2020–21 FC Rostov season

The 2020–21 season was FC Rostov's 91st season in existence and the club's 12th consecutive season in the top flight of Russian football. In addition to the domestic league, Rostov participated in this season's editions of the Russian Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from 1 August 2020 to 30 June 2021. Rostov finished the season in 9th place, reached the Round of 16 of the Russian Cup, and where knocked out of the UEFA Europa League at the third round stage.

FC Rostov

2020–21 season
Chairman	Artashes Arutyunyants
Manager	Valeri Karpin
Stadium	Rostov Arena
Premier League	9th
Russian Cup	Round of 16 vs Akhmat Grozny
UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round vs Maccabi Haifa
Top goalscorer	League: Kento Hashimoto and Dmitry Poloz (6) All: Kento Hashimoto and Dmitry Poloz (6)
Highest home attendance	32,888 vs Spartak Moscow (4 April 2021)
Lowest home attendance	0 vs Maccabi Haifa (24 September 2020)
Average home league attendance	12,523 (16 May 2021)
Home colours Away colours
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

Season events

On 4 August, Rostov announced the signing of Aleksandr Smirnov.^[1]

On 10 August, Aleksandr Zuyev moved permanently to Rubin Kazan, where he'd been on loan at the previous season.^[2]

On 14 August, Danila Vedernikov joined Volgar Astrakhan on a season-long loan deal,^[3] and Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson left the club to re-join Lillestrøm.^[4]

On 15 August, Danila Proshlyakov joined Torpedo Moscow on a season-long loan deal.^[5]

On 20 August, Rostov announced that Saeid Ezatolahi had left the club to sign for Vejle,^[6] and that Aleksandr Saplinov had Rotor Volgograd on a season-long loan deal, with Rostov retaining the possibility of recalling Saplinov during the winter transfer window.^[7]

On 23 August, Rostov and Sochi agreed a swap deal with Ivelin Popov joining Sochi and Dmitry Poloz returning to Rostov.^[8]

On 2 September, Rostov announced that Aleksandr Pavlovets would join Rostov when his Dynamo Brest contract expires.^[9]

On 18 September, Rostov's game against Rotor Volgograd was postponed due to a COVID-19 outbreak within the Rotor Volgograd squad.^[10] On 22 September, Rostov were awarded a 3-0 technical victory over Rotor Volgograd.^[11]

On 25 September, Konstantin Pliyev was loaned to Ufa for the season.^[12]

On 1 October, Eldor Shomurodov left Rostov to sign for Genoa,^[13] and Vladimir Obukhov joined Rostov from Tambov.^[14]

On 5 October, Sarpsborg 08 announced the signing of Anton Salétros following his release by Rostov.^[15]

On 6 October, Yevgeni Chernov left Rostov to sign Krasnodar.^[16]

On 14 October, Rostov announced that Pavlovets would be completing his transfer from Dynamo Brest before the end of the current Russian transfer window.^[17] The follow day, 15 October, Aleksei Ionov left the club to sign permanently for Krasnodar,^[18] Dmitri Chistyakov moved to Zenit St.Petersburg on loan for the remainder of the season with an option for Zenit to make the deal permanent.^[19] On the same day, Denis Terentyev returned to Rostov on a permanent deal from Zenit,^[20] Pontus Almqvist joined on a five-year contract from IFK Norrköping,^[21] as did Armin Gigović from Helsingborgs IF on a similar deal.^[22]

On 16 October, Arseny Logashov and Aleksandr Dolgov moved to Khimki on season-long loan deals,^[23] and the following day Rostov signed Haitam Aleesami on a contract until the end of the season,^[24] and loaned Roman Tugarev from Lokomotiv Moscow for the season.^[25]

On 29 December, Danila Proshlyakov returned to Rostov after his loan to Torpedo Moscow was ended.^[26]

On 3 February, Maksim Turishchev signed for Rostov on a 4.5-year contract from Lokomotiv Moscow.^[27]

On 16 February, Rostov announced the loan signing of Ali Sowe from CSKA Sofia with the option to make the move permanent.^[28]

On 23 February, Roman Eremenko left Rostov by mutual consent,^[29] and David Toshevski joined Tambov on loan for the remainder of the season.^[30]

