2017–18 FC Ufa season

The 2017–18 FC Ufa season was the fourth successive season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia, and fifth in total. Ufa finished the season in sixth place, qualifying for UEFA Europa League for the first time due to Tosno failing to obtain a UEFA licence after their Russian Cup victory.^[1] This meant that Krasnodar, the fourth-placed team in the Russian Premier League, entered the group stage instead of the third qualifying round, fifth-placed Zenit St.Petersburg, entered the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round, and sixth-placed Ufa taking the second qualifying round berth. Ufa were knocked out of the Russian Cup at the Round of 32 by Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod.

FC Ufa

2017–18 season
Chairman	Marat Magadeyev
Manager	Sergei Semak
Stadium	Neftyanik Stadium
Russian Premier League	6th
Russian Cup	Round of 32 vs Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod
Top goalscorer	League: Sylvester Igboun (7) All: Sylvester Igboun (7)
Home colours Away colours
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Squad

As of 28 February 2018^[2]

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  RUS Pavel Alikin 4 DF  RUS Aleksei Nikitin 5 DF  SVN Bojan Jokić 6 MF  SUI Vero Salatić 7 MF  RUS Dmitri Sysuyev 9 MF  CZE Ondřej Vaněk 10 FW  KAZ Yerkebulan Seidakhmet 13 MF  RUS Azamat Zaseyev 17 DF  RUS Dmitri Zhivoglyadov 19 MF  CRO Ivan Paurević 20 DF  RUS Denis Tumasyan 21 FW  NGA Kehinde Fatai

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF  MDA Victor Patrașco 27 DF  ROU Ionuț Nedelcearu 31 GK  RUS Aleksandr Belenov 33 DF  RUS Aleksandr Sukhov 39 MF  RUS Dmitry Stotsky 44 FW  NGA Sylvester Igboun 55 DF  GEO Jemal Tabidze 57 FW  RUS Vyacheslav Krotov 70 MF  RUS Nikolai Safronidi 88 GK  RUS Giorgi Shelia 93 DF  MDA Cătălin Carp 98 MF  RUS Ivan Oblyakov

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 60 MF  RUS Vladimir Zubarev (at Khimki) 87 MF  RUS Igor Bezdenezhnykh (at Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod) 99 FW  RUS Islamnur Abdulavov (at Tom Tomsk)

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 1 GK  RUS Aleksei Chernov (from Kaluga)[3] 6 MF  SUI Vero Salatić (from Sion)[4] 55 DF  GEO Jemal Tabidze (from Gent)[5] 80 MF  RUS Arseni Zdorovets

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 Mikhail Borodko (to Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod)[6][7] 2 DF  UKR Oleksandr Filin (to Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod) 45 DF  RUS Aleksandr Putsko (on loan to SKA-Khabarovsk) 56 GK  RUS Igor Ozhiganov 96 FW  RUS Nikita Tikhonov — MF  RUS Andrei Batyutin (on loan to Dynamo St. Petersburg, previously on loan to Zenit-2 St. Petersburg)[8] — MF  RUS Maksim Semakin (to Yenisey Krasnoyarsk, previously on loan)[9]

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 10 FW  KAZ Yerkebulan Seidakhmet (from Taraz)[10] 27 DF  ROU Ionuț Nedelcearu (from Dinamo București)[11] 52 GK  RUS Rem Saitgareyev

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 53 GK  RUS Gleb Yefimov (to Zorky Krasnogorsk) 60 MF  RUS Vladimir Zubarev (on loan to Khimki)[12] 87 MF  RUS Igor Bezdenezhnykh (on loan to Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod)[13] 99 FW  RUS Islamnur Abdulavov (on loan to Tom Tomsk)[14]

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	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	W	D	D	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	D	D	W	D	W
Position	4	6	6	4	7	7	7	8	9	11	10	12	7	8	7	8	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6

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

Results

Tosno v Ufa

15 July 2017 1	Tosno	0 – 1	Ufa	Saint Petersburg
19:30 YEKT (UTC+5)	Dugalić  81'	Report	Sysuyev 65' Alikin  79' Zhivoglyadov  83'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 4,053 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

