2003 FC Spartak Moscow season explained

Club:	Spartak Moscow
Season:	2003
Manager:	Oleg Romantsev Andrey Chernyshov Vladimir Fedotov
Stadium:	Luzhniki Stadium
League:	Premier League
League Result:	10th
Cup1:	Russian Cup
Cup1 Result:	Champions
Cup2:	Russian Cup
Cup2 Result:	Round of 32 vs Kuban Krasnodar
Cup3:	UEFA Cup
Cup3 Result:	Progressed to 2004 season
League Topscorer:	Roman Pavlyuchenko (10)
Season Topscorer:	Roman Pavlyuchenko (14)
Prevseason:	2002
Nextseason:	2004

The 2003 FC Spartak Moscow season was the club's 12th season in the Russian Premier League season. Spartak finished the season in 10th position, qualifying for the 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup. In the Russian Cup, Spartak won the 2002–03 cup, whilst they were knocked out of the 2003–04 cup at the Round of 32 stage by Kuban Krasnodar. In Europe, Spartak reached the Third Round of the UEFA Cup which also took place during the 2004 season.

Season events

On 7 November, Wojciech Kowalewski made his loan move from Shakhtar Donetsk permanent by signing a five-year contract with Spartak.^[1]

Squad

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Szabolcs Sáfár		GK	2003 11, df=yes	Austria Salzburg	2003	2005	5	0
22	Abdelillah Bagui		GK	2003 11, df=yes	MAS Fez	2003		7	0
30	Wojciech Kowalewski		GK	2003 11, df=yes	loan from Shakhtar Donetsk	2003	2008	16	0
44	Aleksandr Nevokshonov		GK	2003 11, df=yes	Shinnik Yaroslavl	2003		0	0
46	Aleksei Zuev		GK	2003 11, df=yes	Spartak-Zvezda Shchyolkovo	2001
	Giorgi Lomaia		GK	2003 11, df=yes	Locomotive Tbilisi	2003		0	0
Defenders
2	Yuri Kovtun		DF	2003 11, df=yes	Dynamo Moscow	1999	2005
3	Ibra Kébé		DF	2003 11, df=yes	ASC Jeanne d'Arc	2001
4	Moisés Moura		DF	2003 11, df=yes	Paraná	2002		56	2
5	Vladyslav Vashchuk		DF	2003 11, df=yes	Dynamo Kyiv	2003		29	1
17	Russo		DF	2003 11, df=yes	Vasco da Gama	2003		2	0
18	Dmytro Parfenov		DF	2003 11, df=yes	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	1998	2005
19	Igor Mitreski		DF	2003 11, df=yes	Sileks	2001
20	Aleksandr Belozyorov		DF	2003 11, df=yes	Lada-Tolyatti	2003		7	1
27	Luizão		DF	2003 11, df=yes	loan from Juventus-SP	2003	2003	22	0
35	Kamalutdin Akhmedov		DF	2003 11, df=yes	Youth Team	2003		0	0
43	Vadim Karlashchuk		DF	2003 11, df=yes	Shinnik Yaroslavl	2003		0	0
	Sergei Kabanov		DF	2003 11, df=yes	Youth Team	2002		0	0
Midfielders
6	Goran Trobok		MF	2003 11, df=yes	Partizan	2003		14	0
9	Yegor Titov		MF	2003 11, df=yes	Youth Team	1995		321	81
11	Danijel Hrman		MF	2003 11, df=yes	NK Varteks	2003	2005 (+1)	6	0
13	Srđan Stanić		MF	2003 11, df=yes	OFK Beograd	2003	2007	13	1
14	Maksym Kalynychenko		MF	2003 11, df=yes	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2000		92	14
21	Artyom Bezrodny	^[2]	MF	2003 11, df=yes	Bayer Leverkusen	1998
25	Aleksandr Pavlenko	^[3]	MF	2003 11, df=yes	Lausanne-Sport	2001		47	4
26	Aleksandr Sheshukov		MF	2003 11, df=yes	Spartak Tambov	2002		5	0
32	Mikhail Kostin		MF	2003 11, df=yes	Youth Team	2003		0	0
