2017–18 PFC CSKA Moscow season

The 2017–18 CSKA season was the 26th successive season that the club played in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. CSKA finished the previous season in 2nd, and as a result entered the Champions League at the Third Qualifying stage, and also took part in the Russian Cup.

CSKA

2017–18 season
Chairman	Yevgeni Giner
Manager	Viktor Goncharenko
Stadium	VEB Arena
Premier League	2nd
Russian Cup	Round of 32
Champions League	Group stage
Europa League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Vitinho (10) All: Vitinho (12)
Highest home attendance	29,284 vs Arsenal (12 April 2018)
Lowest home attendance	8,016 vs Amkar Perm (18 April 2018)
Average home league attendance	17,798 (13 May 2018)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Squad

As of match played 12 May 2018

Number	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Ilya Pomazun		GK	(1996-08-16)16 August 1996 (aged 21)	Academy	2012		3	0
35	Igor Akinfeev		GK	(1986-04-08)8 April 1986 (aged 32)	Academy	2003	2019[1]	565	0
Defenders
2	Mário Fernandes	[2]	DF	(1990-09-19)19 September 1990 (aged 27)	Grêmio	2012[3]	2022[4]	201	2
4	Sergei Ignashevich		DF	(1979-07-14)14 July 1979 (aged 38)	Lokomotiv Moscow	2004		541	46
5	Viktor Vasin		DF	(1988-10-06)6 October 1988 (aged 29)	Spartak Nalchik	2011		57	2
6	Aleksei Berezutski		DF	(1982-06-20)20 June 1982 (aged 35)	Chernomorets Novorossiysk	2001		502	11
14	Kirill Nababkin		DF	(1986-09-08)8 September 1986 (aged 31)	Moscow	2010		200	4
24	Vasili Berezutski		DF	(1982-06-20)20 June 1982 (aged 35)	Torpedo-ZIL	2002		531	14
42	Georgi Shchennikov		DF	(1991-04-27)27 April 1991 (aged 27)	Academy	2008		282	6
62	Aleksandar Stanisavljević		DF	(1998-01-27)27 January 1998 (aged 20)	Academy	2015		0	0
Midfielders
3	Pontus Wernbloom		MF	(1986-06-25)25 June 1986 (aged 31)	AZ Alkmaar	2012[5]	2018[6]	224	22
8	Georgi Milanov		MF	(1992-02-19)19 February 1992 (aged 26)	Litex Lovech	2013[7]	2018[7]	147	6
10	Alan Dzagoev		MF	(1990-06-17)17 June 1990 (aged 27)	Krylia Sovetov-SOK Dimitrovgrad	2008	2019[8]	331	75
17	Aleksandr Golovin		MF	(1996-05-30)30 May 1996 (aged 21)	Academy	2012	2021[9]	113	13
25	Kristijan Bistrović		MF	(1998-04-09)9 April 1998 (aged 20)	Slaven Belupo	2018[10]	2022[10]	9	0
66	Bibras Natkho		MF	(1988-02-18)18 February 1988 (aged 30)	PAOK	2014[11]	2018[11]	142	28
71	Nayair Tiknizyan		MF	(1999-05-12)12 May 1999 (aged 19)	Academy	2013		1	0
72	Astemir Gordyushenko		MF	(1997-03-30)30 March 1997 (aged 21)	Academy	2014	2020[12]	16	0
80	Khetag Khosonov		MF	(1998-06-18)18 June 1998 (aged 19)	Academy	2014		9	0
82	Ivan Oleynikov		MF	(1998-08-24)24 August 1998 (aged 19)	Academy	2015		1	0
89	Konstantin Kuchayev		MF	(1998-03-18)18 March 1998 (aged 20)	Academy	2015		36	1
Forwards
7	Ahmed Musa		FW	(1989-08-13)13 August 1989 (aged 28)	loan from Leicester City	2018[13]	2018[13]	180	61
11	Vitinho		FW	(1993-10-09)9 October 1993 (aged 24)	Botafogo	2013[14]	2020[15]	83	18
63	Fyodor Chalov		FW	(1998-04-10)10 April 1998 (aged 20)	Academy	2015	2020[16]	49	13
75	Timur Zhamaletdinov		FW	(1997-05-21)21 May 1997 (aged 20)	Academy	2014		26	2
85	Danila Yanov		FW	(2000-01-27)27 January 2000 (aged 18)	Strogino Moscow	2018		0	0
Away on loan
9	Konstantin Bazelyuk		FW	(1993-04-12)12 April 1993 (aged 25)	Academy	2010		27	4
43	Aleksandr Makarov		MF	(1996-04-24)24 April 1996 (aged 22)	Academy	2013		2	0
91	Nikita Chernov		DF	(1996-01-14)14 January 1996 (aged 22)	Academy	2013		3	0
99	Aaron Olanare		FW	(1994-06-04)4 June 1994 (aged 23)	Guangzhou R&F	2017	2021[17]	28	4
	Sergei Tkachyov		MF	(1989-05-19)19 May 1989 (aged 28)	Kuban Krasnodar	2016[18]	2019[18]	11	0
	Dmitry Yefremov		MF	(1995-04-01)1 April 1995 (aged 23)	Akademiya Tolyatti	2013		33	0

