2016–17 FC Rubin Kazan season

FC Rubin Kazan

2016–17 season
Chairman	Ilsur Metshin
Manager	Javi Gracia
Stadium	Central Stadium Kazan Arena
Russian Premier League	9th
Russian Cup	Semifinal vs Ural Yekaterinburg
Top goalscorer	League: Jonathas (9) All: Jonathas (11)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2016–17 FC Rubin Kazan season was the 14th successive season that the club played in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia.

Season events

Before the season kicked off, Rubin Kazan appointed Javi Gracia as their new manager, replacing Valeriy Chaly. He brought new players to the club including Rifat Zhemaletdinov, Alex Song and Sergio Sánchez. Jako replaced Puma as the club`s kit supplier.

Squad

As of 24 February 2017

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 1 GK  RUS Sergei Ryzhikov 2 DF  RUS Oleg Kuzmin (Captain) 3 DF  RUS Elmir Nabiullin 4 MF  FRA Yann M'Vila 6 DF  ESP Sergio Sánchez 8 MF  CMR Alex Song 9 FW  RUS Maksim Kanunnikov 10 MF  BEL Maxime Lestienne 14 MF  RUS Diniyar Bilyaletdinov 20 MF  CRO Mijo Caktaš 21 MF  ESP Rubén Rochina 22 FW  BRA Jonathas

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 DF  SUI Moritz Bauer 25 DF  PER Carlos Zambrano 31 MF  RUS Denis Tkachuk 39 FW  RUS Vladimir Dyadyun 49 DF  RUS Vitali Ustinov 61 MF  TUR Gökdeniz Karadeniz 80 MF  RUS Vladislav Kulik 85 MF  RUS Ilzat Akhmetov 88 MF  RUS Ruslan Kambolov 90 DF  RUS Taras Burlak 91 GK  RUS Yuri Nesterenko 96 FW  RUS Rifat Zhemaletdinov

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 5 DF  GEO Solomon Kvirkvelia (at Lokomotiv Moscow) 13 DF  SWE Emil Bergström (at Grasshoppers) 27 MF  RUS Magomed Ozdoyev (at Terek Grozny) 77 MF  ESP Samu (at Leganés) — GK  RUS Aleksandr Filtsov (at Anzhi Makhachkala)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  RUS Maksim Batov (at Anzhi Makhachkala) — DF  URU Guillermo Cotugno (at Talleres until 30 June 2017) — DF  UKR Andriy Pylyavskyi (at Zorya Luhansk) — MF  RUS Albert Sharipov (at Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk until 30 June 2017) — MF  RUS Vladimir Sobolev (at Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk until 30 June 2017)

Youth squad

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 16 GK  RUS Timur Akmurzin 32 DF  RUS Anatoli Brendelev 33 DF  RUS Inal Getigezhev 35 DF  RUS Kirill Lukyanchikov 36 MF  RUS Maksim Bobrovskiy 37 MF  RUS Adil Mukhametzyanov 40 DF  RUS Danis Giniyatullin 41 DF  RUS Sergei Doronin 47 DF  RUS Dmitri Gubanov 48 MF  RUS Artur Nikolayev 51 MF  RUS Nikita Kulalayev 53 FW  RUS Nikita Goldobin 54 FW  RUS Daniil Makeyev 56 FW  RUS Gevorg Arutyunyan 57 MF  RUS Iskander Badriyev

No. Pos. Nation Player 62 MF  RUS Artur Kovalik 63 MF  RUS Alisher Dzhalilov 70 MF  RUS Georgi Makhatadze 73 MF  RUS Igor Nikolov 78 FW  RUS Nikita Torgashov 81 DF  RUS Ilnur Safeyev 82 DF  RUS Nikita Mikhailov 87 FW  RUS Artur Alukayev 89 MF  RUS Mikhail Yakovlev 92 MF  RUS Almaz Sharafeev 93 MF  RUS Ilya Gilyazutdinov 94 DF  RUS Ilya Shabanov 97 FW  RUS Dmitri Kamenshchikov 98 GK  RUS Anton Chernov

