# 2016–17 FC Orenburg season

The 2016–17 FC Orenburg season is the club's first season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia.

## 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 | Aleksandr Rudenko |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Vladimir Poluyakhtov |
| 3 | DF | BLR | Mikhail Sivakow |
| 4 | MF | CRO | Ivica Žunić |
| 5 | MF | RUS | Roman Vorobyov |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Marat Shogenov |
| 9 | MF | RUS | Vladimir Parnyakov |
| 10 | FW | RUS | Anzor Sanaya |
| 12 | DF | RUS | Andrei Malykh |
| 13 | MF | BLR | Pavel Nyakhaychyk |
| 15 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Andreyev (Captain) |
| 16 | FW | SVK | Michal Ďuriš |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Yefremov |
| 20 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Pomerko |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | MF | RUS | Georgy Gabulov |
| 23 | MF | RUS | Sergei Breyev |
| 24 | MF | RUS | Igor Koronov |
| 27 | DF | BLR | Maksim Bardachow |
| 29 | MF | UZB | Vadim Afonin |
| 30 | GK | BLR | Alyaksandr Hutar |
| 32 | MF | SVN | Denis Popović |
| 33 | GK | RUS | Dmitry Abakumov |
| 40 | MF | BUL | Blagoy Georgiev |
| 41 | GK | RUS | Mikhail Kerzhakov |
| 45 | FW | GEO | Elguja Lobjanidze |
| 48 | MF | RUS | Maksim Grigoryev |
| 50 | MF | BLR | Stanislaw Drahun |
| 58 | DF | RUS | Adessoye Oyewole |

### 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 |
| 26 | DF | TJK | Farkhod Vosiyev (at Istiklol until the end of the 2016–17 season) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | RUS | Artyom Delkin (at Tambov until the end of the 2016–17 season) |