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 — DF  RUS Nikita Chernov (at Ural Yekaterinburg) — MF  RUS Aleksandr Makarov (at Tosno) — MF  RUS Sergei Tkachyov (at Arsenal Tula)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  RUS Dmitri Yefremov (at Orenburg) — FW  RUS Konstantin Bazelyuk (at Zbrojovka Brno) — FW  NGA Aaron Olanare (at Amkar Perm)

Transfers

Main articles: List of Russian football transfers summer 2017 and List of Russian football transfers winter 2017–18

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
31 August 2017	GK		Nikolay Zirikov	Youth Team	Promoted
13 October 2017	DF		Ivan Zakharov	Youth Team	Promoted
13 October 2017	FW		Roman Pukhov	Youth Team	Promoted
1 January 2018	FW		Danila Yanov	Strogino Moscow	Undisclosed
12 January 2018	MF		Kristijan Bistrović	Slaven Koprivnica	Undisclosed	[10]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	MF		Sergei Tkachyov	Arsenal Tula	Undisclosed	[19]
1 July 2017	MF		Vladimir Kabakhidze	Arsenal Tula	Undisclosed
1 July 2017	FW		Artyom Avanesyan	Zenit Penza	Undisclosed
5 July 2017	MF		Dmitri Yefremov	Orenburg	Undisclosed	[20]
31 August 2017	DF		Mutalip Alibekov	Khimki	Undisclosed	[21]
9 February 2018	FW		Alibek Aliev	Örgryte	Undisclosed	[22]
16 February 2017	FW		Roman Pukhov	Dynamo Moscow	Undisclosed

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
30 January 2018	FW		Ahmed Musa	Leicester City	End of season	[13]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
20 June 2017	FW		Konstantin Bazelyuk	Anzhi Makhachkala	11 January 2018	[23][24]
4 August 2017	DF		Nikita Chernov	Ural Yekaterinburg	Season-long	[25]
11 January 2018	FW		Konstantin Bazelyuk	Zbrojovka Brno	End of Season	[26]
9 February 2018	MF		Aleksandr Makarov	Tosno	End of Season	[27]
7 February 2018	DF		Saveliy Kozlov	Tyumen	End of Season
22 February 2018	FW		Aaron Olanare	Amkar Perm	End of Season	[28]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
1 July 2017	MF		Roman Eremenko	Spartak Moscow	10 August 2018[29]
5 July 2017[30]	MF		Zoran Tošić	Partizan	28 August 2017[31]
15 December 2017[32]	DF		Danil Neplyuyev	Metallurg Lipetsk
13 May 2018[33]	MF		Pontus Wernbloom	PAOK	17 August 2018[34]
14 May 2018[35]	MF		Georgi Milanov	MOL Vidi	3 September 2018[36]
29 May 2018[37]	MF		Kirill Leonov	Zorky Krasnogorsk	28 August 2018
29 May 2018[37]	DF		Aleksandar Stanisavljević	Slavia Sofia	8 June 2018[38]
29 May 2018[37]	DF		Aleksandr Volkov
2 June 2018[39]	MF		Bibras Natkho	Olympiacos	6 August 2018[40]