Transfers

Summer

Main article: List of Russian football transfers summer 2016

In: 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 MF  FRA Yann M'Vila (end of loan to Sunderland) 6 DF  ESP Sergio Sánchez (from Panathinaikos)[1] 8 MF  CMR Alex Song (from Barcelona)[2] 10 MF  BEL Maxime Lestienne (from Al-Arabi)[3] 21 MF  ESP Rubén Rochina (from Granada)[4] 22 FW  BRA Jonathas (from Real Sociedad) 23 DF  SUI Moritz Bauer (from Grasshoppers)[5] 25 DF  PER Carlos Zambrano (from Eintracht Frankfurt)[6] 33 MF  RUS Inal Getigezhev (end of loan to Orenburg) 37 MF  RUS Adil Mukhametzyanov 51 MF  RUS Nikita Kulalayev (from Lada-Togliatti) 53 FW  RUS Nikita Goldobin 54 FW  RUS Daniil Makeyev (from Khimki-M) 64 DF  COD Chris Mavinga (end of loan to ESTAC) 70 MF  RUS Georgi Makhatadze (from Lokomotiv Moscow)[7] 77 MF  ESP Samu (from Villarreal)[8] 80 MF  RUS Vladislav Kulik (end of loan to Kuban Krasnodar) 90 DF  RUS Taras Burlak (end of loan to Krylia Sovetov Samara) 96 FW  RUS Rifat Zhemaletdinov (from Lokomotiv Moscow)[9]

Out: 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 7 FW  RUS Igor Portnyagin (to Lokomotiv Moscow)[10] 8 DF  RUS Maksim Batov (on loan to Orenburg)[11] 10 MF  BRA Carlos Eduardo (to Atlético Mineiro)[12] 15 MF  BLR Syarhey Kislyak (to Gaziantepspor)[13][14] 21 DF  URU Guillermo Cotugno (on loan to Talleres)[15] 29 MF  RUS Shota Bibilov (to Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod) 30 MF  RUS Vladimir Sobolev (on loan to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk)[16] 34 FW  RUS Timur Khakimov 37 MF  RUS Aleksei Frolov 39 DF  RUS Niyaz Valeyev 42 DF  RUS Amir Gavrilov 43 FW  RUS Nikita Vorona 46 MF  RUS Ruslan Kausarov (to Kuban-2 Krasnodar) 52 MF  RUS Rail Idiyatullin 54 MF  RUS Erik Vasilyev 58 DF  RUS Nikita Balandin 64 FW  RUS Nikita Tankov (to CRFSO Smolensk) 65 DF  RUS Maksim Zhestokov (to Volgar Astrakhan) 66 DF  RUS Almaz Gilmutdinov 70 GK  RUS Yevgeni Shchetinin (to Dynamo Kirov) 77 MF  BUL Blagoy Georgiev (to Orenburg)[17] 79 DF  UKR Andriy Pylyavskyi (on loan to Vorskla Poltava) 86 FW  RUS Timur Koblov 95 GK  RUS Fyodor Arsentyev (on loan to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, previously from Spartak Moscow) 95 MF  RUS Insar Salakhetdinov (to Sportakademklub Moscow) 96 MF  RUS German Frolov — DF  GEO Mamuka Kobakhidze (on loan to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, previously on loan to Mordovia Saransk)[18] — DF  URU Mauricio Lemos (to Las Palmas, previously on loan)[19] — MF  GHA Wakaso Mubarak (to Panathinaikos, previously on loan to Las Palmas)[20] — MF  RUS Ilsur Samigullin (to Syzran-2003, previously on loan to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) — MF  RUS Albert Sharipov (on loan to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, previously on loan to Tom Tomsk)[16] — FW  IRN Sardar Azmoun (to Rostov, previously on loan)[21] — FW  RUS Sergei Davydov (released, previously on loan to KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny) — FW  CRO Marko Livaja (to Las Palmas, previously on loan to Empoli)[22] — FW  RUS Kamil Mullin (on loan to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, previously on loan to Sokol Saratov)[23] — FW  RUS Dmitri Otstavnov (to Santa Clara, previously on loan to Volga Ulyanovsk)[24]

Winter

Main article: List of Russian football transfers winter 2016–17

In: 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 12 DF  RUS Aleksei Karnaukhov 15 FW  RUS Nikita Saprunov 19 MF  RUS Vladimir Sobolev (end of loan to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) 29 DF  RUS Ruslan Shcherbin (from KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny academy) 65 MF  RUS Erik Vasilyev

