2008 FC Moscow season

The 2008 FC Moscow season was the club's 5th season in existence after taking over the licence of Torpedo-Metallurg in 2004. They finished the season in 9th place, and reached the Round of 16 in the Russian Cup, with the Quarterfinal taking place in the 2009 season.

Moscow

2008 season
Manager	Oleg Blokhin
Stadium	Eduard Streltsov Stadium
Premier League	9th
Russian Cup	Progressed to 2009 season
Top goalscorer	League: Héctor Bracamonte (8) All: Héctor Bracamonte (9)
← 2007 2009 →

Squad

As of match played 22 November 2008^[1]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
12	Valeriy Polyakov		GK	(1989-07-13)13 July 1989 (aged 19)	Rostov	2008		0	0
16	Anton Amelchenko		GK	(1985-03-27)27 March 1985 (aged 23)	Gomel	2006		17	0
30	Yuri Zhevnov		GK	(1981-04-17)17 April 1981 (aged 27)	BATE Borisov	2005		111	0
57	Nikita Alekseyev		GK	(1990-03-12)12 March 1990 (aged 18)	Youth Team	2008		0	0
58	Dmitriy Yershov		GK	(1992-06-12)12 June 1992 (aged 16)	Youth Team	2008		0	0
Defenders
2	Dmitri Godunok		DF	(1976-01-04)4 January 1976 (aged 32)	Tom Tomsk	2005		119	4
4	Roman Hubník		DF	(1984-06-06)6 June 1984 (aged 24)	Sigma Olomouc	2007		12	1
14	Kirill Nababkin		DF	(1986-09-08)8 September 1986 (aged 22)	Youth Team	2004		49	0
15	Alexandru Epureanu		DF	(1986-09-27)27 September 1986 (aged 22)	Sheriff Tiraspol	2007[2]		57	1
22	Oleg Kuzmin		DF	(1981-05-09)9 May 1981 (aged 27)	Uralan Elista	2004		137	9
23	Isaac Okoronkwo		DF	(1978-05-01)1 May 1978 (aged 30)	Alania Vladikavkaz	2006		48	0
24	Vladimir Khozin		DF	(1989-07-03)3 July 1989 (aged 19)	Rostov	2008		0	0
25	Mariusz Jop		DF	(1978-08-03)3 August 1978 (aged 30)	Wisła Kraków	2004		97	4
27	Vitali Kaleshin		DF	(1980-10-03)3 October 1980 (aged 28)	Kuban Krasnodar	2008		22	2
31	Andrei Vasyanovich		DF	(1988-06-13)13 June 1988 (aged 20)	Krasnodar-2000	2008		0	0
32	Nikita Korolyov		DF	(1988-03-15)15 March 1988 (aged 20)	Youth Team	2007		0	0
33	Dacosta Goore		DF	(1984-12-31)31 December 1984 (aged 23)	Luch-Energiya Vladivostok	2008[3]		8	0
40	Sergei Shubin		DF	(1988-02-16)16 February 1988 (aged 20)	Youth Team	2008		0	0
46	Aleksei Kontsedalov		DF	(1990-07-24)24 July 1990 (aged 18)	Rostov	2008		0	0
48	Aleksei Marshinskiy		DF	(1988-04-17)17 April 1988 (aged 18)	Youth Team	2007		0	0
49	Sergei Harlamov		DF	(1991-01-24)24 January 1991 (aged 17)	Spartak Moscow	2008		0	0
52	Pavel Golanov		DF	(1989-06-13)13 June 1989 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2008		0	0
Midfielders
3	Aleksandr Sheshukov		MF	(1983-04-15)15 April 1983 (aged 25)	Luch-Energiya Vladivostok	2008		14	0
6	Ricardo Baiano		MF	(1980-09-10)10 September 1980 (aged 28)	loan from Spartak Nalchik	2008		10	0
7	Pyotr Bystrov		MF	(1979-07-15)15 July 1979 (aged 29)	Saturn Ramenskoye	2006		88	10
10	Zvonimir Vukić		MF	(1979-07-19)19 July 1979 (aged 29)	Shakhtar Donetsk	2008		3	2
11	Tomáš Čížek		MF	(1978-11-27)27 November 1978 (aged 29)	Rubin Kazan	2006		72	6
13	Aleksei Rebko		MF	(1986-04-23)23 April 1986 (aged 22)	Rubin Kazan	2008		20	2