† Wernbloom, Milanov and Natkho's contract expiry was announced on the above date, and came into play on 30 June.

Trial

Date From	Date To	Position	Nationality	Name	Last Club	Ref.
6 June 2017		GK		Anton Antipov	Spartak Nalchik	[41]
		DF		Cécé Pepe	Olympique de Marseille

Friendlies

CSKA Moscow v Sturm Graz

24 June 2017	CSKA Moscow	1–2	Sturm Graz	Austria
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Chalov 14'	Report	Zulechner 35' Huspek 71'

CSKA Moscow v Partizan

1 July 2017	CSKA Moscow	3–0	Partizan	Austria
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Kuchayev 17' Vitinho 31' Chalov 86'	Report

CSKA Moscow v Viitorul Constanța

5 July 2017	CSKA Moscow	4–2	Viitorul Constanța	Austria
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Vitinho 43', 82' Natkho 78' Golovin 79'	Report	Chițu 14' Țîru 54'

CSKA Moscow v Nafta Lendava

8 July 2017	CSKA Moscow	4–1	Nafta Lendava	Bad Tatzmannsdorf, Austria
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Zhamaletdinov 4' Olanare 13' Monyak 19' (o.g.) Alibekov 23'	Report	Maleshevich 86'

CSKA Moscow v Krasnodar

9 July 2017	CSKA Moscow	1–1	Krasnodar
13:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Dzagoev 12'	Report	Wanderson 89'

CSKA Moscow v Vålerenga

21 January 2018	CSKA Moscow	0–0	Vålerenga	Alicante, Spain
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report

CSKA Moscow v Horsens

22 January 2018	CSKA Moscow	2–2	Horsens	Alicante, Spain
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Vitinho 11', 55'	Report	Qvist 4' Finnbogason 35'

CSKA Moscow v Piast Gliwice

29 January 2018	CSKA Moscow	0–0	Piast Gliwice	Alicante, Spain
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Wernbloom  54' Golovin  55'	Report

CSKA Moscow v Nordsjælland

2 February 2018	CSKA Moscow	1–1	Nordsjælland	Alicante, Spain
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Natkho  22' Musa 33'	Report	M.Jensen 43' 70'

CSKA Moscow v Elche

6 February 2018	CSKA Moscow	3–0	Elche	Alicante, Spain
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Musa 22', 61' Vitinho 40'	Report

CSKA Moscow v Torrevieja

7 February 2018	CSKA Moscow	7–0	Torrevieja	Alicante, Spain
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Olanare 12', 47', 55' Chalov 64', 78', 88' V.Zhironkin 86'	Report

CSKA Moscow v Esbjerg

17 February 2018	CSKA Moscow	0–0	Esbjerg	Alicante, Spain
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report

CSKA Moscow v Ryazan

25 March 2018	CSKA Moscow	4–0	Ryazan	Moscow
13:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Vitinho 17' (pen.) Zhamaletdinov 52' Nababkin  58' Chalov 79', 84' Khosonov  85'	Report

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	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H
Result	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	D	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	W
Position	1	7	5	8	5	4	4	6	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	5	5	3	3	4	4	3	2	3	3	2

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

Matches

Anzhi Makhachkala v CSKA Moscow

15 July 2017 1	Anzhi Makhachkala	1–3	CSKA Moscow	Kaspiysk
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Yakovlev  41' Markelov 64' Poluyakhtov  74' Danchenko  90+1'	Report	Vasin 21' Golovin 49' 90+3' Natkho 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 9,400 Referee: Vladimir Seldyakov

