2008 FC Rubin Kazan season

FC Rubin Kazan
2008 season
Chairman	Farit Khabriyev
Manager	Kurban Berdyev
Stadium	Central Stadium
Premier League	1st
Russian Cup	Progressed to 2009 season
Top goalscorer	League: Three Players (6); All: Three Players (6)
	← 2007 2009 →

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.

Season review

Squad

As of match played 22 November 2008^[1]

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Sergei Kozko	GK	(1975-04-12)12 April 1975 (aged 33)	Moscow	2008
29	Nukri Revishvili	GK	(1987-03-02)2 March 1987 (aged 21)	Torpedo Kutaisi	2006		7	0
32	Yevgeni Cheremisin	GK	(1988-02-29)29 February 1988 (aged 20)	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	2008		0	0
64	Dmitry Kortnev	GK	(1989-05-16)16 May 1989 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2008		0	0
77	Sergey Ryzhikov	GK	(1980-09-19)19 September 1980 (aged 28)	Lokomotiv Moscow	2008		27	0
Defenders
2	Stjepan Tomas	DF	(1976-03-06)6 March 1976 (aged 32)	Galatasaray	2007		31	0
3	Cristian Ansaldi	DF	(1986-09-20)20 September 1986 (aged 22)	Newell's Old Boys	2008		28	1
4	Jefthon	DF	(1982-01-03)3 January 1982 (aged 26)	Kuban Krasnodar	2008		4	0
5	Andrei Fyodorov	DF	(1971-04-10)10 April 1971 (aged 37)	Baltika Kaliningrad	2000
9	Lasha Salukvadze	DF	(1981-12-21)21 December 1981 (aged 26)	Dinamo Tbilisi	2005		80	1
22	Aleksandr Orekhov	DF	(1983-11-29)29 November 1983 (aged 24)	Kuban Krasnodar	2008		11	0
24	Aleksei Popov	DF	(1978-07-07)7 July 1978 (aged 30)	Amkar Perm	2008		7	0
27	Davit Kvirkvelia	DF	(1980-06-27)27 June 1980 (aged 28)	Metalurh Zaporizhya	2008		24	3
44	Igor Klimov	DF	(1989-11-01)1 November 1989 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2007		2	0
65	Maksim Zhestokov	DF	(1991-06-19)19 June 1991 (aged 17)	Youth Team	2008		0	0
76	Roman Sharonov	DF	(1976-09-08)8 September 1976 (aged 32)	Shinnik Yaroslavl	2008
80	Dmitri Tarabrikov	DF	(1990-04-23)23 April 1990 (aged 18)	Youth Team	2008		0	0
82	Mikhail Mishchenko	DF	(1989-06-27)27 June 1989 (aged 19)	SOYUZ-Gazprom Izhevsk	2008		1	0
Midfielders
6	MacBeth Sibaya	MF	(1977-11-25)25 November 1977 (aged 30)	Rosenborg	2003		116	2
7	Sergei Semak	MF	(1976-02-27)27 February 1976 (aged 32)	Moscow	2008		27	5
10	Andrei Kobenko	MF	(1982-06-25)25 June 1982 (aged 26)	Amkar Perm	2008		18	2
15	Aleksandr Ryazantsev	MF	(1986-09-05)5 September 1986 (aged 22)	Moscow	2006		64	7
16	Christian Noboa	MF	(1985-04-09)9 April 1985 (aged 23)	Emelec	2007		42	7
23	Yevgeni Balyaikin	MF	(1988-05-19)19 May 1988 (aged 20)	Sibiryak Bratsk	2007		16	0
41	Ilsur Samigullin	MF	(1991-02-06)6 February 1991 (aged 17)	Youth Team	2008		0	0
43	Aleksei Kotlyarov	MF	(1989-05-11)11 May 1989 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2008		1	0
48	Vadim Afonin	MF	(1987-09-29)29 September 1987 (aged 21)	Traktor Tashkent	2006		1	0
49	Vagiz Galiulin	MF	(1987-10-10)10 October 1987 (aged 21)	Traktor Tashkent	2007		3	1
61	Gökdeniz Karadeniz	MF	(1980-01-11)11 January 1980 (aged 28)	Trabzonspor	2008		27	6
83	Vladimir Chernov	MF	(1991-01-15)15 January 1991 (aged 17)	Youth Team	2008		0	0
93	Shamil Alimagomayev	MF	(1989-07-13)13 July 1989 (aged 19)	Anzhi-Bekenez Makhachkala	2008		0	0
