# 2017–18 FC Krasnodar season

The 2017–18 FC Krasnodar season was the seventh successive season that Krasnodar played in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. They finished the season in 4th place, and as a result of FC Tosno failing to obtain a UEFA licence for there 2018–19 UEFA Europa League Group Stage spot, qualified directly for the Groups Stage of the UEFA Europa League. Krasnodar were also knocked out of the Russian cup at the round of 32 stage by FC Tom Tomsk and the knocked out of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League at the playoff round stage by Red Star Belgrade.

## Season events

On 2 April 2018, Igor Shalimov was sacked as the club's manager, with Murad Musayev being appointed as the club's caretaker manager the following day.

## Squad

    As of 9 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 |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Stanislav Kritsyuk |
| 4 | DF | BLR | Alyaksandr Martynovich (Vice-captain) |
| 6 | DF | SWE | Andreas Granqvist (Captain) |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Wanderson |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Yury Gazinsky |
| 9 | FW | ROU | Andrei Ivan |
| 10 | FW | RUS | Fyodor Smolov |
| 12 | DF | ECU | Cristian Ramírez |
| 13 | DF | RUS | Ihor Kalinin |
| 16 | MF | SWE | Viktor Claesson |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Pavel Mamayev |
| 18 | DF | RUS | Oleg Shatov (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg) |
| 21 | MF | COL | Ricardo Laborde |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Joãozinho |
| 26 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Gritsayenko |
| 30 | DF | RUS | Roman Shishkin |
| 33 | MF | URU | Mauricio Pereyra |
| 39 | GK | RUS | Matvei Safonov |
| 55 | DF | RUS | Renat Yanbayev |
| 70 | MF | GEO | Tornike Okriashvili |
| 77 | MF | BFA | Charles Kaboré |
| 85 | FW | RUS | Ivan Ignatyev |
| 88 | GK | RUS | Andrei Sinitsyn |
| 90 | DF | NOR | Stefan Strandberg |
| 93 | FW | RUS | Magomed-Shapi Suleymanov |
| 98 | DF | RUS | Sergei Petrov |

### 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 |
| — | DF | RUS | Leo Goglichidze (at Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod until 30 June 2018) |
| — | DF | RUS | Yevgeny Nesterenko (at Chayka Peschanokopskoye until 30 June 2018) |
| — | DF | RUS | Maksim Starkov (at Dynamo Bryansk until 30 June 2018) |
| — | MF | RUS | Daniil Fomin (at Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod until 30 June 2018) |
| — | MF | RUS | Oleg Lanin (at Krylia Sovetov Samara until 30 June 2018) |
| — | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Morgunov (at Afips Afipsky until 30 June 2018) |
| — | MF | RUS | Vyacheslav Podberyozkin (at Rubin Kazan until 30 June 2018) |
| — | MF | SRB | Mihailo Ristić (at Sparta Prague until 31 December 2018) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | RUS | Ilya Zhigulyov (at Tosno until 30 June 2018) |
| — | FW | BRA | Ari (at Lokomotiv Moscow until 30 June 2018) |
| — | FW | RUS | Dmitri Bakay (at Chernomorets Novorossiysk until 30 June 2018) |
| — | FW | RUS | Ilya Belous (at Afips Afipsky until 30 June 2018) |
| — | FW | RUS | Ruslan Bolov (at Avangard Kursk until 30 June 2018) |
| — | FW | RUS | Nikolay Komlichenko (at Mladá Boleslav until 30 June 2018) |
| — | FW | RUS | Dmitri Vorobyov (at Afips Afipsky until 30 June 2018) |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Wanderson (from Red Bull Salzburg) |
| 9 | FW | ROU | Andrei Ivan (from Universitatea Craiova) |
| 26 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Gritsayenko (from Luch-Energiya Vladivostok) |
| 27 | MF | SRB | Mihailo Ristić (from Red Star Belgrade) |
| 30 | DF | RUS | Roman Shishkin (from Lokomotiv Moscow, previously on loan) |
| 35 | MF | RUS | Sergei Peterson |
| 37 | FW | RUS | Ilya Vorotnikov |
| 51 | FW | RUS | Shamil Mavlyanov |
| 55 | DF | RUS | Renat Yanbayev (from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 56 | FW | RUS | Ilya Belous (end of loan to Milsami Orhei) |
| 64 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Morgunov (end of loan to Milsami Orhei) |
| 73 | GK | RUS | Nikita Yegyazarov |
| 79 | DF | RUS | Yevgeni Nesterenko (end of loan to Afips Afipsky) |
| 89 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Ageyev (end of loan to Energomash Belgorod) |
| 90 | DF | NOR | Stefan Strandberg (end of loan to Hannover 96) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Naldo (to Espanyol) |
| 5 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Torbinski |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Zhirov (to Krasnodar-2, previously on loan to Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| 14 | FW | BRA | Wánderson (to Dynamo Moscow) |
| 17 | DF | RUS | Vitali Kaleshin (retired) |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Vladimir Bystrov (to Tosno) |
| 19 | GK | RUS | Ilya Abayev (end of loan from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 20 | FW | RUS | Nikolay Komlichenko (on loan to Mladá Boleslav) |
| 32 | DF | RUS | Vasili Cherov |
| 35 | FW | RUS | Alim Makoyev (to Kubanskaya Korona Shevchenko) |
| 37 | DF | RUS | Grigori Ziganshin |
| 49 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Bakay (on loan to Chernomorets Novorossiysk) |
| 51 | GK | RUS | Ivan Salnikov (to Getafe) |
| 59 | MF | RUS | Ilya Borisov (on loan to Chayka Peschanokopskoye, previously on loan to Armavir) |
| 74 | MF | RUS | Daniil Fomin (on loan to Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod) |
| 76 | FW | RUS | Ruslan Rzayev |
| 97 | FW | RUS | Nurik Gadzhiyev |
| — | GK | RUS | Denis Kavlinov (to Kuban Krasnodar, previously on loan to Dynamo St. Petersburg) |
| — | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Marchenko (on loan to Luch-Energiya Vladivostok, previously on loan to Spartak Nalchik) |
| — | DF | RUS | Maksim Starkov (on loan to Dynamo Bryansk, previously on loan to Dynamo St. Petersburg) |
| — | MF | RUS | Oleg Lanin (on loan to Krylia Sovetov Samara, previously on loan to Yenisey Krasnoyarsk) |
| — | FW | RUS | Ruslan Bolov (on loan to Avangard Kursk, previously on loan to Fakel Voronezh) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | DF | RUS | Ihor Kalinin (from Volgar Astrakhan) |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Oleg Shatov (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg) |
| 32 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Pivovarov |
| 42 | FW | RUS | Nikita Shershnyov |
| 59 | MF | RUS | Mikhail Kolomiytsev |
| 69 | DF | RUS | Mamma Mammayev |
| 74 | MF | RUS | Eduard Spertsyan |
| 89 | FW | RUS | Ruslan Apekov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Zhirov (to Yenisey Krasnoyarsk) |
| 11 | MF | RUS | Vyacheslav Podberyozkin (on loan to Rubin Kazan) |
| 15 | MF | RUS | Ilya Zhigulyov (on loan to Tosno) |
| 27 | MF | SRB | Mihailo Ristić (on loan to Sparta Prague) |
| 42 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Bubenin |
| 56 | FW | RUS | Ilya Belous (on loan to Afips Afipsky) |
| 64 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Morgunov (on loan to Afips Afipsky) |
| 78 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Vorobyov (on loan to Afips Afipsky) |
| 79 | DF | RUS | Yevgeni Nesterenko (on loan to Chayka Peschanokopskoye) |
| 89 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Ageyev |
| 91 | DF | RUS | Leo Goglichidze (on loan to Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod) |
| 95 | FW | RUS | Araik Ovsepyan |
| — | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Marchenko (released, previously on loan to Luch-Energiya Vladivostok) |
| — | MF | RUS | Ilya Borisov (released, previously on loan to Chayka Peschanokopskoye) |

