# 2014–15 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season

The 2014–15 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season was the club's 23rd season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. Lokomotiv Moscow also takes part in the Russian Cup and the Europa League.

## Season review

On 17 September 2014, Leonid Kuchuk resigned from the manager post after deterioration of his relationships with players. The next day Igor Cherevchenko was appointed as the club's caretaker manager. On 4 October 2014, Miodrag Božović was appointed as a new caretaker manager until conditions of Kuchuk's deal termination are worked out. On 10 October 2014, Božović signed a permanent deal as a manager, but resigned on 11 May 2015 with Igor Cherevchenko again taking control of Lokomotiv as caretaker manager. Despite poor performances in the league, Lokomotiv won the Russian Cup, overtaking Kuban Krasnodar 3–1 after extra time and booking place in next season's Europa League.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Guilherme (captain) |
| 3 | MF | RUS | Alan Kasaev |
| 4 | MF | POR | Manuel Fernandes |
| 5 | DF | SRB | Nemanja Pejčinović |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Maicon |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Sheshukov |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Roman Pavlyuchenko |
| 11 | MF | MAR | Mbark Boussoufa |
| 14 | DF | CRO | Vedran Ćorluka |
| 15 | DF | RUS | Arseniy Logashov |
| 16 | GK | RUS | Ilya Lantratov |
| 17 | MF | UKR | Taras Mykhalyk |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Samedov (vice-captain) |
| 21 | MF | SEN | Oumar Niasse |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | RUS | Maksim Belyayev |
| 23 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Tarasov (vice-captain) |
| 25 | FW | SRB | Petar Škuletić |
| 26 | MF | BLR | Yan Tsiharow |
| 28 | DF | SVK | Ján Ďurica |
| 29 | DF | UZB | Vitaliy Denisov |
| 41 | GK | RUS | Miroslav Lobantsev |
| 49 | DF | RUS | Roman Shishkin (vice-captain) |
| 55 | DF | RUS | Renat Yanbayev |
| 59 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Miranchuk |
| 60 | MF | RUS | Anton Miranchuk |
| 81 | GK | RUS | Ilya Abayev |
| — | MF | ESP | Alberto Zapater |
| — | FW | NGA | Victor Obinna |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | RUS | Maksim Grigoryev (at Rostov) |
| 27 | MF | RUS | Magomed Ozdoyev (at Rubin) |
| 77 | MF | RUS | Sergei Tkachyov (at Kuban) |
| — | FW | RUS | Dmitri Sychev (at Okzhetpes) |

### Youth squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 31 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Dovbnya |
| 32 | FW | RUS | Rifat Zhemaletdinov |
| 35 | GK | RUS | Filipp Kharin |
| 36 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Barinov |
| 37 | FW | RUS | Andrea Chukanov |
| 38 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Akishin |
| 39 | FW | RUS | Denis Anisimov |
| 43 | DF | RUS | Andrei Chernetsov |
| 44 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Logunov |
| 46 | DF | RUS | Artyom Vyatkin |
| 52 | MF | RUS | Sergei Makarov |
| 54 | DF | RUS | Vladislav Shadrin |
| 56 | DF | RUS | Tomas Rukas |
| 57 | FW | RUS | Artyom Galadzhan |
| 61 | DF | RUS | Maksim Danilyants |
| 63 | DF | RUS | Denis Nikitin |
| 64 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Smirnov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 65 | DF | RUS | Innokenti Samokhvalov |
| 71 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Solovyov |
| 72 | DF | RUS | Ratibor Gusar |
| 73 | DF | RUS | Dzhamshed Rakhmonov |
| 74 | GK | RUS | Pavel Kovalyov |
| 82 | MF | RUS | Georgi Makhatadze |
| 83 | DF | RUS | Viktor Fereferov |
| 84 | FW | RUS | Mikhail Lysov |
| 87 | FW | RUS | Nikolai Kipiani |
| 89 | MF | RUS | Nikita Dorofeyev |
| 91 | FW | RUS | Nikita Podyachev |
| 93 | MF | RUS | Andrei Mostovoy |
| 94 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Rybchinsky |
| 95 | FW | RUS | Nozim Babadzhanov |
| 96 | GK | RUS | Ilya Ishchenko |
| 97 | FW | RUS | Grigori Gerasimov |
| 98 | MF | RUS | Ivan Galanin |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | MF | RUS | Alan Kasaev (from Rubin Kazan) |
| 4 | MF | POR | Manuel Fernandes (from Besiktas) |
| 5 | DF | SRB | Nemanja Pejčinović (from Nice) |
| 15 | DF | RUS | Arseniy Logashov (end of loan to Rostov) |
| 16 | GK | RUS | Ilya Lantratov (from Lokomotiv-2 Moscow) |
| 21 | FW | SEN | Oumar Niasse (from Akhisar Belediyespor) |
| — | DF | RUS | Igor Golban (end of loan to Khimki) |
| — | MF | NGA | Victor Obinna (end of loan to ChievoVerona) |
| — | FW | RUS | Dmitri Sychev (end of loan to Volga Nizhny Novgorod) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | GK | RUS | Aleksei Shirokov (end of loan from Lokomotiv-2 Moscow) |
| 34 | DF | RUS | Mikhail Martynov (to Rostov) |
| 67 | DF | RUS | Temur Mustafin (to Rostov) |
| 6 | MF | RUS | Maksim Grigoryev (on loan to Rostov) |
| 27 | MF | RUS | Magomed Ozdoev (on loan to Rubin Kazan) |
| 38 | MF | RUS | Nikita Salamatov (to Khimki) |
| 90 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Lomakin (on loan to Yenisey Krasnoyarsk) |
| 92 | FW | RUS | Aleksei Turik (to Fakel Voronezh) |
| — | MF | FRA | Lassana Diarra (contract rescinded by club) |
| — | MF | RUS | Vyacheslav Podberyozkin (to Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast, previously on loan to Khimki) |
| — | FW | RUS | Mikhail Petrusyov (to Dnepr Smolensk, previously on loan) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | FW | SRB | Petar Škuletić (from Partizan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 30 | FW | RUS | Arshak Koryan (end of contract) |
| 33 | FW | SEN | Dame N'Doye (to Hull City) |
| 75 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Seraskhov (to Sokol Saratov) |
| 77 | MF | RUS | Sergei Tkachyov (on loan to Kuban) |
| — | FW | RUS | Dmitri Sychev (loan to Okzhetpes) |

