Category: Russia
Dmitriy Alenichev – Re-Building the Spartak Spirit
By Saul Pope -
In any other league it would seem absurd: the manager of the team finishing bottom of the table leaving his club to take the reins at ...
The Unusual Career of Boris Rotenberg
By Saul Pope -
Dinamo Moscow's Boris Rotenberg has had an unusual career. Between March 2006 and April 2015, whilst on the books of Zenit St. Petersb ...
Football Artwork – Torpedo Moscow and the Eduard Streltsov Stadium
By Damon Main -
Torpedo Moscow and its historical Eduard Streltsov stadium are important cornerstones in Russian football history. But as Spartak Mos ...
2014 – A most forgettable year in Russian football
By Toke Møller Theilade -
The Russian football world was optimistic when 2013 turned into 2014. The national team had qualified for the first World ...
A New House is Not a Home: The Continued Demise of Spartak Moscow
By Manuel Veth -
In late summer 2014 for the first time in their history Spartak Moscow played a true home game at the newly-erected Otkrytie Arena ...
World Cup Lessons: What Brazil 2014 could mean for Russia 2018
By Manuel Veth -
The World Cup 2014 in Brazil was hailed by some media outlets as the greatest tournament of all time. But while the action on the p ...
