# 2013–14 FC Rubin Kazan season

The 2013–14 Rubin season was the 10th successive season that the club played in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. Kazan played in the Russian Cup, reaching the Fifth Round, the Europa League, reaching the Round of 32 and the Russian Premier League.
In December 2013, manager Kurban Berdyev was fired after 13 years with the club, being replaced by Vladimir Maminov the following month.

## 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 |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Sergei Ryzhikov |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Oleg Kuzmin |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Elmir Nabiullin |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Taras Burlak |
| 5 | DF | GEO | Solomon Kvirkvelia |
| 6 | MF | RUS | Alan Kasaev |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Kulik |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Pavel Mogilevets (on loan from Zenit Saint Petersburg) |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Prudnikov |
| 10 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Torbinski |
| 11 | FW | UKR | Marko Dević |
| 14 | MF | TUR | Gökhan Töre |
| 15 | MF | BLR | Syarhey Kislyak |
| 16 | FW | RUS | Georgi Nurov |
| 18 | FW | LVA | Artūrs Karašausks (on loan from Skonto Rīga) |
| 19 | FW | RUS | Kamil Mullin |
| 20 | MF | UZB | Vagiz Galiulin |
| 21 | MF | GHA | Wakaso |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Chris Mavinga |
| 23 | MF | FIN | Roman Eremenko |
| 24 | GK | LTU | Giedrius Arlauskis |
| 25 | DF | ESP | Iván Marcano |
| 33 | DF | RUS | Inal Getigezhev |
| 44 | DF | ESP | César Navas |
| 61 | MF | TUR | Gökdeniz Karadeniz |
| 63 | MF | RUS | Alisher Dzhalilov |
| 69 | FW | IRN | Sardar Azmoun |
| 76 | DF | RUS | Roman Sharonov |
| 81 | FW | RUS | Ruslan Mukhametshin |
| 87 | MF | BRA | Carlos Eduardo |
| 88 | MF | RUS | Ruslan Kambolov |
| 90 | MF | FRA | Yann M'Vila |
| 91 | GK | RUS | Yuri Nesterenko |
| 92 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Abishov |
| 94 | DF | RUS | Maksim Zhestokov |

### 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 |
| 25 | DF | ESP | Iván Marcano (at Olympiacos until 30 June 2014) |
| 63 | MF | RUS | Alisher Dzhalilov (at Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk until 31 May 2014) |
| — | GK | IRN | Alireza Haghighi (at Sporting Covilhã until 30 June 2014) |
| — | DF | RUS | Ivan Temnikov (at Terek Grozny until 30 June 2014) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BRA | Carlos Eduardo (at Flamengo until 30 June 2014) |
| — | MF | RUS | Alan Kasaev (at Dynamo Moscow until 30 June 2014) |
| — | MF | TUR | Gökhan Töre (at Beşiktaş until 30 June 2014) |
| — | FW | RUS | Sergei Davydov (at Aktobe until 30 June 2014) |

