# 2015–16 FC Ufa season

The 2015–16 FC Ufa season was the club's 2nd season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia, and 5th in total. Ufa will also be taking part in the Russian Cup.

## 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 |
| 2 | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Filin |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Pavel Alikin |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Nikitin |
| 6 | FW | GER | Marvin Pourié (on loan from F.C. Copenhagen) |
| 7 | DF | RUS | Yevgeni Osipov |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Semyon Fomin |
| 9 | FW | BIH | Haris Handžić |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Marcinho |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Diego Carlos |
| 13 | MF | RUS | Azamat Zaseyev |
| 17 | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Zinchenko |
| 19 | MF | CRO | Ivan Paurević |
| 20 | DF | RUS | Denis Tumasyan |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 31 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Sysuyev |
| 33 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Sukhov |
| 34 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Katsalapov |
| 39 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Stotskiy |
| 42 | GK | RUS | Sergei Narubin |
| 44 | MF | NGA | Sylvester Igboun |
| 60 | MF | RUS | Vladimir Zubarev |
| 70 | MF | RUS | Nikolai Safronidi |
| 71 | GK | RUS | Andrei Lunev |
| 87 | MF | RUS | Igor Bezdenezhnykh |
| 88 | GK | RUS | Giorgi Shelia |
| 93 | FW | RUS | Vyacheslav Krotov |

### Youth team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 50 | MF | RUS | Sergei Tamrazov |
| 51 | MF | RUS | Mark Krivorog |
| 52 | GK | RUS | Ruslan Agaev |
| 54 | GK | RUS | Yegor Pozdnyakov |
| 53 | GK | RUS | Gleb Yefimov |
| 55 | MF | RUS | Artur Sitdikov |
| 57 | DF | RUS | Ruslan Khaziyev |
| 63 | MF | RUS | Radmir Zaripov |
| 65 | MF | RUS | Maksim Lysenkov |
| 66 | FW | RUS | Ilya Blinnikov |
| 74 | DF | RUS | Dmitriy Pavlov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 75 | DF | RUS | Ilya Ponomaryov |
| 77 | FW | RUS | Denis Zizenkov |
| 79 | MF | RUS | Al-Khan Samba |
| 80 | MF | RUS | Andranik Mnatsakanyan |
| 83 | DF | RUS | Yegor Romanovskiy |
| 85 | DF | RUS | Erik Salikhov |
| 90 | FW | RUS | Vyacheslav Zhuravlyov |
| 94 | MF | RUS | Azat Valimkhametov |
| 95 | MF | RUS | Sergei Krechetov |
| 98 | DF | RUS | Igor Diveyev |
| 99 | FW | RUS | Danila Yemelyanov |

