# 2008 FC Terek Grozny season

The 2008 Terek Grozny season was the club's first season back in the Russian Premier League, after being relegated at the end of the 2005 season, and their second in their history. Terek finished the season in 10th position and reached the Round of 16 in the 2008–09 Russian Cup, where they were knocked out by reaching the Round of 32 where they were defeated by FC Moscow.

## Squad

    As of match played 22 November 2008
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Ilion Lika | GK | (1980-05-17)17 May 1980 (aged 28) | Elbasani | 2008 | 28 | 0 |
| 12 | Yaroslav Hodzyur | GK | (1985-03-06)6 March 1985 (aged 23) | Dynamo-2 Kyiv | 2008 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | Magomed Serajdinov | GK | (1991-12-14)14 December 1991 (aged 16) | Trainee | 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Askerhan Jamuyev | GK | (1989-01-14)14 January 1989 (aged 19) | Trainee | 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Ștefan Sicaci | GK | (1988-09-08)8 September 1988 (aged 20) | Sheriff Tiraspol | 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 95 | Rizavdi Edilov | GK | (1988-06-26)26 June 1988 (aged 20) | Trainee | 2005 | | |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Radoslav Zabavník | DF | (1980-09-16)16 September 1980 (aged 28) | Sparta Prague | 2008 | 27 | 1 |
| 3 | Ihor Dudnyk | DF | (1985-08-09)9 August 1985 (aged 23) | Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia | 2008 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | Anatoli Romanovich | DF | (1979-09-09)9 September 1979 (aged 29) | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 2007 | | |
| 14 | Valentin Iliev | DF | (1980-07-11)11 July 1980 (aged 28) | CSKA Sofia | 2008 | 26 | 2 |
| 22 | Dumitru Dolgov | DF | (1987-08-24)24 August 1987 (aged 21) | Nistru Otaci | 2008 | 7 | 0 |
| 18 | Timur Dzhabrailov | DF | (1973-08-05)5 August 1973 (aged 35) | Angusht Nazran | 2001 | | |
| 25 | Rizvan Utsiyev | DF | (1988-02-07)7 February 1988 (aged 20) | Trainee | 2005 | | |
| 29 | Sharudi Buhiyev | DF | (1991-01-17)17 January 1991 (aged 17) | Trainee | 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Mansur Soltayev | DF | (1991-01-04)4 January 1991 (aged 17) | Trainee | 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Ismail Ediyev | DF | (1988-02-16)16 February 1988 (aged 20) | Trainee | 2005 | | |
| 35 | Murad Tagilov | DF | (1990-01-27)27 January 1990 (aged 18) | Trainee | 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Isa Hamidov | DF | (1988-07-07)7 July 1988 (aged 20) | Trainee | 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Valihan Mejidov | DF | (1988-04-10)10 April 1988 (aged 20) | Trainee | 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Syarhey Amelyanchuk | DF | (1980-08-08)8 August 1980 (aged 28) | Rostov | 2008 | 18 | 1 |
| 43 | Nikola Karčev | DF | (1981-03-31)31 March 1981 (aged 27) | Elbasani | 2008 | 3 | 0 |
| 47 | Sergei Bendz | DF | (1983-04-03)3 April 1983 (aged 25) | Rostov | 2008 | 11 | 2 |
| 63 | David Lopes | DF | (1982-07-19)19 July 1982 (aged 26) | NK Osijek | 2008 | 8 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | Guy Essame | MF | (1984-11-25)25 November 1984 (aged 23) | Boavista | 2008 | 21 | 0 |
| 8 | Rade Petrović | MF | (1982-09-21)21 September 1982 (aged 26) | FK Borac Čačak | 2008 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | Florentin Petre | MF | (1976-01-15)15 January 1976 (aged 32) | CSKA Sofia | 2008 | 19 | 3 |
| 15 | Aslan Dashayev | MF | (1989-02-19)19 February 1989 (aged 19) | Trainee | 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Vladislav Kulik | MF | (1985-02-27)27 February 1985 (aged 23) | Ural Yekaterinburg | 2006 | | |
| 20 | Artyom Voronkin | MF | (1986-02-19)19 February 1986 (aged 22) | Avangard Kursk | 2008 | 6 | 0 |
| 21 | Islam Soltayev | MF | (1988-11-08)8 November 1988 (aged 20) | Trainee | 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Anzor Tembulatov | MF | (1989-06-08)8 June 1989 (aged 19) | Trainee | 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Adlan Katsayev | MF | (1988-02-20)20 February 1988 (aged 20) | Trainee | 2005 | | |
| 28 | Vladimir Kuzmichyov | MF | (1979-07-28)28 July 1979 (aged 29) | Kuban Krasnodar | 2008 | 25 | 6 |
| 31 | Magomed Ozdoyev | MF | (1992-11-05)5 November 1992 (aged 16) | Angusht Nazran | 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Islam Dadayev | MF | (1991-11-26)26 November 1991 (aged 16) | Trainee | 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Oleg Vlasov | MF | (1984-12-10)10 December 1984 (aged 23) | Saturn Ramenskoye | 2008 | 17 | 0 |
| 44 | Suleyman Edilov | MF | (1988-01-23)23 January 1988 (aged 20) | Trainee | 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Ramzan Utsiyev | MF | (1989-02-24)24 February 1989 (aged 19) | Trainee | 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Vitali Kuznetsov | MF | (1986-02-21)21 February 1986 (aged 22) | Baltika Kaliningrad | 2008 | 5 | 0 |
