The 2011 Spartak home strip was worn for the first time on February 24th in the team’s UEFA Europa League Round of 32 match with Switzerland’s FC Basel. The 1-1 result of the game saw Spartak Moscow advance to the Round of 16 of the competition by an aggregate victory of 4-3.
Spartak Moscow currently campaigns in the Russian Premier League and is managed by Russian football legend Valery Karpin. It finished in 4th place in last year’s RPL.