Squad

As of match played 16 May 2021

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 32)	Spartak Moscow	2017	2022[31]	92	0
77	Maksim Rudakov		GK	(1996-01-22)22 January 1996 (aged 25)	Zenit St.Petersburg	2020[32]	2024[32]	1	0
Defenders
2	Haitam Aleesami		DF	(1991-07-31)31 July 1991 (aged 29)	Amiens	2020[24]	2021[24]	14	0
3	Tomas Rukas		DF	(1996-09-04)4 September 1996 (aged 24)	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	2021[33]		0	0
4	Denis Terentyev		DF	(1992-08-13)13 August 1992 (aged 28)	Zenit St.Petersburg	2020[20]		65	0
5	Dennis Hadžikadunić		DF	(1998-07-09)9 July 1998 (aged 22)	Malmö FF	2018		58	3
22	Aleksandr Pavlovets		DF	(1996-08-13)13 August 1996 (aged 24)	Dynamo Brest	2020[9]		5	0
34	Aleksei Kozlov		DF	(1986-12-25)25 December 1986 (aged 34)	Dynamo Moscow	2019[34]		50	1
55	Maksim Osipenko		DF	(1994-05-16)16 May 1994 (aged 27)	Tambov	2020[35]	2024[35]	39	0
71	Nikolai Poyarkov		DF	(1999-10-16)16 October 1999 (aged 21)	Lokomotiv Moscow	2019		18	0
96	Aleksandr Gapechkin		DF	(2002-06-16)16 June 2002 (aged 18)	Academy	2019		1	0
Midfielders
6	Kento Hashimoto		MF	(1993-08-16)16 August 1993 (aged 27)	FC Tokyo	2020[36]	2024[36]	20	6
8	Armin Gigović		MF	(2002-04-06)6 April 2002 (aged 19)	Helsingborgs IF	2020[22]	2025[22]	17	1
10	Pavel Mamayev		MF	(1988-09-17)17 September 1988 (aged 32)	Krasnodar	2019[37]	2021[37]	20	4
11	Pontus Almqvist		MF	(1999-07-10)10 July 1999 (aged 21)	IFK Norrköping	2020[21]	2025[21]	20	1
15	Danil Glebov		MF	(1999-11-03)3 November 1999 (aged 21)	Anzhi Makhachkala	2019		60	1
17	Mathias Normann		MF	(1996-05-28)28 May 1996 (aged 24)	Brighton & Hove Albion	2019		52	2
19	Khoren Bayramyan		MF	(1992-01-07)7 January 1992 (aged 29)	Academy	2011		120	8
21	Georgi Makhatadze		MF	(1998-03-26)26 March 1998 (aged 23)	Lokomotiv Moscow	2021[38]	2025[38]	11	1
23	Roman Tugarev		MF	(1998-07-22)22 July 1998 (aged 22)	Lokomotiv Moscow	2021[39]		16	1
24	Konstantin Kovalyov		MF	(2000-01-14)14 January 2000 (aged 21)	Avangard Kursk	2020[40]		1	0
25	Kirill Folmer		MF	(2000-02-25)25 February 2000 (aged 21)	Ufa	2021[41]		6	0
26	Aleksandr Saplinov		MF	(1997-08-12)12 August 1997 (aged 23)	Baltika Kaliningrad	2019[42]	2023[42]	26	3
Forwards
13	Vladimir Obukhov		FW	(1992-02-08)8 February 1992 (aged 29)	Tambov	2020[14]		11	0
20	Ali Sowe		FW	(1994-06-14)14 June 1994 (aged 26)	loan from CSKA Sofia	2021[28]	2021[28]	12	3
76	Danila Sukhomlinov		FW	(2002-08-13)13 August 2002 (aged 18)	Saturn-Master Egorjevsk	2020[43]		3	0
90	Maksim Turishchev		FW	(2002-03-05)5 March 2002 (aged 19)	Lokomotiv Moscow	2021[27]	2025[27]	1	0
99	Dmitry Poloz		FW	(1991-07-12)12 July 1991 (aged 29)	Sochi	2020[8]		184	35
Youth team
51	Yevgeni Cherkes		MF	(2001-06-23)23 June 2001 (aged 19)	Salyut Belgorod	2019		1	0
52	Roman Romanov		MF	(2003-03-28)28 March 2003 (aged 18)	Academy	2020		1	1
57	Nikita Kolotievskiy		FW	(2001-03-04)4 March 2001 (aged 20)	Academy	2020		1	0
58	Tamaz Topuria		FW	(2002-01-29)29 January 2002 (aged 19)	Academy	2020		1	0
60	Pavel Gorelov		MF	(2003-01-22)22 January 2003 (aged 18)	Academy	2020		1	0
