2017–18 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season

The 2017–18 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season was the club's 26th season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of the Russian football league system. Lokomotiv Moscow also took part in the Russian Cup and also the Europa League. Lokomotiv also contested the Russian Super Cup. Lokomotiv's farm club was relaunched as Kazanka and participated in the Russian Professional Football League, the third highest division in the Russian football league system.

FC Lokomotiv Moscow

2017–18 season
Chairman	Ilya Herkus
Manager	Yury Semin
Stadium	RZD Arena
Russian Premier League	1st
Super Cup	Runners-up
Russian Cup	Round of 32
UEFA Europa League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Jefferson Farfán 10 All: Jefferson Farfán & Manuel Fernandes 14
Highest home attendance	26,109 vs Zenit (RFPL, 5 May 2018)
Lowest home attendance	6,166 vs Arsenal (RFPL, 18 July 2017)
Average home league attendance	12,708
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Main Events

• Ilya Herkus announced the foundation of Lokomotiv-Kazanka. Lokomotiv-Kazanka, which will act as Lokomotiv's farm club, will participate in the Russian Professional Football League, the third level of Russian football. Lokomotiv-Kazanka will be formed on the current youth team and will play their home matches at Sapsan Arena under the tutelage of Denis Klyuyev.^[1] Lokomotiv-Kazanka was officially launched as Kazanka on 5 July 2017.^[2]
• On 5 August 2017, Lokomotiv announced that the stadium has been renamed to RZD Arena.^[3]

First Team Squad

Information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 5 May 2018.^[4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Since
Goalkeepers
1	Guilherme		GK	(1985-12-12) 12 December 1985 (age 38)	Atlético Paranaense	2007
30	Nikita Medvedev		GK	(1994-12-14) 14 December 1994 (age 29)	Rostov	2017
41	Miroslav Lobantsev		GK	(1995-05-27) 27 May 1995 (age 29)	Youth system	2011
77	Anton Kochenkov		GK	(1987-04-02) 2 April 1987 (age 37)	Mordovia Saransk	2015
Defenders
5	Nemanja Pejčinović		DF	(1987-11-04) 4 November 1987 (age 37)	Nice	2014
14	Vedran Ćorluka (captain)		DF	(1986-02-05) 5 February 1986 (age 38)	Tottenham Hotspur	2012
17	Taras Mykhalyk		DF	(1983-10-28) 28 October 1983 (age 41)	Dynamo Kyiv	2013
28	Boris Rotenberg		DF	(1986-05-19) 19 May 1986 (age 38)	Dynamo Moscow	2016
29	Vitaliy Denisov		DF	(1987-02-23) 23 February 1987 (age 37)	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2013
33	Solomon Kvirkvelia		DF	(1992-02-06) 6 February 1992 (age 32)	Rubin Kazan	2017
Midfielders
4	Manuel Fernandes		MF	(1986-02-05) 5 February 1986 (age 38)	Beşiktaş	2014
8	Jefferson Farfán		MF	(1984-10-26) 26 October 1984 (age 40)	Al Jazira	2017
11	Alan Kasaev		MF	(1986-04-08) 8 April 1986 (age 38)	Dynamo Moscow	2014
18	Aleksandr Kolomeytsev		MF	(1989-02-21) 21 February 1989 (age 35)	Amkar Perm	2015
20	Vladislav Ignatyev		MF	(1987-01-20) 20 January 1987 (age 37)	Kuban Krasnodar	2016
21	Amir Natkho		MF	(1996-07-09) 9 July 1996 (age 28)	Krasnodar	2017
23	Dmitri Tarasov		MF	(1987-03-18) 18 March 1987 (age 37)	FC Moscow	2010
27	Igor Denisov		MF	(1984-05-17) 17 May 1984 (age 40)	Dynamo Moscow	2016
31	Maciej Rybus		MF	(1989-08-19) 19 August 1989 (age 35)	Lyon	2017
36	Dmitri Barinov		MF	(1996-01-11) 11 January 1996 (age 28)	Youth system	2013
59	Aleksei Miranchuk		MF	(1995-10-17) 17 October 1995 (age 29)	Youth system	2012
60	Anton Miranchuk		MF	(1995-10-17) 17 October 1995 (age 29)	Youth system	2012
Forwards
9	Ari		FW	(1985-12-11) 11 December 1985 (age 38)	Krasnodar	2017
13	Arshak Koryan		FW	(1995-06-17) 17 June 1995 (age 29)	Vitesse	2017
24	Eder		FW	(1987-12-22) 22 December 1987 (age 36)	Lille	2017
57	Artyom Galadzhan		FW	(1998-05-22) 22 May 1998 (age 26)	Youth system	2014
84	Mikhail Lysov		FW	(1998-01-29) 29 January 1998 (age 26)	Youth system	2014
Left mid-season
3	Timofei Margasov		DF	(1992-06-12) 12 June 1992 (age 32)	Krylia Sovetov Samara	2017

