2015–16 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season

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FC Lokomotiv Moscow
2015–16 season
Chairman Olga Smorodskaya
Manager Igor Cherevchenko
Stadium Lokomotiv Stadium
Russian Premier League 6th
Russian Cup Round of 16
UEFA Europa League Round of 32
Russian Super Cup Runners-Up
Top goalscorer League: Niasse Goal 8
All: Niasse Goal 13
Highest home attendance 22,304 vs CSKA Moscow
(RFPL, 16 April 2016)
Lowest home attendance 5,348 vs Anzhi Makhachkala
(RFPL, 22 November 2015)
Average home league attendance 10,428
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
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The 2015–16 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season is the club's 24th season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. Lokomotiv Moscow also took part in the Russian Cup and the Europa League.

Season Review

June

On 16 June 2015, Lokomotiv has confirmed Igor Cherevchenko as their manager for the upcoming season.[1] Subsequently, through a communication issued by the club on their Twitter and Facebook accounts, it was announced that Vedran Corluka was chosen by Igor Cherevchenko as the club's new captain for the 2015-2016 season. Lokomotiv's main squad reported for training on June 17 and the players were subjected to a medical check-up.[2]

On 23 June 2015, the Russian Football Premier League published the fixture list for the upcoming Russian Premier League season.[3] The season will run from 17 July 2015 to 21 May 2016, with a winter break between the beginning of December and the beginning of March.

July

Lokomotiv began their season with the Russian Super Cup against Zenit Saint Petersburg. The match was played at Zenit's home stadium, the Petrovsky Stadium. Lokomotiv managed to hold out Zenit for a 1-all draw but eventually lost the tie on penalties.[4]

Lokomotiv started their league campaign at Mordovia Saransk. Lokomotiv won their season opener by courtesy of a goal from Petar Škuletić.[5] The next match was once again away from home, this time against Anzhi Makhachkala. Buoyed by the home crowd, Anzhi went ahead but Lokomotiv recovered brilliantly and eventually ran out 3-1 winners.[6]

August

In the third round of the Russian Premier League, Lokomotiv hosted Dynamo. Dynamo Moscow went ahead just before the half time before Vedran Corluka's equalizer on the hour mark.[7] Lokomotiv's next match was against Ural. Lokomotiv started strongly and notwithstanding a better showing from Ural in the second half, Lokomotiv eventually won the encounter comfortably by the score of 3-1.[8] In the next match, Lokomotiv welcomed Terek and the two teams played to a nil-nil draw.[9]

Subsequently, Lokomotiv travelled to Ufa and cruised to a three-nil victory in what was an easy win for the guests.[10] In the last match in August and prior to the international break, Lokomotiv faced Krasnodar. The match resulted to be a close encounter but eventually Lokomotiv recovered after going down to run 2-1 winners.[11]

September

The mini-break for international matches seemed to have disrupted Lokomotiv's league momentum. Indeed, in a rusty performance away from home against Rubin, who were fresh from the sacking of Rinat Bilyaletdinov, Lokomotiv lost the encounter by three-goals-to-one.[12]

In the following match, Lokomotiv opened their Europa League commitments by travelling to Lisbon to face Sporting CP. To the surprise of many, Lokomotiv stunned the hosts and recorded a three-to-one victory, courtesy of a double from Samedov.[13] Subsequently, Lokomotiv welcomed Krylya Sovetov and after a slow start Lokomotiv eventually disposed of the famous Soviet-era club by two goals to nil.[14]

Three days after, Lokomotiv faced Torpedo Armavir in the Round of 32 of the Russian Cup and Škuletić's goal 18 minutes from end was enough for Lokomotiv to see off their Russian First Division opponents.[15] Lokomotiv took their good form into their next match against CSKA Moscow away from home. Indeed, despite falling behind courtesy of a dubious penalty, Lokomotiv managed to recover and eventually held their cross-town rivals to one-all draw.[16]

