# 2015–16 FC Rostov season

The 2015–16 FC Rostov season was the club's seventh successive season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of football in Russia. Rostov will also take part in the Russian Cup, entering at the Round of 32 stage.

## Squad

    As of 26 February 2016
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 | KAZ | Stas Pokatilov |
| 2 | MF | BLR | Tsimafei Kalachou |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Denis Terentyev |
| 5 | DF | CRC | Felicio Brown Forbes |
| 6 | MF | IRN | Saeid Ezatolahi |
| 7 | FW | RUS | Dmitry Poloz |
| 8 | MF | MLI | Moussa Doumbia |
| 9 | MF | GAB | Guélor Kanga |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Bukharov |
| 15 | DF | ANG | Bastos |
| 16 | MF | ECU | Christian Noboa |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Igor Kireyev |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Pavel Mogilevets (on loan from Zenit) |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Khoren Bayramyan |
| 20 | FW | IRN | Sardar Azmoun (on loan from Rubin Kazan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | RUS | Said-Ali Akhmaev |
| 23 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Troshechkin |
| 25 | DF | RUS | Ivan Novoseltsev |
| 28 | DF | FIN | Boris Rotenberg (loan from Dynamo Moscow) |
| 30 | DF | RUS | Fyodor Kudryashov |
| 32 | FW | GEO | Nika Kacharava |
| 34 | DF | RUS | Timofei Margasov |
| 35 | GK | RUS | Soslan Dzhanayev |
| 44 | DF | ESP | César Navas |
| 77 | GK | RUS | Nikita Medvedev |
| 84 | MF | MDA | Alexandru Gațcan |
| 86 | FW | KOR | Yoo Byung-Soo |
| 89 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Yerokhin |
| 97 | GK | RUS | Yevgeni Goshev |

### 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 |
| 11 | MF | RUS | Artyom Kulishev (at Dynamo St. Petersburg) |
| 14 | DF | RUS | Temur Mustafin (at Avangard Kursk) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 57 | DF | RUS | Ruslan Abazov (at Tyumen) |

