2015–16 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season

FC Lokomotiv Moscow
2015–16 season
Chairman	Olga Smorodskaya
Manager	Igor Cherevchenko
Stadium	Lokomotiv Stadium
Russian Premier League	6th
Russian Cup	Round of 16
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
Russian Super Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Samedov 9; All: Samedov 9
Highest home attendance	22,304 vs CSKA Moscow; (RFPL, 16 April 2016)
Lowest home attendance	5,110 vs Mordovia Saransk; (RFPL, 31 May 2016)
Average home league attendance	10,581
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season was the club's 24th season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. Lokomotiv Moscow also took part in the Russian Cup and the Europa League.

Personnel

First team squad information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 7 April 2016.^[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Since
Goalkeepers
1	Guilherme	GK	(1985-12-12) 12 December 1985 (age 38)	Atlético Paranaense	2007
16	Ilya Lantratov	GK	(1995-11-11) 11 November 1995 (age 29)	Lokomotiv-2 Moscow	2014
77	Anton Kochenkov	GK	(1987-04-02) 2 April 1987 (age 37)	Mordovia Saransk	2015
81	Ilya Abayev	GK	(1981-08-02) 2 August 1981 (age 43)	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	2013
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
15	Arseny Logashov	DF	(1991-08-20) 20 August 1991 (age 33)	Anzhi Makhachkala	2013
17	Taras Mykhalyk	DF	(1983-10-28) 28 October 1983 (age 41)	Dynamo Kyiv	2013
28	Ján Ďurica	DF	(1981-12-10) 10 December 1981 (age 42)	Saturn Moscow Oblast	2009
29	Vitaliy Denisov	DF	(1987-02-23) 23 February 1987 (age 37)	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2013
49	Roman Shishkin	DF	(1987-01-27) 27 January 1987 (age 37)	Spartak Moscow	2010
55	Renat Yanbayev	DF	(1984-04-07) 7 April 1984 (age 40)	Kuban Krasnodar	2007
Midfielders
3	Alan Kasaev	MF	(1986-04-08) 8 April 1986 (age 38)	Dynamo Moscow	2014
4	Manuel Fernandes	MF	(1986-02-05) 5 February 1986 (age 38)	Beşiktaş	2014
8	Aleksandr Sheshukov	MF	(1983-04-15) 15 April 1983 (age 41)	Rostov	2014
9	Maksim Grigoryev	MF	(1990-07-06) 6 July 1990 (age 34)	MITOS Novocherkassk	2012
18	Aleksandr Kolomeytsev	MF	(1989-02-21) 21 February 1989 (age 35)	Amkar Perm	2015
19	Aleksandr Samedov	MF	(1984-07-19) 19 July 1984 (age 40)	Dynamo Moscow	2012
20	Vladislav Ignatyev	MF	(1987-01-20) 20 January 1987 (age 37)	Kuban Krasnodar	2016
23	Dmitri Tarasov	MF	(1987-03-18) 18 March 1987 (age 37)	FC Moscow	2010
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
88	Delvin N'Dinga	MF	(1988-03-14) 14 March 1988 (age 36)	Monaco	2015
Forwards
7	Maicon	FW	(1990-02-18) 18 February 1990 (age 34)	Fluminense	2010
32	Petar Škuletić	FW	(1990-06-29) 29 June 1990 (age 34)	Partizan Belgrade	2015
45	Ezekiel Henty	FW	(1993-05-13) 13 May 1993 (age 31)	Olimpija Ljubljana	2016
96	Rifat Zhemaletdinov	FW	(1996-09-20) 20 September 1996 (age 28)	Youth system	2013
Players who left the club midway through the season
11	Mbark Boussoufa	MF	(1984-08-15) 15 August 1984 (age 40)	Anzhi Makhachkala	2013
21	Baye Oumar Niasse	FW	(1990-04-18) 18 April 1990 (age 34)	Akhisar Belediyespor	2014
52	Sergei Makarov	MF	(1996-10-03) 3 October 1996 (age 28)	Youth system	2013
60	Anton Miranchuk	MF	(1995-10-17) 17 October 1995 (age 29)	Youth system	2012

