# 2017–18 FC Rubin Kazan season

The 2017–18 FC Rubin Kazan season was the fifteenth successive season that Rubin Kazan played in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. Rubin finished the season in tenth position, and were knocked out of the Russian Cup at the Round of 16 stage by Krylia Sovetov.

## Squad

As of 2 March 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 |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Sergei Ryzhikov |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Oleg Kuzmin (Captain) |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Vyacheslav Podberyozkin (on loan from Krasnodar) |
| 8 | MF | CMR | Alex Song |
| 14 | DF | RUS | Vladimir Granat |
| 15 | MF | RUS | Igor Konovalov |
| 16 | GK | RUS | Timur Akmurzin |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Pavel Mogilevets |
| 19 | DF | RUS | Vitali Ustinov |
| 26 | MF | ROU | Gabriel Enache |
| 28 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Filtsov |
| 30 | DF | RUS | Fyodor Kudryashov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 33 | FW | IRN | Sardar Azmoun |
| 35 | GK | RUS | Soslan Dzhanayev |
| 44 | DF | ESP | César Navas |
| 61 | MF | TUR | Gökdeniz Karadeniz |
| 66 | MF | ECU | Christian Noboa (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg) |
| 71 | MF | BUL | Ivelin Popov (on loan from Spartak Moscow) |
| 77 | MF | IRN | Reza Shekari |
| 80 | DF | RUS | Yegor Sorokin |
| 85 | MF | RUS | Ilzat Akhmetov |
| 88 | MF | RUS | Ruslan Kambolov |
| 96 | FW | RUS | Rifat Zhemaletdinov |

### 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 | SWE | Emil Bergström (at Grasshoppers until 30 June 2018) |
| — | DF | RUS | Sergei Doronin (at Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk until 30 June 2018) |
| — | DF | ESP | Sergio Sánchez (at Espanyol until 30 June 2018) |
| — | MF | BEL | Maxime Lestienne (at Málaga until 30 June 2018) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | RUS | Georgi Makhatadze (at SKA-Khabarovsk until 30 June 2018) |
| — | FW | RUS | Dmitri Kamenshchikov (at Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk until 30 June 2018) |
| — | FW | ESP | Rubén Rochina (at Levante until 30 June 2018) |

