# 2017–18 FC Dynamo Moscow season

The 2017–18 Dinamo Moscow season was the club's first season back in the Russian Premier League, following their relegation at the end of the 2015–16 season. Dynamo finished the season in 8th place, whilst being knocked out of the Russian Cup by Spartak Nalchik.

## Season Events

On 7 October, manager Yuriy Kalitvintsev left Dynamo Moscow by Mutual consent, with Dmitri Khokhlov being appointed as Kalitvintsev's successor.

## Squad

As of 22 January 2018, according to the FNL official website
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 | Anton Shunin |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Grigori Morozov |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Sebastian Holmén |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Vladimir Rykov |
| 5 | MF | GHA | Abdul Aziz Tetteh |
| 7 | FW | RUS | Yevgeni Markov |
| 8 | FW | RUS | Kirill Panchenko |
| 10 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Zotov |
| 11 | MF | RUS | Ivan Temnikov |
| 13 | FW | LTU | Fiodor Černych |
| 15 | DF | RUS | Ibragim Tsallagov (on loan from Zenit St.Petersburg) |
| 17 | FW | RUS | Anton Terekhov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | RUS | Vyacheslav Grulyov |
| 23 | MF | RUS | Anton Sosnin |
| 25 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Kozlov |
| 26 | DF | RUS | Nikita Kalugin |
| 27 | MF | MLI | Samba Sow |
| 31 | GK | RUS | Igor Leshchuk |
| 34 | DF | RUS | Konstantin Rausch |
| 44 | DF | BIH | Toni Šunjić |
| 48 | FW | RUS | Yevgeni Lutsenko |
| 77 | MF | RUS | Anatoli Katrich |
| 88 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Tashayev |
| 90 | FW | RUS | Nikolay Obolsky |

### 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 | Dmitri Belorukov (on loan to Amkar Perm) |
| — | DF | RUS | Maksim Nenakhov (on loan to Tyumen) |
| — | MF | RUS | Maksim Kuzmin (on loan to Fakel Voronezh) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | RUS | Pavel Lelyukhin (on loan to Spartak-2 Moscow) |
| — | MF | RUS | Mikhail Mogulkin (on loan to Veles Moscow) |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | SEN | Khaly Thiam (on loan from MTK Budapest) |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Ionov (end of loan to CSKA Moscow) |
| 8 | FW | RUS | Kirill Panchenko (from CSKA Moscow, previously on loan) |
| 14 | FW | BRA | Wánderson (from Krasnodar) |
| 15 | DF | RUS | Ibragim Tsallagov (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg) |
| 16 | GK | RUS | Ivan Zirikov (from Dynamo-2 Moscow) |
| 20 | MF | RUS | Vyacheslav Grulyov (from Dynamo-2 Moscow) |
| 22 | DF | RUS | Maksim Nenakhov (from Dynamo-2 Moscow) |
| 24 | DF | RUS | Roman Yevgenyev (from Dynamo-2 Moscow) |
| 27 | MF | MLI | Samba Sow (from Kayserispor) |
| 35 | GK | RUS | Pyotr Kosarevsky (from Dynamo-2 Moscow) |
| 44 | DF | BIH | Toni Šunjić (from Stuttgart) |
| 52 | DF | RUS | Ilya Panin (from Dynamo-2 Moscow) |
| 53 | GK | RUS | Maksim Afanasyev |
| 54 | DF | RUS | Ilya Kalachyov |
| 55 | FW | RUS | Kirill Burykin (from Dynamo-2 Moscow) |
| 56 | MF | RUS | Viktor Demyanov (from Dynamo-2 Moscow) |
| 57 | MF | RUS | Ilya Gomanyuk |
| 59 | DF | RUS | Daniil Yermolin |
| 61 | GK | RUS | David Sangare |
| 62 | DF | RUS | Bogdan Zorin |
| 63 | FW | RUS | Mikhail Ageyev |
| 65 | MF | RUS | Vladimir Moskvichyov |
| 67 | DF | RUS | Stanislav Tses |
| 68 | MF | RUS | Georgi Chelidze |
| 69 | FW | RUS | Semyon Belyakov |
| 71 | DF | RUS | Roman Denisov |
| 78 | DF | RUS | Danil Lipovoy (from Dynamo-2 Moscow) |
| 79 | MF | RUS | Sergei Slepov (from Dynamo-2 Moscow) |
| 92 | FW | RUS | Maksim Obolsky |
| 99 | FW | RUS | Stanislav Latsevich (from Dynamo-2 Moscow) |
| — | DF | RUS | Artyom Gorbulin (from Dynamo-2 Moscow) |
| — | MF | RUS | Pavel Lelyukhin (from Dynamo-2 Moscow) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Vitali Dyakov (to Sivasspor) |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Ionov (to Rostov) |
| 12 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Belorukov (on loan to Amkar Perm) |
| 14 | MF | RUS | Ivan Markelov (to Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| 29 | DF | AUS | Luke Wilkshire (to Sydney) |
| 43 | GK | RUS | Stanislav Cherchesov Jr. (to Chernomorets Novorossiysk) |
| 87 | MF | RUS | Valeri Saramutin (to Dynamo St. Petersburg) |
| — | MF | RUS | Igor Denisov (to Lokomotiv Moscow, previously on loan) |
| — | MF | RUS | Ilya Petrov (on loan to Avangard Kursk, previously on loan to Mordovia Saransk) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | MF | GHA | Abdul Aziz Tetteh (from Lech Poznań) |
| 7 | FW | RUS | Yevgeni Markov (from Tosno) |
| 13 | FW | LTU | Fiodor Černych (from Jagiellonia Białystok) |
| 34 | DF | RUS | Konstantin Rausch (from Köln) |
| 51 | DF | RUS | Kirill Glushchenkov |
| 58 | MF | RUS | Artyom Gorbunov |
| 81 | FW | RUS | Timur Melekestsev |
| 82 | MF | RUS | Andrei Mazurin |
| 83 | MF | RUS | Igor Shkolik |
| 84 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Usanov |
| 85 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Vladimirov |
| 86 | DF | RUS | Yuri Nesov |
| 87 | MF | RUS | Valentin Zekhov |
| 89 | GK | RUS | Vladislav Yarukov |
| 98 | FW | RUS | Roman Pukhov (from CSKA Moscow) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | SEN | Khaly Thiam (end of loan from MTK Budapest) |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Pavel Pogrebnyak (to Tosno) |
| 13 | DF | RUS | Sergei Terekhov (to Orenburg) |
| 14 | MF | BRA | Wánderson (to Alanyaspor) |
| 21 | FW | MNE | Fatos Bećiraj (to Mechelen) |
| 22 | DF | RUS | Maksim Nenakhov (on loan to Tyumen) |
| 41 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Sapeta (to Rostov) |
| 42 | GK | RUS | Sergei Narubin |
| 59 | DF | RUS | Daniil Yermolin |
| 69 | FW | RUS | Semyon Belyakov (to Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| 96 | MF | RUS | Maksim Kuzmin (on loan to Fakel Voronezh) |
| — | MF | RUS | Ilya Petrov (to União de Leiria, previously on loan to Avangard Kursk) |

