2018–19 FC Rostov season

The 2018–19 FC Rostov season was the club's tenth successive season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of football in Russia. They finished the season 9th in the Premier League, and reached the Semifinal of the Russian Cup, where they lost to eventual winners Lokomotiv Moscow.

FC Rostov

2018–19 season
Chairman	Viktor Goncharov
Manager	Valeri Karpin
Stadium	Rostov Arena Olimp – 2
Russian Premier League	9th
Russian Cup	Semifinal vs Lokomotiv Moscow
Top goalscorer	League: Aleksei Ionov (6) All: Aleksei Ionov (6)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Season events

Squad

As of match played 26 May 2019

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
30	Sergei Pesyakov		GK	(1988-12-16)16 December 1988 (aged 30)	Spartak Moscow	2017		47	0
31	Ilya Abayev		GK	(1981-08-02)2 August 1981 (aged 37)	Lokomotiv Moscow	2017		24	0
Defenders
3	Maciej Wilusz		DF	(1988-09-25)25 September 1988 (aged 30)	Lech Poznań	2017		44	1
4	Sergei Parshivlyuk		DF	(1989-03-18)18 March 1989 (aged 30)	Anzhi Makhachkala	2017		57	3
5	Dennis Hadžikadunić		DF	(1998-07-09)9 July 1998 (aged 20)	Malmö FF	2018		12	1
6	Ragnar Sigurðsson		DF	(1986-06-19)19 June 1986 (aged 32)	Fulham	2018		40	0
24	Miha Mevlja		DF	(1990-06-12)12 June 1990 (aged 28)	loan from Zenit St.Petersburg	2019	2019	48	1
25	Arseny Logashov		DF	(1989-03-18)18 March 1989 (aged 30)	Baltika Kaliningrad	2018		43	2
28	Yevgeni Chernov		DF	(1992-10-23)23 October 1992 (aged 26)	Zenit St.Petersburg	2019	2022	15	0
33	Konstantin Pliyev		DF	(1996-10-26)26 October 1996 (aged 22)	Volgar Astrakhan	2018		6	0
80	Ivan Novoseltsev		DF	(1991-08-25)25 August 1991 (aged 27)	loan from Zenit St.Petersburg	2019	2019	62	2
81	Mikhail Osinov		DF	(2000-12-29)29 December 2000 (aged 18)	Academy	2017		1	0
92	Artyom Shchadin		DF	(1992-11-01)1 November 1992 (aged 26)	Kuban Krasnodar	2018		8	0
Midfielders
2	Timofei Kalachev		MF	(1981-05-01)1 May 1981 (aged 38)	Krylia Sovetov	2010		295	24
7	Roman Eremenko		MF	(1987-03-19)19 March 1987 (aged 32)	Spartak Moscow	2019		11	4
8	Ivelin Popov		MF	(1987-10-26)26 October 1987 (aged 31)	Spartak Moscow	2019		15	3
