# 2023–24 FC Rubin Kazan season

The 2023–24 season is the 66th season in the existence of FC Rubin Kazan and marks the club's return to the Russian Premier League after earning promotion and winning the 2022–23 Russian First League. In addition, Rubin Kazan participated in this season's edition of the Russian Cup.

## Squad

    As of 8 February 2023
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | 2023–24 Season | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 22 | Yury Dyupin | GK | (1988-03-17) 17 March 1988 (age 36) | Anzhi Makhachkala | 2019 | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Yegor Shamov | GK | (1994-06-02) 2 June 1994 (age 30) | FC Arsenal Tula | 2023 | 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | Nikita Yanovich | GK | (2003-03-28) 28 March 2003 (age 21) | Akademia Rubin | 2022 | 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | Nikita Korets | GK | (2005-03-25) 25 March 2005 (age 19) | Akademia Rubin | 2022 | N/A | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Yegor Teslenko | DF | (2001-01-31) 31 January 2001 (age 23) | KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny | 2022 | 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Alyaksandr Martynovich | DF | (1987-08-26) 26 August 1987 (age 37) | Krasnodar | 2022 | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Rustam Ashurmatov | DF | (1996-07-07) 7 July 1996 (age 28) | Krasnodar | 2022 | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Maksim Shiryayev | DF | (1995-07-13) 13 July 1995 (age 29) | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 2022 | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Igor Vujačić | DF | (1994-08-08) 8 August 1994 (age 30) | Partizan | 2023 | 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Uroš Drezgić | DF | (2002-10-04) 4 October 2002 (age 22) | FK Čukarički | 2023 | 2027 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Aleksei Gritsayenko | DF | (1995-05-25) 25 May 1995 (age 29) | Tambov | 2021 | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Maciej Rybus | DF | (1989-08-19) 19 August 1989 (age 35) | Spartak Moscow | 2023 | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Ilya Rozhkov | DF | (2005-03-29) 29 March 2005 (age 19) | Akademia Rubin | 2023 | 2027 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | Dmitri Kabutov | DF | (1992-03-26) 26 March 1992 (age 32) | Ufa | 2022 | 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | Ugochukwu Iwu | MF | (1999-10-28) 28 October 1999 (age 24) | Urartu | 2023 | 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Aleksandr Lomovitsky | MF | (1998-01-27) 27 January 1998 (age 26) | Spartak Moscow | 2020 | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Darko Jevtić | MF | (1993-02-08) 8 February 1993 (age 31) | Lech Poznań | 2020 | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Marat Apshatsev | MF | (2001-05-27) 27 May 2001 (age 23) | Tom Tomsk | 2021 | 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Oleg Ivanov | MF | (1986-08-04) 4 August 1986 (age 38) | Ufa | 2022 | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Aleksandr Zotov | MF | (1990-08-27) 27 August 1990 (age 34) | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 222 | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Ruslan Bezrukov | MF | (1990-08-27) 27 August 1990 (age 34) | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 2022 | 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Nikola Čumić | MF | (1998-11-20) 20 November 1998 (age 25) | FK Vojvodina | 2023 | 2026 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | Valentín Vada | MF | (1996-03-06) 6 March 1996 (age 28) | Real Zaragoza | 2023 | 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Umarali Rakhmonaliev | MF | (2003-08-18) 18 August 2003 (age 21) | Bunyodkor | 2023 | 