61	Nikita Kashtan		MF	(2003-09-01)1 September 2003 (aged 17)	Academy	2020		1	0
62	Ivan Komarov		MF	(2003-04-15)15 April 2003 (aged 18)	Academy	2020		1	0
65	Timofey Kalistratov		DF	(2003-02-18)18 February 2003 (aged 18)	Academy	2020		1	0
66	William Rogava		DF	(2003-01-25)25 January 2003 (aged 18)	Academy	2020		1	0
72	Vladimir Abramov		DF	(2002-04-05)5 April 2002 (aged 19)	Academy	2020		1	0
74	Nikita Kupriyanov		MF	(2002-04-23)23 April 2002 (aged 19)	Academy	2020		1	0
75	Danil Khromov		FW	(2002-12-25)25 December 2002 (aged 18)	Academy	2020		1	0
82	Maksim Stavtsev		MF	(2004-01-29)29 January 2004 (aged 17)	Academy	2020		1	0
84	Aleksey Kornienko		FW	(2003-01-15)15 January 2003 (aged 18)	Academy	2020		1	0
98	Sergey Kochkanyan		MF	(2003-05-05)5 May 2003 (aged 18)	Academy	2020		1	0
	Kirill Girnyk		DF	(2003-03-31)31 March 2003 (aged 18)	Academy	2020		1	0
Out on loan
1	Yegor Baburin		GK	(1993-08-09)9 August 1993 (aged 27)	Zenit St.Petersburg	2019[44]	2024[44]	16	0
4	Danila Vedernikov		DF	(2001-06-06)6 June 2001 (aged 19)	Krasnodar	2019		7	0
9	David Toshevski		FW	(2001-07-16)16 July 2001 (aged 19)	Rabotnički	2020[45]	2025[45]	7	0
12	Aleksandr Smirnov		MF	(1996-04-12)12 April 1996 (aged 25)	Khimki	2020[1]		1	0
25	Arseny Logashov		DF	(1989-03-18)18 March 1989 (aged 32)	Baltika Kaliningrad	2018		59	2
47	Aleksandr Dolgov		FW	(1998-09-24)24 September 1998 (aged 22)	Lokomotiv Moscow	2019[46]	2024[46]	22	1
78	Dmitri Chistyakov		DF	(1994-01-13)13 January 1994 (aged 27)	Tambov	2019[47]	2023[47]	25	1
83	Artur Sokhiyev		FW	(2002-09-27)27 September 2002 (aged 18)	Spartak Vladikavkaz	2020		3	0
	Danila Proshlyakov		FW	(2000-03-08)8 March 2000 (aged 21)	Spartak Moscow	2019[48]	2024[48]	7	0
Left during the season
7	Roman Eremenko		MF	(1987-03-19)19 March 1987 (aged 34)	Spartak Moscow	2019[49]	2023[50]	48	10
8	Ivelin Popov		MF	(1987-10-26)26 October 1987 (aged 33)	Spartak Moscow	2019		43	9
11	Aleksei Ionov		MF	(1989-02-18)18 February 1989 (aged 32)	Dynamo Moscow	2017		87	18
14	Eldor Shomurodov		FW	(1995-06-29)29 June 1995 (aged 25)	Bunyodkor	2017	2024[31]	90	18
18	Baktiyar Zaynutdinov		MF	(1998-04-02)2 April 1998 (aged 23)	Astana	2019		35	4
23	Aleksandr Zuyev		MF	(1996-06-26)26 June 1996 (aged 24)	Spartak Moscow	2018		60	4
28	Yevgeni Chernov		DF	(1992-10-23)23 October 1992 (aged 28)	Zenit St.Petersburg	2019	2022	54	0
33	Konstantin Pliyev		DF	(1996-10-26)26 October 1996 (aged 24)	Volgar Astrakhan	2018		6	0
46	Denis Popov		GK	(2002-08-29)29 August 2002 (aged 18)	Academy	2020		1	0
81	Mikhail Osinov		DF	(2000-12-29)29 December 2000 (aged 20)	Academy	2017		1	0
	Saeid Ezatolahi		MF	(1996-10-01)1 October 1996 (aged 24)	Atlético Madrid C	2017		18	2
	Anton Salétros		MF	(1996-04-12)12 April 1996 (aged 25)	AIK	2018		9	1
	Viðar Örn Kjartansson		FW	(1990-03-11)11 March 1990 (aged 31)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2018		11	2
	Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson		FW	(1991-02-26)26 February 1991 (aged 30)	Molde	2018		39	8