17	Pavel Golyshev		MF	(1987-07-07)7 July 1987 (aged 21)	Youth Team	2005		23	2
19	Aleksandr Samedov		MF	(1984-07-19)19 July 1984 (aged 24)	Lokomotiv Moscow	2008[4]		23	4
20	Aleksei Melyoshin		MF	(1976-01-30)30 January 1976 (aged 32)	Dynamo St.Petersburg	2004		83	11
28	Branislav Krunić		MF	(1979-01-28)28 January 1979 (aged 29)	Tom Tomsk	2007[5]	2009 [5]	44	3
36	Sergei Shudrov		MF	(1989-08-11)11 August 1989 (aged 19)	Rostov	2008		0	0
37	Aleksandr Stavpets		MF	(1989-07-04)4 July 1989 (aged 19)	Rostov	2008		19	2
38	Andrei Korobov		MF	(1989-07-17)17 July 1989 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2008		0	0
41	Artur Rylov		MF	(1989-04-12)12 April 1989 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2008		2	0
42	Denis Poyarkov		MF	(1989-10-16)16 October 1989 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2008		0	0
44	Oleg Aleynik		MF	(1989-02-08)8 February 1989 (aged 19)	Rostov	2008		0	0
47	Artyom Varakin		MF	(1987-04-21)21 April 1987 (aged 21)	Youth Team	2006		4	0
55	Dmitriy Kutepov		MF	(1988-06-06)6 June 1988 (aged 20)	Youth Team	2008		0	0
77	Stanislav Ivanov		MF	(1980-10-07)7 October 1980 (aged 28)	Sheriff Tiraspol	2004		133	10
88	Edgaras Česnauskis		MF	(1984-02-05)5 February 1984 (aged 24)	Saturn Ramenskoye	2008		15	3
Forwards
18	Maxi López		FW	(1984-04-03)3 April 1984 (aged 24)	Barcelona	2007[6]		25	9
29	Igor Strelkov		FW	(1982-03-21)21 March 1982 (aged 26)	Tom Tomsk	2008[7]	2011[7]	15	1
45	Pavel Yesikov		FW	(1988-01-29)29 January 1988 (aged 20)	Youth Team	2006		0	0
48	Sergey Maslov		FW	(1990-09-03)3 September 1990 (aged 18)	Youth Team	2008		0	0
51	Aleksandr Marenich		FW	(1989-04-29)29 April 1989 (aged 19)	Rostov	2007		0	0
56	Stanislav Lantsov		FW	(1990-09-22)22 September 1990 (aged 18)	Youth Team	2007		0	0
69	Héctor Bracamonte		FW	(1978-02-16)16 February 1978 (aged 30)	Boca Juniors	2004		142	33
Away on loan
9	Pablo Barrientos		MF	(1985-01-17)17 January 1985 (aged 23)	San Lorenzo	2006		42	10
10	Maximiliano Moralez		MF	(1987-02-27)27 February 1987 (aged 21)	Racing Club	2007[8]	2011[8]	7	0
50	Andrei Lukanchenkov		DF	(1986-02-07)7 February 1986 (aged 22)	Torpedo-Metallurg	2004		4	0
	Illya Hawrylaw		GK	(1988-09-26)26 September 1988 (aged 20)	Dinamo Minsk	2007		0	0
Players that left Moscow during the season
5	Radu Rebeja		MF	(1973-06-08)8 June 1973 (aged 35)	Saturn Ramenskoye	2004		127	3
8	Pompiliu Stoica		DF	(1976-09-10)10 September 1976 (aged 32)	Steaua București	2004		99	0
21	Roman Adamov		FW	(1982-06-21)21 June 1982 (aged 26)	Terek Grozny	2006		76	28

On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 9 MF  ARG Pablo Barrientos (at San Lorenzo) 10 FW  ARG Maximiliano Moralez (at Racing Club)

No. Pos. Nation Player 50 DF  RUS Andrei Lukanchenkov (at Ural Yekaterinburg) — GK  BLR Illya Hawrylaw (at Torpedo Zhodino)

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 5 MF  MDA Radu Rebeja (to Khimki) 8 DF  ROU Pompiliu Stoica (to Tom Tomsk)

