# 2015–16 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season

The 2015–16 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season was the club's 24th season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. Lokomotiv Moscow also took part in the Russian Cup and the Europa League.

## Personnel
### First team squad information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 7 April 2016. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (age) | Signed from | Since |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Guilherme | GK | (1985-12-12) 12 December 1985 (age 39) | Atlético Paranaense | 2007 |
| 16 | Ilya Lantratov | GK | (1995-11-11) 11 November 1995 (age 29) | Lokomotiv-2 Moscow | 2014 |
| 77 | Anton Kochenkov | GK | (1987-04-02) 2 April 1987 (age 37) | Mordovia Saransk | 2015 |
| 81 | Ilya Abayev | GK | (1981-08-02) 2 August 1981 (age 43) | Volga Nizhny Novgorod | 2013 |
| Defenders |||||||
| 5 | Nemanja Pejčinović | DF | (1987-11-04) 4 November 1987 (age 37) | Nice | 2014 |
| 14 | Vedran Ćorluka (captain) | DF | (1986-02-05) 5 February 1986 (age 38) | Tottenham Hotspur | 2012 |
| 15 | Arseny Logashov | DF | (1991-08-20) 20 August 1991 (age 33) | Anzhi Makhachkala | 2013 |
| 17 | Taras Mykhalyk | DF | (1983-10-28) 28 October 1983 (age 41) | Dynamo Kyiv | 2013 |
| 28 | Ján Ďurica | DF | (1981-12-10) 10 December 1981 (age 43) | Saturn Moscow Oblast | 2009 |
| 29 | Vitaliy Denisov | DF | (1987-02-23) 23 February 1987 (age 37) | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 2013 |
| 49 | Roman Shishkin | DF | (1987-01-27) 27 January 1987 (age 37) | Spartak Moscow | 2010 |
| 55 | Renat Yanbayev | DF | (1984-04-07) 7 April 1984 (age 40) | Kuban Krasnodar | 2007 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 3 | Alan Kasaev | MF | (1986-04-08) 8 April 1986 (age 38) | Dynamo Moscow | 2014 |
| 4 | Manuel Fernandes | MF | (1986-02-05) 5 February 1986 (age 38) | Beşiktaş | 2014 |
| 8 | Aleksandr Sheshukov | MF | (1983-04-15) 15 April 1983 (age 41) | Rostov | 2014 |
| 9 | Maksim Grigoryev | MF | (1990-07-06) 6 July 1990 (age 34) | MITOS Novocherkassk | 2012 |
| 18 | Aleksandr Kolomeytsev | MF | (1989-02-21) 21 February 1989 (age 35) | Amkar Perm | 2015 |
| 19 | Aleksandr Samedov | MF | (1984-07-19) 19 July 1984 (age 40) | Dynamo Moscow | 2012 |
| 20 | Vladislav Ignatyev | MF | (1987-01-20) 20 January 1987 (age 37) | Kuban Krasnodar | 2016 |
| 23 | Dmitri Tarasov | MF | (1987-03-18) 18 March 1987 (age 37) | FC Moscow | 2010 |
| 36 | Dmitri Barinov | MF | (1996-01-11) 11 January 1996 (age 28) | Youth system | 2013 |
| 59 | Aleksei Miranchuk | MF | (1995-10-17) 17 October 1995 (age 29) | Youth system | 2012 |
| 88 | Delvin N'Dinga | MF | (1988-03-14) 14 March 1988 (age 36) | Monaco | 2015 |
| Forwards |||||||
| 7 | Maicon | FW | (1990-02-18) 18 February 1990 (age 34) | Fluminense | 2010 |
| 32 | Petar Škuletić | FW | (1990-06-29) 29 June 1990 (age 34) | Partizan Belgrade | 2015 |
| 45 | Ezekiel Henty | FW | (1993-05-13) 13 May 1993 (age 31) | Olimpija Ljubljana | 2016 |
| 96 | Rifat Zhemaletdinov | FW | (1996-09-20) 20 September 1996 (age 28) | Youth system | 2013 |
| Players who left the club midway through the season |||||||
| 11 | Mbark Boussoufa | MF | (1984-08-15) 15 August 1984 (age 40) | Anzhi Makhachkala | 2013 |
| 21 | Baye Oumar Niasse | FW | (1990-04-18) 18 April 1990 (age 34) | Akhisar Belediyespor | 2014 |
| 52 | Sergei Makarov | MF | (1996-10-03) 3 October 1996 (age 28) | Youth system | 2013 |
| 60 | Anton Miranchuk | MF | (1995-10-17) 17 October 1995 (age 29) | Youth system | 2012 |