## 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | D | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | D |
| Position | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | CSKA Moscow | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 49 | 23 | +26 | 58 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Spartak Moscow | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 51 | 32 | +19 | 56 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 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 |
* 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.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying rounds
## 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 | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Stanislav Kritsyuk | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BLR | Alyaksandr Martynovich | 27 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SWE | Andreas Granqvist | 33 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Wanderson | 31 | 3 | 12+14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Yury Gazinsky | 30 | 2 | 27+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ROU | Andrei Ivan | 9 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | RUS | Fyodor Smolov | 24 | 14 | 21+1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ECU | Cristian Ramírez | 25 | 0 | 18+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | RUS | Ihor Kalinin | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SWE | Viktor Claesson | 34 | 12 | 28+2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Pavel Mamayev | 23 | 5 | 15+4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Oleg Shatov | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | COL | Ricardo Laborde | 9 | 3 | 1+7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Joãozinho | 26 | 2 | 7+17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Gritsayenko | 11 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | RUS | Roman Shishkin | 22 | 0 | 13+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | URU | Mauricio Pereyra | 30 | 3 | 25+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 39 | GK | RUS | Matvei Safonov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | RUS | Renat Yanbayev | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 66 | GK | RUS | Denis Adamov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | GEO | Tornike Okriashvili | 4 | 1 | 0+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | BFA | Charles Kaboré | 22 | 0 | 18+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | FW | RUS | Ivan Ignatyev | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 88 | GK | RUS | Andrei Sinitsyn | 29 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 93 | FW | RUS | Magomed-Shapi Suleymanov | 7 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 1 |
| 98 | MF | RUS | Sergei Petrov | 30 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||
| 11 | MF | RUS | Vyacheslav Podberyozkin | 11 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | RUS | Ilya Zhigulyov | 12 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | SRB | Mihailo Ristić | 8 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players who left Krasnodar during the season: ||||||||||||

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 10 | Fyodor Smolov | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | MF | 16 | Viktor Claesson | 10 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | MF | 17 | Pavel Mamayev | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | 7 | Wanderson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | 21 | Ricardo Laborde | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | FW | 85 | Ivan Ignatyev | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | 33 | Mauricio Pereyra | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 22 | Joãozinho | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 8 | Yury Gazinsky | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 6 | Andreas Granqvist | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 98 | Sergei Petrov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | 4 | Alyaksandr Martynovich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 70 | Tornike Okriashvili | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 26 | Aleksei Gritsayenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 18 | Oleg Shatov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | 93 | Magomed-Shapi Suleymanov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 46 | 1 | 9 | 56 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 4 | DF | Alyaksandr Martynovich | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Andreas Granqvist | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Wanderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Yury Gazinsky | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Fyodor Smolov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Cristian Ramírez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Viktor Claesson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Pavel Mamayev | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Ricardo Laborde | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Joãozinho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Aleksei Gritsayenko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Roman Shishkin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Mauricio Pereyra | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | Renat Yanbayev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | Tornike Okriashvili | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Charles Kaboré | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 93 | FW | Magomed-Shapi Suleymanov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | MF | Sergei Petrov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| 27 | MF | Mihailo Ristić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 46 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 56 | 1 |