Transfers

Arrivals

Permanent transfer
Name	Nationality	Position	From	Fee	Date	Source
Nikita Medvedev		GK	Rostov	Free transfer	14 June 2017	[5]
Solomon Kvirkvelia		DF	Rubin Kazan	Undisclosed (~ €2,500,000)	30 June 2017	[6]
Igor Denisov		MF	Dynamo Moscow	Free transfer	1 July 2017	[7]
Arshak Koryan		FW	Vitesse	Free transfer	12 July 2017	[8]
Maciej Rybus		MF	Lyon	Undisclosed (~ €1,750,000)	19 July 2017	[9]
In on loan
Name	Nationality	Position	From	Date	Until	Source
Ari		FW	Krasnodar	17 June 2017	End of season	[10]
Eder		FW	Lille	23 August 2017	End of season	[11]

Departures

Permanent Transfer
Name	Nationality	Position	To	Fee	Date	Source
Petar Škuletić		FW	Gençlerbirliği S.K.	Free transfer	13 May 2017	[12]
Dmitri Loskov		MF	Retired		13 May 2017	[13]
Ilya Abayev		GK	Rostov	Free transfer	31 May 2017	[14]
Renat Yanbayev		DF	Krasnodar	Free transfer	5 June 2017	[15]
Maicon		FW	Antalyaspor	Free transfer	16 June 2017	[16]
Roman Shishkin		DF	Krasnodar	Free transfer	3 July 2017	[17]
Delvin N'Dinga		MF	Sivasspor	Undisclosed (~ €200,000)	7 September 2017	[18]
Out on loan
Name	Nationality	Position	Loan to	Date	Until	Source
Igor Portnyagin		FW	Ural Yekaterinburg	27 June 2017	15 June 2018	[19]
Timofei Margasov		DF	Tosno	22 January 2018	15 June 2018	[20]

Friendlies

Pre-season

Lokomotiv Moscow v Rudar Velenje

22 June 2017	Lokomotiv Moscow	1 – 1	Rudar Velenje	Villach, Austria
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Fernandes 39' (pen)	Summary	Markovskyy 82'	Stadium: Sportplatz SC Landskron

Lokomotiv Moscow v Ankaran

26 June 2017	Lokomotiv Moscow	10 – 0	Ankaran	Villach, Austria
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Fernandes 4' 16' Ari 30' 36' 56' An. Miranchuk 49' 57' Galadzhan 60' 63' 87'	Summary		Stadium: Sportplatz SC Landskron

Lokomotiv Moscow v Rijeka

30 June 2017	Lokomotiv Moscow	0 – 1	Rijeka	Villach, Austria
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Župarić 31'	Stadium: Sportplatz SC Landskron

Mid-season

Lokomotiv Moscow v Ankaran

5 September 2017	Lokomotiv Moscow	4 – 1	Ankaran	Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria
17:15 MSK (UTC+3)	Koryan 20' Eder 27' Fernandes 35' Galanin 76'	Summary	Mihovil Klapan 52'	Stadium: Sportarena Bad Kleinkirchheim Attendance: 50

Lokomotiv Moscow v Luzern

18 January 2018	Lokomotiv Moscow	0 – 3	Luzern	La Cala de Mijas, Spain
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Follonier 58' 68' Demhasaj 85'	Stadium: Campo Hotel La Cala

Lokomotiv Moscow v Tianjin Quanjian

23 January 2018	Lokomotiv Moscow	1 – 1	Tianjin Quanjian	Marbella, Spain
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Farfán 39'	Summary	Dalun 52'	Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva La Dama de Noche

Lokomotiv Moscow v Östersunds

27 January 2018	Lokomotiv Moscow	3 – 3	Östersunds	Marbella, Spain
20:15 MSK (UTC+3)	Fernandes 17' Miranchuk 41' 59'	Summary	Hopcutt 49' Ghoddos 68' 80'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella

