# 2024–25 FC Rostov season

The 2024–25 season is the 95th season in the history of FC Rostov, and the club's 13th consecutive season in Russian Premier League. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Russian Cup.

## Season events

On 16 June, Rostov announced the signing of Rustam Yatimov from Istiklol.
On 20 June, Rostov announced the signing of Konstantin Kuchayev from Pari Nizhny Novgorod.
On 25 June, Rostov announced the signing of Hidajet Hankić from Botev Plovdiv. The following day, 26 June, Rostov announced the permanent singing of Oumar Sako from Arda Kardzhali after previously being on loan at the club.
On 5 July, Rostov announced the signing of Rodrigo Saravia from Peñarol.
On 19 July, Rostov announced the season-long loan signing of Daniil Odoyevsky from Zenit St.Petersburg.
On 15 August, Rostov announced the season-long loan signing of Aleksei Sutormin from Zenit St.Petersburg.
On 25 February, Head Coach Valery Karpin resigned from his position and was replaced by Jonatan Alba.

## Squad

    As of match played 16 March 2025
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Rustam Yatimov | GK | (1998-07-13) 13 July 1998 (age 26) | Istiklol | 2024 | | 17 | 0 |
| 13 | Hidajet Hankić | GK | (1994-06-29) 29 June 1994 (age 30) | Botev Plovdiv | 2024 | | 3 | 0 |
| 71 | Daniil Odoyevsky | GK | (2003-01-22) 22 January 2003 (age 22) | on loan from Zenit St.Petersburg | 2024 | 2025 | 10 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | Oumar Sako | DF | (1996-05-04) 4 May 1996 (age 28) | Arda Kardzhali | 2024 | | 41 | 0 |
| 4 | Viktor Melyokhin | DF | (2003-12-16) 16 December 2003 (age 21) | Academy | 2021 | | 100 | 2 |
| 5 | Nikolai Poyarkov | DF | (1999-10-16) 16 October 1999 (age 25) | Lokomotiv Moscow | 2019 | | 38 | 0 |
| 34 | Eyad El Askalany | DF | (2004-12-24) 24 December 2004 (age 20) | Ismaily | 2024 | | 9 | 0 |
| 40 | Ilya Vakhaniya | DF | (2001-01-14) 14 January 2001 (age 24) | Zenit St.Petersburg | 2023 | | 63 | 1 |
| 55 | Maksim Osipenko | DF | (1994-05-16) 16 May 1994 (age 30) | Tambov | 2020 | | 157 | 23 |
| 67 | German Ignatov | DF | (2005-08-11) 11 August 2005 (age 19) | Academy | 2023 | | 11 | 1 |
| 87 | Andrei Langovich | DF | (2003-05-28) 28 May 2003 (age 21) | Academy | 2020 | | 103 | 6 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | Aleksei Mironov | MF | (2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 25) | Lokomotiv Moscow | 2022 | 2027 | 52 | 2 |
| 9 | Mohammad Mohebi | MF | (1998-12-20) 20 December 1998 (age 26) | Santa Clara | 2023 | | 46 | 11 |
| 10 | Kirill Shchetinin | MF | (2002-01-17) 17 January 2002 (age 23) | Zenit St.Petersburg | 2022 | | 112 | 8 |
| 11 | Aleksei Sutormin | MF | (1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 (age 31) | on loan from Zenit St.Petersburg | 2024 | 2025 | 23 | 2 |
| 18 | Konstantin Kuchayev | MF | (1998-03-18) 18 March 1998 (age 26) | Pari Nizhny Novgorod | 2024 | | 20 | 1 |
| 19 | Khoren Bayramyan | MF | (1992-01-07) 7 January 1992 (age 33) | Academy | 2011 | | 234 | 11 |
| 51 | Aleksey Koltakov | MF | (2005-11-14) 14 November 2005 (age 19) | Academy | 2024 | | 10 | 0 |
| 53 | Kirill Moiseyev | MF | (2004-05-28) 28 May 2004 (age 20) | Torpedo Vladimir | 2021 | | 1 | 0 |
| 57 | Ilya Zhbanov | MF | (2004-07-25) 25 July 2004 (age 20) | Academy | 2024 | | 6 | 0 |
| 58 | Daniil Shantali | MF | (2004-05-25) 25 May 2004 (age 20) | Academy | 2022 | | 10 | 0 |
| 62 | Ivan Komarov | MF | (2003-04-15) 15 April 2003 (age 21) | Academy | 2020 | | 58 | 6 |
| 77 | Stepan Melnikov | MF | (2002-04-25) 25 April 2002 (age 22) | Spartak Moscow | 2022 | | 23 | 2 |
| 89 | Rodrigo Saravia | MF | (2000-08-17) 17 August 2000 (age 24) | Peñarol | 2024 | | 20 | 1 |
