2020–21 PFC CSKA Moscow season

The 2020–21 PFC CSKA Moscow season is the club's 110th season in existence and the 29th consecutive season in the top flight of Russian football. In addition to the domestic league, CSKA Moscow will participate in this season's editions of the Russian Cup. The season covers the period from August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

CSKA Moscow

2020–21 season
Chairman	Yevgeni Giner
Manager	Viktor Goncharenko
Stadium	VEB Arena
Premier League	4th
Russian Cup	Round of 16
Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Konstantin Kuchayev (2) All: Konstantin Kuchayev (2)
Highest home attendance	7,939 vs Tambov (15 August 2020)
Lowest home attendance	7,939 vs Tambov (15 August 2020)
Average home league attendance	7,939 (15 August 2020)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Season events

Transfers

On 20 July, Vitali Zhironkin returned to Baltika Kaliningrad on loan for the 2020–21 season.[1]

On 31 July, Maksim Yeleyev signed a new contract with CSKA Moscow, until the summer of 2024, and moved to Akron Tolyatti on a season-long loan deal.[2] Also on 31 July, Khetag Khosonov left CSKA to move permanently to Alania Vladikavkaz.[3]

On 5 August, Cédric Gogoua joined Rotor Volgograd on a season-long loan deal, with the option to make the move permanent,[4] whilst Ilya Pomazun extended his CSKA contract until the end of the 2024–25 season, and moved to Ural Yekaterinburg on loan for the season.[5] Later the same day, CSKA announced the signing of Adolfo Gaich to a five-year contract, from San Lorenzo.[6]

On 7 August, CSKA agreed a new one-year contract with Kirill Nababkin after his previous contract had expired at the end of the previous season.[7]

On 11 August, Lassana N'Diaye joined Swedish Superettan club AFC Eskilstuna on loan for the remainder of 2020.[8]

On 12 August, Timur Zhamaletdinov was sold to FC Ufa.[9]

August

CSKA opened the season with an away trip to newly promoted FC Khimki, which they won 2-0 thanks to first half goals from Konstantin Kuchayev and Alan Dzagoev.[10] In CSKA's second game of the season, they defeated Tambov 2-1, with Kuchayev scoring his second goal of the season and Ilya Shkurin scoring his first for the club.[11]

Squad

As of match played 15 August 2020

Number	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
35	Igor Akinfeev		GK	(1986-04-08) 8 April 1986	Academy	2003	2022[12]	639	0
49	Vladislav Torop		GK	(2003-11-07) 7 November 2003	Academy	2019	2022[13]	0	0
Defenders
2	Mário Fernandes	[14]	DF	(1990-09-19) 19 September 1990	Grêmio	2012[15]	2022[16]	274	6
5	Viktor Vasin		DF	(1988-10-06) 6 October 1988	Spartak Nalchik	2011[17]	2021[17]	75	2
13	Nikita Kotin		DF	(2002-09-01) 1 September 2002	Krylia Sovetov	2020[18]	2023[18]	0	0
14	Kirill Nababkin		DF	(1986-09-08) 8 September 1986	Moscow	2010	2021[7]	251	4
23	Hörður Magnússon		DF	(1993-02-11) 11 February 1993	Bristol City	2018[19]		62	4
42	Georgi Shchennikov		DF	(1991-04-27) 27 April 1991	Academy	2008	2023[20]	319	10
62	Vadim Karpov		DF	(2002-07-14) 14 July 2002	Academy	2019		21	0
78	Igor Diveyev		DF	(1999-09-27) 27 September 1999	Ufa	2019[21]	2024[21]	47	2
Midfielders
7	Ilzat Akhmetov		MF	(1997-12-31) 31 December 1997	Rubin Kazan	2018[22]	2022[22]	60	4
8	Nikola Vlašić		MF	(1997-10-04) 4 October 1997	Everton	2019[23]	2024[23]	69	21
10	Alan Dzagoev		MF	(1990-06-17) 17 June 1990	Krylia Sovetov-SOK Dimitrovgrad	2008	2021[24]	356	76
17	Arnór Sigurðsson		MF	(1999-05-15) 15 May 1999	IFK Norrköping	2018[25]	2023[25]	58	11
20	Konstantin Kuchayev		MF	(1998-03-18) 18 March 1998	Academy	2015	2023[26]	77	3
22	Konstantin Maradishvili		MF	(2000-02-07) 7 February 2000	Academy	2019	2025[27]	13	0
25	Kristijan Bistrović		MF	(1998-04-09) 9 April 1998	Slaven Belupo	2018[28]	2022[28]	69	3
29	Jaka Bijol		MF	(1999-02-05) 5 February 1999	Rudar Velenje	2018[29]	2023[29]	63	6
71	Nayair Tiknizyan		MF	(1999-05-12) 12 May 1999	Academy	2013	2022[30]	10	0
98	Ivan Oblyakov		MF	(1998-07-05) 5 July 1998	Ufa	2018	2023[31]	68	7
	Gocha Gogriciani		MF	(2000-05-05) 5 May 2000	Rostov	2020[32]		0	0
Forwards
9	Fyodor Chalov		FW	(1998-04-10) 10 April 1998	Academy	2015	2022[33]	126	39
21	Adolfo Gaich		FW	(1999-02-26) 26 February 1999	San Lorenzo	2020[6]	2025[6]	2	0
99	Ilya Shkurin		FW	(1999-08-17) 17 August 1999	Dynamo Brest	2020[34]	2024[34]	6	1
Away on loan
1	Ilya Pomazun		GK	(1996-08-16) 16 August 1996	Academy	2012	2025[5]	7	0
18	Lassana N'Diaye		FW	(2000-10-03) 3 October 2000	Guidars	2018[35]	2023[35]	0	0
19	Takuma Nishimura		FW	(1999-05-15) 15 May 1999	IFK Norrköping	2018[36]	2022[36]	23	4
27	Cédric Gogoua		DF	(1994-07-10) 10 July 1994	Tambov	2019[37]	2023[37]	5	1
53	Maksim Yeleyev		DF	(2001-03-03) 3 March 2001	Academy	2019	2024[2]	1	0
81	Vitali Zhironkin		FW	(2000-03-10) 10 March 2000	Academy	2018	2022[30]	0	0
Players who left during the season
75	Timur Zhamaletdinov		FW	(1997-05-21) 21 May 1997	Academy	2014	2021[38]	42	5