### Reserve 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 |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Andrei Boyko |
| 14 | FW | RUS | Anton Mikhailov |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Ilya Altyshev |
| 21 | DF | RUS | Pavel Pikin |
| 25 | MF | RUS | Denis Makarov |
| 28 | DF | RUS | Viktor Cheryazov |
| 35 | MF | RUS | Sergei Pikalov |
| 36 | DF | RUS | Valentin Prilepin |
| 38 | DF | RUS | Daniil Krivoruchko |
| 39 | MF | RUS | Denis Fedenko |
| 42 | DF | RUS | Maksim Kazachkov |
| 44 | MF | RUS | Stepan Oplesnin |
| 55 | GK | RUS | Vladislav Trubitsyn |
| 60 | MF | RUS | Danila Kozlov |
| 66 | MF | RUS | Sergei Mitrenko |
| 69 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Matveychuk |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 70 | MF | RUS | Dinar Khaybullin |
| 71 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Rudakov |
| 77 | MF | RUS | Dmitry Lesovsky |
| 78 | MF | RUS | Ilya Ivanov |
| 80 | MF | RUS | Anton Antonenko |
| 81 | FW | RUS | Maksim Gribanov |
| 89 | MF | RUS | Stanislav Ivanov |
| 91 | DF | RUS | Denis Kaykov |
| 92 | GK | RUS | Aleksei Kenyaykin |
| 93 | FW | RUS | Mikhail Kukushkin |
| 94 | DF | RUS | Sergei Kovalyov |
| 96 | MF | RUS | Nikita Arsenyev |
| 97 | FW | RUS | Andrei Rybkin |
| 98 | GK | RUS | Vladislav Dolgopol |
| 99 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Kalinin |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | CRO | Ivica Žunić (from Volyn Lutsk) |
| 6 | MF | CIV | Yacouba Bamba (from Zaria Bălți) |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Andrei Boyko (from FC Gazovik-2 Orenburg) |
| 10 | FW | RUS | Anzor Sanaya (from Tom Tomsk) |
| 13 | MF | BLR | Pavel Nyakhaychyk (from Tom Tomsk) |
| 14 | FW | RUS | Anton Mikhailov (from FC Gazovik-2 Orenburg) |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Yefremov (on loan from CSKA Moscow) |
| 18 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Prudnikov (from Amkar Perm) |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Ilya Altyshev (from FC Gazovik-2 Orenburg) |
| 20 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Pomerko (from Krylia Sovetov Samara) |
| 21 | DF | RUS | Pavel Pikin (from FC Gazovik-2 Orenburg) |
| 22 | MF | RUS | Georgy Gabulov (from Krylia Sovetov Samara) |
| 28 | DF | RUS | Viktor Cheryazov (from FC Gazovik-2 Orenburg) |
| 30 | GK | BLR | Alyaksandr Hutar (from Dinamo Minsk) |
| 34 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Katsalapov (from Ufa) |
| 35 | MF | RUS | Sergei Pikalov |
| 36 | DF | RUS | Valentin Prilepin |
| 38 | DF | RUS | Daniil Krivoruchko (from FC Gazovik-2 Orenburg) |
| 40 | MF | BUL | Blagoy Georgiev (from Rubin Kazan) |
| 44 | MF | RUS | Stepan Oplesnin (from FC Gazovik-2 Orenburg) |
| 54 | DF | RUS | Vadim Bilyukov (from FC Gazovik-2 Orenburg) |
| 55 | GK | RUS | Vladislav Trubitsyn (from FC Gazovik-2 Orenburg) |
| 57 | MF | RUS | Vladimir Pereverzev |
| 66 | MF | RUS | Sergei Mitrenko (from FC Gazovik-2 Orenburg) |
| 69 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Matveychuk (from FC Gazovik-2 Orenburg) |
| 70 | MF | RUS | Dinar Khaybullin (from Mordovia Saransk) |
| 71 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Rudakov (from FC Gazovik-2 Orenburg) |
| 77 | MF | RUS | Dmitry Lesovsky (from FC Gazovik-2 Orenburg) |
| 78 | MF | RUS | Ilya Ivanov (from FC Gazovik-2 Orenburg) |
| 81 | FW | RUS | Maksim Gribanov |
| 88 | DF | RUS | Maksim Batov (on loan from Rubin Kazan) |
| 89 | MF | RUS | Stanislav Ivanov (from FC Gazovik-2 Orenburg) |
| 91 | DF | RUS | Denis Kaykov (from LFK Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 92 | GK | RUS | Aleksei Kenyaykin |
| 97 | FW | RUS | Andrei Rybkin (from FC Gazovik-2 Orenburg) |
| 98 | GK | RUS | Vladislav Dolgopol (from FC Gazovik-2 Orenburg) |
| 99 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Kalinin (from FC Gazovik-2 Orenburg) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | MF | RUS | Inal Getigezhev (end of loan from Rubin Kazan) |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Almaz Askarov |
| 7 | DF | RUS | Kamalutdin Akhmedov (to Tyumen) |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Khyzyr Appayev (to Arsenal Tula)} |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Ivan Markelov (to Dynamo Moscow) |
| 17 | MF | LVA | Artūrs Zjuzins (to Tambov) |
| 22 | FW | RUS | Anton Kobyalko (to SKA-Khabarovsk) |
| 30 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Druzin (to SKA-Khabarovsk) |
| 55 | GK | RUS | Dmitri Chvanov |
| 87 | FW | RUS | Nikita Satalkin (to Fakel Voronezh) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | BLR | Mikhail Sivakow (from Zorya Luhansk) |
| 16 | FW | SVK | Michal Ďuriš (from Viktoria Plzeň) |
| 25 | MF | RUS | Denis Makarov |
| 27 | DF | BLR | Maksim Bardachow (on loan from Tom Tomsk) |
| 32 | MF | SVN | Denis Popović (from Wisła Kraków) |
| 39 | MF | RUS | Denis Fedenko |
| 41 | GK | RUS | Mikhail Kerzhakov (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg) |
| 42 | DF | RUS | Maksim Kazachkov |
| 45 | FW | GEO | Elguja Lobjanidze (from Dinamo Batumi) |
| 48 | MF | RUS | Maksim Grigoryev (on loan from Rostov) |
| 50 | MF | BLR | Stanislaw Drahun (from Dynamo Moscow) |
| 60 | MF | RUS | Danila Kozlov |
| 80 | MF | RUS | Anton Antonenko |
| 93 | FW | RUS | Mikhail Kukushkin |
| 96 | MF | RUS | Nikita Arsenyev (from Rotor Volgograd academy) |
| 94 | DF | RUS | Sergei Kovalyov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | CIV | Yacouba Bamba |
| 18 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Prudnikov (to Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| 26 | DF | TJK | Farkhod Vosiyev (loan to Istiklol) |
| 34 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Katsalapov |
| 54 | DF | RUS | Vadim Bilyukov (to Nosta Novotroitsk) |
| 57 | MF | RUS | Vladimir Pereverzev |
| 75 | FW | RUS | Samat Sarsenov |
| 88 | DF | RUS | Maksim Batov (end of loan from Rubin Kazan) |
| 90 | FW | RUS | Artyom Delkin (on loan to Tambov) |