Ufa v Lokomotiv Moscow

23 July 2017 2	Ufa	0 – 0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Ufa
15:00 YEKT (UTC+5)	Tabidze  80'	Report	Kombarov  77'	Stadium: Neftyanik Stadium Attendance: 12,571 Referee: Aleksey Sukhoy

Ural Yekaterinburg v Ufa

29 July 2017 3	Ural Yekaterinburg	1 – 1	Ufa	Yekaterinburg
17:00 YEKT (UTC+5)	Haroyan  47' Yemelyanov  79' Tabidze 88' (o.g.)	Report	Tumasyan  7' Igboun 17'	Stadium: SKB-Bank Arena Attendance: 6,280 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Ufa v Akhmat Grozny

5 August 2017 4	Ufa	3 – 2	Akhmat Grozny	Ufa
17:00 YEKT (UTC+5)	Igboun  53' Stotsky  77' Jokić 80' Alikin 84' Sysuyev 86'	Report	Jabá 48' Ángel  53' 90+3' Pliyev  82'	Stadium: Neftyanik Stadium Attendance: 5,102 Referee: Vladimir Seldyakov

Amkar Perm v Ufa

8 August 2017 5	Amkar Perm	0 – 0	Ufa	Perm
19:30 YEKT (UTC+5)	Miljković  25' Zanev  52'	Report	Jokić  78' Alikin  89'	Stadium: Zvezda Stadium Attendance: 4,900 Referee: Igor Fedotov

Ufa v Rostov

12 August 2017 6	Ufa	1 – 4	Rostov	Ufa
17:00 YEKT (UTC+5)	Stotsky  47' Bezdenezhnykh  51' Vaněk 55'	Report	Gațcan 57' Kalachev 64' (pen.), 66' Mevlja 77'	Stadium: Neftyanik Stadium Attendance: 5,626 Referee: Aleksei Matyunin

Dynamo Moscow v Ufa

20 August 2017 7	Dynamo Moscow	1 – 1	Ufa	Moscow
19:30 YEKT (UTC+5)	Zotov 87'	Report	Vaněk 45' Oblyakov  71' Paurević  76' Jokić  90+1'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 6,179 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

Anzhi Makhachkala v Ufa

25 August 2017 8	Anzhi Makhachkala	1 – 0	Ufa	Kaspiysk
22:00 YEKT (UTC+5)	Lescano 18' 90+3' Markelov  51'	Report	Jokić  45+1' Sysuyev  69'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 4,100 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

Ufa v Krasnodar

10 September 2017 9	Ufa	0 – 1	Krasnodar	Ufa
18:30 YEKT (UTC+5)	Zaseyev  62'	Report	Shishkin  40' Smolov 75'	Stadium: Neftyanik Stadium Attendance: 5,158 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Zenit St.Petersburg v Ufa

18 September 2017 10	Zenit St.Petersburg	3 – 0	Ufa	Saint Petersburg
22:00 YEKT (UTC+5)	Driussi 9' Criscito 22' (pen.) Kokorin 77'	Report	Paurević  83' Igboun  90+1'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 30,158 Referee: Roman Galimov

Ufa v Arsenal Tula

24 September 2017 11	Ufa	1 – 0	Arsenal Tula	Ufa
18:30 YEKT (UTC+5)	Tumasyan  34' Igboun 77' Sysuyev  82' Belenov  90+1' Stotsky  90+1'	Report	Shevchenko  42'	Stadium: Neftyanik Stadium Attendance: 3,827 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

CSKA Moscow v Ufa

1 October 2017 12	CSKA Moscow	0 – 0	Ufa	Moscow
16:00 YEKT (UTC+5)		Report		Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 10,127 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

Ufa v Lokomotiv Moscow

15 October 2017 13	Ufa	1 – 0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Ufa
16:00 YEKT (UTC+5)	Igboun  70' 76' Tumasyan  74'	Report	Denisov  78'	Stadium: Neftyanik Stadium Attendance: 6,123 Referee: Aleksey Sukhoy

