2021–22 FC Rubin Kazan season

The 2021–22 season was the 64th season in the existence of FC Rubin Kazan and the club's 19th consecutive season in the top flight of Russian football. In addition to the domestic league, Rubin Kazan are participating in this season's editions of the Russian Cup and the inaugural season of the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Rubin Kazan

2021–22 season
General director	Rustem Saymanov
Head coach	Leonid Slutsky
Stadium	Kazan Arena
Premier League	15th (relegated)
Russian Cup	Quarter-final vs Yenisey Krasnoyarsk
UEFA Europa Conference League	Third qualifying round vs Raków Częstochowa
Top goalscorer	League: Anders Dreyer (8) All: Anders Dreyer (8)
Highest home attendance	14,409 vs Spartak Moscow (24 July 2021)
Lowest home attendance	0 vs Rotor Volgograd (3 March 2022)
Average home league attendance	6,932 (21 May 2022)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2020–21 2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 15 May 2022.

Season events

On 27 May, Rubin Kazan announced the signing of Sead Hakšabanović from IFK Norrköping to a five-year contract.^[1]

On 11 June, Rubin Kazan announced the signing of Konstantin Nizhegorodov from Hansa Rostock.^[2]

On 20 June, Rubin Kazan announced the permanent signing of Oliver Abildgaard from AaB on a contract until June 2024.^[3]

On 30 June, Rubin Kazan announced the signing of Ivan Savitskiy from Leningradets Leningrad Oblast to a four-year contract,^[4] and the signing of Vladislav Ignatyev from Lokomotiv Moscow to a one-year contract.^[5]

On 9 August, Rubin Kazan announced the signing of Montassar Talbi from Benevento to a four-year contract.^[6]

On 28 August, Rubin Kazan announced the signing of Anders Dreyer from Midtjylland to a five-year contract.^[7]

On 31 August, Darko Jevtić left Rubin Kazan to join AEK Athens on a season-long loan deal.^[8]

On 1 September, German Onugkha joined Rubin Kazan on loan from Vejle, with an option to make the move permanent, having started the season on loan at Krylia Sovetov.^[9]

On 3 September, Silvije Begić joined Krylia Sovetov on loan for the season.^[10]

On 18 November, Oleg Shatov left Rubin after his contract was terminated by mutual consent.^[11]

On 13 December, Rubin announced the signing of Marat Apshatsev from Tom Tomsk.^[12]

On 29 December, Rubin announced the signing of Aleksandr Lomovitsky from Spartak Moscow,^[13] whilst Danil Stepanov moved permanently to Arsenal Tula.^[14]

On 21 January, Rubin announced the signing of Vitaly Lisakovich from Lokomotiv Moscow on a contract until the summer of 2025.^[15]

On 17 February, Yegor Teslenko signed for Rubin from KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny.^[16]

On 20 February, Rubin announced the signing of Daniil Kuznetsov from Zenit St.Petersburg.^[17]

On 11 March, Rubin suspended their contracts with Anders Dreyer and Sead Hakšabanović until the summer of 2022.^[18] On 13 March, Filip Uremović also suspended his contract with Rubin until the summer of 2022.^[19]

On 24 March, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia suspended his contract with Rubin until the summer of 2022, and then joined Dinamo Batumi.^[20][21] On 26 March, Silvije Begić also suspended his contract with Rubin.^[22]

On 3 April, Hwang In-beom also suspended his contract with Rubin until the summer of 2022.^[23]