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 1 GK  RUS Ilya Pomazun (at Ural Yekaterinburg) 18 FW  MLI Lassana N'Diaye (at AFC Eskilstuna) 19 FW  JPN Takuma Nishimura (at Vegalta Sendai)

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 DF  CIV Cédric Gogoua (at Rotor Volgograd) 53 DF  RUS Maksim Yeleyev (at Akron Tolyatti) 81 FW  RUS Vitali Zhironkin (at Baltika Kaliningrad)

Transfers

Main articles: List of Russian football transfers summer 2020 and List of Russian football transfers winter 2020–21

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
5 August 2020	FW		Adolfo Gaich	San Lorenzo	Undisclosed	[6]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
31 July 2020	MF		Khetag Khosonov	Alania Vladikavkaz	Undisclosed	[3]
12 August 2020	FW		Timur Zhamaletdinov	Ufa	Undisclosed	[9]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
20 July 2020	FW		Vitali Zhironkin	Baltika Kaliningrad	End of season	[1]
31 July 2020	DF		Maksim Yeleyev	Akron Tolyatti	End of season	[2]
5 August 2020	GK		Ilya Pomazun	Ural Yekaterinburg	End of season	[5]
5 August 2020	DF		Cédric Gogoua	Rotor Volgograd	End of season	[4]
11 August 2020	FW		Lassana N'Diaye	AFC Eskilstuna	31 December 2020	[8]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
17 August 2020[39]	FW		Yegor Shapovalov

Friendlies

CSKA Moscow v Rotor Volgograd

1 August 2020	CSKA Moscow	0 – 0	Rotor Volgograd	Vatutinki
12:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Training Centre Attendance: 0
Note: Match played behind closed doors.[40]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Russian Premier League	8 August 2020	May 2021	Matchday 1	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Russian Cup	2020		Round of 32	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Europa League	22 October 2020		Group Stage	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00

Last updated: 8 August 2020

Source: Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2020–21 Russian Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Krasnodar	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4	6	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	CSKA Moscow	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6	Qualification to Europa Conference League third qualifying round
4	Lokomotiv Moscow	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6	Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round
5	Sochi	3	1	2	0	6	5	+1	5

Updated to match(es) played on 18 August 2020. 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) Play-off.

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
2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6	1	0	0	2	1	+1	1	0	0	2	0	+2

Last updated: 15 August 2020.
Source: Premier Liga

Results by round

Round	1	2
Ground	A	H
Result	W	W
Position	4	2

Updated to match(es) played on 15 August 2020. Source: Premier Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Khimki v CSKA Moscow

8 August 2020 1	Khimki	0–2	CSKA Moscow	Khimki
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Kuchayev  18' Dzagoev  45'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 4,948[10] Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

CSKA Moscow v Tambov

15 August 2020 2	CSKA Moscow	2–1	Tambov	Moscow
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Kuchayev  29' Shkurin  55' Akinfeev  90+'	Report	Karapetian  42'  76'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 7,939[11] Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

Zenit St.Petersburg v CSKA Moscow

19 August 2020 3	Zenit St.Petersburg	–	CSKA Moscow	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)				Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium

Russian Cup

Main article: 2020–21 Russian Cup

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Squad statistics

As of match played 8 August 2020

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Russian Cup		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF		Mário Fernandes	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Fyodor Chalov	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Alan Dzagoev	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
14	DF		Kirill Nababkin	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Arnór Sigurðsson	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF		Konstantin Kuchayev	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
21	FW		Adolfo Gaich	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Konstantin Maradishvili	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF		Hörður Magnússon	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF		Kristijan Bistrović	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF		Jaka Bijol	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
35	GK		Igor Akinfeev	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
42	DF		Georgi Shchennikov	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
62	DF		Vadim Karpov	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
71	MF		Nayair Tiknizyan	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
78	DF		Igor Diveyev	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
98	MF		Ivan Oblyakov	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW		Ilya Shkurin	1	1	0+1	1	0	0	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who left CSKA Moscow during the season:

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Russian Cup	Europa League	Total
1	MF		20	Konstantin Kuchayev	1	0	0	1
2	MF		10	Alan Dzagoev	1	0	0	1
	FW		99	Ilya Shkurin	1	0	0	1
				TOTALS	4	0	0	4

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Russian Cup	Europa League	Total
1	GK		35	Igor Akinfeev	1	0	0	1
				TOTALS	1	0	0	1

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Russian Cup		Europa League		Total
35		GK	Igor Akinfeev	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left CSKA Moscow during the season:
			TOTALS	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

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