2023–24 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season

FC Lokomotiv Moscow
2023–24 season
General director	Vladimir Leonchenko
Head coach	Mikhail Galaktionov
Stadium	RZD Arena
Russian Premier League	4th
Russian Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Nair Tiknizyan (6); All: ; Nair Tiknizyan (8)
Highest home attendance	7,820 vs Ural, 25 July 2023, Russian Cup
Lowest home attendance	6,720 vs Rubin Kazan, 22 July 2023, Russian Premier League
Average home league attendance	7,270
Biggest win	1–4 vs Fakel (A), 30 July 2023, Russian Premier League
Biggest defeat	4–1 vs CSKA Moscow (A), 5 August 2023, Russian Premier League
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →
	All statistics correct as of 8 December 2023.

The 2023–24 season is FC Lokomotiv Moscow's 102nd season in existence and 31st consecutive in the Russian Premier League. They will also compete in the Russian Cup and the Russian Super Cup.

Players

First-team squad

As of 14 September 2023^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	RUS	Guilherme
3	DF	BRA	Lucas Fasson
4	DF	RUS	Stanislav Magkeyev
5	MF	GEO	Konstantin Maradishvili
6	MF	RUS	Dmitri Barinov
7	FW	RUS	Artem Dzyuba
8	FW	RUS	Vladislav Sarveli
9	MF	RUS	Sergei Pinyayev
11	MF	RUS	Anton Miranchuk
15	FW	RUS	Maksim Glushenkov
17	FW	RUS	Rifat Zhemaletdinov
20	DF	RUS	Ivan Kuzmichyov
21	DF	ALB	Mario Mitaj
22	GK	RUS	Ilya Lantratov


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	DF	RUS	Maksim Nenakhov
27	FW	RUS	Vadim Rakov
43	MF	RUS	Mikhail Shchetinin
45	DF	RUS	Aleksandr Silyanov
53	GK	RUS	Daniil Khudyakov
59	DF	RUS	Yegor Pogostnov
69	MF	RUS	Daniil Kulikov
71	DF	ARM	Nair Tiknizyan
77	DF	RUS	Ilya Samoshnikov
85	DF	RUS	Yevgeny Morozov
88	MF	RUS	Ilya Berkovski
93	MF	RUS	Artyom Karpukas
94	MF	RUS	Dmitri Rybchinsky
99	FW	RUS	Timur Suleymanov (on loan from Nizhny Novgorod)

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	RUS	Nikolai Titkov (at Orenburg until June 2024)
—	FW	RUS	Andrey Nikitin (at SKA-Khabarovsk until June 2024)
—	FW	FRA	Wilson Isidor (at Zenit Saint Petersburg until June 2024)
—	DF	CRO	Tin Jedvaj (at Panathinaikos until June 2024)
—	FW	MNE	Marko Rakonjac (at TSC until June 2024)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	RUS	Roman Kolmakov (at Zenit-2 St. Petersburg until June 2024)
—	FW	BRA	Pedrinho (at América Mineiro until December 2023)
—	DF	UKR	Mark Mampassi (at Kortrijk until June 2024)
—	MF	SUR	Gyrano Kerk (at Royal Antwerp until June 2024)
—	DF	ARG	Germán Conti (at Colón until June 2024)

Transfers

In

Summer

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2023	LB	Ilya Samoshnikov	Rubin Kazan	Free transfer	^[2]
1 July 2023	ST	Vladislav Sarveli	Sochi	€1,000,000	^[3]

Loan in

Summer

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Until	Ref.
14 September 2023	ST	Timur Suleymanov	Nizhny Novgorod	30 June 2024	^[4]

Out

Summer

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
10 September 2023	ST	Wilson Isidor	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Loan	^[5]
12 September 2023	CM	Sergei Babkin	Krylia Sovetov Samara	€500,000	^[6]

Pre-season and friendlies

26 June 2023 Friendly	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–1	Irtysh Omsk	Bakovka
17:00	Glushenkov 39'		Shleyermakher 89'	Stadium: Stadion Bakovka

30 June 2023 Friendly	Lokomotiv Moscow	4–2	Volgar Astrakhan	Bakovka
17:00	Pinyaev 3' Rakov 15' Dzyuba 29' Batrakov 70'		Smirnov 45' Zhamaletdinov 65'	Stadium: Stadion Bakovka

6 July 2023 Friendly	Lokomotiv Moscow	0–1	Baltika	Moscow
17:00			Barkov 53'	Stadium: RZD Arena

9 July 2023 Friendly	Lokomotiv Moscow	3–0	SKA-Khabarovsk	Moscow
17:00	Glushenkov 23' Sarveli 74' Silyanov 90'			Stadium: RZD Arena

