# 2016–17 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season

The 2016–17 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season was the club's 25th season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. Overall, Lokomotiv's performance in Premier League was disappointing as Lokomotiv ended in the 8th place. Lokomotiv Moscow participated in and won the Russian Cup, thereby also qualifying to the 2017-2018 UEFA Europa League.

## First Team Squad
### Information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 3 February 2017. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Name | Position | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from | Since |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Guilherme | GK | (1985-12-12) 12 December 1985 (age 38) | Atlético Paranaense | 2007 |
| 41 | Miroslav Lobantsev | GK | (1995-05-27) 27 May 1995 (age 29) | Youth system | 2011 |
| 77 | Anton Kochenkov | GK | (1987-04-02) 2 April 1987 (age 37) | Mordovia Saransk | 2015 |
| Defenders |||||||
| 3 | Timofei Margasov | DF | (1992-06-12) 12 June 1992 (age 32) | Krylia Sovetov Samara | 2017 |
| 5 | Nemanja Pejčinović | DF | (1987-11-04) 4 November 1987 (age 36) | Nice | 2014 |
| 14 | Vedran Ćorluka (captain) | DF | (1986-02-05) 5 February 1986 (age 38) | Tottenham Hotspur | 2012 |
| 17 | Taras Mykhalyk | DF | (1983-10-28) 28 October 1983 (age 40) | Dynamo Kyiv | 2013 |
| 28 | Boris Rotenberg | DF | (1986-05-19) 19 May 1986 (age 38) | Dynamo Moscow | 2016 |
| 29 | Vitaliy Denisov | DF | (1987-02-23) 23 February 1987 (age 37) | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 2013 |
| 33 | Solomon Kvirkvelia | DF | (1992-02-06) 6 February 1992 (age 32) | Rubin Kazan | 2017 |
| 55 | Renat Yanbayev | DF | (1984-04-07) 7 April 1984 (age 40) | Kuban Krasnodar | 2007 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 4 | Manuel Fernandes | MF | (1986-02-05) 5 February 1986 (age 38) | Beşiktaş | 2014 |
| 8 | Jefferson Farfán | MF | (1984-10-26) 26 October 1984 (age 39) | Al Jazira | 2017 |
| 10 | Dmitri Loskov | MF | (1974-02-12) 12 February 1974 (age 50) | Out of retirement | 2017 |
| 11 | Alan Kasaev | MF | (1986-04-08) 8 April 1986 (age 38) | Dynamo Moscow | 2014 |
| 18 | Aleksandr Kolomeytsev | MF | (1989-02-21) 21 February 1989 (age 35) | Amkar Perm | 2015 |
| 20 | Vladislav Ignatyev | MF | (1987-01-20) 20 January 1987 (age 37) | Kuban Krasnodar | 2016 |
| 21 | Amir Natkho | MF | (1996-07-09) 9 July 1996 (age 28) | Krasnodar | 2017 |
| 23 | Dmitri Tarasov | MF | (1987-03-18) 18 March 1987 (age 37) | FC Moscow | 2010 |
| 27 | Igor Denisov | MF | (1984-05-17) 17 May 1984 (age 40) | Dynamo Moscow | 2016 |
| 36 | Dmitri Barinov | MF | (1996-01-11) 11 January 1996 (age 28) | Youth system | 2013 |
| 59 | Aleksei Miranchuk | MF | (1995-10-17) 17 October 1995 (age 28) | Youth system | 2012 |
| 60 | Anton Miranchuk | MF | (1995-10-17) 17 October 1995 (age 28) | Youth system | 2012 |
| 88 | Delvin N'Dinga | MF | (1988-03-14) 14 March 1988 (age 36) | Monaco | 2015 |
| Forwards |||||||
| 7 | Maicon | FW | (1990-02-18) 18 February 1990 (age 34) | Fluminense | 2010 |
| 9 | Igor Portnyagin | FW | (1989-01-07) 7 January 1989 (age 35) | Rubin Kazan | 2016 |
| 32 | Petar Škuletić | FW | (1990-06-29) 29 June 1990 (age 34) | Partizan Belgrade | 2015 |
| 90 | Ari | FW | (1985-12-11) 11 December 1985 (age 38) | Krasnodar | 2017 |
| Players who left midway through the season |||||||
| 15 | Arseny Logashov | DF | (1991-08-20) 20 August 1991 (age 33) | Anzhi Makhachkala | 2013 |
| 19 | Aleksandr Samedov | MF | (1984-07-19) 19 July 1984 (age 40) | Dynamo Moscow | 2012 |
| 45 | Ezekiel Henty | FW | (1993-05-13) 13 May 1993 (age 31) | Olimpija Ljubljana | 2016 |
| 49 | Roman Shishkin | DF | (1987-01-27) 27 January 1987 (age 37) | Spartak Moscow | 2010 |
| 81 | Ilya Abayev | GK | (1981-08-02) 2 August 1981 (age 43) | Volga Nizhny Novgorod | 2013 |

