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

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club based in

Vladikavkaz Vladikavkaz (russian: Владикавка́з, , os, Дзæуджыхъæу, translit=Dzæwdžyqæw, ;), formerly known as Ordzhonikidze () and Dzaudzhikau (), is the capital city of the North Ossetia-Alania, Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Ru ...

(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.

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

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. Their most successful season was 1995 when they managed to win the

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champions title after several years of domination by

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. 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

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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

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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

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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

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and Saturn Moscow Oblast, Alania was refused a reprieve by the RPL. In the spring of 2011, Alania qualified for the final of the

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, 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 l ...

. 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 Republican Football Club Akhmat ( ce, футболан клуб Ахмат Соьлжа-ГӀала; russian: Республиканский футбольный клуб Ахмат Грозный), commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, is a Russian ...

). 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 th ...

that was privately owned, the team was tasked with returning to the elite of

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. 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 The Soviet First League in football (russian: Первая лига СССР по футболу) was the second highest division of Soviet football,Evgeni Kazakov. The Soviet First Football League (Первая лига СССР по футбо ...

*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 ;

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

League history

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Soviet Union

Russia

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 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 reco ...

(1988) * Valeriy Gazzaev (1989–1991) * Nikolay Khudiyev (1991) * Aleksandr Novikov (1992–1993) * Valeriy Gazzaev (1994–1999) *

Vladimir Gutsaev Vladimir Gutsaev ( ka, ვლადიმერ გუცაევი, russian: Владимир Гаврилович Гуцаев, ''Vladimir Gavrilovich Gutsayev''; born 21 December 1952) is a retired Soviet and Georgian footballer and coach ...

(2000) * Aleksandr Averyanov (2000–2001) * Aleksandr Yanovskiy (2001–2002) *

Volodymyr Muntyan Volodymyr Fedorovych Muntyan ( uk, Володимир Федорович Мунтян, russian: Владимир Фёдорович Мунтян, ro, Vladimir Muntean), (born 14 September 1946, Kotovsk, USSR) is a Soviet and Ukrainian midfielde ...

(2002) * Bakhva Tedeyev (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 t ...

(2003) * Nikolay Khudiyev (2003) * Bakhva Tedeyev (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 Bo ...

(2004–2005) * Yuri Sekinaev (2004) * Bakhva Tedeyev (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. I ...

(2005) *

Itzhak Shum Itzhak Shum ( he, יצחק שום; born 1 September 1948 in Kishinev, Moldavian SSR) is a retired Israeli football player and manager, and currently the owner of Hapoel Kfar Saba. Playing career He played 78 times and scored 10 goals for Isr ...

(2005) * Aleksandr Yanovskiy (2005–2006) *

Boris Stukalov Boris Alekseyevich Stukalov (russian: Борис Алексеевич Стукалов; born 24 January 1953) is a Russian professional football manager and a former player. Personal His son Aleksei Stukalov is a professional football manager ...

(2006–2007) * Stanislav Tskhovrebov (2007-2008) *

Valery Petrakov Valery Yuryevich Petrakov (russian: Валерий Юрьевич Петраков, born 16 May 1958) is a Russian soccer manager and a former striker. He is the manager of FC Irtysh Omsk. Playing career In 1975, at the age of 17, Petrakov be ...

(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 (2010–2011) * Vladimir Gazzayev (2011–2012) * Valeriy Gazzaev (2012–2014) * Artur Pagayev (2014–2015) *

Zaur Tedeyev Zaur Eduardovich Tedeyev (russian: Заур Эдуардович Тедеев; born 18 September 1981) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He is the manager of FC Alania Vladikavkaz. Playing career As a player, he made ...

(2015–2016) * Fyodor Gagloyev (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 Stanislav Salamovich Cherchesov (russian: Станислав Саламович Черчесов, ; os, Черчесты Саламы фырт Станислав, Ĉerĉesty Salamy fyrt Stanislav; born 2 September 1963) is a Russian football ma ...

* Zaur Khapov *

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 care ...