Squad

As of match played 21 May 2022

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Nikita Medvedev		GK	(1994-12-17) 17 December 1994 (age 30)	Lokomotiv Moscow	2020[24][25]	2022[24]	7	0
22	Yury Dyupin		GK	(1988-03-17) 17 March 1988 (age 37)	Anzhi Makhachkala	2019[26]		90	0
Defenders
2	Yegor Teslenko		DF	(2001-01-31) 31 January 2001 (age 24)	KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny	2022[16]	2026[16]	11	0
3	Montassar Talbi		DF	(1998-05-26) 26 May 1998 (age 27)	Benevento	2021[6]	2025[6]	27	0
20	Vladislav Ignatyev		DF	(1987-01-20) 20 January 1987 (age 38)	Lokomotiv Moscow	2021[5]	2022[5]	14	1
23	Aleksandr Zuyev		DF	(1996-06-26) 26 June 1996 (age 29)	Rostov	2020[27]	2024[27]	63	0
24	Ivan Savitskiy		DF	(2003-03-07) 7 March 2003 (age 22)	Leningradets Leningrad Oblast	2021[4]	2025[4]	1	0
31	Georgi Zotov		DF	(1990-01-12) 12 January 1990 (age 35)	Krylia Sovetov	2020[28]		48	0
77	Ilya Samoshnikov		DF	(1997-11-14) 14 November 1997 (age 27)	Torpedo Moscow	2020[29]		59	3
97	Konstantin Nizhegorodov		DF	(2002-06-21) 21 June 2002 (age 23)	Hansa Rostock	2021[2]		3	0
Midfielders
7	Soltmurad Bakayev		MF	(1999-08-05) 5 August 1999 (age 26)	Spartak Moscow	2020[30]	2024[30]	73	5
8	Aleksandr Lomovitsky		MF	(1998-01-27) 27 January 1998 (age 27)	Spartak Moscow	2021[13]	2026[13]	13	1
18	Marat Apshatsev		MF	(2001-05-27) 27 May 2001 (age 24)	Tom Tomsk	2021[12]	2026[12]	10	0
28	Oliver Abildgaard		MF	(1996-06-10) 10 June 1996 (age 29)	AaB	2020[3]	2024[3]	62	1
38	Leon Musayev		MF	(1999-01-25) 25 January 1999 (age 26)	Zenit St.Petersburg	2021[31]		30	0
56	Lenar Fattakhov		MF	(2003-05-12) 12 May 2003 (age 22)	Academy	2021		5	0
84	Stepan Surikov		MF	(2002-01-30) 30 January 2002 (age 23)	Academy	2021		1	0
98	Konstantin Kuchayev		MF	(1998-03-18) 18 March 1998 (age 27)	CSKA Moscow	2021[32]	2022[32]	10	1
Forwards
10	German Onugkha		FW	(1996-07-06) 6 July 1996 (age 29)	loan from Vejle	2021[9]	2022[9]	25	3
13	Kirill Klimov		FW	(2001-01-30) 30 January 2001 (age 24)	Academy	2020		5	0
14	Mikhail Kostyukov		FW	(1991-08-09) 9 August 1991 (age 34)	Tambov	2021[33]		23	2
44	Vitaly Lisakovich		FW	(1998-02-08) 8 February 1998 (age 27)	Lokomotiv Moscow	2022[15]	2025[15]	12	6
85	Daniil Kuznetsov		FW	(2003-04-23) 23 April 2003 (age 22)	Zenit St.Petersburg	2022[17]	2026[17]	9	0
Contracts suspended
4	Silvije Begić		DF	(1993-06-03) 3 June 1993 (age 32)	Orenburg	2019[34]	2023[34]	32	1
5	Filip Uremović		DF	(1997-02-11) 11 February 1997 (age 28)	Olimpija Ljubljana	2018		97	1
6	Hwang In-beom		MF	(1996-09-20) 20 September 1996 (age 28)	Vancouver Whitecaps	2020[35]	2023[35]	38	6
11	Anders Dreyer		MF	(1998-05-02) 2 May 1998 (age 27)	Midtjylland	2021[7]	2026[7]	14	8
21	Khvicha Kvaratskhelia		MF	(2001-02-12) 12 February 2001 (age 24)	Rustavi	2019[36]	2024[36]	73	9
99	Sead Hakšabanović		FW	(1999-05-04) 4 May 1999 (age 26)	IFK Norrköping	2021[1]	2026[1]	23	1
Away on loan
19	Ivan Ignatyev		FW	(1999-01-06) 6 January 1999 (age 26)	Krasnodar	2020[37]	2024	40	3
27	Aleksei Gritsayenko		DF	(1995-05-25) 25 May 1995 (age 30)	Tambov	2021[38]		0	0
	Arseni Vertkov		GK	(2002-09-21) 21 September 2002 (age 22)	Academy	2020		0	0
	Nikita Yanovich		GK	(2003-03-28) 28 March 2003 (age 22)	Academy	2021		0	0
	Viktor Aleksandrov		DF	(2002-02-14) 14 February 2002 (age 23)	Academy	2020		0	0
	Igor Konovalov		MF	(1996-07-08) 8 July 1996 (age 29)	Kuban Krasnodar	2018		72	3
	Aleksey Zakharov		MF	(2003-11-05) 5 November 2003 (age 21)	Academy	2021		0	0
	Darko Jevtić		MF	(1993-02-08) 8 February 1993 (age 32)	Lech Poznań	2020[39]	2023[39]	45	4
	Kirill Kosarev		FW	(2001-08-01) 1 August 2001 (age 24)	Murom	2020		4	0
Players that left Rubin Kazan during the season
3	Mikhail Merkulov		DF	(1994-01-26) 26 January 1994 (age 31)	Ural Yekaterinburg	2020[40]	2022[40]	9	0
8	Oleg Shatov		MF	(1990-07-29) 29 July 1990 (age 35)	Zenit St.Petersburg	2020[41]	2022[41]	25	1
9	Đorđe Despotović		FW	(1992-03-04) 4 March 1992 (age 33)	Orenburg	2020[42]	2023[42]	36	15
16	Mitsuki Saito		MF	(1999-01-10) 10 January 1999 (age 26)	loan from Shonan Bellmare	2020[43]	2022[43][44]	3	0
25	Denis Makarov		MF	(1998-02-18) 18 February 1998 (age 27)	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	2020[45]	2023[45]	40	11
75	Ivan Konovalov		GK	(1994-08-18) 18 August 1994 (age 31)	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino	2018[46]	2022	22	0
93	Aleksei Gorodovoy		GK	(1993-08-10) 10 August 1993 (age 32)	Kongsvinger	2019[47]		0	0
	Danil Stepanov		DF	(2000-01-25) 25 January 2000 (age 25)	Academy	2018		20	0

