The 2017–18 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season was the club's 26th season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of the Russian football league system. Lokomotiv Moscow also took part in the Russian Cup and also the Europa League. Lokomotiv also contested the Russian Super Cup. Lokomotiv's farm club was relaunched as Kazanka and participated in the Russian Professional Football League, the third highest division in the Russian football league system.
Main Events
Ilya Herkus announced the foundation of Lokomotiv-Kazanka. Lokomotiv-Kazanka, which will act as Lokomotiv's farm club, will participate in the Russian Professional Football League, the third level of Russian football. Lokomotiv-Kazanka will be formed on the current youth team and will play their home matches at Sapsan Arena under the tutelage of Denis Klyuyev. Lokomotiv-Kazanka was officially launched as Kazanka on 5 July 2017. On 5 August 2017, Lokomotiv announced that the stadium has been renamed to RZD Arena.
First Team Squad
Information
Players and squad numbers last updated on 5 May 2018.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 GK Atlético Paranaense 2007 30 Nikita Medvedev GK Rostov 2017 41 Miroslav Lobantsev GK Youth system 2011 77 Anton Kochenkov GK Mordovia Saransk 2015 Defenders 5 Nemanja Pejčinović DF Nice 2014 14 Vedran Ćorluka (captain) DF Tottenham Hotspur 2012 17 Taras Mykhalyk DF Dynamo Kyiv 2013 28 Boris Rotenberg DF Dynamo Moscow 2016 29 Vitaliy Denisov DF Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2013 33 Solomon Kvirkvelia DF Rubin Kazan 2017 Midfielders 4 Manuel Fernandes MF Beşiktaş 2014 8 Jefferson Farfán MF Al Jazira 2017 11 Alan Kasaev MF Dynamo Moscow 2014 18 Aleksandr Kolomeytsev MF Amkar Perm 2015 20 Vladislav Ignatyev MF Kuban Krasnodar 2016 21 Amir Natkho MF Krasnodar 2017 23 Dmitri Tarasov MF FC Moscow 2010 27 Igor Denisov MF Dynamo Moscow 2016 31 Maciej Rybus MF Lyon 2017 36 Dmitri Barinov MF Youth system 2013 59 Aleksei Miranchuk MF Youth system 2012 60 Anton Miranchuk MF Youth system 2012 Forwards 9 Ari FW Krasnodar 2017 13 Arshak Koryan FW Vitesse 2017 24 Eder FW Lille 2017 57 Artyom Galadzhan FW Youth system 2014 84 Mikhail Lysov FW Youth system 2014 Left mid-season 3 Timofei Margasov DF Krylia Sovetov Samara 2017
Transfers
Arrivals
Permanent transfer Name Nationality Position From Fee Date Source Nikita Medvedev GK Rostov Free transfer 14 June 2017 Solomon Kvirkvelia DF Rubin Kazan Undisclosed (~ €2,500,000) 30 June 2017 Igor Denisov MF Dynamo Moscow Free transfer 1 July 2017 Arshak Koryan FW Vitesse Free transfer 12 July 2017 Maciej Rybus MF Lyon Undisclosed (~ €1,750,000) 19 July 2017 In on loan Name Nationality Position From Date Until Source Ari FW Krasnodar 17 June 2017 End of season Eder FW Lille 23 August 2017 End of season
Departures
Permanent Transfer Name Nationality Position To Fee Date Source Petar Škuletić FW Gençlerbirliği S.K. Free transfer 13 May 2017 Dmitri Loskov MF Retired 13 May 2017 Ilya Abayev GK Rostov Free transfer 31 May 2017 Renat Yanbayev DF Krasnodar Free transfer 5 June 2017 Maicon FW Antalyaspor Free transfer 16 June 2017 Roman Shishkin DF Krasnodar Free transfer 3 July 2017 Delvin N'Dinga MF Sivasspor Undisclosed (~ €200,000) 7 September 2017 Out on loan Name Nationality Position Loan to Date Until Source Igor Portnyagin FW Ural Yekaterinburg 27 June 2017 15 June 2018 Timofei Margasov DF Tosno 22 January 2018 15 June 2018
Friendlies
Pre-season
Mid-season
Competitions
Overview
Competition Started round Final round First match Last match Super Cup Final 14 July 2017 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0.0% Premier League Winners 18 July 2017 12 May 2018 30 18 6 6 41 21 +20 60.0% Russian Cup Round of 32 21 September 2017 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0.0% Europa League Group Stage Round of 16 14 September 2017 15 March 2018 10 5 2 3 14 14 0 50.0% Total 42 23 8 11 58 40 18 54.8%
Russian Super Cup
Russian Premier League
League table
Results by round
Matches
Russian Cup
Europa League
Lokomotiv have qualified directly for the group stage of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2017 Russian Cup Final.
Group stage
Knockout phase
Round of 32
Round of 16
Statistics Squad statistics
Goals record
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Russian PL Russian Cup Europa League Russian Super Cup Total1 4CMManuel Fernandes706114 8CFJefferson Farfán 1004014359AMAleksei Miranchuk 70108460AMAnton Miranchuk 40105524CFEder 40004633CBSaba Kvirkvelia 21003723CMDmitri Tarasov 200028 9CFAri 1000117CBTaras Mykhalyk 0100118AMAleksandr Kolomeytsev 1000127CMIgor Denisov 0010131LBMaciej Rybus 0010136CBDmitri Barinov 10001Total 41214158
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