2008 FC Rubin Kazan season explained

Club:FC Rubin Kazan
Season:2008
Manager:Kurban Berdyev
Chairman:Farit Khabriyev
Stadium:Central Stadium
League:Premier League
League Result:1st
Cup1:Russian Cup
Cup1 Result:Progressed to 2009 season
League Topscorer:Three Players (6)
Season Topscorer:Three Players (6)
Prevseason:2007
Nextseason:2009

The 2008 FC Rubin Kazan season was the club's 6th season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. Rubin finished the league season as champions of Russia for the first time in club history and thereby qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the first time ever, entering at the group stage of the competition during the 2009–10 season.

Squad

[1]

No.NameNationalityPositionDate of birth (Age)Signed fromSigned inContract endsApps.Goals
Goalkeepers
1Sergei KozkoGK2008 11, df=yesMoscow2008
29Nukri RevishviliGK2008 11, df=yesTorpedo Kutaisi200670
32Yevgeni CheremisinGK2008 11, df=yesNeftekhimik Nizhnekamsk200800
64Dmitry KortnevGK2008 11, df=yesYouth Team200800
77Sergey RyzhikovGK2008 11, df=yesLokomotiv Moscow2008270
Defenders
2Stjepan TomasDF2008 11, df=yesGalatasaray2007310
3Cristian AnsaldiDF2008 11, df=yesNewell's Old Boys2008281
4JefthonDF2008 11, df=yesKuban Krasnodar200840
5Andrei FyodorovDF2008 11, df=yesBaltika Kaliningrad2000
9Lasha SalukvadzeDF2008 11, df=yesDinamo Tbilisi2005801
22Aleksandr OrekhovDF2008 11, df=yesKuban Krasnodar2008110
24Aleksei PopovDF2008 11, df=yesAmkar Perm200870
27Davit KvirkveliaDF2008 11, df=yesMetalurh Zaporizhya2008243
44Igor KlimovDF2008 11, df=yesYouth Team200720
65Maksim ZhestokovDF2008 11, df=yesYouth Team200800
76Roman SharonovDF2008 11, df=yesShinnik Yaroslavl2008
80Dmitri TarabrikovDF2008 11, df=yesYouth Team200800
82Mikhail MishchenkoDF2008 11, df=yesSOYUZ-Gazprom Izhevsk200810
Midfielders
6MacBeth SibayaMF2008 11, df=yesRosenborg20031162
7Sergei SemakMF2008 11, df=yesMoscow2008275
10Andrei KobenkoMF2008 11, df=yesAmkar Perm2008182
15Aleksandr RyazantsevMF2008 11, df=yesMoscow2006647
16Christian NoboaMF2008 11, df=yesEmelec2007427
23Yevgeni BalyaikinMF2008 11, df=yesSibiryak Bratsk2007160
41Ilsur SamigullinMF2008 11, df=yesYouth Team200800
43Aleksei KotlyarovMF2008 11, df=yesYouth Team200810
48Vadim AfoninMF2008 11, df=yesTraktor Tashkent200610
49Vagiz GaliulinMF2008 11, df=yesTraktor Tashkent200731
61Gökdeniz KaradenizMF2008 11, df=yesTrabzonspor2008276
83Vladimir ChernovMF2008 11, df=yesYouth Team200800
93Shamil AlimagomayevMF2008 11, df=yesAnzhi-Bekenez Makhachkala200800
94Artyom IvanovMF2008 11, df=yesYouth Team200800
95Valeriy ZimakovMF2008 11, df=yesYouth Team200800
Gabriel GiurgiuMF2008 11, df=yesOțelul Galați200740
Forwards
11Aleksandr BukharovFW2008 11, df=yesChernomorets Novorossiysk20054214
14Serhii RebrovFW2008 11, df=yesDynamo Kyiv20082009245
19Savo MiloševićFW2008 11, df=yesOsasuna20082008173
21Roman AdamovFW2008 11, df=yesMoscow2008141
56Ruslan NagayevFW2008 11, df=yesYouth Team200810
67Davron MirzaevFW2008 11, df=yesPakhtakor Tashkent200710
68Ilya KukharchukFW2008 11, df=yesYouth Team200800
81Ildar BikchantayevFW2008 11, df=yesAkademiya Dimitrovgrad200810
92Wahyt OrazsähedowFW2008 11, df=yesKöpetdag Aşgabat200800
97Igor PortnyaginFW2008 11, df=yesSOYUZ-Gazprom Izhevsk200810
99Hasan KabzeFW2008 11, df=yesGalatasaray2007356
Away on loan
8Pyotr GitselovMF2008 11, df=yesBodens2007130
28Sergei NesterenkoDF2008 11, df=yesDynamo Barnaul200720
31GabrielDF2008 11, df=yesUnião de Leiria2006[2] 2009455
46Aleksandr YarkinFW2008 11, df=yesDynamo Barnaul200680
79Pavel KharchikGK2008 11, df=yesNeftekhimik Nizhnekamsk2004
Aleksandrs KoliņkoGK2008 11, df=yesRostov2005840
Aleksandr KulikovDF2008 11, df=yesYouth Team200700
FábioMF2008 11, df=yesReal Sociedad200790
Dmitri ShestakovMF2008 11, df=yesSportakademklub Moscow200500
Vladimir DyadyunFW2008 11, df=yesYouth Team200761
Players that left Rubin Kazan during the season
20Aleksei RebkoMF2008 11, df=yesSpartak Moscow200820
26Alexandru GațcanMF2008 11, df=yesSpartak Chelyabinsk2006[3] 2008514
91Pavel KrasnikovDF2008 11, df=yesYouth Team200800
98Dmitri VasilyevMF2008 11, df=yesShinnik Yaroslavl2005472
Walter GarcíaDF2008 11, df=yesSan Lorenzo2006200950

