# 2013–14 FC Rostov season

The 2013–14 FC Rostov season was the fifth successive season that the club will play in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of football in Russia, after narrowly avoiding relegation in 2012–13 after a relegation play-off victory over . They will also take part in the 2013–14 Russian Cup.

## Squad

As of 19 February 2014. According to the Official Russian Premier League website Archived 2014-05-06 at the Wayback Machine
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 |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Vitali Dyakov |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Georgy Gabulov |
| 8 | MF | UKR | Ihor Khudobyak (on loan from FC Karpaty Lviv) |
| 9 | MF | GAB | Guélor Kanga |
| 10 | FW | RUS | Artem Dzyuba (on loan from Spartak Moscow) |
| 11 | FW | KOR | Yoo Byung-Soo |
| 12 | GK | RUS | Artyom Orsayev |
| 13 | FW | RUS | Maksim Lepskiy |
| 14 | FW | RUS | Dmitry Poloz |
| 15 | DF | ANG | Bastos |
| 16 | GK | BLR | Anton Amelchenko |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Azim Fatullayev |
| 19 | DF | CRO | Hrvoje Milic |
| 24 | FW | FRA | Florent Sinama Pongolle |
| 25 | DF | RUS | Arseniy Logashov (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 27 | DF | CIV | Igor Lolo |
| 33 | MF | RUS | Roman Yemelyanov (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) |
| 34 | DF | RUS | Timofei Margasov |
| 42 | MF | RUS | Artyom Kulishev |
| 49 | MF | GEO | Jano Ananidze (on loan from Spartak Moscow) |
| 55 | DF | RSA | Siyanda Xulu |
| 84 | MF | MDA | Alexandru Gațcan |
| 88 | FW | LTU | Edgaras Česnauskis |
| 99 | FW | SRB | Nemanja Nikolić |

### Out 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 |
| 3 | DF | SVK | Kornel Saláta (at Tom Tomsk) |
| 6 | MF | RUS | Nikita Vasilyev (at Torpedo Moscow) |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Vasilyev (at Sibir Novosibirsk) |
| 20 | MF | RUS | Sergey Belousov (at Shinnik Yaroslavl) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | RUS | Khoren Bayramyan (at Rotor Volgograd) |
| 22 | MF | RUS | Igor Kireyev (at Spartak Nalchik) |
| 69 | FW | CZE | Jan Holenda (at Tom Tomsk) |
| 77 | DF | RUS | Kamil Agalarov (at Anzhi Makhachkala) |
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 |
| 29 | DF | RUS | Andrei Vasilyev |
| 30 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Stepanov |
| 31 | GK | RUS | Vladislav Suslov |
| 32 | MF | RUS | Artyom Linchenko |
| 35 | FW | RUS | Daniil Ostapenko |
| 38 | FW | RUS | Tamerlan Bidzhiyev |
| 39 | DF | RUS | Andrei Demchenko |
| 40 | FW | RUS | Sayputtin Davydov |
| 43 | GK | RUS | Konstantin Bosikov |
| 44 | DF | RUS | Anton Smirnov |
| 45 | DF | RUS | Anton Lazutkin |
| 46 | DF | RUS | Nikita Kovalyov |
| 47 | MF | RUS | Andrei Sidenko |
| 48 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Mutyev |
| 50 | FW | RUS | Gennadi Kozlov |
| 51 | DF | RUS | Vladimir Shamara |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 52 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Tundenkov |
| 54 | DF | RUS | Konstantin Kulabukhov |
| 56 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Kamilov |
| 57 | MF | RUS | Ruslan Shapovalov |
| 58 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Kartashov |
| 59 | MF | RUS | Artyom Yeskov |
| 62 | GK | RUS | Nikita Chagrov |
| 64 | FW | RUS | Andrei Fandeyev |
| 66 | DF | RUS | Igor Gubanov |
| 68 | DF | RUS | Andrei Zotov |
| 71 | MF | RUS | Maksim Miroshnichenko |
| 79 | MF | RUS | Nikita Mitin |
| — | MF | RUS | Nikita Gigolayev |
| — | MF | RUS | Sergei Mikhailov |
| — | MF | RUS | Vitali Ivanov |
| — | MF | RUS | Veniamin Mednikov |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | CIV | Igor Lolo (from Kuban Krasnodar) |
| 8 | MF | UKR | Ihor Khudobyak (on loan from Karpaty Lviv) |
| 10 | FW | RUS | Artyom Dzyuba (on loan from Spartak Moscow) |
| 11 | FW | KOR | Yoo Byung-Soo (from Al-Hilal) |
| 15 | DF | ANG | Bastos (from Petro de Luanda) |
| 16 | GK | BLR | Anton Amelchenko (from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Vasilyev (from CSKA Moscow) |
| 19 | DF | CRO | Hrvoje Milić (from Istra 1961) |
| 22 | MF | RUS | Azim Fatullayev (from Yenisey Krasnoyarsk) |
| 25 | DF | RUS | Arseniy Logashov (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 49 | MF | GEO | Jano Ananidze (on loan from Spartak Moscow) |
| 77 | DF | RUS | Kamil Agalarov (from Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | SVK | Kornel Saláta (loan to Tom Tomsk) |
| 4 | DF | NGA | Isaac Okoronkwo (end of contract) |
| 6 | MF | RUS | Nikita Vasilyev (on loan to Torpedo Moscow) |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Malyaka (to Angusht Nazran) |
| 10 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Kirichenko (to Mordovia Saransk) |
| 18 | DF | RUS | Vladimir Kisenkov (end of loan from Dynamo Moscow) |
| 20 | MF | RUS | Sergey Belousov (on loan to Shinnik Yaroslavl) |
| 21 | MF | RUS | Khoren Bayramyan (on loan to Rotor Volgograd) |
| 22 | DF | RUS | Andrei Ivanov (end of loan from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 25 | GK | RUS | Nikolai Zabolotny (end of loan from Spartak Moscow) |
| 30 | DF | RUS | Maksim Belyayev (end of loan from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 33 | DF | RUS | Inal Getigezhev (to Rubin Kazan) |
| 69 | FW | CZE | Jan Holenda (loan to Tom Tomsk) |
| 70 | FW | RUS | Magomed Kurbanov (to FC Taganrog) |
| 77 | FW | SRB | Danko Lazović (end of loan from Zenit Saint Petersburg) |
| 77 | DF | RUS | Kamil Agalarov (loan to Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| 81 | MF | ROU | Răzvan Cociș (to Hoverla Uzhhorod) |
| 87 | FW | USA | Eugene Starikov (end of loan from Zenit Saint Petersburg) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Georgy Gabulov (from Alania Vladikavkaz) |
| 33 | MF | RUS | Roman Yemelyanov (loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Sheshukov (to Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 17 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Vasilyev (loan to Sibir Novosibirsk) |
| 22 | MF | RUS | Igor Kireyev (loan to Spartak Nalchik) |

