2017–18 FC Rostov season

The 2017–18 FC Rostov season was the club's ninth successive season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of football in Russia. Rostov finished the season in 11th place, 2 places and 2 points above the Relegation Playoffs, and reached the Round of 16 in the Russian Cup, where they were eliminated by Amkar Perm.

FC Rostov

2017–18 season
Chairman	Viktor Goncharov
Manager	Leonid Kuchuk (9 June-6 December) Dmitri Kirichenko (caretaker) (6-19 December) Valeri Karpin (from 19 December)
Stadium	Olimp – 2
Russian Premier League	11th
Russian Cup	Round of 16 vs Amkar Perm
Top goalscorer	League: Aleksei Ionov (5) All: Aleksei Ionov (5)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Season events

On 9 June, Rostov announced Leonid Kuchuk as their new manager on a one-year contract with the option of an additional year.^[1] On 6 December, Kuchuk resigned as manager,^[2] with Dmitri Kirichenko taking in over in a caretaker capacity the same day.^[3] Valeri Karpin was announced as the club's new permanent manager, on a two-and-a-half-year contract on 19 December.^[4]

Squad

As of 22 February 2018

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 2 MF  BLR Timofei Kalachev 3 DF  POL Maciej Wilusz 4 DF  RUS Sergei Parshivlyuk 5 DF  SVN Matija Boben 6 DF  ISL Ragnar Sigurðsson 7 MF  RUS Artur Yusupov (loan from Zenit) 8 MF  RUS Ayaz Guliyev (loan from Spartak) 9 FW  ISL Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson 10 MF  RUS Aleksandr Zuyev (loan from Spartak) 12 MF  RUS Aleksei Ionov 14 FW  UZB Eldor Shomurodov 15 DF  ISL Sverrir Ingi Ingason 16 DF  RUS Yevgeni Makeyev

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  MLI Moussa Doumbia 19 MF  RUS Khoren Bayramyan 20 MF  SVN Žan Majer 21 MF  RUS Aleksandr Sapeta 22 FW  RUS Vladimir Dyadyun 23 MF  MDA Valeriu Ciupercă 30 GK  RUS Sergei Pesyakov 31 GK  RUS Ilya Abayev 33 DF  RUS Konstantin Pliyev 77 MF  RUS Dmitri Skopintsev 84 MF  MDA Alexandru Gațcan (Captain) 97 GK  RUS Yevgeni Goshev

Out 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 FW  GEO Nika Kacharava (at Korona Kielce) 22 MF  RUS Reziuan Mirzov (at Tosno)

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF  RUS Aleksandr Troshechkin (at Tosno) 66 MF  IRN Saeid Ezatolahi (at Amkar)

Transfers

Summer

Main article: List of Russian football transfers summer 2017

In: 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 3 DF  POL Maciej Wilusz (from Lech Poznań)[5] 4 DF  RUS Sergei Parshivlyuk (from Anzhi Makhachkala)[6] 5 DF  SVN Matija Boben (from Gorica)[7] 7 MF  RUS Artur Yusupov (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg)[8] 9 MF  RUS Valeri Yaroshenko (end of loan to Baltika Kaliningrad) 10 MF  RUS Aleksandr Zuyev (on loan from Spartak Moscow)[9] 12 MF  RUS Aleksei Ionov (from Dynamo Moscow)[10] 14 FW  UZB Eldor Shomurodov (from Bunyodkor)[11] 15 DF  ISL Sverrir Ingi Ingason (from Granada)[12] 16 DF  RUS Yevgeni Makeyev (from Spartak Moscow)[13] 17 MF  MLI Moussa Doumbia (end of loan to Arsenal Tula) 20 MF  SVN Žan Majer (from Domžale)[14] 22 FW  RUS Vladimir Dyadyun (from Rubin Kazan) 30 GK  RUS Sergei Pesyakov (from Spartak Moscow)[15] 31 GK  RUS Ilya Abayev (from Lokomotiv Moscow)[16] 41 MF  RUS Vyacheslav Larchenkov 44 MF  ECU Josimar Quintero (on loan from Chelsea)[17] 73 FW  RUS Yevgeni Livadnov 81 DF  RUS Mikhail Osinov 90 MF  RUS Ivan Danilov 91 DF  RUS Vitali Ustinov (on loan from Rubin Kazan)[18] 92 MF  RUS Igor Volkov 99 MF  RUS Andrei Potapov (from Arsenal Tula)

