| Club: | CSKA Moscow |
| Season: | 2018–19 |
| Manager: | Viktor Goncharenko |
| Chairman: | Yevgeni Giner |
| Stadium: | VEB Arena |
| League: | Premier League |
| League Result: | 4th |
| Cup1: | Russian Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Round of 32 |
| Cup2: | Super Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Winners |
| Cup3: | Champions League |
| Cup3 Result: | Group stage |
| League Topscorer: | Fyodor Chalov (15) |
| Season Topscorer: | Fyodor Chalov (17) |
| Highest Attendance: | 71,811 vs Real Madrid |
| Lowest Attendance: | 9,013 vs Yenisey Krasnoyarsk |
| Prevseason: | 2017–18 |
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The 2018–19 PFC CSKA Moscow season was the 27th successive season that the club play in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia.
On 5 June, Georgi Shchennikov signed a new contract with CSKA until the summer of 2023.[1] On 14 June, CSKA announced that Konstantin Bazelyuk would spend the 2018–19 season on loan at FC SKA-Khabarovsk.[2]
On 15 June it was confirmed that CSKA would take FC Tosno's place in the Russian Super Cup on 27 July.[3]
On 20 June, CSKA Moscow announced that they had agreed the transfer of Hörður Magnússon with Bristol City, with personal terms still to be signed,[4] whilst Bristol City announced that Magnússon had left for an undisclosed fee.[5] Two days later, 22 June, CSKA announced the signing of Jaka Bijol on a five-year contract from Rudar Velenje.[6]
On 2 July, Sergei Tkachyov moved to Arsenal Tula on a season-long loan deal.[7]
On 4 July, CSKA Moscow announced the signing of Rodrigo Becão on a season-long loan deal from Bahia.[8]
On 8 July, Sergei Ignashevich announced his retirement from football, with Aleksei Berezutski and Vasili Berezutski also announcing their retirement from football on 20 July.
On 18 July, Kirill Nababkin extended his contract with CSKA Moscow until the end of the 2019/20 season,[9] with manager Viktor Goncharenko also extending his contract the following day, until the end of the 2019/20 season.[10]
On 26 July, CSKA Moscow announced the signing of Ilzat Akhmetov on a four-year contract after his Rubin Kazan contract had expired.[11]
On 27 July, CSKA Moscow announced that Aleksandr Golovin had signed for AS Monaco on a record-breaking transfer fee for CSKA Moscow.[12] Later the same day, CSKA Moscow won their seventh Russian Super Cup, with a 1-0 extra time victory over Lokomotiv Moscow.[13] After the game, CSKA Moscow confirmed that Vitinho had left the club to join Flamengo.[14]
On 1 August, CSKA Moscow announced the arrival of Abel Hernández from Hull City on a three-year contract.[15]
On 14 August, CSKA Moscow announced that Aaron Olanare had left the club after his contract with cancelled by mutual consent.[16] The following day, 15 August, CSKA Moscow announced the arrival of Nikola Vlašić on a season-long loan deal from Everton[17]
On 30 August, Igor Akinfeev signed a new contract with CSKA until the summer of 2022.[18]
On 31 August, CSKA Moscow announced that Arnór Sigurðsson had signed on a five-year contract from IFK Norrköping,[19] that Takuma Nishimura had signed on a four-year contract from Vegalta Sendai,[20] and Ivan Oblyakov had signed from FC Ufa until the summer of 2023.[21]
On 5 October, CSKA Moscow announced the signing of Malian striker Lassana N'Diaye, on a contract until the summer of 2023, after he turned 18 on 3 October.[22]
On 18 December, CSKA Moscow announced that goalkeeper Pavel Ovchinnikov and defender Ivan Maklakov had left the club at the expiration of their contracts.[23]
On 9 January 2019, Nayair Tiknizyan and Vitaly Zhironkin both signed a new contracts with the CSKA until the summer of 2022.[24] On 22 January, CSKA Moscow announced that Fyodor Chalov had signed a new contract with the club, until the summer of 2022.[25]
