2017–18 FC Arsenal Tula season

The 2017–18 FC Arsenal Tula season was the club's second season back in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia, since relegation at the end of the 2014–15 season, and their third in total. They finished the season in seventh position and were knocked out of the Russian Cup by FC Tambov at the Round of 32 stage.

Arsenal Tula
2017–18 season
ChairmanGuram Adzhoyev
ManagerMiodrag Božović
StadiumArsenal Stadium
Russian Premier League7th
Russian CupRound of 32 vs Tambov
Top goalscorerLeague: Luka Đorđević (7)
All: Luka Đorđević (7)

Squad
As of 28 February 2018

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 Igor Obukhov (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg)
6 DF  RUS Maksim Belyayev
7 MF  RUS Kantemir Berkhamov
8 DF  GEO Gia Grigalava
9 DF  RUS Kirill Kombarov
10 FW  ZAM Evans Kangwa
11 MF  RUS Sergei Tkachyov (on loan from CSKA Moscow)
13 DF  ZAM Stoppila Sunzu (on loan from Lille)
14 DF  RUS Anri Khagush
15 MF  CIV Habib Maïga (on loan from Saint-Étienne)
17 FW  RUS Guram Adzhoyev
18 FW  MNE Luka Đorđević (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg)
19 FW  ARG Federico Rasic
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF  SRB Goran Čaušić
21 DF  ESP Víctor Álvarez
23 MF  RUS Igor Gorbatenko
24 FW  RUS Artem Dzyuba (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg)
33 FW  RUS Aslanbek Sikoyev
36 GK  RUS Mikhail Levashov
52 DF  RUS Ivan Novoseltsev (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg)
55 MF  ROU Alexandru Bourceanu
71 DF  RUS Aleksandr Denisov
77 MF  BUL Mihail Aleksandrov
80 MF  RUS Yaroslav Ivakin
87 MF  RUS Ilya Maksimov
88 FW  RUS Igor Shevchenko

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
— DF  RUS Dmitry Aydov (on loan to Gomel)
— DF  RUS Aleksandr Stolyarenko (on loan to Rotor Volgograd)
— MF  RUS Maksim Mashnev (on loan to Luch-Energiya Vladivostok)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  RUS Artyom Mingazov (on loan to Khimik Novomoskovsk)
— MF  RUS Vladislav Ryzhkov (on loan to Tambov)
— FW  RUS Roman Izotov (on loan to Torpedo Moscow)

Transfers

Summer
Main article: List of Russian football transfers summer 2017

Winter
Main article: List of Russian football transfers winter 2017–18

Friendlies
27 January 2018 Gabala 3 – 3 Arsenal Tula Antalya, Turkey
17:00 MSK (UTC+3) Ozobić  16'
Joseph-Monrose  32'
Vernydub  83'		 Report Berkhamov  5', 28', 44'