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 4 DF  RUS Danila Vedernikov (at Volgar Astrakhan) 9 FW  MKD David Toshevski (at Tambov) 12 MF  RUS Aleksandr Smirnov (at Orenburg) 25 DF  RUS Arseny Logashov (at Khimki)

No. Pos. Nation Player 47 FW  RUS Aleksandr Dolgov (at Khimki) 78 DF  RUS Dmitri Chistyakov (at Zenit St.Petersburg) — FW  RUS Danila Proshlyakov (at Veles Moscow)

Transfers

Main articles: List of Russian football transfers summer 2020 and List of Russian football transfers winter 2020–21

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
4 August 2020	MF		Aleksandr Smirnov	Khimki	Free	[1]
23 August 2020	FW		Dmitry Poloz	Sochi	Swap	[8]
2 September 2020†	DF		Aleksandr Pavlovets	Dynamo Brest	Undisclosed	[9][17]
1 October 2020	FW		Vladimir Obukhov	Tambov	Undisclosed	[14]
15 October 2020	DF		Denis Terentyev	Zenit St.Petersburg	Undisclosed	[20]
15 October 2020	MF		Pontus Almqvist	IFK Norrköping	Undisclosed	[21]
15 October 2020	MF		Armin Gigović	Helsingborgs IF	Undisclosed	[22]
17 October 2020	DF		Haitam Aleesami	Amiens	Free	[24]
29 January 2021	DF		Tomas Rukas	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	Undisclosed	[33]
3 February 2021	FW		Maksim Turishchev	Lokomotiv Moscow	Undisclosed	[27]
12 February 2021	MF		Roman Tugarev	Lokomotiv Moscow	Undisclosed	[39]
21 February 2021	MF		Georgi Makhatadze	Lokomotiv Moscow	Undisclosed	[38]
26 February 2021	MF		Kirill Folmer	Ufa	Undisclosed	[41]

† Pavlovets' move was announced on the above date, and finalised on 14 October 2020.

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
17 October 2020	MF		Roman Tugarev	Lokomotiv Moscow	End of season	[25]
16 February 2021	FW		Ali Sowe	CSKA Sofia	End of season	[28]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
10 August 2020	MF		Aleksandr Zuyev	Rubin Kazan	Undisclosed	[2]
14 August 2020	FW		Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson	Lillestrøm	Undisclosed	[4]
20 August 2020	MF		Saeid Ezatolahi	Vejle	Undisclosed	[6]
23 August 2020	MF		Ivelin Popov	Sochi	Swap	[8]
28 August 2020	FW		Viðar Örn Kjartansson	Vålerenga	Undisclosed	[51]
1 October 2020	FW		Eldor Shomurodov	Genoa	Undisclosed	[13]
6 October 2020	DF		Yevgeni Chernov	Krasnodar	Undisclosed	[16]
15 October 2020	MF		Aleksei Ionov	Krasnodar	Undisclosed	[18]
25 February 2021	MF		Mikhail Osinov	Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk	Undisclosed
26 February 2021	DF		Konstantin Pliyev	Ufa	Undisclosed	[41]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
Summer 2020	DF		Mikhail Osinov	Nizhny Novgorod	13 January 2021	[52]
14 August 2020	DF		Danila Vedernikov	Volgar Astrakhan	End of season	[3]
15 August 2020	FW		Danila Proshlyakov	Torpedo Moscow	29 December 2020	[5][26]
20 August 2020	MF		Aleksandr Saplinov	Rotor Volgograd	13 January 2021	[7][53]
22 September 2020	MF		Konstantin Kovalyov	Baltika Kaliningrad	12 January 2021	[54][55]
25 September 2020	DF		Konstantin Pliyev	Ufa	26 February 2021	[12][41]
28 September 2020	MF		Aleksandr Smirnov	Orenburg	End of season	[56]
15 October 2020	DF		Dmitri Chistyakov	Zenit St.Petersburg	End of season	[19]
16 October 2020	DF		Arseny Logashov	Khimki	End of season	[23]
16 October 2020	FW		Aleksandr Dolgov	Khimki	End of season	[23]
12 January 2021	FW		Danila Proshlyakov	Veles Moscow	End of season	[57]
23 February 2021	FW		David Toshevski	Tambov	End of season	[30]
24 February 2021	FW		Artur Sokhiyev	Yessentuki	End of season	[58]
25 February 2021	GK		Yegor Baburin	Krasnodar	End of season	[59]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
5 October 2020	MF		Anton Salétros	Sarpsborg 08	5 October 2020	[15]
15 December 2020	GK		Denis Popov	Valmiera		[60]
23 February 2021	MF		Roman Eremenko			[29]
30 June 2021	DF		Haitam Aleesami	Apollon Limassol	16 August 2021	[61][62]

Friendlies

Rostov v Algeciras

20 January 2021	Rostov	5–1	Algeciras	Marbella, Spain
13:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Sokhiyev  21' Almqvist 26' Makhatadze  44' Gigović 50' Hadžikadunić 79' Eremenko 87' Obukhov 90'	Report	Felice 61'

Rostov v Östersund

24 January 2021	Rostov	1–0	Östersund	Marbella, Spain
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Rukasu  23' Poloz 27' (pen.) Pavlovets  51'	Report

Rostov v Marbella

28 January 2021	Rostov	3–1	Marbella	Marbella, Spain
13:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Baburin  2' Hashimoto 15' Obukhov  40' Makhatadze 72' Pavlovets 81'	Report	53'

Rostov v Krasnodar

4 February 2021	Rostov	0–2	Krasnodar	Marbella, Spain
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Suleymanov 61', 68'

