FC Rostov
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| Full name |
Футбольный клуб Ростов (Football Club Rostov) | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Selmashi | ||
| Founded | 1930 | ||
| Ground | Olimp-2 | ||
| Capacity | 15,840 | ||
| Owner | Rostov Oblast | ||
| Chairman | Viktor Goncharov | ||
| Manager | Ivan Daniliants | ||
| League | Russian Premier League | ||
| 2015–16 | 2nd | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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FC Rostov (Russian: Футбольный клуб Ростов) is a Russian professional football club based in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast. The club are currently members of the Russian Premier League and play at the Olimp-2 stadium.[1].
History
The club was established on 10 May 1930, and was initially named Selmashstroy (Сельмашстрой). They were renamed Selmash in 1936 and Traktor in 1941. In 1950 the club joined the South Zone of the Azov-Don group of the Russian SFSR Championship. The following season they were placed in Group B of the championship. After finishing first in their group, they played in Group A in 1952. A third-place finish meant the club were promoted to the Class B for the 1953 season, during which they were renamed again, becoming Torpedo. In 1958 they were renamed Rostselmash.
In 1964 the club won their Division of Class B. In the Russian-zone play-offs they finished second in the first round and top in the second after defeating Terek Grozny 2–0 in the deciding match, earning promotion to the Soviet First League. The following season they finished bottom of the division, but were not relegated as the number of teams in the division was increased.
By the early 1970s the club was back in the Russian leagues. In 1975 they returned to Class B (now known as the Soviet Second League). Following several near misses, the club won their zone of the Second League in 1985. They went on to win a play-off tournament, earning promotion back to the First League.
In 1991 the club finished fourth in what was the final season of Soviet football following the USSR's disintegration. This was enough to earn them a place in the new Russian Top League. Following an eighth-place finish in their first season, the 1993 season saw the club struggle, eventually finishing second bottom, resulting in relegation to the First League.
The club made an immediate return to the Top League after finishing second in the 1994 First League season. In 2003 they adopted their current name and reached the Russian Cup final for the first time, losing 1–0 to Spartak Moscow.[2] In 2007 they finished bottom of the (now renamed) Premier Division and were relegated to the First Division. However, they made another immediate return to the top division as First Division champions.
Rostov won the 2013–14 Russian Cup, defeating FC Krasnodar on penalties 6–5, and earned qualification to the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League. However Rostov were excluded from the competition at the end of May 2014, due to breached financial rules, being replaced by Spartak Moscow.[3][4] Later Rostov appealed the decision of the local football federation to lift the club from the tournament in the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, the club won the right to play.[5]
On 18 December 2014, the official website of FC Rostov announced the appointment of Kurban Berdyev as head coach. Under his leadership, the team has maintained a place in the Premier League on aggregate (1: 0, 4: 1) beating "Tosno" in the play-offs Premier League - First Division. In the summer 2015 the club bought César Navas, Christian Noboa and Sardar Azmoun who worked together with Berdyev in FC Rubin. Throughout the second half of 2015, the club had problems with the payment of salaries and bonuses the players, but it has not prevented the club at the end of the first part of the season 2015/16 to hold 2nd place in the championship.
In the 2016-17 season, Rostov earned a UEFA Champions League spot in the League Route as runners-up of the Russian Premier League. In the third qualifying round, they were drawn against Anderlecht. After a 2–2 home draw, they beat Anderlecht 2–0 away. In the play-off, Rostov were drawn against Dutch giants Ajax. In the first leg in Amsterdam, Netherlands, they held on to a 1–1 draw, which gave them an away goal advanage. In the return leg, Rostov earned a historical 4–1 surprise win over Ajax and qualified for the UEFA Champions League group stages, a stunning performance as was their first qualification into the group stages of an European tournament. [6] Rostov were drawn in Group D, against Bayern Munich, Atlético Madrid and PSV Eindhoven,[7][8] gaining their first Champions League victory on 23 November 2016, defeating Bayern Munich 3-2 at Olimp-2.[9].
