The 2008

FC Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow (, ) is a Russian professional association football, football club based in Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet Top League, Soviet championships (second only to FC Dynamo Kyiv, Dynamo Kyiv) and 10 Russian Premier League, Russian champ ...

season was the club's 17th season in the

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; , ''Rossiyskaya premyer-liga''; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is a professional association football league in Russia and the highest level of the Russian football league system. It was establis ...

season. Spartak finished the season in 8th while progressing to the Quarterfinals of the

2008–09 Russian Cup The 2008–09 Russian Cup was the seventeenth season of the Russian football knockout tournament since the dissolution of Soviet Union. The competition started on 16 April 2008 and finished with the final held on 31 May 2009. The defending champi ...

which took place during the 2009 season. In Europe, Spartak were knocked out of the

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at the Third Qualifying round before dropping into the

2008–09 UEFA Cup The 2008–09 UEFA Cup was the 38th season of the UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup association football, football tournament. The 2009 UEFA Cup Final, final was played at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, home ground of Fenerbahçe S.K. (football), F ...

where they finished 4th in their group.

Season events

On 12 September, Spartak announced the appointment of

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as their new manager.

Squad

On loan

Left club during season

Transfers

In

Out

Loans out

Released

Competitions

Premier League

Results by round

Results

League table

Russian Cup

''The Quartfinal'' took place during the 2009 season.

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

UEFA Cup

First round

Group stage

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

, - , colspan="16", ''Players away from the club on loan:'' , - , colspan="16", ''Players who appeared for Spartak Moscow but left during the season:''

Goal scorers

Clean sheets

Disciplinary record

References

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