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Leon Musayev | MF | (1999-01-25) 25 January 1999 (age 25) | Zenit St.Petersburg | 2021 | 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | Lazar Ranđelović | FW | (1997-08-05) 5 August 1997 (age 27) | Olympiacos | 2023 | 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Kasra Taheri | FW | (2006-08-06) 6 August 2006 (age 18) | Sepahan S.C. | 2024 | 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Mirlind Daku | FW | (1998-01-01) 1 January 1998 (age 26) | NK Osijek | 2022 | 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Merabi Uridia | FW | (1993-04-07) 7 April 1993 (age 31) | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 2023 | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| 99 | Dardan Shabanhaxhaj | FW | (2001-04-23) 23 April 2001 (age 23) | Mura | 2023 | 2028 | 0 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 Jul 2023 | DF | Ilya Rozhkov | Akademia Rubin | Internal |
| 1 Jul 2023 | DF | Maciej Rybus | Spartak Moscow | Free transfer |
| 2 Jul 2023 | DF | Igor Vujačić | Partizan | €1.00m |
| 9 Jul 2023 | MF | Daniil Rodin | Kuban | €10k |
| 11 Jul 2023 | FW | Mirlind Daku | Osijek | €1.00m |
| 16 Jul 2023 | MF | Ugochukwu Iwu | Urartu | €600K |
| 13 Aug 2023 | FW | Marko Cavara | NK Aluminij | Free Transfer |
| 8 Sep 2023 | DF | Yegor Sorokin | Krasnodar-2 | Free Transfer |
| 14 Sep 2023 | DF | Uroš Drezgić | Čukarički | €1.50m |
| 14 Sep 2023 | MF | Valentín Vada | Real Zaragoza | Free Transfer |
| 14 Sep 2023 | GK | Yegor Shamov | Arsenal Tula | Free Transfer |
| 14 Sep 2023 | FW | Nikola Čumić | Vojvodina | €1.50m |
| 14 Sep 2023 | FW | Lazar Ranđelović | Olympiacos | €1.00m |
| 25 Jan 2024 | FW | Dardan Shabanhaxhaj | Mura | €1.20m |
| 19 Feb 2024 | FW | Kasra Taheri | Sepahan | €35K |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 Jul 2023 | DF | Ilya Samoshnikov | Lokomotiv Moscow | Free transfer |
| 1 Jul 2023 | MF | Igor Gorbunov | Torpedo Moscow | Free transfer |
| 1 Jul 2023 | GK | Aleksandr Belenov | FC Fakel Voronezh | Free transfer |
| 4 Jul 2023 | FW | Kamil Mullin | Krasnodar-2 | Free transfer |
| 4 Jul 2023 | DF | Artyom Popov | Arsenal Tula | Free transfer |
| 7 Jul 2023 | DF | Ali Adnan | Mes Rafsanjan | Free transfer |
| 12 Jul 2023 | MF | Oliver Abildgaard | Como | Free transfer |
| 26 Jan 2024 | MF | Igor Konovalov | SKA-Khabarovsk | Free transfer |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| 5 July 2023 | DF | Konstantin Nizhegorodov | Arsenal Tula | 30 June 2024 |
| 10 Jul 2023 | MF | Daniil Rodin | KAMAZ | 30 June 2024 |
| 3 Aug 2023 | FW | Lenar Fattakhov | Kuban Krasnodar | 30 June 2024 |
| 4 Aug 2023 | DF | Ivan Savitskiy | Rodina Moscow | 30 June 2024 |
| 14 Aug 2023 | FW | Marko Cavara | FC SKA-Khabarovsk | 30 June 2024 |
| 5 Sep 2023 | FW | Mikhail Kostyukov | Dynamo Makhachkala | 30 June 2024 |
| 14 Sep 2023 | FW | Soltmurad Bakayev | Rodina Moscow | 30 June 2024 |
| 7 Jan 2024 | MF | Daniil Kuznetsov | Rodina Moscow | 30 June 2024 |
| 13 Jan 2024 | FW | Vitaly Lisakovich | Baltika Kaliningrad | 30 June 2024 |
| 24 Jan 2024 | GK | Artyom Ismagilov | Amkar Perm | 30 June 2024 |
| 8 Feb 2024 | FW | Joel Fameyeh | Baltika Kaliningrad | 30 June 2024 |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined |
| 1 Jul 2023 | DF | Elmir Nabiullin | Without Club |
| 12 Jul 2023 | MF | Alan Dzagoev | Without Club |
| 7 Feb 2024 | DF | Yegor Sorokin | Without Club |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 22 July 2023 | 3 June 2024 | Matchday 1 | | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 036.67 |
| Russian Cup | 26 July 2023 | 1 November 2024 | Fourth Round | Group Stage | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 016.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 033.33 |
Last updated: 25 May 2024 Source: Soccerway

