The 2019–20
FC Rostov
FC Rostov () is a Russian professionalism in association football, professional football club based in Rostov-on-Don. The club competes in the Russian Premier League, playing their home matches at the Rostov Arena.
History
Soviet era (1930-199 ...
season was the club's eleventh successive season in the
Russian Premier League
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, the highest tier of football in Russia.
Season events
On 13 June, Rostov announced
Adidas
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as their new technical partner.
On 17 March, the
Russian Premier League
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postponed all league fixtures until April 10th due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
On 1 April, the
Russian Football Union
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extended the suspension of football until 31 May.
On 15 May, the Russian Football Union announced that the Russian Premier League season would resume on 21 June.
On 17 June, Rostov announced that six players had tested positive for
COVID-19
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The symptoms of COVID‑19 can vary but often include fever ...
, resulting 42 employees of the club going into a 2-week quarantine,
with their youth team travelling to play
Sochi
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on 19 June.
Transfers
On 7 June, Rostov announced the signing of
Dmitri Chistyakov on a four-year contract from
Tambov
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.
On 11 June, Rostov announced the signing of
Aleksandr Saplinov on a four-year contract from
Baltika Kaliningrad.
On 24 June,
Sergei Parshivlyuk left Rostov and signed for
Dynamo Moscow
MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (), is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. Founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky on 18 April 1923, Dynamo Moscow was the first institution created from the All-Union Dynamo Sports Club.
Dynamo Mosco ...
On 28 June,
Matija Boben made his loan move to
Livorno
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permanent.
On 3 July,
Aleksei Kozlov joined from
Dynamo Moscow
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Dynamo Mosco ...
.
On 9 July,
Konstantin Pliyev moved to
Rubin Kazan
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on a season-long loan deal.
On 11 July, Rostov signed four-year contracts with
Danila Proshlyakov,
joining from
Spartak Moscow, and
Aleksandr Dolgov who joined from
Lokomotiv Moscow
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.
On 12 July,
Yegor Baburin signed on a four-year contract from
Zenit St.Petersburg,
and
Vladimir Medved joined from
FC Slutsk
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History Origins and predecessor clubs
There was competitive football in Slutsk as early as 1913, with a Slutsk team entering the third season of the repub ...
.
On 17 July, Rostov announced that
Alexandru Gațcan would leave the club after their match against
Spartak Moscow on 20 July, ending his 11-year stint at the club.
On 19 July,
Reziuan Mirzov moved to
Spartak Moscow.
On 20 July,
Viðar Örn Kjartansson
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Club career
Viðar made his debut for Selfoss in 2006, aged 16. He joined Icelandic top di ...
moved to
Rubin Kazan
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on loan.
On 1 August,
Artyom Shchadin left Rostov to sign for
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino.
On 28 September,
Pavel Mamayev signed on a two-year contract after he'd been released by
Krasnodar
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on 20 September.
On 1 January,
Ragnar Sigurðsson left Rostov by mutual consent.
On 9 January, Rostov announced the signing of
Maksim Osipenko to a 4.5-year contract on a free transfer following his release from
Tambov
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.
On 12 February, Rostov signed
Maksim Rudakov from
Zenit St.Petersburg on a 4.5-year contract.
On 14 February,
Anton Salétros joined
Sarpsborg 08
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on loan until 31 July.
On 3 July, Rostov announced the signing of Russian U18 forward
Danila Sukhomlinov.
On 7 July, Rostov announced the signing of
David Toshevski
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Club career
On 7 July 2020, he signed a five-year cont ...
from
FK Rabotnički
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on a five-year contract.
On 9 July, Rostov announced the signing of
Kento Hashimoto
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Club career FC Tokyo
Considered one of the best prospects in FC Tokyo's youth ranks, he first joined the first-team squad from ...
from
FC Tokyo
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From 2025, FC Tokyo is one of the few J.League clubs to be simply called ''Footb ...
on a four-year contract.
On 13 July, Rostov announced the signing of
Konstantin Kovalyov from
Avangard Kursk.
New contracts
On 7 June,
Sergei Pesyakov signed a new three-contract whilst
Eldor Shomurodov
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Shomurodov played in his homeland for Mash'al Mubarek and Bunyodkor, b ...
signed a new five-year contract.
On 14 June 2019, Rostov announced that
Roman Eremenko
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Eremenko ...
had extended his contract with the club for four-years.
On 17 June 2019, Rostov announced that
Alexandru Gațcan had extended his contract with the club for another year.
Squad
On loan
Left club during season
Transfers
In
Out
Loans out
Released
Trial
Friendlies
Competitions
Premier League
Results by round
Results
League table
Russian Cup
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
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, colspan="14", ''Players away from the club on loan:''
, -
, colspan="14", ''Players who appeared for Rostov but left during the season:''
Goal scorers
Clean sheets
Disciplinary record
References
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Rostov
Rostov-on-Don is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East European Plain on the Don River, from the Sea of Azov, directly north of t ...