# 2017–18 PFC CSKA Moscow season

The 2017–18 CSKA season was the 26th successive season that the club played in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. CSKA finished the previous season in 2nd, and as a result entered the Champions League at the Third Qualifying stage, and also took part in the Russian Cup.

## Squad

    As of match played 12 May 2018
| Number | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Ilya Pomazun | GK | (1996-08-16)16 August 1996 (aged 21) | Academy | 2012 | | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | Igor Akinfeev | GK | (1986-04-08)8 April 1986 (aged 32) | Academy | 2003 | 2019 | 565 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Mário Fernandes | DF | (1990-09-19)19 September 1990 (aged 27) | Grêmio | 2012 | 2022 | 201 | 2 |
| 4 | Sergei Ignashevich | DF | (1979-07-14)14 July 1979 (aged 38) | Lokomotiv Moscow | 2004 | | 541 | 46 |
| 5 | Viktor Vasin | DF | (1988-10-06)6 October 1988 (aged 29) | Spartak Nalchik | 2011 | | 57 | 2 |
| 6 | Aleksei Berezutski | DF | (1982-06-20)20 June 1982 (aged 35) | Chernomorets Novorossiysk | 2001 | | 502 | 11 |
| 14 | Kirill Nababkin | DF | (1986-09-08)8 September 1986 (aged 31) | Moscow | 2010 | | 200 | 4 |
| 24 | Vasili Berezutski | DF | (1982-06-20)20 June 1982 (aged 35) | Torpedo-ZIL | 2002 | | 531 | 14 |
| 42 | Georgi Shchennikov | DF | (1991-04-27)27 April 1991 (aged 27) | Academy | 2008 | | 282 | 6 |
| 62 | Aleksandar Stanisavljević | DF | (1998-01-27)27 January 1998 (aged 20) | Academy | 2015 | | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 3 | Pontus Wernbloom | MF | (1986-06-25)25 June 1986 (aged 31) | AZ Alkmaar | 2012 | 2018 | 224 | 22 |
| 8 | Georgi Milanov | MF | (1992-02-19)19 February 1992 (aged 26) | Litex Lovech | 2013 | 2018 | 147 | 6 |
| 10 | Alan Dzagoev | MF | (1990-06-17)17 June 1990 (aged 27) | Krylia Sovetov-SOK Dimitrovgrad | 2008 | 2019 | 331 | 75 |
| 17 | Aleksandr Golovin | MF | (1996-05-30)30 May 1996 (aged 21) | Academy | 2012 | 2021 | 113 | 13 |
| 25 | Kristijan Bistrović | MF | (1998-04-09)9 April 1998 (aged 20) | Slaven Belupo | 2018 | 2022 | 9 | 0 |
| 66 | Bibras Natkho | MF | (1988-02-18)18 February 1988 (aged 30) | PAOK | 2014 | 2018 | 142 | 28 |
| 71 | Nayair Tiknizyan | MF | (1999-05-12)12 May 1999 (aged 19) | Academy | 2013 | | 1 | 0 |
| 72 | Astemir Gordyushenko | MF | (1997-03-30)30 March 1997 (aged 21) | Academy | 2014 | 2020 | 16 | 0 |
| 80 | Khetag Khosonov | MF | (1998-06-18)18 June 1998 (aged 19) | Academy | 2014 | | 9 | 0 |
| 82 | Ivan Oleynikov | MF | (1998-08-24)24 August 1998 (aged 19) | Academy | 2015 | | 1 | 0 |
| 89 | Konstantin Kuchayev | MF | (1998-03-18)18 March 1998 (aged 20) | Academy | 2015 | | 36 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | Ahmed Musa | FW | (1989-08-13)13 August 1989 (aged 28) | loan from Leicester City | 2018 | 2018 | 180 | 61 |
| 11 | Vitinho | FW | (1993-10-09)9 October 1993 (aged 24) | Botafogo | 2013 | 2020 | 83 | 18 |
| 63 | Fyodor Chalov | FW | (1998-04-10)10 April 1998 (aged 20) | Academy | 2015 | 2020 | 49 | 13 |
| 75 | Timur Zhamaletdinov | FW | (1997-05-21)21 May 1997 (aged 20) | Academy | 2014 | | 26 | 2 |
| 85 | Danila Yanov | FW | (2000-01-27)27 January 2000 (aged 18) | Strogino Moscow | 2018 | | 0 | 0 |
| Away on loan ||||||||||
| 9 | Konstantin Bazelyuk | FW | (1993-04-12)12 April 1993 (aged 25) | Academy | 2010 | | 27 | 4 |
| 43 | Aleksandr Makarov | MF | (1996-04-24)24 April 1996 (aged 22) | Academy | 2013 | | 2 | 0 |
| 91 | Nikita Chernov | DF | (1996-01-14)14 January 1996 (aged 22) | Academy | 2013 | | 3 | 0 |
| 99 | Aaron Olanare | FW | (1994-06-04)4 June 1994 (aged 23) | Guangzhou R&F | 2017 | 2021 | 28 | 4 |
| | Sergei Tkachyov | MF | (1989-05-19)19 May 1989 (aged 28) | Kuban Krasnodar | 2016 | 2019 | 11 | 0 |
| | Dmitry Yefremov | MF | (1995-04-01)1 April 1995 (aged 23) | Akademiya Tolyatti | 2013 | | 33 | 0 |

