2008 FC Rubin Kazan season

The 2008 FC Rubin Kazan season was the club's 6th season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. Rubin finished the league season as champions of Russia for the first time in club history and thereby qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the first time ever, entering at the group stage of the competition during the 2009–10 season.

FC Rubin Kazan

2008 season
Chairman	Farit Khabriyev
Manager	Kurban Berdyev
Stadium	Central Stadium
Premier League	1st (champions)
Russian Cup	Progressed to 2009 season
Top goalscorer	League: Three Players (6) All: Three Players (6)

Squad

As of match played 22 November 2008[1]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Sergei Kozko		GK	12 April 1975 (aged 33)	Moscow	2008
29	Nukri Revishvili		GK	2 March 1987 (aged 21)	Torpedo Kutaisi	2006		7	0
32	Yevgeni Cheremisin		GK	29 February 1988 (aged 20)	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	2008		0	0
64	Dmitry Kortnev		GK	16 May 1989 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2008		0	0
77	Sergey Ryzhikov		GK	19 September 1980 (aged 28)	Lokomotiv Moscow	2008		27	0
Defenders
2	Stjepan Tomas		DF	6 March 1976 (aged 32)	Galatasaray	2007		31	0
3	Cristian Ansaldi		DF	20 September 1986 (aged 22)	Newell's Old Boys	2008		28	1
4	Jefthon		DF	3 January 1982 (aged 26)	Kuban Krasnodar	2008		4	0
5	Andrei Fyodorov		DF	10 April 1971 (aged 37)	Baltika Kaliningrad	2000
9	Lasha Salukvadze		DF	21 December 1981 (aged 26)	Dinamo Tbilisi	2005		80	1
22	Aleksandr Orekhov		DF	29 November 1983 (aged 24)	Kuban Krasnodar	2008		11	0
24	Aleksei Popov		DF	7 July 1978 (aged 30)	Amkar Perm	2008		7	0
27	Davit Kvirkvelia		DF	27 June 1980 (aged 28)	Metalurh Zaporizhya	2008		24	3
44	Igor Klimov		DF	1 November 1989 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2007		2	0
65	Maksim Zhestokov		DF	19 June 1991 (aged 17)	Youth Team	2008		0	0
76	Roman Sharonov		DF	8 September 1976 (aged 32)	Shinnik Yaroslavl	2008
80	Dmitri Tarabrikov		DF	23 April 1990 (aged 18)	Youth Team	2008		0	0
82	Mikhail Mishchenko		DF	27 June 1989 (aged 19)	SOYUZ-Gazprom Izhevsk	2008		1	0
Midfielders
6	MacBeth Sibaya		MF	25 November 1977 (aged 30)	Rosenborg	2003		116	2
7	Sergei Semak		MF	27 February 1976 (aged 32)	Moscow	2008		27	5
10	Andrei Kobenko		MF	25 June 1982 (aged 26)	Amkar Perm	2008		18	2
15	Aleksandr Ryazantsev		MF	5 September 1986 (aged 22)	Moscow	2006		64	7
16	Christian Noboa		MF	9 April 1985 (aged 23)	Emelec	2007		42	7
23	Yevgeni Balyaikin		MF	19 May 1988 (aged 20)	Sibiryak Bratsk	2007		16	0
41	Ilsur Samigullin		MF	6 February 1991 (aged 17)	Youth Team	2008		0	0
43	Aleksei Kotlyarov		MF	11 May 1989 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2008		1	0
