# 2015–16 FC Mordovia Saransk season

The 2015–16 FC Mordovia Saransk season was the club's second season back in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of football in Russia. It was their third season in the Russian Premier League having also participated in the 2012–13 season, before relegation back to the Russian National League. They also competed in the Russian Cup, where they were .

## Squad

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 | MDA | Ilie Cebanu |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Yevgeni Gapon |
| 4 | DF | BLR | Igor Shitov |
| 5 | DF | GEO | Mamuka Kobakhidze (on loan from Rubin) |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Anton Bober |
| 10 | FW | RUS | Pavel Ignatovich |
| 13 | FW | RUS | Mikhail Markin |
| 15 | MF | RUS | Emin Makhmudov (on loan from Krylia Sovetov) |
| 16 | MF | SVN | Dalibor Stevanović |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Aslan Dudiyev |
| 22 | FW | RUS | Sergey Samodin |
| 23 | FW | RUS | Ruslan Mukhametshin |
| 25 | MF | RUS | Yevgeni Shipitsin |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 32 | DF | SRB | Marko Lomić |
| 33 | DF | RUS | Vladimir Rykov |
| 40 | DF | SRB | Milan Perendija |
| 48 | FW | RUS | Yevgeni Lutsenko |
| 55 | DF | RUS | Ruslan Nakhushev |
| 57 | FW | RUS | Ruslan Navlyotov |
| 71 | DF | RUS | Maksim Tishkin |
| 77 | GK | GEO | Nukri Revishvili |
| 84 | MF | RUS | Oleg Vlasov |
| 88 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Ivanov |
| 89 | GK | RUS | Denis Shebanov |
| 97 | DF | FRA | Thomas Phibel |

### Youth team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 41 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Popov |
| 42 | DF | RUS | Nikita Usov |
| 43 | DF | RUS | Nikita Aksyonov |
| 44 | DF | RUS | Sergei Shirshikov |
| 45 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Tenyayev |
| 46 | DF | RUS | Ilya Kuzin |
| 47 | MF | RUS | Alen Askerov |
| 49 | DF | RUS | Sergei Uchelkin |
| 50 | MF | RUS | Artyom Grishin |
| 51 | GK | RUS | Evgeniy Uvin |
| 52 | DF | RUS | Yegor Sysuyev |
| 53 | DF | RUS | Eduard Mansurov |
| 54 | MF | RUS | Artur Igoshev |
| 56 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Adayev |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 58 | MF | RUS | Dinar Khaybuillin |
| 59 | FW | RUS | Sergei Tishenkov |
| 60 | FW | RUS | Vladimir Zmeyov |
| 62 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Cherentaev |
| 63 | MF | RUS | Nikita Mukhin |
| 64 | MF | RUS | Pavel Kulnin |
| 65 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Nurgaleyev |
| 67 | MF | RUS | Artyom Yaschuk |
| 68 | MF | RUS | Yegor Dmitriev |
| 69 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Kurchavyi |
| 73 | MF | RUS | Anton Afonin |
| 74 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Chubukin |
| 75 | FW | RUS | Andrei Malanyin |
| 95 | GK | RUS | Roman Kalyuzhny |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | GEO | Mamuka Kobakhidze (on loan from Rubin Kazan) |
| 15 | MF | RUS | Emin Makhmudov (on loan from Krylia Sovetov Samara) |
| 16 | MF | SVN | Dalibor Stevanović (from Torpedo Moscow) |
| 23 | FW | RUS | Ruslan Mukhametshin (from Rubin Kazan, previously on loan) |
| 25 | MF | RUS | Yevgeni Shipitsin (from Krasnodar) |
| 33 | DF | RUS | Vladimir Rykov (from Torpedo Moscow) |
| 43 | DF | RUS | Nikita Aksyonov (from Mordovia-2 Saransk) |
| 46 | DF | RUS | Ilya Kuzin |
| 50 | MF | RUS | Artyom Grishin (from Mordovia-2 Saransk) |
| 51 | GK | RUS | Yevgeni Uvin |
| 52 | DF | RUS | Yegor Sysuyev (from Mordovia-2 Saransk) |
| 58 | MF | RUS | Dinar Khaybullin (from Saransk-Mordovia Saransk) |
| 59 | FW | RUS | Sergei Tishenkov (from Mordovia-2 Saransk) |
| 63 | MF | RUS | Nikita Mukhin (from Mordovia-2 Saransk) |
| 64 | MF | RUS | Pavel Kulnin (from Mordovia-2 Saransk) |
| 67 | MF | RUS | Artyom Yashchuk (from Mordovia-2 Saransk) |
| 68 | MF | RUS | Yegor Dmitriyev (from Khimik-Avgust Vurnary) |
| 69 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Kurchavy |
| 71 | DF | RUS | Maksim Tishkin (from Ufa) |
| 73 | MF | RUS | Anton Afonin |
| 77 | GK | GEO | Nukri Revishvili (from Tosno) |
| 97 | DF | FRA | Thomas Phibel |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Anton Kochenkov (to Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Viktor Vasin (end of loan from CSKA Moscow) |
| 6 | MF | NED | Mitchell Donald (on loan to Red Star Belgrade) |
| 9 | MF | RUS | Rustem Mukhametshin (to Tosno) |
| 10 | MF | BEL | Danilo (to Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk) |
| 12 | DF | MNE | Vladimir Božović |
| 14 | MF | RUS | Pavel Yakovlev (end of loan from Spartak Moscow) |
| 18 | DF | SEN | Baye Ibrahima Niasse (released) |
| 20 | MF | UKR | Matvey Guyganov |
| 34 | MF | RUS | Igor Krutov (to Astrakhan) |
| 46 | DF | RUS | Zaur Alborov |
| 49 | MF | RUS | Timon Abbakumov |
| 50 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Larin |
| 51 | GK | RUS | Yevgeni Zimin |
| 53 | MF | RUS | Timur Raimov |
| 58 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Shinkarenko (to Kafa Feodosiya) |
| 61 | GK | RUS | Aleksei Varlamov |
| 62 | FW | RUS | Oleg Kachmazov |
| 64 | MF | RUS | Andrei Yemelin |
| 65 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Larin |
| 67 | DF | RUS | David Ozmanov (to SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk) |
| 68 | DF | RUS | Farid Kutbeyev |
| 71 | GK | RUS | Ilya Kamalikhin |
| 75 | FW | RUS | Denis Abramov |
| 76 | FW | RUS | Ilya Yermoshkin |
| 81 | GK | RUS | Nikita Khaykin (to Kuban Krasnodar) |
| 82 | DF | RUS | Vladimir Kotkov |
| 83 | FW | RUS | Maksim Churakov |
| 91 | MF | NED | Lorenzo Ebecilio (end of loan from Metalurh Donetsk) |
| — | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Strokov (released, previously on loan at Tambov) |
| — | FW | RUS | Mikhail Markin (on loan to Tyumen, previously on loan at Khimki) |
| — | FW | RUS | Maksim Rogov (to Dynamo Saint Petersburg, previously on loan) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | FW | RUS | Mikhail Markin (end of loan to Tyumen) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Damien Le Tallec (to Red Star Belgrade) |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Sysuyev (to Ufa) |
| 20 | FW | POR | Yannick Djaló (end of loan from Benfica) |
| — | MF | NED | Mitchell Donald (to Red Star Belgrade, previously on loan) |