10	Aleksandr Zuyev		MF	(1996-06-26)26 June 1996 (aged 22)	Spartak Moscow	2018		53	3
11	Aleksei Ionov		MF	(1989-02-18)18 February 1989 (aged 30)	Dynamo Moscow	2017		51	11
15	Danil Glebov		MF	(1999-11-03)3 November 1999 (aged 19)	Anzhi Makhachkala	2019		11	0
17	Mathias Normann		MF	(1996-05-28)28 May 1996 (aged 22)	Brighton & Hove Albion	2019		11	0
18	Aleksandr Troshechkin		MF	(1996-04-23)23 April 1996 (aged 23)	Anzhi Makhachkala	2014		6	0
19	Baktiyar Zaynutdinov		MF	(1998-04-02)2 April 1998 (aged 21)	Astana	2019		12	0
84	Alexandru Gațcan		MF	(1984-03-27)27 March 1984 (aged 35)	Rubin Kazan	2018		314	24
	Dmitri Veber		MF	(1999-02-10)10 February 1999 (aged 20)	SKA Rostov-on-Don	2016		3	0
Forwards
9	Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson		ST	(1991-02-26)26 February 1991 (aged 28)	Molde	2018		32	6
14	Eldor Shomurodov		ST	(1995-06-29)29 June 1995 (aged 23)	Bunyodkor	2017		52	6
Out on loan
17	Anton Salétros		MF	(1996-04-12)12 April 1996 (aged 23)	AIK	2018		9	1
21	Matija Boben		DF	(1994-02-26)26 February 1994 (aged 25)	ND Gorica	2017		9	0
23	Viðar Örn Kjartansson		ST	(1990-03-11)11 March 1990 (aged 29)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2018		11	2
	Maksim Skrynnik		MF	(1999-07-21)21 July 1999 (aged 19)	Academy	2018		0	0
	Khoren Bayramyan		MF	(1992-01-07)7 January 1992 (aged 27)	Academy	2011		67	1
	Reziuan Mirzov		MF	(1993-06-22)22 June 1993 (aged 25)	Akhmat Grozny	2017		3	0
	Saeid Ezatolahi		MF	(1996-10-01)1 October 1996 (aged 22)	Atlético Madrid C	2017		18	2
	Nikita Kryukov		MF	(1999-10-05)5 October 1999 (aged 19)	Academy	2018		0	0
	Dmitri Solovyov		MF	(1998-01-06)6 January 1998 (aged 21)	Academy	2017		0	0
Left during the season
7	Artur Yusupov		MF	(1989-09-01)1 September 1989 (aged 29)	Zenit St.Petersburg	2018		32	2
8	Ayaz Guliyev		MF	(1996-11-27)27 November 1996 (aged 22)	Spartak Moscow	2017		21	1
15	Sverrir Ingi Ingason		DF	(1993-08-05)5 August 1993 (aged 25)	Granada	2017		49	5
20	Žan Majer		MF	(1992-07-25)25 July 1992 (aged 26)	Domžale	2017		17	0
77	Dmitri Skopintsev		MF	(1997-03-02)2 March 1997 (aged 22)	Liefering	2016		29	1