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 FW  RUS Roman Adamov (to Rubin Kazan)

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
9 January 2008	GK		Valeriy Polyakov	Rostov	Undisclosed	[9]
9 January 2008	DF		Vitali Kaleshin	Kuban Krasnodar	Undisclosed	[9]
9 January 2008	DF		Vladimir Khozin	Rostov	Undisclosed	[9]
9 January 2008	DF		Sergei Shudrov	Rostov	Undisclosed	[9]
9 January 2008	MF		Oleg Aleynik	Rostov	Undisclosed	[9]
9 January 2008	MF		Aleksandr Stavpets	Rostov	Undisclosed	[9]
Winter 2008	DF		Aleksei Kontsedalov	Rostov	Undisclosed
Winter 2008	DF		Andrei Vasyanovich	Krasnodar-2000	Undisclosed
Summer 2008	DF		Aleksandr Sheshukov	Luch-Energiya Vladivostok	Undisclosed
Summer 2008	MF		Edgaras Česnauskis	Saturn Ramenskoye	Undisclosed
Summer 2008	MF		Aleksei Rebko	Rubin Kazan	Undisclosed
Summer 2008	MF		Zvonimir Vukić	Shakhtar Donetsk	Undisclosed
5 June 2008	FW		Igor Strelkov	Tom Tomsk	Undisclosed	[7]
3 July 2008	MF		Aleksandr Samedov	Lokomotiv Moscow	$3,500,000	[4]
3 September 2008	DF		Dacosta Goore	Luch-Energiya Vladivostok	Undisclosed	[3]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
Summer 2008	MF		Ricardo Baiano	Spartak Nalchik	End of Season

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
Summer 2008	DF		Pompiliu Stoica	Tom Tomsk	Undisclosed
Summer 2008	MF		Radu Rebeja	Khimki	Undisclosed
Summer 2008	FW		Roman Adamov	Rubin Kazan	Undisclosed

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
Winter 2008	GK		Illya Hawrylaw	Dnepr Mogilev	Summer 2008
Winter 2008	DF		Andrei Lukanchenkov	Ural Yekaterinburg	End of Season
7 February 2008	MF		Maximiliano Moralez	Racing Club	End of Season	[10]
Summer 2008	GK		Illya Hawrylaw	Torpedo Zhodino	End of Season
23 August 2008	MF		Pablo Barrientos	San Lorenzo	Summer 2009	[11]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
31 December 2019	DF		Dmitri Godunok	Alania Vladikavkaz
31 December 2019	DF		Oleg Kuzmin	Lokomotiv Moscow
31 December 2019	DF		Aleksei Marshinskiy
31 December 2019	MF		Tomáš Čížek	Baumit Jablonec
31 December 2019	MF		Stanislav Ivanov	Lokomotiv Moscow
31 December 2019	MF		Pyotr Bystrov	Rubin Kazan
31 December 2019	MF		Andrei Korobov
31 December 2019	MF		Aleksei Melyoshin	Torpedo-ZIL
31 December 2019	FW		Stanislav Lantsov

Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2008 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	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
Result	D	L	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	L	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	D	D	D	L	L	W

Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2008. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Luch-Energiya Vladivostok v FC Moscow

16 March 2008 1	Luch-Energiya Vladivostok	1–1	FC Moscow	Vladivostok
11:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Vujović  10' Gvazava 47' Novković  66'  77'	Report	Bystrov  45' Čížek  57' Kuzmin 62' Adamov  82'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 10,200 Referee: Nikolai Ivanov

FC Moscow v Zenit St.Petersburg

23 March 2008 2	FC Moscow	0–2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Moscow
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Kuzmin  2' Rebeja  16' Epureanu  48' Barrientos  90'	Report	Arshavin 3' Šírl  38' Anyukov 60' Tekke  78'	Stadium: Eduard Streltsov Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Stanislav Sukhina

Tom Tomsk v FC Moscow

29 March 2008 3	Tom Tomsk	2–1	FC Moscow	Tomsk
14:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Skoblyakov 15' (pen.) Klimov  20' Jokić 86' Arkhipov  89' Ajinjal  89' Mladenov  90'	Report	Jop  12'  45+' Bracamonte  23' Kaleshin 26'	Stadium: Trud Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Vladimir Pettay

