2015–16 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season

The 2015–16 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season was the club's 24th season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. Lokomotiv Moscow also took part in the Russian Cup and the Europa League.

FC Lokomotiv Moscow

2015–16 season
Chairman	Olga Smorodskaya
Manager	Igor Cherevchenko
Stadium	Lokomotiv Stadium
Russian Premier League	6th
Russian Cup	Round of 16
Russian Super Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Aleksandr Samedov (9) All: Aleksandr Samedov (9)
Highest home attendance	22,304 vs CSKA Moscow (RFPL, 16 April 2016)
Lowest home attendance	5,110 vs Mordovia Saransk (RFPL, 31 May 2016)
Average home league attendance	10,581
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Personnel

First team squad information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 7 April 2016.^[1]
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		GK	(1985-12-12) 12 December 1985 (age 39)	Atlético Paranaense	2007
16	Ilya Lantratov		GK	(1995-11-11) 11 November 1995 (age 29)	Lokomotiv-2 Moscow	2014
77	Anton Kochenkov		GK	(1987-04-02) 2 April 1987 (age 38)	Mordovia Saransk	2015
81	Ilya Abayev		GK	(1981-08-02) 2 August 1981 (age 44)	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	2013
Defenders
5	Nemanja Pejčinović		DF	(1987-11-04) 4 November 1987 (age 37)	Nice	2014
14	Vedran Ćorluka (captain)		DF	(1986-02-05) 5 February 1986 (age 39)	Tottenham Hotspur	2012
15	Arseny Logashov		DF	(1991-08-20) 20 August 1991 (age 33)	Anzhi Makhachkala	2013
17	Taras Mykhalyk		DF	(1983-10-28) 28 October 1983 (age 41)	Dynamo Kyiv	2013
28	Ján Ďurica		DF	(1981-12-10) 10 December 1981 (age 43)	Saturn Moscow Oblast	2009
29	Vitaliy Denisov		DF	(1987-02-23) 23 February 1987 (age 38)	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2013
49	Roman Shishkin		DF	(1987-01-27) 27 January 1987 (age 38)	Spartak Moscow	2010
55	Renat Yanbayev		DF	(1984-04-07) 7 April 1984 (age 41)	Kuban Krasnodar	2007
Midfielders
3	Alan Kasaev		MF	(1986-04-08) 8 April 1986 (age 39)	Dynamo Moscow	2014
4	Manuel Fernandes		MF	(1986-02-05) 5 February 1986 (age 39)	Beşiktaş	2014
8	Aleksandr Sheshukov		MF	(1983-04-15) 15 April 1983 (age 42)	Rostov	2014
9	Maksim Grigoryev		MF	(1990-07-06) 6 July 1990 (age 35)	MITOS Novocherkassk	2012
18	Aleksandr Kolomeytsev		MF	(1989-02-21) 21 February 1989 (age 36)	Amkar Perm	2015
19	Aleksandr Samedov		MF	(1984-07-19) 19 July 1984 (age 41)	Dynamo Moscow	2012
20	Vladislav Ignatyev		MF	(1987-01-20) 20 January 1987 (age 38)	Kuban Krasnodar	2016
23	Dmitri Tarasov		MF	(1987-03-18) 18 March 1987 (age 38)	FC Moscow	2010
36	Dmitri Barinov		MF	(1996-01-11) 11 January 1996 (age 29)	Youth system	2013
59	Aleksei Miranchuk		MF	(1995-10-17) 17 October 1995 (age 29)	Youth system	2012
88	Delvin N'Dinga		MF	(1988-03-14) 14 March 1988 (age 37)	Monaco	2015
Forwards
7	Maicon		FW	(1990-02-18) 18 February 1990 (age 35)	Fluminense	2010
32	Petar Škuletić		FW	(1990-06-29) 29 June 1990 (age 35)	Partizan Belgrade	2015
45	Ezekiel Henty		FW	(1993-05-13) 13 May 1993 (age 32)	Olimpija Ljubljana	2016
96	Rifat Zhemaletdinov		FW	(1996-09-20) 20 September 1996 (age 28)	Youth system	2013
Players who left the club midway through the season
11	Mbark Boussoufa		MF	(1984-08-15) 15 August 1984 (age 41)	Anzhi Makhachkala	2013
21	Baye Oumar Niasse		FW	(1990-04-18) 18 April 1990 (age 35)	Akhisar Belediyespor	2014
52	Sergei Makarov		MF	(1996-10-03) 3 October 1996 (age 28)	Youth system	2013
60	Anton Miranchuk		MF	(1995-10-17) 17 October 1995 (age 29)	Youth system	2012