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | CSKA Moscow | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 56 | 40 | +16 | 48 |
| 7 | Rostov | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 43 |
| 8 | Rubin Kazan | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 42 |
| 9 | Krylia Sovetov Samara | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 41 |
| 10 | Akhmat Grozny | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 35 |

#### Premier League Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
    As of 25 May 2024
Source: FBref

#### 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 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 21 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | L | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | L | D | W | D | D | W | L | D |
| Position | 9 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 |

#### Matches
### Russian Cup

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 13 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (RPL path) |
| 2 | Rostov | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 11 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (RPL path) |
| 3 | Ural Yekaterinburg | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (regions path) |
| 4 | Rubin Kazan | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 4 | |

## Squad statistics

    As of Complete

### 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 |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Yegor Teslenko | 13 | 1 | 6+4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | BLR | Alyaksandr Martynovich | 22 | 3 | 19+1 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | UZB | Rustam Ashurmatov | 19 | 2 | 8+6 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | ARM | Ugochukwu Iwu | 28 | 1 | 24+2 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | SRB | Lazar Ranđelović | 23 | 1 | 15+6 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SRB | Bogdan Jočić | 4 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Lomovitsky | 17 | 0 | 5+9 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SUI | Darko Jevtić | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | IRN | Kasra Taheri | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | RUS | Maksim Shiryayev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | MNE | Igor Vujačić | 32 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Marat Apshatsev | 14 | 1 | 3+5 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Oleg Ivanov | 12 | 0 | 1+9 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | GHA | Joel Fameyeh | 20 | 3 | 8+7 | 3 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Zotov | 29 | 0 | 19+7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | RUS | Yury Dyupin | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | RUS | Ruslan Bezrukov | 24 | 2 | 15+4 | 2 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | SRB | Nikola Čumić | 14 | 1 | 9+2 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | RUS | Igor Konovalov | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SRB | Uroš Drezgić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Gritsayenko | 32 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ARG | Valentín Vada | 21 | 4 | 17+3 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | POL | Maciej Rybus | 8 | 1 | 3+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | UZB | Umarali Rakhmonaliev | 17 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | ALB | Mirlind Daku | 33 | 10 | 28 | 10 | 0+5 | 0 |
| 50 | GK | RUS | Yegor Shamov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 51 | DF | RUS | Ilya Rozhkov | 21 | 1 | 15+3 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 66 | GK | RUS | Nikita Yanovich | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 70 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Kabutov | 30 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 80 | DF | RUS | Yegor Sorokin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | RUS | Merabi Uridia | 9 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | AUT | Dardan Shabanhaxhaj | 10 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | RUS | Soltmurad Bakayev | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | RUS | Vitaly Lisakovich | 7 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | RUS | Daniil Kuznetsov | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| Players who left Rubin Kazan during the season: ||||||||||

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 44 | Mirlind Daku | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | MF | 30 | Valentín Vada | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | FW | 20 | Joel Fameyeh | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | DF | 4 | Alyaksandr Martynovich | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 23 | Ruslan Bezrukov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | 5 | Rustam Ashurmatov | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 6 | Ugochukwu Iwu | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 27 | Aleksei Gritsayenko | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 2 | Yegor Teslenko | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 18 | Marat Apshatsev | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 24 | Nikola Čumić | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | 7 | Lazar Ranđelović | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 51 | Ilya Rozhkov | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 8 | Bogdan Jočić | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 31 | Maciej Rybus | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Opponent Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 30 | 3 | 33 |

### Assists

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 44 | Mirlind Daku | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | DF | 70 | Dmitri Kabutov | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | MF | 30 | Valentín Vada | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | DF | 27 | Aleksei Gritsayenko | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | 21 | Aleksandr Zotov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | 51 | Ilya Rozhkov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | 8 | Vitaly Lisakovich | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 25 | Igor Konovalov | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | 24 | Nikola Čumić | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 15 | Igor Vujačić | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 9 | Aleksandr Lomovitsky | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | 99 | Dardan Shabanhaxhaj | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 20 | 2 | 22 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 22 | Yury Dyupin | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| | | | | TOTALS | 9 | 0 | 9 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Nation | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | | Yegor Teslenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Alyaksandr Martynovich | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Rustam Ashurmatov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | Ugochukwu Iwu | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Lazar Ranđelović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | | Vitaly Lisakovich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | | Maksim Shiryayev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Igor Vujačić | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Marat Apshatsev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | | Joel Fameyeh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Aleksandr Zotov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | | Yuri Dyupin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Ruslan Bezrukov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Nikola Čumić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | | Uroš Drezgić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | | Aleksei Gritsayenko | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | | Valentín Vada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | | Maciej Rybus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | | Umarali Rakhmonaliev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | | Mirlind Daku | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | DF | | Ilya Rozhkov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | DF | | Dmitri Kabutov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 53 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 1 |

## Home attendance

    As of match 25 May 2024
| Competition | Total | Games | Average |
| Premier League | 104,353 | 15 | 6,957 |
| Russian Cup | 13,355 | 2 | 6,678 |
| Total | 117,708 | 17 | 6,924 |