Transfers

Arrivals

Players in

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Name	Position	From	Fee	Date	Source
Maksim Grigoryev	MF	Rostov	Returned from loan	18 June 2015	^[2]
Anton Kochenkov	GK	Mordovia Saransk	Free transfer	27 June 2015	^[3]
Aleksandr Kolomeytsev	MF	Amkar Perm	Free transfer	27 June 2015	^[4]
Anton Kochenkov	GK	Krasnodar	Returned from loan	1 January 2016
Vladislav Ignatyev	MF	Kuban Krasnodar	Free transfer	10 February 2016	^[5]
Ezekiel Henty	FW	Olimpija Ljubljana	€5,000,000^[6]	19 February 2016	^[7]

Players in on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Name	Nationality	Position	Loan from	Date	Until	Source
Delvin N'Dinga		MF	Monaco	9 July 2015	End of season	^[8]

Departures

Players out

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Name	Position	To	Fee	Date	Source
Maksim Belyayev	DF	Shinnik Yaroslavl	Free transfer	30 June 2015	^[9]
Sergei Tkachyov	MF	Kuban Krasnodar	Undisclosed (~ €700,000)	1 July 2015	^[10]
Yan Tsiharaw	MF	Dinamo Minsk	Free transfer	1 July 2015	^[11]
Roman Pavlyuchenko	FW	Kuban Krasnodar	Free transfer	1 July 2015	^[12]
Magomed Ozdoev	MF	Rubin Kazan	Free transfer	1 July 2015
Victor Obinna	MF	Unattached	Free transfer	1 July 2015
Alberto Zapater	MF	Unattached	Free transfer	August 2015	^[13]
Dmitri Sychev	FW	Unattached	Free transfer	30 November 2015
Oumar Niasse	FW	Everton	€17,900,000^[14]	1 February 2016	^[15]

Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Name	Position	Loan to	Date	Until	Source
Dmitri Sychev	FW	Okzhetpes	13 March 2015	29 November 2015	^[16]
Miroslav Lobantsev	GK	Krylya Sovetov Samara	16 July 2015	End of season	^[17]
Anton Kochenkov	GK	Krasnodar	28 October 2015	31 December 2015	^[18]
Mbark Boussoufa	MF	Gent	1 February 2016	End of season	^[19]
Anton Miranchuk	MF	Levadia Tallinn	2 February 2016	End of season	^[20]
Sergey Makarov	MF	Minsk	17 February 2016	End of season	^[21]

Friendlies

Pre-season

26 June 2015	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–3	Chertanovo Moscow	Moscow
13:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Grigoryev 10'	Report	Zinkovskiy 40' (pen) Kosyanchuk 52' Kovalchuk 66'

4 July 2015	Lokomotiv Moscow	2–0	Ludogorets	Straßwalchen, Austria
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Miranchuk 43' Škuletić 64'	Report

7 July 2015	Lokomotiv Moscow	2–2	Qarabağ	Straßwalchen, Austria
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Kasaev 36' Tarasov 72'	Report	Reynaldo 45' Mammadov 77'

Mid-season

17 January 2016	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–0	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Miranchuk 72'	Report		Stadium: NYU Abu Dhabi Facilities

23 January 2016	Lokomotiv Moscow	3–0	Bunyodkor	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Miranchuk 10' Škuletić 32', 36'	Report		Stadium: NYU Abu Dhabi Facilities

1 February 2016 Atlantic Cup 2016 Group stage	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–1 (3–5 p)	Norrköping	Algarve, Portugal
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Škuletić 55'	Report	Nyman 5'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve Referee: João Mendes
	Penalties
	Škuletić Ďurica Fernandes Kolomeytsev		Kujović Nyman Sjölund Blomqvist Wahlqvist