Transfers

Arrivals

Players in

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

Name	Nationality	Position	From	Fee	Date	Source
Maksim Grigoryev		MF	Rostov	Returned from loan	18 June 2015	[2]
Anton Kochenkov		GK	Mordovia Saransk	Free transfer	27 June 2015	[3]
Aleksandr Kolomeytsev		MF	Amkar Perm	Free transfer	27 June 2015	[4]
Anton Kochenkov		GK	Krasnodar	Returned from loan	1 January 2016
Vladislav Ignatyev		MF	Kuban Krasnodar	Free transfer	10 February 2016	[5]
Ezekiel Henty		FW	Olimpija Ljubljana	€5,000,000[6]	19 February 2016	[7]

Players in on loan

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Name	Nationality	Position	Loan from	Date	Until	Source
Delvin N'Dinga		MF	Monaco	9 July 2015	End of season	[8]

Departures

Players out

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Name	Nationality	Position	To	Fee	Date	Source
Maksim Belyayev		DF	Shinnik Yaroslavl	Free transfer	30 June 2015	[9]
Sergei Tkachyov		MF	Kuban Krasnodar	Undisclosed (~ €700,000)	1 July 2015	[10]
Yan Tsiharaw		MF	Dinamo Minsk	Free transfer	1 July 2015	[11]
Roman Pavlyuchenko		FW	Kuban Krasnodar	Free transfer	1 July 2015	[12]
Magomed Ozdoev		MF	Rubin Kazan	Free transfer	1 July 2015
Victor Obinna		MF	Unattached	Free transfer	1 July 2015
Alberto Zapater		MF	Unattached	Free transfer	August 2015	[13]
Dmitri Sychev		FW	Unattached	Free transfer	30 November 2015
Oumar Niasse		FW	Everton	€17,900,000[14]	1 February 2016	[15]

Players out on loan

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

Name	Nationality	Position	Loan to	Date	Until	Source
Dmitri Sychev		FW	Okzhetpes	13 March 2015	29 November 2015	[16]
Miroslav Lobantsev		GK	Krylya Sovetov Samara	16 July 2015	End of season	[17]
Anton Kochenkov		GK	Krasnodar	28 October 2015	31 December 2015	[18]
Mbark Boussoufa		MF	Gent	1 February 2016	End of season	[19]
Anton Miranchuk		MF	Levadia Tallinn	2 February 2016	End of season	[20]
Sergey Makarov		MF	Minsk	17 February 2016	End of season	[21]

Friendlies

Pre-season

Lokomotiv Moscow v Chertanovo Moscow

26 June 2015	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–3	Chertanovo Moscow	Moscow
13:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Grigoryev 10'	Report	Zinkovskiy 40' (pen.) Kosyanchuk 52' Kovalchuk 66'

Lokomotiv Moscow v Ludogorets

4 July 2015	Lokomotiv Moscow	2–0	Ludogorets	Straßwalchen, Austria
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Miranchuk 43' Škuletić 64'	Report

Lokomotiv Moscow v Qarabağ

7 July 2015	Lokomotiv Moscow	2–2	Qarabağ	Straßwalchen, Austria
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Kasaev 36' Tarasov 72'	Report	Reynaldo 45' Mammadov 77'

Mid-season

Lokomotiv Moscow v Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

17 January 2016	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–0	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Miranchuk 72'	Report		Stadium: NYU Abu Dhabi Facilities

Lokomotiv Moscow v Bunyodkor

23 January 2016	Lokomotiv Moscow	3–0	Bunyodkor	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Miranchuk 10' Škuletić 32', 36'	Report		Stadium: NYU Abu Dhabi Facilities

Lokomotiv Moscow v Norrköping

1 February 2016 Atlantic Cup 2016 Group stage	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–1 (3–5 p)	Norrköping	Algarve, Portugal
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Škuletić 55'	Report	Nyman 5'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve Referee: João Mendes
	Penalties
	Škuletić Ďurica Fernandes Kolomeytsev		Kujović Nyman Sjölund Blomqvist Wahlqvist

Lokomotiv Moscow v Brøndby

4 February 2016 Atlantic Cup 2016 Group stage	Lokomotiv Moscow	0–0 (3–2 p)	Brøndby	Algarve, Portugal
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Algarve Referee: Gonçalo Martins
	Penalties
	Pejčinović Barinov Miranchuk Shishkin		Pukki Bruus Stückler Nørgaard Hjulsager

