# 2015–16 FC Kuban Krasnodar season

The 2015–16 FC Kuban Krasnodar season was their fifth season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia.

## Squad

    As of 25 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 | RUS | Yevgeni Frolov |
| 2 | DF | MDA | Igor Armaș |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Xandão |
| 5 | MF | GHA | Mohammed Rabiu |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Kulik |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Roman Pavlyuchenko |
| 10 | FW | UKR | Yevhen Seleznyov |
| 11 | FW | ROU | Gheorghe Bucur |
| 13 | GK | RUS | Nikita Khaykin |
| 14 | MF | RUS | Roman Kontsedalov |
| 15 | DF | RUS | Georgi Zotov |
| 16 | DF | BUL | Stanislav Manolev |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Svyatoslav Georgiyevsky |
| 20 | MF | UKR | Sergey Karetnik |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | RUS | Vladimir Lobkaryov |
| 22 | DF | BRA | Apodi |
| 23 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Belenov |
| 27 | DF | BRA | Felipe Santana |
| 30 | MF | UKR | Ihor Zhurakhovskyi |
| 43 | DF | RUS | Roman Bugayev |
| 72 | MF | RUS | Igor Konovalov |
| 73 | MF | RUS | Denis Yakuba |
| 78 | FW | RUS | Arsen Khubulov |
| 83 | FW | RUS | Maksim Mayrovich |
| 84 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Kleshchenko |
| 91 | GK | MDA | Dmitri Stajila |
| 99 | FW | SEN | Ibrahima Baldé |