### Reserves

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 30 | MF | RUS | Igor Rogachevskiy |
| 32 | MF | RUS | Anatoli Savelyev |
| 35 | DF | RUS | Ayrat Mukhtarov |
| 38 | FW | RUS | German Sergeyev |
| 39 | DF | RUS | Yuri Litke |
| 41 | FW | RUS | Selim Nurmuradov |
| 42 | DF | RUS | Dimitri Boykov |
| 45 | GK | RUS | Timur Akmurzin |
| 46 | MF | RUS | Nozim Babadzhanov |
| 47 | DF | BLR | Mikhail Babichev |
| 51 | MF | RUS | Aslanbek Sikoyev |
| 54 | FW | RUS | Vladislav Shpitalniy |
| 56 | FW | RUS | Gevorg Arutyunyan |
| 57 | MF | RUS | Nikita Lobanov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 59 | DF | RUS | Aydar Khabibullin |
| 68 | GK | RUS | Yaroslav Maloletkov |
| 70 | GK | RUS | Yevgeni Shchetinin |
| 71 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Pashchenko |
| 72 | FW | GEO | Nika Kacharava |
| 73 | DF | RUS | Nikolai Zlobin |
| 75 | MF | RUS | Boris Shavlokhov |
| 78 | MF | RUS | Mikhail Petrolay |
| 80 | DF | RUS | Yegor Sorokin |
| 82 | DF | RUS | Nikita Mikhailov |
| 83 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Kuznetsov |
| 84 | MF | RUS | Andrei Mironov |
| 85 | MF | RUS | Ilzat Akhmetov |
| 98 | MF | RUS | Roman Stepin |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Kulik (from Kuban Krasnodar) |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Prudnikov (from Alania Vladikavkaz) |
| 10 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Torbinski (from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 21 | MF | GHA | Wakaso (from Espanyol) |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Chris Mavinga (from Rennes) |
| 33 | DF | RUS | Inal Getigezhev (from Rostov) |
| 52 | DF | RUS | Konstantin Vasilyev (end of loan to Rubin-2 Kazan) |
| 63 | MF | RUS | Alisher Dzhalilov (end of loan to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) |
| 81 | FW | RUS | Ruslan Mukhametshin (from Mordovia) |
| — | DF | RUS | Iskandar Dzhalilov (end of loan to Turnu Severin) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | ARG | Cristian Ansaldi (to Zenit St. Petersburg) |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Pablo Orbaiz (retired) |
| 10 | MF | RUS | Alan Kasaev (on loan to Dynamo Moscow) |
| 19 | DF | RUS | Vitali Kaleshin (to FC Krasnodar) |
| 20 | MF | FIN | Alexei Eremenko (to Kairat) |
| 22 | FW | RUS | Vladimir Dyadyun (to Dynamo Moscow) |
| 35 | DF | RUS | Ivan Temnikov (on loan to Terek Grozny) |
| 55 | MF | TUR | Gökhan Töre (on loan to Beşiktaş) |
| 70 | DF | RUS | Yevgeni Kozlov (end of loan from Vityaz Podolsk) |
| 71 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Pashchenko (to Rubin-2 Kazan) |
| 88 | GK | IRN | Alireza Haghighi (on loan to Persepolis) |
| — | DF | RUS | Viktor Garayev (to Rubin-2 Kazan, previously on loan) |
| — | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Kulikov (to Luch-Energiya Vladivostok, previously on loan to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) |
| — | DF | RUS | Maksim Zhestokov (to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, previously on loan to Volgar Astrakhan) |
| — | MF | RUS | Nikita Khromykh (to Rubin-2 Kazan, previously on loan) |
| — | FW | MDA | Alexandru Antoniuc (on loan to Veris, previously on loan to Zimbru Chișinău) |
| — | FW | RUS | Sergei Davydov (on loan to Aktobe, previously on loan to Dynamo Moscow) |
| — | FW | UZB | Ayubkhon Gapparov (to Navbahor Namangan, previously on loan to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) |
| — | FW | RUS | Igor Portnyagin (on loan to Tom Tomsk, previously on loan to Krylia Sovetov Samara) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Taras Burlak (from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Pavel Mogilevets (loan from Zenit St. Petersburg) |
| 11 | FW | UKR | Marko Dević (from Metalist Kharkiv) |
| 18 | FW | LVA | Artūrs Karašausks (loan from Skonto Riga) |
| 19 | FW | RUS | Kamil Mullin (from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 88 | DF | RUS | Ruslan Kambolov (from Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Ryazantsev (to Zenit St. Petersburg) |
| 25 | DF | ESP | Iván Marcano (loan to Olympiacos) |
| 63 | MF | RUS | Alisher Dzhalilov (loan to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) |
| 66 | MF | ISR | Bibras Natcho (to PAOK) |
| 99 | FW | VEN | Salomón Rondón (to Zenit St. Petersburg) |

## 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | D | D | D | D | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | W | W | D | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | D |
| Position | 12 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Rostov | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 39 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 8 | Kuban Krasnodar | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 38 | |
| 9 | Rubin Kazan | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 38 | |
| 10 | Amkar Perm | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 38 | |
| 11 | Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 46 | −18 | 34 | |
* ↑ Rostov won the 2013–14 Russian Cup, therefore qualifying for the play-off round of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League. However, it did not pass the Russian Football Union European licensing and thus its spot was given to Spartak. However, that RFU decision was then overturned by the CAS and Rostov was returned to the Europa League.
* 1 2 Rubin Kazan ahead of Amkar Perm on head-to-head points; Rubin Kazan–Amkar Perm 3–0, Amkar Perm–Rubin Kazan 0–0.