SKA-Khabarovsk v Ufa

21 October 2017 14	SKA-Khabarovsk	2 – 2	Ufa	Khabarovsk
13:30 YEKT (UTC+5)	Dimidko 11' Dedechko 39' Navalovski  64' Savichev  89'	Report	Alikin  30' Tumasyan  44' Krotov 54', 72' Jokić  56'	Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 5,399 Referee: Sergey Kulikov

Ufa v Rubin Kazan

30 October 2017 15	Ufa	2 – 1	Rubin Kazan	Ufa
19:00 YEKT (UTC+5)	Stotsky 36' Salatić  42' Vaněk  67' 89' Abdulavov  74' Zhivoglyadov  82'	Report	Karadeniz 3' Bauer  88'	Stadium: Neftyanik Stadium Attendance: 4,612 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

Spartak Moscow v Ufa

5 November 2017 16	Spartak Moscow	3 – 1	Ufa	Moscow
21:00 YEKT (UTC+5)	Fernando 37' Luiz Adriano  51' 79' Promes 63'	Report	Igboun 10' 51' Paurević  47'	Stadium: Otkrytiye Arena Attendance: 21,445 Referee: Artem Chistyakov

Ufa v Ural Yekaterinburg

19 November 2017 17	Ufa	2 – 0	Ural Yekaterinburg	Ufa
13:30 YEKT (UTC+5)	Stotsky 28' Sysuyev  30' Krotov 58' Zhivoglyadov  73' Nikitin  86'	Report	Balažic  27' Bicfalvi 87'	Stadium: Neftyanik Stadium Attendance: 6,309 Referee: Pavel Kukuyan

Akhmat Grozny v Ufa

25 November 2017 18	Akhmat Grozny	2 – 1	Ufa	Grozny
21:00 YEKT (UTC+5)	Sampaio 45' Léo Jabá 53' Pliyev  86' Rodolfo  90'	Report	Salatić  7' Sysuyev  36' Zhivoglyadov  44' Oblyakov 87'	Stadium: Akhmat-Arena Attendance: 11,318 Referee: Aleksey Eskov

Ufa v Amkar Perm

3 December 2017 19	Ufa	3 – 0	Amkar Perm	Ufa
15:00 YEKT (UTC+5)	Igboun 53', 69' Jokić  63' Oblyakov 80' Nikitin  85' Safronidi  90+3'	Report		Stadium: Neftyanik Stadium Attendance: 5,924 Referee: Vladimir Seldyakov

Rostov v Ufa

10 December 2017 20	Rostov	1 – 0	Ufa	Rostov-on-Don
21:00 YEKT (UTC+5)	Ingason 22' Pesyakov  90+3'	Report	Salatić  73' Igboun  90+1'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 7,834 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

Ufa v Dynamo Moscow

4 March 2018 21	Ufa	1 – 1	Dynamo Moscow	Ufa
16:00 YEKT (UTC+5)	Nedelcearu  46' Paurević 51'	Report	Markov 17' (pen.) Sow  70'	Stadium: Neftyanik Stadium Attendance: 6,178 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

Ufa v Anzhi Makhachkala

10 March 2018 22	Ufa	3 – 2	Anzhi Makhachkala	Ufa
16:00 YEKT (UTC+5)	Jokić  45+1' 67' Nikitin 57' Paurević 65' Seidakhmet  83' Belenov  90+1'	Report	Anton  56' Lescano 64' Poluyakhtov 81' Samardžić  83'	Stadium: Neftyanik Stadium Attendance: 5,386 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

Krasnodar v Ufa

17 March 2018 23	Krasnodar	0 – 1	Ufa	Krasnodar
18:30 YEKT (UTC+5)	Laborde  83'	Report	Zhivoglyadov  56' Fatai  69' Paurević 72' Oblyakov  83'	Stadium: Krasnodar Stadium Attendance: 20,626 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