4 February 2016 Atlantic Cup 2016 Group stage	Lokomotiv Moscow	0–0 (3–2 p)	Brøndby	Algarve, Portugal
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Algarve Referee: Gonçalo Martins
	Penalties
	Pejčinović Barinov Miranchuk Shishkin		Pukki Bruus Stückler Nørgaard Hjulsager

7 February 2016 Atlantic Cup 2016 3rd/4th place playoff	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–2	AGF Aarhus	Algarve, Portugal
21:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Miranchuk 84' (pen)	Report	Rasmussen 52' Vatsadze 80'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve Referee: Pedro Campos

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Started round	Final round	First match	Last match	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Super Cup	Final	Runners-up	12 July 2015	-	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0.00%
Premier League	-	6th	19 July 2015	21 May 2016	30	14	8	8	43	33	+10	46.7%
Russian Cup	Round of 32	Round of 16	23 September 2015	29 October 2015	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	50.0%
Europa League	Group stage	Round of 32	17 September 2015	25 February 2016	8	3	3	2	13	10	+3	37.5%
Total					41	18	12	11	58	45	+13	43.9%

Russian Super Cup

12 July 2015	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Lokomotiv Moscow	Saint Petersburg
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Smolnikov 84'	Summary	Niasse 28'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,337 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev
	Penalties
	Hulk Witsel Ansaldi Shatov Criscito		Grigoryev Samedov Pejčinović Ćorluka

Russian Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Krasnodar	30	16	8	6	54	25	+29	56	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5	Spartak Moscow	30	15	5	10	48	39	+9	50	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
6	Lokomotiv Moscow	30	14	8	8	43	33	+10	50
7	Terek Grozny	30	11	11	8	35	30	+5	44
8	Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast	30	10	9	11	39	46	−7	39

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.^[22]

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	L	L	D	W
Position	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	5	5	6	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2016. Source: Russian Premier League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

19 July 2015 1	Mordovia Saransk	0–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Saransk
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Škuletić 60'	Stadium: Start Stadium Attendance: 7,210 Referee: Igor Nizovtsev

27 July 2015 2	Anzhi Makhachkala	1–3	Lokomotiv Moscow	Kaspiysk
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Haruna 15'	Summary	Škuletić 19' Maicon 77' Kasaev 82'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 18,100 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

2 August 2015 3	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–1	Dynamo Moscow	Moscow
13:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Ćorluka 61'	Summary	Morozov 45'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 12,410 Referee: Sergei Karasev

8 August 2015 4	Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast	1–3	Lokomotiv Moscow	Yekaterinburg
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Yerokhin 73'	Summary	Samedov 28' Niasse 40' Maicon 90+1'	Stadium: SKB-Bank Arena Attendance: 9,100 Referee: Sergey Kulikov

16 August 2015 5	Lokomotiv Moscow	0–0	Terek Grozny	Moscow
13:30 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary		Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 8,104 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

23 August 2015 6	Ufa	0–3	Lokomotiv Moscow	Ufa
13:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Igboun 37' 57'	Summary	Niasse 6' Kasaev 36' Pejčinović 80'	Stadium: Neftyanik Stadium Attendance: 10,643 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

30 August 2015 7	Lokomotiv Moscow	2–1	Krasnodar	Moscow
13:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Niasse 18' Kasaev 56'	Summary	Smolov 11'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 10,107 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

12 September 2015 8	Rubin Kazan	3–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Kazan
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Carlos Eduardo 9' Kanunnikov 25' Bilyaletdinov 70'	Summary	Samedov 57'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 17,987 Referee: Sergey Kulikov

20 September 2015 9	Lokomotiv Moscow	2–0	Krylia Sovetov Samara	Moscow
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Ćorluka 54' Niasse 87'	Summary		Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 8,747 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

