2017–18 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season

FC Lokomotiv Moscow
2017–18 season
Chairman Ilya Herkus
Manager Yury Semin
Stadium RZD Arena
Russian Premier League 1st
Super Cup Runners-up
Russian Cup Round of 32
UEFA Europa League Round of 16
Top goalscorer League: Jefferson Farfán 10
All: Jefferson Farfán &
Manuel Fernandes 14
Highest home attendance 26,109 vs Zenit
(RFPL, 5 May 2018)
Lowest home attendance 6,166 vs Arsenal
(RFPL, 18 July 2017)
Average home league attendance 12,708
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2017–18 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season was the club's 26th season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of the Russian football league system. Lokomotiv Moscow also took part in the Russian Cup and also the Europa League. Lokomotiv also contested the Russian Super Cup. Lokomotiv's farm club was relaunched as Kazanka and participated in the Russian Professional Football League, the third highest division in the Russian football league system.

Main Events

  • Ilya Herkus announced the foundation of Lokomotiv-Kazanka. Lokomotiv-Kazanka, which will act as Lokomotiv's farm club, will participate in the Russian Professional Football League, the third level of Russian football. Lokomotiv-Kazanka will be formed on the current youth team and will play their home matches at Sapsan Arena under the tutelage of Denis Klyuyev.[1] Lokomotiv-Kazanka was officially launched as Kazanka on 5 July 2017.[2]
  • On 5 August 2017, Lokomotiv announced that the stadium has been renamed to RZD Arena.[3]

First Team Squad

Information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 5 May 2018.[4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Name Nationality Position Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Since
Goalkeepers
1 Guilherme Russia Brazil GK 12 December 1985 Brazil Atlético Paranaense 2007
30 Nikita Medvedev Russia GK 14 December 1994 Rostov 2017
41 Miroslav Lobantsev Russia GK 27 May 1995 Youth system 2011
77 Anton Kochenkov Russia GK 2 April 1987 Mordovia Saransk 2015
Defenders
5 Nemanja Pejčinović Serbia DF 4 November 1987 France Nice 2014
14 Vedran Ćorluka (captain) Croatia DF 5 February 1986 England Tottenham Hotspur 2012
17 Taras Mykhalyk Ukraine DF 28 October 1983 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 2013
28 Boris Rotenberg Finland Russia DF 19 May 1986 Dynamo Moscow 2016
29 Vitaliy Denisov Uzbekistan DF 23 February 1987 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2013
33 Solomon Kvirkvelia Georgia (country) DF 6 February 1992 Rubin Kazan 2017
Midfielders
4 Manuel Fernandes Portugal Cape Verde MF 5 February 1986 Turkey Beşiktaş 2014
8 Jefferson Farfán Peru MF 26 October 1984 United Arab Emirates Al Jazira 2017
11 Alan Kasaev Russia MF 8 April 1986 Dynamo Moscow 2014
18 Aleksandr Kolomeytsev Russia MF 21 February 1989 Amkar Perm 2015
20 Vladislav Ignatyev Russia MF 20 January 1987 Kuban Krasnodar 2016
21 Amir Natkho Russia MF 9 July 1996 Krasnodar 2017
23 Dmitri Tarasov Russia MF 18 March 1987 FC Moscow 2010
27 Igor Denisov Russia MF 17 May 1984 Dynamo Moscow 2016
31 Maciej Rybus Poland MF 19 August 1989 France Lyon 2017
36 Dmitri Barinov Russia MF 11 January 1996 Youth system 2013
59 Aleksei Miranchuk Russia MF 17 October 1995 Youth system 2012
60 Anton Miranchuk Russia MF 17 October 1995 Youth system 2012
Forwards
9 Ari Brazil FW 11 December 1985 Krasnodar 2017
13 Arshak Koryan Russia Armenia FW 17 June 1995 Netherlands Vitesse 2017
24 Eder Portugal Guinea-Bissau FW 22 December 1987 France Lille 2017
57 Artyom Galadzhan Russia FW 22 May 1998 Youth system 2014
84 Mikhail Lysov Russia FW 29 January 1998 Youth system 2014
Left mid-season
3 Timofei Margasov Russia DF 12 June 1992 Krylia Sovetov Samara 2017

