In
Alan Bagaev (def) Mordovia Saransk), Jaba Lipartia (mid), Zorya Luhansk), Vladimir Poluyakhtov (def), Orenburg), Gatoch Panom (mid), Ivan Markelov (mid), Dinamo Moscow), Konstantin Bazelyuk (att), CSKA Moscow - loan), Oleg Danchenko (def), Shakhtar Donetsk - loan, Aleksey Solosin (gk), Tom Tomsk), Igor Chaykovsky (mid), Zorya Luhansk), Igor Udalyi (def), SKA Khabarovsk), Khasan Mamtov (att), Tyumen), Pavel Karasev (mid), SKA Khabarovsk), Vadim Afonin (mid), Orenburg)
Out
Pylyp Budkivsky (r)(att), Shakhtar Donetsk - end of loan), Felicio Brown Forbes (sp)(mid), Arsenal Tula - end of loan), Aleksandr Zhirov (r)(def), Krasnodar - end of loan), Ayaz Guliev (r)(mid), Spartak Moscow - end of loan), Saeid Ezatolahi (sp)(mid), Rostov - end of loan), Sergey Karetnik (sp)(mid), Maksym Bily (sp)(def), Kamil Agalarov (sp)(mid), Sergey Parshivlyuk (r)(def), Rostov), David Yurchenko (r)(gk), Tosno), Dmitri Kudryashov (sp)(mid), Svyatoslav Georgievski (sp)(mid), Krylya Sovetov), Aslan Dudiev (sp)(mid), Tosno), Andrey Lyakh (sp)(mid), Shinnik)
Target
Facing a tough battle at the bottom end of the table with a mediocre squad but should be able to at least avoid the bottom two spots.