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  SVN Matija Boben (at Livorno) — DF  RUS Maksim Skrynnik (at SKA Rostov-on-Don) — MF  RUS Khoren Bayramyan (at Rubin Kazan) — MF  IRN Saeid Ezatolahi (at Reading)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  RUS Nikita Kryukov (at Zenit-Izhevsk) — MF  RUS Reziuan Mirzov (at Arsenal Tula) — MF  SWE Anton Salétros (at AIK) — FW  RUS Dmitri Solovyov (at Veles Moscow)

Transfers

Main articles: List of Russian football transfers summer 2018 and List of Russian football transfers winter 2018–19

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
27 May 2018	MF		Aleksandr Zuyev	Spartak Moscow	Undisclosed	[1]
6 June 2018	MF		Ayaz Guliyev	Spartak Moscow	Undisclosed	[2]
6 June 2018	MF		Anton Salétros	AIK	Undisclosed	[3]
20 June 2018	DF		Arseny Logashov	Baltika Kaliningrad	Undisclosed	[4]
12 July 2018	DF		Dennis Hadžikadunić	Malmö	Undisclosed	[5]
25 July 2018	MF		Artur Yusupov	Zenit St.Petersburg	Free	[6]
25 July 2018	MF		Artyom Shchadin	Kuban Krasnodar	Free	[7]
31 August 2018	FW		Viðar Örn Kjartansson	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Undisclosed	[8]
	DF		Pavel Zenzura	Akademiya Futbola Rostov-on-Don
	MF		Andrei Napolov	Kuban Krasnodar
12 January 2019	MF		Baktiyar Zaynutdinov	Astana	Undisclosed	[9]
13 January 2019	MF		Danil Glebov	Anzhi Makhachkala	Undisclosed	[10]
18 January 2019	MF		Roman Eremenko	Spartak Moscow	Free	[11]
24 January 2019	MF		Ivelin Popov	Spartak Moscow	Undisclosed	[12]
28 January 2019	MF		Mathias Normann	Brighton & Hove Albion	Undisclosed	[13]
10 February 2019	DF		Yevgeni Chernov	Zenit St.Petersburg	Undisclosed	[14]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
7 June 2018	MF		Nika Kacharava	Anorthosis Famagusta	Undisclosed	[15]
12 June 2018	MF		Igor Kireyev	Mordovia Saransk	Undisclosed	[16]
12 July 2018	GK		Yevgeni Goshev	Shinnik Yaroslavl	Undisclosed	[17]
	GK		Danila Yermakov	Spartak Moscow	Undisclosed
	DF		Dmitri Khristis	Akademiya Futbola Rostov-on-Don	Undisclosed
	MF		Andrei Potapov	Saturn Ramenskoye	Undisclosed
9 January 2019	MF		Ayaz Guliyev	Spartak Moscow	Undisclosed	[18]
1 February 2019	DF		Sverrir Ingi Ingason	PAOK	Undisclosed	[19]
19 February 2019	MF		Dmitri Skopintsev	Krasnodar	Undisclosed	[20]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
29 January 2019	DF		Ivan Novoseltsev	Zenit St.Petersburg	End of Season	[21]
21 February 2019	DF		Miha Mevlja	Zenit St.Petersburg	End of Season	[22]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
23 June 2018	MF		Khoren Bayramyan	Rubin Kazan	End of Season	[23]
28 June 2018	FW		Dmitri Solovyov	Veles Moscow	End of Season	[24]
20 July 2018	DF		Konstantin Pliyev	Baltika Kaliningrad	25 December 2018	[25][26]
31 August 2018	MF		Saeid Ezatolahi	Reading	End of Season	[27]
31 August 2018	MF		Reziuan Mirzov	Arsenal Tula	End of Season	[28]
31 August 2018	MF		Aleksandr Troshechkin	Avangard Kursk	Winter 2019	[29]
	DF		Maksim Skrynnik	SKA Rostov-on-Don
	MF		Nikita Kryukov	Zenit-Izhevsk
28 January 2019	DF		Matija Boben	Livorno	End of Season	[30]
6 February 2019	MF		Anton Salétros	AIK	End of Season	[31]
18 March 2019	FW		Viðar Örn Kjartansson	Hammarby	End of Season	[32]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
30 June 2018	MF		Moussa Doumbia	Reims	1 July 2018	[33]
4 July 2018	MF		Valeriu Ciupercă	Tambov	13 July 2018	[34][35]
5 July 2018	FW		Vladimir Dyadyun	Baltika Kaliningrad	5 July 2018	[36][37]
21 August 2018	MF		Aleksandr Sapeta	Nizhny Novgorod		[38]
23 August 2018	DF		Yevgeni Makeyev	Sochi	31 August 2018	[39][40]
	MF		Sergei Zabrodin
	MF		Ilya Maletsky
	MF		Sergei Ponedelnik
	MF		Elvin Talibov
	MF		Sergei Kiryakov
11 January 2019[41]	MF		Artur Yusupov	Dynamo Moscow	14 January 2019	[42]
1 February 2019[43]	MF		Žan Majer	Lecce	20 February 2019	[44]
31 May 2019	MF		Timofei Kalachev	Retired		[45]

Friendlies

Rostov v Partizan

29 Friday 2018	Rostov	2 – 0	Partizan	Austria
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Gațcan  10' Mirzov 20' Kalachev 21' Pliyev  50'	Report

Rostov v Radnički Niš

2 July 2018	Rostov	1 – 1	Radnički Niš	Austria
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ionov 39' (pen.) Wilusz  81' Mirzov  88'	Report	78'

Rostov v Trenčín

5 July 2018	Rostov	1 – 1	Trenčín	Austria
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Panyukov 57'	Report	32'

Rostov v Slavia Prague

14 July 2018	Rostov	1 – 2	Slavia Prague	Wieselburg, Austria
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Shomurodov 76'	Report	Stoch 34' Tecl 51'