On 24 January, Timur Zhamaletdinov joined Lech Poznań on loan until the end of the season, with an option for Lech Poznań to make the move permanent at the end of the season.[26] The following day Khetag Khosonov joined Tambov on loan until the end of the season,[27] whilst Astemir Gordyushenko joined Tyumen on loan until the end of the season.[28]
On 11 February, Timur Pukhov left CSKA Moscow to join Lithuanian club FK Žalgiris.[29] On 19 February, Aleksandr Makarov moved on loan to Avangard Kursk for the remainder of the season,[30] whilst Maksim Yedapin joined Yenisey Krasnoyarsk on a similar deal.[31]
On 22 February, CSKA Moscow announced that Ivan Oleynikov had joined Fakel Voronezh on loan until the end of the season,[32] whilst Igor Diveyev had joined the club on loan until the end of the season from Ufa, with an option to make the move permanent in the summer.[33]
On 26 April, Viktor Vasin signed a new contract with CSKA, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2021.[34]
On 31 May, CSKA Moscow announced that they had exercised their option to make Igor Diveyev's loan deal permanent, signing him to a five-year contract,[35] whilst Anatoli Anisimov left the club after the expiration of his contract.[36]
| Number | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| 1 | Ilya Pomazun |  | GK | 2019 5, df=yes | Academy | 2012 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 22 | Georgi Kyrnats | | GK | 2019 5, df=yes | Academy | 2015 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 35 | Igor Akinfeev | | GK | 2019 5, df=yes | Academy | 2003 | 2022 | 601 | 0 | |
| Defenders | ||||||||||
| 2 | Mário Fernandes | [37] | DF | 2019 5, df=yes | Grêmio | 2012[38] | 2022[39] | 236 | 3 | |
| 3 | Nikita Chernov | | DF | 2019 5, df=yes | Academy | 2013 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 5 | Viktor Vasin | | DF | 2019 5, df=yes | Spartak Nalchik | 2011 | 2021 | 63 | 2 | |
| 14 | Kirill Nababkin | | DF | 2019 5, df=yes | Moscow | 2010 | 2020 | 233 | 4 | |
| 23 | Hörður Magnússon |  | DF | 2019 5, df=yes | Bristol City | 2018 | 27 | 2 | ||
| 42 | Georgi Shchennikov | | DF | 2019 5, df=yes | Academy | 2008 | 2023 | 306 | 8 | |
| 50 | Rodrigo Becão |  | DF | 2019 5, df=yes | loan from Bahia | 2018 | 2019 | 36 | 0 | |
| 78 | Igor Diveyev | | DF | 2019 5, df=yes | loan from Ufa | 2019 | 2024 | 10 | 0 | |
| 90 | Semyon Matviychuk | | DF | 2019 5, df=yes | Dynamo Moscow | 2017 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Midfielders | ||||||||||
| 8 | Nikola Vlašić | MF | 2019 5, df=yes | loan from Everton | 2018 | 2019 | 31 | 8 | ||
| 10 | Alan Dzagoev | | MF | 2019 5, df=yes | Krylia Sovetov-SOK Dimitrovgrad | 2008 | 2019[40] | 342 | 75 | |
| 15 | Dmitry Yefremov | | MF | 2019 5, df=yes | Akademiya Tolyatti | 2013 | 52 | 0 | ||
| 17 | Arnór Sigurðsson | | MF | 2019 5, df=yes | IFK Norrköping | 2018 | 2023 | 27 | 7 | |
| 20 | Konstantin Kuchayev | | MF | 2019 5, df=yes | Academy | 2015 | 41 | 1 | ||
| 25 | Kristijan Bistrović | MF | 2019 5, df=yes | Slaven Belupo | 2018[41] | 2022 | 32 | 2 | ||
| 29 | Jaka Bijol |  | MF | 2019 5, df=yes | Rudar Velenje | 2018 | 2023 | 27 | 4 | |
| 47 | Anatoli Anisimov | | MF | 2019 5, df=yes | Rubin Kazan | 2016 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 71 | Nayair Tiknizyan | | MF | 2019 5, df=yes | Academy | 2013 | 2022 | 2 | 0 | |
| 77 | Ilzat Akhmetov | | MF | 2019 5, df=yes | Rubin Kazan | 2018 | 2022 | 30 | 0 | |
| 98 | Ivan Oblyakov | | MF | 2019 5, df=yes | Ufa | 2018 | 2023 | 29 | 3 | |
| Forwards | ||||||||||
| 9 | Fyodor Chalov | | FW | 2019 5, df=yes | Academy | 2015 | 2022 | 86 | 30 | |
| 11 | Abel Hernández | FW | 2019 5, df=yes | Hull City | 2018 | 2021 | 15 | 3 | ||
| 18 | Lassana N'Diaye |  | FW | 2019 5, df=yes | Guidars | 2018 | 2023 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | Takuma Nishimura |  | FW | 2019 5, df=yes | IFK Norrköping | 2018 | 2022 | 15 | 2 | |