Lokomotiv Moscow v Osijek

2 February 2018	Lokomotiv Moscow	1 – 0	Osijek	Marbella, Spain
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ari 3'	Summary		Stadium: Marbella Football Center

Lokomotiv Moscow v Kalmar

5 February 2018	Lokomotiv Moscow	1 – 1	Kalmar	Coín, Spain
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Farfán 69'	Summary	Nixon 2'	Stadium: Estadio Jose Burgos Quintana

Lokomotiv Moscow v Strømsgodset

9 February 2018	Lokomotiv Moscow	2 – 2	Strømsgodset	Marbella, Spain
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Farfán 33' Fernandes 80'	Summary	Jradi 5' Abdellaoue 70'	Stadium: Marbella Football Center

Lokomotiv Moscow v Ferencvárosi

10 February 2018	Lokomotiv Moscow	1 – 2	Ferencvárosi	La Línea de la Concepción, Spain
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Eder 61'	Summary	Koch 55' Varga 58'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de La Línea de la Concepción

Lokomotiv Moscow v Shakhtyor Soligorsk

26 February 2018	Lokomotiv Moscow	2 – 0	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	Antalya, Turkey
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Tarasov 38' Laptsew 78' (o.g.)	Summary

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Started round	Final round	First match	Last match	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Super Cup	Final		14 July 2017		1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0.0%
Premier League	Winners		18 July 2017	12 May 2018	30	18	6	6	41	21	+20	60.0%
Russian Cup	Round of 32		21 September 2017		1	0	0	1	2	3	-1	0.0%
Europa League	Group Stage	Round of 16	14 September 2017	15 March 2018	10	5	2	3	14	14	0	50.0%
Total					42	23	8	11	58	40	18	54.8%

Russian Super Cup

Main article: 2017 Russian Super Cup

Spartak Moscow v Lokomotiv Moscow

14 July 2017	Spartak Moscow	2 – 1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Moscow
21:30 MSK (UTC+3)	L. Adriano  62', 101' Yeshchenko  80' Dzhikiya  95' Promes 113' Bocchetti  115'	Summary	Pejčinović  42' Barinov  76' Fernandes 116'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 24,444 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

Russian Premier League

Main article: 2017–18 Russian Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lokomotiv Moscow (C)	30	18	6	6	41	21	+20	60	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	CSKA Moscow	30	17	7	6	49	23	+26	58
3	Spartak Moscow	30	16	8	6	51	32	+19	56	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Krasnodar	30	16	6	8	46	30	+16	54	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
5	Zenit Saint Petersburg	30	14	11	5	46	21	+25	53	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2018. Source: Russian Premier League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head matches won; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals; 7) Matches won; 8) Goal difference; 9) Goals scored; 10) Away goals scored.^[21]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Tosno qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2017–18 Russian Cup. However, since they failed to obtain a UEFA licence, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed to fourth-placed team, the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team was passed to fifth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fifth-placed team was passed 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	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	D	L	W	L
Position	6	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: Russian Premier League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Lokomotiv Moscow v Arsenal Tula

18 July 2017 1	Lokomotiv Moscow	1 – 0	Arsenal Tula	Moscow
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Kvirkvelia 57'	Summary		Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 6,166 Referee: Aleksei Sukhoi

CSKA Moscow v Lokomotiv Moscow

21 July 2017 2	CSKA Moscow	1 – 3	Lokomotiv Moscow	Moscow
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Vitinho 42'	Summary	Farfán 24' Ari 66' Tarasov 74'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Lokomotiv Moscow v Anzhi Makhachkala

30 July 2017 3	Lokomotiv Moscow	1 – 0	Anzhi Makhachkala	Moscow
17:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Fernandes 81'	Summary		Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 7,603 Referee: Roman Galimov

Lokomotiv Moscow v SKA-Khabarovsk

5 August 2017 4	Lokomotiv Moscow	1 – 0	SKA-Khabarovsk	Moscow
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Miranchuk 75'	Summary		Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 8,160 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

Rubin Kazan v Lokomotiv Moscow

9 August 2017 5	Rubin Kazan	1 – 1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Kazan
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Zhemaletdinov 63' (pen)	Summary	Kvirkvelia 90+2'	Stadium: Kazan Arena Attendance: 14,095 Referee: Aleksei Sukhoi

Lokomotiv Moscow v Tosno

13 August 2017 6	Lokomotiv Moscow	0 – 2	Tosno	Moscow
17:30 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Kvirkvelia 51' (o.g.) Zabolotny 90+5'	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 8,009 Referee: Sergey Kulikov

