2014–15 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season

FC Lokomotiv Moscow
2014–15 season
Chairman Olga Smorodskaya
Manager Leonid Kuchuk
(until 17 September 2014)
Igor Cherevchenko
Interim Manager
(18 September - 4 October 2014)

Miodrag Božović
(4 October 2014 - 11 May 2015)
Igor Cherevchenko
Interim Manager
(since 12 May 2015)
Stadium Lokomotiv Stadium
Russian Premier League 7th
Russian Cup Winner vs Kuban Krasnodar
Europa League Play-off Round vs Apollon Limassol
Top goalscorer League: Manuel Fernandes 7
All: Manuel Fernandes 7
Highest home attendance 14,870 vs CSKA, League, 10 May 2015
Lowest home attendance 3,120 vs Ural, League, 3 December 2014
Average home league attendance 8,652
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2014–15 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season is the clubs 23rd season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. Lokomotiv Moscow also takes part in the Russian Cup and the Europa League.

Season Review

On 17 September 2014, Leonid Kuchuk resigned from the manager post after deterioration of his relationships with players.[1] The next day Igor Cherevchenko was appointed as the club's caretaker manager.[2] On 4 October 2014, Miodrag Božović was appointed as a new caretaker manager until conditions of Kuchuk's deal termination are worked out.[3] On 10 October 2014 Miodrag Božović signed permanent deal as a manager,[4] but resigned on 11 May 2015 with Igor Cherevchenko again taking control of Lokomotiv as caretaker manager.[5]
Despite poor performances in the league, Lokomotiv won the Russian Cup, overtaking Kuban Krasnodar 3–1 after extra time and booking place in next season's Europa League.

Squad

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

No. Position Player
1 Brazil GK Guilherme (captain)
3 Russia MF Alan Kasaev
4 Portugal MF Manuel Fernandes
5 Serbia DF Nemanja Pejčinović
7 Brazil MF Maicon
8 Russia MF Aleksandr Sheshukov
9 Russia FW Roman Pavlyuchenko
11 Morocco MF Mbark Boussoufa
14 Croatia DF Vedran Ćorluka
15 Russia DF Arseniy Logashov
16 Russia GK Ilya Lantratov
17 Ukraine MF Taras Mykhalyk
19 Russia MF Aleksandr Samedov (vice-captain)
21 Senegal MF Oumar Niasse
No. Position Player
22 Russia DF Maksim Belyayev
23 Russia MF Dmitri Tarasov (vice-captain)
25 Serbia FW Petar Škuletić
26 Belarus MF Yan Tsiharow
28 Slovakia DF Ján Ďurica
29 Uzbekistan DF Vitaliy Denisov
41 Russia GK Miroslav Lobantsev
49 Russia DF Roman Shishkin (vice-captain)
55 Russia DF Renat Yanbayev
59 Russia MF Aleksei Miranchuk
60 Russia MF Anton Miranchuk
81 Russia GK Ilya Abayev
Spain MF Alberto Zapater
Nigeria FW Victor Obinna

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
6 Russia MF Maksim Grigoryev (at Rostov)
27 Russia MF Magomed Ozdoyev (at Rubin)
77 Russia MF Sergei Tkachyov (at Kuban)
Russia FW Dmitri Sychev (at Okzhetpes)

Youth squad

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

No. Position Player
31 Russia DF Aleksandr Dovbnya
32 Russia FW Rifat Zhemaletdinov
35 Russia GK Filipp Kharin
36 Russia MF Dmitri Barinov
37 Russia FW Andrea Chukanov
38 Russia GK Aleksandr Akishin
39 Russia FW Denis Anisimov
43 Russia DF Andrei Chernetsov
44 Russia DF Aleksandr Logunov
46 Russia DF Artyom Vyatkin
52 Russia MF Sergei Makarov
54 Russia DF Vladislav Shadrin
56 Russia DF Tomas Rukas
57 Russia FW Artyom Galadzhan
61 Russia DF Maksim Danilyants
63 Russia DF Denis Nikitin
64 Russia FW Aleksandr Smirnov
No. Position Player
65 Russia DF Innokenti Samokhvalov
71 Russia DF Aleksei Solovyov
72 Russia DF Ratibor Gusar
73 Russia DF Dzhamshed Rakhmonov
74 Russia GK Pavel Kovalev
82 Russia MF Georgi Makhatadze
83 Russia DF Viktor Fereferov
84 Russia FW Mikhail Lysov
87 Russia FW Nikolai Kipiani
89 Russia MF Nikita Dorofeev
91 Russia FW Nikita Podyachev
93 Russia MF Andrei Mostovoy
94 Russia MF Dmitri Rybchinski
95 Russia FW Nozim Babadzhanov
96 Russia GK Ilya Ishchenko
97 Russia FW Grigori Gerasimov
98 Russia MF Ivan Galanin

