# 2017–18 FC Rostov season

The 2017–18 FC Rostov season was the club's ninth successive season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of football in Russia. Rostov finished the season in 11th place, 2 places and 2 points above the Relegation Playoffs, and reached the Round of 16 in the Russian Cup, where they were eliminated by Amkar Perm.

## Season events

On 9 June, Rostov announced Leonid Kuchuk as their new manager on a one-year contract with the option of an additional year. On 6 December, Kuchuk resigned as manager, with Dmitri Kirichenko taking in over in a caretaker capacity the same day. Valeri Karpin was announced as the club's new permanent manager, on a two-and-a-half-year contract on 19 December.

## Squad

    As of 22 February 2018
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 | MF | BLR | Timofei Kalachev |
| 3 | DF | POL | Maciej Wilusz |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Sergei Parshivlyuk |
| 5 | DF | SVN | Matija Boben |
| 6 | DF | ISL | Ragnar Sigurðsson |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Artur Yusupov (loan from Zenit) |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Ayaz Guliyev (loan from Spartak) |
| 9 | FW | ISL | Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson |
| 10 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Zuyev (loan from Spartak) |
| 12 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Ionov |
| 14 | FW | UZB | Eldor Shomurodov |
| 15 | DF | ISL | Sverrir Ingi Ingason |
| 16 | DF | RUS | Yevgeni Makeyev |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | MLI | Moussa Doumbia |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Khoren Bayramyan |
| 20 | MF | SVN | Žan Majer |
| 21 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Sapeta |
| 22 | FW | RUS | Vladimir Dyadyun |
| 23 | MF | MDA | Valeriu Ciupercă |
| 30 | GK | RUS | Sergei Pesyakov |
| 31 | GK | RUS | Ilya Abayev |
| 33 | DF | RUS | Konstantin Pliyev |
| 77 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Skopintsev |
| 84 | MF | MDA | Alexandru Gațcan (Captain) |
| 97 | GK | RUS | Yevgeni Goshev |