Personnel

First Team Squad Information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 7 April 2016.[17]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Name Nationality Position Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Since
Goalkeepers
1 Guilherme Brazil Russia GK (1985-12-12) 12 December 1985 (age 38) Brazil Atlético Paranaense 2007
16 Ilya Lantratov Russia GK (1995-11-11) 11 November 1995 (age 28) Lokomotiv-2 Moscow 2014
77 Anton Kochenkov Russia GK (1987-04-02) 2 April 1987 (age 37) Mordovia Saransk 2015
81 Ilya Abayev Russia GK (1981-08-02) 2 August 1981 (age 42) Volga Nizhny Novgorod 2013
Defenders
5 Nemanja Pejčinović Serbia DF (1987-11-04) 4 November 1987 (age 36) France Nice 2014
14 Vedran Ćorluka (captain) Croatia DF (1986-02-05) 5 February 1986 (age 38) England Tottenham Hotspur 2012
15 Arseny Logashov Russia DF (1991-08-20) 20 August 1991 (age 32) Anzhi Makhachkala 2013
17 Taras Mykhalyk Ukraine DF (1983-10-28) 28 October 1983 (age 40) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 2013
28 Ján Ďurica Slovakia DF (1981-12-10) 10 December 1981 (age 42) Saturn Moscow Oblast 2009
29 Vitaliy Denisov Uzbekistan DF (1987-02-23) 23 February 1987 (age 37) Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2013
49 Roman Shishkin Russia DF (1987-01-27) 27 January 1987 (age 37) Spartak Moscow 2010
55 Renat Yanbayev Russia DF (1984-04-07) 7 April 1984 (age 40) Kuban Krasnodar 2007
Midfielders
3 Alan Kasaev Russia MF (1986-04-08) 8 April 1986 (age 38) Dynamo Moscow 2014
4 Manuel Fernandes Portugal MF (1986-02-05) 5 February 1986 (age 38) Turkey Beşiktaş 2014
8 Aleksandr Sheshukov Russia MF (1983-04-15) 15 April 1983 (age 41) Rostov 2014
9 Maksim Grigoryev Russia MF (1990-07-06) 6 July 1990 (age 33) MITOS Novocherkassk 2012
18 Aleksandr Kolomeytsev Russia MF (1989-02-21) 21 February 1989 (age 35) Amkar Perm 2015
19 Aleksandr Samedov Russia MF (1984-07-19) 19 July 1984 (age 39) Dynamo Moscow 2012
20 Vladislav Ignatyev Russia MF (1987-01-20) 20 January 1987 (age 37) Kuban Krasnodar 2016
23 Dmitri Tarasov Russia MF (1987-03-18) 18 March 1987 (age 37) FC Moscow 2010
36 Dmitri Barinov Russia MF (1996-01-11) 11 January 1996 (age 28) Youth system 2013
59 Aleksei Miranchuk Russia MF (1995-10-17) 17 October 1995 (age 28) Youth system 2012
88 Delvin N'Dinga Republic of the Congo MF (1988-03-14) 14 March 1988 (age 36) France Monaco 2015
Forwards
7 Maicon Brazil FW (1990-02-18) 18 February 1990 (age 34) Brazil Fluminense 2010
32 Petar Škuletić Serbia FW (1990-06-29) 29 June 1990 (age 33) Serbia Partizan Belgrade 2015
45 Ezekiel Henty Nigeria FW (1993-05-13) 13 May 1993 (age 31) Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana 2016
96 Rifat Zhemaletdinov Russia FW (1996-09-20) 20 September 1996 (age 27) Youth system 2013
Players who left the club midway through the season
11 Mbark Boussoufa Morocco MF (1984-08-15) 15 August 1984 (age 39) Anzhi Makhachkala 2013
21 Baye Oumar Niasse Senegal FW (1990-04-18) 18 April 1990 (age 34) Turkey Akhisar Belediyespor 2014
52 Sergei Makarov Russia MF (1996-10-03) 3 October 1996 (age 27) Youth system 2013
60 Anton Miranchuk Russia MF (1995-10-17) 17 October 1995 (age 28) Youth system 2012

Transfers

Arrivals

Players in

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Name Nationality Position From Fee Date Source
Maksim Grigoryev Russia MF Rostov Returned from loan 18 June 2015 [18]
Anton Kochenkov Russia GK Mordovia Saransk Free transfer 27 June 2015 [19]
Aleksandr Kolomeytsev Russia MF Amkar Perm Free transfer 27 June 2015 [20]
Anton Kochenkov Russia GK Krasnodar Returned from loan 1 January 2016
Vladislav Ignatyev Russia MF Kuban Krasnodar Free transfer 10 February 2016 [21]
Ezekiel Henty Nigeria FW Olimpija Ljubljana €5,000,000[22] 19 February 2016 [23]

