# 2011–12 FC Kuban Krasnodar season

The 2011–12 FC Kuban Krasnodar season was the first season back in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of football in Russia, following relegation to the Russian National Football League at the end of the 2009 season. Kuban finished the season in 8th position, their best ever finish, whilst also reaching the Round of 32 in the Russian Cup, where they were defeated by Dynamo Bryansk.

## 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 | MDA | Stanislav Namașco |
| 2 | DF | MDA | Igor Armaș |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Boris Rotenberg (on loan from Dynamo Moscow) |
| 6 | MF | RUS | David Tsorayev |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Kulik |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Artur Tlisov |
| 9 | MF | RUS | Nikolai Zhilyayev |
| 11 | FW | ROU | Gheorghe Bucur |
| 14 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Ionov |
| 15 | DF | BLR | Maksim Zhavnerchik |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Artyom Fidler |
| 18 | DF | RUS | Anton Rogochiy |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | CIV | Lacina Traoré |
| 21 | FW | CRC | Marco Ureña |
| 22 | MF | RUS | Anton Sosnin |
| 23 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Belenov |
| 25 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Kozlov |
| 26 | DF | BRA | Zelão (C) |
| 27 | DF | CIV | Igor Lolo |
| 30 | FW | ARM | Marcos Pizzelli |
| 33 | GK | RUS | Bogdan Karyukin |
| 37 | MF | RUS | Mikhail Komkov |
| 43 | DF | RUS | Roman Bugayev |
| 90 | FW | RUS | Anton Sekret |

## Transfers
### Winter 2010–11

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | URU | Mauricio Prieto (loan from River Plate) |
| 6 | MF | RUS | David Tsorayev (from Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Artyom Fidler (from Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast) |
| 20 | FW | CIV | Lacina Traoré (from CFR Cluj) |
| 21 | FW | CRC | Marco Ureña (from Alajuelense) |
| 22 | MF | RUS | Igor Paderin (from Torpedo Vladimir) |
| 26 | DF | BRA | Zelão (from Saturn Moscow Oblast) |
| 32 | DF | ANG | Francisco Zuela (end of loan to PAOK) |
| 40 | MF | ROU | Dacian Varga (on loan from Sportul Studenţesc) |
| 44 | DF | RUS | Ivan Knyazev |
| 45 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Karibov |
| 50 | DF | RUS | Rustam Kokoskeriya |
| 55 | MF | RUS | Arkadi Kalaydzhyan (from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 57 | GK | RUS | Eduard Baychora |
| 69 | MF | RUS | Ivan Gagloyev |
| 71 | MF | RUS | Bunyamudin Mustafayev |
| 72 | DF | RUS | Maksim Kovalchuk |
| 73 | MF | RUS | Yevgeni Kurdus |
| 75 | DF | RUS | Sergei Drampov |
| 77 | MF | RUS | Tavakkyul Mamedov |
| 79 | DF | RUS | Radomir Ponomaryov |
| 81 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Rudenko |
| 87 | MF | RUS | Ilya Maksimov (from Nizhny Novgorod) |
| 88 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Nesterenko |
| 90 | FW | RUS | Anton Sekret (from Krasnodar-2000) |
| 91 | FW | RUS | Yevgeni Kasyanov |
| 92 | MF | RUS | Ruslan Slinko |
| 93 | MF | RUS | Kakha Khalvashi |
| 94 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Kaglyuk |
| 96 | MF | RUS | Maksim Malysh |
| 97 | MF | RUS | Vladimir Lobkaryov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | MDA | Victor Golovatenco (to Sibir Novosibirsk) |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Anton Grigoryev (end of loan from CSKA Moscow) |
| 6 | MF | UKR | Dmitriy Gorbushin (to Chernomorets Novorossiysk) |
| 14 | MF | RUS | Renat Baratov (to Torpedo Armavir) |
| 17 | FW | MNE | Nikola Nikezić (released) |
| 20 | MF | RUS | Anton Kiselyov (to SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk) |
| 21 | DF | RUS | Anton Lunin (released) |
| 23 | DF | RUS | Oleg Malyukov (to Salyut Belgorod) |
| 27 | MF | RUS | Maksim Shevchenko (to Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan) |
| 70 | GK | RUS | Aleksei Chuyev (released) |
| 87 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Ignatyev (end of loan from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 91 | DF | RUS | Vitali Shakhov (to Torpedo Armavir) |
| 99 | FW | RUS | Rustem Kalimullin (to Dynamo Bryansk) |
| — | DF | RUS | Viktor Dmitrenko (loan to Torpedo Armavir, previously on loan to Zimbru Chişinău) |
| — | DF | SRB | Sreten Sretenović (to Olimpija Ljubljana, previously on loan to Leixões) |
| — | MF | RUS | Azat Bairyyev (on loan to Dynamo Bryansk, previously on loan to Salyut Belgorod) |