94	Artyom Ivanov	MF	(1990-02-16)16 February 1990 (aged 18)	Youth Team	2008		0	0
95	Valeriy Zimakov	MF	(1990-11-22)22 November 1990 (aged 18)	Youth Team	2008		0	0
	Gabriel Giurgiu	MF	(1982-09-03)3 September 1982 (aged 26)	Oțelul Galați	2007		4	0
Forwards
11	Aleksandr Bukharov	FW	(1985-03-12)12 March 1985 (aged 23)	Chernomorets Novorossiysk	2005		42	14
14	Serhii Rebrov	FW	(1974-06-03)3 June 1974 (aged 34)	Dynamo Kyiv	2008^[2]	2009^[2]	24	5
19	Savo Milošević	FW	(1973-09-02)2 September 1973 (aged 35)	Osasuna	2008^[3]	2008^[3]	17	3
21	Roman Adamov	FW	(1982-06-21)21 June 1982 (aged 26)	Moscow	2008		14	1
56	Ruslan Nagayev	FW	(1989-02-14)14 February 1989 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2008		1	0
67	Davron Mirzaev	FW	(1989-02-08)8 February 1989 (aged 19)	Pakhtakor Tashkent	2007		1	0
68	Ilya Kukharchuk	FW	(1990-08-02)2 August 1990 (aged 18)	Youth Team	2008		0	0
81	Ildar Bikchantayev	FW	(1990-02-02)2 February 1990 (aged 18)	Akademiya Dimitrovgrad	2008		1	0
92	Wahyt Orazsähedow	FW	(1992-01-26)26 January 1992 (aged 16)	Köpetdag Aşgabat	2008		0	0
97	Igor Portnyagin	FW	(1989-01-07)7 January 1989 (aged 19)	SOYUZ-Gazprom Izhevsk	2008		1	0
99	Hasan Kabze	FW	(1982-05-26)26 May 1982 (aged 26)	Galatasaray	2007		35	6
Away on loan
8	Pyotr Gitselov	MF	(1983-07-18)18 July 1983 (aged 25)	Bodens	2007		13	0
28	Sergei Nesterenko	DF	(1986-12-30)30 December 1986 (aged 21)	Dynamo Barnaul	2007		2	0
31	Gabriel	DF	(1981-08-04)4 August 1981 (aged 27)	União de Leiria	2006^[4]	2009^[4]	45	5
46	Aleksandr Yarkin	FW	(1986-12-29)29 December 1986 (aged 21)	Dynamo Barnaul	2006		8	0
79	Pavel Kharchik	GK	(1979-04-05)5 April 1979 (aged 29)	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	2004
	Aleksandrs Koliņko	GK	(1975-06-18)18 June 1975 (aged 33)	Rostov	2005		84	0
	Aleksandr Kulikov	DF	(1988-03-19)19 March 1988 (aged 20)	Youth Team	2007		0	0
	Fábio	MF	(1982-05-02)2 May 1982 (aged 26)	Real Sociedad	2007		9	0
	Dmitri Shestakov	MF	(1983-02-26)26 February 1983 (aged 25)	Sportakademklub Moscow	2005		0	0
	Vladimir Dyadyun	FW	(1988-07-12)12 July 1988 (aged 20)	Youth Team	2007		6	1
Players that left Rubin Kazan during the season
20	Aleksei Rebko	MF	(1986-04-23)23 April 1986 (aged 22)	Spartak Moscow	2008		2	0
26	Alexandru Gațcan	MF	(1984-03-27)27 March 1984 (aged 24)	Spartak Chelyabinsk	2006^[5]	2008^[5]	51	4
91	Pavel Krasnikov	DF	(1990-02-25)25 February 1990 (aged 18)	Youth Team	2008		0	0
98	Dmitri Vasilyev	MF	(1977-03-25)25 March 1977 (aged 31)	Shinnik Yaroslavl	2005		47	2
	Walter García	DF	(1984-03-14)14 March 1984 (aged 24)	San Lorenzo	2006^[5]	2009^[5]	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 Koliņko (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	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	Serhii Rebrov	Dynamo Kyiv	Undisclosed	^[2]
11 March 2008	FW	Savo Milošević	Osasuna	Free	^[3]
13 March 2008	MF	Gökdeniz Karadeniz	Trabzonspor	Undisclosed	^[6]
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	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
Summer 2008	DF	Walter García	Nacional	Undisclosed
Summer 2008	MF	Alexandru Gațcan	Rostov	Undisclosed	^[7]
Summer 2008	MF	Aleksei Rebko	Moscow	Undisclosed
Summer 2008	MF	Dmitri Vasilyev	Shinnik Yaroslavl	Undisclosed

