2015–16 FC Rubin Kazan season

Rubin Kazan
2015–16 season
Chairman	Ilsur Metshin
Manager	Valeriy Chaly
Stadium	Central Stadium; Kazan Arena
Russian Premier League	10th
Russian Cup	Round of 32 v. SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk
Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Marko Dević (7); All: Marko Dević (9)
Highest home attendance	41,585 v. Liverpool ; 5 November 2015
Lowest home attendance	4,231 v. Rabotnički ; 27 August 2015
Average home league attendance	11,871; 21 May 2016
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Rubin Kazan season was the 12th successive season that the club will play in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. Rubin was also taking part in the Russian Cup and the UEFA Europa League.

Squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	RUS	Sergei Ryzhikov
2	DF	RUS	Oleg Kuzmin (Captain)
3	DF	RUS	Elmir Nabiullin
5	DF	GEO	Solomon Kvirkvelia
6	MF	RUS	Ilzat Akhmetov
7	FW	RUS	Igor Portnyagin
8	MF	RUS	Maksim Batov
11	FW	UKR	Marko Dević
13	DF	SWE	Emil Bergström
14	MF	RUS	Diniyar Bilyaletdinov
15	MF	BLR	Syarhey Kislyak
16	GK	RUS	Timur Akmurzin
20	MF	CRO	Mijo Caktaš
21	DF	URU	Guillermo Cotugno


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	FW	RUS	Vladimir Dyadyun
27	MF	RUS	Magomed Ozdoyev
29	MF	RUS	Shota Bibilov
30	MF	RUS	Vladimir Sobolev
31	MF	RUS	Denis Tkachuk
49	DF	RUS	Vitali Ustinov
61	MF	TUR	Gökdeniz Karadeniz
63	MF	RUS	Alisher Dzhalilov
65	DF	RUS	Maksim Zhestokov
77	MF	BUL	Blagoy Georgiev
79	DF	UKR	Andriy Pylyavskyi
88	DF	RUS	Ruslan Kambolov
91	GK	RUS	Yuri Nesterenko
99	FW	RUS	Maksim Kanunnikov

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	RUS	Aleksandr Filtsov (at Arsenal Tula)
—	DF	RUS	Taras Burlak (at Krylia Sovetov Samara)
—	DF	RUS	Inal Getigezhev (at Gazovik Orenburg)
—	DF	COD	Chris Mavinga (at Troyes)
—	DF	URU	Mauricio Lemos (at Las Palmas)
—	MF	FRA	Yann M'Vila (at Sunderland)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	GHA	Wakaso Mubarak (at Las Palmas)
—	MF	RUS	Albert Sharipov (at Tom Tomsk)
—	FW	RUS	Sergei Davydov (at KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny)
—	FW	IRN	Sardar Azmoun (at Rostov)
—	FW	CRO	Marko Livaja (at Empoli)
—	FW	RUS	Dmitri Otstavnov (at Volga Ulyanovsk)

Reserves

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	RUS	Mikhail Yakovlev
25	MF	UZB	Bobir Davlatov
28	FW	RUS	Mikhail Petrolay
35	DF	RUS	Kirill Lukyanchikov
36	MF	RUS	Maksim Bobrovskiy
40	DF	RUS	Danis Giniyatullin
41	DF	RUS	Sergei Doronin
42	DF	RUS	Amir Gavrilov
46	MF	RUS	Ruslan Kausarov
47	DF	RUS	Dmitri Gubanov
48	MF	RUS	Artur Nikolayev
54	MF	RUS	Erik Vasilyev
56	FW	RUS	Gevorg Arutyunyan
57	DF	RUS	Iskander Badriyev
62	FW	RUS	Artur Kovalik
64	FW	RUS	Nikita Tankov
70	GK	RUS	Yevgeni Shchetinin


