# 2009 FC Rostov season

The 2009 FC Rostov season was the club's first season back in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of football in Russia, following their relegation at the end of the 2007 season.

## Season events
### New Contracts

On 1 October, Dušan Anđelković signed a new three-year contract with Rostov.

## Squad

    As of match played 29 November 2009
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Roman Gerus | GK | (1980-09-14)14 September 1980 (aged 29) | Luch-Energiya Vladivostok | 2007 | | | |
| 16 | Veniamin Mandrykin | GK | (1981-08-30)30 August 1981 (aged 28) | loan from CSKA Moscow | 2009 | 2009 | 10 | 0 |
| 27 | Stanislav Khoteyev | GK | (1981-03-07)7 March 1981 (aged 28) | Lobnya | 2008 | | | |
| 31 | Aleksandr Solovyov | GK | (1991-02-16)16 February 1991 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2009 | | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Artyom Nazarov | GK | (1991-02-19)19 February 1991 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2009 | | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Vladimir Zabuga | GK | (1990-07-08)8 July 1990 (aged 19) | Abinsk | 2009 | | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | Dušan Anđelković | DF | (1982-06-15)15 June 1982 (aged 27) | Kocaelispor | 2009 | 2012 | 26 | 0 |
| 5 | Aleksandr Cherkes | DF | (1976-09-02)2 September 1976 (aged 33) | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 2008 | 2010 | | |
| 6 | Roman Lengyel | DF | (1978-11-03)3 November 1978 (aged 31) | Kuban Krasnodar | 2009 | 2010 | 28 | 0 |
| 26 | Ivan Živanović | DF | (1981-12-10)10 December 1981 (aged 27) | Sampdoria | 2008 | | | |
| 32 | Vladislav Dubovoy | DF | (1989-01-05)5 January 1989 (aged 20) | Nika Krasny Sulin | 2009 | | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Oleg Leshchikov | DF | (1989-09-29)29 September 1989 (aged 20) | Nika Krasny Sulin | 2009 | | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Vasili Mironik | DF | (1991-09-12)12 September 1991 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2009 | | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Vladimir Shamara | DF | (1992-02-14)14 February 1992 (aged 17) | Youth Team | 2009 | | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Alexandr Vasilyev | DF | (1990-07-20)20 July 1990 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2009 | | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Henry Hagba | DF | (1992-01-07)7 January 1992 (aged 17) | Youth Team | 2009 | | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Aleksei Sizintsev | DF | (1991-06-18)18 June 1991 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2009 | | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Ivan Lapin | DF | (1988-05-08)8 May 1988 (aged 21) | loan from Zenit St.Petersburg | 2009 | | 3 | 0 |
| 57 | Astemir Sheriyev | DF | (1990-02-23)23 February 1990 (aged 19) | Spartak Nalchik | 2009 | | 9 | 0 |
| 58 | Aleksei Klubkov | DF | (1990-03-26)26 March 1990 (aged 19) | Spartak-2 Moscow | 2009 | | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | Taymuraz Kozayev | DF | (1991-01-26)26 January 1991 (aged 18) | Alania-2 Vladikavkaz | 2009 | | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Kirill Chekmaryov | DF | (1990-02-05)5 February 1990 (aged 19) | Master-Saturn Yegoryevsk | 2009 | | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Mikhail Rozhkov | DF | (1983-12-27)27 December 1983 (aged 25) | Nosta Novotroitsk | 2009 | 2009 | 19 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | Alyaksandr Kulchy | MF | (1973-11-01)1 November 1973 (aged 36) | Tom Tomsk | 2008 | | | |
