# 2012–13 FC Rostov season

The 2012–13 Rostov season was the fourth straight season that the club played in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of football in Russia after they won their relegation playoff tie against Shinnik Yaroslavl. They have also played in the 2012–13 Russian Cup.

## Squad

    As of 10 March 2014
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 |
| 1 | GK | CRO | Stipe Pletikosa (captain) |
| 2 | MF | BLR | Timofei Kalachev |
| 3 | DF | SVK | Kornel Saláta |
| 4 | DF | NGA | Isaac Okoronkwo |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Vitali Dyakov |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Malyaka |
| 10 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Kirichenko |
| 11 | FW | CZE | Jan Holenda |
| 14 | FW | RUS | Dmitry Poloz |
| 16 | DF | EST | Dmitri Kruglov |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Sheshukov |
| 18 | DF | RUS | Vladimir Kisenkov |
| 22 | DF | RUS | Andrei Ivanov |
| 23 | MF | RUS | Igor Kireyev |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | FW | FRA | Florent Sinama Pongolle |
| 25 | GK | RUS | Nikolai Zabolotny |
| 27 | MF | GAB | Guélor Kanga |
| 30 | DF | RUS | Maksim Belyayev (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 33 | DF | RUS | Inal Getigezhev |
| 34 | DF | RUS | Timofei Margasov |
| 55 | DF | RSA | Siyanda Xulu |
| 70 | FW | AZE | Magomed Kurbanov |
| 77 | FW | SRB | Danko Lazovic (on loan from Zenit) |
| 81 | MF | ROU | Răzvan Cociș |
| 84 | MF | MDA | Alexandru Gațcan |
| 87 | FW | USA | Yevgeni Starikov |
| 88 | FW | LTU | Edgaras Česnauskis |
| 99 | FW | SRB | Nemanja Nikolić |
The following players are listed on the official club's website as reserves and are registered with the Premier League. They are eligible to play for the main squad.

### Reserve squad

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 |
| 6 | MF | RUS | Nikita Vasilyev |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Khoren Bayramyan |
| 29 | DF | RUS | Andrei Vasilyev |
| 38 | FW | RUS | Tamerlan Bidzhiyev |
| 39 | DF | RUS | Andrei Demchenko |
| 40 | FW | RUS | Sayputtin Davydov |
| 41 | GK | RUS | Artyom Orsayev |
| 42 | MF | RUS | Artyom Kulishev |
| 43 | GK | RUS | Konstantin Bosikov |
| 44 | MF | RUS | Nikita Gigolayev |
| 45 | FW | RUS | Anton Lazutkin |
| 46 | MF | RUS | Artyom Linchenko |
| 48 | FW | RUS | Daniil Ostapenko |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 49 | FW | RUS | Gennadi Kozlov |
| 51 | DF | RUS | Vladimir Shamara |
| 52 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Tundenkov |
| 53 | DF | RUS | Anton Smirnov |
| 54 | MF | RUS | Sergei Mikhailov |
| 56 | MF | RUS | Vitali Ivanov |
| 57 | MF | RUS | Veniamin Mednikov |
| 58 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Kartashov |
| 59 | MF | RUS | Artyom Eskov |
| 60 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Stepanov |
| 62 | GK | RUS | Vladislav Suslov |
| 66 | DF | RUS | Igor Gubanov |
| 68 | DF | RUS | Andrei Zotov |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Malyaka (from Tom Tomsk) |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Roman Adamov (from Rubin Kazan, previously on loan) |
| 11 | FW | CZE | Jan Holenda (from Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| 15 | DF | CMR | Benoît Angbwa (from Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Sheshukov (from Spartak Moscow) |
| 18 | DF | RUS | Vladimir Kisenkov (on loan from Dynamo Moscow) |
| 20 | MF | RUS | Sergey Belousov (from Torpedo Moscow) |
| 21 | MF | ENG | David Bentley (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) |
| 22 | DF | RUS | Andrei Ivanov (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow, previously on loan to Tom Tomsk) |
| 23 | MF | RUS | Igor Kireyev (from Spartak Moscow) |
| 24 | FW | FRA | Florent Sinama Pongolle (from Sporting, previously on loan to Saint-Étienne) |
| 25 | GK | RUS | Nikolai Zabolotny (on loan from Spartak Moscow) |
| 33 | DF | RUS | Inal Getigezhev (from Volga Nizhny Novgorod) |
| 43 | GK | RUS | Konstantin Bosikov |
| 55 | DF | RSA | Siyanda Xulu (from Mamelodi Sundowns) |
| 87 | FW | USA | Eugene Starikov (on loan from Zenit Saint Petersburg) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | ARG | Oscar Ahumada (to All Boys) |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Élson |
| 12 | GK | RUS | Ilya Madilov |
| 15 | DF | SRB | Ivan Živanović |
| 16 | DF | EST | Dmitri Kruglov (to Levadia Tallinn) |
| 18 | FW | CZE | Michal Papadopulos (to Zagłębie Lubin) |
| 19 | FW | ARG | Héctor Bracamonte (to Rosario Central) |
| 22 | GK | SRB | Dejan Radić (Rostov Scout) |
| 24 | DF | RUS | Denis Kolodin (end of loan from Dynamo Moscow) |
| 28 | MF | RUS | Igor Smolnikov (loan return to Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 72 | DF | RUS | Valentin Filatov (to Khimki) |
| 92 | MF | RUS | Roman Yemelyanov (to Illichivets Mariupol on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) |
| 97 | GK | RUS | Sergei Pesyakov (end of loan from Spartak Moscow) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | MF | GAB | Guélor Kanga (from CF Mounana) |
| 30 | DF | RUS | Maksim Belyayev (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 34 | DF | RUS | Timofei Margasov (from Yenisey Krasnoyarsk) |
| 63 | MF | RUS | Maksim Lepskiy (from Sokol Saratov) |
| 77 | FW | SRB | Danko Lazović (on loan from Zenit Saint Petersburg) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | CMR | Benoît Angbwa (to Krylia Sovetov) |
| 19 | MF | BIH | Dragan Blatnjak (to NK Osijek) |
| 20 | MF | RUS | Sergey Belousov (on loan to Shinnik Yaroslavl) |
| 21 | MF | ENG | David Bentley (end of loan from Tottenham Hotspur) |