Out: 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 1 GK  RUS Ivan Komissarov (to Armavir)[19] 4 DF  RUS Vladimir Granat (to Rubin Kazan)[20] 5 DF  RUS Denis Terentyev (to Zenit St. Petersburg)[21] 6 MF  IRN Saeid Ezatolahi (on loan to Amkar Perm, previously on loan to Anzhi Makhachkala)[22] 8 FW  RUS Dmitry Poloz (to Zenit St. Petersburg)[23] 9 MF  RUS Maksim Grigoryev (to Ural Yekaterinburg)[24] 16 MF  ECU Christian Noboa (to Zenit St. Petersburg)[25] 20 FW  IRN Sardar Azmoun (to Rubin Kazan)[26] 21 DF  RUS Andrei Sorokin (to Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk) 22 DF  MNE Marko Simić (to Pakhtakor Tashkent)[27] 23 DF  SVN Miha Mevlja (to Zenit St. Petersburg)[28] 28 MF  ROU Andrei Prepeliță [29] 30 DF  RUS Fyodor Kudryashov (to Rubin Kazan)[30] 32 MF  RUS Aleksei Stokolyasov 33 FW  UKR Marko Dević (to Vaduz)[31][32] 35 GK  RUS Soslan Dzhanayev (to Rubin Kazan)[33][34] 40 DF  RUS Dmitri Khristis 43 MF  RUS Ismail Gasanov 44 DF  ESP César Navas (to Rubin Kazan)[35][36] 45 DF  RUS Anton Lazutkin 56 MF  RUS Artyom Sobol 69 DF  RUS Nikita Kovalyov [37] 70 MF  RUS Andrei Sidenko 73 MF  RUS Ilya Zakharov [37] 77 GK  RUS Nikita Medvedev (to Lokomotiv Moscow)[38][39] 89 MF  RUS Aleksandr Yerokhin (to Zenit St. Petersburg)[23] 90 MF  RUS Filipp Kondryukov [37] 99 MF  RUS Roman Khodunov (to Akademiya Futbola Rostov-on-Don) — MF  RUS Reziuan Mirzov (on loan to Tosno, from Akhmat Grozny)[40] — MF  RUS Aleksandr Troshechkin (on loan to Tosno, previously on loan to Fakel Voronezh)[41] — FW  GEO Nika Kacharava (on loan to Korona Kielce, previously on loan to Ethnikos Achna)[42]

Winter

Main article: List of Russian football transfers winter 2017–18

In: 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 6 DF  ISL Ragnar Sigurðsson (from Fulham)[43] 8 MF  RUS Ayaz Guliyev (on loan from Spartak Moscow)[44] 9 FW  ISL Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson (from Molde)[45] 21 MF  RUS Aleksandr Sapeta (from Dynamo Moscow)[46] 23 MF  MDA Valeriu Ciupercă (from Baltika Kaliningrad)[47] 33 DF  RUS Konstantin Pliyev (from Volgar Astrakhan)[48] 63 DF  RUS Aleksandr Zakharov 76 MF  RUS Elvin Talibov 77 MF  RUS Dmitri Skopintsev (end of loan to Baltika Kaliningrad)[49] 78 DF  RUS Roman Petrov 82 MF  RUS Nikita Kryukov

Out: 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 8 MF  RUS Igor Kireyev (to Avangard Kursk)[50] 9 MF  RUS Valeri Yaroshenko 11 FW  RUS Aleksandr Bukharov [51] 18 MF  RUS Pavel Mogilevets (to Rubin Kazan)[52] 44 MF  ECU Josimar Quintero (end of loan from Chelsea) 62 GK  RUS Artyom Yesaulenko (to Chayka Peschanokopskoye) 91 DF  RUS Vitali Ustinov (end of loan from Rubin Kazan)[53] 94 DF  RUS Igor Cherkasov

Trialist

Date From	Date To	Position	Nationality	Name	Last Club
15 June 2017[54]		GK		Oleg Baklov	Syzran-2003
16 June 2017[55]		DF		Cédric Gogoua	Riga
18 June 2017[56]		DF		Sergei Obivalin	Atlantas
18 June 2017[57]		DF		Andrius Rukas	Arsenal Tula
6 July 2017[58]		DF		Vitali Ustinov	Rubin Kazan
2 July 2017[59]		FW		Ernest Antwi	União de Leiria
2 July 2017[60]		FW		Vladimir Dyadyun	Rubin Kazan

