In the autumn of 1995, Spartak had one of the strongest lineups in Russian history, and the red-and-whites won all six matches in the Champions League group. However, in the winter, the leaders left, Oleg Romantsev decided to focus on the national team, the club patriarch Nikolai Starostin passed away... The 1996 season did not promise anything good. However, Georgy Yartsev, who took over the team, bet on the youth (the average age of that team was 22.7 years old) and guessed 100 percent. The 1996 season turned out to be one of the brightest in the history of the Russian championships. Five teams were really in contention for the championship until the last rounds, and the gold medals were ultimately played out in an additional match between Spartak and Alania. The film is based on 10 interviews with representatives of that Spartak — Georgy Yartsev, Oleg Romantsev, Andrey Tikhonov, Dmitry Alenichev, Egor Titov, Alexander Filimonov, Alexey Meleshin, Vadim Evseyev, Vladimir Dzhubanov and Andrey Konovalov. Author — Oleg Koshelev (https://t.me/SpartakCola) Director — Kirill Gavrilov (https://t.me/priotdal) Camera operators — Dmitry Gashev and Artem Yakunin Sound mastering — Tatyana Bulycheva Photo archive — Fyodor Uspensky and Fyodor Kislyakov With the participation of — Maxim Allanazarov and Vyacheslav Korotkin 0:00 - Out! 2:00 - 6 out of 6 in the Champions League 4:44 - How Yartsev became Romantsev's successor 7:45 - Leading players leave at the end of the '95 season 10:35 - The death of Nikolai Starostin 13:25 - How Spartak raised a whole generation of talented youth 25:25 - Filimonov's arrival at Spartak 27:31 - A difficult start to the '96 season 30:18 - How young players became first-team players 35:14 - How the "Pionetrotryad" came into being 37:51 - Sergey Gorlukovich 50:32 - Georgy Yartsev 58:17 - Ilya Tsymbalar 1:04:16 - Andrey Tikhonov 1:11:36 - Championship race 1:22:30 - Preparing for the golden match 1:26:58 - Watching the golden match 1:51:24 - How the championship was celebrated 1:58:25 - About the meaning of the 1996 championship #pioneer squad #spartak #yartsev #goldenmatch #football #90s #spartaktime