## Transfers

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

### Arrivals

Permanent transfer :
| Name | Nationality | Position | From | Fee | Date | Source |
| Miroslav Lobantsev | | GK | Krylya Sovetov Samara | Returned from loan | 16 June 2016 | |
| Igor Portnyagin | | FW | Rubin Kazan | Undisclosed (~ €3,000,000) | 31 August 2016 | |
| Boris Rotenberg | | DF | Dynamo Moscow | Free Transfer | 31 August 2016 | |
| Sergey Makarov | | MF | Minsk | Returned from loan | 9 January 2017 | |
| Anton Kochenkov | | GK | Tom Tomsk | Returned from loan | 9 January 2017 | |
| Jefferson Farfán | | MF | Al Jazira | Free Transfer | 28 January 2017 | |
| Timofei Margasov | | DF | Krylya Sovetov Samara | Undisclosed (~ €250,000) | 4 February 2017 | |
| Amir Natkho | | MF | Krasnodar | Free transfer | 11 February 2017 | |
| Dmitri Loskov | | MF | Out of retirement | Out of retirement | 24 February 2017 | |
| Permanent transfer, originally on loan |||||||
| Name | Nationality | Position | From | Fee | Date | Source |
| Delvin N'Dinga | | MF | Monaco | Undisclosed | 1 July 2016 | |
| In on loan |||||||
| Name | Nationality | Position | From | Date | Until | Source |
| Igor Denisov | | MF | Dynamo Moscow | 31 August 2016 | End of season | |
| Solomon Kvirkvelia | | DF | Rubin Kazan | 23 February 2017 | End of season | |
| Ari | | FW | Krasnodar | 24 February 2017 | End of season | |

### Departures

Permanent Transfer :
| Name | Nationality | Position | To | Fee | Date | Source |
| Maksim Grigoryev | | MF | Unattached | Free transfer | 30 June 2016 | |
| Aleksandr Sheshukov | | MF | Arsenal Tula | Free transfer | 30 June 2016 | |
| Ján Ďurica | | DF | Trabzonspor | Free transfer | 30 June 2016 | |
| Rifat Zhemaletdinov | | FW | Rubin Kazan | Undisclosed (~ €150,000) | 4 July 2016 | |
| Ilya Lantratov | | GK | Shinnik Yaroslavl | Undisclosed | 16 July 2016 | |
| Georgi Makhatadze | | MF | Rubin Kazan | Undisclosed | 25 July 2016 | |
| Mbark Boussoufa | | MF | Al Jazira | Free Transfer | 30 July 2016 | |
| Aleksandr Samedov | | MF | Spartak Moscow | Undisclosed (~ €3,500,000) | 16 January 2017 | |
| Arseny Logashov | | DF | Tosno | Free transfer | 4 February 2017 | |
| Out on loan |||||||
| Name | Nationality | Position | Loan to | Date | Until | Source |
| Anton Miranchuk | | MF | Levadia Tallinn | 2 February 2016 | End of season | |
| Sergey Makarov | | MF | Minsk | 17 February 2016 | End of season | |
| Anton Kochenkov | | GK | Tom Tomsk | 4 July 2016 | End of season | |
| Ezekiel Henty | | FW | Baniyas | 18 January 2017 | 30 June 2017 | |
| Roman Shishkin | | DF | Krasnodar | 28 January 2017 | 31 May 2017 | |
| Ilya Abayev | | GK | Krasnodar | 18 April 2017 | End of season | |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Started Round | Final Round | First Match | Last Match | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | - | 8th Place | 30 July 2016 | 21 May 2017 | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 39 | 27 | 12 | 33.33% |
| Russian Cup | Round of 32 | Winners | 21 September 2016 | 2 May 2017 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 100.00% |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Rostov | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 36 | 18 | +18 | 48 | |
| 7 | Ufa | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 25 | −3 | 43 | |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 39 | 27 | +12 | 42 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 9 | Rubin Kazan | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 38 | |
| 10 | Amkar Perm | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 25 | 29 | −4 | 35 | |
* ↑ Lokomotiv Moscow qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2016–17 Russian Cup.]

#### 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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | D | D | W | L | L | L | D | D | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | D | W | D | L | L | D | W | W | L |
| Position | 7 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 |

#### Matches
### Russian Cup
## Awards
### Lokomotiv player of the month award

Awarded monthly to the player that was chosen by fan voting on Lokomotiv's official portal on VK.
| Month | First | First | First | First | Second | Second | Second | Second | Third | Third | Third | Third |
| Month | No. | Name | Votes | % | No. | Name | Votes | % | No. | Name | Votes | % |
| August | 59 | Aleksei Miranchuk | 5,431 | 60.8% | 19 | Aleksandr Samedov | 2,193 | 25.5% | 29 | Vitaliy Denisov | 884 | 9.9% |
| September | 11 | Alan Kasaev | 1,945 | 33.2% | 36 | Dmitri Barinov | 1,225 | 20.9% | 94 | Dmitri Rybchinsky | 1,106 | 18.8% |
| October | 7 | Maicon | 3,994 | 49.0% | 4 | Manuel Fernandes | 2,599 | 31.8% | 19 | Aleksandr Samedov | 1,022 | 12.5% |
| November | 4 | Manuel Fernandes | 8,318 | 79.7% | 7 | Maicon | 1,298 | 12.4% | 29 | Igor Denisov | 388 | 3.7% |
| December | 4 | Manuel Fernandes | 8,318 | 79.7% | 7 | Maicon | 1,298 | 12.4% | 29 | Igor Denisov | 388 | 3.7% |
| March | 90 | Ari | 8,534 | 71.1% | 59 | Aleksei Miranchuk | 1,260 | 10.5% | 29 | Vladislav Ignatyev | 866 | 7.2% |
| April | 4 | Manuel Fernandes | 4,354 | 55.2% | 59 | Aleksei Miranchuk | 1,182 | 15.0% | 61 | Islam Vagabov | 1,026 | 13.0% |
| May | 4 | Manuel Fernandes | 7,052 | 56.0% | 59 | Aleksei Miranchuk | 2,305 | 18.0% | 33 | Solomon Kvirkvelia | 1,244 | 9.9% |