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
73	MF	RUS	Igor Nikolov
78	FW	RUS	Nikita Torgashov
79	FW	RUS	Nikita Vorona
80	DF	RUS	Yegor Sorokin
81	DF	RUS	Ilnur Safeyev
82	DF	RUS	Nikita Mikhailov
83	DF	RUS	Aleksandr Kuznetsov
84	MF	RUS	Andrei Mironov
86	FW	RUS	Timur Koblov
90	FW	RUS	Ilya Gilyazutdinov
92	MF	RUS	Almaz Sharafeev
94	DF	RUS	Ilya Shabanov
95	MF	RUS	Insar Salakhetdinov
96	MF	RUS	German Frolov
97	FW	RUS	Dmitri Kamenshchikov
98	GK	RUS	Anton Chernov

Transfers

Summer

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	URU	Mauricio Lemos (on loan from Defensor Sporting)^[1]
8	DF	RUS	Maksim Batov (from Amkar Perm)^[2]
9	FW	RUS	Ramil Sheydayev (on loan from Zenit Saint Petersburg)^[3]
11	FW	UKR	Marko Dević (end of loan at Al Rayyan)
13	GK	IRN	Alireza Haghighi (end of loan to Penafiel)^[4]
14	MF	RUS	Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (from Spartak Moscow, previously on loan at Torpedo Moscow)^[5]
21	DF	URU	Guillermo Cotugno (from Danubio, previously on loan)^[6]
27	MF	RUS	Magomed Ozdoyev (from Lokomotiv Moscow, previously on loan)^[7]
40	DF	RUS	Danis Giniyatullin
42	DF	RUS	Amir Gavrilov
54	FW	RUS	Shakhrom Sulaymonov
64	FW	RUS	Nikita Tankov
65	DF	RUS	Maksim Zhestokov (end of loan at Volga Nizhny Novgorod)
72	FW	RUS	Kamil Mullin (end of loan at Sokol Saratov)^[8]^[9]
93	MF	RUS	Albert Sharipov (from Tom Tomsk)^[10]
96	MF	RUS	German Frolov
97	FW	RUS	Dmitri Kamenshchikov
98	GK	RUS	Anton Chernov

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
9	FW	RUS	Dmitri Otstavnov (on loan to Volga Ulyanovsk)^[11]
10	FW	CRO	Marko Livaja (on loan to Empoli)^[12]
16	MF	RUS	Ilsur Samigullin (on loan to Zhetysu)
23	DF	GEO	Mamuka Kobakhidze (on loan to Mordovia Saransk)
38	MF	FRA	Yann M'Vila (on loan to Sunderland, previously on loan at Internazionale Milano)^[13]
39	DF	COD	Chris Mavinga (on loan to ESTAC, previously on loan at Stade de Reims)^[14]
40	MF	RUS	Timur Ayupov
42	DF	RUS	Denis Kibardin (on loan to Zenit-Izhevsk Izhevsk)
44	DF	ESP	César Navas (to FC Rostov)^[15]
44	MF	GHA	Wakaso Mubarak (on loan to Las Palmas, previously on loan at Celtic)^[16]
52	MF	RUS	Aleksei Kotlyarov
57	MF	RUS	Nikita Lobanov
58	FW	RUS	Andrei Vshivtsev (to Dnepr Smolensk)
64	MF	RUS	Nikita Bocharov (to Tom-2 Tomsk)
66	MF	RUS	Marat Sitdikov (to Dnepr Smolensk)
68	GK	RUS	Yaroslav Maloletkov
72	FW	RUS	Kamil Mullin (on loan to Sokol Saratov)^[17]
73	MF	RUS	Ranis Khusnutdinov
78	MF	RUS	Mikhail Petrolay (on loan to Zhetysu)
79	MF	UZB	Bobir Davlatov (on loan to Zhetysu)
90	FW	RUS	Ruslan Galiakberov (on loan to Zhetysu)
92	MF	RUS	Pavel Shadrin (on loan to Zenit-Izhevsk Izhevsk)
93	MF	RUS	Ildar Bikchantayev (to Zenit Penza)
94	MF	RUS	Artyom Kuklev
95	MF	RUS	Almaz Askarov (to Gazovik Orenburg)
98	DF	RUS	Almaz Nasybullin
—	FW	RUS	Sergei Davydov (on loan to KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny, previously on loan at Torpedo Moscow)^[18]
—	FW	RUS	Ruslan Mukhametshin (to Mordovia Saransk, previously on loan)