Lokomotiv Moscow v AGF Aarhus

7 February 2016 Atlantic Cup 2016 3rd/4th place playoff	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–2	AGF Aarhus	Algarve, Portugal
21:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Miranchuk 84' (pen.)	Report	Rasmussen 52' Vatsadze 80'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve Referee: Pedro Campos

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Started round	Final round	First match	Last match	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Super Cup	Final	Runners-up	12 July 2015	-	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0.00%
Premier League	-	6th	19 July 2015	21 May 2016	30	14	8	8	43	33	+10	46.7%
Russian Cup	Round of 32	Round of 16	23 September 2015	29 October 2015	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	50.0%
Europa League	Group stage	Round of 32	17 September 2015	25 February 2016	8	3	3	2	13	10	+3	37.5%
Total					41	18	12	11	58	45	+13	43.9%

Russian Super Cup

Main article: 2015 Russian Super Cup

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Lokomotiv Moscow

12 July 2015	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Lokomotiv Moscow	Saint Petersburg
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Smolnikov 84'	Summary	Niasse 28'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,337 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev
	Penalties
	Hulk Witsel Ansaldi Shatov Criscito		Grigoryev Samedov Pejčinović Ćorluka

Russian Premier League

Main article: 2015–16 Russian Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Krasnodar	30	16	8	6	54	25	+29	56	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5	Spartak Moscow	30	15	5	10	48	39	+9	50
6	Lokomotiv Moscow	30	14	8	8	43	33	+10	50
7	Terek Grozny	30	11	11	8	35	30	+5	44
8	Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast	30	10	9	11	39	46	−7	39

Source: Russian Premier League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head matches won; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals; 8) Goal difference; 9) Goals scored; 10) Away goals scored.^[22]

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	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	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	L	L	D	W
Position	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	5	5	6	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2016. Source: Russian Premier League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Mordovia Saransk v Lokomotiv Moscow

19 July 2015 1	Mordovia Saransk	0–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Saransk
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Škuletić 60'	Stadium: Start Stadium Attendance: 7,210 Referee: Igor Nizovtsev

Anzhi Makhachkala v Lokomotiv Moscow

27 July 2015 2	Anzhi Makhachkala	1–3	Lokomotiv Moscow	Kaspiysk
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Haruna 15'	Summary	Škuletić 19' Maicon 77' Kasaev 82'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 18,100 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

Lokomotiv Moscow v Dynamo Moscow

2 August 2015 3	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–1	Dynamo Moscow	Moscow
13:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Ćorluka 61'	Summary	Morozov 45'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 12,410 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast v Lokomotiv Moscow

8 August 2015 4	Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast	1–3	Lokomotiv Moscow	Yekaterinburg
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Yerokhin 73'	Summary	Samedov 28' Niasse 40' Maicon 90+1'	Stadium: SKB-Bank Arena Attendance: 9,100 Referee: Sergey Kulikov

Lokomotiv Moscow v Terek Grozny

16 August 2015 5	Lokomotiv Moscow	0–0	Terek Grozny	Moscow
13:30 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary		Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 8,104 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

Ufa v Lokomotiv Moscow

23 August 2015 6	Ufa	0–3	Lokomotiv Moscow	Ufa
13:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Igboun  37'  57'	Summary	Niasse 6' Kasaev 36' Pejčinović 80'	Stadium: Neftyanik Stadium Attendance: 10,643 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

Lokomotiv Moscow v Krasnodar

30 August 2015 7	Lokomotiv Moscow	2–1	Krasnodar	Moscow
13:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Niasse 18' Kasaev 56'	Summary	Smolov 11'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 10,107 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

Rubin Kazan v Lokomotiv Moscow

12 September 2015 8	Rubin Kazan	3–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Kazan
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Carlos Eduardo 9' Kanunnikov 25' Bilyaletdinov 70'	Summary	Samedov 57'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 17,987 Referee: Sergey Kulikov

Lokomotiv Moscow v Krylia Sovetov Samara

20 September 2015 9	Lokomotiv Moscow	2–0	Krylia Sovetov Samara	Moscow
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Ćorluka 54' Niasse 87'	Summary		Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 8,747 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