### Reserves

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Karnaukhov |
| 16 | GK | RUS | Timur Akmurzin |
| 29 | DF | RUS | Ruslan Shcherbin |
| 36 | MF | RUS | Maksim Bobrovskiy |
| 38 | GK | RUS | Yegor Tushev |
| 47 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Gubanov |
| 48 | MF | RUS | Artur Nikolayev |
| 53 | FW | RUS | Nikita Goldobin |
| 54 | FW | RUS | Daniil Makeyev |
| 56 | FW | RUS | Gevorg Arutyunyan |
| 62 | MF | RUS | Artur Kovalik |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 64 | DF | RUS | Kirill Lukyanchikov |
| 73 | MF | RUS | Igor Nikolov |
| 82 | DF | RUS | Nikita Mikhailov |
| 87 | FW | RUS | Artur Alukayev |
| 89 | MF | RUS | Mikhail Yakovlev |
| 92 | MF | RUS | Almaz Sharafeev |
| 93 | MF | RUS | Ilya Gilyazutdinov |
| 94 | DF | RUS | Ilya Shabanov |
| 98 | GK | RUS | Anton Chernov |
| — | GK | RUS | Fyodor Arsentyev |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | ISL | Ragnar Sigurðsson (on loan from Fulham) |
| 14 | DF | RUS | Vladimir Granat (from Rostov) |
| 27 | MF | RUS | Magomed Ozdoyev (end of loan to Akhmat Grozny) |
| 28 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Filtsov (end of loan to Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| 30 | DF | RUS | Fyodor Kudryashov (from Rostov) |
| 33 | FW | IRN | Sardar Azmoun (from Rostov) |
| 35 | GK | RUS | Soslan Dzhanayev (from Rostov) |
| 42 | DF | RUS | Amir Gavrilov |
| 44 | DF | ESP | César Navas (from Rostov) |
| 45 | FW | RUS | Kamil Mullin (end of loan to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) |
| 46 | MF | RUS | Albert Sharipov (end of loan to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) |
| 56 | FW | RUS | Gevorg Arutyunyan (end of loan to Pyunik) |
| 80 | DF | RUS | Yegor Sorokin (end of loan to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) |
| — | MF | IRN | Reza Shekari (from Zob Ahan) |
| — | MF | RUS | Albert Sharipov (end of loan to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) |
| — | FW | RUS | Kamil Mullin (end of loan to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Sergio Sánchez (loan to Espanyol) |
| 14 | MF | RUS | Diniyar Bilyaletdinov |
| 15 | FW | RUS | Nikita Saprunov |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Vladimir Sobolev |
| 22 | FW | BRA | Jonathas (to Hannover 96) |
| 31 | MF | RUS | Denis Tkachuk (to Krylia Sovetov Samara) |
| 32 | DF | RUS | Anatoli Brendelev |
| 33 | MF | RUS | Inal Getigezhev (to Orenburg) |
| 37 | MF | RUS | Adil Mukhametzyanov (to Anzhi-Yunior Zelenodolsk) |
| 39 | FW | RUS | Vladimir Dyadyun (to Rostov) |
| 40 | DF | RUS | Danis Giniyatullin |
| 41 | DF | RUS | Sergei Doronin (on loan to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) |
| 49 | DF | RUS | Vitali Ustinov (on loan to Rostov) |
| 51 | MF | RUS | Nikita Kulalayev |
| 57 | MF | RUS | Iskander Badriyev |
| 63 | MF | RUS | Alisher Dzhalilov (to Baltika Kaliningrad) |
| 65 | MF | RUS | Erik Vasilyev |
| 78 | FW | RUS | Nikita Torgashov (to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) |
| 80 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Kulik (to Orenburg) |
| 91 | GK | RUS | Yuri Nesterenko |
| 97 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Kamenshchikov |
| — | GK | RUS | Fyodor Arsentyev (to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, previously on loan) |
| — | DF | URU | Guillermo Cotugno (to Real Oviedo, previously on loan to Talleres) |
| — | DF | GEO | Mamuka Kobakhidze (to Locomotive Tbilisi, previously on loan to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) |
| — | DF | GEO | Solomon Kvirkvelia (to Lokomotiv Moscow, previously on loan) |
| — | FW | ESP | Samu (to Levante, previously on loan to Leganés) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Vyacheslav Podberyozkin (on loan from Krasnodar) |
| 15 | MF | RUS | Igor Konovalov (from Kuban Krasnodar) |
| 19 | DF | RUS | Vitali Ustinov (end of loan to Rostov) |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Pavel Mogilevets (from Rostov) |
| 26 | MF | ROU | Gabriel Enache (from Steaua București) |
| 41 | DF | RUS | Vladislav Mikushin |
| 49 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Tsiberkin (from own academy) |
| 43 | DF | RUS | Grigori Ziganshin (from Krasnodar-3) |
| 50 | DF | RUS | Rail Abdullin |
| 51 | DF | RUS | Ilya Agapov |
| 58 | MF | RUS | Timur Lobanov |
| 59 | MF | RUS | Nikita Makarov |
| 60 | DF | RUS | Amir Nurullin |
| 63 | FW | RUS | Nikita Saprunov |
| 65 | FW | RUS | Artur Sagitov |
| 66 | MF | ECU | Christian Noboa (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg) |
| 67 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Smelov |
| 69 | DF | RUS | Danil Stepanov |
| 71 | FW | BUL | Ivelin Popov (on loan from Spartak Moscow) |
| 72 | FW | RUS | Nikita Tsygankov |
| 75 | MF | RUS | Nikita Torgashov (end of loan to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Elmir Nabiullin (to Zenit St. Petersburg) |
| 4 | MF | FRA | Yann M'Vila (to Saint-Étienne) |
| 5 | DF | ISL | Ragnar Sigurðsson (end of loan from Fulham) |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Maksim Kanunnikov |
| 10 | MF | BEL | Maxime Lestienne (on loan to Málaga) |
| 20 | MF | CRO | Mijo Caktaš (to Hajduk Split) |
| 21 | FW | ESP | Rubén Rochina (on loan to Levante) |
| 23 | DF | AUT | Moritz Bauer (to Stoke City) |
| 27 | MF | RUS | Magomed Ozdoyev (to Zenit St. Petersburg) |
| 29 | MF | RUS | Ruslan Shcherbin (on loan to KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny) |
| 45 | FW | RUS | Kamil Mullin (to Tyumen) |
| 70 | MF | RUS | Georgi Makhatadze (on loan to SKA-Khabarovsk) |
| 90 | DF | RUS | Taras Burlak (to Krylia Sovetov Samara) |
| 91 | GK | RUS | Yuri Nesterenko (to Yenisey Krasnoyarsk) |
| — | DF | PER | Carlos Zambrano (to Dynamo Kyiv) |
| — | DF | UKR | Andriy Pylyavskyi |