Friendlies

Triglav Kranj v Rostov

16 June 2017	Triglav Kranj	1 – 0	Rostov	Austria
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	80'	Report

Videoton v Rostov

22 June 2017	Videoton	1 – 0	Rostov	Austria
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report

Kukësi v Rostov

2 July 2017	Kukësi	1 – 0	Rostov	Austria
12:30 MSK (UTC+3)		Report

Mladá Boleslav v Rostov

2 July 2017	Mladá Boleslav	v	Rostov	Austria
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)

v Rostov

8 July 2017		v	Rostov	Austria
11:30 MSK (UTC+3)

Brøndby v Rostov

8 July 2017	Brøndby	v	Rostov	Austria
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)

Competitions

Russian Premier League

Main article: 2017–18 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	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
Result	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	W
Position	8	12	8	6	4	2	3	3	5	5	6	7	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	10	10	12	13	12	12	12	12	11

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2018. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Ural Yekaterinburg v Rostov

15 July 2017 1	Ural Yekaterinburg	1 – 1	Rostov	Yekaterinburg
15:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Dimitrov 41' (pen.)	Report	Ustinov  50' Gațcan 60' Yusupov  73'	Stadium: SKB-Bank Arena Attendance: 6,846 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

Rostov v Akhmat Grozny

23 July 2017 2	Rostov	0 – 1	Akhmat Grozny	Rostov-on-Don
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Doumbia  90+5'	Report	Sampaio  27' Jabá  40' Sadayev 54' Rodolfo  61' Berisha  90+1'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 10,305 Referee: Roman Galimov

Amkar Perm v Rostov

30 July 2017 3	Amkar Perm	0 – 1	Rostov	Perm
15:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Gol  90+2'	Report	Zuyev 66' Yusupov  81'	Stadium: Zvezda Stadium Attendance: 4,900 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

Anzhi Makhachkala v Rostov

4 August 2017 4	Anzhi Makhachkala	0 – 1	Rostov	Kaspiysk
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Yakovlev  32' Markelov  42' Musalov  62'	Report	Dyadyun 19' Ustinov  34' Gațcan  46' Pesyakov  88' Mogilevets  90+2'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 5,690 Referee: Igor Fedotov

Rostov v Dynamo Moscow

9 August 2017 5	Rostov	1 – 0	Dynamo Moscow	Rostov-on-Don
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Gațcan  15' Kalachev 19' (pen.) Bayramyan  21' Ingason  26' Parshivlyuk  56'	Report	Sow  11' Terekhov  17' Katrich  21'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 10,215 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

Ufa v Rostov

12 August 2017 6	Ufa	1 – 4	Rostov	Ufa
15:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Stotsky  47' Bezdenezhnykh  51' Vaněk 55'	Report	Gațcan 57' Kalachev 64' (pen.), 66' Mevlja 77'	Stadium: Neftyanik Stadium Attendance: 5,626 Referee: Aleksei Matyunin

Rostov v Krasnodar

20 August 2017 7	Rostov	0 – 0	Krasnodar	Rostov-on-Don
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Dyadyun  42'	Report	Martynovich  35'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 12,328 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

Zenit St.Petersburg v Rostov

27 August 2017 8	Zenit St.Petersburg	0 – 0	Rostov	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Poloz  78'	Report		Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 50,404 Referee: Vladimir Seldyakov

Rostov v Arsenal Tula

9 September 2017 9	Rostov	2 – 2	Arsenal Tula	Rostov-on-Don
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Yusupov 7' Kalachev 85' (pen.)	Report	Đorđević 32', 70' Maksimov  52' Belyayev  84' Čaušić  86'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 10,856 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

CSKA Moscow v Rostov

16 September 2017 10	CSKA Moscow	2 – 0	Rostov	Moscow
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Berezutski 30' Golovin  56' Vitinho 68'	Report	Yusupov  39' Gațcan  57'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 15,144 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