Transfers

Summer

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

No. Position Player
3 Russia MF Alan Kasaev (from Russia Rubin Kazan)[6]
4 Portugal MF Manuel Fernandes (from Turkey Besiktas)[7]
5 Serbia DF Nemanja Pejčinović (from France Nice)[8]
15 Russia DF Arseniy Logashov (end of loan to Russia Rostov)
16 Russia GK Ilya Lantratov (from Russia Lokomotiv-2 Moscow)[9]
21 Senegal FW Oumar Niasse (from Turkey Akhisar Belediyespor)[10]
Russia DF Igor Golban (end of loan to Russia Khimki)
Nigeria MF Victor Obinna (end of loan to Italy ChievoVerona)
Russia FW Dmitri Sychev (end of loan to Russia Volga Nizhny Novgorod)

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

No. Position Player
16 Russia GK Aleksei Shirokov (end of loan from Russia Lokomotiv-2 Moscow)
34 Russia DF Mikhail Martynov (to Russia Rostov)[11]
67 Russia DF Temur Mustafin (to Russia Rostov)[12]
6 Russia MF Maksim Grigoryev (on loan to Russia Rostov)[13]
27 Russia MF Magomed Ozdoev (on loan to Russia Rubin Kazan)[14]
38 Russia MF Nikita Salamatov (to Russia Khimki)[15]
90 Russia MF Aleksandr Lomakin (on loan to Russia Yenisey Krasnoyarsk)[11]
92 Russia FW Aleksei Turik (to Russia Fakel Voronezh)[16]
France MF Lassana Diarra (contract rescinded by club)[17]
Russia MF Vyacheslav Podberyozkin (to Russia Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast, previously on loan to Russia Khimki)[18]
Russia FW Mikhail Petrusyov (to Russia Dnepr Smolensk, previously on loan)

Winter

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

No. Position Player
25 Serbia FW Petar Škuletić (from Serbia Partizan)[19]

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

No. Position Player
30 Russia FW Arshak Koryan (end of contract)[20]
33 Senegal FW Dame N'Doye (to England Hull City)[21]
75 Russia DF Aleksandr Seraskhov (to Russia Sokol Saratov)
77 Russia MF Sergei Tkachyov (on loan to Russia Kuban)[22]
Russia FW Dmitri Sychev (loan to Kazakhstan Okzhetpes)[23]

Competitions

Russian Premier League

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAAHHAHHAHAHHHAAHAAHAAAAHHHA
Result D W W D L L D L W W D W W D W W D W L D D W L L L D L W D L
Position 8 6 3 6 8 8 9 10 9 9 9 8 7 8 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7

Last updated: 31 May 2015.
Source: Russian Premier League
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Zenit St. Petersburg (C) 30 20 7 3 58 17 +41 67 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 CSKA Moscow 30 19 3 8 67 27 +40 60 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 Krasnodar 30 17 9 4 52 27 +25 60 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
4 Dynamo Moscow 30 14 8 8 53 36 +17 50 Excluded from European competitions
5 Rubin Kazan 30 13 9 8 39 33 +6 48 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
6 Spartak Moscow 30 12 8 10 42 42 0 44
7 Lokomotiv Moscow 30 11 10 9 31 25 +6 43 Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
8 Mordovia Saransk 30 11 5 14 22 43 21 38
9 Terek Grozny 30 10 7 13 30 30 0 37
10 Kuban Krasnodar 30 8 12 10 32 36 4 36
11 Amkar Perm 30 8 8 14 25 42 17 32
12 Ufa 30 7 10 13 26 39 13 31
13 Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast (O) 30 9 3 18 31 44 13 30 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
14 Rostov (O) 30 7 8 15 27 51 24 29
15 Torpedo Moscow (R) 30 6 11 13 28 45 17 29 Relegation to PFL
16 Arsenal Tula (R) 30 7 4 19 20 46 26 25 Relegation to FNL
Updated to match(es) played on 7 June 2015. Source: Russian Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; 3) head-to-head points; 4) head-to-head wins; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals; 7) number of head-to-head away goals; 8) goal difference; 9) number of goals scored; 10) number of away goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