Players in on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Name Nationality Position Loan from Date Until Source
Delvin N'Dinga Republic of the Congo MF France Monaco 9 July 2015 End of season [24]

Departures

Players out

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Name Nationality Position To Fee Date Source
Maksim Belyayev Russia DF Shinnik Yaroslavl Free transfer 30 June 2015 [25]
Sergei Tkachyov Russia MF Kuban Krasnodar Undisclosed (~ €700,000) 1 July 2015 [26]
Yan Tsiharaw Belarus MF Belarus Dinamo Minsk Free transfer 1 July 2015 [27]
Roman Pavlyuchenko Russia FW Kuban Krasnodar Free transfer 1 July 2015 [28]
Magomed Ozdoev Russia MF Rubin Kazan Free transfer 1 July 2015
Victor Obinna Nigeria MF Unattached Free transfer 1 July 2015
Alberto Zapater Spain MF Unattached Free transfer August 2015 [29]
Dmitri Sychev Russia FW Unattached Free transfer 30 November 2015
Oumar Niasse Senegal FW England Everton €17,900,000[30] 1 February 2016 [31]

Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Name Nationality Position Loan to Date Until Source
Dmitri Sychev Russia FW Kazakhstan Okzhetpes 13 March 2015 29 November 2015 [32]
Miroslav Lobantsev Russia GK Krylya Sovetov Samara 16 July 2015 End of season [33]
Anton Kochenkov Russia GK Krasnodar 28 October 2015 31 December 2015 [34]
Mbark Boussoufa Morocco MF Belgium Gent 1 February 2016 End of season [35]
Anton Miranchuk Russia MF Estonia Levadia Tallinn 2 February 2016 End of season [36]
Sergey Makarov Russia MF Belarus Minsk 17 February 2016 End of season [37]

Friendlies

Pre-season

Mid-season

Competitions

Overview

Competition Started Round Final Round First Match Last Match G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Super Cup Final Runners-Up 12 July 2015 - 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0.00%
Premier League - 6th 19 July 2015 21 May 2016 29 13 8 8 40 33 +7 43.3%
Russian Cup Round of 32 Round of 16 23 September 2015 29 October 2015 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 50.0%
Europa League Group Stage Round of 32 17 September 2015 25 February 2016 8 3 3 2 13 10 +3 37.5%

Russian Super Cup

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Russian Premier League

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League table

Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Krasnodar 30 16 8 6 54 25 +29 56 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
5 Spartak Moscow 30 15 5 10 48 39 +9 50
6 Lokomotiv Moscow 30 14 8 8 43 33 +10 50
7 Terek Grozny 30 11 11 8 35 30 +5 44
8 Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast 30 10 9 11 39 46 −7 39
Source: Russian Premier League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head matches won; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals; 8) Goal difference; 9) Goals scored; 10) Away goals scored.[38]
Notes:
  1. ↑ Zenit Saint Petersburg qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 Russian Cup. For that reason, the spot for the third-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) is passed to the fifth-placed team.

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

Last updated: 30 April 2016.
Source: Russian Premier League
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Russian Cup

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Europa League

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Lokomotiv have qualified directly for the Group Stage of the 2015-16 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2015 Russian Cup Final.[39]

Group Stage

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The 48 teams which qualified for the group stage were seeded into four pots based on their 2015 UEFA club coefficients.[40] Lokomotiv fell to be allocated into the third pot. The draw was held on 28 August 2015 in Monaco and Lokomotiv drawn the 2015 Portuguese Cup Winners Sporting CP, Turkish powerhouse Beşiktaş, and the 2015 Albanian league winners Skënderbeu Korçë.

League Table
Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LOK SCP BES SKE
1 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 6 3 2 1 12 7 +5 11 Advance to knockout phase — 2–4 1–1 2–0
2 Portugal Sporting CP 6 3 1 2 14 11 +3 10 1–3 — 3–1 5–1
3 Turkey Beşiktaş 6 2 3 1 7 6 +1 9 1–1 1–1 — 2–0
4 Albania Skënderbeu Korçë 6 1 0 5 4 13 −9 3 0–3 3–0 0–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Matches

Knockout Phase

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The draw for the first stage of the knockout phase, the round of 32, took place on Monday 14 December 2015.[41] Lokomotiv was paired with Turkish side Fenerbahçe.

