# 2016–17 FC Rubin Kazan season

The 2016–17 FC Rubin Kazan season was the 14th successive season that the club played in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia.

## Season events

Before the season kicked off, Rubin Kazan appointed Javi Gracia as their new manager, replacing Valeriy Chaly. He brought new players to the club including Rifat Zhemaletdinov, Alex Song and Sergio Sánchez. Jako replaced Puma as the club`s kit supplier.

## Squad

    As of 24 February 2017
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 |
| 4 | MF | FRA | Yann M'Vila |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Sergio Sánchez |
| 8 | MF | CMR | Alex Song |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Maksim Kanunnikov |
| 10 | MF | BEL | Maxime Lestienne |
| 14 | MF | RUS | Diniyar Bilyaletdinov |
| 20 | MF | CRO | Mijo Caktaš |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Rubén Rochina |
| 22 | FW | BRA | Jonathas |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | SUI | Moritz Bauer |
| 25 | DF | PER | Carlos Zambrano |
| 31 | MF | RUS | Denis Tkachuk |
| 39 | FW | RUS | Vladimir Dyadyun |
| 49 | DF | RUS | Vitali Ustinov |
| 61 | MF | TUR | Gökdeniz Karadeniz |
| 80 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Kulik |
| 85 | MF | RUS | Ilzat Akhmetov |
| 88 | MF | RUS | Ruslan Kambolov |
| 90 | DF | RUS | Taras Burlak |
| 91 | GK | RUS | Yuri Nesterenko |
| 96 | FW | RUS | Rifat Zhemaletdinov |

### 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 |
| 5 | DF | GEO | Solomon Kvirkvelia (at Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 13 | DF | SWE | Emil Bergström (at Grasshoppers) |
| 27 | MF | RUS | Magomed Ozdoyev (at Terek Grozny) |
| 77 | MF | ESP | Samu (at Leganés) |
| — | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Filtsov (at Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | RUS | Maksim Batov (at Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| — | DF | URU | Guillermo Cotugno (at Talleres until 30 June 2017) |
| — | DF | UKR | Andriy Pylyavskyi (at Zorya Luhansk) |
| — | MF | RUS | Albert Sharipov (at Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk until 30 June 2017) |
| — | MF | RUS | Vladimir Sobolev (at Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk until 30 June 2017) |