48	Vadim Afonin		MF	29 September 1987 (aged 21)	Traktor Tashkent	2006		1	0
49	Vagiz Galiulin		MF	10 October 1987 (aged 21)	Traktor Tashkent	2007		3	1
61	Gökdeniz Karadeniz		MF	11 January 1980 (aged 28)	Trabzonspor	2008		27	6
83	Vladimir Chernov		MF	15 January 1991 (aged 17)	Youth Team	2008		0	0
93	Shamil Alimagomayev		MF	13 July 1989 (aged 19)	Anzhi-Bekenez Makhachkala	2008		0	0
94	Artyom Ivanov		MF	16 February 1990 (aged 18)	Youth Team	2008		0	0
95	Valeriy Zimakov		MF	22 November 1990 (aged 18)	Youth Team	2008		0	0
	Gabriel Giurgiu		MF	3 September 1982 (aged 26)	Oțelul Galați	2007		4	0
Forwards
11	Aleksandr Bukharov		FW	12 March 1985 (aged 23)	Chernomorets Novorossiysk	2005		42	14
14	Serhiy Rebrov		FW	3 June 1974 (aged 34)	Dynamo Kyiv	2008[2]	2009[2]	24	5
19	Savo Milošević		FW	2 September 1973 (aged 35)	Osasuna	2008[3]	2008[3]	17	3
21	Roman Adamov		FW	21 June 1982 (aged 26)	Moscow	2008		14	1
56	Ruslan Nagayev		FW	14 February 1989 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2008		1	0
67	Davron Mirzaev		FW	8 February 1989 (aged 19)	Pakhtakor Tashkent	2007		1	0
68	Ilya Kukharchuk		FW	2 August 1990 (aged 18)	Youth Team	2008		0	0
81	Ildar Bikchantayev		FW	2 February 1990 (aged 18)	Akademiya Dimitrovgrad	2008		1	0
92	Wahyt Orazsähedow		FW	26 January 1992 (aged 16)	Köpetdag Aşgabat	2008		0	0
97	Igor Portnyagin		FW	7 January 1989 (aged 19)	SOYUZ-Gazprom Izhevsk	2008		1	0
99	Hasan Kabze		FW	26 May 1982 (aged 26)	Galatasaray	2007		35	6
Away on loan
8	Pyotr Gitselov		MF	18 July 1983 (aged 25)	Bodens	2007		13	0
28	Sergei Nesterenko		DF	30 December 1986 (aged 21)	Dynamo Barnaul	2007		2	0
31	Gabriel		DF	4 August 1981 (aged 27)	União de Leiria	2006[4]	2009[4]	45	5
46	Aleksandr Yarkin		FW	29 December 1986 (aged 21)	Dynamo Barnaul	2006		8	0
79	Pavel Kharchik		GK	5 April 1979 (aged 29)	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	2004
	Aleksandrs Koļinko		GK	18 June 1975 (aged 33)	Rostov	2005		84	0
	Aleksandr Kulikov		DF	19 March 1988 (aged 20)	Youth Team	2007		0	0
	Fábio		MF	2 May 1982 (aged 26)	Real Sociedad	2007		9	0
	Dmitri Shestakov		MF	26 February 1983 (aged 25)	Sportakademklub Moscow	2005		0	0
	Vladimir Dyadyun		FW	12 July 1988 (aged 20)	Youth Team	2007		6	1
Players that left Rubin Kazan during the season
20	Aleksei Rebko		MF	23 April 1986 (aged 22)	Spartak Moscow	2008		2	0
26	Alexandru Gațcan		MF	27 March 1984 (aged 24)	Spartak Chelyabinsk	2006[5]	2008[5]	51	4
91	Pavel Krasnikov		DF	25 February 1990 (aged 18)	Youth Team	2008		0	0
98	Dmitri Vasilyev		MF	25 March 1977 (aged 31)	Shinnik Yaroslavl	2005		47	2
	Walter García		DF	14 March 1984 (aged 24)	San Lorenzo	2006[6]	2009[6]	5	0