Rostov v Atlético Sanluqueño

11 Tuesday 2021	Rostov	0–0	Atlético Sanluqueño	Marbella, Spain
14:30 MSK (UTC+3)		Report

Rostov v Locomotive Tbilisi

11 Tuesday 2021	Rostov	4–1	Locomotive Tbilisi	Marbella, Spain
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Almqvist 31' Normann 54' (pen.) Poloz 75', 77'	Report	35'

Rostov v Lokomotiv Moscow

14 February 2021	Rostov	1–2	Lokomotiv Moscow	Marbella, Spain
17:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Pavlovets  34' Glebov 79'	Report	Pablo 14' 23'

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	8 August 2020	May 2021	Matchday 1		30	13	4	13	37	35	+2	043.33
Russian Cup	21 February 2021	21 February 2021	Round of 32		1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Europa League	24 September 2020		Third qualifying round	Third qualifying round	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total					32	13	4	15	38	38	+0	040.63

Last updated: 16 May 2021
Source: Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2020–21 Russian Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Dynamo Moscow	30	15	5	10	44	33	+11	50[a]
8	Khimki	30	13	6	11	35	39	−4	45
9	Rostov	30	13	4	13	37	35	+2	43
10	Krasnodar	30	12	5	13	52	45	+7	41
11	Akhmat Grozny	30	11	7	12	36	38	−2	40

Source: Premier Liga
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) Matches won; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Play-off.
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: CSKA 3, Dynamo 3. Head-to-head goal difference: CSKA +1, Dynamo -1.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	13	4	13	37	35	+2	43	6	2	7	18	16	+2	7	2	6	19	19	0

Last updated: 16 May 2021.
Source: See Results

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	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	L	L	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	L
Position	6	7	10	9	6	6	7	7	3	7	5	6	5	6	5	4	5	4	5	5	7	9	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	9

Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2021. Source: Premier Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Tambov v Rostov

8 August 2020 1	Tambov	0–1	Rostov	Saransk
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Tetrashvili  38' Kostyukov  73'	Report	Popov  3' Mamayev 21' Zaynutdinov  35' Hadžikadunić  76'	Stadium: Mordovia Arena Attendance: 2,468 Referee: Stanislav Vasilyev
Note: Match played at the Mordovia Arena in Saransk instead of Tambov's regular Spartak Stadium.

Rostov v Zenit Saint Petersburg

15 August 2020 2	Rostov	0–2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Rostov-on-Don
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Normann  3' Chernov  23'	Report	Malcom  1' Azmoun 24',  70' Rakitskiy  55'  78' Lovren 87' Barrios  90+'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 11,353 Referee: Pavel Kukuyan

Dynamo Moscow v Rostov

19 August 2020 3	Dynamo Moscow	2–0	Rostov	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	N'Jie  34' Philipp 42' (pen.) Komlichenko 45' Parshivlyuk  60' Moro  90+4'	Report	Zaynutdinov  16' Normann  34' Shomurodov  54'	Stadium: VTB Arena Attendance: 5,789 Referee: Nikolay Voloshin

Ufa v Rostov

23 August 2020 4	Ufa	0–1	Rostov	Ufa
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Krotov  39' Carp  77' Agalarov  78'	Report	Hashimoto 79' Bayramyan  82' Chernov  90+1'	Stadium: Neftyanik Stadium Attendance: 3,286 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

Rostov v Ural Yekaterinburg

26 August 2020 5	Rostov	1–0	Ural Yekaterinburg	Rostov-on-Don
20:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Hashimoto 59'	Report	Kulakov  52' Rykov  90+2'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 11,353 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

Krasnodar v Rostov

30 August 2020 6	Krasnodar	1–1	Rostov	Krasnodar
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Petrov  27' Martynovich  63' Berg 72'	Report	Eremenko  27' Normann 64' Toshevski  90'	Stadium: Krasnodar Stadium Attendance: 9,136 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Rostov v Lokomotiv Moscow

14 September 2020 7	Rostov	0–0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Rostov-on-Don
20:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Ionov  77'	Report	Krychowiak  73' Ignatyev  90+3'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 15,011 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

Rostov v Rotor Volgograd

19 September 2020 8	Rostov	3–0	Rotor Volgograd	Rostov-on-Don
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Rostov Arena
Note: Match originally scheduled for 19 September, but postponed on 18 September due to a COVID-19 within the Rotor squad.[10] Rostov awarded a 3-0 technical victory on 22 September.[11]

Arsenal Tula v Rostov

27 September 2020 9	Arsenal Tula	2–3	Rostov	Tula
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	E.Kangwa 9' Kavalyow  35' K.Kangwa  38' Bauer  47' Kombarov  60' Kadiri 90+'	Report	Chernov 13'  25' Ionov  17' Hashimoto 40', 45'  53' Bayramyan  47' Normann  52' Glebov  54'  67'	Stadium: Arsenal Stadium Attendance: 5,945 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