## 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 | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | D | W | W | D | L | D | W | D | W | W | L | L | D | L | W | L |
| Position | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Krasnodar | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 46 | 39 | +7 | 50 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Spartak Moscow | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 46 | 36 | +10 | 50 | |
| 7 | Rostov | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 39 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 8 | Kuban Krasnodar | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 38 | |
| 9 | Rubin Kazan | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 38 | |
* 1 2 Krasnodar ahead of Spartak Moscow on head-to-head points; Krasnodar–Spartak Moscow 4–0, Spartak Moscow–Krasnodar 3–2.
* 1 2 Rostov won the 2013–14 Russian Cup, therefore qualifying for the play-off round of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League. However, it did not pass the Russian Football Union European licensing and thus its spot was given to Spartak. However, that RFU decision was then overturned by the CAS and Rostov was returned to the Europa League.
* ↑ Rubin Kazan ahead of Amkar Perm on head-to-head points; Rubin Kazan–Amkar Perm 3–0, Amkar Perm–Rubin Kazan 0–0.

### Russian Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 15 May 2014

### 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 | CRO | Stipe Pletikosa | 30 | 0 | 27+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | BLR | Timofei Kalachev | 29 | 6 | 26+0 | 6 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Vitali Dyakov | 32 | 4 | 29+0 | 4 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Georgy Gabulov | 10 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | UKR | Ihor Khudobyak | 13 | 0 | 4+8 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | GAB | Guélor Kanga | 27 | 3 | 23+1 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | RUS | Artem Dzyuba | 31 | 19 | 28+0 | 17 | 3+0 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | KOR | Yoo Byung-Soo | 19 | 2 | 2+15 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | RUS | Dmitry Poloz | 30 | 1 | 11+16 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ANG | Bastos | 21 | 0 | 17+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | BLR | Anton Amelchenko | 4 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Azim Fatullayev | 18 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | CRO | Hrvoje Milic | 29 | 1 | 21+4 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | FRA | Florent Sinama Pongolle | 11 | 1 | 2+6 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | RUS | Arseniy Logashov | 26 | 1 | 23+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | CIV | Igor Lolo | 17 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | RUS | Roman Yemelyanov | 7 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | RUS | Timofei Margasov | 8 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | RUS | Artyom Kulishev | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 49 | MF | GEO | Jano Ananidze | 25 | 5 | 20+2 | 3 | 3+0 | 2 |
| 55 | DF | RSA | Siyanda Xulu | 16 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 84 | MF | MDA | Alexandru Gațcan | 28 | 3 | 25+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 2 |
| 99 | FW | MNE | Nemanja Nikolić | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | SVK | Kornel Saláta | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Vasilyev | 1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 77 | DF | RUS | Kamil Agalarov | 5 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Rostov no longer at the club: ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Sheshukov | 20 | 0 | 19+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Top scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Russian Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 10 | Artem Dzyuba | 17 | 2 | 19 |
| 2 | MF | 2 | Timofei Kalachev | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | MF | 49 | Jano Ananidze | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | DF | 5 | Vitali Dyakov | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | 9 | Guélor Kanga | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 84 | Alexandru Gațcan | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | 11 | Yoo Byung-Soo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 18 | Hrvoje Milic | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 25 | Arseniy Logashov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | 14 | Dmitry Poloz | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | 24 | Florent Sinama Pongolle | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 17 | Aleksandr Vasilyev | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | Awarded Goals | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| | | | TOTALS | 40 | 10 | 50 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Russian Premier League | Russian Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Stipe Pletikosa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | Timofei Kalachev | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Kornel Saláta | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Vitali Dyakov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Aleksandr Sheshukov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Georgy Gabulov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Ihor Khudobyak | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Guélor Kanga | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | Artyom Dzyuba | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Yoo Byung-Soo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Dmitry Poloz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Bastos | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | Hrvoje Milic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Florent Sinama Pongolle | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | Arseniy Logashov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Igor Lolo | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 33 | MF | Roman Yemelyanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | Timofei Margasov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | MF | Jano Ananidze | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | Siyanda Xulu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | Kamil Agalarov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 84 | MF | Alexandru Gațcan | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 64 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 72 | 7 |