2002 FC Spartak Moscow season explained

Club:	Spartak Moscow
Season:	2002
Manager:	Oleg Romantsev
Stadium:	Luzhniki Stadium
League:	Premier League
League Result:	3rd
Cup1:	Russian Cup
Cup1 Result:	Progressed to 2003 season
Cup2:	UEFA Champions League
Cup2 Result:	Group stage
League Topscorer:	Vladimir Beschastnykh (12)
Season Topscorer:	Vladimir Beschastnykh (14)
Prevseason:	2001
Nextseason:	2003

The 2002 FC Spartak Moscow season was the club's 11th season in the Russian Premier League season. Spartak were defending Premier League Champions, having won the previous six titles, but finished the season in third place. In the Russian Cup, Spartak progressed the quarterfinals of the 2002–03 cup, which will take place in the 2003 season. In Europe, Spartak finished bottom of their UEFA Champions League group where they played Valencia, Basel and Liverpool.

Squad

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Maksym Levytskyi	^[1]	GK	2002 11, df=yes	Saint-Étienne	2001
45	Stanislav Cherchesov		GK	2002 11, df=yes	Tirol Innsbruck	2002
	Predrag Ristović		GK	2002 11, df=yes	Zemun	2001
Defenders
2	Yuri Kovtun		DF	2002 11, df=yes	Dynamo Moscow	1999	2005
3	Ibra Kébé		DF	2002 11, df=yes	ASC Jeanne d'Arc	2001
4	Jerry-Christian Tchuissé		DF	2002 11, df=yes	Chernomorets Novorossiysk	2000
18	Dmytro Parfenov		DF	2002 11, df=yes	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	1998	2005
29	Igor Mitreski		DF	2002 11, df=yes	Sileks	2001
34	Moisés Moura		DF	2002 11, df=yes	Paraná	2002		30	1
44	Valeri Abramidze		DF	2002 11, df=yes	Torpedo Kutaisi	2002	2006	11	0
48	Samuel Ogunsania		DF	2002 11, df=yes	Enyimba	2002	2004	2	0
51	Robert Scarlett		DF	2002 11, df=yes	Harbour View	2002	2002	1	0
55	Dmitri Khlestov		DF	2002 11, df=yes	Beşiktaş	2002	2002
	Sergei Kabanov		DF	2002 11, df=yes	Youth Team	2002		0	0
Midfielders
7	Vasili Baranov		MF	2002 11, df=yes	Baltika Kaliningrad	1998
8	Marcelo Silva		MF	2002 11, df=yes	Santos	2002	2004	5	0
9	Yegor Titov		MF	2002 11, df=yes	Youth Team	1995		282	74
10	Eduard Tsykhmeystruk		MF	2002 11, df=yes	Levski Sofia	2001
13	Dmitri Kudryashov		MF	2002 11, df=yes	Saint-Étienne	2002		29	5
14	Maksym Kalynychenko		MF	2002 11, df=yes	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2000		56	9
21	Artyom Bezrodny	^[2]	MF	2002 11, df=yes	Bayer Leverkusen	1998
23	Pyotr Nemov		MF	2002 11, df=yes	Dynamo Moscow	2002		2	0
24	Andrei Streltsov		MF	2002 11, df=yes	Youth Team	2001
25	Aleksandr Pavlenko	^[3]	MF	2002 11, df=yes	Lausanne-Sport	2001		17	0
26	Aleksandr Sheshukov		MF	2002 11, df=yes	Spartak Tambov	2002		2	0
39	Aleksei Rebko		MF	2002 11, df=yes	Youth Team	2001		2	0
40	Aleksandr Samedov		MF	2002 11, df=yes	Youth Team	2001		1	0
41	Dmitri Torbinski		MF	2002 11, df=yes	Youth Team	2001		6	0
Forwards
11	Vladimir Beschastnykh		FW	2002 11, df=yes	Racing Santander	2001
16	Pavel Pogrebnyak		FW	2002 11, df=yes	Youth Team	2002		2	0
19	Dmitri Sychev		FW	2002 11, df=yes	Spartak Tambov	2002		19	10
20	Aleksandr Danishevsky		FW	2002 11, df=yes	Youth Team	2001
30	Aleksandr Sonin		FW	2002 11, df=yes	Saint-Étienne	2001
42	Okon Flo Essien		FW	2002 11, df=yes	Dolphin	2001
Away on loan
15	Raman Vasilyuk		FW	2002 11, df=yes	Slavia Mozyr	2001
	Maksim Kabanov		GK	2002 11, df=yes	Youth Team	2001
	Aleksei Zuev		GK	2002 11, df=yes	Spartak-Zvezda Shchyolkovo	2001
	Goran Maznov		FW	2002 11, df=yes	Sloga Jugomagnat	2001
Players that left Spartak Moscow during the season
6	Dmitri Ananko		DF	2002 11, df=yes	Youth Team	1991
22	Dmitri Goncharov	^[4]	GK	2002 11, df=yes	Fakel Voronezh	2002		6	0
	Adnan Gušo		GK	2002 11, df=yes	Erzurumspor	2001
	Slavko Matić		DF	2002 11, df=yes	OFK Beograd	2001
	Marco Villaseca		MF	2002 11, df=yes	Colo-Colo	2002	2004	0	0
	Lawrence Adjei		MF	2002 11, df=yes	Asante Kotoko	2001
	Valerijus Mižigurskis		FW	2002 11, df=yes	Žalgiris Vilnius	2002		0	0