FC Moscow v Khimki

4 April 2008 4	FC Moscow	2–2	Khimki	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Bracamonte 34' López 38' Godunok  45'  88' Rebeja  76' Hubník  86'	Report	Samusiovas  36' Nizamutdinov 45' Mijailović  56' Jovanović  74' Antipenko 81'	Stadium: Eduard Streltsov Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

Amkar Perm v FC Moscow

12 April 2008 5	Amkar Perm	2–0	FC Moscow	Perm
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Kushev 38' Belorukov 68'	Report	López  24'	Stadium: Zvezda Stadium Attendance: 17,200 Referee: Vitali Doroshenko

FC Moscow v Dynamo Moscow

19 April 2008 6	FC Moscow	1–1	Dynamo Moscow	Moscow
15:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Epureanu 50'  73' Krunić  62'  90' Jop  69'	Report	Kerzhakov 44' Tanasijević  61' Semshov  85' Karpovich  87'	Stadium: Eduard Streltsov Stadium Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Yuri Baskakov

Spartak Moscow v FC Moscow

27 April 2008 7	Spartak Moscow	1–1	FC Moscow	Moscow
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Fathi  13'  90+' Pavlenko 55'	Report	Adamov  67' Bracamonte 69'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

Spartak Nalchik v FC Moscow

2 May 2008 8	Spartak Nalchik	0–3	FC Moscow	Nalchik
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Kazharov  16' Kisenkov  41' Geteriev  58'	Report	Adamov 20' (pen.), 24' Godunok 61' Epureanu  70'	Stadium: Spartak Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis

FC Moscow v Rubin Kazan

7 May 2008 9	FC Moscow	1–2	Rubin Kazan	Moscow
MSK (UTC+3)	Kaleshin 34'  38' Epureanu  59'	Report	Semak  57' Kabze 61' Ryazantsev  79' 88' Sibaya  82'	Stadium: Eduard Streltsov Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Stanislav Sukhina

Shinnik Yaroslavl v FC Moscow

10 May 2008 10	Shinnik Yaroslavl	0–1	FC Moscow	Yaroslavl
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Lazarov  45'	Report	Rebeja  36' Godunok  39' Bystrov 52' Kaleshin  75' Stoica  85'	Stadium: Shinnik Stadium Attendance: 7,100 Referee: Igor Egorov

FC Moscow v Krylia Sovetov

15 May 2008 11	FC Moscow	1–1	Krylia Sovetov	Moscow
20:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Epureanu  28' López 72' Bystrov  79' Kaleshin  83'	Report	Jarošík 13' Budylin  55' Lobos  61' Taranov  74'	Stadium: Eduard Streltsov Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Nikolai Ivanov

Saturn Ramenskoye v FC Moscow

5 July 2008 12	Saturn Ramenskoye	0–0	FC Moscow	Ramenskoye
MSK (UTC+3)	Eremenko  86'	Report	Jop  39' Epureanu  60' Kaleshin  70'	Stadium: Saturn Stadium Attendance: 12,200 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

FC Moscow v Terek Grozny

13 July 2008 13	FC Moscow	0–0	Terek Grozny	Moscow
MSK (UTC+3)	Bracamonte  23'	Report	Serdyukov  22' Dzhabrailov  49' Bouli  87'	Stadium: Eduard Streltsov Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Vladimir Pettay

CSKA Moscow v FC Moscow

20 July 2008 14	CSKA Moscow	0–2	FC Moscow	Moscow
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Dzagoev  32' Šemberas  62'	Report	Ivanov 5' Česnauskis  31' Rebko  39' Čížek 70'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

FC Moscow v Lokomotiv Moscow

27 July 2008 15	FC Moscow	0–3	Lokomotiv Moscow	Moscow
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Samedov  57'	Report	Odemwingie 8', 55' Glushakov 32'	Stadium: Eduard Streltsov Stadium Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis

Zenit St.Petersburg v FC Moscow

2 August 2008 16	Zenit St.Petersburg	2–1	FC Moscow	Saint Petersburg
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Šírl  32' Denisov 51'  60' Tekke 77'  77'	Report	Rebko 22' Kuzmin  58'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Vitali Doroshenko