Out: 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 5 DF  GEO Solomon Kvirkvelia (on loan to Lokomotiv Moscow)[25] 11 FW  UKR Marko Dević (to Rostov)[26] 13 DF  SWE Emil Bergström (on loan to Grasshoppers)[27] 24 DF  RUS Yegor Sorokin (to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, previously on loan to Aktobe) 27 MF  RUS Magomed Ozdoyev (on loan to Terek Grozny)[28] 64 DF  COD Chris Mavinga (to Toronto)[29] 77 MF  ESP Samu (on loan to Leganés)[30] 83 DF  RUS Aleksandr Kuznetsov 84 MF  RUS Andrei Mironov — GK  RUS Aleksandr Filtsov (on loan to Anzhi Makhachkala, previously on loan to Arsenal Tula)[31] — DF  RUS Maksim Batov (to Anzhi Makhachkala, previously on loan to Orenburg)[32][33] — DF  UKR Andriy Pylyavskyi (on loan to Zorya Luhansk, previously on loan to Vorskla Poltava)[34] — MF  UZB Bobir Davlatov (to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, previously on loan to Aktobe)

Competitions

Russian Premier League

Main article: 2016–17 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	D	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	W
Position	9	11	13	13	14	10	12	10	10	9	10	10	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	9

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2017. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Rubin Kazan v Amkar Perm

1 August 2016 1	Rubin Kazan	0 – 0	Amkar Perm	Kazan
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Kanunnikov  14'  35' Nabiullin  45+1'	Summary	Anene  12' Shynder  69' Salugin  90+3'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 12,178 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

Arsenal Tula v Rubin Kazan

6 August 2016 2	Arsenal Tula	1 – 0	Rubin Kazan	Tula
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Shevchenko 21' 76'	Summary	Sánchez  39' Burlak  88' Dević  90+4'	Stadium: Arsenal Stadium Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Evgeny Turbin

Rubin Kazan v Spartak Moscow

13 August 2016 3	Rubin Kazan	1 – 1	Spartak Moscow	Kazan
20:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Ozdoyev  21' Dević 45' Song  82' Sánchez  90+1'	Summary	Popov 21' 45' Fernando  71' Bocchetti  90'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 17,339 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

Rubin Kazan v Anzhi Makhachkala

19 August 2016 4	Rubin Kazan	1 – 2	Anzhi Makhachkala	Kazan
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Kanunnikov 34'	Summary	Budkivskyi 42' Ebecilio 54' Gadzhibekov  69' Lazić  76' Gasanov  90+3'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 8,572 Referee: Aleksei Eskov

Orenburg v Rubin Kazan

27 August 2016 5	Orenburg	1 – 1	Rubin Kazan	Orenburg
13:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Sanaya  23' Katsalapov  38' Yefremov 45+1' Afonin  66' Markelov  90+3'	Summary	Bauer  26' Kanunnikov 90+1'	Stadium: Gazovik Stadium Attendance: 5,825 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Rubin Kazan v Ural Yekaterinburg

12 September 2016 6	Rubin Kazan	3 – 1	Ural Yekaterinburg	Kazan
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Novikov 29' (o.g.) Nabiullin  37' Tkachuk 70' Lestienne 76'	Summary	Yemelyanov  18' Pavlyuchenko  77' 87'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 5,399 Referee: Kirill Levnikov

Zenit St.Petersburg v Rubin Kazan

19 September 2016 7	Zenit St.Petersburg	4 – 1	Rubin Kazan	Saint Petersburg
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Criscito 16' (pen.) Mak 53' Dzyuba  57' 63' Giuliano 59' Đorđević  77' Smolnikov  88'	Summary	Zambrano  57' Jonathas 86' Lestienne  88'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,008 Referee: Aleksei Matyunin

Rubin Kazan v Tom Tomsk

26 September 2016 8	Rubin Kazan	2 – 1	Tom Tomsk	Kazan
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Jonathas 26' Kambolov  75' 79'	Summary	Bicfalvi  19' Vranješ 49'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 4,463 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

Krasnodar v Rubin Kazan

2 October 2016 9	Krasnodar	1 – 0	Rubin Kazan	Krasnodar
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Kaboré  28' Ari  37' 45+1'	Summary	Zambrano  36' Nabiullin  39' Kanunnikov  88'	Stadium: Kuban Stadium Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Igor Fedotov

Rubin Kazan v Krylia Sovetov

15 October 2016 10	Rubin Kazan	3 – 0	Krylia Sovetov	Kazan
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Kanunnikov 38' Bauer  50' Rochina 52' Jonathas 53'	Summary	Tkachyov  43' Taranov  80' Kornilenko  82'	Stadium: Kazan Arena Attendance: 9,176 Referee: Artem Chistyakov