Sochi v Rostov

4 October 2020 10	Sochi	4–2	Rostov	Sochi
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Burmistrov 19' Noboa  63' Yusupov 66' Zabolotny 78', 84'	Report	Normann  33'  63' Hadžikadunić  36' Osipenko  56' Poloz  59' 74' Ionov 62' Hashimoto  78' Dolgov  90'	Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6,199 Referee: Evgeny Turbin

Rostov v Akhmat Grozny

18 October 2020 11	Rostov	3–0	Akhmat Grozny	Rostov-on-Don
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Hashimoto 24'  82' Terentyev  35' Eremenko 90+' Glebov 90+'	Report	Shvets  16'  75' Melkadze 40'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 10,312 Referee: Aleksei Matyunin

Rostov v Khimki

25 October 2020 12	Rostov	0–2	Khimki	Rostov-on-Don
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Eremenko  26'  71' Obukhov  42'	Report	Mirzov  22' 90+' Tikhiy  73' Gapon  87' Idowu 90+'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 10,879 Referee: Vasily Kazartsev

Spartak Moscow v Rostov

31 October 2020 13	Spartak Moscow	0–1	Rostov	Moscow
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Larsson  41' Kutepov  55' Sobolev  58' Ayrton  90'	Report	Mamayev 26' Hadžikadunić  42'  75' Kozlov  60' Poyarkov  61' Gigović  72' Terentyev  88' Glebov  89'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 2,363 Referee: Vitaly Meshkov

CSKA Moscow v Rostov

8 November 2020 14	CSKA Moscow	2–0	Rostov	Moscow
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Kuchayev 20' Vasin  59' Dzagoev  59' Chalov 74' Bistrović  90+1'	Report	Eremenko 61'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 6,886 Referee: Aleksei Matyunin

Rubin Kazan v Rostov

22 November 2020 15	Rubin Kazan	0–2	Rostov	Kazan
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Bakayev  34' Makarov  70'	Report	Aleesami  15' Normann  31' Bayramyan 55', 76'	Stadium: Ak Bars Arena Attendance: 3,011 Referee: Pavel Kukuyan

Rostov v Dynamo Moscow

28 November 2020 16	Rostov	4–1	Dynamo Moscow	Rostov-on-Don
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Poloz 35' (pen.), 72' (pen.), 74' Hadžikadunić  57' Bayramyan  85'	Report	Szymański  58' Pliyev  69' Moro 90+' (pen.)	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 12,128 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

Rostov v Ufa

6 December 2020 17	Rostov	0–1	Ufa	Rostov-on-Don
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Eremenko  27' Bayramyan  47' Normann  58'	Report	Krotov  64' Andrić 70' Pliyev  89' Sysuyev  90+'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 7,192 Referee: Evgeny Kukulyak

Akhmat Grozny v Rostov

13 December 2020 18	Akhmat Grozny	0–1	Rostov	Grozny
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ilyin  66'	Report	Hadžikadunić  13' Tugarev 82'	Stadium: Akhmat-Arena Attendance: 6,308 Referee: Nikolay Voloshin

Rostov v CSKA Moscow

17 December 2020 19	Rostov	1–3	CSKA Moscow	Rostov-on-Don
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Sukhomlinov  42' Poloz  43' Aleesami  70' Kozlov 90+1' Glebov  90+3'	Report	Akhmetov  5' Chalov 2', 57', 82' Fernandes  85' Sigurðsson  90' Vlašić  90+2' Gaich  90+3'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 10,743 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

Zenit St.Petersburg v Rostov

27 February 2021 20	Zenit St.Petersburg	2–2	Rostov	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Lovren  54' Kuzyayev  61' 78' Poyarkov 73' (o.g.)	Report	Normann  16' Poyarkov  18' Sowe  29' 44', 89' Almqvist  45+' Osipenko  56' Bayramyan  77'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 23,165 Referee: Aleksei Matyunin

Rostov v Sochi

6 March 2021 21	Rostov	0–0	Sochi	Rostov-on-Don
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Gigović  28' Hadžikadunić  37'	Report	A.Zabolotny  40' Terekhov  63' Noboa  71' Novoseltsev  85' Burmistrov  90+' Tsallagov  90+'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 12,580 Referee: Vasily Kazartsev

Khimki v Rostov

12 March 2021 22	Khimki	1–0	Rostov	Khimki
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Kamyshev  32' Mirzov 49' (pen.) Troshechkin  77'  89'	Report	Almqvist  67'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 1,092 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

