FC Spartak Moscow: is a successful football club from Moscow, Russia, having won 12 Soviet championships (second only to Dynamo Kyiv) and 9 of 18 Russian championships. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times. Spartak have also reached the semi-finals of all three European club competitions.
They are nicknamed "Meat".
Historicaly the club was a part of the Spartak Moscow sports society. Other teams in the society include ice hockey club Spartak Moscow. Currently, the club is not connected with Spartak Moscow sports society and an independet privately owned organisation.