* Vasili Baranov * Victor Onopko * Yuri Kovtun * Artur Pagayev * Bakhva Tedeev *

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 Soslan Totrazovich Dzhanaev (russian: Сослан Тотразович Джанаев, os, Джанайты Тотразы фырт Сослан; born 13 March 1987) is a Russian professional footballer of Ossetian descent who plays as a go ...

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 Mikheil Kavelashvili ( ka, მიხეილ ყაველაშვილი; born 22 July 1971) is a Georgian politician and former professional footballer. He is the co-founder of People's Power party. As a player he was a striker who no ...

Giorgi Demetradze Georgi Demetradze ( ka, გიორგი დემეტრაძე, born 26 September 1976) is a Georgian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He made 56 appearances for the Georgia national team scoring 12 goals. Care ...

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, Spart ...

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 G ...

Levan Kobiashvili Levan Kobiashvili ( ka, ლევან კობიაშვილი, born 10 July 1977) is a Georgian former professional footballer and the current president of the Georgian Football Federation and a member of Parliament of Georgia. He pla ...

Mamuka Kobakhidze Mamuka Kobakhidze ( ka, მამუკა კობახიძე; born 23 August 1992) is a Georgian professional football player. He plays for FC Dinamo Batumi. Club career He made his debut in the Russian Premier League on 22 November 201 ...

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 Rakhmatullo Kayumovich Fuzaylov (russian: Рахматулло Каюмович Фузайлов; born 16 September 1978) is a Tajikistan footballer coach and a former international player. He is the manager of the Tajikistan national under-17 te ...

;Ivory Coast * Dacosta Goore ;Nigeria * Isaac Okoronkwo *

Sani Kaita Sani Haruna Kaita (born 2 May 1986) is a Nigerian former professional association football, footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Club career Kaita was born in Kano (city), Kano, Nigeria. He joined Sparta Rotterdam in the 2005–06 s ...

Justice Christopher Justice Longs Christopher (24 December 1981 – 9 March 2022) was a Nigerian professional association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Christopher played for several clubs, including Katsina United F.C., Katsina Unit ...

;Bosnia and Herzegovina *

Ognjen Vranješ Ognjen Vranješ (; born 24 October 1989) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Süper Lig club Hatayspor. Vranješ started his professional career at Borac Banja Luka, before joining Red Star Belgrade in 2009. He w ...

* Zajko Zeba *

Vladan Grujić Vladan Grujić (; born 17 May 1981) is a Bosnian retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Club career Born in Banja Luka, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, back then within Yugoslavia, Vladan Grujić played for FK Borac Banja Luka and ...

;Lithuania * Deividas Semberas ;Burkina Faso *

Ibrahim Gnanou Ibrahim Gnanou (born 8 November 1986) is a retired Burkinabé football defender. Although primarily a centre back, he is also able to play full back on either side. Career Gnanou began his career with ASFA Yennega and was scouted from She ...

;Romania * George Florescu *

Cristian Tudor Cristian Dorin Tudor (23 August 1982 – 23 December 2012) was a Romanian football striker. He died of hepatic cirrhosis. Honours Club ;Sheriff Tiraspol * Divizia Națională: 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04 *Moldovan Cup The Moldo ...

;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 Royston Ricky Drenthe (born 8 April 1987) is a Dutch footballer who plays for Spanish club Real Murcia. Although primarily a left winger, he has also played as a left-back. Drenthe started his professional career with Eredivisie side Feyenoord i ...

;Azerbaijan *

Nazim Suleymanov Nazim Suleymanov ( az, Nazim Süleymanov; russian: Назим Сулейманов; born 17 February 1965) is a Soviet and Azerbaijani football coach and a former player best known as a striker for Alania Vladikavkaz in the 1990s. Suleymanov was ...

;Moldova * Sergiu Dadu ;New Zealand *

Kosta Barbarouses Konstantinos "Kosta" Barbarouses ( el, Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Μπαρμπαρούσης; born 19 February 1990) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays in Australia's A-League Men for Wellington Phoenix FC. Club ca ...

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