14 July 2023 Friendly	Lokomotiv Moscow	7–0	Kvant Obninsk
17:00

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Russian Premier League	22 July 2023	25 May 2024	Matchday 1	TBD	20	8	8	4	32	27	+5	040.00
Russian Cup	26 July 2023	14 March 2024	Group stage	Quarter-finals	8	4	3	1	12	6	+6	050.00
Total					28	12	11	5	44	33	+11	042.86

Last updated: 14 March 2024
Source: Soccerway

Russian Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Krasnodar	30	16	8	6	45	29	+16	56^[a]	Banned from the Europa League second qualifying round
3	Dynamo Moscow	30	16	8	6	53	39	+14	56^[a]	Banned from the Conference League second qualifying round
4	Lokomotiv Moscow	30	14	11	5	52	38	+14	53	Banned from the Conference League second qualifying round
5	Spartak Moscow	30	14	8	8	41	32	+9	50
6	CSKA Moscow	30	12	12	6	56	40	+16	48

Source: Premier Liga
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) Matches won; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) 2022–23 position (not applicable to final standings); 10) Play-off. Note: if teams tied on points played an equal number of head-to-head games, head-to-head results are considered in aggregate, in a separate 'table'. If teams tied on points played a different number of head-to-head games, head-to-head criteria are considered in one-on-one pairs for each team against each other, then the teams are ordered by the number of one-on-one matchups they have advantage in.^[7]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Krasnodar is ahead of Dynamo on head-to-head points: Krasnodar 6, Dynamo 0

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
20	8	8	4	32	27	+5	32	5	5	1	17	12	+5	3	3	3	15	15	0

Last updated: 10 March 2024.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H
Result	D	W	L	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	L	D	W	D	W	W	L	D
Position	9	3	7	9	11	8	6	8	6	3	4	4	6	6	7	7	6	4	4	5

Updated to match(es) played on 10 March 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 24 June 2023.^[8]

22 July 2023 1	Lokomotiv Moscow	2–2	Rubin Kazan	Moscow
17:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Dzyuba 21' Tiknizyan 23' Isidor 88'	Report	Daku 3' Fameyeh 58' Gritsayenko 72'	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 6,720 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

30 July 2023 2	Fakel Voronezh	1–4	Lokomotiv Moscow	Voronezh
17:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Appaev 13' Markov 33' Bozhin 69' Bagamaev 83'	Report	Dzyuba 12' Pogostnov 24' Tiknizyan 60', 89' Pinyaev 66', 67' Lantratov 84'	Stadium: Tsentralnyi Profsoyuz Stadion Attendance: 13,085 Referee: Vasili Kazartsev

5 August 2023 3	CSKA Moscow	4–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Moscow
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Chalov 29' (pen.) Gajić 31' Mukhin 55', 63'	Report	Barinov 13' Pogostnov 62'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 12,560 Referee: Kirill Levnikov

12 August 2023 4	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–1	Krylia Sovetov Samara	Moscow
15:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Pinyaev 45' Fasson 85' Isidor 90+1' Maradishvili 90+3'	Report	Garré 60' Rasskazov 86' Costanza 90+4'	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 6,763 Referee: Pavel Kukuyan

19 August 2023 5	Krasnodar	1–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Krasnodar
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Spertsyan 22' Olaza 39' Akhmetov 47' Chernikov 90+3'	Report	Zhemaletdinov 54' Miranchuk 90+8'	Stadium: Krasnodar Stadium Attendance: 22,492 Referee: Yevgeni Kukulyak

27 August 2023 6	Sochi	0–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Sochi
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Noboa 31'	Report	Barinov 38' Rybchinsky 45+2' Glushenkov 57' Nenakhov 81'	Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6,089 Referee: Lubomir Suchy

3 September 2023 7	Lokomotiv Moscow	3–2	Baltika Kaliningrad	Moscow
15:15 MSK (UTC+3)	Dzyuba 9' Karpukas 15' Miranchuk 17' Barinov 34'	Report	Radmanovac 20' Guzina 50' Pryakhin 65'	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 7,652 Referee: Artem Lyubimov

17 September 2023 8	Lokomotiv Moscow	0–2	Orenburg	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Bašić 85' Gojković 88' Vorobyev 90+4', 90+5'	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 5,957 Referee: Artur Fedorov

24 September 2023 9	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–2	Lokomotiv Moscow	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Cassierra 22', 29' Rodrigão 88' Sergeev 90+7' Wendel 90+7'	Report	Miranchuk 40' Glushenkov 60' 90+5' Tiknizyan 90+1' 90+3' 90+7'	Stadium: Gazprom Arena Attendance: 36,283 Referee: Vladimir Moskalev

