FC Spartak Vladikavkaz (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб «Спартак Владикавказ») was a Russian

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club based in Vladikavkaz (formerly Ordzhonikidze),

North Ossetia–Alania The Republic of North Ossetia–Alania; os, Республикӕ Цӕгат Ирыстон — Алани, ''Respublikæ Cægat Iryston — Alani'', ) is a republic of Russia situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe. Its population acco ...

. Founded in 1921, the club played in the

Soviet Top League The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991. The professional top level ...

during the communist era, and won its first and only league title in the

1995 Russian Top League Statistics of Russian Top League in season 1995. Overview 16 teams participated, and Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz won the championship. League standings Results Top scorers ;25 goals * Oleg Veretennikov (Rotor) ;18 goals * Aleksandr Ma ...

History

dissolution of the Soviet Union The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...

, Spartak Vladikavkaz were the only non-Muscovite Russian club competing in the old

. 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 The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 2001 ...

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 Football Club Zenit (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб «Зенит» ), also known as Zenit Saint Petersburg or simply Zenit, is a Russian professional football club based in Saint Petersburg. Founded in 1925 (or in 1914, acco ...

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

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Alania lost 10–3 on aggregate to the Scottish club Rangers. However, after departure of manager

Valery Gazzaev Valery Georgiyevich Gazzaev (russian: Вале́рий Гео́ргиевич Газза́ев; os, Гæззаты Георгийы фырт Валери, translit=Gæzzaty Georgijy fyrt Valeri; born 7 August 1954) is a Russian politician, foot ...

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

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. On 22 February PFL decided to replace Alania and Lokomotiv with Lada Togliatti and Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk, the runners-up in the

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. The

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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. Consequently, on 6 March PFL decided to extend the First Division from 22 to 24 clubs, including Alania, Lokomotiv, Lada, and Mashuk-KMV. 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. Alania underwent reorganization, were renamed Spartak Vladikavkaz and on 4 April were admitted into the

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, South zone. After finishing first in the South Zone of 2nd division in the 2006 the team was promoted to

Russian First Division The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (russian: Первенство Футбольн� ...

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 The 2010–11 Russian Cup was the nineteenth season of the Russian football knockout tournament since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The competition started on 14 April 2010, and ended with the Final on 22 May 2011 at Shinnik Stadium in Ya ...

, where it met

PFC CSKA Moscow Professional Football Club CSKA (russian: link=yes, Профессиональный футбольный клуб – ЦСКА, derived from the historical name 'Центральный спортивный клуб армии', English: ...

. CSKA already qualified for the UEFA Champions League spot, and therefore Alania secured a spot in the

2011–12 UEFA Europa League The 2011–12 UEFA Europa League was the third season of the UEFA Europa League, Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 41st edition overall including its predecessor, the UEFA Cup. It began on 30 June 2011 with t ...

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

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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. 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 The Russian Second League (russian: Первенство России II дивизиона ФНЛ), formerly Russian Professional Football League is the third level of Russian professional football. History In 1998–2010, it was run by the Pr ...

from the 2014–15 season. Before the 2016–17 season, FC Alania Vladikavkaz that participated in the third-tier

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. Before the 2019–20 season, a new club was created with the historical name

Alania Alania was a medieval kingdom of the Iranian Alans (proto-Ossetians) that flourished in the Northern Caucasus, roughly in the location of latter-day Circassia, Chechnya, Ingushetia, and modern North Ossetia–Alania, from its independence from ...

that was privately owned, the team was tasked with returning to the elite of Russian football. However, Spartak Vladikavkaz also remained in the

for the 2019–20, where it finished in last place, before being dissolved in the summer of 2020.

European

Honours

;

*Winners (1):

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*''Runners-up (2):''

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; Russian Cup *''Runners-up (1):'' 2010–11 ; Soviet First League *Winners (2): 1969,

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;

Russian Football National League The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (russian: Первенство Футбольн� ...

*''Runners-up (1):'' 2011–12 ; Soviet Second League /

*Winners (2): 1983, 2006 :ru:Второй дивизион ПФЛ 2006#.D0.AE.D0.B3 *''Runners-up (2):'' 1966, 1982

League history

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" from:01/07/2005 till:01/07/2006 color:rs shift:(0,13) text: " D2 (Zone South)" from:01/07/2006 till:01/07/2009 color:bl2 shift:(0,13) text: " D1" from:01/07/2009 till:01/07/2010 color:bl1 shift:(0,13) text: " RPL" from:01/07/2010 till:01/01/2012 color:bl2 shift:(0,13) text: " D1" from:01/01/2012 till:01/01/2013 color:bl1 shift:(0,13) text: " RPL" from:01/01/2013 till:01/01/2014 color:bl2 shift:(0,13) text: " D1" from:01/01/2014 till:01/01/2020 color:rs shift:(0,13) text: " D2 (Zone South)"

Soviet Union

Russia

Former coaches

* Grigoriy Gornostaev (1966–1967) * Mussa Tsalikov (1967) * Andrei Zazroyev (1968–1970) *

Kazbek Tuaev Kazbek Alievich Tuaev (Kazbek Alirza oglu Tuayev, az, Kazbek Əlirza oğlu Tuayev, russian: Казбе́к Али́евич Туа́ев, Kazbek Aliyevich Tuayev; born 13 November 1940 in Alyat, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR) is an Azerbaijani football ...

