2009 FC Rostov season explained

Club:	FC Rostov
Season:	2009
Manager:	Oleg Dolmatov
Chairman:	Leonid Kovalyov
Stadium:	Olimp-2
League:	Russian Premier League
League Result:	14th
Cup1:	2009–10 Russian Cup
Cup1 Result:	Last 32 vs Avangard Podolsk
League Topscorer:	Two Players (6)
Season Topscorer:	Two Players (6)
Highest Attendance:	16,500 vs Zenit St.Petersburg (3 May 2009)
Lowest Attendance:	7,125 vs Moscow (3 October 2009)
Prevseason:	2008
Nextseason:	2010

The 2009 FC Rostov season was the club's first season back in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of football in Russia, following their relegation at the end of the 2007 season.

Season events

New Contracts

On 1 October, Dušan Anđelković signed a new three-year contract with Rostov.^[1]

Squad

^[2]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Roman Gerus		GK	2009 11, df=yes	Luch-Energiya Vladivostok	2007
16	Veniamin Mandrykin		GK	2009 11, df=yes	loan from CSKA Moscow	2009	2009	10	0
27	Stanislav Khoteyev		GK	2009 11, df=yes	Lobnya	2008
31	Aleksandr Solovyov		GK	2009 11, df=yes	Youth Team	2009		0	0
44	Artyom Nazarov		GK	2009 11, df=yes	Youth Team	2009		0	0
56	Vladimir Zabuga		GK	2009 11, df=yes	Abinsk	2009		0	0
Defenders
3	Dušan Anđelković		DF	2009 11, df=yes	Kocaelispor	2009	2012	26	0
5	Aleksandr Cherkes		DF	2009 11, df=yes	Shinnik Yaroslavl	2008^[3]	2010
6	Roman Lengyel		DF	2009 11, df=yes	Kuban Krasnodar	2009	2010	28	0
26	Ivan Živanović		DF	2009 11, df=yes	Sampdoria	2008
32	Vladislav Dubovoy		DF	2009 11, df=yes	Nika Krasny Sulin	2009		0	0
34	Oleg Leshchikov		DF	2009 11, df=yes	Nika Krasny Sulin	2009		0	0
35	Vasili Mironik		DF	2009 11, df=yes	Youth Team	2009		0	0
38	Vladimir Shamara		DF	2009 11, df=yes	Youth Team	2009		0	0
46	Alexandr Vasilyev		DF	2009 11, df=yes	Youth Team	2009		0	0
47	Henry Hagba		DF	2009 11, df=yes	Youth Team	2009		0	0
49	Aleksei Sizintsev		DF	2009 11, df=yes	Youth Team	2009		0	0
54	Ivan Lapin		DF	2009 11, df=yes	loan from Zenit St.Petersburg	2009		3	0
57	Astemir Sheriyev		DF	2009 11, df=yes	Spartak Nalchik	2009		9	0
58	Aleksei Klubkov		DF	2009 11, df=yes	Spartak-2 Moscow	2009		0	0
59	Taymuraz Kozayev		DF	2009 11, df=yes	Alania-2 Vladikavkaz	2009		0	0
62	Kirill Chekmaryov		DF	2009 11, df=yes	Master-Saturn Yegoryevsk	2009		0	0
83	Mikhail Rozhkov	^[4]	DF	2009 11, df=yes	Nosta Novotroitsk	2009	2009	19	0
Midfielders
7	Alyaksandr Kulchy		MF	2009 11, df=yes	Tom Tomsk	2008
8	Maksim Astafyev		MF	2009 11, df=yes	Luch-Energiya Vladivostok	2008
10	Mikhail Osinov		MF	2009 11, df=yes	Rotor Volgograd	2001
12	Pyotr Gitselov		MF	2009 11, df=yes	loan from Rubin Kazan	2009		7	0
18	Branimir Petrović		MF	2009 11, df=yes	KAMAZ	2009	2011	23	2
20	Artur Valikayev		MF	2009 11, df=yes	Nizhny Novgorod	2009		6	0
24	Sergey Kuznetsov		MF	2009 11, df=yes	Lokomotiv Moscow	2009		7	1
25	Aleksandr Pavlenko	^[5]	MF	2009 11, df=yes	loan from Spartak Moscow	2009		9	3
40	Maxim Kalmykov		MF	2009 11, df=yes	Youth Team	2009		0	0
42	Yevgeni Matrakhov		MF	2009 11, df=yes	Zenit-2 St.Petersburg	2009		0	0
45	Ilya Bannov		MF	2009 11, df=yes	Zenit-2 St.Petersburg	2009		0	0
48	Maksim Levchenko		MF	2009 11, df=yes	Youth Team	2009		0	0
52	Artyom Syomka		MF	2009 11, df=yes	Zenit-2 St.Petersburg	2009		0	0
63	Andrei Lyakh		MF	2009 11, df=yes	Khimik Dzerzhinsk	2009		0	0
84	Alexandru Gațcan		MF	2009 11, df=yes	Rubin Kazan	2008
85	Nenad Šljivić		MF	2009 11, df=yes	Napredak Kruševac	2008
Forwards
4	Igor Lebedenko		FW	2009 11, df=yes	Saturn Ramenskoye	2009	2009	30	4
9	Dmitri Akimov		FW	2009 11, df=yes	Sibir Novosibirsk	2008
19	Mersudin Ahmetović		FW	2009 11, df=yes	Sloboda Tuzla	2008
21	Hong Yong-jo		FW	2009 11, df=yes	Bežanija	2008
36	Magomed Kurbanov	^[6]	FW	2009 11, df=yes	Youth Team	2009		0	0
37	Sergey Chernyshev	^[7]	FW	2009 11, df=yes	Youth Team	2007
43	Mikhail Ignatov		FW	2009 11, df=yes	Zenit-2 St.Petersburg	2009		0	0
50	Vitali Kirichenko		FW	2009 11, df=yes	Mashuk-KMV	2009		0	0
55	Aleksei Sugak		FW	2009 11, df=yes	Youth Team	2009		0	0
60	Dmitri Kortava		FW	2009 11, df=yes	Torpedo Moscow	2009		0	0
87	Yevgeni Lutsenko		FW	2009 11, df=yes	Stavropolye-2009	2009		6	0
88	Aleksandr Salugin		FW	2009 11, df=yes	loan from Krylia Sovetov	2009		6	0
Out on loan
Left during the season
14	Aleksandr Ponomaryov		DF	2009 11, df=yes	Torpedo Moscow	2009		1	0
51	Andrei Sklyarov		DF	2009 11, df=yes	TP-47	2009		1	0