Contract suspensions

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  CRO Silvije Begić — DF  CRO Filip Uremović (at Sheffield United) — MF  DEN Anders Dreyer (at Midtjylland)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  GEO Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (at Dinamo Batumi) — MF  KOR Hwang In-beom (at Seoul) — MF  MNE Sead Hakšabanović (at Djurgården)

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 — GK  RUS Arseni Vertkov (at Peresvet Podolsk) — GK  RUS Nikita Yanovich (at Dynamo Stavropol) — DF  RUS Viktor Aleksandrov (at Nizhny Novgorod) — DF  RUS Aleksei Gritsayenko (at Kuban Krasnodar) — MF  RUS Igor Konovalov (at Akhmat Grozny)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  RUS Aleksey Zakharov (at Volna Nizhny Novgorod Oblast) — MF  SUI Darko Jevtić (at AEK Athens) — FW  RUS Ivan Ignatyev (at Krylia Sovetov) — FW  RUS Kirill Kosarev (at Hrvatski Dragovoljac)

Transfers

Main articles: List of Russian football transfers summer 2021 and List of Russian football transfers winter 2021–22

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
27 May 2021	FW		Sead Hakšabanović	IFK Norrköping	Undisclosed	[1]
11 June 2021	DF		Konstantin Nizhegorodov	Hansa Rostock	Undisclosed	[2]
30 June 2020	DF		Vladislav Ignatyev	Lokomotiv Moscow	Undisclosed	[5]
30 June 2021	DF		Ivan Savitskiy	Leningradets Leningrad Oblast	Undisclosed	[4]
9 August 2021	DF		Montassar Talbi	Benevento	Undisclosed	[6]
28 August 2021	MF		Anders Dreyer	Midtjylland	Undisclosed	[7]
13 December 2021	MF		Marat Apshatsev	Tom Tomsk	Undisclosed	[12]
29 December 2021	MF		Aleksandr Lomovitsky	Spartak Moscow	Undisclosed	[13]
21 January 2022	FW		Vitaly Lisakovich	Lokomotiv Moscow	Undisclosed	[15]
17 February 2022	DF		Yegor Teslenko	KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny	Undisclosed	[16]
20 February 2022	FW		Daniil Kuznetsov	Zenit St. Petersburg	Undisclosed	[17]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
14 December 2020	MF		Mitsuki Saito	Shonan Bellmare	7 January 2022	[43][44]
1 September 2021	FW		German Onugkha	Vejle	30 June 2022	[9]
26 January 2022	MF		Konstantin Kuchayev	CSKA Moscow	End of season	[32]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
2 June 2021	DF		Ilya Agapov	Spartak Moscow	Undisclosed	[48]
17 June 2021	DF		Vladislav Mikushin	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	Undisclosed	[49]
21 July 2021	DF		Carl Starfelt	Celtic	Undisclosed	[50]
28 July 2021	DF		Mikhail Merkulov	Rijeka	Undisclosed	[51]
6 August 2021	MF		Denis Makarov	Dynamo Moscow	Undisclosed	[52]
7 December 2021	GK		Aleksei Gorodovoy	Fakel Voronezh	Undisclosed	[53]
29 December 2021	DF		Danil Stepanov	Arsenal Tula	Undisclosed	[14]
18 January 2022	GK		Ivan Konovalov	Livingston	Undisclosed	[54]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
14 June 2021	DF		Danil Stepanov	Arsenal Tula	29 December 2021	[55][14]
8 July 2021	FW		Kirill Klimov	Kuban Krasnodar	22 December 2021	[56]
12 July 2021	MF		Igor Konovalov	Akhmat Grozny	End of season	[57]
17 July 2021	GK		Arseni Vertkov	Peresvet Podolsk	End of season
28 July 2021	DF		Kirill Kosarev	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	20 August 2021	[51]
20 August 2021	DF		Kirill Kosarev	Nizhny Novgorod	31 December 2021	[58]
31 August 2021	MF		Darko Jevtić	AEK Athens	End of season	[8]
3 September 2021	DF		Silvije Begić	Krylia Sovetov	2 February 2022	[10][59]
2 February 2022	FW		Ivan Ignatyev	Krylia Sovetov	End of season	[60]
15 February 2022	DF		Viktor Aleksandrov	Nizhny Novgorod	End of season	[61]

Contract suspensions

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
15 March 2022	MF		Sead Hakšabanović	Djurgården	30 June 2022	[62]
16 March 2022	MF		Anders Dreyer	Midtjylland	30 June 2022	[63]
24 March 2022	DF		Filip Uremović	Sheffield United	30 June 2022	[64]
24 March 2022	MF		Khvicha Kvaratskhelia	Dinamo Batumi	30 June 2022	[21]
26 March 2022	DF		Silvije Begić			[22]
3 April 2022	MF		Hwang In-beom	Seoul	June 2022	[22][65]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
16 July 2021	MF		Zuriko Davitashvili	Arsenal Tula	20 July 2021	[66][67]
18 November 2021	MF		Oleg Shatov	Ural Yekaterinburg	1 February 2022	[41][68]
30 January 2022	FW		Đorđe Despotović	Arsenal Tula	2 February 2022	[69][70]