Left club during season

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
Winter 2002	GK	Dmitri Goncharov	Fakel Voronezh	Undisclosed
Winter 2002	DF	Moisés Moura	Paraná	Undisclosed
Winter 2002	MF	Dmitri Kudryashov	Saint-Étienne	Undisclosed
Winter 2002	MF	Pyotr Nemov	Dynamo Moscow	Undisclosed
Winter 2002	MF	Aleksandr Sheshukov	Spartak Tambov	Undisclosed
Winter 2002	FW	Dmitri Sychev	Spartak Tambov	Undisclosed
6 March 2002	MF	Marco Villaseca	Colo-Colo	Undisclosed	^[5]
Summer 2002	GK	Stanislav Cherchesov	Tirol Innsbruck	Undisclosed
23 July 2002	MF	Marcelo Silva	Santos	Undisclosed	^[6]
1 August 2002	DF	Valeri Abramidze	Torpedo Kutaisi	Undisclosed	^[7]
27 August 2002	DF	Robert Scarlett	Harbour View	Undisclosed	^[8]
27 August 2002	DF	Samuel Ogunsania	Enyimba	Undisclosed
29 August 2002	DF	Dmitri Khlestov	Beşiktaş	Free	^[9]
29 August 2002	MF	Androsinho

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee
31 July 2002	GK	Dmitri Goncharov	Alania Vladikavkaz	Undisclosed
Summer 2002	GK	Adnan Gušo	Sarajevo	Undisclosed
Summer 2002	DF	Dmitri Ananko	AC Ajaccio	Undisclosed
Summer 2002	DF	Slavko Matić	Čukarički Stankom	Undisclosed
Summer 2002	MF	Marco Villaseca	Colo-Colo	Undisclosed
Summer 2002	MF	Lawrence Adjei	SV Eintracht Trier 05	Undisclosed
Summer 2002	FW	Valerijus Mižigurskis	Žalgiris Vilnius	Undisclosed

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date to
Winter 2002	GK	Adnan Gušo	Željezničar Sarajevo	Summer 2002
Winter 2002	GK	Maksim Kabanov	Fakel Voronezh	End of Season
Winter 2002	GK	Aleksei Zuev	Khimki	End of Season
Winter 2002	MF	Lawrence Adjei	Arminia Bielefeld	Summer 2002
Winter 2002	FW	Goran Maznov	Sloga Jugomagnat	End of Season
Summer 2002	FW	Raman Vasilyuk	Dinamo Minsk	End of Season

Released

Date	Position	Name	Joined
31 December 2002	GK	Stanislav Cherchesov	Retired
31 December 2002	GK	Predrag Ristović	Rad
31 December 2002	GK	Maksym Levytskyi	Chernomorets Novorossiysk
31 December 2002	DF	Jerry-Christian Tchuissé	Chernomorets Novorossiysk
31 December 2002	DF	Robert Scarlett	Harbour View
31 December 2002	DF	Samuel Ogunsania	Enyimba
31 December 2002	DF	Dmitri Khlestov	Torpedo-ZIL Moscow
31 December 2002	MF	Dmitri Kudryashov	Krylia Sovetov
31 December 2002	MF	Pyotr Nemov	Krylia Sovetov
31 December 2002	MF	Eduard Tsykhmeystruk	Metalurh Donetsk

Competitions

Premier League

See main article: 2002 Russian Premier League.