| 8 | Maksim Astafyev | MF | (1982-12-08)8 December 1982 (aged 26) | Luch-Energiya Vladivostok | 2008 | | | |
| 10 | Mikhail Osinov | MF | (1975-10-08)8 October 1975 (aged 34) | Rotor Volgograd | 2001 | | | |
| 12 | Pyotr Gitselov | MF | (1983-07-18)18 July 1983 (aged 26) | loan from Rubin Kazan | 2009 | | 7 | 0 |
| 18 | Branimir Petrović | MF | (1982-06-26)26 June 1982 (aged 27) | KAMAZ | 2009 | 2011 | 23 | 2 |
| 20 | Artur Valikayev | MF | (1988-01-08)8 January 1988 (aged 21) | Nizhny Novgorod | 2009 | | 6 | 0 |
| 24 | Sergey Kuznetsov | MF | (1986-05-07)7 May 1986 (aged 23) | Lokomotiv Moscow | 2009 | | 7 | 1 |
| 25 | Aleksandr Pavlenko | MF | (1985-01-20)20 January 1985 (aged 24) | loan from Spartak Moscow | 2009 | | 9 | 3 |
| 40 | Maxim Kalmykov | MF | (1991-07-31)31 July 1991 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2009 | | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Yevgeni Matrakhov | MF | (1990-08-10)10 August 1990 (aged 19) | Zenit-2 St.Petersburg | 2009 | | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Ilya Bannov | MF | (1989-06-17)17 June 1989 (aged 20) | Zenit-2 St.Petersburg | 2009 | | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Maksim Levchenko | MF | (1992-04-29)29 April 1992 (aged 17) | Youth Team | 2009 | | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Artyom Syomka | MF | (1990-07-17)17 July 1990 (aged 19) | Zenit-2 St.Petersburg | 2009 | | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Andrei Lyakh | MF | (1990-09-24)24 September 1990 (aged 19) | Khimik Dzerzhinsk | 2009 | | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | Alexandru Gațcan | MF | (1984-03-27)27 March 1984 (aged 25) | Rubin Kazan | 2008 | | | |
| 85 | Nenad Šljivić | MF | (1985-06-08)8 June 1985 (aged 24) | Napredak Kruševac | 2008 | | | |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 4 | Igor Lebedenko | FW | (1983-05-27)27 May 1983 (aged 26) | Saturn Ramenskoye | 2009 | 2009 | 30 | 4 |
| 9 | Dmitri Akimov | FW | (1980-09-14)14 September 1980 (aged 29) | Sibir Novosibirsk | 2008 | | | |
| 19 | Mersudin Ahmetović | FW | (1985-03-19)19 March 1985 (aged 24) | Sloboda Tuzla | 2008 | | | |
| 21 | Hong Yong-jo | FW | (1982-05-22)22 May 1982 (aged 27) | Bežanija | 2008 | | | |
| 36 | Magomed Kurbanov | FW | (1992-04-11)11 April 1992 (aged 17) | Youth Team | 2009 | | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Sergey Chernyshev | FW | (1990-04-27)27 April 1990 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2007 | | | |
| 43 | Mikhail Ignatov | FW | (1989-11-17)17 November 1989 (aged 20) | Zenit-2 St.Petersburg | 2009 | | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Vitali Kirichenko | FW | (1989-08-24)24 August 1989 (aged 20) | Mashuk-KMV | 2009 | | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Aleksei Sugak | FW | (1990-02-27)27 February 1990 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2009 | | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | Dmitri Kortava | FW | (1990-11-17)17 November 1990 (aged 19) | Torpedo Moscow | 2009 | | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | Yevgeni Lutsenko | FW | (1987-02-25)25 February 1987 (aged 22) | Stavropolye-2009 | 2009 | | 6 | 0 |
| 88 | Aleksandr Salugin | FW | (1988-10-23)23 October 1988 (aged 21) | loan from Krylia Sovetov | 2009 | | 6 | 0 |
| Out on loan ||||||||||
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 14 | Aleksandr Ponomaryov | DF | (1986-01-25)25 January 1986 (aged 23) | Torpedo Moscow | 2009 | | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | Andrei Sklyarov | DF | (1989-09-30)30 September 1989 (aged 20) | TP-47 | 2009 | | 1 | 0 |