Rostov v Hajduk Split

19 July 2018	Rostov	0 – 4	Hajduk Split	Antalya, Turkey
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Gațcan  30'	Report	Hamza 22' Caktaš 34' Ivanovski 60' Gyurcsó 70'

Rostov v Kukësi

11 January 2019	Rostov	1 – 1	Kukësi	Antalya, Turkey
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Zuyev 17'	Report	42'

Rostov v Atyrau

14 January 2019	Rostov	1 – 0	Atyrau
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ionov 65'	Report

Rostov v Spartak Moscow

21 January 2019 2019 Match Premier Cup	Rostov	1 – 2	Spartak Moscow	Doha, Qatar
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Luiz Adriano 58' (pen.) Glushakov 90'	Report	Kjartansson 40'	Stadium: Aspire Dome

Rostov v Lokomotiv Moscow

25 January 2019 2019 Match Premier Cup	Rostov	1 – 1 (3 – 4 p)	Lokomotiv Moscow	Doha, Qatar
21:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Kjartansson 56'	Report	Barinov 49'	Stadium: Aspire Dome
	Penalties
	Sigurðsson Eremenko Osinov Ionov Hadžikadunić		Eder Zhemaletdinov Barinov Tugarev Höwedes

Rostov v Zenit St.Petersburg

28 January 2019 2019 Match Premier Cup	Rostov	0 – 5	Zenit St.Petersburg	Doha, Qatar
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Kuzyayev 41' Dzyuba 53' Shatov 60' Terentyev 87', 88'	Stadium: Aspire Dome

Rostov v Östersunds

8 February 2019	Rostov	2 – 4	Östersunds	Marbella, Spain
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Skopintsev 1' Pliyev  10' Kjartansson 60' Normann  84'	Report	44' 63' 69' (pen.) 90'

Rostov v Vålerenga

12 February 2019	Rostov	1 – 1	Vålerenga	Spain
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ionov 86'	Report	63'

Rostov v Lillestrøm

17 February 2019	Rostov	1 – 1	Lillestrøm	Spain
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)	29' (o.g.)	Report	65'

Rostov v Ventspils

18 February 2019	Rostov	3 – 0	Ventspils	Spain
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Popov 46', 78' Shchadin 84'	Report

Competitions

Russian Premier League

Main article: 2018–19 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	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	D	W	L	L	W	D	D	L	D	L	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	D	D	W	L
Position	5	2	5	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	5	4	4	4	5	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	7	8	7	9

Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2019. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Rostov v Akhmat Grozny

28 July 2018 1	Rostov	1 – 0	Akhmat Grozny	Rostov-on-Don
21:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Sigurðarson 45+1'	Report	Semyonov  25'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 27,975 Referee: Aleksey Sukhoi

CSKA Moscow v Rostov

5 August 2018 2	CSKA Moscow	0 – 1	Rostov	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Akhmetov  50' Bijol  65' Nababkin  90+3'	Report	Parshivlyuk 7' Yusupov  52'	Stadium: VEB Arena Referee: Evgeny Turbin

Rostov v Krylia Sovetov

11 August 2018 3	Rostov	0 – 1	Krylia Sovetov	Rostov-on-Don
21:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Gațcan  49'	Report	Sobolev 45+2'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 30,986 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Rostov v Yenisey Krasnoyarsk

19 August 2018 4	Rostov	4 – 0	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	Rostov-on-Don
21:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Sigurðarson 31', 35' Wilusz  57' Ionov 58' Skopintsev  60' Guliyev 83'	Report	Dugalić  57'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 21,850 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

Arsenal Tula v Rostov

24 August 2018 5	Arsenal Tula	0 – 1	Rostov	Tula
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Ionov 65' (pen.) Zuyev  88' Gațcan  90+4'	Stadium: Arsenal Stadium Attendance: 12,289 Referee: Kirill Levnikov

Rostov v Rubin Kazan

31 August 2018 6	Rostov	1 – 1	Rubin Kazan	Rostov-on-Don
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Gațcan  8' Ionov 37' (pen.) Parshivlyuk  50' Yusupov  60'	Report	Sorokin 50' Kambolov  63' Konovalov  65' Azmoun  78' Shekari  89'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 40,012 Referee: Aleksei Yeskov

