# 2020–21 FC Rostov season

The 2020–21 season was FC Rostov's 91st season in existence and the club's 12th consecutive season in the top flight of Russian football. In addition to the domestic league, Rostov participated in this season's editions of the Russian Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from 1 August 2020 to 30 June 2021. Rostov finished the season in 9th place, reached the Round of 16 of the Russian Cup, and where knocked out of the UEFA Europa League at the third round stage.

## Season events

On 4 August, Rostov announced the signing of Aleksandr Smirnov.
On 10 August, Aleksandr Zuyev moved permanently to Rubin Kazan, where he'd been on loan at the previous season.
On 14 August, Danila Vedernikov joined Volgar Astrakhan on a season-long loan deal, and Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson left the club to re-join Lillestrøm.
On 15 August, Danila Proshlyakov joined Torpedo Moscow on a season-long loan deal.
On 20 August, Rostov announced that Saeid Ezatolahi had left the club to sign for Vejle, and that Aleksandr Saplinov had Rotor Volgograd on a season-long loan deal, with Rostov retaining the possibility of recalling Saplinov during the winter transfer window.
On 23 August, Rostov and Sochi agreed a swap deal with Ivelin Popov joining Sochi and Dmitry Poloz returning to Rostov.
On 2 September, Rostov announced that Aleksandr Pavlovets would join Rostov when his Dynamo Brest contract expires.
On 18 September, Rostov's game against Rotor Volgograd was postponed due to a COVID-19 outbreak within the Rotor Volgograd squad. On 22 September, Rostov were awarded a 3-0 technical victory over Rotor Volgograd.
On 25 September, Konstantin Pliyev was loaned to Ufa for the season.
On 1 October, Eldor Shomurodov left Rostov to sign for Genoa, and Vladimir Obukhov joined Rostov from Tambov.
On 5 October, Sarpsborg 08 announced the signing of Anton Salétros following his release by Rostov.
On 6 October, Yevgeni Chernov left Rostov to sign Krasnodar.
On 14 October, Rostov announced that Pavlovets would be completing his transfer from Dynamo Brest before the end of the current Russian transfer window. The follow day, 15 October, Aleksei Ionov left the club to sign permanently for Krasnodar, Dmitri Chistyakov moved to Zenit St.Petersburg on loan for the remainder of the season with an option for Zenit to make the deal permanent. On the same day, Denis Terentyev returned to Rostov on a permanent deal from Zenit, Pontus Almqvist joined on a five-year contract from IFK Norrköping, as did Armin Gigović from Helsingborgs IF on a similar deal.
On 16 October, Arseny Logashov and Aleksandr Dolgov moved to Khimki on season-long loan deals, and the following day Rostov signed Haitam Aleesami on a contract until the end of the season, and loaned Roman Tugarev from Lokomotiv Moscow for the season.
On 29 December, Danila Proshlyakov returned to Rostov after his loan to Torpedo Moscow was ended.
On 3 February, Maksim Turishchev signed for Rostov on a 4.5-year contract from Lokomotiv Moscow.
On 16 February, Rostov announced the loan signing of Ali Sowe from CSKA Sofia with the option to make the move permanent.
On 23 February, Roman Eremenko left Rostov by mutual consent, and David Toshevski joined Tambov on loan for the remainder of the season.