Winter

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	DF	SWE	Emil Bergström (from Djurgården)
19	FW	RUS	Mikhail Yakovlev
20	MF	CRO	Mijo Caktaš (from Hajduk Split)
25	MF	UZB	Bobir Davlatov (end of loan to Zhetysu)
28	MF	RUS	Mikhail Petrolay (end of loan to Zhetysu)
31	MF	RUS	Denis Tkachuk (from Zenit St. Petersburg)
35	DF	RUS	Kirill Lukyanchikov
36	MF	RUS	Maksim Bobrovskiy (from own academy)
47	DF	RUS	Dmitri Gubanov
48	MF	RUS	Artur Nikolayev
54	MF	RUS	Erik Vasilyev (from Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk)
57	DF	RUS	Iskander Badriyev
62	FW	RUS	Artur Kovalik
73	MF	RUS	Igor Nikolov
78	FW	RUS	Nikita Torgashov
79	DF	UKR	Andriy Pylyavskyi (from Zorya Luhansk)
90	FW	RUS	Ilya Gilyazutdinov

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	URU	Mauricio Lemos (on loan to Las Palmas, previously from Defensor Sporting, previously on loan from Defensor)
9	FW	RUS	Ramil Sheydayev (end of loan from Zenit St. Petersburg)
12	GK	RUS	Aleksandr Filtsov (on loan to Arsenal Tula)
13	GK	IRN	Alireza Haghighi (to Marítimo)
24	MF	RUS	Ilsur Samigullin (on loan to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, previously on loan to Zhetysu)
33	DF	RUS	Inal Getigezhev (on loan to Gazovik Orenburg)
54	FW	RUS	Shakhrom Sulaymonov (released)
59	DF	RUS	Aydar Khabibullin (on loan to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk)
89	GK	RUS	Anatoli Malashenko (on loan to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk)
93	MF	RUS	Albert Sharipov (on loan to Tom Tomsk)

Competitions

Russian Premier League

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	D	D	L	D	L
Position	12	16	16	16	13	14	15	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2016. Source: Russian Premier League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

18 July 2015 1	CSKA Moscow	1 – 0	Rubin Kazan	Khimki
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Wernbloom 36' Nababkin 61' Musa 87'	Report	Dyadyun 68' Batov 73'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 10,000 Referee: V. Bezborodov

26 July 2015 2	Rubin Kazan	0 – 2	Amkar Perm	Kazan
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Nabiullin 14' Kverkvelia 16' 64', 48' (o.g.) Kuzmin 42'	Report	Uzochukwu 25' Jovičić 42' Zanev 43' Ogude 54' Cherenchikov 54' Gerus 90+2' Peev 90+3'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 6,178 Referee: S. Karasev

3 August 2015 3	Spartak Moscow	1 – 0	Rubin Kazan	Moscow
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Shirokov 40' Bocchetti 49' Movsisyan 60'	Report	Cotugno 40' Georgiev 75' Kuzmin 80' 86'	Stadium: Otkrytie Arena Attendance: 26,163 Referee: S. Lapochkin

10 August 2015 4	Rubin Kazan	0 – 3	Rostov	Kazan
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Kambolov 59' Ozdoev 82' Georgiev 90+4'	Report	Bukharov 4', 73', 35' Kanga 39'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 5,842 Referee: A. Nikolaev

15 August 2015 5	Kuban Krasnodar	0 – 1	Rubin Kazan	Krasnodar
22:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Arshavin 66' Rabiu 90+4'	Report	Karadeniz 33' Nabiullin 88' Kanunnikov 89'	Stadium: Kuban Stadium Attendance: 6,729 Referee: S. Kostevich