26 September 2015 10	CSKA Moscow	1–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Khimki
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Doumbia 16' (pen.)	Summary	Niasse 21' (pen.) Ćorluka 65' 81' Cherevchenko 82'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Sergei Karasev

4 October 2015 11	Lokomotiv Moscow	3–0	Amkar Perm	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Kolomeytsev 28' Samedov 78' Al.Miranchuk 86'	Summary		Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 7,504 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

18 October 2015 12	Spartak Moscow	1–2	Lokomotiv Moscow	Moscow
13:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Bocchetti 77'	Summary	Kolomeytsev 9' Niasse 48'	Stadium: Otkrytiye Arena Attendance: 38,651 Referee: Igor Fedotov

26 October 2015 13	Lokomotiv Moscow	0–2	Rostov	Moscow
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Poloz 57' Doumbia 85'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 6,380 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

1 November 2015 14	Kuban Krasnodar	6–2	Lokomotiv Moscow	Krasnodar
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ignatyev 4' 90+' Melgarejo 14' 27' Armaș 19' Tkachyov 38'	Summary	Niasse 64' Kolomeytsev 76'	Stadium: Kuban Stadium Attendance: 5,611 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

8 November 2015 15	Lokomotiv Moscow	2–0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Moscow
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Lombaerts 48' (og) Samedov 58'	Summary		Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 14,140 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

21 November 2015 16	Lokomotiv Moscow	0–2	Anzhi Makhachkala	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Abdulavov 55' Boli 70'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 5,348 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

30 November 2015 17	Dynamo Moscow	2–2	Lokomotiv Moscow	Khimki
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Dyakov 35' (pen.) 90+'	Summary	Samedov 49' Maicon 76'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 3,966 Referee: Aleksei Eskov

4 December 2015 18	Lokomotiv Moscow	2–2	Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Al.Miranchuk 17' Niasse 80'	Summary	Sapeta 2' Manucharyan 39'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 5,630 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

6 March 2016 19	Terek Grozny	2–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Grozny
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Rybus 8' (pen.) 33'	Summary	Samedov 4'	Stadium: Akhmat-Arena Attendance: 15,780 Referee: Aleksandr Egorov

13 March 2016 20	Lokomotiv Moscow	2–0	Ufa	Moscow
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ignatyev 56' (pen.) Samedov 90'	Summary		Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 7,120 Referee: Kirill Levnikov

20 March 2016 21	Krasnodar	1–2	Lokomotiv Moscow	Krasnodar
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Pereyra 58'	Summary	Ďurica 39' Samedov 67'	Stadium: Kuban Stadium Attendance: 8,150 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

3 April 2016 22	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–0	Rubin Kazan	Moscow
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Škuletić 84'	Summary		Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 8,103 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

11 April 2016 23	Krylia Sovetov Samara	0–0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Samara
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary		Stadium: Metallurg Stadium Attendance: 14,298 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

16 April 2016 24	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–1	CSKA Moscow	Moscow
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ćorluka 22'	Summary	Olanare 84'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 22,304 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

24 April 2016 25	Amkar Perm	0–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Perm
12:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Škuletić 19'	Stadium: Zvezda Stadium Attendance: 5,850 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

30 April 2016 26	Lokomotiv Moscow	0–2	Spartak Moscow	Moscow
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Ďurica 43' (o.g.) Zé Luís 90+3'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 20,140 Referee: Igor Fedotov

6 May 2016 27	Rostov	2–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Rostov-on-Don
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Azmoun 8' Noboa 45+'	Summary	Škuletić 52'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Kirill Levnikov

11 May 2016 28	Lokomotiv Moscow	0–1	Kuban Krasnodar	Moscow
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Pavlyuchenko 79' (pen)	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 6,082 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

15 May 2016 29	Zenit Saint Petersburg	3–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Saint Petersburg
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Hulk 10' (pen)	Summary	Samedov 45+' (pen)	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,407 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

