Administration of Krylia Sovetov introduced a new head coach to the team on 5 October – Miodrag Bozovic. The coach from Montenegro replaced Andrey Tikhonov who had been working for the club since June 2017 and had promoted the team to the Russian Premier League from FNL.

The previous club in the career of Bozovic was Arsenal Tula, which he left after the previous season was over. Besides, Miodrag was head coach in Amkar, Moskva, Dynamo, Rostov and Lokomotiv, as well as some foreign clubs.