## 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | D | D | L | L | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | D | D | D | D |
| Position | 11 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Dynamo Moscow | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 30 | −1 | 40 |
| 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 |
* 1 2 Head-to-head: Rostov 1–0 Ural, Ural 1–1 Rostov

### 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 |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Sergei Ryzhikov | 14 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Oleg Kuzmin | 12 | 1 | 9+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Vyacheslav Podberyozkin | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | RUS | Vladimir Granat | 28 | 0 | 26+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | RUS | Igor Konovalov | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Pavel Mogilevets | 8 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | RUS | Vitali Ustinov | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ROU | Gabriel Enache | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | RUS | Fyodor Kudryashov | 28 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | IRN | Sardar Azmoun | 28 | 5 | 13+13 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | RUS | Soslan Dzhanayev | 19 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | ESP | César Navas | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | MF | TUR | Gökdeniz Karadeniz | 21 | 2 | 10+11 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | ECU | Christian Noboa | 10 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | MF | BUL | Ivelin Popov | 9 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | IRN | Reza Shekari | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | RUS | Yegor Sorokin | 19 | 1 | 11+6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 85 | MF | RUS | Ilzat Akhmetov | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | RUS | Ruslan Kambolov | 21 | 0 | 18+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 96 | FW | RUS | Rifat Zhemaletdinov | 23 | 3 | 11+10 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| 6 | DF | ESP | Sergio Sánchez | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Rubén Rochina | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players who left Rubin Kazan during the season: ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | RUS | Elmir Nabiullin | 15 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | FRA | Yann M'Vila | 20 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ISL | Ragnar Sigurðsson | 13 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | CMR | Alex Song | 7 | 1 | 2+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Maksim Kanunnikov | 17 | 2 | 14+1 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BEL | Maxime Lestienne | 12 | 3 | 4+6 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | CRO | Mijo Caktaš | 10 | 2 | 6+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | BRA | Jonathas | 5 | 4 | 4+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | AUT | Moritz Bauer | 18 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | RUS | Magomed Ozdoyev | 21 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 90 | DF | RUS | Taras Burlak | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 33 | Sardar Azmoun | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | FW | 22 | Jonathas | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | MF | 71 | Ivelin Popov | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | 10 | Maxime Lestienne | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | FW | 96 | Rifat Zhemaletdinov | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 20 | Mijo Caktaš | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 4 | Yann M'Vila | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 61 | Gökdeniz Karadeniz | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | 9 | Maksim Kanunnikov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 66 | Christian Noboa | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | 8 | Alex Song | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 3 | Elmir Nabiullin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 27 | Magomed Ozdoyev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 7 | Vyacheslav Podberyozkin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 2 | Oleg Kuzmin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 80 | Yegor Sorokin | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 32 | 3 | 35 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Sergei Ryzhikov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Oleg Kuzmin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Vyacheslav Podberyozkin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Vladimir Granat | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Pavel Mogilevets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Gabriel Enache | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Fyodor Kudryashov | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | Sardar Azmoun | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | Soslan Dzhanayev | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | César Navas | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 61 | MF | Gökdeniz Karadeniz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | Christian Noboa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 71 | MF | Ivelin Popov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | Yegor Sorokin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Ruslan Kambolov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players who left Rubin Kazan during the season: ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | Elmir Nabiullin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Yann M'Vila | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Ragnar Sigurðsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Maxime Lestienne | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Mijo Caktaš | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Jonathas | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | Moritz Bauer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Magomed Ozdoyev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 60 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 2 |