# 2014–15 FC Mordovia Saransk season

The 2014–15 FC Mordovia Saransk season was Mordovia Saransk's 1st season back in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia, following their promotion in 2014, and their 2nd season in total. Mordovia Saransk will also be taking part in the Russian Cup.

## 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 | Anton Kochenkov |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Yevgeni Gapon |
| 4 | DF | BLR | Igor Shitov |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Viktor Vasin (on loan from CSKA Moscow) |
| 6 | MF | NED | Mitchell Donald |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Damien Le Tallec |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Anton Bobyor |
| 9 | MF | RUS | Rustem Mukhametshin |
| 10 | MF | BEL | Danilo |
| 11 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Sysuev |
| 12 | DF | MNE | Vladimir Božović |
| 14 | FW | RUS | Pavel Yakovlev (on loan from Spartak Moscow) |
| 16 | FW | POR | Yannick Djaló (on loan from Benfica) |
| 17 | DF | RUS | Aslan Dudiyev |
| 18 | MF | SEN | Ibrahima Niasse |
| 22 | FW | RUS | Sergey Samodin |
| 23 | FW | RUS | Ruslan Mukhametshin (loan from Rubin Kazan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | GK | MDA | Ilie Cebanu |
| 32 | DF | SRB | Marko Lomić |
| 33 | GK | RUS | Denis Shebanov |
| 40 | DF | SRB | Milan Perendija |
| 48 | FW | RUS | Yevgeni Lutsenko |
| 55 | DF | RUS | Ruslan Nakhushev |
| 69 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Nurgaleyev |
| 71 | GK | RUS | Ilya Kamalikhin |
| 72 | DF | RUS | Eduard Mansurov |
| 74 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Cherentayev |
| 75 | FW | RUS | Denis Abramov |
| 76 | FW | RUS | Ilya Yermoshkin |
| 77 | DF | RUS | Sergei Uchelkin |
| 84 | MF | RUS | Oleg Vlasov |
| 88 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Ivanov |
| 91 | MF | NED | Lorenzo Ebecilio (on loan from Metalurh Donetsk) |
| 99 | FW | RUS | Pavel Ignatovich |

### 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 |
| 13 | FW | RUS | Mikhail Markin (at Khimki) |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Viktor Vasin (loan from CSKA Moscow) |
| 6 | MF | NED | Mitchell Donald (from Roda JC Kerkrade) |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Damien Le Tallec (from Hoverla Uzhhorod) |
| 10 | MF | BEL | Danilo (from Metalurh Donetsk) |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Sysuyev (from Baltika Kaliningrad) |
| 17 | DF | RUS | Aslan Dudiyev (from SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk) |
| 18 | MF | SEN | Ibrahima Niasse (from Gabala) |
| 23 | FW | RUS | Ruslan Mukhametshin (loan from Rubin Kazan') |
| 25 | GK | MDA | Ilie Cebanu (from Tom Tomsk) |
| 32 | DF | SRB | Marko Lomić (from Dynamo Moscow) |
| 84 | MF | RUS | Oleg Vlasov (from Torpedo Moscow) |
| 91 | MF | NED | Lorenzo Ebecilio (loan from Metalurh Donetsk, previously on loan at Gabala) |
| 99 | FW | RUS | Pavel Ignatovich (from Dynamo Moscow) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Maksim Budnikov |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Ismail Ediyev (to SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk) |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Sergei Vaganov (to Luch-Energiya Vladivostok) |
| 11 | MF | RUS | Maksim Rogov |
| 15 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Dimidko (to Tom Tomsk) |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Vadim Gagloyev |
| 20 | FW | RUS | Sergey Samodin (loan to Shinnik Yaroslavl) |
| 24 | MF | RUS | Andrei Pazin |
| 34 | MF | RUS | Igor Krutov |
| 35 | MF | GEO | Akaki Khubutia |
| 73 | MF | RUS | Maksim Terentyev |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Yevgeni Gapon (from Shinnik Yaroslavl) |
| 14 | FW | RUS | Pavel Yakovlev (on loan from Spartak Moscow) |
| 16 | FW | POR | Yannick Djaló (loan from Benfica) |
| 22 | FW | RUS | Sergey Samodin (end of loan to Shinnik Yaroslavl) |
| 69 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Nurgaleyev |
| 71 | GK | RUS | Ilya Kamalikhin (from MGPI-Mordovia Saransk) |
| 72 | DF | RUS | Eduard Mansurov (from Mordovia-2 Saransk) |
| 74 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Cherentayev (from Mordovia-2 Saransk) |
| 75 | FW | RUS | Denis Abramov |
| 76 | FW | RUS | Ilya Yermoshkin (from Saransk-Mordovia Saransk) |
| 77 | DF | RUS | Sergei Uchelkin (from Mordovia-2 Saransk) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | FW | RUS | Mikhail Markin (on loan to Khimki) |
| 24 | MF | MDA | Alexandru Suvorov (to Milsami Orhei) |