Round of 32

Squad statistics

After 30 April 2016

No Name Premier League Russian Cup and Supercup Europa League Total
Apps Goals Booked Red card Apps Goals Booked Red card Apps Goals Booked Red card Apps Goals Booked Red card
Goalkeepers
1 Guilherme 26 -29 2 0 1 -1 1 0 8 -10 1 0 35 -40 4 0
16 Ilya Lantratov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
77 Anton Kochenkov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
81 Ilya Abayev 0 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0
Defenders
5 Nemanja Pejčinović 19 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 26 1 4 0
14 Vedran Ćorluka 21 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 26 3 4 2
15 Arseny Logashov 7 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 10 0 3 0
17 Taras Mykhalyk 18 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 6 0 2 0 26 0 5 0
28 Ján Ďurica 11 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 18 0 2 0
29 Vitaliy Denisov 25 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 34 0 5 0
49 Roman Shishkin 16 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 23 0 3 0
55 Renat Yanbayev 9 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 14 0 1 0
Midfielders
3 Alan Kasaev 23 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 30 3 3 0
4 Manuel Fernandes 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 12 0 0 0
8 Aleksandr Sheshukov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Maksim Grigoryev 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 11 0 0 0
11 Mbark Boussoufa 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0
18 Aleksandr Kolomeytsev 25 3 1 0 3 0 1 0 7 0 1 0 35 3 2 0
19 Aleksandr Samedov 25 8 3 0 1 0 0 0 8 5 1 0 34 13 4 0
20 Vladislav Ignatyev 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0
23 Dmitri Tarasov 20 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 5 1 3 0 26 1 6 0
36 Dmitri Barinov 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0
52 Sergei Makarov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
59 Aleksei Miranchuk 24 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 32 3 2 0
60 Anton Miranchuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
88 Delvin N'Dinga 22 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 8 0 1 0 31 0 3 0
Forwards
7 Maicon 14 3 3 0 3 0 1 0 7 2 0 0 24 5 4 0
21 Oumar Niasse 15 8 2 0 2 1 0 0 6 4 3 0 23 13 5 0
32 Petar Škuletić 15 4 1 0 2 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 21 5 2 0
45 Ezekiel Henty 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0
96 Rifat Zhemaletdinov 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0

Awards

Lokomotiv player of the month award

Awarded monthly to the player that was chosen by fan voting on Lokomotiv's official portal on VK.

Month First Second Third
No. Name Votes  % No. Name Votes  % No. Name Votes  %
July [42] 3 Alan Kasaev 1,195 (2nd round) 1,470 (1st round) 55.8% 14 Vedran Ćorluka 951 (2nd round) 1,469 (1st round) 44.2% 32 Petar Škuletić 885 (1st round) N/a
August [43] 3 Alan Kasaev 2,430 46.1% 21 Baye Oumar Niasse 1,689 32.0% 29 Vitaliy Denisov 670 12.7%
September [44] 21 Baye Oumar Niasse 3,182 70.7% 1 Guilherme 531 11.8% 19 Aleksandr Samedov 496 11.0%
October [45] 21 Baye Oumar Niasse 2,225 48.5% 29 Vitaly Denisov 699 15.6% 19 Aleksandr Samedov 648 14.5%
November [46] 21 Baye Oumar Niasse 1,768 38.5% 19 Aleksandr Samedov 1,325 28.8% 59 Aleksei Miranchuk 660 14.3%
December [47] 21 Baye Oumar Niasse 2,410 48.9% 19 Aleksandr Samedov 1,316 26.7% 29 Vitaly Denisov 504 10.2%
February [48] 1 Guilherme 1,838 34.2% 19 Aleksandr Samedov 1,568 29.1% 29 Vitaly Denisov 1114 20.7%
March [49] 19 Aleksandr Samedov 4,543 87.2% 28 Ján Ďurica 232 4.4% 29 Vitaly Denisov 210 4.0%

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