# 2017–18 FC Arsenal Tula season

The 2017–18 FC Arsenal Tula season was the club's second season back in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia, since relegation at the end of the 2014–15 season, and their third in total. They finished the season in seventh position and were knocked out of the Russian Cup by FC Tambov at the Round of 32 stage.

## Squad

    As of 28 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 | Igor Obukhov (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg) |
| 6 | DF | RUS | Maksim Belyayev |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Kantemir Berkhamov |
| 8 | DF | GEO | Gia Grigalava |
| 9 | DF | RUS | Kirill Kombarov |
| 10 | FW | ZAM | Evans Kangwa |
| 11 | MF | RUS | Sergei Tkachyov (on loan from CSKA Moscow) |
| 13 | DF | ZAM | Stoppila Sunzu (on loan from Lille) |
| 14 | DF | RUS | Anri Khagush |
| 15 | MF | CIV | Habib Maïga (on loan from Saint-Étienne) |
| 17 | FW | RUS | Guram Adzhoyev |
| 18 | FW | MNE | Luka Đorđević (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg) |
| 19 | FW | ARG | Federico Rasic |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | SRB | Goran Čaušić |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Víctor Álvarez |
| 23 | MF | RUS | Igor Gorbatenko |
| 24 | FW | RUS | Artem Dzyuba (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg) |
| 33 | FW | RUS | Aslanbek Sikoyev |
| 36 | GK | RUS | Mikhail Levashov |
| 52 | DF | RUS | Ivan Novoseltsev (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg) |
| 55 | MF | ROU | Alexandru Bourceanu |
| 71 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Denisov |
| 77 | MF | BUL | Mihail Aleksandrov |
| 80 | MF | RUS | Yaroslav Ivakin |
| 87 | MF | RUS | Ilya Maksimov |
| 88 | FW | RUS | Igor Shevchenko |

### 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 | Dmitry Aydov (on loan to Gomel) |
| — | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Stolyarenko (on loan to Rotor Volgograd) |
| — | MF | RUS | Maksim Mashnev (on loan to Luch-Energiya Vladivostok) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | RUS | Artyom Mingazov (on loan to Khimik Novomoskovsk) |
| — | MF | RUS | Vladislav Ryzhkov (on loan to Tambov) |
| — | FW | RUS | Roman Izotov (on loan to Torpedo Moscow) |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | FW | ZAM | Evans Kangwa (from Gaziantepspor) |
| 11 | MF | RUS | Sergei Tkachyov (on loan from CSKA Moscow) |
| 13 | DF | ZAM | Stoppila Sunzu (loan extended from Lille) |
| 18 | FW | MNE | Luka Đorđević (loan from Zenit St.Petersburg) |
| 20 | MF | SRB | Goran Čaušić (from Osasuna) |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Víctor Álvarez (from Espanyol) |
| 25 | DF | RUS | Artyom Yarmolitsky |
| 42 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Grebenshchikov |
| 47 | DF | RUS | Svyatoslav Artyushkin |
| 54 | MF | RUS | Osman Isayev |
| 58 | FW | RUS | Artyom Maksimenko (from Spartak Dzhankoy) |
| 81 | MF | RUS | Vladimir Kabakhidze (from CSKA Moscow) |
| 91 | FW | RUS | Konstantin Antipov (from Tom Tomsk) |
| 95 | DF | RUS | Andrei Shustov (from Chertanovo-M Moscow) |
| 96 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Mironov |
| 98 | MF | RUS | Denis Sedykh (from Dynamo-2 Moscow) |
| — | DF | RUS | Dmitry Aydov (end of loan to Gomel) |
| — | MF | RUS | Maksim Mashnev (end of loan to Luch-Energiya Vladivostok) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Ivan Yershov (to Pskov-747) |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Nikita Burmistrov (to Baltika Kaliningrad) |
| 20 | MF | RUS | Vadim Steklov (to Yenisey Krasnoyarsk) |
| 21 | DF | COL | Jherson Vergara (end of loan from Milan) |
| 26 | MF | MLI | Moussa Doumbia (end of loan from Rostov) |
| 27 | MF | RUS | Artyom Mingazov (to Khimik Novomoskovsk) |
| 28 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Ryzhkov (to Tambov) |
| 30 | FW | RUS | Dzhamshed Maksumov |
| 31 | GK | RUS | Aleksei Berezin |
| 42 | MF | RUS | Atsamaz Torchinov |
| 44 | FW | RUS | Roman Izotov (on loan to Torpedo Moscow) |
| 47 | DF | RUS | Andrius Rukas (to União de Leiria) |
| 48 | MF | RUS | Roman Pekulov |
| 49 | MF | RUS | Nikita Golub (to CRFSO Smolensk) |
| 50 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Puchkov |
| 54 | MF | RUS | Daniil Zuyev |
| 59 | MF | RUS | Kirill Chernov |
| 65 | MF | RUS | Ilya Savkin |
| 66 | DF | RUS | Yevgeni Yezhov |
| 67 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Tsogoyev |
| 69 | FW | RUS | Sergei Stepanov |
| 70 | FW | RUS | Valeri Alshanskiy |
| 72 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Zharinov |
| 74 | DF | RUS | Ilya Salnikov (to Zorky Krasnogorsk) |
| 75 | DF | RUS | Stepan Rebenko |
| 76 | MF | RUS | Maksim Zhumabekov (to UOR #5 Yegoryevsk) |
| 79 | MF | RUS | Danila Buranov |
| 80 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Gordiyenko |
| 82 | GK | RUS | Vladislav Suslov (to Chayka Peschanokopskoye) |
| 83 | DF | RUS | Kirill Merkotan |
| 84 | MF | RUS | Oleg Vlasov (to Dynamo St. Petersburg) |
| 85 | GK | RUS | Maksim Staroverov (to Zenit Penza) |
| 86 | DF | BUL | Ivan Ivanov (to Beroe Stara Zagora) |
| 87 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Kotenko |
| 91 | DF | RUS | Nikita Sorokin |
| 92 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Kiselyov |
| 94 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Matrenov |
| 95 | DF | RUS | Artur Farion |
| 96 | DF | RUS | Yanis Linda |
| 97 | FW | RUS | Vladislav Kormishin (to Akademiya Futbola Rostov-on-Don) |
| 99 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Starodub (to Veles Moscow) |
| 99 | MF | RUS | Andrei Potapov (to Rostov) |
| — | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Stolyarenko (on loan to Rotor Volgograd, previously on loan to Tambov) |
| — | MF | RUS | Sergei Ignatyev (released, previously on loan to Sochi) |
| — | FW | CRC | Felicio Brown Forbes (to Amkar Perm, previously on loan to Anzhi Makhachkala) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Igor Obukhov (on loan from Zenit Saint Petersburg) |
| 15 | MF | CIV | Habib Maïga (on loan from Saint-Étienne) |
| 24 | FW | RUS | Artem Dzyuba (on loan from Zenit Saint Petersburg) |
| 37 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Rodinkov |
| 52 | DF | RUS | Ivan Novoseltsev (on loan from Zenit Saint Petersburg) |
| 74 | MF | RUS | Eduard Sholokh (from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 78 | MF | RUS | Bogdan Petosh |
| 92 | MF | RUS | Sergei Svitlik |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 30 | GK | RUS | Vladimir Gabulov (to Club Brugge) |
| 40 | DF | RUS | Pavel Borisov |
| 41 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Doronin (to Saturn Ramenskoye) |
| 54 | MF | RUS | Osman Isayev |
| 68 | FW | RUS | Nikita Melnikov (to Strogino Moscow) |
| 81 | MF | RUS | Vladimir Kabakhidze |
| 86 | DF | RUS | Rustam Normatov |

