# 2018–19 FC Krylia Sovetov Samara season

The 2018–19 PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara season was the club's first season back in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of football in Russia, since their relegation at the end of the 2016–17 season.

## Season events

On 5 October 2018, manager Andrey Tikhonov was fired, with Miodrag Božović being anointed in his place on the same day.

## Squad

    As of 28 February 2019
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 | Sergey Ryzhikov |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Vladimir Poluyakhtov |
| 5 | DF | SVN | Miral Samardžić |
| 8 | FW | BLR | Sergei Kornilenko |
| 10 | MF | GEO | Jano Ananidze (on loan from Spartak Moscow) |
| 11 | FW | AZE | Ramil Sheydayev |
| 13 | MF | GHA | Mohammed Rabiu |
| 14 | GK | RUS | Yevgeni Konyukhov |
| 15 | DF | RUS | Georgi Zotov |
| 18 | DF | URU | Agustín Rogel |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Samedov |
| 22 | FW | SRB | Vanja Vučićević |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | MF | ROU | Paul Anton |
| 31 | MF | RUS | Denis Tkachuk |
| 39 | DF | UZB | Vitaliy Denisov (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 40 | MF | RUS | Artyom Timofeyev (on loan from Spartak Moscow) |
| 44 | DF | RUS | Nikita Chicherin |
| 49 | DF | RUS | Roman Shishkin (on loan from Krasnodar) |
| 70 | FW | RUS | Anton Zinkovskiy |
| 90 | DF | RUS | Taras Burlak |
| 91 | MF | RUS | Pavel Yakovlev |
| 95 | DF | RUS | Maksim Karpov |
| 99 | FW | RUS | Maksim Kanunnikov |