Out on loan

Transfers

See main article: List of Russian football transfers summer 2009.

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
17 December 2008	DF		Roman Lengyel	Kuban Krasnodar	Undisclosed	^[8]
18 February 2009	DF		Dušan Anđelković	Kocaelispor	Undisclosed	^[9]
18 February 2009	FW		Igor Lebedenko	Saturn Ramenskoye	Undisclosed
9 March 2009	DF		Mikhail Rozhkov	Nosta Novotroitsk	Undisclosed	^[10]
9 March 2009	MF		Branimir Petrović	KAMAZ	Undisclosed
Winter 2009	DF		Andrei Sklyarov	TP-47	Undisclosed
Winter 2009	MF		Sergey Kuznetsov	Lokomotiv Moscow	Undisclosed
1 August 2009	GK		Vladimir Zabuga	Abinsk	Undisclosed
1 August 2009	FW		Yevgeni Lutsenko	Stavropolye-2009	Undisclosed	^[11]
28 August 2009	DF		Kirill Chekmaryov	Master-Saturn Yegoryevsk	Undisclosed
28 August 2009	DF		Aleksei Klubkov	Spartak-2 Moscow	Undisclosed
28 August 2009	DF		Taymuraz Kozayev	Alania-2 Vladikavkaz	Undisclosed
28 August 2009	MF		Andrei Lyakh	Khimik Dzerzhinsk	Undisclosed
28 August 2009	MF		Artur Valikayev	Nizhny Novgorod	Undisclosed	^[12]
28 August 2009	FW		Dmitri Kortava	Torpedo Moscow	Undisclosed