Competitions

Russian Premier League
Main article: 2017–18 Russian Premier League

Results by round
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAHAHAAAHAHAAHAHAHAAAHAHAAHAH
ResultLWLLLDWLDWLWWLWWDLLDWWDLWLDWLW
Position14910141313131313101211898789987777677777
Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2018. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results
18 July 2017 1 Lokomotiv Moscow 1 – 0 Arsenal Tula Moscow
19:30 MSK (UTC+3) Barinov  28'
Kvirkvelia  57'		 Report Aleksandrov  56'
Sunzu  60'		 Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 6,166
Referee: Aleksey Sukhoy
24 July 2017 2 Arsenal Tula 1 – 0 SKA-Khabarovsk Tula
19:30 MSK (UTC+3) Tkachyov  18'
Gabulov  90+4'
Čaušić  90+4'		 Report Kazankov  31'
Cherevko  40'		 Stadium: Arsenal Stadium
Attendance: 12,700
Referee: Evgeny Turbin
29 July 2017 3 Rubin Kazan 2 – 1 Arsenal Tula Kazan
17:30 MSK (UTC+3) Granat  51'
Song  60'
Caktaš  74' (pen.)
Kambolov  86'		 Report Shevchenko  34' 65'
Aleksandrov  58'		 Stadium: Kazan Arena
Attendance: 7,220
Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov
6 August 2017 4 Arsenal Tula 1 – 2 Tosno Tula
15:00 MSK (UTC+3) Berkhamov  40' 55' Report Galiulin  48'
Markov  55'		 Stadium: Arsenal Stadium
Attendance: 11,150
Referee: Sergey Ivanov
9 August 2017 5 Spartak Moscow 2 – 0 Arsenal Tula Moscow
19:30 MSK (UTC+3) Promes  20'
Tigiyev  24'
Samedov  64'
Zé Luís  84'		 Report Álvarez  45+2'
Denisov  75'
Belyayev  90+2'		 Stadium: Otkrytiye Arena
Attendance: 26,183
Referee: Sergey Kulikov
14 August 2017 6 Arsenal Tula 2 – 2 Ural Yekaterinburg Tula
19:30 MSK (UTC+3) Sunzu  5'
Maksimov  10'
Čaušić  18'
Shevchenko  90+2'		 Report Yemelyanov  37'
Bicfalvi  42' 79'
Yevseyev  69'
Bavin  77'		 Stadium: Arsenal Stadium
Attendance: 10,050
Referee: Aleksey Sukhoy
21 August 2017 7 Akhmat Grozny 1 – 2 Arsenal Tula Grozny
20:00 MSK (UTC+3) Shvets  55'
Sadayev  74'		 Report Tkachyov  30'
Đorđević  76' 77'
Álvarez  83'		 Stadium: Akhmat-Arena
Attendance: 17,134
Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov
26 August 2017 8 Arsenal Tula 0 – 1 Amkar Perm Tula
15:00 MSK (UTC+3) Sunzu  50'
Belyayev  75'		 Report Ryazantsev  21'
Nigmatullin  90'		 Stadium: Arsenal Stadium
Attendance: 10,870
Referee: Evgeny Turbin
9 September 2017 9 Rostov 2 – 2 Arsenal Tula Rostov-on-Don
16:30 MSK (UTC+3) Yusupov  7'
Kalachev  85' (pen.)		 Report Đorđević  32', 70'
Maksimov  52'
Belyayev  84'
Čaušić  86'		 Stadium: Olimp-2
Attendance: 10,856
Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev
15 September 2017 10 Arsenal Tula 1 – 0 Dynamo Moscow Tula
19:30 MSK (UTC+3) Belyayev  16'
Shevchenko  67'
Kombarov  90+4'		 Report Sosnin  24'
Terekhov  44'		 Stadium: Arsenal Stadium
Attendance: 12,450
Referee: Mikhail Vilkov
24 September 2017 11 Ufa 1 – 0 Arsenal Tula Ufa
16:30 MSK (UTC+3) Tumasyan  34'
Sly  77'
Sysuyev  82'
Belenov  90+1'
Stotsky  90+1'		 Report Shevchenko  42' Stadium: Neftyanik Stadium
Attendance: 3,827
Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov
29 September 2017 12 Arsenal Tula 1 – 0 Krasnodar Tula
19:30 MSK (UTC+3) Đorđević  16'
Gorbatenko  44'
Bourceanu  45+1'		 Report Kaboré  56'
Martynovich  90'		 Stadium: Arsenal Stadium
Attendance: 10,064
Referee: Sergey Ivanov
15 October 2017 13 Arsenal Tula 0 – 1 Zenit St.Petersburg Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3) Paredes  77' Report Čaušić  37'
Sunzu  53'
Kangwa  73'
Gabulov  90+3'		 Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium
Attendance: 45,746
Referee: Artem Chistyakov
22 October 2017 14 Anzhi Makhachkala 3 – 2 Arsenal Tula Kaspiysk
19:00 MSK (UTC+3) Gabulov  7' (o.g.)
Khubulov  49' (pen.)
Guliyev  64'
Samardžić  83'		 Report Tkachyov  40' 77'
Đorđević  65'
Kombarov  90+4'		 Stadium: Anzhi Arena
Attendance: 3,850
Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov
27 October 2017 15 Arsenal Tula 1 – 0 CSKA Moscow Tula
19:30 MSK (UTC+3) Causic  80'
