# 2015–16 FC Rubin Kazan season

The 2015–16 Rubin Kazan season was the 12th successive season that the club will play in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. Rubin was also taking part in the Russian Cup and the UEFA 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 (Captain) |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Elmir Nabiullin |
| 5 | DF | GEO | Solomon Kvirkvelia |
| 6 | MF | RUS | Ilzat Akhmetov |
| 7 | FW | RUS | Igor Portnyagin |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Maksim Batov |
| 11 | FW | UKR | Marko Dević |
| 13 | DF | SWE | Emil Bergström |
| 14 | MF | RUS | Diniyar Bilyaletdinov |
| 15 | MF | BLR | Syarhey Kislyak |
| 16 | GK | RUS | Timur Akmurzin |
| 20 | MF | CRO | Mijo Caktaš |
| 21 | DF | URU | Guillermo Cotugno |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | FW | RUS | Vladimir Dyadyun |
| 27 | MF | RUS | Magomed Ozdoyev |
| 29 | MF | RUS | Shota Bibilov |
| 30 | MF | RUS | Vladimir Sobolev |
| 31 | MF | RUS | Denis Tkachuk |
| 49 | DF | RUS | Vitali Ustinov |
| 61 | MF | TUR | Gökdeniz Karadeniz |
| 63 | MF | RUS | Alisher Dzhalilov |
| 65 | DF | RUS | Maksim Zhestokov |
| 77 | MF | BUL | Blagoy Georgiev |
| 79 | DF | UKR | Andriy Pylyavskyi |
| 88 | DF | RUS | Ruslan Kambolov |
| 91 | GK | RUS | Yuri Nesterenko |
| 99 | FW | RUS | Maksim Kanunnikov |

### 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 |
| — | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Filtsov (at Arsenal Tula) |
| — | DF | RUS | Taras Burlak (at Krylia Sovetov Samara) |
| — | DF | RUS | Inal Getigezhev (at Gazovik Orenburg) |
| — | DF | COD | Chris Mavinga (at Troyes) |
| — | DF | URU | Mauricio Lemos (at Las Palmas) |
| — | MF | FRA | Yann M'Vila (at Sunderland) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GHA | Wakaso Mubarak (at Las Palmas) |
| — | MF | RUS | Albert Sharipov (at Tom Tomsk) |
| — | FW | RUS | Sergei Davydov (at KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny) |
| — | FW | IRN | Sardar Azmoun (at Rostov) |
| — | FW | CRO | Marko Livaja (at Empoli) |
| — | FW | RUS | Dmitri Otstavnov (at Volga Ulyanovsk) |

