# 2012–13 FC Rubin Kazan season

The 2012–13 Rubin season was the ninth successive season that the club played in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. In addition the domestic league, the club competed in this season's editions of the Russian Cup (as title holders), the Russian Super Cup, and the Europa League.

## 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 | ARG | Cristian Ansaldi |
| 4 | DF | ESP | César Navas (vice-captain) |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Pablo Orbaiz |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Ryazantsev |
| 10 | MF | RUS | Alan Kasaev |
| 15 | MF | BLR | Sergei Kislyak |
| 19 | DF | RUS | Vitali Kaleshin |
| 20 | MF | FIN | Alexei Eremenko |
| 22 | FW | RUS | Vladimir Dyadyun |
| 23 | MF | FIN | Roman Eremenko |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | GK | LTU | Giedrius Arlauskis |
| 25 | DF | ESP | Iván Marcano |
| 35 | DF | RUS | Ivan Temnikov |
| 55 | FW | TUR | Gökhan Töre |
| 61 | MF | TUR | Gökdeniz Karadeniz |
| 66 | MF | ISR | Bibras Natcho |
| 69 | FW | IRN | Sardar Azmoun |
| 76 | DF | RUS | Roman Sharonov (captain) |
| 87 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Abishov |
| 88 | GK | IRN | Alireza Haghighi |
| 90 | MF | FRA | Yann M'Vila |
| 99 | FW | VEN | Salomón Rondón |

### 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 |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Carlos Eduardo (at Flamengo until June 2014) |
| — | MF | UZB | Vagiz Galiulin (at FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) |
| — | MF | MDA | Mihail Plătică (at FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | RUS | Igor Portnyagin (at FC Krylia Sovetov) |
| — | FW | RUS | Sergei Davydov (at Dynamo Moscow until 5 June 2013) |

### 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 |
| 12 | FW | RUS | Merab Uridia |
| 31 | GK | RUS | Aleksei Berezin |
| 34 | MF | RUS | Luai Ururu |
| 35 | DF | RUS | Viktor Garayev |
| 36 | DF | RUS | Yury Savostin |
| 37 | DF | RUS | Elmir Nabiullin |
| 38 | FW | RUS | Herman Sergeev |
| 43 | FW | RUS | Konstantin Vasilyev |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 44 | DF | RUS | Aybar Khabibullin |
| 50 | MF | RUS | Parvizdzhon Umarbaev |
| 57 | MF | RUS | Nikita Lobanov |
| 58 | FW | RUS | Andrei Vshivtsev |
| 68 | GK | RUS | Dmitri Volkotrub |
| 77 | MF | RUS | Nikita Bocharov |
| 95 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Prokopenko |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Pablo Orbaiz (from Athletic Bilbao, previously on loan to Olympiacos) |
| 16 | MF | MDA | Mihail Plătică (from Academia UTM) |
| 25 | DF | ESP | Iván Marcano (from Villarreal) |
| 35 | MF | RUS | Ivan Temnikov (from Dynamo Bryansk) |
| 99 | FW | VEN | Salomón Rondón (from Málaga) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | FW | NGA | Obafemi Martins (to Levante) |
| 9 | MF | RUS | Pyotr Nemov (to Krylia Sovetov Samara) |
| 15 | DF | BLR | Syarhey Kislyak (on loan to Krasnodar) |
| 18 | FW | PAR | Nelson Haedo Valdez (on loan to Valencia) |
| 30 | MF | ESP | Jonatan Valle (to Recreativo de Huelva) |
| 42 | DF | RUS | Marat Doyati (to Shinnik Yaroslavl) |
| 62 | DF | GEO | Solomon Kvirkvelia (loan to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) |
| 63 | MF | RUS | Alisher Dzhalilov (to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) |
| 77 | MF | RUS | Nikita Bocharov (on loan to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) |
| 84 | DF | RUS | Iskandar Dzhalilov (to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) |
| 92 | FW | TKM | Wahyt Orazsähedow (to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) |
| 97 | FW | RUS | Georgi Nurov (to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) |
| — | GK | RUS | Yuri Nesterenko (to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, previously on loan to Rubin-2 Kazan) |
| — | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Kulikov (on loan to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, previously on loan to Spartak Nalchik) |
| — | DF | RUS | Anton Piskunov (to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, previously on loan to KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny) |
| — | DF | RUS | Vitali Ustinov (to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, previously on loan) |
| — | MF | RUS | Yevgeni Balyaikin (to Krylia Sovetov Samara, previously on loan to Tom Tomsk) |
| — | MF | UZB | Vagiz Galiullin (to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, previously on loan to Sibir Novosibirsk) |
| — | MF | RUS | Aleksei Kotlyarov (to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, previously on loan) |
| — | MF | RUS | Ruslan Makhmutov (to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, previously on loan) |
| — | MF | RUS | Ilsur Samigullin (to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, previously on loan) |
| — | FW | RUS | Roman Adamov (to Rostov, previously on loan) |
| — | FW | RUS | Davron Mirzaev (to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, previously on loan) |
| — | FW | RUS | Igor Portnyagin (on loan to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, previously on loan to Tom Tomsk) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | BLR | Syarhey Kislyak (end of loan to FC Krasnodar) |
| 62 | DF | GEO | Solomon Kvirkvelia (loan return from Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) |
| 69 | FW | IRN | Sardar Azmoun (from Sepahan) |
| 87 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Abishov (from Khazar Lankaran) |
| 90 | MF | FRA | Yann M'Vila (from Stade Rennais) |
| — | FW | RUS | Igor Portnyagin (loan return from Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Pyotr Bystrov (released) |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Sergei Davydov (on loan to Dynamo Moscow) |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Carlos Eduardo (on loan to Flamengo) |
| 18 | FW | PAR | Nelson Valdez (to Valencia CF (previously on loan)) |
| 27 | DF | ITA | Salvatore Bocchetti (to Spartak Moscow) |
| — | FW | RUS | Igor Portnyagin (on loan to Krylia Sovetov) |