### Summer 2011

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Sergei Bendz (from Volga Nizhny Novgorod) |
| 23 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Belenov (from Spartak Moscow) |
| 27 | DF | CIV | Igor Lolo (from AS Monaco) |
| 28 | FW | SVK | František Kubík (from AS Trenčín) |
| 37 | MF | RUS | Mikhail Komkov (from Krasnodar) |
| 61 | FW | RUS | Artyom Gevorkyan |
| 62 | DF | RUS | Sergei Khachaturyan |
| 63 | FW | RUS | Roman Dromenko |
| 99 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Ryzhkov (from Zhemchuzhina-Sochi) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | MDA | Stanislav Namașco (loan to Spartak Nalchik) |
| 4 | DF | URU | Mauricio Prieto (end of loan from River Plate) |
| 19 | MF | BLR | Aleksey Skvernyuk (to Spartak Nalchik) |
| 22 | MF | RUS | Igor Paderin (to Amkar Perm) |
| 32 | DF | ANG | Francisco Zuela (on loan to Atromitos) |
| 42 | DF | RUS | Sergei Gorelov (to Torpedo Armavir) |
| 51 | DF | RUS | Eduard Tatoyan (released) |
| 77 | MF | RUS | Tavakkyul Mamedov (to Torpedo Armavir) |
| 87 | MF | RUS | Ilya Maksimov (to Volga Nizhny Novgorod) |

### Winter 2011–12

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | MDA | Stanislav Namașco (end of loan to Spartak Nalchik) |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Boris Rotenberg (on loan from Dynamo Moscow) |
| 14 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Ionov (from Zenit Saint Petersburg) |
| 22 | MF | RUS | Anton Sosnin (from Krylia Sovetov Samara) |
| 30 | FW | ARM | Marcos Pizzelli (from Metalurh Donetsk) |
| 45 | MF | RUS | Sergei Zozulya |
| 46 | MF | RUS | Giorg Ubilava |
| 72 | DF | RUS | Maksim Pereverzev |
| 73 | MF | RUS | Sergei Arzumanov |
| 77 | MF | RUS | Levon Konoplyov |
| — | MF | UKR | Dmitriy Gorbushin (end of loan to Chernomorets Novorossiysk) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Sergei Bendz (on loan to Volga Nizhny Novgorod) |
| 10 | FW | RUS | Sergei Davydov (to Rubin Kazan) |
| 28 | FW | SVK | František Kubík (to Tavriya Simferopol) |
| 30 | MF | CIV | Marco Né (to Tavriya Simferopol) |
| 40 | MF | ROU | Dacian Varga (end of loan from Sportul Studențesc) |
| 45 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Karibov (to Torpedo Armavir) |
| 72 | DF | RUS | Maksim Kovalchuk (released) |
| 73 | MF | RUS | Yevgeni Kurdus (to Torpedo Armavir) |
| 98 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Budakov (to Spartak Nalchik) |
| 99 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Ryzhkov (released) |
| — | DF | RUS | Azat Bairyyev (to Alania Vladikavkaz, previously on loan to Dynamo Bryansk) |
| — | DF | RUS | Viktor Dmitrenko (to Astana, previously on loan to Torpedo Armavir) |

## Competitions
### Russian Premier League
#### First phase
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 4 | Spartak Moscow | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 48 | 33 | +15 | 53 | Qualification to Championship group |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 49 | 30 | +19 | 53 | Qualification to Championship group |
| 6 | Kuban Krasnodar | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 27 | +11 | 49 | Qualification to Championship group |
| 7 | Rubin Kazan | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 40 | 27 | +13 | 49 | Qualification to Championship group |
| 8 | Anzhi Makhachkala | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 48 | Qualification to Championship group |
* 1 2 Spartak Moscow ahead of Lokomotiv Moscow on head-to-head points; Lokomotiv Moscow–Spartak Moscow 0–2, Spartak Moscow–Lokomotiv Moscow 3–0.