Grigalava  85'		 Report Kuchayev  23'  54'
Natkho  90+1'		 Stadium: Arsenal Stadium
Attendance: 15,120
Referee: Sergey Lapochkin
5 November 2017 16 SKA-Khabarovsk 0 – 1 Arsenal Tula Khabarovsk
11:00 MSK (UTC+3) Fedotov  33'
Dedechko  39'
Ediyev  59'		 Report Kangwa  5'
Grigalava  42'
Đorđević  86'
Gorbatenko  90+1'		 Stadium: Lenin Stadium
Attendance: 4,155
Referee: Evgeny Turbin
18 November 2017 17 Arsenal Tula 0 – 0 Rubin Kazan Tula
19:00 MSK (UTC+3) Gorbatenko  29'
Khagush  45'		 Report Kudryashov  43' Stadium: Arsenal Stadium
Attendance: 9,688
Referee: Vladimir Seldyakov
25 November 2017 18 Tosno 3 – 2 Arsenal Tula Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3) Markov  61', 79', 81' Report Čaušić  28'
Grigalava  68'
Tkachyov  76'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 3,079
Referee: Alexey Nikolaev
1 December 2017 19 Arsenal Tula 0 – 1 Spartak Moscow Tula
19:30 MSK (UTC+3) Grigalava  17'
Đorđević  67'		 Report Kutepov  40'
Glushakov  79' 90'		 Stadium: Arsenal Stadium
Attendance: 14,690
Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov
8 December 2017 20 Ural Yekaterinburg 1 – 1 Arsenal Tula Yekaterinburg
17:30 MSK (UTC+3) Portnyagin  30'
Haroyan  87'		 Report Sunzu  57'
Đorđević  73'		 Stadium: SKB-Bank Arena
Attendance: 1,345
Referee: Vitaly Meshkov
4 March 2018 21 Arsenal Tula 1 – 0 Akhmat Grozny Tula
19:00 MSK (UTC+3) Khagush  80'
Čaušić  90+1' 90+1'
Grigalava  90+4'
Dzyuba  90+4'		 Report Rodolfo  90+4'
Semyonov  90+4'		 Stadium: Arsenal Stadium
Attendance: 7,080
Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov
9 March 2018 22 Amkar Perm 0 – 2 Arsenal Tula Perm
14:00 MSK (UTC+3) Belorukov  67'  80'
Ogude  76'		 Report Dzyuba 11' 11' 67'
Kangwa  58'81'
Tkachyov  83'		 Stadium: Zvezda Stadium
Attendance: 1,089
Referee: Mikhail Vilkov
17 March 2018 23 Arsenal Tula 2 – 2 Rostov Tula
14:00 MSK (UTC+3) Dzyuba  14', 59'
Aleksandrov  16'
Gorbatenko  56'
Álvarez  87'		 Report Ionov  8', 31'
Sapeta  31'
Zuyev  72'		 Stadium: Arsenal Stadium
Attendance: 7,760
Referee: Sergey Lapochkin
31 March 2018 24 Dynamo Moscow 2 – 1 Arsenal Tula Khimki
16:30 MSK (UTC+3) Rykov  71'
Černych  74' 75'
Panchenko 81'		 Report Berkhamov  42'
Dzyuba  53'
Kombarov  73'
Novoseltsev  80'		 Stadium: Arena Khimki
Attendance: 5,374
Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov
7 April 2018 25 Arsenal Tula 2 – 1 Ufa Tula
19:00 MSK (UTC+3) Gorbatenko  2', 72'
Belyayev  40'		 Report Sysuyev  5'
Stotsky  16'
Salatić  56'
Jokić  64'		 Stadium: Arsenal Stadium
Attendance: 10,250
Referee: Kirill Levnikov
14 April 2018 26 Krasnodar 3 – 0 Arsenal Tula Krasnodar
19:00 MSK (UTC+3) Claesson  4' 90+2'
Petrov  23' 81'
Smolov  34'
Joãozinho  59'
Laborde  86'		 Report Berkhamov  8'
Khagush  57'		 Stadium: Krasnodar Stadium
Attendance: 19,667
Referee: Artem Chistyakov
22 April 2018 27 Arsenal Tula 3 – 3 Zenit St.Petersburg Tula
14:00 MSK (UTC+3) Gorbatenko  3' 23'  77'
Tkachyov  45' 45+1'
Aleksandrov  81'
Dzyuba  88'		 Report Driussi  26'
Paredes  36'
Kuzyayev  82', 84'		 Stadium: Arsenal Stadium
Attendance: 17,650
Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov
28 April 2018 28 Arsenal Tula 2 – 1 Anzhi Makhachkala Tula
19:30 MSK (UTC+3) Berkhamov  16'
Sunzu  62'
Kangwa  88'
Adzhoyev  90+4'		 Report Khubulov  22'
Samardžić  59'
Danchenko  73'
Armaș  86'		 Stadium: Arsenal Stadium
Attendance: 11,200
Referee: Sergey Karasev
6 May 2018 29 CSKA Moscow 6 – 0 Arsenal Tula Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3) Chalov  2', 21', 43'
Musa  11', 49'
Golovin  40'		 Report Aleksandrov  36' Stadium: VEB Arena
Attendance: 18,311
Referee: Kirill Levnikov
13 May 2018 30 Arsenal Tula 2 – 0 Lokomotiv Moscow Tula
14:00 MSK (UTC+3) Dzyuba  29'
Belyayev  41'
Sunzu  53'
Khagush  78'
Berkhamov  90+1'		 Report Kvirkvelia  45+1'  86'
Rotenberg  57'
Fernandes  80'		 Stadium: Arsenal Stadium
Attendance: 18,175
Referee: Evgeny Turbin