### Youth 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 |
| 16 | GK | RUS | Timur Akmurzin |
| 32 | DF | RUS | Anatoli Brendelev |
| 33 | DF | RUS | Inal Getigezhev |
| 35 | DF | RUS | Kirill Lukyanchikov |
| 36 | MF | RUS | Maksim Bobrovskiy |
| 37 | MF | RUS | Adil Mukhametzyanov |
| 40 | DF | RUS | Danis Giniyatullin |
| 41 | DF | RUS | Sergei Doronin |
| 47 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Gubanov |
| 48 | MF | RUS | Artur Nikolayev |
| 51 | MF | RUS | Nikita Kulalayev |
| 53 | FW | RUS | Nikita Goldobin |
| 54 | FW | RUS | Daniil Makeyev |
| 56 | FW | RUS | Gevorg Arutyunyan |
| 57 | MF | RUS | Iskander Badriyev |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 62 | MF | RUS | Artur Kovalik |
| 63 | MF | RUS | Alisher Dzhalilov |
| 70 | MF | RUS | Georgi Makhatadze |
| 73 | MF | RUS | Igor Nikolov |
| 78 | FW | RUS | Nikita Torgashov |
| 81 | DF | RUS | Ilnur Safeyev |
| 82 | DF | RUS | Nikita Mikhailov |
| 87 | FW | RUS | Artur Alukayev |
| 89 | MF | RUS | Mikhail Yakovlev |
| 92 | MF | RUS | Almaz Sharafeev |
| 93 | MF | RUS | Ilya Gilyazutdinov |
| 94 | DF | RUS | Ilya Shabanov |
| 97 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Kamenshchikov |
| 98 | GK | RUS | Anton Chernov |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | MF | FRA | Yann M'Vila (end of loan to Sunderland) |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Sergio Sánchez (from Panathinaikos) |
| 8 | MF | CMR | Alex Song (from Barcelona) |
| 10 | MF | BEL | Maxime Lestienne (from Al-Arabi) |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Rubén Rochina (from Granada) |
| 22 | FW | BRA | Jonathas (from Real Sociedad) |
| 23 | DF | SUI | Moritz Bauer (from Grasshoppers) |
| 25 | DF | PER | Carlos Zambrano (from Eintracht Frankfurt) |
| 33 | MF | RUS | Inal Getigezhev (end of loan to Orenburg) |
| 37 | MF | RUS | Adil Mukhametzyanov |
| 51 | MF | RUS | Nikita Kulalayev (from Lada-Togliatti) |
| 53 | FW | RUS | Nikita Goldobin |
| 54 | FW | RUS | Daniil Makeyev (from Khimki-M) |
| 64 | DF | COD | Chris Mavinga (end of loan to ESTAC) |
| 70 | MF | RUS | Georgi Makhatadze (from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 77 | MF | ESP | Samu (from Villarreal) |
| 80 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Kulik (end of loan to Kuban Krasnodar) |
| 90 | DF | RUS | Taras Burlak (end of loan to Krylia Sovetov Samara) |
| 96 | FW | RUS | Rifat Zhemaletdinov (from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | FW | RUS | Igor Portnyagin (to Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 8 | DF | RUS | Maksim Batov (on loan to Orenburg) |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Carlos Eduardo (to Atlético Mineiro) |
| 15 | MF | BLR | Syarhey Kislyak (to Gaziantepspor) |
| 21 | DF | URU | Guillermo Cotugno (on loan to Talleres) |
| 29 | MF | RUS | Shota Bibilov (to Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod) |
| 30 | MF | RUS | Vladimir Sobolev (on loan to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) |
| 34 | FW | RUS | Timur Khakimov |
| 37 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Frolov |
| 39 | DF | RUS | Niyaz Valeyev |
| 42 | DF | RUS | Amir Gavrilov |
| 43 | FW | RUS | Nikita Vorona |
| 46 | MF | RUS | Ruslan Kausarov (to Kuban-2 Krasnodar) |
| 52 | MF | RUS | Rail Idiyatullin |
| 54 | MF | RUS | Erik Vasilyev |
| 58 | DF | RUS | Nikita Balandin |
| 64 | FW | RUS | Nikita Tankov (to CRFSO Smolensk) |
| 65 | DF | RUS | Maksim Zhestokov (to Volgar Astrakhan) |
| 66 | DF | RUS | Almaz Gilmutdinov |
| 70 | GK | RUS | Yevgeni Shchetinin (to Dynamo Kirov) |
| 77 | MF | BUL | Blagoy Georgiev (to Orenburg) |
| 79 | DF | UKR | Andriy Pylyavskyi (on loan to Vorskla Poltava) |
| 86 | FW | RUS | Timur Koblov |
| 95 | GK | RUS | Fyodor Arsentyev (on loan to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, previously from Spartak Moscow) |
| 95 | MF | RUS | Insar Salakhetdinov (to Sportakademklub Moscow) |
| 96 | MF | RUS | German Frolov |
| — | DF | GEO | Mamuka Kobakhidze (on loan to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, previously on loan to Mordovia Saransk) |
| — | DF | URU | Mauricio Lemos (to Las Palmas, previously on loan) |
| — | MF | GHA | Wakaso Mubarak (to Panathinaikos, previously on loan to Las Palmas) |
| — | MF | RUS | Ilsur Samigullin (to Syzran-2003, previously on loan to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) |
| — | MF | RUS | Albert Sharipov (on loan to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, previously on loan to Tom Tomsk) |
| — | FW | IRN | Sardar Azmoun (to Rostov, previously on loan) |
| — | FW | RUS | Sergei Davydov (released, previously on loan to KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny) |
| — | FW | CRO | Marko Livaja (to Las Palmas, previously on loan to Empoli) |
| — | FW | RUS | Kamil Mullin (on loan to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, previously on loan to Sokol Saratov) |
| — | FW | RUS | Dmitri Otstavnov (to Santa Clara, previously on loan to Volga Ulyanovsk) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Karnaukhov |
| 15 | FW | RUS | Nikita Saprunov |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Vladimir Sobolev (end of loan to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) |
| 29 | DF | RUS | Ruslan Shcherbin (from KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny academy) |
| 65 | MF | RUS | Erik Vasilyev |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | GEO | Solomon Kvirkvelia (on loan to Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 11 | FW | UKR | Marko Dević (to Rostov) |
| 13 | DF | SWE | Emil Bergström (on loan to Grasshoppers) |
| 24 | DF | RUS | Yegor Sorokin (to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, previously on loan to Aktobe) |
| 27 | MF | RUS | Magomed Ozdoyev (on loan to Terek Grozny) |
| 64 | DF | COD | Chris Mavinga (to Toronto) |
| 77 | MF | ESP | Samu (on loan to Leganés) |
| 83 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Kuznetsov |
| 84 | MF | RUS | Andrei Mironov |
| — | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Filtsov (on loan to Anzhi Makhachkala, previously on loan to Arsenal Tula) |
| — | DF | RUS | Maksim Batov (to Anzhi Makhachkala, previously on loan to Orenburg) |
| — | DF | UKR | Andriy Pylyavskyi (on loan to Zorya Luhansk, previously on loan to Vorskla Poltava) |
| — | MF | UZB | Bobir Davlatov (to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, previously on loan to Aktobe) |