Friendlies

Rubin Kazan v Nizhny Novgorod

24 June 2021	Rubin Kazan	2–1	Nizhny Novgorod	Austria
12:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Kosarev 52', 59'	Report	Galadzhan 72'

Ural Yekaterinburg v Rubin Kazan

27 June 2021	Ural Yekaterinburg	2–0	Rubin Kazan	Austria
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Yegorychev 19', 34'	Report
Note: Match consisted of three 45 minute periods.

Nizhny Novgorod v Rubin Kazan

2 July 2021	Nizhny Novgorod	0–3	Rubin Kazan	Austria
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Kvaratskhelia 32' I.Ignatyev 75', 85'

Rubin Kazan v Ural Yekaterinburg

5 July 2021	Rubin Kazan	3–1	Ural Yekaterinburg	Austria
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Hwang 26' Despotović 57' Shatov 89' V.Ignatyev  130'	Report	Gerasimov 9' Kolesnichenko  13'
Note: Match consisted of three 45 minute periods.

Rubin Kazan v Khimki

10 July 2021	Rubin Kazan	1–0	Khimki	Austria
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Kvaratskhelia 90'	Report

Rubin Kazan v Spartak Moscow

14 July 2021	Rubin Kazan	0–4	Spartak Moscow	Moscow
22:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Moses 10' Sobolev 56' Zobnin 59' Dzhikiya 63'	Stadium: Otkrytiye Arena

Rubin Kazan v Sochi

17 July 2021	Rubin Kazan	1–3	Sochi	Khimki
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Hakšabanović 90'	Report	Prokhin 48' Barsov 50' Tsallagov  59' Popov 88'	Stadium: Arena Khimki

Rubin Kazan v Krasnodar

6 September 2021	Rubin Kazan	1–3	Krasnodar
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Bakayev 67'	Report	Córdoba 1' Ilyin 74', 76'

Krasnodar v Rubin Kazan

9 October 2021	Krasnodar	2–1	Rubin Kazan
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Córdoba 56' Ilyin 63'	Report	I.Ignatyev 44'

Rubin Kazan v Fakel Voronezh

20 January 2022	Rubin Kazan	4–4	Fakel Voronezh
15:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Uremović  26' Onugkha 30', 66' Teslenko 41' Zuyev 45' Fattakhov  69'	Report	Akbashev  14' Pejčinović  37' Razborov 41' Maksimov 42' Dmitriyev  57' 77' 82' Bryzgalov 74' Smirnov  79'

Rubin Kazan v Wisła Płock

23 January 2022	Rubin Kazan	0–0	Wisła Płock
10:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report

khimki v Rubin Kazan

5 February 2022	khimki	0–0	Rubin Kazan
15:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report

Rubin Kazan v Dinamo Batumi

8 February 2022	Rubin Kazan	2–2	Dinamo Batumi
11:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Onugkha 65' (pen.) Klimov 67'	Report	Jighauri 60', 88'

Rubin Kazan v Krylia Sovetov

14 February 2022	Rubin Kazan	5–0	Krylia Sovetov
15:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Dreyer 19' (43) 43' Hwang 56' Zotov 75'	Report

Dynamo Moscow v Rubin Kazan

17 February 2022	Dynamo Moscow	2–2	Rubin Kazan
15:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Zakharyan 40' Fomin 48'	Report	Talbi 45' Kvaratskhelia 70'

CSKA Moscow v Rubin Kazan

20 February 2022	CSKA Moscow	1–1	Rubin Kazan
15:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Carrascal  6'  33' Diveyev 17' Oblyakov  28'	Report	Uremović  15' Hakšabanović 88'

Rubin Kazan v Tobol

21 February 2022	Rubin Kazan	2–0	Tobol
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Onugkha 39' 83' (o.g.)	Report

Rubin Kazan v Krylia Sovetov

26 March 2022	Rubin Kazan	0–5	Krylia Sovetov	Kazan
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	24 July 2021	21 May 2022	Matchday 1	15th	30	8	5	17	34	56	−22	026.67
Russian Cup	3 March 2022	20 April 2022	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	050.00
UEFA Europa Conference League	5 August 2021	12 August 2021	Third qualifying round	Third qualifying round	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total					34	9	6	19	37	61	−24	026.47

Last updated: 21 May 2022
Source: Soccerway

Premier League

Main article: 2021–22 Russian Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	Ural Yekaterinburg	30	8	9	13	27	35	−8	33[a]
13	Khimki (O)	30	7	11	12	34	47	−13	32	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
14	Ufa (R)	30	6	12	12	29	40	−11	30
15	Rubin Kazan (R)	30	8	5	17	34	56	−22	29	Relegation to First League
16	Arsenal Tula (R)	30	5	8	17	30	59	−29	23

