2018–19 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season
# 2018–19 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season

The 2018–19 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season was the club's 27th season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of the Russian football league system. Lokomotiv Moscow was the League defending champions. Lokomotiv Moscow also won the Russian Cup and took part in the Champions League. Lokomotiv also contested the Russian Super Cup.

Lokomotiv launched a women's team, which are participating in the Russian Women's Football Championship, the highest division in Russia for women football.

## First team squad

### Information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 20 February 2019. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Name | Position | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from | Since |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Guilherme | GK | (1985-12-12) 12 December 1985 (age 37) | Atlético Paranaense | 2007 |
| 30 | Nikita Medvedev | GK | (1994-12-14) 14 December 1994 (age 28) | Rostov | 2017 |
| 77 | Anton Kochenkov | GK | (1987-04-02) 2 April 1987 (age 36) | Mordovia Saransk | 2015 |
| Defenders |||||||
| 3 | Brian Idowu | DF | (1992-05-18) 18 May 1992 (age 31) | Amkar Perm | 2018 |
| 5 | Benedikt Höwedes | DF | (1988-02-29) 29 February 1988 (age 35) | Schalke 04 | 2018 |
| 14 | Vedran Ćorluka | DF | (1986-02-05) 5 February 1986 (age 37) | Tottenham Hotspur | 2012 |
| 17 | Taras Mykhalyk | DF | (1983-10-28) 28 October 1983 (age 39) | Dynamo Kyiv | 2013 |
| 28 | Boris Rotenberg | DF | (1986-05-19) 19 May 1986 (age 37) | Dynamo Moscow | 2016 |
| 33 | Solomon Kvirkvelia | DF | (1992-02-06) 6 February 1992 (age 31) | Rubin Kazan | 2017 |
| 84 | Mikhail Lysov | DF | (1998-01-29) 29 January 1998 (age 25) | Youth system | 2014 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 4 | Manuel Fernandes | MF | (1986-02-05) 5 February 1986 (age 37) | Beşiktaş | 2014 |
| 6 | Dmitri Barinov | MF | (1996-01-11) 11 January 1996 (age 27) | Youth system | 2013 |
| 7 | Grzegorz Krychowiak | MF | (1990-01-29) 29 January 1990 (age 33) | Paris Saint-Germain | 2018 |
| 8 | Jefferson Farfán | MF | (1984-10-26) 26 October 1984 (age 38) | Al Jazira | 2017 |
| 11 | Anton Miranchuk | MF | (1995-10-17) 17 October 1995 (age 27) | Youth system | 2012 |
| 18 | Aleksandr Kolomeytsev | MF | (1989-02-21) 21 February 1989 (age 34) | Amkar Perm | 2015 |
| 20 | Vladislav Ignatyev | MF | (1987-01-20) 20 January 1987 (age 36) | Kuban Krasnodar | 2016 |
| 21 | Khvicha Kvaratskhelia | MF | (2001-02-12) 12 February 2001 (age 22) | Rustavi | 2019 |
| 23 | Dmitri Tarasov | MF | (1987-03-18) 18 March 1987 (age 36) | FC Moscow | 2010 |
| 27 | Igor Denisov (captain) | MF | (1984-05-17) 17 May 1984 (age 39) | Dynamo Moscow | 2016 |
| 31 | Maciej Rybus | MF | (1989-08-19) 19 August 1989 (age 33) | Lyon | 2017 |
| 59 | Aleksei Miranchuk | MF | (1995-10-17) 17 October 1995 (age 27) | Youth system | 2012 |
| Forwards |||||||
| 9 | Fyodor Smolov | FW | (1990-02-09) 9 February 1990 (age 33) | Krasnodar | 2018 |
| 24 | Eder | FW | (1987-12-22) 22 December 1987 (age 35) | Lille | 2017 |
| 96 | Rifat Zhemaletdinov | FW | (1996-09-20) 20 September 1996 (age 26) | Rubin Kazan | 2018 |

## Transfers

### Arrivals

Permanent transfer :

| Name | Nationality | Position | From | Fee | Date | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rifat Zhemaletdinov | | FW | Rubin Kazan | Undisclosed (~ €1,500,000) | 23 June 2018 | |
| Brian Idowu | | DF | Amkar Perm | Free Transfer | 10 July 2018 | |
| Benedikt Höwedes | | DF | Schalke 04 | Undisclosed (~ €5,000,000) | 31 July 2018 | |
| Fyodor Smolov | | FW | Krasnodar | Undisclosed (~ €9,000,000) | 9 August 2018 | |
| Permanent transfer, originally on loan |||||||
| Name | Nationality | Position | From | Fee | Date | Source |
| Eder | | FW | Lille | Undisclosed (~ €500,000) | 16 July 2018 | |
| In on loan |||||||
| Name | Nationality | Position | From | Date | Until | Source |
| Grzegorz Krychowiak | | MF | Paris Saint-Germain | 24 July 2018 | End of Season | |
| Khvicha Kvaratskhelia | | MF | Rustavi | 15 February 2019 | End of Season | |
| Returned after loan |||||||
| Name | Name | Nationality | Position | From | From | Source |
| Timofei Margasov | Timofei Margasov | | DF | Tosno | Tosno | |
| Igor Portnyagin | Igor Portnyagin | | FW | Ural Yekaterinburg | Ural Yekaterinburg | |