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
9 March 2009	GK		Veniamin Mandrykin	CSKA Moscow	End of Season
1 August 2009	FW		Aleksandr Salugin	Krylia Sovetov	End of Season
28 August 2009	FW		Aleksandr Pavlenko	Spartak Moscow	Winter 2011
Winter 2009	DF		Ivan Lapin	Zenit St.Petersburg	Winter 2010

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
Winter 2009	DF		Ildar Shabayev	Vityaz Podolsk	Winter 2010
Winter 2009	MF		Denis Kirilenko	Stavropolye-2009	Summer 2009
Winter 2009	MF		Mikhail Kozlov	Vityaz Podolsk	Winter 2010
Winter 2009	MF		Oleg Misyura	Taganrog	Winter 2010
Winter 2009	FW		Yakov Ehrlich	Volgograd	Winter 2010
Winter 2009	FW		Ruslan Gurbanov	Taganrog	Winter 2010
Winter 2009	FW		Artyom Serdyuk	Taganrog	Winter 2010
Summer 2009	MF		Denis Kirilenko	Volga Tver	Winter 2010

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
Winter 2009	GK		Maksym Levytskyi	Torpedo-ZIL Moscow	Winter 2009
Winter 2009	DF		Syarhey Shtanyuk	Alania Vladikavkaz	Winter 2009
Winter 2009	DF		Pavel Mogilevskiy	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	Winter 2009
Winter 2009	DF		Anton Rogochiy	Vityaz Podolsk	Winter 2009
Winter 2009	MF		Konstantin Zuyev	Anzhi Makhachkala	Winter 2009
Winter 2009	FW		Dmitri Burmistrov	Salyut-Energia Belgorod	Winter 2009

Trial

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	Last Club	Date to	Ref.
12 January 2009	DF		Andrei Ushenin	Shinnik Yaroslavl		^[13]
6 February 2009	DF		Ibra Kébé	Anzhi Makhachkala		^[14]
23 February 2009	GK		Veniamin Mandrykin	CSKA Moscow		^[15]
23 February 2009	DF		Mikhail Rozhkov	Nosta Novotroitsk
23 February 2009	DF		Dmytro Semochko	Shinnik Yaroslavl

Competitions

Premier League

See main article: 2009 Russian Premier League.

League table

Russian Cup

2009-10

See main article: 2009–10 Russian Cup.

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goal scorers

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1	FW		9	Dmitri Akimov	6	0	6
	FW		19	Mersudin Ahmetović	6	0	6
3	FW		4	Igor Lebedenko	4	0	4
	MF		84	Alexandru Gațcan	4	0	4
5	MF		15	Aleksandr Pavlenko	3	0	3
6	MF		18	Branimir Petrović	2	0	2
	MF		8	Maksim Astafyev	1	1	2
8	MF		10	Mikhail Osinov	1	0	1
	FW		21	Hong Yong-jo	1	0	1
	MF		24	Sergey Kuznetsov	0	1	1
				TOTALS	28	2	30

Clean sheets

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1	GK		1	Roman Gerus	4	0	4
2	GK		16	Veniamin Mandrykin	3	0	3
3	GK		27	Stanislav Khoteyev	1	0	1
TOTALS					8	0	8

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Russian Cup		Total
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1		GK	Roman Gerus	3	0	0	0	3	0
3		DF	Dušan Anđelković	7	0	0	0	7	0
4		FW	Igor Lebedenko	5	0	0	0	5	0
5		DF	Aleksandr Cherkes	7	1	0	0	7	1
6		DF	Roman Lengyel	4	0	0	0	4	0
7		MF	Alyaksandr Kulchy	3	0	1	0	4	0
8		MF	Maksim Astafyev	5	1	0	0	5	1
9		FW	Dmitri Akimov	1	0	1	0	2	0
10		MF	Mikhail Osinov	2	0	0	0	2	0
12		MF	Pyotr Gitselov	1	0	0	0	1	0
15		MF	Aleksandr Pavlenko	1	0	0	0	1	0
16		GK	Veniamin Mandrykin	2	0	0	0	2	0
18		MF	Branimir Petrović	6	0	0	0	6	0
19		FW	Mersudin Ahmetović	4	1	0	0	4	1
20		MF	Artur Valikayev	3	1	0	0	3	1
21		FW	Hong Yong-jo	4	1	1	0	5	1
26		DF	Ivan Živanović	1	0	0	0	1	0
57		DF	Astemir Sheriyev	3	0	0	0	3	0
83		DF	Mikhail Rozhkov	3	1	0	0	3	1
84		MF	Alexandru Gațcan	11	0	0	0	11	0
85		MF	Nenad Šljivić	3	0	0	0	3	0
Players away on loan:
Players who left Rostov during the season:
14		DF	Aleksandr Ponomaryov	1	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	80	6	3	0	83	6