Loans out

Date from	Position	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 Koliņko	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	^[8]
Summer 2008	MF	Pyotr Gitselov	Rostov	End of Season	^[7]
Summer 2008	MF	Fábio	Asteras Tripoli	Summer 2009

Released

Date	Position	Name	Joined
Summer 2008	DF	Pavel Krasnikov
Winter 2008	GK	Aleksandrs Koliņko	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 v t e	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	Qualification to Champions League group stage
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^[a]	Qualification to Europa League play-off round

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) Champions
Notes:

^ 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.

Russian Cup

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

Goal scorers

Place	Position	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	Serhii Rebrov	5	0	5
4	MF	7	Sergei Semak	5	0	5
6	FW	19	Savo Milošević	3	0	3
6	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
Number	Nation	Position	Name
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	Serhii 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

References

^ "Russian Premier League Final Stats 2008".
^ ^a ^b ^c "Сергій Ребров перейде в "Рубін"". fcdynamo.kiev.ua (in Ukrainian). FC Dynamo Kiev. 3 March 2020. Archived from the original on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Milošević agrees return with Rubin". uefa.com/. UEFA. 11 March 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Рубин пополнился бразильским защитником". championat.com (in Russian). Championat. 29 June 2006. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Футбол. Рубин пополнился двумя легионерами Подробнее на РБК". sportrbc.ru (in Russian). Sport RBC. 15 February 2006. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
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[table_hth_ZEN0.03530511028846-9] 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.

[1] "Russian Premier League Final Stats 2008".

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[Savo_Milošević-3] "Milošević agrees return with Rubin". uefa.com/. UEFA. 11 March 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

[Gabriel_2009-4] "Рубин пополнился бразильским защитником". championat.com (in Russian). Championat. 29 June 2006. Retrieved 17 December 2019.

[Alexandru_Gațcan-5] "Футбол. Рубин пополнился двумя легионерами Подробнее на РБК". sportrbc.ru (in Russian). Sport RBC. 15 February 2006. Retrieved 17 December 2019.

[6] Карадениз пополнил наш состав Archived 3 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[Gațcan_&_Gitselov_to_Rostov-7] "Гацкан и Гицелов перешли в Ростов". sports.ru/ (in Russian). Sports RU. Retrieved 12 March 2020.

[8] "Габриэль перешёл из "Рубина" в "Химки" Подробнее на "Чемпионате"". championat.com (in Russian). Championat. 29 August 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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