# 2007 FC Moscow season

The 2007 FC Moscow season was the club's 4th season in existence after taking over the licence of Torpedo-Metallurg in 2004. They finished the season in 4th place, qualifying for the UEFA Cup, were runners up to Lokomotiv Moscow in the 2006–07 Russian Cup and were knocked out of the 2007–08 Russian Cup at the Quarterfinal stage by Amkar Perm.

## Season events

Following the completion of the season, Leonid Slutsky left the club, with Oleg Blokhin being appointed as the club's new manager on 14 December.

## Squad

    As of match played 11 November 2007
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 12 | Sergei Kozko | GK | (1975-04-12)12 April 1975 (aged 32) | Rubin Kazan | 2005 | | 22 | 0 |
| 16 | Anton Amelchenko | GK | (1985-03-27)27 March 1985 (aged 22) | Gomel | 2006 | | 5 | 0 |
| 30 | Yuri Zhevnov | GK | (1981-04-17)17 April 1981 (aged 26) | BATE Borisov | 2005 | | 87 | 0 |
| | Illya Hawrylaw | GK | (1988-09-26)26 September 1988 (aged 19) | Dinamo Minsk | 2007 | | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Dmitri Godunok | DF | (1976-01-04)4 January 1976 (aged 31) | Tom Tomsk | 2005 | | 90 | 1 |
| 4 | Roman Hubník | DF | (1984-06-06)6 June 1984 (aged 23) | Sigma Olomouc | 2007 | | 8 | 1 |
| 8 | Pompiliu Stoica | DF | (1976-09-10)10 September 1976 (aged 31) | Steaua București | 2004 | | 89 | 0 |
| 14 | Kirill Nababkin | DF | (1986-09-08)8 September 1986 (aged 21) | Youth Team | 2004 | | 29 | 0 |
| 15 | Alexandru Epureanu | DF | (1986-09-27)27 September 1986 (aged 21) | Sheriff Tiraspol | 2007 | | 28 | 0 |
| 22 | Oleg Kuzmin | DF | (1981-05-09)9 May 1981 (aged 26) | Uralan Elista | 2004 | | 105 | 5 |
| 23 | Isaac Okoronkwo | DF | (1978-05-01)1 May 1978 (aged 29) | Alania Vladikavkaz | 2006 | | 43 | 2 |
| 24 | Dilaver Zrnanović | DF | (1984-11-17)17 November 1984 (aged 22) | Budućnost Banovići | 2006 | | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Mariusz Jop | DF | (1978-08-03)3 August 1978 (aged 29) | Wisła Kraków | 2004 | | 69 | 4 |
| 32 | Nikita Korolyov | DF | (1988-03-15)15 March 1988 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2007 | | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Andrei Moiseyenkov | DF | (1987-01-05)5 January 1987 (aged 20) | Youth Team | 2005 | | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | Kirill Loskutov | DF | (1988-04-29)29 April 1988 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2007 | | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Aleksandr Ponomaryov | DF | (1986-01-25)25 January 1986 (aged 21) | Dynamo Moscow | 2005 | | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Pyotr Marshinskiy | DF | (1986-02-18)18 February 1986 (aged 21) | Youth Team | 2005 | | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | Aleksandr Sukhov | DF | (1986-01-03)3 January 1986 (aged 21) | Youth Team | 2004 | | 3 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 3 | Pablo Barrientos | MF | (1985-01-17)17 January 1985 (aged 22) | San Lorenzo | 2006 | | 39 | 10 |
| 5 | Radu Rebeja | MF | (1973-06-08)8 June 1973 (aged 34) | Saturn Ramenskoye | 2004 | | 119 | 3 |
| 6 | Pyotr Bystrov | MF | (1979-07-15)15 July 1979 (aged 28) | Saturn Ramenskoye | 2006 | | 63 | 9 |
| 7 | Damian Gorawski | MF | (1979-01-04)4 January 1979 (aged 28) | Wisła Kraków | 2005 | | 47 | 1 |
| 9 | Sergei Semak | MF | (1976-02-27)27 February 1976 (aged 31) | Paris Saint-Germain | 2006 | | 73 | 15 |
| 10 | Maximiliano Moralez | MF | (1987-02-27)27 February 1987 (aged 20) | Racing Club | 2007 | 2011 | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | Tomáš Čížek | MF | (1978-11-27)27 November 1978 (aged 28) | Rubin Kazan | 2006 | | 60 | 4 |
| 17 | Pavel Golyshev | MF | (1987-07-07)7 July 1987 (aged 20) | Youth Team | 2005 | | 18 | 2 |
| 20 | Aleksei Melyoshin | MF | (1976-01-30)30 January 1976 (aged 31) | Dynamo St.Petersburg | 2004 | | 82 | 11 |
| 47 | Artyom Varakin | MF | (1987-04-21)21 April 1987 (aged 20) | Youth Team | 2006 | | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | Stanislav Ivanov | MF | (1980-10-07)7 October 1980 (aged 27) | Sheriff Tiraspol | 2004 | | 105 | 6 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 18 | Maxi López | FW | (1984-04-03)3 April 1984 (aged 23) | Barcelona | 2007 | | 10 | 6 |
| 19 | Héctor Bracamonte | FW | (1978-02-16)16 February 1978 (aged 29) | Boca Juniors | 2004 | | 110 | 23 |
| 21 | Roman Adamov | FW | (1982-06-21)21 June 1982 (aged 25) | Terek Grozny | 2006 | | 68 | 26 |
| 28 | Branislav Krunić | FW | (1979-01-28)28 January 1979 (aged 28) | Tom Tomsk | 2007 | 2007 (+2) | 28 | 3 |
| 35 | Dmitry Golubov | FW | (1985-06-24)24 June 1985 (aged 22) | Tekstilshchik Kamyshin | 2005 | | 34 | 3 |
| 43 | Stanislav Lantsov | FW | (1990-09-22)22 September 1990 (aged 17) | Youth Team | 2007 | | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Pavel Yesikov | FW | (1988-01-29)29 January 1988 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2006 | | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Aleksei Marshinskiy | FW | (1988-04-17)17 April 1988 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2007 | | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Aleksandr Marenich | FW | (1989-04-29)29 April 1989 (aged 18) | Rostov | 2007 | | 0 | 0 |
| Away on loan ||||||||||
| 50 | Andrei Lukanchenkov | DF | (1986-02-07)7 February 1986 (aged 21) | Torpedo-Metallurg | 2004 | | 4 | 0 |
| Players that left Moscow during the season ||||||||||
| 10 | Dmitri Kirichenko | FW | (1977-01-17)17 January 1977 (aged 30) | CSKA Moscow | 2005 | | 63 | 30 |
| 18 | Andrei Topchu | MF | (1980-04-17)17 April 1980 (aged 27) | Kuban Krasnodar | 2007 | | 4 | 0 |