### Youth 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 |
| 31 | MF | RUS | Yuri Zavezyon |
| 46 | DF | RUS | Yuri Zhuravlyov |
| 57 | DF | RUS | Ruslan Khagur |
| 58 | DF | RUS | Vladislav Puchkov |
| 60 | MF | RUS | Yuri Mitrokhin |
| 61 | FW | RUS | Alan Khachirov |
| 62 | FW | RUS | Ilya Stefanovich |
| 63 | MF | RUS | Nikita Kozlovskiy |
| 64 | DF | RUS | Timur Zakirov |
| 65 | DF | RUS | Ruslan Dzhamalutdinov |
| 67 | GK | RUS | Maksim Borisko |
| 68 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Ivanushkin |
| 69 | MF | RUS | Mikhail Babkin |
| 70 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Dzhumayev |
| 74 | MF | RUS | Nikita Skuridin |
| 79 | GK | RUS | Vladislav Shevchenko |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 80 | DF | RUS | Daniil Marugin |
| 81 | MF | RUS | Maksim Sidorov |
| 82 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Akishin |
| 85 | MF | RUS | Yakov Minkov |
| 86 | MF | RUS | Kirill Volchkov |
| 87 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Rybakov |
| 89 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Tyufyakov |
| 90 | MF | RUS | Ilmir Nurisov |
| 92 | MF | RUS | Dmitriy Galkin |
| 93 | DF | RUS | Soslan Kagermazov |
| 94 | GK | RUS | Nalbiy Sidzhakh |
| 95 | MF | RUS | Igor Ponomaryov |
| 96 | MF | UKR | Dmytro Shcherbak |
| 97 | MF | RUS | Kirill Shekhovtsov |
| 98 | GK | RUS | Ilya Sotsunov |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Yevgeni Frolov (from Dynamo Moscow) |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Roman Pavlyuchenko (from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 10 | MF | RUS | Andrei Arshavin (from Zenit Saint Petersburg) |
| 13 | GK | RUS | Nikita Khaykin (from Mordovia Saransk) |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Svyatoslav Georgiyevsky (from CSKA Moscow) |
| 21 | DF | RUS | Vladimir Lobkaryov (from Torpedo Armavir) |
| 60 | MF | RUS | Yuri Mitrokhin |
| 62 | FW | RUS | Ilya Stefanovich (from Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo) |
| 63 | MF | RUS | Nikita Kozlovsky (from LFK Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 68 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Ivanushkin (from Spartak Moscow) |
| 69 | DF | RUS | Ilya Shushkin |
| 74 | MF | RUS | Konstantin Kurkulov |
| 77 | MF | RUS | Sergei Tkachyov (from Lokomotiv Moscow, previously on loan) |
| 80 | DF | RUS | Daniil Marugin |
| 82 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Akishin (from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 85 | MF | RUS | Yakov Minkov (from Afips Afipsky) |
| 92 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Galkin (from LFK Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Eduard Baychora (to Tosno) |
| 10 | MF | BFA | Charles Kaboré (on loan to Krasnodar) |
| 13 | GK | RUS | Yevgeny Pomazan (end of loan from Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| 14 | DF | BIH | Toni Šunjić (to VfB Stuttgart) |
| 20 | FW | POR | Hugo Almeida (to Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| 22 | MF | RUS | Anton Sosnin (to Dynamo Moscow) |
| 38 | DF | RUS | Andrey Yeshchenko (end of loan from Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| 60 | MF | RUS | Valeri Zubov |
| 62 | MF | RUS | Artyom Yakovlev |
| 63 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Kurteyan |
| 68 | DF | RUS | Anatoli Khubezhov |
| 69 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Rochev |
| 71 | MF | BUL | Ivelin Popov (to Spartak Moscow) |
| 79 | GK | RUS | Vladislav Shevchenko (to Biolog-Novokubansk) |
| 80 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Ladik |
| 82 | GK | RUS | Maksim Zamyshlyayev |
| 85 | FW | RUS | Igor Zaporozhtsev |
| 91 | MF | RUS | Anton Moiseyev (to Feniks Bolshoy Beysug) |
| 92 | FW | RUS | Maksim Lauk (to Dynamo Kirov) |
| 95 | FW | RUS | Vardan Pogosyan (on loan to Pyunik Yerevan) |
| — | FW | URU | Gonzalo Bueno (on loan to União da Madeira, previously on loan to Nacional) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | FW | UKR | Yevhen Seleznyov (from Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk) |
| 14 | MF | RUS | Roman Kontsedalov (from Energomash Belgorod) |
| 15 | DF | RUS | Georgi Zotov (from Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| 22 | DF | BRA | Apodi (from Chapecoense) |
| 27 | DF | BRA | Felipe Santana (from Schalke 04) |
| 30 | MF | UKR | Ihor Zhurakhovskyi (from Metalurh Zaporizhya) |
| 57 | DF | RUS | Ruslan Khagur |
| 58 | DF | RUS | Vladislav Puchkov |
| 61 | FW | RUS | Alan Khachirov (from Kubanskaya Korona Shevchenko) |
| 67 | GK | RUS | Maksim Borisko |
| 69 | MF | RUS | Mikhail Babkin |
| 70 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Dzhumayev |
| 74 | MF | RUS | Nikita Skuridin |
| 79 | GK | RUS | Vladislav Shevchenko (end of loan to Biolog-Novokubansk) |
| 81 | MF | RUS | Maksim Sidorov |
| 91 | GK | MDA | Dmitri Stajila (from Sheriff Tiraspol) |
| 94 | GK | RUS | Nalbiy Sidzhakh |
| 97 | MF | RUS | Kirill Shekovtsov |
| 98 | GK | RUS | Ilya Sotsunov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Artur Tlisov (contract expired) |
| 10 | MF | RUS | Andrey Arshavin (to Kairat) |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Ignatyev (to Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 25 | MF | PAR | Lorenzo Melgarejo (to Spartak Moscow) |
| 67 | GK | RUS | Nikolai Kostenko |
| 77 | MF | RUS | Sergei Tkachyov (contract dissolved due to club's debts, to CSKA Moscow as a free agent) |
| — | FW | URU | Gonzalo Bueno (on loan to Estudiantes, previously on loan to União da Madeira) |

## Competitions
### Russian Premier 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 |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 50 | |
| 7 | Terek Grozny | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 44 | |
| 8 | Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 39 | |
| 9 | Krylia Sovetov Samara | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 31 | −12 | 35 | |
| 10 | Rubin Kazan | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 33 | |
| 11 | Amkar Perm | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 33 | −11 | 31 | |
| 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 |
* ↑ Zenit Saint Petersburg qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 Russian Cup.