Left club during season

Transfers

In

DatePositionNationalityNameFromFeeRef.
Winter 2008GKYevgeni CheremisinNeftekhimik NizhnekamskUndisclosed
Winter 2008GKSergey RyzhikovLokomotiv MoscowUndisclosed
Winter 2008GKSergei KozkoMoscowUndisclosed
Winter 2008DFCristian AnsaldiNewell's Old BoysUndisclosed
Winter 2008DFJefthonKuban KrasnodarUndisclosed
Winter 2008DFDavit KvirkveliaMetalurh ZaporizhyaUndisclosed
Winter 2008DFMikhail MishchenkoSOYUZ-Gazprom IzhevskUndisclosed
Winter 2008DFAleksandr OrekhovKuban KrasnodarUndisclosed
Winter 2008DFRoman SharonovShinnik YaroslavlUndisclosed
Winter 2008MFShamil AlimagomayevAnzhi-Bekenez MakhachkalaUndisclosed
Winter 2008MFAndrei KobenkoAmkar PermUndisclosed
Winter 2008MFAleksei RebkoSpartak MoscowUndisclosed
Winter 2008MFSergei SemakMoscowUndisclosed
Winter 2008FWRoman AdamovMoscowUndisclosed
Winter 2008FWIldar BikchantayevAkademiya DimitrovgradUndisclosed
Winter 2008FWIgor PortnyaginSOYUZ-Gazprom IzhevskUndisclosed
Winter 2008FWWahyt OrazsähedowKöpetdag AşgabatUndisclosed
3 March 2008FWSerhii RebrovDynamo KyivUndisclosed[4]
11 March 2008FWSavo MiloševićOsasunaFree[5]
13 March 2008MFGökdeniz KaradenizTrabzonsporUndisclosed[6]
Summer 2008DFAleksei PopovAmkar PermUndisclosed
Summer 2008FWRoman AdamovMoscowUndisclosed

Rebrov's move was announced on the above date, but not finalised until the end of his Dynamo Kyiv contract during the summer of 2008.

Out

DatePositionNationalityNameToFeeRef.
Summer 2008DFWalter GarcíaNacionalUndisclosed
Summer 2008MFAlexandru GațcanRostovUndisclosed[7]
Summer 2008MFAleksei RebkoMoscowUndisclosed
Summer 2008MFDmitri VasilyevShinnik YaroslavlUndisclosed

Loans out

Date fromPositionNationalityNameToDate toRef.
Winter 2007FWAleksandr YarkinSKA-Energia KhabarovskEnd of Season
Summer 2007MFFábioMarítimoSummer 2008
Winter 2008GKAleksandrs KoliņkoRubin-2 KazanEnd of Season
Winter 2008GKPavel KharchikAnzhi MakhachkalaEnd of Season
Winter 2008DFAleksandr KulikovSalyut-Energiya31 December 2009
Winter 2008DFSergei NesterenkoSKA-Energia KhabarovskEnd of Season
Winter 2008MFGabriel GiurgiuOțelul GalațiSummer 2008
Winter 2008MFDmitri ShestakovFC RyazanEnd of Season
Winter 2008FWVladimir DyadyunRostovEnd of Season
29 August 2008DFGabrielKhimkiEnd of Season[8]
Summer 2008MFPyotr GitselovRostovEnd of Season
Summer 2008MFFábioAsteras TripoliSummer 2009