### 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 |
| 1 | GK | RUS | David Yurchenko (at Anzhi Makhachkala until end of season 2015/2016) |
| 14 | MF | RUS | Maksim Semakin (at Luch-Energiya Vladivostok until end of season 2015/2016) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Golubov (at Tom Tomsk until end of season 2015/2016) |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Filin (from Shakhtar Donetsk youth team) |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Nikitin (from Amkar Perm) |
| 6 | FW | GER | Marvin Pourié (on loan from Copenhagen) |
| 7 | DF | RUS | Yevgeni Osipov (from Arsenal Tula) |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Semyon Fomin (from Torpedo Moscow) |
| 20 | DF | RUS | Denis Tumasyan (from Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast, previously on loan) |
| 34 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Katsalapov (from Torpedo Moscow) |
| 42 | GK | RUS | Sergei Narubin (from Tosno) |
| 44 | MF | NGA | Sylvester Igboun (from Midtjylland) |
| 53 | GK | RUS | Gleb Yefimov (from Akademiya Ufa) |
| 65 | MF | RUS | Maksim Lysenkov (from Ufa-2) |
| 71 | GK | RUS | Andrey Lunyov (from Saturn Ramenskoye) |
| 79 | MF | RUS | Vadim Solovey |
| 80 | MF | RUS | Andranik Mnatsakanyan (from Ufa-2) |
| 82 | MF | RUS | Rinat Kireyev (from Ufa-2) |
| 83 | DF | RUS | Yegor Romanovsky (from Akademiya Ufa) |
| 84 | MF | RUS | Maksim Molchanov |
| 90 | FW | RUS | Vyacheslav Zhuravlyov (from Ufa-2) |
| 93 | FW | RUS | Vyacheslav Krotov (from Spartak Moscow) |
| 94 | MF | RUS | Azat Valimkhametov (from Ufa-2) |
| 97 | MF | RUS | Andrei Stepanov (from Ufa-2) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | MF | UKR | Pavlo Stepanets (to Fakel Voronezh) |
| 16 | GK | BLR | Syarhey Vyeramko (end of loan from Krylia Sovetov Samara) |
| 18 | FW | RUS | Dmitry Golubov (on loan to Tom Tomsk) |
| 23 | FW | RUS | Anton Kilin (to KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny) |
| 28 | DF | CRC | Felicio Brown Forbes (released, May 2015) |
| 30 | GK | RUS | Viktor Yanbarisov (to Ararat Ufa) |
| 31 | DF | RUS | Maksim Tishkin (to Mordovia Saransk) |
| 40 | MF | RUS | Ilya Sevastyanov (to Metallurg Asha) |
| 44 | MF | RUS | Timur Gogolidze |
| 47 | DF | RUS | Vladislav Filippov |
| 55 | DF | RUS | Stanislav Bugayev (to Ararat Ufa) |
| 60 | FW | RUS | Vladlen Khalfin |
| 71 | GK | RUS | Artyom Leonov (released) |
| 79 | DF | RUS | Oleg Kupryakov (to Ararat Ufa) |
| 80 | MF | RUS | Denis Gilmanov |
| 88 | FW | RUS | Igor Shevchenko |
| 90 | DF | RUS | Artur Shaybekov |
| 91 | MF | RUS | Rudolf Gabidullin |
| 92 | MF | RUS | Marat Atlukhanov |
| 93 | MF | RUS | Ruslan Akbashev |
| 94 | DF | RUS | Eduard Shaykhutdinov (to Ararat Ufa) |
| 97 | FW | RUS | Danil Shakirov |
| 98 | FW | RUS | Ilmir Yakupov (to Sibir Novosibirsk) |
| 99 | FW | RUS | Denis Gaysin (to Ararat Ufa) |
| — | MF | JPN | Takafumi Akahoshi (to Pogoń Szczecin, previously on loan) |
| — | MF | RUS | Nikita Bezlikhotnov (on loan to SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk, previously on loan to Baltika Kaliningrad) |
| — | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Vasilyev (on loan to Torpedo Armavir, previously on loan to Tyumen) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 31 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Sysuyev (from Mordovia Saransk) |
| 51 | MF | RUS | Mark Krivorog (from own academy) |
| 54 | GK | RUS | Yegor Pozdnyakov |
| 55 | MF | RUS | Artur Sitdikov (from Akademiya Ufa) |
| 60 | MF | RUS | Vladimir Zubarev (from Spartak Moscow) |
| 75 | DF | RUS | Ilya Ponomaryov |
| 77 | FW | RUS | Denis Zizenkov (from UOR #5 Yegoryevsk) |
| 79 | MF | RUS | Al-Khan Samba (from Sterlitamak) |
| 88 | GK | RUS | Giorgi Shelia (from Yenisey Krasnoyarsk) |
| 98 | DF | RUS | Igor Diveyev |
| 99 | FW | RUS | Danila Yemelyanov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | RUS | David Yurchenko (on loan to Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| 5 | MF | GHA | Emmanuel Frimpong |
| 14 | MF | RUS | Maksim Semakin (on loan to Luch-Energiya Vladivostok) |
| 22 | MF | UZB | Vagiz Galiulin (to Tosno) |
| 48 | DF | RUS | Vyacheslav Morozov |
| 51 | GK | RUS | Artur Rozyev |
| 75 | FW | RUS | Almaz Salmanov |
| 78 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Ponomaryov |
| 79 | MF | RUS | Vadim Solovey |
| 81 | DF | BLR | Dzmitry Verkhawtsow (to Korona Kielce) |
| 82 | MF | RUS | Rinat Kireyev |
| 84 | MF | RUS | Maksim Molchanov |
| 89 | MF | RUS | Kirill Panchikhin |
| 96 | MF | RUS | Arsen Benifand |
| 97 | MF | RUS | Andrei Stepanov |