(1970) *

Sergei Korshunov Sergei Aleksandrovich Korshunov (russian: Сергей Александрович Коршунов; 8 October 1928 – 12 December 1982) was an association footballer from the former Soviet Union who played for FC Dynamo Kyiv Football Club Dy ...

(1971) *

Dmitri Chikhradze Dmitri Georgiyevich Chikhradze (russian: Дмитрий Георгиевич Чихрадзе; ka, დიმიტრი ჩიხრაძე; born 25 December 1922 in Gomi (Oni Municipality), Gomi; died 5 May 1979 in Nalchik) was a Soviet Union ...

(1971) * Andrei Zazroyev (1972) *

Ivan Larin Ivan Vasilyevich Larin (russian: Иван Васильевич Ларин; 7 January 1926 – 1 November 1986) was a Soviet and Russian football player and coach. He died in November 1986 at the age of 60. References External links * ...

(1973) *

(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 Oleg Ivanovich Romantsev (russian: Олег Иванович Романцев; born 4 January 1954) is a Soviet/Russian former international footballer and coach. Romantsev was acclaimed for his success with Spartak Moscow, whom he led to a rec ...

(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 Aleksandr Arkadyevich Yanovsky (russian: Александр Аркадьевич Яновский; born November 1, 1952) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Currently, he works as an assistant coach with FC Alania Vladi ...

(2001–2002) * Volodymyr Muntyan (2002) *

Bakhva Tedeyev Bakhva Otarovich Tedeyev (russian: Бахва Отарович Тедеев, os, Тедеты Отары фырт Бахвæ) (born 18 September 1969, in Tskhinvali) is a retired Russian football player. He was the head coach of FC Alania Vladi ...

(2002) *

Revaz Dzodzuashvili Revaz Mikheilis dze Dzodzuashvili ( ka, რევაზ მიხეილის ძე ძოძუაშვილი; born 15 April 1945) is a Georgian football manager and a former player. He coaches FC Dinamo Sukhumi. He earned 49 caps for ...

(2003) * Nikolay Khudiyev (2003) *

(2003–2004) *

Rolland Courbis Rolland Courbis (; born 12 August 1953) is a French football manager and former professional player who played as a defender. He was most recently manager of Stade Rennais F.C., having replaced Philippe Montanier on 20 January 2016. Career B ...

(2004–2005) *

Yuri Sekinaev Yuri Galauyevich Sekinayev (russian: Юрий Галауевич Секинаев; born 17 April 1962) is a Russian professional Association football, football coach and a former player. External links

* 1962 births Footballers from Vla ...

(2004) *

(2005) *

Edgar Gess Edgar Yakovlevich Gess (russian: Эдгар Яковлевич Гесс; german: Edgar Hess; born 14 March 1954) is a Tajikistani-German football coach and a former Soviet player. He is the current head coach of the FK Andijan football club. In ...

(2005) * Itzhak Shum (2005) *

(2005–2006) *

Boris Stukalov Boris Alekseyevich Stukalov (russian: Борис Алексеевич Стукалов; born 24 January 1953) is a Russian professional football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score ...

(2006–2007) * Stanislav Tskhovrebov (2007-2008) * Valery Petrakov (2009) *

Mircea Rednic Mircea Rednic (born 9 April 1962) is a Romanian football coach and former player who played as a defender. Club career Mircea Rednic, nicknamed "Puriul" was born on 9 April 1962 in Hunedoara and until he was 14 years old he played table tenn ...

(2009) *

Vladimir Shevchuk Vladimir Mikhailovich Shevchuk (russian: Владимир Михайлович Шевчук; born 9 May 1954) is a Russian professional Association football, football coach and a former player. Coaching career From 26 June to 18 July 2018, Vladi ...

(2010–2011) *

Vladimir Gazzayev Vladimir Valeryevich Gazzayev (russian: Владимир Валерьевич Газзаев; born 1 July 1980) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Coaching career From 2014 to 2015 he worked with the Kazakhstan Premie ...

(2011–2012) * Valeriy Gazzaev (2012–2014) *

Artur Pagayev Artur Sardionovich Pagayev (russian: Артур Сардионович Пагаев; born 28 December 1971) is an association football coach and a former player who played the bulk of his career for FC Alania Vladikavkaz. He is an assistant coa ...

(2014–2015) * Zaur Tedeyev (2015–2016) *

Fyodor Gagloyev Fyodor Ivanovich Gagloyev (russian: Фёдор Иванович Гаглоев; born 26 September 1966) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1983 for FC Spar ...

