Spartak Nalchik

FC Spartak Nalchik was founded in 1935 and played in the regional "B-class" tournament. In 1965, Spartak won the competition and was promoted into "A-class", second group. Spartak played in that tournament from 1966 to 1970.

After reorganization of Soviet league system, Spartak played in the Soviet Second League (1971, 1977, 1978, 1981–1989) and Soviet First League (1972–1976, 1979, 1980), having been promoted and relegated several times. In 1990 and 1991 Spartak played in the Buffer League. The club's best result was a 14th position in the First League in 1974 and 1975.

The club won the title of champions of RSFSR in 1965 and 1970.

In 1992, Spartak Nalchik was entitled to enter Russian First Division. The club was relegated after the 1993 season, but earned promotion back in 1995, after two seasons spent in the Russian Second Division. From 1996 to 2005 Spartak again played in the First Division. In 2005, the team finished second and earned promotion to the Premier League. They were the leaders of Premier League between 10th and 15th rounds in 2006 season. Finally they finished 9th. They led the league again from the 3rd to 8th round in the 2010 season.

Spartak has also been known as "Automobilist" (in 1969–1972) and "Elbrus" (in 1976).

In 2011–12 season the team finished 16th and was relegated to First division.

In January 2014, Minister for Sport and Tourism of Kabardino-Balkaria announced the beginning of bankruptcy proceedings for the club. Later the same month, the Government of Kabardino-Balkaria allocated additional 61 mln roubles for the team from Republican budget.

After the 2013–14 season, the club volunteered to be relegated to the third-tier Russian Professional Football League due to lack of necessary financing for the FNL.

They won their PFL zone in the 2015–16 season and were promoted back to the FNL for the 2016–17, but stayed up only for one season before being relegated back to PFL.

Domestic history

Season	League									Russian Cup	Top goalscorer		Manager
	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P		Name	League
1992	2nd, West	8	34	16	3	15	58	47	35		Eduard Kugotov	19	Kazbek Tlyarugov
1993	2nd, West	16	42	13	8	21	52	73	34	Round of 128	Eduard Kugotov	9	Kazbek Tlyarugov
1994	3rd, West	3	40	28	3	9	98	33	59	Round of 64	Aslan Goplachev	29	Yuri Naurzokov
1995	3rd, West	1	42	30	6	6	127	49	96	Round of 256	Oleg Kirimov	22	Boris Sinitsyn
1996	2nd	9	42	17	8	17	62	59	59	Round of 512	Alexander Zarutsky	13	Viktor Kumykov
1997	2nd	4	42	23	3	16	74	53	72	Round of 64	Alexander Zarutsky	12	Viktor Kumykov
1998	2nd	15	42	15	11	16	49	52	56	Round of 64	Ali Alchagirov	9	Viktor Kumykov Viktor Zernov Aslanbek Khantsev
1999	2nd	13	42	17	5	20	49	61	56	Round of 256	Vaso Sepashvili	14	Aslanbek Khantsev
2000	2nd	5	38	13	9	16	37	44	48	Round of 16	Sergei Tsybul	7	Aslanbek Khantsev Sergei Ponomaryov
2001	2nd	5	34	17	4	13	48	37	55	Round of 64	Maxim Autlev	12	Soferbi Yeshugov
2002	2nd	6	34	14	11	9	42	30	53	Round of 64	Roman Uzdenov	12	Soferbi Yeshugov
2003	2nd	15	42	14	10	18	34	49	52	Round of 16	Anzor Dzamikhov	9	Soferbi Yeshugov
2004	2nd	12	42	16	10	16	53	46	58	Round of 64	Anzor Kunizhev	9	Yuri Krasnozhan
2005	2nd	2	42	25	11	6	67	36	86	Round of 64	Andriy Poroshyn	18	Yuri Krasnozhan
2006	1st	9	30	11	8	11	33	32	41	Round of 32	Serhiy Pylypchuk Roman Kontsedalov Eduard Korchagin	5	Yuri Krasnozhan
2007	1st	12	30	8	9	13	29	38	33	Round of 32	Ricardo Jesus	7	Yuri Krasnozhan
2008	1st	12	30	8	8	14	30	39	32	Quarter-final	Rustem Kalimullin	5	Yuri Krasnozhan
2009	1st	11	30	8	11	11	36	33	35	Round of 32	Shamil Asildarov Leandro	8	Yuri Krasnozhan
2010	1st	6	30	12	8	10	40	37	44	Round of 32	Vladimir Dyadyun	10	Yuri Krasnozhan
2011–12	1st	16	44	7	13	24	39	60	34	Round of 32	Roman Kontsedalov	7	Vladimir Eshtrekov Sergei Tashuev Timur Shipshev
2012–13	2nd	3	32	15	8	9	32	27	53	Round of 32	Igor Koronov Aleksei Medvedev	6	Timur Shipshev
2013–14	2nd	10	36	13	12	11	36	34	51	Round of 64	Alikhan Shavayev	5	Shipshev Bidzhiyev
2014–15	3rd South	8	22	7	5	10	26	27	26	Third round	Magomed Guguyev	14	Khasanbi Bidzhiyev
2015–16	3rd South	1	26	19	6	1	43	6	63	Round of 32	Magomed Guguyev	8	Khasanbi Bidzhiyev
2016–17	2nd	19	38	7	17	14	26	37	38	Round of 32			Khasanbi Bidzhiyev
2017–18	3rd South	7	32	11	11	10	36	27	44	Round of 16	Islam Tlupov	9
2018–19	3rd South	6	28	11	10	7	39	29	43	Second Round
2019–20	3rd South	6	19	4	7	8	18	37	19	Third round	Kantemir Batsev	10