Ural Yekaterinburg v Rostov

15 September 2018 7	Ural Yekaterinburg	1 – 1	Rostov	Yekaterinburg
17:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Haroyan 47' Boumal  84' Fidler  90+1'	Report	Ionov 49' Guliyev  61'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 18,337 Referee: Roman Galimov

Rostov v Ufa

22 September 2018 8	Rostov	0 – 0	Ufa	Rostov-on-Don
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Wilusz  29'	Report	Igboun  17' Tabidze  71' Carp  87'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 35,337 Referee: Vasiliy Kazartsev

Spartak Moscow v Rostov

30 September 2018 9	Spartak Moscow	0 – 1	Rostov	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Kalachev  13' Parshivlyuk  23' Zuyev 67'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 33,328 Referee: Nikolay Voloshin

Rostov v Orenburg

6 October 2018 10	Rostov	0 – 1	Orenburg	Rostov-on-Don
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Parshivlyuk  37' Gațcan  90+1'	Report	Terekhov 11' Andreyev  23' Afonin  54' Miškić  83' Sutormin  90+2' Oyewole  90+2' Chukanov  90+3'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 25,147 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

Lokomotiv Moscow v Rostov

19 October 2018 11	Lokomotiv Moscow	2 – 1	Rostov	Moscow
20:30 MSK (UTC+3)	An.Miranchuk 26' Barinov  42' Kvirkvelia 60' 77'	Report	Ingason 27' Guliyev  31' Salétros  68' Sigurðsson  87'	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 13,345 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

Rostov v Anzhi Makhachkala

27 October 2018 12	Rostov	1 – 0	Anzhi Makhachkala	Rostov-on-Don
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Skopintsev  16'  53' Guliyev  25' Sigurðarson 37'	Report	Chaykovskyi  56' Chancellor  64' Savichev  67' Rabiu  89'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 31,267 Referee: Sergey Karasev

Krasnodar v Rostov

4 November 2018 13	Krasnodar	2 – 2	Rostov	Krasnodar
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Ari 16', 72' Pereyra  56' Stotsky  90+5'	Report	Shomurodov 7' Ingason 81' Parshivlyuk  90+5'	Stadium: Krasnodar Stadium Attendance: 34,652 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

Rostov v Dynamo Moscow

10 November 2018 14	Rostov	0 – 0	Dynamo Moscow	Rostov-on-Don
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ingason  25'	Report	Holmén  3' Markov  45+1' Šunjić  62' Yevgenyev  85'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 27,437 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

Zenit St.Petersburg v Rostov

25 November 2018 15	Zenit St.Petersburg	2 – 0	Rostov	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Driussi 12' Yerokhin 63'	Report	Guliyev  35'  81' Sigurðsson  79' Gațcan  89'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 46,282 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

Rostov v CSKA Moscow

2 December 2018 16	Rostov	0 – 0	CSKA Moscow	Rostov-on-Don
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Yusupov  49' Zuyev  56'	Report	Vlašić  4' 55' Oblyakov  49'  89' Shchennikov  64'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 32,182 Referee: Kirill Levnikov

Krylia Sovetov v Rostov

8 December 2018 17	Krylia Sovetov	1 – 0	Rostov	Samara
12:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Bashkirov  2' Anton 11' (pen.) Kornilenko  26'  44' Sheydayev  82' Samardžić  86'	Report	Hadžikadunić  10' Gațcan  74'  85' Sigurðsson  82' Ingason  90+4'	Stadium: Samara Arena Attendance: 7,213 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Yenisey Krasnoyarsk v Rostov

3 March 2019 18	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	1 – 1	Rostov	Sochi
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Gadzhibekov  23' Khubulov  76' Sobolev  80' Sarr 83' Danchenko  90+4'	Report	Normann  40' Sigurðarson 68'	Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,116 Referee: Aleksei Matyunin