33	Maksim Demenko		MF	2003 11, df=yes	Rostselmash	2003		22	0
39	Aleksei Rebko		MF	2003 11, df=yes	Youth Team	2001		2	0
40	Aleksandr Samedov		MF	2003 11, df=yes	Youth Team	2001		8	0
41	Dmitri Torbinski		MF	2003 11, df=yes	Youth Team	2001		17	0
45	Oleg Ivanov		MF	2003 11, df=yes	Youth Team	2002		0	0
Forwards
8	Aleksandr Danishevsky		FW	2003 11, df=yes	Youth Team	2001
10	Roman Pavlyuchenko		FW	2003 11, df=yes	Rotor Volgograd	2003		34	14
23	Raman Vasilyuk		FW	2003 11, df=yes	Slavia Mozyr	2001
24	Nikolai Sokolov		FW	2003 11, df=yes	Lokomotiv Moscow	2003
28	Mihajlo Pjanović		FW	2003 11, df=yes	Red Star Belgrade	2003	2007	12	5
34	Artem Kontsevoy		FW	2003 11, df=yes	BATE Borisov	2003		10	2
37	Tarmo Kink		FW	2003 11, df=yes	Real Tallinn	2003		2	0
Away on loan
15	Valeri Abramidze		DF	2003 11, df=yes	Torpedo Kutaisi	2002^[4]	2006	21	0
	Maksim Kabanov		GK	2003 11, df=yes	Youth Team	2001
	Marcelo Silva		MF	2003 11, df=yes	Santos	2002^[5]	2004	5	0
	Goran Maznov		FW	2003 11, df=yes	Sloga Jugomagnat	2001
	Pavel Pogrebnyak		FW	2003 11, df=yes	Youth Team	2002		2	0
	Aleksandr Sonin		FW	2003 11, df=yes	Saint-Étienne	2001
Players that left Spartak Moscow during the season
6	Dmitry A. Smirnov		MF	2003 11, df=yes	Torpedo-ZIL Moscow	2003		19	2
7	Vasili Baranov		MF	2003 11, df=yes	Baltika Kaliningrad	1998	2004
11	Oleh Pestryakov		MF	2003 11, df=yes	loan from Shakhtar Donetsk	2003	2003	3	0
17	Robert		FW	2003 11, df=yes	loan from São Caetano	2003	2003	11	2
24	Andrei Streltsov		MF	2003 11, df=yes	Youth Team	2001
28	André Dias		FW	2003 11, df=yes	loan from Juventus-SP	2003	2003	2	0
42	Okon Flo Essien		FW	2003 11, df=yes	Dolphins	2001
	Andrejs Rubins		MF	2003 11, df=yes	Crystal Palace	2003		0	0
	Guim		FW	2003 11, df=yes	loan from Paulista	2003	2003

Left club during season

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
Winter 2003	DF		Vladyslav Vashchuk	Dynamo Kyiv	Undisclosed
Winter 2003	MF		Andrejs Rubins	Crystal Palace	Undisclosed
Winter 2003	MF		Maksim Demenko	Rostselmash	Undisclosed
Winter 2003	MF		Dmitry A. Smirnov	Torpedo-ZIL Moscow	Undisclosed
Winter 2003	MF		Goran Trobok	Partizan	Undisclosed
Winter 2003	FW		Artem Kontsevoy	BATE Borisov	Undisclosed
Winter 2003	FW		Roman Pavlyuchenko	Rotor Volgograd	Undisclosed
March 2003	GK		Abdelillah Bagui	MAS Fez	Undisclosed
16 June 2003	GK		Szabolcs Sáfár	Austria Salzburg	Undisclosed	^[6]
5 July 2003	FW		Tarmo Kink	Real Tallinn	Undisclosed	^[7]
8 July 2003	MF		Danijel Hrman	NK Varteks	Undisclosed	^[8]
8 July 2003	MF		Srđan Stanić	OFK Beograd	Undisclosed
18 August 2003	FW		Mihajlo Pjanović	Red Star Belgrade	Undisclosed	^[9]
27 August 2003	DF		Russo	Vasco da Gama	Undisclosed	^[10]
Summer 2003	GK		Giorgi Lomaia	Locomotive Tbilisi	Undisclosed
Summer 2003	GK		Aleksandr Nevokshonov	Shinnik Yaroslavl	Undisclosed
Summer 2003	DF		Aleksandr Belozyorov	Lada-Tolyatti	Undisclosed
Summer 2003	DF		Vadim Karlashchuk	Shinnik Yaroslavl	Undisclosed
7 November 2003	GK		Wojciech Kowalewski	Shakhtar Donetsk	Undisclosed

