# 2007 FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok season

The 2007 Luch-Energiya Vladivostok season was the club's 3rd season in the Russian Premier League, and their second since 1993. Luch-Energiya Vladivostok finished the season in 14th, narrowly avoiding relegation on matches won, and were knocked out of the 2007–08 Russian Cup by Metallurg Krasnoyarsk at the Round of 32 stage.

## Squad

    As of match played 11 November 2007
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Aleksandr Chikhradze | GK | (1975-08-17)17 August 1975 (aged 32) | Spartak Nalchik | 2007 | | 5 | 0 |
| 23 | Marek Čech | GK | (1976-04-08)8 April 1976 (aged 31) | Slovan Liberec | 2007 | 2009 | 25 | 0 |
| 69 | Andrei Fisenko | GK | (1987-07-16)16 July 1987 (aged 20) | Youth Team | 2007 | | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Kirill Muzyka | GK | (1990-11-22)22 November 1990 (aged 16) | Youth Team | 2007 | | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Konstantin Lobov | DF | (1981-05-02)2 May 1981 (aged 26) | Zenit St.Petersburg | 2004 | | | |
| 3 | Dmytro Semochko | DF | (1979-01-25)25 January 1979 (aged 28) | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 2006 | | 52 | 2 |
| 4 | Rade Novković | DF | (1980-06-25)25 June 1980 (aged 27) | Rad | 2007 | | 14 | 0 |
| 5 | Igor Kralevski | DF | (1978-11-10)10 November 1978 (aged 29) | Hajduk Split | 2007 | | 18 | 0 |
| 6 | Marian Palát | DF | (1977-06-01)1 June 1977 (aged 30) | Mladá Boleslav | 2007 | | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | Syarhey Shtanyuk | DF | (1973-08-13)13 August 1973 (aged 34) | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 2006 | | 46 | 1 |
| 25 | Anatoli Skvortsov | DF | (1976-11-24)24 November 1976 (aged 30) | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 2007 | | 7 | 0 |
| 30 | Dmitri N. Smirnov | DF | (1980-11-09)9 November 1980 (aged 27) | Khimki | 2006 | | 44 | 1 |
| 35 | Pavel Hannesen | DF | (1986-02-19)19 February 1986 (aged 21) | Youth Team | 2005 | | | |
| 60 | Sergei Fisenko | DF | (1987-07-16)16 July 1987 (aged 20) | Youth Team | 2007 | | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | Roman Kishkaruk | DF | (1989-11-18)18 November 1989 (aged 17) | Youth Team | 2007 | | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | Yevgeni Kuznetsov | MF | (1983-12-02)2 December 1983 (aged 23) | Dynamo Moscow | 2004 | | | |
| 11 | Maksim Astafyev | MF | (1982-12-08)8 December 1982 (aged 24) | Zenit St.Petersburg | 2004 | | | |
| 15 | Beslan Ajinjal | MF | (1974-06-22)22 June 1974 (aged 33) | Sokol Saratov | 2005 | | | |
| 17 | Aleksandr Sheshukov | MF | (1983-04-15)15 April 1983 (aged 24) | Spartak Moscow | 2005 | | | |
| 21 | Ruslan Ajinjal | MF | (1974-06-22)22 June 1974 (aged 33) | Terek Grozny | 2006 | | 54 | 2 |
| 22 | Levan Gvazava | MF | (1980-07-08)8 July 1980 (aged 27) | Spartak Nalchik | 2007 | | 9 | 1 |
| 24 | Dmitry A. Smirnov | MF | (1980-08-13)13 August 1980 (aged 27) | Alania Vladikavkaz | 2005 | | | |
| 27 | Georgi Bazayev | MF | (1978-08-26)26 August 1978 (aged 29) | Alania Vladikavkaz | 2006 | | 46 | 8 |
| 29 | Aleksey Arkhipov | MF | (1983-03-24)24 March 1983 (aged 24) | Dynamo Moscow | 2004 | | | |
| 58 | Sergei Litvinov | MF | (1986-09-29)29 September 1986 (aged 21) | Youth Team | 2006 | | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Roman Voydel | MF | (1985-07-16)16 July 1985 (aged 22) | Metallurg Lipetsk | 2007 | | 2 | 0 |
| 87 | Artyom Mikheyev | MF | (1987-10-28)28 October 1987 (aged 20) | Youth Team | 2005 | | | |
| 99 | Yevgeniy Ivanov | MF | (1984-11-30)30 November 1984 (aged 22) | Youth Team | 2005 | | | |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Vital Lanko | FW | (1977-04-04)4 April 1977 (aged 30) | Spartak Nalchik | 2007 | | 11 | 0 |
| 10 | Aleksandr Tikhonovetsky | FW | (1979-04-11)11 April 1979 (aged 28) | Chernomorets Novorossiysk | 2004 | | | |
| 12 | Igor Strelkov | FW | (1982-03-21)21 March 1982 (aged 25) | Kuban Krasnodar | 2007 | | 13 | 5 |
| 14 | Semyon Melnikov | FW | (1985-01-27)27 January 1985 (aged 22) | loan from Zenit St.Petersburg | 2007 | | 9 | 0 |
| 20 | Andrei Ospeshinskiy | FW | (1979-09-26)26 September 1979 (aged 28) | Khimki | 2006 | | 35 | 3 |
| 28 | Nenad Stojanović | FW | (1979-10-22)22 October 1979 (aged 28) | Brussels | 2007 | 2009 | 12 | 0 |
| 31 | Vladimir Merkulov | FW | (1989-06-09)9 June 1989 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2007 | | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Viktor Fomichyov | FW | (1989-01-04)4 January 1989 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2007 | | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | Maksim Kazakov | FW | (1987-04-07)7 April 1987 (aged 20) | Youth Team | 2007 | | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Anton Kasatkin | FW | (1985-07-12)12 July 1985 (aged 22) | Youth Team | 2006 | | 2 | 0 |
| Away on loan ||||||||||
| 22 | Stanislav Reznikov | MF | (1986-04-08)8 April 1986 (aged 21) | Chernomorets Novorossiysk | 2005 | | | |
| Players that left Luch-Energiya Vladivostok during the season ||||||||||
| 8 | Aleksei Ivanov | MF | (1981-09-01)1 September 1981 (aged 26) | Khimki | 2005 | | | |
| 33 | Denis Bolshakov | MF | (1987-06-07)7 June 1987 (aged 20) | Dynamo Moscow | 2007 | | 3 | 0 |