24 August 2015 6	Rubin Kazan	1 – 3	Zenit St. Petersburg	Kazan
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ozdoev 53' Kanunnikov 63' Bilyaletdinov 72' Kuzmin 81'	Report	Shatov 16', 84' García 60' Hulk 78'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 11,012 Referee: M. Vilkov

30 August 2015 7	Mordovia Saransk	2 – 1	Rubin Kazan	Samara
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Stevanović 37' (pen.) Nakhushev 43' Mukhametshin 49', 84'	Report	Dyadyun 23' Ryzhikov 33' Portnyagin 61' Ozdoev 77' Kuzmin 90+2' Bilyaletdinov 90+2'	Stadium: Metallurg Stadium Attendance: 1,107 Referee: S. Karasev

12 September 2015 8	Rubin Kazan	3 – 1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Kazan
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Carlos Eduardo 9' Kanunnikov 25' Bilyaletdinov 70', 79' Nabiullin 88' Kuzmin 89'	Report	Niasse 12' Denisov 36' Samedov 58' Maicon 64' Logashov 73' Pejčinović 79' Tarasov 90+3'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 17,987 Referee: S. Kulikov

21 September 2015 9	Dynamo Moscow	0 – 0	Rubin Kazan	Khimki
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Kokorin 28'	Report	Kverkvelia 23' Kislyak 44'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 5,272 Referee: V. Moskalev

27 September 2015 10	Rubin Kazan	1 – 2	Ural	Kazan
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Nabiullin 24' Kanunnikov 77' Kverkvelia 79' (o.g.)	Report	Podberyozkin 3' Kulakov 33' Sapeta 45' Martynovich 52' Stavpets 83' Yerokhin 85'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 16,807 Referee: A. Egorov

4 October 2015 11	Terek Grozny	2 – 1	Rubin Kazan	Grozny
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Sadayev 18', 23', 36' Semenov 39' Kuzyayev 78' Maurício 88'	Report	Kuzmin 14' Ozdoev 51' Carlos Eduardo 81'	Stadium: Akhmat-Arena Attendance: 14,245 Referee: V. Meshkov

17 October 2015 12	Rubin Kazan	3 – 1	Ufa	Kazan
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Kuzmin 20', 78' Kislyak 65'	Report	Pourié 4' Handžić 76'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 10,043 Referee: V. Bezborodov

25 October 2015 13	Krasnodar	2 – 1	Rubin Kazan	Krasnodar
17:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Ari 16', 24' Mamayev 49' Kaleshin 66' Laborde 78' 90+5'	Report	Kanunnikov 21' Portnyagin 72'	Stadium: Kuban Stadium Attendance: 5,350 Referee: I. Fedotov

1 November 2015 14	Anzhi Makhachkala	1 – 2	Rubin Kazan	Kaspiysk
15:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Maksimov 65' Ebecilio 66'	Report	Dević 20', 22'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 4,530 Referee: A. Nikolaev

8 November 2015 15	Rubin Kazan	2 – 0	Krylia Sovetov	Kazan
13:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Karadeniz 38', 90+1'	Report	Taranov 28' Yatchenko 60'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 6,233 Referee: V. Meshkov

21 November 2015 16	Amkar Perm	1 – 2	Rubin Kazan	Perm
11:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ogude 14' Zanev 31' Selikhov 45+2' Shavayev 54' Cherenchikov 63'	Report	Dević 37' (pen.), 62' Kuzmin 56' Georgiev 61'	Stadium: Zvezda Stadium Attendance: 2,350 Referee: V. Bezborodov

30 November 2015 17	Rubin Kazan	2 – 2	Spartak Moscow	Kazan
18:15 MSK (UTC+3)	Dević 70', 71' Ustinov 73' Nabiullin 77' Kverkvelia 90+4', 90+4'	Report	Zé Luís 51' Promes 74' (pen.)	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 20,255 Referee: S. Kulikov