21 May 2016 30	Lokomotiv Moscow	3–0	Mordovia Saransk	Moscow
13:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Zhemaletdinov 28' 66' Škuletić 32'	Summary		Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 5,110 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

Russian Cup

23 September 2015 Round of 32	Torpedo Armavir	0–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Armavir
15:30 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Škuletić 72'	Stadium: Yunost Stadium Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Nikolay Voloshin

29 October 2015 Round of 16	Lokomotiv Moscow	0–1	Amkar Perm	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Dzhikiya 57'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 8,185 Referee: Sergei Kulikov

Europa League

Lokomotiv have qualified directly for the group stage of the 2015-16 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2015 Russian Cup Final.^[23]

Group stage

The 48 teams which qualified for the group stage were seeded into four pots based on their 2015 UEFA club coefficients.^[24] Lokomotiv fell to be allocated into the third pot. The draw was held on 28 August 2015 in Monaco and Lokomotiv drawn the 2015 Portuguese Cup Winners Sporting CP, Turkish powerhouse Beşiktaş, and the 2015 Albanian league winners Skënderbeu Korçë.

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LMO	SPO	BES	SKE
1	Lokomotiv Moscow	6	3	2	1	12	7	+5	11	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–4	1–1	2–0
2	Sporting CP	6	3	1	2	14	11	+3	10	Advance to knockout phase	1–3	—	3–1	5–1
3	Beşiktaş	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	9		1–1	1–1	—	2–0
4	Skënderbeu	6	1	0	5	4	13	−9	3		0–3	3–0	0–1	—

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Matches

17 September 2015 1	Sporting CP	1–3	Lokomotiv Moscow	Lisbon, Portugal
22:05 MSK (UTC+3)	Montero 50'	Summary	Samedov 12' 56' Niasse 65'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 25,400 Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer

1 October 2015 2	Lokomotiv Moscow	2–0	Skënderbeu Korçë	Moscow
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Niasse 35' Samedov 73'	Summary		Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 10,340 Referee: Orel Grinfeld

22 October 2015 3	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–1	Beşiktaş	Moscow
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Maicon 54'	Summary	Gómez 64'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 19,124 Referee: Serge Gumienny

5 November 2015 4	Beşiktaş	1–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Istanbul, Turkey
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Quaresma 58'	Summary	Niasse 76'	Stadium: Vodafone Park Attendance: 24,690 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

26 November 2015 5	Lokomotiv Moscow	2–4	Sporting CP	Moscow
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Maicon 5' Miranchuk 86'	Summary	Montero 19' Bryan Ruiz 37' Gelson 42' Matheus 60'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 11,043 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

10 December 2015 6	Skënderbeu Korçë	0–3	Lokomotiv Moscow	Elbasan, Albania
22:05 MSK (UTC+4)		Summary	Tarasov 18' Niasse 89' Samedov 90'	Stadium: Elbasan Arena Attendance: 1,152 Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)

Knockout phase

The draw for the first stage of the knockout phase, the round of 32, took place on Monday 14 December 2015.^[25] Lokomotiv was paired with Turkish side Fenerbahçe.

Round of 32

16 February 2016 1st leg	Fenerbahçe	2–0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Istanbul, Turkey
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Souza 18', 72'	Summary		Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 36,195 Referee: Martin Strömbergsson

25 February 2016 2nd leg	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–1	Fenerbahçe	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Samedov 45'	Summary	Topal 83'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 15,695 Referee: Ivan Kružliak