### 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 |
| — | DF | RUS | Ildar Shabayev (at Vityaz Podolsk) |
| — | MF | RUS | Denis Kirilenko (at Stavropolye-2009) |
| — | DF | RUS | Mikhail Kozlov (at Vityaz Podolsk) |
| — | DF | RUS | Oleg Misyura (at Taganrog) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | RUS | Yakov Ehrlich (at Volgograd) |
| — | DF | RUS | Ruslan Gurbanov (at Taganrog) |
| — | DF | RUS | Artyom Serdyuk (at Taganrog) |
| — | DF | RUS | Denis Kirilenko (at Volga Tver) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 17 December 2008 | DF | Roman Lengyel | Kuban Krasnodar | Undisclosed |
| 18 February 2009 | DF | Dušan Anđelković | Kocaelispor | Undisclosed |
| 18 February 2009 | FW | Igor Lebedenko | Saturn Ramenskoye | Undisclosed |
| 9 March 2009 | DF | Mikhail Rozhkov | Nosta Novotroitsk | Undisclosed |
| 9 March 2009 | MF | Branimir Petrović | KAMAZ | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2009 | DF | Andrei Sklyarov | TP-47 | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2009 | MF | Sergey Kuznetsov | Lokomotiv Moscow | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2009 | GK | Vladimir Zabuga | Abinsk | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2009 | FW | Yevgeni Lutsenko | Stavropolye-2009 | Undisclosed |
| 28 August 2009 | DF | Kirill Chekmaryov | Master-Saturn Yegoryevsk | Undisclosed |
| 28 August 2009 | DF | Aleksei Klubkov | Spartak-2 Moscow | Undisclosed |
| 28 August 2009 | DF | Taymuraz Kozayev | Alania-2 Vladikavkaz | Undisclosed |
| 28 August 2009 | MF | Andrei Lyakh | Khimik Dzerzhinsk | Undisclosed |
| 28 August 2009 | MF | Artur Valikayev | Nizhny Novgorod | Undisclosed |
| 28 August 2009 | FW | Dmitri Kortava | Torpedo Moscow | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| 9 March 2009 | GK | Veniamin Mandrykin | CSKA Moscow | End of Season |
| 1 August 2009 | FW | Aleksandr Salugin | Krylia Sovetov | End of Season |
| 28 August 2009 | FW | Aleksandr Pavlenko | Spartak Moscow | Winter 2011 |
| Winter 2009 | DF | Ivan Lapin | Zenit St.Petersburg | Winter 2010 |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| Winter 2009 | DF | Ildar Shabayev | Vityaz Podolsk | Winter 2010 |
| Winter 2009 | MF | Denis Kirilenko | Stavropolye-2009 | Summer 2009 |
| Winter 2009 | MF | Mikhail Kozlov | Vityaz Podolsk | Winter 2010 |
| Winter 2009 | MF | Oleg Misyura | Taganrog | Winter 2010 |
| Winter 2009 | FW | Yakov Ehrlich | Volgograd | Winter 2010 |
| Winter 2009 | FW | Ruslan Gurbanov | Taganrog | Winter 2010 |
| Winter 2009 | FW | Artyom Serdyuk | Taganrog | Winter 2010 |
| Summer 2009 | MF | Denis Kirilenko | Volga Tver | Winter 2010 |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| Winter 2009 | GK | Maksym Levytskyi | Torpedo-ZIL Moscow | Winter 2009 |
| Winter 2009 | DF | Syarhey Shtanyuk | Alania Vladikavkaz | Winter 2009 |
| Winter 2009 | DF | Pavel Mogilevskiy | Volga Nizhny Novgorod | Winter 2009 |
| Winter 2009 | DF | Anton Rogochiy | Vityaz Podolsk | Winter 2009 |
| Winter 2009 | MF | Konstantin Zuyev | Anzhi Makhachkala | Winter 2009 |
| Winter 2009 | FW | Dmitri Burmistrov | Salyut-Energia Belgorod | Winter 2009 |