### 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 | Nikita Chernov (at Ural Yekaterinburg) |
| — | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Makarov (at Tosno) |
| — | MF | RUS | Sergei Tkachyov (at Arsenal Tula) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | RUS | Dmitri Yefremov (at Orenburg) |
| — | FW | RUS | Konstantin Bazelyuk (at Zbrojovka Brno) |
| — | FW | NGA | Aaron Olanare (at Amkar Perm) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 31 August 2017 | GK | Nikolay Zirikov | Youth Team | Promoted |
| 13 October 2017 | DF | Ivan Zakharov | Youth Team | Promoted |
| 13 October 2017 | FW | Roman Pukhov | Youth Team | Promoted |
| 1 January 2018 | FW | Danila Yanov | Strogino Moscow | Undisclosed |
| 12 January 2018 | MF | Kristijan Bistrović | Slaven Koprivnica | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Sergei Tkachyov | Arsenal Tula | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Vladimir Kabakhidze | Arsenal Tula | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | Artyom Avanesyan | Zenit Penza | Undisclosed |
| 5 July 2017 | MF | Dmitri Yefremov | Orenburg | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2017 | DF | Mutalip Alibekov | Khimki | Undisclosed |
| 9 February 2018 | FW | Alibek Aliev | Örgryte | Undisclosed |
| 16 February 2017 | FW | Roman Pukhov | Dynamo Moscow | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 30 January 2018 | FW | | Ahmed Musa | Leicester City | End of season | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| 20 June 2017 | FW | Konstantin Bazelyuk | Anzhi Makhachkala | 11 January 2018 |
| 4 August 2017 | DF | Nikita Chernov | Ural Yekaterinburg | Season-long |
| 11 January 2018 | FW | Konstantin Bazelyuk | Zbrojovka Brno | End of Season |
| 9 February 2018 | MF | Aleksandr Makarov | Tosno | End of Season |
| 7 February 2018 | DF | Saveliy Kozlov | Tyumen | End of Season |
| 22 February 2018 | FW | Aaron Olanare | Amkar Perm | End of Season |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Roman Eremenko | Spartak Moscow | 10 August 2018 |
| 5 July 2017 | MF | Zoran Tošić | Partizan | 28 August 2017 |
| 15 December 2017 | DF | Danil Neplyuyev | Metallurg Lipetsk | |
| 13 May 2018 | MF | Pontus Wernbloom | PAOK | 17 August 2018 |
| 14 May 2018 | MF | Georgi Milanov | MOL Vidi | 3 September 2018 |
| 29 May 2018 | MF | Kirill Leonov | Zorky Krasnogorsk | 28 August 2018 |
| 29 May 2018 | DF | Aleksandar Stanisavljević | Slavia Sofia | 8 June 2018 |
| 29 May 2018 | DF | Aleksandr Volkov | | |
| 2 June 2018 | MF | Bibras Natkho | Olympiacos | 6 August 2018 |
    † Wernbloom, Milanov and Natkho's contract expiry was announced on the above date, and came into play on 30 June.