Rostov v Lokomotiv Moscow

24 September 2017 11	Rostov	0 – 1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Rostov-on-Don
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Yusupov  35'	Report	Tarasov  53' An.Miranchuk  72' Eder 90+3'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 12,198 Referee: Roman Galimov

SKA-Khabarovsk v Rostov

30 September 2017 12	SKA-Khabarovsk	2 – 1	Rostov	Khabarovsk
11:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Marković 17' Ediyev  35' Dedechko 71' Kazankov  73'	Report	Wilusz  21' Ustinov 45' Makeyev  51' Gațcan  58' Bukharov  90'	Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 6,535 Referee: Igor Fedotov

Rostov v Rubin Kazan

15 October 2017 13	Rostov	0 – 1	Rubin Kazan	Rostov-on-Don
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Dyadyun  57' Ionov  88'	Report	Granat  44' Nabiullin  59' M'Vila 67' Sigurðsson  70'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 8,683 Referee: Aleksei Eskov

Tosno v Rostov

21 October 2017 14	Tosno	1 – 1	Rostov	Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Markov 17' Chernov  21' Rocha  33' Dugalić  72'	Report	Pesyakov  33' Ingason 56' (pen.)	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 4,820 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

Rostov v Spartak Moscow

28 October 2017 15	Rostov	2 – 2	Spartak Moscow	Rostov-on-Don
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ionov 20' Bukharov  76' Wilusz 87'	Report	Fernando 31' Glushakov 34' Tasci  65'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 9,820 Referee: Roman Galimov

Akhmat Grozny v Rostov

4 November 2017 16	Akhmat Grozny	1 – 0	Rostov	Grozny
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ismael  41' Mbengue 50' Utsiyev  59' Roshi  85'	Report	Gațcan  90+2' Ustinov  90+3'	Stadium: Akhmat-Arena Attendance: 12,487 Referee: Vladimir Seldyakov

Rostov v Amkar Perm

19 November 2017 17	Rostov	0 – 0	Amkar Perm	Rostov-on-Don
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Gațcan  33' Ingason 79'	Report	Zaytsev  27' Belorukov  65' Idowu  79' Sivakow 90+2'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 5,135 Referee: Evgeny Turbin

Rostov v Anzhi Makhachkala

26 November 2017 18	Rostov	2 – 0	Anzhi Makhachkala	Rostov-on-Don
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Majer  30' Bukharov 44' (pen.), 58' Gațcan  81' Ingason  90+1'	Report	Lescano  90+1'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 4,252 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

Dynamo Moscow v Rostov

2 December 2017 19	Dynamo Moscow	2 – 0	Rostov	Khimki
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Temnikov  12' Bećiraj 42' Tashayev 45' Rykov  58'	Report	Kalachev  25' Makeyev  71'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 3,250 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

Rostov v Ufa

10 December 2017 20	Rostov	1 – 0	Ufa	Rostov-on-Don
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ingason 22' Pesyakov  90+3'	Report	Salatić  73' Sly  90+1'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 7,834 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

Krasnodar v Rostov

3 March 2018 21	Krasnodar	3 – 1	Rostov	Krasnodar
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Smolov 28', 60' (pen.) Mamayev 89'	Report	Ionov 45' (pen.) Zuyev  90+1'	Stadium: Krasnodar Stadium Attendance: 31,388 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Rostov v Zenit St.Petersburg

11 March 2018 22	Rostov	0 – 0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Rostov-on-Don
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Sapeta  36' Gațcan  67'	Report	Driussi  8' Ivanović  43' Ozdoyev  88'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 12,873 Referee: Aleksei Eskov

Arsenal Tula v Rostov

17 March 2018 23	Arsenal Tula	2 – 2	Rostov	Tula
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Dzyuba 14', 59' Aleksandrov  16' Gorbatenko  56' Álvarez  87'	Report	Ionov 8', 31' Sapeta  31' Zuyev  72'	Stadium: Arsenal Stadium Attendance: 7,760 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

Rostov v CSKA Moscow

1 April 2018 24	Rostov	1 – 2	CSKA Moscow	Rostov-on-Don
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ingason  9' 61' Kalachev  32' Sapeta  76'	Report	Nababkin  32' Shchennikov 44' Wernbloom 75'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 13,773 Referee: Roman Galimov