Rotor Volgograd v Rostov

17 March 2021 23	Rotor Volgograd	0–4	Rostov	Volgograd
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Zhigulyov  48' Gogoua  86'	Report	Sowe 8' 62' Gigović 41' Glebov  49' Almqvist 59' Kozlov  64' Saplinov 90+'	Stadium: Volgograd Arena Attendance: 5,085 Referee: Kirill Levnikov

Rostov v Spartak Moscow

4 April 2021 24	Rostov	2–3	Spartak Moscow	Rostov-on-Don
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Maslov 27' (o.g.) Makhatadze 32' Sowe  52'	Report	Promes  15' Moses 23' Sobolev 44', 58' Zobnin  62' Hendrix  90'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 32,888 Referee: Pavel Kukuyan

Rostov v Rubin Kazan

10 April 2021 25	Rostov	0–1	Rubin Kazan	Rostov-on-Don
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Poyarkov  52' Gigović  60'	Report	Despotović  31' Zuyev  45+' Jevtić 73' Dyupin  90+'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 15,011 Referee: Stanislav Vasiliev

Lokomotiv Moscow v Rostov

17 April 2021 26	Lokomotiv Moscow	4–1	Rostov	Moscow
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Kamano 4' Zhemaletdinov 6' Magkeyev  12' Krychowiak 65' (pen.) Eder 90'	Report	Hashimoto  8' Gigović  17'  52' Hadžikadunić 33'	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 10,317 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

Rostov v Arsenal Tula

25 April 2021 27	Rostov	1–0	Arsenal Tula	Rostov-on-Don
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Poloz  41' 74' (pen.) Obukhov  89'	Report	Grigalava  39' Burlak  50' Khlusevich  66' Panchenko  83' Bauer 89'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 15,021 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

Rostov v Tambov

2 May 2021 28	Rostov	2–0	Tambov	Rostov-on-Don
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Gigović  41' Hashimoto  54' 78' Poloz 70'	Report	Karapuzov  11' Carp  53'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 13,251 Referee: Igor Panin

Ural Yekaterinburg v Rostov

10 May 2021 29	Ural Yekaterinburg	1–0	Rostov	Yekaterinburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Gadzhimuradov 37' Pogrebnyak  69'	Report	Hadžikadunić  40' Aleesami  84' Hashimoto  90+'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 12,948 Referee: Pavel Shadykhanov

Rostov v Krasnodar

16 May 2021 30	Rostov	1–3	Krasnodar	Rostov-on-Don
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Folmer  5' Hashimoto  35' Gazinsky 49' (o.g.)	Report	Chernov  13' Olsson 45+' Wanderson 59' Kaio 90+'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 25,123 Referee: Aleksei Matyunin

Russian Cup

Main article: 2020–21 Russian Cup

Rostov v Akhmat Grozny

21 February 2021 Round of 16	Rostov	0–1	Akhmat Grozny	Rostov-on-Don
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Hadžikadunić  23' Glebov  74' Normann 82' Makhatadze  85'	Report	Nenakhov  5'  47' Berisha  6' 19' (pen.) Shvets  13' Timofeyev  40'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 10,054 Referee: Igor Panin

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Rostov v Maccabi Haifa

24 September 2020 Third qualifying round	Rostov	1–2	Maccabi Haifa	Rostov-on-Don, Russia
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Shomurodov 9' Glebov  69'	Report	Rukavytsya 20' Planić  45' Abu Fani 60' Arad  87'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Petr Ardeleánu (Czech Republic)