Ufa v Zenit St.Petersburg

1 April 2018 24	Ufa	1 – 2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Ufa
18:00 YEKT (UTC+5)	Paurević 63' Oblyakov  90+3'	Report	Ivanović 17' Nedelcearu 21' (o.g.) Criscito  90+4'	Stadium: Neftyanik Stadium Attendance: 8,524 Referee: Igor Fedotov

Arsenal Tula v Ufa

7 April 2018 25	Arsenal Tula	2 – 1	Ufa	Tula
21:00 YEKT (UTC+5)	Gorbatenko 2', 72' Belyayev  40'	Report	Sysuyev  5' Stotsky 16' Salatić  56' Jokić  64'	Stadium: Arsenal Stadium Attendance: 10,250 Referee: Kirill Levnikov

Ufa v CSKA Moscow

15 April 2018 26	Ufa	1 – 1	CSKA Moscow	Ufa
18:30 YEKT (UTC+5)	Sysuyev 41' Zhivoglyadov  77'	Report	Golovin  35' Musa 87'	Stadium: Neftyanik Stadium Attendance: 11,408 Referee: Evgeni Turbin

Lokomotiv Moscow v Ufa

22 April 2018 27	Lokomotiv Moscow	0 – 0	Ufa	Moscow
21:00 YEKT (UTC+5)	Ćorluka  52' Guilherme  77'	Report	Nedelcearu  21' Igboun  35' Carp  43' Belenov  90'	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 10,821 Referee: Roman Galimov

Ufa v SKA-Khabarovsk

30 April 2018 28	Ufa	1 – 0	SKA-Khabarovsk	Ufa
13:30 YEKT (UTC+5)	Sysuyev 3'	Report	Hryshko  15' Adeleye  36' Samsonov  75'	Stadium: Neftyanik Stadium Attendance: 6,262 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

Rubin Kazan v Ufa

7 May 2018 29	Rubin Kazan	0 – 0	Ufa	Kazan
19:30 YEKT (UTC+5)	Kuzmin  54' Kudryashov  57'	Report	Stotsky  61'	Stadium: Kazan Arena Attendance: 25,440 Referee: Aleksei Matyunin

Ufa v Tosno

13 May 2018 30	Ufa	5 – 0	Tosno	Ufa
16:00 YEKT (UTC+5)	Zhivoglyadov 30', 84' 85' Sysuyev 32' Igboun 50' Tumasyan  52' Paurević 81' Safronidi  88'	Report	Nuno Rocha  29' Skvortsov  47'	Stadium: Neftyanik Stadium Attendance: 10,632 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Krasnodar	30	16	6	8	46	30	+16	54	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
5	Zenit Saint Petersburg	30	14	11	5	46	21	+25	53	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]
6	Ufa	30	11	10	9	34	30	+4	43	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
7	Arsenal Tula	30	12	6	12	35	41	−6	42
8	Dynamo Moscow	30	10	10	10	29	30	−1	40

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.^[15]
Notes:

1. 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.

Russian Cup

Main article: 2017–18 Russian Cup

Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod v Ufa

21 September 2017 Round of 32	Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4 – 1 p)	Ufa	Nizhny Novgorod
20:00 YEKY (UTC+5)	Shcherbak  41' Malyarov 57' Fomin  88' Khripkov  90' Belyakov  90+1' Frolov  90+3' Gogberashvili  90+3'	Report	Abdulavov 90+2'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Lasha Verulidze
	Penalties
	Belyakov Fomin Ayupov Anisimov		Tumasyan Salatić Oblyakov