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 8 MF  RUS Pyotr Gitselov (at Rostov until end of the season) 28 DF  RUS Sergei Nesterenko (at SKA-Energia Khabarovsk until end of the season) 31 DF  BRA Gabriel (at Khimki until end of the season) 46 FW  RUS Aleksandr Yarkin (at SKA-Energia Khabarovsk until end of the season) 79 GK  TKM Pavel Kharchik (at Anzhi Makhachkala until end of the season)

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  LVA Aleksandrs Koļinko (at Rubin-2 Kazan until end of the season) — DF  RUS Aleksandr Kulikov (at Salyut-Energiya until end of the season) — MF  POR Fábio (at Asteras Tripoli until Summer 2009) — MF  RUS Dmitri Shestakov (at Ryazan until end of the season) — FW  RUS Vladimir Dyadyun (at Rostov until end of the season)

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  RUS Aleksei Rebko (to Moscow) 26 MF  MDA Alexandru Gațcan (to Rostov) 91 DF  RUS Pavel Krasnikov

No. Pos. Nation Player 98 MF  RUS Dmitri Vasilyev (to Shinnik Yaroslavl) — DF  ARG Walter García (to Nacional)

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
Winter 2008	GK		Yevgeni Cheremisin	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	Undisclosed
Winter 2008	GK		Sergey Ryzhikov	Lokomotiv Moscow	Undisclosed
Winter 2008	GK		Sergei Kozko	Moscow	Undisclosed
Winter 2008	DF		Cristian Ansaldi	Newell's Old Boys	Undisclosed
Winter 2008	DF		Jefthon	Kuban Krasnodar	Undisclosed
Winter 2008	DF		Davit Kvirkvelia	Metalurh Zaporizhya	Undisclosed
Winter 2008	DF		Mikhail Mishchenko	SOYUZ-Gazprom Izhevsk	Undisclosed
Winter 2008	DF		Aleksandr Orekhov	Kuban Krasnodar	Undisclosed
Winter 2008	DF		Roman Sharonov	Shinnik Yaroslavl	Undisclosed
Winter 2008	MF		Shamil Alimagomayev	Anzhi-Bekenez Makhachkala	Undisclosed
Winter 2008	MF		Andrei Kobenko	Amkar Perm	Undisclosed
Winter 2008	MF		Aleksei Rebko	Spartak Moscow	Undisclosed
Winter 2008	MF		Sergei Semak	Moscow	Undisclosed
Winter 2008	FW		Roman Adamov	Moscow	Undisclosed
Winter 2008	FW		Ildar Bikchantayev	Akademiya Dimitrovgrad	Undisclosed
Winter 2008	FW		Igor Portnyagin	SOYUZ-Gazprom Izhevsk	Undisclosed
Winter 2008	FW		Wahyt Orazsähedow	Köpetdag Aşgabat	Undisclosed
3 March 2008	FW		Serhiy Rebrov	Dynamo Kyiv	Undisclosed	[2]
11 March 2008	FW		Savo Milošević	Osasuna	Free	[3]
13 March 2008	MF		Gökdeniz Karadeniz	Trabzonspor	Undisclosed	[7]
Summer 2008	DF		Aleksei Popov	Amkar Perm	Undisclosed
Summer 2008	FW		Roman Adamov	Moscow	Undisclosed

Rebrov's move was announced on the above date, but not finalised until the end of his Dynamo Kyiv contract during the summer of 2008.

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
Summer 2008	DF		Walter García	Nacional	Undisclosed
Summer 2008	MF		Alexandru Gațcan	Rostov	Undisclosed	[8]
Summer 2008	MF		Aleksei Rebko	Moscow	Undisclosed
Summer 2008	MF		Dmitri Vasilyev	Shinnik Yaroslavl	Undisclosed

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
Winter 2007	FW		Aleksandr Yarkin	SKA-Energia Khabarovsk	End of Season
Summer 2007	MF		Fábio	Marítimo	Summer 2008
Winter 2008	GK		Aleksandrs Koļinko	Rubin-2 Kazan	End of Season
Winter 2008	GK		Pavel Kharchik	Anzhi Makhachkala	End of Season
Winter 2008	DF		Aleksandr Kulikov	Salyut-Energiya	31 December 2009
Winter 2008	DF		Sergei Nesterenko	SKA-Energia Khabarovsk	End of Season
Winter 2008	MF		Gabriel Giurgiu	Oțelul Galați	Summer 2008
Winter 2008	MF		Dmitri Shestakov	FC Ryazan	End of Season
Winter 2008	FW		Vladimir Dyadyun	Rostov	End of Season
29 August 2008	DF		Gabriel	Khimki	End of Season	[9]
Summer 2008	MF		Pyotr Gitselov	Rostov	End of Season	[8]
Summer 2008	MF		Fábio	Asteras Tripoli	Summer 2009