CSKA Moscow v Lokomotiv Moscow

22 July 2017 2	CSKA Moscow	1–3	Lokomotiv Moscow	Moscow
15:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Vitinho 42' Golovin  83'	Report	Farfán 23' 58' Kvirkvelia  47' Tarasov  54' 74' Ari 66' Denisov  85' An.Miranchuk  90+4'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Sergei Karasev

CSKA Moscow v SKA-Khabarovsk

29 July 2017 3	CSKA Moscow	2–0	SKA-Khabarovsk	Moscow
15:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Golovin 4' Natkho 37' (pen.)	Report	Ediyev  36' Balyaikin  43'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Kirill Levnikov

CSKA Moscow v Rubin Kazan

6 August 2017 4	CSKA Moscow	1–2	Rubin Kazan	Moscow
17:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Shchennikov 13' Wernbloom  26' Vitinho  32'	Report	Jonathas 2', 10' Granat  23' M'Vila  56' Ryzhikov  90+3'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 11,165 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

Tosno v CSKA Moscow

9 August 2017 5	Tosno	1–2	CSKA Moscow	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Zabolotny 56'	Report	Olanare 49' Dzagoev 62' Vasin  86'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 6,350 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

CSKA Moscow v Spartak Moscow

12 August 2017 6	CSKA Moscow	2–1	Spartak Moscow	Moscow
17:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Shchennikov 83' Vitinho 84' 85' Golovin 84' Fernandes  90+6' Wernbloom  90+6'	Report	Pašalić 48' Dzhikiya  90+5' Promes  90+5'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Vladimir Seldyakov

Ural Yekaterinburg v CSKA Moscow

19 August 2017 7	Ural Yekaterinburg	0–0	CSKA Moscow	Yekaterinburg
15:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Yevseyev  89'	Report	Dzagoev  44' Nababkin  64'	Stadium: SKB-Bank Arena Attendance: 8,964 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

CSKA Moscow v Akhmat Grozny

27 August 2017 8	CSKA Moscow	0–1	Akhmat Grozny	Moscow
17:30 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Sadayev 45' Ángel  53' Gorodov  65' Utsiyev  78'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 16,400 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

Amkar Perm v CSKA Moscow

8 September 2017 9	Amkar Perm	0–1	CSKA Moscow	Perm
17:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Gol  13' Belorukov  45+1' Zanev  55' Idowu  84'  90'	Report	Zhamaletdinov 52' Wernbloom  77' Kuchayev  84'	Stadium: Zvezda Stadium Attendance: 7,680 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

CSKA Moscow v Rostov

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

Dynamo Moscow v CSKA Moscow

23 September 2017 11	Dynamo Moscow	0–0	CSKA Moscow	Khimki
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Vitinho  83'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 10,427 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

CSKA Moscow v Ufa

1 October 2017 12	CSKA Moscow	0–0	Ufa	Moscow
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 10,127 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

Krasnodar v CSKA Moscow

14 October 2017 13	Krasnodar	0–1	CSKA Moscow	Krasnodar
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Gazinsky  75' Smolov  85'	Report	A.Berezutski 38' Natkho  54'	Stadium: Krasnodar Stadium Attendance: 32,579 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

CSKA Moscow v Zenit St.Petersburg

22 October 2017 14	CSKA Moscow	0–0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Moscow
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Vasin  5' Akinfeev  11' Fernandes  12' A. Berezutski  30' Wernbloom  65' Natkho  66'	Report	Mevlja  32' Rigoni  43' Dzyuba  66' Paredes  66'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 26,137 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

Arsenal Tula v CSKA Moscow

27 October 2017 15	Arsenal Tula	1–0	CSKA Moscow	Tula
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Causic 80' Grigalava  85'	Report	Kuchayev  23'  54' Natkho  90+1'	Stadium: Arsenal Stadium Attendance: 15,120 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