## Competitions
### Russian Premier League
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 11 | Amkar Perm | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 34 | 51 | −17 | 29 | |
| 12 | Volga Nizhny Novgorod | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 46 | −18 | 29 | |
| 13 | Rostov (O) | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 29 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |
| 14 | Krylia Sovetov Samara (O) | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 31 | 52 | −21 | 28 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Mordovia Saransk (R) | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 30 | 57 | −27 | 20 | Relegation to Football National League |
* 1 2 3 Amkar Perm ahead of Volga Nizhny Novgorod and Rostov on head-to-head points; Amkar Perm: 7 pts, Volga Nizhny Novgorod: 5 pts, Rostov: 4 pts.

### Russian Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 3 June 2013

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Relegation Play-off | Relegation Play-off | Russian Cup | Russian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | CRO | Stipe Pletikosa | 35 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | BLR | Timofei Kalachev | 25 | 3 | 20+1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SVK | Kornel Saláta | 20 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NGA | Isaac Okoronkwo | 7 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Vitali Dyakov | 29 | 2 | 24+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Malyaka | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Kirichenko | 27 | 6 | 2+20 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | CZE | Jan Holenda | 32 | 6 | 14+14 | 6 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | RUS | Dmitry Poloz | 22 | 3 | 8+9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Sheshukov | 32 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | RUS | Vladimir Kisenkov | 16 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | RUS | Andrei Ivanov | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | FRA | Florent Sinama Pongolle | 11 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | RUS | Nikolai Zabolotny | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | GAB | Guélor Kanga | 13 | 2 | 8+2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | RUS | Maksim Belyayev | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | RUS | Inal Getigezhev | 32 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | RUS | Timofei Margasov | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | RSA | Siyanda Xulu | 13 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 63 | MF | RUS | Maksim Lepskiy | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | RUS | Magomed Kurbanov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | SRB | Danko Lazovic | 13 | 2 | 8+1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 81 | MF | ROU | Răzvan Cociș | 19 | 3 | 13+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 84 | MF | MDA | Alexandru Gațcan | 31 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 87 | FW | USA | Yevgeni Starikov | 9 | 2 | 3+5 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | LTU | Edgaras Česnauskis | 31 | 2 | 20+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| Players left Rostov during the season: ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | RUS | Roman Adamov | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | CMR | Benoît Angbwa | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | BIH | Dragan Blatnjak | 17 | 2 | 7+8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | RUS | Sergey Belousov | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | David Bentley | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Relegation play-off | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 11 | Jan Holenda | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | FW | 10 | Dmitri Kirichenko | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | FW | 14 | Dmitry Poloz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | MF | 2 | Timofei Kalachev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | MF | 81 | Răzvan Cociș | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | 3 | Kornel Saláta | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 19 | Dragan Blatnjak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | 5 | Vitali Dyakov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | 87 | Yevgeni Starikov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 27 | Guélor Kanga | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | 77 | Danko Lazovic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 88 | Edgaras Česnauskis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | FW | 24 | Florent Sinama Pongolle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 30 | 3 | 3 | 36 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Relegation play-off | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 1 | Stipe Pletikosa | 10 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 10 | 2 | 2 | 14 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Relegation Play-off | Relegation Play-off | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Stipe Pletikosa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | Timofei Kalachev | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Kornel Saláta | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Isaac Okoronkwo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Vitali Dyakov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Dmitri Malyaka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Dmitri Kirichenko | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Jan Holenda | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Dmitry Poloz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Aleksandr Sheshukov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Vladimir Kisenkov | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | Andrei Ivanov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Florent Sinama Pongolle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Guélor Kanga | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Inal Getigezhev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | Siyanda Xulu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 63 | MF | Maksim Lepskiy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | Danko Lazovic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 81 | MF | Răzvan Cociș | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 84 | MF | Alexandru Gațcan | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Edgaras Česnauskis | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left Rostov during the season: ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | Roman Adamov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Benoît Angbwa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Dragan Blatnjak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | David Bentley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 78 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 88 | 5 |