30 September 2023 10	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–0	Nizhny Novgorod	Moscow
14:15 MSK (UTC+3)	Glushenkov 60' Zhemaletdinov 83' Karpukas 90+5'	Report	Aleksandrov 14' Troshechkin 65' Gotsuk 74'	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 6,059 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

7 October 2023 11	Ural	2–2	Lokomotiv Moscow	Yekaterinburg
14:00 YEKT (UTC+5)	Begić 12', 28' Schettine 39' Bicfalvi 53' Beveev 90'	Report	Dzyuba 5', 90' Suleymanov 90', 90+6' Mitaj 90+7'	Stadium: Yekaterinburg Arena Attendance: 10,505 Referee: Sergey Karasev

21 October 2023 12	Lokomotiv Moscow	0–0	Dynamo Moscow	Moscow
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 9,842 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

28 October 2023 13	Rostov	1–0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Rostov-on-Don
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Shchetinin 3' Melehin 24'	Report	Barinov 48' Nenakhov 55'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 11,487 Referee: Patrick Suchy

5 November 2023 14	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–1	Spartak Moscow	Moscow
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Barinov 45+1' Miranchuk 49' Dzyuba 64'	Report	Khlusevich 38' Zinkovsky 53' Ignatov 60'	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 14,523 Referee: Pavel Kukuyan

11 November 2023 15	Lokomotiv Moscow	2–1	Akhmat Grozny	Moscow
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Tiknizyan 35' Dzyuba 68' Mitaj 72' 90+1' Glushenkov 80' Suleymanov 81'	Report	Shvets 4' Iljin 30' Daniel Júnior 35' Konaté 66' Oleynikov 74'	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 27,084 Referee: Yevgeni Kukulyak

25 November 2023 16	Krylia Sovetov Samara	3–3	Lokomotiv Moscow	Samara
13:00 SAMT (UTC+4)	Soldatenkov 3' Costanza 32', 48' Garré 57', 90+12' Gorshkov 72' Pisarskiy 90+4'	Report	Glushenkov 14' Karpukas 23' Pinyaev 30' Miranchuk 33' Zhemaletdinov 62', 84' Barinov 90'	Stadium: Solidarnost Samara Arena Attendance: 5,924 Referee: Vasili Kazartsev

3 December 2023 17	Lokomotiv Moscow	3–1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Moscow
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Glushenkov 8', 60' Pinyaev 63' Nenakhov 71' Maradishvili 83' Tiknizyan 88'	Report	Cassierra 41' Eraković 90+1'	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 10,060 Referee: Aleksey Sukhoy

8 December 2023 18	Lokomotiv Moscow	2–0	Ural	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Morozov 18' Nenakhov 31' Mitaj 58' Suleymanov 90' Tiknizyan 90'	Report	Ítalo 51' Ayupov 65'	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 3,289 Referee: Artyom Chistyakov

3 March 2024 19	Dynamo Moscow	2–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Moscow
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Bitello 12' Laxalt 26' Makarov 58' Balbuena 83' Fernández 87'	Report	Morozov 30' Silyanov 64' Samoshnikov 72' Zhemaletdinov 85' Nyamsi 90+3'	Stadium: VTB Arena Attendance: 14,170 Referee: Kirill Levnikov

10 March 2024 20	Lokomotiv Moscow	2–2	Sochi	Moscow
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Zhemaletdinov 2' Karpukas 52' Glushenkov 42' Barino 47' Pinyaev 90+2'	Report	Yusupov 4' Medveděv 21' Alves 51' Saavedra 65' Córdova 75'	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 6,024 Referee: Sergey Cheban

30 March 2024 20	Lokomotiv Moscow	v	Krasnodar	Moscow
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: RZD Arena

Russian Cup

25 July 2023 1	Lokomotiv Moscow	2–1	Ural Yekaterinbutg	Moscow
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Isidor 34' Tiknizyan 49' Glushenkov 82' Barinov 83'	Report	Ayupov 8' 54' Mamin 80'	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 7,820 Referee: Artur Fyodorov

8 August 2023 2	Rubin Kazan	0–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Kazan
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Lisakovich 29' Vujačić 45+1' Rakhmonaliev 48' Teslenko 73' Ashurmatov 85'	Report	Miranchuk 10' Samoshnikov 17' Barinov 54' Sarveli 63'	Stadium: Kazan Arena Attendance: 9,243 Referee: Vladimir Moskalev