### 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 |
| 22 | MF | RUS | Stanislav Reznikov (to Nosta Novotroitsk) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Ivanov (to Saturn Ramenskoye) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 33 | MF | RUS | Denis Bolshakov (to SKA-Energia Khabarovsk) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 4 January 2007 | GK | Marek Čech | Slovan Liberec | Undisclosed |
| 13 February 2007 | FW | Nenad Stojanović | Brussels | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2007 | GK | Aleksandr Chikhradze | Spartak Nalchik | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2007 | DF | Igor Kralevski | Hajduk Split | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2007 | DF | Rade Novković | Rad | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2007 | MF | Denis Bolshakov | Dynamo Moscow | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2007 | MF | Roman Voydel | Metallurg Lipetsk | Undisclosed |
| 20 July 2007 | DF | Marian Palát | Mladá Boleslav | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2007 | DF | Anatoli Skvortsov | Shinnik Yaroslavl | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2007 | MF | Levan Gvazava | Spartak Nalchik | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2007 | FW | Vital Lanko | Spartak Nalchik | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2007 | FW | Igor Strelkov | Kuban Krasnodar | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| Winter 2007 | FW | | Semyon Melnikov | Zenit St.Petersburg | Undisclosed | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| Winter 2007 | MF | | Denis Bolshakov | SKA-Energia Khabarovsk | Undisclosed | |
| Winter 2007 | MF | | Aleksei Ivanov | Saturn Ramenskoye | Undisclosed | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| Winter 2007 | MF | | Stanislav Reznikov | Nosta Novotroitsk | End of Season | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined |
| 31 December 2007 | DF | Syarhey Shtanyuk | Rostov |
| 31 December 2007 | DF | Sergei Fisenko | |
| 31 December 2007 | DF | Pavel Hannesen | |
| 31 December 2007 | DF | Konstantin Lobov | Vityaz Podolsk |
| 31 December 2007 | DF | Dmytro Semochko | Shinnik Yaroslavl |
| 31 December 2007 | DF | Anatoli Skvortsov | Chernomorets Novorossiysk |
| 31 December 2007 | MF | Beslan Ajinjal | Tom Tomsk |
| 31 December 2007 | MF | Ruslan Ajinjal | Krylia Sovetov |
| 31 December 2007 | MF | Aleksey Arkhipov | Vityaz Podolsk |
| 31 December 2007 | MF | Maksim Astafyev | Rostov |
| 31 December 2007 | MF | Yevgeniy Ivanov | |
| 31 December 2007 | MF | Sergei Litvinov | |
| 31 December 2007 | FW | Anton Kasatkin | |
| 31 December 2007 | FW | Vladimir Merkulov | |
| 31 December 2007 | FW | Andrei Ospeshinskiy | |
| 31 December 2007 | FW | Igor Strelkov | Tom Tomsk |