Transfers

Arrivals

Permanent transfer
Name Nationality Position From Fee Date Source
Nikita Medvedev Russia GK Rostov Free transfer 14 June 2017 [5]
Solomon Kvirkvelia Georgia (country) DF Rubin Kazan Undisclosed (~ €2,500,000) 30 June 2017 [6]
Igor Denisov Russia MF Dynamo Moscow Free transfer 1 July 2017 [7]
Arshak Koryan Russia Armenia FW Netherlands Vitesse Free transfer 12 July 2017 [8]
Maciej Rybus Poland MF France Lyon Undisclosed (~ €1,750,000) 19 July 2017 [9]
In on loan
Name Nationality Position From Date Until Source
Ari Brazil FW Krasnodar 17 June 2017 End of season [10]
Eder Portugal Guinea-Bissau FW France Lille 23 August 2017 End of season [11]

Departures

Permanent Transfer
Name Nationality Position To Fee Date Source
Petar Škuletić Serbia FW Turkey Gençlerbirliği S.K. Free transfer 13 May 2017 [12]
Dmitri Loskov Russia MF Retired 13 May 2017 [13]
Ilya Abayev Russia GK Rostov Free transfer 31 May 2017 [14]
Renat Yanbayev Russia DF Krasnodar Free transfer 5 June 2017 [15]
Maicon Brazil FW Turkey Antalyaspor Free transfer 16 June 2017 [16]
Roman Shishkin Russia DF Krasnodar Free transfer 3 July 2017 [17]
Delvin N'Dinga Republic of the Congo MF Turkey Sivasspor Undisclosed (~ €200,000) 7 September 2017 [18]
Out on loan
Name Nationality Position Loan to Date Until Source
Igor Portnyagin Russia FW Ural Yekaterinburg 27 June 2017 15 June 2018 [19]
Timofei Margasov Russia DF Tosno 22 January 2018 15 June 2018 [20]

Friendlies

Pre-season

Mid-season

Competitions

Overview

Competition Started round Final round First match Last match G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Super Cup Final 14 July 2017 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0.0%
Premier League Winners 18 July 2017 12 May 2018 30 18 6 6 41 21 +20 60.0%
Russian Cup Round of 32 21 September 2017 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0.0%
Europa League Group Stage Round of 16 14 September 2017 15 March 2018 10 5 2 3 14 14 0 50.0%
Total 42 23 8 11 58 40 18 54.8%

Russian Super Cup

Russian Premier League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lokomotiv Moscow (C) 30 18 6 6 41 21 +20 60 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 CSKA Moscow 30 17 7 6 49 23 +26 58
3 Spartak Moscow 30 16 8 6 51 32 +19 56 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Krasnodar 30 16 6 8 46 30 +16 54 Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
5 Zenit Saint Petersburg 30 14 11 5 46 21 +25 53 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2018. Source: Russian Premier League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head matches won; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals; 7) Matches won; 8) Goal difference; 9) Goals scored; 10) Away goals scored.[21]
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. 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.

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHHAHAHA
ResultWWWWDLWWDLWWLWWDWWWWDWDLWWDLWL
Position611223222322211111111111111111

Source: Russian Premier League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Russian Cup

Europa League

Lokomotiv have qualified directly for the group stage of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2017 Russian Cup Final.[22]

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 6 3 2 1 9 4 +5 11 Advance to knockout phase
2 Denmark Copenhagen 6 2 3 1 7 3 +4 9[lower-alpha 1]
3 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 6 2 3 1 4 4 0 9[lower-alpha 1]
4 Czech Republic Fastav Zlín 6 0 2 4 1 10 −9 2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head results: Sheriff Tiraspol 0–0 Copenhagen, Copenhagen 2–0 Sheriff Tiraspol.