## Squad

    As of match played 16 May 2021
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 30 | Sergei Pesyakov | GK | (1988-12-16)16 December 1988 (aged 32) | Spartak Moscow | 2017 | 2022 | 92 | 0 |
| 77 | Maksim Rudakov | GK | (1996-01-22)22 January 1996 (aged 25) | Zenit St.Petersburg | 2020 | 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Haitam Aleesami | DF | (1991-07-31)31 July 1991 (aged 29) | Amiens | 2020 | 2021 | 14 | 0 |
| 3 | Tomas Rukas | DF | (1996-09-04)4 September 1996 (aged 24) | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 2021 | | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Denis Terentyev | DF | (1992-08-13)13 August 1992 (aged 28) | Zenit St.Petersburg | 2020 | | 65 | 0 |
| 5 | Dennis Hadžikadunić | DF | (1998-07-09)9 July 1998 (aged 22) | Malmö FF | 2018 | | 58 | 3 |
| 22 | Aleksandr Pavlovets | DF | (1996-08-13)13 August 1996 (aged 24) | Dynamo Brest | 2020 | | 5 | 0 |
| 34 | Aleksei Kozlov | DF | (1986-12-25)25 December 1986 (aged 34) | Dynamo Moscow | 2019 | | 50 | 1 |
| 55 | Maksim Osipenko | DF | (1994-05-16)16 May 1994 (aged 27) | Tambov | 2020 | 2024 | 39 | 0 |
| 71 | Nikolai Poyarkov | DF | (1999-10-16)16 October 1999 (aged 21) | Lokomotiv Moscow | 2019 | | 18 | 0 |
| 96 | Aleksandr Gapechkin | DF | (2002-06-16)16 June 2002 (aged 18) | Academy | 2019 | | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | Kento Hashimoto | MF | (1993-08-16)16 August 1993 (aged 27) | FC Tokyo | 2020 | 2024 | 20 | 6 |
| 8 | Armin Gigović | MF | (2002-04-06)6 April 2002 (aged 19) | Helsingborgs IF | 2020 | 2025 | 17 | 1 |
| 10 | Pavel Mamayev | MF | (1988-09-17)17 September 1988 (aged 32) | Krasnodar | 2019 | 2021 | 20 | 4 |
| 11 | Pontus Almqvist | MF | (1999-07-10)10 July 1999 (aged 21) | IFK Norrköping | 2020 | 2025 | 20 | 1 |
| 15 | Danil Glebov | MF | (1999-11-03)3 November 1999 (aged 21) | Anzhi Makhachkala | 2019 | | 60 | 1 |
| 17 | Mathias Normann | MF | (1996-05-28)28 May 1996 (aged 24) | Brighton & Hove Albion | 2019 | | 52 | 2 |
| 19 | Khoren Bayramyan | MF | (1992-01-07)7 January 1992 (aged 29) | Academy | 2011 | | 120 | 8 |
| 21 | Georgi Makhatadze | MF | (1998-03-26)26 March 1998 (aged 23) | Lokomotiv Moscow | 2021 | 2025 | 11 | 1 |
| 23 | Roman Tugarev | MF | (1998-07-22)22 July 1998 (aged 22) | Lokomotiv Moscow | 2021 | | 16 | 1 |
| 24 | Konstantin Kovalyov | MF | (2000-01-14)14 January 2000 (aged 21) | Avangard Kursk | 2020 | | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Kirill Folmer | MF | (2000-02-25)25 February 2000 (aged 21) | Ufa | 2021 | | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | Aleksandr Saplinov | MF | (1997-08-12)12 August 1997 (aged 23) | Baltika Kaliningrad | 2019 | 2023 | 26 | 3 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 13 | Vladimir Obukhov | FW | (1992-02-08)8 February 1992 (aged 29) | Tambov | 2020 | | 11 | 0 |
| 20 | Ali Sowe | FW | (1994-06-14)14 June 1994 (aged 26) | loan from CSKA Sofia | 2021 | 2021 | 12 | 3 |
| 76 | Danila Sukhomlinov | FW | (2002-08-13)13 August 2002 (aged 18) | Saturn-Master Egorjevsk | 2020 | | 3 | 0 |
| 90 | Maksim Turishchev | FW | (2002-03-05)5 March 2002 (aged 19) | Lokomotiv Moscow | 2021 | 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | Dmitry Poloz | FW | (1991-07-12)12 July 1991 (aged 29) | Sochi | 2020 | | 184 | 35 |
| Youth team ||||||||||
| 51 | Yevgeni Cherkes | MF | (2001-06-23)23 June 2001 (aged 19) | Salyut Belgorod | 2019 | | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | Roman Romanov | MF | (2003-03-28)28 March 2003 (aged 18) | Academy | 2020 | | 1 | 1 |
| 57 | Nikita Kolotievskiy | FW | (2001-03-04)4 March 2001 (aged 20) | Academy | 2020 | | 1 | 0 |
| 58 | Tamaz Topuria | FW | (2002-01-29)29 January 2002 (aged 19) | Academy | 2020 | | 1 | 0 |