CSKA Moscow v Lokomotiv Moscow

26 September 2015 10	CSKA Moscow	1–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Khimki
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Doumbia 16' (pen.)	Summary	Niasse 21' (pen.) Ćorluka  65'  81' Cherevchenko  82'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Lokomotiv Moscow v Amkar Perm

4 October 2015 11	Lokomotiv Moscow	3–0	Amkar Perm	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Kolomeytsev 28' Samedov 78' Al.Miranchuk 86'	Summary		Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 7,504 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

Spartak Moscow v Lokomotiv Moscow

18 October 2015 12	Spartak Moscow	1–2	Lokomotiv Moscow	Moscow
13:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Bocchetti 77'	Summary	Kolomeytsev 9' Niasse 48'	Stadium: Otkrytiye Arena Attendance: 38,651 Referee: Igor Fedotov

Lokomotiv Moscow v Rostov

26 October 2015 13	Lokomotiv Moscow	0–2	Rostov	Moscow
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Poloz 57' Doumbia 85'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 6,380 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

Kuban Krasnodar v Lokomotiv Moscow

1 November 2015 14	Kuban Krasnodar	6–2	Lokomotiv Moscow	Krasnodar
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ignatyev 4' 90+' Melgarejo 14' 27' Armaș 19' Tkachyov 38'	Summary	Niasse 64' Kolomeytsev 76'	Stadium: Kuban Stadium Attendance: 5,611 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

Lokomotiv Moscow v Zenit Saint Petersburg

8 November 2015 15	Lokomotiv Moscow	2–0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Moscow
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Lombaerts 48' (o.g.) Samedov 58'	Summary		Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 14,140 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

Lokomotiv Moscow v Anzhi Makhachkala

21 November 2015 16	Lokomotiv Moscow	0–2	Anzhi Makhachkala	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Abdulavov 55' Boli 70'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 5,348 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

Dynamo Moscow v Lokomotiv Moscow

30 November 2015 17	Dynamo Moscow	2–2	Lokomotiv Moscow	Khimki
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Dyakov 35' (pen.) 90+'	Summary	Samedov 49' Maicon 76'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 3,966 Referee: Aleksei Eskov

Lokomotiv Moscow v Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast

4 December 2015 18	Lokomotiv Moscow	2–2	Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Al.Miranchuk 17' Niasse 80'	Summary	Sapeta 2' Manucharyan 39'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 5,630 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

Terek Grozny v Lokomotiv Moscow

6 March 2016 19	Terek Grozny	2–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Grozny
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Rybus 8' (pen.) 33'	Summary	Samedov 4'	Stadium: Akhmat-Arena Attendance: 15,780 Referee: Aleksandr Egorov

Lokomotiv Moscow v Ufa

13 March 2016 20	Lokomotiv Moscow	2–0	Ufa	Moscow
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ignatyev 56' (pen.) Samedov 90'	Summary		Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 7,120 Referee: Kirill Levnikov

Krasnodar v Lokomotiv Moscow

20 March 2016 21	Krasnodar	1–2	Lokomotiv Moscow	Krasnodar
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Pereyra 58'	Summary	Ďurica 39' Samedov 67'	Stadium: Kuban Stadium Attendance: 8,150 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

Lokomotiv Moscow v Rubin Kazan

3 April 2016 22	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–0	Rubin Kazan	Moscow
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Škuletić 84'	Summary		Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 8,103 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

Krylia Sovetov Samara v Lokomotiv Moscow

11 April 2016 23	Krylia Sovetov Samara	0–0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Samara
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary		Stadium: Metallurg Stadium Attendance: 14,298 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

Lokomotiv Moscow v CSKA Moscow

16 April 2016 24	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–1	CSKA Moscow	Moscow
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ćorluka 22'	Summary	Olanare 84'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 22,304 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

Amkar Perm v Lokomotiv Moscow

24 April 2016 25	Amkar Perm	0–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Perm
12:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Škuletić 19'	Stadium: Zvezda Stadium Attendance: 5,850 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

Lokomotiv Moscow v Spartak Moscow

30 April 2016 26	Lokomotiv Moscow	0–2	Spartak Moscow	Moscow
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Ďurica 43' (o.g.) Zé Luís 90+3'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 20,140 Referee: Igor Fedotov

Rostov v Lokomotiv Moscow

6 May 2016 27	Rostov	2–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Rostov-on-Don
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Azmoun 8' Noboa 45+'	Summary	Škuletić 52'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Kirill Levnikov