Terek Grozny v Rubin Kazan

22 October 2016 11	Terek Grozny	3 – 1	Rubin Kazan	Grozny
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Balaj 18' 87' Ivanov  60' Semyonov  61' Grozav 71' (pen.) Mohammadi  78' Roshi 90+3' 90+4'	Summary	Jonathas 34' Caktaš  60' Zambrano  69'  70'	Stadium: Akhmat-Arena Attendance: 12,300 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

Rubin Kazan v Lokomotiv Moscow

31 October 2016 12	Rubin Kazan	2 – 0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Kazan
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Bauer  61' Kanunnikov 69' Jonathas 77'	Summary	Mykhalyk  13' Denisov  54'	Stadium: Kazan Arena Attendance: 8,026 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

Ufa v Rubin Kazan

5 November 2016 13	Ufa	2 – 3	Rubin Kazan	Ufa
13:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Shelia  8' Sysuyev 45+2' 82' Stotsky 49' Zaseyev  76'  86'	Summary	Jonathas 18' (pen.) Rochina 28' 89' Nabiullin 51' Burlak  72' Sánchez  79'	Stadium: Neftyanik Stadium Attendance: 6,900 Referee: Aleksei Eskov

Rubin Kazan v Rostov

18 November 2016 14	Rubin Kazan	0 – 0	Rostov	Kazan
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Zhemaletdinov  79'	Summary	Gațcan  30' Navas  58'	Stadium: Kazan Arena Attendance: 18,971 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

CSKA Moscow v Rubin Kazan

26 November 2016 15	CSKA Moscow	0 – 0	Rubin Kazan	Moscow
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Shchennikov  46' Wernbloom  73'	Summary	Sánchez  30' Rochina  46' Ryzhikov  90+2'	Stadium: Arena CSKA Attendance: 8,900 Referee: Aleksandr Egorov

Rubin Kazan v Arsenal Tula

30 November 2016 16	Rubin Kazan	1 – 0	Arsenal Tula	Kazan
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Jonathas 62' Ryzhikov  89'	Summary	Khagush  32'	Stadium: Kazan Arena Attendance: 3,289 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

Spartak Moscow v Rubin Kazan

5 December 2016 17	Spartak Moscow	2 – 1	Rubin Kazan	Moscow
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Promes 43' 45+1'  76' Zobnin  69' Glushakov 74' Maurício  80' Popov  81'	Summary	Nabiullin  6'  71' Jonathas 38' 74' Caktaš  65'	Stadium: Otkrytiye Arena Attendance: 20,512 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

Anzhi Makhachkala v Rubin Kazan

6 March 2016 18	Anzhi Makhachkala	0 – 1	Rubin Kazan	Kaspiysk
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Ezatolahi  27'  77'	Summary	Tkachuk  11' Kanunnikov  23' 81'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 4,950 Referee: Aleksey Eskov

Rubin Kazan v Orenburg

11 March 2017 19	Rubin Kazan	0 – 0	Orenburg	Kazan
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Kambolov  15' Zambrano  30' Kanunnikov  90'	Summary	Ďuriš  60' Malykh  74' Sivakow  78'	Stadium: Kazan Arena Attendance: 3,459 Referee: Aleksei Matyunin

Ural Yekaterinburg v Rubin Kazan

18 March 2017 20	Ural Yekaterinburg	1 – 0	Rubin Kazan	Yekaterinburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ilyin 11' Bicfalvi  69' Korobov  83'	Summary	Jonathas  80'	Stadium: SKB-Bank Arena Attendance: 4,813 Referee: Vitaly Meshkov

Rubin Kazan v Zenit St.Petersburg

2 March 2017 21	Rubin Kazan	0 – 2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Kazan
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Kambolov  77' Nabiullin  88'	Summary	Dzyuba 36' Danny 40' Yusupov  49'  83' Lombaerts  62' Giuliano  65' Criscito  90+1'	Stadium: Kazan Arena Attendance: 10,022 Referee: Vladimir Seldyakov

Tom Tomsk v Rubin Kazan

10 April 2017 22	Tom Tomsk	2 – 2	Rubin Kazan	Tomsk
15:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Osipov  8' Pugin 13' Sasin  36' Sobolev 83'	Summary	Lestienne  37' 47' (pen.), 79'	Stadium: Trud Stadium Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Artem Chistyakov

Rubin Kazan v Krasnodar

15 April 2017 23	Rubin Kazan	0 – 1	Krasnodar	Kazan
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Sánchez  60'	Summary	Smolov 57'	Stadium: Kazan Arena Attendance: 3,041 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