## 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 | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | L | D | W | W | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | W |
| Position | 14 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
| 7 | Arsenal Tula | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 42 | |
| 8 | Dynamo Moscow | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 30 | −1 | 40 | |
| 9 | Akhmat Grozny | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 39 | |
* 1 2 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.

### Russian Cup
## 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 |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Igor Obukhov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | RUS | Maksim Belyayev | 28 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Kantemir Berkhamov | 17 | 3 | 11+6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | GEO | Gia Grigalava | 11 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | DF | RUS | Kirill Kombarov | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ZAM | Evans Kangwa | 19 | 2 | 17+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | RUS | Sergei Tkachyov | 29 | 6 | 27+1 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ZAM | Stoppila Sunzu | 29 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | RUS | Anri Khagush | 18 | 0 | 7+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | CIV | Habib Maïga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | RUS | Guram Adzhoyev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | MNE | Luka Đorđević | 23 | 7 | 18+4 | 7 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ARG | Federico Rasic | 19 | 0 | 2+16 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SRB | Goran Čaušić | 27 | 3 | 25+1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Víctor Álvarez | 21 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | RUS | Igor Gorbatenko | 25 | 3 | 20+4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | RUS | Artem Dzyuba | 10 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | RUS | Aslanbek Sikoyev | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | GK | RUS | Mikhail Levashov | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | DF | RUS | Ivan Novoseltsev | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | ROU | Alexandru Bourceanu | 21 | 0 | 18+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 71 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Denisov | 10 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | BUL | Mihail Aleksandrov | 20 | 0 | 14+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | RUS | Yaroslav Ivakin | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | RUS | Ilya Maksimov | 11 | 1 | 7+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | FW | RUS | Igor Shevchenko | 18 | 0 | 12+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Arsenal Tula during the season: ||||||||||
| 30 | GK | RUS | Vladimir Gabulov | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 18 | Luka Đorđević | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | MF | 11 | Sergei Tkachyov | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | FW | 24 | Artem Dzyuba | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | 20 | Goran Čaušić | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | 23 | Igor Gorbatenko | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | 7 | Kantemir Berkhamov | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | 10 | Evans Kangwa | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 13 | Stoppila Sunzu | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | 88 | Igor Shevchenko | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 87 | Ilya Maksimov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 6 | Maksim Belyayev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 35 | 0 | 35 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Total | Total |
| 6 | DF | Maksim Belyayev | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Kantemir Berkhamov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Gia Grigalava | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | DF | Kirill Kombarov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Evans Kangwa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Sergei Tkachyov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Stoppila Sunzu | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Anri Khagush | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Guram Adzhoyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Luka Đorđević | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Goran Čaušić | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Víctor Álvarez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Igor Gorbatenko | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 24 | FW | Artem Dzyuba | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 52 | DF | Ivan Novoseltsev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | Alexandru Bourceanu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 71 | DF | Aleksandr Denisov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Mihail Aleksandrov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | Ilya Maksimov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | FW | Igor Shevchenko | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Players who left Arsenal Tula during the season: ||||||||||
| 30 | GK | Vladimir Gabulov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 63 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 1 |