The 2011–12
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 ...
season was the 3rd straight season that the club played in the
Russian Premier League
The Russian Premier League (RPL; , ''Rossiyskaya premyer-liga''; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is a professional association football league in Russia and the highest level of the Russian football league system. It was establis ...
, the highest tier of football in
Russia
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. They finished the season in 13th place, meaning they had to win a Relegation Playoff against
Shinnik Yaroslavl, which they won 4–0 on aggregate. Rostov also competed in the
2010–11
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&
2011–12 Russian Cup
The 2011–12 Russian Cup, known as the 2011–12 Pirelli–Russian Football Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the twentieth season of the Russian football knockout tournament since the dissolution of Soviet Union. The competition started on 20 Ap ...
reaching the semi-finals in both.
Rostov started the season with
Oleh Protasov
Oleh Valeriyovych Protasov (; born 4 February 1964) is a Ukrainian and Soviet former footballer who played as a striker. He was a key member of the Soviet Union national team throughout the 1980s; his 28 goals for the Soviet Union are second ...
as manager, but he was sacked as manager on 13 May 2011, being replaced by
Volodymyr Lyutyi
Volodymyr Ivanovych Lyutyi (; born 20 April 1962) is a football coach and a former player from Ukraine.
Career
Lyutyi was born in Dnipropetrovsk. After playing for the Soviet FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Lyutyi spent almost another ten years playin ...
in a caretaker capacity. Lyutyi himself was sacked as caretaker on 20 June 2011, being replaced by
Andrei Talalayev, also as caretaker. On 1 July
Sergei Balakhnin was appointed as Protasov's permanent successor, but was replaced as manager on 18 April 2012 by
Anatoli Baidachny.
Squad
Reserve squad
Transfers
Winter 2010–11
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Out:
Summer 2011
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Winter 2011–12
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Competitions
Premier League
First phase
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Relegation Group
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Relegation play-offs
Russian Cup
2010-11
2011-12
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
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, colspan="14", ''Players away from Rostov on loan during the season:''
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Goal scorers
Clean sheets
Disciplinary record
Notes
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 ...