### 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 |
| — | GK | RUS | Vitali Shilnikov (at Syzran-2003 until 30 June 2019) |
| — | DF | RUS | Ali Gadzhibekov (at Yenisey Krasnoyarsk until 30 June 2019) |
| — | DF | RUS | Kirill Gotsuk (at Avangard Kursk until 30 June 2019) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Sobolev (at Yenisey Krasnoyarsk until 30 June 2019) |
| — | FW | RUS | Ilya Viznovich (at Luch Vladivostok until 30 June 2019) |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Sergey Ryzhikov (from Rubin Kazan) |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Vladimir Poluyakhtov (from Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Georgi Tigiyev (on loan from Spartak Moscow) |
| 5 | DF | SVN | Miral Samardžić (from Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| 11 | FW | AZE | Ramil Sheydayev (from Trabzonspor) |
| 18 | DF | URU | Agustín Rogel (from Nacional) |
| 22 | FW | SRB | Vanja Vučićević (from Red Star Belgrade) |
| 25 | GK | RUS | Mikhail Oparin (from Tosno) |
| 28 | MF | ROU | Paul Anton (from Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| 39 | DF | UZB | Vitaliy Denisov (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 44 | DF | RUS | Nikita Chicherin (from Yenisey Krasnoyarsk) |
| 45 | FW | RUS | Vladimir Tyavin |
| 46 | MF | RUS | Bakhadur Sokolov (from Krylia Sovetov-2 Samara) |
| 47 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Karasyov |
| 48 | MF | RUS | Maksim Mukhin |
| 51 | GK | RUS | Yegor Lyubakov (from Krylia Sovetov-2 Samara) |
| 52 | MF | RUS | Danila Smirnov (from Krylia Sovetov-2 Samara) |
| 53 | DF | RUS | Nikita Kotin |
| 54 | MF | RUS | Denis Kravchenko |
| 55 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Bogomolov (from Krylia Sovetov-2 Samara) |
| 56 | MF | RUS | Ilya Buryukin (from Krylia Sovetov-2 Samara) |
| 57 | MF | RUS | Ilya Volnov (from Krylia Sovetov-2 Samara) |
| 58 | DF | RUS | Vladislav Shchetinin |
| 59 | MF | RUS | Konstantin Shamayev (from Krylia Sovetov-2 Samara) |
| 60 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Nesterov (from Krylia Sovetov-2 Samara) |
| 61 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Bosov (from Krylia Sovetov-2 Samara) |
| 62 | DF | RUS | Nikita Verkhunov (from Krylia Sovetov-2 Samara) |
| 63 | DF | RUS | Pablo Davydov (from Krylia Sovetov-2 Samara) |
| 71 | GK | RUS | Danil Beltyukov |
| 89 | MF | FRA | Yohan Mollo (from Al-Rayyan) |
| 91 | MF | RUS | Pavel Yakovlev (from Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| 94 | MF | RUS | Viktor Gryazin |
| 99 | FW | RUS | Maksim Kanunnikov (from SKA-Khabarovsk) |
| — | MF | RUS | Vyacheslav Zinkov (end of loan to Zenit St. Petersburg) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Yatchenko (to Yenisey Krasnoyarsk) |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Ivan Taranov (to Krasnodar) |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Ali Gadzhibekov (on loan to Yenisey Krasnoyarsk) |
| 10 | MF | RUS | Azer Aliyev (released) |
| 22 | FW | RUS | Sergey Samodin (to Shinnik Yaroslavl) |
| 25 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Kulik (to Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| 25 | GK | RUS | Mikhail Oparin (to SKA-Khabarovsk, previously from Tosno) |
| 27 | MF | RUS | Danil Klyonkin (to Tambov) |
| 28 | GK | RUS | Artyom Leonov (to SKA-Khabarovsk) |
| 77 | GK | GEO | Giorgi Loria (released, previously on loan to Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| 77 | MF | RUS | Svyatoslav Georgiyevsky |
| 88 | GK | RUS | Vitali Shilnikov (on loan to Syzran-2003) |
| 98 | FW | RUS | Ilya Viznovich (on loan to Luch Vladivostok) |
| — | GK | RUS | Bogdan Ovsyannikov (released, previously on loan to União de Leiria) |
| — | MF | RUS | Vyacheslav Zinkov (released, previously on loan to Zenit Saint Petersburg) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | MF | GEO | Jano Ananidze (on loan from Spartak Moscow) |
| 13 | MF | GHA | Mohammed Rabiu (from Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Samedov (from Spartak Moscow) |
| 40 | MF | RUS | Artyom Timofeyev (on loan from Spartak Moscow) |
| 49 | DF | RUS | Roman Shishkin (on loan from Krasnodar) |
| 70 | MF | RUS | Anton Zinkovskiy (from Chertanovo Moscow) |
| 79 | GK | RUS | Nikita Pishchulin |
| 82 | DF | RUS | Daniil Matveyev (from Kolomna) |
| 83 | MF | RUS | Nikita Stroyev |
| 84 | FW | RUS | Pavel Zuyev (from Dolgoprudny-2) |
| 85 | FW | RUS | Yegor Novikov (from Krasnodar academy) |
| 86 | FW | RUS | Bogdan Chinarev |
| 87 | DF | RUS | Ilya Kotkin |
| 95 | DF | RUS | Maksim Karpov (from Zenit St. Petersburg) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Georgi Tigiyev (end of loan from Spartak Moscow) |
| 4 | MF | RUS | Yevgeni Bashkirov (to Rubin Kazan) |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Nadson (to SJK) |
| 7 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Sobolev (on loan to Yenisey Krasnoyarsk) |
| 9 | MF | RUS | Alan Chochiyev (to Dinamo Minsk) |
| 20 | MF | SRB | Srđan Mijailović |
| 42 | DF | RUS | Vsevolod Gruzdev |
| 49 | FW | RUS | Nikita Kireyev (to Murom) |
| 51 | GK | RUS | Yegor Lyubakov (to Murom) |
| 54 | MF | RUS | Denis Kravchenko |
| 56 | MF | RUS | Ilya Buryukin (to Irtysh Omsk) |
| 57 | MF | RUS | Ilya Volnov |
| 64 | MF | RUS | Oleg Lanin (end of loan from Krasnodar) |
| 65 | MF | RUS | Yevgeni Priymak |
| 89 | MF | FRA | Yohan Mollo (to Sochaux) |
| — | DF | UKR | Dmytro Nyemchaninov (to Desna Chernihiv, previously on loan to Olimpik Donetsk) |