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying stages
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RUB | MAR | ZUL | WIG |
| 1 | Rubin Kazan | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Maribor | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 7 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–5 | — | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Zulte Waregem | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 7 | | 0–2 | 1–3 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | Wigan Athletic | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 5 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | — |
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Maribor +1, Zulte Waregem −1.

#### Knockout stages
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 15 May 2014

### Appearances

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Sergei Ryzhikov | 39 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Oleg Kuzmin | 37 | 2 | 26+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9+1 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Taras Burlak | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GEO | Solomon Kvirkvelia | 22 | 0 | 14+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Kulik | 32 | 0 | 15+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Pavel Mogilevets | 13 | 2 | 10+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Prudnikov | 28 | 6 | 6+11 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 6+4 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Torbinski | 29 | 2 | 15+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8+1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | UKR | Marko Dević | 13 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | BLR | Syarhey Kislyak | 23 | 1 | 11+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | RUS | Georgi Nurov | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | RUS | Kamil Mullin | 8 | 1 | 1+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | UZB | Vagiz Galiulin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | GHA | Wakaso | 18 | 2 | 8+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Chris Mavinga | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | FIN | Roman Eremenko | 39 | 8 | 18+9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10+1 | 5 |
| 24 | GK | LTU | Giedrius Arlauskis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | RUS | Inal Getigezhev | 10 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | RUS | Elmir Nabiullin | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | ESP | César Navas | 42 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9+3 | 1 |
| 61 | MF | TUR | Gökdeniz Karadeniz | 31 | 6 | 20+1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5+4 | 2 |
| 63 | MF | RUS | Alisher Dzhalilov | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 69 | FW | IRN | Sardar Azmoun | 17 | 5 | 9+5 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 76 | DF | RUS | Roman Sharonov | 11 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 81 | FW | RUS | Ruslan Mukhametshin | 13 | 2 | 5+2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 87 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Abishov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | RUS | Ruslan Kambolov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | MF | FRA | Yann M'Vila | 32 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 |
| 91 | GK | RUS | Yuri Nesterenko | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Rubin on loan: ||||||||||||
| 25 | DF | ESP | Iván Marcano | 28 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| Players who appeared for Rubin no longer at the club: ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ARG | Cristian Ansaldi | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Ryazantsev | 26 | 4 | 12+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| 66 | MF | ISR | Bibras Natcho | 30 | 5 | 18+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9+2 | 4 |
| 99 | FW | VEN | Salomón Rondón | 19 | 12 | 9+2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6+2 | 6 |

### Goal Scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Championship | Russian Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 99 | Salomón Rondón | 6 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | MF | 23 | Roman Eremenko | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | MF | 61 | Gökdeniz Karadeniz | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | 9 | Aleksandr Prudnikov | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | FW | 69 | Sardar Azmoun | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | 66 | Bibras Natcho | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | MF | 8 | Aleksandr Ryazantsev | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | FW | 11 | Marko Dević | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | 21 | Wakaso | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 8 | Pavel Mogilevets | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | 81 | Ruslan Mukhametshin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 10 | Dmitri Torbinski | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 44 | César Navas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 2 | Oleg Kuzmin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | MF | 15 | Syarhey Kislyak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | 19 | Kamil Mullin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | 25 | Iván Marcano | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 36 | 2 | 28 | 66 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Russian Premier League | Russian Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Sergei Ryzhikov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Oleg Kuzmin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Cristian Ansaldi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Solomon Kvirkvelia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Vladislav Kulik | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Aleksandr Ryazantsev | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | Aleksandr Prudnikov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Dmitri Torbinski | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Marko Dević | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Syarhey Kislyak | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Kamil Mullin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Wakaso | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Chris Mavinga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Roman Eremenko | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | Giedrius Arlauskis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Iván Marcano | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 33 | DF | Inal Getigezhev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | Elmir Nabiullin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | César Navas | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 61 | MF | Gökdeniz Karadeniz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | Bibras Natcho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 69 | FW | Sardar Azmoun | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 76 | DF | Roman Sharonov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 81 | FW | Ruslan Mukhametshin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Ruslan Kambolov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 90 | MF | Yann M'Vila | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Salomón Rondón | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 62 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 95 | 5 |