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 Zenit Saint Petersburg 30 14 11 5 46 21 +25 53 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
6 Ufa 30 11 10 9 34 30 +4 43 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
7 Arsenal Tula 30 12 6 12 35 41 −6 42
8 Dynamo Moscow 30 10 10 10 29 30 −1 40
9 Akhmat Grozny 30 10 9 11 30 34 −4 39
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.[24]
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.

Russian Cup
Main article: 2017–18 Russian Cup
20 September 2017 Round of 32 Tambov 1 – 0 Arsenal Tula Tambov
15:00 MSK (UTC+3) Ovsiyenko  43'
Skvortsov  90'
Smirnov  90+5'		 Report Khagush  79'
Denisov  81'		 Stadium: Spartak Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Nikolay Voloshin

Squad statistics
As of Match played 13 May 2018

Appearances and goals
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremier LeagueRussian Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Igor Obukhov 101000
6 DF Maksim Belyayev 28127110
7 MF Kantemir Berkhamov 17311+6300
8 DF Gia Grigalava 1108+3000
9 DF Kirill Kombarov 24024000
10 FW Evans Kangwa 19217+1210
11 MF Sergei Tkachyov 29627+1610
13 DF Stoppila Sunzu 29228210
14 DF Anri Khagush 1807+10010
15 MF Habib Maïga 101000
17 FW Guram Adzhoyev 100+1000
18 FW Luka Đorđević 23718+470+10
19 FW Federico Rasic 1902+16010
20 MF Goran Čaušić 27325+1310
21 DF Víctor Álvarez 21020+1000
23 MF Igor Gorbatenko 25320+4310
24 FW Artem Dzyuba 10610600
33 FW Aslanbek Sikoyev 400+4000
36 GK Mikhail Levashov 1009010
52 DF Ivan Novoseltsev 202000
55 MF Alexandru Bourceanu 21018+200+10
71 DF Aleksandr Denisov 1002+7010
77 MF Mihail Aleksandrov 20014+5010
80 MF Yaroslav Ivakin 100+1000
87 MF Ilya Maksimov 1117+4100
88 FW Igor Shevchenko 18012+500+10
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who left Arsenal Tula during the season:
30 GK Vladimir Gabulov 20020000

Goal scorers
Place Position Nation Number Name Premier League Russian Cup Total
1FW18Luka Đorđević707
2MF11Sergei Tkachyov606
FW24Artem Dzyuba606
4MF20Goran Čaušić303
MF23Igor Gorbatenko303
MF7Kantemir Berkhamov303
7FW10Evans Kangwa202
DF13Stoppila Sunzu202
9FW88Igor Shevchenko101
MF87Ilya Maksimov101
DF6Maksim Belyayev101
TOTALS 35035

Disciplinary record
Number Nation Position Name Premier League Russian Cup Total
6DFMaksim Belyayev500050
7MFKantemir Berkhamov300030
8DFGia Grigalava500050
9DFKirill Kombarov300030
10FWEvans Kangwa200020
11MFSergei Tkachyov200020
13DFStoppila Sunzu500050
14DFAnri Khagush401050
17FWGuram Adzhoyev100010
18FWLuka Đorđević200020
20MFGoran Čaušić500050
21DFVíctor Álvarez300030
23MFIgor Gorbatenko610061
24FWArtem Dzyuba200020
52DFIvan Novoseltsev100010
55MFAlexandru Bourceanu100010
71DFAleksandr Denisov101020
77MFMihail Aleksandrov500050
87MFIlya Maksimov100010
88FWIgor Shevchenko400040
Players who left Arsenal Tula during the season:
30GKVladimir Gabulov200020
TOTALS 63 1 2 0 65 1

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