# 2016–17 FC Rostov season

The 2016–17 FC Rostov season was the club's eighth successive season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of football in Russia. Rostov also take part in the Russian Cup, entering at the round of 32 stage and the Champions League for the first time, entering at the third qualifying round.

## Season events

On 6 August 2016, Kurban Berdyev resigned as manager, with Dmitri Kirichenko being appointed as the club's caretaker-manager. On 9 September 2016, Ivan Daniliants was appointed as the club's new head-coach. On 9 September 2016, Kurban Berdyev was appointed as the FC Rostov vicepresident.

## 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 | Ivan Komissarov |
| 2 | MF | BLR | Timofei Kalachev |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Vladimir Granat |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Denis Terentyev |
| 7 | FW | RUS | Dmitry Poloz |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Igor Kireyev |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Bukharov |
| 16 | MF | ECU | Christian Noboa |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Pavel Mogilevets |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Khoren Bayramyan |
| 20 | FW | IRN | Sardar Azmoun |
| 21 | DF | RUS | Andrei Sorokin |
| 22 | DF | MNE | Marko Simić |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | SVN | Miha Mevlja |
| 28 | MF | ROU | Andrei Prepeliță |
| 30 | DF | RUS | Fyodor Kudryashov |
| 33 | FW | UKR | Marko Dević |
| 35 | GK | RUS | Soslan Dzhanayev |
| 44 | DF | ESP | César Navas |
| 69 | DF | RUS | Nikita Kovalyov |
| 71 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Veber |
| 77 | GK | RUS | Nikita Medvedev |
| 84 | MF | MDA | Alexandru Gațcan (Captain) |
| 89 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Yerokhin |
| 97 | GK | RUS | Yevgeni Goshev |
| — | DF | ANG | Nandinho |

### 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 |
| 6 | MF | IRN | Saeid Ezatolahi (at Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| 9 | MF | RUS | Maksim Grigoryev (at Orenburg) |
| 10 | MF | MLI | Moussa Doumbia (at Arsenal Tula) |
| 14 | MF | RUS | Valeri Yaroshenko (at Baltika Kaliningrad) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Skopintsev (at Baltika Kaliningrad) |
| — | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Troshechkin (at Fakel Voronezh) |
| — | FW | GEO | Nika Kacharava (at Ethnikos Achna) |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Ivan Komissarov (from Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod) |
| 3 | DF | SEN | Papa Gueye (from Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk) |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Vladimir Granat (from Spartak Moscow) |
| 9 | MF | RUS | Maksim Grigoryev (from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 14 | MF | RUS | Valeri Yaroshenko (from Zenit St. Petersburg) |
| 17 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Skopintsev (from RB Leipzig) |
| 20 | FW | IRN | Sardar Azmoun (from Rubin Kazan, previously on loan) |
| 23 | DF | SVN | Miha Mevlja (from Dinamo București) |
| 28 | MF | ROU | Andrei Prepeliță (from Ludogorets Razgrad) |
| 57 | MF | RUS | Danil Sviridov (from own academy) |
| 62 | DF | RUS | Artyom Yesaulenko |
| 74 | MF | RUS | Norik Mkrtchyan (from own academy) |
| 79 | GK | RUS | Danila Yermakov (from Krylia Sovetov Samara) |
| 81 | MF | RUS | Andrei Napolov (from own academy) |
| 83 | MF | RUS | Roman Petrov (from own academy) |
| 94 | MF | RUS | Igor Cherkasov (from own academy) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | KAZ | Stas Pokatilov (on loan to Kairat) |
| 9 | MF | GAB | Guélor Kanga (to Red Star Belgrade) |
| 12 | GK | RUS | Nikita Chagrov (to Chayka Peschanokopskoye) |
| 15 | DF | ANG | Bastos (to Lazio) |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Pavel Mogilevets (end of loan from Zenit St. Petersburg) |
| 21 | FW | RUS | Said-Ali Akhmayev (to Chernomorets Novorossiysk) |
| 23 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Troshechkin (on loan to Fakel Voronezh) |
| 25 | DF | RUS | Ivan Novoseltsev (to Zenit St.Petersburg) |
| 28 | DF | FIN | Boris Rotenberg (end of loan from Dynamo Moscow) |
| 32 | FW | GEO | Nika Kacharava (on loan to Ethnikos Achna) |
| 34 | DF | RUS | Timofei Margasov (to Krylia Sovetov) |
| 46 | FW | RUS | Danila Lyuft (to Dynamo Stavropol) |
| 48 | MF | RUS | Artyom Maksimenko (to Spartak Dzhankoy) |
| 51 | GK | RUS | Ivan Zozin |
| 58 | MF | RUS | Maksim Kondrashyov |
| 59 | DF | RUS | Ivan Reutenko |
| 62 | GK | RUS | Vladislav Suslov (to Arsenal-2 Tula) |
| 63 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Logunov (to Avangard Kursk) |
| 66 | MF | RUS | Daniil Ostapenko (to Zenit Penza) |
| 68 | MF | RUS | Vasili Lipin |
| 73 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Grechkin (to Armavir) |
| 74 | MF | RUS | Yevgeni Stukanov (to Rotor Volgograd) |
| 86 | FW | KOR | Yoo Byung-soo |
| 94 | GK | RUS | Roman Pshukov |
| 96 | DF | RUS | Nikita Bocharov |
| 99 | FW | MNE | Nemanja Nikolić (to Aktobe) |
| — | DF | RUS | Ruslan Abazov (to Tosno, previously on loan to Tyumen) |
| — | DF | RUS | Temur Mustafin (to Zenit St. Petersburg, previously on loan to Avangard Kursk) |
| — | MF | RUS | Artyom Kulishev (to Dynamo St. Petersburg, previously on loan) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | IRN | Reza Shekari (from Zob Ahan Esfahan) |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Pavel Mogilevets (from Zenit St. Petersburg) |
| 21 | DF | RUS | Andrei Sorokin (from Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk) |
| 22 | DF | MNE | Marko Simić (from Hapoel Tel Aviv) |
| 33 | FW | UKR | Marko Dević (from Rubin Kazan) |
| — | DF | ANG | Nandinho |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | SEN | Papa Gueye (to Aktobe) |
| 6 | MF | IRN | Saeid Ezatolahi (on loan to Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| 9 | MF | RUS | Maksim Grigoryev (on loan to Orenburg) |
| 10 | MF | MLI | Moussa Doumbia (on loan to Arsenal Tula) |
| 14 | MF | RUS | Valeri Yaroshenko (on loan to Baltika Kaliningrad) |
| 17 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Skopintsev (on loan to Baltika Kaliningrad) |
| 31 | MF | RUS | Ruslan Shapovalov |
| 57 | MF | RUS | Danil Sviridov |
| — | GK | KAZ | Stas Pokatilov (to Kairat, previously on loan) |