FC Moscow v Tom Tomsk

9 August 2008 17	FC Moscow	2–1	Tom Tomsk	Moscow
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Česnauskis 7' Ivanov  36' Godunok 60'	Report	Maznov 16' Skoblyakov  20' Klimov  32' Vejić  36'	Stadium: Eduard Streltsov Stadium Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Igor Egorov

Khimki v FC Moscow

17 August 2008 18	Khimki	0–2	FC Moscow	Khimki
15:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Stepanov  12'  88' Danielson  67' Kudryashov  75'	Report	Bystrov  9' Ivanov 40' Jop  45' Čížek 80' Rebko  90+'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Yuri Baskakov

FC Moscow v Amkar Perm

24 August 2008 19	FC Moscow	0–1	Amkar Perm	Moscow
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Godunok  57' Kuzmin  58' Rebko  78'	Report	Drinčić  59' Popov  73' Sikimić 90+'	Stadium: Eduard Streltsov Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Vladimir Pettay

Dynamo Moscow v FC Moscow

30 August 2008 20	Dynamo Moscow	1–1	FC Moscow	Moscow
MSK (UTC+3)	Kowalczyk  71' D.Kombarov 88'	Report	Jop  54' Epureanu  60' Kuzmin  90+' Rebko 90+'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

FC Moscow v Spartak Moscow

13 September 2008 21	FC Moscow	2–1	Spartak Moscow	Moscow
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Nababkin  21' Bystrov  32' Bracamonte 53' (pen.) Ivanov 63' Goore  90+'	Report	Mozart 4'  58' Ryzhkov 15' Filipenko  26' Kováč  26' Saenko  66'	Stadium: Eduard Streltsov Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Igor Zakharov

FC Moscow v Spartak Nalchik

21 September 2008 22	FC Moscow	1–3	Spartak Nalchik	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ivanov  40' 83' Bracamonte 69' Česnauskis  85'	Report	Siradze  20' 53' Šernas  36' Samsonov 44' Mashukov  56' Kalimullin 65'	Stadium: Eduard Streltsov Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Alexei Kovalev

Rubin Kazan v FC Moscow

28 September 2008 23	Rubin Kazan	0–1	FC Moscow	Kazan
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Semak  61' Sharonov  87'	Report	Česnauskis  25' Bracamonte 40' Goore  47' Bystrov  67'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis

FC Moscow v Shinnik Yaroslavl

5 October 2008 24	FC Moscow	2–1	Shinnik Yaroslavl	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Samedov 22' Nababkin  55' Bracamonte 60'	Report	Monaryov  53' Kudryashov 90+'	Stadium: Eduard Streltsov Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

Krylia Sovetov v FC Moscow

19 October 2008 25	Krylia Sovetov	1–1	FC Moscow	Samara
16:15 MSK (UTC+3)	Koller 26' Jarošík  37'	Report	Samedov  9' Kuzmin  14' Bracamonte 37' Krunić  90+'	Stadium: Metallurg Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ildus Biglov

FC Moscow v Saturn Ramenskoye

26 October 2008 26	FC Moscow	0–0	Saturn Ramenskoye	Moscow
17:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Okoronkwo  26'  27' Samedov  66' Epureanu  70' Bystrov  90'	Report	Topić 28'  86' Ďurica  59' Karyaka  62'	Stadium: Eduard Streltsov Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Terek Grozny v FC Moscow

2 November 2008 27	Terek Grozny	1–1	FC Moscow	Grozny
MSK (UTC+3)	Zabavník  12' Iliev  29' 90+5' Bouli  80'	Report	Vukić 49' Nababkin  67' Goore  75'	Stadium: Sultan Bilimkhanov Stadium Attendance: 9,800 Referee: Stanislav Sukhina

FC Moscow v CSKA Moscow

10 November 2008 28	FC Moscow	1–4	CSKA Moscow	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Bystrov  12' Jop  35' Samedov  40' Vukić  45' Bracamonte 80'	Report	Vágner Love 6', 23', 54', 61' 52' Ignashevich  42' Krasić  65' V.Berezutski  88'	Stadium: Eduard Streltsov Stadium Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Maksim Layushkin

Lokomotiv Moscow v FC Moscow

16 November 2008 29	Lokomotiv Moscow	3–2	FC Moscow	Moscow
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Sychev 10', 35'  FT' Glushakov 38'	Report	Samedov 58'  82'  FT' Bracamonte 77'  90+' Kuzmin  84' Bystrov  86'	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 9,725 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