## Competitions
### Russian Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Spartak Moscow | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 51 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 5 | Kuban Krasnodar | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 48 | 28 | +20 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Rubin Kazan | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 39 | 27 | +12 | 50 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 7 | Dynamo Moscow | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 48 | |
| 8 | Terek Grozny | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 48 | |
* 1 2 Dynamo Moscow ahead of Terek Grozny on head-to-head points; Dynamo Moscow–Terek Grozny 1–2, Terek Grozny–Dynamo Moscow 1–2.

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Rubin Kazan | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Internazionale | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Partizan | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Neftçi | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 | |
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head points (2) and head-to-head goal difference (0). Head-to-head away goals: Partizan 1, Neftçi 0.

##### Notes

* Note 1: Neftchi Baku played their home match at Dalga Arena, Baku as their own Ismat Gayibov Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria.

#### Knockout phase
##### Quarter-finals
###### Notes

* Note 1: Rubin Kazan played their home match at Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow instead of their regular stadium, Tsentralnyi Stadion, Kazan.

## Squad statistics

    As of match played 28 May 2013

### Appearances

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Sergei Ryzhikov | 41 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Oleg Kuzmin | 37 | 1 | 25+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ARG | Cristian Ansaldi | 34 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | César Navas | 28 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Pablo Orbaiz | 35 | 1 | 20+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10+1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Ryazantsev | 22 | 2 | 16+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | RUS | Alan Kasaev | 30 | 3 | 11+9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+3 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | BLR | Syarhey Kislyak | 5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | RUS | Vitali Kaleshin | 20 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | FIN | Alexei Eremenko | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | RUS | Vladimir Dyadyun | 32 | 9 | 12+11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3+4 | 2 |
| 23 | MF | FIN | Roman Eremenko | 36 | 6 | 23+2 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | LTU | Giedrius Arlauskis | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ESP | Iván Marcano | 32 | 1 | 20+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | RUS | Ivan Temnikov | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | MF | RUS | Parvizdzhon Umarbayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | TUR | Gökhan Töre | 7 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 61 | MF | TUR | Gökdeniz Karadeniz | 41 | 6 | 23+5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
| 62 | DF | GEO | Solomon Kvirkvelia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | ISR | Bibras Natcho | 40 | 10 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 76 | DF | RUS | Roman Sharonov | 24 | 1 | 12+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 87 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Abışov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | MF | FRA | Yann M'Vila | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | VEN | Salomón Rondón | 36 | 12 | 20+5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9+2 | 5 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | RUS | Sergei Davydov | 13 | 1 | 1+8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Carlos Eduardo | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| Players who left Rubin Kazan during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 5 | FW | NGA | Obafemi Martins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Pyotr Bystrov | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | PAR | Nelson Valdez | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ITA | Salvatore Bocchetti | 19 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Super Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 99 | Salomón Rondón | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | MF | 66 | Bibras Natcho | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | FW | 22 | Vladimir Dyadyun | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | MF | 23 | Roman Eremenko | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | 61 | Gökdeniz Karadeniz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | MF | 10 | Alan Kasaev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | 27 | Salvatore Bocchetti | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 8 | Aleksandr Ryazantsev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | 22 | Vladimir Dyadyun | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 2 | Oleg Kuzmin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 76 | Roman Sharonov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 25 | Iván Marcano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | 9 | Sergei Davydov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 6 | Pablo Orbaiz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 40 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 58 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Super Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 22 | Sergei Ryzhikov | 12 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| | | | | TOTALS | 12 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 20 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Sergei Ryzhikov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Oleg Kuzmin | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Cristian Ansaldi | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | César Navas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Pablo Orbaiz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Aleksandr Ryazantsev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Alan Kasaev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Syarhey Kislyak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Vitali Kaleshin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Vladimir Dyadyun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Roman Eremenko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Iván Marcano | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 55 | FW | Gökhan Töre | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 61 | MF | Gökdeniz Karadeniz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 62 | MF | Solomon Kvirkvelia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | Bibras Natcho | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 76 | DF | Roman Sharonov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 99 | FW | Salomón Rondón | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Players who left Rubin Kazan during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 5 | FW | Obafemi Martins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Nelson Valdez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Salvatore Bocchetti | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| | | TOTALS | 48 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 78 | 9 |