### 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 |
| 9 | FW | GEO | Nika Kacharava (at Korona Kielce) |
| 22 | MF | RUS | Reziuan Mirzov (at Tosno) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Troshechkin (at Tosno) |
| 66 | MF | IRN | Saeid Ezatolahi (at Amkar) |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | POL | Maciej Wilusz (from Lech Poznań) |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Sergei Parshivlyuk (from Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| 5 | DF | SVN | Matija Boben (from Gorica) |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Artur Yusupov (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg) |
| 9 | MF | RUS | Valeri Yaroshenko (end of loan to Baltika Kaliningrad) |
| 10 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Zuyev (on loan from Spartak Moscow) |
| 12 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Ionov (from Dynamo Moscow) |
| 14 | FW | UZB | Eldor Shomurodov (from Bunyodkor) |
| 15 | DF | ISL | Sverrir Ingi Ingason (from Granada) |
| 16 | DF | RUS | Yevgeni Makeyev (from Spartak Moscow) |
| 17 | MF | MLI | Moussa Doumbia (end of loan to Arsenal Tula) |
| 20 | MF | SVN | Žan Majer (from Domžale) |
| 22 | FW | RUS | Vladimir Dyadyun (from Rubin Kazan) |
| 30 | GK | RUS | Sergei Pesyakov (from Spartak Moscow) |
| 31 | GK | RUS | Ilya Abayev (from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 41 | MF | RUS | Vyacheslav Larchenkov |
| 44 | MF | ECU | Josimar Quintero (on loan from Chelsea) |
| 73 | FW | RUS | Yevgeni Livadnov |
| 81 | DF | RUS | Mikhail Osinov |
| 90 | MF | RUS | Ivan Danilov |
| 91 | DF | RUS | Vitali Ustinov (on loan from Rubin Kazan) |
| 92 | MF | RUS | Igor Volkov |
| 99 | MF | RUS | Andrei Potapov (from Arsenal Tula) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Ivan Komissarov (to Armavir) |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Vladimir Granat (to Rubin Kazan) |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Denis Terentyev (to Zenit St. Petersburg) |
| 6 | MF | IRN | Saeid Ezatolahi (on loan to Amkar Perm, previously on loan to Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| 8 | FW | RUS | Dmitry Poloz (to Zenit St. Petersburg) |
| 9 | MF | RUS | Maksim Grigoryev (to Ural Yekaterinburg) |
| 16 | MF | ECU | Christian Noboa (to Zenit St. Petersburg) |
| 20 | FW | IRN | Sardar Azmoun (to Rubin Kazan) |
| 21 | DF | RUS | Andrei Sorokin (to Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk) |
| 22 | DF | MNE | Marko Simić (to Pakhtakor Tashkent) |
| 23 | DF | SVN | Miha Mevlja (to Zenit St. Petersburg) |
| 28 | MF | ROU | Andrei Prepeliță |
| 30 | DF | RUS | Fyodor Kudryashov (to Rubin Kazan) |
| 32 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Stokolyasov |
| 33 | FW | UKR | Marko Dević (to Vaduz) |
| 35 | GK | RUS | Soslan Dzhanayev (to Rubin Kazan) |
| 40 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Khristis |
| 43 | MF | RUS | Ismail Gasanov |
| 44 | DF | ESP | César Navas (to Rubin Kazan) |
| 45 | DF | RUS | Anton Lazutkin |
| 56 | MF | RUS | Artyom Sobol |
| 69 | DF | RUS | Nikita Kovalyov |
| 70 | MF | RUS | Andrei Sidenko |
| 73 | MF | RUS | Ilya Zakharov |
| 77 | GK | RUS | Nikita Medvedev (to Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 89 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Yerokhin (to Zenit St. Petersburg) |
| 90 | MF | RUS | Filipp Kondryukov |
| 99 | MF | RUS | Roman Khodunov (to Akademiya Futbola Rostov-on-Don) |
| — | MF | RUS | Reziuan Mirzov (on loan to Tosno, from Akhmat Grozny) |
| — | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Troshechkin (on loan to Tosno, previously on loan to Fakel Voronezh) |
| — | FW | GEO | Nika Kacharava (on loan to Korona Kielce, previously on loan to Ethnikos Achna) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | DF | ISL | Ragnar Sigurðsson (from Fulham) |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Ayaz Guliyev (on loan from Spartak Moscow) |
| 9 | FW | ISL | Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson (from Molde) |
| 21 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Sapeta (from Dynamo Moscow) |
| 23 | MF | MDA | Valeriu Ciupercă (from Baltika Kaliningrad) |
| 33 | DF | RUS | Konstantin Pliyev (from Volgar Astrakhan) |
| 63 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Zakharov |
| 76 | MF | RUS | Elvin Talibov |
| 77 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Skopintsev (end of loan to Baltika Kaliningrad) |
| 78 | DF | RUS | Roman Petrov |
| 82 | MF | RUS | Nikita Kryukov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Igor Kireyev (to Avangard Kursk) |
| 9 | MF | RUS | Valeri Yaroshenko |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Bukharov |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Pavel Mogilevets (to Rubin Kazan) |
| 44 | MF | ECU | Josimar Quintero (end of loan from Chelsea) |
| 62 | GK | RUS | Artyom Yesaulenko (to Chayka Peschanokopskoye) |
| 91 | DF | RUS | Vitali Ustinov (end of loan from Rubin Kazan) |
| 94 | DF | RUS | Igor Cherkasov |

### Trialist

| Date From | Position | Name | Last Club |
| 15 June 2017 | GK | Oleg Baklov | Syzran-2003 |
| 16 June 2017 | DF | Cédric Gogoua | Riga |
| 18 June 2017 | DF | Sergei Obivalin | Atlantas |
| 18 June 2017 | DF | Andrius Rukas | Arsenal Tula |
| 6 July 2017 | DF | Vitali Ustinov | Rubin Kazan |
| 2 July 2017 | FW | Ernest Antwi | União de Leiria |
| 2 July 2017 | FW | Vladimir Dyadyun | Rubin Kazan |