Lokomotiv Moscow v Rostov

8 April 2018 25	Lokomotiv Moscow	1 – 0	Rostov	Moscow
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Farfán  28' 47' Rybus  40' Eder  90+4'	Report	Kalachev  64' Ionov  84' Ingason  90+2' Gațcan  90+4' Skopintsev  90+4'	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 12,478 Referee: Evgeny Turbin

Rostov v SKA-Khabarovsk

15 April 2018 26	Rostov	2 – 0	SKA-Khabarovsk	Rostov-on-Don
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Sigurðarson 40' Kalachev  85' Bayramyan 89'	Report	Kazankov  70' Ediyev  88'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 12,736 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

Rubin Kazan v Rostov

21 April 2018 27	Rubin Kazan	1 – 1	Rostov	Kazan
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Noboa 40'	Report	Parshivlyuk 67'	Stadium: Kazan Arena Attendance: 5,820 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

Rostov v Tosno

29 April 2018 28	Rostov	2 – 0	Tosno	Rostov-on-Don
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Guliyev  55' Wilusz  63' Shomurodov 67', 72'	Report	Makarov  2'  26' Galiulin  35' Dugalić  68'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 22,456 Referee: Aleksei Matyunin

Spartak Moscow v Rostov

5 May 2018 29	Spartak Moscow	2 – 0	Rostov	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Yeshchenko  73' Melgarejo 79' 80' Promes 84'	Report	Bayramyan  26'  90+3' Abayev  38' Skopintsev  57'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 35,802 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

Rostov v Ural Yekaterinburg

13 May 2018 30	Rostov	1 – 0	Ural Yekaterinburg	Rostov-on-Don
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ionov 57'	Report	Fidler  41' Haroyan  88'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 37,483 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
9	Akhmat Grozny	30	10	9	11	30	34	−4	39
10	Rubin Kazan	30	9	11	10	32	25	+7	38
11	Rostov	30	9	10	11	27	28	−1	37[a]
12	Ural Yekaterinburg	30	8	13	9	31	32	−1	37[a]
13	Amkar Perm (D)	30	9	8	13	20	30	−10	35	Dissolved after the season[b]

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.^[63]
(D) Dissolved after the season
Notes:

1. Head-to-head: Rostov 1–0 Ural, Ural 1–1 Rostov
2. On 13 June 2018, FC Amkar Perm announced that the Russian Football Union recalled their 2018–19 season license, making them ineligible for the Russian Premier League or Russian Football National League.^[61] On 18 June 2018, club president Gennadi Shilov announced that the club will not register for the third-tier Russian Professional Football League and will be dissolved.^[62] As a consequence, Anzhi Makhachkala was not relegated.

Russian Cup

Main article: 2017–18 Russian Cup

Volgar Astrakhan v Rostov

20 September 2017 Round of 32	Volgar Astrakhan	0 – 2	Rostov	Astrakhan
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Verkashanskiy  76'	Report	Zuyev 22' Bukharov 48' Majer  64' Gațcan  79'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Aleksey Sukhoy

Rostov v Amkar Perm

25 October 2017 Round of 16	Rostov	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (9 – 10 p)	Amkar Perm	Rostov-on-Don
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Parshivlyuk 39'	Report	Idowu 16' Condé  109'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 4,827 Referee: Aleksey Sukhoy
	Penalties
	Shomurodov Bukharov Doumbia Ingason Gațcan Majer Parshivlyuk Makeyev Wilusz Ustinov Pesyakov Shomurodov		Bodul Balanovich Melnikov Prokofyev Sivakow Ogude Belorukov Condé Zaytsev Miljković Nigmatullin Bodul