## Competitions
### Russian Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 10 | Rubin Kazan | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 33 | |
| 11 | Amkar Perm | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 33 | −11 | 31 | |
| 12 | Ufa | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 44 | −19 | 27 | |
| 13 | Anzhi Makhachkala (O) | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 50 | −22 | 26 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |
| 14 | Kuban Krasnodar (R) | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 34 | 44 | −10 | 26 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |

### Russian Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 21 May 2016

### 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 |
| 2 | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Filin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Pavel Alikin | 18 | 1 | 16+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Nikitin | 23 | 1 | 19+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 6 | FW | GER | Marvin Pourié | 13 | 2 | 5+6 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | RUS | Yevgeni Osipov | 15 | 0 | 8+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Semyon Fomin | 15 | 2 | 4+9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | BIH | Haris Handžić | 20 | 1 | 8+10 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Marcinho | 20 | 1 | 13+4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Diego Carlos | 20 | 0 | 12+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | RUS | Azamat Zaseyev | 21 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Zinchenko | 26 | 2 | 19+5 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | CRO | Ivan Paurević | 30 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | RUS | Denis Tumasyan | 16 | 1 | 15+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Sysuyev | 11 | 2 | 7+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Sukhov | 17 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Katsalapov | 18 | 1 | 13+3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 39 | MF | RUS | Dmitry Stotsky | 31 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | GK | RUS | Sergei Narubin | 9 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | NGA | Sylvester Igboun | 26 | 4 | 24+1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 | MF | RUS | Vladimir Zubarev | 12 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | RUS | Nikolai Safronidi | 17 | 1 | 12+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | RUS | Igor Bezdenezhnykh | 6 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 88 | GK | RUS | Giorgi Shelia | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 93 | FW | RUS | Vyacheslav Krotov | 23 | 4 | 15+5 | 2 | 2+1 | 2 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | RUS | David Yurchenko | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | RUS | Maksim Semakin | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Ufa during the season: ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | GHA | Emmanuel Frimpong | 9 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | UZB | Vagiz Galiulin | 11 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 81 | DF | BLR | Dzmitry Verkhawtsow | 11 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

### Goal Scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Russian Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 44 | Sylvester Igboun | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | FW | 93 | Vyacheslav Krotov | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | MF | 19 | Ivan Paurević | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | 39 | Dmitry Stotsky | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | 17 | Oleksandr Zinchenko | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | 31 | Dmitri Sysuyev | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | 8 | Semyon Fomin | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | FW | 6 | Marvin Pourié | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | 9 | Haris Handžić | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 3 | Pavel Alikin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 10 | Marcinho | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 4 | Aleksei Nikitin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 70 | Nikolai Safronidi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 20 | Denis Tumasyan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 60 | Vladimir Zubarev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 13 | Azamat Zaseyev | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 25 | 5 | 30 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Russian Premier League | Russian Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | David Yurchenko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Oleksandr Filin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Pavel Alikin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Aleksei Nikitin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Emmanuel Frimpong | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | Marvin Pourié | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | Yevgeni Osipov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Semyon Fomin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Haris Handžić | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Marcinho | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Diego Carlos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Azamat Zaseyev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Oleksandr Zinchenko | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Ivan Paurević | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Denis Tumasyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Vagiz Galiulin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | Dmitri Sysuyev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Aleksandr Sukhov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | Aleksandr Katsalapov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | Dmitry Stotsky | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | GK | Sergei Narubin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | Sylvester Igboun | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 60 | MF | Vladimir Zubarev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | Nikolai Safronidi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | Igor Bezdenezhnykh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 93 | FW | Vyacheslav Krotov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 58 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 64 | 3 |