## Competitions
### Russian Premier League
#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | A | H | H | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | D | L | L | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | D | D | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | L |
| Position | 8 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Rubin Kazan | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 48 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Spartak Moscow | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 44 | |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 31 | 25 | +6 | 43 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 8 | Mordovia Saransk | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 43 | −21 | 38 | |
| 9 | Terek Grozny | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 37 | |
* ↑ Lokomotiv Moscow qualified for Europa League group stage by winning the 2014–15 Russian Cup.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying phase
## Squad statistics

    As of 31 May 2015

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Guilherme | 25 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | RUS | Alan Kasaev | 31 | 4 | 18+8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | POR | Manuel Fernandes | 35 | 7 | 20+8 | 7 | 4+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SRB | Nemanja Pejčinović | 19 | 0 | 10+4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Maicon | 30 | 0 | 13+11 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Sheshukov | 17 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Roman Pavlyuchenko | 23 | 4 | 5+15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | MAR | Mbark Boussoufa | 20 | 4 | 15+2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | CRO | Vedran Ćorluka | 32 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | RUS | Arseniy Logashov | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | UKR | Taras Mykhalyk | 20 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Samedov | 36 | 4 | 29 | 4 | 4+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | SEN | Oumar Niasse | 19 | 6 | 8+5 | 4 | 1+3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | RUS | Maksim Belyayev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Tarasov | 18 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | SRB | Petar Škuletić | 13 | 3 | 7+4 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | BLR | Yan Tsiharow | 6 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | SVK | Ján Ďurica | 25 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | UZB | Vitaliy Denisov | 31 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Barinov | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | DF | RUS | Roman Shishkin | 29 | 0 | 20+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | RUS | Renat Yanbayev | 17 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Miranchuk | 21 | 2 | 10+7 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 81 | GK | RUS | Ilya Abayev | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | RUS | Maksim Grigoryev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | RUS | Magomed Ozdoyev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | RUS | Sergei Tkachyov | 6 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Lokomotiv Moscow no longer at the club: ||||||||||||
| 33 | FW | SEN | Dame N'Doye | 15 | 4 | 9+5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 75 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Seraskhov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Russian Premier League | Russian Cup | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | MF | | 4 | Manuel Fernandes | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | FW | | 21 | Oumar Niasse | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | | 33 | Dame N'Doye | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | MF | | 3 | Alan Kasaev | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | FW | | 9 | Roman Pavlyuchenko | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | MF | | 19 | Aleksandr Samedov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | MF | | 11 | Mbark Boussoufa | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | FW | | 25 | Petar Škuletić | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | DF | | 14 | Vedran Ćorluka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | | 59 | Aleksei Miranchuk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | | TOTALS | 30 | 8 | 2 | 40 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Russian Premier League | Russian Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Guilherme | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | Alan Kasaev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Manuel Fernandes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Nemanja Pejčinović | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Maicon | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Aleksandr Sheshukov | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Roman Pavlyuchenko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Mbark Boussoufa | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Vedran Ćorluka | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | Arseniy Logashov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Taras Mykhalyk | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | Aleksandr Samedov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Oumar Niasse | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | Dmitri Tarasov | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 25 | FW | Petar Škuletić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Yan Tsiharow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | DF | Ján Ďurica | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Vitaliy Denisov | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 33 | FW | Dame N'Doye | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 49 | DF | Roman Shishkin | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | Renat Yanbayev | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 59 | MF | Aleksei Miranchuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Sergei Tkachyov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 69 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 83 | 9 |

### Club captains

During the season, three players fulfilled the duties of club captain: captain Guilherme and vice-captains Roman Shishkin and Aleksandr Samedov.

### Player of the Month

During the season, Lokomotiv ran a monthly poll on social networks to gauge the fans player of the month.

### Player of the Year

After the season, Lokomotiv fans' poll named the team's player of the year.