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

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 11 | Ural Yekaterinburg | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 44 | −20 | 30 | |
| 12 | Anzhi Makhachkala | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 38 | −14 | 30 | |
| 13 | Orenburg (R) | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 36 | −11 | 30 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |
| 14 | Arsenal Tula (O) | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 40 | −22 | 28 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Krylia Sovetov Samara (R) | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 28 | Relegation to Football National League |
* 1 2 Anzhi Makhachkala ahead of Orenburg on head-to-head points; Orenburg–Anzhi Makhachkala 0–0, Anzhi Makhachkala–Orenburg 1–0.

#### Relegation play-offs
### Russian Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 27 May 2017

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Rudenko | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Vladimir Poluyakhtov | 29 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BLR | Mikhail Sivakow | 14 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | CRO | Ivica Žunić | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | RUS | Roman Vorobyov | 27 | 0 | 20+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Marat Shogenov | 8 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | RUS | Vladimir Parnyakov | 11 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | RUS | Anzor Sanaya | 19 | 1 | 6+11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | RUS | Andrei Malykh | 30 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | BLR | Pavel Nyakhaychyk | 19 | 4 | 12+4 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Andreyev | 22 | 0 | 19+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | SVK | Michal Ďuriš | 12 | 1 | 10+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Dmitry Yefremov | 21 | 1 | 10+10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Pomerko | 14 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | RUS | Sergei Breyev | 12 | 3 | 4+7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | RUS | Igor Koronov | 21 | 0 | 12+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | BLR | Maksim Bardachow | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | UZB | Vadim Afonin | 30 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | BLR | Alyaksandr Hutar | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | SVN | Denis Popović | 8 | 2 | 3+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | RUS | Dmitry Abakumov | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | BUL | Blagoy Georgiev | 24 | 6 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | RUS | Mikhail Kerzhakov | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | GEO | Elguja Lobjanidze | 13 | 1 | 4+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 48 | DF | RUS | Maksim Grigoryev | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | MF | BLR | Stanislaw Drahun | 11 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | DF | RUS | Adessoye Oyewole | 31 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||
| 26 | DF | TJK | Farkhod Vosiyev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | RUS | Artyom Delkin | 16 | 1 | 8+6 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Orenburg during the season: ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | CIV | Yacouba Bamba | 12 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Ivan Markelov | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Prudnikov | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Katsalapov | 9 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | RUS | Maksim Batov | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Playoffs | Total |
| 1 | MF | 40 | Blagoy Georgiev | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | MF | 13 | Pavel Nyakhaychyk | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | MF | 23 | Sergei Breyev | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | DF | 2 | Vladimir Poluyakhtov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | 5 | Roman Vorobyov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | 32 | Denis Popović | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | 58 | Adessoye Oyewole | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 17 | Dmitry Yefremov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | 90 | Artyom Delkin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | 16 | Michal Ďuriš | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | 45 | Elguja Lobjanidze | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 29 | Vadim Afonin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | 10 | Anzor Sanaya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 25 | 3 | 0 | 28 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Playoffs | Playoffs | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Aleksandr Rudenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Vladimir Poluyakhtov | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Mikhail Sivakow | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Roman Vorobyov | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Yacouba Bamba | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Marat Shogenov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Vladimir Parnyakov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Anzor Sanaya | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Ivan Markelov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Andrei Malykh | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | Dmitri Andreyev | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | Michal Ďuriš | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | Aleksandr Prudnikov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Aleksei Pomerko | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Sergei Breyev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Igor Koronov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Farkhod Vosiyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Vadim Afonin | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Alyaksandr Hutar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | Aleksandr Katsalapov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | Blagoy Georgiev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | Elguja Lobjanidze | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 48 | DF | Maksim Grigoryev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | MF | Stanislaw Drahun | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 58 | DF | Adessoye Oyewole | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 88 | DF | Maksim Batov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 70 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 85 | 6 |