Krylia Sovetov v Rubin Kazan

23 April 2017 24	Krylia Sovetov	0 – 0	Rubin Kazan	Samara
14:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Kornilenko  40' Bruno  64'	Summary	Bauer  67' Kambolov  90+4'	Stadium: Metallurg Stadium Attendance: 7,513 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

Rubin Kazan v Terek Grozny

26 April 2017 25	Rubin Kazan	0 – 1	Terek Grozny	Kazan
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Caktaš  30' Zambrano  76' M'Vila  76' Sánchez  83'	Summary	Kuzyayev  15' Pliyev  24' Mbengue 44' Rodolfo  83'	Stadium: Kazan Arena Attendance: 15,121 Referee: Evgeny Turbin

Lokomotiv Moscow v Rubin Kazan

29 April 2017 26	Lokomotiv Moscow	0 – 1	Rubin Kazan	Moscow
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Farfán  30' Barinov  55'	Report	Tkachuk 20' Sánchez  71' Caktaš  82' Zhemaletdinov  90+2' Ryzhikov  90+3'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 7,035 Referee: Kirill Levnikov

Rubin Kazan v Ufa

7 May 2017 27	Rubin Kazan	2 – 1	Ufa	Kazan
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Caktaš 37' (pen.), 53' Nabiullin  70' M'Vila  80' Kambolov  82' Zhemaletdinov  87'	Summary	Stotsky 19' 77' Sukhov  25' Carp  37' Zubarev  73' Krotov  85'	Stadium: Kazan Arena Attendance: 4,298 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

Rostov v Rubin Kazan

14 May 2017 28	Rostov	4 – 2	Rubin Kazan	Rostov-on-Don
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Azmoun 7', 51' Poloz 19' Kudryashov  22' Noboa 73'	Report	M'Vila 75' Kanunnikov 87' Akhmetov  90'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 11,091 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

Rubin Kazan v CSKA Moscow

17 May 2017 29	Rubin Kazan	0 – 2	CSKA Moscow	Kazan
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Caktaš  49'	Report	Vitinho 72' Dzagoev 90+3'	Stadium: Kazan Arena Attendance: 21,405 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

Amkar Perm v Rubin Kazan

21 May 2017 30	Amkar Perm	1 – 2	Rubin Kazan	Perm
15:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Gigolayev  59' Jovičić 69' Prokofyev  90+4'	Report	Jonathas 24' 68' Kanunnikov 35' Song  66'  84' Sánchez  71'	Stadium: Zvezda Stadium Attendance: 4,300 Referee: Oleg Sokolov

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Ufa	30	12	7	11	22	25	−3	43
8	Lokomotiv Moscow	30	10	12	8	39	27	+12	42	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
9	Rubin Kazan	30	10	8	12	30	34	−4	38
10	Amkar Perm	30	8	11	11	25	29	−4	35
11	Ural Yekaterinburg	30	8	6	16	24	44	−20	30

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.[35]
Notes:

1. Lokomotiv Moscow qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2016–17 Russian Cup.]

Russian Cup

Main article: 2016–17 Russian Cup

Chita v Rubin Kazan

21 September 2016 Round of 32	Chita	0 – 1	Rubin Kazan	Chita
11:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Dević 22'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 8,800 Referee: Igor Panin

Rubin Kazan v SKA-Khabarovsk

26 October 2016 Round of 16	Rubin Kazan	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	SKA-Khabarovsk	Kazan
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ustinov  24' Ozdoyev  52' Dević  115' Samu 118'	Summary	Kireyev  44' Nikiforov  53' Cherevko  119'	Stadium: Kazan Arena Attendance: 4,360 Referee: Aleksei Sukhoy

Rubin Kazan v Sibir Novosibirsk

1 March 2017 Quarterfinal	Rubin Kazan	1 – 0	Sibir Novosibirsk	Kazan
15:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Bauer  19' Jonathas 88' Zhemaletdinov  90+3'	Summary	Rukhaia  20'	Stadium: Kazan Arena Attendance: 2,346 Referee: Evgeny Turbin

Ural Yekaterinburg v Rubin Kazan

6 April 2017 Semifinal	Ural Yekaterinburg	2 – 1	Rubin Kazan	Yekaterinburg
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ilyin 13' Novikov 58' Kulakov  81'	Summary	Jonathas 31' Kambolov  87'	Stadium: SKB-Bank Arena Attendance: 8,350 Referee: Aleksey Eskov