### 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 |
| 50 | DF | RUS | Andrei Lukanchenkov (at SKA Rostov) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

### Left club during season

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 |
| 10 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Kirichenko (to Saturn Ramenskoye) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Andrei Topchu (to Kuban Krasnodar) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| Winter 2007 | GK | Illya Hawrylaw | Dinamo Minsk | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2007 | DF | Roman Hubník | Sigma Olomouc | Undisclosed |
| 23 January 2007 | FW | Branislav Krunić | Tom Tomsk | Undisclosed |
| 26 February 2007 | DF | Alexandru Epureanu | Sheriff Tiraspol | Undisclosed |
| 26 February 2007 | MF | Andrei Topchu | Kuban Krasnodar | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2007 | FW | Aleksandr Marenich | Rostov | Undisclosed |
| 8 August 2007 | MF | Maximiliano Moralez | Racing Club | Undisclosed |
| 16 August 2007 | FW | Maxi López | Barcelona | €2,000,000 |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 6 January 2007 | GK | Aleksandr Filimonov | Nea Salamis Famagusta | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2007 | FW | Dmitri Kirichenko | Saturn Ramenskoye | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2007 | MF | Andrei Topchu | Kuban Krasnodar | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| Winter 2007 | DF | Dilaver Zrnanović | Daugava Daugavpils | Summer 2007 |
| Winter 2007 | DF | Andrei Lukanchenkov | SKA Rostov | End of Season |
| Winter 2007 | DF | Pyotr Marshinskiy | Daugava Daugavpils | Summer 2007 |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined |
| 31 December 2007 | GK | Sergei Kozko | Rubin Kazan |
| 31 December 2007 | DF | Dilaver Zrnanović | MTZ-RIPO Minsk |
| 31 December 2007 | DF | Kirill Loskutov | |
| 31 December 2007 | DF | Pyotr Marshinskiy | Nika Moscow |
| 31 December 2007 | DF | Andrei Moiseyenkov | Torpedo-ZIL Moscow |
| 31 December 2007 | DF | Aleksandr Ponomaryov | Rostov |
| 31 December 2007 | DF | Aleksandr Sukhov | Tornado Moscow |
| 31 December 2007 | MF | Damian Gorawski | Shinnik Yaroslavl |
| 31 December 2007 | MF | Sergei Semak | Rubin Kazan |
| 31 December 2007 | FW | Dmitry Golubov | Volga Ulyanovsk |