### Reserve 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 |
| 12 | GK | RUS | Nikita Chagrov |
| 31 | MF | RUS | Ruslan Shapovalov |
| 37 | MF | RUS | Sergei Zabrodin |
| 40 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Khristis |
| 41 | MF | RUS | Nikolai Stankevich |
| 45 | DF | RUS | Anton Lazutkin |
| 46 | FW | RUS | Danila Lyuft |
| 48 | MF | RUS | Artyom Maksimenko |
| 51 | GK | RUS | Ivan Zozin |
| 45 | DF | RUS | Artyom Sobol |
| 58 | MF | RUS | Maksim Kondrashyov |
| 59 | DF | RUS | Ivan Reutenko |
| 60 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Neskoromny |
| 62 | GK | RUS | Vladislav Suslov |
| 63 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Logunov |
| 66 | DF | RUS | Daniil Ostapenko |
| 68 | MF | RUS | Vasiliy Lipin |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 69 | MF | RUS | Nikita Kovalyov |
| 70 | MF | RUS | Andrei Sidenko |
| 71 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Veber |
| 73 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Grechkin |
| 74 | MF | RUS | Yevgeni Stukanov |
| 78 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Solovyov |
| 80 | MF | RUS | Dzhambulat Dulayev |
| 81 | MF | RUS | Roman Khodunov |
| 83 | MF | RUS | Ilya Zakharov |
| 87 | MF | RUS | Maksim Sukhomlinov |
| 88 | MF | RUS | Denis Mashkin |
| 90 | MF | RUS | Filipp Kondryukov |
| 91 | FW | RUS | Danila Khakhalev |
| 94 | GK | RUS | Roman Pshukov |
| 96 | DF | RUS | Nikita Bocharov |
| 98 | DF | RUS | Sergei Kiryakov |
| 99 | FW | SRB | Nemanja Nikolić |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Denis Terentyev (from Zenit Saint Petersburg, previously on loan at Tom Tomsk) |
| 5 | DF | CRC | Felicio Brown Forbes (from Ufa) |
| 16 | MF | ECU | Christian Noboa (from P.A.O.K.) |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Igor Kireyev (end of loan to Amkar Perm) |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Pavel Mogilevets (on loan from Zenit Saint Petersburg) |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Khoren Bayramyan (end of loan to Volgar Astrakhan) |
| 20 | FW | IRN | Sardar Azmoun (loan extended from Rubin Kazan) |
| 21 | MF | RUS | Said-Ali Akhmayev (from Spartak Moscow, previously on loan) |
| 28 | DF | FIN | Boris Rotenberg (on loan from Dynamo Moscow) |
| 34 | DF | RUS | Timofei Margasov (end of loan to Sibir Novosibirsk) |
| 37 | MF | RUS | Sergei Zabrodin (from Rostov-M-2 Rostov-on-Don) |
| 44 | DF | ESP | César Navas (from Rubin Kazan) |
| 46 | FW | RUS | Danila Lyuft |
| 48 | MF | RUS | Artyom Maksimenko (from Dynamo Moscow academy) |
| 51 | GK | RUS | Ivan Zozin |
| 58 | MF | RUS | Maksim Kondrashyov (from Rostov-M-2 Rostov-on-Don) |
| 59 | DF | RUS | Ivan Reutenko (from Rostov-M-2 Rostov-on-Don) |
| 68 | MF | RUS | Vasili Lipin (from Rostov-M-2 Rostov-on-Don) |
| 74 | MF | RUS | Yevgeni Stukanov |
| 78 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Solovyov (from Rostov-M-2 Rostov-on-Don) |
| 87 | MF | RUS | Maksim Sukhomlinov (from Rostov-M-2 Rostov-on-Don) |
| 94 | GK | RUS | Roman Pshukov (from Rostov-M-2 Rostov-on-Don) |
| 96 | DF | RUS | Nikita Bocharov |
| 98 | DF | RUS | Sergei Kiryakov |
| — | MF | RUS | Ivan Baklanov (end of loan to Arsenal-2 Tula) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | CRO | Stipe Pletikosa (released) |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Vladimir Granat (end of loan from Dynamo Moscow) |
| 4 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Torbinski (to FC Krasnodar) |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Vitali Dyakov (to Dynamo Moscow) |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Maksim Grigoryev (end of loan from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 15 | DF | BLR | Maksim Bardachow (end of loan from Tom Tomsk) |
| 16 | MF | MDA | Mihai Plătică (to Shinnik Yaroslavl) |
| 17 | FW | TKM | Wahyt Orazsähedow (to MGSK Aşgabat) |
| 19 | DF | CRO | Hrvoje Milić (to Hajduk Split) |
| 22 | FW | RUS | Artyom Dzyuba (end of loan from Spartak Moscow) |
| 39 | DF | RUS | Andrei Demchenko (to Solyaris Moscow) |
| 54 | DF | RUS | Konstantin Kulabukhov (to Dynamo Barnaul) |
| 55 | DF | RSA | Siyanda Xulu (to Kaizer Chiefs) |
| 59 | DF | RUS | Mikhail Martynov (to Volga Tver) |
| 61 | FW | RUS | Gennadi Kozlov (to Zenit-Izhevsk) |
| 70 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Stepanov (to Torpedo Moscow) |
| 88 | MF | LTU | Edgaras Česnauskis (released) |
| 96 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Yuryev (to Vityaz Podolsk) |
| — | DF | RUS | Ruslan Abazov (on loan to Fakel Voronezh, then on loan to Tyumen, previously on loan at Tyumen) |
| — | DF | RUS | Temur Mustafin (to Avangard Kursk, previously on loan) |
| — | DF | RUS | Andrei Vasilyev (to Zenit-2 St. Petersburg, previously on loan to Arsenal Tula) |
| — | MF | RUS | Sergey Belousov (to Metallurg Lipetsk, previously on loan to Sokol Saratov) |
| — | MF | RUS | Nika Chkhapeliya (to Baltika Kaliningrad, previously on loan at Zenit Penza) |
| — | MF | RUS | Azim Fatullayev (to Yenisey Krasnoyarsk, previously on loan at FC Tosno) |
| — | MF | RUS | Artyom Kulishev (to Dynamo Saint Petersburg, previously on loan to Vityaz Podolsk) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | KAZ | Stas Pokatilov (from Aktobe) |
| 6 | MF | IRN | Saeid Ezatolahi (from Atlético Madrid) |
| 30 | DF | RUS | Fyodor Kudryashov (from Terek Grozny) |
| 32 | FW | GEO | Nika Kacharava (from Tskhinvali) |
| 49 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Tananeyev (from own academy) |
| 56 | MF | RUS | Artyom Sobol (from SKA Rostov-on-Don) |
| 60 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Neskoromny |
| 63 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Logunov (from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 71 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Veber (from SKA Rostov-on-Don) |
| 77 | GK | RUS | Nikita Medvedev (from Zenit-Izhevsk Izhevsk) |
| 80 | MF | RUS | Dzhambulat Dulayev (free agent) |
| 81 | MF | RUS | Roman Khodunov (from SKA Rostov-on-Don) |
| 83 | MF | RUS | Ilya Zakharov (from SKA Rostov-on-Don) |
| 89 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Yerokhin (from Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | RUS | Nika Chkhapeliya (to Tosno, previously on loan to Baltika Kaliningrad) |