Lokomotiv Moscow v CSKA Moscow

5 November 2017 16	Lokomotiv Moscow	2–2	CSKA Moscow	Moscow
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Miranchuk 14' Rybus  62' Fernandes 76', 87'	Report	Vitinho 29' Khosonov  40'  50' Natkho 43' A.Berezutski  48' Wernbloom  57' Vasin  75'	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 19,015 Referee: Sergei Karasev

SKA-Khabarovsk v CSKA Moscow

18 November 2017 17	SKA-Khabarovsk	2–4	CSKA Moscow	Khabarovsk
11:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Dedechko 5' Nikiforov  50' Dimidko  61' Marković 81'	Report	Dzagoev 12' 56' Wernbloom 74', 83' Golovin  77' Vitinho 90+3'	Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 5,569 Referee: Artem Chistyakov

Rubin Kazan v CSKA Moscow

26 November 2017 18	Rubin Kazan	0–1	CSKA Moscow	Kazan
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Granat  90+2'	Report	Wernbloom 45+1' Khosonov  75' Natkho 90+2'	Stadium: Kazan Arena Attendance: 8,422 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

CSKA Moscow v Tosno

1 December 2017 19	CSKA Moscow	6–0	Tosno	Moscow
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Vitinho 10' (pen.), 27' (pen.) Vasin 32' Natkho 55' Golovin 58'78' Wernbloom 61'	Report	Zabolotny  60'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 8,986 Referee: Roman Galimov

Spartak Moscow v CSKA Moscow

10 December 2017 20	Spartak Moscow	3–0	CSKA Moscow	Moscow
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Promes 10', 61' Pašalić 90+8'	Report	Golovin  77' Wernbloom  86' Nababkin  90' V.Berezutski  90+2'	Stadium: Otkrytiye Arena Attendance: 44,062 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

CSKA Moscow v Ural Yekaterinburg

3 March 2018 21	CSKA Moscow	1–0	Ural Yekaterinburg	Moscow
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Dzagoev 59'	Report	Ilyin  49'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Artem Chistyakov

Akhmat Grozny v CSKA Moscow

11 March 2018 22	Akhmat Grozny	0–3	CSKA Moscow	Grozny
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Utsiyev  52'	Report	Golovin 6' Vitinho 28' A. Berezutski  62' Ignashevich 68' Shchennikov  71'	Stadium: Akhmat-Arena Attendance: 14,570 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

Rostov v CSKA Moscow

1 April 2018 24	Rostov	1–2	CSKA Moscow	Rostov-on-Don
16:00 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

CSKA Moscow v Dynamo Moscow

9 April 2018 25	CSKA Moscow	1–2	Dynamo Moscow	Moscow
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Chalov 60' Wernbloom  68' Dzagoev  80'	Report	Tashayev 11', 49' 83' Sow  39' Morozov  45'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 19,504 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Ufa v CSKA Moscow

15 April 2018 26	Ufa	1–1	CSKA Moscow	Ufa
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Sysuyev 41' Zhivoglyadov  77'	Report	Golovin  35' Musa 87'	Stadium: Neftyanik Stadium Attendance: 11,408 Referee: Evgeni Turbin

CSKA Moscow v Amkar Perm

18 April 2018[42] 23	CSKA Moscow	3–0	Amkar Perm	Moscow
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Vitinho 44' Chalov 45+1', 61'	Report	Idowu  71'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 8,016 Referee: Aleksey Sukhoy

CSKA Moscow v Krasnodar

22 April 2018 27	CSKA Moscow	2–1	Krasnodar	Moscow
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Kuchayev  21' Musa 73', 85'	Report	Mamayev  44' Gazinsky 53'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 19,774 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

Zenit St.Petersburg v CSKA Moscow

29 April 2018 28	Zenit St.Petersburg	0–0	CSKA Moscow	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Criscito  6' Rigoni  84' Paredes  90+3'	Report	Bistrović  5' A.Berezutski  37' V.Berezutski  43' Shchennikov  58'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 51,328 Referee: Roman Galimov