Records and statistics
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Cup | Europe | Top scorer (league) | Head coach | |
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| 1992 | 1st | 8 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 28 | 23 | R8 |  Tikhonov – 7 |
Yulgushov | ||
| 1993 | 17 | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 35 | 52 | 28 | R8 |  Spanderashvili – 8 |
Yulgushov | |||
| 1994 | 2nd | 2 | 42 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 92 | 44 | 62 | R16 | Maslov – 32 |
Yulgushov | ||
| 1995 | 1st | 14 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 35 | 56 | 28 | R16 | Maslov – 18 |
Yulgushov  Andreev | ||
| 1996 | 11 | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 58 | 60 | 41 | R8 | Maslov – 23 |
Andreev | |||
| 1997 | 13 | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 34 | 38 | 41 | R16 | Gerasimenko – 8 |
Andreev | |||
| 1998 | 6 | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 42 | 38 | 44 | QF | Matveev – 14 |
Andreev | |||
| 1999 | 7 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 37 | 41 | R16 | UIC | SF | Pestryakov – 7 |
Andreev | |
| 2000 | 12 | 30 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 27 | 32 | R16 | UIC | 3R | Kirichenko – 14 |
Andreev | |
| 2001 | 12 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 43 | 32 | R16 | Kirichenko – 13 |
Balakhnin Baidachny | |||
| 2002 | 11 | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 49 | 31 | RU |  Baba Adamu – 5 |
Baidachny Balakhnin | |||
| 2003 | 11 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 42 | 34 | QF | Osinov – 7 |
Balakhnin | |||
| 2004 | 12 | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 42 | 29 | R8 |  Pérez – 5 |
Shevchenko Balakhnin | |||
| 2005 | 13 | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 41 | 31 | R16 | Buznikin – 8 |
Stepushkin Petrakov | |||
| 2006 | 12 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 42 | 48 | 36 | QF | Osinov – 12 |
Balakhnin | |||
| 2007 | 16 | 30 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 44 | 18 | R8 | Osinov – 4  Kanyenda – 4 |
Dolmatov | |||
| 2008 | 2nd | 1 | 42 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 78 | 29 | 96 | R32 | Osinov – 16 |
Dolmatov | ||
| 2009 | 1st | 14 | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 39 | 32 | R16 | Akimov – 6  Ahmetović – 6 |
Dolmatov | ||
| 2010 | 9 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 27 | 44 | 34 | SF | Adamov – 8 |
Protasov | |||
| 2011–12 | 13 | 44 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 45 | 61 | 48 | SF | Adamov – 11 |
Protasov Lyutyi Talalayev Balakhnin Baidachny | |||
| 2012–13 | 13 | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 41 | 29 | SF |  Holenda – 6 |
 Božović | |||
| 2013–14 | 7 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 40 | 39 | Winner | Dzyuba – 17 |
Božović | |||
| 2014–15 | 14 | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 51 | 29 | R16 | UEL | PO | Grigoryev – 5 |
Božović  Berdyev | |
| 2015–16 | 2 | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 20 | 63 | R32 |  Azmoun – 9 |
Berdyev | |||
European record
| Season | Competition | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 1999 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 2R |  FK Cementarnica 55 |
2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| 3R |  NK Varaždin |
0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 (a) | ||
| SF |  Juventus |
0–4 | 1–5 | 1–9 | ||
| 2000 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 3R |  AJ Auxerre |
0–2 | 1–3 | 1–5 |
| 2014–15 | UEFA Europa League | PO |  Trabzonspor |
0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| 2016–17 | UEFA Champions League | 3R | .svg.png){kind=small} Anderlecht |
2–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 |
| PO |  Ajax |
1–1 | 4–1 | 5–2 | ||
| Group D |  Bayern Munich |
3–2 | 0–5 | TBA | ||
 Atlético Madrid |
0–1 | 1–2 | ||||
| PSV Eindhoven |
2–2 | |||||
- Notes
- 3Q: Third qualifying round
- 2R: Second round
- 3R: Third round
- PO: Play-off round
- SF: Semi–finals
Achievements
Domestic competitions
- Runners-up (1): 2015–16
- Russian Cup: 1
- Runners-up (1): 2014
Squad
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- As of 28 November 2016 According to the Official Russian Premier League website
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Reserve squad
Rostov's reserve squad played professionally as FC Rostselmash-d Rostov-on-Don (Russian Second League in 1992–93, Russian Third League in 1996–97) and FC Rostselmash-2 Rostov-on-Don (Russian Second Division in 1998–00).
The following players are listed on the official club's website as reserves and are registered with the Premier League. They are eligible to play for the main squad.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Coaching staff
| Position | Staff |
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| Manager |  Ivan Daniliants |
| Assistant Manager | Dmitri Kirichenko |
| Alexandru Mațiura | |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Vitaliy Kafanov |
| Analyst | Vladimir Kulaev |
| Fitness Coaches |  Yuri Sanchez Solano |
| José Pastor Verchili | |
| Ýakub Urazsahatow | |
Source: Rostov
References
- ↑ Dan Ripley (2012-09-07). "David Bentley joins FC Rostov – but who are they? | Mail Online". Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
- ↑ "Russian Cup 2003". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
- ↑ "Spartak Moscow will replace FC Rostov". www.espnfc.com. ESPN. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
- ↑ "Moscow "Spartak" because of "sanctions" was in the Europa League". ru-facts.com. ru-facts. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
- ↑ «РОСТОВ» СЫГРАЕТ В ЛИГЕ ЕВРОПЫ!!!
- ↑ "Rostov stun Ajax to book group stage debut". UEFA.com. UEFA. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ "UEFA Champions League group stage draw". UEFA.com. UEFA. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ↑ "Champions League roundup: four-time winners Ajax crash out to FC Rostov". Guardian. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ↑ "FC Rostov 3-2 Bayern Munich". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
External links
- Club website (Russian)
- Fans union "Rostov Maniacs" (Russian)