| 81 | Vitali Zhironkin | | FW | 2019 5, df=yes | Academy | 2018 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 85 | Danila Yanov | | FW | 2019 5, df=yes | Strogino Moscow | 2018 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Away on loan | ||||||||||
| 31 | Aleksandr Makarov | | MF | 2019 5, df=yes | Academy | 2013 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 72 | Astemir Gordyushenko | | MF | 2019 5, df=yes | Academy | 2016 | 2020[42] | 19 | 0 | |
| 75 | Timur Zhamaletdinov | | FW | 2019 5, df=yes | Academy | 2014 | 42 | 5 | ||
| 80 | Khetag Khosonov | | MF | 2019 5, df=yes | Academy | 2014 | 17 | 1 | ||
| 82 | Ivan Oleynikov | | MF | 2019 5, df=yes | Academy | 2015 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Maksim Yedapin | | GK | 2019 5, df=yes | Academy | 2015 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sergei Tkachyov | | MF | 2019 5, df=yes | Kuban Krasnodar | 2016[43] | 2019 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Konstantin Bazelyuk | | FW | 2019 5, df=yes | Academy | 2010 | 27 | 4 | |||
| Players who left during the season | ||||||||||
| 11 | Vitinho | | FW | 2019 5, df=yes | Botafogo | 2013[44] | 2020[45] | 84 | 18 | |
| 70 | Timur Pukhov | | MF | 2019 5, df=yes | Academy | 2015 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 78 | Ivan Maklakov | | DF | 2019 5, df=yes | Academy | 2015 | 2018 | 1 | 0 | |
| 84 | Pavel Ovchinnikov | | GK | 2019 5, df=yes | Academy | 2015 | 2018 | 0 | 0 | |
| 99 | Aaron Olanare | FW | 2019 5, df=yes | Guangzhou R&F | 2017 | 2021[46] | 28 | 4 | ||
See main article: List of Russian football transfers summer 2018 and List of Russian football transfers winter 2018–19.
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 June 2018 | DF | | Hörður Magnússon | Bristol City | Undisclosed | ||
| 22 June 2018 | MF | | Jaka Bijol | Rudar Velenje | Undisclosed | ||
| 26 July 2018 | MF | | Ilzat Akhmetov | Rubin Kazan | Free | ||
| 1 August 2018 | FW | Abel Hernández | Hull City | Free | |||
| 31 August 2018 | MF | | Arnór Sigurðsson | IFK Norrköping | Undisclosed | ||
| 31 August 2018 | FW | | Takuma Nishimura | Vegalta Sendai | Undisclosed | ||
| 5 October 2018 | FW | | Lassana N'Diaye | Guidars | Undisclosed | ||
| 31 May 2019 | DF | | Igor Diveyev | Ufa | Undisclosed |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 July 2018 | MF | | Nikita Matskharashvili | Shinnik Yaroslavl | Undisclosed | [47] | |
| 27 July 2018 | MF | | Aleksandr Golovin | AS Monaco | Undisclosed | ||
| 27 July 2018 | MF | | Vitinho | Flamengo | Undisclosed | ||
| 11 February 2019 | MF | | Timur Pukhov | Žalgiris | Undisclosed |
| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2018 | DF | | Rodrigo Becão | Bahia | End of Season | ||
| 15 August 2018 | MF | Nikola Vlašić | Everton | End of Season | |||
| 22 February 2019 | DF | | Igor Diveyev | Ufa | End of Season |
| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 June 2018 | FW | | Konstantin Bazelyuk | SKA-Khabarovsk | End of Season | ||
| 2 July 2018 | MF | | Sergei Tkachyov | Arsenal Tula | End of Season | ||
| 24 January 2019 | FW | | Timur Zhamaletdinov | Lech Poznań | End of Season | ||
| 25 January 2019 | MF | | Khetag Khosonov | Tambov | End of Season | ||
| 25 January 2019 | MF | | Astemir Gordyushenko | Tyumen | End of Season | ||
| 19 February 2019 | GK | | Maksim Yedapin | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | End of Season | ||
| 19 February 2019 | MF | | Aleksandr Makarov | Avangard Kursk | End of Season | ||
| 22 February 2019 | MF | | Ivan Oleynikov | Fakel Voronezh | End of Season |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2018 | DF | | Sergei Ignashevich | Retired[48] | ||
| 21 July 2018 | DF | | Aleksei Berezutski | Retired[49] | ||
| 21 July 2018 | DF | | Vasili Berezutski | Retired | ||
| 14 August 2018 | FW | Aaron Olanare | Beitar Jerusalem | 12 October 2018[50] | ||
| 18 December 2018 | GK | | Pavel Ovchinnikov | Dolgoprudny | ||
