In 1951, the cathedral's bell towers were intentionally destroyed by Soviet artillery and the building itself was given to the Spartak sports society.
Examples of this are the gate to the huge recreational area in the city: The Gorkij Park, the memorial for Maksim Gorkij and the sports arena Spartak.
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Teams promoted to the 1952–53 Yugoslav First League were Velež and Spartak.
At the age of 15 Kulakovs was the first goalkeeper for Spartak Lukhovitsy.
He broke the record of youngest players record for Spartak in 2002, previously held by Aleksandr Pavlenko.
Barnt Green Spartak F.C. is a football club originally based in Barnt Green, near Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England.
In June 2011, FK Spartak MAS Sezimovo Ústí owner Jiří Smrž bought the rights to neighbouring team FK Tábor and at the end of 2011, the club announced that they would compete from 2012, including the remainder of the season in progress, as FK MAS Táborsko.
Later, that book was followed by its sequel, How Spartak Was Being Killed 2 about the later events, and Lokomotiv We Have Lost («Локомотив», который мы потеряли) that exploits similar themes regarding another popular Russian football team, Lokomotiv Moscow.
Aiden McGeady (born 1986), professional footballer who currently plays for Spartak Moscow and the Republic of Ireland internationally
Simonyan, along with fellow Spartak veteran Alexander Mirzoyan, has personally sent well wishes to Yura Movsisyan in connection with his becoming a Spartak player.
Oleg Aleksandrovich Smirnov (b. 1964), Soviet and Russian footballer with FC Spartak Moscow, FC Rotor Volgograd and FC Shinnik Yaroslavl
Ján Petráš (born 1986), Slovak football midfielder who currently plays for TJ Spartak Myjava on a loan from FC Spartak
Kechinov wasn't the only player to have problems with the Spartak management at that time, earlier other star players such as Ilia Tsymbalar, Andrey Tikhonov and Evgeni Bushmanov were forced to leave the team for similar reasons.
Aged 29, the former returned to Spartak, only to be immediately shortly after to Milwall in the English second division, where he failed to adjust immensely, appearing very rarely in a six-month loan.
In 2009, he became a leader of Spartak with help of Alex and Welliton.
Yevgeni Aleksandrovich Karev (born May 9, 1985), Russian football forward with FC Spartak Shchyolkovo
He has scored two first Spartak's goals in a European competition (in 1966 against OFK Beograd).