1/16	-

Russia

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Europe		Top Scorer (League)
1992	RFPL	2	26	13	6	7	47	33	32	-	-		Suleymanov: 12
1993		6	34	16	6	12	49	45	38	1/16	-		Suleymanov, Markhel: 14
1994		5	30	11	11	8	32	34	33	1/2	UC	R1	Suleymanov: 6
1995		1	30	22	5	3	63	21	71	1/2	-		Kavelashvili: 12
1996		2	35	22	6	7	65	37	72	1/16	UC	R1	Suleymanov, Tedeev, Kasymov: 11
1997		10	34	14	4	16	52	42	46	1/8	UC	R1	Yanovsky: 13
1998		8	30	11	7	12	46	39	40	1/2	UC	R1	Demetradze: 14
1999		6	30	12	7	11	54	45	43	1/8	-		Demetradze: 21
2000		10	30	10	8	12	34	36	38	1/16	-		Tedeev: 10
2001		11	30	8	8	14	31	47	32	1/16	UC	R1	Paolo Emilio: 6
2002		12	30	8	6	16	31	42	30	1/16	-		Demetradze, D. Bazaev: 6
2003		13	30	9	4	17	23	43	31	1/16	-		Mikholap: 4
2004		14	30	7	7	16	28	52	28	1/8	-		G. Bazaev, Tudor: 5
2005		15	30	5	8	17	27	53	23	1/8	-		D. Bazaev: 9
2006	3rd, "South"	1	32	27	3	2	81	20	84	1/16	-		Dubrovin: 28
2007	2nd	12	42	15	11	16	56	56	56	1/64	-		Dubrovin: 19
2008		10	42	17	8	17	50	41	59	1/32	-		Dadu: 18
2009		3	38	21	7	10	57	30	70	1/16	-		Dadu: 12
2010	RFPL	15	30	4	8	18	34	58	20	F	-		Gabulov, Marenich: 4
2011–12	2nd	2	52	28	13	11	66	39	97	1/32	-		Bikmaev: 11
2012–13	RFPL	16	30	4	7	19	26	53	19	1/16	-		Neco: 9
2013–14	2nd	12[A]	36	14	4	18	29	52	46	1/16	-		Khastsayev: 13
2014–15	3rd, "South"	17	20	5	6	9	21	33	21	1/256	-		Burayev: 12
2015–16		11	24	4	7	13	15	37	19	1/256	-		Sikoyev: 7
2016–17		10	30	10	7	13	26	36	37	1/128	-		Gatikoev: 8
2017–18		13	32	8	8	16	26	41	32	1/256	-		Gurtsiev: 5
2018–19		10	28	8	6	14	36	48	30	1/64	-		Zhabkin: 8
2019–20		16	19	1	5	13	14	40	8	1/256	-

1. ^
   Alania withdrew from the league in February 2014 due to financial problems.^[15]

Former coaches

• Grigoriy Gornostaev (1966–1967)
• Mussa Tsalikov (1967)
• Andrei Zazroyev (1968–1970)
• Kazbek Tuaev (1970)
• Sergei Korshunov (1971)
• Dmitri Chikhradze (1971)
• Andrei Zazroyev (1972)
• Ivan Larin (1973)
• Kazbek Tuaev (1974–1977)
• Viktor Belov (1977–1978)
• Mussa Tsalikov (1978–1980)
• Andrei Zazroyev (1980–1981)
• Aleksandr Kochetkov (1982)
• Valeri Maslov (1983)
• Ivan Varlamov (1984)
• Valeri Ovchinnikov (1985–1986)
• Igor Zazroyev (1986–1987)
• Oleg Romantsev (1988)
• Valeriy Gazzaev (1989–1991)
• Nikolay Khudiyev (1991)
• Aleksandr Novikov (1992–1993)
• Valeriy Gazzaev (1994–1999)
• Vladimir Gutsaev (2000)
• Aleksandr Averyanov (2000–2001)
• Aleksandr Yanovskiy (2001–2002)
• Volodymyr Muntyan (2002)
• Bakhva Tedeyev (2002)
• Revaz Dzodzuashvili (2003)
• Nikolay Khudiyev (2003)
• Bakhva Tedeyev (2003–2004)
• Rolland Courbis (2004–2005)
• Yuri Sekinaev (2004)
• Bakhva Tedeyev (2005)
• Edgar Gess (2005)
• Itzhak Shum (2005)
• Aleksandr Yanovskiy (2005–2006)
• Boris Stukalov (2006–2007)
• Stanislav Tskhovrebov (2007–2008)
• Valery Petrakov (2009)
• Mircea Rednic (2009)
• Vladimir Shevchuk (2010–2011)
• Vladimir Gazzayev (2011–2012)
• Valeriy Gazzaev (2012–2014)
• Artur Pagayev (2014–2015)
• Zaur Tedeyev (2015–2016)
• Fyodor Gagloyev (2016)
• Marat Dzoblayev (2016–2017)
• Yuri Gazzaev (2018)
• Spartak Gogniyev (2019–Current)

Notable players

Soviet Union/Russia Valeriy Gazzaev Stanislav Cherchesov Zaur Khapov Viktor Bulatov Vasili Baranov Victor Onopko Yuri Kovtun Artur Pagayev Bakhva Tedeev Omari Tetradze Soslan Dzhanayev

Igor Yanovsky Spartak Gogniyev Alan Kasaev Georgia Mikhail Kavelashvili Giorgi Demetradze Murtaz Shelia Mikheil Ashvetia Levan Kobiashvili Mamuka Kobakhidze Giorgi Chanturia Uzbekistan Mirjalol Qosimov Hungary Tamás Priskin Belarus Renan Bressan

Tajikistan Rahmatullo Fuzailov Togo Abdoul-Gafar Mamah Ivory Coast Dacosta Goore Nigeria Isaac Okoronkwo Sani Kaita Justice Christopher Bosnia and Herzegovina Ognjen Vranješ Zajko Zeba Vladan Grujić Lithuania Deividas Semberas Burkina Faso Ibrahim Gnanou Romania George Florescu Cristian Tudor El Salvador Rodolfo Zelaya Netherlands Royston Drenthe Azerbaijan Nazim Suleymanov Moldova Sergiu Dadu New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses

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