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) 2020–21 position (not applicable to final standings); 10) Play-off.
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Nizhny Novgorod 4, Ural Yekaterinburg 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	8	5	17	34	56	−22	29	5	2	8	19	25	−6	3	3	9	15	31	−16

Last updated: 21 May 2022.
Source: FBref

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	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	Н	A	А	H	А	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H
Result	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	L
Position	8	2	2	2	4	5	4	5	7	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	10	10	11	10	10	10	11	12	12	11	13	13	14	15

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2022. Source: Premier Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Rubin Kazan v Spartak Moscow

24 July 2021 1	Rubin Kazan	1 – 0	Spartak Moscow	Kazan
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Uremović  18' Abildgaard  37' Despotović  42' Samoshnikov 49' Zuyev  66' Kvaratskhelia  68' Shatov  70'	Report	Gigot  18' Rasskazov  79' Sobolev  88' Mirzov  90'	Stadium: Ak Bars Arena Attendance: 14,409 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

Arsenal Tula v Rubin Kazan

30 July 2021 2	Arsenal Tula	0 – 3	Rubin Kazan	Tula
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Kostadinov  33' Smolnikov  53'	Report	Hwang 12' Begić  24' Despotović 37' (pen.) Kvaratskhelia 40' Bakayev  70'	Stadium: Arsenal Stadium Attendance: 996 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

Rubin Kazan v Akhmat Grozny

8 August 2021 3	Rubin Kazan	2 – 1	Akhmat Grozny	Kazan
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Zotov  6' Uremović  21' Jevtić  33' Hakšabanović 58' Iancu 86' (o.g.) Begić  90+'	Report	Bystrov  9' Utkin 31' Konaté  44' Lystsov  51' Sheliya  53' Nižić  76'	Stadium: Ak Bars Arena Attendance: 8,147 Referee: Pavel Kukuyan

Rubin Kazan v Krylia Sovetov

15 August 2021 4	Rubin Kazan	1 – 1	Krylia Sovetov	Kazan
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Samoshnikov  40' Hwang 63'  90' Abildgaard  77' Begić  77'	Report	Sergeyev 59' Lomayev  63'	Stadium: Ak Bars Arena Attendance: 10,488 Referee: Alexey Sukhoi

Khimki v Rubin Kazan

22 August 2021 5	Khimki	1 – 1	Rubin Kazan	Khimki
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Glushakov 16' Sebai  84' Tikhy  90+1'	Report	Jevtić 30' Zotov  33' Uremović  77'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 620 Referee: Vasily Kazartsev

Krasnodar v Rubin Kazan

27 August 2021 6	Krasnodar	2 – 0	Rubin Kazan	Krasnodar
20:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Claesson  1' Ionov 12' Córdoba 35' Gazinsky  60'	Report	Zotov  7' Samoshnikov  8'	Stadium: Krasnodar Stadium Attendance: 491 Referee: Evgeny Kukulyak

Rubin Kazan v Ural Yekaterinburg

12 September 2021 7	Rubin Kazan	4 – 0	Ural Yekaterinburg	Kazan
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Dreyer 2', 80', 90+' Mamin 13' (o.g.) Hwang  19' Hakšabanović  52' Abildgaard  55' Onugkha  87'	Report	Gadzhimuradov  36'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 6,077 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

Rubin Kazan v Zenit St.Petersburg

20 September 2021 8	Rubin Kazan	1 – 3	Zenit St.Petersburg	Kazan
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Nizhegorodov  50' Chistyakov 67' (o.g.) Hwang  76' Zotov  90+2'	Report	Dzyuba 24', 43' Claudinho 29' Rakitskyi  67'	Stadium: Ak Bars Arena Attendance: 7,480 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

Dynamo Moscow v Rubin Kazan

26 September 2021 9	Dynamo Moscow	2 – 0	Rubin Kazan	Moscow
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Fomin 32' Grulyov 59' Szymański  68' Varela  73' Igboun  89'	Report	Kostyukov  21' Despotović  40' Abildgaard  52' Kvaratskhelia  64' Uremović  86' Bakayev  88'	Stadium: VTB Arena Attendance: 7,101 Referee: Alexey Sukhoi

Rubin Kazan v Nizhny Novgorod

2 October 2021 10	Rubin Kazan	0 – 1	Nizhny Novgorod	Kazan
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Kvaratskhelia 49'	Report	Kozlov  35' Kalinsky 61' (pen.)	Stadium: Ak Bars Arena Attendance: 3,986 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Rubin Kazan v Lokomotiv Moscow

16 October 2021 11	Rubin Kazan	2 – 2	Lokomotiv Moscow	Kazan
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Dreyer 36' Talbi  39' Onugkha 66' Samoshnikov  75'	Report	Beka Beka  8' Petrov  21' Smolov 68' Maradishvili  90+' Zhemaletdinov 90+'	Stadium: Ak Bars Arena Attendance: 4,511 Referee: Kirill Levnikov