CSKA Moscow v Arsenal Tula

6 May 2018 29	CSKA Moscow	6–0	Arsenal Tula	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Chalov 2', 21', 43' Musa 11', 49' Golovin 40'	Report	Aleksandrov  36'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 18,311 Referee: Kirill Levnikov

CSKA Moscow v Anzhi Makhachkala

13 May 2018 30	CSKA Moscow	2–1	Anzhi Makhachkala	Moscow
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Musa 9' Nababkin  32' Vitinho 61' Golovin  68'	Report	Khubulov 33' Danchenko  68' Anton  90'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 25,916 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lokomotiv Moscow (C)	30	18	6	6	41	21	+20	60	Qualification for the 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 for the Champions League third qualifying round
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]

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.^[43]
(C) Champions
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

Avangard Kursk v CSKA Moscow

20 September 2017 Round of 32	Avangard Kursk	1–0 (a.e.t.)	CSKA Moscow	Kursk
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Korobov 114' (pen.)	Report	Natkho  90+1' Nababkin  113'	Stadium: Trudovye Rezervy Stadium Attendance: 11,029 Referee: Sergey Kulikov

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

AEK Athens v CSKA Moscow

25 July 2017 Third qualifying round 1st leg	AEK Athens	0–2	CSKA Moscow	Athens, Greece
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Rodríguez  90'	Report	Dzagoev 45+1' Wernbloom 56'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 25,083[44] Referee: Marco Fritz (Germany)

CSKA Moscow v AEK Athens

2 August 2017 Third qualifying round 2nd leg	CSKA Moscow	1–0 (3–0 agg.)	AEK Athens	Moscow, Russia
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Golovin  38' Fernandes  59' Vasin  67' Natkho 74'	Report	Vranješ  20' Mantalos  33' Christodoulopoulos  90+4'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 12,000[44] Referee: Benoît Millot (France)

Young Boys v CSKA Moscow

15 August 2017 Playoff round 1st leg	Young Boys	0–1	CSKA Moscow	Bern, Switzerland
21:45 MSK (UTC+3)	Bertone  47' Sanogo  56' von Bergen  90+3'	Report	Dzagoev  33' Wernbloom  43' Shchennikov  88' Nuhu 90+1' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade de Suisse Attendance: 20,003[45] Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

CSKA Moscow v Young Boys

23 August 2017 Playoff round 2nd leg	CSKA Moscow	2–0 (3–0 agg.)	Young Boys	Moscow, Russia
21:45 MSK (UTC+3)	Shchennikov 45' Dzagoev  48' 64' A.Berezutski  59'	Report	Assalé  50' Kasim  79'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 15,560[46] Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

Group stage

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MUN	BSL	CSKA	BEN
1	Manchester United	6	5	0	1	12	3	+9	15	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–0	2–1	2–0
2	Basel	6	4	0	2	11	5	+6	12			1–0	—	1–2	5–0
3	CSKA Moscow	6	3	0	3	8	10	−2	9	Transfer to Europa League		1–4	0–2	—	2–0
4	Benfica	6	0	0	6	1	14	−13	0			0–1	0–2	1–2	—

Source: UEFA

Benfica v CSKA Moscow

12 September 2017 1	Benfica	1–2	CSKA Moscow	Lisbon, Portugal
21:45 MSK (UTC+3)	Seferovic 50' 80' André Almeida  62'	Report	Golovin  43' Vitinho 63' (pen.) Zhamaletdinov 71' Dzagoev  73' Wernbloom  75'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 38,323[47] Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

CSKA Moscow v Manchester United

27 September 2017 2	CSKA Moscow	1–4	Manchester United	Moscow, Russia
21:45 MSK (UTC+3)	Golovin  42' Wernbloom  54' Vitinho  59' Kuchaev 90'	Report	Lukaku 4', 27' Martial 19' (pen.) Mkhitaryan 57'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 29,073[48] Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