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
Summer 2008	DF		Pavel Krasnikov
Winter 2008	GK		Aleksandrs Koļinko	JFK Olimps
Winter 2008	GK		Pavel Kharchik	Aşgabat
Winter 2008	DF		Jefthon	NK Zagreb
Winter 2008	DF		Andrei Fyodorov	Retired
Winter 2008	MF		Gabriel Giurgiu	Oțelul Galați
Winter 2008	MF		Shamil Alimagomayev	Anzhi Makhachkala
Winter 2008	MF		Artyom Ivanov
Winter 2008	MF		Andrei Kobenko	Terek Grozny
Winter 2008	MF		Valeriy Zimakov	Khimki
Winter 2008	MF		Vadim Afonin	Shurtan Guzar
Winter 2008	FW		Savo Milošević	Retired

Competitions

Premier League

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	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	D	D	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	L

Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2008. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

16 March 2008 1	Lokomotiv Moscow	0 – 1	Rubin Kazan	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Sharonov  45+' Ryazantsev  53' Kobenko  85' Ansaldi  90' Kabze  FT'	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 15,540 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

23 March 2008 2	Rubin Kazan	1 – 0	Luch-Energiya Vladivostok	Kazan
15:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Sheshukov  17' (o.g.) Sibaya  35' Kvirkvelia  52' Orekhov  74'  88' Ansaldi  77' Ryzhikov  90'	Report	Vujović  39' Gvazava  45' Goore  61' Damjanović  88'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Yuri Baskakov

30 March 2008 3	Zenit St.Petersburg	1 – 3	Rubin Kazan	Saint Petersburg
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Fayzulin  3' Arshavin  16' Križanac  35'	Report	Kobenko  12' Semak  76' Karadeniz  77', 84'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,470 Referee: Igor Zakharov

5 April 2008 4	Rubin Kazan	2 – 1	Tom Tomsk	Kazan
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Semak  45+'  74' (pen.) Tomas  52' Kvirkvelia  65' Balyaikin  90+'	Report	Tarasov  35' Volkov  40' Klimov  74' Mladenov  77' (pen.)  90+' Jokić  90+' Vejić  FT'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Maksim Layushkin

12 April 2008 5	Khimki	0 – 4	Rubin Kazan	Khimki
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Yevstafyev  46' Drozdov  55' Čeh 59' Golovatenco  68'	Report	Karadeniz  56', 61' Kobenko  73' Rebrov  79' Sibaya  83' Noboa  88'	Stadium: Rodina Stadium Attendance: 5,100 Referee: Nikolai Ivanov

20 April 2008 6	Rubin Kazan	1 – 0	Amkar Perm	Kazan
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Tomas  18' Rebrov  20' Kabze  65' Semak  67' Balyaikin  90'	Report	Zhilyayev  16' Grishin  45' Popov  56'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Igor Egorov

25 April 2008 7	Dynamo Moscow	0 – 2	Rubin Kazan	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Tanasijević  48' Danny  61' K.Kombarov  63'	Report	Ansaldi  3' Kvirkvelia  28'  60' Semak  34' Sharonov  57' Balyaikin  62'	Stadium: Central Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Vitali Doroshenko

3 May 2008 8	Rubin Kazan	0 – 3	Spartak Moscow	Kazan
MSK (UTC+3)	Semak  30' Kvirkvelia  62' Balyaikin  78'	Report	Welliton  20'  30' Mozart  24' Bazhenov  65' Pavlenko  69'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 28,500 Referee: Nikolai Ivanov

7 May 2008 9	Moscow	1 – 2	Rubin Kazan	Moscow
MSK (UTC+3)	Kaleshin  34'  38' Epureanu  59'	Report	Semak  57' Kabze  61' Ryazantsev  79'  88' Sibaya  82'	Stadium: Eduard Streltsov Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Stanislav Sukhina

10 May 2008 10	Spartak Nalchik	2 – 0	Rubin Kazan	Nalchik
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Kalimullin  9' Geteriev  31' Kisenkov  57'  75' Shumeyko  59' Siradze  84' 90+'	Report	Ryazantsev  40' Karadeniz  42' Orekhov  52' Sharonov  57' Ansaldi  74'	Stadium: Spartak Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Yuri Baskakov

15 May 2008 11	Rubin Kazan	1 – 1	Shinnik Yaroslavl	Kazan
18:15 MSK (UTC+3)	Karadeniz  58' Noboa  74' Kvirkvelia  90+'	Report	Silva  45' Basto  68' Boyarintsev  90'  90+'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis

5 July 2008 12	Krylia Sovetov	2 – 2	Rubin Kazan	Samara
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Savin  40' Ajinjal  70'  88' (pen.) Salugin  83' Booth  90+'	Report	Noboa  10', 66'  30'	Stadium: Metallurg Stadium Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Yuri Baskakov

13 July 2008 13	Rubin Kazan	0 – 0	Saturn Ramenskoye	Kazan
MSK (UTC+3)	Kvirkvelia  79' Tomas  87'	Report	Angbwa  12' Nemov  40' Kirichenko  53'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Alexei Kovalev

20 July 2008 14	Terek Grozny	0 – 0	Rubin Kazan	Grozny
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Pancu  42' Dzhabrailov  89' Bouli  90+1'	Report	Noboa  36' Ryzhikov  42' Ryazantsev  83'	Stadium: Sultan Bilimkhanov Stadium Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Maksim Layushkin

26 July 2008 15	Rubin Kazan	0 – 0	CSKA Moscow	Kazan
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ansaldi  45' Kabze  57' Sibaya  70'	Report	Zhirkov  26' V.Berezutski  63' A.Berezutski  64'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 22,300 Referee: Vladimir Pettay

3 August 2008 16	Luch-Energiya Vladivostok	1 – 1	Rubin Kazan	Vladivostok
12:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Alves  22' Gvazava  23' Streltsov  35'	Report	Semak  75' Karadeniz  86'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis

10 August 2008 17	Rubin Kazan	4 – 1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Kazan
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Bukharov  9', 11' Rebrov  12' Karadeniz  21' Kobenko  86'	Report	Tymoshchuk  15'  90' 23' (pen.) Križanac  55' Puygrenier  76'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Maksim Layushkin

15 August 2008 18	Tom Tomsk	1 – 2	Rubin Kazan	Tomsk
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Jokić  4' Kontsedalov  27' Kabanov  68'	Report	Kvirkvelia  24' Rebrov  32' Semak  38' Karadeniz  42' Ansaldi  75' Ryzhikov  90+'	Stadium: Trud Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Nikolai Ivanov

23 August 2008 19	Rubin Kazan	2 – 0	Khimki	Kazan
15:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Kudryashov  52' (o.g.) Semak  77' Kabze  90+'	Report	Kudryashov  15' Rebeja  31' Titov  59' Pylypchuk  87'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Sergei Karasev

31 August 2008 20	Amkar Perm	1 – 2	Rubin Kazan	Perm
17:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Volkov  53' Kushev  58' (pen.)  69'	Report	Kobenko  42' Sharonov  45' Ansaldi  55' Bukharov  68' Noboa  73'	Stadium: Zvezda Stadium Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Igor Zakharov

13 September 2008 21	Rubin Kazan	1 – 0	Dynamo Moscow	Kazan
MSK (UTC+3)	Rebrov  2' Tomas  49' Kvirkvelia  64'	Report	Dimidko  57' Wilkshire  90+'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Stanislav Sukhina

21 September 2008 22	Spartak Moscow	0 – 1	Rubin Kazan	Moscow
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Saenko  24' Bystrov  90+'	Report	Rebrov  15' Bukharov  27' Ryazantsev  70' Kvirkvelia  76'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Nikolai Ivanov

28 September 2008 23	Rubin Kazan	0 – 1	Moscow	Kazan
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Semak  61' Sharonov  87'	Report	Česnauskis  25' Bracamonte  40' Goore  47' Bystrov  67'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis

4 October 2008 24	Rubin Kazan	3 – 0	Spartak Nalchik	Kazan
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Bukharov  1' Milošević  15', 53'	Report	Amisulashvili  55'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Almir Kayumov

18 October 2008 25	Shinnik Yaroslavl	0 – 2	Rubin Kazan	Yaroslavl
14:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Ushenin  68'	Report	Sharonov  12' Noboa  38' Milošević  62' Rebrov  71'  84'	Stadium: Shinnik Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

25 October 2008 26	Rubin Kazan	3 – 0	Krylia Sovetov	Kazan
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ansaldi  34' Bukharov  47' Kobenko  62' Noboa  66'	Report	Booth  38'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Alexander Kolobaev