## Transfers
### Arrivals
#### Players in

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Name | Position | From | Fee | Date |
| Maksim Grigoryev | MF | Rostov | Returned from loan | 18 June 2015 |
| Anton Kochenkov | GK | Mordovia Saransk | Free transfer | 27 June 2015 |
| Aleksandr Kolomeytsev | MF | Amkar Perm | Free transfer | 27 June 2015 |
| Anton Kochenkov | GK | Krasnodar | Returned from loan | 1 January 2016 |
| Vladislav Ignatyev | MF | Kuban Krasnodar | Free transfer | 10 February 2016 |
| Ezekiel Henty | FW | Olimpija Ljubljana | €5,000,000 | 19 February 2016 |

#### Players in on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Name | Nationality | Position | Loan from | Date | Until | Source |
| Delvin N'Dinga | | MF | Monaco | 9 July 2015 | End of season | |

### Departures
#### Players out

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Name | Position | To | Fee | Date |
| Maksim Belyayev | DF | Shinnik Yaroslavl | Free transfer | 30 June 2015 |
| Sergei Tkachyov | MF | Kuban Krasnodar | Undisclosed (~ €700,000) | 1 July 2015 |
| Yan Tsiharaw | MF | Dinamo Minsk | Free transfer | 1 July 2015 |
| Roman Pavlyuchenko | FW | Kuban Krasnodar | Free transfer | 1 July 2015 |
| Magomed Ozdoev | MF | Rubin Kazan | Free transfer | 1 July 2015 |
| Victor Obinna | MF | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 July 2015 |
| Alberto Zapater | MF | Unattached | Free transfer | August 2015 |
| Dmitri Sychev | FW | Unattached | Free transfer | 30 November 2015 |
| Oumar Niasse | FW | Everton | €17,900,000 | 1 February 2016 |

#### Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Name | Position | Loan to | Date | Until |
| Dmitri Sychev | FW | Okzhetpes | 13 March 2015 | 29 November 2015 |
| Miroslav Lobantsev | GK | Krylya Sovetov Samara | 16 July 2015 | End of season |
| Anton Kochenkov | GK | Krasnodar | 28 October 2015 | 31 December 2015 |
| Mbark Boussoufa | MF | Gent | 1 February 2016 | End of season |
| Anton Miranchuk | MF | Levadia Tallinn | 2 February 2016 | End of season |
| Sergey Makarov | MF | Minsk | 17 February 2016 | End of season |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Started round | Final round | First match | Last match | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Super Cup | Final | Runners-up | 12 July 2015 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Premier League | - | 6th | 19 July 2015 | 21 May 2016 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 46.7% |
| Russian Cup | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 23 September 2015 | 29 October 2015 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Europa League | Group stage | Round of 32 | 17 September 2015 | 25 February 2016 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 37.5% |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 58 | 45 | +13 | 43.9% |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Krasnodar | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 54 | 25 | +29 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Spartak Moscow | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 50 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 50 | |
| 7 | Terek Grozny | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 44 | |
| 8 | Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 39 | |

#### 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 | 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 | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | D | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | L | L | D | W |
| Position | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

#### Matches
### Europa League

Lokomotiv have qualified directly for the group stage of the 2015-16 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2015 Russian Cup Final.

#### Group stage

The 48 teams which qualified for the group stage were seeded into four pots based on their 2015 UEFA club coefficients. Lokomotiv fell to be allocated into the third pot. The draw was held on 28 August 2015 in Monaco and Lokomotiv drawn the 2015 Portuguese Cup Winners Sporting CP, Turkish powerhouse Beşiktaş, and the 2015 Albanian league winners Skënderbeu Korçë.

##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LMO | SPO | BES | SKE |
| 1 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–3 | — | 3–1 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Beşiktaş | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 9 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Skënderbeu | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 3 | | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | — |

##### Matches
#### Knockout phase

The draw for the first stage of the knockout phase, the round of 32, took place on Monday 14 December 2015. Lokomotiv was paired with Turkish side Fenerbahçe.