#### Championship group
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Zenit St. Petersburg (C) | 44 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 85 | 40 | +45 | 88 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Spartak Moscow | 44 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 69 | 47 | +22 | 75 | Qualification to Champions League play-off round |
| 3 | CSKA Moscow | 44 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 72 | 47 | +25 | 73 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 4 | Dynamo Moscow | 44 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 66 | 50 | +16 | 72 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Anzhi Makhachkala | 44 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 54 | 42 | +12 | 70 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Rubin Kazan | 44 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 55 | 41 | +14 | 68 | Qualification to Europa League group stage |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 44 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 59 | 48 | +11 | 66 | |
| 8 | Kuban Krasnodar | 44 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 50 | 45 | +5 | 61 | |
* ↑ Rubin have won the 2011–12 Russian Cup and thus have qualified for the group stage of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.

### Russian Cup
#### 2011–12
## Squad statistics
### 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 |
| 2 | DF | MDA | Igor Armaș | 40 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | RUS | David Tsorayev | 24 | 1 | 20+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Kulik | 31 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Artur Tlisov | 39 | 0 | 37+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ROU | Gheorghe Bucur | 40 | 6 | 23+16 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Ionov | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | BLR | Maksim Zhavnerchik | 36 | 0 | 34+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Artyom Fidler | 26 | 0 | 13+13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | RUS | Anton Rogochiy | 16 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | CIV | Lacina Traoré | 40 | 17 | 36+3 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | CRC | Marco Ureña | 21 | 0 | 8+12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | RUS | Anton Sosnin | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Belenov | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Kozlov | 41 | 0 | 38+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | BRA | Zelão | 29 | 3 | 27+1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | CIV | Igor Lolo | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ARM | Marcos Pizzelli | 10 | 4 | 8+2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | RUS | Mikhail Komkov | 14 | 2 | 3+11 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | RUS | Roman Bugayev | 27 | 1 | 10+16 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | RUS | Anton Sekret | 2 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Kuban Krasnodar on loan: ||||||||||
| 5 | DF | RUS | Sergei Bendz | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ANG | Francisco Zuela | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Kuban Krasnodar during the season: ||||||||||
| 10 | FW | RUS | Sergei Davydov | 26 | 10 | 7+18 | 9 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | BLR | Aleksey Skvernyuk | 5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | RUS | Igor Paderin | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | SVK | František Kubík | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | CIV | Marco Né | 29 | 1 | 20+8 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | ROU | Dacian Varga | 28 | 1 | 25+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | RUS | Ilya Maksimov | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Budakov | 21 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | RUS | Rustem Kalimullin | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Ryzhkov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Russian Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 20 | Lacina Traoré | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | FW | 10 | Sergei Davydov | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | FW | 11 | Gheorghe Bucur | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | FW | 30 | Marcos Pizzelli | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | DF | 26 | Zelão | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 37 | Mikhail Komkov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 7 | Vladislav Kulik | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 43 | Roman Bugayev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 14 | Aleksei Ionov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | 90 | Anton Sekret | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 6 | David Tsorayev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 2 | Igor Armaș | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 30 | Marco Né | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 40 | Dacian Varga | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 50 | 1 | 51 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Russian Premier League | Russian Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Igor Armaș | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Sergei Bendz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | David Tsorayev | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Vladislav Kulik | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Artur Tlisov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Sergei Davydov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Gheorghe Bucur | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Maksim Zhavnerchik | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Artyom Fidler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Anton Rogochiy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Aleksey Skvernyuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Lacina Traoré | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Marco Ureña | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Igor Paderin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Anton Sosnin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Aleksei Kozlov | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | Zelão | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Igor Lolo | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | František Kubík | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Marco Né | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Marcos Pizzelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | Mikhail Komkov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | Dacian Varga | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | Roman Bugayev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | Ilya Maksimov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | GK | Aleksandr Budakov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 111 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 112 | 3 |