Squad statistics

After 30 April 2016

No	Name	Apps	Goals			Apps	Goals			Apps	Goals			Apps	Goals
No	Name	Premier League				Russian Cup and Supercup				Europa League				Total
Goalkeepers
1	Guilherme	30	-33	3	0	1	-1	1	0	8	-10	1	0	39	-44	4	0
16	Ilya Lantratov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	Anton Kochenkov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
81	Ilya Abayev	0	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0
Defenders
5	Nemanja Pejčinović	21	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	28	1	4	0
14	Vedran Ćorluka	24	3	5	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	29	3	5	2
15	Arseny Logashov	8	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	12	0	4	0
17	Taras Mykhalyk	21	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	2	0	29	0	5	0
28	Ján Ďurica	13	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	20	1	2	0
29	Vitaliy Denisov	29	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	36	0	6	0
49	Roman Shishkin	19	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	26	0	3	0
55	Renat Yanbayev	10	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	15	0	2	0
Midfielders
3	Alan Kasaev	24	3	2	0	2	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	31	3	3	0
4	Manuel Fernandes	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	13	0	0	0
8	Aleksandr Sheshukov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Maksim Grigoryev	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	11	0	0	0
11	Mbark Boussoufa	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0
18	Aleksandr Kolomeytsev	28	3	2	0	3	0	1	0	7	0	1	0	38	3	4	0
19	Aleksandr Samedov	28	9	4	0	1	0	0	0	8	5	1	0	37	14	5	0
20	Vladislav Ignatyev	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0
23	Dmitri Tarasov	23	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	5	1	3	0	29	1	7	0
36	Dmitri Barinov	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0
52	Sergei Makarov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
59	Aleksei Miranchuk	27	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	35	3	2	0
60	Anton Miranchuk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	Delvin N'Dinga	24	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	33	0	3	0
Forwards
7	Maicon	14	3	3	0	3	0	1	0	7	2	0	0	24	5	4	0
21	Oumar Niasse	15	8	2	0	2	1	0	0	6	4	3	0	23	13	5	0
32	Petar Škuletić	18	6	1	0	2	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	24	7	2	0
45	Ezekiel Henty	10	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	3	0
96	Rifat Zhemaletdinov	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	6	3	1	0

Awards

Lokomotiv player of the month award

Awarded monthly to the player that was chosen by fan voting on Lokomotiv's official portal on VK.

Month	First				Second				Third
Month	No.	Name	Votes	%	No.	Name	Votes	%	No.	Name	Votes	%
July ^[26]	3	Alan Kasaev	1,195 (2nd round) 1,470 (1st round)	55.8%	14	Vedran Ćorluka	951 (2nd round) 1,469 (1st round)	44.2%	32	Petar Škuletić	885 (1st round)	N/a
August ^[27]	3	Alan Kasaev	2,430	46.1%	21	Baye Oumar Niasse	1,689	32.0%	29	Vitaliy Denisov	670	12.7%
September ^[28]	21	Baye Oumar Niasse	3,182	70.7%	1	Guilherme	531	11.8%	19	Aleksandr Samedov	496	11.0%
October ^[29]	21	Baye Oumar Niasse	2,225	48.5%	29	Vitaly Denisov	699	15.6%	19	Aleksandr Samedov	648	14.5%
November ^[30]	21	Baye Oumar Niasse	1,768	38.5%	19	Aleksandr Samedov	1,325	28.8%	59	Aleksei Miranchuk	660	14.3%
December ^[31]	21	Baye Oumar Niasse	2,410	48.9%	19	Aleksandr Samedov	1,316	26.7%	29	Vitaly Denisov	504	10.2%
February ^[32]	1	Guilherme	1,838	34.2%	19	Aleksandr Samedov	1,568	29.1%	29	Vitaly Denisov	1114	20.7%
March ^[33]	19	Aleksandr Samedov	4,543	87.2%	28	Ján Ďurica	232	4.4%	29	Vitaly Denisov	210	4.0%
April ^[34]	1	Guilherme	1,731	35.4%	19	Aleksandr Samedov	1,256	25.7%	29	Vitaly Denisov	760	15.5%
May ^[35]	96	Rifat Zhemaletdinov	4,314	68.7%	59	Aleksei Miranchuk	1,156	16.8%	19	Vitaly Denisov	961	13.9%

Lokomotiv player of the year award

Awarded to the player that was chosen by fan voting on Lokomotiv's official portal on VK as the best player of the season.