CSKA Moscow v Basel

18 October 2017 3	CSKA Moscow	0–2	Basel	Moscow, Russia
21:45 MSK (UTC+3)	Natkho  73'	Report	Xhaka 29' Oberlin 90'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 27,996[49] Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Basel v CSKA Moscow

31 October 2017 4	Basel	1–2	CSKA Moscow	Basel, Switzerland
22:45 MSK (UTC+3)	Zuffi 32' Xhaka  60' Balanta  75'	Report	Natkho  49' Dzagoev 65' Wernbloom 79' Fernandes  84'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 33,303[50] Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

CSKA Moscow v Benfica

22 November 2017 5	CSKA Moscow	2–0	Benfica	Moscow, Russia
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Shchennikov 13' Wernbloom  39' Jardel 56' (o.g.) Nababkin  70' Natkho  72'	Report	Eliseu  31' Luisão  61'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 27,709[51] Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

Manchester United v CSKA Moscow

5 December 2017 6	Manchester United	2–1	CSKA Moscow	Manchester, England
22:45 MSK (UTC+3)	Lukaku 64' Rashford 66' McTominay  73'	Report	Vitinho 45' Berezutski  57'	Stadium: Old Trafford Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

Red Star Belgrade v CSKA Moscow

13 February 2018 Round of 32 1st leg	Red Star Belgrade	0–0	CSKA Moscow	Belgrade, Serbia
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	V.Berezutski  20' Golovin  22'	Stadium: Rajko Mitić Stadium Attendance: 35,642[52] Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

CSKA Moscow v Red Star Belgrade

21 February 2018 Round of 32 2nd leg	CSKA Moscow	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	Red Star Belgrade	Moscow, Russia
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Dzagoev 45+1' Wernbloom  51' V.Berezutski  66' Kuchayev  83'	Report	Le Tallec  49' Stojković  69'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 18,753[53] Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)

CSKA Moscow v Lyon

8 March 2018 Round of 16 1st leg	CSKA Moscow	0–1	Lyon	Moscow, Russia
21:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Nababkin  30' Natkho  59'	Report	Marcelo 68' Tousart  88'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 13,990[54] Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

Lyon v CSKA Moscow

15 March 2018 Round of 16 2nd leg	Lyon	2–3 (3–3 (a) agg.)	CSKA Moscow	Décines-Charpieu, France
23:05 MSK (UTC+3)	Cornet 58' Mariano 71' 78'	Report	Nababkin  13' Musa  36' 60' Golovin 39' Wernbloom 65'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 38,622[55] Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

Arsenal v CSKA Moscow

5 April 2018 Quarterfinal 1st leg	Arsenal	4–1	CSKA Moscow	London, England
22:05 MSK (UTC+3)	Ramsey 9', 28' Lacazette 23' (pen.), 35' Xhaka  57' Bellerín  78'	Report	Golovin 15' Dzagoev  31' Musa  51' Shchennikov  58' Akinfeev  74'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 58,285[56] Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

CSKA Moscow v Arsenal

12 April 2018 Quarterfinal 2nd leg	CSKA Moscow	2–2 (3–6 agg.)	Arsenal	Moscow, Russia
22:05 MSK (UTC+3)	Chalov 39' Nababkin 50' Golovin  86'	Report	Welbeck 75' Ramsey 90+2'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 29,284[57] Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