| 60 | Pavel Gorelov | MF | (2003-01-22)22 January 2003 (aged 18) | Academy | 2020 | | 1 | 0 |
| 61 | Nikita Kashtan | MF | (2003-09-01)1 September 2003 (aged 17) | Academy | 2020 | | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | Ivan Komarov | MF | (2003-04-15)15 April 2003 (aged 18) | Academy | 2020 | | 1 | 0 |
| 65 | Timofey Kalistratov | DF | (2003-02-18)18 February 2003 (aged 18) | Academy | 2020 | | 1 | 0 |
| 66 | William Rogava | DF | (2003-01-25)25 January 2003 (aged 18) | Academy | 2020 | | 1 | 0 |
| 72 | Vladimir Abramov | DF | (2002-04-05)5 April 2002 (aged 19) | Academy | 2020 | | 1 | 0 |
| 74 | Nikita Kupriyanov | MF | (2002-04-23)23 April 2002 (aged 19) | Academy | 2020 | | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Danil Khromov | FW | (2002-12-25)25 December 2002 (aged 18) | Academy | 2020 | | 1 | 0 |
| 82 | Maksim Stavtsev | MF | (2004-01-29)29 January 2004 (aged 17) | Academy | 2020 | | 1 | 0 |
| 84 | Aleksey Kornienko | FW | (2003-01-15)15 January 2003 (aged 18) | Academy | 2020 | | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | Sergey Kochkanyan | MF | (2003-05-05)5 May 2003 (aged 18) | Academy | 2020 | | 1 | 0 |
| | Kirill Girnyk | DF | (2003-03-31)31 March 2003 (aged 18) | Academy | 2020 | | 1 | 0 |
| Out on loan ||||||||||
| 1 | Yegor Baburin | GK | (1993-08-09)9 August 1993 (aged 27) | Zenit St.Petersburg | 2019 | 2024 | 16 | 0 |
| 4 | Danila Vedernikov | DF | (2001-06-06)6 June 2001 (aged 19) | Krasnodar | 2019 | | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | David Toshevski | FW | (2001-07-16)16 July 2001 (aged 19) | Rabotnički | 2020 | 2025 | 7 | 0 |
| 12 | Aleksandr Smirnov | MF | (1996-04-12)12 April 1996 (aged 25) | Khimki | 2020 | | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Arseny Logashov | DF | (1989-03-18)18 March 1989 (aged 32) | Baltika Kaliningrad | 2018 | | 59 | 2 |
| 47 | Aleksandr Dolgov | FW | (1998-09-24)24 September 1998 (aged 22) | Lokomotiv Moscow | 2019 | 2024 | 22 | 1 |
| 78 | Dmitri Chistyakov | DF | (1994-01-13)13 January 1994 (aged 27) | Tambov | 2019 | 2023 | 25 | 1 |
| 83 | Artur Sokhiyev | FW | (2002-09-27)27 September 2002 (aged 18) | Spartak Vladikavkaz | 2020 | | 3 | 0 |
| | Danila Proshlyakov | FW | (2000-03-08)8 March 2000 (aged 21) | Spartak Moscow | 2019 | 2024 | 7 | 0 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 7 | Roman Eremenko | MF | (1987-03-19)19 March 1987 (aged 34) | Spartak Moscow | 2019 | 2023 | 48 | 10 |
| 8 | Ivelin Popov | MF | (1987-10-26)26 October 1987 (aged 33) | Spartak Moscow | 2019 | | 43 | 9 |
| 11 | Aleksei Ionov | MF | (1989-02-18)18 February 1989 (aged 32) | Dynamo Moscow | 2017 | | 87 | 18 |
| 14 | Eldor Shomurodov | FW | (1995-06-29)29 June 1995 (aged 25) | Bunyodkor | 2017 | 2024 | 90 | 18 |
| 18 | Baktiyar Zaynutdinov | MF | (1998-04-02)2 April 1998 (aged 23) | Astana | 2019 | | 35 | 4 |
| 23 | Aleksandr Zuyev | MF | (1996-06-26)26 June 1996 (aged 24) | Spartak Moscow | 2018 | | 60 | 4 |
| 28 | Yevgeni Chernov | DF | (1992-10-23)23 October 1992 (aged 28) | Zenit St.Petersburg | 2019 | 2022 | 54 | 0 |
| 33 | Konstantin Pliyev | DF | (1996-10-26)26 October 1996 (aged 24) | Volgar Astrakhan | 2018 | | 6 | 0 |
| 46 | Denis Popov | GK | (2002-08-29)29 August 2002 (aged 18) | Academy | 2020 | | 1 | 0 |
| 81 | Mikhail Osinov | DF | (2000-12-29)29 December 2000 (aged 20) | Academy | 2017 | | 1 | 0 |
| | Saeid Ezatolahi | MF | (1996-10-01)1 October 1996 (aged 24) | Atlético Madrid C | 2017 | | 18 | 2 |
| | Anton Salétros | MF | (1996-04-12)12 April 1996 (aged 25) | AIK | 2018 | | 9 | 1 |
| | Viðar Örn Kjartansson | FW | (1990-03-11)11 March 1990 (aged 31) | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2018 | | 11 | 2 |
| | Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson | FW | (1991-02-26)26 February 1991 (aged 30) | Molde | 2018 | | 39 | 8 |