Russian Cup

Main article: 2014–15 Russian Cup

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase

Squad statistics

As of 31 May 2015

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremier League Russian Cup Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Brazil Guilherme 25 0 19 0 3+1 0 2 0
3 MF Russia Alan Kasaev 31 4 18+8 3 3 0 2 1
4 MF Portugal Manuel Fernandes 35 7 20+8 7 4+1 0 2 0
5 DF Serbia Nemanja Pejčinović 19 0 10+4 0 4 0 1 0
7 MF Brazil Maicon 30 0 13+11 0 3+1 0 1+1 0
8 MF Russia Aleksandr Sheshukov 17 0 12+3 0 2 0 0 0
9 FW Russia Roman Pavlyuchenko 23 4 5+15 3 2 0 0+1 1
11 MF Morocco Mbark Boussoufa 20 4 15+2 1 3 3 0 0
14 DF Croatia Vedran Ćorluka 32 2 26 2 4 0 2 0
15 DF Russia Arseniy Logashov 10 0 7 0 2+1 0 0 0
17 MF Ukraine Taras Mykhalyk 20 0 12+4 0 3 0 0+1 0
19 MF Russia Aleksandr Samedov 36 4 29 4 4+1 0 1+1 0
21 FW Senegal Oumar Niasse 19 6 8+5 4 1+3 2 2 0
22 DF Russia Maksim Belyayev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 MF Russia Dmitri Tarasov 18 0 13+1 0 1+1 0 2 0
25 FW Serbia Petar Škuletić 13 3 7+4 2 1+1 1 0 0
26 MF Belarus Yan Tsiharow 6 0 3+2 0 0 0 1 0
28 DF Slovakia Ján Ďurica 25 0 21 0 2 0 2 0
29 DF Uzbekistan Vitaliy Denisov 31 0 26 0 4 0 1 0
36 MF Russia Dmitri Barinov 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
49 DF Russia Roman Shishkin 29 0 20+3 0 4 0 2 0
55 DF Russia Renat Yanbayev 17 0 15+1 0 1 0 0 0
59 MF Russia Aleksei Miranchuk 21 2 10+7 1 1+2 1 0+1 0
81 GK Russia Ilya Abayev 13 0 11 0 2 0 0 0
Players away from the club on loan:
6 MF Russia Maksim Grigoryev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF Russia Magomed Ozdoyev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
77 MF Russia Sergei Tkachyov 6 0 1+3 0 1+1 0 0 0
Players who appeared for Lokomotiv Moscow no longer at the club:
33 FW Senegal Dame N'Doye 15 4 9+5 4 0 0 0+1 0
75 DF Russia Aleksandr Seraskhov 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Goalscorers

Place Position Nation Number Name Russian Premier League Russian Cup UEFA Europa League Total
1 MFPortugal4 Manuel Fernandes7007
2 FWSenegal21Oumar Niasse4206
3 FWSenegal33Dame N'Doye4004
MFRussia3 Alan Kasaev3014
FWRussia9 Roman Pavlyuchenko3014
MFRussia19Aleksandr Samedov4004
MFMorocco11Mbark Boussoufa1304
8 FWSerbia25Petar Škuletić2103
9 DFCroatia14Vedran Ćorluka2002
MFRussia59Aleksei Miranchuk1102
11Own goals0101
TOTALS 308240

Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name Russian Premier League Russian Cup UEFA Europa League Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card
1 BrazilGKGuilherme10000010
3 RussiaMFAlan Kasaev30000030
4 PortugalMFManuel Fernandes40000040
5 SerbiaDFNemanja Pejčinović20200040
7 BrazilMFMaicon50001060
8 RussiaMFAleksandr Sheshukov21100031
9 RussiaFWRoman Pavlyuchenko20000020
11MoroccoMFMbark Boussoufa50100060
14CroatiaDFVedran Ćorluka61100071
15RussiaDFArseniy Logashov20000020
17UkraineMFTaras Mykhalyk61000061
19RussiaMFAleksandr Samedov20100030
21SenegalFWOumar Niasse11000011
23RussiaMFDmitri Tarasov62200082
25SerbiaFWPetar Škuletić10000010
26BelarusMFYan Tsiharow10000111
28SlovakiaDFJán Ďurica40101060
29UzbekistanDFVitaliy Denisov41000152
33SenegalFWDame N'Doye30000030
49RussiaDFRoman Shishkin50101070
55RussiaDFRenat Yanbayev20100030
59RussiaMFAleksei Miranchuk10000010
77RussiaMFSergei Tkachyov10000010
TOTALS 69 7 11 0 3 2 83 9

Club captains

During the season, three players fulfilled the duties of club captain: captain Guilherme and vice-captains Roman Shishkin and Aleksandr Samedov.

Matchdays Number Name Manager
1—4 1 Brazil Guilherme Belarus Kuchuk
5—6 49 Russia Shishkin Belarus Kuchuk
7—8 1 Brazil Guilherme Belarus Kuchuk
Tajikistan Cherevchenko
9 49 Russia Shishkin Tajikistan Cherevchenko
10—14 19 Russia Samedov Montenegro Božović
15—17 49 Russia Shishkin Montenegro Božović
18—30 1 Brazil Guilherme Montenegro Božović
Tajikistan Cherevchenko

Player of the Month

During the season, Lokomotiv ran a monthly poll on social networks to gauge the fans player of the month.

Month Pos. Nat. Name Award
August FW Russia Arshak Koryan Won[24]
September FW Senegal Oumar Niasse Won[25]
October MF Portugal Manuel Fernandes Won[26]
November MF Russia Alan Kasaev Won[27]
December DF Croatia Vedran Ćorluka Won[28]
March GK Brazil Guilherme Won[29]
April, May MF Russia Aleksei Miranchuk Won[30] [31]

Player of the Year

After the season, Lokomotiv fans' poll named the team's player of the year.

Place Pos. Nat. Name % of Votes
1st DF Croatia Vedran Ćorluka 36,9[32]
2nd MF Russia Aleksei Miranchuk 19,9
3rd DF Uzbekistan Vitaliy Denisov 12,7

Notes

References

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  2. Заявление Совета директоров ФК Локомотив. www.fclm.ru (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
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  4. Миодраг Божович назначен главным тренером «Локомотива» (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 10 October 2014.
  5. Миодраг Божович подал в отставку (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 11 May 2015.
  6. "Локомотив" подписал контракт с Аланом Касаевым (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 16 May 2014.
  7. Мануэл Фернандеш – в "Локомотиве"! (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 2 June 2014.
  8. "Локомотив" подписал контракт с Неманьей Пейчиновичем (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 11 June 2014.
  9. Илья Лантратов стал игроком "Локомотива" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 25 June 2014.
  10. "Бай Умар Ниа́сс – в "Локомотиве"!". FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 28 July 2014.
  11. 1 2 Три игрока "молодежки" покинули "Локомотив" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 10 July 2014.
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  14. Магомед Оздоев арендован "Рубином" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 14 July 2014.
  15. СОСТАВ "ХИМОК" ПОПОЛНИЛ НИКИТА САЛАМАТОВ (in Russian). FC Khimki. 11 July 2014.
  16. Алексей Турик продолжит карьеру в «Факеле» (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 22 August 2014.
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  21. "Tigers Sign Striker Dame N'Doye". Hull City A.F.C. 3 February 2015.
  22. СЕРГЕЙ ТКАЧЕВ - В «КУБАНИ» ДО КОНЦА СЕЗОНА (in Russian). FC Kuban Krasnodar. 10 January 2015.
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  26. Ману Фернандеш – игрок октября! (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 8 November 2014.
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  28. Ведран Чорлука – игрок декабря! (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 15 December 2014.
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  31. Алексей Миранчук – лучший игрок «Локомотива» в мае (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 3 June 2015.
  32. Ведран Чорлука – лучший игрок «Локомотива» в сезоне! (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 8 June 2015.
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