Knockout phase

Round of 32
Round of 16

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 5 May 2018
No. Pos Nat Player TotalRussian Premier LeagueRussian CupRussian Super CupEuropa League
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Russia Guilherme 310230001070
4 MF Portugal Manuel Fernandes 40142871011106
5 DF Serbia Nemanja Pejčinović 3502301010100
8 FW Peru Jefferson Farfán 32142210001094
9 FW Brazil Ari 10171001020
11 MF Russia Alan Kasaev 2020000000
13 FW Russia Arshak Koryan 3030000000
14 DF Croatia Vedran Ćorluka 8060000020
17 DF Ukraine Taras Mykhalyk 12190110020
18 MF Russia Aleksandr Kolomeytsev 291191101080
20 DF Russia Vladislav Ignatyev 340240001090
23 MF Russia Dmitri Tarasov 332232101080
24 FW Portugal Eder 274174100090
27 MF Russia Igor Denisov 3912701010101
28 DF Finland Boris Rotenberg 9060100020
29 DF Uzbekistan Vitaliy Denisov 10080000020
30 GK Russia Nikita Medvedev 2000100010
31 DF Poland Maciej Rybus 261190100061
33 DF Georgia (country) Saba Kvirkvelia 4032821110100
36 DF Russia Dmitri Barinov 181151001020
57 FW Russia Artyom Galadzhan 2020000000
59 MF Russia Aleksei Miranchuk 408297101091
60 MF Russia Anton Miranchuk 4052841010101
77 GK Russia Anton Kochenkov 9060000030
84 DF Russia Mikhail Lysov 180120100050

Goals record

As of 5 May 2018
RankNo.Nat.Po.NameRussian PLRussian CupEuropa LeagueRussian Super CupTotal
1 4PortugalCMManuel Fernandes706114
8PeruCFJefferson Farfán1004014
3 59RussiaAMAleksei Miranchuk70108
4 60RussiaAMAnton Miranchuk40105
5 24PortugalCFEder40004
6 33Georgia (country)CBSaba Kvirkvelia21003
7 23RussiaCMDmitri Tarasov20002
8 9BrazilCFAri10001
17UkraineCBTaras Mykhalyk01001
18RussiaAMAleksandr Kolomeytsev10001
27RussiaCMIgor Denisov00101
31PolandLBMaciej Rybus00101
36RussiaCBDmitri Barinov10001
Total41214158

References

  1. ↑ ""Локомотив-Казанка": готовимся к старту!" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 24 May 2017.
  2. ↑ ""Казанка". На старт!" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 5 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Заявление президента ФК "Локомотив"" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 5 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "First team - Players". fclm.com. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Никита Медведев – в "Локо"" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 14 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Кверквелия перешёл в "Локо"" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 30 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Игорь Денисов подписал контракт с "Локо"" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 5 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "Аршак Корян – в "Локо"!" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 12 July 2017.
  9. ↑ "Мацей Рыбус - в "Локо"" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 19 July 2017.
  10. ↑ "Ари отправляется на сбор" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 17 June 2017.
  11. ↑ "Чемпион Европы - в "Локо"" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 23 August 2017.
  12. ↑ "Петар Шкулетич покидает "Локомотив"" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 13 May 2017.
  13. ↑ "Прощальный матч Лоськова. Как это было" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 13 May 2017.
  14. ↑ "Абаев покидает "Локомотив"" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 31 May 2017.
  15. ↑ "Ренат Янбаев покидает "Локомотив"" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 5 June 2017.
  16. ↑ "Майкон продолжит карьеру в Турции" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 16 June 2017.
  17. ↑ "Шишкин – в "Краснодаре"" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 3 July 2017.
  18. ↑ "Ндинга перешел в "Сивасспор"" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 7 September 2017.
  19. ↑ "Игорь Портнягин – в "Урале"" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 27 June 2017.
  20. ↑ "Маргасов перешёл в "Тосно"" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 22 January 2018.
  21. ↑ "Premier League 2017/2018 - Season rules" (PDF). rfpl.org. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  22. ↑ Кубок - наш!. www.fclm.ru (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 2 May 2017.
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