Squad statistics

As of match played 13 May 2018

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Russian Cup		Champions League		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	RUS	Ilya Pomazun	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	RUS	Mário Fernandes	37	0	25	0	0	0	10	0	2	0
3	MF	SWE	Pontus Wernbloom	37	8	22+1	5	0	0	9	2	5	1
4	DF	RUS	Sergei Ignashevich	36	1	23+2	1	0	0	5+1	0	5	0
5	DF	RUS	Viktor Vasin	29	2	16	2	1	0	10	0	2	0
6	DF	RUS	Aleksei Berezutski	29	1	18+1	1	0	0	6	0	4	0
7	FW	NGA	Ahmed Musa	16	7	10	6	0	0	0	0	6	1
8	MF	BUL	Georgi Milanov	24	0	3+10	0	1	0	1+5	0	1+3	0
10	MF	RUS	Alan Dzagoev	36	7	20+1	3	0	0	8+1	3	6	1
11	FW	BRA	Vitinho	46	12	22+8	10	0	0	10	2	2+4	0
14	DF	RUS	Kirill Nababkin	26	1	16+3	0	1	0	1+1	0	3+1	1
17	MF	RUS	Aleksandr Golovin	43	7	26+1	5	0+1	0	10	0	5	2
24	DF	RUS	Vasili Berezutski	39	1	25	1	0	0	9	0	5	0
25	MF	CRO	Kristijan Bistrović	9	0	3+4	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
35	GK	RUS	Igor Akinfeev	44	0	28	0	0	0	10	0	6	0
42	DF	RUS	Georgi Shchennikov	30	5	18+1	3	0	0	9	2	1+1	0
63	FW	RUS	Fyodor Chalov	31	7	10+10	6	1	0	6+1	0	1+2	1
66	MF	ISR	Bibras Natkho	44	5	22+7	4	1	0	2+6	1	5+1	0
71	MF	RUS	Nayair Tiknizyan	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
72	MF	RUS	Astemir Gordyushenko	10	0	1+5	0	1	0	0+2	0	0+1	0
75	FW	RUS	Timur Zhamaletdinov	21	2	4+10	1	0+1	0	1+5	1	0	0
80	MF	RUS	Khetag Khosonov	8	0	1+4	0	1	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
82	MF	RUS	Ivan Oleynikov	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
89	MF	RUS	Konstantin Kuchayev	34	1	10+11	0	1	0	2+4	1	6	0
Players away from the club on loan:
31	MF	RUS	Aleksandr Makarov	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
99	FW	NGA	Aaron Olanare	11	1	5+2	1	1	0	1+2	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Russian Cup	Champions League	Europa League	Total
1	FW		11	Vitinho	10	0	2	0	12
2	MF		3	Pontus Wernbloom	5	0	2	1	8
3	MF		10	Alan Dzagoev	3	0	3	1	7
4	FW		63	Fyodor Chalov	6	0	0	1	7
	FW		7	Ahmed Musa	6	0	0	1	7
	MF		17	Aleksandr Golovin	5	0	0	2	7
7	MF		66	Bibras Natkho	4	0	1	0	5
	DF		42	Georgi Shchennikov	3	0	2	0	5
9	DF		5	Viktor Vasin	2	0	0	0	2
	FW		75	Timur Zhamaletdinov	1	0	1	0	2
				Own goal	0	0	2	0	2
12	FW		99	Aaron Olanare	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		24	Vasili Berezutski	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		6	Aleksei Berezutski	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		4	Sergei Ignashevich	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		89	Konstantin Kuchayev	0	0	1	0	1
	DF		14	Kirill Nababkin	0	0	0	1	1
				TOTALS	49	0	14	6	69

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Russian Cup		Champions League		Europa League		Total
2		DF	Mário Fernandes	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0
3		MF	Pontus Wernbloom	7	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	13	0
5		DF	Viktor Vasin	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
6		DF	Aleksei Berezutski	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
7		FW	Ahmed Musa	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
10		MF	Alan Dzagoev	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	7	0
11		FW	Vitinho	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0
14		DF	Kirill Nababkin	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	8	0
17		MF	Aleksandr Golovin	8	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	12	0
24		DF	Vasili Berezutski	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	5	0
25		MF	Kristijan Bistrović	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
35		GK	Igor Akinfeev	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
42		DF	Georgi Shchennikov	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	0
66		MF	Bibras Natkho	3	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	8	0
80		MF	Khetag Khosonov	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
89		MF	Konstantin Kuchayev	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	1
			TOTALS	49	2	2	0	21	0	14	0	86	2