#### Relegation play-offs
### Russian Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 16 May 2016

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Playoffs | Playoffs | Russian Cup | Russian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Yevgeni Frolov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | MDA | Igor Armaș | 28 | 2 | 24+1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Xandão | 30 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | GHA | Mohammed Rabiu | 22 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Kulik | 16 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Roman Pavlyuchenko | 10 | 2 | 4+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | UKR | Yevhen Seleznyov | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ROU | Gheorghe Bucur | 16 | 0 | 8+5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | RUS | Roman Kontsedalov | 8 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | RUS | Georgi Zotov | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | BUL | Stanislav Manolev | 18 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Svyatoslav Georgiyevsky | 8 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | UKR | Sergey Karetnik | 15 | 0 | 6+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | RUS | Vladimir Lobkaryov | 13 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | BRA | Apodi | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Belenov | 33 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | BRA | Felipe Santana | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | UKR | Ihor Zhurakhovskyi | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | RUS | Yuri Zavezyon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | RUS | Roman Bugayev | 24 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | RUS | Yuri Zhuravlyov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | FW | RUS | Ilya Stefanovich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 | DF | RUS | Ruslan Dzhamalutdinov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 68 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Ivanushkin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 72 | MF | RUS | Igor Konovalov | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 73 | MF | RUS | Denis Yakuba | 17 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 78 | MF | RUS | Arsen Khubulov | 27 | 0 | 18+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 83 | FW | RUS | Maksim Mayrovich | 15 | 1 | 6+6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 84 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Kleshchenko | 7 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 86 | MF | RUS | Kirill Volchkov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 89 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Tyufyakov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 90 | MF | RUS | Ilmir Nurisov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 91 | GK | MDA | Dmitri Stajila | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | SEN | Ibrahima Baldé | 23 | 4 | 10+11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Players who left Kuban Krasnodar on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left Kuban Krasnodar during the season: ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | RUS | Artur Tlisov | 15 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | RUS | Andrey Arshavin | 9 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | GK | BIH | Toni Šunjić | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Ignatyev | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | PAR | Lorenzo Melgarejo | 17 | 1 | 14+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 77 | MF | RUS | Sergei Tkachyov | 17 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Playoffs | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 25 | Lorenzo Melgarejo | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | MF | 18 | Vladislav Ignatyev | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | 99 | Ibrahima Baldé | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | 77 | Sergei Tkachyov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | 78 | Arsen Khubulov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | 10 | Yevhen Seleznyov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | 9 | Roman Pavlyuchenko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | 2 | Igor Armaș | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 22 | Apodi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | 83 | Maksim Mayrovich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 20 | Sergey Karetnik | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 4 | Xandão | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 90 | Ilmir Nurisov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 86 | Kirill Volchkov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 33 | 3 | 1 | 37 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Russian Premier League | Russian Premier League | Playoffs | Playoffs | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Igor Armaș | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Xandão | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Mohammed Rabiu | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | Artur Tlisov | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Roman Pavlyuchenko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Andrey Arshavin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Yevhen Seleznyov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Gheorghe Bucur | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Toni Šunjić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Roman Kontsedalov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Georgi Zotov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Stanislav Manolev | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Svyatoslav Georgiyevsky | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Vladislav Ignatyev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Apodi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | Aleksandr Belenov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | Lorenzo Melgarejo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Felipe Santana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | Roman Bugayev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 73 | MF | Denis Yakuba | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Sergei Tkachyov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 78 | FW | Arsen Khubulov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 83 | FW | Maksim Mayrovich | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 84 | MF | Aleksandr Kleshchenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 86 | MF | Kirill Volchkov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Ibrahima Baldé | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 62 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 78 | 4 |