### On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Danila Vedernikov (at Volgar Astrakhan) |
| 9 | FW | MKD | David Toshevski (at Tambov) |
| 12 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Smirnov (at Orenburg) |
| 25 | DF | RUS | Arseny Logashov (at Khimki) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 47 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Dolgov (at Khimki) |
| 78 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Chistyakov (at Zenit St.Petersburg) |
| — | FW | RUS | Danila Proshlyakov (at Veles Moscow) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 4 August 2020 | MF | Aleksandr Smirnov | Khimki | Free |
| 23 August 2020 | FW | Dmitry Poloz | Sochi | Swap |
| 2 September 2020† | DF | Aleksandr Pavlovets | Dynamo Brest | Undisclosed |
| 1 October 2020 | FW | Vladimir Obukhov | Tambov | Undisclosed |
| 15 October 2020 | DF | Denis Terentyev | Zenit St.Petersburg | Undisclosed |
| 15 October 2020 | MF | Pontus Almqvist | IFK Norrköping | Undisclosed |
| 15 October 2020 | MF | Armin Gigović | Helsingborgs IF | Undisclosed |
| 17 October 2020 | DF | Haitam Aleesami | Amiens | Free |
| 29 January 2021 | DF | Tomas Rukas | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | Undisclosed |
| 3 February 2021 | FW | Maksim Turishchev | Lokomotiv Moscow | Undisclosed |
| 12 February 2021 | MF | Roman Tugarev | Lokomotiv Moscow | Undisclosed |
| 21 February 2021 | MF | Georgi Makhatadze | Lokomotiv Moscow | Undisclosed |
| 26 February 2021 | MF | Kirill Folmer | Ufa | Undisclosed |
    † Pavlovets' move was announced on the above date, and finalised on 14 October 2020.