| 97 | Ilya Zubenko | MF | (2006-05-29) 29 May 2006 (age 18) | Academy | 2024 | | 4 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | Ronaldo | FW | (2000-12-07) 7 December 2000 (age 24) | Levski Sofia | 2024 | | 39 | 12 |
| 27 | Nikolay Komlichenko | FW | (1995-06-29) 29 June 1995 (age 29) | Dynamo Moscow | 2022 | 2026 | 118 | 33 |
| 69 | Yegor Golenkov | FW | (1999-07-07) 7 July 1999 (age 25) | Sigma Olomouc | 2022 | 2027 | 112 | 25 |
| 73 | Imran Aznaurov | FW | (2004-08-23) 23 August 2004 (age 20) | Academy | 2024 | | 15 | 0 |
| 88 | Denis Titov | FW | (2006-11-06) 6 November 2006 (age 18) | Academy | 2024 | | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Anton Shamonin | FW | (2005-03-28) 28 March 2005 (age 19) | Academy | 2024 | | 4 | 0 |
| Out on loan ||||||||||
| 28 | Yevgeni Chernov | DF | (1992-10-23) 23 October 1992 (age 32) | Krasnodar | 2023 | | 120 | 3 |
| 47 | Daniil Utkin | MF | (1999-10-12) 12 October 1999 (age 25) | Krasnodar | 2022 | | 72 | 4 |
| | Dennis Hadžikadunić | DF | (1998-07-09) 9 July 1998 (age 26) | Malmö FF | 2018 | | 69 | 3 |
| | Igor Kalinin | DF | (1995-11-11) 11 November 1995 (age 29) | Ural Yekaterinburg | 2021 | | 15 | 0 |
| | Nikita Kotin | DF | (2002-09-01) 1 September 2002 (age 22) | Unattached | 2021 | | 1 | 0 |
| | Danila Prokhin | DF | (2001-05-24) 24 May 2001 (age 23) | Zenit St.Petersburg | 2021 | | 40 | 1 |
| | Danila Sukhomlinov | MF | (2002-08-31) 31 August 2002 (age 22) | Academy | 2020 | | 27 | 0 |
| | Ali Sowe | FW | (1994-06-14) 14 June 1994 (age 30) | CSKA Sofia | 2021 | 2025 | 31 | 7 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 15 | Danil Glebov | MF | (1999-11-03) 3 November 1999 (age 25) | Anzhi Makhachkala | 2019 | | 191 | 12 |
| 23 | Roman Tugarev | MF | (1998-07-22) 22 July 1998 (age 26) | Lokomotiv Moscow | 2021 | | 73 | 8 |
| 64 | David Semenchuk | DF | (2004-10-22) 22 October 2004 (age 20) | Academy | 2023 | | 10 | 0 |
| | Pontus Almqvist | MF | (1999-07-10) 10 July 1999 (age 25) | IFK Norrköping | 2020 | 2025 | 39 | 3 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 16 June 2024 | GK | Rustam Yatimov | Istiklol | Undisclosed |
| 20 June 2024 | MF | Konstantin Kuchayev | Pari Nizhny Novgorod | Undisclosed |
| 25 June 2024 | GK | Hidajet Hankić | Botev Plovdiv | Undisclosed |
| 26 June 2024 | DF | Oumar Sako | Arda Kardzhali | Undisclosed |
| 5 July 2024 | MF | Rodrigo Saravia | Peñarol | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 19 July 2024 | GK | | Daniil Odoyevsky | Zenit St.Petersburg | End of season | |
| 15 August 2024 | MF | | Aleksei Sutormin | Zenit St.Petersburg | End of season | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 14 June 2024 | MF | Magnus Knudsen | Holstein Kiel | Undisclosed |
| 23 June 2024 | GK | Nikita Medvedev | Pari Nizhny Novgorod | Undisclosed |
| 19 July 2024 | FW | Maksim Turishchev | Arsenal Tula | Undisclosed |
| 23 July 2024 | MF | Armin Gigović | Holstein Kiel | Undisclosed |
| 13 August 2024 | MF | Pontus Almqvist | Parma | Undisclosed |
| 7 August 2024 | DF | David Semenchuk | Arsenal Tula | Undisclosed |
| 14 January 2025 | GK | Mikhail Tsulaya | Arsenal Tula | Undisclosed |
| 20 February 2025 | MF | Danil Glebov | Dynamo Moscow | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| 2 July 2024 | GK | Aleksandr Grigoryev | Leningradets Leningrad Oblast | End of season |
| 3 July 2024 | FW | Ali Sowe | Çaykur Rizespor | End of season |
| 16 July 2024 | DF | Nikita Kotin | Dynamo Makhachkala | 12 February 2025 |
| 25 July 2024 | DF | Nikolai Poyarkov | SKA-Khabarovsk | End of season |
| 11 September 2024 | MF | Daniil Utkin | Akhmat Grozny | End of season |
| 22 January 2025 | DF | Yevgeni Chernov | Baltika Kaliningrad | End of season |
| 12 February 2025 | DF | Nikita Kotin | Shinnik Yaroslavl | End of season |