### 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 |
| 19 | FW | RUS | Mikhail Yakovlev |
| 25 | MF | UZB | Bobir Davlatov |
| 28 | FW | RUS | Mikhail Petrolay |
| 35 | DF | RUS | Kirill Lukyanchikov |
| 36 | MF | RUS | Maksim Bobrovskiy |
| 40 | DF | RUS | Danis Giniyatullin |
| 41 | DF | RUS | Sergei Doronin |
| 42 | DF | RUS | Amir Gavrilov |
| 46 | MF | RUS | Ruslan Kausarov |
| 47 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Gubanov |
| 48 | MF | RUS | Artur Nikolayev |
| 54 | MF | RUS | Erik Vasilyev |
| 56 | FW | RUS | Gevorg Arutyunyan |
| 57 | DF | RUS | Iskander Badriyev |
| 62 | FW | RUS | Artur Kovalik |
| 64 | FW | RUS | Nikita Tankov |
| 70 | GK | RUS | Yevgeni Shchetinin |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 73 | MF | RUS | Igor Nikolov |
| 78 | FW | RUS | Nikita Torgashov |
| 79 | FW | RUS | Nikita Vorona |
| 80 | DF | RUS | Yegor Sorokin |
| 81 | DF | RUS | Ilnur Safeyev |
| 82 | DF | RUS | Nikita Mikhailov |
| 83 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Kuznetsov |
| 84 | MF | RUS | Andrei Mironov |
| 86 | FW | RUS | Timur Koblov |
| 90 | FW | RUS | Ilya Gilyazutdinov |
| 92 | MF | RUS | Almaz Sharafeev |
| 94 | DF | RUS | Ilya Shabanov |
| 95 | MF | RUS | Insar Salakhetdinov |
| 96 | MF | RUS | German Frolov |
| 97 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Kamenshchikov |
| 98 | GK | RUS | Anton Chernov |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | URU | Mauricio Lemos (on loan from Defensor Sporting) |
| 8 | DF | RUS | Maksim Batov (from Amkar Perm) |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Ramil Sheydayev (on loan from Zenit Saint Petersburg) |
| 11 | FW | UKR | Marko Dević (end of loan at Al Rayyan) |
| 13 | GK | IRN | Alireza Haghighi (end of loan to Penafiel) |
| 14 | MF | RUS | Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (from Spartak Moscow, previously on loan at Torpedo Moscow) |
| 21 | DF | URU | Guillermo Cotugno (from Danubio, previously on loan) |
| 27 | MF | RUS | Magomed Ozdoyev (from Lokomotiv Moscow, previously on loan) |
| 40 | DF | RUS | Danis Giniyatullin |
| 42 | DF | RUS | Amir Gavrilov |
| 54 | FW | RUS | Shakhrom Sulaymonov |
| 64 | FW | RUS | Nikita Tankov |
| 65 | DF | RUS | Maksim Zhestokov (end of loan at Volga Nizhny Novgorod) |
| 72 | FW | RUS | Kamil Mullin (end of loan at Sokol Saratov) |
| 93 | MF | RUS | Albert Sharipov (from Tom Tomsk) |
| 96 | MF | RUS | German Frolov |
| 97 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Kamenshchikov |
| 98 | GK | RUS | Anton Chernov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Otstavnov (on loan to Volga Ulyanovsk) |
| 10 | FW | CRO | Marko Livaja (on loan to Empoli) |
| 16 | MF | RUS | Ilsur Samigullin (on loan to Zhetysu) |
| 23 | DF | GEO | Mamuka Kobakhidze (on loan to Mordovia Saransk) |
| 38 | MF | FRA | Yann M'Vila (on loan to Sunderland, previously on loan at Internazionale Milano) |
| 39 | DF | COD | Chris Mavinga (on loan to ESTAC, previously on loan at Stade de Reims) |
| 40 | MF | RUS | Timur Ayupov |
| 42 | DF | RUS | Denis Kibardin (on loan to Zenit-Izhevsk Izhevsk) |
| 44 | DF | ESP | César Navas (to FC Rostov) |
| 44 | MF | GHA | Wakaso Mubarak (on loan to Las Palmas, previously on loan at Celtic) |
| 52 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Kotlyarov |
| 57 | MF | RUS | Nikita Lobanov |
| 58 | FW | RUS | Andrei Vshivtsev (to Dnepr Smolensk) |
| 64 | MF | RUS | Nikita Bocharov (to Tom-2 Tomsk) |
| 66 | MF | RUS | Marat Sitdikov (to Dnepr Smolensk) |
| 68 | GK | RUS | Yaroslav Maloletkov |
| 72 | FW | RUS | Kamil Mullin (on loan to Sokol Saratov) |
| 73 | MF | RUS | Ranis Khusnutdinov |
| 78 | MF | RUS | Mikhail Petrolay (on loan to Zhetysu) |
| 79 | MF | UZB | Bobir Davlatov (on loan to Zhetysu) |
| 90 | FW | RUS | Ruslan Galiakberov (on loan to Zhetysu) |
| 92 | MF | RUS | Pavel Shadrin (on loan to Zenit-Izhevsk Izhevsk) |
| 93 | MF | RUS | Ildar Bikchantayev (to Zenit Penza) |
| 94 | MF | RUS | Artyom Kuklev |
| 95 | MF | RUS | Almaz Askarov (to Gazovik Orenburg) |
| 98 | DF | RUS | Almaz Nasybullin |
| — | FW | RUS | Sergei Davydov (on loan to KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny, previously on loan at Torpedo Moscow) |
| — | FW | RUS | Ruslan Mukhametshin (to Mordovia Saransk, previously on loan) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | DF | SWE | Emil Bergström (from Djurgården) |
| 19 | FW | RUS | Mikhail Yakovlev |
| 20 | MF | CRO | Mijo Caktaš (from Hajduk Split) |
| 25 | MF | UZB | Bobir Davlatov (end of loan to Zhetysu) |
| 28 | MF | RUS | Mikhail Petrolay (end of loan to Zhetysu) |
| 31 | MF | RUS | Denis Tkachuk (from Zenit St. Petersburg) |
| 35 | DF | RUS | Kirill Lukyanchikov |
| 36 | MF | RUS | Maksim Bobrovskiy (from own academy) |
| 47 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Gubanov |
| 48 | MF | RUS | Artur Nikolayev |
| 54 | MF | RUS | Erik Vasilyev (from Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) |
| 57 | DF | RUS | Iskander Badriyev |
| 62 | FW | RUS | Artur Kovalik |
| 73 | MF | RUS | Igor Nikolov |
| 78 | FW | RUS | Nikita Torgashov |
| 79 | DF | UKR | Andriy Pylyavskyi (from Zorya Luhansk) |
| 90 | FW | RUS | Ilya Gilyazutdinov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | URU | Mauricio Lemos (on loan to Las Palmas, previously from Defensor Sporting, previously on loan from Defensor) |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Ramil Sheydayev (end of loan from Zenit St. Petersburg) |
| 12 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Filtsov (on loan to Arsenal Tula) |
| 13 | GK | IRN | Alireza Haghighi (to Marítimo) |
| 24 | MF | RUS | Ilsur Samigullin (on loan to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, previously on loan to Zhetysu) |
| 33 | DF | RUS | Inal Getigezhev (on loan to Gazovik Orenburg) |
| 54 | FW | RUS | Shakhrom Sulaymonov (released) |
| 59 | DF | RUS | Aydar Khabibullin (on loan to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) |
| 89 | GK | RUS | Anatoli Malashenko (on loan to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) |
| 93 | MF | RUS | Albert Sharipov (on loan to Tom Tomsk) |