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
3	DF	RUS	Pavel Alikin	28	1	23+5	1	0	0
4	DF	RUS	Aleksei Nikitin	19	1	16+2	1	1	0
5	DF	SVN	Bojan Jokić	26	2	26	2	0	0
6	MF	SUI	Vero Salatić	19	0	15+3	0	1	0
7	MF	RUS	Dmitri Sysuyev	27	5	16+10	5	1	0
8	DF	MDA	Cătălin Carp	11	0	5+5	0	1	0
9	MF	CZE	Ondřej Vaněk	11	3	9+2	3	0	0
10	FW	KAZ	Yerkebulan Seidakhmet	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
13	MF	RUS	Azamat Zaseyev	18	0	9+9	0	0	0
17	DF	RUS	Dmitri Zhivoglyadov	28	2	26+2	2	0	0
19	MF	CRO	Ivan Paurević	28	5	28	5	0	0
20	DF	RUS	Denis Tumasyan	17	0	14+2	0	1	0
21	FW	NGA	Kehinde Fatai	17	0	11+6	0	0	0
27	DF	ROU	Ionuț Nedelcearu	10	0	10	0	0	0
31	GK	RUS	Aleksandr Belenov	30	0	30	0	0	0
33	DF	RUS	Aleksandr Sukhov	11	0	8+2	0	1	0
39	MF	RUS	Dmitry Stotsky	29	3	27+1	3	0+1	0
44	FW	NGA	Sylvester Igboun	26	7	24+2	7	0	0
55	DF	GEO	Jemal Tabidze	21	0	18+2	0	0+1	0
57	FW	RUS	Vyacheslav Krotov	16	3	4+11	3	1	0
60	MF	RUS	Vladimir Zubarev	3	0	1+1	0	1	0
70	MF	RUS	Nikolai Safronidi	3	0	0+2	0	1	0
87	MF	RUS	Igor Bezdenezhnykh	3	0	0+3	0	0	0
88	GK	RUS	Giorgi Shelia	1	0	0	0	1	0
98	MF	RUS	Ivan Oblyakov	20	2	9+11	2	0	0
99	FW	RUS	Islamnur Abdulavov	8	1	1+6	0	1	1
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who appeared for Ufa no longer at the club:

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Russian Premier League	Russian Cup	Total
1	FW		44	Sylvester Igboun	7	0	7
2	MF		19	Ivan Paurević	5	0	5
	FW		7	Dmitri Sysuyev	5	0	5
4	FW		9	Ondřej Vaněk	3	0	3
	FW		57	Vyacheslav Krotov	3	0	3
	MF		39	Dmitry Stotsky	3	0	3
7	MF		98	Ivan Oblyakov	2	0	2
	DF		5	Bojan Jokić	2	0	2
	DF		17	Dmitri Zhivoglyadov	2	0	2
10	DF		3	Pavel Alikin	1	0	1
	DF		4	Aleksei Nikitin	1	0	1
	FW		99	Islamnur Abdulavov	0	1	1
				TOTALS	33	1	34

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Russian Premier League		Russian Cup		Total
3		DF	Pavel Alikin	3	0	0	0	3	0
4		DF	Aleksei Nikitin	2	0	0	0	2	0
5		DF	Bojan Jokić	7	0	0	0	7	0
6		MF	Vero Salatić	4	0	0	0	4	0
7		MF	Dmitri Sysuyev	5	0	0	0	5	0
8		DF	Cătălin Carp	1	0	0	0	1	0
9		MF	Ondřej Vaněk	1	0	0	0	1	0
10		FW	Yerkebulan Seidakhmet	1	0	0	0	1	0
13		MF	Azamat Zaseyev	1	0	0	0	1	0
17		DF	Dmitri Zhivoglyadov	7	0	0	0	7	0
19		MF	Ivan Paurević	3	0	0	0	3	0
20		DF	Denis Tumasyan	5	0	0	0	5	0
21		FW	Kehinde Fatai	1	0	0	0	1	0
27		DF	Ionuț Nedelcearu	2	0	0	0	2	0
31		GK	Aleksandr Belenov	3	0	0	0	3	0
39		MF	Dmitry Stotsky	4	0	0	0	4	0
44		FW	Sylvester Igboun	6	0	0	0	6	0
55		DF	Jemal Tabidze	1	0	0	0	1	0
70		MF	Nikolai Safronidi	2	0	0	0	2	0
87		MF	Igor Bezdenezhnykh	1	0	0	0	1	0
98		MF	Ivan Oblyakov	3	0	0	0	3	0
99		FW	Islamnur Abdulavov	1	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	64	0	0	0	64	0