### Released

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date | Ref. |
| 19 January 2025 | MF | | Roman Tugarev | Elimai | 30 January 2025 | |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 20 July 2023 | | Matchday 1 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 038.10 |
| Russian Cup | 30 July 2023 | | Group stage | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 055.56 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 043.33 |
Last updated: 16 March 2025 Source: Soccerway

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | CSKA Moscow | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 15 | +16 | 38 |
| 7 | Rubin Kazan | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 32 |
| 8 | Rostov | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 30 |
| 9 | Akron Tolyatti | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 38 | −12 | 25 |
| 10 | Dynamo Makhachkala | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 22 | −6 | 21 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 16 March 2025. Source:

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | L |
| Position | 11 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | |

#### Matches

The match schedule was released on 20 June 2024.

### Russian Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 17 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (RPL path) |
| 2 | Rostov | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 11 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (RPL path) |
| 3 | Khimki | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 5 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (regions path) |
| 4 | Orenburg | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 3 | |

#### Knockout phase
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 16 March 2025

### 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 | TJK | Rustam Yatimov | 17 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NIG | Oumar Sako | 27 | 0 | 16+4 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Viktor Melyokhin | 20 | 1 | 6+6 | 0 | 7+1 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Nikolai Poyarkov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Ronaldo | 24 | 6 | 20+1 | 4 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Mohebi | 17 | 5 | 10+2 | 3 | 1+4 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | RUS | Kirill Shchetinin | 27 | 0 | 11+8 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Sutormin | 23 | 2 | 9+8 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 13 | GK | BIH | Hidajet Hankić | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Konstantin Kuchayev | 20 | 1 | 5+7 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | ARM | Khoren Bayramyan | 24 | 0 | 2+14 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | RUS | Nikolay Komlichenko | 25 | 7 | 15+3 | 7 | 2+5 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | EGY | Eyad El Askalany | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | RUS | Ilya Vakhaniya | 30 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 |
| 51 | MF | RUS | Aleksey Koltakov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | RUS | Maksim Osipenko | 27 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 57 | MF | RUS | Ilya Zhbanov | 6 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 58 | MF | RUS | Daniil Shantali | 8 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 62 | MF | RUS | Ivan Komarov | 17 | 3 | 9+3 | 2 | 1+4 | 1 |
| 67 | DF | RUS | German Ignatov | 8 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 69 | FW | RUS | Yegor Golenkov | 24 | 8 | 7+10 | 4 | 4+3 | 4 |
| 71 | GK | RUS | Daniil Odoyevsky | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 73 | FW | RUS | Imran Aznaurov | 9 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 87 | DF | RUS | Andrei Langovich | 24 | 2 | 16+1 | 1 | 3+4 | 1 |
| 89 | MF | URU | Rodrigo Saravia | 20 | 1 | 11+4 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | RUS | Anton Shamonin | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 97 | MF | RUS | Ilya Zubenko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| 28 | DF | RUS | Yevgeni Chernov | 9 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | RUS | Daniil Utkin | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Rostov but left during the season: ||||||||||
| 15 | MF | RUS | Danil Glebov | 23 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 64 | DF | RUS | David Semenchuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 69 | Yegor Golenkov | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | FW | | 27 | Nikolay Komlichenko | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | DF | | 55 | Maksim Osipenko | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | FW | | 7 | Ronaldo | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | MF | | 9 | Mohammad Mohebi | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | | 62 | Ivan Komarov | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | | 87 | Andrei Langovich | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | | 11 | Aleksei Sutormin | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | | | | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | | 89 | Rodrigo Saravia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | 15 | Danil Glebov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | 18 | Konstantin Kuchayev | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 4 | Viktor Melyokhin | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 32 | 14 | 46 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 1 | Rustam Yatimov | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | GK | | 71 | Daniil Odoyevsky | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 3 | 2 | 5 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Total | Total |
| 3 | | DF | Oumar Sako | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | | DF | Viktor Melyokhin | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Nikolai Poyarkov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | | FW | Ronaldo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | | MF | Mohammad Mohebi | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | | MF | Kirill Shchetinin | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | | MF | Aleksei Sutormin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | | MF | Konstantin Kuchayev | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | | MF | Khoren Bayramyan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | | FW | Nikolay Komlichenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | | DF | Eyad El Askalany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | | DF | Ilya Vakhaniya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 55 | | DF | Maksim Osipenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 57 | | MF | Ilya Zhbanov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | | MF | Ivan Komarov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 67 | | DF | German Ignatov | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 69 | | FW | Yegor Golenkov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 87 | | DF | Andrei Langovich | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 89 | | MF | Rodrigo Saravia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| 28 | | DF | Yevgeni Chernov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | | MF | Daniil Utkin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left Rostov during the season: ||||||||||
| 15 | | MF | Danil Glebov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 58 | 0 |