Released

DatePositionNationalityNameJoinedDate
Summer 2008DFPavel Krasnikov
Winter 2008GKAleksandrs KoliņkoJFK Olimps
Winter 2008GKPavel KharchikAşgabat
Winter 2008DFJefthonNK Zagreb
Winter 2008DFAndrei FyodorovRetired
Winter 2008MFGabriel GiurgiuOțelul Galați
Winter 2008MFShamil AlimagomayevAnzhi Makhachkala
Winter 2008MFArtyom Ivanov
Winter 2008MFAndrei KobenkoTerek Grozny
Winter 2008MFValeriy ZimakovKhimki
Winter 2008MFVadim AfoninShurtan Guzar
Winter 2008FWSavo MiloševićRetired

Competitions

Premier League

See main article: 2008 Russian Premier League.

League table

Russian Cup

2008-09

See main article: 2008–09 Russian Cup. The Quarterfinal game took place during the 2009 season.

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

|-|colspan="14"|Players away from the club on loan:|-|colspan="14"|Players who appeared for Rubin Kazan but left during the season:|}

Goal scorers

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1 FW11Aleksandr Bukharov606
MF61Gökdeniz Karadeniz606
MF16Christian Noboa606
4 FW14Serhii Rebrov505
MF7 Sergei Semak505
6 FW19Savo Milošević303
DF27Davit Kvirkvelia303
8 FW99Hasan Kabze202
MF10Andrei Kobenko202
Own goal202
11FW21Roman Adamov101
MF15Aleksandr Ryazantsev101
DF76Roman Sharonov101
DF3 Cristian Ansaldi101
MF49Vagiz Galiulin011
Total44145

Disciplinary record

NumberNationPositionNamePremier League2008–09 Russian CupTotal
1 GKSergei Kozko001010
2 DFStjepan Tomas500050
3 DFCristian Ansaldi700070
4 DFJefthon001010
5 DFAndrei Fyodorov100010
6 MFMacBeth Sibaya500050
7 MFSergei Semak700070
10MFAndrei Kobenko601070
11FWAleksandr Bukharov100010
14FWSerhii Rebrov500050
15MFAleksandr Ryazantsev500050
16MFChristian Noboa401050
19FWSavo Milošević100010
21FWRoman Adamov100010
22DFAleksandr Orekhov411051
23MFYevgeni Balyaikin601070
27DFDavit Kvirkvelia800080
44DFIgor Klimov001010
61MFGökdeniz Karadeniz300030
76DFRoman Sharonov700070
77GKSergey Ryzhikov300030
81FWIldar Bikchantayev001010
99FWHasan Kabze300030
Players away on loan:
Players who left Rubin Kazan during the season:
Total82180901

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Russian Premier League Final Stats 2008.
  2. Web site: Рубин пополнился бразильским защитником . championat.com . Championat . 17 December 2019 . Russian . 29 June 2006.
  3. Web site: Футбол. Рубин пополнился двумя легионерами Подробнее на РБК . sportrbc.ru . Sport RBC . 17 December 2019 . Russian . 15 February 2006.
  4. Web site: Сергій Ребров перейде в "Рубін" . https://web.archive.org/web/20080305005957/http://www.fcdynamo.kiev.ua/ua/dynamo/news/26948.html . dead . 5 March 2008 . fcdynamo.kiev.ua . FC Dynamo Kiev . 11 March 2020 . Ukrainian . 3 March 2020.
  5. Web site: Milošević agrees return with Rubin . uefa.com/ . UEFA . 11 March 2020 . 11 March 2008.
  6. http://www.rubin-kazan.ru/allnews/#news_166624047db74088864c83894677c186 Карадениз пополнил наш состав
  7. Web site: Гацкан и Гицелов перешли в Ростов . sports.ru/ . Sports RU . 12 March 2020 . Russian.
  8. Web site: Габриэль перешёл из "Рубина" в "Химки" Подробнее на "Чемпионате" . championat.com . Championat . 11 March 2020 . Russian . 29 August 2008.