Key Spartak pair sign new deals

Captain Yegor Titov and striker Roman Pavlyuchenko have signed new deals with FC Spartak Moskva, keeping them with the club until December 2011.

Six title wins
Titov, who has been capped 41 times by Russia, joined Spartak at the age of six and has only ever played for the club, featuring in 315 league games over 13 seasons since making his debut in 1995. The 31-year-old has scored 104 goals in 430 official appearances for Spartak and has won the Russian title six times. The 26-year-old Pavlyuchenko joined Spartak in 2003 from SC Rotor Volgograd and has scored at least ten goals every season since then. He was the Premier-Liga's top scorer in 2006 and 2007 with 18 and 14 goals respectively. This season Pavlyuchenko has scored five times in European club competition and twice in Russia's crucial UEFA EURO 2008™ qualifying victory against England on 17 October. Spartak play Olympique de Marseille in the UEFA Cup Round of 32 in February.