Notes and References

1. Web site: ru:ДУШАН АНДЖЕЛКОВИЧ ПОДПИСАЛ НОВЫЙ КОНТРАКТ С РОСТОВОМ . http://www.fc-rostov.ru/press/news/2734/ . fc-rostov.ru/ . FC Rostov . 24 May 2019 . Russian . 10 January 2009.
2. Web site: Russian Premier League Final Stats 2009.
3. Web site: ru:АЛЕКСАНДР ЧЕРКЕС ПЕРЕШЕЛ В РОСТОВ . http://www.fc-rostov.ru/press/news/1842/ . fc-rostov.ru/ . FC Rostov . 24 May 2019 . Russian . 17 June 2008.
4. Rozhkov was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, going on to represent Kazakhstan from 2010-2012.
5. Pavlenko was born in Pokrov, Ukraine, but qualified to represent Russia representing Russia U21 between 2003 and 2006.
6. Kurbanov was born in Krasnodon, Ukraine, going on to represent Azerbaijan at U17, U21 and Senior level.
7. Chernyshev was born in Shebekino, Russian SFSR, going on to represent Azerbaijan at U21 level in 2011.
8. Web site: ru:РОМАН ЛЕНГИЕЛ — ФУТБОЛИСТ РОСТОВА . http://www.fc-rostov.ru/press/news/2193/ . fc-rostov.ru/ . FC Rostov . 24 May 2019 . Russian . 17 December 2009.
9. Web site: ru:АНДЖЕЛКОВИЧ И ЛЕБЕДЕНКО ПЕРЕШЛИ В РОСТОВ . http://www.fc-rostov.ru/press/news/2268/ . fc-rostov.ru/ . FC Rostov . 24 May 2019 . Russian . 18 February 2009.
10. Web site: ru:МАНДРЫКИН, РОЖКОВ И ПЕТРОВИЧ ПЕРЕШЛИ В РОСТОВ . http://www.fc-rostov.ru/press/news/2312/ . fc-rostov.ru . FC Rostov . 24 May 2019 . Russian . 9 March 2009.
11. Web site: ru:РОСТОВ ДОЗАЯВИЛ ЛУЦЕНКО И САЛУГИНА . http://www.fc-rostov.ru/press/news/2588/ . fc-rostov.ru . FC Rostov . 24 May 2019 . Russian . 1 August 2009.
12. Web site: ru:РОСТОВ» ДОЗАЯВИЛ СЕМЬ ФУТБОЛИСТОВ . http://www.fc-rostov.ru/press/news/2661/ . fc-rostov.ru/ . FC Rostov . 24 May 2019 . Russian . 28 August 2009.
13. Web site: ru:УШЕНИН ПРИСОЕДИНИЛСЯ К РОСТОВУ . http://www.fc-rostov.ru/press/news/2215 . fc-rostov.ru/ . FC Rostov . 30 May 2019 . Russian . 12 January 2009.
14. Web site: ru:КЕБЕ ПРИСОЕДИНИЛСЯ К РОСТОВУ . http://www.fc-rostov.ru/press/news/2245 . fc-rostov.ru/ . FC Rostov . 30 May 2019 . Russian . 6 February 2009.
15. Web site: ru:К КОМАНДЕ ПРИСОЕДИНИЛИСЬ НОВИЧКИ . http://www.fc-rostov.ru/press/news/2282/ . fc-rostov.ru/ . FC Rostov . 24 May 2019 . Russian . 23 February 2009.