## 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | D | D | L | D | L |
| Position | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 39 |
| 9 | Krylia Sovetov Samara | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 31 | −12 | 35 |
| 10 | Rubin Kazan | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 33 |
| 11 | Amkar Perm | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 33 | −11 | 31 |
| 12 | Ufa | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 44 | −19 | 27 |

### Europa league
#### Third qualifying round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LIV | SIO | RUB | BOR |
| 1 | Liverpool | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Sion | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Rubin Kazan | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | Bordeaux | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 4 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | — |

## Squad statistics

    As of match played 21 May 2016

### 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 | Sergey Ryzhikov | 40 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Oleg Kuzmin | 19 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Elmir Nabiullin | 24 | 1 | 15+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GEO | Solomon Kverkvelia | 39 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | RUS | Igor Portnyagin | 31 | 5 | 15+9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3+4 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Maksim Batov | 7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | UKR | Marko Dević | 24 | 9 | 11+7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 2 |
| 13 | DF | SWE | Emil Bergström | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | RUS | Diniyar Bilyaletdinov | 21 | 2 | 8+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | BLR | Syarhey Kislyak | 23 | 1 | 14+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | CRO | Mijo Caktaš | 11 | 1 | 8+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | URU | Guillermo Cotugno | 29 | 0 | 20+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | RUS | Vladimir Dyadyun | 21 | 0 | 3+11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | RUS | Magomed Ozdoev | 39 | 2 | 28+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | RUS | Shota Bibilov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | RUS | Denis Tkachuk | 10 | 1 | 7+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | DF | RUS | Vitali Ustinov | 11 | 1 | 4+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 56 | FW | RUS | Gevorg Arutyunyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | MF | TUR | Gökdeniz Karadeniz | 28 | 7 | 17+5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 63 | MF | RUS | Alisher Dzhalilov | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | DF | RUS | Maksim Zhestokov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | BUL | Blagoy Georgiev | 24 | 1 | 14+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8+1 | 1 |
| 79 | DF | UKR | Andriy Pylyavskyi | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | DF | RUS | Yegor Sorokin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Kuznetsov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | MF | RUS | Andrei Mironov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | MF | RUS | Ilzat Akhmetov | 6 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | RUS | Ruslan Kambolov | 36 | 0 | 24+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 91 | GK | RUS | Yuri Nesterenko | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Kamenshchikov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | RUS | Maksim Kanunnikov | 40 | 7 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9+1 | 3 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | URU | Mauricio Lemos | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | RUS | Inal Getigezhev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | MF | RUS | Albert Sharipov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Rubin Kazan but left during the season: ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | RUS | Ramil Sheydayev | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Carlos Eduardo | 25 | 2 | 10+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 13 | GK | IRN | Alireza Haghighi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal Scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Russian Premier League | Russian Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 11 | Marko Dević | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | MF | 61 | Gökdeniz Karadeniz | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | FW | 99 | Maksim Kanunnikov | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | FW | 7 | Igor Portnyagin | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | DF | 2 | Oleg Kuzmin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 14 | Diniyar Bilyaletdinov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 27 | Magomed Ozdoev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 10 | Carlos Eduardo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 3 | Elmir Nabiullin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 5 | Solomon Kverkvelia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 13 | Emil Bergström | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 15 | Syarhey Kislyak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 20 | Mijo Caktaš | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 31 | Denis Tkachuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 49 | Vitali Ustinov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 77 | Blagoy Georgiev | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 33 | 0 | 12 | 45 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Russian Premier League | Russian Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Sergey Ryzhikov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Oleg Kuzmin | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 3 |
| 3 | DF | Elmir Nabiullin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Solomon Kverkvelia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | Igor Portnyagin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Maksim Batov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Carlos Eduardo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Marko Dević | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Emil Bergström | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Diniyar Bilyaletdinov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Syarhey Kislyak | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Mijo Caktaš | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Guillermo Cotugno | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Vladimir Dyadyun | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Magomed Ozdoev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Denis Tkachuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | DF | Vitali Ustinov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 61 | MF | Gökdeniz Karadeniz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Blagoy Georgiev | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 84 | MF | Andrei Mironov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | Ruslan Kambolov | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 99 | FW | Maksim Kanunnikov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 52 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 73 | 8 |