Squad statistics

As of Match played 21 May 2017

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Russian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	RUS	Sergey Ryzhikov	31	0	29	0	2	0
2	DF	RUS	Oleg Kuzmin	4	0	4	0	0	0
3	DF	RUS	Elmir Nabiullin	28	1	25	1	3	0
4	MF	FRA	Yann M'Vila	23	1	19+2	1	1+1	0
6	DF	ESP	Sergio Sánchez	20	0	19+1	0	0	0
8	MF	CMR	Alex Song	16	0	12+4	0	0	0
9	FW	RUS	Maksim Kanunnikov	23	7	22	7	1	0
10	MF	BEL	Maxime Lestienne	16	3	5+8	3	3	0
20	MF	CRO	Mijo Caktaš	21	2	13+4	2	3+1	0
21	MF	ESP	Rubén Rochina	26	2	16+7	2	1+2	0
22	FW	BRA	Jonathas	30	11	23+3	9	2+2	2
23	DF	SUI	Moritz Bauer	23	0	19+2	0	2	0
25	DF	PER	Carlos Zambrano	24	0	20+1	0	3	0
27	MF	RUS	Magomed Ozdoyev	12	0	7+3	0	2	0
31	MF	RUS	Denis Tkachuk	24	2	17+5	2	1+1	0
49	DF	RUS	Vitali Ustinov	9	0	5+2	0	2	0
61	MF	TUR	Gökdeniz Karadeniz	11	0	4+4	0	1+2	0
70	MF	RUS	Georgi Makhatadze	3	0	0+3	0	0	0
85	MF	RUS	Ilzat Akhmetov	15	0	9+3	0	0+3	0
88	MF	RUS	Ruslan Kambolov	21	1	16+3	1	2	0
90	DF	RUS	Taras Burlak	26	0	21+1	0	4	0
91	GK	RUS	Yuri Nesterenko	3	0	1	0	2	0
96	FW	RUS	Rifat Zhemaletdinov	26	0	12+11	0	3	0
Players away from the club on loan:
5	DF	GEO	Solomon Kvirkvelia	1	0	0	0	1	0
13	DF	SWE	Emil Bergström	5	0	3+1	0	1	0
77	MF	ESP	Samu	15	1	7+6	0	2	1
Players who appeared for Rubin Kazan no longer at the club:
7	FW	RUS	Igor Portnyagin	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
11	FW	UKR	Marko Dević	10	2	1+7	1	2	1

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Russian Cup	Total
1	FW		22	Jonathas	9	2	11
2	FW		9	Maksim Kanunnikov	7	0	7
3	MF		10	Maxime Lestienne	3	0	3
4	MF		21	Rubén Rochina	2	0	2
	MF		31	Denis Tkachuk	2	0	2
	MF		20	Mijo Caktaš	2	0	2
	FW		11	Marko Dević	1	1	2
8	MF		88	Ruslan Kambolov	1	0	1
	DF		3	Elmir Nabiullin	1	0	1
	MF		4	Yann M'Vila	1	0	1
	MF		77	Samu	0	1	1
				Own goal	1	0	1
				TOTALS	30	4	34

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Russian Cup		Total
1		GK	Sergey Ryzhikov	3	0	0	0	3	0
3		DF	Elmir Nabiullin	7	1	0	0	7	1
4		MF	Yann M'Vila	2	0	0	0	2	0
6		DF	Sergio Sánchez	8	0	0	0	8	0
8		MF	Alex Song	3	1	0	0	3	1
9		FW	Maksim Kanunnikov	5	1	0	0	5	1
10		MF	Maxime Lestienne	2	0	0	0	2	0
11		FW	Marko Dević	1	0	1	0	2	0
20		MF	Mijo Caktaš	3	2	0	0	3	2
21		MF	Rubén Rochina	2	0	0	0	2	0
22		FW	Jonathas	3	0	0	0	3	0
23		DF	Moritz Bauer	4	0	1	0	5	0
25		DF	Carlos Zambrano	6	1	0	0	6	1
27		MF	Magomed Ozdoyev	1	0	1	0	2	0
31		MF	Denis Tkachuk	1	0	0	0	1	0
49		DF	Vitali Ustinov	0	0	1	0	1	0
85		MF	Ilzat Akhmetov	1	0	0	0	1	0
88		MF	Ruslan Kambolov	5	0	1	0	6	0
90		DF	Taras Burlak	2	0	0	0	2	0
96		FW	Rifat Zhemaletdinov	3	0	1	0	4	0
			TOTALS	62	6	6	0	68	6

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External links

• Official Website (in Russian)