Spartak Moscow v Lokomotiv Moscow

19 August 2017 7	Spartak Moscow	3 – 4	Lokomotiv Moscow	Moscow
17:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Glushakov 30' L. Adriano 43' Promes 90+2'	Summary	Barinov 48' Al. Miranchuk 69' Kolomeytsev 83' Fernandes 90+1'	Stadium: Otkrytiye Arena Attendance: 33,027 Referee: Aleksei Eskov

Lokomotiv Moscow v Ural Yekaterinburg

26 August 2017 8	Lokomotiv Moscow	2 – 1	Ural Yekaterinburg	Moscow
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Farfán 21' Al. Miranchuk 56'	Summary	Guilherme 32' (o.g.)	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 11,477 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

Akhmat Grozny v Lokomotiv Moscow

10 September 2017 9	Akhmat Grozny	1 – 1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Grozny
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ravanelli 84'	Summary	Rodolfo 55' (o.g.)	Stadium: Akhmat-Arena Attendance: 16,570 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

Lokomotiv Moscow v Amkar Perm

18 September 2017 10	Lokomotiv Moscow	0 – 1	Amkar Perm	Moscow
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Gashchenkov 1'	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 9,860 Referee: Kirill Levnikov

Rostov v Lokomotiv Moscow

24 September 2017 11	Rostov	0 – 1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Rostov-on-Don
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Eder 90+3'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 12,198 Referee: Roman Galimov

Lokomotiv Moscow v Dynamo Moscow

1 October 2017 12	Lokomotiv Moscow	3 – 0	Dynamo Moscow	Moscow
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Fernandes 23' Eder 32' Al. Miranchuk 58'	Summary		Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 12,007 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Ufa v Lokomotiv Moscow

15 October 2017 13	Ufa	1 – 0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Ufa
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Igboun 76'	Summary		Stadium: Neftyanik Stadium Attendance: 6,123 Referee: Alexei Sukhoi

Lokomotiv Moscow v Krasnodar

23 October 2017 14	Lokomotiv Moscow	2 – 0	Krasnodar	Moscow
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Al. Miranchuk 25' Fernandes 85'	Summary		Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 12,532 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Lokomotiv Moscow

29 October 2017 15	Zenit Saint Petersburg	0 – 3	Lokomotiv Moscow	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Farfán 57' 69' Al. Miranchuk 77'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 45,829 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

Lokomotiv Moscow v CSKA Moscow

5 November 2017 16	Lokomotiv Moscow	2 – 2	CSKA Moscow	Moscow
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	An. Miranchuk 14' Fernandes 87'	Summary	Vitinho 29' Natkho 43'	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 19,015 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Anzhi Makhachkala v Lokomotiv Moscow

19 November 2017 17	Anzhi Makhachkala	0 – 1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Makhachkala
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Al. Miranchuk 43'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 5,495 Referee: Alexei Sukhoi

SKA-Khabarovsk v Lokomotiv Moscow

27 November 2017 18	SKA-Khabarovsk	1 – 2	Lokomotiv Moscow	Khabarovsk
12:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Fedotov 17'	Summary	Cherevko 15' (o.g.) Farfán 90+3'	Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 4,011 Referee: Roman Galimov

Lokomotiv Moscow v Rubin Kazan

2 December 2017 19	Lokomotiv Moscow	1 – 0	Rubin Kazan	Moscow
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Farfán 87'	Summary		Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 11,551 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

Tosno v Lokomotiv Moscow

11 December 2017 20	Tosno	1 – 3	Lokomotiv Moscow	Saint Petersburg
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Trujić 77'	Summary	Farfán 19' 73' Eder 54'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 6,108 Referee: Artem Chistyakov

Lokomotiv Moscow v Spartak Moscow

4 March 2018 21	Lokomotiv Moscow	0 – 0	Spartak Moscow	Moscow
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary		Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 24,750 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

Ural Yekaterinburg v Lokomotiv Moscow

12 March 2018 22	Ural Yekaterinburg	0 – 2	Lokomotiv Moscow	Yekaterinburg
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	An. Miranchuk 11' Fernandes 15' (pen)	Stadium: SKB-Bank Arena Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

Lokomotiv Moscow v Akhmat Grozny

18 April 2018 23	Lokomotiv Moscow	0 – 0	Akhmat Grozny	Moscow
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary		Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 10,075 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