Ufa v Rubin Kazan

24 October 2021 12	Ufa	1 – 1	Rubin Kazan	Ufa
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Agalarov 19' (pen.) Urunov  29' Cacintura  47' Aliyev  90+' Pliyev  90+'	Report	Abildgaard  12' Zhuravlyov 59' (o.g.)	Stadium: BetBoom Arena Attendance: 454 Referee: Igor Panin

Rubin Kazan v CSKA Moscow

30 October 2021 13	Rubin Kazan	1 – 0	CSKA Moscow	Kazan
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Kvaratskhelia  37' Kostyukov 90+1' Dyupin  90+5'	Report	Mukhin  29' Zabolotny  54' Zaynutdinov  67' Nababkin  86'	Stadium: Ak Bars Arena Attendance: 5,203 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

Rostov v Rubin Kazan

7 November 2021 14	Rostov	5 – 1	Rubin Kazan	Rostov-on-Don
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Bayramyan 42' Poyarkov  43' Poloz 50' Almqvist 55' Bastos  58' Sowe 65' Glebov 82'	Report	Bakayev  20' 35' Uremović  56' Kvaratskhelia  56'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 6,034 Referee: Pavel Shadykhanov

Sochi v Rubin Kazan

21 November 2021 15	Sochi	1 – 2	Rubin Kazan	Sochi
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Zaika  22' Rodrigão 27' Yurganov  59'	Report	Abildgaard  24'  61' 31' Zuyev  26' Onugkha  78' Dreyer 81' Ignatyev  84'	Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium Attendance: 3,731 Referee: Alexey Matyunin

Rubin Kazan v Dynamo Moscow

28 November 2021 16	Rubin Kazan	2 – 3	Dynamo Moscow	Kazan
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Bakayev 30' Dreyer 49' (pen.) Onugkha  59' Zotov  65' Musayev  88'	Report	Makarov 18' Grulyov  44' Varela  49' Moro 66' Balbuena 68' Skopintsev  78' Szymański  85'	Stadium: Ak Bars Arena Attendance: 3,526 Referee: Kirill Levnikov

Nizhny Novgorod v Rubin Kazan

5 December 2021 17	Nizhny Novgorod	2 – 1	Rubin Kazan	Nizhny Novgorod
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Kalinsky 2' (pen.), 42' Tkachuk  78'	Report	Dreyer 28' Zotov  40' Kvaratskhelia  51' Hwang  78'	Stadium: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Attendance: 1,789 Referee: Artyom Chistyakov

Krylia Sovetov v Rubin Kazan

11 December 2021 18	Krylia Sovetov	2 – 0	Rubin Kazan	Samara
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Sergeyev 62' Pinyayev 85'	Report	Zuyev  56'	Stadium: Solidarnost Arena Attendance: 4,598 Referee: Alexey Sukhoi

Zenit St.Petersburg v Rubin Kazan

28 February 2022 19	Zenit St.Petersburg	3 – 2	Rubin Kazan	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Barrios  31' Alberto 48' Sutormin 55' (pen.) Sergeyev 90+2'	Report	Musayev  17'  78' Lomovitsky  54' Lisakovich 61', 67'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 16,668 Referee: Evgeny Kukulyakru

Akhmat Grozny v Rubin Kazan

7 March 2022 20	Akhmat Grozny	1 – 2	Rubin Kazan	Grozny
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Utkin 3' Timofeyev  21' Sebai  63' Arkhipov  88'	Report	Samoshnikov  43' Lisakovich 50' Uremović  51' Begić  85' Dreyer 90+1'	Stadium: Akhmat-Arena Attendance: 6,722 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

Rubin Kazan v Rostov

14 March 2022 21	Rubin Kazan	1 – 2	Rostov	Kazan
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Lisakovich  18' Zuyev  54' Kvaratskhelia 77'  90+' Begić  80'	Report	Poloz 12' Silyanov  57' Begić 75' (o.g.) Golenkov  76' Folmer  90+'	Stadium: Ak Bars Arena Attendance: 3,344 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

CSKA Moscow v Rubin Kazan

20 March 2022 22	CSKA Moscow	6 – 1	Rubin Kazan	Moscow
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Yazıcı 5', 67', 86' (pen.) Gbamin 11' Shchennikov  15' Medina 24' Carrascal 26' Oblyakov  34' Zaynutdinov  58'	Report	Lomovitsky  21'  44' Begić  26'  85' Kuchayev 38' Fattakhov  78'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 12,042 Referee: Kirill Levnikov

Rubin Kazan v Khimki

1 April 2022 23	Rubin Kazan	2 – 3	Khimki	Kazan
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Zuyev  53' Onugkha 56' Samoshnikov  79' Tikhy 84' (o.g.)	Report	Glushakov 60' Kukharchuk 62' Bozhenov  77' Lantratov  82' Volkov 90' Magomedov  90+'	Stadium: Ak Bars Arena Attendance: 4,284 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

Rubin Kazan v Krasnodar

9 April 2022 24	Rubin Kazan	0 – 1	Krasnodar	Kazan
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Chernikov  51'  90+' Volkov 85' Gazinsky  89'	Stadium: Ak Bars Arena Attendance: 6,488 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