| 51 | Shamil Ashakhanov | MF | (1990-12-23)23 December 1990 (aged 17) | Trainee | 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Andrei Mărgăritescu | MF | (1980-01-01)1 January 1980 (aged 28) | Dinamo București | 2008 | 18 | 0 |
| 77 | Marko Dinjar | MF | (1986-05-21)21 May 1986 (aged 22) | Osijek | 2008 | 5 | 0 |
| 98 | Jean Bouli | MF | (1980-09-04)4 September 1980 (aged 28) | Dynamo Bryansk | 2007 | | |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Sergei Serdyukov | FW | (1981-04-10)10 April 1981 (aged 27) | Tom Tomsk | 2008 | 27 | 1 |
| 10 | Magomed Adiyev | FW | (1977-06-30)30 June 1977 (aged 31) | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 2006 | | |
| 24 | Islam Kadirov | FW | (1989-11-27)27 November 1989 (aged 18) | Trainee | 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Shamil Lakhiyalov | FW | (1979-10-28)28 October 1979 (aged 29) | Anzhi Makhachkala | 2007 | | |
| 38 | Hamad Asuhanov | FW | (1988-01-20)20 January 1988 (aged 20) | Trainee | 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Islam Tsuroyev | FW | (1989-04-23)23 April 1989 (aged 19) | Angusht Nazran | 2007 | | |
| 70 | Zaur Sadayev | FW | (1989-11-06)6 November 1989 (aged 19) | Trainee | 2006 | | |
| 78 | Daniel Pancu | FW | (1977-08-17)17 August 1977 (aged 31) | Rapid București | 2008 | 11 | 3 |
| 99 | Viktor Zemchenkov | FW | (1986-09-15)15 September 1986 (aged 22) | Torpedo Moscow | 2008 | 12 | 1 |
| Out on Loan ||||||||||
| Left During the Season ||||||||||
| 5 | Najaddi Ibragimov | DF | (1987-07-05)5 July 1987 (aged 21) | Trainee | 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Yuri Mamaev | MF | (1984-02-03)3 February 1984 (aged 24) | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Goran Dimovski | MF | (1982-10-14)14 October 1982 (aged 26) | Makedonija Gjorče Petrov | 2008 | 1 | 0 |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ALB | Ilion Lika (from KF Elbasani) |
| 2 | DF | SVK | Radoslav Zabavník (from Sparta Prague) |
| 3 | DF | UKR | Ihor Dudnyk (from Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia) |
| 7 | MF | CMR | Guy Essame (from Boavista) |
| 8 | MF | MNE | Rade Petrović (from Borac Čačak) |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Sergei Serdyukov (from Tom Tomsk) |
| 14 | DF | BUL | Valentin Iliev (from CSKA Sofia) |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Yuri Mamaev (from Shinnik Yaroslavl) |
| 20 | MF | RUS | Artyom Voronkin (from Avangard Kursk) |
| 22 | DF | MDA | Dumitru Dolgov (from Nistru Otaci) |
| 23 | MF | MKD | Goran Dimovski (from Makedonija Gjorče Petrov) |
| 28 | MF | RUS | Vladimir Kuzmichyov (from Kuban Krasnodar) |
| 31 | MF | RUS | Magomed Ozdoyev (from Angusht Nazran) |
| 63 | DF | BRA | David Lopes (from NK Osijek) |
| 77 | MF | CRO | Marko Dinjar (from Osijek) |
| 88 | GK | MDA | Ștefan Sicaci (from Sheriff Tiraspol) |
| 99 | FW | RUS | Viktor Zemchenkov (from Torpedo Moscow) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | KAZ | Sergei Stepanenko (to Kairat) |
| — | GK | UKR | Maksym Levytskyi (to Rostov) |
| — | DF | BIH | Damir Memišević (to Željezničar Sarajevo) |
| — | DF | CMR | Jerry-Christian Tchuissé (to Vityaz Podolsk) |
| — | DF | RUS | Sergei Kurdyukov (to Avangard Podolsk) |
| — | DF | RUS | Yevgeni Varlamov (Retired) |
| — | MF | ARM | Albert Sarkisyan (to Nika Moscow) |
| — | MF | BIH | Dejan Martinović (to Široki Brijeg) |
| — | MF | BUL | Atanas Bornosuzov (to Aris Limassol) |
| — | MF | RUS | Murad Ramazanov (to Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| — | MF | RUS | Taras Shelest (to SKA-Khabarovsk) |
| — | MF | RUS | Gamlet Siukayev (to Baltika Kaliningrad) |
| — | MF | TKM | Wýaçeslaw Krendelew (to Amkar Perm) |
| — | FW | ARM | Andrey Movsisyan (to Sportakademklub Moscow) |
| — | FW | RUS | Shamil Asildarov (to Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| — | FW | RUS | Andrei Fedkov (to Sheksna Cherepovets) |
| — | FW | RUS | Denis Zubko (to Kuban Krasnodar) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | MF | ROU | Florentin Petre (from CSKA Sofia) |
| 12 | GK | UKR | Yaroslav Hodzyur (from Dynamo-2 Kyiv) |
| 40 | MF | RUS | Oleg Vlasov (from Saturn Ramenskoye) |
| 42 | DF | BLR | Syarhey Amelyanchuk (from Rostov) |
| 43 | DF | MKD | Nikola Karčev (from Elbasani) |
| 46 | MF | RUS | Vitali Kuznetsov (from Baltika Kaliningrad) |
| 47 | DF | RUS | Sergei Bendz (from Rostov) |
| 55 | MF | ROU | Andrei Mărgăritescu (from Dinamo București) |
| 78 | FW | ROU | Daniel Pancu (from Rapid București) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Nazhaddi Ibragimov (to Volga Tver) |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Yuri Mamaev (from Chornomorets Odesa) |
| 23 | DF | MKD | Goran Dimovski (from Rabotnički) |