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 17 October 2020 | MF | | Roman Tugarev | Lokomotiv Moscow | End of season | |
| 16 February 2021 | FW | | Ali Sowe | CSKA Sofia | End of season | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 10 August 2020 | MF | Aleksandr Zuyev | Rubin Kazan | Undisclosed |
| 14 August 2020 | FW | Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson | Lillestrøm | Undisclosed |
| 20 August 2020 | MF | Saeid Ezatolahi | Vejle | Undisclosed |
| 23 August 2020 | MF | Ivelin Popov | Sochi | Swap |
| 28 August 2020 | FW | Viðar Örn Kjartansson | Vålerenga | Undisclosed |
| 1 October 2020 | FW | Eldor Shomurodov | Genoa | Undisclosed |
| 6 October 2020 | DF | Yevgeni Chernov | Krasnodar | Undisclosed |
| 15 October 2020 | MF | Aleksei Ionov | Krasnodar | Undisclosed |
| 25 February 2021 | MF | Mikhail Osinov | Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk | Undisclosed |
| 26 February 2021 | DF | Konstantin Pliyev | Ufa | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| Summer 2020 | DF | Mikhail Osinov | Nizhny Novgorod | 13 January 2021 |
| 14 August 2020 | DF | Danila Vedernikov | Volgar Astrakhan | End of season |
| 15 August 2020 | FW | Danila Proshlyakov | Torpedo Moscow | 29 December 2020 |
| 20 August 2020 | MF | Aleksandr Saplinov | Rotor Volgograd | 13 January 2021 |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | Konstantin Kovalyov | Baltika Kaliningrad | 12 January 2021 |
| 25 September 2020 | DF | Konstantin Pliyev | Ufa | 26 February 2021 |
| 28 September 2020 | MF | Aleksandr Smirnov | Orenburg | End of season |
| 15 October 2020 | DF | Dmitri Chistyakov | Zenit St.Petersburg | End of season |
| 16 October 2020 | DF | Arseny Logashov | Khimki | End of season |
| 16 October 2020 | FW | Aleksandr Dolgov | Khimki | End of season |
| 12 January 2021 | FW | Danila Proshlyakov | Veles Moscow | End of season |
| 23 February 2021 | FW | David Toshevski | Tambov | End of season |
| 24 February 2021 | FW | Artur Sokhiyev | Yessentuki | End of season |
| 25 February 2021 | GK | Yegor Baburin | Krasnodar | End of season |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 5 October 2020 | MF | Anton Salétros | Sarpsborg 08 | 5 October 2020 |
| 15 December 2020 | GK | Denis Popov | Valmiera | |
| 23 February 2021 | MF | Roman Eremenko | | |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | Haitam Aleesami | Apollon Limassol | 16 August 2021 |

## 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 | 8 August 2020 | May 2021 | Matchday 1 | | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 043.33 |
| Russian Cup | 21 February 2021 | 21 February 2021 | Round of 32 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Europa League | 24 September 2020 | 24 September 2020 | Third qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 32 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 38 | 38 | +0 | 040.63 |
Last updated: 16 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Dynamo Moscow | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 44 | 33 | +11 | 50 |
| 8 | Khimki | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 45 |
| 9 | Rostov | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 43 |
| 10 | Krasnodar | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 52 | 45 | +7 | 41 |
| 11 | Akhmat Grozny | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 40 |
* ↑ Head-to-head points: CSKA 3, Dynamo 3. Head-to-head goal difference: CSKA +1, Dynamo -1.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 16 May 2021. Source: See Results

#### 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 | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | L | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | D | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | L |
| Position | 6 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |

#### Results
### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying rounds
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 16 May 2021