Spartak Moscow v Rubin Kazan

16 April 2022 25	Spartak Moscow	1 – 1	Rubin Kazan	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Khlusevich  41' Bakayev  53' Sobolev 69'	Report	Lomovitsky  10' Ignatyev 30'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 7,351 Referee: Pavel Kukuyan

Rubin Kazan v Arsenal Tula

24 April 2022 26	Rubin Kazan	1 – 0	Arsenal Tula	Kazan
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Lomovitsky 22'	Report	Kaynov  50'	Stadium: Ak Bars Arena Attendance: 4,773 Referee: Artyom Chistyakov

Rubin Kazan v Sochi

30 April 2022 27	Rubin Kazan	0 – 6	Sochi	Kazan
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Margasov 26' Joãozinho 42' Cassierra 52' Makarchuk  77' Zaika 82' Popov 84' Melkadze 90+'	Stadium: Ak Bars Arena Attendance: 5,180 Referee: Jan Bobrovsky

Lokomotiv Moscow v Rubin Kazan

8 May 2022 28	Lokomotiv Moscow	1 – 0	Rubin Kazan	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Tiknizyan  43' Miranchuk  84' 87' (pen.) Mampassi  90+'	Report	Zuyev  75' Ignatyev  86'	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 11,822 Referee: Kirill Levnikov

Ural Yekaterinburg v Rubin Kazan

15 May 2022 29	Ural Yekaterinburg	3 – 0	Rubin Kazan	Yekaterinburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Bicfalvi 22', 71' Shatov 56'	Report	Kuchayev  24' Kuznetsov  65' Samoshnikov  76'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 14,287 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Rubin Kazan v Ufa

21 May 2022 30	Rubin Kazan	1 – 2	Ufa	Kazan
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Lisakovich 37' 90+ Kuchayev  81' Teslenko  85'	Report	Jokić  36' Kamilov 54' Ivanov  68' Agalarov  84' Ortiz 90'	Stadium: Ak Bars Arena Attendance: 25,142 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

Russian Cup

Main article: 2021–22 Russian Cup

Rubin Kazan v Rotor Volgograd

3 March 2022 Round of 16	Rubin Kazan	2 – 1	Rotor Volgograd	Kazan
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Lisakovich 28' (pen.), 73' (pen.) Musaev  41' Lomovitsky  53' Kvaratskhelia  67'	Report	Minayev 12' Tashayev  36' Obukhov  43' Chukanov  52' Mullin  75' Makhatadze  78'	Stadium: Ak Bars Arena Referee: Alexey Matyunin

Yenisey Krasnoyarsk v Rubin Kazan

20 April 2022 Quarterfinal	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	3 – 1	Rubin Kazan	Krasnoyarsk
14:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Okladnikov 12', 32' Glushkov 39' Kichin  55'	Report	Kuznetsov  60' Musayev  63' Onugkha 86'	Stadium: Central Stadium Referee: Pavel Shadykhanov

UEFA Europa Conference League

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League

Third qualifying round

Raków Częstochowa v Rubin Kazan

5 August 2021 First leg	Raków Częstochowa	0–0	Rubin Kazan	Bielsko-Biała, Poland
22:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Niewulis  43' Papanikolaou  58' Arsenić  78' Kun  83'	Report	Kostyukov  90+2'	Stadium: BBOSiR Stadium Attendance: 4,811[71] Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)
Note: Match played at the BBOSiR Stadium in Bielsko-Biała, instead of Raków Częstochowa's regular Miejski Stadion Piłkarski "Raków" in Częstochowa due to it not meeting UEFA requirements.

Rubin Kazan v Raków Częstochowa

12 August 2021 Second leg	Rubin Kazan	0–1 (a.e.t.) (0–1 agg.)	Raków Częstochowa	Kazan, Russia
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Kostyukov  38' Musayev  63' Samoshnikov  105'  106' Saito  108'	Report	Mateusz Wdowiak Niewulis  86' Gutkovskis 111' Wydra  120'	Stadium: Ak Bars Arena Attendance: 11,754[72] Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