4 December 2015 18	Rostov	1 – 0	Rubin Kazan	Rostov-on-Don
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Rotenberg 34' Kalachou 42' Dzhanayev 42' Noboa 85'	Report	Kambolov 30' Kislyak 36' Ryzhikov 37' (o.g.) Georgiev 42'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 10,457 Referee: A. Nikolaev

5 March 2016 19	Rubin Kazan	1 – 0	Kuban Krasnodar	Kazan
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Kuzmin 47' Tkachuk 62'	Report	Rabiu 10' Xandão 45'	Stadium: Kazan Arena Attendance: 16,127 Referee: M. Vilkov

13 March 2016 20	Zenit St. Petersburg	4 – 2	Rubin Kazan	Saint Petersburg
20:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Danny 5', 65' Zhirkov 25' Neto 40' Dzyuba 42' Hulk 48' Yusupov 90+3'	Report	Kambolov 58' Dević 64' Portnyagin 68'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 16,797 Referee: V. Moskalev

20 March 2016 21	Rubin Kazan	1 – 1	Mordovia Saransk	Kazan
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Karadeniz 65' Kuzmin 84'	Report	Mukhametshin 18', 73' Shitov 44'	Stadium: Kazan Arena Attendance: 11,269 Referee: A. Matyunin

3 April 2016 22	Lokomotiv Moscow	1 – 0	Rubin Kazan	Moscow
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Mykhalyk 42' Škuletić 83'	Report	Kambolov 37' Ustinov 52' Ryzhikov 78'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 8,103 Referee: V. Meshkov

9 April 2016 23	Rubin Kazan	4 – 1	Dynamo Moscow	Kazan
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Karadeniz 3' Kanunnikov 14' Portnyagin 30' Dević 67' (pen.)	Report	Ionov 17' (pen.)	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 12,073 Referee: K. Levnikov

18 April 2016 24	Ural	0 – 1	Rubin Kazan	Yekaterinburg
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Bergström 75' Tkachuk 90+2'	Stadium: SKB-Bank Arena Attendance: 4,540 Referee: A. Yeskov

23 April 2016 25	Rubin Kazan	0 – 1	Terek Grozny	Kazan
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Pliyev 15' Rybus 19' Adilson 82' Kuzyayev 74'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 9,167 Referee: A. Matyunin

1 May 2016 26	Ufa	1 – 1	Rubin Kazan	Ufa
12:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Sysuyev 21' Igboun 53' Stotsky 81'	Report	Ozdoyev 43' Kambolov 50' 63' Caktaš 86'	Stadium: Neftyanik Stadium Attendance: 8,150 Referee: S. Karasev

7 May 2016 27	Rubin Kazan	1 – 1	Krasnodar	Kazan
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Kanunnikov 29'	Report	Kabore 46' Smolov 55' Petrov 57'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 6,877 Referee: A. Nikolaev

11 May 2016 28	Rubin Kazan	1 – 2	Anzhi Makhachkala	Kazan
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Portnyagin 17' Kuzmin 48' 89' Bergström 52' Kislyak 54'	Report	Boli 33' Lazić 58' Mayewski 65'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 7,838 Referee: V. Bezborodov

15 May 2016 29	Krylia Sovetov	1 – 1	Rubin Kazan	Samara
14:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Bruno 52'	Report	Kambolov 19' Caktaš 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Metallurg Stadium Attendance: 6,733 Referee: V. Seldyakov

20 May 2016 30	Rubin Kazan	0 – 1	CSKA Moscow	Kazan
MSK (UTC+3)	Karadeniz 18' Cotugno 42'	Report	Dzagoev 19' Tošić 43' Ignashevich 75' Wernbloom 90+2'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 20,352 Referee: S. Lapochkin