2 November 2008 27	Saturn Ramenskoye	1 – 2	Rubin Kazan	Ramenskoye
14:15 MSK (UTC+3)	Okoronkwo  29' Nakhushev  68' Nemov  80'	Report	Kvirkvelia  53' Rebrov  68' Adamov  75' Tomas  81' Milošević  89'	Stadium: Saturn Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Nikolai Ivanov

9 November 2008 28	Rubin Kazan	1 – 3	Terek Grozny	Kazan
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Fyodorov  5' Semak  28' Kobenko  18' Sharonov  76'	Report	Bendz  32' Mărgăritescu  44' Zabavník  72' Petre  82', 86'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 24,500 Referee: Sergei Karasev

16 November 2008 29	CSKA Moscow	4 – 0	Rubin Kazan	Moscow
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Rahimić  40' Vágner Love  54', 76', 80' 77' Dzagoev  67' Zhirkov  87'	Report	Balyaikin  7' Noboa  42' Sharonov  45' Kobenko  45' Adamov  45'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis

22 November 2008 30	Rubin Kazan	1 – 2	Lokomotiv Moscow	Kazan
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Bukharov  36' Balyaikin  65' Orekhov  68' Sibaya  82' Rebrov  90+'	Report	Kambolov  10' Odemwingie  15' Gurenko  20' Rodolfo  27' Cociș  58'  82' Glushakov  90+'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Stanislav Sukhina

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rubin Kazan (C)	30	18	6	6	44	26	+18	60	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	CSKA Moscow	30	16	8	6	53	24	+29	56
3	Dynamo Moscow	30	15	9	6	41	29	+12	54	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Amkar Perm	30	14	9	7	31	22	+9	51	Qualification to Europa League play-off round
5	Zenit St. Petersburg	30	12	12	6	59	37	+22	48[lower-alpha 1]

Source: RFPL (in Russian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored; 7th position in previous season or decision game
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Zenit St. Petersburg ahead of Krylia Sovetov on head-to-head points; Zenit St. Petersburg–Krylia Sovetov 1–1, Krylia Sovetov–Zenit St. Petersburg 0–3.

2008-09

6 August 2008 Round of 32	Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (3 – 5 p)	Rubin Kazan	Komsomolsk-on-Amur
12:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Lodis  21'  40' (pen.) I.Puzan  27' Gorbatyuk  53' A.Nekrasov  88' R.Malahov  95'	Report	Galiulin  15' Klimov  20' Bikchantayev  38' Kozko  40' Balyaikin  116'	Stadium: Vanguard Stadium Attendance: 6,800 Referee: Evgeny Turbin
	Penalties
	A.Sapezhnikov Lodis Gorbatyuk I.Levin		Mishchenko Fyodorov Balyaikin Mirzaev Klimov

24 September 2008 Round of 16	Rubin Kazan	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (4 – 1 p)	Amkar Perm	Kazan
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Noboa  54' Orekhov  64' Jefthon  82' Kobenko  90+'	Report	Fedoriv  31' Milovanović  35' Dujmović  51' Starkov  68' Sirakov  89' Belorukov  90' Zhilyayev  114'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Vyacheslav Kharlamov
	Penalties
	Milošević Ansaldi Adamov Kobenko		Sirakov Drinčić Cherenchikov

The Quarterfinal game took place during the 2009 season.