Squad statistics

As of match played 13 May 2018

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Russian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	MF	BLR	Timofei Kalachev	25	4	20+5	4	0	0
3	DF	POL	Maciej Wilusz	27	1	26	1	1	0
4	DF	RUS	Sergei Parshivlyuk	31	2	28+1	1	2	1
5	DF	SVN	Matija Boben	8	0	6+1	0	1	0
6	DF	ISL	Ragnar Sigurðsson	9	0	9	0	0	0
7	MF	RUS	Artur Yusupov	16	1	13+3	1	0	0
8	MF	RUS	Ayaz Guliyev	6	0	3+3	0	0	0
9	FW	ISL	Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson	6	1	6	1	0	0
10	MF	RUS	Aleksandr Zuyev	27	2	7+18	1	2	1
11	FW	RUS	Aleksandr Bukharov	15	3	9+4	2	2	1
12	MF	RUS	Aleksei Ionov	22	5	17+4	5	1	0
14	FW	UZB	Eldor Shomurodov	20	2	7+11	2	0+2	0
15	DF	ISL	Sverrir Ingi Ingason	30	3	28	3	2	0
16	DF	RUS	Yevgeni Makeyev	18	0	13+3	0	1+1	0
17	MF	MLI	Moussa Doumbia	20	0	7+11	0	1+1	0
18	MF	RUS	Pavel Mogilevets	14	0	10+2	0	1+1	0
19	MF	RUS	Khoren Bayramyan	17	1	11+5	1	1	0
20	MF	SVN	Žan Majer	15	0	9+4	0	2	0
21	MF	RUS	Aleksandr Sapeta	5	0	5	0	0	0
22	FW	RUS	Vladimir Dyadyun	16	1	10+6	1	0	0
23	MF	MDA	Valeriu Ciupercă	1	0	1	0	0	0
30	GK	RUS	Sergei Pesyakov	20	0	18	0	2	0
31	GK	RUS	Ilya Abayev	13	0	12+1	0	0	0
33	MF	RUS	Konstantin Pliyev	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
77	MF	RUS	Dmitri Skopintsev	10	0	7+3	0	0	0
84	MF	MDA	Alexandru Gațcan	28	2	25+1	2	2	0
91	DF	RUS	Vitali Ustinov	15	1	14	1	1	0
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who left Rostov during the season:
8	MF	RUS	Igor Kireyev	3	0	1+2	0	0	0
23	DF	SVN	Miha Mevlja	8	1	8	1	0	0
44	MF	ECU	Josimar Quintero	1	0	0	0	0+1	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Russian Premier League	Russian Cup	Total
1	MF		12	Aleksei Ionov	5	0	5
2	MF		2	Timofei Kalachev	4	0	4
3	DF		15	Sverrir Ingi Ingason	3	0	3
	FW		11	Aleksandr Bukharov	2	1	3
5	MF		84	Alexandru Gațcan	2	0	2
	FW		14	Eldor Shomurodov	2	0	2
	MF		10	Aleksandr Zuyev	1	1	2
	DF		4	Sergei Parshivlyuk	1	1	2
9	FW		22	Vladimir Dyadyun	1	0	1
	DF		23	Miha Mevlja	1	0	1
	MF		7	Artur Yusupov	1	0	1
	DF		91	Vitali Ustinov	1	0	1
	DF		3	Maciej Wilusz	1	0	1
	FW		9	Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson	1	0	1
	MF		19	Khoren Bayramyan	1	0	1
				TOTALS	27	2	29

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Russian Premier League		Russian Cup		Total
2		MF	Timofei Kalachev	4	0	0	0	4	0
3		DF	Maciej Wilusz	2	0	0	0	2	0
4		DF	Sergei Parshivlyuk	1	0	0	0	1	0
7		MF	Artur Yusupov	4	0	0	0	4	0
8		MF	Ayaz Guliyev	1	0	0	0	1	0
10		MF	Aleksandr Zuyev	2	0	0	0	2	0
11		FW	Aleksandr Bukharov	2	0	0	0	2	0
12		MF	Aleksei Ionov	2	0	0	0	2	0
15		DF	Sverrir Ingi Ingason	4	0	0	0	4	0
16		DF	Yevgeni Makeyev	2	0	0	0	2	0
17		MF	Moussa Doumbia	1	0	0	0	1	0
18		MF	Pavel Mogilevets	1	0	0	0	1	0
19		MF	Khoren Bayramyan	3	1	0	0	3	1
20		MF	Žan Majer	1	0	2	0	3	0
21		MF	Aleksandr Sapeta	3	0	0	0	3	0
22		FW	Vladimir Dyadyun	2	0	0	0	2	0
30		GK	Sergei Pesyakov	3	0	0	0	3	0
31		GK	Ilya Abayev	1	0	0	0	1	0
77		MF	Dmitri Skopintsev	2	0	0	0	2	0
84		MF	Alexandru Gațcan	9	0	1	0	10	0
91		DF	Vitali Ustinov	3	0	0	0	3	0
			TOTALS	53	1	3	0	56	1