| 18 December 2018 | DF | | Ivan Maklakov | Zenit St.Petersburg | 24 February 2019[51] | |
| 27 May 2019[52] | FW | Abel Hernández | Al Ahli | |||
| 31 May 2019 | MF | | Anatoli Anisimov | Ural Yekaterinburg | ||
See main article: 2018 Russian Super Cup.
See main article: 2018–19 Russian Premier League.
See main article: 2018–19 Russian Cup.
See main article: 2018-19 UEFA Champions League.
|-|colspan="14"|Players away from the club on loan:|-|colspan="14"|Players who left CSKA Moscow during the season:|}
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=150 | Name | width=150 | Premier League | width=150 | Russian Cup | width=150 | Super Cup | width=150 | Champions League | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | | 9 | Fyodor Chalov | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | ||||||||||
| 2 | MF | 8 | Nikola Vlašić | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 3 | MF | | 17 | Arnór Sigurðsson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | | 29 | Jaka Bijol | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 5 | FW | 11 | Abel Hernández | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||
| FW | | 75 | Timur Zhamaletdinov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||
| MF | | 98 | Ivan Oblyakov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 8 | MF | 25 | Kristijan Bistrović | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| FW | | 19 | Takuma Nishimura | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| DF | | 23 | Hörður Magnússon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| DF | | 42 | Georgi Shchennikov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 12 | DF | | 2 | Mário Fernandes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| MF | | 70 | Timur Pukhov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| MF | | 80 | Khetag Khosonov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| TOTALS | 46 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 56 | ||||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Super Cup | Champions League | Total | |||||||||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | | DF | Mário Fernandes | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 3 | | DF | Nikita Chernov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
| 5 | | DF | Viktor Vasin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 8 | MF | Nikola Vlašić | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||||||
| 9 | | FW | Fyodor Chalov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 14 | | DF | Kirill Nababkin | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||||||
| 15 | | MF | Dmitry Yefremov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 17 | | MF | Arnór Sigurðsson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| 19 | | FW | Takuma Nishimura | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| 23 | | DF | Hörður Magnússon | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | ||||||
| 25 | MF | Kristijan Bistrović | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
| 29 | | MF | Jaka Bijol | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| 35 | | GK | Igor Akinfeev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 42 | | DF | Georgi Shchennikov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| 50 | | DF | Rodrigo Becão | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||||||
| 77 | | MF | Ilzat Akhmetov | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| 78 | | DF | Igor Diveyev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 98 | | MF | Ivan Oblyakov | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||||||
| Players who left CSKA Moscow during the season: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 70 | | MF | Timur Pukhov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTALS | 60 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 81 | 6 | |||||||||