### Trial

| Date from | Position | Name | Last Club |
| 12 January 2009 | DF | Andrei Ushenin | Shinnik Yaroslavl |
| 6 February 2009 | DF | Ibra Kébé | Anzhi Makhachkala |
| 23 February 2009 | GK | Veniamin Mandrykin | CSKA Moscow |
| 23 February 2009 | DF | Mikhail Rozhkov | Nosta Novotroitsk |
| 23 February 2009 | DF | Dmytro Semochko | Shinnik Yaroslavl |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 14 March 2009 | 29 November 2009 | Matchday 1 | 14th | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 39 | −11 | 023.33 |
| Russian Cup | 15 July 2009 | 15 July 2009 | Last 32 | Last 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 31 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 30 | 43 | −13 | 022.58 |
Last updated: 29 November 2009 Source: See Results

### 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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | W | L | D | W | W | D | D | L | D | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | D | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | D |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Terek Grozny | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 33 | 48 | −15 | 33 | |
| 13 | Amkar Perm | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 33 | |
| 14 | Rostov | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 39 | −11 | 32 | |
| 15 | Kuban Krasnodar (R) | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 23 | 51 | −28 | 28 | Relegation to First Division |
| 16 | Khimki (R) | 30 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 64 | −44 | 10 | Relegation to First Division |

### Russian Cup
#### 2009-10
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 29 November 2009

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Roman Gerus | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SRB | Dušan Anđelković | 26 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | FW | RUS | Igor Lebedenko | 30 | 4 | 25+4 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Cherkes | 22 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | CZE | Roman Lengyel | 28 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | BLR | Alyaksandr Kulchy | 29 | 0 | 27+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Maksim Astafyev | 24 | 2 | 21+2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Akimov | 24 | 6 | 19+4 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | RUS | Mikhail Osinov | 19 | 1 | 16+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | RUS | Pyotr Gitselov | 7 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Pavlenko | 9 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | RUS | Veniamin Mandrykin | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SRB | Branimir Petrović | 23 | 2 | 14+9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | BIH | Mersudin Ahmetović | 30 | 6 | 14+15 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | RUS | Artur Valikayev | 6 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | PRK | Hong Yong-jo | 15 | 1 | 10+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | RUS | Sergey Kuznetsov | 7 | 1 | 1+5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | SRB | Ivan Živanović | 9 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | RUS | Stanislav Khoteyev | 7 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 54 | DF | RUS | Ivan Lapin | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | DF | RUS | Astemir Sheriyev | 9 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | DF | RUS | Mikhail Rozhkov | 19 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | MF | MDA | Alexandru Gațcan | 26 | 4 | 23+3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | MF | SRB | Nenad Šljivić | 14 | 0 | 8+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 87 | FW | RUS | Yevgeni Lutsenko | 6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Salugin | 6 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Rostov during the season: ||||||||||
| 14 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Ponomaryov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | DF | RUS | Andrei Sklyarov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Dmitri Akimov | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | FW | 19 | Mersudin Ahmetović | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | 4 | Igor Lebedenko | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | MF | 84 | Alexandru Gațcan | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | 15 | Aleksandr Pavlenko | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 18 | Branimir Petrović | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 8 | Maksim Astafyev | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 10 | Mikhail Osinov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | 21 | Hong Yong-jo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 24 | Sergey Kuznetsov | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 28 | 2 | 30 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 1 | Roman Gerus | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | GK | | 16 | Veniamin Mandrykin | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | GK | | 27 | Stanislav Khoteyev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 8 | 0 | 8 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Roman Gerus | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Dušan Anđelković | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | FW | Igor Lebedenko | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Aleksandr Cherkes | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Roman Lengyel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Alyaksandr Kulchy | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Maksim Astafyev | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Dmitri Akimov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Mikhail Osinov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Pyotr Gitselov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Aleksandr Pavlenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | Veniamin Mandrykin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Branimir Petrović | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Mersudin Ahmetović | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Artur Valikayev | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | Hong Yong-jo | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | Ivan Živanović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 57 | DF | Astemir Sheriyev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 83 | DF | Mikhail Rozhkov | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 84 | MF | Alexandru Gațcan | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 85 | MF | Nenad Šljivić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Rostov during the season: ||||||||||
| 14 | DF | Aleksandr Ponomaryov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 80 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 83 | 6 |