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
13 March 2003	MF		Oleh Pestryakov	Shakhtar Donetsk	July 2003	^[11]
14 March 2003	DF		Luizão	Juventus-SP	End of Season
14 March 2003	FW		André Dias	Juventus-SP	Summer 2003
14 March 2003	FW		Guim	Paulista	Summer 2003
14 March 2003	FW		Robert	São Caetano	Summer 2003	^[12]
June 2003	GK		Wojciech Kowalewski	Shakhtar Donetsk	End of the Season

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
Winter 2003	MF		Andrejs Rubins	Shinnik Yaroslavl	Undisclosed
Winter 2003	FW		Vladimir Beschastnykh	Fenerbahçe	Undisclosed
Winter 2003	FW		Dmitri Sychev	Marseille	Undisclosed
Summer 2003	MF		Vasili Baranov	Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz	Undisclosed
Summer 2003	MF		Dmitry A. Smirnov	Chernomorets Novorossiysk	Undisclosed
Summer 2003	MF		Andrei Streltsov	Rubin Kazan	Undisclosed
Summer 2003	FW		Okon Flo Essien	Dolphins	Undisclosed

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
Winter 2002	GK		Maksim Kabanov	Fakel Voronezh	End of Season
Winter 2003	MF		Marcelo Silva	Bahia
Winter 2003	MF		Marcelo Silva	Atlético Mineiro	End of Season
Winter 2003	FW		Goran Maznov	Baltika Kaliningrad	End of Season
Winter 2003	FW		Pavel Pogrebnyak	Baltika Kaliningrad	End of Season
Winter 2002	FW		Aleksandr Sonin	Dynamo-2 Kyiv	Summer 2003
Summer 2003	DF		Valeri Abramidze	Uralan Elista	End of Season
Summer 2003	FW		Aleksandr Sonin	Arsenal Kyiv	End of Season

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
31 December 2003	GK		Szabolcs Sáfár	Austria Wien
31 December 2003	GK		Abdelillah Bagui	Khimki
31 December 2003	GK		Maksim Kabanov	Torpedo Moscow
31 December 2003	DF		Moisés Moura	Krylia Sovetov
31 December 2003	DF		Russo	Sport Recife
31 December 2003	DF		Valeri Abramidze	Khimki
31 December 2003	DF		Vladyslav Vashchuk	Chornomorets Odesa
31 December 2003	DF		Aleksandr Belozyorov	Chernomorets Novorossiysk
31 December 2003	MF		Artyom Bezrodny
31 December 2003	MF		Maksim Demenko

Competitions

Premier League

See main article: 2003 Russian Premier League.

League table

Russian Cup

2002-03

See main article: 2002–03 Russian Cup.

Final

2003-04

See main article: 2003–04 Russian Cup.

UEFA Cup

See main article: 2003–04 UEFA Cup.