League table

Russian Cup

2002-03

See main article: 2002–03 Russian Cup. Quarterfinal took place during the 2003 season.

UEFA Champions League

See main article: 2002–03 UEFA Champions League.

Group stage

See main article: 2002–03 UEFA Champions League group stage.

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goal scorers

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1	FW		11	Vladimir Beschastnykh	12	2	0	14
2	FW		19	Dmitri Sychev	9	1	0	10
3	MF		13	Dmitri Kudryashov	5	0	0	5
3	FW		20	Aleksandr Danishevsky	4	0	1	5
5	MF		9	Yegor Titov	4	0	0	4
6	DF		3	Ibra Kébé	3	0	0	3
	FW		30	Aleksandr Sonin	2	1	0	3
	MF		14	Maksym Kalynychenko	1	2	0	3
9	MF		10	Eduard Tsykhmeystruk	2	0	0	2
	DF		18	Dmytro Parfenov	2	0	0	2
	MF		7	Vasili Baranov	1	1	0	2
	FW		21	Artyom Bezrodny	1	1	0	2
13	DF		34	Moisés Moura	1	0	0	1
	FW		42	Okon Flo Essien	1	0	0	1
	DF		2	Yuri Kovtun	1	0	0	1
Total					49	8	1	58

Clean sheets

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1	GK		1	Maksym Levytskyi	8	2	0	10
2	GK		22	Dmitri Goncharov	2	0	0	2
TOTALS					9	2	0	11

Levytskyi & Goncharov both played in Spartak's 3-0 victory over Shinnik Yaroslavl on 12 March 2002.

Disciplinary record

Number	Position	Name	Premier League		2002-03 Russian Cup		UEFA Champions League		Total

2	DF	Yuri Kovtun	6	1	0	0	4	0	10	1
3	DF	Ibra Kébé	8	1	0	0	2	0	10	1
4	DF	Jerry-Christian Tchuissé	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
6	DF	Dmitri Ananko	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
7	MF	Vasili Baranov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
9	MF	Yegor Titov	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
11	FW	Vladimir Beschastnykh	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
13	MF	Dmitri Kudryashov	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
14	MF	Maksym Kalynychenko	2	1	0	0	1	0	3	1
18	DF	Dmytro Parfenov	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
19	FW	Dmitri Sychev	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
20	FW	Aleksandr Danishevsky	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
21	MF	Artyom Bezrodny	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
25	MF	Aleksandr Pavlenko	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
29	DF	Igor Mitreski	4	0	0	0	3	0	7	0
30	FW	Aleksandr Sonin	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
34	DF	Moisés	8	0	0	0	3	0	11	0
41	MF	Dmitri Torbinski	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
42	FW	Okon Flo Essien	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
44	DF	Valeri Abramidze	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
48	DF	Samuel Ogunsania	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
55	DF	Dmitri Khlestov	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
Players away on loan:
Players who left Spartak Moscow season during the season:
10	MF	Eduard Tsykhmeystruk	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total			68	3	3	0	19	0	90	3

Notes and References

Levytskyi was born in Shakhty, Soviet Union (now Russia), but also qualified to represent Ukraine internationally, making his debut for Ukraine in 2000.
Bezrodny was born in Sumy, Soviet Union (now Ukraine), but also qualified to represent Russia internationally, making his international debut for Russia in 1999.
Pavlenko was born in Ordzhonikidze, Soviet Union (now Ukraine), but also qualified to represent Russia internationally, making his debut for Russia U21 in 2003.
Goncharov was born in Dresden, East Germany (now Germany)
Web site: Villaseca joins Spartak . uefa.com/ . UEFA . 17 April 2020 . 6 March 2002.
Web site: Spartak pick up Silva . https://web.archive.org/web/20121024051529/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=28679.html . dead . 24 October 2012 . uefa.com . UEFA . 17 April 2020 . 23 July 2002.
Web site: Спартак: накануне Лиги чемпионов . https://web.archive.org/web/20100214035659/http://www.sovsport.ru/news/text-item/80701 . dead . 14 February 2010 . sovsport.ru . Sovsport . 17 April 2020 . 1 August 2002.
Web site: Spartak sign Scarlett . uefa.com . UEFA . 17 April 2020 . 27 August 2002.
Web site: Khlestov makes emotional return . uefa.com . UEFA . 17 April 2020 . 29 August 2002.