# 2017–18 FC Ufa season

The 2017–18 FC Ufa season was the fourth successive season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia, and fifth in total. Ufa finished the season in sixth place, qualifying for UEFA Europa League for the first time due to Tosno failing to obtain a UEFA licence after their Russian Cup victory. This meant that Krasnodar, the fourth-placed team in the Russian Premier League, entered the group stage instead of the third qualifying round, fifth-placed Zenit St.Petersburg, entered the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round, and sixth-placed Ufa taking the second qualifying round berth. Ufa were knocked out of the Russian Cup at the Round of 32 by Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod.

## Squad

    As of 28 February 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Pavel Alikin |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Nikitin |
| 5 | DF | SVN | Bojan Jokić |
| 6 | MF | SUI | Vero Salatić |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Sysuyev |
| 9 | MF | CZE | Ondřej Vaněk |
| 10 | FW | KAZ | Yerkebulan Seidakhmet |
| 13 | MF | RUS | Azamat Zaseyev |
| 17 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Zhivoglyadov |
| 19 | MF | CRO | Ivan Paurević |
| 20 | DF | RUS | Denis Tumasyan |
| 21 | FW | NGA | Kehinde Fatai |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | MDA | Victor Patrașco |
| 27 | DF | ROU | Ionuț Nedelcearu |
| 31 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Belenov |
| 33 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Sukhov |
| 39 | MF | RUS | Dmitry Stotsky |
| 44 | FW | NGA | Sylvester Igboun |
| 55 | DF | GEO | Jemal Tabidze |
| 57 | FW | RUS | Vyacheslav Krotov |
| 70 | MF | RUS | Nikolai Safronidi |
| 88 | GK | RUS | Giorgi Shelia |
| 93 | DF | MDA | Cătălin Carp |
| 98 | MF | RUS | Ivan Oblyakov |

### 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 |
| 60 | MF | RUS | Vladimir Zubarev (at Khimki) |
| 87 | MF | RUS | Igor Bezdenezhnykh (at Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod) |
| 99 | FW | RUS | Islamnur Abdulavov (at Tom Tomsk) |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Aleksei Chernov (from Kaluga) |
| 6 | MF | SUI | Vero Salatić (from Sion) |
| 55 | DF | GEO | Jemal Tabidze (from Gent) |
| 80 | MF | RUS | Arseni Zdorovets |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Mikhail Borodko (to Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod) |
| 2 | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Filin (to Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod) |
| 45 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Putsko (on loan to SKA-Khabarovsk) |
| 56 | GK | RUS | Igor Ozhiganov |
| 96 | FW | RUS | Nikita Tikhonov |
| — | MF | RUS | Andrei Batyutin (on loan to Dynamo St. Petersburg, previously on loan to Zenit-2 St. Petersburg) |
| — | MF | RUS | Maksim Semakin (to Yenisey Krasnoyarsk, previously on loan) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | FW | KAZ | Yerkebulan Seidakhmet (from Taraz) |
| 27 | DF | ROU | Ionuț Nedelcearu (from Dinamo București) |
| 52 | GK | RUS | Rem Saitgareyev |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 53 | GK | RUS | Gleb Yefimov (to Zorky Krasnogorsk) |
| 60 | MF | RUS | Vladimir Zubarev (on loan to Khimki) |
| 87 | MF | RUS | Igor Bezdenezhnykh (on loan to Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod) |
| 99 | FW | RUS | Islamnur Abdulavov (on loan to Tom Tomsk) |

## 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | D | W | D | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | L | D | D | W | D | W |
| Position | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Krasnodar | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 54 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 46 | 21 | +25 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Ufa | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 43 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 7 | Arsenal Tula | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 42 | |
| 8 | Dynamo Moscow | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 30 | −1 | 40 | |
* 1 2 3 Tosno qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2017–18 Russian Cup. However, since they failed to obtain a UEFA licence, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed to fourth-placed team, the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team was passed to fifth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fifth-placed team was passed to sixth-placed team.

### Russian Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 13 May 2018

### 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 |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Pavel Alikin | 28 | 1 | 23+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Nikitin | 19 | 1 | 16+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SVN | Bojan Jokić | 26 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | SUI | Vero Salatić | 19 | 0 | 15+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Sysuyev | 27 | 5 | 16+10 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | MDA | Cătălin Carp | 11 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | CZE | Ondřej Vaněk | 11 | 3 | 9+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | KAZ | Yerkebulan Seidakhmet | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | RUS | Azamat Zaseyev | 18 | 0 | 9+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Zhivoglyadov | 28 | 2 | 26+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | CRO | Ivan Paurević | 28 | 5 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | RUS | Denis Tumasyan | 17 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | NGA | Kehinde Fatai | 17 | 0 | 11+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ROU | Ionuț Nedelcearu | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Belenov | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Sukhov | 11 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | RUS | Dmitry Stotsky | 29 | 3 | 27+1 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | NGA | Sylvester Igboun | 26 | 7 | 24+2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | GEO | Jemal Tabidze | 21 | 0 | 18+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 57 | FW | RUS | Vyacheslav Krotov | 16 | 3 | 4+11 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 | MF | RUS | Vladimir Zubarev | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | RUS | Nikolai Safronidi | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | RUS | Igor Bezdenezhnykh | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | GK | RUS | Giorgi Shelia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | MF | RUS | Ivan Oblyakov | 20 | 2 | 9+11 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | RUS | Islamnur Abdulavov | 8 | 1 | 1+6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who appeared for Ufa no longer at the club: ||||||||||

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Russian Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 44 | Sylvester Igboun | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | MF | 19 | Ivan Paurević | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | FW | 7 | Dmitri Sysuyev | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | FW | 9 | Ondřej Vaněk | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | FW | 57 | Vyacheslav Krotov | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | 39 | Dmitry Stotsky | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 98 | Ivan Oblyakov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 5 | Bojan Jokić | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 17 | Dmitri Zhivoglyadov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 3 | Pavel Alikin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 4 | Aleksei Nikitin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 99 | Islamnur Abdulavov | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 33 | 1 | 34 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Russian Premier League | Russian Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Total | Total |
| 3 | DF | Pavel Alikin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Aleksei Nikitin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Bojan Jokić | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Vero Salatić | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Dmitri Sysuyev | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Cătălin Carp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Ondřej Vaněk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Yerkebulan Seidakhmet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Azamat Zaseyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Dmitri Zhivoglyadov | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Ivan Paurević | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Denis Tumasyan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Kehinde Fatai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Ionuț Nedelcearu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | Aleksandr Belenov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | Dmitry Stotsky | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | Sylvester Igboun | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | Jemal Tabidze | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | Nikolai Safronidi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | Igor Bezdenezhnykh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | MF | Ivan Oblyakov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Islamnur Abdulavov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 0 |