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goal scorers

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1	FW		10	Roman Pavlyuchenko	10	3	0	1	14
2	MF		9	Yegor Titov	9	1	0	0	10
3	MF		14	Maksym Kalynychenko	2	1	0	2	5
	FW		28	Mihajlo Pjanović	1	0	2	2	5
5	MF		25	Aleksandr Pavlenko	2	0	0	2	4
6	DF		2	Yuri Kovtun	2	1	0	0	3
7	MF		7	Vasili Baranov	2	0	0	0	2
	MF		6	Dmitry A. Smirnov	2	0	0	0	2
	FW		34	Artem Kontsevoy	2	0	0	0	2
	FW		17	Robert	1	1	0	0	2
11	DF		5	Vladyslav Vashchuk	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		13	Srđan Stanić	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		20	Aleksandr Belozyorov	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		4	Moisés Moura	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		18	Dmytro Parfenov	0	0	0	1	1
				Own goal	1	0	0	0	1
Total					38	7	2	8	55

Clean sheets

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1	GK		30	Wojciech Kowalewski	3	0	0	2	5
2	GK		1	Szabolcs Sáfár	1	0	0	0	1
	GK		22	Abdelillah Bagui	1	0	0	0	1
	GK		46	Aleksei Zuev	0	1	0	0	1
TOTALS					5	1	0	2	8

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		2002-03 Russian Cup		2003-04 Russian Cup		UEFA Cup		Total
2		DF	Yuri Kovtun	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	2
3		DF	Ibra Kébé	7	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	11	1
4		DF	Moisés Moura	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	1
5		DF	Vladyslav Vashchuk	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
6		MF	Goran Trobok	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8		FW	Aleksandr Danishevsky	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
10		FW	Roman Pavlyuchenko	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	6	1
13		MF	Srđan Stanić	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
14		MF	Maksym Kalynychenko	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	0
19		DF	Igor Mitreski	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	2
20		DF	Aleksandr Belozyorov	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
25		MF	Aleksandr Pavlenko	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	1
27		DF	Luizão	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	9	0
28		FW	Mihajlo Pjanović	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
30		GK	Wojciech Kowalewski	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
33		MF	Maksim Demenko	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
34		FW	Artem Kontsevoy	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
37		FW	Tarmo Kink	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
40		MF	Aleksandr Samedov	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
41		MF	Dmitri Torbinski	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
Players away on loan:
15		DF	Valeri Abramidze	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Players who left Spartak Moscow season during the season:
6		MF	Dmitry A. Smirnov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total				73	7	6	0	4	1	10	1	93	9

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kowalewski staying with Spartak . uefa.com . UEFA . 19 April 2020 . 7 November 2003.
2. Bezrodny was born in Sumy, Soviet Union (now Ukraine), but also qualified to represent Russia internationally, making his international debut for Russia in 1999.
3. Pavlenko was born in Ordzhonikidze, Soviet Union (now Ukraine), but also qualified to represent Russia internationally, making his debut for Russia U21 in 2003.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Web site: Safar hands for Spartak . uefa.com . UEFA . 19 April 2020 . 16 June 2003.
7. Web site: Тармо КИНК: ЗА ПОЛГОДА УСПЕЛ ЗАБИТЬ 20 МЯЧЕЙ ЗА РЕАЛ . spartakmoskva.ru/ . FC Spartak Moscow . 19 April 2020 . Russian . 5 July 2003.
8. Web site: ХОРВАТ И СЕРБ ПРИЕХАЛИ В "СПАРТАК" ЗА МЕДАЛЯМИ . spartakmoskva.ru/ . FC Spartak Moscow . 19 April 2020 . Russian . 8 July 2020.
9. Web site: Pjanovic secures Spartak deal . uefa.com . UEFA . 19 April 2020 . 18 August 2003.
10. Web site: Тудор будет играть в России . euro-football.ru// . Euro Football . 18 April 2020 . Russian . 27 August 2003.
11. Web site: Spartak continue spending spree . uefa.com/ . UEFA . 19 April 2020 . 13 March 2003.
12. Web site: СПАРТАК ПОДПИСАЛ КОНТРАКТЫ С ЧЕТЫРЬМЯ БРАЗИЛЬЦАМИ И ПЕСТРЯКОВЫМ . sport-express.ru/ . Sport Express . 18 April 2020 . Russian . 14 March 2003.