## 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 | 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 | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | D | W | L | W | L | D | D | L | L | W | D | W | L | W |
| Position | 8 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 9 | Akhmat Grozny | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 39 | |
| 10 | Rubin Kazan | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 38 | |
| 11 | Rostov | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 37 | |
| 12 | Ural Yekaterinburg | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 37 | |
| 13 | Amkar Perm (D) | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 30 | −10 | 35 | Dissolved after the season |
* 1 2 Head-to-head: Rostov 1–0 Ural, Ural 1–1 Rostov
* ↑ On 13 June 2018, FC Amkar Perm announced that the Russian Football Union recalled their 2018–19 season license, making them ineligible for the Russian Premier League or Russian Football National League. On 18 June 2018, club president Gennadi Shilov announced that the club will not register for the third-tier Russian Professional Football League and will be dissolved. As a consequence, Anzhi Makhachkala was not relegated.

### Russian Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 13 May 2018

### 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 | MF | BLR | Timofei Kalachev | 25 | 4 | 20+5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | POL | Maciej Wilusz | 27 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Sergei Parshivlyuk | 31 | 2 | 28+1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | SVN | Matija Boben | 8 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ISL | Ragnar Sigurðsson | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Artur Yusupov | 16 | 1 | 13+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Ayaz Guliyev | 6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ISL | Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Zuyev | 27 | 2 | 7+18 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Bukharov | 15 | 3 | 9+4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Ionov | 22 | 5 | 17+4 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | UZB | Eldor Shomurodov | 20 | 2 | 7+11 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ISL | Sverrir Ingi Ingason | 30 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | RUS | Yevgeni Makeyev | 18 | 0 | 13+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | MLI | Moussa Doumbia | 20 | 0 | 7+11 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Pavel Mogilevets | 14 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Khoren Bayramyan | 17 | 1 | 11+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SVN | Žan Majer | 15 | 0 | 9+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Sapeta | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | RUS | Vladimir Dyadyun | 16 | 1 | 10+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | MDA | Valeriu Ciupercă | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | RUS | Sergei Pesyakov | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | RUS | Ilya Abayev | 13 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | RUS | Konstantin Pliyev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Skopintsev | 10 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | MF | MDA | Alexandru Gațcan | 28 | 2 | 25+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 91 | DF | RUS | Vitali Ustinov | 15 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Rostov during the season: ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | RUS | Igor Kireyev | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | SVN | Miha Mevlja | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | ECU | Josimar Quintero | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Russian Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 12 | Aleksei Ionov | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | MF | 2 | Timofei Kalachev | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | DF | 15 | Sverrir Ingi Ingason | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | FW | 11 | Aleksandr Bukharov | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 84 | Alexandru Gațcan | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | 14 | Eldor Shomurodov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | 10 | Aleksandr Zuyev | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | 4 | Sergei Parshivlyuk | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | 22 | Vladimir Dyadyun | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 23 | Miha Mevlja | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 7 | Artur Yusupov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 91 | Vitali Ustinov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 3 | Maciej Wilusz | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | 9 | Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 19 | Khoren Bayramyan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 27 | 2 | 29 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Russian Premier League | Russian Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | MF | Timofei Kalachev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Maciej Wilusz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Sergei Parshivlyuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Artur Yusupov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Ayaz Guliyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Aleksandr Zuyev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Aleksandr Bukharov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Aleksei Ionov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Sverrir Ingi Ingason | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Yevgeni Makeyev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Moussa Doumbia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Pavel Mogilevets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Khoren Bayramyan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Žan Majer | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Aleksandr Sapeta | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Vladimir Dyadyun | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Sergei Pesyakov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | Ilya Abayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Dmitri Skopintsev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 84 | MF | Alexandru Gațcan | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 91 | DF | Vitali Ustinov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 53 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 56 | 1 |