The 2011–12 Lokomotiv Moscow season involved the club competing in Russian Premier League, Russian Cup and Europa League.
Season review
1 December 2010 (pre-season): after finishing the 2010 season in the 5th place, Yuri Semin is fired, and Yuri Krasnozhan appointed as a new manager. 14 May 2011: after 4–0 home victory vs Terek in Matchday 9 Lokomotiv climbs to the 1st place in the table, where remains after Matchday 10. 27 May 2011: Lokomotiv loses home game 1–2 to Anzhi in Matchday 11 in the manner, considered by some viewers as odd, and is currently 5th, just 1 point behind leader. 6 June 2011: Yuri Krasnozhan is sacked by FC Lokomotiv Moscow Council of Directors. 26 June 2011: Vladimir Maminov, appointed as a caretaker manager after dismissal of Yuri Krasnozhan, loses his 3rd game of 5 in charge, leaving team in the 8th place. 1 July 2011: José Couceiro signs 2-year-long contract as a new manager of Lokomotiv. 17 July – 21 August 2011: first 7 matches with José Couceiro in charge (5 in the League, 1 in Russian Cup and 1 in Europa League) end with clean sheets (5 victories, goals 12–0). 23 February: Lokomotiv is eliminated from Europa League after losing to Athletic Bilbao by away goals rule (2–1 at home, 0–1 away). 21 March 2012: Lokomotiv is knocked out from Russian Cup after quarter-final defeat 0–4 vs Rubin held at neutral venue due to bad pitch conditions at Central Stadium (Kazan). 1 April – 13 May 2012: no wins in last 8 games of season (5 defeats, goals 4–14). 14 May 2014: club announces the end of contract with José Couceiro and appointment of Slaven Bilić as a new manager, following Bilić's decision to step down from the post of Croatia national side manager after Euro 2012.
Players
Transfers
Winter 2010–11
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Summer 2011
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Winter 2011–12
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Мустафин Темур Ильдарович. Российская футбольная Премьер-Лига, Чемпионат России по футболу. Футбол России. 1.
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Competitions
Legend
Russian Premier League
Results by matchday
Matches
Table
Russian Premier League – Championship group
Matches
League table
Russian Cup
Europa League
Play-off
Group stage
Lokomotiv progressed to the knock-out stage.
Knock-out stage
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
|colspan="14"|Players who left Lokomotiv on loan:
|colspan="14"|Players who appeared for Lokomotiv who left during the season:
Top scorers PlacePositionNationNumberNamePremier LeagueRussian CupEuropa LeagueTotal1 MF8 Denis Glushakov 11 0 3 14 2 FW11Dmitri Sychev 6 0 6 123 FW25Felipe Caicedo 6 0 2 8MF90Maicon 4 1 3 8 5 MF18Vladislav Ignatyev 4 1 2 7 6 MF9 Senijad Ibričić 4 0 0 4 7 MF10Dmitri Loskov 3 0 0 3 DF28Ján Ďurica 3 0 0 3 DF49Roman Shishkin 3 0 0 3 FW13Victor Obinna 1 0 2 3 11FW15Roman Pavlyuchenko 2 0 0 2 DF22Manuel da Costa 2 0 0 2 FW45Alexander Minchenkov 2 0 0 2 MF99Alan Gatagov 2 0 0 2 15DF51Maksim Belyayev 1 0 0 1 MF4 Alberto Zapater 1 0 0 1 DF5 Taras Burlak 1 0 0 1 MF7 Dmitri Tarasov 1 0 0 1 MF21Dmitri Torbinski 1 0 0 1 MF27Magomed Ozdoyev 1 0 0 1 DF24Andrei Ivanov 0 1 0 1 DF55Renat Yanbayev 0 0 1 1 TOTALS59 3 19 81
Disciplinary record NumberNationPositionNameRussian Premier LeagueRussian CupEuropa LeagueTotal1 GKGuilherme 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 14 MFAlberto Zapater 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 05 DFTaras Burlak 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 07 MFDmitri Tarasov 3 0 0 0 3 0 6 08 MFDenis Glushakov 10 0 0 0 2 0 12 09 MFSenijad Ibričić 4 0 0 0 3 0 7 010 MFDmitri Loskov 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 011 FWDmitri Sychev 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 013 FWVictor Obinna 4 1 0 0 2 0 6 115 FWRoman Pavlyuchenko 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 018 MFVladislav Ignatyev 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 020 DFBranko Ilič 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 021 MFDmitri Torbinski 4 0 1 0 1 0 6 022 DFManuel da Costa 5 1 0 0 3 0 8 124 DFAndrei Ivanov 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 125 FWFelipe Caicedo 4 0 1 0 1 0 6 027 MFMagomed Ozdoyev 7 0 1 0 1 0 9 028 DFJán Ďurica 6 1 0 0 1 0 7 149 DFRoman Shishkin 7 0 0 0 3 0 10 050 DFAndrey Eshchenko 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 051 DFMaksim Belyayev 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 055 MFRenat Yanbayev 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 065 MFVyacheslav Podberezkin 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 077 MFStanislav Ivanov 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 090 MFMaicon 6 0 0 0 3 0 9 099 MFAlan Gatagov 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0TOTALS1023402711334
Notes Note 1: Rubin played their home game in Grozny due to bad pitch conditions in Kazan.
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