30 August 2023 3	Rostov	2–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Rostov
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Prokhin 12' Golenkov 24', 52' Vakhaniya 37' Sukhomlinov 40' Utkin 57' Glebov 87'	Report	Kuzmichev 4' Glushenkov 71'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 15,525 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

20 September 2023 4	Ural	0–0 (4–2 p)	Lokomotiv Moscow	Yekaterinburg
17:00 YEKT (UTC+5)		Report	Nenakhov 78' Morozov 86'	Stadium: Yekaterinburg Arena Attendance: 11,722 Referee: Sergei Karasev
	Penalties
	Schettine Bicfalvi Alves Miškić Sungatulin		Mitaj Glushenkov Zhemaletdinov Nababkin Silyanov

3 October 2023 5	Lokomotiv Moscow	3–1	Rostov	Moscow
17:15 MSK (UTC+3)	Suleymanov 34' Morozov 36' Miranchuk 39' Glushenkov 59'	Report	Prokhin 46' Osipenko 64', 89'	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 7,175 Referee: Artem Lyubimov

1 November 2023 6	Lokomotiv Moscow	3–0	Rubin Kazan	Moscow
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Tiknizyan 9' Miranchuk 26' Sarveli 37' Kulikov 40' Maradishvili 42' Sarveli 60'	Report	Fameyeh 22'	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 8,166 Referee: Vera Opeykina

28 November 2023 First leg	Baltika	2–2	Lokomotiv Moscow	Kaliningrad
17:15 KAT (UTC+2)	Malyarov 49' Avanesyan 65' Gassama 70' Musaev 83'	Report	Suleymanov 16', 90+3' Nenakhov 78'	Stadium: Rostec Arena Attendance: 5,702 Referee: Sergey Cheban

14 March 2024 Second leg	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–1 (3–3 agg.) (7–8 p)	Baltika	Kaliningrad
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Tiknizyan 3' Nyamsi 59' Samoshnikov 66' Morozov 83'	Report	Kozlov 53' Luna 90+1'	Stadium: Rostec Arena Attendance: 5,702 Referee: Sergey Cheban
	Penalties
	An. Miranchuk Suleymanov Barinov Nenakhov Dzyuba Nyamsi Morozov Pinyaev		Zhirov Kaplenko Bistrović Kuzmin Fameyeh Andrade Kozlov Luna

References

^ "Players". FC Lokomotiv Moscow. Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
^ "«Уход Камано означает, что у «Локомотива» есть варианты получше» — Булыкин". Sport Box Russia. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
^ "Vladislav Sarveli moved from Sochi to Lokomotiv". MK Sport. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
^ "«Тимур Сулейманов перешел из «Пари НН» в «Локомотив»". Sport Mail Russia. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
^ "У «Зенита» еще будут трансферы в это окно! Как выглядит состав команды после подписания Изидора". Sports Daily Russia. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
^ "У «Локомотива» не будет опции обратного выкупа Бабкина из «Крыльев»". FCLM News. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
^ "2023–24 Premier League regulations article 17" (PDF) (in Russian). Russian Premier League.
^ "Календарь Мир РПЛ на сезон 2023/24". premierliga.ru.

External links

Official website

[table_hth_KRA0.90364247230051-7] Krasnodar is ahead of Dynamo on head-to-head points: Krasnodar 6, Dynamo 0

[1] "Players". FC Lokomotiv Moscow. Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2022.

[2] "«Уход Камано означает, что у «Локомотива» есть варианты получше» — Булыкин". Sport Box Russia. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

[3] "Vladislav Sarveli moved from Sochi to Lokomotiv". MK Sport. Retrieved 29 June 2023.

[4] "«Тимур Сулейманов перешел из «Пари НН» в «Локомотив»". Sport Mail Russia. Retrieved 14 September 2023.

[5] "У «Зенита» еще будут трансферы в это окно! Как выглядит состав команды после подписания Изидора". Sports Daily Russia. Retrieved 11 September 2023.

[6] "У «Локомотива» не будет опции обратного выкупа Бабкина из «Крыльев»". FCLM News. Retrieved 13 September 2023.

[8] "2023–24 Premier League regulations article 17" (PDF) (in Russian). Russian Premier League.

[9] "Календарь Мир РПЛ на сезон 2023/24". premierliga.ru.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
20	8	8	4	32	27	+5	32	5	5	1	17	12	+5	3	3	3	15	15	0

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
20	8	8	4	32	27	+5	32	5	5	1	17	12	+5	3	3	3	15	15	0

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
20	8	8	4	32	27	+5	32	5	5	1	17	12	+5	3	3	3	15	15	0