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

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | CSKA Moscow (C) | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 51 | 25 | +26 | 65 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Rostov | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 20 | +21 | 63 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 61 | 32 | +29 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 4 | Krasnodar | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 54 | 25 | +29 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Spartak Moscow | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 50 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
* ↑ Zenit Saint Petersburg qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 Russian Cup.

### 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 |
| 2 | MF | BLR | Tsimafei Kalachou | 22 | 0 | 18+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Denis Terentyev | 14 | 0 | 6+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | IRN | Saeid Ezatolahi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | RUS | Dmitry Poloz | 30 | 7 | 27+3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | MLI | Moussa Doumbia | 12 | 3 | 3+9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | GAB | Guélor Kanga | 17 | 2 | 14+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Bukharov | 25 | 3 | 13+12 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ANG | Bastos | 26 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ECU | Christian Noboa | 24 | 4 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Igor Kireyev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Pavel Mogilevets | 26 | 1 | 19+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Khoren Bayramyan | 7 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | IRN | Sardar Azmoun | 24 | 9 | 15+9 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Troshechkin | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | RUS | Ivan Novoseltsev | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | FIN | Boris Rotenberg | 15 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | RUS | Fyodor Kudryashov | 11 | 1 | 10+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | RUS | Ruslan Shapovalov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | RUS | Timofei Margasov | 25 | 0 | 23+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | RUS | Soslan Dzhanayev | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | RUS | Sergei Zabrodin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Khristis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | ESP | César Navas | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | RUS | Anton Lazutkin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | RUS | Daniil Ostapenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | RUS | Andrei Sidenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 73 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Grechkin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 74 | MF | RUS | Yevgeni Stukanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 84 | MF | MDA | Alexandru Gațcan | 23 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | FW | KOR | Yoo Byung-soo | 7 | 1 | 3+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | RUS | Denis Mashkin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 89 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Yerokhin | 11 | 2 | 5+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | MF | RUS | Filipp Kondryukov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | RUS | Danila Khakhalev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 97 | GK | RUS | Yevgeni Goshev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | SRB | Nemanja Nikolić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who appeared for Rostov no longer at the club: ||||||||||

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Russian Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 20 | Sardar Azmoun | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | FW | 7 | Dmitry Poloz | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | MF | 16 | Christian Noboa | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | FW | 11 | Aleksandr Bukharov | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | 8 | Moussa Doumbia | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | DF | 15 | Bastos | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | | | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 84 | Alexandru Gațcan | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 9 | Guélor Kanga | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 89 | Aleksandr Yerokhin | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | 86 | Yoo Byung-soo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 18 | Pavel Mogilevets | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 30 | Fyodor Kudryashov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 41 | 0 | 41 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Russian Premier League | Russian Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | MF | Tsimafei Kalachou | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | Denis Terentyev | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | Dmitry Poloz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Moussa Doumbia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Guélor Kanga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Aleksandr Bukharov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Bastos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Christian Noboa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Pavel Mogilevets | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Khoren Bayramyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Sardar Azmoun | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Ivan Novoseltsev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Boris Rotenberg | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Fyodor Kudryashov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Ruslan Shapovalov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Timofei Margasov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | Soslan Dzhanayev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | Dmitri Khristis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | César Navas | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | Anton Lazutkin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 84 | MF | Alexandru Gațcan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 86 | FW | Yoo Byung-soo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 89 | MF | Aleksandr Yerokhin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | Danila Khakhalev | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Nemanja Nikolić | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 75 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 80 | 2 |