## 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 | H | A | H | H | 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 |
| Result | D | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Ufa | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 25 | −3 | 43 | |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 39 | 27 | +12 | 42 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 9 | Rubin Kazan | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 38 | |
| 10 | Amkar Perm | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 25 | 29 | −4 | 35 | |
| 11 | Ural Yekaterinburg | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 44 | −20 | 30 | |
* ↑ Lokomotiv Moscow qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2016–17 Russian Cup.]

### Russian Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 21 May 2017

### 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 | Sergey Ryzhikov | 31 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Oleg Kuzmin | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Elmir Nabiullin | 28 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | FRA | Yann M'Vila | 23 | 1 | 19+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Sergio Sánchez | 20 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | CMR | Alex Song | 16 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Maksim Kanunnikov | 23 | 7 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BEL | Maxime Lestienne | 16 | 3 | 5+8 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | CRO | Mijo Caktaš | 21 | 2 | 13+4 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Rubén Rochina | 26 | 2 | 16+7 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | BRA | Jonathas | 30 | 11 | 23+3 | 9 | 2+2 | 2 |
| 23 | DF | SUI | Moritz Bauer | 23 | 0 | 19+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | PER | Carlos Zambrano | 24 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | RUS | Magomed Ozdoyev | 12 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | RUS | Denis Tkachuk | 24 | 2 | 17+5 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 49 | DF | RUS | Vitali Ustinov | 9 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 61 | MF | TUR | Gökdeniz Karadeniz | 11 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | RUS | Georgi Makhatadze | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | MF | RUS | Ilzat Akhmetov | 15 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | RUS | Ruslan Kambolov | 21 | 1 | 16+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 90 | DF | RUS | Taras Burlak | 26 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 91 | GK | RUS | Yuri Nesterenko | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 96 | FW | RUS | Rifat Zhemaletdinov | 26 | 0 | 12+11 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| 5 | DF | GEO | Solomon Kvirkvelia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | SWE | Emil Bergström | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | ESP | Samu | 15 | 1 | 7+6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Players who appeared for Rubin Kazan no longer at the club: ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | RUS | Igor Portnyagin | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | UKR | Marko Dević | 10 | 2 | 1+7 | 1 | 2 | 1 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 22 | Jonathas | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | FW | 9 | Maksim Kanunnikov | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | MF | 10 | Maxime Lestienne | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | 21 | Rubén Rochina | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | 31 | Denis Tkachuk | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | 20 | Mijo Caktaš | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | FW | 11 | Marko Dević | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 88 | Ruslan Kambolov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 3 | Elmir Nabiullin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 4 | Yann M'Vila | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 77 | Samu | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 30 | 4 | 34 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Sergey Ryzhikov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Elmir Nabiullin | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | Yann M'Vila | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Sergio Sánchez | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Alex Song | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Maksim Kanunnikov | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Maxime Lestienne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Marko Dević | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Mijo Caktaš | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 21 | MF | Rubén Rochina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Jonathas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Moritz Bauer | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Carlos Zambrano | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | Magomed Ozdoyev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Denis Tkachuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | DF | Vitali Ustinov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 85 | MF | Ilzat Akhmetov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Ruslan Kambolov | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 90 | DF | Taras Burlak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 96 | FW | Rifat Zhemaletdinov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 62 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 68 | 6 |