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Haitam Aleesami | 14 | 0 | 8+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Denis Terentyev | 15 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BIH | Dennis Hadžikadunić | 27 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | JPN | Kento Hashimoto | 20 | 6 | 14+5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SWE | Armin Gigović | 17 | 1 | 9+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | RUS | Pavel Mamayev | 13 | 2 | 7+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SWE | Pontus Almqvist | 20 | 1 | 11+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | RUS | Vladimir Obukhov | 11 | 0 | 2+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | RUS | Danil Glebov | 28 | 1 | 21+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Mathias Normann | 17 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ARM | Khoren Bayramyan | 25 | 3 | 14+9 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | GAM | Ali Sowe | 12 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | RUS | Georgi Makhatadze | 11 | 1 | 8+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | BLR | Aleksandr Pavlovets | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | RUS | Roman Tugarev | 17 | 1 | 7+9 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | RUS | Konstantin Kovalyov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | RUS | Kirill Folmer | 6 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Saplinov | 3 | 1 | 0+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | RUS | Sergei Pesyakov | 26 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Kozlov | 26 | 1 | 20+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | RUS | Maksim Osipenko | 30 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 71 | DF | RUS | Nikolai Poyarkov | 18 | 0 | 12+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | FW | RUS | Danila Sukhomlinov | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | GK | RUS | Maksim Rudakov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | RUS | Maksim Turishchev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Gapechkin | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | RUS | Dmitry Poloz | 28 | 6 | 18+8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | RUS | Yegor Baburin | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | MKD | David Toshevski | 7 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Smirnov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | RUS | Arseny Logashov | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Dolgov | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Chistyakov | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | FW | RUS | Artur Sokhiyev | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Rostov but left during the season: ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | FIN | Roman Eremenko | 18 | 1 | 13+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BUL | Ivelin Popov | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Ionov | 10 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | UZB | Eldor Shomurodov | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | KAZ | Baktiyar Zaynutdinov | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | RUS | Yevgeni Chernov | 10 | 1 | 8+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | MF | | 6 | Kento Hashimoto | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | FW | | 99 | Dmitry Poloz | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | MF | | 19 | Khoren Bayramyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | FW | | 20 | Ali Sowe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | | 10 | Pavel Mamayev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | | | | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | | 17 | Mathias Normann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | | 28 | Yevgeni Chernov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | 11 | Aleksei Ionov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | 7 | Roman Eremenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | 15 | Danil Glebov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | 23 | Roman Tugarev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | | 34 | Aleksei Kozlov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | 8 | Armin Gigović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | 11 | Pontus Almqvist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | 26 | Aleksandr Saplinov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | 21 | Georgi Makhatadze | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | | 5 | Dennis Hadžikadunić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | | 14 | Eldor Shomurodov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | | Awarded | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 0 | 1 | 38 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 30 | Sergei Pesyakov | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | GK | | 1 | Yegor Baburin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League | Total | Total |
| 2 | | DF | Haitam Aleesami | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | | DF | Denis Terentyev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Dennis Hadžikadunić | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 6 | | MF | Kento Hashimoto | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | | MF | Armin Gigović | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 11 | | MF | Pontus Almqvist | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | | FW | Vladimir Obukhov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | | MF | Danil Glebov | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| 17 | | MF | Mathias Normann | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 19 | | MF | Khoren Bayramyan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | | FW | Ali Sowe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | | MF | Georgi Makhatadze | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | | MF | Kirill Folmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | | DF | Aleksei Kozlov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 55 | | DF | Maksim Osipenko | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 71 | | DF | Nikolai Poyarkov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 76 | | FW | Danila Sukhomlinov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | | FW | Dmitry Poloz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| 9 | | FW | David Toshevski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | | FW | Aleksandr Dolgov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Rostov during the season: ||||||||||||
| 7 | | MF | Roman Eremenko | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | | MF | Ivelin Popov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | | MF | Aleksei Ionov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | | FW | Eldor Shomurodov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | | MF | Baktiyar Zaynutdinov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | | DF | Yevgeni Chernov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 75 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 7 |