Season	First				Second				Third
Season	No.	Name	Votes	%	No.	Name	Votes	%	No.	Name	Votes	%
2015–16 ^[36]	19	Aleksandr Samedov	2,347	36.3%	21	Baye Oumar Niasse	1,187	18.3%	1	Guilherme	841	13.0%

References

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[First_team_-_Players-1] "First team - Players". fclm.com. Retrieved 15 August 2015.

[grig-2] "Григорьев: Опыт игры за "Ростов" пошел на пользу" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 18 June 2015.

[kochen-3] "Вернулся в родной клуб" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 27 June 2015.

[kolome-4] "Александр Коломейцев - в "Локомотиве"" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 27 June 2015.

[LokIgn-5] "Владислав Игнатьев - в "Локомотиве"" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 10 February 2016.

[Olimpija-6] "URADNO: Ezekiel Henty za 5 milijonov evrov k moskovski Lokomotivi" (in Slovenian). Olimpija Ljubljana. 19 February 2016.

[LokHen-7] "Эзекиэль Хенти - в "Локомотиве"" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 19 February 2016.

[N'Ding-8] "Дельвин Ндинга - в "Локомотиве"" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 9 July 2015.

[bely-9] "Трансферные новости" (in Russian). FC Shinnik Yaroslavl. 30 June 2015.

[tkach-10] "Сергей Ткачев перешел в "Кубань"" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 1 July 2015.

[Tsih-11] "Трансферные новости" (in Belarusian). FC Dinamo Minsk. 22 July 2015.

[pav-12] "Роман Павлюченко покидает "Локомотив"" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 18 June 2015.

[zap-13] "Ольга Смородская: Активно привлекаем новых спонсоров" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 9 October 2015.

[EvNias-14] "Niasse Completes £13.5m Move". Everton. 1 February 2016. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2016.

[LENias-15] "Умар Ниасс перешел в "Эвертон"" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 2 February 2016.

[Sych-16] "Дмитрий Сычев продолжит карьеру в "Окжетпесе"" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 13 March 2015.

[Loba-17] "Лобанцев перешел в "Крылья Советов"" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 16 July 2015.

[Koch-18] "Коченков перешел в "Краснодар"" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 28 October 2015.

[Gent-19] "Мбарк Буссуфа перешел в "Гент"" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 2 February 2016.

[Levadia-20] "Антон Миранчук - в "Левадии"" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 2 February 2016.

[Minsk-21] "Сергей Макаров - в "Минске"" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 17 February 2016.

[22] "Premier League 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 16 July 2015.

[23] Кубок - наш!. www.fclm.ru (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 21 May 2015.

[club_coefficients-24] "Club coefficients 2014/15". UEFA.com.

[25] "UEFA Europa League round of 32 draw". UEFA.com. 14 December 2015.

[LMJuly-26] "Алан Касаев – лучший игрок июля!" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 6 August 2015.

[LMAugust-27] "Алан Касаев – лучший игрок августа!" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 2 September 2015.

[LMSept-28] "Бай Умар Ниасс – лучший игрок сентября!" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 30 September 2015.

[LMOct-29] "Бай Умар Ниасс – лучший игрок октября!" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 4 November 2015.

[LMNov-30] "Бай Умар Ниасс – лучший игрок ноября!" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 3 December 2015.

[LMDec-31] "Бай Умар Ниасс – лучший игрок декабря!" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 16 December 2015.

[LMFeb-32] "Маринато Гилерме – лучший игрок февраля!" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 3 March 2016.

[LMMar-33] "Александр Самедов - лучший игрок марта!" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 24 March 2016.

[LMApr-34] "Маринато Гилерме – лучший футболист апреля!" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 4 May 2016.

[LMMay-35] "Рифат Жемалетдинов – лучший футболист мая!" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 25 March 2016.

[LM1516-36] "Александр Самедов – лучший игрок сезона!" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 1 June 2016.

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