FC Moscow v Luch-Energiya Vladivostok

22 November 2008 30	FC Moscow	3–0	Luch-Energiya Vladivostok	Moscow
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ivanov  62' López 78' (pen.) Vukić 87' Stavpets 90'	Report	Kristić  41' D.N.Smirnov  78'	Stadium: Eduard Streltsov Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Nikolai Ivanov

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Lokomotiv Moscow	30	13	8	9	37	32	+5	47
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

Source: RFPL (in Russian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored; 7th position in previous season or decision game

Russian Cup

2008–09

Main article: 2008–09 Russian Cup

Alania Vladikavkaz v FC Moscow

6 August 2008 Round of 32	Alania Vladikavkaz	1–3	FC Moscow	Vladikavkaz
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Dadu 20' (pen.)  66' Bestayev  79' Varziyev  89'	Report	Godunok 8' Bracamonte 33' Stavpets 60' Rebko  66'	Stadium: Republican Spartak Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Yuri Klyuchnikov

FC Moscow v Terek Grozny

24 September 2008 Round of 16	FC Moscow	3–0	Terek Grozny	Moscow
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Kuzmin 27' (pen.), 84' (pen.) Česnauskis 49' Jop  69'	Report	Bendz  69' Karčev  84'	Stadium: Eduard Streltsov Stadium Attendance: 683 Referee: Vladimir Kazmenko

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup

Legia Warsaw v FC Moscow

14 August 2008 Second qualifying round 1st leg	Legia Warsaw	1–2	FC Moscow	Warsaw, Poland
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ḱumbev  49' Guerreiro 66' Radović  83'	Report	Kaleshin  40' Česnauskis 53'  83' Samedov 63' Godunok  70' Ivanov  90'	Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Referee: Jouni Hyytiä (Finland)

FC Moscow v Legia Warsaw

28 August 2008 Second qualifying round 2nd leg	FC Moscow	2–0 (4–1 agg.)	Legia Warsaw	Moscow, Russia
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Strelkov 6' Sheshukov  38' Kuzmin 50' Kaleshin  82'	Report	Kiełbowicz  45' Guerreiro  79'	Stadium: Eduard Streltsov Stadium Referee: Paolo Dondarini (Italy)

FC Moscow v Copenhagen

18 September 2008 First Round 1st leg	FC Moscow	1–2	Copenhagen	Moscow, Russia
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Jop  45' Kuzmin  47' Samedov 90+1'	Report	Nordstrand 45' (pen.) Pospěch  77' Kvist  86' Sionko 90+3'	Stadium: Eduard Streltsov Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Carlo Bertolini (Switzerland)

Copenhagen v FC Moscow

2 October 2008 First Round 2nd leg	Copenhagen	1–1 (3–2 agg.)	FC Moscow	Copenhagen, Denmark
22:45 MSK (UTC+3)	Kvist  40' Sheshukov 54' (o.g.)	Report	Bracamonte 37' Godunok  61' Bystrov  66' Sheshukov  83' Ivanov  90'	Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 18,350 Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)