## 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | L | D | D | D | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | W | D | L | D | D | L | D | L | L | D | D | W | W | L | L | L |
| Position | 13 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Ufa | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 44 | −19 | 27 | |
| 13 | Anzhi Makhachkala (O) | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 50 | −22 | 26 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |
| 14 | Kuban Krasnodar (R) | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 34 | 44 | −10 | 26 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Dynamo Moscow (R) | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 47 | −22 | 25 | Relegation to Football National League |
| 16 | Mordovia Saransk (R) | 30 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 30 | 50 | −20 | 24 | Relegation to Football National League |

### Russian Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 21 May 2016

### 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 | MDA | Ilie Cebanu | 10 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Yevgeni Gapon | 12 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NED | Igor Shitov | 18 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GEO | Mamuka Kobakhidze | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Anton Bobyor | 11 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | RUS | Pavel Ignatovich | 19 | 0 | 2+16 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | RUS | Mikhail Markin | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | RUS | Emin Makhmudov | 19 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SVN | Dalibor Stevanović | 28 | 2 | 26+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | RUS | Aslan Dudiyev | 27 | 0 | 24+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | RUS | Sergey Samodin | 18 | 3 | 12+5 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | RUS | Ruslan Mukhametshin | 28 | 6 | 26+2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | RUS | Yevgeni Shipitsin | 14 | 0 | 4+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | SRB | Marko Lomić | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | RUS | Vladimir Rykov | 27 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | SRB | Milan Perendija | 10 | 1 | 7+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | FW | RUS | Yevgeni Lutsenko | 27 | 10 | 20+7 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | RUS | Ruslan Nakhushev | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | FW | RUS | Ruslan Navlyotov | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | DF | RUS | Maksim Tishkin | 18 | 0 | 15+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | GK | GEO | Nukri Revishvili | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | MF | RUS | Oleg Vlasov | 31 | 1 | 26+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Ivanov | 14 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 97 | DF | FRA | Thomas Phibel | 18 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who appeared for Mordovia Saransk no longer at the club: ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | NED | Mitchell Donald | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Damien Le Tallec | 15 | 1 | 13+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Sysuyev | 9 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | POR | Yannick Djaló | 8 | 1 | 2+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Russian Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 48 | Yevgeni Lutsenko | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | FW | 23 | Ruslan Mukhametshin | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | 22 | Sergey Samodin | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | 16 | Dalibor Stevanović | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | 33 | Vladimir Rykov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 6 | Mitchell Donald | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 84 | Oleg Vlasov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | 20 | Yannick Djaló | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 7 | Damien Le Tallec | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | 97 | Thomas Phibel | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | 32 | Marko Lomić | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | 40 | Milan Perendija | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 30 | 0 | 30 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Russian Premier League | Russian Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Ilie Cebanu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Yevgeni Gapon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Igor Shitov | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Mitchell Donald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Damien Le Tallec | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Pavel Ignatovich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Emin Makhmudov | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Dalibor Stevanović | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Aslan Dudiyev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Yannick Djaló | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 23 | FW | Ruslan Mukhametshin | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Yevgeni Shipitsin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Marko Lomić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Vladimir Rykov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | Milan Perendija | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 48 | FW | Yevgeni Lutsenko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | Ruslan Nakhushev | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 71 | DF | Maksim Tishkin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | GK | Nukri Revishvili | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 97 | DF | Thomas Phibel | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 68 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 70 | 1 |