Spartak Moscow

Prior to the opening of the Otkritie Arena, Spartak Moscow had never owned their own stadium. Instead they had played at numerous grounds around the city, even going so far as to play a match in Red Square once. The broke ground on the site for the Otkritie Arena in 2007, yet numerous delays meant that construction didn’t actually begin until 2010. Interestingly, one of the reasons for a delay was that the stadium’s original design was deemed to be too boring and ordinary. As for Spartak themselves, not owning their own home didn’t stop them from winning things. In fact, Spartak Moscow is the most successful football club in Russia. They’ve won twelve Soviet championships, ten Russian championships, the same number of Soviet Cups and three Russian Cups. Though they’ve never won a European trophy of any worth, they have made it the semi-final of all three major European competitions. It's worth noting that their ten Russian Championships is a record number.