## 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 | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A |
| Result | D | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | D | L | D | L | W | D | L | D | D | L | W | W | D | D | W | L | L | L | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 9 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | |
| 10 | Rubin Kazan | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 38 | |
* ↑ 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 | Anton Shunin | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Grigori Morozov | 14 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Sebastian Holmén | 24 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Vladimir Rykov | 16 | 1 | 15+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | GHA | Aziz Tetteh | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | RUS | Yevgeni Markov | 6 | 1 | 1+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | RUS | Kirill Panchenko | 19 | 5 | 17+2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Zotov | 15 | 2 | 10+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | RUS | Ivan Temnikov | 19 | 0 | 12+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | LTU | Fiodor Černych | 9 | 1 | 7+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | RUS | Ibragim Tsallagov | 13 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | RUS | Anton Terekhov | 6 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | RUS | Vyacheslav Grulyov | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | RUS | Anton Sosnin | 22 | 0 | 13+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Kozlov | 25 | 1 | 24+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | RUS | Nikita Kalugin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | SEN | Samba Sow | 24 | 0 | 21+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | RUS | Igor Leshchuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | RUS | Konstantin Rausch | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | BIH | Toni Šunjić | 28 | 3 | 26+1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 48 | FW | RUS | Yevgeni Lutsenko | 23 | 4 | 18+4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | RUS | Anatoli Katrich | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Tashayev | 27 | 7 | 23+3 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | RUS | Nikolay Obolsky | 10 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Dynamo Moscow during the season: ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | SEN | Khaly Thiam | 6 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Ionov | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Pavel Pogrebnyak | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | RUS | Sergei Terekhov | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | BRA | Wánderson | 14 | 1 | 4+9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | MNE | Fatos Bećiraj | 18 | 2 | 12+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Sapeta | 13 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 88 | Aleksandr Tashayev | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | FW | 8 | Kirill Panchenko | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | FW | 48 | Yevgeni Lutsenko | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | DF | 44 | Toni Šunjić | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 10 | Aleksandr Zotov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | 21 | Fatos Bećiraj | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | 14 | Wánderson | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 21 | Aleksei Kozlov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | 17 | Anton Terekhov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | 7 | Yevgeni Markov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 4 | Vladimir Rykov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | 13 | Fiodor Černych | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 29 | 0 | 29 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Anton Shunin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Grigori Morozov | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Sebastian Holmén | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Vladimir Rykov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Yevgeni Markov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Ivan Temnikov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | Fiodor Černych | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Ibragim Tsallagov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Anton Sosnin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Aleksei Kozlov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Samba Sow | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Konstantin Rausch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | Toni Šunjić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 48 | FW | Yevgeni Lutsenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Anatoli Katrich | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Aleksandr Tashayev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left Dynamo Moscow during the season: ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | Pavel Pogrebnyak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Sergei Terekhov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Wánderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Fatos Bećiraj | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | Aleksandr Sapeta | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 48 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 52 | 0 |