# 2023–24 FC Rostov season

The 2023–24 season was FC Rostov's 94th season in existence and the club's 15th consecutive season in the top flight of Russian football. In addition to the domestic league, Rostov participated in this season's editions of the Russian Cup.

## Season events

On 12 January, Rostov announced the signing of Ronaldo from Levski Sofia.
On 30 January, Rostov announced the signing of Oumar Sako on loan from Arda Kardzhali.
On 4 February, Rostov announced the signing of Eyad El Askalany from Ismaily.

## Squad

    As of match played 25 May 2024
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Nikita Medvedev | GK | (1994-12-17)17 December 1994 (aged 29) | Rubin Kazan | 2022 | | 40 | 0 |
| 30 | Sergei Pesyakov | GK | (1988-12-16)16 December 1988 (aged 35) | Spartak Moscow | 2017 | | 182 | 0 |
| 78 | Mikhail Tsulaya | GK | (2005-02-08)8 February 2005 (aged 19) | Academy | 2022 | | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | Oumar Sako | DF | (1996-05-04)4 May 1996 (aged 28) | on loan from Arda Kardzhali | 2024 | | 14 | 0 |
| 4 | Viktor Melyokhin | DF | (2003-12-16)16 December 2003 (aged 20) | Academy | 2021 | | 80 | 1 |
| 5 | Denis Terentyev | DF | (1992-08-13)13 August 1992 (aged 31) | Zenit St.Petersburg | 2020 | | 162 | 2 |
| 28 | Yevgeni Chernov | DF | (1992-10-23)23 October 1992 (aged 31) | Krasnodar | 2023 | | 111 | 3 |
| 34 | Eyad El Askalany | DF | (2004-12-24)24 December 2004 (aged 19) | Ismaily | 2024 | | 6 | 0 |
| 40 | Ilya Vakhaniya | DF | (2001-01-14)14 January 2001 (aged 23) | Zenit St.Petersburg | 2023 | | 33 | 1 |
| 41 | Artur Maksetsov | DF | (2004-04-19)19 April 2004 (aged 20) | Academy | 2023 | | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | Ilya Kirsh | DF | (2004-09-21)21 September 2004 (aged 19) | on loan from Zenit St.Petersburg | 2023 | | 3 | 0 |
| 55 | Maksim Osipenko | DF | (1994-05-16)16 May 1994 (aged 30) | Tambov | 2020 | | 130 | 16 |
| 64 | David Semenchuk | DF | (2004-10-22)22 October 2004 (aged 19) | Academy | 2023 | | 9 | 0 |
| 67 | German Ignatov | DF | (2005-08-11)11 August 2005 (aged 18) | Academy | 2023 | | 3 | 1 |
| 82 | Ivan Kuznetsov | DF | (2004-02-15)15 February 2004 (aged 20) | Academy | 2023 | | 1 | 0 |
| 87 | Andrei Langovich | DF | (2003-05-28)28 May 2003 (aged 20) | Academy | 2020 | | 79 | 4 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | Aleksei Mironov | MF | (2000-01-01)1 January 2000 (aged 24) | Lokomotiv Moscow | 2022 | 2027 | 52 | 2 |
| 9 | Mohammad Mohebi | MF | (1998-12-20)20 December 1998 (aged 25) | Santa Clara | 2023 | | 29 | 6 |
| 15 | Danil Glebov | MF | (1999-11-03)3 November 1999 (aged 24) | Anzhi Makhachkala | 2019 | | 168 | 11 |
| 19 | Khoren Bayramyan | MF | (1992-01-07)7 January 1992 (aged 32) | Academy | 2011 | | 210 | 11 |
| 47 | Daniil Utkin | MF | (1999-10-12)12 October 1999 (aged 24) | Krasnodar | 2022 | | 65 | 4 |
| 51 | Aleksey Koltakov | MF | (2005-11-14)14 November 2005 (aged 18) | Academy | 2024 | | 9 | 0 |
| 58 | Daniil Shantaly | MF | (2004-05-25)25 May 2004 (aged 20) | Academy | 2022 | | 2 | 0 |
| 60 | Kirill Stolbov | MF | (2004-04-08)8 April 2004 (aged 20) | on loan from Zenit St.Petersburg | 2023 | | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Ivan Komarov | MF | (2003-04-15)15 April 2003 (aged 21) | Academy | 2020 | | 41 | 3 |
| 73 | Imran Aznaurov | MF | (2004-08-23)23 August 2004 (aged 19) | Academy | 2024 | | 6 | 0 |
| 88 | Kirill Shchetinin | MF | (2002-01-17)17 January 2002 (aged 22) | Zenit St.Petersburg | 2022 | | 85 | 8 |
| 97 | Ilya Zubenko | MF | (2006-05-29)29 May 2006 (aged 17) | Academy | 2024 | | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | Ronaldo | FW | (2000-12-07)7 December 2000 (aged 23) | Levski Sofia | 2024 | | 15 | 6 |
| 27 | Nikolay Komlichenko | FW | (1995-06-29)29 June 1995 (aged 28) | Dynamo Moscow | 2022 | 2026 | 93 | 26 |
| 53 | Kirill Moiseyev | FW | (2004-05-28)28 May 2004 (aged 19) | Torpedo Vladimir | 2021 | | 1 | 0 |
| 69 | Yegor Golenkov | FW | (1999-07-07)7 July 1999 (aged 24) | Sigma Olomouc | 2022 | 2027 | 88 | 17 |
| 91 | Anton Shamonin | FW | (2005-03-28)28 March 2005 (aged 19) | Academy | 2024 | | 1 | 0 |
| Youth team ||||||||||
| Contracts suspended ||||||||||
| | Dennis Hadžikadunić | DF | (1998-07-09)9 July 1998 (aged 25) | Malmö FF | 2018 | | 69 | 3 |