## Competitions
### Russian Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Spartak Moscow | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 44 |
| 9 | FC Moscow | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 34 | 36 | −2 | 38 |
| 10 | Terek Grozny | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 42 | −14 | 35 |
| 11 | Saturn | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 33 |
| 12 | Spartak Nalchik | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 39 | −9 | 32 |

### Russian Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 22 November 2008

### 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 | ALB | Ilion Lika | 28 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SVK | Radoslav Zabavník | 27 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | UKR | Ihor Dudnyk | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Anatoli Romanovich | 21 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | CMR | Guy Essame | 21 | 0 | 14+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | MNE | Rade Petrović | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Sergei Serdyukov | 27 | 1 | 15+11 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | RUS | Magomed Adiyev | 14 | 0 | 4+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ROU | Florentin Petre | 19 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | UKR | Yaroslav Hodzyur | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | BUL | Valentin Iliev | 26 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Kulik | 22 | 2 | 12+8 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | RUS | Timur Dzhabrailov | 31 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | RUS | Artyom Voronkin | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | MDA | Dumitru Dolgov | 7 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | RUS | Vladimir Kuzmichyov | 25 | 6 | 22+2 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | FW | RUS | Shamil Lakhiyalov | 20 | 5 | 18+1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | MF | RUS | Oleg Vlasov | 17 | 0 | 7+8 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 41 | FW | RUS | Islam Tsuroyev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | BLR | Syarhey Amelyanchuk | 18 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 43 | DF | MKD | Nikola Karčev | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | RUS | Vitali Kuznetsov | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | DF | RUS | Sergei Bendz | 11 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | ROU | Andrei Mărgăritescu | 18 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 63 | DF | BRA | David Lopes | 8 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | RUS | Zaur Sadayev | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | CRO | Marko Dinjar | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | FW | ROU | Daniel Pancu | 11 | 3 | 9+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | GK | MDA | Ștefan Sicaci | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | GK | RUS | Rizavdi Edilov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | MF | CMR | Jean Bouli | 15 | 2 | 9+5 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | RUS | Viktor Zemchenkov | 12 | 1 | 5+6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who appeared for Terek Grozny but left during the season: ||||||||||
| 19 | MF | RUS | Yuri Mamaev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | MKD | Goran Dimovski | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal Scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 28 | Vladimir Kuzmichyov | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | FW | 33 | Shamil Lakhiyalov | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | MF | 11 | Florentin Petre | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | DF | 78 | Daniel Pancu | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | 14 | Valentin Iliev | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | 17 | Vladislav Kulik | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | 18 | Timur Dzhabrailov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | 47 | Sergei Bendz | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | 98 | Jean Bouli | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | 99 | Viktor Zemchenkov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 2 | Radoslav Zabavník | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 9 | Sergei Serdyukov | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 42 | Syarhey Amelyanchuk | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 28 | 3 | 31 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Ilion Lika | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Radoslav Zabavník | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Ihor Dudnyk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Anatoli Romanovich | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Guy Essame | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Rade Petrović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Sergei Serdyukov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | Magomed Adiyev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Florentin Petre | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Valentin Iliev | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Vladislav Kulik | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Timur Dzhabrailov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Artyom Voronkin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Dumitru Dolgov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Vladimir Kuzmichyov | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | Shamil Lakhiyalov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | Oleg Vlasov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | Syarhey Amelyanchuk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | Nikola Karčev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 46 | MF | Vitali Kuznetsov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | DF | Sergei Bendz | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | Andrei Mărgăritescu | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 63 | DF | David Lopes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Marko Dinjar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 78 | FW | Daniel Pancu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 98 | MF | Jean Bouli | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Viktor Zemchenkov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Terek Grozny during the season: ||||||||||
| | | TOTALS | 79 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 84 | 2 |