Amkar Perm v Lokomotiv Moscow

31 March 2018 24	Amkar Perm	2 – 1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Moscow
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Olanare 48' (pen) 59'	Summary	Fernandes 16' (pen)	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 8,837 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

Lokomotiv Moscow v Rostov

8 April 2018 25	Lokomotiv Moscow	1 – 0	Rostov	Moscow
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Farfán 47'	Summary		Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 12,478 Referee: Evgeny Turbin

Dynamo Moscow v Lokomotiv Moscow

14 April 2018 26	Dynamo Moscow	0 – 4	Lokomotiv Moscow	Moscow
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	An. Miranchuk 3' 72' Farfán 42' Tarasov 58'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 10,114 Referee: Aleksei Eskov

Lokomotiv Moscow v Ufa

22 April 2018 27	Lokomotiv Moscow	0 – 0	Ufa	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary		Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 10,821 Referee: Roman Galimov

Krasnodar v Lokomotiv Moscow

30 April 2018 28	Krasnodar	2 – 0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Krasnodar
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Smolov 67' (pen) 68'	Summary		Stadium: Krasnodar Stadium Attendance: 34,055 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

Lokomotiv Moscow v Zenit Saint Petersburg

5 May 2018 29	Lokomotiv Moscow	1 – 0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Moscow
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Eder 87'	Summary		Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 26,109 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

Arsenal Tula v Lokomotiv Moscow

13 May 2018 30	Arsenal Tula	2 – 0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Tula
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Artem Dzyuba 29' Kantemir Berkhamov 90+2'	Summary		Stadium: Arsenal Stadium Attendance: 18,175 Referee: Evgeny Turbin

Russian Cup

Main article: 2017–18 Russian Cup

Kryliya Sovetov Samara v Lokomotiv Moscow

21 September 2017 Round of 32	Kryliya Sovetov Samara	3 – 2	Lokomotiv Moscow	Samara
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Bashkirov  33', 51' Pejčinović 84' (o.g.) Klenkin 108' Konyukhov  115'	Summary	Mykhalyk 76',  103' Tarasov  86' Kvirkvelia 90+2'	Stadium: Metallurg Stadium Attendance: 9,271 Referee: Artem Chistyakov

Europa League

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League

Lokomotiv have qualified directly for the group stage of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2017 Russian Cup Final.^[22]

Group stage

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LOM	KOB	SHE	ZLI
1	Lokomotiv Moscow	6	3	2	1	9	4	+5	11	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–1	1–2	3–0
2	Copenhagen	6	2	3	1	7	3	+4	9[a]			0–0	—	2–0	3–0
3	Sheriff Tiraspol	6	2	3	1	4	4	0	9[a]			1–1	0–0	—	1–0
4	Fastav Zlín	6	0	2	4	1	10	−9	2			0–2	1–1	0–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Head-to-head results: Sheriff Tiraspol 0–0 Copenhagen, Copenhagen 2–0 Sheriff Tiraspol.

Copenhagen v Lokomotiv Moscow

14 September 2017 1	Copenhagen	0 – 0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Copenhagen, Denmark
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary		Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 17,285 Referee: Hüseyin Göçek

Lokomotiv Moscow v Fastav Zlín

28 September 2017 2	Lokomotiv Moscow	3 – 0	Fastav Zlín	Moscow, Russia
22:05 MSK (UTC+3)	Fernandes 2' (pen) 6' 17'	Summary		Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 10,064 Referee: Simon Lee Evans

Sheriff Tiraspol v Lokomotiv Moscow

19 October 2017 3	Sheriff Tiraspol	1 – 1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Tiraspol, Moldova
22:05 MSK (UTC+3)	Badibanga 31'	Summary	An. Miranchuk 17'	Stadium: Sheriff Stadium Attendance: 12,500 Referee: István Vad

Lokomotiv Moscow v Sheriff Tiraspol

2 November 2017 4	Lokomotiv Moscow	1 – 2	Sheriff Tiraspol	Moscow, Russia
21:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Farfán 26'	Summary	Badibanga 41' Brezovec 58'	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 10,118 Referee: Sébastien Delferière

Lokomotiv Moscow v Copenhagen

23 November 2017 5	Lokomotiv Moscow	2 – 1	Copenhagen	Moscow, Russia
21:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Farfán 17' 51'	Summary	Verbič 31'	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 10,896 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