(2016) * Marat Dzoblayev (2016-2017) *

Yuri Gazzaev Yuri Farzunovich Gazzaev (russian: Юрий Фарзунович Газзаев, os, Гæззаты Фарзуны фырт Юри; born 27 November 1960) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Playing career As a player, ...

(2018) *

Spartak Gogniyev Spartak Arturovich Gogniyev (russian: Спартак Артурович Гогниев, os, Гогуниты Артуры фырт Спартак; born 19 January 1981) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He is the man ...

(2019–Current)

Notable players

;Soviet Union/Russia * Valeriy Gazzaev * Stanislav Cherchesov *

Zaur Khapov Zaur Zalimbiyevich Khapov (russian: Заур Залимбиевич Хапов; born 21 October 1964) is a Russian football coach and a former goalkeeper who won two international caps for Russia in 1994. He is the assistant manager of FC Loko ...

Viktor Bulatov Viktor Gennadyevich Bulatov (russian: Виктор Геннадьевич Булатов; born 22 January 1972) is a Russian football coach and a former Russian international football player. He is the manager of FC Chelyabinsk. Playing caree ...

* Vasili Baranov * Victor Onopko *

Yuri Kovtun Yuri Mikhailovich Kovtun (russian: Юрий Михайлович Ковтун; born 5 January 1970) is a Russian football coach and a former defender, well known as a 1990s Russia national football team player, as well as Dynamo Moscow and ...

Bakhva Tedeev Bakhva Otarovich Tedeyev (russian: Бахва Отарович Тедеев, os, Тедеты Отары фырт Бахвæ) (born 18 September 1969, in Tskhinvali) is a retired Russian football player. He was the head coach of FC Alania Vladi ...

Omari Tetradze Omari Mikhaylovich Tetradze (russian: Омари Михайлович Тетрадзе, ka, ომარ თეთრაძე, el, Ομάρι Τετράντζε; born 13 October 1969 as Omari Mikhaylovich Osipov) is a Georgian-Russian professi ...

* Soslan Dzhanayev *

Igor Yanovsky Igor Sergeyevich Yanovsky (russian: Игорь Сергеевич Яновский; born 3 August 1974) is a Russian retired association football player. He played for a few clubs, including Alania Vladikavkaz, Paris Saint-Germain (France), ...

Alan Kasaev Alan Taimurazovich Kasaev (russian: Алан Таймуразович Касаев; born 8 April 1986) is a Russian former football player of Ossetian descent who played as a left winger. Club career He made his Russian Premier League debut for ...

;Georgia * Mikhail Kavelashvili * Giorgi Demetradze *

Murtaz Shelia Murtaz Shelia (born 25 March 1969) is a Georgian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He was capped 29 times for the Georgia national team between 1994 and 1998. His clubs included Dinamo Tbilisi, 1. FC Saarbrücken, Spar ...

Mikheil Ashvetia Mikheil Ashvetia ( ka, მიხეილ აშვეთია; born 10 November 1977) is a Georgian former footballer. He has played mostly in Georgia and Russia, except for a short spell at FC København in 2001–2002 and a recent spell in ...

* Levan Kobiashvili * Mamuka Kobakhidze *

Giorgi Chanturia Giorgi Chanturia ( ka, გიორგი ჭანტურია, ; 19 August 1959, in Tbilisi – 3 December 1994) was a Georgian politician and the National Democratic Party leader who was murdered in Tbilisi, Georgia in December 1994. He en ...

;Uzbekistan *

Mirjalol Qosimov Mirjalol Kushakovich Qosimov ( uz, Mirjalol Qoʻshoqovich Qosimov, russian: Мирджалол Кушакович Касымов; in English also: Mirdjalal Kasimov or Kasymov) (born 17 September 1970) is a former head coach of the Uzbekistan na ...

;Hungary * Tamás Priskin ;Belarus * Renan Bressan ;Tajikistan * Rahmatullo Fuzailov ;Ivory Coast * Dacosta Goore ;Nigeria *

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* Justice Christopher ;Bosnia and Herzegovina * Ognjen Vranješ * Zajko Zeba * Vladan Grujić ;Lithuania *

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;Burkina Faso * Ibrahim Gnanou ;Romania *

George Florescu George Florescu (born 21 May 1984) is a Romanian professional association football, footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for CS Sănătatea Servicii Publice Cluj, Sănătatea Cluj. In his career, Florescu also played for teams such as ...

* Cristian Tudor ;El Salvador *

Rodolfo Zelaya Rodolfo Antonio Zelaya García (born 3 July 1988) is a Salvadoran professional footballer who plays as a second striker for Salvadoran club Alianza and the El Salvador national team. In October 2013, Zelaya was given a one-year ban from foot ...

;Netherlands * Royston Drenthe ;Azerbaijan * Nazim Suleymanov ;Moldova *

Sergiu Dadu Sergiu Dadu (born 23 January 1981) is a Moldovan former footballer who played as a striker. He was also a member of Moldova national football team. Club career Dadu was born in Chişinău. He started his career at Sheriff Tiraspol and was loa ...

;New Zealand * Kosta Barbarouses

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