## Competitions
### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | L | L | D | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | W |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Spartak Moscow | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 50 | 30 | +20 | 59 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | CSKA Moscow | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 43 | 24 | +19 | 53 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | FC Moscow | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 52 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 5 | Saturn | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 34 | 28 | +6 | 45 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 6 | Dynamo Moscow | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 41 | |
* ↑ Qualified as the winner of 2007–08 Russian Cup

### Russian Cup
#### 2007–08
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 11 November 2007

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | 2007–08 Russian Cup | 2007–08 Russian Cup | 2007–08 Russian Cup | 2007–08 Russian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Godunok | 29 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | ARG | Pablo Barrientos | 30 | 7 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | CZE | Roman Hubník | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | MDA | Radu Rebeja | 28 | 0 | 13+7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | RUS | Pyotr Bystrov | 31 | 5 | 23+2 | 4 | 3+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | POL | Damian Gorawski | 9 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | MDA | Pompiliu Stoica | 34 | 0 | 26+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | RUS | Sergei Semak | 38 | 8 | 28+1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Maximiliano Moralez | 7 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | CZE | Tomáš Čížek | 29 | 3 | 7+16 | 2 | 0+4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | GK | RUS | Sergei Kozko | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | RUS | Kirill Nababkin | 12 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | MDA | Alexandru Epureanu | 28 | 0 | 15+7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | BLR | Anton Amelchenko | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Pavel Golyshev | 13 | 1 | 8+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ARG | Maxi López | 10 | 6 | 6+3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ARG | Héctor Bracamonte | 23 | 4 | 9+8 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | RUS | Roman Adamov | 35 | 15 | 27+1 | 13 | 5+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | RUS | Oleg Kuzmin | 33 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | NGA | Isaac Okoronkwo | 17 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | POL | Mariusz Jop | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | BIH | Branislav Krunić | 28 | 3 | 7+14 | 1 | 2+4 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | BLR | Yuri Zhevnov | 34 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | RUS | Dmitry Golubov | 15 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | RUS | Artyom Varakin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | MDA | Stanislav Ivanov | 32 | 3 | 21+3 | 2 | 1+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who appeared for Moscow but left during the season: ||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Kirichenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Andrei Topchu | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | 2006–07 Russian Cup | 2007–08 Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 21 | Roman Adamov | 13 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | MF | | 9 | Sergei Semak | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | MF | | 3 | Pablo Barrientos | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | FW | | 18 | Maxi López | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | MF | | 6 | Pyotr Bystrov | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | FW | | 19 | Héctor Bracamonte | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | | 11 | Tomáš Čížek | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | | 77 | Stanislav Ivanov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | | 28 | Branislav Krunić | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | | 17 | Pavel Golyshev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 4 | Roman Hubník | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 13 | 3 | 56 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | 2006–07 Russian Cup | 2007–08 Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 30 | Yuri Zhevnov | 9 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | GK | | 16 | Anton Amelchenko | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 9 | 3 | 1 | 13 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | 2006–07 Russian Cup | 2006–07 Russian Cup | 2007–08 Russian Cup | 2007–08 Russian Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | | DF | Dmitri Godunok | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | | MF | Pablo Barrientos | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| 4 | | DF | Roman Hubník | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | | MF | Radu Rebeja | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | | MF | Pyotr Bystrov | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 7 | | MF | Damian Gorawski | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | | DF | Pompiliu Stoica | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | | MF | Sergei Semak | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | | MF | Maximiliano Moralez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | | MF | Tomáš Čížek | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | | DF | Kirill Nababkin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | | DF | Alexandru Epureanu | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 16 | | GK | Anton Amelchenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | | MF | Pavel Golyshev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | | FW | Maxi López | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | | FW | Héctor Bracamonte | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | | FW | Roman Adamov | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 22 | | DF | Oleg Kuzmin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | | DF | Isaac Okoronkwo | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | | DF | Mariusz Jop | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 28 | | FW | Branislav Krunić | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | | MF | Stanislav Ivanov | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left Moscow during the season: ||||||||||||
| 18 | | MF | Andrei Topchu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 73 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 96 | 4 |