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast	30	10	9	11	39	46	−7	39
9	Krylia Sovetov Samara	30	9	8	13	19	31	−12	35
10	Rubin Kazan	30	9	6	15	33	39	−6	33
11	Amkar Perm	30	7	10	13	22	33	−11	31
12	Ufa	30	6	9	15	25	44	−19	27

Source: Russian Premier League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head matches won; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals; 8) Goal difference; 9) Goals scored; 10) Away goals scored.^[19]

Russian Cup

24 September 2015 Round of 32	SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk	2 – 0	Rubin Kazan	Khabarovsk
13:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Popov 3', 53' Udaly 28' Kupchin 61' Karmazinenko 88' Bazelyuk 90+2'	Report	Mironov 34'	Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 5,800 Referee: S. Vasilyev

Europa league

Third qualifying round

30 July 2015 1	Sturm Graz	2 – 3	Rubin Kazan	Graz
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Avdijaj 21', 39' 69' Ehrenreich 24' Piesinger 56'	Report	Kanunnikov 14', 41' Kambolov 23' Karadeniz 25' (pen.) Portnyagin 61' Georgiev 84' Cotugno 90+1'	Stadium: UPC-Arena Attendance: 9,765 Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

6 August 2015 2	Rubin Kazan	1 – 1 (4 – 3 agg.)	Sturm Graz	Kazan
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Kambolov 67' Kuzmin 85'	Report	Tadić 68' Offenbacher 81'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 9,346 Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)

Play-off round

20 August 2015 1	Rabotnički	1 – 1	Rubin Kazan	Skopje
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Petrovikj 22' 54' Anene 38' Ristevski 85'	Report	Kambolov 31' Kuzmin 50' Karadeniz 68' Batov 76' Kislyak 90+1'	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 10,000 Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

27 August 2015 2	Rubin Kazan	1 – 0 (2 – 1 agg.)	Rabotnički	Kazan
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Carlos Eduardo 35' Kanunnikov 51' Kuzmin 85' Georgiev 90'	Report	Ristevski 26' Trajchevski 60' Ilijoski 90+1' Altiparmakovski 90+1'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 4,231 Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LIV	SIO	RUB	BOR
1	Liverpool	6	2	4	0	6	4	+2	10	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–1	1–1	2–1
2	Sion	6	2	3	1	5	5	0	9	Advance to knockout phase	0–0	—	2–1	1–1
3	Rubin Kazan	6	1	3	2	6	6	0	6		0–1	2–0	—	0–0
4	Bordeaux	6	0	4	2	5	7	−2	4		1–1	0–1	2–2	—

Source: Soccerway

17 September 2015 1	Sion	2 – 1	Rubin Kazan	Sion
21:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Konaté 11', 82' Salatić 16' Jagne 60' Kouassi 80'	Report	Kuzmin 31' Kanunnikov 65' Georgiev 77'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

1 October 2015 2	Rubin Kazan	0 – 0	Bordeaux	Kazan
23:05 MSK (UTC+3)	Portnyagin 46' Kislyak 75' 80'	Report	Crivelli 56' Contento 61'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 17,642 Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

22 October 2015 3	Liverpool	1 – 1	Rubin Kazan	Liverpool
23:05 MSK (UTC+3)	Škrtel 35' Can 37' Allen 41'	Report	Dević 15' Kuzmin 19' 36'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 42,951 Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)

5 November 2015 4	Rubin Kazan	0 – 1	Liverpool	Kazan
21:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Ibe 52' Lovren 76'	Stadium: Kazan Arena Attendance: 41,585 Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

26 November 2015 5	Rubin Kazan	2 – 0	Sion	Kazan
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ustinov 48' Georgiev 72' Dević 90'	Report	Ndoye 13' 34' Rüfli 16' Salatić 78'	Stadium: Kazan Arena Attendance: 15,116 Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)

10 December 2015 6	Bordeaux	2 – 2	Rubin Kazan	Bordeaux
21:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Guilbert 30' 86' Laborde 58' Yambéré 61' Rolán 63'	Report	Kanunnikov 31' Kuzmin 39' Nabiullin 39' Ustinov 76'	Stadium: Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux Attendance: 13,640 Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)