| | Pontus Almqvist | MF | (1999-07-10)10 July 1999 (aged 24) | IFK Norrköping | 2020 | 2025 | 39 | 3 |
| | Armin Gigović | MF | (2002-04-06)6 April 2002 (aged 22) | Helsingborgs IF | 2020 | 2025 | 30 | 1 |
| | Ali Sowe | FW | (1994-06-14)14 June 1994 (aged 29) | CSKA Sofia | 2021 | 2025 | 31 | 7 |
| Out on loan ||||||||||
| 18 | Danila Prokhin | DF | (2001-05-24)24 May 2001 (aged 23) | Zenit St.Petersburg | 2021 | | 40 | 1 |
| 23 | Roman Tugarev | MF | (1998-07-22)22 July 1998 (aged 25) | Lokomotiv Moscow | 2021 | | 73 | 8 |
| 71 | Nikolai Poyarkov | DF | (1999-10-16)16 October 1999 (aged 24) | Lokomotiv Moscow | 2019 | | 37 | 0 |
| 76 | Danila Sukhomlinov | MF | (2002-08-31)31 August 2002 (aged 21) | Academy | 2020 | | 27 | 0 |
| | Danil Ryazanov | GK | (2003-08-11)11 August 2003 (aged 20) | Academy | 2023 | | 0 | 0 |
| | Igor Kalinin | DF | (1995-11-11)11 November 1995 (aged 28) | Ural Yekaterinburg | 2021 | | 15 | 0 |
| | Nikita Kotin | DF | (2002-09-01)1 September 2002 (aged 21) | Unattached | 2021 | | 1 | 0 |
| | Magnus Knudsen | MF | (2001-06-15)15 June 2001 (aged 22) | Lillestrøm | 2022 | | 1 | 0 |
| | Stepan Melnikov | MF | (2002-04-25)25 April 2002 (aged 22) | Spartak Moscow | 2022 | | 23 | 2 |
| | Maksim Turishchev | FW | (2002-03-05)5 March 2002 (aged 22) | Academy | 2021 | | 8 | 0 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 7 | Roman Akbashev | MF | (1991-11-01)1 November 1991 (aged 32) | Fakel Voronezh | 2023 | | 12 | 0 |
| 11 | Aleksei Ionov | MF | (1989-02-18)18 February 1989 (aged 35) | Krasnodar | 2023 | | 104 | 18 |
| 26 | David Toshevski | FW | (2001-07-16)16 July 2001 (aged 22) | Rabotnički | 2020 | | 11 | 0 |
| | Maksim Rudakov | GK | (1996-01-22)22 January 1996 (aged 28) | Zenit St.Petersburg | 2020 | 2024 | 1 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. |
| 12 January 2024 | FW | | Ronaldo | Levski Sofia | Undisclosed | |
| 4 February 2024 | DF | | Eyad El Askalany | Ismaily | Undisclosed | |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 30 January 2024 | DF | | Oumar Sako | Arda Kardzhali | | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 19 July 2023 | DF | Konstantin Kovalyov | Leon Saturn Ramenskoye | Undisclosed |
| 9 February 2024 | GK | Maksim Rudakov | Sochi | Undisclosed |
| 8 April 2024 | MF | Abdullo Dzhebov | Spartak-2 Moscow | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| 1 January 2022 | GK | Maksim Rudakov | Honka | 31 December 2023 |
| 27 December 2023 | DF | Danila Prokhin | Orenburg | End of season |
| 16 February 2024 | MF | Roman Tugarev | Torpedo Moscow | End of season |
| 22 February 2024 | GK | Aleksandr Dyachkov | Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 7 September 2023 | FW | David Toshevski | Austria Klagenfurt | 31 January 2024 |
| 12 December 2023 | MF | Aleksei Ionov | Ural Yekaterinburg | 22 February 2024 |
| 31 December 2023 | DF | Kirill Ivanov | | |
| 31 December 2023 | MF | Alibeg Akhmedov | | |
| 31 December 2023 | MF | Yaroslav Kuzmin | | |
| 17 January 2024 | MF | Roman Akbashev | Fakel Voronezh | 17 January 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | GK | Sergei Pesyakov | Krylia Sovetov | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | DF | Denis Terentyev | Baltika Kaliningrad | 16 July 2024 |

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 | 21 July 2023 | 25 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 040.00 |
| Russian Cup | 27 July 2023 | 2 May 2024 | Group stage | Regions path Semi-finals Stage 2 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 036.36 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 54 | 58 | −4 | 039.02 |
Last updated: 25 May 2024 Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Spartak Moscow | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 41 | 32 | +9 | 50 |
| 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 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 25 May 2024. Source: See Results

#### 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$^1$ | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | D | D | D | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 5 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
* $^1$

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 24 June 2023.

