In
Brian Mansilla (mid), Orenburg), Egas Cacintura (mid), Dinamo Makhachkala), Maksim Sidorov (def), Orenburg), Abakar Gadzhiev (mid), Dinamo Makhachkala), Mohamed Konaté (att), Al-Riyadh), Manuel Keliano (mid), Estrela)
Out
Rodrigo Ruiz Díaz (sp)(att), 2 de Mayo), Vladislav Kamilov (sp)(mid), Orenburg), Evgeniy Kharin (sp)(mid), Ural), Minkail Matsuev (sp)(mid), Leo Goglichidze (sp)(def), Aleksandr Zhirov (sp)(def), Zaim Divanovic (sp)(def), Arsen Adamov (r)(def), Zenit - end of loan) , Daniil Utkin (r)(mid), Rostov - end of loan)
Target
Being more of a mid-table presence and not a side near the bottom of the standings.