Lokomotiv Moscow v Kuban Krasnodar

11 May 2016 28	Lokomotiv Moscow	0–1	Kuban Krasnodar	Moscow
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Pavlyuchenko 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 6,082 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Lokomotiv Moscow

15 May 2016 29	Zenit Saint Petersburg	3–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Saint Petersburg
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Hulk 10' (pen.)	Summary	Samedov 45+' (pen.)	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,407 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

Lokomotiv Moscow v Mordovia Saransk

21 May 2016 30	Lokomotiv Moscow	3–0	Mordovia Saransk	Moscow
13:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Zhemaletdinov 28' 66' Škuletić 32'	Summary		Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 5,110 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

Russian Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Russian Cup

Torpedo Armavir v Lokomotiv Moscow

23 September 2015 Round of 32	Torpedo Armavir	0–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Armavir
15:30 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Škuletić 72'	Stadium: Yunost Stadium Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Nikolay Voloshin

Lokomotiv Moscow v Amkar Perm

29 October 2015 Round of 16	Lokomotiv Moscow	0–1	Amkar Perm	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Dzhikiya 57'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 8,185 Referee: Sergei Kulikov

Europa League

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League

Lokomotiv have qualified directly for the group stage of the 2015-16 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2015 Russian Cup Final.^[23]

Group stage

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League

The 48 teams which qualified for the group stage were seeded into four pots based on their 2015 UEFA club coefficients.^[24] Lokomotiv fell to be allocated into the third pot. The draw was held on 28 August 2015 in Monaco and Lokomotiv drawn the 2015 Portuguese Cup Winners Sporting CP, Turkish powerhouse Beşiktaş, and the 2015 Albanian league winners Skënderbeu Korçë.

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LMO	SPO	BES	SKE
1	Lokomotiv Moscow	6	3	2	1	12	7	+5	11	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–4	1–1	2–0
2	Sporting CP	6	3	1	2	14	11	+3	10			1–3	—	3–1	5–1
3	Beşiktaş	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	9			1–1	1–1	—	2–0
4	Skënderbeu	6	1	0	5	4	13	−9	3			0–3	3–0	0–1	—

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Matches

Sporting CP v Lokomotiv Moscow

17 September 2015 1	Sporting CP	1–3	Lokomotiv Moscow	Lisbon, Portugal
22:05 MSK (UTC+3)	Montero 50'	Summary	Samedov 12' 56' Niasse 65'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 25,400 Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer

Lokomotiv Moscow v Skënderbeu Korçë

1 October 2015 2	Lokomotiv Moscow	2–0	Skënderbeu Korçë	Moscow
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Niasse 35' Samedov 73'	Summary		Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 10,340 Referee: Orel Grinfeld

Lokomotiv Moscow v Beşiktaş

22 October 2015 3	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–1	Beşiktaş	Moscow
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Maicon 54'	Summary	Gómez 64'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 19,124 Referee: Serge Gumienny

Beşiktaş v Lokomotiv Moscow

5 November 2015 4	Beşiktaş	1–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Istanbul, Turkey
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Quaresma 58'	Summary	Niasse 76'	Stadium: Vodafone Park Attendance: 24,690 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

Lokomotiv Moscow v Sporting CP

26 November 2015 5	Lokomotiv Moscow	2–4	Sporting CP	Moscow
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Maicon 5' Miranchuk 86'	Summary	Montero 19' Bryan Ruiz 37' Gelson 42' Matheus 60'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 11,043 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

Skënderbeu Korçë v Lokomotiv Moscow

10 December 2015 6	Skënderbeu Korçë	0–3	Lokomotiv Moscow	Elbasan, Albania
22:05 MSK (UTC+4)		Summary	Tarasov 18' Niasse 89' Samedov 90'	Stadium: Elbasan Arena Attendance: 1,152 Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

The draw for the first stage of the knockout phase, the round of 32, took place on Monday 14 December 2015.^[25] Lokomotiv was paired with Turkish side Fenerbahçe.