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

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Spartak Nalchik | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 33 | |
| 13 | Krylia Sovetov Samara | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 32 | |
| 14 | Luch-Energiya Vladivostok | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 39 | −13 | 32 | |
| 15 | Kuban Krasnodar (R) | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 27 | 38 | −11 | 32 | Relegation to First Division |
| 16 | Rostov (R) | 30 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 44 | −26 | 18 | Relegation to First Division |

### 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 |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Chikhradze | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Konstantin Lobov | 9 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | UKR | Dmytro Semochko | 25 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SRB | Rade Novković | 14 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | MKD | Igor Kralevski | 18 | 0 | 15+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | CZE | Marian Palát | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Yevgeni Kuznetsov | 6 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BLR | Vital Lanko | 11 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Tikhonovetsky | 21 | 4 | 14+7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | RUS | Maksim Astafyev | 16 | 1 | 7+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | RUS | Igor Strelkov | 13 | 5 | 9+4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | BLR | Syarhey Shtanyuk | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | RUS | Semyon Melnikov | 9 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | RUS | Beslan Ajinjal | 29 | 2 | 28+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Sheshukov | 26 | 2 | 25+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | RUS | Andrei Ospeshinskiy | 7 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | RUS | Ruslan Ajinjal | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | GEO | Levan Gvazava | 9 | 1 | 5+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | CZE | Marek Čech | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | RUS | Dmitry A. Smirnov | 15 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | UKR | Anatoli Skvortsov | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | RUS | Georgi Bazayev | 25 | 4 | 18+7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | SRB | Nenad Stojanović | 12 | 0 | 7+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | RUS | Aleksey Arkhipov | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | RUS | Dmitri N. Smirnov | 24 | 1 | 23+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | RUS | Viktor Fomichyov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | RUS | Pavel Hannesen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 63 | FW | RUS | Anton Kasatkin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | RUS | Roman Voydel | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | RUS | Artyom Mikheyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 90 | GK | RUS | Kirill Muzyka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who appeared for Luch-Energiya Vladivostok but left during the season: ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Ivanov | 18 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | RUS | Denis Bolshakov | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | 2007-08 Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 12 | Igor Strelkov | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | MF | | 27 | Georgi Bazayev | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | MF | | 8 | Aleksei Ivanov | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | FW | | 10 | Aleksandr Tikhonovetsky | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | | 15 | Beslan Ajinjal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | | 17 | Aleksandr Sheshukov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | | 30 | Dmitri N. Smirnov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | | 3 | Dmytro Semochko | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | 22 | Levan Gvazava | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | 11 | Maksim Astafyev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 26 | 0 | 26 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | 2007-08 Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 23 | Marek Čech | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 8 | 0 | 8 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | 2007-08 Russian Cup | 2007-08 Russian Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | | DF | Konstantin Lobov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | | DF | Dmytro Semochko | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 4 | | DF | Rade Novković | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Igor Kralevski | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | | DF | Marian Palát | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | | FW | Vital Lanko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | | FW | Aleksandr Tikhonovetsky | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | | MF | Maksim Astafyev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | | FW | Igor Strelkov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | | DF | Syarhey Shtanyuk | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 15 | | MF | Beslan Ajinjal | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | | MF | Aleksandr Sheshukov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 21 | | MF | Ruslan Ajinjal | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 22 | | MF | Levan Gvazava | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | | GK | Marek Čech | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | | MF | Dmitry A. Smirnov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | | DF | Anatoli Skvortsov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | | MF | Georgi Bazayev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | | DF | Dmitri N.Smirnov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | | DF | Pavel Hannesen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 63 | | FW | Anton Kasatkin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Luch-Energiya Vladivostok during the season: ||||||||||
| 8 | | MF | Aleksei Ivanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 74 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 76 | 1 |