### Russian Cup
#### Group stage

| 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 | |

#### Knockout stage
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 25 May 2024

### 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 | Nikita Medvedev | 17 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | CIV | Oumar Sako | 14 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Viktor Melyokhin | 28 | 1 | 17+6 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Denis Terentyev | 23 | 1 | 8+6 | 0 | 6+3 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Ronaldo | 15 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Mironov | 18 | 1 | 11+4 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Mohebi | 29 | 6 | 17+5 | 6 | 4+3 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | RUS | Danil Glebov | 39 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 2+7 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ARM | Khoren Bayramyan | 34 | 0 | 19+8 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | RUS | Nikolay Komlichenko | 31 | 6 | 11+14 | 4 | 5+1 | 2 |
| 28 | DF | RUS | Yevgeni Chernov | 27 | 0 | 19+4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | RUS | Sergei Pesyakov | 25 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | EGY | Eyad El Askalany | 6 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | RUS | Ilya Vakhaniya | 33 | 1 | 26+2 | 0 | 2+3 | 1 |
| 41 | DF | RUS | Artur Maksetsov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | RUS | Ilya Kirsh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | RUS | Daniil Utkin | 30 | 1 | 20+4 | 1 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 51 | MF | RUS | Aleksey Koltakov | 9 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 53 | FW | RUS | Kirill Moiseyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | RUS | Maksim Osipenko | 29 | 7 | 23+1 | 6 | 2+3 | 1 |
| 58 | MF | RUS | Daniil Shantaly | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 62 | MF | RUS | Ivan Komarov | 26 | 3 | 3+13 | 1 | 6+4 | 2 |
| 64 | DF | RUS | David Semenchuk | 9 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 67 | DF | RUS | German Ignatov | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 69 | FW | RUS | Yegor Golenkov | 39 | 9 | 20+10 | 8 | 3+6 | 1 |
| 73 | MF | RUS | Imran Aznaurov | 6 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 82 | DF | RUS | Ivan Kuznetsov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 87 | DF | RUS | Andrei Langovich | 30 | 1 | 10+12 | 1 | 6+2 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | RUS | Kirill Shchetinin | 33 | 4 | 19+6 | 4 | 5+3 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | RUS | Anton Shamonin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 97 | MF | RUS | Ilya Zubenko | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| 18 | DF | RUS | Danila Prokhin | 15 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | RUS | Roman Tugarev | 11 | 1 | 4+3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 71 | DF | RUS | Nikolai Poyarkov | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 76 | MF | RUS | Danila Sukhomlinov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Rostov but left during the season: ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | RUS | Roman Akbashev | 12 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Ionov | 17 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | MKD | David Toshevski | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 69 | Yegor Golenkov | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | DF | | 55 | Maksim Osipenko | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | MF | | 9 | Mohammad Mohebi | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | | 7 | Ronaldo | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | | 27 | Nikolay Komlichenko | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | MF | | 88 | Kirill Shchetinin | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | | 62 | Ivan Komarov | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | | | | Own goal | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | | 15 | Danil Glebov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | | 23 | Roman Tugarev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 87 | Andrei Langovich | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | 47 | Daniil Utkin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | 8 | Aleksei Mironov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 40 | Ilya Vakhaniya | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 67 | German Ignatov | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 4 | Viktor Melyokhin | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 5 | Denis Terentyev | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 11 | 54 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 30 | Sergei Pesyakov | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | GK | | 1 | Nikita Medvedev | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 8 | 2 | 10 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | | GK | Nikita Medvedev | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | | DF | Oumar Sako | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | | DF | Viktor Melyokhin | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 5 | | DF | Denis Terentyev | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | | FW | Ronaldo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | | MF | Aleksei Mironov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | | MF | Mohammad Mohebi | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | | MF | Danil Glebov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | | MF | Khoren Bayramyan | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 27 | | FW | Nikolay Komlichenko | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 28 | | DF | Yevgeni Chernov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | | GK | Sergei Pesyakov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | | DF | Eyad El Askalany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 40 | | DF | Ilya Vakhaniya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | | MF | Daniil Utkin | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 51 | | MF | Aleksey Koltakov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | | DF | Maksim Osipenko | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 62 | | MF | Ivan Komarov | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 64 | | DF | David Semenchuk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 67 | | DF | German Ignatov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 69 | | FW | Yegor Golenkov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 73 | | MF | Imran Aznaurov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 87 | | DF | Andrei Langovich | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 88 | | MF | Kirill Shchetinin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| 18 | | DF | Danila Prokhin | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 23 | | MF | Roman Tugarev | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 76 | | MF | Danila Sukhomlinov | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left Rostov during the season: ||||||||||
| 7 | | MF | Roman Akbashev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 65 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 92 | 5 |