Squad statistics

As of match played 22 November 2008

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		2008–09 Russian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Sergei Kozko	7	0	5+1	0	1	0
2	DF		Stjepan Tomas	20	0	19	0	1	0
3	DF		Cristian Ansaldi	28	1	26+1	1	1	0
4	DF		Jefthon	4	0	1+1	0	2	0
5	DF		Andrei Fyodorov	3	0	1	0	2	0
6	MF		MacBeth Sibaya	26	0	23+2	0	0+1	0
7	MF		Sergei Semak	27	5	27	5	0	0
9	DF		Lasha Salukvadze	15	0	11+4	0	0	0
10	MF		Andrei Kobenko	18	2	12+5	2	1	0
11	FW		Aleksandr Bukharov	20	6	11+9	6	0	0
14	FW		Serhiy Rebrov	24	5	20+4	5	0	0
15	MF		Aleksandr Ryazantsev	22	1	18+4	1	0	0
16	MF		Christian Noboa	22	6	17+4	6	1	0
19	FW		Savo Milošević	17	3	7+9	3	1	0
21	FW		Roman Adamov	14	1	6+7	1	1	0
22	DF		Aleksandr Orekhov	11	0	9+1	0	1	0
23	MF		Yevgeni Balyaikin	12	0	4+6	0	1+1	0
24	DF		Aleksei Popov	7	0	6+1	0	0	0
27	DF		Davit Kvirkvelia	24	3	24	3	0	0
43	MF		Aleksei Kotlyarov	1	0	0	0	1	0
44	DF		Igor Klimov	1	0	0	0	1	0
48	MF		Vadim Afonin	1	0	0	0	1	0
49	MF		Vagiz Galiulin	2	1	0+1	0	1	1
56	FW		Ruslan Nagayev	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
61	MF		Gökdeniz Karadeniz	27	6	26+1	6	0	0
67	FW		Davron Mirzaev	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
76	DF		Roman Sharonov	26	1	26	1	0	0
77	GK		Sergey Ryzhikov	27	0	25+1	0	1	0
81	FW		Ildar Bikchantayev	1	0	0	0	1	0
82	DF		Mikhail Mishchenko	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
97	FW		Igor Portnyagin	1	0	0	0	1	0
99	FW		Hasan Kabze	24	2	5+18	2	1	0
Players away from the club on loan:
8	MF		Pyotr Gitselov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
31	DF		Gabriel	2	0	0+1	0	1	0
Players who appeared for Rubin Kazan but left during the season:
20	MF		Aleksei Rebko	2	0	1+1	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	2008–09 Russian Cup	Total
1	FW		11	Aleksandr Bukharov	6	0	6
	MF		61	Gökdeniz Karadeniz	6	0	6
	MF		16	Christian Noboa	6	0	6
4	FW		14	Serhiy Rebrov	5	0	5
	MF		7	Sergei Semak	5	0	5
6	FW		19	Savo Milošević	3	0	3
	DF		27	Davit Kvirkvelia	3	0	3
8	FW		99	Hasan Kabze	2	0	2
	MF		10	Andrei Kobenko	2	0	2
				Own goal	2	0	2
11	FW		21	Roman Adamov	1	0	1
	MF		15	Aleksandr Ryazantsev	1	0	1
	DF		76	Roman Sharonov	1	0	1
	DF		3	Cristian Ansaldi	1	0	1
	MF		49	Vagiz Galiulin	0	1	1
Total					44	1	45

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		2008–09 Russian Cup		Total
1		GK	Sergei Kozko	0	0	1	0	1	0
2		DF	Stjepan Tomas	5	0	0	0	5	0
3		DF	Cristian Ansaldi	7	0	0	0	7	0
4		DF	Jefthon	0	0	1	0	1	0
5		DF	Andrei Fyodorov	1	0	0	0	1	0
6		MF	MacBeth Sibaya	5	0	0	0	5	0
7		MF	Sergei Semak	7	0	0	0	7	0
10		MF	Andrei Kobenko	6	0	1	0	7	0
11		FW	Aleksandr Bukharov	1	0	0	0	1	0
14		FW	Serhiy Rebrov	5	0	0	0	5	0
15		MF	Aleksandr Ryazantsev	5	0	0	0	5	0
16		MF	Christian Noboa	4	0	1	0	5	0
19		FW	Savo Milošević	1	0	0	0	1	0
21		FW	Roman Adamov	1	0	0	0	1	0
22		DF	Aleksandr Orekhov	4	1	1	0	5	1
23		MF	Yevgeni Balyaikin	6	0	1	0	7	0
27		DF	Davit Kvirkvelia	8	0	0	0	8	0
44		DF	Igor Klimov	0	0	1	0	1	0
61		MF	Gökdeniz Karadeniz	3	0	0	0	3	0
76		DF	Roman Sharonov	7	0	0	0	7	0
77		GK	Sergey Ryzhikov	3	0	0	0	3	0
81		FW	Ildar Bikchantayev	0	0	1	0	1	0
99		FW	Hasan Kabze	3	0	0	0	3	0
Players away on loan:
Players who left Rubin Kazan during the season:
Total				82	1	8	0	90	1

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