Squad statistics

As of match played 21 May 2022

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Russian Cup		UEFA Europa Conference League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	RUS	Nikita Medvedev	2	0	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
2	DF	RUS	Yegor Teslenko	11	0	8+2	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF	TUN	Montassar Talbi	27	0	25	0	2	0	0	0
7	MF	RUS	Soltmurad Bakayev	33	2	15+14	2	2	0	0+2	0
8	MF	RUS	Aleksandr Lomovitsky	13	1	11	1	2	0	0	0
10	FW	RUS	German Onugkha	25	3	11+12	2	0+2	1	0	0
13	FW	RUS	Kirill Klimov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	RUS	Mikhail Kostyukov	15	1	7+6	1	0	0	1+1	0
18	MF	RUS	Marat Apshatsev	10	0	3+5	0	0+2	0	0	0
20	DF	RUS	Vladislav Ignatyev	14	1	4+7	1	1	0	1+1	0
22	GK	RUS	Yury Dyupin	33	0	29	0	2	0	2	0
23	DF	RUS	Aleksandr Zuyev	20	0	15+2	0	1+1	0	1	0
24	DF	RUS	Ivan Savitskiy	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
28	MF	DEN	Oliver Abildgaard	22	1	20	1	0	0	2	0
31	DF	RUS	Georgi Zotov	29	0	24+2	0	1	0	1+1	0
38	MF	RUS	Leon Musayev	20	0	6+10	0	2	0	0+2	0
44	FW	BLR	Vitaly Lisakovich	12	6	10	4	2	2	0	0
56	MF	RUS	Lenar Fattakhov	5	0	0+4	0	0+1	0	0	0
77	DF	RUS	Ilya Samoshnikov	27	1	24	1	2	0	1	0
84	DF	RUS	Stepan Surikov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
85	FW	RUS	Daniil Kuznetsov	9	0	0+8	0	0+1	0	0	0
97	DF	RUS	Konstantin Nizhegorodov	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
98	MF	RUS	Konstantin Kuchayev	10	1	9	1	1	0	0	0
Players who suspended their contracts:
4	DF	CRO	Silvije Begić	12	0	9	0	1	0	2	0
5	DF	CRO	Filip Uremović	21	0	17+1	0	0+1	0	2	0
6	MF	KOR	Hwang In-beom	18	2	17	2	0	0	1	0
11	MF	DEN	Anders Dreyer	14	8	14	8	0	0	0	0
21	MF	GEO	Khvicha Kvaratskhelia	22	2	17+2	2	1	0	2	0
99	FW	MNE	Sead Hakšabanović	23	1	20	1	1	0	2	0
Players away from the club on loan:
10	MF	SUI	Darko Jevtić	8	1	4+2	1	0	0	2	0
19	FW	RUS	Ivan Ignatyev	10	0	0+9	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players who left Rubin Kazan during the season:
8	MF	RUS	Oleg Shatov	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
9	FW	SRB	Đorđe Despotović	10	1	6+3	1	0	0	1	0
16	MF	JPN	Mitsuki Saito	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0
25	MF	RUS	Denis Makarov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Russian Cup	UEFA Europa Conference League	Total
1	MF		11	Anders Dreyer	8	0	0	8
2	FW		44	Vitaly Lisakovich	4	2	0	6
3				Own goal	5	0	0	5
4	FW		10	German Onugkha	2	1	0	3
5	MF		6	Hwang In-beom	2	0	0	2
	MF		7	Soltmurad Bakayev	2	0	0	2
	MF		21	Khvicha Kvaratskhelia	2	0	0	2
8	DF		77	Ilya Samoshnikov	1	0	0	1
	FW		9	Đorđe Despotović	1	0	0	1
	FW		14	Mikhail Kostyukov	1	0	0	1
	FW		99	Sead Hakšabanović	1	0	0	1
	MF		10	Darko Jevtić	1	0	0	1
	MF		28	Oliver Abildgaard	1	0	0	1
	MF		98	Konstantin Kuchayev	1	0	0	1
	DF		20	Vladislav Ignatyev	1	0	0	1
	MF		8	Aleksandr Lomovitsky	1	0	0	1
				TOTALS	33	3	0	36

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Russian Cup	UEFA Europa Conference League	Total
1	GK		22	Yury Dyupin	5	0	1	6
				TOTALS	5	0	1	6

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Russian Cup		UEFA Europa Conference League		Total
2		DF	Yegor Teslenko	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3		DF	Montassar Talbi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
7		MF	Soltmurad Bakayev	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
8		MF	Aleksandr Lomovitsky	4	1	1	0	0	0	5	1
10		FW	German Onugkha	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
14		FW	Mikhail Kostyukov	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0
20		DF	Vladislav Ignatyev	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22		GK	Yury Dyupin	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23		DF	Aleksandr Zuyev	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
28		MF	Oliver Abildgaard	7	1	0	0	0	0	7	1
31		DF	Georgi Zotov	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
38		MF	Leon Musayev	3	1	2	0	1	0	6	1
44		FW	Vitaly Lisakovich	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
56		MF	Lenar Fattakhov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
77		DF	Ilya Samoshnikov	7	0	0	0	2	1	9	1
85		FW	Daniil Kuznetsov	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
97		DF	Konstantin Nizhegorodov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
98		MF	Konstantin Kuchayev	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Players who suspended their contracts:
4		DF	Silvije Begić	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
5		DF	Filip Uremović	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
21		MF	Khvicha Kvaratskhelia	6	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
99		FW	Sead Hakšabanović	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players away on loan:
4		DF	Silvije Begić	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
6		MF	Hwang In-beom	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
10		MF	Darko Jevtić	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19		FW	Ivan Ignatyev	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left Rubin Kazan during the season:
8		MF	Oleg Shatov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9		FW	Đorđe Despotović	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
16		MF	Mitsuki Saito	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
			TOTALS	78	5	5	0	6	1	89	6