### Departures

Permanent transfer :

| Name | Nationality | Position | To | Fee | Date | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Amir Natkho | | MF | Released | Released | 1 July 2018 | |
| Nemanja Pejčinović | | DF | Changchun Yatai | Free transfer | 8 July 2018 | |
| Miroslav Lobantsev | | GK | Rotor Volgograd | Free transfer | 12 July 2018 | |
| Out on loan |||||||
| Name | Nationality | Position | To | Date | Until | Source |
| Alan Kasaev | | MF | Baltika Kaliningrad | 3 July 2018 | End of season | |
| Arshak Koryan | | FW | Khimki | 17 July 2018 | 31 December 2018 | |
| Igor Portnyagin | | FW | Khimki | 2 August 2018 | End of season | |
| Vitaliy Denisov | | DF | Krylya Sovetov | 21 August 2018 | End of year | |
| Artyom Galadzhan | | FW | Orenburg | 28 August 2018 | End of season | |
| Returned after loan |||||||
| Name | Name | Nationality | Position | To | To | Source |
| Ari | Ari | | FW | Krasnodar | Krasnodar | |

## Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Started round | Final round | First match | Last match | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Super Cup | Final | Final | 27 July 2018 | 27 July 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.0% |
| Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | 30 July 2018 | 26 May 2019 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 45 | 28 | +17 | 53.33% |
| Russian Cup | Round of 32 | Final | 26 September 2018 | 22 May 2019 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 85.71% |
| Champions League | Group stage | Group stage | 18 September 2018 | 11 December 2018 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 16.67% |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 23 | 9 | 12 | 63 | 46 | +17 | 52.27% |

### Russian Premier Liga

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Zenit Saint Petersburg (C) | 30 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 57 | 29 | +28 | 64 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 45 | 28 | +17 | 56 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Krasnodar | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 55 | 23 | +32 | 56 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | CSKA Moscow | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 46 | 23 | +23 | 51 | Qualification to Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Spartak Moscow | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 49 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |

* 1 2 Head-to-head away goals: Lokomotiv 1, Krasnodar 0.
* 1 2 Lokomotiv Moscow won the 2018–19 Russian Cup. As they already qualified for the Champions League, the Europa League group stage spot (originally designated for the Cup winner) goes to the fourth-placed team, third qualifying round spot goes to fifth-placed team and second qualifying round spot goes to sixth-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 | H | 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 |
| Result | D | D | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | W |
| Position | 6 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

### Champions League

Lokomotiv have qualified directly for the group stage of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League League after winning the 2017–18 Russian Premier League.

**Group stage**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Porto | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 16 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Schalke 04 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Galatasaray | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 3 | |

## FC Kazanka Moscow

The 2018/19 FC Kazanka Moscow season will be the club's 2nd season in the Russian Professional Football League following the club's relaunch last year.

### Squad information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 2 June 2019. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No | Name | No | Name | No | Name |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 16 | Andrey Savin | 29 | Mikhail Mzhelsky | 35 | Vitali Sychyov |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 3 | Ivan Lapshov | 4 | Valentin Vinnichenko | 18 | Innokenti Samokhvalov |
| 27 | Stanislav Magkeyev | 43 | Artyom Gyurdzhan | 44 | Aleksandr Vulfov |
| 45 | Stanislav Utkin | 71 | Nikolai Poyarkov | 72 | Nikita Zhyoltikov |
| 81 | Kamil Salakhetdinov | | | | |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 8 | Georgi Makhatadze | 10 | Ivan Galanin | 17 | Ivan Sharov |
| 23 | Nikita Glushkov | 69 | Daniil Kulikov | 70 | Vladislav Karapuzov |
| 77 | Vladislav Ignatenko | 83 | Aleksei Mironov | 89 | Nikita Dorofeyev |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 7 | Roman Tugarev | 19 | Dmitri Rybchinsky | 47 | Aleksandr Dolgov |
| 79 | Maksim Chikanchi | 90 | Mikhail Ageyev | 95 | Islam Vagabov |