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

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 11 | Rubin Kazan | 30 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 24 | 30 | −6 | 36 | |
| 12 | Dynamo Moscow | 30 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 33 | |
| 13 | Krylia Sovetov Samara (O) | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 25 | 46 | −21 | 28 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |
| 14 | Ufa (O) | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 26 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Anzhi Makhachkala (R) | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 13 | 50 | −37 | 21 | Relegation to Football National League |

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

    As of match played 2 June 2019

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Relegation Playoff | Relegation Playoff |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Sergey Ryzhikov | 26 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Vladimir Poluyakhtov | 17 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Georgi Tigiyev | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SVN | Miral Samardžić | 25 | 1 | 21+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Sobolev | 13 | 2 | 5+7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | BLR | Sergei Kornilenko | 23 | 4 | 12+9 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GEO | Jano Ananidze | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | AZE | Ramil Sheydayev | 20 | 4 | 10+8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | GHA | Mohammed Rabiu | 11 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | GK | RUS | Yevgeni Konyukhov | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | RUS | Georgi Zotov | 28 | 0 | 20+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | RUS | Mikhail Tikhonov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | URU | Agustín Rogel | 18 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Samedov | 9 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SRB | Srđan Mijailović | 8 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | SRB | Vanja Vučićević | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ROU | Paul Anton | 27 | 3 | 15+8 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | RUS | Denis Tkachuk | 25 | 2 | 15+6 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | UZB | Vitaliy Denisov | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | RUS | Artyom Timofeyev | 12 | 1 | 9+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | RUS | Nikita Chicherin | 18 | 1 | 15+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | DF | RUS | Roman Shishkin | 14 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 70 | MF | RUS | Anton Zinkovsky | 15 | 2 | 9+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 78 | DF | RUS | Gennadi Kiselyov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | DF | RUS | Taras Burlak | 23 | 2 | 22+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | RUS | Pavel Yakovlev | 20 | 1 | 8+9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | RUS | Maksim Kanunnikov | 22 | 5 | 19+1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left Krylia Sovetov during the season: ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | RUS | Yevgeni Bashkirov | 17 | 0 | 11+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Nadson | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Alan Chochiyev | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | RUS | Azer Aliyev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | MF | RUS | Oleg Lanin | 9 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | MF | FRA | Yohan Mollo | 7 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Relegation Playoff | Total |
| 1 | FW | 99 | Maksim Kanunnikov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | FW | 8 | Sergei Kornilenko | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | FW | 11 | Ramil Sheydayev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | 28 | Paul Anton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 31 | Denis Tkachuk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | 90 | Taras Burlak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | 7 | Aleksandr Sobolev | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | 70 | Anton Zinkovsky | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 5 | Miral Samardžić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 91 | Pavel Yakovlev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 10 | Jano Ananidze | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 40 | Artyom Timofeyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 44 | Nikita Chicherin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 49 | Roman Shishkin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | | | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 23 | 3 | 3 | 29 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Relegation Playoff | Relegation Playoff | Total | Total |
| 1 | DF | Sergey Ryzhikov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Vladimir Poluyakhtov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Miral Samardžić | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Aleksandr Sobolev | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | Sergei Kornilenko | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Jano Ananidze | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Ramil Sheydayev | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | Mohammed Rabiu | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Georgi Zotov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Agustín Rogel | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 19 | MF | Aleksandr Samedov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Srđan Mijailović | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Vanja Vučićević | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Paul Anton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Denis Tkachuk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | Vitaliy Denisov | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 40 | MF | Artyom Timofeyev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | Nikita Chicherin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 49 | DF | Roman Shishkin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 90 | DF | Taras Burlak | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | Pavel Yakovlev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Maksim Kanunnikov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players who left Krylia Sovetov during the season: ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | Yevgeni Bashkirov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 64 | MF | Oleg Lanin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 89 | MF | Yohan Mollo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 76 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 86 | 6 |