Squad statistics

As of match played 22 November 2008

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		2008–09 Russian Cup		UEFA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	RUS	Dmitri Godunok	29	3	24	2	1	1	4	0
3	MF	RUS	Aleksandr Sheshukov	14	0	9+1	0	2	0	2	0
4	DF	CZE	Roman Hubník	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	BIH	Ricardo Baiano	10	0	4+4	0	0	0	1+1	0
7	MF	RUS	Pyotr Bystrov	25	1	18+1	1	2	0	4	0
10	MF	SRB	Zvonimir Vukić	3	2	2+1	2	0	0	0	0
11	MF	CZE	Tomáš Čížek	14	2	11+2	2	0	0	1	0
13	MF	RUS	Aleksei Rebko	20	2	12+4	2	0+2	0	1+1	0
14	DF	RUS	Kirill Nababkin	20	0	13+2	0	1	0	4	0
15	DF	MDA	Alexandru Epureanu	29	1	15+9	1	1+1	0	2+1	0
16	GK	BLR	Anton Amelchenko	12	0	10	0	1	0	1	0
17	MF	RUS	Pavel Golyshev	5	0	2+3	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW	ARG	Maxi López	15	3	8+5	3	1	0	1	0
19	MF	RUS	Aleksandr Samedov	23	4	14+3	2	2	0	3+1	2
20	MF	RUS	Aleksei Melyoshin	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	RUS	Oleg Kuzmin	32	4	27	1	2	2	3	1
23	DF	NGA	Isaac Okoronkwo	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	POL	Mariusz Jop	28	0	21+2	0	1+1	0	3	0
27	DF	RUS	Vitali Kaleshin	22	2	15+4	2	1	0	2	0
28	FW	BIH	Branislav Krunić	16	0	4+10	0	1+1	0	0	0
29	FW	RUS	Igor Strelkov	15	1	5+6	0	1	0	2+1	1
30	GK	BLR	Yuri Zhevnov	24	0	20	0	1	0	3	0
33	DF	CIV	Dacosta Goore	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	RUS	Aleksandr Stavpets	19	2	5+10	1	1	1	1+2	0
41	MF	RUS	Artur Rylov	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
47	MF	RUS	Artyom Varakin	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
69	FW	ARG	Héctor Bracamonte	32	10	23+4	8	1	1	1+3	1
77	MF	MDA	Stanislav Ivanov	28	4	20+3	4	1	0	3+1	0
88	MF	LTU	Edgaras Česnauskis	15	3	9+1	1	1+1	1	2+1	1
Players away from the club on loan:
9	MF	ARG	Pablo Barrientos	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Moscow but left during the season:
5	MF	MDA	Radu Rebeja	8	0	4+4	0	0	0	0	0
8	DF	ROU	Pompiliu Stoica	10	0	9+1	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW	RUS	Roman Adamov	8	2	6+2	2	0	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	2008–09 Russian Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
1	FW		69	Héctor Bracamonte	8	1	1	10
2	MF		77	Stanislav Ivanov	4	0	0	4
	MF		19	Aleksandr Samedov	2	0	2	4
	DF		22	Oleg Kuzmin	1	2	1	4
5	FW		18	Maxi López	3	0	0	3
	DF		2	Dmitri Godunok	2	1	0	3
	MF		88	Edgaras Česnauskis	1	1	1	3
8	FW		21	Roman Adamov	2	0	0	2
	DF		27	Vitali Kaleshin	2	0	0	2
	MF		11	Tomáš Čížek	2	0	0	2
	MF		13	Aleksei Rebko	2	0	0	2
	MF		10	Zvonimir Vukić	2	0	0	2
	MF		37	Aleksandr Stavpets	1	1	0	2
14	DF		15	Alexandru Epureanu	1	0	0	1
	MF		7	Pyotr Bystrov	1	0	0	1
	FW		29	Igor Strelkov	0	0	1	1
Total					34	6	6	46

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	2008–09 Russian Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
1	GK		30	Yuri Zhevnov	7	1	1	9
1	GK		16	Anton Amelchenko	2	0	0	2
TOTALS					9	1	1	11

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		2008–09 Russian Cup		UEFA Cup		Total
2		DF	Dmitri Godunok	4	1	0	0	2	0	2	0
3		MF	Aleksandr Sheshukov	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
4		DF	Roman Hubník	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
7		MF	Pyotr Bystrov	8	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
10		MF	Zvonimir Vukić	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11		MF	Tomáš Čížek	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13		MF	Aleksei Rebko	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
14		DF	Kirill Nababkin	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15		DF	Alexandru Epureanu	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18		FW	Maxi López	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19		MF	Aleksandr Samedov	6	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
22		DF	Oleg Kuzmin	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
23		DF	Isaac Okoronkwo	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
25		DF	Mariusz Jop	7	1	1	0	1	0	2	0
27		DF	Vitali Kaleshin	4	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
28		FW	Branislav Krunić	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
33		DF	Dacosta Goore	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
69		FW	Héctor Bracamonte	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
77		MF	Stanislav Ivanov	3	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
88		MF	Edgaras Česnauskis	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Players away on loan:
9		MF	Pablo Barrientos	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left Moscow during the season:
5		MF	Radu Rebeja	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
8		DF	Pompiliu Stoica	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21		FW	Roman Adamov	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total				76	5	2	0	12	0	90	5