Squad statistics

As of match played 16 May 2021

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Russian Cup		UEFA Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	NOR	Haitam Aleesami	14	0	8+5	0	0+1	0	0	0
4	DF	RUS	Denis Terentyev	15	0	12+3	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	BIH	Dennis Hadžikadunić	27	1	25	1	1	0	1	0
6	MF	JPN	Kento Hashimoto	20	6	14+5	6	0	0	0+1	0
8	MF	SWE	Armin Gigović	17	1	9+8	1	0	0	0	0
10	MF	RUS	Pavel Mamayev	13	2	7+6	2	0	0	0	0
11	MF	SWE	Pontus Almqvist	20	1	11+8	1	1	0	0	0
13	FW	RUS	Vladimir Obukhov	11	0	2+8	0	0+1	0	0	0
15	MF	RUS	Danil Glebov	28	1	21+5	1	1	0	1	0
17	MF	NOR	Mathias Normann	17	1	15	1	1	0	1	0
19	MF	ARM	Khoren Bayramyan	25	3	14+9	3	0+1	0	1	0
20	FW	GAM	Ali Sowe	12	3	11	3	1	0	0	0
21	MF	RUS	Georgi Makhatadze	11	1	8+2	1	0+1	0	0	0
22	DF	BLR	Aleksandr Pavlovets	5	0	2+3	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	RUS	Roman Tugarev	17	1	7+9	1	0+1	0	0	0
24	MF	RUS	Konstantin Kovalyov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	RUS	Kirill Folmer	6	0	1+5	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	RUS	Aleksandr Saplinov	3	1	0+3	1	0	0	0	0
30	GK	RUS	Sergei Pesyakov	26	0	24	0	1	0	1	0
34	DF	RUS	Aleksei Kozlov	26	1	20+4	1	1	0	1	0
55	DF	RUS	Maksim Osipenko	30	0	28	0	1	0	1	0
71	DF	RUS	Nikolai Poyarkov	18	0	12+5	0	1	0	0	0
76	FW	RUS	Danila Sukhomlinov	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
77	GK	RUS	Maksim Rudakov	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
90	FW	RUS	Maksim Turishchev	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
96	DF	RUS	Aleksandr Gapechkin	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW	RUS	Dmitry Poloz	28	6	18+8	6	1	0	0+1	0
Players away from the club on loan:
1	GK	RUS	Yegor Baburin	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	MKD	David Toshevski	7	0	0+6	0	0	0	0+1	0
12	MF	RUS	Aleksandr Smirnov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	RUS	Arseny Logashov	4	0	0+4	0	0	0	0	0
47	FW	RUS	Aleksandr Dolgov	5	0	0+5	0	0	0	0	0
78	DF	RUS	Dmitri Chistyakov	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
83	FW	RUS	Artur Sokhiyev	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Rostov but left during the season:
7	MF	FIN	Roman Eremenko	18	1	13+3	1	1	0	1	0
8	MF	BUL	Ivelin Popov	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	RUS	Aleksei Ionov	10	1	9	1	0	0	1	0
14	FW	UZB	Eldor Shomurodov	9	1	8	0	0	0	1	1
18	MF	KAZ	Baktiyar Zaynutdinov	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	RUS	Yevgeni Chernov	10	1	8+1	1	0	0	1	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Russian Cup	UEFA Europa League	Total
1	MF		6	Kento Hashimoto	6	0	0	6
	FW		99	Dmitry Poloz	6	0	0	6
3	MF		19	Khoren Bayramyan	3	0	0	3
	FW		20	Ali Sowe	3	0	0	3
5	MF		10	Pavel Mamayev	2	0	0	2
				Own goal	2	0	0	2
7	MF		17	Mathias Normann	1	0	0	1
	DF		28	Yevgeni Chernov	1	0	0	1
	MF		11	Aleksei Ionov	1	0	0	1
	MF		7	Roman Eremenko	1	0	0	1
	MF		15	Danil Glebov	1	0	0	1
	MF		23	Roman Tugarev	1	0	0	1
	DF		34	Aleksei Kozlov	1	0	0	1
	MF		8	Armin Gigović	1	0	0	1
	MF		11	Pontus Almqvist	1	0	0	1
	MF		26	Aleksandr Saplinov	1	0	0	1
	MF		21	Georgi Makhatadze	1	0	0	1
	DF		5	Dennis Hadžikadunić	1	0	0	1
	FW		14	Eldor Shomurodov	0	0	1	1
				Awarded	3	0	0	3
Total					37	0	1	38

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Russian Cup	UEFA Europa League	Total
1	GK		30	Sergei Pesyakov	11	0	0	11
2	GK		1	Yegor Baburin	1	0	0	1
Total					12	0	0	12

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Russian Cup		UEFA Europa League		Total
2		DF	Haitam Aleesami	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
4		DF	Denis Terentyev	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5		DF	Dennis Hadžikadunić	8	1	1	0	0	0	9	1
6		MF	Kento Hashimoto	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
8		MF	Armin Gigović	6	1	0	0	0	0	6	1
11		MF	Pontus Almqvist	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
13		FW	Vladimir Obukhov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
15		MF	Danil Glebov	5	1	1	0	0	1	6	2
17		MF	Mathias Normann	8	1	0	0	0	0	8	1
19		MF	Khoren Bayramyan	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
20		FW	Ali Sowe	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
21		MF	Georgi Makhatadze	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
25		MF	Kirill Folmer	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
34		DF	Aleksei Kozlov	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
55		DF	Maksim Osipenko	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
71		DF	Nikolai Poyarkov	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
76		FW	Danila Sukhomlinov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
99		FW	Dmitry Poloz	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Players away on loan:
9		FW	David Toshevski	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
47		FW	Aleksandr Dolgov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left Rostov during the season:
7		MF	Roman Eremenko	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
8		MF	Ivelin Popov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11		MF	Aleksei Ionov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
14		FW	Eldor Shomurodov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18		MF	Baktiyar Zaynutdinov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
28		DF	Yevgeni Chernov	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Total				75	6	3	0	0	1	78	7