## 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | D | W | L | D | W | D | D | D | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | L |
| Position | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Krasnodar | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 40 | 22 | +18 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Terek Grozny | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 48 | |
| 6 | Rostov | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 36 | 18 | +18 | 48 | |
| 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 |
* ↑ Lokomotiv Moscow qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2016–17 Russian Cup.]

### UEFA Champions League
#### Qualifying rounds
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Atlético Madrid | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Bayern Munich | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Rostov | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 5 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4 | PSV Eindhoven | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 2 | |

### UEFA Europa League
#### Knockout stage
## 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 | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | MF | BLR | Timofei Kalachev | 37 | 0 | 22+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Vladimir Granat | 21 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Denis Terentyev | 36 | 0 | 17+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | RUS | Dmitry Poloz | 40 | 14 | 22+4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9+1 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Igor Kireyev | 15 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Bukharov | 27 | 7 | 11+7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | ECU | Christian Noboa | 40 | 7 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Pavel Mogilevets | 7 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Khoren Bayramyan | 23 | 0 | 14+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | IRN | Sardar Azmoun | 41 | 12 | 20+7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8+2 | 4 | 1+3 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | MNE | Marko Simić | 7 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | SVN | Miha Mevlja | 31 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | ROU | Andrei Prepeliță | 25 | 1 | 8+9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | RUS | Fyodor Kudryashov | 36 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | UKR | Marko Dević | 8 | 1 | 1+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | RUS | Soslan Dzhanayev | 23 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Khristis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | ESP | César Navas | 38 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 69 | DF | RUS | Nikita Kovalyov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | RUS | Andrei Sidenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Veber | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | GK | RUS | Nikita Medvedev | 22 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 84 | MF | MDA | Alexandru Gațcan | 37 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 89 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Yerokhin | 38 | 5 | 21+4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8+1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 90 | MF | RUS | Filipp Kondryukov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | RUS | Roman Khodunov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | IRN | Saeid Ezatolahi | 17 | 1 | 5+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | RUS | Maksim Grigoryev | 7 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | MLI | Moussa Doumbia | 11 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | RUS | Valeri Yaroshenko | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Skopintsev | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Rostov during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | SEN | Papa Gueye | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ANG | Bastos | 5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | RUS | Ivan Novoseltsev | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | RUS | Ruslan Shapovalov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Russian Premier League | Russian Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 7 | Dmitry Poloz | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | FW | 20 | Sardar Azmoun | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | FW | 11 | Aleksandr Bukharov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | MF | 16 | Christian Noboa | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | FW | 89 | Aleksandr Yerokhin | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | 84 | Alexandru Gațcan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | 25 | Ivan Novoseltsev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 6 | Saeid Ezatolahi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 28 | Andrei Prepeliță | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 44 | César Navas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | 33 | Marko Dević | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 23 | Miha Mevlja | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 36 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 57 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Russian Premier League | Russian Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League | Total | Total |
| 2 | MF | Timofei Kalachev | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Papa Gueye | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Vladimir Granat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Denis Terentyev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Saeid Ezatolahi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Dmitry Poloz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Igor Kireyev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Aleksandr Bukharov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Christian Noboa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | Khoren Bayramyan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Sardar Azmoun | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | Miha Mevlja | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Andrei Prepeliță | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Fyodor Kudryashov | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 35 | GK | Soslan Dzhanayev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | César Navas | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 84 | MF | Alexandru Gațcan | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 |
| 89 | MF | Aleksandr Yerokhin | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 99 | MF | Roman Khodunov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 60 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 95 | 9 |