Squad statistics

As of match played 21 May 2016

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Russian Cup		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	RUS	Sergey Ryzhikov	40	0	30	0	0	0	10	0
2	DF	RUS	Oleg Kuzmin	19	3	11	2	0	0	8	1
3	DF	RUS	Elmir Nabiullin	24	1	15+1	1	0	0	8	0
5	DF	GEO	Solomon Kverkvelia	39	1	29	1	0	0	10	0
7	FW	RUS	Igor Portnyagin	31	5	15+9	4	0	0	3+4	1
8	MF	RUS	Maksim Batov	7	0	2+1	0	1	0	0+3	0
11	FW	UKR	Marko Dević	24	9	11+7	7	0	0	5+1	2
13	DF	SWE	Emil Bergström	12	1	12	1	0	0	0	0
14	MF	RUS	Diniyar Bilyaletdinov	21	2	8+6	2	0	0	4+3	0
15	MF	BLR	Syarhey Kislyak	23	1	14+3	1	0	0	4+2	0
20	MF	CRO	Mijo Caktaš	11	1	8+3	1	0	0	0	0
21	DF	URU	Guillermo Cotugno	29	0	20+3	0	0	0	4+2	0
22	FW	RUS	Vladimir Dyadyun	21	0	3+11	0	0	0	2+5	0
27	MF	RUS	Magomed Ozdoev	39	2	28+1	2	0	0	8+2	0
29	MF	RUS	Shota Bibilov	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
31	MF	RUS	Denis Tkachuk	10	1	7+3	1	0	0	0	0
49	DF	RUS	Vitali Ustinov	11	1	4+4	0	0	0	1+2	1
56	FW	RUS	Gevorg Arutyunyan	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
61	MF	TUR	Gökdeniz Karadeniz	28	7	17+5	5	0	0	6	2
63	MF	RUS	Alisher Dzhalilov	4	0	1+2	0	1	0	0	0
65	DF	RUS	Maksim Zhestokov	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
77	MF	BUL	Blagoy Georgiev	24	1	14+1	0	0	0	8+1	1
79	DF	UKR	Andriy Pylyavskyi	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
80	DF	RUS	Yegor Sorokin	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
83	MF	RUS	Aleksandr Kuznetsov	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
84	MF	RUS	Andrei Mironov	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
85	MF	RUS	Ilzat Akhmetov	6	0	0+3	0	0+1	0	0+2	0
88	DF	RUS	Ruslan Kambolov	36	0	24+3	0	0	0	9	0
91	GK	RUS	Yuri Nesterenko	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
97	FW	RUS	Dmitri Kamenshchikov	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
99	FW	RUS	Maksim Kanunnikov	40	7	30	4	0	0	9+1	3
Players away from the club on loan:
4	DF	URU	Mauricio Lemos	7	0	4	0	1	0	2	0
33	DF	RUS	Inal Getigezhev	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
93	MF	RUS	Albert Sharipov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Rubin Kazan but left during the season:
9	FW	RUS	Ramil Sheydayev	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
10	MF	BRA	Carlos Eduardo	25	2	10+6	1	0	0	9	1
13	GK	IRN	Alireza Haghighi	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Goal Scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Russian Premier League	Europa League	Total
1	FW	11	Marko Dević	7	2	9
2	MF	61	Gökdeniz Karadeniz	5	2	7
2	FW	99	Maksim Kanunnikov	4	3	7
4	FW	7	Igor Portnyagin	4	1	5
5	DF	2	Oleg Kuzmin	2	1	3
6	MF	14	Diniyar Bilyaletdinov	2	0	2
	MF	27	Magomed Ozdoev	2	0	2
	MF	10	Carlos Eduardo	1	1	2
9	DF	3	Elmir Nabiullin	1	0	1
	DF	5	Solomon Kverkvelia	1	0	1
	DF	13	Emil Bergström	1	0	1
	MF	15	Syarhey Kislyak	1	0	1
	MF	20	Mijo Caktaš	1	0	1
	MF	31	Denis Tkachuk	1	0	1
	DF	49	Vitali Ustinov	0	1	1
	MF	77	Blagoy Georgiev	0	1	1
			TOTALS	33	12	45