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

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Spartak Moscow | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 44 | |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 31 | 25 | +6 | 43 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 8 | Mordovia Saransk | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 43 | −21 | 38 | |
| 9 | Terek Grozny | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 37 | |
| 10 | Kuban Krasnodar | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 36 | |
* ↑ Lokomotiv Moscow qualified for Europa League group stage by winning the 2014–15 Russian Cup.

### Russian Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 30 May 2015

### 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 | RUS | Anton Kochenkov | 33 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Yevgeni Gapon | 9 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BLR | Igor Shitov | 25 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Viktor Vasin | 33 | 4 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | NED | Mitchell Donald | 12 | 2 | 11+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Damien Le Tallec | 31 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Anton Bobyor | 12 | 0 | 0+11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | RUS | Rustem Mukhametshin | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | BEL | Danilo | 17 | 1 | 6+10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Sysuev | 11 | 1 | 8+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | MNE | Vladimir Božović | 16 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | RUS | Pavel Yakovlev | 12 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | POR | Yannick Djaló | 10 | 1 | 8+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | RUS | Aslan Dudiyev | 24 | 1 | 13+9 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SEN | Ibrahima Niasse | 28 | 1 | 22+4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | RUS | Sergey Samodin | 8 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | RUS | Ruslan Mukhametshin | 20 | 5 | 9+8 | 3 | 1+2 | 2 |
| 32 | DF | SRB | Marko Lomić | 19 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | SRB | Milan Perendija | 23 | 1 | 19+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 48 | FW | RUS | Yevgeni Lutsenko | 25 | 4 | 16+6 | 2 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 55 | DF | RUS | Ruslan Nakhushev | 25 | 0 | 20+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 84 | MF | RUS | Oleg Vlasov | 31 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Ivanov | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | NED | Lorenzo Ebecilio | 10 | 2 | 7+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | RUS | Pavel Ignatovich | 6 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| 13 | FW | RUS | Mikhail Markin | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Mordovia Saransk no longer at the club: ||||||||||

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Russian Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 23 | Ruslan Mukhametshin | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | DF | 5 | Viktor Vasin | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | FW | 48 | Yevgeni Lutsenko | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | DF | 32 | Marko Lomić | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 6 | Mitchell Donald | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | 84 | Oleg Vlasov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | 7 | Damien Le Tallec | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | 16 | Yannick Djaló | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | 10 | Danilo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 18 | Ibrahima Niasse | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 17 | Aslan Dudiyev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 40 | Milan Perendija | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 91 | Lorenzo Ebecilio | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 11 | Dmitri Sysuev | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 22 | 7 | 29 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Russian Premier League | Russian Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Anton Kochenkov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Yevgeni Gapon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Igor Shitov | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Viktor Vasin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Mitchell Donald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Damien Le Tallec | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Anton Bobyor | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Danilo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Vladimir Božović | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Pavel Yakovlev | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | Aslan Dudiyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Ibrahima Niasse | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Sergey Samodin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Ruslan Mukhametshin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Marko Lomić | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | Milan Perendija | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 48 | FW | Yevgeni Lutsenko | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | Ruslan Nakhushev | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 84 | MF | Oleg Vlasov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Aleksei Ivanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | Lorenzo Ebecilio | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 69 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 75 | 2 |