Rostov v Arsenal Tula

10 March 2019 19	Rostov	0 – 0	Arsenal Tula	Rostov-on-Don
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Sigurðarson  21' Eremenko  83' Novoseltsev  90+1'	Report	Bakayev  66'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 1,850 Referee: Aleksey Sukhoy

Rubin Kazan v Rostov

16 March 2019 20	Rubin Kazan	0 – 2	Rostov	Kazan
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Eremenko  8' 83', 89' Zaynutdinov  70'	Stadium: Kazan Arena Attendance: 5,101 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

Rostov v Ural Yekaterinburg

30 March 2019 21	Rostov	2 – 1	Ural Yekaterinburg	Rostov-on-Don
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ionov 10' Parshivlyuk  15' Zuyev  67' Normann  86' Pogrebnyak 90+3' (o.g.)	Report	El Kabir 52' Pogrebnyak  79'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 27,487 Referee: Vasiliy Kazartsev

Ufa v Rostov

7 April 2019 22	Ufa	1 – 0	Rostov	Ufa
11:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Igboun 25' Carp  54' Jokić  90+2'	Report	Zaynutdinov  24' Normann  71'	Stadium: Neftyanik Stadium Attendance: 10,287 Referee: Aleksei Matyunin

Rostov v Spartak Moscow

14 April 2019 23	Rostov	2 – 1	Spartak Moscow	Rostov-on-Don
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Gațcan 13' Parshivlyuk  28' Glebov  45' Logashov  56' Eremenko  61' Shomurodov 80'	Report	Zobnin 27' Bocchetti  64' Melkadze  77'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 41,097 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

Orenburg v Rostov

20 April 2019 24	Orenburg	3 – 0	Rostov	Orenburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Normann 41' (o.g.) Galadzhan 60'  81' Chirkin  90+1'	Report	Normann  39' Novoseltsev  82'	Stadium: Gazovik Stadium Attendance: 5,471 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

Rostov v Lokomotiv Moscow

24 April 2019 25	Rostov	1 – 2	Lokomotiv Moscow	Rostov-on-Don
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Zaynutdinov  25' Ionov 39' (pen.) Gațcan  60' Glebov  77'	Report	Farfán 5', 83'  7' Al.Miranchuk  20' Guilherme  90+1'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 29,173 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

Anzhi Makhachkala v Rostov

27 April 2019 26	Anzhi Makhachkala	1 – 1	Rostov	Kaspiysk
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Zakirov 77' Elmurzayev  84'	Report	Eremenko 35' Aleksandr Zuyev  55'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Referee: Sergei Karasev

Rostov v Krasnodar

5 May 2019 27	Rostov	1 – 1	Krasnodar	Rostov-on-Don
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Novoseltsev  24' Glebov  67' Hadžikadunić  85' Shomurodov 89' Parshivlyuk  90+1'	Report	Claesson 25' (pen.) Gazinsky  72'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Referee: Vasiliy Kazartsev

Dynamo Moscow v Rostov

10 May 2019 28	Dynamo Moscow	0 – 0	Rostov	Khimki
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 5,497 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

Rostov v Zenit St.Petersburg

19 May 2019 29	Rostov	1 – 0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Rostov-on-Don
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Glebov  56' Popov 67' (pen.)	Report	Mammana  66' Rigoni  70' Nabiullin  90+2'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 35,586 Referee: Pavel Kukuyan

Akhmat Grozny v Rostov

26 May 2019 30	Akhmat Grozny	1 – 0	Rostov	Grozny
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Semyonov  20' Mbengue 38'	Report	Sigurðsson  8' Ionov  44' Pliyev  48' Glebov  52' Kalachev  77' Gațcan  83'	Stadium: Akhmat-Arena Attendance: 8,630 Referee: Vasily Kazartsev

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Orenburg	30	12	7	11	39	34	+5	43
8	Akhmat Grozny	30	11	9	10	29	30	−1	42
9	Rostov	30	10	11	9	25	23	+2	41
10	Ural Yekaterinburg	30	10	8	12	33	45	−12	38
11	Rubin Kazan	30	7	15	8	24	30	−6	36

Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2019. 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; 11) Play-off.^[46]

Russian Cup

Main article: 2018–19 Russian Cup

Syzran-2003 v Rostov

26 September 2018 Round of 32	Syzran-2003	0 – 4	Rostov	Syzran
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Shomurodov 21' Salétros 31' Kjartansson 64', 69'	Stadium: Kristall Stadium Attendance: 2,070 Referee: Ivan Saraev

Rostov v Zenit St.Petersburg

1 November 2018 Round of 16	Rostov	3 – 1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Rostov-on-Don
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Logashov 4' Ionov  13' Ingason  28' Yusupov 83' Hadžikadunić 90' Skopintsev  90+3'	Report	Driussi 29' (pen.) Zabolotny  68' Neto  83' Ivanović  90+4'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 35,086 Referee: Roman Galimov

Krasnodar v Rostov

5 December 2018 Quarterfinal 1st leg	Krasnodar	2 – 2	Rostov	Krasnodar
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Ignatyev 17' Cueva 31'	Report	Skopintsev 40' Zuyev  56' Majer  57' Gațcan 89'	Stadium: Krasnodar Stadium Attendance: 15,428 Referee: Evgeny Turbin

Rostov v Krasnodar

24 February 2019 Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Rostov	1 – 0	Krasnodar	Rostov-on-Don
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Zuyev  29' Shomurodov  62' Popov  83' 87' Pesyakov  90+3'	Report	Gazinsky  39' Spajić  48' Ramírez  59' Kaboré  64'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 10,171 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

Lokomotiv Moscow v Rostov

3 April 2018 Semifinal 1st leg	Lokomotiv Moscow	2 – 2	Rostov	Moscow
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Kvirkvelia  28' Barinov  54' An.Miranchuk 67' Ćorluka  83' Novoseltsev 85' (o.g.)	Report	Eremenko 50' Popov 84' (pen.) Logashov  90+6'	Stadium: RZD Arena Referee: Kirill Levnikov

Rostov v Lokomotiv Moscow

15 May 2019 Semifinal 2nd leg	Rostov	0 – 2 (2 – 4 agg.)	Lokomotiv Moscow	Rostov-on-Don
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Zaynutdinov  7' Glebov  76' Pliyev  79'	Report	Kvirkvelia  37' Zhemaletdinov  44' 45+2' Smolov 62'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 32,580 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

Squad statistics

As of match played 26 May 2019

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Russian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	MF	BLR	Timofei Kalachev	14	0	5+7	0	1+1	0
3	DF	POL	Maciej Wilusz	17	0	16	0	1	0
4	DF	RUS	Sergei Parshivlyuk	26	1	22+2	1	2	0
5	DF	SWE	Dennis Hadžikadunić	12	1	8	0	4	1
6	DF	ISL	Ragnar Sigurðsson	31	0	27	0	3+1	0
7	MF	FIN	Roman Eremenko	11	4	9	3	2	1
8	MF	BUL	Ivelin Popov	15	3	8+4	1	2+1	2
9	FW	ISL	Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson	26	5	21+5	5	0	0
10	MF	RUS	Aleksandr Zuyev	26	1	9+13	1	3+1	0
11	MF	RUS	Aleksei Ionov	30	6	20+5	6	5	0
14	FW	UZB	Eldor Shomurodov	32	4	10+16	3	2+4	1
15	MF	RUS	Danil Glebov	11	0	6+2	0	1+2	0
17	MF	NOR	Mathias Normann	11	0	9	0	1+1	0
19	MF	KAZ	Baktiyar Zaynutdinov	12	0	4+6	0	2	0
24	DF	SVN	Miha Mevlja	8	0	7	0	1	0
25	DF	RUS	Arseny Logashov	17	1	10+3	0	4	1
28	DF	RUS	Yevgeni Chernov	15	0	12	0	3	0
30	GK	RUS	Sergei Pesyakov	25	0	19	0	6	0
31	GK	RUS	Ilya Abayev	11	0	11	0	0	0
33	DF	RUS	Konstantin Pliyev	5	0	2+2	0	1	0
71	MF	RUS	Dmitri Veber	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
80	DF	RUS	Ivan Novoseltsev	12	0	8+1	0	2+1	0
81	DF	RUS	Mikhail Osinov	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
84	MF	MDA	Alexandru Gațcan	29	2	23+1	1	4+1	1
92	MF	RUS	Artyom Shchadin	8	0	2+4	0	1+1	0
Players away from the club on loan:
17	MF	SWE	Anton Salétros	9	1	6	0	3	1
21	DF	SVN	Matija Boben	1	0	0	0	1	0
22	MF	RUS	Reziuan Mirzov	3	0	0+3	0	0	0
23	FW	ISL	Viðar Örn Kjartansson	11	2	1+7	0	3	2
Players who left Rostov during the season:
7	MF	RUS	Artur Yusupov	16	1	10+3	0	2+1	1
8	MF	RUS	Ayaz Guliyev	15	1	13+1	1	0+1	0
15	DF	ISL	Sverrir Ingi Ingason	19	2	17	2	2	0
20	MF	SVN	Žan Majer	2	0	0	0	2	0
77	MF	RUS	Dmitri Skopintsev	17	1	15	0	2	1