Round of 32

Fenerbahçe v Lokomotiv Moscow

16 February 2016 1st leg	Fenerbahçe	2–0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Istanbul, Turkey
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Souza 18', 72'	Summary		Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 36,195 Referee: Martin Strömbergsson

Lokomotiv Moscow v Fenerbahçe

25 February 2016 2nd leg	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–1	Fenerbahçe	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Samedov 45'	Summary	Topal 83'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 15,695 Referee: Ivan Kružliak

Squad statistics

After 30 April 2016

No	Name	Premier League				Russian Cup and Supercup				Europa League				Total
		Apps	Goals			Apps	Goals			Apps	Goals			Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Guilherme	30	-33	3	0	1	-1	1	0	8	-10	1	0	39	-44	4	0
16	Ilya Lantratov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	Anton Kochenkov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
81	Ilya Abayev	0	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0
Defenders
5	Nemanja Pejčinović	21	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	28	1	4	0
14	Vedran Ćorluka	24	3	5	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	29	3	5	2
15	Arseny Logashov	8	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	12	0	4	0
17	Taras Mykhalyk	21	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	2	0	29	0	5	0
28	Ján Ďurica	13	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	20	1	2	0
29	Vitaliy Denisov	29	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	36	0	6	0
49	Roman Shishkin	19	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	26	0	3	0
55	Renat Yanbayev	10	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	15	0	2	0
Midfielders
3	Alan Kasaev	24	3	2	0	2	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	31	3	3	0
4	Manuel Fernandes	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	13	0	0	0
8	Aleksandr Sheshukov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Maksim Grigoryev	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	11	0	0	0
11	Mbark Boussoufa	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0
18	Aleksandr Kolomeytsev	28	3	2	0	3	0	1	0	7	0	1	0	38	3	4	0
19	Aleksandr Samedov	28	9	4	0	1	0	0	0	8	5	1	0	37	14	5	0
20	Vladislav Ignatyev	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0
23	Dmitri Tarasov	23	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	5	1	3	0	29	1	7	0
36	Dmitri Barinov	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0
52	Sergei Makarov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
59	Aleksei Miranchuk	27	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	35	3	2	0
60	Anton Miranchuk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	Delvin N'Dinga	24	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	33	0	3	0
Forwards
7	Maicon	14	3	3	0	3	0	1	0	7	2	0	0	24	5	4	0
21	Oumar Niasse	15	8	2	0	2	1	0	0	6	4	3	0	23	13	5	0
32	Petar Škuletić	18	6	1	0	2	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	24	7	2	0
45	Ezekiel Henty	10	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	3	0
96	Rifat Zhemaletdinov	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	6	3	1	0

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				Second				Third
	No.	Name	Votes	%	No.	Name	Votes	%	No.	Name	Votes	%
July [26]	3	Alan Kasaev	1,195 (2nd round) 1,470 (1st round)	55.8%	14	Vedran Ćorluka	951 (2nd round) 1,469 (1st round)	44.2%	32	Petar Škuletić	885 (1st round)	N/a
August [27]	3	Alan Kasaev	2,430	46.1%	21	Baye Oumar Niasse	1,689	32.0%	29	Vitaliy Denisov	670	12.7%
September [28]	21	Baye Oumar Niasse	3,182	70.7%	1	Guilherme	531	11.8%	19	Aleksandr Samedov	496	11.0%
October [29]	21	Baye Oumar Niasse	2,225	48.5%	29	Vitaly Denisov	699	15.6%	19	Aleksandr Samedov	648	14.5%
November [30]	21	Baye Oumar Niasse	1,768	38.5%	19	Aleksandr Samedov	1,325	28.8%	59	Aleksei Miranchuk	660	14.3%
December [31]	21	Baye Oumar Niasse	2,410	48.9%	19	Aleksandr Samedov	1,316	26.7%	29	Vitaly Denisov	504	10.2%
February [32]	1	Guilherme	1,838	34.2%	19	Aleksandr Samedov	1,568	29.1%	29	Vitaly Denisov	1114	20.7%
March [33]	19	Aleksandr Samedov	4,543	87.2%	28	Ján Ďurica	232	4.4%	29	Vitaly Denisov	210	4.0%
April [34]	1	Guilherme	1,731	35.4%	19	Aleksandr Samedov	1,256	25.7%	29	Vitaly Denisov	760	15.5%
May [35]	96	Rifat Zhemaletdinov	4,314	68.7%	59	Aleksei Miranchuk	1,156	16.8%	19	Vitaly Denisov	961	13.9%

Lokomotiv player of the year award

Awarded to the player that was chosen by fan voting on Lokomotiv's official portal on VK as the best player of the season.

Season	First				Second				Third
	No.	Name	Votes	%	No.	Name	Votes	%	No.	Name	Votes	%
2015–16 [36]	19	Aleksandr Samedov	2,347	36.3%	21	Baye Oumar Niasse	1,187	18.3%	1	Guilherme	841	13.0%