##### Round of 32
## Squad statistics

After 30 April 2016
| No | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup and Supercup | Russian Cup and Supercup | Russian Cup and Supercup | Russian Cup and Supercup | Europa League | Europa League | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| No | Name | Apps | Goals | | | Apps | Goals | | | Apps | Goals | | | Apps | Goals | | |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Guilherme | 30 | -33 | 3 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | -10 | 1 | 0 | 39 | -44 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | Ilya Lantratov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Anton Kochenkov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | Ilya Abayev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Nemanja Pejčinović | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | Vedran Ćorluka | 24 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 15 | Arseny Logashov | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | Taras Mykhalyk | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 28 | Ján Ďurica | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | Vitaliy Denisov | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 49 | Roman Shishkin | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 55 | Renat Yanbayev | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Alan Kasaev | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Manuel Fernandes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Aleksandr Sheshukov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Maksim Grigoryev | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Mbark Boussoufa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Aleksandr Kolomeytsev | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | Aleksandr Samedov | 28 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | Vladislav Ignatyev | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Dmitri Tarasov | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 36 | Dmitri Barinov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 52 | Sergei Makarov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | Aleksei Miranchuk | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 60 | Anton Miranchuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Delvin N'Dinga | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Maicon | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | Oumar Niasse | 15 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 0 |
| 32 | Petar Škuletić | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | Ezekiel Henty | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 96 | Rifat Zhemaletdinov | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 |

## Awards
### Lokomotiv player of the month award

Awarded monthly to the player that was chosen by fan voting on Lokomotiv's official portal on VK.
| Month | First | First | First | First | Second | Second | Second | Second | Third | Third | Third | Third |
| Month | No. | Name | Votes | % | No. | Name | Votes | % | No. | Name | Votes | % |
| July | 3 | Alan Kasaev | 1,195 (2nd round) 1,470 (1st round) | 55.8% | 14 | Vedran Ćorluka | 951 (2nd round) 1,469 (1st round) | 44.2% | 32 | Petar Škuletić | 885 (1st round) | N/a |
| August | 3 | Alan Kasaev | 2,430 | 46.1% | 21 | Baye Oumar Niasse | 1,689 | 32.0% | 29 | Vitaliy Denisov | 670 | 12.7% |
| September | 21 | Baye Oumar Niasse | 3,182 | 70.7% | 1 | Guilherme | 531 | 11.8% | 19 | Aleksandr Samedov | 496 | 11.0% |
| October | 21 | Baye Oumar Niasse | 2,225 | 48.5% | 29 | Vitaly Denisov | 699 | 15.6% | 19 | Aleksandr Samedov | 648 | 14.5% |
| November | 21 | Baye Oumar Niasse | 1,768 | 38.5% | 19 | Aleksandr Samedov | 1,325 | 28.8% | 59 | Aleksei Miranchuk | 660 | 14.3% |
| December | 21 | Baye Oumar Niasse | 2,410 | 48.9% | 19 | Aleksandr Samedov | 1,316 | 26.7% | 29 | Vitaly Denisov | 504 | 10.2% |
| February | 1 | Guilherme | 1,838 | 34.2% | 19 | Aleksandr Samedov | 1,568 | 29.1% | 29 | Vitaly Denisov | 1114 | 20.7% |
| March | 19 | Aleksandr Samedov | 4,543 | 87.2% | 28 | Ján Ďurica | 232 | 4.4% | 29 | Vitaly Denisov | 210 | 4.0% |
| April | 1 | Guilherme | 1,731 | 35.4% | 19 | Aleksandr Samedov | 1,256 | 25.7% | 29 | Vitaly Denisov | 760 | 15.5% |
| May | 96 | Rifat Zhemaletdinov | 4,314 | 68.7% | 59 | Aleksei Miranchuk | 1,156 | 16.8% | 19 | Vitaly Denisov | 961 | 13.9% |

### Lokomotiv player of the year award

Awarded to the player that was chosen by fan voting on Lokomotiv's official portal on VK as the best player of the season.
| Season | First | First | First | First | Second | Second | Second | Second | Third | Third | Third | Third |
| Season | No. | Name | Votes | % | No. | Name | Votes | % | No. | Name | Votes | % |
| 2015–16 | 19 | Aleksandr Samedov | 2,347 | 36.3% | 21 | Baye Oumar Niasse | 1,187 | 18.3% | 1 | Guilherme | 841 | 13.0% |