### Trial

| Date From | Date To | Position | Nationality | Name | Last Club | Ref. |
| 6 June 2017 | | GK | | Anton Antipov | Spartak Nalchik | |
| | | DF | | Cécé Pepe | Olympique de Marseille | |

## 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H |
| Result | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | D | W | D | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Lokomotiv Moscow (C) | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 21 | +20 | 60 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | CSKA Moscow | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 49 | 23 | +26 | 58 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Spartak Moscow | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 51 | 32 | +19 | 56 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Krasnodar | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 54 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 46 | 21 | +25 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
* 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.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MUN | BSL | CSKA | BEN |
| 1 | Manchester United | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Basel | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 5–0 |
| 3 | CSKA Moscow | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 9 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–4 | 0–2 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Benfica | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 0 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | — |

### UEFA Europa League
#### Knockout phase
## 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 | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Ilya Pomazun | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Mário Fernandes | 37 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | SWE | Pontus Wernbloom | 37 | 8 | 22+1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Sergei Ignashevich | 36 | 1 | 23+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Viktor Vasin | 29 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Berezutski | 29 | 1 | 18+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | NGA | Ahmed Musa | 16 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | BUL | Georgi Milanov | 24 | 0 | 3+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | RUS | Alan Dzagoev | 36 | 7 | 20+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8+1 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Vitinho | 46 | 12 | 22+8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2+4 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | RUS | Kirill Nababkin | 26 | 1 | 16+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Golovin | 43 | 7 | 26+1 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 24 | DF | RUS | Vasili Berezutski | 39 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | CRO | Kristijan Bistrović | 9 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | RUS | Igor Akinfeev | 44 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | RUS | Georgi Shchennikov | 30 | 5 | 18+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 63 | FW | RUS | Fyodor Chalov | 31 | 7 | 10+10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 66 | MF | ISR | Bibras Natkho | 44 | 5 | 22+7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2+6 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 71 | MF | RUS | Nayair Tiknizyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | MF | RUS | Astemir Gordyushenko | 10 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 75 | FW | RUS | Timur Zhamaletdinov | 21 | 2 | 4+10 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | RUS | Khetag Khosonov | 8 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 82 | MF | RUS | Ivan Oleynikov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | MF | RUS | Konstantin Kuchayev | 34 | 1 | 10+11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+4 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 31 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Makarov | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | NGA | Aaron Olanare | 11 | 1 | 5+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Champions League | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 11 | Vitinho | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | MF | 3 | Pontus Wernbloom | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | MF | 10 | Alan Dzagoev | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | FW | 63 | Fyodor Chalov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | FW | 7 | Ahmed Musa | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | MF | 17 | Aleksandr Golovin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | MF | 66 | Bibras Natkho | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | DF | 42 | Georgi Shchennikov | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | DF | 5 | Viktor Vasin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | 75 | Timur Zhamaletdinov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | | | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | FW | 99 | Aaron Olanare | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 24 | Vasili Berezutski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 6 | Aleksei Berezutski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 4 | Sergei Ignashevich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 89 | Konstantin Kuchayev | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 14 | Kirill Nababkin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 49 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 69 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Mário Fernandes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | Pontus Wernbloom | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Viktor Vasin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Aleksei Berezutski | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Ahmed Musa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Alan Dzagoev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Vitinho | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Kirill Nababkin | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Aleksandr Golovin | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Vasili Berezutski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Kristijan Bistrović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | Igor Akinfeev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | Georgi Shchennikov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | Bibras Natkho | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | Khetag Khosonov | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 89 | MF | Konstantin Kuchayev | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 49 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 86 | 2 |