### Russian professional football league – west

**Results**

| Home | Home | Home | Kazanka | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rnd | Date | Score | Opponent (City) | Score | Date | Rnd |
| 26 | 2 June 2019 | 5 – 3 | Leningradets (Saint Petersburg) | 0 – 2 | 18 July 2018 | 1 |
| 2 | 26 July 2018 | 1 – 2 | Pskov-747 (Pskov) | 2 – 1 | 20 October 2018 | 14 |
| 15 | 28 October 2018 | 3 – 2 | Kolomna (Kolomna) | 1 – 0 | 3 August 2018 | 3 |
| 4 | 10 August 2018 | 2 – 1 | Znamya Truda (Orekhovo-Zuyevo) | 1 – 2 | 3 November 2018 | 16 |
| 17 | 11 November 2018 | 1 – 0 | Luki-Energiya (Velikiye Luki) | 2 – 1 | 17 August 2018 | 5 |
| 6 | 24 August 2018 | 2 – 0 | FC Chertanovo-2 (Moscow) | 5 – 2 | 5 April 2019 | 18 |
| 19 | 13 April 2019 | 5 – 0 | Murom (Murom) | 3 – 1 | 2 September 2018 | 7 |
| 8 | 9 September 2018 | 0 – 0 | Dolgoprudny (Dolgoprudny) | 3 – 2 | 20 April 2019 | 20 |
| 21 | 27 April 2019 | 1 – 2 | Tekstilshchik (Ivanovo) | 1 – 1 | 14 September 2018 | 9 |
| 10 | 22 September 2018 | 3 – 0 | Veles (Moscow) | 1 – 1 | 4 May 2019 | 22 |
| 23 | 11 May 2019 | 3 – 0 | Torpedo (Vladimir) | 1 – 1 | 30 September 2018 | 11 |
| 13 | 13 October 2018 | 2 – 1 | Dnepr (Smolensk) | 3 – 0 | 26 May 2019 | 25 |

## WFC Lokomotiv Moscow

The 2018 WFC Lokomotiv Moscow season will be the club's 1st season in the Russian Women's Football Championship following the club's relaunch in April 2018. WFC Lokomotiv Moscow also took part in the Russian Women's Cup.

### Squad information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 1 September 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 | No | Name | No | Name |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Kristina Fedorova | 21 | Yulia Grichenko | 24 | Viktoria Nosenko |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 3 | Anna Kozhnikova | 4 | Anastasiya Karandashova | 8 | Julia Zapotichnaya |
| 18 | Alina Myagkova | 23 | Ekaterina Bratko | | |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 7 | Lina Yakupova | 12 | Elina Samoylova | 13 | Maria Digurova |
| 14 | Veronika Kuropatkina | 15 | Ekaterina Frolova | 16 | Yana Sheina |
| 17 | Yana Khotyreva | 19 | Alena Ruzina | 20 | Kristina Frolova |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 11 | Kristina Cherkasova | 22 | Lyubov Yashchenko | 26 | Varvara Rubtsova |

### Russian Women's Football Championship

**Results**

| Home | Home | Home | WFC Lokomotiv | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rnd | Date | Score | Opponent (City) | Score | Date | Rnd |
| 1 | 21 April 2018 | 1 – 1 | Yenisey (Krasnoyarsk) | 1 – 1 | 21 August 2018 | 11 |
| 13 | 14 October 2018 | 7 – 1 | Chertanovo (Moscow) | 0 – 1 | 28 April 2018 | 2 |
| 3 | 4 May 2018 | 0 – 0 | CSKA (Moscow) | 1 – 1 | 10 August 2018 | 10 |
| 8 | 24 June 2018 | 0 – 1 | Ryazan-VDV (Ryazan) | 0 – 0 | 10 May 2018 | 4 |
| 5 | 17 May 2018 | 0 – 1 | Kubanochka (Krasnodar) | 1 – 0 | 23 October 2018 | 14 |
| 6 | 22 May 2018 | 2 – 0 | Zvezda-2005 (Perm) | 1 – 2 | 4 August 2018 | 9 |
| 12 | 10 September 2018 | 5 – 0 | Torpedo (Izhevsk) | 4 – 0 | 28 May 2018 | 7 |

### Russian Women's Cup

| Description | Round of 16 | Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Home/Away | Home | Away | Home | Away | Home |
| Date | 18 June 2018 | 6 July 2018 | 28 July 2018 | 17 August 2018 | 20 September 2018 |
| Opponent (City) | VTB (Moscow) | CSKA (Moscow) | CSKA (Moscow) | Zvezda-2005 (Perm) | Zvezda-2005 (Perm) |
| Score | 6 – 0 | 1 – 2 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 3 | 1 – 0 |