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Russian Cup	Total
1	MF		11	Aleksei Ionov	6	0	6
2	FW		9	Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson	5	0	5
3	MF		7	Roman Eremenko	3	1	4
	FW		14	Eldor Shomurodov	3	1	4
5	MF		8	Ivelin Popov	1	2	3
6	DF		15	Sverrir Ingi Ingason	2	0	2
	MF		84	Alexandru Gațcan	1	1	2
	FW		23	Viðar Örn Kjartansson	0	2	2
9	DF		4	Sergei Parshivlyuk	1	0	1
	MF		8	Ayaz Guliyev	1	0	1
	MF		10	Aleksandr Zuyev	1	0	1
	MF		17	Anton Salétros	0	1	1
	DF		25	Arseny Logashov	0	1	1
	MF		7	Artur Yusupov	0	1	1
	DF		5	Dennis Hadžikadunić	0	1	1
	MF		77	Dmitri Skopintsev	0	1	1
				Own goal	1	0	1
				TOTALS	25	12	37

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Russian Cup		Total
2		MF	Timofei Kalachev	2	0	0	0	2	0
3		DF	Maciej Wilusz	2	0	0	0	2	0
4		DF	Sergei Parshivlyuk	7	0	0	0	7	0
5		DF	Dennis Hadžikadunić	2	0	0	0	2	0
6		DF	Ragnar Sigurðsson	3	1	0	0	3	1
7		MF	Roman Eremenko	3	0	0	0	3	0
8		MF	Ivelin Popov	0	0	1	0	1	0
9		FW	Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson	1	0	0	0	1	0
10		MF	Aleksandr Zuyev	4	0	2	0	6	0
11		MF	Aleksei Ionov	1	0	1	0	2	0
14		FW	Eldor Shomurodov	0	0	1	0	1	0
15		MF	Danil Glebov	5	0	1	0	6	0
17		MF	Mathias Normann	4	0	0	0	4	0
19		MF	Baktiyar Zaynutdinov	3	0	1	0	4	0
25		DF	Arseny Logashov	1	0	1	0	2	0
30		GK	Sergei Pesyakov	0	0	1	0	1	0
33		DF	Konstantin Pliyev	1	0	1	0	2	0
80		DF	Ivan Novoseltsev	3	0	0	0	3	0
84		MF	Alexandru Gațcan	9	1	0	0	9	1
Players away on loan:
17		MF	Anton Salétros	1	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left Rostov during the season:
7		MF	Artur Yusupov	3	0	0	0	3	0
8		MF	Ayaz Guliyev	5	1	0	0	5	1
15		DF	Sverrir Ingi Ingason	3	0	1	0	4	0
20		MF	Žan Majer	0	0	1	0	1	0
77		MF	Dmitri Skopintsev	3	1	1	0	4	1
			TOTALS	66	4	13	0	79	4