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Russian Premier League		Russian Cup		Europa League		Total
1		GK	Sergey Ryzhikov	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
2		DF	Oleg Kuzmin	10	2	0	0	5	1	15	3
3		DF	Elmir Nabiullin	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
5		DF	Solomon Kverkvelia	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
7		FW	Igor Portnyagin	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
8		MF	Maksim Batov	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
10		MF	Carlos Eduardo	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11		FW	Marko Dević	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13		DF	Emil Bergström	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14		MF	Diniyar Bilyaletdinov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
15		MF	Syarhey Kislyak	3	0	0	0	2	1	5	1
20		MF	Mijo Caktaš	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21		DF	Guillermo Cotugno	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
22		FW	Vladimir Dyadyun	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
27		MF	Magomed Ozdoev	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
31		MF	Denis Tkachuk	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
49		DF	Vitali Ustinov	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
61		MF	Gökdeniz Karadeniz	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
77		MF	Blagoy Georgiev	3	1	0	0	3	0	6	1
84		MF	Andrei Mironov	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
88		DF	Ruslan Kambolov	6	1	0	0	3	0	9	1
99		FW	Maksim Kanunnikov	3	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
			TOTALS	52	6	1	0	20	2	73	8

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[1] "Маурисио Лемос – игрок "Рубина"" (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 3 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.

[MaksimBatov-2] "Максим Батов - игрок "Рубина"" (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 18 June 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-12-19.

[sheydayev-3] "Рамиль Шейдаев перешёл в "Рубин"" (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 7 August 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-12-19.

[4] "Хагиги Алиреза , вратарь, ФК "Рубин" Казань" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 8 July 2015.

[bilyaletdinov-5] "Динияр Билялетдинов – в "Рубине"!" (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 24 July 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-12-19.

[6] "ФК "Рубин" подписал пятилетний контракт с защитником Котуньо - Гараев" (in Russian). R-Sport. 20 June 2015.

[ozdoyev-7] "Многие сидят и ждут, когда Билялетдинов что-нибудь скажет, чтобы написать гадость" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 23 June 2015.

[8] "Камиль Муллин – в "Соколе"" (in Russian). FC Sokol Saratov. 19 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.

[9] "Муллин Камиль Шамилевич, нападающий, ФК "Рубин" Казань" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 16 July 2015.

[10] "Альберт Шарипов – в "Рубине"" (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 2 July 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-12-19.

[11] "Дмитрий Отставнов перешёл в ульяновскую «Волгу»" (in Russian). Tulsky Futbol. 8 August 2015.

[12] "Presi Cosic e Livaja" (in Italian). Empoli F.C. 31 August 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.

[13] "YN joins Sunderland - SAFC". Sunderland A.F.C. 6 August 2015.

[14] "ESTAC Troyes - Site officiel - [ OFFICIEL ] Chris Mavinga est troyen !" (in French). Troyes AC. 6 August 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.

[navas-15] "Навас стал игроком "Ростова"" (in Russian). FC Rostov. 12 July 2015.

[16] "Wakaso, centrocampista internacional ghanés, llega cedido del Rubin Kazan" (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. 30 August 2015. Archived from the original on 2 September 2015.

[17] "Камиль Муллин продолжит выступление в "Соколе" на правах аренды" (in Russian). FC Sokol Saratov. 26 August 2015.

[18] "Сергей Давыдов: "Отправляюсь на сезон в "КАМАЗ", но "Рубин" сможет меня вернуть"" (in Russian). BIZNES Online. 16 July 2015.

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