Fastav Zlín v Lokomotiv Moscow

7 December 2017 6	Fastav Zlín	0 – 2	Lokomotiv Moscow	Olomouc, Czech Republic
21:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Al. Miranchuk 70' Farfán 75'	Stadium: Andrův stadion Attendance: 4,682 Referee: Mete Kalkavan

Knockout phase

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

Round of 32

Nice v Lokomotiv Moscow

15 February 2018 (2018-02-15) First leg	Nice	2 – 3	Lokomotiv Moscow	Nice, France
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mario Balotelli 4' 28' (pen)	Summary	Fernandes 45' (pen) 69' 77'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 16,918 Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

Lokomotiv Moscow v Nice

22 February 2018 (2018-02-22) Second leg	Lokomotiv Moscow	1 – 0 (4 – 2 agg.)	Nice	Moscow, Russia
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Denisov 30'	Summary		Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 18,104 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

Round of 16

Atlético Madrid v Lokomotiv Moscow

8 March 2018 First leg	Atlético Madrid	3 – 0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Madrid, Spain
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Saúl 22' Costa 47' Koke 90'	Summary		Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano Attendance: 40,767 Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

Lokomotiv Moscow v Atlético Madrid

15 March 2018 Second leg	Lokomotiv Moscow	1 – 5 (1 – 8 agg.)	Atlético Madrid	Moscow, Russia
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rybus 20'	Summary	Correa 16' Saúl 47' Torres 65' (pen) 70' Griezmann 85'	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 22,041 Referee: Artur Dias (Portugal)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 5 May 2018

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Russian Premier League		Russian Cup		Russian Super Cup		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	RUS	Guilherme	31	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
4	MF	POR	Manuel Fernandes	40	14	28	7	1	0	1	1	10	6
5	DF	SRB	Nemanja Pejčinović	35	0	23	0	1	0	1	0	10	0
8	FW	PER	Jefferson Farfán	32	14	22	10	0	0	1	0	9	4
9	FW	BRA	Ari	10	1	7	1	0	0	1	0	2	0
11	MF	RUS	Alan Kasaev	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	FW	RUS	Arshak Koryan	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF	CRO	Vedran Ćorluka	8	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
17	DF	UKR	Taras Mykhalyk	12	1	9	0	1	1	0	0	2	0
18	MF	RUS	Aleksandr Kolomeytsev	29	1	19	1	1	0	1	0	8	0
20	DF	RUS	Vladislav Ignatyev	34	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	9	0
23	MF	RUS	Dmitri Tarasov	33	2	23	2	1	0	1	0	8	0
24	FW	POR	Eder	27	4	17	4	1	0	0	0	9	0
27	MF	RUS	Igor Denisov	39	1	27	0	1	0	1	0	10	1
28	DF	FIN	Boris Rotenberg	9	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
29	DF	UZB	Vitaliy Denisov	10	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
30	GK	RUS	Nikita Medvedev	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
31	DF	POL	Maciej Rybus	26	1	19	0	1	0	0	0	6	1
33	DF	GEO	Saba Kvirkvelia	40	3	28	2	1	1	1	0	10	0
36	DF	RUS	Dmitri Barinov	18	1	15	1	0	0	1	0	2	0
57	FW	RUS	Artyom Galadzhan	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
59	MF	RUS	Aleksei Miranchuk	40	8	29	7	1	0	1	0	9	1
60	MF	RUS	Anton Miranchuk	40	5	28	4	1	0	1	0	10	1
77	GK	RUS	Anton Kochenkov	9	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
84	DF	RUS	Mikhail Lysov	18	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	5	0

Goals record

As of 5 May 2018

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Russian PL	Russian Cup	Europa League	Russian Super Cup	Total
1	4		CM	Manuel Fernandes	7	0	6	1	14
	8		CF	Jefferson Farfán	10	0	4	0	14
3	59		AM	Aleksei Miranchuk	7	0	1	0	8
4	60		AM	Anton Miranchuk	4	0	1	0	5
5	24		CF	Eder	4	0	0	0	4
6	33		CB	Saba Kvirkvelia	2	1	0	0	3
7	23		CM	Dmitri Tarasov	2	0	0	0	2
8	9		CF	Ari	1	0	0	0	1
	17		CB	Taras Mykhalyk	0	1	0	0	1
	18		AM	Aleksandr Kolomeytsev	1	0	0	0	1
	27		CM	Igor Denisov	0	0	1	0	1
	31		LB	Maciej Rybus	0	0	1	0	1
	36		CB	Dmitri Barinov	1	0	0	0	1
Total					41	2	14	1	58

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